Chapter 960 959 [Destroy ego]

March 14th.

Qinyuan, inside the meeting hall.

After the spectacular auction the day before yesterday, the final result made countless people stunned. They were both surprised by the number of wealthy businessmen inside and outside Kyoto, and also lamented that Pei Yue, the Marquis of Zhongshan, made money in a wise way. He made more than four million taels in just one day.

It's just that not many people were jealous of Pei Yue this time, especially those high-ranking officials with better information channels. In private, they just said with complicated expressions, "Pei Yue is a smart man. He knows that sooner or later he will not be able to keep those money trees, so it is better to take the initiative."

You can also get some benefits by taking action.”

In fact, when Pei Yue confirmed that he was going to sell part of his industry, the powerful people had a clearer understanding of the changes in the city in the past few months.

Since the end of the Battle of the Southern Territory, the palace's attitude towards Pei Yue has been intriguing. There has been no overt promotion or covert surrender to seize his power, nor is it as affectionate and respectful as before. With the end of the last lunar calendar year ago, Pei Yue has gone smoothly.

After rejecting the title of Duke, he began to use his accumulated contacts to lobby for the eldest prince, and successfully helped Liu Xian gain a foothold in the battle for the crown prince.

As of yesterday, 85 branches of Kyoto Xiangyunhao were sold. This business, which is increasingly important to the stability of people's livelihood in Kyoto, no longer belongs to Pei Yue alone. More than 60% of the branches have fallen into the hands of dozens of wealthy businessmen. As a result, Pei Yue

Yue's influence on Kyoto has dropped significantly, and coupled with his previous efforts, I believe the palace can temporarily let go of its fear of him.

In short, after Emperor Kaiping showed his intention to suppress, Pei Yue took the initiative while sticking to the bottom line and successfully resolved the crisis. The emperor and his ministers had obviously reached a certain tacit understanding.

Pei Yue moved so quickly that the hidden dangers gradually disappeared before those who wanted to criticize him had time to take action. Even those who were slow to react did not understand the whole thing until now.

Liu Xian understood that the other party did not want to talk in depth, or that Pei Yue never put himself in a humble situation where he was inferior to others, even though he did make a lot of efforts for Liu Xian during this period. What is even more amazing is that,

The eldest prince didn’t realize it either

There is something wrong with this. I don't know whether Pei Yue left a deep impression on him in the past grievances or because Wu Guifei's earnest teachings in recent years have paid off, so that he calmly accepted Pei Yue as his equal.

fact.

Pei Yue Wenyan explained: "Your Highness, it is a universal truth that a man is not guilty of having a treasure in his possession. What's more, I am still the head coach of Beijing Camp, and I have complete control over a business like Xiangyun No. that is related to people's livelihood and stability."

Not at all

That's right, it's not a matter of last resort. In fact, even if we hadn't been hit by the turmoil during this period, I had already thought about giving up part of my property when I was still in the southern border. For me, wealth is no longer the obsession that I originally had in Dingguo's bastard's mind.

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This also strengthened Wang Pingzhang's simple thoughts. Today, Pei Yue is still in the heart of the emperor and has a large number of allies and close friends in the court. It is almost impossible to solve him with ordinary methods of court disputes, so he can only use the most primitive method.

It is also the most direct way.

Liu Xian did not argue. He had known for a long time that the young powerful man opposite him was very rich and his scheming skills were not as good as in his weak years, so he seemed to be pointing out: "The salary of the Ministry of Industry has always been very rich."

Liu Xian sighed: "Pei Yue, I know that you have no choice but to sell part of your property this time. Regardless of whether it is public or private, I should send someone to advocate for you, and I should spend a sum of money to build your momentum."

.Just...伱

I also know that after the collapse of Qibao Pavilion, the palace lost its most important source of income and was unable to deal with such a major matter. Not to mention whether I could get money from the court, even if I had the courage, the Ministry of Rites would not be able to get that much money.

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In terms of the power of chess alone, Pei Yue is obviously no match for the eldest prince. Although Liu Xian has a history of being foolish and reckless, after all, he has received the most traditional and strict royal education since he was a child.

He is indeed stronger than Pei Yue.

Pei Yue shrugged and said: "Your Highness is thinking too far. I didn't think that much. I just want to sell some properties as soon as possible and don't want to attract criticism in vain."

Pei Yue was slightly surprised, and asked calmly: "What does His Highness mean by this?"

Liu Xian looked at Pei Yuechunche's eyes and couldn't help but nodded convinced, and then asked tentatively: "So you also used this opportunity to dig a hole for the second child?"

Pei Yue was a little curious and puzzled. Now the overall situation is looking good for the eldest prince. After two months of long debate, the debate on the eldest son inheritance system gradually died down, and the focus of the topic shifted to the two princes.

on top of one's own strengths and weaknesses.

The eldest prince has an absolute advantage in this regard, whether it is his performance in the previous treason case of the fourth prince, or the several proposals he made during the past year to watch the government and the Ministry of Etiquette, which won a lot of applause. Although the second prince was secretly angry more than once, because

Those methods must have been thought up by Concubine Wu, but he himself had never left Queen Chen's help, so naturally he did not have the guts to reveal the secrets in the palace.

Pei Yue smiled and changed the topic: "I didn't expect that such a trivial matter of mine could make His Highness worried. It's really an honor."

Even when Princess Pingyang plotted against Pei Yue, Liu Xian's act of taking the blame for her became evidence of his pure filial piety. It can only make people lament that the world is so unpredictable that it cannot be calculated by humans.

Today, the atmosphere in Qinyuan's meeting hall was elegant. Pei Yue was talking hand in hand with the young man sitting across from him. He seemed too lazy to pay attention to the storms outside and just wanted to hide in the small building to be united.

Pei Yue then asked: "What is bothering Your Highness?"

Liu Xian looked slightly embarrassed and said: "That's true."

Liu Xian smiled and said: "The second brother has been coveting your property for a long time. When my father asked Han Shenzheng to take over the southern border peace talks, he couldn't wait to let Liu Fei take over. How can you hold back this time when you take the initiative to sell him?

You use competition

The bidding method raised the price of Xiangyunhao branch to a very high price, and today he used the same method to sell the shares of Qinyuan in Kyoto. He doesn’t have that much money in hand. After all, Zhulou has given up a lot of profits in the past two years in order to maintain its appearance."

Logically speaking, Liu Xian was suffering from a horse's hoof disease at this moment. Even if he was careful not to give others a handle, he would not be so worried.

Pei Yue smiled when he saw this and said: "It seems that His Highness is very worried. The game of chess ends here, how about it?"

Liu Xian put the chess piece in his hand into the box and said in surprise: "Well, there are indeed a few things that make me uneasy in recent days."

Pei Yue smiled and said: "Your Highness, if you really dare to take money from the Ministry of Rites, I'm afraid the imperial concubine will be very angry."

But there were still two things he didn't understand. Even if the second son was short of money, he wouldn't be able to use the money from the Ministry of Industry. Even if he used the bamboo building as collateral to borrow money from the Taiping Bank, he would still be able to raise the capital to purchase Pei Yue's property.

To put it bluntly, even if he really used money from the Ministry of Industry, how could Pei Yue lift the lid?

This time I was able to gain insight into Pei Yue's plans because Liu Xian had always stood from the perspective of an outsider and had a thorough view of the entire situation. In addition, he had experienced Pei Yue's various methods before, so he was able to analyze Pei Yue extremely rationally.

idea.

Wang Pingzhang and the second prince were naturally not included in this list. They just felt it was a pity that they did not take advantage of this opportunity to overthrow Pei Yue.

He now oversees the administration of the Ministry of Rites, and at least nominally has jurisdiction over the Ministry of Rites.

However, today's matchup on the chessboard seemed evenly matched, especially when Pei Yue used a "small point" in the lower left corner, Liu Xian fell into a long test.

The matter involves the prince, and it is not possible to report the matter. If Pei Yue had not helped him, Jian Rong, who brazenly impeached the eldest prince, might not have been able to escape unscathed.

Secondly, if we consider the best result, even if the second brother can't see the mystery clearly, can't Wang Pingzhang, the old fox, also not see through it?

Liu Xian now knew that Liu Yun was secretly connected with the Duke of Wei, so he looked Pei Yue in the eyes and asked frankly: "Pei Yue, do you think the second child and Wang Pingzhang will be fooled?"

Pei Yue unhurriedly put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the box and asked with a smile: "Your Highness, do you think Wang Pingzhang will remind the second prince?"

Liu Xian was stunned.
Chapter completed!