Poor Family

The emperor wanted to personally select the new top ten imperial merchants, and also asked the newly selected top ten imperial merchants to leave their names on the monument of merit. As soon as the news came out, everyone was shocked.

The rich and powerful in the capital, whose family does not have a few merchants' families attached to it.

Influenced by Queen 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 were still 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 merchants who are ranked well in the local area must participate, Shennongtang has a high reputation in the north, so I'm afraid it won't be rejected? "

Shi Fuxin nodded her head: "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?"

Shi Dinghao immediately disagreed and said: "How is this possible? If Shang Laojiu is to represent Shennongtang, then his name will be left on the merit tablet."

Shi Fuxin said: "Leaving a name on the stele 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 emptied, 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 frontier, 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 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: "Sister, what are you talking about heresy? 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, just think we are buying at the gambling table and leaving."

Seeing that her sister and 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 involves the Pirate Sea Turtle Gang, and the Sea Turtle Gang is related to the Duke of Ming Dynasty. The Sea Turtle Gang has a well-trained force on the islands of the South China Sea. This is definitely stepping on the emperor's bottom line."

"And the prince broke his leg, and it's not known whether he can cure it well. This directly kicked off the prelude to the struggle among the princes. In the current court, the rivalry between the princes is getting more and more serious."

"The emperor is in his fifties. How can he not feel a sense of crisis when he looks at the lively emperors?"

"The emperor just wants to use this opportunity to pull out all the forces behind the parties to have a look, so that he can know for himself."

Shi Dinghao looked at the two sisters, and added: "Perhaps, the emperor still wants to take this opportunity to find the next successor."

Hearing this, both Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin 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 way the emperor looks at the prince is often without any warmth."

Shi Fuxin: "The Wei family is powerful, how could the emperor not be afraid of the prince."

Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Dinghao: "Which prince do you think the emperor likes the most?"

Shi Dinghao: "Your Majesty 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 First Prince is a win-win model, not an attachment. Whatever I do, I still have to focus on 'I' 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.

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?"

This point, not only the servants of the palace want to know, but also the master of the palace wants to know.

Say Chu Yao likes Shi Fuxin, but I don't see how much he cares about Shi Fuxin; say he doesn't like it, and the number of times he returns home is increasing.

Concubine Guan wondered and talked to Guan Xiuyan: "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.

The cousin returned home more and more times, obviously he wanted 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 flip through the accounts quickly.

"You've been looking at the account books for more than a month. Does Hong Yanxiao have so many accounts?"

Shi Fuxin glanced at him: "I'm not just in the business of confidante smiles."

Chu Yao's face straightened, did Shi Liu finally want to tell him something else about what she was 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: "If 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 casually read your official documents. Are you sure you want to break this tacit understanding?"

As he said that, 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, stood up and walked in front of Chu Yao, hooking his neck with both hands: "Master, I understand that your errands cannot be disclosed, and you also need to understand that there are some things that I don't want you to know, I hope that we will have a good relationship with each other." respect."