Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 136 The Prince's Private Visit ([-])

The second update arrives, brother begging for a monthly pass!

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"Sir, let's take a look at these mansion newspapers. It's very interesting." Just after returning to the post station, Yinzuo finished reading the mansion newspapers that came during this period, and felt extremely happy—as Yinzuo expected, the old eighth Yinhu Leading a group of officials from the Ministry of Punishment to Shandong to handle the case, they stunned the officialdom in Shandong. Apart from buckling the shit bowl on the prince's head desperately, even the slaves under the boss and the third family were not spared. He caught a bunch of corrupt officials without hesitation, and was even rewarded by Mr. Kangxi, but the other brothers would not just wait to die like this.

Yi Dao, the chief minister of Shandong, and Lao Ba's disciple, this time the Shandong case can be regarded as a meritorious official, but he did not lose money when he was in Hunan, and it was fine, there are very few people in this world. An official who doesn't make money, but the problem is that this guy ate it but forgot to wipe his mouth clean, and the evidence fell into the hands of the third child somehow.This time it's alright, first the third son played to impeach Yidao, talked about Yidao's corruption and accepting bribes, and insinuated that those things were the idea of ​​the eighth, then the boss and the fourth all jumped out and played separately, pointing the finger at the eighth , the prince even mobilized all the minions in his department to load bullets, and the old man became a rat crossing the street for a while, and everyone shouted to beat him.

Grandpa Kangxi transferred Lao Ba back to the imperial court with an edict. After a lot of scolding, Yi Dao was beaten to the end and went home to eat his own food.The matter in Shandong came to an end. The elder brothers didn't get any benefits, so they went back to lick their wounds quietly, and Beijing fell silent for a while.

Lin Xuanyi quickly browsed through the mansion newspapers, smiled and said: "This matter was not unexpected by the prince, but it was a bit unexpected for Si Beile to jump out this time. It seems that there must be someone behind the fourth master. This trick was played beautifully with strength and strength, not only to avenge the last time he was punished by the eighth master, but also to get close to the prince, it is not easy, it seems that the fourth master is planning to hide behind the prince."

Um?Yinzuo didn't see these problems from the mansion newspaper, but in history, the fourth son hid behind the prince, pretending to be a princeling, and escaped a lot of backstabs from his brothers. His appearance of a doer finally won the favor of Mr. Kangxi Pay attention, but Wu Sidao, the counselor who originally belonged to the fourth brother, is now under his command, so who would give the fourth brother this idea?Yinzuo thought for a while and said, "I'm going to write a letter right now, asking Mr. Wu to send someone to find out who the god behind the fourth child is."

"That's fine." Lin Xuanyi didn't object to finding out who the master behind the fourth child was. Only by knowing the enemy and the confidant can we win every battle, right?

"Well, today is May [-]th, and there are still four months before Chunlan and Qiuju's two girls are due to give birth. This errand is about the same. I think, ah, I want to..." Yin Yin Zuo paused for a moment in embarrassment before continuing: "This king wants to visit in private, so as to learn about people's livelihood. What do you think, sir?"

Lin Xuanyi knew exactly what Yin Zuo was thinking. From Lin Xuanyi's point of view, the prince Yin Zuo is good at everything, but sometimes he likes to play tricks and take unnecessary risks. He is a good protagonist, at least better than those other buddies who are full of benevolence and morality, but behind their backs are male thieves and female prostitutes.Lin Xuanyi knew that once Yin Zuo made up his mind, it would be difficult to stop him, and besides, there was no danger in this matter, so he pondered for a while and said: "The matter of Liangjiang has Mr. Guo around, so there is no serious problem, only Hangzhou is left. , if the prince insists on a private visit, it's fine."

Haha, it's over, our old man also likes to play those tricks of private visits in micro-services, so let's do it this time.Yinzuo was worried that Lin Xuanyi would not agree before his head, and now he didn't object to Lin Xuanyi's words, but he felt very complacent, but Lin Xuanyi's next sentence made Yinzuo a little unhappy-"But you must be accompanied by Qingsong, We must return to Jinling before the tenth day of June, otherwise we may miss our schedule."

Mr. Kangxi's private visit in micro-service is to observe the sentiments of the people, but Yin Zuo is for the beauty.But looking at Lin Xuanyi's serious face, Yinzuo didn't have the nerve to say no, so he smiled wryly, as he agreed, but he was thinking crookedly in his heart - when the time came, he thought of a way to get rid of Qingsong, or it would be over.

"Wangcheng, have you been with me for some years?" Yin Zuo asked with a smile as he looked at He Lin who came to the post early in the morning.

He Lin didn't know what Yin Zuo meant. Although he was puzzled, he quickly replied: "Back to the master, the slave has been with the master for six years since the 30th year of Kangxi."

"Oh, how does the king treat you?" Yin Zuo asked with a smile still.

He Lin was even more puzzled, but he still didn't hesitate, and replied respectfully: "The master treats the slave with as much kindness as a mountain, and the slave will never live up to the master's expectations..."

"Okay, don't say those unnutritious words, if the king wants to ask you for a favor, would you be willing?" Yinzuo waved his hand to interrupt He Lin.

"But there is an order, and I dare not refuse."

"Okay, I want to ask you something: Do you know a rich businessman named Wang Hao in Yangzhou City, what is the origin of this person?" Yinzuo asked with a smile.

"Wang Hao? This servant knows this person. Wang Hao is one of the few salt merchants in Yangzhou City, but he is a shipping merchant rather than a nest merchant. It's just that it is a business on the surface. According to my servant, this person is actually a salt merchant. He is the deputy leader of the Salt Gang."

Salt merchants, salt monopoly merchants with the privilege of monopolizing salt transportation and marketing franchised by the imperial court, are divided into nest merchants, transport merchants, market merchants, and general merchants.Among them, those who have salt quotations are nest merchants; there is no way to get salt quotations, and those who rely on buying salt from nest merchants to transport and sell them to various places are transport merchants; market merchants purchase salt from kitchen households in designated salt farms and sell them to transport merchants The middle businessman; the general merchant, also known as the general merchant.The salt transportation made the yamen choose among the merchants who were well-off and rich in capital and named them as general merchants.Its main task is to collect salt tax from salt merchants for salt transportation.The General Merchant has strong economic power and has the closest relationship with the government. It is a giant among salt merchants.

Yinzuo is still clear about these ways of the salt industry, and also knows that these salt merchants are all powerful and have close ties with the court. Those elder brothers have many spokespersons here, and those who can get salt Basically, they are the servants of Elder Brother or those princes. It is impossible for ordinary people to get salt from the Yamen of the Salt Transport Envoy.As for the Salt Gang, Yinzuo didn't pay much attention to it. After all, the factories in Yinzuo's hands are very profitable, and they don't need to make money by attracting salt at all, so they don't care much about the salt industry. When he heard about the Yan Gang, Yin Zuo was a little surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Wang Cheng, what is the strength of this Yan Gang, and is there anything illegal?"

"Returning to the master, I have never heard of the salt gang's act of bullying and dominating the market. It is generally a loose organization for those salt merchants to communicate with each other. However, the slave has just taken office not long ago, and I am not sure if there is another one among them. There is something strange." He Lin didn't dare to lie in front of Yinzuo, and honestly answered that he didn't know the matter very well.

"En." Yin Zuo nodded and said, "How about Wang Hao?"

"A bold man, his family has two sons and one daughter, his wife gave birth to a young daughter and died of postpartum wind. Wang Hao never married again, nor did he take a concubine, even in the dusty land on weekdays, he would never touch a daughter. His eldest son, Wang Jiye, followed him to engage in the salt industry, and his second son, Wang Jichen, just won the Juren, and the youngest daughter..." He Lin was interrupted by Yin Zuo before he finished speaking: "How about the youngest daughter?"

He Lin was a little surprised by Yinzuo's nervous look, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, and said honestly: "His young daughter has been naughty since she was a child, and she made troubles everywhere all the time. When she was 16 years old, no one dared to come to propose marriage... ..."

"Huh?" Yinzuo was stunned for a moment, and his heart was very dangerous. If he had engaged in marriage earlier, his plan to pick up girls would be in danger.

He Lin raised his head and glanced at Yinzuo, and quickly explained: "I heard that in the first two years, there were many people who went to the Wang family to propose marriage, including salt merchants and officials, but they were all sent away by Wang Xifeng, and Wang Hao also took her. I have no choice but to let her go. The servant has also heard a joke: the eldest son of Lin Qi, the chief salt merchant in Yangzhou City, has been talented in both civil and military affairs since he was a child. He is known as the head of the four sons of Yangzhou. Feeling upset, I ran to the palace to ask for a marriage, but in the end, I was seriously injured by Miss Wang, and I went back in despair, and it became a joke in Yangzhou City for a while."

"Oh? There are such things, hahaha... Really a tigress, interesting! Interesting!" Yin Zuo smiled very happily, He Lin didn't know why Yin Zuo smiled so brightly, so he had to accompany him and laughed too.

Yin Zuo laughed for a while before stopping his laughter. He walked a few steps in the room and said to He Lin: "Get up, don't keep kneeling, the king has something to order."

He Lin kowtowed and stood up, but he still didn't dare to stand up straight, bowed his body, and waited for Yin Zuo's order.Yin Zuo walked up to He Lin with a smile on his face, and said something in a low voice. He Lin's eyes were straightened when he heard it. I have no bottom, I don't know what to do for a while...

(End of this chapter)