Chapter 108: I did this business

"You all know my identity, you have to be fair", Zheng Lingyi's voice was as straight as the sun on this early autumn afternoon, warm, "You are really weird, such a poet actually went to read the Ming scriptures, that's it, how can you go to the yamen to be a sword and pen clerk if you don't stay in the county school, and now you are even in the tung oil business, this three industries of politics, learning and business, you actually 'plugged' everything."

She knew her origin, but she still knew so much about it, Tang Cheng was slightly stunned when she heard this, "Wu Yujun told you?" ”。

"What, can't you say?" , Zheng Lingyi smiled crisply and said solemnly: "Tang Cheng, it's a pity to nest in that small county town with your talent, why don't you change your Jinshi to Taoism?" In this way, you will be able to go to the Chang'an Rite Department in the late autumn next year to take the Jinshi exam."

Jumping from the county school to Taoism, and then being able to participate in the imperial examination, for Tang Cheng, this is simply a earth-shaking change, if he is not tempted, it is really fake, but it is a pity that this is a matter that cannot be promised, how did his "poetic talent" come about, he himself knows, usually "Yin" Yong is okay, but when he really enters Taoism and even goes to the Ministry of Rites to take the exam, the kind of poetry exam is limited to questions and rhymes, Tang Cheng has self-knowledge, and it is good to memorize other people's famous works, but if you want to write good poems by yourself in the case of limiting the topic and limiting the rhyme......

The jump that is not built on a solid foundation will eventually fall down hard, and the promotion to three levels is just a story after all, and the most important experience that Tang Cheng has learned in more than a year is: how much sweat to sweat and how much to eat.

Even if he doesn't care about this, this Taoism can't go, just because this kind of thing is too rare, if he really responds to it, even if he is completely tied up with Shangguan Wan'er through Zheng Lingyi, at least others will see him like this, and Shangguan Wan'er's ending is ...... When the time comes, it's not just yourself who will get in. Or even his family has to follow him to the point of no return.

"Go to Taoism before you finish the county school? What talent do I have? The tutor has repeatedly warned that being ambitious is really the number one taboo in academics, and he has good intentions", after saying this, without waiting for Zheng Lingyi to say anything, Tang Cheng had already diverted the topic and said: "Shangguan Zhaorong is really your aunt's cousin?" ”。

"It's Zhou Lirong who told you with a long mouth, can this still be fake?" , Zheng Lingyi touched Tang Cheng's face with his head, "Don't be presumptuous." What I just proposed you should think about again."

Zheng Lingyi's words made Tang Cheng's heart sink, originally the struggle in the palace had nothing to do with him, he neither wanted to '' his turn, but at this time, since the matter was already related to Zheng Lingyi, he couldn't watch her finally fold in because of Shangguan Wan'er, but although he didn't want to see this scene, what could he do now?

After thinking about it, I really don't have a clue, for the knife and pen officials in a small county office. Chang'an Palace City was too far away, and he was so stunned that Zheng Lingyi urged again: "You are talking!" ”。

"I entered school late, and my foundation is too thin, so it may not be a good thing to be so lucky. It's still solid and steady step by step, and I have good intentions! His words made Zheng Lingyi depressed for a long time, and Chang'an City was used to seeing young people with sharpened heads and drilled up. Like Tang Cheng, she didn't say it, she hadn't even heard of it, but somehow, after feeling the depression of being let down by others, she felt a little sweet joy in her heart, after all, this Tang Cheng was different from those laymen, and he didn't think about using her identity to make a profit, but avoided it. I really didn't misunderstand him. I didn't think wrong about him!

"Why are you stunned?" , This time it was Tang Cheng's turn to urge, Zheng Lingyi was slightly stunned, "Huh? What did you say? ”。

"I said that since you know that I know Zhou Lirong, and you gave me this famous thorn, and you think that I will definitely come today, then you should talk about it, what is the idea of the Tung Oil Business Market?"

"No idea", Manyangzhou City was anxious and anxious, and when it came to Zheng Lingyi, it was so understatement. "Let Zhou Lirong and Lin Ming toss. As for the maritime merchants, this is a good time to beat them."

Tang Cheng never thought that Zheng Lingyi would have such an attitude. However, as Zheng Lingyi said more and more lazily, he finally understood the details.

Zhou Lirong is indeed Zhou's cousin, and this time he came to Yangzhou to get Wu Sansi's instructions, and the target he aimed at was Li Chongjun, the prince of Shannan Dongdao, who was standing behind Lin Baiyu.

Li Chongjun was not born to Empress Wei, so he was not favored in the palace city where Empress Wei covered the sky with one hand, and the income in the inner treasury was not at all. As a prince with an unstable storage position, Li Chongjun needs to spend too much money, but fortunately, his last position before being established as the prince was the governor of Yangzhou.

The crown prince Li Chongjun has a very fatal enemy - Wu Sansi, the in-law and lover of Empress Wei, the nephew of the former Empress Wu Cao also had the idea of seeking a great position back then, but unfortunately this thought was only a mirror in the end, but now when his power reached its peak, the thought of the year was revived in her daughter-in-law.

Wu Sansi's second son, Wu Chongxun, married his wife Princess Anle, Princess Anle was the most favored by Empress Wei's own life, and regardless of Princess Anle's wisdom, she was really thoughtful, and she wanted to encourage her parents to abolish Li Chongjun and establish herself as the imperial concubine.

In the past two years, the struggle between the samurai family and Li Chongjun has become more and more intense, and finally Wu Sansi made a ruthless move, to completely cut off Li Chongjun's financial resources, Zhou Lirong came to do it in such a hurry, and its main purpose was not to point to how much money the shop business made, but to use the tung oil in his hands to force the maritime merchants to change their doors and make a plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle.

Fang Jinshan South Dongdao Observation Envoy Lin Baiyu is the former minister of the crown prince Li Chongjun, he can jump from the position of the governor of Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to take charge of it, and it is all thanks to the power of the prince, because his future is actually closely related to Li Chongjun, therefore, Lin Ming, who should have been selling oil, will encourage the tung oil merchants to go to the book market to "intervene" in this matter, and Lin Ming's proposal is exactly the same as the idea of Yangzhou maritime merchants.

"The current governor of Yangzhou or the crown prince?" , quietly listened to Zheng Lingyi say this. Many things that I couldn't figure out before were also cheerful, "In this way, the Lingnan Provincial Observation Envoy and the Marching Ambassador should be Wu Sansi's person."

"Your brain spins fast, exactly."

"This is what is obvious", Tang Cheng moved his body to make himself more comfortable, "Without the instruction of the military and political chief of Lingnan Dao, why would the pirate Feng family be abnormal this year?" It's just that he is brave at sea, after all, his foundation is still on the land of Lingnan Chunzhou, he is really not afraid of the government? As for the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The impeachment of the military and political governor of Lingnan has long been clear."

Speaking of this, Tang Cheng suddenly thought of another thing, "Since it is the inner palace function, the city is the queen Wei should be in charge, the queen mother is very fond of Lord Wu, then Ling Yi's attitude is ......."

Although Tang Cheng had already said it tactfully enough, Ling Yi was still silent for a long time, and she didn't know what she had in mind. For a while, only the wind could be heard silently in the garden where there was laughter and laughter just now, and only after a long time did I hear her say in a quiet voice: "Wu Sansi's hand is stretched too long, and the queen mother also has the ambition of the first queen."

Zheng Lingyi's words made Tang Cheng's heart swell with emotion for a while, and being able to say such a thing implied was enough trust. Although she said it very tactfully, Tang Cheng had fully understood the meaning.

After all, Tang Cheng traveled through, even if his historical knowledge was not good, he always knew that Empress Wei tried to emulate his mother-in-law Wu Zetian. The incident that led Li Longji to unite with Princess Taiping to quell the "chaos" is said to be a concubine, and Li Longji, who is the third oldest in the house, also began to "show" his prominence by virtue of this abolition of Wei.

When it comes to the battle for the throne, Wu Zetian can even kill his own son, so it is not surprising that Empress Wei has a mind about her old lover, after all, it is better to indirectly control the ministers through Wu Sansi before, it is better to do it yourself. In this way, Empress Wei should now be happy to see the dispute between Wu and Li. Whoever loses these two will only benefit her.

And this should be the fundamental reason why Yangzhou City and Zheng Lingyi maintain such an attitude, as long as the City Department does not open its mouth for a day, both sides have to fight until this year's new oil comes out.

"It's not all about this", after listening to Tang Cheng's thoughts, Zheng Lingyi added: "Your Majesty also has the intention of suppressing the maritime merchants in Yangzhou, they are too close to the Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and they are so close that they forget their identities."

Hearing this, Tang Cheng sighed in his heart, the status of Shangjia is really not high. Even if it is as open as the Tang Dynasty. I still look down on businessmen in my heart, and when these rich businessmen are too close to the military and politics. The suppression will follow, and if it weren't for the fact that the maritime merchants are really a big source of wealth in the inner palace, I am afraid that they will be more ruthless, instead of beating like this now.

When it came to this step, Tang Cheng actually understood Zheng Lingyi, or the attitude of Yangzhou City, what they had to do now was to drag, so as to wait and watch the dispute between Li and Wu, and by the way, use this way to beat those anxious maritime merchants, until the moment when the new oil is about to come out, the City Ship Division will never show its hole cards.

"It seems that the city boss is still going to take over the tung oil trade after all", the city boss has decided to 'intervene', which means that the profits will be greatly squeezed, in this case, Sun Envoy Jun's husband and wife may not continue, seeing that this shop has the hope of making a fortune, and spent a lot of effort to break the business like this, Tang Cheng's regret in his heart can be imagined.

It seems that there is really no free lunch to eat in this world, after sitting quietly for a while, Tang Cheng's mind perked up from his frustration, "I understand, it's time to leave, even if you quit today!" If there is a fate on a different day, you should continue the long night trip."

Zheng Lingyi's body shook suddenly, "You don't want to make money, why are you in a hurry to leave?" ”。

"I want to make money, after all, only with money can my family and myself live a better life, which is why I came to Yangzhou", Tang Cheng didn't hide it at all, but what puzzled him was what Zheng Lingyi meant.

"Among so many people I know, although everyone wants money, but if you say it so frankly, Tang Cheng, you are the first", after saying this, Zheng Lingyi smiled, "Although Yangzhou City Bo Si will eventually 'intervene', but the exact price is still unknown, and Yangzhou City Bo Yamen also has a permission, that is, it can designate tung oil suppliers."

Just like the autumn breeze blowing under the warm sun, Zheng Lingyi sank for a while and then said in a casual tone: "Who doesn't mean, there is no one who can be trusted in this new office, so I will point it to you, as for the price, Tang Cheng, you draw up one first, and then we will do a meeting." Since you have the heart to do this business, you should still understand the market."

Zheng Lingyi's words were extremely light, but the weight of these words could kill people, what she just promised was a sea of gold and silver, a franchisee with partial pricing power! In Fang Jin's situation, whoever masters this is equivalent to mastering the lifeblood of maritime merchants and tung oil merchants at the same time, how much profit is there, Rao is Tang Cheng has worked in the company in the later life, has seen the world, and now he can't help but gasp.

The benefits are enough and great enough that it takes Tang Cheng to take several deep breaths in a row and silently recite "Li Ling Zhi Dizzy" four or five times before he can calm down and resume normal thinking.

This time the time to think was unusually long, during which Zheng Lingyi did not speak, so he silently pillowed Tang Cheng's shoulder socket to listen to the wind and bask in the warm sun.

"If what I see is not bad, no matter what I see in the palace in Chang'an City now, the most powerful ones are the four figures, since Lord Wu and the prince have already sent people", after a long time, Zheng Lingyi finally Tang Cheng spoke, but what he asked was a very strange question, "But I don't know if there have been people from the Taiping Princess Mansion of Zhenguo and the Mansion of the Prime Minister of Anguo?" ”。

"You know a lot, Yangzhou is rich in the world, and maritime merchants are rich in Yangzhou, even if it is not for this, just for the dispute between Wu and Li, there will be people in the palace of the prince and the princess."

"That's good", Tang Changcheng exhaled and said slowly: "Then I'll do this business."