As the three of the four major families in Nanjing, the Shi, Li, and Lin families, although their families are not allowed to be officials, they still have established some strong networks with their strong financial resources.

It is precisely because of this that the four major families control almost half of the circulation of various commodities in Nanjing.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty's very strict supervision of merchants, these three would have been able to influence the situation in the imperial court a long time ago.

And the other of the four families is Guo Huifei's maiden Guo family.

It is precisely because of the relationship between the Wang family and the acting king that the Guo family was not called at this meeting to discuss dealing with the acting king.

Otherwise, they might have been informed by the acting king before they had discussed anything.

And although the acting king is young, the things he has done have made them very jealous.

On this night, the three families finally decided to use their vast financial resources to impeach the acting king above the court.

As for how much it costs, they don't care, anyway, as long as they can get the Daiwangfu to withdraw from the Nanjing market, the rest of the delicious food can naturally be divided by them.

Of course, these three also have their own plans.

For example, Old Man Shi was very interested in the method of making porcelain in Datong Mansion.

Li Fatzi and Lin Slender were more interested in the method of making refined salt on behalf of the Wangfu.

Therefore, in addition to the agreement that the three families worked together to deal with the acting king, they also privately sent people to dig out the secrets they wanted from the acting king's mansion.

When Zhu Gui woke up, he didn't know that there were already countless people staring at him in the shadows.

After breakfast, he first took a look at the system library, especially the points he had accumulated during this time, and then thought about it for a while, so he exchanged five hundred bicycles from the system store and handed them to Wang Ming, so that he could sell them in the Datong store.

He suddenly figured out a question last night.

Changing an era doesn't happen overnight.

He couldn't wait until after the Battle of Jingjing to completely let go of his hands and feet.

And before that, he had other means to slowly change the Ming Empire from the bottom, allowing him to accelerate the course of history.

And these bicycles are an experiment he did to see how quickly ordinary people in this era accept new things.

After all, Nanjing is different from Datong Mansion, and it has not been deeply cultivated by his thoughts, nor can he change the situation with a single notice.

So he came up with the idea of this way.

Whatever the outcome, however, he will accelerate the transformation and development of society by taking control of industry and commerce.

Wang Ming obviously knows these bicycles as well.

It's just that these things were only available in the Daiwang Mansion and the Datong Mansion Guard Office before, and he had only seen them.

I didn't expect that today's Daiwang would sell them as commodities, which shows that Daiwang attaches great importance to the shops in Nanjing.

At this time, Wang Ming did not have the concept of 'market' in his mind.

After Zhu Gui instructed Wang Ming, he explained to Xu Miaoqing that he was going to enter the palace today and recently to visit the crown prince, and by the way, he would teach the emperor's grandson Zhu Yunwen.

Xu Miaoqing originally wanted to go, but was politely rejected by Zhu Gui on the grounds that 'it would be boring'.

However, as soon as he appeased Xu Miaoqing, the next person came in to report that someone from the Guo family had come.

"The Guo family?"

Zhu Gui was quite surprised by this.

He naturally knew that this Wang family should be the maiden family of her biological mother, Concubine Guo Hui, but he grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he actually had no relationship with the Guo family.

Why would the other party come to him at such a time? Could it be Guo Huifei's instructions? After all, it is inconvenient for her to leave the palace, and Concubine Guo Hui is a pillar in the Wang family.

Although Zhu Gui had a lot of speculation in his heart, the Guo family still had to see it.

So he took Xu Miaoqing to the side hall in the backyard.

After a while, a square-faced man dressed in blue satin, slightly rich, and about thirty years old, walked in under the guidance of his subordinates.

"Grass man Guo Huanzhi visits the prince." The square-faced man did not bow down, and seemed to have a lot of status in the Guo family.

Zhu Gui didn't care, but asked, "What is your identity in the Guo family?" What's going on here? ”

"Back to the prince, the grass people are the cousins of Concubine Hui, and this time I came to be entrusted by the patriarch, and I have an important matter to tell the prince." Guo Huanzhi looked Zhu Gui up and down and said.

This is the first time the two have met, and Guo Huanzhi looks very interested in this 'famous' little prince.

And he never thought that it was the young man in front of him who had caused a huge storm in Nanjing recently.

He had some doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but look to both sides, but there was no one else except for the girl who was also not very old and should be the princess.

Zhu Gui was a little unhappy with Guo Huanzhi's impolite eyes, frowned and asked, "What's the matter, let's hear it, this king still has important things to enter the palace today." ”

When Guo Huanzhi heard this, he heard Zhu Gui's displeasure, immediately withdrew his eyes, lowered his head and said: "Lord Wang, the grass people have received the news, and the Shi, Li, and Lin families have used their connections to impeach the prince to the emperor with the entry of 'business and chaos'. ”

"'Doing business and disrupting people'?"

When Zhu Gui heard this word, he paused for a moment, and then reacted, with the current social atmosphere, businessmen are the most despised identity in Daming.

And as a prince, he is engaged in this kind of industry, which does seem to be insulting to his identity.

As for the 'chaotic people', it is just an incidental crime, just like the rebellion has always been in the name of the 'Qing monarch's side'.

"What is the origin of these three? Why did they impeach the king? What is their background? Zhu Gui asked Guo Huanzhi.

This matter can be big or small, and in the end, it depends on Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude.

However, Zhu Gui did not dare to guarantee that Zhu Yuanzhang would protect him, as an emperor who rose from a peasant to the pinnacle of power, Zhu Yuanzhang's plot of 'valuing agriculture over business' was more serious than other emperors in previous dynasties.

So how can we avoid Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment?

Zhu Gui was thinking about this problem, and heard Guo Huanzhi say: "Shi, Li, Lin and our Guo family are the big families with the most shops in Nanjing, and the other three families have a lot of connections in the imperial court. ”

"Well, I wonder how much the country knows about the network behind the other three?" Zhu Gui asked.

"Lord Wang, do you want to?" Guo Huanzhi raised his head and looked at Zhu Gui in some surprise.

"The emperor has always hated corrupt officials, presumably these three have spent a lot of money to operate these networks, right?"

Zhu Gui got up and said.

Guo Huanzhi's eyes lit up.

"That's true."

"You go back and tell the patriarch of the Guo family that this king is willing to help him bring down the other three major families, and all you have to do is to cooperate with this king and jointly run the business community in Nanjing."