In the fourteenth year of Chongkang, the tenth day of the seventh month.

A grand enthronement ceremony was held in Chang'an City, the Shenjing of the Great Qianhuang Dynasty.

The new monarch ascended the Temple of Heaven to burn incense and pray for the sky, and sacrificed to the temple to tell the ancestors and emperors.

and received three bows and nine bows from millions of subjects.

Worship the Empress Dowager, posthumously crown Empress Xiaoxian, canonize the crown prince, and set the year name Wutai.

Even though Jia Cong secretly told the Ministry of Rites and Taichang Temple to make the ceremony more streamlined.

However, from the beginning of the morning to the end of the sunset, the ceremony can be over.

When he was sent back to Xian'an Palace, King Wu was already as gold as paper.

Jia Cong urgently recruited the "blood cow" Zhanpeng to transfuse blood for King Wu, and the holy hand of the Tai Hospital gave him a golden needle to activate blood.

It was only after he was busy until the time of his son that King Wu finally came to his senses.

Looking at the worried and caring faces of the people in the palace, King Wu smiled bitterly at Jia Cong: "The years are not forgiving, when I commanded an army of 100,000 people across the desert north, I didn't know what to be tired of. ”

Jia Cong smiled and said: "My father is a good child, and he will raise a dragon body, and when he has a good body, he will be able to crisscross Mobei again in two years." ”

When King Wu heard this, his face looked much better, he looked at Jia Cong, his eyes fell on the "family photo" hanging on the wall, and said with a smile: "I have a good child, but I don't have to be ambitious anymore." Yuanshou, from today onwards, you will be the rightful prince of the prison country. You have to take on the big work! ”

Jia Cong nodded and responded, "Erchen remembers." ”

King Wu said to Zhao Qingshan and the others: "You should be loyal to the prince of Bingjie and Sasuke, and you should not think of his youth and slack off." ”

Zhao Qingshan and the others knelt down and said: "The sage of the prince is rare in ancient times. If the ministers do not know the loyalty of the kings and ministers, and deceive the young, it will be difficult to be the son of man. ”

King Wu nodded, unable to hide his exhaustion.

Jia Cong saw it and persuaded: "Father, rest early, it's not too early, I'm too tired today." ”

Hearing this, King Wu smiled and said, "The prince should also rest early." ”

After Jia Cong smiled and responded, he led the ministers to retire.

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Out of Xian'an Palace, Jia Cong said to Zhao Qingshan, who immediately wanted to go back to the cabinet to work overtime and be busy with official business: "Taifu, no matter what, rest for a night tonight!" Sharpening the knife does not cut wood, and if you do not raise your body and bones, it is difficult to last. Moreover, even if Taifu still has the energy to deal with official business, the others are exhausted. Even if he didn't want to leave the palace, he also made people prepare a warm pavilion, and the bucket of hot water was carried at any time. In this matter, you must listen to the lonely, and you must take care of your body. ”

When Zhao Qingshan heard this, his mouth opened, but looking at Jia Cong's sincere eyes, and looking at the pale faces of the ministers around him, he could only sigh and said: "Since His Royal Highness is benevolent, it is not good for the old minister to be a wicked person anymore...... After saying that, he said to the ministers who couldn't help but smile: "Just don't be angry, thinking that Your Highness is benevolent and unscrupulous!" ”

Lin Qinghe and Zhao Qingshan's old ministers smiled bitterly: "Taifu, with you, who dares to be lazy?" Yuanfu still had a time to rest at the time, but now he doesn't even have the time to return home...... Okay, okay, don't stare at me, I didn't say anything......"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Now that I have a national funeral, I can quit drinking." It just so happened that a few days ago, the Tai Hospital said that there was an ancient recipe with ginseng wine to strengthen the foundation and cultivate the spirit, and the lonely person made some for his father. After a while, I will send someone to send some to the ministers, and the emperor is not short of hungry soldiers. ”

After the ministers thanked each other for a while, the monarchs and ministers dispersed happily.

After seeing the ministers leave, Jia Cong smiled and said to Zhan Peng in a deep voice: "Go to the edict." ”

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Beizhen Fusi, inside the edict prison.

The leaders of the Jin merchants stayed in prison one by one with a dejected face.

There are those who are radical and scolding, and there are those who are soft and crying.

There are desperate people who want to commit suicide but have no courage, and there are also those who are tenacious and silent.

If it is said that what Cao Zhun did in the new day, everyone in the Jin Chamber of Commerce was unaware, it was self-deception.

But if they are involved, they are indeed a little wronged.

They knew what Cao Zhun was secretly doing, and they vaguely guessed something, but they never got involved in it.

The Cao family in Pingyao has always been frivolous and swaggering, flying and domineering, which is different from the low-key and forbearant temperament of ordinary Jin merchants, so there are not many good friends.

But no one thought that they would be implicated in the end.

After the Fangzi auction, the business in the north was taken over by the Li family in Pingyao, but there were shares of each family.

Although they only filmed one province in the north, they all knew in their hearts that the real big head was in the grassland!

They got the recipe of crystal snow, although they guarded the not rich Jinxi, they could earn more than Jiangnan.

Originally, everyone was ready to rebel north and make a big move.

But unexpectedly, the court left them behind to discuss the matter of the silver trumpet.

What a catastrophe from heaven!

A good cornucopia, so that the court is worried about it, not only to supervise it, but also to open the mouth is two percent, isn't this no different from Ming robbery?

However, if you can know today's events in advance, let alone two percent, even three or fifty percent of the benefits they are willing to give!

Thinking of this, Lei Zhitai, the proprietor of the largest silver trumpet in the Northland, looked up to the sky and sighed.

Guangtai's new proprietor has always been Lei Zhitai's horse head, even the middle of the silver number, all from Lei Zhitai's name, he saw Lei Zhitai look up to the sky and sighed, and couldn't help asking: "Big brother, this time is really difficult, can't you get over?" ”

Lei Zhitai didn't want to say much at the moment, but said: "Businessman, in the end, it's just a businessman." If you forget your duty, you will be in great trouble! ”

The Lei family is different from other Jin merchants, the Lei family was originally just shabby and broken, and they couldn't even eat.

Lei Zhitai's father and mother died in the bitter cold, having no money to buy medicine and see a doctor.

Lei Zhitai became an apprentice at the age of eight, and because of his smart and eyesight, he became a buddy at the age of ten.

He has been diligent and studious and practical in the buddy position for eight years, and at the age of eighteen he became the youngest shopkeeper in Pingyao City.

It's a pity that the old club died of illness later, and the new owner was jealous of his talent after coming to power, and forced him away.

I just don't want to, this forced to force out the largest Jin businessmen in Pingyao and even in western Jinxi.

Rishengchang now has a semicolon in the eighteen famous cities of Daqian, which can be called the first silver number of Daqian.

Although tens of millions of family fortunes are not enough to describe the wealth of the Lei family, Lei Zhitai never expected that he would be involved in such a major rebellion case.

If ordinary officials want to take him, Lei Zhitai is not afraid.

Not to mention his own friendship with many famous ministers in the officialdom of the Great Cadres, there are no less than 100 scholars and officials who have been confessed by the Lei family in the past 30 years!

There are countless officials in the court who can speak for him.

Whoever dares to bite him as an official, he will dare to hit him back and smash the enemy's dirty teeth!

But......

Not this time.

The imperial court made a concerted effort to handle this case, and there was no possibility of accommodation at all.

He also believed that the imperial court was not greedy for the billions of wealth of their Jin merchants.

It's just for the prince, the prince who is quite legendary and has been hidden since he was a child.

Now he is the only seedling in the heavenly family, extremely valuable, and he is burdened with hundreds of millions of Li Shu and thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

However, Cao Zhun of the Cao family in Pingyao tried in vain to plot against the king......

Perhaps, Cao Zhun thought that this prince, like the three princes of the first emperor, had nothing to kill.

If he really plotted to kill this prince, it would be better if he had been imprisoned for more than ten years today, and I heard that the oil had already run out.

The prince died violently, and the Son of Heaven will not be able to live for long, and perhaps it will pass.

In this way, if a new emperor is elected in the clan, most of them will be able to abolish the new law, and no one will have the idea of playing the silver trumpet again.

It's a pity that Cao Zhun was defeated.

This defeat caused the entire Jin merchants to fall into a place of no return.

Lei Zhitai has always been resourceful, but with his wisdom, he can't think of any way to solve today's crisis.

Even if the imperial court suddenly ordered tomorrow to raid all of them and slaughter them directly, he would not be surprised.

"That's Tianwei!"

Hearing that even a tiger-like character like Lei Zhitai was so desperate, the others were even more mournful and burst into tears.

"Do you know Tianwei now?"

Suddenly, a voice came from outside the cell, which startled the Zhu Jin merchants who had been eager to connect with the outside world, and leaned over one after another like grasping a life-saving straw.

However, when they saw the comer, they were all dumbfounded.

It was Lei Zhitai who had the most eyesight, and immediately knelt down and bowed: "Sinner Lei Zhitai, I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness Chitose Chitose Chitose!" ”

The others also woke up to the fact that they were all human spirits, and there was no shortage of good words.

The Tu Emperor of Beizhen Fusi was like a well-behaved quail at this moment, standing behind the chair in an orderly manner, and when he saw Jia Cong raising his chin slightly, he immediately sent someone to light a candle.

In a few moments, the entire space was bathed in light.

The Jin merchants finally saw clearly what kind of dragon and phoenix the prince was today, and they also speculated sharply in their hearts......

After Jia Cong's indifferent gaze swept over everyone, he said: "Originally, the cabinet meeting was to punish all the people in order to consolidate the power of the sky. But when the father ascended the throne and the whole world celebrated, the killing was too much, which was not beautiful. Besides, it's rare to be pitiful, so I haven't nodded yet. Come and see if you are wronged or not......"

As soon as these words came out, Lei Zhitai rushed before a few Jin merchants who were about to open their mouths to shout grievances, knelt down and kowtowed heavily: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, although the criminals are not in cahoots with Cao Zhun, they know how much he has a plan, although I never thought that he would do such a thing as a beast, but no matter what, it is difficult to wash away the suspicion of accomplices, so the criminals and others will never dare to cry out for injustice." ”

When Jia Cong heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he looked at Lei Zhitai and said slowly: "The most powerful businessmen in the world, the number of Jin merchants, today, it seems that it really lives up to its reputation." "It is very rare to have the courage to understand current affairs.

When Lei Zhitai heard this, he kowtowed again and again, said some humble words, and said: "The sinners don't dare to be arrogant, nor do they dare to belittle themselves in front of His Highness. If His Highness allows the sinners to serve, he will atone for his sins, and the sinners are willing to donate all their family wealth, are willing to contribute to the court, and are willing to die for His Highness! ”

As soon as these words came out, the Jin merchants changed color, and looked at Lei Zhitai with shocked eyes, thinking that this person was crazy?

However, Jia Cong couldn't help but shrink his pupils, staring at Lei Zhitai like a knife, and after a long time, Fang said: "If you are in troubled times, you will be Cao Mengde, Sima Zhongda and the like." ”

It's nothing to be ruthless to others, but there are very few people in the world who can be so decisive with yourself.

When Lei Zhitai heard this, his face turned pale in an instant, and cold sweat flowed down like pulp.

But I heard Jia Cong sigh slowly: "Who said that I have no one in China? It's a pity that there is no loyalty in my heart......"

"Your Highness! The sinners know their loyalty! The sinners know their loyalty! ”

Lei Zhitai seemed to hold on to the last ray of life, and said loudly while kowtowing: "Your Highness Mingjian, since the criminals have been in business, they have never been traitors, they have never been cunning and robbing, and they have never bullied others. But where there are good deeds to do, the Lei family will never be left behind. Repairing bridges and roads, helping the people in distress, and donating silver funds to promote education, the Lei family has never been stingy. The Lei family is in awe and loyal! Your Highness, the sinners only ask for one chance to atone for their sins, and the sinners will swear allegiance to the death, swear allegiance to the death! ”

Seeing that Lei Zhitai hissed exhausted, his forehead was smashed, and blood flowed on the ground, Jia Cong said: "Lone knows." ”

After that, he didn't look at Lei Zhitai, who suddenly raised his head and was full of surprise, turned around and left.

After the darkness returned to the prison, Lei Zhitai, who had been stiff for half his life, collapsed on the ground like mud.

In the darkness, his eyes showed a smile of escape.

Everyone else said that he was bluffed and crazy, but he laughed in his heart and roared!

Although he lost tens of millions of family fortunes, as long as he can live, he will be able to turn over sooner or later!

Only by living can there be hope!

It's ridiculous that these usually shrewd township party members are confused at the most important time......

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"Your Highness, you won't kill these Jin merchants?"

Out of the edict, Zhan Peng asked strangely.

Jia Cong glanced at this personal entourage and said curiously: "Who said not to kill?" ”

Zhan Peng: "......"

He also said: "Since His Highness wants to kill them all, why bother to come at night?" ”

Jia Cong was even more surprised: "Who said that they were going to kill them all?" Did I say it? ”

Zhan Peng: "......"

Jia Cong was in a good mood, so he didn't tease this idiot anymore, and said with a smile: "Oh, I said it when I came." But at this time and that time, talents are rare, and if they can be used, they don't have to be killed. Of course, it is still necessary to kill a large number of people, and use human heads to warn the businessmen in the world, some things, let alone doing, it is a great sin to even touch a little! ”

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