Chapter 931 Shameless

Eunuch Liu was trembling. The Emperor was also very concerned about the princes. Eunuch Liu sighed. Who could blame the princes for being almost the same age? There was only one throne, and none of them were willing to accept it.

In the afternoon, Zhulan looked at several boxes in front of her. The boxes had been opened, all of which had interlayers. The silver bills in the interlayers were taken out. There was only one silver bill in each box, with a face value of five thousand taels. There were five boxes in total, and each of the five young men of the Zhou family had one.

Several young men from the Zhou family were terrified, as they thought it was just an ordinary tea box. If they hadn't dropped the box while playing, they wouldn't have known there were banknotes inside.

Zhulan signaled the young men to go back. It was useless for her to ask since she didn't know any of them. She might as well ask Mrs. Song, "What's going on?"

Mrs. Song said, "It was sent by a scholar from Jiangnan. Someone has been sent to investigate."

Zhulan held the banknotes in her hand. In fact, she was not afraid if the young men didn't find out. She was such a cautious person. Every time the young men brought back something, she asked Shenxing to check it secretly. These layers could not be hidden from Shenxing and others.

In the evening, when Zhou Shuren came back, Zhulan told him about the banknote. "Mrs. Song went to check, and the scholar is missing."

Zhou Shuren narrowed his eyes, "This time they tried to frame me, but they didn't find any evidence against me, so now they're trying to create one!"

Zhulan thought the same, "If there is a first time, there will be a second time. These are not enough to frame you. They will continue. However, that was before they were discovered. Now I realize that these young people lack training and they can't act."

Zhou Shuren laughed, "They don't even have the chance to send our children away even if they want to."

Zhulan also smiled. Her children had already developed cautious personalities and would carefully check everything brought home.

Zhulan asked, "What are you going to do with this money?"

Zhou Shuren's eyes lit up. "Give it to the emperor, and give it to him during the morning court session."

If they were to give it to him, he would dare to hand it over. Of course, it would be even better if the emperor gave it to him as a reward.

Several young men from the Zhou family were particularly nervous. They had been praised too much in the past few days and now they were dumbfounded.

Zhulan didn't care about the young men. She just wanted to scare them so that they wouldn't think the capital was a wonderful place.

In the morning court, Zhou Shuren stepped out and handed over the letter in his arms, saying, "I have something to report."

The emperor looked at Zhou Shuren. He knew what was going on in the Zhou family, but he didn't expect that Zhou Shuren would say it directly at the morning court. This was really a surprise. He took the folder and opened it. The first thing he saw was the folded banknotes. He picked up five banknotes, put them aside and looked at the folder.

The ministers in the court were stunned when they saw the banknotes. Putting banknotes in a folder?

Xiao Qing kept looking sideways at Zhou Shuren. What was going on?

Li Zhao almost snorted. What did he see?

Even Master Wang was stunned. The court was unusually quiet for a moment. Everyone was very curious about what was written on the letter.

Zhou Shuren was calm and composed, and all he wrote on the letter were flattering words. He wrote it with the spirit of writing an essay for the college entrance examination, and he was sure to let the emperor see his loyalty and integrity!

The emperor's face was a little distorted. He felt that Zhou Shuren had made progress. The folded books in his collection could not compare with this one. He never thought that Zhou Shuren was so sweet-mouthed!

The Emperor saw that everyone was craning their necks, so he handed the letter to the Crown Prince and said, "Take a look."

The prince took it curiously, and after reading it, he looked at Zhou Shuren with a complicated expression. He didn't expect that you are such a person, Lord Zhou. Not to mention praising your father, it is too shameless to praise yourself. What noble character, bah, he just saw an old fox, a shameless old fox, and so skinny!

Zhou Shuren's face did not turn red, he remained calm because he knew that most of the foldings were approved by the prince, so it was normal for the prince to see it!

However, Zhou Shuren's expression changed soon. The emperor actually asked the prince to show himself to the ministers in the court.

Zhou Shuren raised his head and looked at the emperor in disbelief, as if to say, how could you treat your subjects like this? He was very sad!

The emperor held the banknote in his hand and he almost tore it up because it was so eye-catching. He turned his eyes away from Zhou Shuren. He only remembered the last sentence on the note, which said that in view of his loyal character, he should be rewarded with some banknotes.

After reading the fold, Xiao Qing felt that he was really old and he could not write such shameless words.

Zhou Shuren's old face turned red and he cursed in his heart. He really shouldn't have thought that the emperor had so much moral integrity. He was also a shameless old man. He could already imagine how he would be recorded in history books in the future. He was no longer a famous minister who would be remembered for generations.

Those who could read the folding papers were at least of the second rank. Although not all of them had read it, there were quite a few who were above the second rank. They all looked at Zhou Shuren with complicated expressions, and they were convinced.

The letter returned to the emperor's hands, and the emperor coughed, "Lord Zhou is indeed honest and upright, and is worthy of your learning."

Zhou Shuren rolled his eyes in his heart. If you hadn't let the ministers read the memorial, he would still have acted the same way after hearing it. Now all he can do is laugh.

The emperor continued, "This twenty-five thousand taels is in consideration of Mr. Zhou's noble character, silver."

Zhou Shuren moved his ears and looked at the emperor hopefully.

The emperor was not prepared to give a reward. This was not a good start. If he continued to do so in the future, one could imagine how many bribes would be taken. "Lord Zhou sent me a note the day before yesterday. It said "silver for disaster preparedness."

Zhou Shuren knew there was no hope, but he was still hoping. After hearing this, he realized there was no hope at all. He stepped forward and said, "I think disasters are unpredictable, so I want to prepare some money in advance, in case I really have no money to use."

The emperor nodded, "I agree. The 25,000 will be used as a disaster reserve."

Zhou Shuren was happy in his heart, for he knew well that although the Ministry of Revenue had plenty of money, there were too many places in the country where money was needed. If he were asked to spend it, the Ministry of Revenue would not have enough money. By reserving money in advance, he could save some hair, so that if something really happened and he had no money, everyone would be blamed on him.

Zhou Shuren is tired, he is using his ability to gain a firm foothold, but the pressure is also great. If nothing goes wrong, it's fine, but if something does go wrong, everyone is counting on him, and he will get praise and rewards. If nothing works out, he will be in trouble. The higher he stands, the harder he falls. In order not to get himself killed, he has to take precautions in advance.

In ancient times, natural disasters were the most serious, so he had to think ahead.

The ministers looked at Zhou Shuren even more differently. Zhou Shuren actually thought so much. Natural disasters have always happened, but no one has ever mentioned reserve funds. It was only when something really happened that they would tear down the east wall and the west wall.

The Emperor was truly satisfied with Zhou Shuren, and the Crown Prince's gaze was exceptionally gentle. Several princes had complicated expressions, as if they couldn't pull him over!

After the court session, Zhou Shuren held the silver in his hand, thinking about what the emperor had just said when he passed by, what it meant that the memorial would be written into his autobiography, his reputation, his reputation!

Mr. Wang smiled and stroked his beard, then patted Zhou Shuren on the shoulder. Everything was said without words.

Zhou Shuren, "......."

Sir, listen to me, I am really not a flatterer!

(End of this chapter)