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Chapter 39 The Greedy Crown Prince East Palace

On the second day of the first lunar month, the southeast of the country is suitable for sacrifices and friends.

As soon as Guocheng woke up from his dream, Wang An came to visit him, and asked him to go to the East Palace.

Guocheng thought helplessly that he came to ask for bribes early in the second day of the lunar month. This prince was truly unprecedented and had no one to come. Forget it, it was just a few more bottles of perfume, so he asked Wang Chengen to pack a large bag of gifts and head towards Ciqing Palace.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Ciqing Palace, I found that Li Jinzhong was competing with a little eunuch. Maybe the little eunuch had nothing to do and was scolded so much that he was scolded. The little eunuch was quite capable, and he actually dared to cross his waist and scold Li Jinzhong.

Guocheng couldn't help but observe a moment of silence for this little eunuch. Do you think Li Jinzhong is easy to mess with? The more Li Jinzhong said, the more angry he became, and slapped him. The little eunuch flashed. Li Jinzhong was unstable and took a few steps back and was hitting Guocheng. Guocheng reached out and helped Li Jinzhong. Just as he was about to persuade him, he suddenly found that there was a ball of paper on his hand. Li Jinzhong pushed Guocheng away and grabbed the little eunuch's ear and went into the room.

Guocheng understood, and while Wang An was not paying attention, he opened the note and saw a few words scribbled with charcoal: The prince seized perfume. Guocheng initially didn't understand what it meant, why did the prince snatch perfume? Just go to the children's playground to get it. Isn't it enough? He didn't hear him say it was enough. No, Li Jinzhong and the little eunuch took the risk of playing and delivering letters to him. It must be a big deal. Just a few dozen bottles of perfume are not worth it. Could it be that the prince wanted to take away the perfume workshop? This possibility, at the reunion banquet, Wanli mentioned that the children's playground made a lot of money, and the prince's eyes showed greed.

Guocheng looked at it and said to Wang An: "It is a serious matter to see the prince. I will change my clothes and come again."

Wang An moved his body, blocked the palace gate, and said with a smile: "I've come here, it's so troublesome to go back. Just go like this, the prince won't blame you."

Guocheng had no intention of retreating at all. Since the prince wanted to attack him, he could escape without going to the Prince's East Palace? His personality was to face difficulties. He never thought of calming people. He was like this to Ning Yuan Bo, Shuntian Prefecture Prefecture, such as Peng Cheng Bo, and this time he faced the prince, Guocheng was naturally the same. Of course, this was also because Guocheng knew that Prince Zhu Changluo was a short-lived emperor, and had only been in power for one month, creating the best history of the Ming Dynasty.

Guocheng turned around to see if the guards brought his clothes. After all, the guards were loyal and knew that Guocheng had a problem of changing clothes openly. One was holding a set of bullfighting clothes in his hand and the other was holding a set of flying fish suits. The bullfighting clothes were rewarded by Emperor Wanli appointed Guocheng as the chief of the royal palace. It was useless to wear bargaining with the prince, so it would be better to wear a flying fish suit. Wearing a flying fish suit means that he is the Jinyiwei and the emperor's personal army, and the prince cannot move him easily.

Guocheng took off his robe outside, and the guards helped him put on his flying fish suit, put on his hat, and tied up a gold belt. A mini-version Jinyiwei appeared in front of everyone.

Wang Andao: "Why does the prince dress like this? The prince is not summoned by official matters today. He is purely asking for personal matters. Why should he dress so formally?"

Guocheng said: "The crown prince is the foundation of the country, and every word and action is a role model in the world. Since there is something to ask about, the minister must do his best to do his best, so how dare he be careless?"

Guocheng said: "Don't you know the recipe of perfume?"

The prince thought to himself, "You have to know what you are looking for in the formula. You have already started to produce it at full speed. Many people have been sent to find out your secrets, but unfortunately you keep the perfume workshop like an iron bucket and look down on nothing. Why? I want to hand it over it on my own initiative today? Okay, I just wanted to give you a month's money. Since you confessed on your own initiative, I'll give you a two-month transfer fee."

Guocheng said: "Perfume is made of the essence of flowers, combined with the sweat of boys and girls under 12 years old, and refined with Huatuo Ancient Prescription. Needless to say, the process is troublesome. The key is that every bottle of perfume, you have to spend 4 taels and 2 cents of silver. In addition, the cost of a glass bottle, a small wooden box, and a bottle of perfume is about 5 taels."

The prince was a little disappointed and thought he could get all the money of 6 taels of silver. Unexpectedly, he could only get 1 tael of silver. However, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. Thinking of the hot scene in the perfume store, the prince's heart became hot again: "Then how much money can you make in a month selling perfume?"

Guocheng said: "It's only 6,000 taels of silver. But does the prince know whose industry is the children's playground?"

The prince said, "Isn't it yours?"

Guocheng said: "The prince is too rewarded. I think Guocheng is just a 7-year-old orphan. How come he has such a big family? The emperor gave Weishu 7,000 taels of silver, a big house and countless people to build a children's paradise. Weishu is just the housekeeper and shield of the emperor. The 6,000 taels of silver have to be separated into the inner treasury. The remaining 1,000 taels not only pays the wages of the craftsmen and the daily expenses of the children's paradise. I wonder if the prince wants the 5,000 taels of silver to be transferred into the inner treasury, or the remaining 1,000 taels?"

The prince was dumbfounded: "This...this..."

Wang An quickly came to smooth things over: "The prince was just afraid that the prince would take His Highness the Emperor astray. Since it was the meaning of the Emperor Long live, the prince was not afraid that the prince would do something wrong. Haha, don't worry about the prince doing something wrong when you do something."

Back at the children's playground, Guocheng talked about his experience at the Prince's Mansion today to Zhu Youjian, and of course he praised Li Jinzhong vigorously.

Zhu Youjian's biggest mistake in government administration was to kill the loyal tyrant of the Ming royal family - the eunuch party, and to use the Donglin party, which is glorious and correct on the surface but thieves and prostitutes inside. Some people say that the Donglin party is a hypocrite, but in fact, they are far from reaching that kind of cultivation. More than ten years later, the chief assistant of the Southern Ming Dynasty, Ma Shiying, whose name is Yaocao, was skinned and executed by the Qing army, filled with weeds and became human skin dolls. How heroic is it? The Donglin party was still in the mood to joke: "Ma Yaocao has a love for Yao and a death." This really goes beyond the realm of a hypocrite who is shameless and reaches the height of shameless death. The eunuch party is much better. At least the eunuch party never claims to be a good person, but their starting point is for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty. Because of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, they can be promoted and made a fortune.

Guocheng was afraid that Zhu Youjian had a bad impression of Wei Zhongxian and would affect his future plans to revive the Ming Dynasty, so he always said good things to him. Zhu Youjian nodded: "Li Jinzhong can report to us, but he is a good person. However, if my father wants to take away the perfume workshop, he will take it away, anyway, it's a family."

Guocheng said: "Your father is the emperor of the future Ming Dynasty, and the whole world belongs to him. And you will be just a little prince from the future. If you don't make some money now, you will be pitiful. Besides, you are a 6-year-old child, and an adult robs the child's things, you are not ashamed!"

Zhu Youjian's face suddenly turned red. Who said that the shameless prince was his father?
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