Chapter 680: The Falling Phoenix
Su Da is telling Zhu Hao.
The more powerful you are, the greater the responsibility.
I listen to you, I want to start the idle fields in the northwest, and now I need you to give the policy, so that I can make a lot of money, otherwise there will be no one to take over the fields I bought, and I will lose all my money.
Zhu Hao probably asked.
Su Xigui's investment in the northwest is about 100,000 taels...... Although there are a lot, it is far from the point where Su Xigui goes bankrupt.
If this business is completed, the profit will be 200,000 taels.
This shows that Su Xigui is very greedy.
"Lord Su, in fact, as I understand, Hui merchants intend to enter the northwest land market, no matter how bad you are, you can sell them and make a profit, so don't cry poor in front of me."
Zhu Hao is not a stupid person.
You are doing such a big business, using the diversification method, thinking that you can hide it from others, but can you hide it from me?
Su Xigui smiled ashamedly and continued to pour tea for Zhu Hao, the tea was overflowing and still pouring there, which showed how weak he was.
"Don't be nervous, Lord Su, I'm not blaming you, in this situation, it is not feasible to change the salt law for the time being, either wait for Huang Gong to come to the capital to serve as the secretary, whether it is the household department or the military department, or directly serve as the secretary of the ministry of officials...... But no matter what, if that Yang Ge grows old, if he doesn't retreat, we won't have a good life."
Zhu Hao also expressed the current predicament.
If you want to make money, you have to correct your mentality and push Huang Zan to the top, and before that, you have to pull Yang Tinghe down.
"Understood, understood."
Su Xigui gritted his teeth and insisted.
At this time, sell the acres to the Hui merchants?
That's impossible!
Someone else comes to make a big head and I can only make a small head myself?
There are no doors!
The most profitable business in the world naturally has to be done by someone in my Su.
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Before parting, Su Xigui gave Zhu Hao another thing.
It's still a list.
"What is this?"
Zhu Hao asked puzzled.
Su Xigui said: "In the past few years, the contemptible people have raised a group of young girls in the south of the Yangtze River, who have been raised since they were eleven or twelve years old.
Zhu Hao squinted at Su Xigui when he heard this.
Blatantly buying and selling people, such a tasteless thing, in the past, Zhu Hao thought that Su Xigui would not do it.
Unexpectedly......
"Lord Su, you have a lot of heart."
Zhu Hao looked at Su Xigui deeply and asked, "Is this ...... It doesn't seem like it's for me or to deal with the current situation, right?"
"This ...... Huh."
Su Xigui's old face turned red, and he lowered his head in shame.
How shrewd is Su Xigui?
There has been no mention of Yangzhou Skinny Horse in these years, but Su Xigui has long known that this business is simply a high return for less pay, after all, beauty in any era is one of the most effective keys to open the door to power, and without this preparation, dare to call yourself an official and businessman?
Zhu Hao knows very well that these beauties Su Xigui must have been prepared for the Son of Heaven, but now that Zhu Houzhao is dead, the new emperor doesn't seem to be good at this, Su Xigui simply sent people to Zhu Hao and let Zhu Hao deploy them by himself, just like last year, he directly sent 100,000 taels of silver for Zhu Hao to look at.
"People can stay, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to do what you want, and people won't be sent to the place where they should be sent, so let me stay and enjoy myself."
Zhu Hao joked with a smile.
Su Xigui smiled, "That's a good feeling. I'm afraid that the little master won't accept it."
Zhu Hao said: "You speak directly, I'm afraid I can't afford it."
"If you can't do it, others can't do it."
Su Xigui's face was full of slyness, "The little master is strong, he will definitely do something in the future, just send you something at this time, it is meaningful, and when you are in a high position in the future, I want to send it to ...... I'm afraid of you
I won't take anything."
Zhu Hao sighed: "Su Dong, you won't feel distressed, right?"
Su Xigui showed a free and easy look that I wouldn't take it out if I was distressed, straightened his waist and said, "How can there be a reason to feel distressed when I give something out of my hand? Little master enjoy the ...... It should be said that despite domination...... Then send them to a house in the next few days, and you will take the time to take a look?"
"Hmm."
Zhu Hao nodded.
He knew that the beauties that Su Xigui sent to the capital this time were definitely the kind of stunners in the world, and it was not of the same magnitude as Su Xigui preparing a few female dramas or sending a few maids or something in the past.
This is a gift that Su Xigui has carefully cultivated for many years and is ready to give to the emperor.
Su Xigui said: "By the way, the little master, there is one thing that is contemptible...... I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"
"Old Su, are you playing dumb riddles with me? You've said so, let's say it, it's easy to suffocate the living to death, and I don't feel comfortable if I don't hear it here." Zhu Hao said.
Su Xigui stepped forward and whispered, "That's the case, after the death of the first emperor, there was a ...... The nobles who used to be in front of the emperor wandered to the contemptible people, praying to take them in...... But this person has a special status, and if she doesn't make trouble, it will bring great trouble, so she just sends someone to settle her......
Zhu Hao heard a hint of clues.
It seems to be talking about...... Zhu Houzhao's favorite concubine Liu Meiren?
Liu Meiren, also known as Liu Niangniang in front of the emperor, is the prototype of Li Fengjie in various drama works in later generations, and can be regarded as the most favored concubine around Zhu Houzhao in the late Zhengde Dynasty, and her status is equivalent to that of the queen.
But because she is the wife of Legong Yang Teng, she is a folk girl captured by the emperor, and she is not qualified to enter the palace and be officially canonized by the imperial court, and Zhu Houzhao doesn't care about giving this favorite concubine a title, or thinks it doesn't matter.
But this kind of indifference brought trouble after Zhu Houzhao's death, Liu Meiren became a black household because of her namelessness, and after Jiang Bin, Qian Ning and other female cadres were killed one after another, although Liu Meiren was not convicted, if she was found by the imperial court, she would definitely be secretly executed to make Zhu Houzhao's reputation.
After all, now that Empress Dowager Zhang is alive, she can't tolerate the existence of such a woman who has ruined her son's reputation.
Later generations know how foolish Zhu Houzhao is, but the authorities are fascinated, not everyone knows what kind of character this emperor is, and the court does not want to make the royal reputation so stinky, until the Jiajing Dynasty passed, Zhu Houzhao was slowly established as a negative example of the emperor.
At the moment, Zhu Houzhao just has a bad reputation among officials.
Zhu Hao said, "You dare to take anyone in. What do you ask me to do? Can I help you deal with it?"
Su Xigui raised his eyebrows, hehe smiled, his face was very unserious, but his tone was extremely gloomy: "If she comes to see her alone, she doesn't need others, and the contemptible person can make her disappear from the world, she knows that she has to rely on it to allow others to take her in......
"On what basis? Gold and silver jewelry?"
Zhu Hao inquired carefully.
Su Xigui shook his head: "This woman is very alert, and since she started with the royal driver, she has deliberately left some things for self-protection. When she was in front of the emperor, the emperor did not shy away from her when he met his subjects, or she knew about the bad deeds of many officials in the court...... It's just despicable speculation. These things may not mean much to the contemptible people, but they are ...... for the petty masters. Or a clever move."
Zhu Hao was a little surprised, Su Xigui was taking a risk.
But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, does anyone really care about this woman's life or death now?
Zhu Hao wanted to know, how did this woman end up in exile after Zhu Houzhao's death? Was it Zhu Houzhao's retreat arranged for her, or Jiang Bin?
Or did he know that it would be difficult to return to the capital, so he did not return to Beijing with Zhu Houzhao, but stayed elsewhere and waited for the summons, and then absconded after waiting for the emperor's death?
There is a lack of records of Liu Meiren after Zhu Houzhao's death in history, and historians believe that most of them were secretly killed by Empress Dowager Zhang, or martyred.
Zhu Hao probably knew now that this woman knew that she was going to die, so she ran away first.
"You're going to turn people over to me?"
Zhu Hao asked.
Su Xigui smiled: "She ran away,
I didn't dare to set foot in the realm of Shuntianfu, but I didn't think about running too far, it was not easy for an ordinary woman to think of anywhere these days, let alone her kind of alluring beauty who was sinking fish and geese? Besides, isn't it dark under the lights, others wouldn't think that she was hiding around Gyeonggi...... I can introduce it to the little masters."
"Let's go back and find a time, in fact, I also want to see what kind of appearance this noble man has that can make the emperor so obsessed......
Of course Zhu Hao was curious.
Zhu Houzhao is the emperor, there are so many beauties in the world for him, what kind of stunning beauty has he never seen? How can you be so obsessed with a married man?
The key is that Zhu Houzhao is not a lover like Tang Minghuang, is Zhu Houzhao the kind of person who is dedicated to love? Who wouldn't want to see what a promiscuous or even bisexual king could be trapped by a woman?
Su Xigui said, "Beauty is beautiful, but it is more important...... This woman is empathetic. The little master will know when he sees it."
"If you've seen it, you can know it?"
Zhu Hao asked with a grin.
"Huh."
Su Xigui smiled awkwardly, "That's what I said, but if I really know, I'm afraid I won't have a chance." But this woman is extremely dangerous, if the little master can't deal with it, there is a way for her to not threaten anyone. In fact, her fate has long been doomed by God, and outsiders can't force it."
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After saying that, Zhu Hao also went back.
On the way, it is inevitable to recall Liu Meiren's affairs.
I thought that this woman had been lost in the long river of history, but I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to meet her...... I can't see her as she is, I have to change my appearance, or say a few words through a screen, a wooden board or something, and I can roughly see how she looks and charms, and the rest ...... can only rely on Zhu Hao's cognition of people to guess.
A phoenix with a falling hair is not as good as a chicken.
But this is not a woman that ordinary people can touch, and Zhu Hao has no plans to try whether she has any special skills.
As Su Xigui said, Zhu Hao is just interested in the secrets hidden in her, or it will come in handy in the future, such as against Yang Tinghe, or those people from the old faction?
To sum it up.
It's a normal man, and he wants to see it, and it doesn't matter if he knows it's thorny.
For someone else, Su Xigui didn't dare to mention it, this was probably the most special "gift" Su Xigui gave to Zhu Hao, and he wanted to hand over the political resources on this woman to Zhu Hao.
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