Yang Sishao naturally didn't know that the eight Shanxi that Zhou Zheng mentioned were the so-called 'Eight Imperial Merchants'.

Zhou Zheng picked up the teacup and drank tea silently.

Yang Sishao gritted his teeth, his brows were tightened, he had already taken the first step, and he couldn't help it later.

He also heard what Zhou Zheng meant, that is, he wanted to continue to stay in the Yang family and find out these things for him.

Equivalent to a fine work!

Yang Sishao was flustered, he knew that it was dangerous for him to do this, he had been in the Yang family for many years, and he knew that the Yang family didn't know how many dirty things, if this was discovered, he would definitely die very miserably!

He looked at Zhou Zheng who was calmly drinking tea in front of him, and his heart suddenly became cold, how could he offend such a thoughtful person!

"Go ahead." Zhou Zheng put down the teacup and said lightly.

Yang Si put down the account book, looked at Zhou Zheng deeply, and said, "Yes, the villain is leaving." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at his back, smiled and shook his head, whether it was a trap or Yang Si really wanted to surrender, it was the same, there was no difference, when the time came, even if he was fake, Zhou Zheng could make him real!

Yang Sishao left, Liu Liuzhen walked in, gave Zhou Zheng tea, and said, "Second Young Master, it seems that he doesn't want to follow the back path of Yang Qishao and Yang Jiushao." ”

Zhou Zheng looked still, looked at the account book on the table, and said, "You go and ask Lao Wei to see if those two are dead, if not, let them see if this thing is true or not." ”

Yang Jiushao and Yang Qishao are all in the hands of Wei Xizhuang, Wei Xizhuang hates these two people very much, Zhou Zheng has never cared about it, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

Liu Liuzhen responded and said, "Second Young Master, don't we really want to do anything?" ”

Now the whole capital is boiling, one is caused by Zhou Zheng's overthrow of Cui Chengxiu, the other is prompted by Qian Jiazheng's impeachment of Wei Zhongxian, one is a eunuch cadre and an important minister of the imperial court; One is the leader of the eunuch party, the eunuch who leans towards the government and the opposition.

The new emperor has just ascended the throne for only a month, and everyone is paying attention to the movements of the new emperor, plus the eunuch party, the new party has begun to fight for power and profit, and it is naturally lively.

As one of the parties involved, Zhou Zheng is still in this storm, and Zhou Zheng's name is indispensable for everything.

Recently, Zhou Zheng has completely put aside these and concentrated on doing his thing, and Liu Liuzhen is worried that it is not a little bit.

Zhou Zheng smiled silently, and thoughts wandered in his heart.

Zhu Youzhen succeeded to the throne for a month, and he should have almost prepared, since he has begun to test Wei Zhongxian, I am afraid that the end of the eunuch party is getting closer and closer.

What should be buried has been buried, and it is owed to this east wind.

After thinking for a while, Zhou Zhengdao: "The gift for Lord Cao was delivered?" ”

Zhou Zheng is talking about the new Imperial History of the Left Capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, Cao Yubian.

Liu Liuzhen hurriedly said: "I sent it, but it was rejected, and Lord Cao's family said that Lord Cao refused to accept all congratulatory gifts." ”

"Oh?"

Zhou Zheng's eyes were a little strange, Cao Yubian's refusal to accept other people was understandable, and it was a little strange to even reject him, is this really high-spirited, or does he not care about Zhou Zheng at all, even if he doesn't have the slightest intention of using it?

After a moment, Zhou Zheng said to himself: "I should have seen the new emperor, and the new emperor gave him confidence." ”

Liu Liuzhen listened to Zhou Zheng talking to himself, did not disturb, and waited,

For a while, Zhou Zheng looked at Liu Liuzhen and said, "It's okay, you don't need to move, you just keep an eye on the direction of public opinion in the capital." ”

Liu Liuzhen saw that Zhou Zheng was not in a hurry, so he said, "Well, then go home?" ”

Father Zhou, Zhou Fang rarely goes back recently, Zhou Zheng said: "If you don't go back, you will stay in Jiujiang Pavilion." I'll keep an eye on Jiujiang Pavilion here, let Kou Huaiyi and others do it, you are still optimistic about Zhou Ji. ”

Liu Liuzhen also has a lot of things, busier than Zhou Zheng, and said: "Then I'll go, the tea house outside the city is being rebuilt, and I have to go tomorrow." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "Guozijian remembers to go, and after graduation, I will arrange some decent positions for you." ”

Businessmen, after all, are 'low', or in other words, they are 'low' if they have no fame and are not officials.

Liu Liuzhen said twice, "I remember, I'll go as soon as I have time." ”

Zhou Zheng looked at his increasingly mature face, a little not like seventeen or eighteen years old, and said with a smile: "Well, learn to leave things to the following, don't do everything yourself, go and rest." ”

"Oh yes." Liu Liuzhen listened to Zhou Zheng's words and turned around and went out.

Zhou Zheng picked up the account book brought by Yang Sishao and slowly opened it.

Turning the pages silently, Zhou Zheng was quite shocked despite his mental preparation.

The Yang family's business is almost all-encompassing, salt is the most important, but rice, flour, grain, oil, cloth, silk, tea, porcelain, and also involves Cao Yun, overseas, everything that makes money, the Yang family almost has a foot!

The Yang family's family assets, including acres of land, gardens, tea mountains, shops, etc., are three or four million taels if you calculate them carefully!

"Three or four million ......"

Zhou Zheng's heart jumped, this is really a rich country, richer than the Ming treasury.

If you count the other big salt merchants, it's really unthinkable!

What they are rich should actually be the silver of the Ming treasury, and the salt tax that is lost every year goes into their pockets.

Like a salt merchant who sucks the blood of Daming's bones, I don't know how many there are!

Zhou Zheng's eyes narrowed slightly, looking at it carefully, and at the same time, he was also thinking, how many properties does the so-called 'Eight Great Emperor Merchants' have now?

The current businessmen, with the Jin merchants being the richest, the Yang family, are also Jin merchants.

……

The opening of Jiujiang Pavilion attracted many poor scholars in the capital.

They are crowded to come in, to read books, to copy books, and these are very important to them. In the past, when they were in the township, they could only ask for those big households, and they often couldn't borrow them.

Being able to read and copy books here for free, they can't ask for it, and they can't wait to live here.

Access to Jiujiang Pavilion is still very strict, and the number of reading cards issued is quite limited every day, but even so, in just a few days, the three reading rooms that are open have been overcrowded.

Kou Huaiyi and the others were busy with management, and they were also planning to open more rooms.

Zhou Zheng has been sitting in Jiujiang Pavilion for the past few days, and rarely pays attention to the outside affairs.

The more calm he became, as if he was out of the way, the more people wanted to push him out.

At the end of September, the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervised the imperial history, and Yang Weiheng finally couldn't help it, and openly wrote a letter to impeach Wei Zhongxian, listing 28 major crimes, causing a sensation in the government and the opposition.

Yang Weiheng is considered to be Li Guopu's person, that is, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and is expected to be the new party leader who will join the cabinet next month!

His blatant publication made many people feel that it was Li Guopu's instigation and the New Party's attack on the eunuchs!

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, this is a truth that everyone knows, and this is also the reason why countless eunuchs are panicked.

Li Guopu finally couldn't bear to make a move, and countless people in the government and the opposition watched and stared at the palace.

But the palace was as quiet as a deep pool, and no one knew what was going on inside.

At the beginning of October, Wang Ji, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the former dynasty, entered Beijing, asked to see the emperor, and wrote a letter to 'review all the reverse cases since the third year of the Apocalypse'.

Wang Ji's book has been supported by many people, and there are many 'Donglin remnants' here, as well as a lot of speculators.

For example, in his hometown in Jiangnan, the former officials all wrote to Ruan Dacheng in the matter, thinking that his fellow countryman Yang Lian was 'fair and fair, regardless of baht', and denied that he was corrupt, and Yang Lian was unjustly killed.

This Ruan Dacheng was originally the Donglin Party, because the competition for the officials was in the matter, the Donglin Party arranged for Wei Dazhong, and the engineering arranged for him was in the matter, Ruan Dacheng was not angry, so he took refuge in Wei Zhongxian and snatched the officials to give the matter.

At that time, the Donglin Party was in the Ying Dynasty, which Wei Zhongxian could contend with, Ruan Dacheng was scared back to his hometown by Donglin after sitting in the middle of the matter for less than a month.

Such a person suddenly overturned the case for Yang Lian, a native of Donglin, and his intentions were very obvious.