"Fu, I asked you to come today to ask for your opinion, do you have the right person for your heart? It's all you can say, but don't look for a kabuki like Xiaobai. Su Gong turned to Fu again and asked.

Although Duke Su agreed to Hongyu to be buried in the prince's cemetery as a marquise, he still couldn't accept Xiaobai's nonsense, first, the face of the prince's family, and second, he was afraid that other princes would follow suit, so he beat Fu.

"The sons and daughters have no distractions to handle official affairs, and they all listen to their fathers in matters of marriage." Fu replied.

"Very good." Su Gong responded.

"There is another thing, just now Bo Dan put pressure on Gu because Xiaobai was repeatedly assassinated, and the prime minister arrived in Fang Guo, and he could be tougher when he met Zhuang Gong." Su Gong then said.

"Remember." Min Yingdao. Su Gong's "tougher" gave Prime Minister Min some direction at the foreign affairs meeting a few days later.

It is better to be tough than cautious, and it is better to handle foreign affairs. The most important thing is that toughness has added a lot of bargaining chips to the private goods carried by Min's envoy Fang Guo, as for Xiaobai's safety, what does it matter to me! Min thought about it in his heart, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, but his face was much more serious.

"Where do you think my stupid son got so many enemies? The real culprit has not been found in the two assassinations half a year ago, and the day before yesterday it was intercepted in broad daylight! The whip is out of reach, so ask for more blessings! Su Gong muttered to himself, showing a pitiful pity in his helplessness, and gave up this stupid proton.

"Su Gong is not in a hurry, the minister heard that the third prince is already an academician of the Chi Scale Academy, and it is expected that the enemy family will not bring harm to Xiaobai in addition to causing some trouble." Min was relieved.

"Lone has heard it, you stand down. Before leaving, come back to Lone Here. ”

"Obey." Min Yingdao bowed and retreated.

After watching Min leave the dormitory, he said to Duke Su: "Father, is there any mastermind who assassinated the third brother at the border of Fang Guo and Tongguan?" ”

"There are not many people in my Dongsheng who can mobilize the black-armored knights, and the dispatch can be traced back to the lonely place! If I continue to investigate, I'm afraid it will ...... I'm afraid our family won't be protected. Su Gong hesitated, saw the deacon's justice standing outside the hall, and said softly.

In recent years, Su Gong has been a submissive politician, and he understands his father's jealousy, but he never thought it would be to such an extent.

So he didn't believe what Su Gong said, "the family is not safe", and asked with a puzzled face: "Father, is there someone more powerful than you in Dongsheng?" ”

"Blame me for raising tigers, more than ten years ago, in order to get financial support to get rid of the auxiliary minister, I had to secretly promise to sell the right to operate salt and iron." Su Gong shook his head as he spoke, he regretted not being at the beginning, but in the current situation, there is no other way than to endure.

"Three years ago, Xiaobai openly wrote to the court to take back the right to operate salt and iron, and I still can't figure it out, I have always been thoughtful, why is it so reckless, although I immediately dismissed it, but it is still inevitable to be retaliated against, Xiaobai has been isolated and excluded by the ministers of the court since then. It was only after that that that I realized that the court was no longer my court. Su Gong read it again, his voice became louder and louder, and resentment and helplessness filled the period.

Although he had heard of his father's worries, he did not have such a deep understanding of Su Gong, he knew that the taxes paid by the three wealthy merchants dealing in salt and iron to the imperial court every year stood at seventy percent of the national taxes, and he also knew that the three wealthy merchants existed in the garrison like "kings", and the tolerance of guarding the land and the duke of the fief were all his first to look forward. And the imperial court has always turned a blind eye.

But he didn't know that once the three wealthy businessmen refused to pay taxes, the imperial court would not be able to support them for three months, and the most terrible thing was that they had already subordinated important officials at all levels, from the court to the local government.

"Father can refer to the three wealthy businessmen of the Wang family, the Guo family and the Song family?" Fu asked.

"Who else but them?" Su Gong's voice was dim, as if he was a little disappointed that Fu was not even politically sensitive.

Eighteen years ago, Duke Su was only seventeen years old, and although he had been in charge for more than six years, he could be restrained by the auxiliary ministers everywhere and restricted from leaving the palace, as if he was being raised, and the throne was quite aggrieved.

Unable to get out of the palace, and unable to have a deep friendship with the ministers, Su Gong's dragon chair really sat alone, at that time it was just a small go out to procure Sun Gonggong and his people drilled the camp to observe words and looks, knowing what Su Gong wanted, often went out of the palace to bring back novelty gadgets for Su Gong, of course, there was no shortage of glamorous women, over time, Su Gong more and more trust in it.

Grandpa Sun, who won the trust of Duke Su, was gradually praised outside the palace, and Grandpa Sun became arrogant.

One day, a wealthy brother in a well-dressed dress intercepted his father-in-law Sun who was out purchasing.

"How is public security?" The little brother greeted.

Although Grandpa Sun was arrogant, he was still cautious about such dressed people, and looked up and down at this rich brother who had never masked but intercepted him, and said with a smile: "Which son are you?" What are the instructions for finding a miscellaneous family? ”

"What kind of son is the villain, it's just a small salt merchant Wang Zan in this market. I didn't dare to tell him, seeing that my father-in-law was tired all day, I have a rare piece of beautiful jade here to dedicate to my father-in-law. After Wang Zan bowed and finished speaking, he took out a piece of white jade the size of a palm from his sleeve and held it in his hand and handed it to Grandpa Sun.

Although Grandpa Sun has seen a lot of treasures in the palace, he has never seen such a rare jade in the world even in the palace, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but sigh when he stared at the beautiful jade in Wang Zan's hand.

"Hey, what good things did the miscellaneous family do to make Lord Wang treat him like this."

"My father-in-law is working hard for my Dongsheng country, working hard in and out of the palace all day long, I wait for the citizens to see it in their eyes, remember in their hearts and remember that you work hard to offer beautiful jade." Wang Zan returned.

"If Lord Wang needs to tell the miscellaneous family, just say it. I will dedicate this beautiful jade to Su Gong for you. Grandpa Sun took the beautiful jade and looked at it carefully with wide eyes.

"Thank you, father-in-law. I begged my father-in-law to lead the villain to see Su Gong. You can say that I can solve the matter on Su Gong's mind. ”

"Oh, my lord wants to see Su Gong? It's not difficult. The difficulty is that I still have to take care of a few old fellows who take care of the palace gate, so I have to treat them to tea once. Grandpa Sun spoke, but his eyes still couldn't leave the beautiful jade.

Wang Zan understood that Father-in-law Sun still wanted to ask for some more property, so he immediately took off the jade ring he was wearing around his waist and held it in his hand and said.

"What my father-in-law said is that the villain still has a jade ring hanging around his waist, which can be taken to ask the guards to drink some tea."

When Sun Gonggong heard that there was a jade ring, he took his eyes off the beautiful jade and stared at the jade ring in Wang Zan's hand, seeing that this jade ring was also extraordinary, the originally small black eyeballs disappeared under the eyelids that were separated up and down with all his might. In the thin lips, the tongue with a spring kept stirring up and down again, and it smacked.

"Hey, just give some broken silver, this jade ring is close to you, how embarrassed to take love."

"My father-in-law can take it away, it's a decorative thing." Wang Zan said again.

"Okay, then I'm welcome. Entering the palace requires the identity of the adult to be innocent, and it will be troublesome later, and the adult will hand over your personal office to me and other miscellaneous families to let the adults know after the inspection. ”

"The father-in-law and villain are ready, you can check it."

"Oops. Adults are really careful people. Then you just wait for my news. ”

Wang Zan answered, bowed down and thanked Gonggong Sun, and the two of them said goodbye. Before Wang Zan had gone far, Gonggong Sun picked up two pieces of beautiful jade and looked at them greedily.

It is difficult for ordinary people to enter the palace, and Grandpa Sun has never had such an experience, but greed makes him dare to give it a try, and as for the inspection office, it is just Grandpa Sun's casual talk in order to show his understanding.

How to let Wang Zan and Su Gong meet? Until the second day, Grandpa Sun, who was still clueless, began to love and hate those two pieces of beautiful jade. I can't put it down, and I hate it yet.