Concubine Jing?

Wang Yu couldn't help but widen his eyes when he learned that Su Quzhi was this identity.

Although he always knew that there was indeed a Concubine Jing in the palace, the harem of this dynasty was not allowed to interfere in politics, and all the concubines had no heirs, so he had never cared much about Concubine Jing's family situation.

It's just that I never thought that the young brother in front of me, who looked weak, turned out to be Concubine Jing's younger brother, that is, the brother-in-law of the current saint.

Wang Yu suddenly thought of how Song Cheng knew Su Quai's identity, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Song Cheng in confusion.

Song Cheng didn't pay attention to Wang Yu's gaze, but directly entered the state and said: "Master Su, this official was summoned to the palace to see Your Majesty before leaving, Your Majesty mentioned your Su family, and ...... to you There are also high expectations, so you must not disappoint Your Majesty. ”

"Your Majesty is the person I admire the most, and I will definitely go to the soup and the fire!" Su Quzhi stretched out his hand and patted his chest, looking very loyal.

This...... Guy!

The corners of Wang Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his head to look at Su Quai, whose eyes were full of little stars, and found that this guy actually admired one by one.

Song Cheng knew that it would be difficult for the Su family, as a traditional businessman, to integrate into the Jiangnan gentry group, so he asked again: "Young Master Su, is it still the same question just now, I don't know which prince in Suzhou City suddenly became generous?" ”

"Lord Song, I and Hou Haotian's gang were originally classmates, but now they have all become generous!" Su Quzhi personally poured tea for Song Cheng, which looked very bitter and authentic.

The opening of the sea in the southeast was originally intended to benefit the entire Jiangnan, but the benefits contained here were too great, so the family members quickly established the Jiangnan business.

Now almost all the profits of maritime trade fall into the hands of Jiangnan merchants, and the sons and brothers who used to live a tight life are now playing Oiran every day.

Song Cheng realized that his question was really inappropriate, so he asked in a different way: "I want to know who is a little unreasonable to get rich, especially this year has become extraordinarily arrogant!" ”

"Hou Haotian, who is under Sisi today, and Li Xin!" Su Quzhi stretched out his finger and pointed to the upstairs room, and immediately gave an answer.

Song Cheng found that the candidate provided by Su Quzhi was a little inconsistent with the direction he was investigating, so he picked up the teacup and said seriously: "I want to hear it in detail!" ”

After all, Wang Yu was the elite of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and at this time he had already understood Song Cheng's true intentions.

"Hou Haotian's family background is average, his father is just a household servant in Nanjing, and he used to borrow money from me in Nanjing Guozijian. Last year, I only went overseas, but this year's financial resources are very scary! Su Quzhi said angrily.

At this moment, in the room of the top brand Chen Sisi, the air is filled with an aphrodisiac fragrance.

If all men smell this fragrance and see the beauty that has returned to nature on the bed, I am afraid that no one can hold it anymore.

Hou Haotian didn't know that there were people downstairs who hated him, and he had already pulled off the quilt and pounced on the beauty, doing a lot of things that men dream of.

Soon, sweat wet his back, and the cost of contracting the top card of the Moon Picking Building is indeed not small, and every time it is, it is simply the smell of money.

Wang Yu had already seen their virtues to the officials of the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't even think about it: "People may be corrupt!" ”

Originally, he also thought that as long as the imperial court attached importance to anti-corruption, then officials in the world would not dare to be greedy, but it turned out that this idea was actually wrong.

This corrupt official is like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, as long as they have rent-seeking space, there is almost no one who does not reach out.

When the locust plague occurred in Shandong last year, the imperial court distributed relief grain to the affected prefectures and counties as before, and as a result, history seemed to repeat itself.

Even if these relief grains are not greedy at the prefecture level, they are often deducted at the county level, and then they will be filial to the county, and few prefectures are really clean.

They all started an investigation from the rice merchants, and soon arrested a group of corrupt officials who bent the law, and more than a dozen officials were headed.

"Now the anti-corruption efforts of the imperial court are very strong, especially the investigation hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is full of elite soldiers, how much more greedy do you want to compare with me? So I think it's less likely! Su Quzhi was like a different person, and he immediately analyzed it.

Wang Yu reached out and touched his nose, although Su Quzhi directly refuted his point of view, but he couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart.

The procuratorates of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are indeed ubiquitous, and although they cannot put an end to official corruption, they will certainly be able to find out the people as soon as possible if they commit a large amount of corruption.

If an official of the level of Nanjing Hubu Shilang really dared to carry out large-scale corruption, they would definitely not be escaped by Hou Zhan, so the source of wealth of this Nanjing Hubu Shilang is indeed strange.

Song Cheng took a thoughtful sip of tea, but he was not a person who liked to guess without evidence: "Who is Li Xin?" ”

Wang Yu once had the opportunity to attack the knight from his grandfather, so he was very clear about the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty: "Li? Could it be that Li Xin is the queen of Qiyang? ”

The martial artists who lived in Nanjing were usually the founding generals, and Li Wenzhong, the king of Qiyang, was the third-ranked founder of the country, and also received the hereditary title of Duke of Cao.

Li Wenzhong joined the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and was later adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang as an adopted son, and led the pro-army at the age of nineteen, and then participated in the pacification of Jiangnan and the conquest of the Northern Yuan, and made great achievements.

It's just a doorman, which is destined to be a good wish.

Li Wenzhong's son, Li Jinglong, was highly regarded by Emperor Jianwen, and Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao, led a large army to clear and suppress the Yan Wang's army, but suffered a great defeat, resulting in a rapid reversal of the situation between the two sides.

Although Li Jinglong quickly re-sided with Zhu Di and took the initiative to open the gate of Nanjing City to welcome Zhu Di into the city, he was eventually charged with rebellion.

The title of Cao Guogong was taken away, although the emperors of all dynasties would arrange military positions for Cao Guogong's lineage, but it was already a phoenix in the water and not as good as a chicken.

In particular, Cao Guogong's two-sided and three-sided swords were neither accepted by the founding military generals, nor recognized by the superior martial arts of Taizong, so the situation can be described as very embarrassing, and I am afraid that it is one of the reasons why they opened the gate of Nanjing again to welcome the Qing army into the city.

"Not bad! Although Li Xin's ancestors are very scary, but after so many years, he was able to join Jiangnan Firm with the help of Zheng Jie, a classmate of Nanjing Guozijian, but it is a big joke that he wants to help Oiran recently. Su Quzhi nodded lightly and said the reason for his suspicions.

Song Cheng's heart moved slightly, and he put down the teacup and said, "He supports the Oiran?" As far as I know, the Oiran of Suzhou City spends a lot of money every year, so you can't do it without some financial resources, right? ”

"I feel like he's bragging, but he's really a regular visitor to Ruyi Mansion lately, so I'm not sure about it now!" Su Quzhi also expressed his feelings.

Song Cheng knew that a declining martial artist was inferior to a dog, and he didn't notice Li Xin earlier, but now he nodded seriously and wrote it down.

It's just that we can't be in a hurry now, the Jiangnan gentry group is connected as one, and the Jiangnan business name that is making money every day has been formed, so it can only be slowly plotted, or gradually disintegrated.

Liu Qing pushed the door in from the outside, holding a pot of fragrant wine in his hand.

Song Cheng didn't want to reveal his identity, so he ended the topic and said: "Brother Su, this matter is not suitable for publicity for the time being, so we must act confidentially!" ”

"Good!" Su Quzhi knew what Song Cheng meant, and immediately nodded seriously.

Because he came from a humble background and was not a material for studying, he suffered a lot of anger in the early years. Even if you are now the son of Concubine Jing, she has been ostracized by them, and even today she was provoked by Cheng Xin.

Even if he doesn't do anything for his emperor brother-in-law, he has to vent this evil breath for himself, so he is now very willing to help Song Cheng get rid of the Jiangnan gang.

"Song Da...... Brother Song, Brother Wang, Suzhou wine is dominated by bridge wine, and bridge wine is authentic to pick the moon building, please taste! Su Quzhi saw that the wine had been delivered, and immediately introduced it enthusiastically.

Liu Qing poured wine for the three people present, and also revealed a piece of news: "Just now, the slave family saw Cheng Xin leading people outside, I'm afraid they won't give up, do you want the steward to arrange for you to leave through the back door?" ”

"If the two brothers don't give up, you can go back to Su Mansion with me to live temporarily!" Su Quzhi knew that Song Cheng didn't want to reveal his identity, so he also invited him.

Since Song Cheng has decided to reveal his identity to Su Quai, he is naturally willing to believe in the Su family, and he also hopes to use the Su family to find out the gold case for himself.

When he decided to leave through the back door of the Moon Picking Tower, he temporarily settled down in Su Mansion.

"Fortunately, the two brothers just came to help, I salute you two!" Su Quzhi is also a man of temperament, even when he picked up the wine glass in his hand.

Song Cheng also took a sip of water and wine, but suddenly said with a slight movement in his heart: "Cheng Xin? Are Cheng Xin and Cheng Yi brothers? ”

"Not bad! He has a very strong brotherhood with Cheng Yi, otherwise he wouldn't have openly targeted me! Su Quzhi only felt a faint pain in his cheeks, so he nodded seriously.

Wang Yu reached out and touched his waist, but he didn't expect to meet Cheng Yan's younger brother in Jiangnan this time, and found that the kick just now was light.

I followed Cheng Yi back then, and if it wasn't for my life, I almost died under Cheng Yi's tricks. Even if he escaped, he still can't forget the pain of being stabbed in the back.

Even though Song Chengdang wanted to understand why Cheng Xin was targeting Su Quai, he suddenly asked with a straight face: "Just now you moved because of his arrangement of Concubine Jing?" ”

"Exactly!" Su Quzhi thought of Cheng Xin's face just now, and suddenly became angry.

"The slave family can prove it!" Liu Qing was worried that Song Cheng would not believe it, so he assured on the side.

Song Cheng could feel that Su Quzhi was very protective of his sister, so he asked seriously: "How did he arrange it!" ”

"I ...... I...... Words are too unbearable, I don't say it! Su Quzhi hesitated, but shook his head very firmly.

Words are unbearable?

When Wang Yu heard Su Quai's words, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and immediately realized that there was a lot of articles here.

Although the status of the Ming concubine has declined, and I have not heard that Concubine Jing is particularly favored, it is also an unattainable imperial concubine, and it is not something that Cheng Xin and his ilk can arrange at will.

Even if Concubine Jing is indeed from a merchant's background, once someone dares to speak disrespectfully, she will face prison at the least, and she can be beheaded all over the house.

Song Cheng knew that Su Quzhi had not yet realized his identity and detachment, so he seriously persuaded: "Say it!" This matter is about the emperor's face, if he really said something that should not be said, then their entire Cheng family will have to be buried together! ”

Su Quzhi chose to believe Wang Yu, so he said Cheng Xin's disrespectful words just now, and also revealed that there were two sons and brothers who could testify to it.

Wang Yu suddenly found that Jiangnan was quite unfamiliar, but he didn't know that they were already lawless, or they were all legally illiterate, so they dared to say anything: "Shall we deal with him first?" ”

"Forget it, it's not good to startle the snake for the time being!" Song Cheng had already secretly put Cheng Xin on the death list, but he shook his head with another plan.

The spring rain was still falling outside, but it was already dark.

Hou Haotian got up from bed a little tired, different from ordinary Yanei, and now he joined Jiangnan Business on behalf of his father, and he is also one of the core members of Jiangnan Business Company.

Although his business ability is far from that of his generation Zheng Xun, he has a strong political talent and has a clear position in Jiangnan firms.

When he went to the living room outside under Sisi's service, the wine table here had already gathered a few sons, led by the most stable Zheng Jie.

"You talk about your business, I'm a martial artist anyway, let's miss it!" Li Xin saw that the woman's hair was very messy, but she walked over with red eyes.

Zheng Jie watched Li Xin take Sisi's hand and walk inside, but he shook his head gently, knowing that this kind of person was destined to be unsuccessful.

"The slave hasn't been washed yet!"

"It's more flavorful!"

……

There was a simple conversation, and then the big sturdy bed began to play again.

Hou Haotian seemed to be accustomed to this kind of thing, but he opened the painting fan in a self-proclaimed manner: "There was definite news from the capital just now!" ”

"What is the movement of the imperial court?" Zheng Jie knew that this was the right matter, and immediately asked seriously.

Wang Yue was assassinated, this matter can be big or small, and now he takes the initiative to see the reaction of the imperial court. In fact, the best result is that the court will retreat in the face of difficulties, but with today's tyrannical temper, I am afraid that it will not be easy to give up.

Wang Yanao and the others knew that Hou Haotian had caught up with a powerful figure in the capital, and they immediately looked at Hou Haotian curiously.

Hou Haotian met everyone's curious eyes, and then revealed the latest intelligence report: "When the emperor learned that Wang Ge Lao had been assassinated, he should even convene important ministers to discuss!" ”

"What did they say?" Wang Yanao asked curiously.

It's just that as soon as the words came out, he realized that he had asked a stupid question, no matter how well-informed the news in the capital was, it was impossible to know the content of this meeting.

Hou Haotian smiled mysteriously, picked up his wine glass lightly, and said: "The emperor is very angry, but he still heard about Liu Mian's plan, and asked Wang Yue to sit in Nanjing and command the various governments to push the administrative order. ”

"What can others do in Nanjing?"

"The emperor thinks too highly of Wang Yue, who cares about Wang Yue's decree!"

"Taking our Suzhou Mansion as an example, will anyone implement his Wang Yue's decree?"

……

Although he didn't understand how Hou Haotian heard about such a secret meeting, after learning about the imperial court's plan, he laughed at it one after another.

Even if Wang Yue really went down to the local government, he might not be able to promote the decree, and now Wang Yue wants to do this thing in Nanjing City, which is simply a fool's dream.

Hou Haotian knew that the silver abolition order was almost impossible to implement, and then threw out a message: "What's interesting is that the emperor actually wants to go down to the south of the Yangtze River!" ”

"The emperor wants to go down to Jiangnan?" Zheng Jie didn't think about it in this direction at all, and was immediately stunned when he heard the words.

Hey?

Wang Yanao and the others' eyes suddenly lit up, but they realized that this might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Li Xin had already finished his errand, and was walking out with his pants on and said: "If he really goes to Jiangnan, then all the problems can be solved, didn't the adults in your family think about that a long time ago?" ”

Wang Yanao's attention turned to Li Xin, but he noticed that Aunt Sisi's eyes were full of resentment when she came out, this Li Xin deserved to be a famous fast gunner.

said the hardest words, but the male was only three seconds, and he really lost the man's face.

"Is it possible for the emperor to go to Jiangnan?" Zheng Jie was already moved, but he asked seriously.

Wang Yanao shook his head lightly, and said with great certainty: "This matter is not clear!" But if the emperor really comes down, I will get the news as soon as possible! ”

"I hope he really comes down, then everyone's problems can be solved!" Li Xin thought that his family was abandoned by the Zhu family, and he also expressed his grievances.

Although Zheng Jie and the others didn't say it, they still agreed with Li Xin's idea in their hearts.

Although they are now able to stop the abolition of silver by the imperial court, if they really want to do it once and for all, especially if they want to restore usury finance and abolish the Kaizhong Law, they actually have to solve the Forbidden City.

Hou Haotian took a sip of wine, and then continued to reveal the situation: "In addition to guarding against Xu Hong, the prefect of Songjiang, and Qian Sen, the prefect of Hangzhou, we must also pay attention to the upcoming Song Cheng!" ”

"That Song Qingtian in the capital?"

"What a blue sky, I don't think I'm just a fame and reputation fisherman!"

"He has no chance to be greedy in the capital, and when he gets to the local gold, silver and beauties, he pushes it, I don't believe he doesn't accept it!"

……

After learning that the famous Shuntian Mansion Yin Songcheng was sent down, the sons and brothers present didn't take it seriously at all, and even said with contempt.

Tweet!

Song Cheng only drank two glasses of wine and chose to leave, but when he walked to the backyard, he suddenly sneezed heavily, but he didn't know who was cursing him.

As soon as the carriage came out of the street, Wang Yu suddenly said vigilantly: "Cheng Xin is following us behind!" ”

Song Cheng's eyes were still closed, but he commanded lightly: "You catch the car!" ”

Wang Yu immediately took the place of the groom who picked the moon building, and then changed the route of travel, whipped the horses in the other direction, and let the carriage gallop on the green brick streets of the spring rain.

Since it was raining, there were very few people on the streets, so the speed of the carriage was not slow. It's just that the carriage shook off a group of thugs behind, but it was still bitten by Cheng Xin on horseback.

"Boy, you don't inquire, who dares to mess with the master in this Suzhou City, you really don't know how to write dead words!" Cheng Xin blocked the carriage in an alleyway and shouted proudly.

Wang Yu had already gotten out of the carriage, but he turned his head to look at Song Cheng inside the carriage in confusion: "You did it on purpose, right?" ”

"Su Quzhi arranged for two entourages to pretend to be us to get into the carriage with him, and deliberately covered his face tightly, it was clear that there were no three hundred taels of silver here. Cheng Xin is not a stupid person, so he naturally knows that the two of us will leave through the back door! Song Cheng jumped down from the carriage and nodded gently.

Wang Yu saw that his subordinates had blocked the entrance of the alley, but he looked at Song Cheng in confusion and said, "Isn't it too early for us to start now?" ”

"Who are you?" Cheng Xin suddenly found that his subordinates did not follow, and immediately realized that the other party was not good at stubble, and asked in a panic.

Wang Yu did not forget the revenge of the knife, but said lightly: "The one who wants your life, take him down!" ”

Cheng Xin found that he had kicked the iron plate, and immediately rode his horse to escape from here, only then did he turn his head and his eyes were dark, and then the whole person fell heavily to the ground.

"I just rethought the process of Wang Ge Lao's assassination, Jiangnan and the capital are probably very close, so we have to cut through the mess quickly, maybe we can make a gradual breakthrough from Cheng Xin!" Song Cheng saw Cheng Xin who fell to the ground, and then answered Wang Yu's question. (End of chapter)