Chapter 46: Yinzhen's counterattack
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There are strict regulations on the prince's concubine, which must be selected from among the leaders and women of the Baoyi family under his own name, and it is strictly forbidden to buy private women as concubines. Bayi Chinese~
However, these systems are difficult for Yinzhen, and it is a familiar road for him to exploit loopholes, and he sent Zhang Mengjiao's detailed information to the clothed slave under his name on another horse, and the six-grade official Niegreqi Buchen, who served in the Ministry of Rites, asked him to recognize Zhang Mengjiao as his goddaughter, and then entrusted the starling brother to carry Zhang Mengjiao into the Han army flag in the Zongren Mansion.
After receiving Yinzhen's letter, Niegri Qi Buchen was simply overjoyed, he didn't expect that the master still remembered himself in Shanghai, this kind of good thing, it is difficult to find it with a lantern, with this relationship, it is just time to be reused, he quickly went to his own Zuo Ling to do a good job of the certificate, and then ran to the eighth master's Lianbeile Mansion to hand over the certificate to the eighth master.
For this kind of favor, the eighth master Yinxi was also very happy, and let He Zhu'er go to the Zongren Mansion, and after completing the formalities, he also sent a gift slip to Shanghai with a fast horse in the name of the three brothers.
In Changqing Garden, Zhang Mengjiao found that there were obviously more visitors in the past few days, so she couldn't help but secretly pay attention, and after eavesdropping on her head, she understood that it was the maritime merchants who began to make a move on Yinzhen. Bayi Chinese~
She knew that paper could not contain the fire, so she found an opportunity to tell her father that Yinzhen wanted to accept herself as a concubine, Zhang Yuanlong was stunned when he heard it, and only after a while did he say angrily, "Do you know that now the entire maritime trade fleet of the Qing Dynasty, Zhili Guandong, Jinlu, Fujian and Zhejiang, Liangjiang and Guangzhou, and even Taiwan, have agreed not to transport timber within three years." At this time, you tell me that he wants to accept you as a concubine, how do you let your peers look at your father? What do you think of our Zhang family's fleet? ”
When Zhang Yuanlong stopped, Zhang Mengjiao said: "I don't know what they think of our Zhang family, but I know that if Yinzhen takes action against our Zhang family, it will be much more difficult than pinching an ant to death." ”
Zhang Yuanlong's face immediately turned pale, and after a while, he asked with difficulty, "When did this happen?" ”
"It's been more than half a month." Zhang Mengjiao said in a low voice, private life is not a good reputation, and she is also a little vain.
When Zhang Yuanlong heard this, his anger came up again, "It's been more than half a month, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”
Zhang Mengjiao said resentfully: "The fourteenth master said that he had to carry me into the flag first, so that he would come to the door to propose marriage, not because you have been in close contact with those maritime merchants recently, I am afraid that you will fall too deep, and I am too lazy to say." Bayi Chinese~"
"A justifiable door-to-door proposal?" Zhang Yuanlong suddenly felt a little blind, Shu Fujin is just a good name, the actual status is only a little higher than the concubine, there is no need to canonize at all, and he needs to come to the door to propose marriage?
It seems that this Yinzhen attaches great importance to his daughter, but what about it? If it was placed a month ago, he might still be a little happy, how can Yinzhen say that he is also a prince, and he is extremely favored, a prince will not be able to run in the future, but at the moment, this Yinzhen has offended the entire maritime trade fleet, this is an extremely terrifying force, as a maritime merchant, he knows too well the horror of this force, whether this Yinzhen can keep Baylor's title in the future is still one thing.
"Jiaojiao, you have been assertive since you were a child, and there are few mistakes in judging people, this matter is related to your life, you have to be cautious, don't be rash." Zhang Yuanlong said earnestly; "This Shu Fujin is just good-sounding, but in fact he has no reputation, and his status is only a little higher than that of his concubine, you are careful and arrogant, why are you confused in this matter? Dad didn't agree to this, and Dad personally went to the door and told him, I can't afford to provoke it, we can't hide it? It's a big deal to go south to the South Seas. ”
"Daddy, it's not what you think." Zhang Mengjiao was both a little moved and a little shy, and she didn't know how to speak for a while.
Zhang Yuanlong saw his daughter's appearance and "chuckled" in his heart, it was his daughter who fell in love with someone, how good is this, so he agreed to his peers to join forces against Yinzhen, and in a blink of an eye, he sent his daughter to him as a concubine, how can this old face go out to meet people in the future? But her daughter is already a twenty-one-year-old girl, and she has always been above the top, this time she finally fell in love with one, and the two were in love, how could he bear to break it?
Zhang Mengjiao couldn't bear to make it difficult for her father, and said eloquently at the moment: "Daddy doesn't need to be embarrassed, he has already expected the matter of the maritime merchants joining forces to deal with the fourteenth master, and it has been calculated in his chest, in the eyes of his daughter, the fourteenth master must be a big deal this time, and his father just needs not to do anything that can't stand him now, with his daughter here, how can you make it difficult for you to be a man?" ”
When Zhang Yuanlong heard this, he was both comfortable and puzzled, "The Fourteenth Master already has a way to deal with it?" ”
"Will my daughter still lie to you?" Zhang Mengjiao chuckled and said, "It's not that you haven't seen the methods of the Fourteenth Master, how can he be such a good person?" Besides, my daughter is not a person who doesn't care about the overall situation, how can she put our Zhang family in danger for her own selfishness, and my father will believe in his daughter's vision again, and our Zhang family will soon be brilliant again, and it will be better than before. ”
It's really a big woman, these eight characters haven't been skimmed yet, and they have begun to help men come to Meng Dad, and it is better than before, if you can keep this family business, you will burn high incense, Zhang Yuanlong sighed in his heart, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while how to face this embarrassing situation.
On the ninth day of the lunar month, Kangxi issued an edict: "The original intention of the imperial court to set up the customs is to enrich the people and rejuvenate business, and the officials of the Jiangxi Customs have set up clever names, set up private taxes and fees, and the layers of exploitation are outrageous, and the cruelty of the people and businessmen has caused this, which not only hurts the love of the people of the imperial court but also damages the prestige of the Qing Dynasty. He was loyal to state affairs, honest and self-disciplined, diligent and prudent, and supervised the Jiangxi Customs.
Today's peace, the population is prosperous, and the land is constant, silk, cotton, grain, tea, sugar and other things are related to the national economy and people's livelihood, the outflow is large and there is a harm to the country, and it is not allowed to hurt the people.
In addition, Shanghai's commerce and trade are becoming more and more prosperous, and Yangyi is frequent, so Yangyi is stationed in Shanghai County. ”
As soon as this edict was issued, Jingshi blew up the nest, and Yinzhen became the director of Jiang Customs, but the impact was not great, but the cotton cloth was only allowed to be exported from Jiang Customs, and it stuck the necks of countless fleets. That is, let Yinzhen have the final say on whether you are allowed to do the cotton cloth business.