Shen Ao is a qualified and even somewhat excellent businessman.
The most important thing in the eyes of a businessman is profit. As long as he can bring benefits to himself, Shen Ao will not become his mortal enemy. After all, no one has any grudges in the first place. There is no hatred for killing his father or taking away his wife. What is the matter? What about the ones that can’t be untied?
Naturally, he would not do such a thing as asking Shen Ao to bow to others. Why, after finally resurrecting his life and letting him live a cowardly life, what's the point of living?
Therefore, Shen Ao will not take the initiative to bow his head, but if someone takes the initiative to show kindness, he will definitely continue. Even if King Xiang bows his head now, he can still chat and laugh with him. After all, whether it is King Qing or King Xiang, the relationship with Shen Ao It's not that hatred cannot be resolved. It's not like the former prince actually wanted to kill himself, so that's a different story.
Although Shen Ao's ambition was not in the court, he was still clear about what happened in the court.
Not to mention anything else, the information that Bai Qiutong obtained contained a lot of information about the affairs of the court, which was enough for him to understand the situation of the court clearly. Knowing this, and seeing Prince Qing taking the initiative to show his kindness, how could Shen Ao? Don't you know what he was thinking, it was just that he was at a disadvantage against King Xiang and wanted to use himself to improve his strength.
After all, Shen Ao is now also an official of the Ministry of Husbandry, and is also the very important head of the Ministry of Finance, with an official position of third rank. Not to mention, behind him, there is Marquis Zhongcheng who fully supports him, which represents a part of the generals. The strength cannot be underestimated.
If Prince Qing is willing to make friends, Shen Ao will certainly not refuse. But it is impossible to say that he is on Prince Qing's side because of this.
Shen Ao didn't have a good impression of Prince Qing. Just saying that he was lame on one foot was his biggest flaw. Emperor Qianwen was also a face-loving person. Whenever there was a suitable successor, he would not choose this one. The eldest son. Otherwise, where would there be a chance for Tang Xin to become the prince?
Shen Ao didn't think much of King Xiang either. He was too domineering and didn't know what restraint was. He only used his power to suppress others and had no brains. Such a person must not be liked by Emperor Qianwen, otherwise, After Tang Xin stepped down, he should have made King Xiang the crown prince, but there has been no movement, which explains everything.
Thinking that Emperor Qianwen was in good health and not very old, he could wait a few years and wait for the other princes to grow up before re-establishing themselves as crown princes. Shen Ao had a feeling that neither King Qing nor King Xiang had the same problem. The possibility of inheriting a big position.
Although he had analyzed these things, Shen Ao had no intention of looking down on Prince Qing and Prince Xiang. Aren't those princes not grown up yet? During this period of time, it was still up to the two kings to fight for each other. He did not want to fall into an unreasonable disaster. In the process, becoming a victim who is destined to be a victim is meaningless at all.
In this way, it is certainly what he hopes to see to maintain a certain friendly relationship with the two kings. Even if this kind of friendship is only superficial, it is okay.
With this kind of mentality, Shen Ao would certainly not refuse Prince Qing's overtures. But he still underestimated Prince Qing's determination to befriend him.
"Mr. Zhongguo, the establishment of Daqian Bank is a great thing that benefits the country and the people. I wholeheartedly support it. You have done another great thing." King Qing chuckled and said, "You don't need money." If you obey, a lot of it will come.
Calling Duke Shen Aozhong is not Master Shen, and there is something special about this.
Ordinarily, now that Shen Ao has an official position, he should be called Chief Shen. But after all, the name of a chief is not as loud as the name of the Duke of the country. It is also said that this is not in the household department, not in the yamen. You can call him whatever you want. Some.
Of course, it doesn't mean that you can't call Shen Aochen in charge after you get out of the Yamen, but it's probably because you look down on him. Prince Qing naturally knew it, so he paid special attention to the title.
Prince Qing's kind words fell on Shen Ao's ears, and he smiled with a springy face and said, "Your Majesty is wise in this matter. I just did what a minister should do, and I don't deserve His Highness Prince Qing's praise."
"Hey, this matter was Duke Zhongguo's idea. How could he not have any credit? Well, I am very optimistic about this bank. It not only facilitates others, but also makes money for Da Gan. It's the best of both worlds. In order to show my support, I decided to turn back. Just deposit the money into the bank, and by the way, the Fan family will also deposit money into the bank to show their support."
King Qing has not always been very powerful, and naturally he is not very rich. A few million taels of silver is enough for him, but he still has a lot of real estate rewarded by the emperor. If he sells it, it will be a big sum. And even if he sells it, it will be a big sum. It's just that he has no money, but the Fan family is different. As the kings of iron tools, they have tens of millions of live silver in their hands. If they are willing to support, not only can they make the bank moveable. There are more silver taels, and the most important thing is that it has a hidden propaganda power that people value. Think about it, if even the Fan family is optimistic about something, wouldn't it be able to dispel many people's concerns?
"Oh? The relationship is good. Even so, I must have a good chat with Fan Pushe later." Shen Ao looked at Fan Shitong who was standing on the other side while talking.
Sensing Shen Ao's gaze, Fan Shitong responded with a smile on his face, "It's easy to talk, I've long wanted to have a good chat with Duke Zhongguo."
At the door, Shen Ao chatted happily with Prince Qing and Master Fan. Many people saw this scene, some were envious, some were jealous, and even some officials from the city who didn't have many people showed their thoughts on their faces. But there were also some The expressions of the courtiers did not change, as if they had not seen this scene at all, but if they said that they had no thoughts in their hearts, it was impossible. They were just better at hiding their personal thoughts.
For example, Rui Butong, the Minister of Household Affairs.
When Rui Butong saw Shen Ao suddenly walking so close to Prince Qing and Fan Shitong, although there was no change in his face, there were already waves in his heart.
Shen Ao is now an official in the Ministry of Revenue, and is highly valued by His Majesty. It is a responsibility to entrust Daqian Bank, which can be said to control the economic lifeline of the dynasty, into his hands, and there is no problem at all. .
As the Minister of Household Affairs, one of his responsibilities is to keep an eye on the bank. If he does it well, he will naturally benefit from it. If he doesn't do it well, he will not be able to escape responsibility, so he cannot help but be careful.
After all, is it not because of the support of Emperor Qianwen that Rui Butong can maintain a detached status and is not forced by the princes or join any of them? He is the emperor's man, not a weapon in the hands of the princes fighting for power. , because of this, he can maintain his position as the boss of the household department without moving, and he also has the responsibility to look after your majesty's money bag.
Shen Ao performed well in this regard. He was not seen getting close to any princes. On the contrary, what was heard was that he had quarrels with those princes. It must be this that makes His Majesty feel relieved to take on this important task. Leave it in your hands.
But now, before the bank has started to operate, Shen Ao has come together with King Qing. Will one day he becomes King Qing's man, will the bank one day be used by King Qing?
Thinking of this terrible consequence, Rui Butong had an idea. He must take the opportunity to remind Shen Ao. If the reminder was useless, he would have to report the matter to His Majesty. Even if he changed generals on the spot, he would have to do so. That’s it.
The right servant She Bailigui also saw this scene in his eyes, but his expression did not change at all. This is also in line with his usual behavior. He always looks kind to others. Whenever there is a problem with the officials below, please ask When someone comes to his head, no matter the relationship is far or near, he will find a way to help deal with it. Over time, the reputation of a good old man in the officialdom will fall on his head.
For a person like this, it is simply impossible for you to express any attitude by pointing at him. It is his character to think that he cannot see anything. But everyone does not know that Baili Guiyuan does not Although he usually behaves so kindly, he is a very scheming person. The reason why he behaves like this is to confuse everyone. When everyone does not regard him as a bad person, they will not be on guard. If he wants to do something in private When you do something, it becomes much easier.
This is simply a person who is very good at pretending. It's ridiculous that many officials don't even see this clearly. This means that these officials are destined to be used by him without knowing it.
A hundred people may have a hundred thoughts when they see the same thing. At this time, at the door of Daqian Bank, all the officials are showing all kinds of life patterns, with different thoughts. They really have different thoughts and looks. keeping it.
The good thing is that everyone understands the importance of the occasion, and will only think about it in their hearts. No one will stand up and say anything openly, and there will be no public conflicts. And then The arrival of the dragon chariot not far away quickly diverted everyone's attention.
Emperor Qianwen finally arrived.
Although it is not far from the palace to Taihe Street, there are only two streets. But for their own safety, not only five thousand golden armor guards were dispatched to take charge of the security of the streets, but there were also five hundred elite golden armor guards accompanying Long Nian. .Secretly, there are Tianzi Weiyi and others observing everything, ensuring that even if something goes wrong, rescue can be carried out at any time.
This formation matches the emperor's identity, and people who don't know about it are envious of it. But some important officials in the court know that this is Emperor Qianwen who is worried about his own safety. This alone can be seen. , Daqian is far from as powerful and peaceful as people imagine.
Emperor Qianwen came, and all the ministers who were still far away knelt down on the ground and shouted long live. It looked quite spectacular. Until the dragon chariot came to the gate of the bank, Emperor Qianwen came out and said "I love you". After that, all the ministers stood up together, with as happy a smile as possible on their faces.
