Chapter 167: Fighting the Court Again (Part II)

Sir, it's time to eat. A white-haired old servant walked into Shi Shilun's study and said very respectfully.

"Oh, okay, Uncle Yao, you should use it first." Shi Shilun answered, but did not raise his head from the pile of documents, and was busy with himself. It was hot, and there was not even an ice basin in the dilapidated study, although Shi Shilun was only wearing a single dress, he was still sweating like rain, and the towel on the desk was already so wet that he could wring out water.

Uncle Yao shook his head and said, "Master, the rice is cold, it's better to eat first and then get busy." ”

"Well, that's good, just bring it in, I'll use it here, master." Shi Shilun replied without raising his head.

Uncle Yao sighed, turned around and walked out of the study, most likely walking in with a food plate, on which was a bowl of white rice, two small plates of vegetarian dishes, a plate of scrambled eggs, and a bowl of soup that looked like a pot of water.

"Master, the meal is here." Uncle Yao put the food plate on the empty space of the desk and whispered.

"Okay." Shi Shilun raised his head from the pile of documents, glanced at the food plate, and said with a smile: "Hehe, I'm going to add vegetables today, I'm going to enjoy it well, Uncle Yao, you should go and rest first." ”

Yao Bo bowed down and answered "yes", exited the study, Shi Shilun walked to the basin in the corner of the study and cleaned his hands, picked up the white rice and used it fragrantly, but felt that the light was dim, and there was already an extra man in black in the study, and he was about to exclaim, but he recognized that the person was Yinzuo, the king of Yijun, and hurriedly got up and prepared to come forward to salute. Yinzuo smiled and waved his hand and said, "Wenxian, what good dishes have been added today, let this king take a look." ”

This is not tight, but it makes Yinzuo frown - Shi Shilun is the second son of Jingjing and Shi Lang, his family is wealthy, needless to say, his official career is smooth, less than forty is already the title of squire of the Ministry of Labor, in charge of the General Administration of Customs, he can be regarded as a member of the imperial court, but this meal is extremely simple, not to mention that it does not match his identity as an important minister of the imperial court, and even ordinary people will not eat so shabby. With Shi Shilun's innocence, he will naturally not be corrupt and bribe-taking, nor will he receive Bing Tan Jing and Yinzi money, but with Shi Shilun's position for a year, the amount of honest silver plus Yu Lu is as much as 6,000 taels of silver, and it will never be so bitter that Yin Zuo can't help but wonder if this old man has a masochistic tendency.

"Lord, please ......" Shi Shilun originally wanted to say that the prince please sit down, but there was a mess around, and there was not even an empty chair, so he couldn't help blushing a little, and quickly pushed his seat out and said: "Lord, please sit down, I don't know what urgency the prince has to find the official?" ”

Yin Zuo smiled and said, "Wenxian, you eat so sparingly, don't you plan to keep the money to marry a few concubines?" ”

Shi Shilun's family Xiaoquan is in Jinjiang, Fujian, and has not received Beijing, but Comrade Lao Shi is afraid of being a big joke in the officialdom, there are nine out of thirty people, and even the concubine does not dare to beg, at this time listening to Yinzuo making fun of him, I can't help but be a little embarrassed, but Comrade Lao Shi is used to being beaten, but he is also used to it, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "Xia Guan has this plan, but I am afraid that my yellow-faced Po Hedong lion roars." ”

"Haha......, it's really interesting for you to be 'incomplete', but people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't pay attention to your meal, this body can't stand it, the court is not much, but there is a lot of incorruptible silver, why should Wenxian suffer himself?" Yinzuo asked with a smile.

"What the prince said is extremely true, and the lower officials can save it." Shi Shilun didn't seem to want to talk more about this matter, and asked with a smile: "The prince must have something important here, and he also asks the prince to give advice, and the officials will listen." ”

Yinzuo saw that Shi Shilun changed the topic, and expected that there must be a hidden secret, but he didn't want to ask more, so he turned around and let "Honghu" check it, so he explained his own intentions in detail. Shi Shilun listened quietly, did not interject, and after Yinzuo finished speaking, he smiled and said: "What the prince said, the lower official already knows, and the lower official originally drafted a fold here, and he was planning to discuss it with the prince, which is really a coincidence." After a pause, he said: "The lower officials are in charge of customs affairs, but it also saves the fact that overseas trade is the source of the country's tax increase, and it must not be abolished. ”

"That's very good." Yinzuo smiled and explained to Shi Shilun, his figure flashed, the person had disappeared, Shi Shilun held the fold sent by Yinzuo in his hand, smiled and said to himself: "This prince, heh, there is really Guo Jie's aftermath." ”

The day in July was as hot as a stove, but what was even hotter was the burning hearts of the courtiers, the people who went to the door, and there were many people who had private gatherings, all wondering which fold to sign their own names.

Since the beginning of May, the old man Kangxi has lived in Changchun Garden outside the city, and he only went to court for ten days, and on weekdays, he let the ministers of the study room enter the garden to discuss matters, and he is very leisurely, but now the old man has a headache - there are three folds on the dragon case, one is a joint letter from more than 200 courtiers headed by Miao Tong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, requesting the ban on the sea, and the spearhead is directed at Yinzuo, the king of Yijun; One is more than 100 courtiers led by Shi Shilun of the General Administration of Customs, but the request is to expand overseas trade to enrich the national treasury; The third excerpt was made by Yinzuo, requesting the establishment of the Xuanhua Steel Mill in the name of the Ministry of Industry, and voluntarily donating one million taels of silver for the needs of the project.

The ban on opening the sea is the old man's own policy, but the overseas trade volume has not been large, and the total tariff of a year is only more than three million taels of silver, and the old man originally didn't care much about it, but now Yinzuo's large-scale shipping is on the ground, and the tariff of more than two million taels has been sorted out on just one trial voyage, how not to make the old man excited. The profit of salt and iron has always been the two major supports of the treasury revenue, Yinzuo voluntarily funded the construction of the factory, but the income is owned by the treasury, and the old man is also praised in his heart, but the opinions of those old-fashioned courtiers The old man also has to pay attention to it, if it is easily dismissed or left in the middle of the year, it will inevitably hurt the hearts of the courtiers, and besides, the old-fashioned courtiers are extraordinary when the world is a great Confucian, and there are many protégés, and they have a huge influence in the court and in the opposition. The old man rubbed his forehead with some embarrassment, looked at Zhang Tingyu, the newly entered minister of the study who was standing beside him, and said, "Hengchen, talk about your opinion." ”

Zhang Tingyu is on duty today, he has already seen the three folds, and at this moment he saw the old man Kangxi asking, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "Shengshang, Weichen thinks that Miao Shangshu's fold is the old man's words, but Shi Shilang's fold is the way to forge ahead, if it can be customized, with the law as the criterion, but it is also a feasible strategy, the fact that the king of Yijun proposed the establishment of a steel mill is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people, and the minister also thinks it is feasible, but the government and the opposition can not ignore it, and everything respectfully asks for the holy judgment." ”

"Hmm." The old man Kangxi nodded but did not express his opinion, turned his head to look at Tong Guowei, the chief minister of the upper study, and said, "What is Tong Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Tong Guowei has always been cunning and cunning, and what he is best at is figuring out the holy will, seeing that the old man Kangxi has made up his mind, he naturally will not do stupid things, so he bowed down and said: "The minister thinks that what Lord Zhang said is extremely true, as the saying goes: reason is not clear, it is necessary to prevent material discussions, and it is better to be sparse than blocked, why not let the two sides debate one or two in court to clarify the reason of right and wrong?" Please also ask the Holy Wisdom. ”

"Well, in that case, I will give them a chance, so that they can argue and understand, and pass on the decree - the day after tomorrow. Wait until you kneel down, I'm a little tired. The old man Kangxi made an order to go to Ning Chun Hall by himself, and a large group of eunuchs and palace maids followed closely.

The old man Kangxi stayed in Changchun Garden to escape the summer, but the ladies in the harem did not all move here, only a dozen favored concubines followed him into Changchun Garden, and one of them lived in Ningchun Hall. As soon as the old man and his party walked to the door of Ningchun Hall, they heard an elegant sound of the piano coming from inside, and the old man waved his hand, letting the eunuch and the palace maid step aside, and slowly paced into the hall by himself, and gently applauded and said: "This song of the concubine should only be in the sky, and it is rare to hear it in the world, but I am very happy." ”

"The saint has arrived, and the concubines have lost their welcome, please forgive the saint." The soft posture of Yingying bowing down is Xiao Qianniang, who came to Beijing to visit Yinzuo at the beginning, and now she is a nobleman, because she plays the piano well, she is also one of the favorite concubines, and she followed the old man to live in Changchun Garden. When Yinzuo learned that Xiao Qianniang was admitted to the palace and was made a nobleman, he also had some resentment, of course, it was not a matter of feelings, to be honest, Yinzuo had never seen Xiao Qianniang's appearance at all, it was just a whim, I wanted to do Xiao Qianniang a favor, there was no evil thought at all, Yinzuo's grievances lie in: the old man can marry whoever he wants, but Yinzuo wants to set up a Han woman as the side of Fujin but can't do it with great effort, and now Wang Xifeng is still a concubine, and he doesn't even have an official name.

The old man Kangxi was in a good mood, and said with a smile: "I don't let people report, what is Aiqing's crime, calm down, come, play a good song for me to relieve my fatigue." The old man walked to the imperial couch and lay down with a smile, Xiao Qianniang answered, sat at the piano table, waved her hand lightly, and the song "Yangchun White Snow" quietly sounded, and the elegant sound of the piano swirled and rose and fell in the Ningchun Hall......

As soon as the old man's edict came out, the brothers and courtiers were busy preparing for war, and the big guys were all gearing up, flipping through the scriptures one by one, waiting for the court to refute each other, so as to fight for their own reputation, saints and other fame. No, the old eight mansions are also very lively, and a large group of minions with heads and faces are waiting outside, just waiting for a conclusion in the inner hall to stand in line.

"Hey, the sixth child is having a big time this time, even the old master Miao has jumped out and sang the opposite, in my opinion, let's just add another fire, burn the fuck hard, and give the sixth a little color." The old ten Yin said with a fluttering eyebrow.

"Brother Ten's words make a bit of sense, most of our subordinates haven't moved this time, if it's all up, hehe, it's enough for the sixth to drink a pot." Lao Jiuyinyu shook the folding fan in his hand and said happily.

"Yes, I can't let go of the sixth child this time, damn, my brother was so depressed last time!" Lao Shi rubbed his hands and said.

Lao Jiu Yinyu shook his fan lightly and said: "The one in the front palace also handed out a word, saying that he wanted to join forces with our brothers, and I estimated that it should be able to be achieved this time." ”

Lao Bayinyu frowned and said: "Huang Ama's intention seems to be biased towards the sixth child, at this time, if you are afraid that it is not the right time to start, if you can't fight the snake but be bitten by the snake, it is not worth it." ”

"Yes, the eighth master is right." Wen Ruihe said calmly: "From Puheng's point of view, the intention of the Holy Lord must be biased in favor of the Sixth Master, but it is just to prevent the discussion of things, if you forcibly suppress the Sixth Master, I am afraid that it will hinder the Holy Family of the Eighth Master." ”

"Huh? Could it be that we all sit and watch the play? Lao Shi was anxious and hurriedly asked, and the eighth and ninth also looked at Wen Ruihe with a puzzled face.

"That's not it, the huge profits of overseas trade must have been seen by the three masters, if Xu Juli can let the sixth master eat alone, why don't the eighth master take advantage of the chaos?" Wen Ruihe said with a smile.

"What does Mr. Wen mean......" Yinzuo was a little puzzled - all the large sea ships and sailors were controlled by Yinzuo, and it was not easy to pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth.

"Pu Heng expects that the sixth master will definitely come to discuss this matter with the eighth master, why don't the eighth master do this......" Wen Ruihe smiled lightly, and talked eloquently, listening to the eighth, ninth, and ten old eyebrows and smiles.

Lao Ba and his gang have made a decision, and the people in the Sibeile Mansion are also discussing countermeasures, but unlike Lao Ba's plan to profit from it, Tang Guoming's proposal is to wait and see the changes, neither echoing nor participating, according to Tang Guoming's analysis: Although the old man Kangxi did not explicitly say that he was actually on Yinzuo's side, the reason why he wanted to discuss in court was just to block the mouth of others, at this time, if he was against Yinzuo, even if he won, I am afraid that there will be no good fruit to eat, it is better to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, as for the prince to make trouble, It was the prince who brought humiliation on himself, but he couldn't complain about others.

In the study room of Yijun Wangfu, Yinzuo passed the information of "Honghu", and said with a smile: "The two gentlemen are really like gods, hey, the second child must have suffered this time, but the eighth one still has to be appeased." ”

"The eighth master wanted to get a piece of the pie with an abacus, but he didn't know that he just fell into the calculation of the prince, and there would be a time for him to cry in the future." Lin Xuanyi stroked his palm and smiled.

"Lord Wang, the eighth master still has to go there for a while, so as to calm his heart." Wu Sidao said lightly.

"Cheng, this king will go on a trip to give the eighth child a taste of sweetness, so that he will not be able to pout his hooves." Yinzuo got up, went out with a smile on his face, got on a big sedan chair, and led a group of guards and chiefs of the prince's mansion to go straight to the Babeile Mansion......

"Sixth brother, the younger brother is late to greet him, and he will forgive his sins." As soon as he heard that Yinzuo had arrived at the door of his house, Yinzuo hurriedly greeted him, dressed up neatly in a water-colored robe, shook the folding fan in his hand, and his face was full of smiles.

Hey, this kid can sing on stage without makeup, ***, the smile is really sweet, I guess I already knew in my heart that we would come to the door to deliver silver, yes, give you some sweetness first, and then you will know that this sweetness is not delicious. Yinzuo muttered in his heart, but he also smiled harmlessly on his face, and said happily: "The eighth brother has been prosperous for a while, it's amazing, the messenger of Caizhou in front of the head is not bad, Huang Ama has praised it several times, and my brother really has to learn more from the eighth brother." ”

At the beginning of the year, the snow disaster in Caizhou, freezing to death and starving to death, the displaced people were everywhere, Babeile Yinzuo was ordered to release grain, very powerful, quite cleaned up some people's hearts, and won the reputation of "Eight Sages King", this is the most proud thing in the heart of the old eight, at this time I saw Yinzuo mention, although I was happy in my heart, but my face was a little ashamed and said: "The sixth brother has a good reputation, this is originally what I should do in heaven, and it is really unbearable." Sixth brother inside, please. ”

"Haha...... The eighth brother is still so humble, he deserves to be the 'Eight Sages King'. Yinzuo laughed and said, this is nothing, but the word "king" was read a little heavier, and secretly stabbed the eighth child, after all, the eighth child is just a Baylor at this time, and he has not been crowned king. The eighth child is a sober person, so he can naturally hear the meaning of the words, but he thinks that Yinzuo was forced to give him a piece of the pie and was unhappy, so he didn't care at all, and he also laughed and let Yinzuo into the mansion.

In the lobby, the brothers sat down as guests, their own servants stepped forward to serve fragrant tea, and the brothers chatted casually, the big guys are all masters of acting, so they naturally won't go straight to the topic at the beginning, talking about poetry from the weather, chatting from ancient times to the present, chatting about the old for a while, and finally going around to the topic. With the mention of the sea in Lao Ba's poem, Yinzuo happily talked about the way of shipping: "Eighth brother, don't you know, those shengfan are really good, my brother sold them a big bucket of tea, and he was able to sell it at the price of West Lake Longjing, which really opened my brother's eyes." ”

"Oh? Really? Yinxi asked with a look of surprise.

Sample, this can still be fake, didn't you kid send a few people to mix with Lao Tzu's fleet, and you won't know the truth? Yinzuo was tired in his heart, but he didn't say anything, just smiled and said: "If the eighth brother doesn't believe it, the elder brother can allocate a few boats and let the eighth brother open his eyes in person." ”

"Oh, that's a good dare, the little brother also had this plan, and he was thinking about asking his brother for seven or eight boats, but it was just hard to speak, since the brother has a heart, the little brother will thank you." Yinzuo unceremoniously hit the snake with the stick, and as soon as he opened his mouth, there were seven or eight boats, which made Yinzuo angry and funny, but Yinzuo originally planned to give him a few boats, and the future plan was really inseparable from the drama of the eighth child, and it was considered to be in the middle of the game at this time, but Yinzuo did not immediately agree, but pretended to be a little distressed, frowned and thought for a while before saying: "Cheng, since the eighth brother opened his mouth, the elder brother didn't say anything, and turned around and let your servants go to Shanghai to pick up the boat." ”

"Thank you Sixth Brother, but the younger brother doesn't know much about the sea, I'm afraid this person has some trouble in his hands, how can this be good?" Yinxi said with a melancholy look.

Depend on! This bastard really doesn't know how to lift, and he has to sell well when he gets cheap, and he really plans to make a lot of money without any strength, damn, I've played a game of eating dry stocks with Lao Tzu, it's really a bastard. Yinzuo was furious in his heart, but his acting skills were good, and he still smiled very brightly on his face, and said slowly: "The eighth brother is too worried, my brother has a suggestion, I don't know what the eighth brother thinks?" ”

"Sixth brother is polite, if you have something to say, just say it directly, we are brothers, and there is nothing that cannot be said." Yinyu mistakenly thought that Yinzuo was going to bring up the matter of this court debate, so he thought about accepting it with a full mouth first, and whether to do it or not was two words.

How could the eighth child's little belly chicken intestines be hidden from Yinzuo, and secretly despised the eighth, Yinzuo smiled and said: "The key to this shipping matter is to have someone who knows how to do it, isn't it?" As for the elder brother, he has some manpower in his hand, and if the eighth brother is in a hurry, he can also allocate some. ”

How dare Yinzuo use the people Yinzuo, God knows what kind of people they are, but he said that there was no manpower in front of his head, this time Yinzuo proposed to give him people's hands, it was really hard to refuse, although he was still smiling on his face, but he didn't know how to reply, he just shook the fan for a while, and no longer spoke.

Sample, I want to fight with Lao Tzu, you are still a little tender, eat dry stocks, hey, there is no door. Yinzuo's eyes rolled, and then he said: "Brother Renshou is also tight, and he can only give a hundred at most, but that's it." There are many people in Guangdong who understand the sea, what is the name of a slave under the eighth brother? Ah, it seems to be called Ah Ling, isn't it the prefect of Guangzhou? If the eighth brother can't get all the manpower, why don't you try him? ”

Yinzhen originally planned to eat dry stocks, but seeing that Yinzuo had already said this, it was impossible to make more fears, and under the frantic turn of his mind, he had already made up his mind, slapped his head, and pretended to be like waking up from a dream and said: "Alas, look at the memory of the little brother, hehe, I forgot that there is such a slave, okay, according to what my brother said, the little brother is grateful to my brother." ”

"Hahaha...... What did the eighth brother say, we are brothers, and if we talk too much, we will see the outside, right? Yinzuo laughed loudly, and Yinzuo also laughed: "What my brother said is very true, we are brothers as one, okay, this matter is decided." ”

Both brothers laughed so happily that they just didn't know who would have the last laugh...... !

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