Chapter 176 0171 [Father and sons respective plans]
Zhu Ming inquired about the situation carefully and found out that the governor of Kaifeng was messing around. He was a little dissatisfied with Sheng Zhang.
Since he didn't know what the other party was doing, he had to comfort him for a while and asked the Li family to stay at the inn first.
The next day, Ju Ming paid a visit to Duke Kang's mansion and presented him with black tea, a stove and briquettes.
Duke Kang Guo and Prince Consort Qian Jingzhen accompanied their wives to burn incense at Xiangguo Temple. The young prince Qian Chen was responsible for receiving Ju Ming.
After talking about the Li family's affairs, Zhu Ming asked: "This Li Jihui (Li Wei's concubine) has no other relatives to support him? He allowed himself to be humiliated by the governor of Kaifeng."
Qian Chen smiled and said, "He has relatives. Li Jihui's second brother happens to be my third brother-in-law."
Ju Ming: "..."
Qian Chen introduced: "Li Zhang, the eldest brother of the consort Li Wei, commanded envoys in front of the palace and gave posthumous gifts to the Taiwei. Li Zhang liked to collect books during his lifetime, and all his money was used to buy books. After his death, he had no money to pay for funerals, so he asked the court to borrow books.
Three thousand strings."
"The second brother Li Xun was promoted to the magistrate of Xiangzhou, and the family moved to Xiangzhou to settle down."
"The third brother, the fourth brother, the fifth brother, the seventh brother, and the eighth brother are all guards of the inner palace. The descendants of these people are now just officers of the Imperial Guard."
"Li Wei and the princess had no children. From his eldest brother Li Zhang, he adopted an heir, who was renamed Li Sihui. Li Sihui also had no children. He died young in his prime and became the governor of Rongzhou. He also adopted another son, who was renamed Li Chenghui. They are my three sons.
Brother-in-law. My third brother-in-law also died young, leaving only one daughter who married into a branch of the royal family."
"The Li Jihui who is crying to you is the concubine of the consort. He was given the status of heir by Emperor Zhezong and inherited the mansion of the princess and the consort. He once served in the Nei Lv Mansion and was a fourth-grade military attache."
Ju Ming combed through the information carefully and roughly understood what was going on.
The old man Li Jihui came crying. His uncle's family had declined, and he couldn't even afford funeral expenses after his death. His descendants could only live by selling off his massive collection of books.
The second uncle's family moved to Xiangzhou, and they may have stopped contacting him long ago.
The remaining uncles and uncles are just ordinary palace guards, and their descendants can only be officers of the imperial army. Their lives are really miserable.
As for Li Jihui himself, he once served as an official in the Nei Ling Mansion. However, the Nei Lian Mansion was an official position in the East Palace, and Song Huizong established the crown prince not long ago, which shows that he was an East Palace official a long time ago and had nothing to do with Song Huizong.
The emperor and his courtiers have changed several times. How can there be any favor left?
Ju Ming asked: "What is Li Jihui's character?"
Qian Chen said: "It's quite unbearable. I occupy such a large mansion. I would rather leave most of it vacant than take in my dilapidated cousin. This man is not very talented and makes a living by selling his father's calligraphy, paintings and collection of books."
Qian Chen's words were somewhat filled with personal grudges.
Li Jihui's identity as heir was obtained after the death of Qian Chen's third brother-in-law. At that time, he and his third sister were very unhappy - fighting for the house worth hundreds of thousands of dollars!
Qian Chen smiled and said: "Since the official family has given me a house, just accept it if you succeed. No one will speak for Li Jihui. If his relatives hear the news, they will probably just gloat."
"I understand," Zhu Ming cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, young master, for clearing up the confusion."
The two chatted for a while, no longer talking about this matter, but instead talking about poetry and articles.
It was almost noon when the prince consort and the princess went home to pay homage to the Buddha.
"Junior Ju Ming, pay homage to Duke Kang and pay homage to Emperor Lingde!" Zhu Ming bowed solemnly.
Qian Jingzhen smiled and said: "Success, please take a seat."
Ling De Diji originally looked down on Ju Ming's background, but when she saw him young and handsome, she suddenly felt a little fond of him: "Can you get married if you are successful?"
Ju Ming said: "Never."
Ling De Diji said: "I still have a daughter under my knees, who is not yet underage. She can make a marriage contract first."
Zhu Ming declined politely: "The younger generation dare not make the decision on matters of marriage. We must first ask my father for instructions."
Qian Jingzhen blinked wildly at his wife. He only had a concubine and was not yet married. He might offend someone by proposing marriage randomly.
Ju Ming immediately changed the subject, took out the black tea and said, "I have been in Tokyo for a long time, and I should have paid a visit long ago. But I am short of money and can't bring out any gifts. It just so happens that my father brought tea this time."
Qian Jingzhen smiled and said: "Yangzhou is rich in good tea, I think it will be a good product."
Ju Ming said: "This tea is made by my father. It is different from ordinary tea. Can you let the servant boil water and let me demonstrate it?"
Ling Dediji had nothing to do all day, and she liked such strange things, so she immediately asked her servants to bring in stoves and charcoal.
Several tea cups were placed, and after the water boiled, Ju Ming began to make tea.
"Loose tea?" De Diji was a little disappointed.
Ju Ming smiled and said: "But it is different from loose tea. Is there any sugar in the king's tea?"
"The officials gave some rewards." Qian Jingzhen asked someone to bring sugar.
Ju Ming said while adding sugar: "You can drink it with sugar or without it. If you add sugar, you can also add some boiled goat milk."
After the tea leaves were brewed, Qian Jingzhen tasted it and said: "The soup is bright red in color and crystal clear. I have never seen this before."
The water temperature was slightly cool, Qian Jingzhen took a sip, and there was no sugar: "The taste is soft and delicate, sweet and mellow, without any astringency. The fragrance is fresh and not dull. This... must be the best tea, but
It is also very different from Tuancha."
Ling Dediji drank the sugared version and said with a smile: "Good tea!"
Qian Chen also took a sip and couldn't help but ask: "Where can I buy this tea?"
Ju Ming said: "This tea has not yet been put on the market. My father brought some to Beijing and planned to donate it to the officials. Each of the chamberlains and imperial guards who returned to Beijing had ten kilograms in their hands and could buy it from them. In addition, there is also a tea in Yangzhou.
Green tea is grown and made by my father.”
Qian Jingzhen praised: "Your Majesty must be the master of tea. No wonder he is favored by the officials."
Ju Ming also said: "After the black tea is presented to the officials, the production will be greatly increased."
Dean Zhu has a cautious personality, taking one step at a time and looking at three steps, and black tea is the key.
If Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty fell in love with this thing, he would definitely order the establishment of an imperial tea garden in Yangzhou, and Zhu Guoxiang could take the opportunity to return to preside over the tea service and escape from Tokyo to live happily ever after.
Black tea has become tribute tea, which will definitely disturb the place.
But if it is left to Zhu Guoxiang to take charge, the level of harassment can be controlled, and everyone can even make money together, and can also take the opportunity to expand the power of the Zhu family.
When the time comes and Zhu Guoxiang asks to step down, why don't those who come after him exploit him like crazy?
Comparing the two, Dean Zhu is simply unparalleled in his benevolence and righteousness.
At that time, when the Zhu family and his son ascended to a high place and shouted, they would surely be followed by thousands of people. Even the landowners in Yangzhou might follow in the rebellion. The first target of the attack was Caosi Xingya (the tribute tea management agency).
Zhu Guoxiang wrote all these plans in his letters in pinyin.
Ju Ming rode back, and when he arrived at the door of his house, he saw Li Jihui.
This little old man was pitiful and he knelt down to say hello.
However, Ju Ming had no sympathy for him because he learned a lot of inside information from Qian Chen.
Li Jihui first fought for the real estate with his brother's widow, and the lawsuit went all the way to Zhezong of Song Dynasty. He didn't have many children and grandchildren, including only a dozen wives and concubines. How could he live in a house worth hundreds of thousands of dollars? But his family was in poverty.
My cousin asked to stay in his house, but he refused to give him a penny and asked his servants to drive him out.
Of course, occupying other people's houses is really detrimental to reputation, and Ju Ming will definitely not do it.
"Old sir, I have inquired clearly," Zhu Ming dismounted and said, "Your house was indeed given to my father by the official family. How can a gentleman dominate other people's houses when he is standing in the world? I will go to the palace tomorrow to ask the emperor.
The officials take back their orders!"
Li Jihui was startled: "Don't... don't alarm the officials. I'm willing to give up the house. I just want some money to buy it. When the late emperor gave the house to me, it cost 300,000 yuan to build it. I sold it to you for only 100,000 yuan."
Through."
Spend 100,000 yuan to buy a house?
What nonsense.
Ju Ming said: "My family is poor and I can't even afford ten thousand guan, not to mention one hundred thousand guan. Old sir, don't worry. When I come to the palace to meet the saint, I will definitely ask the officials to take back my life."
"Eighty thousand dollars!" Li Jihui began to lower the price.
He absolutely did not dare to ask for that house again, because the emperor had already issued an edict, and with Song Huizong's face-hungry character, he would definitely not be able to take advantage of it when the time came.
Even if the emperor doesn't say anything, Shengzhang, who is responsible for handling this matter, will put his family in a dilemma of life and death.
Li Jihui did not dare to offend the emperor, nor did he dare to offend Sheng Zhang, but he dared to come to Ju Ming and cry. Because Ju Ming had a very good reputation, he was polite, incorruptible, and neither greedy nor occupying.
To put it bluntly, bully the weak and fear the strong!
"Old gentleman, don't ask for money," Zhu Ming pulled Li Jihui and left. "Let's go into the palace now. I will definitely help the old gentleman get the house back!"
Li Jihui was scared to death: "If you don't want to go, there's no need... I'll just give you 50,000 guan."
Ju Ming sighed: "I really have no money. If I had money, could I still share a house with my friends?"
Li Jihui said: "The officials will definitely reward your father. We can't afford 50,000 yuan now. We can wait another two years. All we need to do is write a deed to buy the house on credit."
Ju Ming pretended to think for a moment: "How about this? Since the official gave me the house, my father and I can't resist it. But it is the old man's house, and there is no reason to take it by force. It cost 300,000 yuan to build the house, so the house must be spacious.
, it was more than enough to accommodate two families. So we divided the house into two, with my father and son living on one side and the old gentleman living on the other. As for the house deed, I rewrote a new one and gave it to the old gentleman privately. My father and son were living in the old gentleman’s house.
Home."
Can I still get the house deed back?
Li Jihui was so excited that he was trembling all over, and at the same time he felt scared. Will this matter anger the officials if word spreads about it?
Ju Ming said: "If you give it privately, the official family has nothing to do with it."
Li Jihui still couldn't resist the temptation and said with tears of gratitude: "I have lived half my life, and now I know that there are really benevolent and righteous people in the world!"
Ju Ming did this just to raise his hopes.
What did he come to Tokyo for?
Do you make money by selling honeycomb briquettes? Or do you want to buy a mansion worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for nothing?
neither!
The first is to accumulate connections, the second is to accumulate popularity, and the third is to obtain official resources.
He had no interest in that mansion, and he only dreamed of rebels. He could give up a city or a place, so what were a few shabby houses?
But you must move in and live in a sojourn manner.
If you spread it secretly and deliberately, it will be a good talk in the world, the kind that can be written into the history books!
This kind of reputation seems useless, but it can attract a lot of talents when the army is launched in the future. Even hostile forces will admire his father and son, and they can make many cool moves.
No matter how bad it is, you will sympathize with them and think that the father and son were forced to rebel.