1825 My New Daming

Chapter 55 Everyone is not easy to mess with! (Seek collection, monthly pass, recommendation, follow-up)

"Natalie, the Rakshasa Grand Duchess, seems to have no relationship with my emperor, but the emperor is not young, and his marriage can't be delayed any longer, so the Aijia took power a few days ago, and asked King Cheng to be a matchmaker, King Zheng of Siam has proposed a marriage, you won't blame Aijia for breaking the rules, will you?"

The person who said these words in the main hall of Xishan Palace was Zhuge Weidao's "good sister" Zheng Yuhuan, Queen Mother Zheng.The ones who listened to her were the heads of the eight great families, namely Zheng Guozhong, King of Cheng, Zhuge Weijiu, King of Wu, Li Tieshan, King of Kui, Li Baozhong, King of Jin, Liu Deming, King of Shu, Mu Jiannan, King of Guizhou, Wang Zhenwu, King of Zhennan, and Zhang Yongbin, King of Zhendong. .All of them are the most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty. Apart from the standard title of prince, they all have official positions such as prime minister and minister.

Among them, Zheng Guozhong and Zhuge Weijiu are the left and right prime ministers, Li Tieshan, a descendant of Li Laiheng, is the minister of the Ministry of Army, Li Baoyi, a descendant of Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, is the minister of the Ministry of officials, Liu Deming, the king of Shu, is the minister of the Ministry of rites, Mu Jiannan, the king of Guizhou, is the minister of the Ministry of household, Zhennan Wang Wang Zhenwu is the Secretary of the Ministry of Communications, and Zhendong Wang Zhang Yongbin is the Secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications. All of them hold heavy fists, and they are not in power alone, but a family.

Moreover, the power of these big aristocratic families is not limited to the court and officialdom, but is also extremely influential at the grassroots level.Otherwise, it would be impossible for their eight great families to overshadow the royal family for more than 100 years, and they are still difficult to shake.

These eight great families have their own strengths in their foundations. Among them, the Zhuge family, the Zheng family, the Zhennan Wang family, and the Zhendong Wang family mainly have influence in the business world. Of course, they also control some peasant mutual aid associations in Jiangnan and South China—this The Farmers Mutual Aid Association knew at a glance that it was also written by King Wuzhong!
While King Wuzhong was dividing and restricting fields, he certainly did not forget to help and organize farmers.

This is exactly what farmers' mutual aid associations, farmers' mutual aid conferences, and farmers' mutual aid associations do.In the beginning, the Farmers' Mutual Aid Association was a huge organization jointly controlled by the eight aristocratic families. In addition to helping farmers, it was also responsible for grassroots governance, promotion of compulsory education and conscription.The backbone of them are all veterans who followed the generals of the eight great families.

But this organization began to split after the death of King Zhuge Wuzhong, and was controlled by each of the eight great families.However, Zhuge, Zheng, Wang, and Zhang, the four aristocratic families based in the affluent southeast and investing heavily in business, controlled relatively few farmers' mutual aid associations.And two Li, one Liu and one Mu's family invested less in industry and commerce, but invested more in farmers' mutual aid associations.

Therefore, the farmers' mutual aid conferences in most provinces and the industries that rely on the mutual aid conferences (granting small low-interest loans, selling agricultural products, promoting improved varieties of fertilizers and pesticides, etc.) are all controlled by these four families. What a mess!
But Zheng Yuhuan wanted to seize the opportunity of Zhuge Weidao and Natalie getting together, and slightly provoke the Eight Great Aristocratic Families.

Of course, she herself was born as the eldest lady of the Zheng family, the top of the eight great families, so she knows the strength, rules and bottom line of the eight great families.

So she chose to expand her authority with two focus points, one is to cover up Zhuge as the way. The Zhuge family will not object to this matter, and the Zheng family will not object either.Firstly, Zheng Yuhuan had already discussed with Zheng Guozhong to accept Zhuge Weidao as a "dog", and secondly, Zhuge Weidao stole Natalie away so that the Zheng family could arrange for their own people to take over.

Zhuge's family and Zheng's family acquiesced in Zheng Yuhuan's protection of Zhuge's way, and the other six families would not be villains.

After all, among the eight great families, the Zhuge family and the Zheng family are the real double leaders!
Empress Dowager Zheng's second focus was to directly conspire with Zheng Guozhong of the Zheng family to arrange for the princess of Siam to marry the young emperor Zhu Xijin without consulting the seven families of the eight great families in advance.

After finishing talking about this matter, the Empress Dowager Zheng turned her beautiful eyes around, looking at the several families in the hall, and finally fell on Zhuge Weijiu, and the bosses of the other seven families also looked at this capable man. Pinch the old man who knows how to count.

The old man is already pinching his fingers and forgetting - this empress dowager is not very safe!But she is Zhuge Weidao's woman, and she couldn't be more intimate with Zhuge Weidao.If Zhuge Weidao is an ordinary Zhuge, then the old man can stop this marriage, but Zhuge Weidao is a military advisor!Moreover, he is also the youngest and most talented military advisor in the military division of the Zhuge family!

Therefore, Queen Mother Zheng should be controlled by Zhuge Weidao. This should not be a problem, because Zhuge Weidao (original version) has always been very good at coaxing women, and Queen Mother Zheng is a woman who has been "taken down" by him long ago.

At this point, the old man laughed: "Okay, this is a good marriage, you can't go wrong!"

Not wrong?
The heads of several big aristocratic families frowned, you didn't even ask about your birthday, and you didn't even know the name of the Siamese princess, so that's fine?How do you calculate?Did you, old man, make some deal with Queen Mother Zheng?
Everyone has question marks in their hearts, but no one is willing to stand out and sing against the Zhuge family and the Zheng family
At this time, Zhuge Weidao had already dressed up in red and colorful clothes. After dressing up, he sat with his legs crossed under the eaves of the main building of his villa, watching Yu De, He Tianran, Wang Wen, Guo Xiaobao and Ali inside and out. busy outside.Under the command of these few people, the team for picking up the bride has been assembled, and just waiting for the auspicious time, Zhuge Weidao can lead the team to meet Natalie.

And this auspicious time is calculated by Nalandili, who is dressed as a Taoist nun.It seems quite difficult to calculate, I saw this beautiful Taoist nun pinching her fingers while looking at Zhuge Weidao with a pair of watery bright eyes, her cheeks were so blushing that her face turned red even counting the time, this is no one else!
Zhuge Weidao was also looking at Nalandili at this time, and I have to say, this girl is really pretty!
Natalie's facial features can also be considered beautiful, but compared with hers, they look rough.Of course, Natalie's body is definitely hotter, this is a female fur bear who hasn't gotten fat yet!
But Nalandili doesn't seem to be bad in this figure, she is a mixed-race orchid, and she is a double-cultivation boutique produced by "eugenics" from generation to generation!It's no wonder that Natalie fell in love with her. I don't know whether to deal with Natalie first at the wedding night in the bridal chamber tonight?Or take Nalandiri first?
The challenge seems a bit big!

Just when Zhuge Weidao was a little worried about his physical fitness, he saw his elder brother Zhuge Weixue running in quickly: "Second brother, Shanghai Navy Division brought Dahei Qiping to pay homage to him!"

Shanghai Navy Division is Zhuge Yangming's nickname. Zhuge Weidao went back to the Military Division Examination. He was busy with business in Shanghai, so he didn't come to participate.But this time Zhuge Weidao is getting married, no matter how busy he is, he still has to come - Zhuge Weidao is now attending the military division meeting, and he is already the eighteenth member of the Zhuge family, how could he not come?
But Dahei Flush is
"Who is Dahei Qiping?" Zhuge Weidao asked.

"It's Dahei Changshi of this generation," Zhuge Weixue replied, "The heads of the Dahei family have been named after Changshi for generations, and Qi Ping is the real name of this generation of Dahei Changshi."

In fact, this "Qi Ping" is not his real name, and the word "Qi" in it is worshiped from the shogun Tokugawa Ie Qi.

"What? It's him?" Zhuge Weidao was startled and jumped up from the chair.He reached out and took the greeting card from his brother.The greeting post is bright red, with only four big characters on it, big and black!
"Where are they?" Zhuge Weidao asked again.

"We've arrived at the side hall." Zhuge Weixue said with a smile, "I'm bringing a little girl with me!"

"That's it." Zhuge Weidao frowned, it was his ex-girlfriend and his father who came to find fault with him!
Zhuge Weixue saw the deep frown of his brother, and sighed again in his heart: "This brother of mine is good-looking, well-born, and talented. Although he likes to flirt, he will never get used to those flowers and plants, even if it is Zheng Zheng. He also takes hard food from the queen mother. Why is it a little bit now?"

Just thinking of this, Zhuge Weidao had already gritted his teeth and said, "Forget it, I'll go see them right away!"

(End of this chapter)