Chapter 381, buy and leave
The emperor will personally select the new top ten imperial merchants, and also let the newly selected top ten imperial merchants leave their names on the monument of merit. When the news came out, everyone was shocked.
The dignitaries in the capital, who doesn't have a few merchants behind them.
Influenced by Empress Wende, the status of merchants in Dachu was not as low as that of other dynasties, but the main theme of scholars, farmers, commerce and industry remained unchanged, and merchants still existed at the bottom.
Officials want to leave a name behind them, let alone a businessman.
"The emperor wants to dig out all the businessmen who are hiding behind the scenes!"
There are powerful figures behind the merchants. As long as the merchants show up, follow this line, you can find out the people behind them, and let all forces come to the surface.
In the private room of Beauty Smile, Shi Fuyin, Shi Fuxin, and Shi Dinghao gathered together.
Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Fuxin solemnly: "This time, for the imperial merchant election, I heard that as long as the local merchants are well-ranked, they must participate. Shennongtang has a high reputation in the north, so I'm afraid it won't be rejected, right? "
Shi Fuxin nodded: "Ximen sent me a letter to Fei Ge two days ago, saying that an official from the imperial court has come to notify me."
Shi Fuyin looked at her: "What are your plans? Let Shang Laojiu attend?"
Hearing this, before Shi Fuxin could respond, Shi Dinghao said in disapproval: "How is this possible? If Shang Laojiu is made to represent Shennongtang, then his name will be left on the merit tablet. "
Shi Fuxin said: "Leaving a name on the monument of merit is just one of them. With such a big fanfare, the emperor wants to achieve more than that."
"Take Shennong Hall as an example. If I don't show up this time, but Shang Laojiu attends, then the imperial court may only recognize Shang Laojiu in the future."
"Everyone has greed, and with the court's approval, even if Shang Laojiu has no second thoughts, he will probably have other thoughts. After a long time, once I am excluded, I will really cease to exist."
"So this time, not only me, but also the leaders of other businesses will probably be present."
"The emperor made a conspiracy this time."
Shi Fuyin was a little worried: "In the past few years, Shennongtang has a high reputation in the border areas, and has a lot of contacts with border military camps. Once your identity as the head of Shennongtang is exposed, I am afraid that you will be involved in the vortex of the imperial power struggle. "
Shi Fuxin looked at her sister and younger brother: "That's why I asked you to come here this time. I am the master of the eldest prince, and it will be a matter of time before I get involved in the battle. Now that some things are ahead of schedule, you are afraid that you will be punished by me." affected."
Shi Fuyin said unhappily: "What heretics are you talking about? It doesn't matter whether it affects or not. We are a family and we must share weal and woe."
Shi Dinghao also nodded: "The capital city is Vanity Fair. Sister, your identity as the master of Shennong Hall has been exposed. For our family, it has added a big bargaining chip."
"Sister, you are the master of the eldest prince. This is a bit passive, but it's okay. It's right that we have decided to leave at the gambling table."
Seeing that her sister and younger brother supported her unconditionally, Shi Fuxin's eyes were filled with warm smiles, and then she told the two of the news she had learned.
"The emperor's big action this time is related to the death of the sixth prince and the broken leg of the prince."
"The death of the sixth prince involved the Sea Turtle Gang of pirates in the South China Sea, and the Sea Turtle Gang was related to the Duke of Ming Dynasty. The Sea Turtle Gang has a well-trained force on the islands of the South China Sea, which definitely stepped on the emperor's bottom line."
"And the prince broke his leg, and it is not known whether it will be cured or not. This directly kicked off the prelude to the struggle among the princes. In the current court, the rivalry between the princes is becoming more and more serious."
"The emperor is in his fifties. Looking at the lively emperors, the sense of crisis in his heart will only increase."
"The emperor wants to take this opportunity to pull out all the forces behind the parties and let him know what he knows."
Shi Dinghao nodded, and added: "Perhaps, the emperor still wants to take this opportunity to find the next successor."
Hearing this, Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin both looked over.
Shi Dinghao: "I think even if the prince didn't break his leg, the emperor would not choose him as his successor. You don't know, the emperor's eyes when looking at the prince are often cold."
Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Dinghao: "Which prince do you think the emperor likes the most?"
Shi Dinghao: "The emperor treats all the princes in the same way. The fourth prince seems to be very favored, but the emperor is not very close to him."
"Speaking of intimacy, the emperor looks a bit like a loving father to the eldest prince."
Shi Fuyin: "So, what the emperor values most is the Eldest Prince." Then, she looked at Shi Fuxin, "Do you want to tell the Eldest Prince in advance about the matter of Shennong Hall?"
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "I hope that the relationship between me and the eldest prince is a win-win model, not an attachment. Whatever I do, I still have to focus on 'me' instead of catering to him everywhere."
Both Shi Fuyin and Shi Dinghao understood Shi Fuxin's temperament, and when they saw what she said, they didn't say anything else.
As merchants from all over the world entered Beijing, the capital became more and more lively.
Chu Yao has to monitor these people and is very busy every day, but the people in the palace found that Chu Yao returned to the mansion more times than ever before, and when he came back, he would go to see Shi Fuxin.
"Does the third master like the third lady?"
Not only the servants of the palace want to know this, but also the master of the palace wants to know.
Chu Yao likes Shi Fuxin, but I don't see how much he cares about Shi Fuxin; if he doesn't like it, the number of times he returns home is increasing.
Princess Guan talked to Guan Xiuyan wonderingly: "I am getting more and more incomprehensible to Brother Yao now."
Guan Xiuyan lowered her eyes, and wanted to say that it is not difficult to understand a person, don't look at what he said, just look at what he did.
Cousin has returned home more and more times, obviously he just wants to get close to his cousin.
Words can be deceiving, but deeds cannot, especially unconscious and persistent behaviors.
In Rong'an Yuan, Chu Yao was sitting on Shi Fuxin's imperial concubine chair, drinking tea while watching Shi Fuxin quickly flipping through the accounts one by one.
"You've been looking at the account books for over a month. Does Hong Yanxiao have so many accounts?"
Shi Fuxin glanced at him: "I'm not just in the business of confidante laughing."
Chu Yao's face turned serious, is Shi Liu finally going to tell him something else about what she's doing?
"What kind of business have you done?"
Shi Fuxin smiled: "It's boring to tell you directly, you can check."
Chu Yao suddenly became depressed, fell silent for a while, and suddenly snorted: "I remember, you didn't let me investigate you before, why, can't you hide it now?"
Shi Fuxin laughed: "I told you not to investigate, did you really not investigate?"
Chu Yao glanced at the ledger on the table, got up and walked over, trying to reach out to pick up one to read.
"boom!"
As soon as Chu Yao stretched out his hand, Shi Fuxin tapped it with a brush.
Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao with a smile: "Every time I went to the Supervision Department to look for you, I never looked through your official documents casually. Are you sure you want to break this tacit understanding?"
As he spoke, he took the initiative to withdraw his hand and let Chu Yao look through it.
Chu Yao stared at Shi Fuxin for a while, then withdrew his hand silently: "I don't care to watch it."
Shi Fuxin smiled, got up and walked in front of Chu Yao, hooking his neck with both hands: "Sister, I understand that your errands cannot be disclosed, and you also need to understand that there are some things I don't want you to know, I hope we can be in touch with each other." respect."
(end of this chapter)