Chapter 91: Background
"Master, several owners in Huzhou have joined forces to ask to meet."
Zhu Houwei was not surprised, since Peng Ze and the others saw him last night, it was reasonable and natural to come to the door today.
"Let them in."
Peng Ze and the other six Huzhou businessmen entered the small courtyard in turn, only Chang Zhengyang's face was not very natural.
King Yong sent people to attack Chang Mansion at night, killed dozens of Chang family guards, and extorted him more than 500,000 taels of silver, even if he did not let the Chang family go bankrupt, but the efforts of the two generations have completely turned into flowing water, to say that Chang Zhengyang has no hatred in his heart, it is nonsense, but he does not dare to show the slightest, in the face of Yongwang, who is already at the peak of his power, he is not even an ant, if he is resentful, I am afraid that what awaits the Chang family is not a bankruptcy but a disaster!
So Chang Zhengyang can only knock out his front teeth and swallow blood, as long as the Chang family is still there, then there is still a chance to make a comeback.
"Excuse me."
The few businessmen who were just about to meet had to straighten up when they heard this, and they looked a little at a loss.
"Sit down." Zhu Houwei waited for a few people to sit down, and then smiled and said: "When you come to Hangzhou, there must be girls who want to help, these girls have become famous, and it must not be difficult to enter the gold in the future, but this king intervened on a whim, and I think it also broke your plan, so that last night I asked you to cast flowers at Daiyu girl, and this love book was led by the king."
"Don't dare, don't dare." Peng Ze hurriedly said: "Miss Daiyu is now famous in Huzhou, and the limelight has overpowered all the popular girls in Huzhou City.
"You came together, in addition to knowing that the king arrived in Hangzhou, so he came to pay a visit, I guess I don't just want the king to thank you for your love of flowers for Daiyu, if you have something to say bluntly."
"How dare you, how dare you." The merchants hurriedly responded, and finally Chang Zhengyang spoke: "The grass people dare to ask, it seems that there was something unpleasant between the prince and Zhao Xingzhou, the big salt merchant in Yangzhou, last night?"
Zhu Houwei smiled lightly: "This person is bold, he actually paid attention to the body of this king's woman, and there was a threat in his words, this king is thinking about whether to give him an unforgettable lesson, but this king doesn't know anything about this Zhao Xingzhou, you can talk about it."
The merchants looked at each other, although they had already guessed, they could be confirmed from King Yong's mouth, and they were still shocked.
It's really a guy who only thinks with his lower body, and his idea actually hit King Yong's head, and he dared to covet King Yong's concubine, so why don't he play like this.
If Zhao Xingzhou knew that he actually moved his mind to King Yong's head last night, he didn't know how to feel in his heart, he must have the heart to wipe his neck with a knife.
The ancients said that there is a knife on the head of the color word, and this knife is a sharp knife for scraping bones, and it is also a sharp blade for seeking souls.
Chang Zhengyang's face appeared with an inexplicable joy, since he was blackmailed by King Yong, although the capital chain of the Chang family has not been broken, but this day is also very sad, if King Yong kills Zhao Xingzhou, then he must act as a pawn, with the size of the Zhao family, even if King Yong eats meat, he can gnaw on a bone and gnaw on it, and he can gnaw on the corner of his mouth.
And Chang Zhengyang believes that King Yong will definitely give him this opportunity, who makes him still owe Qian Zhuang 350,000 taels of silver.
"Lord Qiyu, Zhao Xingzhou is a big salt merchant in Yangzhou, relying on the government to obtain a large amount of salt every year, making a lot of profits, but he is not just selling salt, the Zhao family's industry is very wide, such as grain, cloth, tea, porcelain, etc., in addition, he also sells illicit salt...... It is conservatively estimated that the assets of the Zhao family are definitely not less than two million taels, if the prince wants to punish this thief, we and other Huzhou businessmen are willing to serve the prince for the dogs and horses. ”
"You just want a piece of the pie." Zhu Houwei laughed and said: "But this is also human nature, this thief is in the brain, and he dares to peep at the woman of this king, if he does not pay a painful price, wouldn't it be for outsiders to underestimate this king!" However, the Zhao family's business can be so big, how can there be no one behind it to endorse it, you can talk about it, who is behind Zhao Xingzhou to support him, this king does not mind pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud, and will eradicate the poisoned tumor together! ”
The merchants looked at each other, if this is an ordinary vassal king, then maybe it is still to be discussed, but it is King Yong who said this, even if he is a powerful and powerless vassal king, but behind King Yong stands the supreme of the world today, a word can make countless wealthy families ruined, and a look can make countless heads fall to the ground!
The merchants seem to have been able to foresee the scene of countless vicious wolves rushing up to bite after Zhao Xingzhou broke his house, it is really a sin made by heaven, it is forgivable, it is self-inflicted, and it cannot be lived!
"Zhao Xingzhou's uncle Zhao Hanhai is now the secretary of the Ministry of Wenxuan, Zhao Hanhai's seat teacher is the current Zuo Zhuguo, the first assistant of the cabinet Li Dongyang Li, Zhao Xingzhou's cousin Zhao Xinghe is now a general in Datong, and I heard that Zhao Xingzhou also used various means to ask people to climb and attach the great eunuch of the inner court Zhang Yong and the red man Jinyi Wei in front of the saint to make Qian Ning ......"
Zhu Houwei was dumbfounded when he heard this, Zhao Xingzhou can have a lot of wealth, and his background must be extremely deep, but Zhu Houwei didn't expect it to be so profound, he could be involved in the cabinet and the inner court, and this guy still has clansmen who are mixed in the court, which is really surprising.
Langzhong's official grade is not high, but looking at the grade of officials in Daming, the actual significance is not much, such as Yanguan.
There are generally only seven grades of officials, which are typical of humble and powerful, not to mention ordinary officials, even Shangshu and even cabinet ministers will not take it lightly.
This group of people has the right to hear about it, that is to say, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, as long as they hear it and think it's valuable to participate in you, they will bite it, it belongs to a real mad dog, and it is a mad dog that is difficult to let go of when it bites.
As for the real power of Langzhong, there are big and small, but the Wenxuan Shilang of the Ministry of Officials and the Wuxuan Shilang of the Military Department can be said to be the two yamen with the greatest real power and the fattest.
The Department of Literature and Literature is in charge of the relocation of civil officials and the selection and appointment of officials, and after ten years of hard study, he finally became a Jinshi, and the first thing he faced was personnel appointment.
Whether he was sealed to a bitter cold land or a rich town, the Anthology Division had the final say, which shows how great the real power is!
As for the generals, they are the third-in-command of the local troops, the senior generals who guard the road, and they can justifiably make the proud soldiers and fierce generals their own families, and how deep their strength can be imagined......