Immortals are definitely not immortals.

But the words "lucky star" cannot escape.

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly laughed.

He smiled extremely heartily, as if he had never been so happy in all these years.

Zhu Houzhao looked at his smile, and the dissatisfaction in his heart dissipated a little.

He muttered: "Father, please stop laughing."

"What should I do with Qiu Wei's results?"

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows and waved his hand.

"The imperial examination results are just the icing on the cake. With Yong Xibo's achievements, there is no need to care about these."

How could Zhu Houzhao agree?

He said anxiously: "How can you say this?"

"Credit is merit, but imperial examination results are results."

"Yongxibo Hanchuang has been studying hard for a long time. If this incident affects his grades, what will happen?"

If Zhao Ce's grades were affected as a result, Zhu Houzhao himself would feel very sorry.

Now Zhu Houzhao went out for a trip and came back with so many good things.

He couldn't help but straighten his waist a little, and he must give his father an explanation.

Emperor Hongzhi smiled and said: "My son, there is no need to worry."

"Let's talk to my father about the salt first."

If there are really millions of them, then the border areas will not have to worry about running out of salt for a long time.

Since the Zhongkai Law was destroyed, Emperor Hongzhi had to abolish it.

The number of salt merchants sending salt to the frontier dropped sharply.

People have nothing to eat, so for the time being they can still eat something else to carry.

But if you don’t eat salt for a few days, you will lose strength.

Without strength, you can't do anything, let alone fight.

Therefore, Emperor Hongzhi has been troubled recently.

Disaster relief requires money, food for the frontiers also requires money, and salt must be found.

Now these things seem to be solved all at once!

Emperor Hongzhi smiled happily.

"My son did well."

"First send 100,000 salt to Jiubian, and the remaining salt will be collected in the Neibu Mansion, waiting to be used."

Naturally, this batch of salt cannot be confiscated.

Emperor Hongzhi collected his own internal funds so that he could replenish his own internal funds that had already been emptied.

Secondly, you don’t have to go to such trouble the next time you call it.

Seeing him, Zhu Houzhao collected all the things without saying a word.

He quickly claimed the credit and said: "Father, my son has made a lot of great contributions this time!"

He personally brought all these money and supplies back!

Even if he wasn’t the first to take credit, then it’s okay to count him as a moderate contributor, right?

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and said generously: "My son has made a lot of contributions this time, and he really deserves a reward."

"In that case, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver and some rare treasures..."

Zhu Houzhao was simply shocked by his father's stinginess!

The things he brought back this time are worth millions of taels of silver!

Reward him a thousand taels of silver?

There are also those rare treasures and things from the palace that look valuable but cannot be sold.

Isn’t it just to take it back and display it for viewing?

Emperor Hongzhi looked at his unhappy look and coughed lightly.

"Why, don't you like this reward?"

Zhu Houzhao said speechlessly: "Father, what can a thousand taels of silver do?"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded: "It's true that we can't do anything, so why don't we give it up and add it directly to Uncle Yongxi's reward?"

Zhu Houzhao suppressed his face and turned red before he managed to say a word.

"Father, you are so kind to your son..."

Emperor Hongzhi did not blush at all.

"When my son takes the throne in the future, won't all the money in the palace belong to you?"

"I'm giving it to you now, but there will be less to use later."

"So my father should keep it for now. When my son ascends the throne in the future, I will hand it over to you."

"Oh, by the way, I see that many palaces in the palace have become old recently, and it's time to renovate them."

"There's another palace..."

Zhu Houzhao made the elder angry and was not willing at all.

But although his father treated others gently, he could not get any money from him at all.

And with the money in hand, the desire to build a house was aroused in due course.

As a prince, he couldn't get the money he wanted, but he planned to use the money to build a palace.

Seeing that he could no longer get any money, he could take advantage of this opportunity to let his father take care of Yong Xibo's affairs.

Zhu Houzhao interrupted him abruptly: "Let's talk about the silver. What about Yongxi Bo Qiuwei's results?"

Things have come back here again.

Seeing how much he had just plundered from his son, Emperor Hongzhi felt a little embarrassed.

He tentatively said: "I will first see if the main list is ranked this time."

"If Yong Xibo's results are greatly affected this time, then I will discuss it with the marking officials?"

Zhu Houzhao had a rough voice and was not willing to discuss it at all.

"It's not a discussion, but taking advantage of the opportunity to change it now, my father is going to order it to be changed!"

Emperor Hongzhi was in a dilemma.

The imperial examination results were changed by order of the emperor himself. This matter must not be hidden.

If the changes are not big, you can still use credit to justify it.

If the changes are too big, then the people below will definitely not do it.

Zhu Houzhao reminded him: "Father, there are millions of merchant taxes and millions of salt imports!"

Seeing his son in this state, he would definitely not give up.

Emperor Hongzhi had no choice but to reassure him: "The official list will probably be delivered soon."

The people on the list are still locked in the Gongyuan.

Zhu Houzhao urged: "After the official list is released, it will be difficult to change it."

"Without further ado, Father, let's go take a look first!"

At Zhu Houzhao's urging, Emperor Hongzhi got excited, and for the sake of money, he actually took Zhu Houzhao to Gongyuan in person.

On the way, I heard the people sent out to report.

The main list has indeed been released.

In other words, the final ranking of Qiu Wei this time has been determined.

Zhu Houzhao was very anxious and wished he could just drag his father and run over.

The two of them arrived at the marking room with their vast entourage.

A group of marking officers are also discussing this time's list.

Fei Hong, the examiner, looked at the rankings above and said a little strangely: "Didn't the paper recommended by Brother Wang mean that he should be given a higher ranking?"

"Why did you change your mind again?"

Each of the eight examiners has the right to recommend a paper.
To be continued...