Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 191

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Yinzuo has always been a powerful person, although he can be regarded as low-key, he neither interacts with courtiers in private, nor has many servants under his family, but after careful analysis, it will be found that Yinzuo ranks among the elders regardless of military or political achievements. There is no rival at all, coupled with huge assets, and many properties under his name, the elder brothers simply cannot compete with Yinzuo. It would be nothing if it was in the past, at least in the eyes of Mr. Kangxi, Yinzuo is still very obedient , I don't have any hobby of seizing power, but now the old man wants to pick an heir, so the problem arises:

Yes, Yinzuo is indeed capable of both civil and military affairs, with outstanding ability and unbelievably good luck. It is a good choice for a candidate to inherit the big position, but Kangxi is not a faint king after all. He is extremely cautious about the selection of heirs. There are so many things to consider, and it is far from enough to just have political achievements and military achievements; besides, the other elder brothers are not mediocre, but they just have no chance to make their mark. Mr. Kangxi also wants to see if the most outstanding ones among the disciples can succeed. How to express, in this way, the suppression of Yinzuo is inevitable.

Not only Yinzuo can see this, but the other elder brothers are not fools, so they can naturally understand the key point. If they can use this excuse to give Yinzuo a hard blow, why not do it?Of course, it is impossible to attack Yinzuo directly, let alone Mr. Kangxi, even if Mr. Kangxi has such intentions, it is not easy to find problems with Yinzuo who has always been a low-key person. .Frontal attack won't work, and detour is the inevitable choice - Yinzuo's servants are not easy to touch, but those ministers who are closely related to Yinzuo and hold real power become the targets of big guys.

Shi Shilun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Acting General Administration of Customs, not to mention the prominent position, this position is also very lucrative, there are too many jealous courtiers, and there are not a few people who want to replace them.The position of the General Administration of Customs has been a bit strange since its establishment—it is reasonable to say that the General Administration of Customs should be an independent department even if it is not included in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Yes, Shi Shilun holds the title of minister of the Ministry of Industry, so it is naturally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. Besides, Shi Shilun is an upright and honest official, and the courtiers dare not jump out even if they have secret slanders. For four or five years, Shi Shilun has been sitting firmly Take the position of Director General of Customs.

It is true that Shi Shilun is a capable official, and it is true that he is an upright and honest official. The "No. [-] Clean Official in Jiangnan" proclaimed by Mr. Kangxi is naturally worthy of the name. A clean and upright official is also a human being, and as a human being, mistakes are unavoidable——Shi Shilun has long been a laughingstock in the officialdom, and fear of guilt is not a crime. It is not a crime to steal a concubine without telling his wife, but it is a problem to have a whole family of children without a clear matchmaker. Well, of course, there is nothing to say about bigamy at this time of year, but the problem is that the etiquette is there. If it is serious, it will be chaos and abandonment.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month in the 41st year of Kangxi, He Long, the new censor of Zuodu, ordered Shang Benming to issue a memorial to impeach Shi Shilun.For a while, there was a lot of discussion between the government and the opposition, and many conservative ministers asked to remove Shi Shilun from the post of Director of the General Administration of Customs. Mr. Kangxi didn't make any statement, but asked Shi Shilun to defend himself.

Yin Zuo knew about old Comrade Shi Yinzuo's affairs, and he became suspicious when he saw Shi Shilun living in poverty when he first went to Shi's mansion. With Shi Shilun's official position, his annual salary plus money for supporting the honesty is more than [-] yuan. The two silver coins would never lead to such a poor life. Later, Yinzuo asked "Honghu" to check, only to find that Comrade Lao Shi was actually a wonderful person: there was a shrew in the family, the relationship was not good, and he had no courage to divorce his wife. My son didn't want to see his wife, and even when he was an official, he didn't want to take his wife with him, but he didn't dare to marry a concubine to start the business. When Yu Jiangning was the magistrate, he often kept in touch with those Jiangnan talents. Unfortunately, I met with a certain Qingguan, redeemed him, and placed him in another courtyard. He has given birth to several children, but he has never had the courage to marry him in. Therefore, Comrade Lao Shi's salary is not only a big one. To send it back to Jinjiang to his wife, the rest had to be sent to the younger wife. Comrade Lao Shi had no extra income, so his life was a bit tight.

This matter was not a big deal at first, at most it was a romantic crime. If it was normal, even if the courtiers knew about it, no one would risk offending Yinzuo to expose the matter. Besides, Yinzuo also made "Honghu" do this The matter was covered up, and it was difficult for others to detect it, but the bad thing was that "Honghu" had a traitor. As the person in charge of information archiving, Liu Mingqi naturally knew about it, and even the old eighth knew it. Seeing that the old man wanted to slash Yinzuo's power, he naturally colluded with the fourth child and played this card.

For the fourth and eighth teamwork, Yin Zuo had expected it a long time ago, and knew that they would mobilize their disciples to attack this matter. The purpose was not to knock down Shi Shilun, but to compete for the position of director of the General Administration of Customs. Give Yinzuo a heavy blow.How to deal with it, Yin Zuo already had a plan in mind - Shi Shilun must be kept, even if he can't keep his position as the director of the General Administration of Customs, Shi Shilun can't be let go, this is not only related to the ownership of the customs, but also It is related to Yin Zuo's own shipping plan.

There are three countermeasures: to defend Shi Shilun on the grounds that there are three unfilial sons and no descendants, and to ask the Holy Lord for a marriage on the grounds that his wife has nothing to do and violates women's morals, which simply fulfills Shi Shilun.The excuse is the same as before, but let Shi Shilun move his position to avoid the fate of being attacked, and use someone else as the director of the General Administration of Customs, which is the second.The strong man broke his wrist, kept Shi Shilun, gave up his position in the General Administration of Customs, and watched the third, fourth, and eighth children fight each other for this position, and took the opportunity to sprinkle sand and provoke him.

The best strategy is of course the best result, but unfortunately it is very difficult-it is obvious that the old man wants to cut the authority of the Ministry of Industry, and he will never allow the customs to remain under the name of the Ministry of Industry; Go fight to the death, but at the end of the day, no matter who wins in the end, it is not a good thing for Yinzuo to have the power of the customs, and overseas trade will inevitably be greatly affected; Yinzuo also has confidence in recommending an honest minister who is close to Yinzuo for the position of director of the General Administration of Customs—Governor Yu Chenglong of Zhili Province or Minister of Industry Fan Shijie.These two are both well-known and upright officials of the Xi Dynasty, and their qualifications are sufficient. No one has anything to say about the post of Director of the General Administration of Customs. Moreover, neither of these two has participated in the struggle of the elder brothers. Under Brother's sect, there is no obvious bias, and the old man can see it.However, no matter what strategy is needed, Shi Shilun's cooperation is needed. No, in the early morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, Yin Zuo went to visit Shi Shilun's house with great fanfare and the posture of a prince. The purpose of this move was to signal that Yin Zuo intends to die to protect Shi Shilun.

"My lord, I'm ashamed to be an official. I really have no face to stand in the court." Comrade Lao Shi was very depressed, welcomed Yinzuo into the hall, and said shamefully as soon as he sat down.

"Wen Xian's words are unreasonable. The sage said: There are three unfilial acts and no descendants are the greatest. Wen Xian's move is not a big mistake. This king has already defended this matter for Wen Xian, and asked the Holy One to give Wen Xian a marriage. Wen Xian Never give up on yourself." Yin Zuo said with a smile.

"Thank you, my lord, for your love, but..." Shi Shilun shook his head and did not continue.

Is it just scary?Hey, we already knew this, hey, it's no big deal.Although Shi Shilun didn't finish what he said, Yin Zuo understood it in his heart, smiled and said: "Wen Xian made a mistake, this move is aimed at this king, Wen Xian just suffered on behalf of this king, now Wen Xian But so..., the turmoil will surely subside, and the virtuous can welcome the beauties back, is this possible?"

Shi Shilun lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded and said: "My lord is so kind, I am very grateful, so just as my lord said, I will just defend myself."

"That's good, the king is relieved, the king still has something to do, so let's leave first." Seeing that the matter was done, Yinzuo didn't stay any longer, got up and left.Shi Shilun silently sent Yin Zuo out of the gate, without saying much, just bowed deeply, everything was kept silent.

If he wanted to keep Shi Shilun, there was another person that Yinzuo had to meet, and that was the youngest Yinzhi.At this time when the fourth and eighth brothers have joined forces, if the third child cannot be stabilized, Yinzuo's life will be difficult-the third child has no great skills, but at least he is a prince with many pens , and in charge of the Ministry of Rites, it is good to use it to build momentum. Of course, Yinzuo doesn't expect to be able to pull the third child into his camp, but it is not difficult to make a deal with the third child—the third child relies on Overseas trade has been very successful, but there are not many ships, and even if it earns, it can only be a fraction of Yinzuo.Seeing Yinzuo making a fortune, the third child has been jealous for a long time, and has been thinking about expanding the size of his own fleet many times, but unfortunately he has not been able to do so. The ship is in the hands of Yinzuo, and it is a pity that he has hinted many times. It all came to nothing, Yinzuo pretended not to hear it or pretended to be confused, in short, he just refused to give the boat, which made the third child depressed and helpless.

The purpose of attracting brothers to engage in shipping is to achieve a model effect and drive the enthusiasm of the people for shipping, but it does not mean that Yinzuo wants to make all the brothers angry. It is not a good thing for those guys to have too much money , there must be a problem of speed, and Yin Zuo uses the shipyard to control this speed. It is necessary to let the elder brothers make money, but not let them make a lot of money, so as not to burn themselves, but this time for the customs, Yin Zuo Zuo can only take out some sweetness for the third child to taste, although he is a little reluctant, but there is no other way, isn't it?
The third elder brother Yinzhi has been very proud recently. He jumped from Baylor to Prince in one fell swoop, and took back the errand of the Ministry of Rites. In addition, the fourth and eighth sons sent people to give gifts to their homes, and they did their best to flatter and gain a lot. The trade brought huge profits, and the little days were very comfortable. In the past few days of the first month, poetry and literature meetings have been tossed several times. The gifted scholar held a poetry and prose conference. He was slicking his ink when he heard the report from the housekeeper: Prince Yi is visiting. He rolled his eyes and burst out laughing. He waved his hand and said, "Open the middle door, and the king will come out to welcome you immediately."

"Sixth brother, please drink tea. This is the tribute tea that Huang Ama rewarded. My brother has been reluctant to use it. That is, the sixth brother is here. My brother just gritted his teeth and took it out. Come and taste it." Yin Zhi already understood. Yinzuo's intention of coming, he was very proud of it, and he didn't ask what Yinzuo wanted to say, after welcoming Yinzuo into the hall, he just gossiped blindly.

Depend on!This damn third child has also become a goddamn acting school, and he is playing with us, mother, you will cry when the time comes.Yinzuo hated him deeply, but he had nothing to do. If he wanted to blame him, he could only blame himself for being so obvious that he couldn't hide it from others. He had no choice but to be slaughtered. Instead of wasting time going around in circles with the third child, it would be better It's good to be straightforward, anyway, if you get stabbed at this moment, the arrangements for the future have already been made, and you can get back even the principal and interest, and you are not afraid that the third child will jump out of your palm.Yinzuo thought about it, smiled and said: "The third brother's tea is good, but the younger brother doesn't want to enjoy it, alas, it's all right."

"Huh? What's the matter? Why is the third brother confused by what the sixth brother said, and there are people who dare to make things difficult for our brother?" The third child pretended to be surprised.

Damn, pretend, pretend, pretend, demo, pretend, hey, sometimes you cry.Yinzuo cursed secretly in his heart, but put on a look of surprise on his face and said: "The third brother doesn't know? The fourth brother is thinking about getting the customs into the household department. Alas, the fourth brother is a serious person, just look at it." Brothers can’t make money, if this is the case, the shipping will be a bit of a problem. It’s nothing to me, the big deal is to quit, we still have more than a dozen factories, so it’s fine if we are tighter, but..."

Yinzuo didn't finish his words, but the subtext is, we have money, we can live without shipping, if your third child doesn't have shipping, then your childhood will not be very chic.Yinzhi is also a shrewd person, how could he not know the provocative meaning in Yinzuo's words, although he was a little worried that the shipping would be stopped, but in the end he still held Yinzuo's lifeline, but he was not in a hurry, just smiled and said: " No way, although the fourth child is a little hypocritical, he would not do such a bad thing, the sixth brother has said it, haha, he has said it."

Damn, the third child is very shrewd, hey, you won't be fooled, so we have no choice but to show some sweetness.Yinzuo smiled and said: "Hehe, what the third brother said is also reasonable, but it's hard to say. The household department is in charge of salt, iron, and grain. If you add customs, tsk tsk. Oh, yes, the little brother's factory Ten big ships have just been built in Li, and the manpower is still unmatched at this moment, alas, it is a pity that they are idle even if they are idle.”

Now that Yinzuo has made his words very clear, Yinzhi can naturally understand the key point - if the fourth household department also swallows the customs, then the strength of the household department will be so great that other departments will be afraid of it. Taking a sideways step, not to mention Yinzuo's Ministry of Rites, even Yinzuo's Ministry of Industry can't compete with the Ministry of Households. This kind of situation is something Yinzhi doesn't want to see, even though he knows that Yinzuo's words are obviously provocative. Yinzhi can only admit it, unless he doesn't want to fight for the big position, as for the bargaining chip of the ten big ships proposed by Yinzuo, it is still second.

Yin Zhi frowned inadvertently, and said with a smile: "Sixth brother is too worried, the fourth child is not that kind of person, besides Huang Ama Shengming, he will definitely not let villains make trouble, haha..."

Hey, you haven't taken the bait yet, good job, mother, we will give you more.Yin Zuo smiled and said: "I heard that the eighth brother went to the fourth brother's house as a guest early this morning. I don't know what to talk about. Hehe, it's interesting."

Yin Zhi was stunned for a moment, and then realized what Yin Zuo meant by what he said - the eighth and fourth brothers are going to join forces, you can figure it out.Yin Zhi's smiling face froze for a moment, he didn't say a word, thought for a while and said, "It's nothing for brothers to hang out with each other, isn't the sixth brother worried?"

"Ah, yes, yes, my little brother is really bothered too much, hehe, well, isn't my little brother also visiting the third brother's house? Haha..." There is something in Yinzuo's words—they Join hands, can't we also join hands?Yinzhi rolled his eyes and laughed, and said cheerfully: "That's, haha, that's, ah, yes, the customs matter that the sixth brother just said..."

Xiao Mian, I can't hold back anymore, hey, let's fool you.Yinzuo felt complacent for a while, but his face was full of worry, and he said quietly: "Third Brother, you are in charge of the Ministry of Rituals, you should know that matters of etiquette are related to the court's face, right? Alas, there is something wrong with Lao Shi But there are three unfilial sons who have no descendants, isn't it? The younger brother also entered the memorial today and defended Lao Shi's good life. Alas, Lao Shi may be a bit difficult to stay in the court, but Lao Shi is really a member Talent, you can't just let it go, the younger brother is thinking about it, let's let it out first, what does the third brother think?"

Yin Zuo decided not to mention the successor candidate, but only said that Shi Shilun would be released. It was obvious that Yin Zuo came to the door just to keep Shi Shilun, and he didn't intend to let Yin Zhi intervene in the matter of customs.Yinzhi pondered over and over in his heart for a while, and knew that he could not intervene in the customs affairs with his own strength. As for keeping Shi Shilun, it was very simple, but he just mobilized the officials of the Ministry of Rites and brought some boring literati to create momentum. But, it didn't take too much effort, it wasn't too difficult, and I thought about it, and said with a smile: "What the sixth brother said is very true, Wen Xian is a good official, and we must not let the villain do it to us. Third brother It’s confirmed. Oh, by the way, my brother just remembered that the servants of the front door came to report that they had recruited a lot of sailors and they are waiting for the ship. Sixth brother, look..."

Small sample, I know you are greedy, hey, I will give it to you first, and we will get it all back later.Yinzuo smiled and said, "Succeed, elder brother just send someone to pick up the boat. There is nothing else. The younger brother still has more boats."

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