Ming politicians

Dealing with Su Jun is nothing, after all, he is a servant, and a person like Su Jun is very young and inexperienced. It is driven by this kind of thinking that he will vent his anger at the opportunity. He does things unscrupulously and is easy to grasp.

Su Tiancheng's real opponent is the eldest wife.

Su Tiancheng's mother has been dead for 17 years, so that in his memory, there is no image of his mother at all, and he vaguely knows that his mother was the maid next to the eldest wife.

Don't underestimate marrying someone with a maid. On the surface, it is a luxury performance. In fact, the internal reason is very important. It is impossible for a man from a wealthy family or a merchant's family to have only one original wife. They all have to take concubines Yes, the original spouse brought a maid to go there. In most cases, when a man takes a concubine, it is the maid of the original spouse. In this way, the position of the original spouse at home is very stable. Even if the man takes a concubine outside, the woman who comes in will not dare to challenge it. The authority of the original spouse, even if the man wants to protect the concubine, it will not work.

Regarding the background of the eldest wife, there has always been some confusion. Some people say that the background of the eldest wife is very strong. It seems that she is a maid of a certain official family. After marrying Su Huawen, she helped Su Huawen do a good job in business. It is said that the eldest wife has been able to gain the relationship with the cabinet ministers of the current imperial court.

It is precisely because of this situation that the eldest wife's authority in the mansion is extraordinary.

Su Tiancheng has his own judgment. The reason for such rumors can only show that the eldest wife's background is not good at all. To establish her own prestige and image, the best way is to create momentum and make it difficult for people to understand. People become tigers, and gradually others will believe it.

Since my mother is the servant girl next to the eldest wife, if the eldest wife used to be the servant girl of an official family, how could there be a servant girl by her side.

The emergence of this situation shows that the eldest wife is not simple.

The merchant's family is inherently complicated, things like the new and dislike the old often occur, if the eldest wife doesn't think of some way, how can she control the mansion, how can she become the real head of the house.

It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, Su Tianben didn't want to make Su's mansion into a mess, but it's a pity that this eldest lady is still too ruthless.Faintly, he already felt a lot of things.

Because I am good at studying, the eldest wife is not pleasing to the eyes. The two sons of the eldest wife, Su Tianhao and Su Tianran, are not very good at studying. The master only has three sons. , Therefore, the eldest wife tried her best, and she just did it openly. She didn't know what she was thinking about staying in Pingyang Fucheng this time, maybe she was looking for an opportunity.

Su Tiancheng would not have those pedantic thoughts, what kind of big wife, after all, she is a stepmother, fortunately her life is hard, she was not tortured to death, if she wants to honor this aunt by herself, what about loyalty and filial piety, Dreaming, feelings are mutual.

But when dealing with the affairs of the Su Mansion, you can't make a fuss too much. After all, this is the era. The eldest wife is the head of the house. When she has not really achieved fame, she openly confronts the eldest wife and tears her face, isn't it? good thing.This doesn't mean that I can't show toughness, absolutely can't be weak, I have to be self-reliant and self-reliant, let the eldest wife feel taboo, dare not be presumptuous easily, dare not take action against myself, only in this way, can I live a peaceful and stable life , when you get fame in the future, everything will be easy to handle.

The eldest wife of Taiyuan Fucheng will soon know what happened in Pingyang Fucheng Su Mansion. After all, most of the people in the mansion were personally named by the eldest wife, so someone must have reported the news.

So, Su Tiancheng was already very careful. The reason why he asked Su Pingyang to be the housekeeper was mainly from the perspective of safety. If one day he died suddenly in the mansion, it would be too uneconomical.

To avoid such a situation, you need to gather your own strength.

There are six prefectures under the jurisdiction of Pingyang Prefecture in Shanxi, and the prefectural city is in Linfen County, which is later Linfen City.It borders Shaanxi Province to the east, Taiyuan Prefecture and Fenzhou Prefecture to the south, Qinzhou, Lu'an Prefecture, and Zezhou to the west, and Henan Province to the north, belonging to the east gate of Shanxi Province.

Due to historical reasons, Shanxi Province is not very rich, or even poor. It belongs to the Central Plains region. Every time the court changes, it is a place that military strategists must fight for, and has been baptized by countless wars.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the most affluent place was still in the south. The four prefectures in the west of Zhejiang Province in Nanzhili: Suzhou, Songjiang, Jiaxing, and Huzhou were rich and well-known places, followed by Huguang and Guangdong. up.

Shanxi and Yunnan and other places are recognized as poor places.

There are a lot of merchants in Shanxi. The land here is barren, and they can’t get much income. They can only turn to business, and there are a lot of outflows from Shanxi. Many Shanxi people have gone to North Zhili and South Zhili. Even Huguang, after going out, is unwilling to come back. Shanxi people feel that there is not much way out, they can only do their best in business. Over the years, there have been many merchants. The business is famous all over the country, and there is a certain reason.

Su Tiancheng's father, Su Huawen, is a typical representative in this regard.

Su Huawen was born in a family of merchants, and his son inherited his father's business. The Ming Dynasty had a strict hierarchy. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants were ranked at the bottom. If they can't get fame, they will always live at the bottom. Social status, so many businessmen, while desperately earning money, must expect their children to be famous in the exam. This kind of thought of honoring their ancestors is difficult for ordinary people to understand.

When Su Huawen was young, he also studied hard. Unfortunately, he was not born with reading materials. After taking the exam for many years, he was still a child in the end. He didn't get a scholar, so he simply gave up and started doing business with peace of mind.

God is fair, Su Huawen couldn't get fame, but his business was flourishing, and it has always been very smooth. After so many years, he has faintly become one of the best merchants in Shanxi Province. Even the Shanxi Governor's Yamen, We all know.

This kind of fame is not a good thing. You don't have fame. In order to maintain the family business, you need to invest a lot of money and bribe officials at all levels. Otherwise, you will suffer a loss if they find any reason.

Merchants in Shanxi are inherently disadvantaged, and they bear much higher taxes than those in the southern region. This seems a bit unfair. The southern region is so rich, but it bears less taxes.Of course, there is a premise in this, that is, the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty was pitifully low, and the tax was one for thirty, which may not be implemented.

In the imperial court, most of the cabinet ministers are from the south. The students in the south are indeed better at studying, and more people have achieved fame. They control the government. Of course, they want to speak for the big landlords and merchants in the south. So, The big landlords and big merchants in the south can get a lot of benefits.

There are some situations that Su Tiancheng still hasn't figured out. For example, why his father Su Huawen moved to Taiyuan Mansion? He has a strong regional concept in doing business. Su Huawen is originally from Pingyang Mansion, so he won't move easily. Yes, unless Taiyuan's business opportunities are particularly good, but Taiyuan is the provincial capital of Shanxi. There are so many bureaucratic groups in such a place, not to mention that there is a famous vassal king in Taiyuan's prefecture city: Jin Wang Zhu Shenxuan.

This Zhu Shenxuan is not simple. Although the son of Zhu Qiugui has no power, he is very good at amassing wealth. He is so rich that his family has accumulated countless treasures. In the end, Li Zicheng captured Taiyuan Mansion and all the treasures were captured by Li Zicheng. I took refuge in Manqing, and the ending was not good.

Su Tiancheng vaguely knew that during the great famine in Shanxi, the king of Jin, Zhu Shenxuan, was steadfastly guarding the wealth and food, and refused to take it out. The worst thing was that Li Zicheng attacked Taiyuan Mansion, and Zhu Shenxuan, who was in Taiyuan, arrived At the time of life and death, he was actually unwilling to take out money and distribute it to the soldiers in the city to resist.

Of course, these are all historical descriptions, whether there are exaggerations, Su Tiancheng is not very clear, since he has traveled to the Ming Dynasty, he needs to figure out all the situations by himself.

Thinking of these, Su Tiancheng felt that his task was still heavy, and there were too many things to do.