The heavy snow has been blowing for two days, and the snow is sunny on the tenth day of the first month, and the sky and the earth are covered in silver.

After Lu Jing returned home in the thick snow, he came to Lin Ruhai with Wang Ziteng's invitation and asked him what he meant.

Lin Ruhai also had a headache about this matter, especially when he heard Lu Jing talk about the Xinuan Pavilion yesterday, he was secretly glad in his heart, fortunately, he heard his son-in-law's suggestion last time, and drew a clear relationship with the Jia family and the Wang family in advance, otherwise he would not be able to wash himself even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

"I received an invitation today, too!" Lin Ruhai frowned and said, "Do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Lu Jing groaned: "Wang Ziteng is extremely shrewd and has a lot of means, if we flatly refuse, I don't know what unexpected means he will use, in my opinion, we might as well be with him and pretend to deal with him." ”

"The question is, how do we do it perfunctory?" Lin Ruhai said with an ugly expression, although he didn't have much contact with Wang Ziteng, he also knew that he was as cunning as a fox, and it was difficult to hide his eyes if he was pretending to be perfunctory.

Lu Jing said in a deep voice: "It's nothing more than pro-Jia and Yuan Wang, and maintain an attitude of being close to the Jia family, anyway, the emperor knows the grievances between his father-in-law and the Jia family, let's get a little closer to the Jia family, and the emperor will not suspect it, but the prince can not coerce us too much, even if he sees what we mean, it doesn't matter, you can use the Jia family to maneuver." ”

Lin Ruhai pondered for a while and nodded: "In this case, I will do what you want, I plan to write to the emperor a year ago to ask for a letter, so that your pressure will be much less." ”

Lu Jing nodded and said: "That's fine, my father-in-law should have enjoyed his old age in peace, the emperor has kept my father-in-law for two years, and the intention of preservation has been done sufficiently, and I think I will agree to my father-in-law's request." ”

"Yes, I had this plan when you and Yu'er got married, but the emperor didn't allow it to delay for a while, but at that time, the emperor's intention to keep was not so strong, and I thought it would be possible this time." Lin Ruhai said with a smile, after stepping down, he can also recuperate with peace of mind, strive to support for a while longer, and maybe see his grandson come into the world.

Then Lin Ruhai proposed to let Lu Jing have dinner in the Lin Mansion, Lu Jing knew what his father-in-law meant, so he asked people to invite Daiyu, and the husband and wife accompanied Lin Ruhai to dinner.

Yan Yan during the banquet, and after dinner, he accompanied Lin Ruhai to walk in the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms in the garden, and returned home until the evening of the day.

The next day, the prince's mansion was full of guests, and everyone congratulated the prince on his ascension with heavy gifts.

The Jia family, the Xue family, and the Shi family also sent representatives to participate, among which Jia Zhen, Jia Baoyu, Xue Pan, Wang Ren and other juniors all followed Wang Ziteng to receive the guests.

Wang Ziteng saw that the people were almost there, so he ordered the banquet to be held, and seeing that Lin Ruhai and Lu Jing only sent someone to send a congratulatory gift, both of them were not present in person, so he sneered a few times in his heart, and went to entertain other guests.

During the banquet, the banquet was full of friends, pushing glasses and changing lamps, presenting wine and dancing, which was very lively.

After the banquet, the guests and hosts were happy, and everyone dispersed, and the king of Nan'an and Beijing stayed.

Several people gathered in the study, in addition to Wang Ziteng and King Beijing, Zhen Yingjia's younger brother Zhen Yingyu was also present.

The king of Nan'an asked Zhen Yingyu: "How are you preparing for next year's regulations, and when will you be ready?" ”

Zhen Yingyu saw the implicit urging in the words of the king of Nan'an County, and hurriedly replied: "Forgive me, the prince will enter Beijing this time to explain this matter to the prince in person!" ”

The king of Nan'an County smiled stiffly when he heard this, and said unhappily: "What's the matter, there was an accident with this year's silver?" ”

Zhen Yingyu hurriedly shook his head and said: "It's not a big deal, it's just that it takes a little more time, and the prince also knows that since the emperor controlled the salt administration of the two Huai, it is difficult to make up so much silver only by relying on the Jiangning Weaving Bureau, not to mention that since last year, the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau has engaged in that strange model, stealing a lot of business from the Suzhou and Jiangning Bureaus, but please rest assured that the brother will be able to prepare properly." ”

Over the years, the Zhen family has been providing financial support to the king of Nan'an, so as to ensure the absolute control of the king of Nan'an over the southwest army.

Hearing this, the king of Nan'an frowned slightly, and asked, "Since Hangzhou's model works, why don't you follow suit?" ”

Zhen Yingyu said helplessly: "My brother also asked the emperor for advice on this matter, but the emperor was worried about causing a riot and did not agree, but even if the emperor agreed, it would be difficult to succeed." ”

The prince hurriedly explained for the Zhen family: "Last year, Zhejiang caused a lot of chaos for this matter, and the model of the Hangzhou Weaving Bureau is to make up for the shortcomings, and the final benefit is only those mulberry farmers and small weaving mills, Jiangning is full of wealthy families, and is unwilling to accept the control of the Weaving Bureau. ”

Wang of Nan'an County thought about it, and then stopped asking about it, but there was some hatred in his heart, if it wasn't for the emperor to stop him last year, he would have already taken Zhejiang into his pocket.

Seeing this, King Beijing asked Wang Ziteng, "How is the situation over there?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled and said: "The prince doesn't have to worry, everything is as usual with the prince of Xining!" ”

The king of Nan'an County solemnly reminded: "During this time, the emperor is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the northwest, and you should also be careful. ”

Wang Ziteng nodded solemnly, the northwest controls the supply of war horses for the imperial court, and the king of Xining has been buying inferior horses from the grassland countries at a low price, and selling them to the imperial court at shoddy prices, which not only made money but also weakened the combat power of the army in the hands of the emperor, but last year it was noticed by the emperor, which caused the emperor to be extremely dissatisfied, and the king of Xining County has not dared to return to Beijing.

Thinking of this, Wang Ziteng frowned and said: "Recently, Master Fu seems to have two hearts, and he is not very willing to cooperate with the northwest, and the matter of the war horse has been delayed and no longer appropriated. ”

The king of Nan'an said coldly: "Hmph, Fu Chuan has been getting more and more disagreeable recently, the old man has invited him several times, but he can't refuse, I think we have to change talents." ”

King Beijing's expression became even more ugly after hearing this, and he said unhappily: "Fu Chuan was originally the emperor's person, and he has always obeyed the emperor's words, and we have never been of the same mind, I have long proposed to replace this person." ”

When Wang Ziteng heard this, he hurriedly stopped King Beijing's words and asked, "What suitable candidates does the prince have?" ”

King Beijing heard the question and hurriedly said: "Jiang Ming, the left attendant of the military department, is very suitable, and he is very respectful to us on weekdays. ”

The king of Nan'an shook his head and said: "Jiang Ming and we are not related, and taking refuge in us is nothing more than for profit, if something really happens, I am afraid it will not be reliable." ”

After finishing speaking, he asked Wang Ziteng: "That Jia Yu Village under your command may be completely controlled?" ”

"Don't worry, the old prince, Yucun and the Jia family are connected, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and he is my henchman, I have his handle in my hand, even if he is disobedient, we can replace him at any time." Wang Ziteng nodded.

Over the years, the Wang family and the Jia family have all the difficult things to deal with, all of which are handled by Jia Yucun personally, and now he has been completely tied to the Wang family, with the things he has done, there is no way to retreat if he wants to get off the boat, even if he takes refuge in the emperor, it is difficult to die well, not to mention that with Jia Yucun's heart, as long as he is still there, he will not dare to betray.

Zhen Yingyu postscripted: "When Jia Yucun was the prefect of Jinling, he often came to Zhen's house to visit, and he once did a western seat at his brother's place, and his brother also admired his talent. ”

"In that case, let's push him to the top." The king of Nan'an County made a final decision, in fact, the three of them had already discussed it, but they were afraid that King Beijing would oppose it, so they co-starred in this play.

King Beijing saw that the three of them supported Jia Yucun, and he was a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't support it alone, and he didn't continue to fight, so he reluctantly agreed.

Zhen Yingyu asked, "If Fu Chuan is unwilling to retreat, what should we do?" ”

Wang Ziteng smiled indifferently: "This is not up to him, he has received so many benefits from us over the years, if he dares to be disobedient, hehe!" ”

Although Wang Ziteng's remaining words were not spoken, the kings of Nan'an County all nodded tacitly, Fu Chuan's initiative to abdicate was not a big problem, the key was how to get the emperor to agree to this matter.

Then they discussed it again and agreed to act according to the plan.

After the deliberations were over, the king of Nan'an and the king of Beijing returned to their respective homes.