"Grandpa Lin, Zhang Xiangye?" , Zheng Xinyu was stunned, where did he understand this headless sentence.

"Oh, every day said that Grandpa Lin is called Lin Baoliang, is a wealthy businessman who runs a money village in Yangzhou, his family is rich, very prestigious, the second and third masters run Yangzhou Chess Academy and get a lot of help from him, Lin Ziliang's grandson is the same age as Tiantian, he learns chess in the same class, and lives in the same bedroom, and the friendship is very good, as for the said Zhang Xiangye is the prime minister of the dynasty Zhang Bonian Zhang, when Xiangye once served as the two Huai salt envoys, and Lin Baoliang had a good friend, this time I heard that every day is going to come to the capital, so I wrote a letter to trust every day to transmit on behalf of him." The ability to narrate things is Steward Zheng's specialty, and he explained the general situation of the matter clearly in a few words.

"So that's the case, I didn't expect there to be this relationship between them, okay, Steward Zheng, take my post to the Prime Minister's Mansion, ask the Prime Minister when he will be free these days, and say that I want to come to the mansion to see you." Nodding and groaning slightly, Zheng Xinyu instructed Steward Zheng - I originally thought that Tan Xiaotian was just a child of an ordinary family, but I didn't expect that he could be related to the prime minister of the dynasty, what kind of person is Zhang Bainian, who is the prime minister of the dynasty, the head of a hundred officials, has been in politics for more than 30 years, has gone through two generations of emperors and has not fallen, the tree has deep roots, and the disciples are all over the government and the opposition, and the power is so great that it can be called under one person, above ten thousand people, ordinary people can't find a way to tie the knot, although they are officials in the same dynasty as him, but their status is the difference between heaven and earth, No matter how famous he is, it is just a false name, and what Zhang Bonian has in his hands is a real administrative power, and being able to befriend him must be of great benefit to the Zheng family, so he personally took Tan Xiaotian to the Prime Minister's Mansion to deliver a letter and let Zhang Bonian write down his favor.

"Yes, I'll do it. Every day, let's go. Steward Zheng immediately agreed, and then took Tan Xiaotian to leave Zheng Xinyu's residence.

"Father. Why do you have to go out in person to send a letter, although Lin Baoliang has strong financial resources, he is a businessman after all, and he is in Yangzhou, and his influence in the capital is almost zero, even if he has a relationship with Zhang Xiangye, it was a matter of decades ago, father, you don't have to take it to heart. After the two of them left the courtyard, Zheng Jili said to Zheng Xinyu - you must know that being the prime minister of the court is a great opportunity, and time is very precious. There are so many people who come to visit every day that they can kick the threshold off, and the people waiting in line outside the door can line up from the door to the end of the street, just a letter, is it worth letting your father run in person? At that time, merchants were regarded as people who pursued profits, did not produce, speculated and resell, and did not work for gains. The social status is very low, and the Zheng family's wealth is definitely not as good as those super-rich businessmen, but as a Go family, his status in the upper class society is higher than those businessmen.

"That's what you think things aren't comprehensive enough." Zheng Xinyu smiled indifferently. Said in a tone of lesson.

"Ask my father for advice." Knowing that there are still many things to learn if he wants to become the head of the next generation of the Zheng family, his father's old scheming is not comparable to his current self.

"At that time, you were still young and did not know the situation at that time, and at that time, the Great Zhou was full of domestic and foreign troubles. The situation was very difficult, and in order to raise military expenses, the emperor's hair was gray. Salt tax accounts for the majority of the treasury revenue, if it can be collected in a timely manner, it can solve the urgent need for a while, and among the salt tax, Yangzhou is the top priority, accounting for almost half of the total, so as long as Yangzhou's salt tax is paid, the tax is equal to half of the success, but Yangzhou salt merchants are self-contained, with the river pollution, in order to pay less or even not to pay the salt tax, what tax evasion, smugglers, bribery officials, collusion with the underworld, all kinds of tricks emerge in endlessly, in previous years, it is not easy to send people to collect, to receive one-tenth of it. Because of this, the emperor appointed Zhang Bainian to serve as the envoy of the two Huai salts, and placed high hopes on him. At that time, Zhang Bainian was just an ordinary official, although he performed well in his previous position and was regarded by many people as a star in the future political circles, but at that time, the foundation was still shallow, far from being as powerful as now, and he was not as powerful as he is now, and he was an official in the north before, and he had few connections in the south, so many people were not optimistic about his trip to taxation, and felt that the expected two percent of the expected collection was already the limit, who thought that he not only collected the salt tax in full that year, Moreover, even the salt tax that some salt merchants have escaped in the past few years has been recovered, and the task assigned to him by the emperor has been exceeded. It is also with this salt tax that the crisis of the empty treasury has been temporarily alleviated, and the war in Youbei has also been stabilized. ”

Zhang Bonian had no foundation in the south back then, and the success of tax collection must have been made possible only with the strong support of local forces. That Lin Baoliang is a huge rich man in Yangzhou, and he is an old friend who met during Zhang Bainian's two Huai salt transportation envoys, and he is the one who helped Xiangye successfully collect the salt tax. Although Zhang Bainian is an official with a clean breeze and no favoritism, he is grateful and will be repaid, and he is very nostalgic, although this is just a speculation, not necessarily a fact, but what if it is true? ”

"Second, Zhang Bainian has a granddaughter named Zhang Qiyun, who is very good with Princess Crescent, and is one of Princess Crescent's companions, if Tan Xiaotian succeeds in striving for the position of princess teacher, then Zhang Qiyun will also become his student, with this relationship, the relationship between the Zheng family and the Xiangfu will be much closer, based on these two reasons, do you think it is worth it for me to come forward to meet Xiangye in person?" Zheng Xinyu asked with a smile.

It was still my father's thoughtfulness, taking precautions, and making arrangements first. If our Zheng family can really climb the big tree of Xiangye, the influence in the capital will be increased several times, and even if we confront the Jiang family head-on in the future, we may not fall behind. Receiving his father's advice, Zheng Jili's eyes lit up and said excitedly.

"It's still very early to confront the Jiang family, the Jiang family has been in charge of the chess world for nearly ten years, and the foundation is solid, the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, if you want to shake the status of the Jiang family, it is by no means an easy thing, and you should try to avoid head-on conflict with the Jiang family before you are absolutely sure." Zhang Bonian admonished.

"It's still very early to confront the Jiang family, the Jiang family has been in charge of the chess world for nearly ten years, and the foundation is solid, the so-called freezing three feet is not a day's cold, if you want to shake the status of the Jiang family, it is by no means an easy thing, and you should try to avoid head-on conflict with the Jiang family before you are absolutely sure." Zhang Bonian admonished - as the head of the Zheng family's generation, why don't he want to carry forward the glory and glory of the family, and hang the plaque of 'the world's first chess player' on the door of his house, but he has tried repeatedly to break his head and bleed, so he really understands the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. (To be continued.) )