Zhu Jinjun couldn't help but smile, he settled into a comfortable sitting position, and said with a smile: "These people are not even minions. They are just the father who occasionally gives some gifts and lets them speak for the father. Chen Hao,
If my father had relied on these people, he would have been dead long ago. We rely on our own people for everything. They are just people who follow the trend, so why should you be angry?"
Seeing his father smiling confidently, Zhu Chenhao couldn't help but ask: "What are the benefits that my father mentioned?"
Zhu Jinjun's eyes flashed and he said calmly: "First, Liu Chengfeng is the enemy of you and me, and also the enemy of Xiao Jing. Although Xiao Jing is an open-minded man, he has to kill Liu Chengfeng.
If we don't remove them, the majesty of Eunuch Bingbi and the Duke of Dongchang will be gone, and even Dongchang will find it difficult to maintain. Once this person has murderous intentions, he will do whatever it takes, and it will inevitably make you, my father and my son a fisherman."
"That's the second thing..." Zhu Jinjun smiled even deeper and said slowly: "It's a good thing that you and my son turned against the prince in the palace..."
Zhu Chenhao couldn't help but said: "Is this a good thing?"
"Of course." Zhu Jinjun stood up from his seat, clasped his hands and paced back and forth in the room: "Chen Hao, you are still too young. Some things are called a blessing in disguise. Although you and I, father and son, are
It was a huge loss of face, but it made Zhu Youtang not take action easily even if he became suspicious of what we were doing in Nanchang. Think about it, everyone in the world now knows that you and I have become a couple.
The emperor will only appease us and will never provoke us. Even if he suspects what we are doing, he will never dare to investigate in a big way. Do you know why?"
Zhu Chenhao thought for a while and his eyes lit up: "Even if he investigates, people in the world will only say that the emperor is looking for the prince and bullying the clan for the sake of the prince?"
Zhu Jinjun smiled and said: "That's right. It would be fine if it had been someone else. But the current emperor has always cherished feathers. How could he ruin his reputation just for some clues? After all, we are a clan, so this
The reputation of bullying the clan is not something he can bear. Over the years as a father, he has been tossing and turning in sleepless nights because he is afraid that many things will be detected by Dongchang and Jinyiwei. But now he has a talisman.
Our plan in Nanchang can be accelerated."
"Just wait and see, the emperor knows how to win people's hearts best. Now that we have turned against his prince, not only does he not dare to retaliate, but he will be more kind to you and me, letting everyone know that he is fair and will not favor his son."
, we have stayed in the capital for so long, and I heard that there is a peach grove twenty miles outside Zhaoyang Gate, near Tongzhou. Although the autumn wind is bleak at this time, it is said that there are many wine flags there, and you can stand in the wine shop and look up.
Far away, to the north, you can see the capital, and to the south, you can see Tongzhou. Although this sentence is too much, we simply have nothing to do and will go and have a look tomorrow."
"It's not the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom. What are you doing drinking there?" Zhu Chenhao frowned.
Zhu Jinjun shook his head and said: "Do you think the reason why my father went there was just to see the bare peach grove? My father wanted to see our business in Tongzhou."
"Business..." Zhu Chenhao suddenly realized.
There are two Tongzhous in the world, one in the south of the Yangtze River and the other in the southern suburbs of the capital, so they are called Nantongzhou and Beitongzhou. However, these two Tongzhous are not simple at all, because they are from the Grand Canal connecting the capital to the south of the Yangtze River.
At the starting point and the end point, every year, countless watercrafts depart from Nantong Prefecture and arrive in Beitong Prefecture. They then transfer countless money and grain taxes and enter the capital through the official road from Chaoyang Gate.
Therefore, in the world of the Ming Dynasty, North and South Tongzhou may not be the most prosperous, but if merchants gather and people flow, it must be North and South Tongzhou. It is said that all wealthy businessmen who have reached a certain level of business will rent warehouses or warehouses in North and South Tongzhou.
You have a good reputation, otherwise you will definitely be looked down upon.
Zhu Chenhao said: "My father means..."
Zhu Jinjun smiled faintly: "My father has already deployed people in Nantong Prefecture, but in North Tong Prefecture, my father is just asking people to buy and raise money. If we can take North and South Tongzhou into our hands, if something happens in the future, we still have to worry about the money and food."
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Zhu Chenhao took a deep breath. The two places of North and South Tongzhou can be said to be the most important hubs in the world. It can even be said that the Ming Dynasty could live without Nanjing and Suzhou and Hangzhou, but it could never live without North and South Tongzhou. Who would quietly control it?
Here, not to mention being as rich as a country, if something happens, if someone blocks the main channel of the canal, sets a fire, and sinks some ships, the waterway between the north and the south can be blocked for several months, and the waterway south of the Yangtze River can be burned for a month.
Even though it only takes a short time to pay taxes, if you really want to do something big, this little time is enough.
Just as he was talking, there was a follower outside reporting: "Your Majesty, Your Highness, someone has come from the palace and handed over a principal book."
The father and son stopped talking. Zhu Jinjun looked indifferent and stroked his beard and said: "Come in."
The attendant went in and handed a gold book into Zhu Jinjun's hand. Zhu Jinjun took it and opened it. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Father, I almost forgot. In a few days,
It's the Queen's birthday, Chen Hao, look, the Emperor and the Queen are inviting you and me to the palace to celebrate your birthday."
Zhu Chenhao couldn't help but said: "Congratulations on your birthday?" He took the gold book and looked at it for a while, then smiled: "This is asking us, father and son, to enter the palace again to stage a drama of clan harmony for the emperor."
Zhu Jinjun thought for a while and said firmly: "We are going. Not only are we going, but we also have to prepare a big gift."
Zhu Chenhao couldn't help but said: "Why is this?"
Zhu Jinjun said calmly: "We turned against the prince, but we turned against each other, but the queen still wanted to fawn over her. Flattery to her is to let people know that you and I, father and son, are broad-minded, but if it is a gift from us,
The birthday gift is more generous than that of the prince, what will happen to the prince?"
Zhu Jinjun's eyes lit up and he sneered: "Let the idiot of the prince make a fool of himself and let the world see that although the queen is the biological mother of the prince, she is not as caring about the queen as her father and sons."
Zhu Jinjun smiled slightly: "What kind of gift should I give?"
Zhu Chenhao hesitated for a moment: "It is said that the empress is good at playing the piano..."
The father and son both showed strange smiles.
"And this time, maybe even Liu Chengfeng will go. He is just a small householder, but he is close to the prince. Father, I have a way to make Liu Chengfeng die without a burial.
land."
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After coming out of the palace, Liu Chengfeng was not in a hurry to go home, but he had already called Deng Long to help inform him first. As for him, he hired a carriage and quickly went to Baihu.
It's not that Liu Chengfeng doesn't miss his wife at home, it's just that he has one more thing to do at this time.
The hired coachman was talkative. When he saw Liu Chengfeng coming out from near the Meridian Gate, he thought he had met someone noble, so he asked which yamen official Liu Chengfeng was. Liu Chengfeng asked him, "What do you think?"
The coachman smiled and said: "Your Excellency, are you going to the Hundred Households in Fireworks Alley? Oh, I know, I understand. Your Excellency is well-mannered and comes out of the palace again. He must be a new member of the Imperial Academy. There are many disputes in Fireworks Alley, so I must be incognito."
Private visit."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but laugh and said to himself, "It turns out that I am a new member of the Imperial Academy. This is quite interesting."
The driver asked Liu Chengfeng if he was.
Liu Chengfeng just didn't answer, and the coachman said complacently: "I must have been hit by the villain's words, haha..." He smiled heartily, feeling quite proud of himself.
Along the way, we arrived at the Hundred Households Office in Yanhua Hutong. Liu Chengfeng got out of the car. The driver was about to say: "Sir, be careful..." Several lieutenants at the entrance of the Hundred Household Office in Yanhua Hutong were guarding with swords. Since Liu Chengfeng
Feng Bian went to Dali Temple, and the Baihu Station in Firework Alley was gradually losing its vitality. Although Secretary Wang was still trying to maintain it, without Liu Baihu, the changes here had become more and more obvious.
When Liu Baihu was here, everyone walked sideways on the street, and no one dared to interfere with the oil and water in Fireworks Alley. But as soon as Liu Baihu left, not only people came from Dongchang, but also the Shuntian Mansion.
With the pop-up popping up, the oil and water in Fireworks Alley has dropped sharply, becoming even worse than before.
At this time, when the school captain at the door saw Liu Chengfeng getting off the carriage, he thought he had seen it wrong. Then he wiped his eyes and confirmed that it was Liu Chengfeng.
Once I left him, I realized that there were no adults from hundreds of families, not to mention the delicious food, even the northwest wind couldn't find anything to eat. Coupled with the respect they had always had for Liu Chengfeng, the eyes of these captains were actually a little red.
, rushed forward in a hurry, and all bowed down and saluted: "Master Baihu, are you back?"
"Sir, as long as nothing happens, it will be fine."
Liu Chengfeng couldn't stand their enthusiasm. He was about to say what he wanted to say. I paid the fare first. But as soon as he changed hands, the carriage moved. The driver turned pale and raised his whip without saying a word.
Draw your horse and leave quickly.
Liu Chengfeng couldn't help shouting: "Hey, fare!"
He is a stubborn person. If he takes your car, he must give you the fare. Seeing that the carriage is about to leave, he quickly catches up with you. Unfortunately, he is still a few steps late, so he has to chase hard.
When the captains saw it, they were confused at first, and then someone realized: "What are you still doing? Stop that thief coachman."
Several school lieutenants followed Liu Chengfeng in pursuit.
The driver was driving frantically in front, and when he saw the people behind him trying to catch up, he was even more frightened. He tried to urge the horse to run faster, but this was a bustling market after all, and it was very crowded. The driver had no choice but to hold on to the reins.
, Herodius stopped the car. If he had been slower for a moment, he would have hit a stall and three or four idlers on the roadside in front of him.