Jinyi champion

Chapter 386 Arch Fire
Just entered June.

In the land of Huguang and Jiangbei, the sun was scorching hot, and the heat was pressing. At this time, Zhu Niang was already preparing for Zhu Hao to go to the provincial capital to participate in the rural examination. The big and small boxes were enough to fill three carriages, and she planned to let Yu Sanhe Uncle Zhong accompanied Zhu Hao to Wuchang Mansion to take the exam, and arranged everything they could.

Shopkeeper Ma was originally only in charge of business matters, but at this time Zhu Niang temporarily dispatched him to manage the relationship along the way.

The underworld, the white way, the government, the green forest... made the horse shopkeeper very distressed, and it was inexplicable.

However, shopkeeper Ma understands Zhu Niang's earnest expectation for her son's success in the examination, and also hopes that Zhu Hao can go to high school in one fell swoop, so that doing business with Zhu Hao, a young master, will give him more protection.

Although Zhu Niang's conditions often made shopkeeper Ma's brain circuit unable to keep up, he still agreed to all of them and tried his best to help arrange them.

Su Xigui has now shifted the focus of his business out of Huguang and Jiangxi, mainly running in Zhejiang, north and south Zhili and northwest.

Today, the business of Huguang Ground is basically taken over by the newly emerging officials and businessmen.

One emperor and one courtier, although Huang Zan belonged to Gao Sheng, he would not let his tea get cold as soon as he left, but he could not leave the position of chief envoy and still occupy the latrine in Huguang.

Even so, the influence of Huang Zan and Su Xigui in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places should not be underestimated. New officials and businessmen still need to rely on Su Xigui's business channels to ensure the supply of various in-demand materials.

It can only be said that Su Xigui is too shrewd in business, and the stalls are large and stable. If ordinary officials want to cultivate an official businessman, it is considered good if they can earn some hard money. If they can do business nationwide like Su Xigui, then it is really worthy Level.

In this way, through the shopkeepers Su Xigui stayed in Huguang, Shopkeeper Ma arranged for Zhu Hao to have a rest along the way to Wuchang Mansion...

Not to mention Wuchang Mansion. After all, it used to be Su Xigui's lair, and he left a lot of properties in Wuchang. In this way, when Zhu Hao arrived in Wuchang Mansion, he didn't need to stay in the inn. Heaps, even the cooks in the kitchen are at the level of restaurant chefs...

According to Shopkeeper Ma's intention, when Zhu Hao arrived in Wuchang Mansion, it was like arriving at his own home.

"In addition, Su Dongzhu said that after the provincial examination, he will visit Wuchang Mansion... Xiaodong, you also know that Su Dongzhu doesn't come back to Huguang very often, and Anlu doesn't come often, at most in Wuchang Mansion. Stay for a while..."

Shopkeeper Ma works diligently, and most of the time he learns from Su Xigui, his former boss.

Zhu Hao can only say that Su Xigui not only knows how to do business, but also pays attention to the display of his personal ability when training his shopkeepers. He will not formulate some rules and regulations so that he must complete within this framework. This is a good way to maintain the reputation of his shopkeepers autonomy.

Those who are trained are all good at doing business!
Zhu Hao sometimes felt ashamed that he and his subordinates might not have the same grievances as Su Xigui, who could make jokes at will, and sometimes they had to care about each other's face and dignity, and couldn't let go.

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At this time, there was a haze in Xingwang's mansion.

Zhu Youzhan was bedridden, and the pain was tormenting him day by day. In such an era when there were no painkillers, the cancer was in the terminal stage, and the disease had penetrated into the bone marrow. The severe pain was unbearable, but the patient had no choice but to endure it.

Because of his father's illness, Zhu Si was always distracted during class. Occasionally Zhu Hao asked him to stand up and say something, but Zhu Si also looked absent-minded.

Jinghong doesn't like to ask about things in the palace recently, because he has passed the examination in the palace. According to the idea of ​​Jing's family, Jinghong will leave the palace and return to his hometown next year if he takes the entrance examination, no matter whether he passes the exam or not.

The Jing family may have discovered that investing in the Xingwang Mansion has not achieved any real returns in the past few years. Even if the purpose is to make their children have a good relationship with Xingwang Shizi, after five years, they have already cultivated love and so on. We should take our children back to their parents and relatives...

Any parent is reluctant to let their children study in a foreign country all the time.

It should be said that Jinghong has been very diligent in the past two or three years, and there are only a handful of times to go back to visit his relatives every year. After all, it takes about ten days to go back and forth, and he will stay at home for a few days... It will not take more than half a month to go there.

But Jinghong's mother occasionally visits her children in Anlu.

"Life and death depend on fate and wealth, so I want to open up."

This day Zhu Hao continued to teach Zhu Si how to play Go, and within a few moves, Zhu Si made many mistakes and omissions. Zhu Hao knew that he was not thinking about it, so he comforted him.

Zhu Si looked up: "Zhu Hao, when your father passed away, were you sad?"

Zhu Hao thought to himself, the father after time travel is just a symbol, I have never seen it before, when I had the right to control this body, my father had been dead for almost two years, and there was no emotional bond at all.

sad?

Maybe it was because of seeing Zhu Niang and Aunt Li cry every time they cried at the spirit seat, they felt a little touched in their hearts, but even Zhu Niang and Aunt Li were almost friends or partners to Zhu Hao. Being human in the world, without the fetters of family affection that blood is thicker than water.

"I was still young at the time, so I didn't know much about it. Now that I think about it...who would want their loved ones to leave their side forever? But people always have to look forward."

Zhu Hao wanted to comfort Zhu Si, but when he said it, he felt so weak.

Zhu Si randomly picked up a chess piece and put it on the board, but it was another bad move, but Zhu Hao no longer corrected it.

Zhu Sidao: "Mother said, if the father and king are gone, we orphans and widows will be bullied... There are no good people in this dynasty."

Even Princess Jiang began to instill a sense of crisis in her son, and Zhu Hao felt that his previous efforts were not in vain.

"Some things, I don't know if I should tell you clearly."

Zhu Hao said after putting down the chess pieces.

Zhu Si was absent-minded: "Let's talk. We are friends. You saved my life three times. Even my mother said that others will harm me, but you will not."

Zhu Hao thought to himself, does Princess Jiang really think so?
Could it be that Zhu Si's mouth is used to paralyze me?
But thinking about it again, a mother found out that someone had saved her son three times in a row. It was not a coincidence every time, and Zhu Hao stepped forward and took great risks to enter the palace to treat Zhu Si... Conspirator She will consider whether there is a hidden story behind it, but the mother-in-law takes this person as the noble person her son loves for granted.

"That's it, why do you think your father suddenly contracted an illness in the past two years, and his condition worsened day by day?" Zhu Hao asked an explosive question.

Zhu Si looked puzzled: "Isn't the father sick? You said just now that life and death are determined by fate and wealth."

Zhu Hao sighed: "There are some things I shouldn't have said to you, but you have to know that there has always been a grudge between the imperial court and Prince Xing's Mansion. I mentioned to you the source of the conflict between Prince Xing's Mansion and the current royal family before..."

Zhu Si's expression became serious, and he lowered his head and thought carefully before asking, "Could it be that...someone secretly poisoned you?"

"It's hard to say, in fact, King Xing is not very old, not to the point of senility, but if you want to talk about poisoning or murder...the palace is heavily guarded, there may be no way...I just put forward this idea, don't go too far Go with your heart."

At the end of Zhu Hao's speech, he persuaded Zhu Si to open up a bit.

But he diverted the conversation away just to cause a ripple in Zhu Si's heart, and the following words were purely for fueling the flames.

I want to plant a seed of suspicion and hatred in your kid's heart, so that you will have resentment towards the court, and after a series of clues appear later, it will make you maintain a kind of hatred... Only when you have this hatred, you and The enmity between the royal family and the court ministers will not be easily reconciled.

This is exactly why Zhu Hao told Tang Yin at the beginning that he wanted his son to have grudges against the imperial court, but this grudge could not be passed on to the Zhu family.

In other words, it doesn't matter if you hate the Zhu family or not, as long as you don't hate me.

Or to put it another way, Zhu Hao is a hothead.

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King Xing knew that the deadline was approaching, not to mention the end of the year, even the end of this month might not be able to last.

The palace has already begun preparations for the funeral.

Concubine Jiang is in charge of this matter, and Yuan Zonggao is the presider in name, but in fact all matters have to go through the hands of Zhang Zuo. After all, the budget and expenses need to be allocated from the treasury, and Zhang Zuo is in control of these.

Because Zhang Zuo has no confidence in handling matters, in order to convince others, he often asks Tang Yin for advice, which makes Tang Yin the busiest person in the palace during this time.

This day Tang Yin was busy for a long time again, and he rarely took time to meet Zhu Hao in the afternoon, and the two sat in the cafeteria of the west courtyard to eat.

That day, Jinghong returned to the dormitory after eating early, leaving Zhu Hao and Tang Yin sitting there.

Tang Yin sighed: "If it's not bad, it's just a few days..."

One sentence shows that Zhu Youzhao's current situation is not at the end of the month, nor in the middle of the month... Historically, Zhu Youzhang died on June [-]th, while Zhu Chenhao's rebellion began on June [-]th.

Of course, there is a certain time lag between when something happens and when the news is received.

Even if Zhu Chenhao's rebellion in Jiangxi spreads to Anlu, it will take around June [-] at the earliest. If something happens in the middle, it may take more than half a month.

It's not just Anlu, even the news transmission in the capital and other places is lagging behind.

For example, in history, the first battle between Wang Shouren and King Ning took place on July [-], but when Zhu Houzhao set off on August [-], he didn't know that the rebellion of King Ning had subsided.

"The letter I asked you to write to Wang Zhongcheng before, was it delivered?" Zhu Hao asked specifically.

In order for Wang Shouren to prepare for war in advance, Zhu Hao asked Tang Yin to write a letter to Wang Shouren in his name, warning King Ning that the rebellion would happen after the imperial court issued the decree to seize King Ning's protection, and the time would probably be in mid-June. response.

Tang Yin nodded: "It's not because of this matter, and I won't come to you either. You said that King Ning will start an incident in the near future, but there is no news yet, will it be... Well, since you said it, then It's basically true."

"Haha."

Zhu Hao couldn't help grinning happily.

Tang Yin learned to be smart.

In the past, Tang Yin always questioned what Zhu Hao said, but now he no longer struggles, knowing that you will be right, what's the point of me still begging for nothing?

Or listen to the destiny and do what you can, and say whatever you want me to say.

(End of this chapter)