Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Tree Has Dead Branches
"Grandfather. Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair" Bai Yuxiu slammed her head on the ground, "As a child of a family, Yu Xiu is not good at writing and martial arts, and she disappoints her grandfather, and Yu Xiu is not comfortable in her heart. ”
As soon as he opened his mouth, Ge Shi silently wiped away his tears on the side. Obviously, the second uncle, Bai Shilin, is still alive and well, but the scene in front of him has the feeling of being orphaned and widowed, and being bullied.
It's over, two!
"When Yuxiu was young, although my grandfather invited a famous Confucian to be a western seat and taught carefully, I had limited talent and never thought of taking the road of imperial examinations. Now it seems that my grandfather has no intention of asking me to join the company from Fuyin for the time being, but I am already in my twenties, and I have been engaged early. As a man, you should start a business first and then start a family. Thereupon...... So Yuxiu thought that before her grandfather had an arrangement, she would first get in touch with the trade economy, even if she made a little money and came back, it would be regarded as a little contribution to our Anguo Mansion, and it would no longer be a waste that was full of food all day long. ”
When he said this, his tone and expression were full of remorse, Bai Jingyuan's heart softened, and he frowned, "It's an eventful time now, and the emperor is starting to rectify the circle of honors and nobles, so I didn't give you anything to do, I just hope that you will study hard and cultivate your self-cultivation." After the New Year, I was going to let your mother do your kiss beforehand. You are usually a worry-free person, so I didn't control you, who would have thought too much about you and caused such a thing. ”
"Yuxiu has nothing to say, but I'm sorry for my grandfather's love for my grandson." Bai Yuxiu prostrate on the ground.
Ge Shi immediately cried and said, "Old lady, even though Yuxiu has done something wrong, his intentions are good, he wants to take on the family and be a man. Please, please forgive him. ”
"Confused!" Bai Jingyuan said coldly, "If Yuxiu is harming me, he is my grandson, I will be angry with him and complain about him, but how can I be held accountable to him?" But now that seven lives, tens of thousands of belongings, and the sinking of a ship are involved, I can't say that I can't forgive him. Even my head may not be able to bear it! ”
This was said seriously, Ge Shi didn't dare to say more, only kept kowtowing.
Chun Tu didn't want to care, but if Ge Shi hurt his body in the big study, his grandfather would also feel troublesome, so she stepped forward and helped Ge Shi Dao. "Second uncle, it's useless for you to kneel here, it's better to sit on the side and rest, and wait for grandfather to ask the eldest brother in detail and know the beginning and end of the matter, so that he can have a plan."
"The daughter-in-law is guilty and doesn't dare to get up." Ge Shi was dizzy from kneeling, but he didn't dare to get up.
"Sit aside, don't talk any more." Although Bai Jingyuan held back his anger, he was not so polite in the end. "If it weren't for you being Yuxiu's mother, I would have grounded you in your yard. You can't come out and make a mess again. ”
Ge's face was pale, and she had been married into the Anguo Mansion for almost thirty years, she was already physically exhausted, and her legs were even weaker. Poured a cup down.
My grandfather was right, the second aunt insisted on being there, but she didn't do anything. It's just adding to the chaos.
"Grandfather, the motive or something, I can't mention it for now, the key is the plot later." Spring Sprout Reminder.
Bai Jingyuan glanced at Bai Yuxiu, who hurriedly said, "Grandfather, sixth sister, here's the thing. Among the people he reported, he also counted a share of Chun Tu Li, which shows that he has to rely on Chun Tu to help him get rid of his crimes, which is much more polite than usual.
"In the autumn of last year, Luo Feiran and I spent a lot of time together. Grandfather knew that among the five major families, they all had their own businesses, but our Bai family and the Ouyang family, which had the name of Qing Gui, were mostly based on land. Even if there is a shop, it is a medical center or a rice and noodle shop related to the field, and it does not involve anything else. The Xie family is a martial artist, and the horse farm that domesticates good horses is very profitable. Needless to say, the Du family does all kinds of business, including military sales, all over the world, and is second to none among the five major families, I dare not say that it is the richest man in the Tang Dynasty, but it is also ranked among the top five. ”
No wonder, it is a thorn in the emperor's eyes and a thorn in the flesh, the Du family is too arrogant and high-profile. Don't Du Heng understand that imperial power is inviolable? Or did he think too highly of himself, but looked down on Han Mou. And the emperor has been quiet, secretly investigating the Du family clearly, and even if the Du family loses their vigilance, otherwise it is really not easy to uproot this big tree. When the time was ripe, she used her hand to destroy the Du family with peace of mind. With the addition of the Luo family, just the measure of raiding the house, the treasury can be a lot fatter.
The emperor's mental tricks are really the same as playing chess, step by step, and the tricks are calculated. She only saw the results, but the layout began long ago. And she is just an unplanned force, and she was firmly grasped by the emperor.
She served.
She's really, she's obedient.
I only heard Bai Yuxiu say again, "Governor Luo is loyal to the emperor on the surface and has been leading troops outside, but in fact, the Luo family is the only one who looks forward to the Du family, and even the business matters are the same. Otherwise, the Luo family is an upstart, unlike the other four major families, all of whom have been in business for hundreds of years, where does the financial support for them to walk sideways among the top magnates in Chang'an and Luoyang? Without silver, no matter what kind of high gate you are, you will not be able to raise your head. ”
Hearing this, Chun Tu frowned, not because she found any clues, but because she felt very uncomfortable. Bai Yuxiu's three views are not correct, is this really the successor brought out by his grandfather himself? It's a bit similar to Ge's, he is generous on the outside, but he always has different calculations on the inside, and his mind is really a little insufficient.
"Could it be that your business is still related to the Du family?" Bai Jingyuan asked, his brows furrowed even tighter.
The hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, the Du family was uprooted, although it was not killed and the blood flowed, but in the end, within a few generations, it is impossible to turn over again. After winning the lawsuit, the officials of the various ministries fought for several months to sort out the mess and clean up the intertwined relationships. But it's only been a few days, and the remaining sins of the Du family are still affecting Chang'an City, and even their own family.
"It was the business before the Du family committed the crime, and the Luo family intervened. At that time, when I was playing with Luo Feiran, I knew a little bit about this business. After the accident between the Du and Luo families, the business was going to be yellow. But the Luo family's crime was light, and Luo Feiran was secretly detained in Chang'an City by the eldest princess, so he sent someone to find me and wanted to borrow my hand to continue. The Luo family has been demoted to a commoner, if he doesn't have money to live with, he will be disgusted by the eldest princess in the future, and he really won't have a way to live. Bai Yuxiu continued, "At that time, the ship was already in the port of Wendeng, just waiting for the loading of goods and the northwest wind blowing southeast in winter to set sail. Because there are other people involved in the business, not counting the separate property of the Douro family, many goods are not on the confiscation list. ”
Chun Tu raised his eyebrows: Alone?
She just does the errand of picking words, and sometimes she has to find loopholes in the law, so she is quite sensitive to this kind of vocabulary.
"You took over?" Bai Jingyuan's face was gloomy, and he asked a question that knew the answer without answering.
Bai Yuxiu nodded ashamedly, "The investment in that ship is a total of 40,000 taels, of which the Du and Luo families account for seventy percent, and other merchants with backgrounds account for thirty percent." Luo Feiran said that as long as I help him this time, the net profit will be shared equally with me. I also blamed me for being greedy, thinking that it was just a shipping business, and it was also a tax payment to Datang, and all kinds of procedures were complete, all of which were documents and warrants issued by the government, and there was no problem, so I nodded. ”
"Since someone is responsible for the investment of goods, what do those who committed suicide at the gate of our house say?" Bai Jingyuan asked.
"That's because ......" Bai Yuxiu shrank a little, "Some of the goods prepared by the Duro family are still in the hold, not loaded on the ship, and have been confiscated by the government." So...... So there is a lot of spare space on board. I thought, fill the ship before leaving port, and make as much money as I can. So I gave some of the money myself and bought the goods, and gathered the rest for other merchants. ”
That's what he meant when he said the word "alone" just now, and he was waiting here.
"Where did the eldest brother get the money?" Chun Tu asked, not because he didn't know, but on purpose, because many words had to be put on the bright side. Evidence must be said before it can be done accurately, and it is not allowed to tacitly accept each other.
"I gave it." Ge Shi took over the words, looked at Bai Jingyuan with a weak heart and weak anger, stood up, and said in a trembling voice, "I took my own five hundred taels of private room, and five hundred taels of middle school ......."
"Let you run the house, the second child trusts you like this, and that's how you repay him?" Bai Jingyuan was no longer angry, but his voice and heart were getting colder and colder.
The powerful man of Chang'an, he thinks that he is the most virtuous in governing his family. The so-called self-cultivation, family harmony, governing the country, and leveling the world, he does everything better than others. But today I learned that there are too many things in this family that he doesn't understand, and everyone is obedient to him on the surface, but in fact, they have their own careful thoughts and calculations.
"The tree is big and has dead branches." Chun Tuyu whispered in Bai Jingyuan's ear, "The Bai family has a big business, and my grandfather is dedicated to the country, so it's not your fault that you can take care of it." Besides, it's just a subsection. She shouldn't have said such things at this time, Ge Shi couldn't hear it, but Bai Yuxiu didn't. But there are things that you have to do even if you know you can't do them. Because, she couldn't bear to see her grandfather's dejected appearance, as if she wanted to deny her life. Older people, especially those who are arrogant, can't stand this kind of blow.
Bai Jingyuan didn't speak, but patted the hand that Chun Tu Yu pressed on his shoulder, and then continued to ask, "How many merchants have you found to cooperate with you, and how much does each person contribute?" ”
This is the detail of the question, but Bai Yuxiu shook his head, "I don't know." I left these things to another person. ”
"Who?" Bai Jingyuan and Chun Tu asked almost at the same time.
"Luo Feiran introduced him, his surname is Tuoba, and he is a steward of the Eldest Princess's Mansion."
Hu people? No, the Eldest Princess's Mansion doesn't use Hu people, it must just have Hu blood. The current Shangshu Yuwen of the Criminal Department is also half of the Hu blood, but the ancestor followed the Han family at the beginning, so now he can be a high-ranking official.
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