After the auction dinner, Li Hao never saw Zheng Yingcai again, this person seemed to have evaporated from the world, and even the Falcon team couldn't find any trace of him.

After a few days, there was no news, and Li Hao began to doubt, he was a little suspicious that he had seen the wrong person, Zheng Yingcai would not really rather die than give in, and reported the information of Chang'an to the Zheng family, right?

On this day, the weather was just right, and Li Hao was lying in the garden of the palace basking in the sun. In the past few days, Li Hao has put all his experience on raising disaster relief funds. On the night of the auction dinner, the wealthy merchants donated too much money, and it was not easy to count the money, even the financial staff of Lijiazhuang spent a lot of effort on this matter.

"Young master, the donations have been counted, a total of 8.5 million taels of silver, and all the accounts have been counted, and you can help Hongzhou at any time!"

Wan'er handed a ledger to Li Hao and said excitedly.

She was also an orphan and experienced starvation, if she hadn't met Li Hao, I am afraid she would have died in the cold wind. Therefore, Wan'er is very sympathetic to the refugees who have experienced natural disasters and is very concerned about this disaster relief.

Li Hao took the account book and checked it carefully, the disaster relief funds had been raised, and then he was going to meet Li Shimin and ask him to distribute the disaster relief money in an official capacity.

Datang does not need to be modern, and it is difficult for non-governmental public welfare organizations to develop.

The so-called unjustified name, private direct contact with the victims, is likely to attract criticism, and Li Hao is labeled as a buyer.

Li Hao was thinking about it here, only to hear a heroic whisper coming from outside. The voice is like thunder, strong and heroic.

Cheng Yanjin walked through the courtyard and came to Li Hao's side.

"Xiao Li, there is good news!"

Li Hao sent someone to bring a chair to Cheng Yanjin: "What is the matter, I have to convey it to Lu Guogong personally." ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled slightly, and said with a mysterious expression: "Your Majesty invited you to the palace for a visit, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

"What's the good news?"

"Lao Cheng, I heard that early this morning, he secretly asked to see His Majesty, saying that he brought a surprise to His Majesty!"

Li Hao was stunned: "Zheng Yingcai? ”

"It's worthy of Xiao Li, clever and clever!" Cheng Yanjin patted Li Hao's shoulder hard: "Without further ado, let's trigger it quickly." This kind of thing needs to be done quickly to cut through the mess so as not to cause trouble! ”

"Let's go, enter the palace!"

Li Hao came to his senses in an instant, turned over, didn't bother to change his clothes, and directly followed Cheng Yanjin into the palace.

The five surnames and seven hopes are Li Shimin's big troubles, and they are also obstacles in front of Li Hao, the sooner they are resolved, Li Hao's follow-up plan can be carried out smoothly.

In the imperial study, Zheng Yingcai knelt on the ground respectfully, and beside him, a middle-aged man was tied up and thrown to the ground.

Li Shimin looked at the middle-aged man, and his eyebrows and eyes were filled with excitement and joy that could not be hidden.

"This is Zheng Youxiong, the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Yingcai's own uncle. This old boy is very cunning, he never comes to Chang'an in person, and the family's business has always been taken care of by the younger generation of the Zheng family. I really can't figure out how Zheng Yingcai tricked him to Chang'an! ”

Cheng Yanjin whispered to Li Hao.

Li Hao was also pleasantly surprised at the moment, he designed to turn Zheng Yingcai into Li Shimin's loyal dog, in order to deal with the Zheng family.

But the Zheng family has a great cause, and there is no crime of directly assassinating Li Shimin like the Cui and Wang families. originally thought that the only way to eliminate the Zheng family was to slowly figure it out, but he didn't want Zheng Yingcai to be so fast, so he tied up the head of the Zheng family in front of Li Shimin.

Is the surprise brought by this dog to Li Shimin too big?

Li Shimin slowly got up and came to Zheng Yingcai.

"Aiqing, you have done a good job in this matter, and I don't think I think of you so much. Let's talk about it, how did you get Zheng Youxiong to come to Chang'an obediently! ”

"Back to Your Majesty!" Zheng Yingcai lay on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, like a loyal dog: "That day, I heard that His Majesty's teachings were like an empowerment, which completely woke me up, so I secretly returned to the Zheng family in Xingyang." The lie that this pottery contest was given to Li Jiazhuang for nothing, but it was actually a scene that my majesty and I conspired to perform. ”

"Lijiazhuang has risen rapidly, and in just two years, it has become a big family with five surnames and seven wangs. Even the Cui and Wang families were folded in their hands. The reason why His Majesty made the heads of the two families officials was just for the vitality of the two families, so that they would not be completely annexed by Lijiazhuang! ”

Li Hao raised his eyebrows in surprise: "You mean to say that now the Zheng family thinks that the power of the Cui Wang family has been swallowed up by my Li Jiazhuang, and Your Majesty has only got an empty shell?" ”

"The prince forgives his sins, Zheng Youxiong is cautious and vigilant, if you don't make your words more true, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deceive him."

Li Hao laughed: "Count you as if you passed the test, what about after that?" Zheng Youxiong shouldn't come to Chang'an because of your words, right? ”

"Naturally, although Zheng Youxiong was also afraid of Li Jiazhuang's strength, he didn't act rashly, until I handed over the evidence of Li Jiazhuang's private collection of quartz deposits to him!"

"Today, Lijiazhuang is the first village in the world, with complete wealth and rich rival countries. The five surnames and seven wang major families are staring at this piece of fat. Greed blinded them, so after seeing the evidence, Zheng Youxiong also revealed his flaws. ”

"I see, if I guessed correctly, the reason why you deceived Zheng Youxiong to come to Chang'an should be that you are soft-spoken, even if you get this evidence, it is difficult to convince Your Majesty, and it must be announced by an influential person at this time to be effective. Right? ”

"The prince is clever!" Zheng Yingcai said flatteringly.

Zheng Youxiong was lying on the ground like ashes, he couldn't understand how Zheng Yingcai, as the most outstanding young generation of the Zheng family, would definitely be able to take over the position of head of the family from his hands in a few years, how could he suddenly turn around and become Li Shimin's lackey?

The reason why he took the risk to come to Chang'an to do things in person was that the fat of Lijiazhuang was too fat, and as a businessman, he could not resist the temptation. On the other hand, he also trusts Zheng Yingcai, believing that he will not do anything harmful to the interests of the Zheng family for the sake of his own future.

Maybe this is information asymmetry, how could Zheng Youxiong have thought that Zheng Yingcai has been caught by Li Shimin, and he only needs one sentence to send him to hell. Zheng Yingcai didn't want to be Li Shimin's dog, but he had no choice, so he could only go all the way to the dark.

Li Hao got up and clapped his hands: "Zheng Yingcai, you did a good job this time." I believe that this surprise, Your Majesty must be very satisfied. I will accept your dog on behalf of Your Majesty, and I hope you can make persistent efforts in the future to do things for Your Majesty! ”

"Thank you for Your Majesty's grace, thank you for your appreciation, I, Zheng Yingcai, will definitely share my worries for Your Majesty!"

Li Shimin came to Zheng Youxiong and looked at him condescendingly.

I still remember that many years ago, when Li Shimin was still the king of Qin. The people with the five surnames and Qiwang found him and said that as long as the five surnames and Qiwang could enter the office, they would help Li Shimin to be the king.

At that time, Zheng Youxiong was among those people.

At that time, this group of people was so arrogant, and they didn't pay attention to the dignified King of Qin.

Now that this person who had threatened him was lying at his feet waiting to fall, Li Shimin trembled with excitement and was ecstatic.

"Zheng Youxiong, I haven't seen you for a long time. Next, I want to use your strength to annex the Zheng family step by step, I hope you can help me! ”