Chapter 174: The End of Offending the God of Wealth
Ruan Bai's heart to resign was very resolute, and he directly said that he was not thoughtful and asked for severe punishment, demanded exile, and so on.
All the courtiers had a bewildered face. I'm a man! As for it, as for it, as for it! Isn't it just impeachment? Which official has not been impeached? The emperor has nothing to do to be impeached, and the crown prince has attracted the muzzle of the imperial history all the year round, but nothing has happened? At most, it's just to give up some benefits and be soft, what's this?
Besides, a big killer that can level the mountain, Ruan Xiaopenyou, won't it be hot if you hold it in your hand? Holding it so tightly, do you want to rebel or rebel or rebel?
The officials who can stand on the temple are all thoughtful/good at brain supplementation, and when it comes to the word rebellion, when you think about it deeply, they are not calm.
What to see in a rebellion?
First, there must be soldiers. The Pingxi Royal Mansion occupies half of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if the west is not rich compared to the east, but it guards the western border of the Great Zhou all the year round, and the border army is not inferior to any army of the Great Zhou, including the Praetorian Guard.
Second, you have to have money. The Pingxi Wangfu family has a big business, and the expenses are only a little smaller than the imperial court; But I can't stand that there is a Ruan Jin dog at home, and that is a living God of Wealth. Not only will he make money himself, but he also has a large number of auxiliary troops in his hands and a lot of resources in the Pingxi Palace. There are countless people who follow his ass to find food, including a large number of merchants and a large number of official eunuch families. In just two or three years, no one can say exactly what kind of money has been collected, and how huge the resources that can be mobilized.
Third, popularity. This is even more needless to say. All kinds of charities, educational institutions, various rural cooperatives, and personnel employment relations brought about by various industries led by Ruan Bai are the people who let them live a good life. As for the government, it is still the one who collects taxes.
For the first time, they found out that Ruan Bai was like a child, who turned his face when he was wronged, and he was not mature at all!
And people tear their faces decisively! In the entire eastern region controlled by the imperial court, all Ruan Bai-related industries have shrunk across the board, and they will be withdrawn when they say so, without showing face at all.
The eastern region was already relatively developed, and the industrial chain involved in Nguyen Bai's business empire covered almost all aspects of society. Many of the businesses that clinged to him were suddenly in trouble; But many of the firms, or the families behind them, see an opportunity. Could it be that the same industry is just you?
Therefore, these merchants took over very quickly, and greatly accelerated the retreat of the Ruan family. By the time the "far-sighted" ministers of the DPRK and China reacted, the entire eastern region could hardly catch the shadow of Nguyen Bai.
Even the general's wife, who had a very close relationship with Ruan Bai and Pingxi Wangfu, was burdened and ran to the Zuo family's land.
The capital left General Zuo Yuanliang a live target.
Zuo Yuanliang's mouth was full of bubbles, and he didn't look like a smiling tiger on his face, he was completely a hungry tiger with green eyes, and he directly ridiculed in the imperial study: "I'm useless, I can't deal with my brother-in-law, my wife and son have run away." Do what you do! โ
There are some things that he can't say in front of the emperor, but just like Chu Hao's understanding, with the development of Pingxi Wangfu in recent years, who is still rare in the third of an acre of land in Dazhou! Finally grew a cash cow, this group of people not only stretched out their paws to pick leaves, but also thought about uprooting the cash tree, and their brains were flooded! None of the people here are stupid, don't they recognize this truth?
The other important ministers didn't look good at Zuo Yuanliang. What wife and son ran away, obviously they just went home, and it was the same as abandoning their husband and father. usually looks quite reasonable, but now when something happens, his face is torn off, and he looks like a martial arts scoundrel.
Zuo Yuanliang completely ignored the thoughts of others, turned his head and knelt directly towards the emperor: "The minister is incompetent, how can he be a scholar." "My wife and son have run away, and he's still a fart general! Can he really lead troops to fight his father-in-law, or intimidate his brother-in-law? Believe it or not, when the time comes, his wife will be the first to give him a taste of the power of a marksman?
It's not that he is disloyal to the king, but when it comes to the last resort, that is, he is willing to take command and go to his father-in-law and brother-in-law, even if the emperor believes him, but the ministers in the court will not believe him, I am afraid that he will be restrained everywhere, making him extremely aggrieved. Rather than this, he might as well retreat by himself, anyway, he knows his father-in-law, and he won't really rebel...... The premise is that these important ministers don't go into the water of their brains and do it to death!
As soon as Zuo Yuanliang's words came out, the people in the entire imperial study were confused.
It would be impossible to say that at such a sensitive time, they did not have any idea about this son-in-law of the king of Pingxi; In fact, most of them had prepared a lot of dirty water to splash on him. But they also understand in their hearts how Zuo Yuanliang's status came about, and there is indeed no one who can replace Zuo Yuanliang in the entire court. If it takes time, the prince is expected to be able to compete with Zuo Yuanliang in terms of fighting, but don't say that the prince hasn't grown up yet, let the prince go to fight with the king of Pingxi, that's not called fighting, that's called sending food! It's that the prince has grown up, and the gentleman doesn't stand under the wall, as the prince of a country, can they really let the prince go hard?
The emperor was the first to react and said, "Zuo Aiqing, don't be angry. I saw that Ruan Lang was also a child, and after listening to some gossip, I felt that the grievances were certain. In this way, you just go to Shunyang and see what Ruan Lang thinks, it's not impossible to rest for a while, but now this big week can't do without Ruan Lang. Those gossip, my eyes are not blind! โ
The emperor's words gave this matter a given, not only expressing his trust in Zuo Yuanliang, but also treating Ruan Bai's resignation as a child's joke, and even characterizing impeachment as gossip.
If you follow the emperor's script, it will naturally be a big thing and a small thing; But is the Pingxi Royal Mansion willing to let this matter end so simply?
Sweet, so sweet!
Tyrannosaurus rex has never been a vegetarian, although it usually eats meat and picks fat and thin, but a small piece of meat bounces on the side of the Tyrannosaurus rex's mouth all day long, and the Tyrannosaurus rex certainly doesn't mind opening its mouth to eat a small snack.
Zuo Yuanliang didn't respond to this errand, but still insisted on Zhishi. In the end, as soon as he came home that day, he carried a roll, and he didn't bring anyone, and rode back to his hometown alone to find his wife and son for the New Year. As for the mess in the capital, they like to make trouble, and he won't accompany him!
Every once in a while, these words reached the ears of King Pingxi, and the Tyrannosaurus rex, who always brushed his face with the image of an elegant scribe on the surface, snorted with a black face on the spot: "The old boy is old, and he can really say such faceless words!" Is he stupid himself, or is he stupid when he is stupid? When I'm a stupid dog, I kicked my feet twice and slapped twice when I was happy? โ
Silly Dog Fat Ball: "Wang! "It's a badass, don't play with him anymore! It went to find the second dog to eat~
"Yikes! Fat ball, where are you going? "Obviously fat, with meat all over his body and even his nose, how can he run so fast?
Chu Hao looked at his father helplessly: "Don't keep tossing fat balls." โ
"Why did Lao Tzu toss the fat ball?" King Pingxi was not convinced, and beckoned to his son, "Come here!" โ
Chu Hao frowned, he was in a study with his father, face to face with one person and one desk, how could he come over?
King Pingxi didn't mind when he saw that his son didn't move, so he directly lowered his voice and asked, "What has your daughter-in-law been busy with lately?" He doesn't care about the affairs of the imperial court, the store is closed, why is he busier than before? "I haven't seen anyone all day, he's been here for so long, and I haven't seen Xiao Erxiao give him something fresh and fun to eat.
Chu Hao was also confused: "I don't know him." "The time he saw Ruan Bai recently was almost sleeping in the same bed at night, and he couldn't see half a shadow at other times.
King Pingxi didn't believe it: "Who are you fooling, others don't know, can you still not know?" โ
"I don't know! Where does my son dare to hide it from you! "It didn't take long for the corners of his mouth to grow! He didn't want to be beaten by his dad again. He finally understood that when he was a child, his sister and his mother beat him completely for his good, otherwise if he was his father, would he be able to live until now?
"You didn't ask him?"
"Asked." Chu Hao thought about it carefully, "The second brother seems to say that he wants to conquer the sea of stars or something. โ
What is the sea of stars, the Tyrannosaurus rex father and son have not yet figured it out. The negative impact of Nguyen's divestment is already being felt.
With the beginning of winter, the common people are ready to start hoarding New Year's goods, and those who plan to do happy events are all kinds of purchases. However, they found that they were paid less! And it's a lot less!
When Nguyen divested, there were basically no actual closures, all of them were transferred to others, and the conditions also included the condition of retaining the original employees. In the eyes of the person who took over, this kind of store that earns money every day can be completely the same as picking up money for nothing, leaving the original employees is not a matter at all, anyway, they have to hire people to do things, it is better to keep these skilled hands. Besides, how to arrange it in the future is your own business, and when you have mastered it, isn't it how to love?
The impact on employees is also not significant. Anyway, they still do their own thing, and they still get so much money every month.
But why are there so many fewer red envelopes for the Chinese New Year?!
You must know that people like them do things, only 30% of the remuneration is withdrawn every month, and the remaining 70% is only given during the New Year, and the owner will add another 1 to 30% as a red envelope! Now they have less than fifty percent of what they have, and who can stand it if they suddenly shrink so much?!
The employees under them are like this, and the other various merchants and employees who are attached to the original Ruan clan are even more difficult.
In the winter of that year, for the first time in the history of the Great Zhou, there was a collective strike; And three days later, it evolved into โกโก.
At this time, Ruan Bai secretly appeared south of Lingnan.
Princess Pingxi watched her youngest son and daughter-in-law roll up their trouser legs and rush to the sea with a group of fat men screaming. Then his husband and eldest son followed suit, and suddenly the big stone that had been in his heart for a few months was put down.
Ruan Bai rushed the fastest and retreated the fastest: "Whoa, it's so cold, it's cold, it's cold!" The young man wrinkled his face, "Mother, the sea is so cold, you better not go down." โ
Princess Pingxi stretched out her hand and slapped Ruan Bai's head: "If you want to make trouble yourself, my mother won't toss with you!" After a pause, she was still a little uneasy, "You said that we just left, and the capital can't find you, so don't you think about it?" โ
Ruan Bai was almost slapped flat in the beach, grinning three points and seven points fakely, protesting: "Mother, you hit lightly!" The imperial court is not stupid, now that Shunyang has closed the road, they can't find it. Hold them in everything, and see what they are used to! โ
When Princess Pingxi heard this, she immediately slapped him again and slapped him down on the beach: "Look at you, what are you used to?!" Anyway, it's okay to be idle during the New Year, my mother will teach you well. โ
Ruan Bai glared: "Wow! โ