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After the initial stunned, Ran Xingrang came back to his senses, glanced at the drawings on the table again, and then asked with a puzzled expression, it was obvious that the imperial court could not take out the money.

"Horse, if the overseas trade goes well, then Xincheng will become the most prosperous and busy freight center in the world, and the world's merchants will gather here, do we still have to worry about money?"

Li Hongyu knew Ran Xingrang's worries, and it was obvious that Ran Xingrang was not aware of the operation of commercial capital, so he explained to him with a smile that as long as the sea was prosperous, then the funds would continue to flow to the new city.

Now, the only thing Li Hongyu can't be sure of is how much land the Wanli Emperor can give the Customs Department to build a new customs city in Shanghai, and he naturally hopes that the bigger the territory, the better.

As the secretary of the Customs Department, this kind of major event naturally had to be told by Ran Xingrang to the Wanli Emperor, and he knew that he could not overstep his responsibilities.

Besides, Ran Xingrang is the son-in-law of Emperor Wanli, and Ran Xingrang will get more benefits if he opens this mouth to Emperor Wanli.

"Li Hanlin, if this new city is really built, you will have great merit!"

Ran Xingrang saw that Li Hongyu's high-spirited appearance was not joking, and his heart was suddenly full of emotion, and he couldn't help but praise Li Hongyu, he was indeed shocked by Li Hongyu's unbelievable idea, once this matter is reached, it will go down in history.

"The horse is serious, the horse is the department of the Customs Department, and this official is just assisting the horse."

Li Hongyu waved his hand when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Besides, this is what we should do as courtiers, what is the merit?" ”

"This horse will enter the palace tomorrow to meet the emperor, and explain this matter to the emperor, I believe that the emperor will definitely approve it."

Seeing that Li Hongyu was humble and courteous in front of him as a second official, Ran Xing felt a little relieved in his heart, and his good impression of Li Hongyu increased, and after glancing at the drawings on the table, he smiled and said, Li Hongyu's words obviously meant that he should let him, the director of the Customs Department, go to tell Emperor Wanli.

Although Ran Xingrang is only the nominal chief officer of the Customs Department, no matter how he is, he is also a colt, so he naturally hopes to be recognized and respected by others, and Li Hongyu undoubtedly satisfies this, which makes the two have a good foundation for cooperation.

"It's not too early, let's go to the princess's mansion, don't let the princess and the county lord wait for a long time." Then, Ran Xingrang looked up at the sky outside the window and said to Li Hongyu with a smile.

Speaking of the Ming Dynasty's concubine, it is really sad enough, although marrying the princess but can not live in the princess's mansion, can only find a mansion in the imperial city to live, the beautiful name is "the concubine mansion", and then the husband and wife separate, in Li Hongyu's opinion, this practice is against human ethics.

A wry smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, what he was most afraid of hearing was the word "county lord", and he wished that Zhu Wanting would leave the capital and return to Xiangyang.

But this is just his wishful thinking, Zhu Wanting is now living freely in the capital, not only has an increasingly close relationship with Princess Shouning, but also has close contacts with the noble ladies of the capital under the recommendation of Princess Shouning.

Although the Xungui group's right to speak in the court was greatly suppressed by the civilian group, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty still treated it very favorably.

After the chaos caused by the festival at the end of the Tang Dynasty, especially after the Chenqiao Mutiny of Song Taizu, whether it was the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, they all adopted the national policy of "suppressing military force with literature" to beware of the self-respect of the Xungui group.

Under the constraints of the civilian clique, the Ming Dynasty's Xungui clique could only rely more on imperial power, which undoubtedly made it impossible for the Xungui clique to rebel.

Don't look at the influence of the Xungui group in the court is declining, but the favor in front of the emperor has always remained the same, everything is partial to the Xungui group, coupled with the layers of marriages between the Xungui group, so the civil official group is usually unwilling to provoke the Xungui group, this hornet's nest is not easy to poke, anyway, there is no conflict of interest between the two sides.

Therefore, the most powerful of the sons and daughters of the capital are the sons of the nobles, and the conflicts between the children of the civil official group and the children of the nobles are usually lost.

Zhu Wanting is not a county lord who is willing to be lonely, she is not the kind of character who stays at home honestly, this is her nature, even if there is no Li Hongyu, she will make friends in the capital, but after knowing Li Hongyu, her motivation has become no longer as simple as before, and she wants to help Li Hongyu secretly.

The more she is like this, the more Li Hongyu feels guilty, the last thing Li Hongyu wants to owe is Zhu Wanting's favor, although he is also full of guilt towards Zhao Xin now, but Zhao Xin is his fiancée, he will marry Zhao Xin sooner or later, and then make up for the regret in his heart, and in addition to apologies to Zhu Wanting, is he still sorry, do you want him to divorce Zhao Xin to marry Zhu Wanting, or let Zhu Wanting be his concubine?

Imperial City, Princess Shouning Mansion.

Princess Shouning and Zhu Wanting, Qin Yue, and Zhao Xin were talking and laughing while drinking tea in the living room in the front yard, today is Princess Shouning's family banquet, so Zhu Wanting naturally wants to participate, and Zhu Wanting has been given to Zhao Xin by Emperor Wanli for marriage, so Zhu Wanting should bring Zhao Xin here.

Anyway, Zhao Xin is not an outsider, although Princess Shouning does not know that Zhao Xin is daughter and has a marriage contract with Li Hongyu, but Zhao Xin and Li Hongyu are friends of life and death, so Zhao Xin's appearance will not make the atmosphere of the banquet embarrassing, but will make Li Hongyu more relaxed.

After Li Hongyu and Ran Xingrang rushed to the princess's mansion, the family banquet in the princess's mansion officially began.

Since Li Hongyu had just returned from Yangzhou, the focus of everyone's discussion was naturally overseas trade matters, and Ran Xingrang told Li Hongyu with great interest about Li Hongyu's preparation to build a new city in Shanghai County, at the mouth of the Yangtze River, which surprised Princess Shouning and Zhu Wanting, and never imagined that Li Hongyu would have such a grand plan.

Qin Yue and Zhao Xin had long known about this accident and smiled silently, although it seemed that Li Hongyu's plan was a bit unbelievable, but the two believed that he could achieve this seemingly impossible plan that would cost tens of millions of dollars.

"Li Hanlin, Zhao Hanlin, King Fu entrusted someone to bring some local specialties to the palace, and the palace thought the things were not bad, so they gave them to the two of them to try.

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After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Princess Shouning, who was talking and laughing, turned around and said to Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin with a smile, while observing the reactions of the two.

"Thank you, princess!" Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin had long expected that Princess Shouning would mention King Fu, and the two of them would definitely help King Fu at this time, so they quietly thanked Princess Shouning.

"The two Hanlin are brilliant, although they have been in the office for a short time, they have already achieved praiseworthy political achievements, and they are really worthy rising stars in the Ming political arena at that time."

Princess Shouning glanced at Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, and said with a smile, "King Fu was very pleased after hearing the deeds of the two Hanlins, and praised the two Hanlins as the future mainstays of my Ming Dynasty's political arena. ”

"His Royal Highness King Fu is serious, we have just done our duty, and a little achievement is really not enough to praise." Li Hongyu hurriedly waved his hand when he heard this, and replied with a humble expression.

How could he not hear the meaning of King Fu's courtship, the word "if" has undoubtedly revealed King Fu's heart, which means that King Fu has thrown an olive branch with enough sincerity, as long as he supports King Fu, then King Fu will be reused for him and Zhao Xin after inheriting the unification.

At the same time, Li Hongyu knew very well that the reason why King Fu was so vigorously wooing him was to go to the new army stationed outside the city, otherwise Li Hongyu's shallow qualifications in the officialdom would not be able to help him much.

Although the civilian clique usually suppresses the Xungui clique in everything in the court, when it comes to such an earth-shattering event as changing the dynasty, the key depends on the attitude of the Xungui clique.

There is no other reason, the Xungui group has the power to command the army, they are the court forces that can really lead the direction of the Ming Dynasty, and whoever they support will have the last laugh.

This is also the reason why the emperors of the Ming Dynasty have been very favored by the Xungui group: in peacetime, they need to rely on the talents of the civil official group to manage the political state, but in extraordinary times, they must rely on the military force of the Xungui group to escort the prince.

If it is left in peacetime, the nearly 20,000 new troops outside the city will not attract the attention of all forces in the court, but now is a critical period for the change of dynasty, and the new army with strong combat effectiveness is undoubtedly a military force that cannot be ignored, both the prince and the king of Fu want to gain their support, so Li Hongyu, the commander of the new army, has naturally become the key figure of the two to win over.

In view of the current situation of the Ming army, once the new army enters the capital, then both the Beijing army and the pro-army can only retreat, and when fighting, it is not simply dependent on the number of troops, but also depends on the strength of individual combat effectiveness and the morale of the army.

In addition to being inferior to the Beijing army and the pro-army in terms of troops, the new army was far superior in other aspects, and if it really fought, the Beijing army and the pro-army, which had been twice transferred to the Liaodong battlefield, would definitely be defeated, and would not be able to resist the offensive of the new army at all.

"Li Hanlin is too humble, if Daming can have a few more talents like Li Hanlin and Zhao Hanlin, Daming Zhongxing is just around the corner." Princess Shouning smiled slightly when she heard this, her previous words were not to compliment Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin, but to state a fact.

Although it has only been a little more than a year, the talents of Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin have been recognized by the officialdom in the capital, and there are very few young and capable talents like the two in the Ming Dynasty, and the two are undoubtedly the best among them.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin did not defend this time, otherwise their words would be a bit hypocritical, and after smiling, they raised their glasses to Princess Shouning to thank her for the praise just now.

The banquet was held in a relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, and Princess Shouning probed Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin's attitude towards King Fu's succession to the throne.

However, Li Hongyu's answer did not leak the slightest useful information, neither expressing support nor opposition, and meaning to look at Emperor Wanli's choice, which made Princess Shouning secretly disappointed.

But when I thought about it, Princess Shouning was relieved, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin were not those ordinary officials in the officialdom, and they were reused by Emperor Wanli, so they would not easily make judgments on the throne, and it was already a good result that the two did not oppose King Fu's accession to the throne.

By the time the banquet was over, it was already dark at night, because the gate of the imperial city had been closed, and Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin and others had to stay in the princess's mansion, and Princess Shouning had already asked her subordinates to prepare the guest room.

Although Li Hongyu and Qin Yue, Zhao Xin and Zhu Wanting have a marriage contract, after all, they did not hold a wedding and became a couple, so they naturally could not live together at night according to the Ming etiquette.

Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin each lived in a guest room, and Qin Yue was dragged by Zhu Wanting to sleep together, and by the way, they whispered at night, the two were friends who had known each other in Huguang, and they had a good relationship with each other.

In fact, Li Hongyu originally wanted to live in the same room with Zhao Xin in the name of "promoting a long talk", and take the opportunity to relieve his lovesickness, but when he thought of Qin Yue and Zhu Wanting, he had to give up this idea, so as not to hurt them, so as not to hurt them, so he could only wait for the opportunity to be alone with Zhao Xin depressed.

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