Cui Chengxiu came to say something about himself, and Li Xiao was mentally prepared. But with the arrival of Wang Tiqian, Li Xiao did not have any psychological preparation.

The eunuch of the celebrant is definitely a successful person among the eunuchs. Li Xiao didn't expect that he would also come to Tongzhou.

"Huh! You kid, every time you get into trouble, it's earth-shattering. The last time I blew up the Shuntianfu prison, this time it's good. instigated the rebellious people to burn the Baiyun Temple, and His Majesty was furious. Our family also has to admire! Wang Tiqian smiled and bowed his hand to Li Xiao, so that Li Xiao hurriedly returned the salute, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the old eunuch's gourd.

"Don't you dare to say that, the kid just told the people the truth of the matter, but he didn't instigate it. I can't afford this crime. You are the prime minister, and you have to help the kid in front of him. ”

"Huh! The kid can talk. This time, the nine thousand years old helped you speak, but now the nine thousand years old is actually not as effective as before. You know, long live though it's not much of a business. But you still have incense for Donglin, and your Majesty is still not very satisfied with the fact that you killed Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou at the age of nine thousand. Wang Tiqian's mouse-like eyes scanned the hall and saw that only Ai Husheng was standing behind Li Xiao. After sitting down, he said something understatement.

Li Xiao's heart immediately sounded an alarm bell, what did he mean by this? Could it be that the emperor has begun to dislike Wei Zhongxian? He is a celebrant and a eunuch, and his identity is so special that it can't be more special. People like him never say useless things or do useless things. What does it mean to be here today?

At this time, Li Hu walked in with tea, and Li Xiao immediately took it and put it in front of Wang Tiqian in person to hide the shock in his heart. He really didn't know how to answer this.

"Nine thousand years old doesn't even talk about it, don't you want to know who helped you speak?" Wang Tiqian looked at Li Xiao with a smile and admired Li Xiao personally serving tea.

"You're the prime minister, and you must be helping to say it. The kid wrote it down in his heart, and there must be a good reward. Li Xiao returned to his seat, with a panicked look on his face, but in his heart he was guessing what Wang Tiqian was doing this time.

"This kind of thing, outsiders say how it works. It only works if your brother says it! After Wang Tiqian finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Li Xiao, not intending to let go of every second of the expression on Li Xiao's face.

Brother-german......! Today's emperor Zhu Youxiao has only one brother, and that is Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters. That is, the later Emperor Chongzhen!

Could it be him?

Li Xiao was a little surprised, he never expected it to be him.

However, seeing Wang Tiqian's appearance, Li Xiao immediately understood. I'm afraid this old guy is already Zhu Youzhen's person, and he came today to probe his own style. Since the successful rebellion of Yongle Emperor Zhu Di in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has always used the princes as pigs to raise.

The prince hooked up with the generals who were outside the army, which was the biggest taboo in the Ming Dynasty. If Zhu Youzhen really helped him speak, Li Xiao believed that the capital garrison plus the three battalions would kill him immediately even if he broke his front teeth.

Wang Tiqian: What is this going to do?

"Oh, I see. In this way, I would like to thank His Royal Highness King Xin, Ai Steward. Prepare more generous gifts, and bring them back to His Royal Highness King Shin. Inner phase, you know. With my status, it is not convenient to visit the king. ”

"Huh! As long as you have this heart, no one will care if you are polite or not. Our family is a slave, and every word and deed is to serve the Lord. Wang Tiqian smiled like a vulture.

"Then the only way to ask the inner phase to metabolize the king of faith."

"Well said! You're often not in the capital, and you're afraid you don't know anything about the capital. What this slave of our family is most worried about is not that you are instigating those troublemakers. Diao Min is Diao Min, even if you don't make trouble this time, you will make trouble next time you encounter an opportunity. It's good to kill a batch this time, and it will be too peaceful to kill some more. It's just that......! Ay......! Wang Tiqian pretended to be worried and let out a long sigh.

"What's the Prime Minister worried about?"

"To tell you the truth, what our family is worried about is long live. Long live the Lord in his prime, but he has no heirs under his knees. This year, the queen was happy, which was originally a major event celebrated by the whole country. Unexpectedly, the queen mother also slipped the tire. You also searched in Liaodong to see if there were any suitable beauties to offer to the palace. Your Majesty's knees should also be extended by children and grandchildren.

At that time, Emperor Wuzong had no heirs, so he could only select meritocracy from among the princes of the near branch. Ay......! ”

"That's natural, as long as there is a suitable one, I will definitely try my best to send it to the palace. It's a pity that there are frequent wars in Liaodong and the population is withering. A beautiful woman, I'm afraid it's hard to find. But don't worry, the kid will work hard. Li Xiao smiled and prevaricated, he would not accept beauties for the emperor. He has a beautiful woman, and Lao Tzu also keeps it, and it is your turn?

Just finished speaking, looking at Wang Tiqian, who seemed to be smiling, Li Xiao suddenly understood.

Emperor Zhengde of Ming Wuzong had no sons in his life, so he chose Jiajing from among the princes of the near branch. Follow this reasoning ......! Zhu Youxiao doesn't have a son, so the prince of the nearest branch is naturally ...... Letter to King Zhu Youzhen.

In fact, the trend of history is precisely because Zhu Youxiao has no son, Zhu Youzhen became Emperor Chongzhen, and he worked for more than ten years to completely extinguish the fire of the Ming Empire. I was also on the coal mountain, hanging on it.

"The inner minister is really wise, mention the kid, and the kid will be inexhaustible. The kid has to learn more from the inner minister in the future! Li Xiao arched his hand at Wang Tiqian.

Wang Tiqian, the old fox, immediately knew what was going on.

"Oops! Mr. Li is really a smart person, and this clever and energetic person is rare in the capital. We won't sit more, farewell! ”

"Oh! Huzi, take two cigarettes for the prime minister. Li Xiao commanded, and Li Hu immediately ran into the cabinet and took out two large front doors, and held them to Wang Tiqian with both hands.

"Oh, hehe! This thing you kid made is really good, and last time Steward Ai gave me one. I started smoking and coughing, but now I can't do it if I don't order a few every day. Especially when you are on duty in the palace, when you are sleepy, you can come to one, which is very refreshing. Seeing the front door, Wang Tiqian immediately took it with a smile. I carried it myself and went out.

Li Xiao was sent to the door until he turned back.

"Handsome! Your means of doing business are really clever, and you have been giving away cigarettes for more than two months. Now the high-ranking officials in the capital like to smoke two sips when they have nothing to do, and it has become common sense to entertain distinguished guests when they meet and salute cigarettes. There are already big businessmen who have offered a hundred taels of silver and are willing to buy a box. This time, we're going to send it! "Ai Husheng has a first-class business mind, but his political sense is an idiot.

Wang Tiqian said, he didn't listen to it. The disc calculates how tobacco can make money! During this time, the number of people Li Xiao had to feed increased exponentially. This also led to a sharp increase in expenses, and Ai Husheng was really scared of those receipts for withdrawing money. Now that you have a hen that lays a golden egg, how can you not be excited.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and walked inside with his head down.

What he was thinking about was not how to make money with cigarettes, but what Wang Tiqian said.

Now it is certain that Wang Tiqian is Zhu Youzhen's person. As for the relationship between them, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he is Zhu Youzhen's person!

The people around Zhu Youxiao were the hidden piles planted by Zhu Youzhen. This is terrible, I didn't expect the future Emperor Chongzhen to have such a big stroke. No wonder as soon as he came to power, he was able to kill Wei Zhongxian, who was known as 9,000 years old and leaned towards the government and the opposition.

Who else is Zhu Youzhen's people in this Beijing City? The children in the palace, the palace concubines always die inexplicably, will this matter have anything to do with them?

Li Xiao walked inside while thinking, if it wasn't for Li Hu pulling, he would almost hit the pillar.

"What's wrong, big brother?" Li Hu has never seen his eldest brother in such a trance.

"It's okay, Lao Ai! Have you finished withdrawing the money from the household? Li Xiao turned around and asked Ai Husheng.

"The last batch of silver was solved here yesterday."

"Huzi, go find Master Man. Tell him that he can withdraw it, Lao Ai, you tell Xie Youcai. sent people to occupy Baiyun Villa, and now Baiyun Temple is gone. This place is ours! At this time, Li Xiao has not forgotten the land of Baiyun Villa.

The land in the capital is very expensive now, and it is indeed not easy to get such a large piece of land outside Xibianmen.

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult, the soldiers have withdrawn. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Five Cities must come to grab it. When we don't have soldiers, how can we compete with them? Ai Husheng said with some embarrassment.

This is a problem, and I have a bad relationship with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Soldiers and Horses of the Five Cities. It's not once or twice that people have been killed, but this time Baiyunguan made trouble, and he killed one hundred households.

Huzi, prepare two cigarettes and follow me into the city.

Wang Tiqian never expected that as soon as he arrived home, Li Xiao followed in.

"I forgot to tell the minister about some things just now, and please do it again."

"Oh, there's something to sit down and say." Wang Tiqian smiled and motioned for Li Xiao to sit down, and the place where he met Li Xiao was the study, which represented trust.

Thanks to the love of the Prime Minister and the King of Letters, Li Xiaocheng was afraid that he would not be able to repay him. Recently, the kid was preparing a business and wanted to give away a piece of dry shares to His Royal Highness King Xin. I just hope that His Royal Highness the King will help the kid settle one thing. ”

"Oh! What's the matter? Wang Tiqian didn't ask Li Xiao what business he had, because Li Xiao has always made money in business. Moreover, Wang Tiqian believed that this was a signal that Li Xiao was ready to serve the king. He was testing how powerful King Xin was in the capital!

"The kid wants the land of Baiyun Mountain Villa and Baiyun Temple, and I hope His Royal Highness King Xin will be more thoughtful."

"...... this thing?" Wang Tiqian blinked, his fingers kept tapping on the table.

"Our family has answered you on behalf of the king, and that land will be yours from now on." The Baiyun Temple was destroyed, and that piece of land naturally became a borderless land. Don't talk about believing in the king, even if you have your own ability, you can eat it. Wang Tiqian agreed to Li Xiao very happily!

"Thank you, Prime Minister! Please also ask the Prime Minister to greet His Royal Highness King Shin on behalf of Li Xiao! After Li Xiao finished speaking, he smiled and said goodbye.

Wang Tiqian's house is not far from the palace, which is very similar to Wei Zhongxian, because of work needs, his home is not far from the palace. Li Xiao left Wang Tiqian's men and came to Wei Zhongxian's house. It is reasonable to be reasonable, this time Wei Zhongxian helped settle the matter, and he should come to thank him.

"Humph! You kid broke into the sky this time. Seeing that Wei Zhongxian hadn't spoken yet, Wei Zhongxian said something about his head and face.

Li Xiao didn't speak, and put two cigarettes wrapped in brown paper on the table.

"Humph! Have a seat! Wei Zhongxian glanced at the big front door and snorted inside his nose. This thing has been fried in the capital to a box of one hundred taels of silver, and it has no price. All over the capital, there are more than 20 high-ranking officials smoking. Nowadays, officials of insufficient rank cannot buy cigarettes, even if they hold up money, and smoking has become a status symbol.

Li Xiao's gift is two, and Wei Zhongxian is still quite satisfied. After all, his addiction to smoking is not small. Usually when I see Cui Chengxiu and them, I still don't appreciate one or two boxes. Xie Youcai's six cigarettes in a month are not enough at all.

"This time the matter is thanks to the nine thousand years old, and the kid is grateful."

"Humph! Xu Xianchun told you that behind Baiyun Temple is Long Live Lord, how dare you start. Long live the Lord was furious, if it weren't for Concubine Ning who had just given birth to a prince. Long live the Lord was in a good mood when he heard the good news, and Wang Tiqian was beating the drum on the side again, where is your kid's life.

But because of this incident, the reward for your victory in Liaodong will also fly. Hum! Such a great credit, the marquis is not exaggerated, and you will be lost alive. Wei Zhongxian taught Li Xiao a lesson in a menacing manner, while picking up the kraft paper bag and taking out a box of large front doors from it, and then skillfully opened it.

I picked one up, and the attendant next to me immediately struck a match. Wei Zhongxian took a puff and glanced at Li Xiao. He took one out of the cigarette case and handed it to Li Xiao.

"Xie Jiu,000 years old." Li Xiao took the cigarette and lit it with a match.

Taking a puff of his cigarette, Li Xiao said with a smile: "Thank you for this time, I have some good business in the future." This time, the kid didn't bring anyone. I'll give you a dry share! ”

"Ichisei?" Wei Zhongxian didn't ask what kind of business it was, Li Xiao's ability to make money is obvious to all. He just expressed strong dissatisfaction with Yicheng's dividend.

"It's just a business to feed those wounded soldiers, and the kid doesn't even have a percent. As you know, it's not easy to lead troops these days. The wounded soldiers had no income, and their lives were poor. When the current soldiers saw it, they couldn't help but be dissatisfied. In the future, if there is a war, there will be no one to give the kid his life. ”

"Oh, I see. You love a soldier like a son, no wonder you can win battles. Okay, we've taken this part. If there is any difficulty, let your steward just come to our house. Wei Fu, General Li's people are here, don't make it difficult, do you hear clearly? "The seven-rank official in front of the prime minister's door, Wei Zhongxian knows too well what kind of virtue these people under him are.

"No! The old slave knew. The old steward Wei Fu smiled and nodded to Li Xiao.

A stone can be regarded as falling to the ground, and there is Wei Zhongxian in the capital, and no one dares to make trouble. What are the five city soldiers and horses, and the governor's mansion of the five armies, all of them are bullshit. It's worth it.