Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 176 0171 [The respective calculations of the father and son]

Zhu Ming inquired about the situation carefully, and when he learned that the prefect of Kaifeng was messing around, he felt a little dissatisfied with Sheng Zhang.

He didn't know what the other party's route was, so he could only comfort him for a while, and asked Li's family to go to the inn first.

The next day, Zhu Ming visited Kang Guogong's mansion and presented black tea, stove and briquettes as gifts.

Duke Kang and his son-in-law Captain Qian Jingzhen went to Xiangguo Temple to burn incense with his wife, and the young prince Qian Chen was in charge of receiving Zhu Ming.

After talking about the Li family, Zhu Ming asked, "This Li Jihui (the concubine son of Li Wei) has no other relatives to support him? He was bullied by the governor of Kaifeng."

Qian Chen smiled and said, "He has relatives. Li Jihui's second brother happens to be my third brother-in-law."

Ju Ming: "..."

Qian Chen introduced: "Li Zhang, the eldest brother of the son-in-law Li Wei, commanded envoys from the official to the front of the palace, and presented him as a present to the Taiwei. Li Zhang liked to collect books during his lifetime, and all his money was used to buy books. After his death, he had no money for funerals, so he borrowed money from the imperial court. Three thousand guan."

"Second brother, Li Xun, went to Xiangzhou as an official to know the state, and the whole family moved to Xiangzhou to settle down."

"The third brother, the fourth brother, the fifth brother, the seventh brother, and the eighth brother are all guards of the inner palace. The descendants of these people are now only officers of the Imperial Army."

"Li Wei and the princess had no children. They adopted an heir from their eldest brother Li Zhang and renamed them Li Sihui. Li Sihui also had no children. He died young and became the governor of Rongzhou. Another adopted son, who was renamed Li Chenghui, was my third son. Brother-in-law. My third brother-in-law also died young, leaving only one daughter, who married a branch of the royal family."

"The Li Jihui who came to you to complain is the concubine's son-in-law. He was granted the status of heir by Emperor Zhezong and inherited the residence of the princess and the concubine. He once worked in the Neishi mansion and was a fourth-rank military officer."

Ju Ming sorted out the information carefully and roughly understood what was going on.

Li Jihui, an old man who came to cry, his uncle's family has declined, and he can't even afford the funeral expenses after his death. The descendants can only live by selling a large collection of books.

The second uncle's family moved to Xiangzhou, and they might have broken up with each other a long time ago.

The remaining uncles and uncles are just ordinary palace guards, and their descendants can only serve as officers of the imperial army. It is really miserable enough.

As for Li Jihui himself, he once led the government as an official.However, the Neishi mansion is an official position in the Eastern Palace, and Song Huizong established the crown prince not long ago, which shows that he was an official in the Eastern Palace a long time ago, and has nothing to do with Song Huizong.

Once the emperor and the courtiers, the emperor has changed several times, how can there be any favor left?

Zhu Ming asked: "How is Li Jihui's conduct?"

Qian Chen said: "It's quite embarrassing. I occupy a huge mansion. I would rather leave most of the mansion vacant than take in my dilapidated cousin. This man is not very capable. He makes a living by selling his father's calligraphy, paintings and collection of books."

Qian Chen's words were more or less personal.

Li Jihui's status as heir was obtained after the death of Qian Chen's third brother-in-law, and at that time he had a very unpleasant dispute with his third sister-fighting for the house worth hundreds of thousands!

Qian Chen said with a smile: "Since the government has given you a house, you can accept it if you succeed. No one will speak for Li Jihui. If his relatives hear the news, they will probably just gloat."

"Understood," Zhu Ming said, cupping his hands, "Thank you, my lord, for clarifying my confusion."

The two chatted for a while, stopped talking about this matter, and turned to poetry and articles.

It was almost noon, and the son-in-law and the princess paid homage to the Buddha and went home.

"Junior Zhu Ming, pay homage to Duke Kang and Concubine Lingde!" Zhu Ming bowed upright.

Qian Jingzhen smiled and said, "Success, please sit down."

At first, De Diji looked down on Ju Ming's background, but seeing him young and handsome, she immediately fell in love with him: "Has success been married?"

Zhu Ming said, "Never."

Ling Dediji said: "I still have a daughter under my knee, who is not yet of age, so we can make a marriage contract first."

Zhu Ming politely declined: "The younger generation dare not make decisions about marriage, so you must ask your father first."

Qian Jingzhen blinked madly at his wife. He only had a concubine daughter who was not married yet, and he might offend others by proposing marriage indiscriminately.

Zhu Ming immediately changed the subject, took out black tea and said, "Your junior has been in Tokyo for a long time, so he should have paid a visit at home. But he was too shy to come up with any presents. It just so happened that my father brought tea this time."

Qian Jingzhen said with a smile: "Yangzhou is rich in good tea, so it must be a good tea."

Zhu Ming said: "This tea was made by my father, and it is different from ordinary tea. Can you let the servants boil the water, and the younger generation will demonstrate it."

Ling Dediji, who had nothing to do all day long, liked such strange things, and immediately asked the servants to bring the stove and charcoal.

A few teacups were placed on the table, and when the water boiled, Ju Ming began to make tea.

"Loose tea?" De Diji was a little disappointed.

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "It's different from loose tea, is there icing sugar in Guogong?"

"The government rewarded some." Qian Jingzhen asked someone to bring sugar.

Ju Ming said while adding sugar: "You can drink it with or without sugar. If you add sugar, you can also add some boiled goat's milk."

When the tea leaves were brewed, Qian Jingzhen tasted them and said, "The soup is bright red and clear to the bottom, but I have never seen this before."

The water temperature was slightly cooler, Qian Jingzhen picked it up and took a sip without sugar: "The taste is soft and delicate, sweet and mellow, without any astringency. The fragrance is fresh and not dull. This... must be the best tea, but It is also very different from Tuancha."

Ling De Diji drank the sugared version, and said with a beaming smile, "Good tea!"

Qian Chen also took a sip and couldn't help but ask, "Where can I buy this tea?"

Zhu Ming said: "This tea is not yet on the market. My father brought some to Beijing and intends to donate it to the officials. The servants and imperial soldiers who returned to Beijing all the way have ten catties in their hands and can be bought from them. In addition, there is a tea in Yangzhou. Growing green tea was also developed by my father."

Qian Jingzhen praised: "My father must be a master of tea, no wonder the officials are so kind."

Zhu Ming also said: "After the black tea is presented to the officials, the production will increase greatly."

Dean Zhu has a cautious personality, he takes one step and sees three steps, and black tea is the key.

If Song Huizong liked this thing, he would definitely order the establishment of an imperial tea garden in Yangzhou, and Zhu Guoxiang could take the opportunity to go back to preside over the tea affairs, and leave Tokyo to be chic and happy.

Black tea has become a tribute tea, which will definitely harass the local area.

But if it is handed over to Zhu Guoxiang to host, the degree of harassment can be controlled, and everyone can even make money together, and it can also take the opportunity to expand the power of the Zhu family.

When the time is right, Zhu Guoxiang asked to resign, why didn't the latecomers exploit him wildly?

Comparing the two, Dean Zhu is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness.

At that time, the father and son of the Zhu family climbed up and shouted, and they must have been followed by thousands of people.Even the landlords in Yangzhou may rebel, and the first target of attack is the Cao Si Xingya (tribute tea management agency).

Zhu Guoxiang wrote these plans in pinyin in the letter.

Zhu Ming went back on horseback, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he saw that guy Li Jihui.

The little old man was pitiful, bowing his knees to say hello.

But Zhu Ming couldn't feel any sympathy for him, because he learned a lot of inside information from Qian Chen.

Li Jihui first competed with his brother's widow for real estate, and the lawsuit went all the way to Song Zhezong.He didn't have many children and grandchildren, including wives and concubines, there were only a dozen of them, how could a house of hundreds of thousands be full?But his cousin, who was in a poor family, asked to live in his house, but he refused to help him with any money, and even asked his servants to drive the cousin out.

Of course, occupying other people's houses is really detrimental to reputation, and Ju Ming will definitely not do it.

"Old man, I have found out clearly," Zhu Ming dismounted and said, "Your house was indeed given to my father by the government. How can a gentleman stand in the world, how can he dominate someone's house? I will enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint and ask The officials take back their orders!"

Li Jihui was taken aback: "Don't...don't disturb the officials, I am willing to give up the house, just ask for some money to buy the house. When the first emperor gave the house, it cost 30 guan to build, and you only charged [-] guan to sell it to you. "

Paying [-] yuan to buy a house?

What nonsense.

Zhu Ming said: "My family is poor, not to mention one hundred thousand guan, even ten thousand guan. You don't have to worry. When I enter the palace to face the saint, I will definitely ask the officials to take back my life."

"Eighty thousand guan!" Li Jihui began to lower the price.

He absolutely did not dare to take that house again, because the emperor had already decreed that with Song Huizong's character of desperately trying to save face, he would definitely not be able to afford it by then.

Even if the emperor didn't say anything, Sheng Zhang, who was in charge of handling the matter, would put his family in a dilemma.

Li Jihui didn't dare to offend the emperor, nor did he dare to offend Shengzhang, but he dared to come to Zhu Ming and cry.Because Ju Ming's reputation is very good, he is polite, clean as water, not greedy or taking possession.

To put it bluntly, bully the weak and fear the strong!

"Don't ask for money, old man," Zhu Ming pulled Li Jihui away, "Let's go to the palace now, and I will definitely help old man get back the house!"

Li Jihui was so scared that he died: "No, there's no need... Just give me [-] guan."

Ju Ming sighed, "I really have no money. If I had money, would I still be able to rent a house with my friends?"

Li Jihui said: "The government will definitely reward your father. If you can't come up with [-] guan now, you can just wait two years and write a deed to buy a house on credit."

Ju Ming pretended to think for a moment: "How about this, since the government gave the house, my father and son can't resist the decree. But it is the old man's house, and there is no reason to seize it. It cost 30 yuan to build the house. It must be a spacious house. There are more than enough for the next two families. So I divided the house into two, my father and son live in one side, and the old man lives in the other. As for the house deed, rewrite one and give it to the old man privately. My father and son are living in the old man's house. "

Can I still get the deed back?

Li Jihui was trembling with excitement, but at the same time he felt scared. After this news got out, would it offend the officials?
Zhu Ming said: "Giving it in private, the government has nothing to do with it."

Li Jihui still couldn't hold back the temptation, and said gratefully: "This old man has lived half his life, and today I know that there are truly benevolent people in the world!"

Zhu Ming made such a move, purely to raise expectations.

What did he come to Tokyo for?
Can you make money selling briquettes?Or is it to pick up a mansion worth hundreds of thousands for nothing?
neither!
One is to accumulate contacts, the other is to accumulate popularity, and the third is to obtain official resources.

He is not interested in that mansion. People who dream of rebellion can give up any city or place. What are a few shabby houses?

But you have to move in and live in a sojourn.

If you spread it secretly and deliberately, it will be a good talk in the world, and it will be written into the history books!
This kind of prestige seems useless, but it can attract a lot of talents when you raise troops in the future.Even if it is a hostile force, they will admire his father and son, and they can make a lot of show operations.

No matter how bad it is, they will sympathize with them, thinking that the father and son were forced to turn against each other.

(End of this chapter)