In the land north of Huguang and Jiangbei, the sun is blazing and the heat is overwhelming. At this time, Zhu Niang is already preparing for Zhu Hao to go to the provincial capital to take the provincial examination. The large and small boxes are enough to fill three carriages, and she plans to let Yu Sanhe
Uncle Zhong accompanied Zhu Hao to Wuchang Mansion to take the exam, and everything they could arrange was arranged.
Shopkeeper Ma was originally only responsible for business matters, but at this time, Zhu Niang temporarily dispatched him and asked him to manage the relationships along the way.
The underworld, the white road, the government, the green forest... made Shopkeeper Ma anxious and confused.
However, Shopkeeper Ma can understand Zhu Niang's ardent expectation for her son to obtain the title of a civil servant, and also hopes that Zhu Hao can go to high school in one fell swoop, so that he can get more protection when doing business with Zhu Hao, his young boss.
Although many of the conditions put forward by Zhu Niang made it difficult for shopkeeper Ma to keep up, he still agreed to them all and tried his best to help arrange them.
Su Xigui has now shifted his business focus away from Huguang and Jiangxi, and mainly travels to Zhejiang, north and south Zhili and northwest areas.
Nowadays, Huguang Ground's business is basically taken over by newly emerging government and businessmen.
As an emperor and a courtier, even though Huang Zan was a high-ranking official and would not let his tea go cold when others left, he could not leave his position as chief envoy and occupied the latrine in Huguang.
Even so, the influence of Huang Zan and Su Xigui in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places cannot be underestimated. New government officials and businessmen still need to rely on Su Xigui's business channels to ensure the supply of various in-demand materials.
It can only be said that Su Xigui is too shrewd in his business, and his stalls are large and stable. If an official wants to cultivate an official businessman, it would be good if he can earn some hard money. If Su Xigui can do business nationwide, then it is really worthwhile.
level.
In this way, Shopkeeper Ma arranged for Zhu Hao to stay and stay on the way to Wuchang Mansion through the shopkeepers Su Xigui left in Huguang...
Not to mention Wuchang Mansion. After all, it was once Su Xigui's hometown, and he left a lot of properties in Wuchang. In this way, when Zhu Hao arrived in Wuchang Mansion, he did not need to stay in an inn, but directly arranged it in a big house. A large number of maids and servants were prepared.
Heap, even the cooks in the kitchen are at the level of restaurant chefs...
With the intention of Shopkeeper Ma, when Zhu Hao arrived at Wuchang Mansion, it was as if he were at his own home.
"In addition, Dongzhu Su said that after the provincial examination, he will visit Wuchang Mansion... Xiao Dongjia, you also know that now Dongzhu Su does not go back to Huguang often, and Anlu does not come often. At most, he is over there in Wuchang Mansion.
Stay a while..."
Shopkeeper Ma works hard and often learns from his former employer, Su Xigui.
Zhu Hao can only say that Su Xigui is not only good at doing business, but also pays attention to the development of his personal abilities when training each of his shopkeepers, and will not set some rules and regulations for them to complete within this framework. This is a good way to maintain the integrity of his shopkeepers.
autonomy.
All those we train are good at doing business!
Sometimes Zhu Hao feels ashamed that he and his subordinates may not have the same grudges as Su Xigui and can make jokes at will. Sometimes they have to worry about each other's face and dignity and can't let go.
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At this time, there was a haze in Prince Xing's Mansion.
Zhu Youqi was bedridden, and the pain was tormenting him more and more. In this era when there were no painkillers, the cancer had reached the terminal stage and had penetrated into the bone marrow. The severe pain was simply unbearable, but the patient had no choice but to bear it.
Because of his father's illness, Zhu Si was always distracted during class. Occasionally Zhu Hao asked him to stand up and say something, but Zhu Si also looked absent-minded.
Jinghong doesn't like to interfere with matters in the palace recently because he has successfully passed the palace examination. According to the Jing family's idea, Jinghong will take the college examination next year. Regardless of whether he passes the examination or not, he will leave the palace and return to his hometown.
The Jing family may have discovered that their investment in Prince Xing's Mansion over the past few years has not yielded any real returns. Even if the purpose is just to have a good relationship between their children and Crown Prince Xing, over the past five years, friendship and other things have long been cultivated.
It’s time to take your children back to their parents and relatives…
No parent would be willing to let their children study in a foreign country.
It must be said that Jinghong has been very diligent in the past two or three years, and the time he can go back to visit his relatives every year is very limited. After all, it takes about ten days to go back and forth, and he will stay at home for a few more days... a trip will not last more than half a month.
However, Jinghong's mother occasionally comes to Anlu to visit her children.
"Life and death are destiny, wealth and honor are in heaven, so be more open-minded."
On this day, Zhu Hao continued to teach Zhu Si how to play Go. After only a few moves, Zhu Si made many mistakes and omissions. Zhu Hao knew that his mind was not on this, so he comforted him with words.
Zhu Si raised his head: "Zhu Hao, were you sad when your father passed away?"
Zhu Hao thought to himself, the father after time travel is just a symbol that he has never seen before. When I had the right to control this body, my father had been dead for almost two years, and there was no emotional bond at all.
sad?
Maybe it was because I was slightly touched every time I saw Zhu Niang and Aunt Li crying towards the memorial tablets, but even Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were almost friends or partners to Zhu Hao.
Human beings in this world lack the bonds of family ties that are thicker than water.
"I was still young at that time and didn't understand much about that. Now that I think about it...who wants their loved ones to leave their side forever? But people always have to look forward."
Zhu Hao wanted to comfort Zhu Si, but when he said the words, he felt so weak.
Zhu Si picked up a chess piece at random and placed it on the chessboard, but it was another bad move, but Zhu Hao no longer corrected it.
Zhu Sidao: "Mother said, if my father and the king are gone, our orphans and widowed mothers will be bullied... There are no good people in this court."
Even Princess Jiang began to instill a sense of crisis in her son, and Zhu Hao felt that his previous efforts were not in vain.
"There are some things I don't know whether I should say to you clearly."
Zhu Hao said after putting down the chess piece.
Zhu Si was absent-minded: "You tell me. We are friends. You have saved my life three times. Even my mother said that others will harm me, but you will not."
Zhu Hao thought to himself, does Princess Jiang really think so?
Could it be that you are using Zhu Si’s words to paralyze me?
But thinking about it again, a mother discovered that someone had saved her son three times in a row. Not every time it was a coincidence, but Zhu Hao stepped forward and took great risks to enter the palace to treat Zhu Si... Conspirator
She will consider whether there is a secret behind it, but she will naturally regard this person as the noble person in her son's destiny.
"That's right, why do you think your father suddenly became ill in the past two years and his condition has become worse day by day?" Zhu Hao asked an explosive question.
Zhu Si looked confused: "Isn't my father infected with an illness? You just said that life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor."
Zhu Hao sighed: "There are some things I shouldn't say to you, but you have to know that there has always been an old grudge between the imperial court and Prince Xing's Mansion. I have mentioned to you before the source of the conflict between Prince Xing's Mansion and the current royal family..."
Zhu Si's expression became serious. He lowered his head and thought carefully before asking, "Could it be that... someone secretly poisoned me?"
"It's hard to say. In fact, King Xing is not very old and has not reached the point of senility. But if it comes to poisoning or murder...the palace is heavily guarded, there may not be a way...I just put forward this idea, don't take it too seriously.
Take it to heart."
At the end of his speech, Zhu Hao advised Zhu Si to be more open-minded.
But he diverted the conversation just to cause a ripple in Zhu Si's heart, and those words that followed were purely to add fuel to the flames.
We need to plant a seed of suspicion and hatred in your kid's heart, so that you will have resentment towards the imperial court. When a series of clues appear later, you will maintain a hatred... As long as you have this hatred, you will follow
The grievances between the royal family and the ministers will not be easily reconciled.
This is why Zhu Hao initially told Tang Yin that the crown prince should have grudges against the imperial court, but this grudge should not be passed on to the Zhu family.
In other words, it doesn't matter whether you hate the Zhu family or not, as long as you don't hate me.
In other words, Zhu Hao is a fire-fighting person.
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King Xing knew that the deadline was approaching. Not to mention the end of the year, he might not even be able to make it to the end of this month.
The palace has begun to prepare for funeral arrangements.
Princess Jiang was in charge of this matter, and Yuan Zonggao was the nominal presiding officer, but in fact all matters had to go through Zhang Zuo's hands. After all, budget expenditures, etc., needed to be allocated from the treasury, and Zhang Zuo was in control of these.
Because Zhang Zuo was not confident in handling matters, in order to convince others, he often asked Tang Yin for advice, which made Tang Yin the busiest person in the palace during this period.
Tang Yin was busy with work for another long time that day, and rarely found time to meet Zhu Hao in the afternoon. The two of them sat in the west courtyard cafeteria to eat.
Jinghong finished eating early that day and returned to the dormitory, leaving Zhu Hao and Tang Yin sitting there.
Tang Yin sighed: "If what I expected is true, it will only happen in the past few days..."
One sentence shows that Zhu Youqi's current situation is not at the end of the month or in the middle of the month... Historically, Zhu Youqi died on June 17, while Zhu Chenhao's rebellion began on June 14.
Of course, there is a certain time lag between when something happens and when the news is received.
Even if Zhu Chenhao rebels in Jiangxi and spreads to Anlu, it will not be until June 25th at the earliest. If something else happens in the meantime, it will probably take more than half a month.
Not only in Anlu, but also in the capital and other places, there was a lag in the transmission of news.
For example, in history, the battle between Wang Shouren and King Ning took place on July 26, but when Zhu Houzhao went out on August 22, he did not even know that King Ning's rebellion had been subsided.
"Has the letter I asked you to write to Wang Zhongcheng delivered before?" Zhu Hao asked specifically.
In order to allow Wang Shouren to prepare for war in advance, Zhu Hao asked Tang Yin to write a letter to Wang Shouren in his name, warning King Ning that the rebellion would occur after the imperial court issued the order to seize King Ning's bodyguard, which would probably be in mid-June, and asked Wang Shouren to be more vigilant and take good care of him.
response.
Tang Yin nodded: "If it wasn't for this matter, I wouldn't come to you. You said that Prince Ning would start an uprising in the near future, but there is no news yet, could it be... Anyway, since you said it, then...
It’s basically the truth.”
"Ha ha."
Zhu Hao couldn't help grinning with joy.
Tang Yin learned to be smart.
In the past, Tang Yin would always question what Zhu Hao said, but now he finally stopped struggling. I know you will definitely hit the mark, so what's the point of asking for nothing?
I'd better just listen to fate and do my best. I'll say whatever you want me to say.