Jicanghai

Ming Ran complied, and went to the imperial study to see the king. The king was discussing state affairs with several ministers, and when he saw him coming, he immediately turned down his face.Ming Ran guessed right, she was really angered.He had no choice but to accompany Xinxin and said a few soft words. The king's face softened a little, and he taught him: "If you don't come, Gu will have someone call you to talk about you. Anxiu is a girl, if she is rude, You just hide from her and let her go, but you are so desperate for life, you have to know that your parents, who are physically and financially affected, can let you do anything wrong? You are so hypocritical!"

Ming Ran said: "My brother will not dare to do it anymore, he must change his mind and start a new life, go to experience in the strong wind and rain, and get rid of this hypocritical stink."

The lord of the country knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, and snorted coldly: "You still remember the matter of Longxiang Army. I have discussed this matter with the Ministry of War, and also consulted General Wan and Ping Nan. Hou, they didn't say anything, but your mouth is more than 1000 million taels, and my tax at the end of each year is only more than 300 million taels, who can give you so much money, you want to force the Ministry of Households Can you hang yourself with the Minister of the Ministry of War?"

Mingran listened without saying a word, and did not answer. The king looked at him for a while, and suddenly said: "I will give you less, and I don't ask you to do anything, just let you throw it into the water for fun. Will it work?"

Mingran said: "Your Majesty, I'm really not just playing around. This matter has been carefully considered. The Longxiang Army is idle, and the natural moat on the river is useless. And Yunjing is next to the river."

The lord said: "Don't tell me anything. Even if Yunjing is next to the river, it was the capital of the country established by the ancestors of the previous dynasty. It's nothing to do with me. I can't even move it! You don't like to play , who would believe this? Didn’t you pay for my little uncle’s singing? Even Gu has heard about it. You have money to sing, why don’t you have the money to play by yourself?”

He suddenly remembered something, felt inexplicably sad and angry, and approached Mingran two steps, Mingran had to take two steps back without a trace, and heard him say: "Xiaoran, you are not young anymore, you have to be considerate of the emperor's brother. Fan. Look at what kind of life I am living, brother emperor. The queen celebrates her birthday, and the treasury can’t get any money out, so she just makes do with it. Where is the dignity placed?"

Ming Ran couldn't help but refute this remark: "Your Majesty, the minister's ceremony and crowning ceremony are all in accordance with the rules, but for the presence of His Majesty's holy car, I have to do my best, but there is nothing beyond the rules."

The king sneered and said: "You are not overstepping the rules, you are just showing off that your family has a lot of money, and you can't wait for the gold bricks to pave the floor and colorful satin to cover the sky. Also, your second uncle is the second son, and most of the money of the Ming family at that time It fell into the hands of my little uncle. When my little aunt caught up with the Zhong family, the dowry she got was the first among the three sisters, and the queen mother looked after it for you. No one can get away with a penny. You Say you are alone, what are you doing with so much money? Is it for my little uncle to sing an opera?"

As soon as he mentioned Mingran's family property, he was filled with righteous indignation. Several ministers had been listening, and they finally understood that the king had always been thinking about his cousin's money.But they had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

The king was so aggressive, Mingran was speechless. After a while, he said: "Actually, I didn't use much money for my little uncle. It's just to make the elders happy."

The king continued to sneer: "Not much? Why not five or six thousand taels, one scene is enough for your sister-in-law's makeup money for a year! Besides, I'm still your cousin, why don't you see me happy? Xiaoran, yes It’s not that Brother Huang refuses to rebuild the Longxiang Army, it’s because the treasury is tight! Otherwise, let someone squeeze out 6000 million taels of silver for you no matter what, and you can pay the rest yourself. I won’t let you spend it in vain , as long as you are willing to take this money, the Longxiang Army will immediately give you the surname of the Ming family and change its name to the Mingxiang Army. I will give you the post of Commander of the Longxiang Command and give you the Black Jade Tiger Talisman. The Longxiang Army will hand over everything With you, let yourself be free to choose people, and the ranks and positions in the army are compared with the six armies. What do you think?"

He looked at Mingran's unbelievable expression, and said again: "Are you afraid of being alone, but you can make an order immediately, and these lovers are also witnesses, how about it?"

For a while, the entire imperial study was silent, and after a long time, Mingran said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in line with the etiquette system. Your Majesty is willing to entrust you with a heavy responsibility, but the honor is too great, and my younger brother is still afraid of being accused of being a foreigner."

The king snorted, and after a while, he snorted again: "I'm not afraid that your relatives will take power. As long as I don't say anything, others will naturally not say anything. I'm afraid you are just an excuse, and you still can't bear the money after all. Well, it’s all about throwing other people’s money generously, and it’s human nature to be reluctant to part with it when it’s your turn, I know this truth, so I won’t force you, everything is up to you.”

Mingran's expression changed slightly, but he remained silent. The king took a step closer to him, and said in a sinister way, "Why, I'm still reluctant, hehehehe, I can't bear to miss you! People in the world are so vulgar, they just say it nicely. How many people can truly treat money like dung?"

Mingran sighed secretly in his heart, it turned out that it was a crime to be a big tree, and he was not afraid of the lord to snatch it, but he was afraid that the lord would always miss it.Since he came back from the northwest, there are only two things the Lord has seen with him. One, your little emperor's wife, blah blah blah;If he doesn't settle this matter for a long time, the lord of the country will definitely go on, and he will, but he really doesn't want to hear it.

He was a little angry, isn't it just a little money, so there is no need to spend so much time every time?Ming Ran pondered for a moment, and finally made up her mind: "Your Majesty, if Your Majesty is willing to hand over 500 million taels of silver, and the rest of the money will be given away by your servants, I will not hesitate to lose my entire family."

With a sound of "Boom", the Prime Minister knocked down the teacup in front of him in shock, and hurriedly bowed to apologize: "The old minister is impolite."

The king no longer cared about whether he was rude or not, he just stared at Mingran with dumbfounded eyes: "You...you..."

Mingran said: "Your Majesty, what I say comes from the bottom of my heart, just follow what His Majesty just said. But in the future, will the military pay be paid according to the equipment of the Sixth Army and leave from the Ministry of War?"

The king said, "That's natural..."

Mingran said: "Then please make an order. Please also ask the Lord to tell the world about this matter. I am not afraid that the Lord will not believe what he said, but I am afraid that the younger brother will think of it when he looks back. He will regret it, so he will cut his own way first." .”

On the contrary, the king was stunned, and remained silent for a while, Mingran waited for a while, and then urged: "Your Majesty, please make an order, and don't give me a chance to go back on my word."

The king suddenly became irritable: "You...you...you did it voluntarily, don't go back and complain to the queen mother that you are alone, so many courtiers testify, you voluntarily, you remember!"

Mingran said: "I did it voluntarily, and it has nothing to do with Your Majesty. I also said the same after meeting the Queen Mother."

An imperial decree was proclaimed to the world, causing a sensation in Yunjing, and people from all walks of life reacted one after another.It is said that Xiao Xiangguo's old lady passed out again, saying that she thought she was a dandy, but turned out to be a fool, how will her granddaughter live after that.

The queen mother cried for a while in the palace, saying sorry for her Yaomei, and then called Mingran to rub her: "My son, only your aunt knows how much you care for your cousin. Don't worry Auntie will definitely not let you suffer. Auntie will pay for your marriage expenses! When you have children, you will also send them to the palace. Auntie will take care of you if you have any children!"

Marquis Pingnan heard this, but he just sighed, and finally asked someone to send 3 taels of silver to Mingran.Then Zuo Susu also sold the dowry Zhuangzi and all kinds of exotic flowers and plants in it without hesitation, and handed over the money to his cousin.Even Ming Qinglan brought her jewelry box here, saying that her father said that her brother might be reduced to beggars in the street in the future, and this power was temporarily used as food money, but Mingran asked her to take it back .

His elder brother Xiao Xuanni, who always had a dark face when he saw him, even personally delivered a box, which was supposed to contain bank notes, and patted Mingran on the shoulder with a half-smile and said: "Don't worry, My little sister has her own dowry, so you don't have to worry about everything."

Ming Ran was confused by a group of people and went back to the study. Wen Jiaxiu and Wen Renyu were waiting for him in ambush. Both of them looked very embarrassed. Wen Jiaxiu said: "Young Master Ming , you don’t have to do this, no matter what you say about the Longxiang Army, they are also soldiers and horses of my court. It’s fine if the king doesn’t like it, just let it rot there, how can you let you put your own money in it? Smash?"

Mingran said: "You can't say that. It's better to smash the silver to attract attention, so as not to worry about others. There is no turning back when I open the bow. I can't regret it. Besides, Longxiang Army will be called Mingxiang Army in the future. , since it bears my Ming family surname, it is naturally even more duty-bound."

Wen Jiaxiu pondered for a moment, and finally said: "In that case, I'll contact the old Longxiang Army to discuss it."

He stopped talking and took Wen Renyu away in a hurry.Mingran summoned Ming Fuzhu and Ming Zhuohua, and remembered Yu Jinfeng who repeatedly felt that he was treated unfairly and neglected, so he also called him to listen.Mingran has always been confused about business operations. For many years, Mingfuzhu led the shopkeepers outside to take care of the family property, so she first asked her what she meant: "Let's settle the accounts. 700 million taels of silver, Fuzhu , where did you say it came from?"

Ming Fuzhu and Ming Zhuohua shook their heads at the same time, hissing and gasping for air, their movements were very uniform.Ming Fuzhu's jade hands shaking the abacus slightly: "Young master, no matter where you come from... I don't even want to bear it. I lost more than half of our property in one fell swoop!"

Ming Ran propped her chin, was silent for a while, and sighed: "It's okay if you don't want to, let's go out. Save the dowry money for both of you, and leave some for my younger siblings. Don't worry about the rest."

Ming Zhuohua said: "Then what will the young master do if he marries the young wife in the future? It's still the same if he is hired and married."

Mingran said: "My aunt promised to pay for this expense." He saw that the faces of the three of them were different, so he said again: "Actually, my aunt treats me well, if she hadn't been looking after me all the time. That said, this family property can't be kept until now. She also kept saying, I'm sorry for my mother. "

Ming Zhuohua was a little anxious when he heard the words, and before he had time to refute, Yu Jinfeng laughed out loud: "Will you settle the score? Can you marry a daughter-in-law and rebuild the Longxiang Army? Can the cost be the same? Don't you?" You have to be coaxed by this old woman! After all, she still favors her emperor's son, and her mother and son are the ultimate winners, a cunning old woman! I'm sorry for your mother, and she gave you the cost of marrying a wife Yes, hehehe, then I gave you the cost of marrying a wife, can you give me the 700 million taels of silver?"

Mingran slammed a teacup in front of her face, and poured out half of it angrily: "You are not allowed to say that about my aunt."

But the two girls looked at him sullenly, and they didn't even refill him the tea. They seemed to agree with Yu Jinfeng's statement, so Mingran had no choice but to remain silent.Yu Jinfeng was still in a strange way: "Oh, my lord is angry, so I won't say anything, and please remember to reserve my expenses for marrying a daughter-in-law, huh, who wouldn't marry a daughter-in-law!"