Xu Mingxuan smiled, "I didn't want to be an attached horse, but I know that although Xiaolang is easy-going, he has his own arrogance, and he will never do anything to harass the princess and the county lord." The rumors after Xiaolang's injury this time are not simple. ”

The corners of Song Zheng's mouth curled, "Mingxuan, you don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Rumors are rumors after all, and if there is no follow-up, it will be self-defeating. ”

"But if it is allowed to spread, I am afraid that it will damage Xiaolang's reputation."

Song Zheng smiled softly, "What's the reputation?" Reputation is not worth a fortune compared to saving one's life. Sometimes rumors aren't a bad thing, maybe they're a good thing. ”

Xu Mingxuan frowned, "Xiaolang, I don't understand what you said, someone is spreading rumors for you, saying that you are molesting the county lord or princess, what a big deal is this?" If you are held accountable, you may not be able to get out! Why do you say it's a good thing? ”

"Ming Xuan is too serious. Not to mention that I didn't do such an evil deed, even if I did, if the princess or the county lord didn't pursue it, who would care about such an idle matter? In the eyes of outsiders, I was hit hard because I molested the county lord, however, the prince knows the inside story, so he will not be so eyeless and angry with me, if he is investigated, it is just to investigate the rumor-mongers. Speaking of the princess, I only met her once and saved her. Could Princess Yun be angry with me because of the rumors? ”

Then, Song Zheng briefly explained the matter in the palace, and Xu Mingxuan suddenly realized, "This rumor-monger is too hateful, he actually talks about the innocence of the princess and the county lord, and his intentions are so vicious that he almost wants to put Xiaolang to death." ”

Song Zheng smiled, "Ming Xuan is too worried, just a few words can kill me, it's ridiculous." As for the reputational damage you say, I'm sorry! ”

Xu Mingxuan touched his head, "The world cherishes reputation, even more than life, but Xiaolang actually doesn't say a word, how is this kind of behavior different from self-defilement?" ”

"Self-defilement? Mingxuan said it well! Song Zheng smiled up, "I was looking for an opportunity to defile myself, but I didn't expect someone to send an opportunity, I have to thank him." ”

"Xiaolang, what kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"

Song Zheng took a sip of tea, "I'll tell you a story." Han Gaozu founded the country, with Zhang Liang and Xiao He making the greatest contributions. Zhang Lianggong retired, and Xiao He was the prime minister, enjoying the privilege of 'bringing a sword into the palace, and not going to the court'. Subsequently, Bashu was used and Sanqin was returned; Formulate the law of nine chapters to trap the Marquis of Huaiyin. Its contribution is so great that there is no one else in the world. However, the greater Xiao He's credit, the heavier Liu Bang's suspicion became. In the twelfth year of Gaozu, Xiao He saw that there were many people in Chang'an and little land, so he asked Gaozu to reward the idle land in Shanglinyuan to ordinary people for cultivation. However, this move annoyed Liu Bang, so that Xiao He was imprisoned by Liu Bang. Why do you say that? ”

Xu Mingxuan naturally read this history, and immediately replied, "Han Gaozu is a well-known widow and mean person, dissatisfied with Xiao He's self-flattery to the people, Liu Bang naturally looks at him unpleasantly. ”

"Then how did Xiao He deal with it?"

"There is good to the Lord, and evil to itself."

"Mingxuan is also familiar with history!" Song Zheng smiled indifferently, "In order to avoid the disaster of killing, Xiao He did not hesitate to defile himself by being greedy. Let Liu Bang think that he has no ambition and is just for the benefit of his children and grandchildren. Therefore, I was relieved of him. In the previous Song Dynasty, Taizu promised Yu Shi Shouxin, Gao Jingde, Zhang Lingduo and other generals with great profits to seize their military power. Why is that? If a person has too much fame or too much power, it is not a good thing after all, and it may even kill him. ”

Xu Mingxuan realized, and sighed after a little thought, "Xiaolang, I understand a little bit. When you first entered the Beijing Division, you won the martial champion at the age of fifteen. Uncle Song was reused by the prime minister, and his reputation was also unparalleled for a while. At this time, the Song family should be sharp and low-key. Xiaolang was injured this time, and he didn't say a word about the rumors, so he tacitly acquiesced in this matter, which made people look down on the Song Mansion, and even lowered Song Xiaolang, who was originally in the limelight, by a level. But so? ”

"Those who know me, Ming Xuan also." Song Zheng said with a smile, "After I won the champion of Nawu, I was the commander of a thousand households of the forbidden army at the age of fifteen, and I taught for the palace. Since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there has never been, and in this capital, I don't know how many people are looking forward to my bad luck. This time, it was exactly what they wanted. ”

Xu Mingxuan also said with a smile, "Xiaolang, isn't this the reason why you have a relationship with Huang Yue and Xiao Ting?" ”

"No, no." Song Zheng smiled, "This is different. Huang Yue's style is clear to you now, and you have a sense of remorse. But the previous evil was so deep that it became notorious. Now that he's going to do something, we're just taking advantage of the situation. As for the thunder, I'm just doing it. You see, isn't that Tingting tinkering with the 'Wei Fund' also doing a good job? Of course, my association with them does mean that I have a reputation for myself. But what is reputation? Can you eat it as a meal if you have a lot of reputation? For a person who has no roots, reputation can sometimes be a burden. If you do things and shrink your hands, you can only end up guarding an empty shell of reputation. ”

"Isn't it? Xiaolang, a person's reputation is very important. If Uncle Song hadn't had such a great reputation, he would not have been recruited by the Prime Minister and would have become the deputy head teacher of the Academy of Literature. In the same way, because of Huang Yue and Xiao Ting, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Guogong Mansion have been criticized by the world. ”

Song Zheng shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about my father, let's talk about Huang Yue and Xiao Ting." Do you think that Huang Yuandu and Grandpa Xiao don't know about the evil deeds of future generations? Especially now that the undercurrent in the capital is surging, how can such a person not know what future generations have done? If you think about it, sometimes, a person may seem to have a weakness, but that weakness may be deliberately revealed by that person. Hasn't Ming Xuan heard of 'showing the enemy to be weak'? This 'weakness' is not only weakness, but also weakness. ”

"Xiaolang said too profoundly, I was confused when I heard it."

"Actually, it's nothing profound. For example, if you have a vicious dog, usually, if you look at someone who is not pleasing to your eyes, you can send a vicious dog to bite it. If someone comes to you, you can beat the dog or even break one of the dog's legs, and that person will be grateful to you. Even when you can't help it, you can kill the vicious dogs and even eat the dog's meat. Is it good to have a vicious dog? Of course not! But vicious dogs also have value in existence. ”

Xu Mingxuan looked at Song Zheng in a daze, speechless.

Song Zheng smiled softly and drank the tea quietly. After a long time, Xu Mingxuan said, "Whether it's self-pollution or vicious dogs, anyway, I think Xiaolang should be cautious, don't fold here because of this incident." ”

"I know who's behind it. Ignore him, let's get the business done first. How did you arrange it with Huang Yue and Lu Dafu? ”

"Oh, the location has now been decided, and construction will begin as soon as the New Year is over. In terms of personnel, it is also easy to arrange, and the commercial and trade houses in Licheng have cultivated many skilled hands, and they can be used when they are transferred. The key is how to attract those businessmen to settle in Huitong, which is a difficult problem. ”

"What did Huang Yue say?"

"He just thinks that it is enough to give an order in the name of the Prime Minister. However, Uncle Lu thinks that it is not so simple, and people want to take out a part of the shares to attract big families and guilds to take shares. In this way, it will be easier for the business to be carried out. But Huang Yue seems reluctant to do so. ”

"What's your idea?"

"I don't quite agree with it, I really don't want strangers to interfere in our business. Besides, those people are not necessarily willing to take a stake in the trading house. ”

Song Zheng pondered for a while, "Uncle Lu has a point. Our business is not limited to Jiangning City. In Jiangning City, with Huang Yue's strength, we can collect business, but out of Jiangning City, Huang Yue's words may not be easy. Don't forget, our goal is to open Huitong Trade Lines throughout Daqi. Therefore, it is inevitable to attract all businessmen to join the shares, as long as you and I add Huang Yue and Lu Dafu's joint shares account for more than half, it is enough to control the business and trade bank, and it will not be taken away by others. Besides, if we expand too fast, the money won't be enough. You also have to point to the sale of some shares to collect money. ”

"What Xiaolang said is very true, but are others willing to take shares?"

Song Zheng said with a smile, "It will definitely not work with Huang Yue's coercive order method. I have an idea here. You discuss with Uncle Lu, and ask Huang Yue to convene the big guild and the people who can speak in the big family, and we will provide food and lodging, so that they can visit Licheng. I believe that as long as they have the foresight, they will not give up this opportunity to take a stake in the trading bank. ”

"That doesn't seem like a good idea, does it? What if they learn our methods and start a business to compete with us? ”

"All they see is the process, and management can't be learned. Besides, you said that Huang Yue is easy to provoke, if someone really robs our business, if others don't say it, Huang Yue will not be the first to spare him. ”

Xu Mingxuan looked at Song Zheng again, "Xiaolang, why do I feel that you have eaten Huang Yue to death?" Do you really regard Huang Yue as a friend? ”

"I'll leave it at ease if it's a friend. However, Mingxuan has to remember that Huang Yue is Huang Yue, and Huang Yuandu is Huang Yuandu. Tang Wan's family feud will certainly be avenged in the future, but before he has enough strength, he must not act rashly. If there is a suitable opportunity, I will ask Huang Yue to go to the Keats Nunnery in person and invite Tang Wan out. ”

"I'm afraid not!" Xu Mingxuan sighed and said, "Wan'er is quite capable of breaking through the empty door now, even if Huang Yue goes, it may not be able to make her vulgar." ”

"Mingxuan, haven't you carefully understood the process of the Tang family's unjust case?"

"What does Xiao Lang know?"

Song Zheng sighed, "Tang Qing, Tang Wan's father, was able to make Uncle Ancestor's subordinates back then. ”

"You mean that the Tang family's case was made by my uncle?" Xu Mingxuan frowned.

"Although the truth of the matter is not completely clear, it is probably inseparable from Uncle Ling's ancestor and Xu Yinshun, the household servant. At that time, why didn't Uncle Ling agree with you to get involved in the Tang family? This first shows one point, that is, Uncle Ling is at least an insider. Of course, it may not be the uncle's intention to trap a household adjutant for hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. However, your Xu family is not short of silver, but there are people who are lacking. How did the Nadu Guards grow to such a scale before they were reformed? And the Dark Eagle, almost on par with the Imperial City Division, such a big institution, how can the funds come from? Don't forget, neither the Metropolitan Guards nor the Dark Eagle were official institutions recognized by the Great Qi at that time, and Huang Yuandu could not keep them running through direct funding from the Ministry of Households. In this case, the only way to do this is to use abnormal means. Dark eagles from all over the country have robbed rich families to collect funds, and framing the Tang family is a piece of cake. You also know that Uncle Ling and the household department are both Huang Yuandu's henchmen. Dealing with Tang Qing made it difficult for Uncle Ling to be involved. ”

Xu Mingxuan fell silent. It's not that he hasn't thought that the Xu family is an accomplice of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but he has never been used to admitting it. Although he doesn't have a good impression of the big family he came from, he is also a member of the Xu family after all.

"Mingxuan doesn't have to dwell on this, the Xu family is the Xu family, and you are you. In the same way, Huang Yue and Huang Yuandu have to look at it separately, as long as we get a good deal of Huitong Commerce and Trade and strengthen our strength, the Tang family's case will always come to light one day, and as for your Xu family, with you Xu Mingxuan, it will also prosper. That Xu Mingsu, Xu Mingju and the like will fall at your feet sooner or later. ”

Xu Mingxuan nodded, his face solemn. ~