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It was early October, and eleven full days had passed since "Concubine Shi's funeral".
In these ten days, the situation between the DPRK and China has undergone earth-shaking changes.
First of all, after King Xiang Hongjing was granted the title of Yangzhai, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli also left Daliang. This made King Yong Hongyu's reputation in Daliang City once again increase, reaching an unshakable level.
Of course, although it cannot be shaken on the whole, there are also some uneasy feelings within the Yongwang Party. The reason is that Yongwang Hongyu is still hiding in Yongwang Mansion and has not shown up. He neither attended the funeral of Concubine Shi Gui nor
He had never gone to Chui Gong Hall to handle government affairs, which made a large number of people in the Yong Wang Party panic, not knowing what was going on.
What made them even more uneasy was that when they went to King Yong's Mansion hoping to find out what was going on, they were blocked by King Yong's guards and looked at the wooden block that said "No Guests" hanging in front of the door.
, the nobles and family members of the Yongwang Party felt a little uneasy no matter how they looked at them.
On the other hand, before the eldest prince Zhao Hongli left Daliang, he handed over all the power and connections he had managed over the years to King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, which caused King Huan Zhao Hongxuan's power to increase significantly in the recent period.
For example, the wife of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli is the "Jiyang Li family".
It has to be said that after receiving the legacy of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan became the prince with considerable power both in the military and in the temple after King Hongxin of Qing.
Even with the help of Luo Yao, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan accepted part of the power of the official department and had a certain say in the official department.
It is a pity that the left minister Kan Mi, who once firmly stood by the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, maintains a wait-and-see attitude in the current situation, and the right minister Zheng Tu, a man from a married family of the Wang family in Zhengcheng, has not made a statement for the time being.
, declined Luo Yao's attempts several times.
It's no wonder, after all, Zheng Tu's wife is the daughter of the Wang family of Zhengcheng. Although the Wang family of Zhengcheng strongly supported the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, now, the shocking news suddenly broke out that "King Yong Hongyu is the biological son of Queen Wang."
There is no guarantee that Zheng and the Wang family will hesitate.
Now that the eldest prince Zhao Hongli has left Daliang, it is not impossible to switch to King Huan Zhao Hongxuan, but in the final analysis, switching to King Huan Zhao Hongxuan is just self-preservation at most. If you can ride on the high branch of King Yong's reputation, that is the shortcut to success.
Perhaps it was with this in mind that the eldest prince Zhao Hongli specifically warned Zhao Hongxuan before leaving Daliang, bluntly stating that the Wang family in Zhengcheng could no longer be trusted—at least not as trustworthy as before.
On the ninth day of October, in the study room of Prince Huan's Mansion, Prince Huan Zhao Hongxuan, Luo Yao, and Zhou Min mentioned the matter again.
Of course, the topic of conversation was not "Whether the Wang family of Zhengcheng would switch to Yong Wang Hongyu". What they discussed was the eldest prince Zhao Hongli's family fortune in Shangdang, mainly in the two categories of rice, grain and wine.
Before leaving Daliang, the eldest prince Zhao Hongli also left these family assets to Zhao Hongxuan for him to support the First Army of the North.
The problem is that Zhao Hongli's family assets were once taken care of by the Wang family in Zhengcheng, but now that something like that happened, Zhao Hongxuan must take over these things from the Wang family in Zhengcheng just in case.
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To this end, Zhao Hongxuan, Luo Yao, and Zhou Min selected two candidates after discussion.
One is "Chen Xu", the current head of the "Huangyi Shen Family". This person is the elder brother of Concubine Shen Shu and the uncle of Zhao Hongrun and Zhao Hongxuan brothers. Naturally, he is a completely trustworthy person; and the other one is the eldest son. "Li Lin", the eldest son of the "Jiyang Li Family" from the wife's family of the prince Zhao Hongli, is also destined to be unlikely to defect to Yongwang Hongyu.
I remember that before Zhao Hongli left Daliang, he wrote a letter and sent it to the Li family in Jiyang. Two days later, Li Lin visited Prince Huan's Mansion on behalf of the Li family in Jiyang.
At present, both Shen Xu and Li Lin have gone to Shangdang County. On the one hand, they are integrating the former Donggong forces in Shangdang County and re-incorporating these nobles and aristocratic families who were at a loss because the eldest prince Zhao Hongli left Daliang into the Huanwang Party. On the other hand, the family property that should have belonged to Zhao Hongli, but which the latter had transferred to Zhao Hongxuan, was gradually taken back from the hands of the Wang family in Zhengcheng.
After discussing their attitude towards the Wang family in Zhengcheng, Zhao Hongxuan, Luo Yao and Zhou Min took stock of the property currently owned by Zhao Hongxuan.
Zhao Hongxuan naturally didn't have much savings. After all, he couldn't even feed a Beiyi Army, so where would he have any savings?
But the eldest prince Zhao Hongli had. According to Luo Yao, Zhao Hongli had originally prepared a sum of about 100,000 gold to purchase a shop in Bolangsha River Port in the future.
It can be seen that Zhao Hongli still had hope of making a comeback at that time, but he did not expect that such a thing would happen. The elder brother was so disheartened that he simply left everything he had to Zhao Hongxuan.
Including the eldest prince's mansion.
"If we sell that mansion, we should be able to raise about two to three hundred thousand gold..." Luo Yao said in a slightly emotional tone from the side: "After all, it is also a prince's palace. The family members who want to come to Daliang should be very interested in this." Just be interested."
Hearing this, a hint of hesitation flashed in Zhao Hongxuan's eyes.
Although Zhao Hongli gave the mansion to Zhao Hongxuan before leaving Daliang, and it seemed unlikely that he would return to Daliang in the future, Zhao Hongxuan still did not want to sell the mansion.
But as Luo Yao and Zhou Min said, instead of keeping that redundant mansion and spending money on repairs and maintenance every year, it is better to sell it to the noble families in the city, even to the clan, and use the proceeds from the sale. Investing in the shops in Bolangsha River Port is a very profitable business after all.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Hongxuan nodded and said: "Luo Yao, you will be solely responsible for this matter."
"I?"
Luo Yao was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but look at each other with Zhou Min. Both of them felt a little surprised.
But in a flash of thought, Luo Yao and Zhou Min understood what their Highnesses meant.
After bidding farewell to His Highness and leaving the study, Zhou Min said with emotion as he passed the corner of the corridor in the mansion: "In this case, we may spend a lot more money..."
Luo Yao nodded after hearing this.
Regarding the shops in Bolangsha River Port, Luo Yao originally thought that His Highness would come forward in person. After all, although the Ministry of Household Affairs claimed that the rental and sale of the shops in Bolangsha River Port was in charge, the person in charge of this matter was actually His Highness's brother. , Prince Su Zhao Hongrun—it’s just that of this huge income, Prince Su’s Mansion only gets 20%, and the remaining 80% goes to the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Therefore, the most cost-effective way is for King Huan Zhao Hongxuan to come forward and negotiate with his brother in person. With the two brothers' relatives, can His Highness King Su still make money from his brother?
Maybe, if Zhao Hongxuan only needs to say a few nice words, His Highness King Su will directly give some good stores to his brother.
However, Zhao Hongxuan asked Luo Yao to come forward.
Thinking of this, Luo Yao said with emotion: "This shows that His Highness has truly grown up and understands that he shoulders responsibilities..."
Zhou Min sighed after hearing this: "I don't know how His Highness Prince Su will feel when he finds out."
"It's probably about 70% happy and 30% lonely." Luo Yao joked with a smile.
On the same day, Luo Yao came to Bolangsha River Port, and found Jie Zidi, who was like a bookkeeper, in a shop with a plaque hanging "Bolangsha Shop Rental and Purchase Office", and mentioned the purchase of a shop to the latter.
Hearing Luo Yao's request, Jie Ziyu was stunned. However, he was extremely intelligent and immediately grasped the intention of King Huan Zhao Hongxuan to send Luo Yao to negotiate. He did not show any favoritism. According to Zhao Hongrun's original plan of "one hundred thousand
The market price of "gold" made Luo Yao choose several shops.
But that night, Jie Ziyu reported the matter to his highness.
As Luo Yao guessed, Zhao Hongrun was indeed a little emotional after learning about this incident: on the one hand, he was pleased that his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan was growing up and gradually becoming more responsible; but on the other hand, when his younger brother gradually became more responsible,
This means that he and his brother are no longer as close as before.
On the other hand, Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao was quite surprised when he heard about this incident: "His Royal Highness Xuan wants to support a Northern First Army, where can he get so much spare money?"
When he learned that it was left behind by the eldest prince Zhao Hongli, Wei Jiao was secretly speechless.
In fact, not only Wei Jiao was surprised, Zhao Hongrun was also quite shocked when he heard about this a few days ago.
He once thought that Zhao Hongli was close to his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan just to draw the latter into his camp, but it turned out that there was indeed a friendship between Zhao Hongli and Zhao Hongxuan that even Zhao Hongrun was unknown to, so that after leaving Daliang, Zhao Hongli
, leaving everything to Zhao Hongxuan.
Maybe it's because Zhao Hongxuan was the only brother who ever fully supported him.
It has to be said that this incident greatly changed Zhao Hongrun's impression of the eldest prince Zhao Hongli. Of course, it makes no difference whether he changes it or not. After all, after Zhao Hongli left Daliang in despair, he would probably not come back again.
Having said that, when thinking of Zhao Hongli, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but think of another brother, Yong Wang Hongyu who was also deeply affected by the "death of Concubine Shi".
"Father, you can really keep your composure. It's been almost twenty days and I haven't seen him interfere..."
Zhao Hongrun thought secretly.
At the same time, in the Manna Palace in the palace, the eunuch Tong Xian was actually mentioning this matter to Emperor Wei: "...in recent days, King Yong has been drinking and tired every day in his palace. Isn't this a solution after all?"
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After hearing this, Emperor Wei, who was waving his hair in front of the desk, said calmly: "Prince Yong is also one of my choices... If he is depressed because of this matter, it means that this son can only reach this level after all.
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After saying that, he threw away the brush in his hand and looked at the four words "Yongwang Hongyu" on the paper.