Henan, Kaifeng.

Outside the gate of King Zhou's mansion, several figures were quite embarrassed.

The leader is Zhu Yunwen, the king of Hui, and Huang Zicheng, the chief of history.

They were driven out by Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou.

In the palace, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, still pointed to the door and scolded: "Lone is kind enough to entertain you, you kid is not polite, just ask me for millions of dollars when you open your mouth!" ”

King Zhou put his hands behind his back, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became: "Long history, you can write it now!" ”

On the street outside the house.

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, he couldn't help but be furious: "This week, the king really doesn't talk about family affection!" ”

Huang Zicheng comforted: "After all, he is in-law with the Duke of Song, and this King Wu helps King Wu." ”

Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, is the fifth time of Zhu Yuanzhang, the half-brother of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, and the first batch of veteran vassal kings.

Zhu Hu was the first king of Wu, and later Zhu Yuanzhang thought that Wu was a land of national wealth and was not suitable for building a domain, so he changed Zhu Hu to the king of Zhou and set up a feudal Kaifeng.

The concubine of King Zhou was the daughter of Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song.

And Feng Sheng also has a daughter who is married to Chang Yuchun's son.

Recently, Zhu Yunwen walked around Fengyang Mansion, but he really couldn't get any money.

So he went to Kaifeng Mansion to visit King Zhou, originally to see that the fifth uncle was the richest among the kings, so he joked that he wanted to borrow millions of dollars.

Zhu Yunwen originally wanted to say more with one mouth, and when King Zhou refused to bargain slowly, how much could he want.

Unexpectedly, King Zhou didn't eat this set, and scolded his mother on the spot.

"Damn, have you raised money to Lao Tzu? ! ”

King Zhou didn't save any face for Zhu Yunwen, and issued an eviction order on the spot to drive the people of King Hui's mansion out of the palace.

On the street, Zhu Yunwen glared fiercely at Zhou Wangfu: "If Lone becomes the emperor in the future, he will be the first to cut his domain!" ”

In recent days, Zhu Yunwen's mentality has finally collapsed.

This time he went to Beijing to raise money, and he felt powerless.

There wasn't even a decent plan.

Zhu Yunwen and Huang Zicheng stared wide-eyed.

"Where to go next?"

Huang Zicheng said: "There are still a few palaces in Henan, why don't you go around?" I believe that there will always be a vassal king who will take care of the appropriateness of kissing......"

Zhu Yunwen's face was bitter.

"It's coming! Here it comes! ”

Fang Xiaoru's cheerful voice came from afar.

"What's coming?"

"Your Highness is overjoyed!"

Fang Xiaoru ran to Zhu Yunwen and said in a low voice: "The silver ship from Suzhou Mansion has already set off!" ”

"What silver ship?"

"Zhao Shangshu, they raised a total of one million taels of silver in Zhejiang and Suzhou Mansion! It has been loaded into a ship and shipped to you, so that you can bring it back to Beijing! ”

"Really?"

Zhu Yunwen danced excitedly.

"Here is Zhao Shangshu's handwritten letter, take a look!"

"When will it arrive?"

"Within half a month!"

"Good, good!"

Zhu Yunwen is overjoyed, Lao Zhao is really powerful! It is worthy of being a book of the household!

As early as a month ago, after the three exams came out, all parties were already preparing.

Zhao Mian and others are determined to win, and they even use the Chinese New Year for a month to raise money in advance.

Fang Xiaoru said with a smile: "Let's raise another 200,000 taels casually, and as soon as the silver ship in Jiangnan arrives, we will be able to return to Beijing to make a difference!" ”

The ability of the Jiangnan tycoons and scholars to influence public opinion is still very strong!

If you want to come to King Wu in Suzhou, it's hard to move an inch!

......

Suzhou Prefecture.

Returning to Chengtian Temple from Zhouzhuang, Zhu Yunxi has already begun to work hard.

He summoned Ji Gang to inquire about the situation of the Shen family and the black material of the Suzhou prefect.

As a prince of his own, he went to clean up a group of officials and businessmen, Zhu Yunxi didn't want to do it, thinking it was too cheap.

However, this group of goods can't recognize their catties and taels, and dare to put on their faces!

It must be cleaned up and let them know the king!

"Your Highness, the Shen family is easy to handle, just a businessman, you can give him seventeen or eighteen charges at will."

Ji Gang said: "There is something in this Suzhou prefect, which is hidden very deeply, and there is no handle to expose. ”

Don't have a handle?

Zhu Yunxi frowned: "Saint?" Don't have a handle at all? ”

"It's an inadequate preparation for the humble position." Ji Gang bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

"Tell me what the prefect of Suzhou has been busy with recently."

Ji Gang replied: "His son is going to get married and marry the local gentry Wu family. ”

Son married.......

Zhu Yunxi was thoughtful and asked, "Where is the banquet set up?" ”

"It doesn't seem to have been decided yet."

"Check it out! The more carefully the better! Zhu Yunxi had a kind of fine light flickering, and he already had a countermeasure.

Suzhou Mansion, Yingtianfu and other areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich places, and the wind of eating and drinking is gradually flourishing.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who is thrifty, has long had a strict intention to crack down on this unhealthy trend.

Whether it is to control corruption or prohibit eating and drinking, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are the focus of governance, and there are usually Jinyi guards sent by the imperial court to secretly visit.

When Zhu Yunxi was calculating the prefect of Suzhou, the prefect Zhang was also entangled.

The government office.

Zhang Luo is usually cautious and does not dare to be sloppy.

Seeing that his son's wedding is approaching, he knows the rules of the imperial court, but the hearts of parents in the world have only one seedling under his knees.

The dignified prefect of Suzhou is in charge of the most prosperous place in the Ming Dynasty.

My only son got married, and he actually did it at home?

Not to mention losing face, I am also ashamed of my son, wronged my daughter-in-law, and made my in-laws lose face.

Just when Governor Zhang's mansion was worried, a staff member in the hall made an idea for him: "Mansion, although the court has regulations, it is not inflexible. ”

Zhang Luo asked, "How can I have a workaround?" ”

The staff said: "Break it into parts, let's go according to the rules on the surface, but in fact, we quietly set up a few restaurants, each of which has a few tables, and no one can find out." ”

Zhang Luo has not heard of this kind of thing, some people in the officialdom hold a birthday, or a full moon, and they also do a lot of things in private.

This one books a few tables, and the other family books a few more tables and eats and drinks separately.

But when it was really his turn to do it, Zhang Luo couldn't help but feel empty in his heart.

"Then King Wu is in the city, if you want him to know, how can you live?"

The staff smiled and said: "The people who come to the banquet are all your relatives or colleagues in the officialdom, which one will make trouble?" ”

"That's ...... too"

As the staff said, everyone in the officialdom does this, and the people who come to the banquet are all relatives and colleagues, so nothing can happen.

Zhang Luo made up his mind at this time, and said to his staff: "Tell me to go down, book five restaurants, each with six tables, and then order someone to write an invitation, send it out one by one, and be sure to send it to each house!" ”

As long as it is done secretly, even if the Jinyi guard comes, it will be difficult to detect it under the cover of the local officials.

In the midst of enthusiasm, the big day of Suzhou Governor Zhang Luo has finally arrived!

On the day of his son's wedding, all the gentry in Suzhou gathered together.

The prefect Zhang Luo led his son to welcome guests at the main banquet, and the reception was naturally some big people with heads and faces on the ground in Suzhou.

Other small people or unimportant people are invited to eat in the other four restaurants.

Everything was in order and went very smoothly.

At the banquet, everyone was happy and congratulated each other.

In such a festive atmosphere, Zhang Luo discovered something unusual.

Among the guests, there seemed to be some people who they had never seen before.

Some of them looked quite young, but they were wearing a set of dark clothes that only old people wear.

There are also young people, wearing the green robes of scholars.

Among them, there is a middle-aged man with a good temperament and seems to be an ordinary person.

Zhang Luo was surprised, and said in his heart: Why do I have these friends?

So he stepped forward: "Dare to ask who is under the foot, please show your name." ”

The middle-aged man smiled, untied the tooth tag from his waist, and handed it over.

The tooth tag is worn only by officials, and it is engraved with the official position, rank, name, etc.

"The history of the head of the Wu Palace?"

Seeing the words on the tooth card, Zhang Luo secretly said that it was not good.