Zhu Gaoxian's face was gloomy, and seeing his posture, even Yu Qian and Zhang Muzhi, the two ruffians who had always had no taboos, felt tremendous pressure and didn't dare to speak.

Prince, this time I'm really angry.

Zhu Gaoxian took a deep breath and beckoned to Xiao Er: "Xiao Er, come here." ”

Xiao Erfei walked over, nodded and asked, "Guest officer, what do you command?" ”

Zhu Gaoxian pointed to Lu Baye's table and asked, "Who is that, I listen to this tone, like a big person?" ”

"Ao, you said him, that is indeed a big man on our street, Lu Baye."

Xiao Er whispered, "This Eighth Master Lu actually didn't have the surname Lu before, he was the eighth in the family, and he was a green-skinned leader in our Yangzhou City." Later, these eight masters became famous and invested in the Lu family of Beicheng, have you heard of the Lu family in Beicheng? ”

Zhu Gaoxian nodded: "I've heard of this a little, the Lu family in Beicheng, one of the seventeen families in Yangzhou Mansion, is also one of the top five forces in the entire seventeen families." ”

"The Lu family in Beicheng, the business that was done at the beginning of the business was not glorious, but it has developed rapidly, and the situation in the past few years has today's status, although it has a better reputation so far, but in fact, it is like that."

This is not difficult to understand, most of the family lords are from official eunuchs. And like the Lu family, who started by doing some dirty work and bad things, even if they are so rich, they will still be looked down upon by other families.

Xiao Er said in a low voice, "After this eighth master was put into the Lu clan in Beicheng, he was given the surname Lu and specially kicked the Lu clan to do some physical work. However, Lu Baye is indeed a good person, and he has an excellent reputation on our street. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxian was a little puzzled, "Let's talk about it in detail." ”

Xiao Er said: "He eats and settles the bill." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Gaoxian was stunned for a moment, "That's it?" ”

Xiao Er said with a heartfelt voice: "Isn't it, the seventeen families in Yangzhou, even if they are servants in the courtyard, they are all rampant lords when they go out, inquire in Yangzhou City, when will the people of the seventeen families in Yangzhou eat out and settle the bill." Hey, this Lu Baye, every time he finishes eating, he will settle the accounts, even if he occasionally goes out without money, he will remember it in his heart, and the next time he comes, he doesn't need us to remind him, he will settle it himself, this is not a good person. ”

Zhu Gaoxian thought thoughtfully: "This is really a good person." ”

While the two were talking, Lu Baye at the other table seemed to be eating and drinking well, and shouted: "Little Er, settle the bill!" ”

"Here comes the eighth master."

Xiao Er frowned at Zhu Gaoxian and said, "Guest officer, I won't serve you first, settle the account with the eighth master, and tell me if you have anything." ”

"Well, you can get busy."

Zhu Gaoxian waved his hand, and after signaling Xiao Er to leave, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Yu Qian smiled bitterly: "Originally, it was a natural thing to settle the bill when eating, but when you get here, if you can settle the bill after eating, you will become a good person, what is this called." ”

Zhang Muzhi also shook his head: "That's because you haven't been in contact with the people at the bottom, you yourself are from the young master of everyone, how can you see this, this kind of thing is actually a very common thing in the people." ”

Yu Qian blushed a little and didn't say anything.

Zhang Muzhi is right, he really doesn't know much about it.

His family is illustrious, his ancestor Shiyuan is an official, his great-grandfather is the general manager of Hangzhou Road, and his grandfather is the director of the Ministry of Industry during the Hongwu period. Yu's influence in the Qiantang area is not insufficient, he is a young master born with a golden spoon, how can he understand the suffering of the people.

It is fortunate that he was born in a prominent background, but now it makes Yu Qian feel ashamed.

When a few people were talking, that Lu Baye also swaggered away, and when he passed by the table, he inadvertently glanced at it, and happened to look at Zhu Gaoxian.

Zhu Gaoxian's eyes are still deep, as if it is a bottomless pool, I don't know what kind of flood beast is hidden underground, cold and depressing.

Lu Baye's body stiffened for a moment, and he quickened his pace to leave.

When he went out, the noon sun shone on his body, which dispelled his fear and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Someone around him noticed that something was wrong: "Eighth Master, what's wrong?" ”

Lu Baye frowned: "Have you seen the guest sitting at the window table on the street just now?" ”

The person next to him tilted his head and thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't remember, I don't remember that there is such a person in Yangzhou City." ”

"I glanced at him just now, tsk, that demeanor, that gas, it is absolutely impossible for an ordinary person."

Lu Baye touched his chin and thought, "Now there is no life in Yangzhou City, there is a mixture of fish and dragons, and I don't know what kind of identity that young man is." ”

"Why don't you go and follow him and see what he's doing?"

"No, no."

Lu Baye shook his head, "We don't know the other party's background, in case he is really a big man, our people go to follow him, and he misses the horse foot and is caught, this will not offend people." More than one thing is better than less, just don't see it. ”

……

Zhu Gaoxian walked on the streets of Yangzhou City, the streets were still prosperous, but in his eyes, they were not the same as before.

He did underestimate the greed of the family's gate valve.

These people are full of greed in their bones, they thought they could negotiate peacefully, but they never thought of the other party's stubbornness, and they would rather lose their heads than contribute money and efforts. His prince came in person, and as a result, he dared to do something with him.

This is still the Kang Zhifu in Yangzhou has an overall view, and is helping to get the family gate valves to pay the grain, but it still doesn't work. If some local officials collude with local forces, then what the imperial court says is really no different from bullshit in their eyes.

Imperial power can only circulate at the top, but cannot be delegated to the grassroots, which are self-contained and ignore the existence of the top. As a result, the ruling power of the imperial power has greatly declined, and there is only deterrence but no direct ruling power, and it is not even a ruler, and the royal family is just the largest family in the world.

"Pastikyuki."

"Your Highness, please command."

"You ask Kang Shike to come and see Lonely."

Zhu Gaoxian's eyes were indifferent, and he raised his hand and said, "Yangzhou, let Gu be disappointed." ”

"I wanted to leave them a way to live, but now it seems that they are alone."

"Send them with you to Yama."

Zhang Muzhi lowered his head, not daring to look at His Highness's current demeanor, his waist was bent very low, and his forehead was densely covered with tiny beads of sweat, not only that the noon sun was too spicy, but also that the pressure in his heart was too heavy.

……

Kang Zhifu hurriedly returned to the mansion, and the upper room of the official mansion where he lived was now the temporary residence of the crown prince, and he could only retreat to the guest room.

When he walked to the door of the upper room of the official residence, he found that there was a team of armored sergeants patrolling outside the door, and he stopped him directly.

"Who's coming, report the name!"

"In the Lower Yangzhou Governor Kang Shike, I am ordered by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to meet you, and I will let you go in and report it."

"Well, you're waiting at the door."

The sergeant looked the lord up and down before stepping inside.

And Kang Zhifu's back was soaked in cold sweat, and he could see that these sergeants stationed in front of the door were not those Tuntian guards who farmed the land and basked in the sun, but the soldiers who really fought at the border and licked the blood at the tip of the knife, showing ferocity and majesty all over their bodies.

Although he has only met this prince twice, Kang Zhifu knows that the other party is not the kind of person who is happy and powerful, and he is very easy-going and easy to get along with. At this time, these sergeants appeared, it must have happened to the other party when he was inspecting Yangzhou City.

It didn't take long for the sergeant to come out of the room and say, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince let you in." ”

"Okay, excuse me, Your Excellency."

Kang Zhifu walked into the courtyard, but saw the prince sitting at the stone table in the courtyard, tasting tea, he kowtowed: "Chen Kang Shike, see His Royal Highness the Prince." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Wan Fu Jin'an. ”

When Zhu Gaoxian saw the visitor, he smiled lightly: "Your tea here is very good." ”

The other party didn't say that he was exempt, and Kang Zhifu didn't dare to get up, so he could only continue to kneel and bow his head and say: "This is the tea planted by the minister's family, if His Royal Highness likes it, let the old family plant more and plant all the tea leaves in the field, so as to honor the prince." ”

"Oh, that's what you thought."

Zhu Gaoxian bowed slightly, "Gu came to the south to tour, what do you want, you don't have to cover up, talk to Gu generously." ”

Kang Zhifu lowered his head, hesitated again and again, and said, "Grain and grass in the north." ”

"You understand very well, there is a shortage of grain and grass in the Northern Expedition, the Ming treasury has money and no grain, no matter how rich the country is, there is no way to let one acre of land grow two acres of grain."

The corners of Zhu Gaoxian's mouth hooked slightly, "Now just because of Lone's words, you want to let the people of a place change their fields into rice, how will future generations evaluate Lonely, how will future generations evaluate you Kang Zhifu, and what do people in the world think of us?" ”

Kang Zhifu hurriedly kowtowed and said: "The minister is dull and has made a gaffe, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince!" ”

"Stupid, what's the point?"

Zhu Gaoxian said leisurely, "Yan Chun returns, nesting in the forest." Under the Buddha shrine, a crow shrine drum. Flying light, persuade you to have a glass of wine, I don't know the blue sky is high, the yellow ground is thick, only to see the moon cold and the sun is warm, come to fry life. ”

"A message to pedestrians to cover their noses, the living are not as fragrant as the dead."

Kang Zhifu was shocked, thinking to himself what kind of evil poem his prince was reciting, just listening to it made people feel chilled.

Zhu Gaoxian stretched out his hand and raised three fingers: "In my heart now, I only think about three things, guess which three?" ”

Kang Zhifu shook his head, where could he guess.

Zhu Gaoxian said slowly: "Treat, behead, accept as a dog." ”

"These three things, you can do it."

"Alone, stand down."

……

Kang Zhifu walked out of the door, carefully remembering what the prince said, and frowned.

Treat, behead, accept as a dog.

What does this mean?

Treat whom, behead whom, and accept whom?

Wait a minute......

Kang Zhifu had an epiphany, the prince did not want to cut off his head when he talked to him like this, where did he have to calculate the reason for telling the other party in advance before killing people.

In this case, that's what it means......

Seventeen in Yangzhou!

"No, at the end of the day, I was the first to be treated, I was the first to be beheaded, and I was the first to be a dog?"

Kang Zhifu came back to his senses.

At the beginning, the prince left him steps, which was a treat.

Later, Enwei and Shi had already scared him enough today, this is beheading.

Even now, he is trembling and doing things for the other party, which is being a dog.

The other party invisibly made him, the prefect, a puppet in his palm, until now he reacted.

Kang Zhifu smiled bitterly: "Be a dog, be a dog, you can be a dog for the prince, how many people want to be a dog yet, I hope the prince can finally stop treating me as an abandoned son, and leave a way for me to live this old bone, so that the birds will not hide the bow and kill it when it is used up." ”

……

"Sir, why borrow the power of his Kang Governor's Mansion, it's so troublesome, we are here with soldiers, you give an order, I will directly raid all the seventeen families in Yangzhou?" Yu Qian asked puzzled.

Zhu Gaoxian glanced at him: "If you want the Ming Dynasty to die, you can say it directly." ”

Yu Qian was puzzled: "Sir, what do you mean, the student is loyal to the Ming Dynasty, why did you ever think of letting my Ming Dynasty die?" ”

"Because you don't know what you mean by saying this."

Zhu Gaoxian said coldly, "The lonely southern tour represents the imperial court and the emperor. People all over the world are watching us, and they know that the Gu Nan Tour is to deal with the big families in the south. And the first stop is Yangzhou, they also want to see how Lone disposes of the Yangzhou family. ”

"Do you really think that the seventeen families in Yangzhou are just these seventeen families?"

"Naive, when the whole world focuses on this, the meaning of any move will be infinitely magnified, this Yangzhou seventeen families now represent the world's family gate valve!"

"If you use the previous style and directly copy the house, the grass is cut, how to get rid of the roots? Wouldn't the family lords in the world suddenly feel cold, they can kill all the seventeen families in Yangzhou, how can they not use the same method to kill them all? ”

"If that's the case, you say that the family in the world, will they still sit honestly? There's a knife hanging over your head, and if it's you, do you choose to take it off, or just sit and wait for death? ”

"The world is against it!"

"Why do you think the seventeen families in Yangzhou are so fearless, because they know that Lone will not do it directly, they know in their hearts, Lone can only use conventional means to deal with them, not to lift the table."

Yu Qian felt a little aggrieved: "How can this be true, these people are really too lawless." ”

"Lawlessness? You underestimate them, this is the beginning, the real storm is still to come. You're too tender, boy, study hard. ”

Zhu Gaoxian sat firmly on the chair with his sleeves and looked at the horizon in the distance, "Actually, it is not a good thing that the world is focused on this." ”

Yu Qian asked, "Sir, is this a good thing for us?" ”

"Of course there is, but you don't see it."

Zhu Gaoxian said indifferently, "Solving the seventeen families in Yangzhou is actually equivalent to solving all the families in the world in disguise, if you don't want to have an accident, you have to compromise with Lone." From then on, when Lone asked for food, they had to send it honestly, and Lone asked for money, and they had to nod and present it. ”

"This is a war, and it has been fought since the moment Lone left Beijing."

"It depends on whether they can make me bow my head, or if I make them kneel first!"

(End of chapter)