Glancing at Wu Qingbo, who was kneeling on the ground, Zhu Yijun said lightly, "Are you, Wu Qingbo, arrogant, or am I too weak to lift my sword?
I see that Wu Qingbo's mansion has too much money to burn. Since that's the case, take some out. "
Hearing Zhu Yijun's words, Wu Qingbo's heart twitched. Regret was like a small hand, about to scratch his heart and liver out.
"I heard that you saw a Tsinghua Garden in the western suburbs?" Zhu Yijun looked at Wu Qingbo and said lightly.
It's over!
Hearing this, Wu Qingbo almost fainted. As the emperor's grandson, he was too ruthless!
In fact, Zhu Yijun had been eyeing the Tsinghua Garden in Wu Qingbo's mansion for a long time. He had been the emperor for so many years, but he had never built a garden.
Apart from repairing the palaces in the palace, not a single new one had been built.
Wu Qingbo's mansion even built a Tsinghua Garden. It will be mine sooner or later.
Tsinghua Garden was also very famous in history. The garden was very vast, with a radius of ten miles.
The spring water from the west mountain converged into a lake in the garden, which occupied more than half of the garden's area.
Tsinghua Garden had two lakes in the front and back, stretching as far as the eye could see. In terms of water, it was the best in the north of Jianghuai.
When the garden was built, it had taken full advantage of the abundant water source. There were pavilions and pavilions in the garden. From the pavilion in the garden, one could enjoy the beautiful scenery of the west mountain.
In addition to a large number of strange stones from Lingbi, Lake Tai, and Jinchuan, there were also 20 miles of willow banks and thousands of famous flowers. "There are thousands of peonies and tens of thousands of Chinese peonies." It was known as a sea of flowers.
This garden was built by Wu Qingbo and Li Wei. Although it was abandoned in the Qing Dynasty, it was restored later.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance Army entered Beijing, they burned half of it, and the remaining half became the famous Tsinghua University in the future.
In this life, Wu Qingbo's mansion was richer. The Tsinghua Garden was bigger and more luxurious.
Zhu Yijun had his eyes on it since the start of construction. Now that he had the chance, he naturally wanted to take it for himself.
It was such a big place with such a good environment. It was such a waste of resources to let Wu Qingbo and his family enjoy it.
"Your two shops dared to oppose the Imperial Court and commit such a treasonous act. This Tsinghua Garden will serve as an apology.
If there's a next time, I won't let you off so easily, "Zhu Yijun looked at Wu Qingbo and waved his hand," Alright, you can leave now! "
Wu Qingbo crawled up from the ground and immediately went back down. He almost fell flat on his face.
Shakily leaving the Palace of Heavenly Purity, Wu Qingbo didn't even know how he got home.
"Dad, how's it going?"
Seeing his father coming back, Li Gao hurriedly walked over and asked with strong excitement and expectation in his eyes. Wu Qingbo's mansion had been smooth all these years, so Li Gao didn't care about others for a long time.
With his father's help, there was nothing that couldn't be done. This time, it would definitely be a piece of cake.
Looking up at Li Gao, Li Wei suddenly jumped up and slapped Li Gao, loudly scolding, "Unfilial son, you unfilial son, it's all because of you, it's all because of you. The garden is gone, the garden is gone!"
Li Gao's face was covered with circles. Seeing his father beating him with red eyes, he didn't know what was going on.
This time, Li Wei was really angry, and he didn't hesitate to beat his son.
It should be known that Li Wei was just a bricklayer, and he was stingy all his life. Although he was rich these years, his stingy character didn't change.
It was okay to spend money to enjoy, but it would be terrible if he was taken advantage of.
This time, Zhu Yijun asked for a garden, and his heart was almost broken. At this time, he was so angry that he almost beat himself up.
Li Gao didn't dare to dodge. As he was beating, Li Gao found that something was wrong with his father, and he actually fell down. He hurriedly went forward to hold him, shouting loudly, "Come, come, find the imperial doctor, quickly go find the imperial doctor."
Wu Qingbo was sick, and very sick.
When Zhu Yijun heard the news, he frowned. Pretending to be sick?
How dare he be rude to me?
Daming, I can't allow such a powerful person to exist. Only I can be powerful. If others dare to be powerful, I will beat them all down.
"Imperial Majesty, the Empress Dowager has gone to visit Wu Qingbo!"
Zhang Jing looked at Zhu Yijun and said carefully. The Imperial Majesty scolded Wu Qingbo, and Zhang Jing heard it all.
No matter how one looked at it, this matter wouldn't end well, especially after Wu Qingbo fell ill.
"Is he really sick or pretending to be sick?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked fiercely.
"He's really sick!"
Zhang Jing didn't dare to hide at this time, and said quickly, "He fainted when he returned to the mansion. The imperial doctor has already told me that he had a stroke."
Stroke?
Zhu Yijun was stunned. Was this a brain hemorrhage?
Considering Wu Qingbo's age, it wasn't strange for him to have such an illness. He had gotten a brain hemorrhage in a fit of rage.
Zhu Yijun glanced at Zhang Jing and asked in a deep voice, "What happened?
Tell me from the beginning. "
Zhang Jing naturally did not dare to neglect, and quickly told the whole story, including what Wu Qingbo and Li Wei said.
Hearing Li Wei said that the garden was gone, Zhu Yijun was annoyed, but when he heard that he only hit Li Gao, and did not say anything about his garden, Zhu Yijun breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, fortunately.
"Don't tell anyone about the garden, understand?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and said seriously.
"The Old Slave understands!" Zhang Jing bowed quickly.
If nothing happened to Wu Qingbo, this matter would be fine. If the old guy died, it would be terrible.
He extorted Wu Qingbo's garden and forced Wu Qingbo to die. This was too heavy a responsibility, and he could not bear it.
Things really went in the direction that Zhu Yijun did not want to see. In the middle of the night, the news came that Wu Qingbo and Li Wei were dead.
He suddenly had a stroke and died.
Zhu Yijun didn't feel much about Wu Qingbo's death. He was dead, so be it. Although Wu Qingbo's death had something to do with his garden, Zhu Yijun didn't expect the old man to value money so much.
Glancing at Zhang Jing, Zhu Yijun asked, "Has the Empress Dowager returned to the palace?"
"Your Majesty, no!" Zhang Jing quickly bowed and replied. He was now trembling with fear, and he served Zhu Yijun carefully.
Zhu Yijun nodded, sighed, and said in a deep voice, "After dawn, send an order to the Ministry of Rites to bury him according to the Marquis etiquette, and give him the posthumous title of Marquis Wuqing."
"Yes, the Old Slave will go send the order at dawn!" Zhang Jing quickly said, "Imperial Majesty, it's getting late. Imperial Majesty, you should go to bed early!
Birth, aging, illness, and death are the cycle of reincarnation. Your Majesty, you don't have to worry too much. "
Zhu Yijun sighed. This time, his relationship with Queen Dowager Li would be bad for a while.
"Alright, let's not talk about these useless things. Let me ask you, who is in charge of our glass workshop?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand. This matter was what he was concerned about. Wu Qingbo was dead, and the business could not be messed up.
Zhang Jing quickly said, "Imperial Majesty, it's Lee Hwan!"
Lee Hwan was one of the 24 eunuchs that Zhu Yijun had promoted first.
Among these 24 eunuchs, 12 were Zhang Jing's men, and the other 12 were Xu De's men, or rather, Feng Bao's men.
After Feng Bao died, most of his men were taken over by Xu De.
Lee Hwan was Zhang Jing's man, and he had been doing well in the glass workshop.
"Send an order to him that the glass workshop will be under the Ministry of Internal Affairs from now on. Lee Hwan will be in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In the future, the glass workshop will have nothing to do with Wu Qingbo's Mansion," Zhu Yijun said calmly.
"Old Slave understands!" Zhang Jing quickly said.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "Wu Qingbo's Mansion used to be in charge of the Imperial Plantation. Now that Wu Qingbo is gone, we need someone to take over. Do you have a good candidate in mind?"
Zhang Jing quickly said, "Chamberlain Zhao Lian is loyal and capable. He's a good candidate."
"Then let him take over."
Zhu Yijun nodded and said, "But I'll say this first. If Zhao Lian doesn't do a good job, I'll hold you accountable. The Imperial Plantation is doing very well now."
"Old Slave understands!" Zhang Jing quickly said, "Old Slave will supervise Zhao Lian to do his best."
With Wu Qingbo dead, Zhu Yijun did not attend court for three days. Naturally, the matter of summoning Sanniangzi was postponed.
The capital was in an uproar because of Wu Qingbo's death, but in Daxing County, everything was going on as usual.
The yamen had put up a notice. All shops that had been closed down had to apply for a business permit within three days. If they didn't come, the shop would be confiscated after three days.
Once this notice was put up, it was going to cost people their lives. This time, they had no choice but to go. If they didn't go, the shop wouldn't be theirs anymore.
Many people wanted to impeach the Tax Department, but the imperial court didn't have the energy to deal with them since Wu Qingbo was dead.
Tax Department.
Qian Huan looked at the person in front of him and asked with a smile, "Are you the owner of the Zhao family's cloth shop?"
"Yes!" Zhao Jia's face darkened. He nodded and said, "I'm here to apply for a business permit."
If he hadn't been forced, Zhao Jia wouldn't have come. He was the county's Juren, and this shop was his.
He also had an elder brother who was an official in the capital and worked in the Ministry of Revenue. Although he was just a doctor, the Tax Department was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue!
Originally, he thought that it wouldn't be a big deal, but it turned out to be like this.
At this point, he had no choice but to come. He had no choice but to come out himself.
If he didn't come, there would be no one at home. If he let his brother-in-law handle it, Zhao Jia wouldn't be at ease.
Qian Huan nodded. He didn't care who the other party was. It was good that he came.
"This is the punishment document. You just have to sign it and pay the fine."
Qian Huan handed a document to Zhao Jia and said with a smile, "Sign here. By the way, you also need to pay a handling fee of 20 copper coins to apply for a business permit."
Zhao Jia reached out and took a look at the punishment document. He couldn't be bothered to look at the messy reasons at the front. He directly looked at the amount of the fine at the back.
When he saw the 1,400 taels, Zhao Jia's heart twitched. He looked at Qian Huan with a gloomy face, "1,400 taels?"