The court quarreled because there was no silver to spend, but Xiang'an Zhuang made a mistake because there was no silver to spend.

“…… It turned out that he had made Taihu Lake Stone, and he had agreed with Xiao Liu's father-in-law, thinking that he would add a scene to Xiyuan to make the emperor happy. But now that this situation is really going on, I am afraid that it will give people a reason for impeachment. A while ago, the emperor wandered out a little more diligently, and there was an excerpt to say that he was born with a vision, and even the people around us who were around the emperor became traitorous villains. ”

Zhang Hui complained, "There are only a few days left, where to find the things that will make the old gentlemen happy and the emperor happy!" ”

"There's nowhere to spend the money now." Zhang Hui glanced at Shen Rui, who was there with the old god, and rolled his eyes, "You have an idea!" You are going to be tricky, Songjiang cotton cloth will be sent again and again, if your birthday gift is counted as ours! ”

Shen Rui was amused by his expression: "There is still a Qiaozong, do you want to do it?" Since you have money and nowhere to spend it, the treasury is short of silver, and the emperor's inner treasury is afraid that it is not rich, so you can directly enter 10,000 taels of silver, and you will save your brains. ”

Zhang Hui snorted, slapped his hands, and said arrogantly: "If you weren't afraid that the villain would be red-eyed, don't say 10,000 taels, it's good to get the emperor to go in 100,000 taels." ”

Shen Rui pretended to make a face and said, "Don't you know that your wealth is not exposed?" ”

Zhang Hui smiled and said: "I can't compare to you, I'm a poor man who is just getting rich, and I can't help but swagger." ”

Shen Rui couldn't hold back and shook his head and laughed.

You must know that at this time last year, Zhang Cheng Dajin only took out 1,800 taels of private houses, and wanted to partner with Shen Rui to buy a shop in Xiyuan. Later, the partnership of the cloth village was more of the capital of the Zhao family. Now his net worth has doubled, and he has become a master with a hundred thousand yuan.

This is not because Zhao Tong brought a rich dowry, nor is it entirely because Songjiang cotton cloth is now very popular in Beijing, and it is from Liaodong.

Since moving away from the eunuch Zhu Xiu, and placing his own people everywhere, the situation in Liaodong is very different, Deng Zhang and Cen Zhang don't care about it, just this piece of Liaoxi is in the hands of the Ma family in Yizhou, and it is an inexhaustible sea of gold and silver.

At that time, the trade routes, the west of the Liaohe River was mainly land transportation, and the east of the Liaohe River was mainly by sea, but since Chenghua, the shipping has been declining, and the customs clearance is still dominated by land.

The fur and mountain goods outside the customs go to the Guannei, and the salt and wire tea in the Guanye go to the Guanwai, all of which have to pass through the Liaoxi Corridor.

Since Hongzhi, began to collect taxes inside and outside Shanhaiguan, which guarded the pass of Liaoxi is to guard the passage of wealth, and the silver came overwhelmingly.

The Ma family has today's authority thanks to the operation of the Zhao family in Beijing, and the Zhao family will still need to maintain relations in Beijing in the future.

And the first batch of trade sent here also made Zhang Hui and Shen Rui make a lot of money.

That Lu Erqilang said that he was sent by the emperor to run errands for Deng Zhang, but he didn't pass empty-handed. What's more, there is also Shen Chun, who was sent by the Shen family, who is also a person who often runs business. The two discussed the purchase of a batch of popular southern goods in Beijing, and quickly got rid of them in Liaodong, and really made a lot of money.

When the silver goods were escorted back, they also brought a batch of special Liaodong specialties, which were nearly 100 high-quality horses.

"Or just the horses, those five top good horses were originally reserved for the emperor, why don't you go in this time and make a birthday gift." Zhang Hui knocked on the table and said to Shen Rui, "Recently, the palace has been talking about frugality, and it is not beautiful to send those who pile up gold and silver." ”

At the mention of horses, Shen Rui fell silent and said, "It's okay." But he sighed secretly in his heart.

Before Lu Erqilang went to Liaodong, Shen Rui talked to him and hoped that he would inspect the horse market in Liaodong.

Because of the Ming Dynasty's horse administration, it is really a disaster to the people.

Since the time of Taizu, the imperial court began to force farmers in Hebei and other places to serve as horse households to raise horses, not to mention delaying their own farming, if the horses died or the breeding horses did not reproduce enough, they had to compensate, and they had to be subject to the acceptance of the horses and the officials of the Taifu Temple made many difficulties, and it was called "the most troubled grain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the most troubled horses in Hebei".

It is also this Ma Zheng that will soon become the fuse of the biggest popular uprising in the Zhengde Dynasty, Liu Liu and Liu Qi.

The source of horses in the Ming Dynasty, except for the tea and horse division of the Shanxi border from time to time to return to exchange for 1,800 horses, probably depends on the Liaodong side.

In addition to the tribute paid by the Nuzhi and the Joseon, the horses in Liaodong were mainly obtained from trade with the three tribes of the Mongolian Uliangha and the Jurchen tribes, and the horse market was also set up for this reason.

The horse market in Liaodong was first set up in Yongle for three years, and there were only three at the beginning, and then it was added in the fourteenth year of Chenghua, and now there are seven horse markets.

Shen Rui had checked some miscellaneous books, and knew that during the Yongle period, the horse market made the Ming Dynasty horses abundant, and it is said that there were more than 300 horses in the early years of Yongle, and in the 22nd year of Yongle, there were more than 1.7 million horses in the country. In Liaodong alone, after the official horse was handed over to the imperial court, there were still 400,000 horses, which shows the large volume of horse market transactions.

Yongle set up a horse market for horse trading, and six years after Xuande, the horse market was gradually transformed into a border trade place similar to a field, allowing the trade of private materials. The Mongolian and female tribes exchanged cattle, sheep and livestock, all kinds of leather goods, and all kinds of mountain goods for the cloth, ironware, pots, and kitchen utensils, salt and tea of the Han people.

It can be said that the horse market is not only the main channel for the imperial court to obtain horses, but also a means to use economic channels to bind the tribes in eastern Liaodong.

Because it is only since the orthodox dynasty, the policy of the Ming Dynasty towards the various ministries of the female government has been constantly changing, and the princes of the court have also attacked each other from time to time on the topic of the horse market, which has led to the rise and fall of the horse market trade.

Especially from the fourteenth year of orthodoxy (the Tumubao Change), the imperial court closed the two horse markets in Uliangha for 30 years, and did not open them again until the last years of Chenghua.

Both the Chenghua and Hongzhi dynasties had different degrees of iron bans, and the trade of the horse market was also greatly affected.

Shen Rui couldn't help pinning his hopes on the Liaodong Horse Market, thinking that now that Liaodong has also put on his "own people", if he can promote it and make the horse trade prosperous, the imperial court will have an easy way to obtain horses, so there is no need to tighten the neck of the horse household, so that he can desperately raise horses, right?

Although it cannot get rid of the "ancestral rules" of Ma Zheng, it can greatly alleviate the burden on the people of Hebei, or it can eliminate the people's revolt, it is not known!

It's not that he hasn't considered the rise of the Jurchens in Liaodong, but after all, it will be a hundred years later, and the civil change is just around the corner, in the fifth year of Zhengde!

Moreover, if the Ming Dynasty can get rid of the bad government and gradually become stronger, the Liaodong Jurchens have nothing to fear.

Although Shen Rui's plan was good, he didn't expect that there were many drawbacks in the Liaodong horse market, and Lu Erqilang wrote a long letter back to describe it in detail, which gave Shen Rui a headache.

As long as there are interests, there must be all kinds of forcible seizures.

The local officials and guards in Liaodong all regarded the horse market as a way to make money, and did everything possible to exploit Mongolians and female straight people.

Soldiers wander the horse market speculatively and fool around, buying and selling; The officials even directly asked the leaders of Mongolia and women who came to trade for Dongzhu and mink, and wantonly lowered the price to three or four percent.

What's more, there are also guards who use the horse market to trap and kill a large number of people who come to the market to invite merit as a prisoner!

And the Mongolian and female straight people are not good-tempered and let the oppression behold, good horses and good goods are not sold in the horse market, not to mention, more simply support the crowd to join the gang, causing armed conflicts in the horse market, and even do not do two endlessly, killing and plundering the inner city.

This is the reason why women are often seen in the imperial court newspapers.

This group of border troops in the guard post is a top two, but they really use the knife to kill the enemy but they are instigated, and there are many factions of border generals, and they do not echo each other, such as Han Fu supporting the troops and not sitting back and watching Ma Shen and Li Xiong's defeat is not uncommon.

The officials of the horse market are very wealthy, but the people of the villages and towns near the horse market have suffered from the war.

And when the normal market trade is disrupted, but the market demand is still there, the smuggling trade is extremely prosperous.

Lu Twenty-seven Lang's horses can also be regarded as smuggling.

He was bold, discussed with Shen Chun, and took advantage of the new Liaodong town guard eunuch Cen Zhang to raid the former Zhu Xiuyu party, which made people panic, the two took out the identity of running errands for Deng Zhang and Cen Zhang, pulled the banner as a tiger skin, and directly connected with several small Mongolian tribes in Tainingwei outside the border wall through the Ma family and other local clans and the right guard of Guangning.

Guangning's right guard is the guard that was swallowed up by Zhu Xiu the most in Tuntian, and the top and bottom have been replaced by newcomers, so it is twelve points of respect for Lu Erqilang, the "Cen Zhang's person".

At the same time, Lu Twenty-seven Lang can be a man, this silver is enough, and the generals of all sizes have not been left behind, this Guangning Right Guard not only helped the Mongolian tribes with relatively good liaison relations, but also sent a hundred households to lead a team to escort Lu Twenty-seven Lang and Shen Chun's caravan to go, and there is no smuggling team with such style.

The Mongolian department is not as straight as the women, and the women are not as straight as the women, and there are many people who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, not to mention the mink ginseng, and the mushrooms, fungus, pine nuts, honey, etc.

These small tribes in Mongolia only have livestock, so they suffer the most in the normal horse market trade, and they rarely get anything good.

Lu Twenty-seven Lang led the business road to the door, and the trade was quite fair, which was really a surprise for them.

Although Lu Erqilang did not have the courage to promise important materials such as salt and iron, for the Shen family and the Lu family in Jiangnan, tea and silk cloth were trivial matters, and it was okay to make promises casually.

Lu Twenty-seven Lang did his homework, and bought a large number of clothes, boots and shoes in Yizhou, which were exactly what the tribe needed for winter.

The hundred households were sincere, and they took Lu Erqilang's big red envelope, and they really helped to bargain and pick livestock in the transaction. These hundred households are locals, and they also grew up on horseback, and they are very good at picking livestock, so they really helped get a batch of high-quality cattle and horses.

Lu Twenty-seven Lang followed Lu Sixteen Lang to Shandong Liaodong shipping when he did not do such smuggling transactions, this trip also did a good job, symbolically paid part of the tax to make up a file, private goods have become official goods, and there is a relationship with the Ma family, the cattle bought this time were left in the grange purchased in Liaodong for spring ploughing, and the horses were transported through Shanhaiguan in an open and honest manner.

Shen Rui couldn't help but sigh when he learned about this, and said in his heart that Lu Erqilang was a person who often ran business, and he usually only felt that he was weak and weak, and he didn't want to be a brave and resourceful, but Shen Chun had little experience in the end, and he was much inferior to one of them, and he hoped that Shen Chun could learn more from Lu Erqilang's side, and he would be of great use in the future.

Thinking of the Liaodong Horse Market, he couldn't help but have a headache, obviously he could exchange the horses for cloth and tea in the market, but now he can only get them with a lot of effort and up and down.

From this point of view, it is not a one-day or two-day effort to promote the prosperity of the horse market and then solve the malpractices of horse politics.

He pondered for a long time, discussed with Shen Li again, and visited his uncle Yang Zhen again, before he started to write some views on the horse market, and sent the way of Yang Town to Liaodong to Deng Zhang, hoping to have one or two effects.

These more than 100 good horses are inevitably eye-catching in the Shen family, so Shen Rui will not only leave half of them scattered in various villages for his own use and gifts to relatives and friends, but all the rest will be handled in the name of the British government.

Therefore, he also told Zhang Hui about the Liaodong horse market, Zhang Hui was also angry and sad, the two discussed, and simply wrote some of Shen Rui's ideas about horse trading into a note and sent it to Brother Shou.

Of course, the article to Brother Shou will not mention the chaos in the horse market in Liaodong, with the current situation in Liaodong, rashly lifting the lid is afraid that it will cause greater turmoil, so it is better to wait for Deng Zhang's side to deal with it slowly.

Although it is just some simple horse trading ideas, it is still praised by Brother Shou.

Zhang Hui saw Shen Rui's gloomy expression, and knew that he was worried about Liaodong Horse Market again, so he hurriedly said: "Didn't the emperor already say that the method is feasible, and he will always pick up Liaodong in the future!" Maybe in a few years, our birthday gift will be a Liaodong iron horse! ”

When Shen Rui heard this, he couldn't worry anymore, and couldn't help laughing: "It's good to wait until you go to Liaodong and win this first prize!" ”

After a pause, he sighed again: "It's a pity that it's too late to buy the grange this year, otherwise the crab field rice will be planted to enter the Wanshou Holy Festival, which not only invites the nobles to taste the fresh, but also highlights the importance of agriculture in the imperial court, and the old gentlemen are only happy, isn't it the best of both worlds." ”

Zhang Hui clapped his hands and smiled: "This is a good idea, so I don't have to worry about next year's birthday gift!" ”

As he spoke, he said: "It's okay for you to raise crabs and rice in an open field, why do you choose the bitter cold land in Liaodong." It's not that you don't know that Liaodong only grows once a year, so it's better to go to your hometown Songjiang. And where is the horse business more profitable! ”

At this time, although it was not as popular as Taizu and Chengzu, the sons and daughters of the noble families in the capital were also proud of riding and shooting, and they were proud of having good horses.

It's just that good horses are not easy to get.

But the more rare it is, the more valuable it is.

Zhang Hui also left some horses for his own use, and then secretly released the news out, and soon, the acquaintances and unfamiliar people in the Xungui circle all came to buy horses.

Zhang Hui, a son of a family of military generals, may not be very good at riding and archery, but the market for horses is clear, and he knows the details of the nobles' families.

Not only did the silver fall into the pocket, but Zhang Hui's status in the circle of Xungui's children also rose, and some people who saw that he was not the son of the world and responded to the story in vain, but now they also feel that he Zhang Hui is a capable person, and he made friends with his heart.

Therefore, Zhang Hui was eager to sell horses and do nothing.

Shen Rui couldn't explain to him that the black soil in the northeast would be a big granary in the future, so he had to say: "In the end, Liaodong should be self-sufficient, and Shandong shipping is convenient, and transporting grain must be moisture-proof and mildew-proof, which is more troublesome than transporting goods." ”

Zhang Hui shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal, but after thinking about it, he said: "There is a benefit to placing Zhuangzi over there, after all, no one will go over there to check how many acres of land you have." ”

He got up and looked outside the door, then turned around and lowered his voice and said, "This time, the eldest princess of Deqing's mansion was implicated by Huang Jin's stupidity, and she was also very angry, and the eldest princess Renhe also cried to the eldest princess of Chun'an...... At this time, the clan is scolding the internal officials, saying that the internal officials are responsible for the trouble. The eldest princess of Chun'an was given the most to the imperial village, and she was also piggybacked. The Cai brothers came to drink with me, and asked about the business of Liaodong, which seemed to mean to get involved. ”

Shen Rui heard the internal officials, his eyebrows jumped, counting the days, and soon the biggest turning point in the early years of Zhengde in history was in October, the cabinet wanted to punish the Eight Tigers, but was calculated by the Eight Tigers, and finally the old Liu Jian Xie moved to his hometown. Since then, Liu Jin has been in power, and Daming has also entered a dark period.

Today's Wenchen launched a public opinion war to impeach internal officials, which is the prelude to the punishment of the Eight Tigers.

If it comes to the civil uprising, Shen Rui still wants to write a way to see if he can save one or two.

But when it comes to this political earthquake, he has no way at all.

Mo said that he Shen Rui was just a showman, but Liu Jian, the veteran of the Four Dynasties and the first assistant, also withdrew gloomily......

All he can do is to keep the people around him who want to protect away from this whirlpool, such as the teacher Wang Shouren.

"Liaodong is vast, there are many trades, and it is not a family or two that can eat, they both fancy Liaodong and operate together. If it is through them that Liaodong is valued by the imperial court, the policy is favorable, and the market is prosperous, it is also a great benefit to us. Shen Rui said slowly.

He stared at Zhang Hui for a long time, and finally said: "The impeachment of the DPRK and China, which is right and wrong, has nothing to do with us, second brother, don't step into it with righteousness for a while." ”

Zhang Hui was stunned, laughed dryly, and did not answer. He really had the intention of taking the opportunity to clean up Qiu Ju and avenge the third uncle.

Shen Rui stared at his expression, and saw that he was quite unnatural, so he guessed one or two, and sighed in his heart, at this time, it was really not a good time.

"Second brother, haven't we all said it thoroughly?! It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, when you have status and ability, what revenge can't be avenged? Shen Rui looked him in the eye and said word by word, "Second brother, listen to me, now, it's not the time." Don't touch whoever says anything or asks anything. Even if the emperor asks you, don't say anything. ”

Naturally, he wouldn't tell Zhang Hui what Brother Shou came to ask him that day. At most, that's all it takes.

Zhang Hui is also a smart person, and has been with Brother Shou for many years, and he is also familiar with Brother Shou's temperament, Zhang Hui was stunned, and soon reacted, he gritted his teeth, squeezed out a smile, and said: "Didn't the emperor promote my official?" In this matter, it turned out that the third uncle was at fault and didn't want to be caught. ”

Having said that, he also arched his hands in his whole clothes, and said seriously: "Second brother, don't worry, I will take care of it." ”

Shen Rui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Second brother, don't think about it, it's irrelevant, I'm just reminding you." ”

Zhang Hui laughed.

Dashi Yongfang, Qiu Ju's private residence

A thin ledger was smashed on the polished blue brick floor, making a crisp "pop" sound.

Zhang Hui had already made up his mind not to deal with Qiu Ju first, but Qiu Ju wanted to take care of him here.

When it comes to silver, it is a great enemy.

His exasperated voice filled the room, "What did you tell me when you took over the shop?" It took months to make a mess. How did your family become the richest man in Yangzhou? That means of doing business are all blown out? ”

Aunt Zhen, who was kneeling in front of her, trembled slightly, and green tendons appeared on her hands that were tightly pressed to the ground, but she bit her lip and didn't say a word.

Qiu Ju only felt that everything had not been going well recently, he was going to Yin Wang Yue, but he didn't think that the old boy could actually break his tail to survive, so he cleanly stroked the nephew and flashed him.

Then the British government actually admitted that he didn't go against Wang Yue, and because of this honesty, Zhang Hui's little rabbit cub was promoted to a level.

It's infuriating!

It's that he doesn't have a good time everywhere, Zhang Yong's dog thing took refuge in Liu Jin, and the two joined forces, and he didn't even bite a bite of such fat as he checked Chang's position!

Wang Yue, the old immortal, also began to fight back, stumbling on him everywhere, resulting in the recent few things in Dongchang not being taken care of. It's nothing ordinary, but somehow, one or two things actually made the little emperor unhappy, and that was a big deal.

After all, he is a slave, and he is busy collecting interesting things in order to consolidate his favor.

But things in the palace are not going well, things at home are not going well, his silk village actually can't say that he lost money, but he didn't make a lot of money, but this didn't make a big sin without silver, how could he go to collect fun things for the little emperor?!

Exploring the reason why the silk village didn't make any money, isn't it that Zhang Yongjin said that the common people were forbidden to wear silk Luo, and how many white-clad rich people transferred from his silk village to Zhang Hui's little rabbit cub's cotton shop!

This little rabbit cub also used Zhang Yong's relationship in Liaodong to get back a lot of mink fox skins, and this winter business is going to be booming again.

Qiu Juzhen couldn't wait to let his subordinates copy Zhang Hui's shop, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and when he raised his hand, he threw the green jade piece in his hand on Aunt Zhen's head, and said sharply: "You useless thing!" ”

Aunt Zhen was in pain, and her body was crooked, but she soon endured the pain and knelt again, and the corner of her forehead was already bruised, which made her complexion more and more pale.

Seeing the injury, Qiu Ju's heart rose with a burst of happiness, he stood up suddenly, walked to her side, pinched her chin, and was about to say a few cruel words, when suddenly there was a light knock outside the door, and the henchman whispered outside: "Master, Tan Liang, the internal official and supervisor, has an urgent matter to ask to see ......."

Qiu Ju frowned slightly, sneered again for a moment, said "Go to the outer study", and no longer paid attention to Aunt Zhen, dusted off his clothes, and walked out.

In the outer study, Tan Liang, who was thin and tall like a bamboo pole, bowed his body into a shrimp at this time, knelt at Qiu Ju's feet, and begged with a handful of snot and tears: "Ancestor, dear ancestor, just look at the friendship between the little godfather and you over the years, please ask the old master to pull the little godfather." ”

This person is the most powerful godson of Cui Gao, the left young eunuch of the internal official prison.

Cui Gao was sent to Nanjing in July to weave makeup horses, which caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers at that time, because the makeup process was complicated, and it took dozens of people and half a year to get a horse, and such time-consuming and laborious things were mostly used as rewards.

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zeng Jian Zeng was on the book, looking forward to bowing and frugality, stopping the use of weaving gold, and the six branches were given to the matter, and the thirteen imperial histories were also played. It's a pity that the little emperor didn't listen, and still sent Cui Gao out.

Cui Gao is in Nanjing, the news in Beijing is not so well-informed, the silver on the weaving is insufficient, thinking that the little emperor's wedding is festive, Xu is to be able to respond to anything, so he went on the fold, and played the Changlu in previous years to support the remaining salt of 12,000 leads.

When the excerpt was delivered all the way to Beijing, it was just in time for the bigwigs in Beijing to denounce the internal officials, and this excerpt happened to become a good evidence of the crime.

Zeng Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Han Wen, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, took six departments to the middle of the matter and the thirteen imperial histories, and none of them were not impeached, and even the three elders of the cabinet spoke.

Cui Gao didn't have that clairvoyance in Nanjing, and his disciples and grandchildren in Beijing who were tied to a rope and couldn't change the courtyard had to run.

Especially a diehard like Tan Liang, who usually does a lot of dirty work for Cui Gao, his hair is full of pigtails, and he has to finish playing with Cui Gao as soon as he falls, so he can only do his best to rescue his godfather in order to save himself.

Qiu Ju narrowed his narrow eyes and looked at Tan Liang, who was not a few years younger than him, but his mouth was completely in the tone of the junior: "Liangzi, what you said, where is Qiu Mou's turn to interfere in the affairs of your internal officials and supervisors?" Your Grandpa Liu didn't tear me apart. ”

Tan Liang cried louder, and kept saying "ancestor mercy".

Of course, he went to Liu Jin first, and it wasn't Liu Jin who sent Cui Gao out in the first place.

Who knew that Liu Jin wiped his face and didn't admit it at this time, and scolded Tan Liang for being a bloody dog, and said that Cui Gao was stupid, who allowed him to beg for salt, and he deserved to be killed at this time.

It is true that Cui Gao made his own initiative to ask for salt, but the problem is, if you don't ask for salt, where can you have the silver to offer to your ancestor Liu! Tan Liang couldn't say what he was suffering, and he was beaten out by Liu Jin's people.

He went to beg Zhang Yong again, but Zhang Yong didn't see him at all.

Going down the ranking, Gao Feng and Ma Yongcheng have been unhappy recently, and there is really no way, so he came to find Qiu Ju.

He also knew that Qiu Ju was the most ruthless of the people, or he would not be able to control Dongchang! At this time, I am afraid that I will not see the rabbit and not scatter the eagle.

Gritting his teeth, he whispered before his crying subsided: "Don't hide it from your ancestors, there is a batch of high-grade Wenqi in weaving, and you will arrive in Tongzhou in a few days." The small one has no way to sell here, and I heard that the ancestor has a silk village, and the small one asks the ancestor for help with a shy face......"

Qiu Ju raised his eyebrows, smacked his lips and said, "Woven from Nanjing, isn't it a tribute?" Liangzi, you are trying to harm Qiu. ”

Tan Liang hurriedly said: "I don't dare to give a hundred timid people...... It's not a tribute. But Ancestor, you are well-informed, and you can see it at a glance, and it is a serious good thing......"

What is said is not a tribute, in fact, it is something that is cut out of the tribute. Generally, this group of eunuchs who are on errands go out on errands, and they have to increase the amount of tribute, pay the full amount of tribute, and the rest will fall into these pockets. Or maybe it's a fat difference.

Qiu Ju felt like a mirror in his heart, this was the filial piety that Cui Gao prepared for Liu Jin, but he was afraid that Tan Liang would be picked up by Liu Jin before he opened his mouth, so he used it to honor him.

He's annoyed that the silk village hasn't made enough money, isn't this coming?

But that wasn't enough for him to make a move.

He snorted twice without smiling, and suddenly said: "I am a small temple here, Liangzi, have you ever visited Wang Yue and Wang Gonggong?" ”

Tan Liang's mung bean eyes widened, and he forgot to cry, but in the end, he was a person who was used to doing dirty work, and the relationship between the inside and back was very clear, and when his eyes rolled, he tasted a little taste.

He took two steps on his knees, got closer, and said with a sneer: "Ancestor, you also know that the door of the prince is not easy to knock, the little one has only drunk twice with the nephew Wang Rui of the prince, and Wang Rui has been ...... recently. I'm not in a good mood, I always talk nonsense, and I don't dare to go to the little ones. ”

Qiu Ju looked at Tan Liang for a long time, suddenly smiled, patted Tan Liang's head like a dog's head, and said with a smile: "Liangzi, your godfather really raised you as a good son......

It took about half an hour before Tan Liang left the Qiu Mansion.

Qiu Ju's mood had improved, and he paced back to the backyard, and when he entered the door, he saw Aunt Zhen still kneeling in place.

Her face was three points whiter than before, and the bruises on her forehead became heavier and heavier, especially shocking, and her body was weak and shaky, but she still did not move.

Qiu Ju walked over, kicked her lightly, and said, "Get up." ”

Aunt Jane's legs were numb from her knees, and she couldn't get up for a long time.

Qiu Ju didn't pay attention to it, sat on the main seat, served tea by the maid, moistened a few sips, and then said slowly: "Ming'er Tongzhou came over a batch of high-grade Wenqi, you arranged for someone to accept it." He paused, and then emphasized: "It's a tribute-like appearance, you have to know who can sell and who can't." ”

Aunt Zhen already knew the doorway during the period, took a deep breath, and hung her head in response.

Qiu Ju nodded and sent her away, but said lightly before she went out: "On the second day of the first month of October, the second lady of the Hou Mansion of Shouning came out of the pavilion and sent a gift. ”

Aunt Zhen's legs and feet were numb on her knees, and this numbness and soreness swept through most of her body, whether it was her head or this heart, it was wooden.

She leaned against the door frame, slowly moved back, and answered again.

Qiu Jufang said coolly: "You have to be careful about this batch of goods and sell them at a good price." ”

September 24, Halloween Day.

Last year was the first birthday of the little emperor after he ascended the throne, but because the first emperor Zigong did not make a big deal.

This year is the first birthday of the little emperor after the Yuan reform, and it is reasonable to say that it should be a big deal, but both the inner palace and the outer court know that the treasury is empty now, and the silver for the big wedding has not yet been fully filled, let alone the silver for longevity.

Therefore, this year's Wanshou Holy Day is under the banner of "the first emperor is not auspicious", the emperor is not congratulated, exempted from the banquet of hundreds of officials, and still feasts the Siyi tributary envoy in the left gate of Que, and gives the envoy of the king of Joseon who came to pay tribute to the horse and the object, and the envoy of the king of Wusi Zangjiao, weaving gold Wenqi color coins and banknotes.

Here in the harem, there is no draft this year, and there is no need to set up a banquet, but the emperor said that there is a new queen in the harem, and the special foreign women above the fourth grade enter the palace to meet them, and they also allow the queen and the second concubine of virtue to enter the palace to talk about their flesh and blood.

Even with it, the Empress Dowager's mother's family, the Wang family, also brought several granddaughters into the palace.

How could Empress Dowager Zhang lose the battle in such a matter, so Mrs. Shouning Hou had to take Zhang Yuxian into the palace.

Mrs. Shouninghou was afraid of her daughter's temper, for fear that she would make trouble when she entered the palace and saw Wu Xitong, but this time Mrs. Jin did not enter the palace because of coughing, and then faced the princess and the queen mother, but no one escorted her mother and daughter, so she wanted to refuse her daughter to leave the cabinet soon.

But Shouning Marquis Zhang Heling thinks that this call to the palace can show that the past is over, the heavenly family has nothing to do with it, and it is rare for her daughter to have a chance to enter the palace after she gets married.

Mrs. Shouninghou couldn't refute her husband's opinion, and felt that her daughter was now concerned about Zhuangyuanlang, and she also behaved well in the ceremony, so although she was apprehensive, she still brought her daughter here.

Before the palace banquet began, he first went to meet the Empress Dowager Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang asked Mrs. Shouninghou about Mrs. Jin's condition, and then couldn't help but complain to her about Concubine Wu Delai: "Your niece is really an elm pimple, how did you choose her in the first place!" ”

Zhang Yuxian immediately pricked up her ears. In order to comfort her, her mother once said that Wu Xitong was not favored in the palace, and she also bumped back at that time, saying "Who told you to choose her to enter the palace, if I go, I won't be in such a situation" Yunyun, so angry that her mother beat her several times.

But that's what she said, with a talented and good-looking fairy like Zhuang Yuanlang, she is not uncommon to enter the palace Of course, she originally hoped to enter the palace as the queen, and hoped that the emperor's cousin would be as dedicated to her as the emperor's uncle was to her aunt, and now it seems that there are other concubines to share the favor, and even not to be the queen, so the attraction of entering the palace to her naturally faded a lot.

At this time, she heard that the Queen Mother's aunt counted Wu Xitong, she was still quite happy, as long as Wu Xitong was not good, she was happy.

Mrs. Shouninghou couldn't be happy, this was her niece and nephew, and she chose her, so she could take care of it.

She laughed and said: "She is a wooden child, this, this...... Waiting for the concubine ......" She wanted to say that she was going to teach Wu Xitong a lesson, but when she was about to say it, she remembered that it was already the imperial concubine, so she hurriedly changed her words and said, "Wait for the concubine to talk to Concubine De." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang said hatefully: "You have to talk about her well!" The mourning family didn't expect her to understand the emperor's mind like the Shen family's Nizi, and knew that she would send a parrot starling to please the emperor, she could learn from the queen, and she knew how to embroider a purse fan pendant! What did you say she did, but she actually embroidered an interstitial of "Myoho-renge-kyo" and sent it to it! It is said that he prays for the emperor's health, but where would a young man take a look at such a thing! Is! It's so angry that people's hearts ache! ”

Zhang Yuxian almost squirted out with a mouthful of tea soup in her mouth, swallowed it forcefully, and couldn't help choking and coughing.

Mrs. Shouninghou turned around and glared at her daughter, and hurriedly smiled at Empress Dowager Zhang: "This child is just too solid and doesn't know that...... Those tastes. The Queen Mother is not angry with her, I'll talk to her later! ”

Zhang Yuxian pursed her lips tightly to prevent herself from laughing, oops, Wu Xitong, this idiot, is blind with such a good skin.

She couldn't help but touch the handkerchief in her sleeve pocket, which was the return gift he gave to her after she sent the purse she embroidered with the Boxing Rite to the Champion Mansion. The best Songjiang cotton cloth is embroidered with colorful butterflies flying between flowers, and it is sweet just thinking about it.

Empress Dowager Zhang chattered and complained to Mrs. Shou Ninghou for a long time, and Zhang Yuxian was already out of the world.

One time less, Concubine Wu Defei's family entered the palace, and Concubine Wu Defei led her over to ask for peace with Empress Dowager Zhang.

Wu Muyuan was just a talented lady, and she was afraid to enter the Shouning Marquis Mansion, let alone enter the palace, and when she arrived in front of the Queen Mother, her face was stiff, and she couldn't even say a word in her mouth.

Concubine Wu Defei's two sisters, one eleven and the other only eight years old, are as timid as mice, and they cower after the salute, without the slightest please.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked more and more upset, and she ignored her answers, but Mrs. Shouninghou had to cheer up and "persuade" Concubine Wu De to treat the emperor with all her heart.

Concubine Wu Defei was also as docile and honest as in the past, quietly listening to Mrs. Shouninghou's preaching. Wu's mother didn't dare to say a word. Mrs. Shouninghou was also quite satisfied.

It's just that it didn't take long for Kunning Palace to come and invite people.

The Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager Zhang and Empress Xia ascended to the throne of Kunning Palace, and Concubine Shen Xian and Concubine Wu De sat down separately and began the ceremony of meeting the foreign women.

When the palace banquet is dispersed, most of the wives of foreign ministers resign, and the rest are probably the clans and noble relatives, and they are not so rigorous.

The eldest princess of Chun'an also took her granddaughters into the palace, and the nobles of the clan immediately gathered together headed by Cai Miao, the monarch of Qinghe County, and this group did not want to see Zhang Yuxian and ignored her at all.

Zhang Yuxian didn't want to be bored in the past, looking around, she didn't like the Wang family, the Wu family, the Xia family, the Shen family, she didn't know her, and she didn't have a good relationship, so she couldn't help but be depressed.

However, Concubine Shen Xian was lively, and she came over to talk to her.

Zhang Yuxian had heard that this was a favored person, and she had just heard about her means of inviting favor from the Queen Mother, and now she saw that she was also a beauty, and she couldn't help but knock over the vinegar bottle in her heart, because her cousin didn't like her, and she wasn't happy to see her cousin be good to others. Therefore, he ignored it and didn't talk very well.

Concubine Wu seemed to see that something was wrong here, and she also came over to say hello to Zhang Yuxian with a smile.

Seeing this, Concubine Shen Xian sued the crime, and went to the side again with a smile.

Zhang Yuxian looked at Concubine Wu Defei coldly, thinking that she was stupid and unfavored, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but put a sneering smile on the corner of her mouth, and said coldly: "Look at your complexion, it's not very good, but you can't accept it when you enter the palace." ”

Concubine Wu Defei smiled slightly, her face was gentle, "It's also that the palace is weak, and the symptoms of falling into the water last time haven't healed." Sister Lao Xian was worried. ”

As soon as words like "Bengong" and "Sister Xian" came out, Zhang Yuxian couldn't help but change her face. At the beginning, this was just a girl's general thing, where did she dare to call her sister, not a respectful second girl called, and now, she dares to call herself this palace!

"You're dead." She sneered coldly, and she wished that she would drown that day.

Concubine Wu Defei didn't seem to hear the viciousness in her words, and still smiled quietly: "Yes, it is also a blessing in disguise, if it weren't for that disaster, the emperor would not know about this palace, and this palace would not have the opportunity to serve the heavenly family." ”

Zhang Yuxian's face was already pale, and all the things of that day came to her mind again, the shame of being rejected by the emperor's cousin, and the anger of being humiliated by Zhao Tong's slut......

She clenched the handkerchief in her hand tightly, staring at the double flying butterfly above, and then calmed down a little.

She also has such a fairy character like Zhuangyuanlang! What's the use of Wu Xitong entering the palace, it's not that he doesn't like the emperor's cousin, he keeps the empty room alone every day, looking at the dishes, where can he hide it!

Concubine Wu Defei glanced at the pattern on the handkerchief, and said with a smile: "Look at this bright work!" Sister Xian's craftsmanship can be greatly improved. ”

Zhang Yuxian, who was born to learn needlework, is just a show, where can they do it themselves, and the handwork is just a show, barely able to make one or two small purses.

Knowing that Wu Xitong was sarcastic, Zhang Yuxian snorted, deliberately trembled, and said indifferently: "This is just a tribute from Songjiang." ”

Songjiang cotton, Shen family. Concubine Wu Defei's smile deepened, and her words were full of regret, "The palace is still tough, but it's a pity that the younger sister of the Yang family is lingering on the sickbed, and it is not good to visit her before entering the palace." ”

Zhang Yuxian secretly hated in her heart, how did she want to have such an enemy! Fortunately, the brother had passed away and divided the sect again. Otherwise, such a brother-in-law poking in front of him is really not enough to be an eyesore!

"Really?" But this idea will not make her angry, Zhang Yuxian pretended to be indifferent and said: "In the end, it is the people of the clan over there, I am not very easy to care about now." ”

Concubine Wu Defei nodded and said: "Yes, the palace almost forgot, and in a few days it will be the day when Sister Xian will be happy when she leaves the pavilion." She smiled and said to the palace attendant behind her: "Can you bring the things that the palace gave to the second girl?" ”

The palace man answered, and took out a bag from his bosom.

Concubine Wu Defei smiled and untied the bag with her own hands, and said: "This is not considered to add makeup, when it is a good day, the palace and other old mothers, queen mothers, queen mothers and sister Xian need to add makeup." This is just a little caution on the part of the main palace. As he spoke, he took out a piece of tulle from it, and embroidered a "Heart Sutra" on it, "Make a fan with my sister, and be stubborn when you are free." ”

Zhang Yuxian's face darkened, and she said coldly: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Concubine Wu Defei sighed and said: "Sister Xian, you and I have lived in the same mansion for those days, sisterhood is deep, and you will marry a Shenmen woman in the near future. The palace is reluctant to give up, this piece of yarn will make a thought, and the palace will also recite the heart sutra every day to pray for the health and safety of his sister. ”

Her words were soft and soft, but she was accented on a few words, intentionally or unintentionally, as if she was in deep love.

Zhang Yuxian gritted her teeth and clutched the butterfly handkerchief.

I don't know how many years I can see you again in the palace!

This is ridiculing her husband for being just a six-grade, she can be crowned a person at most, and she is not qualified to enter the palace at all!

When she was not married, she was the niece of the Queen Mother, the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and she was also regarded as a coquettish guest when she entered and exited the palace, and the stars held the moon.

When she got married, she was just a small official's wife the size of a sesame mung bean, and when she saw a little palace concubine, she had to pay a big salute.

How willingly she was! How willing!!

What about the talented Xianlang, how many years will it take him to climb to a high position and give her an honorable status?!

Hate it...... Hateful!

Concubine Shen Xian didn't go far at all, although she was talking to people, the corner of her eyes was also staring at Concubine Wu De, and the palace people around her were closer to that side, and they all pricked up their ears to listen to the movement.

When the palace people whispered the conversation to her ears, she smiled silently, and her eyebrows were crooked.

The two girls of the Wang family standing opposite her didn't know why, but when they saw Concubine Xian smiling, they had no choice but to laugh, because they asked, "But what's the matter with Coke?" Please also talk to us about it. ”

Concubine Shen Xian smiled and said seriously: "It's nothing, I just think of a slang phrase." ”

The two girls looked at each other, and the second monk was puzzled.

The nervous palms of Tao Rui behind Concubine Shen Xian were sweaty, for fear that this aunt and grandmother who didn't open the door would say something nonsense. I couldn't help but glared at the newly promoted palace people of the virtuous concubine, I don't know what kind of character the master has, and he dares to break his mouth!

Concubine Shen Xian didn't say anything this time, only winked playfully and smiled sweetly.

Naturally, the two girls didn't dare to ask anything.

After a few more greetings, they walked away, looking at no one around, Concubine Shen Xian suddenly approached Taorui, and said with a smile: "When Bengong was young, he followed his father in the county magistrate, and I heard a slang saying from the countryside, called 'biting dogs don't bark'. ”

Tao Rui was so frightened that her legs were weak, her face was pale, and she couldn't stop chanting Buddha in her mouth, "Good lady, ......" Don't talk nonsense.

Concubine Shen Xian smiled sweetly.

Look, sure enough, everything in the world is perfect, even if he is a talented and good-looking fairy, flying with wings, in the end, it is difficult to calm down.

She leaned to Taorui's ear and lowered her voice: "Let's watch, it's lively." Remember, in the future, we have to be on guard. ”