Once you start selling second-hand idle items, you can't stop.
At the end of the charity sale, he heard that he finally got a small amount of 10,000 taels of silver. Colonel Zhu You waved his hand to Cao Huachun: "Cao Banban, let's go back and count the items. Come back tomorrow."
Wang Song from the Ministry of Rites was speechless. The scene in front of him was beyond the understanding of this middle-level civil servant who was addicted to official tricks but had a mediocre mind. He was confused.
Kong Yinzhi quickly glanced at Kong Shangyi.
Kong Shangyi suppressed his anger, painted his face with the elegance of the descendants of the Confucius family and the sincerity of the people of the Ming Dynasty, and respectfully said to Zhu Youxiao: "Your Highness has condescended to raise wages and share the worries of the country. Soon it will spread throughout our country and the Ming Dynasty."
Thirteen provinces in the capital. Your Highness has to climb Mount Tai and perform a grand ceremony, so why should he be tired anymore? Tomorrow, Duke Yansheng’s Mansion will inform the whole county and offer 30,000 taels of silver, which will be shipped to the capital immediately."
Zhu Youxiao knew that Master Zheng's purpose was far from as simple as making a fortune, but real money and silver would not refuse anyone, so he grinned, showing two tiger teeth, and said with a smile: "Oh, very good, very good. I'm alone.
Let me tell you, your Shenggong Mansion is richer than Lu Mansion."
Kong Yinzhi took over and said: "Your Highness has been working hard for a long time, so why not go back to the palace to rest for two or three hours and have some syrup and snacks. I will hold a banquet next to the Confucius Temple in the evening. The noble gentry of Qufu can't wait to see His Royal Highness the eldest son of the emperor.
Style."
"Yes," Zhu Youxiao looked at Wang Song of the Ministry of Rites, "Mr. Wang, my Master Zheng and Master Lu can also accompany us to the table, right?"
Without waiting for Wang Song's reply, Zheng Haizhu took the initiative to politely refuse: "Your Highness, gentlemen, it is really unfortunate that today is my brother's memorial day. An elder brother is like a father, and it is the duty of human beings to pursue the long-lost in the end. I must place fruits and burn incense in the courtyard to offer sacrifices."
Brother Bai, it’s the same with Master Lu accompanying His Highness.”
Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Then Master Zheng will stay in the guest courtyard of Yanshenggong Mansion."
The speaker is intentional, and the listener is even more attentive. Kong Shangyi's eyes narrowed, and he began to care about it in his heart.
…
In the early days of Shen Dynasty, between the lobby and the second hall of the front hall of Yanshenggong Mansion.
Zheng Haizhu was sitting on a crimson chair. Huang Zude, the bodyguard leader, and several royal guards were walking leisurely in the nearby ear corridor.
Lu Xiangsheng walked through the narrow corridor at the back of the second hall and walked to the front of the red chair.
Starting from Chen time today, there was a lot of drama going on. Although Lu Xiangsheng was clearly told by Zheng Haizhu that he could just watch, Lu Xiangsheng could not really stay out of it.
It wasn't until Zhu Youxiao, who was considered his student, made his debut and brought in a large sum of money with great fanfare and gongs, that Lu Xiangsheng's inner doubts about Zheng Haizhu's turmoil in Qufu seemed to be suppressed by another self inside him.
Go down.
"Sister, I must be disgusted with this place. Why are you still sitting in the front hall of Confucius Mansion to rest?"
"Appreciating flowers," Zheng Haizhu said, gesturing at the blooming spring and summer flowers in the courtyard, "I wonder what Yan Song felt when he was sitting on this chair and looking at these flowers?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.
Zheng Haizhu smiled lightly and said slowly: "Yesterday, General Zhenguo told me that Emperor Shizong wanted to investigate the Yan family. Yan Song got the news and rushed to the Confucius Mansion. He wanted to ask his grandson-in-law Kong Shangxian to come forward and go to Beijing to intercede with the saint.
Save the life of his son Yan Shifan. Unexpectedly, the people of the Kong family made Yan Shoufu, who had been in power not long ago, sit on this red bench for two full hours. In the end, Kong Shangxian still did not show up.
"
Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng turned around and cast his gaze at the peony that was beginning to spit out its pistils in the bright sunshine.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly curled his lips and said teasingly: "Kong Shangxian must have never imagined that his Duke Yansheng's Mansion, like Yan Shoufu, would one day be targeted by the imperial court."
"Serving the country as a salary is a great blessing for the Confucius family," Zheng Haizhu said coldly, with a calm expression, "Whether it is Yan Shoufu or Yan Shenggong, they are not some immovable Tai Sui Xiang.
Sheng, why do we want the Ming Dynasty's Jiubian soldiers to starve and guard the country, while the old and young dandies in Yan Shenggong's Mansion can sit here and enjoy flowers and listen to music, eating to the fullest just because of the shitty luck of reincarnation? They want to
To enjoy such a blessing, you can also spit out land and money, fill up the Liao salary, and fill up the national treasury. Not only the Confucius family, but also the wealthy families in South Zhili cannot ignore their own affairs."
Listening to the deep and firm female voice in his ears, Lu Xiangsheng suddenly seemed to have returned to the scene five years ago. By the pond in the Qingyuan of Songjiang School, after he had taken a course simulating a fireboat and water battle, the students went to another place.
In his classroom, Zheng Haizhu walked into Qingyuan and told him some heroic words: "No egg is left unfinished when the nest is overturned" and "Work hard to make money to help civil servants and generals".
Now he truly understood that Zheng Haizhu didn't just want to be Qin Shihuang's Ba Qing. She wanted to learn to be the second Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty. She didn't just want to do business on her own and donate money to save the country.
The sages and the gentry from the south and north of the Yangtze River cannot stand on the sidelines.
Under the banner of her heroic words, there are as many detailed strategies as fire ships and mines.
Just as she had thought at the beginning, she despised the idea of making plans slowly and not showing off one's edge. She would charge when she made a plan, and her troops would be swift and powerful.
But in these attacks, the risk of life and death became higher and higher every time, but she didn't seem to hesitate.
Lu Xiangsheng thought about this and turned back to stare at Zheng Haizhu: "Dad Shouguan's memorial day is not today, right?"
"Xiang Sheng, I will tell you that if you lead the army as a civilian in the future, you will be a fierce general and even a commander-in-chief."
"Do you want to talk to Kong Shangyi alone?"
"He will come to talk to me."
"He is more cunning than Kong Yinzhi, so I stayed and watched."
Zheng Haizhu regained his smiling expression, glanced at Huang Zude who was chatting with his subordinates not far away, and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Do you think Lao Huang and his imperial guards are made of tofu? Kong Shangyi is an old man and a half, and he is not a man who established a slave.
Ertai Huang Taiji, can you still take action? Xiang Sheng, my temper is that I am not willing to come up with an idea of three melons and two dates and then hide, relying on you men to come forward. I have to come too. You can eat your meal.
Those noble families who called Kong Yinzhi should all remember it clearly."
Lu Xiangsheng responded "Okay" and no longer insisted on staying.
The greatest respect for a brave person is trust.
…
The Jade Rabbit rises in the east.
Several large birds with slender tail feathers landed on the treetops, their silhouettes frozen for a moment, reflecting the bright moon in the sky, like a frame of meticulous painting with meaningful meaning.
Kong Shangyi led two young men, led by Huang Zude, who had obtained the master's permission, into the guest house and entered the east wing, which was decorated as a bookcase.
Zheng Haizhu bowed in vain: "Third Master, please take a seat. Zude, please pour me some tea."
After saying that, he continued to study the inkstone in his hand.
When Kong Shangyi sat down, his brows tightened. It was not that he was still in the mood to care about the person named Zheng's tone of voice that was not respectful and polite, but he stared at Zheng Haizhu's strange and scary right hand.
Zheng Haizhu caught Kong Shangyi's gaze, took the initiative to raise his right hand and shook it, then gently tapped the inkstone, making a crisp and sweet "ding, ding" sound.
"Third Master, I don't think it's strange. These are steel wire gloves given to me by my hometown fellow in southern Fujian. I thought that after offering sacrifices to Mount Tai, the eldest son of the emperor would go to Dengzhou to inspect the coastal defense, and I would use the steel wire gloves to open some oysters for him to try.
I'm going to wear it for now and take advantage of it. It's also good to use it to taste good inkstones."
Kong Shangyi thought to himself that this woman was indeed more like eunuchs like Wang Zhen and Liu Jin. She was very good at using novel gadgets to please the young prince.
Kong Shangyi turned around and looked at the court: "Mrs. Zheng's incense table to pay homage to her ancestors has not been set up yet?"
Zheng Haizhu put down the inkstone: "After I come back, I guess the third master will come to visit tonight, so I'd better listen to the third master first and say that business matters are important. My brother's spirit in heaven will not blame me."
Kong Shangyi said: "We have been talking about official matters for two days. We have discussed enough. Let's talk about private matters."
"Oh..." Zheng Haizhu raised his eyes, looked from Huang Zude to Kong Shangyi's two young men, and said with a calm expression, "Since it is a private matter, we must talk about it with sincerity. Is it inappropriate for the servants to listen?"
Kong Shangyi felt happy, and then felt even more contempt.
Let’s just say that this woman is just like the many mining tax eunuchs and military eunuchs in the previous dynasty. She pretended to be powerful but in the end she was still “asking for bribes”.