Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Back on his own boat, Su Mu repeatedly ordered to sail quickly.

Seeing Master Su's ugly face, the soldiers didn't dare to talk nonsense and sailed the boat very fast.

Standing behind the side of the boat, looking at the rolling canal water, Su Mu felt depressed for a while, and sighed in his heart: How did this Taikang become like this, so scary, so strange.

When I was in Cangzhou, she was just a typical female literary youth who loved vanity.For the sake of a mere reputation in the literary world, and for the admiration of the scholars, he even committed plagiarism.

What she did at the time might have been intolerable, but now that I think about it, it's actually quite cute.

After all, she looked like a normal little girl back then.

But since I got the development bank together with her, I issued salt tickets.Up to now, the bank notes of the Development Bank have been circulated in the northern provinces.As soon as I open my eyes every day, there will be a lot of money falling into the pockets of the three major shareholders like running water.

Princess Taikang was completely lost in this feast of capital and turned into another appearance.

Indeed, as she said just now, the reason why the Development Bank is able to achieve its current status is in the final analysis not because of its strong royal background.

But now is just the embryonic period of capitalism, and ancient China is a special existence in the entire history of the world.

To sum it up in one sentence, that is: the official standard system.

In other words, no matter what you do, you must be restricted and monitored by officials.

Otherwise, even if you are wealthy and the government does not have a strong background, with one order, a small yamen servant can tie up all the five flowers.

For nearly a year, Su Mu was busy with his examinations, and he hadn't asked about the Development Bank for a long time.In fact, the entire bank is now actually presided over by Taikang.

A girl who has powerful political resources in her hands, and millions of taels of silver in her hands, no matter how stupid she is, she knows that if she wants to keep her own fruits, she must put her hand into the politics of the Ming Dynasty.

He also recalled what Princess Taikang Kesumu said when he returned to Beijing from Cangzhou.

Su Mu suddenly understood: this girl has tasted power.

And the taste of this power is so sweet, once you get it, how can you be willing to give it up.

Besides, before her there was a precedent of the benevolent Empress Dowager Zhang listening to the government behind the curtain, and without such a powerful teacher, the political wisdom in her body was completely awakened.

Yes, her concerns were very justified.

As far as Su Mu knew, in real history.After the death of Emperor Zhengde, Jiajing succeeded to the throne.

This is a difficult monarch to deal with, and he is very mean to Zhengde's mother, Queen Mother Zhang.

Empress Dowager Zhang's life in the palace was worse than that of an ordinary court lady.

Later, Empress Dowager Zhang's younger brother Shouning Hou Zhang Heling committed a crime. Emperor Jiajing ignored the pleas of Empress Dowager Zhang and sentenced Zhang Hou to be executed.

The empress dowager couldn't even keep her younger brother's life. Su Mu recalled this record, recalled the ability and high-spiritedness of the empress dowager Zhang in that year, and felt a burst of sadness in his heart.

The imperial palace has always been the cruelest and most inhumane place in the world.

Being in it, unless you are the son of heaven and rule the world.Otherwise, you have to constantly compete with others and meet the challenges of others.The Forbidden City is only that big, but thousands of people are squeezed in, yet they hold the authority of the whole world.How can I not make people jealous when I see a lot of scenery.

Princess Taikang has lived in it since she was a child, and she has been fascinated by it. She knows much more about political struggles and the ugliness of human nature than her peers.It's just that she was a princess in the past, and she was the only one who bullied others, so how dare anyone provoke her.

However, now, Emperor Zhengde seems to have a problem with his body.If he had a good or bad thing, everything that Princess Taikang has now will immediately become a passing cloud.

Besides, it is different from civil servants like Su Mu.Even if he loses power, there will still be countless disciples from the same school rushing to help.If it is really a last resort, the big deal is that he is far away from the rivers and lakes, and he will still be his celebrity and country gentleman.

Compared with Su Mu, as a royal, he has no way out.

Suddenly, Su Mu immediately understood Taikang.

Ask yourself, if Su Mu were in her position, she might be out of breath.

"This little girl has really matured. It's a pity that she has become less cute!"

Su Mu smiled wryly, he was still puzzled, how did this Princess Taikang know so little, after she went to the Imperial Hospital to get Emperor Zhengde's medical records, she thought that Emperor Zhengde had something wrong with his body, and it was very likely that he would not have children?

If this news is confirmed, after a hundred years of Zhengde, the throne will be vacant.Once it gets out, I don't know what kind of chaos the court will be in.

This is still good, if others know that Zhengde still suffers from cardiovascular disease, maybe he will die young, I'm afraid those feudal lords will be tempted immediately.

After thinking about it, Su Mu felt that there were two possibilities.

First of all, the biggest possibility is that although the Empress Dowager Zhang returned to the emperor, her ears and eyes still spread throughout the entire palace and Xiyuan, and she still had a great influence on the politics of the Ming Empire. ,

The second is that Taikang has her own eyeliner beside the emperor.

In any case, the two women in the palace are not simple characters.

Today, Princess Taikang has turned against Su Mu and threatened to kick him out of the Development Bank.

Regarding the development bank, Su Mu didn't take it very seriously.To be honest, he now has a net worth of several 10 taels.Converted into the renminbi of later generations, it is at least a few hundred million net worth.Even if you don't do anything from now on, it will be enough for your family to eat for several generations.

The problem is, after offending such a woman and Queen Mother Zhang behind her, Su Mu feels that there will be great troubles in the future.At least, they will come to pester Emperor Zhengde whether he has a child or not.

Fortunately, Su Mu will go to Shaanxi for nearly a year this time, so he can be clean for a long time.

If you stay in the capital, you will definitely be driven crazy by them.

While secretly breathing a sigh of relief, Su Mu put this worry in his arms first, so that he would not think about it anymore.

The official ship left the capital, traveled along the Grand Canal for five or six days, and then arrived in the territory of Shandong. After another six or seven days, it traveled to the Lianghuai River, and then turned westward on the Yellow River to Shaanxi.Speaking of which, it was really a big circle.

There is no way, given the bad traffic conditions in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to go out these days, you have to take the waterway.Otherwise, the road that is as bad as a vegetable garden alone can kill you.In comparison, taking a boat is the most comfortable way of traveling in the world.

The past half month went smoothly, but when Su Mu's official ship turned to the Yellow River and entered Henan, the speed slowed down.Hearing that the No. [-] Scholar was coming, local officials and scholars along the way came to invite him one after another.

Su Mu also had no choice but to socialize all the way.As a result, he was delayed in Henan for nearly 20 days, but it was good for getting familiar with the local people.And his Su Mu's reputation became even more famous in Henan.

So slowly, when we arrived in Xi'an, it was already the Spring Festival.

Su Mu stayed in the Gongyuan, and planned to start patrolling the local academic administration as soon as the year was over.

This job is troublesome. After all, the territory of the current Shaanxi chief envoy is too vast, equivalent to the later generations of Shaanxi, Ningxia, Gansu, plus most of Qinghai.It seems that half a year is not enough time to check one by one.

Unconsciously, the two years of Zhengde have passed like this.

(End of this volume)