The emperor will personally select the top ten new imperial merchants, and also let the newly selected top ten imperial merchants leave their names on the merit monument. As soon as this news came out, everyone was shocked.
Who among the dignitaries in the capital does not have several merchant families to rely on?
Under the influence of Queen Wende, the status of merchants in Dachu was not as low as in other dynasties, but the main theme of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce has not changed, and merchants are still at the bottom.
Officials all want to leave behind a name, let alone a businessman.
"The emperor wants to dig out all the businessmen hiding behind the scenes!"
There are powerful figures behind businessmen. As long as the businessman takes the lead, you can follow this line to find out the person behind it and bring all the forces to the surface.
In Hongyanxiao's private room, Shi Fuyin, Shi Fuxin, and Shi Dinghao gathered together.
Shi Fuyin looked at Shi Fuxin solemnly: "In this imperial merchant election, I heard that only merchants who are ranked high in the local area will participate. Shennongtang has a high reputation in the north, so I'm afraid I can't reject it, right?"
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Shi Fuxin nodded: "Ximen Fengxiao sent me a flying pigeon letter two days ago, saying that court officials have come to notify me."
Shi Fuyin looked at her: "What are your plans? Let Shang Laojiu attend?"
"The death of the Eighth Prince involves the pirate Turtle Gang, and the Turtle Gang has nothing to do with the Duke of Ming Dynasty. The Turtle Gang does not have an untrained force on the islands in the South China Sea, which definitely violates His Majesty's bottom line.
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Shang Laojiu looked at his two sisters and added: "Perhaps, His Majesty also wants to take advantage of that opportunity to find the next heir."
Chu Yao's face straightened, Shi Ba, are you finally going to tell me something else about what you are doing?
Both Shi Fuyin and Shang Laojiu knew Shi Fuxin's temperament, and they both said something when they saw you saying that.
Shi Fuxin spoke up: "Leaving your name on the merit monument is just one of them. The emperor is so grandiose and wants to achieve more than just this effect."
Chu Yao had to monitor those people and was very busy every day, but the people in the palace found that Chu Yao returned to the palace less often than ever before. As soon as he came back, he would go to see Shi Fuxin.
Shi Fuyin: "Then the most important thing to His Majesty is the little prince." She said, looking at Shi Fuxin, "Does he want to delay telling the little prince about Shi Dinghao's matter?"
"Your Majesty didn't want to take advantage of that opportunity to bring out all the forces behind you, so that you would be surprised."
In Ronganyuan, Chu Yao sat under Shi Fuxin's imperial concubine chair, drinking tea while watching Shi Fuxin slowly flipping through the accounts one by one.
"He has been looking at the account books for a month. Doesn't Hongyanxiao have so few accounts?"
Words cannot deceive, but actions can, especially conscious and sustained behavior.
"Your Majesty's small action had nothing to do with the death of the Eighth Prince or the Crown Prince's broken leg."
Shi Fuxin: "The Wei family is small, how could the emperor be afraid of the prince?"
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "You hope that the relationship between you and the little prince is a win-win model, but one of dependence. What you want to do, you still have to focus on 'you', but cater to me everywhere."
Shi Fuxin glanced at me: "You only do the beauty smile business."
Shao Yuhua: "Do you think that even if the prince has a broken leg, the emperor will still choose me as his successor? They know that the emperor's eyes when he looks at the prince are rarely warm at all."
"His Majesty made a conspiracy that time."
Hearing this, Shi Fuxin and Shi Fuyin both looked over.
"Your Majesty is in his seventies. How can you feel a sense of crisis when you look at the lively and energetic emperors?"
You can say that Chu Yao hates Shi Fuxin, but he also saw that I care a lot about Shi Fuxin; you can say that I hate it, because the number of times I go back home is getting less and less.
Shi Fuxin looked at her sister and brother: "That's not the reason why you came to them that time. You are the little prince's master. It will be a matter of time before you are dragged out of the fight. Now that there is nothing to delay, they are afraid that they will be affected.
Your influence."
Shi Fuxin laughed: "You asked him to investigate, did he really investigate?"
"Speaking of being close to each other, His Majesty is not very fatherly to the little prince."
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Chu Yao stared at Shi Fuxin for a while, then silently retracted his hand: "You are the one who cares about it."
Shang Laojiu: "Your Majesty, the princes are all very different from each other. The seventh prince seems to be quite favored, but Your Majesty is not very close to me."
Shi Dinghao immediately disagreed and said: "How is this possible? If Shang Laojiu is allowed to represent Shennongtang, his name will be left on the merit monument."
As soon as Chu Yao stretched out his hand, Shi Fuxin hit it with a brush.
"And when the prince broke his leg, he still knew whether the treatment was bad or not, which directly kicked off the fight between the princes. Now in the court, the fight between the princes has become more and more serious."
Shi Fuxin smiled: "Just tell him that it's not interesting, and he will check it out."
Shang Laojiu also nodded: "Beijing is not a vanity fair. Sister, the identity of the master of Shi Dinghao Hall has been exposed. For our family, it has added a small bargaining chip."
Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao with a smile: "Every time you go to the Supervision Department to find him, you have never carefully looked through his official documents. Is he sure he wants to break that tacit understanding?"
"What kind of business has he done?"
My cousin returns home less and less often, obviously not because he wants to get close to his cousin.
As merchants from all over the country came to Beijing, the capital became increasingly quiet.
Seeing that her sister and brother were all supporting her conditionally, Shi Fuxin's eyes filled with warm smiles, and she immediately told the two of them the news she had learned.
Shi Fuyin looked at Shang Laojiu: "Which prince does he think His Majesty despises the most?"
Shi Fuxin smiled, stood up, walked behind Chu Yao, and put her hands around my neck: "My husband, you understand that his job is to reveal sex, and he must also understand that there is nothing you want him to know. You
I hope you insult each other."
"Take Shi Dinghao as an example. If you had shown up that time and Shao Yuhua had been present, the court might have only recognized Shennong Hall."
"Bang!"
Chu Yao glanced at the account book under the table, stood up and walked over, wanting to reach out and pick up one to read.
After saying that, he took the initiative to retract his hand, as if he was letting Chu Yao look through it.
Guan Xiuyan lowered her eyes and wanted to say that it is not difficult to understand a person. You have to look at what I said and just look at what I did.
Princess Guan was puzzled while talking to Guan Xiuyan: "Now you understand Brother Yao more and more."
Chu Yao suddenly became depressed. He was silent for a while, and then suddenly hummed: "You remember, he will ask you to investigate him in the future. Why, are you going to hide now?"
That point is something that only the royal family wants to know, not even the master of the palace wants to keep it vague.
Shi Fuyin was not worried: "In those years, Shao Yuhua had a low reputation in the border areas and had little contact with the border military camps. Once his identity as the master of Shi Dinghao Hall was exposed, he was afraid that he would be derailed from the vortex of the struggle for imperial power.
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"So that time, it's just you, the leaders of other businesses will probably attend."
Shi Fuyin said angrily: "Sister, what kind of nonsense did he say and what kind of influence did he have? You are a family and you should share weal and woe."
"Then why is the Eighth Master happy to marry the Eighth Lady?"
"Sister, he is the little prince's master. He is not passive at all, and he has nothing to do with it. I can just treat it as if you bought it under the gambling table and left."
"No one is greedy, and without the denial of the court, even if Shao Yuhua has seven hearts, he will probably have other thoughts. As time goes by, once you are ignored, you will really exist."