Jiang had his turn to be in Beijing, and Tang Yin was the happiest.

Recently, when Tang Yin was drinking, Lu Song had a strong sense of responsibility and basically couldn't accompany him, but Jiang Lun didn't have any tasks on him, and he was responsible for eating and drinking when he arrived in Beijing, and Tang Yin was considered to have a companion at the wine table.

Two days later.

Tang Yin found Zhu Hao to discuss the matter: "After discussing with Jiang Mengzai, it is appropriate to let the prince contact some famous people in the capital, invite some great Confucians to the mansion to give lectures, or let the prince attend some great Confucian forums...... What do you think? ”

Now that there are more people in Jingshi, many things can be brought to the wine table for discussion, and this is the case now.

Zhu Hao frowned and asked, "Do you think that the limelight of the world has not been enough recently?" ”

"Zhu Hao, I can't listen to you in everything...... Recently, the Beijing master and scholars have gathered, and the spring of the next year is the spring of spring, so at this time, let the prince come out for a walk, so that the people of the world can see what kind of person the prince is, isn't it a good thing? ”

Tang Yin looked like a matter of course.

"Let's talk about it."

Zhu Hao didn't refuse immediately, but obviously he didn't approve of this kind of thing.

Do things with a purpose.

Here, the stereotype of Xiaoxing Wang is playful and playful, but behind his back, he "taoguang and obscurity", and he went to participate in any forum, and the purpose is completely contrary to that of the front and back, this kind of thing that slaps himself in the face Zhu Hao will never do.

Tang Yin was very happy, he found that he couldn't be the master, and the Jingshi side nominally listened to him for everything, so it was better to listen to Zhu Hao for everything.

……

……

In the middle of the wax month.

Zhu Hao has already sent two batches of actors to the south for Su Xigui, and Su Xigui himself arrived in the capital in the middle of the month.

After he arrived in the capital, he didn't even go to see Huang Zhan, and ran directly to find Zhu Hao.

When I came up, I didn't say anything, and when I met, it was like pouring bitter water: "Your Majesty's way to the south can be said to be full of twists and turns...... I have a private house in Yangzhou, but fortunately, I received the news in advance and hid my family, otherwise I would ......"

Su Xigui sighed.

Historically, after Zhu Houzhao arrived in Yangzhou on the first day of December in the 14th year of Zhengde, he asked the cavalry to enter the city and kidnap women that night, and asked to search from house to house, and take away all the beautiful ones whether they were unmarried or married...... At this time, it reflects the hard truth of marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, if the wife is beautiful, it does not belong to herself.

And Su Xigui is not young, he is worth a lot of money, whether it is a daughter-in-law, a daughter or a concubine in the family, his appearance is naturally not much worse.

Zhu Hao didn't ask Su Xigui in detail whether the house in Yangzhou was his home or a foreign house, but listening to Su Xigui's tone, it was a stick on the brain, and it hurt his heart.

Zhu Hao said: "Isn't this all good?" ”

It can be regarded as comfort, but Su Xigui is unwilling to bear this kind of words.

Su Xigui raised his head and looked at Zhu Hao with earnest eyes: "Zhu Xiao, you are accompanying King Xing in Beijing, but I don't know how his recent schoolwork is?" In the land of the capital master, many great Confucians of the current world are hidden here...... If you need it, the contemptible people will help you to invite a few back and let them teach you the knowledge of Xingwang. ”

Zhu Hao smiled: "What is Su Dongzhu doing? Ready to change the court, have you already made a plan? ”

"I didn't ...... No. ”

Su Xigui hurriedly waved his hand, "Don't think too much about it, you also know that you are an extraordinary learner, King Xing has your teaching, and he will definitely not slack off on his homework, but you have to prepare for the exam, there are some things...... I can help. ”

said no, but Zhu Hao could feel that Su Xigui was completely disappointed in the nonsense Zhu Houzhao.

At first, because Huang Zan was personally promoted by Zhu Houzhao, which meant a bit of "passing on the official", Su Xigui felt that he was the emperor's "descendant", and he gave gifts to the emperor when he had nothing to do, and flattered him.

But when he had more contact with Zhu Houzhao and the ministers around him, Su Xigui felt that Zhu Houzhao was not a master, even if he did have some talent in marching and fighting, and his courage was slightly amazing, but governing the country requires perseverance and diligence, not opportunism, let alone being a hands-off shopkeeper like Zhu Houzhao, letting the minister govern the country, while he himself is all over the world.

When the emperor plays a negative role in the entire political system, and it is better to have an emperor than not to have an emperor, Su Xigui must seriously consider whether it is necessary to continue to be loyal to this "mediocre" emperor.

At present, he has earned some family business by relying on the emperor, and his brother-in-law has also prospered because of this, but who can guarantee that the emperor and the people around him will not suddenly go crazy and take away all the interests of his courtiers?

Su Xigui has a businessman mentality.

The pay should be proportional to the return, and the emperor can't guarantee my interests, so why should I be unconditionally loyal?

"Now the prince is not the king of Xing, Your Majesty has not had a class teacher for a long time, it is estimated that you are about to arrive in Nanjing now, and you may not know how long it will take to return to the court, if you can't issue a holy decree and canonize it directly, wait for Your Majesty to return to the court...... It is estimated that at this time in the coming year, we are still discussing these issues. Zhu Hao smiled.

Su Xigui shook his head and smiled bitterly, but didn't say anything.

Zhu Hao said: "The prince is sensible, has his own opinions on everything, and is down-to-earth, I don't know whether to recommend the owner of the Su Dynasty...... Turn back and let Su Dongzhu meet in secret? ”

Su Xigui's eyes lit up, and then he hesitated a little: "This ...... I'm afraid it's inappropriate, right? ”

Su Xigui was obviously moved.

But he was afraid that he would be discovered by others when he saw Zhu Si, and someone would make a big fuss about it, so of course he had to be cautious.

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "I will arrange everything and meet in the theater prepared by Su Dongzhu for the theater troupe...... When the time comes, let the prince go to the play, the owner of Su is in the private room next door, and when no one is around, go in to meet the prince, and let the prince remember you as a person, which is also a chance. ”

Su Xigui's face was pleased: "If it is in my own theater, then it is not a big problem, that place is not under my name, and I can't be found if you want to check it, it is purely a chance encounter...... Yes, yes, it's a chance encounter. They don't know each other. Ha ha. ”

Su Xigui was very happy.

Although he may not have thought of seeing Zhu Si before, Zhu Hao's suggestion was exactly what he wanted, knowing that the current emperor is a playful and lustful and frolicking master, why not make a fuss about the "prince"?

Maybe he really wants to be a Lu Buwei, "a strange thing to live in"?

……

……

Zhu Hao asked Su Xigui to see Zhu Si, but Tang Yin didn't even know about it beforehand.

Zhu Hao took advantage of the time to give Zhu Si a lesson, and asked Zhu Si's opinion alone.

Zhu Si asked, "Who is Su Dongzhu?" ”

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "It's the big businessman who did business with our palace before...... His brother-in-law is Huang Zhan, the former political envoy of Hu Guangbu, and now he is the right servant of the household department, and from the end of this year to the beginning of next year, he may have to be transferred to other errands, in short, he is now a hot figure in the DPRK. ”

"Should I meet again?"

Zhu Si didn't have any ideas on his own.

What he can't see, it doesn't matter to him.

Zhu Hao said: "Su Xigui's biggest characteristic is that he is wealthy, and this person is very measured, he will never oppress people with power, and he is extremely fair in business...... It's all related. ”

He ...... Walking with those courtiers, is this a good thing? Zhu Si didn't quite understand.

Zhu Hao analyzed: "Sometimes some connections may be useful, you also know that the people around the emperor will fight fiercely in order to compete for favor, for example, this infighting, Qian Ning was defeated, and he was about to die, which is really happy." If we can use Su Xigui's relationship to make a little trick and let the people around the emperor fight among themselves, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

"Oh."

Zhu Si seems to understand whether he understands or not.

Zhu Hao continued: "And this time the holy driver made trouble in Yangzhou, robbed the people's assets and female dependents, and affected the interests of many big families. ”

Zhu Si smiled and asked, "How can it help?" ”

Zhu Hao said: "If there is a need in the Xingwang Mansion, they will provide the supply of money, food and materials, and if you really have a chance to ascend the throne in the future, they will help you quickly stabilize Jiangnan......

"Shangjia belongs to a type of people who have money but no social status in Daming, they need a strong political background to protect themselves, and you can become their background and provide a protective umbrella, what they can supply you is a steady stream of wealth."

"Oh."

This time, Zhu Si understood.

Provide support to businessmen like Su Xigui, and businessmen will send a lot of money and grain.

Whether he is the king of Xing or has a real chance to be the emperor, it will help him a lot.

"That's really what you should see."

Zhu Sidao, "Where can I see it?" ”

"Xiyuanzi, we have been to it twice before, the place is familiar, after entering, directly find a private room to watch the play, let him come to salute you, you just need to answer a few words to him with a generous heart, let him know that you have great ambitions, and you are not like the current emperor to do nonsense." Zhu Hao said.

"Uh-huh."

Zhu Si nodded firmly.

This matter is still quite attractive to Zhu Si, because he will buy people's hearts and plan for the great cause as the king of Xing.

For a fledgling child, it is very fulfilling.

……

……

Zhu Si went out on the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and went to the street to watch a play in the afternoon of the same day.

When Su Xigui appeared at the door of the private room in the theater, Luo An was very vigilant and asked, "Are you ......?" ”

Zhu Hao walked out: "Luo Dianzhan, this is Su Xigui, the proprietor of Su Xigui, the younger brother of the Huang Domain, who has always had business dealings with my palace, and he is the owner behind the scenes of this opera garden, and he specially came to visit His Royal Highness the Prince this time." ”

"This ......"

Luo An still didn't want to let him go.

Su Xigui said with a smile: "The contemptible person brought a small gift, and gave it to the prince, as well as all the hard-working soldiers, and let Zhu Xiaodang's family send it to the mansion when he turned around." ”

Luo An nodded and let him go, but he was not at ease, he was afraid that Su Xigui would have any malice, so he went in with him.

"Grass people Su Xigui, meet His Royal Highness King Xing."

Su Xigui bowed when he entered the door.

Zhu Si was a little inexplicable, looked at Zhu Hao who was smiling, and then said: "Master Su, get up, I've heard of your name, you have a lot of intersection with Xingwangfu, you are not an outsider, just sit down and talk." ”