Ming Zuo

Chapter 546
Xu Wenjue left in a frenzy and returned in a state of embarrassment, as if he had seen a ghost.

"Father, that shop..."

Xu Hongji was calm and breezy.

"Did you smash it?"

Xu Wenjue tried his best to force a smile.

"The child doesn't know that there is such an industry in the family."

Seeing his frivolous appearance, Xu Hongji frowns.

But no way.

This is the heir of the Xu family, and the teaching should still be taught.

"Since Jing Nan, our Duke Wei's mansion has been worse than before. Emperor Shizu moved his capital to the north, but left our family in Nanjing. What is this? This is a cold reception. Since then, our family has been in the Great Ming Dynasty. But it will lose face. But such a big family has to live on food and clothing. This is without power and influence, so what can we do?"

Of course, Duke Wei's mansion is not powerless, even in the territory of Nanzhili, it is still the first family.

Of course, compared with those nobles in the capital, and even compared with the Dingguo Mansion with the same ancestors and roots, it is really far behind.

Following Xu Hongji's train of thought, Xu Wenjue gradually got an idea.

"Then we can't lose the money, otherwise, we'll have to drink the northwest wind."

Xu Hongji breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who said no?"

He asked his son to sit down, and said earnestly and earnestly: "If you want to maintain wealth, the most important thing is to have a good talent. You have seen Zuo Menggeng, a mere young man who can win top prizes such as Liu Niantai, Hou Ruogu, Li Mengan, etc. Celebrities help each other. Even if these people were in the court back then, they were the mainstay. Therefore, Zuo Menggeng must have something special. Now that the situation is unclear and the outcome is unpredictable, if you make a rash bet, if you make a mistake, our Xu family will be punished. It's gone to ashes."

These words were really outrageous, but Xu Wenjue wasn't frightened at all.

In other words, the nobles of Ming Dynasty have already changed their nature.

I have long since lost the idea of ​​retiring with Daming and the country.

In their hearts, how to preserve their own glory and wealth is more important than anything else.

Once they held great power and enjoyed great fame, they were naturally loyal to Daming.

But later, civil servants and eunuchs all rode on their heads, making them relegated to the bottom of the ranks.

They naturally don't have the slightest sense of belonging to this dynasty.

Racking their brains for profit is their true nature.

"Take off your shoes."

Xu Wenjue didn't know why, but he did it anyway.After taking off the shoes, the exquisite white socks were revealed.

Xu Hongji pointed to the sock and said, "Look, even you are wearing socks made by Tianzhi."

Xu Wenjue was quite embarrassed.

"These socks are really unique, and my boy is really comfortable to wear. Not to mention my boy, who in Nanjing doesn't like this kind of socks?"

"This is the strength of that Zuo Menggeng!"

Xu Hongji was deeply moved.

"Thinking of my Xu family, I originally had thousands of hectares of fertile land. With careful management, I have enough food and clothing. But you have seen our life. It is getting worse day by day, and there is no other income. Just relying on that ancestral property, sooner or later Sitting and eating mountains and nothing. The first time I saw these socks, my father thought that Dingdang would be popular in the city. For this reason, my father sent Xu Jiao to Songjiang to make friends with Zuo Menggeng's father-in-law, and thus got the right to run Tianzhi branch in Nanjing city benefit."

Xu Wenjue was dumbfounded.

It never occurred to him that his pedantic father was so business-minded.

Speaking of this, Xu Hongji is full of self-satisfaction.

"Do you know how much the monthly profit is for just this one shop?"

Xu Wenjue only cares about eating, drinking and having fun, so he doesn't know these things.

"The monthly income is more than three thousand taels."

"so much!"

Xu Wenjue was really frightened, and at the same time his heart was beating wildly.

Earning so much money every month, doesn't that mean...his pockets can be a little more generous?

Xu Hongji said earnestly and earnestly: "Father knows that you and Zuo Menggeng were quite dirty at the beginning. But in life, what is a little conflict of spirits? If you really send Dongyuan to Zuo Menggeng, what can you do?" ? Whether you can keep the wealth of my Xu family in the future is all up to you."

At the beginning of the Nanjing debate, Xu Wenjue, the instigator, really lost face and lost the priceless Dongyuan.Therefore, he can be said to hate Zuo Menggeng to the bone.

But what kind of integrity does a person like him have?
Otherwise, they would not have knelt at the gate of Nanjing to welcome the Manchus into the city.

In front of three thousand taels of silver every month, Xu Wenjue could even confess Zuo Menggeng as his own father.

The only doubt is that...

"Father, then Zuo Menggeng is a traitor. If the court knows that our Xu family is involved with him, will it..."

Xu Hongji smiled.

"Today, hundreds of civil and military officials in Nanjing gathered together to discuss how to deal with Zuo Menggeng, but nothing came of it. What do you think?"

Xu Wenjue knew that his father wanted to show off, so he cooperated and said, "I don't know."

Xu Hongji enjoys the pleasure of educating his children and grandchildren.

"The prosperity of the world is all for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit. Do you think the Xu family is the only one in Nanjing who has money with Zuo Menggeng? Li Sunchen, the Minister of Rites, is superficially interested in Zuo Menggeng. Geng shouted and shouted to kill, but his son monopolized the management rights of Fuyao Glass, Seagull Watches, Tianzhi, and Artistic in Guangzhou. They kept selling new cotton cloth from Songjiang Mansion to Chizhou. This city of Nanjing, which seems to be Nanjing of the imperial court, has been infiltrated into a sieve by Zuo Menggeng long ago. Tell me, why can't our Xu family do this?"

Xu Wenjue's eyes were full of brilliance, and when he recalled that tough and domineering young man back then, he was completely convinced.

"I'm afraid that Zuo Menggeng won't be able to stop the imperial army."

Xu Hongji is Wei Guogong after all, so he has his own news channel.

"The outside world has not yet spread the word. In fact, long before Zuo Menggeng's soldiers came to the city of Cangzhou, he fought with the official army, or his father Zuo Liangyu, in Guangping Mansion. The official army was defeated and defeated. Now Search all over Gyeonggi, where is there any extra troops?"

Xu Hongji seemed to be holding a wisdom pearl.

"Just wait and see, it's interesting later on."

Cangzhou.

Three envoys from the imperial court arrived.

But when they were about to enter the city, they changed from three to five.

Gao Qiqian and Lu Xiangsheng joined the team of envoys.

Obviously Chongzhen reacted.

The team composed entirely of civil servants made him not very relieved.So Gao Qiqian was sent to join in, so that he could be notified in time of any situation.

As for Lu Xiangsheng.

Because he played very well against the Northwest Bandits in Gyeonggi, he came into Chongzhen's field of vision.

Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng is also Zuo Liangyu's immediate boss, and he has an old relationship with Zuo Menggeng, so maybe it can have a different effect.

"The emperor has sent Chao Yingzhao, the chief soldier of Tianjin, to lead his troops here. Even if the negotiation fails, with the support of the general soldier Chao, Cangzhou will be as solid as gold."

The three of Zhang Fengyi had nothing to say, so they could only enter the city first.

During this period of time, Wang Timeng almost lived like a year, several times he even packed his bags and planned to run away.

Even if he is held accountable by the court afterwards, it is better than dying immediately.

Looking forward day and night, finally the envoy from the imperial court came.

Knowing that the imperial court actually wanted to make peace with the rebels, although Wang Timeng found it ridiculous, he was relieved.

He is just a small magistrate, no matter what the outcome of such a big matter, obviously the responsibility does not fall on his head.

(End of this chapter)