When I returned to the house, I hurriedly went to the old man's room, and wanted to tell the old man what happened in the Lonely Mansion, but Uncle Xiu was still in the old man's room, and when he saw that I had something to discuss with the old man, he bowed to the old man and left the room. I told the situation of the Lonely Mansion one by one, the old man nodded, but did not speak, just closed his eyes, I don't know what he was thinking, I don't know what the old man was thinking, it was difficult to speak for a while, and he hesitated for a while before he said: "Grandpa......"

The old man slowly opened his eyes, his expression calm: "You expected it well, that Shang Li is indeed King Jing's party." ”

"King Jing has already started to act, he is targeting the Nine Kings, I don't know if he is alert to the situation in the Taimiao?" I frowned.

"It doesn't matter what the situation of the Taimiao is, as long as the emperor is not in the palace, this is his wonderful opportunity, and he will not let it go no matter what." The old man said calmly, "Girl, what do you think he will do next?" ”

"He put the charge of 'blackmailing the Son of Heaven to order the princes' on the heads of the nine kings, as long as something really happens to the emperor, he can justifiably capture the rebels." I thought about it for a while, and my heart was already clear, "Although he is not sure about the emperor's life and death, but in order to implement the charges of the nine kings, he will definitely send someone to investigate, if the emperor is dead, it is his will, if the emperor is still alive, I am afraid that he will deploy an assassination." ”

"You're right." The old man nodded slightly, his expression unfazed, as if he had long understood King Jing's plan. I thought about it for a while, and then said: "He wants to kill two birds with one stone, but there is the Feng family's Southern Xinjiang Army behind the Nine Kings, but King Jing has no military power in his hands, how dare he take such a big risk?" Could it be that he still has some hole cards that he hasn't taken out? ”

"The military strength of the Feng family is far away in southern Xinjiang, and far water can't save the near fire." A sneer appeared on the old man's lips, "Yulin Jun only listens to the orders of the Son of Heaven, and he can't move." However, the emperor is not there, as soon as General Lonely dies, the troops in his hands will naturally fall into the hands of his henchmen and subordinates, if the "highly respected" King Jing finds out with the speed of thunder that the person who "murdered" General Lonely is the Nine Kings, those old subordinates of General Lonely are bound to be grateful to him, the Nine Kings ambushed, the emperor was killed, King Jing, as the brother of the former emperor, can take advantage of the situation to ascend the throne and control the situation in the court and Beijing, and wait for the Feng family's army to learn that it is coming, it is too late, and the overall situation of the world has been decided. ”

"So how do we stop it?" I listened with horror, "Do you want to sabotage his action to frame the Nine Kings?" ”

The old man glanced at me and smiled faintly: "The Yun family doesn't have to get involved, just let them eat dogs." ”

I was slightly surprised: "Grandpa......"

"King Jing, the Nine Kings, and the Emperor are not easy to match." The old man said indifferently, "Today, King Jing is persecuting the Nine Kings in the General's Mansion, causing people's hearts to fluctuate, do you think Lao Jiu will be tied to death?" As for the emperor, since he stepped out of the dangerous move of leaving the palace and put the hidden forces of the court in the open, he has his own deployment. What are the Yun families going to join in? ”

His expression was indifferent, but his voice was cold. I looked at the old man, hesitated for a while, and finally asked the question I had always wanted to ask: "Grandpa, have you ever thought about being a yellow bird?" "Yun Zheng has no ambition for this world, I believe, but what about the old man? Doesn't he have any ambitions?

His gaze swept towards me sharply, and he didn't say a word coldly, and I broke out in a cold sweat as he stared at with cold eyes. After a while, the old man sneered: "How many days does Ben Hou have to live?" Fighting for this hot potato, can you and Nuo'er orphans and widows keep it? ”

I bit my lip, but there was a trace of warmth in my heart, as long as he was still thinking about our mother and son in his heart, I was grateful: "It's Ye'er who lost his words, I'm sorry, grandpa." ”

The old man snorted softly and said, "Benhou is not rare in the world, but there is no room for a prosperous world. ”

I was shocked: "Grandpa? ”

A cold light appeared in the old man's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "The Jun family harmed my Yun family's bloodline, do you really think that Benhou will be foolish and loyal to him?" When Zheng'er descended, I knelt outside the temple and begged for three days and three nights, hoping that the emperor could save my Zheng'er's life with the protector of the country. But the emperor who I put on the throne with one hand not only avoided it, but also asked the ministers to advise me to put my family and country first, and my family and country should be ...... Ha...... Benhou can't even keep his home, how can he defend the country? ”

Is there still this past? I looked at the old man's resentful gaze, his eyes were slightly sour, back then, when he knelt outside the temple with Yun Zheng in his arms and begged the first emperor, what kind of despair was it when the only glimmer of hope in his heart was wiped out, how suffocating was it? No matter how he treats me, he treats Yun Zheng with a real love for calves, and his love and concern are not fake.

"So, grandpa wants to add a fire to the court when there is chaos in Beijing?" I took a breath and thought of the strange account, "Is the matter of Jiangnan salt merchant and rice merchant hoarding rice and salt for profit?" ”

The old man looked at me in surprise, and after a while, he actually laughed: "You guessed it so quickly?" Grandpa didn't see the wrong person, girl, in the future, the Yun family, only you can bear it. ”

"Grandpa thinks too highly of me." I shook my head and smiled bitterly, "I just looked at the account books of the Nanbian newspaper that there was something wrong, and then I saw that my grandfather didn't raise the money that he promised to lend to the Queen Mother, plus what happened in the past few days, I just thought of it." ”

"So many things have happened to these people, you almost lost your life, and you can still clear your mind when you go home, and it is your ability to notice this problem." The old man was in a happy mood, "The head of the Yun family, she should be as bold and careful as you, not surprised by changes, and can adapt to changes and think carefully. ”

Being praised like this by the old man, I really can't stand it. My face flushed, and I thought: "Grandpa, I have promised to lend this money to the Queen Mother, if you don't want to give it, on what basis do you refuse?" ”

"Who said I wouldn't lend her?" The old man smiled, "It's just a matter of delaying for a few days, making the situation in the court more chaotic, and letting me see how effective this Jiangnan salt disaster can be." ”

I'm a little puzzled. The old man was in a good mood, and he also explained patiently: "Over the years, I have worked hard to surpass my ancestors and infiltrate the Yun family's family business all over the country, others think that the Yun family is to make more money, but Ye Yatou, do you know grandpa's real intentions?" ”

The old man's words had a deep meaning, and I lowered my head and thought about it. In addition to mining, transportation, and weaving, the Yun family's business also has rice shops, restaurants, pawnshops, and even the "Jubao Money Village" where I used to save money, and the Yun family also owns more than half of the shares. Since ancient times, the emperor was wary of the scholars, and also avoided playing the huge rich, in the name of "hoarding goods and harming the people", the merchants were ranked at the end of the "Shinong Industry and Commerce", named "Annihilation", and gave the "cheap" status, that is, they were afraid that the merchants would sit big, because for the emperor, the merchants were not only an indispensable help for the prosperity of the country, but also the hidden dangers that were very likely to disrupt the national order, and the merchants were also as literate as the scholars, but the merchants were more intelligent and flexible than the scholars, more calculating, and well versed in the way of advance and retreat, once they grasped the lifeblood of the country, That is, the tiger on the couch of the ruler, so most of the giant merchants became the pigs that the ruler fattened and slaughtered. And the Yun family is both a scholar and a merchant, taking more opportunities than pure businessmen, and the old man is shrewd, and knows how to advance and retreat and calculate, so he has become a fierce tiger that even the court is afraid of. The salt disaster in the south of the Yangtze River has made the south turbulent, the imperial court has a headache, and for the Yun family, it is just a matter of moving a finger, if the Yun family's industry is all chaotic, the world will be in chaos for at least five years, I now really understand that Fu Dakang said to me before, "Yongle Hou stomped his feet, the world will be shaken", it is absolutely not half false.

"Everyone knows the role of wealth on individuals and nations, but the consequences of excessive concentration of wealth on individuals and nations are not known to the far-sighted." I looked at the old man and said slowly: "The country is in turmoil, the people are in turmoil, and the world is in turmoil!" ”

I somewhat understand the reason why the Yun family does not fight for the world, the wealth of the Yun family can mess with the world, but it can't calm the world. The old man said in layman's terms, our orphans and widows can't keep it, because the Yun family doesn't have the military power to help the family, and if they win the world, they will lose it in an instant. No one in the upper position can tolerate the courtiers under him who have military power and money in both hands, compared to the invisible threat of merchants to the imperial power, the threat from the military power is **naked and bloody deterrence, and the power of the military power is often one person, and the superior can make his entire family insecure except for one person. And the threat of wealth concentration is latent and slow, and even if one person is excluded, the deep-seated influence that has been operating for decades and hundreds of years can still shake the entire country. Economic aggression is always more far-reaching and thorough than other aggressions. It is only now that I sincerely admire the foresight of the ancestors of the Yun family, and in the accumulation of power and wealth, I chose the latter, so that I could ensure the peace of the Yun family for more than 100 years, and even now this peace seems to be a little shaky. The Yun family has always been the target of the emperor's attack, King Jing made trouble this time, no matter who succeeds in the end, the Yun family, who is rich and powerful, will inevitably become the next victim of the superior. The old man's indulgence in this salt disaster is both a temptation and a warning, to see to what extent the Yun family's wealth has influenced the world, even if the court finds out that it is related to the Yun family in the future, he will not dare to act rashly.

"Girl......" The old man grabbed my hand, his eyes lit up kindly, "You can figure this out, the Yun family is really a successor." ”

"Grandpa, Ye'er has only now understood grandpa's hard work, it's really stupid." I saw that the old man was so excited, and his eyes were also hot. I was a little wronged before, so I thought about taking Nuo'er away from right and wrong, but I didn't know that we were already in the circle of right and wrong. I am Yun Zheng's wife, the young lady of Yongle Houfu, and the mother of the prince, and the fate of me and Nuo'er has long been inseparable from the Yun family. For the sake of the Yun family, the old man has been planning for the long term and taking great pains, I really shouldn't be fighting with him.

After figuring this out, I have a new understanding of the court and the Yun family, and from the old man's attitude towards King Jing and the first emperor, I have also learned that I don't need to be pressed on everything, but should take a long-term view, and completely destroy the enemy in the most beneficial and labor-saving way for myself. As for the Emperor, I sighed slightly in my heart, hoping that fate would have mercy on me, and not push me and him into opposition positions, and I would never want to be an enemy with someone as frighteningly clever as him.

(To be continued)