Later, when Shen Rongqiang was examined, he also had twists and turns, and his younger brother Shen Rongfeng was admitted to Jinshi, and he was stuck outside the gate of Qiuqiu. Shen Rongqiang was angry and didn't take the exam, the Shen family official was in a high position, he was a good showman, a small official, Shen Rongqiang didn't want people to accuse him of eating his father's old book, and he participated in accounting by himself, and then entered the household department and became a bookkeeper.

Shen Rongqiang is very capable, able to use the abacus with both hands to calculate two accounts at the same time, and the imperial examination has been repeatedly frustrated, people are no longer arrogant, empty-eyed, and kind to others, very able to the other party, want to win a very good reputation in the household department, and soon stood out among his colleagues, promoted to the official, ten years later, survived to six, Shen Mingyun entered Beijing, put it to the local government, and became a state capital, in charge of agriculture and water conservancy, and soon became familiar with the business.

At that time, Qian Haolin, the crown prince, fell in love with Shen Rong, emphasizing that he went to Nanmingzhou to be the governor of the state - where Qian Haolin built a dock, Shen Rongqiang not only took care of the prince's business, but also developed the local economy, and had a very good reputation among the people.

Qian Jun's reform, most of the Shen family did not support it, only Shen Rongqiang was overjoyed and amazed, for which Shen Mingyun also reprimanded him fiercely when he was alive, but Shen Rongqiang was not moved by his uncle's pressure, and argued with his uncle one by one, and even Shen Mingyun was not even Shen Mingyun for a while.

When Shen Rongqiang proposed to run for election, the Shen family was not optimistic at all, they all thought that they only showed off their talents and fame, and wanted to be the first assistant of the emperor, and they wanted to be the first assistant, which was simply humiliating, and no one expected it to succeed.

Seeing Wang Yingcheng using his younger brother to attack Qian Jun, Shen Ronghua was very angry and reprimanded his younger brother: "Did you see it? All of them caused trouble for the prince. ”

Shen Rongqiang was not angry at all, smiled slightly, and smiled at the eldest brother: "Wang Yingcheng will find an excuse to attack the prince even if he is a mad dog, is it possible that he can't go out for fear of dog bites?" ”

"Why are you mean when you become the first assistant?"

"My brother has always been more generous to people he hates, but he didn't say much when they used to get up."

Shen Ronghua thought about it, and his brother was silent for a while: "The prince has completely subverted the monarch and the people, and he is not afraid of being infamous in the future?" ”

Shen Rongqiang smiled: "Good brother, is it difficult to see the situation clearly now?" Didn't you keep saying that you were for the country and the people before? The prince's move is really for the country and the people, and his father and uncle have worked hard all their lives, who really made the people rich? Is the country rich and strong? But the prince's new policy has only been a few years, and it has developed faster than the establishment of the Jurong Dynasty for hundreds of years, and most of the children of the common people have entered the school, no longer blind and blind, the rice jar is full of pockets, the waist is hard, and the voice is loud and bright. ”

Shen Ronghua was speechless for a while, and his younger brother was indeed like this, but he felt that the common people had tamed before, and dared to confront the officials at every turn, and the first assistant had encroached on the imperial power, is it worth worrying?

Shen Rongqiang was very helpless about his brother's stubbornness and backwardness, and said earnestly: "Good big brother, I used to keep asking for my life for the people, and I have worked hard for 20 years, and the people are often underfed and clothed, and they are all working in vain, and the new policy of the prince is not only for the people's livelihood, but also for the people's wisdom and strength, as for the imperial power, how can the emperor govern such a big country as Jurong alone?" As for the officials, the people, the people, and the strong do not dare to act recklessly, so that the corrupt officials are not only afraid of the emperor sending officials, but also afraid that the people will be stared at by thousands of pairs of eyes, and dare to derelict their duties and violate the law, right? There is nothing to do for the first day, and that is the real peace and prosperity. ”

Shen Ronghua was hit by his younger brother's arrogant words to the point that he didn't say a word, and he could no longer deal with words.

Indeed, the ancestors of the Shen family are officials, they must be honest and honest, and they must be dedicated to the people, but Qian Jun, which one of the new policies is not what the people think? On the contrary, it sets off the Shen family's dedication to the people's leave and the people's hearts.

Shen Ronghua couldn't think of it for a while, his younger brother was deafening, and he discussed repeatedly with several cousins Shen Rongqiang at home, and finally figured out that Shen Ronghua was older than Qian Jun, and he boasted that his boss would not waste time organizing people to write in the newspaper and wholeheartedly support the new policy to defend Qian Jun.

There are a total of seven cousins in the Shen family, only Shen Rongqiang is a talent, and the rest are the worst, and they also joined in the confrontation with Wang Yingcheng, and soon the "Shangjing Daily" fell down, and there had to change the topic.

Wang Yingcheng saw that he was not a rival when he scolded people, he was disheartened and withdrew from politics, and his eldest son Wang Guangzhong has been unable to move forward since he was lifted. Jiangnan is a rich land, the county is also fat, Wang Guangzhong's study is not as good as Lao Tzu's study, being an official and making money, but he is very good, not only using power to embezzle and accept bribes, but also colluding with a group of outlaws, mooring in a small bay, smuggling goods, making a lot of money, and finally being caught by the Jinjin people, all the goods were confiscated, and the officials were also lost, if Wang Yingcheng pleaded everywhere, he would have to eat a few years in prison.

After the matter calmed down, Wang Guangzhong came to a small county near Maocheng, and invested in the construction of a silk reeling factory with the money he had obtained from corruption.

There are many silk weaving factories in Maocheng, there are many mulberry and silkworm breeders in the suburbs, and the weather in the south of the Yangtze River is warm, silkworms can be raised in two seasons a year, Wang Guang is loyal and ruthless, let the silk reelers work for a long time, give low wages, so that the price can be suppressed, the production is not worried about the market, after gaining a firm foothold in the fierce competition, it also opened a printing office, quietly reprinted the "mathematics" and "science" textbooks, let people transport them to Jiangnan and other places to sell, and also made a lot of money.

In the past, Wang Yingcheng was very annoyed when he saw that his eldest son had tried and failed, and he was very dissatisfied with his son, and now he can't run for an unofficial son, and his son can make money, and the relationship between the two has slowly changed from looking down at the beginning to looking down at Wang Guangzhong when talking about the current situation with his father: "Daddy lost to Su An, no, your ability is not as good as your fate, and you find out what the voters want, you can't satisfy the voters, how can the voters be willing to vote?" ”

Wang Yingcheng didn't expect his son to be able to have such a high opinion, so he couldn't help but be impressed, adjusted his tone, and asked expressionlessly: "What do you think the voters want?" ”

"Live a good life."

Wang Yingcheng was so angry that he wanted to smack his son's tone angrily: "Who doesn't want to live a good life? ”

"But Daddy thought about how to make a good life for those voters?"

"Those fools—"

"Look at Daddy's heart, even if the voters think about it a little for the ballot in their hands, why should the voters choose you? Fools have to be fooled for a while. ”

Wang Yingcheng didn't come out, he really thought about it, and he has been thinking about how to maintain the order of the past, and only those who are nostalgic for the glory of the past, the feudal relics, and those people have changed their minds, so there are fewer and fewer voters who support it.

"Daddy burned money when he participated in the election, but fortunately, he asked my uncle to come forward and set up a "Shangjing Daily" at that time, otherwise there would have been fewer votes. I don't know that Jurong's first newspaper is about the prince and princess of Nanhai. ”

"How is that possible? A woman—"

"Dad knows that the Nanhai Prince's Mansion is rich and rivals the country, but few people know who is really holding the money rake in the Nanhai Prince's Mansion, many people think that the Nanhai Prince is making money, but the industry falls under the name of the princess, in fact, the princess is making money, in Maocheng, not only the major shareholder of the "Maocheng Daily" is also the second largest shareholder of the Electric Power Bureau, and the new bank is also involved, and even the wharf and sea ships are also involved."

Wang Yingcheng broke out in a cold sweat, and this wealth alone could be overwhelming, and he felt palpitations when he thought that he was too self-sufficient to fight with Qian Jun in the ring: "Fortunately, Qian Jun is a gentleman, otherwise the silk reeling factory will not be able to open it with his fingers." ”

Wang Guangzhong shook his head: "Feiye's father and the owners of the Dahe Weaving Factory will definitely collect silk, as long as it can be sold, how can Qian Jun be destroyed?" ”

"How to open a factory if you can't receive silk from the silk source?"

Wang Guangzhong gritted his teeth: "Dare!" Maocheng Governor Fu Ming stipulated that officials were not allowed to meddle in business, force buying and selling. ”

Wang Yingcheng shook his head: "It's not strong, buy and sell, just send people to the nearby countryside to ask for a price increase, then you won't be able to collect a single cent or two here." ”

Wang Guangzhong was dumbfounded, and after a while, he gave Wang Yingcheng a thumbs up: "Daddy is still powerful, I guess Qian Jun didn't expect it at all." ”

Wang Yingcheng smiled for a while, and now he no longer arrogantly thinks that Qian Jun is inferior to himself, as for what Qian Jun will do in the future, since he thinks of this, he should plan for his son, who knows that Wang Yingcheng has not yet started, and a new silk reeling factory has been opened nearby, and the price has been raised by one point, and then the purchase and sale contract has been signed with nearby silkworm farmers. When Wang Guangzhong heard the news, he immediately sent someone to raise the price by two points, and tried to sell the cocoons to the silkworm farmers who had not signed a contract. Wang Guangzhong used to be mean and tricky, and the silkworm farmers were very disgusted, and now when they saw the new silk reeling factory, no one was willing to sign a contract with them, Wang Guangzhong was angry and anxious, and a large scalp appeared on his head one night, and his wife got up in the morning to see her husband's pillow with black hair, sitting in the house and crying.

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