Mingshi

Chapter 669 Doubt

"A 17-year-old with white hair, hehe..."

At this time, He Nian was sitting opposite Luo Xin, and said with a smile.Luo Xin also shook his head with a wry smile:
"Should I go out and make my debut to dispel the rumors?"

Beijing.

The imperial study room.

Emperor Jiajing's face was ashen, looking at Huang Jin who was standing opposite him and said: "Then Luo Xin is still shutting down?"

"This is the news from Dongchang." Huang Jin returned with his head down.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Lu Bing again and said, "What did Jin Yiwei say?"

"The dock is closed, and Luo Xin stays behind closed doors."

"Crack!" Emperor Jiajing slapped the table and said, "What is he going to do? I sent him to the southeast just to let him sleep at home?"

Huang Jin lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the officials in the southeast are too arrogant. The servant originally wanted to help Luo Xin and let him build the pier as soon as possible, so as to serve His Majesty. But Song Danian didn't see the servant at all. The servant thinks that it is not that he does not give face to the servant, but that he does not give face to the majesty."

"Wow!" Emperor Jiajing threw the memorial on the imperial book case all over the ground, and roared angrily, "I killed them all."

Huang Jin lowered his head, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes. Now that he is allied with Luo Xin, he naturally wants to help Luo Xin.It's just that Lu Bing's heart is very anxious. The Lu family is in Suzhou and Hangzhou. If His Majesty starts killing in Suzhou and Hangzhou, it will inevitably accidentally hurt their Lu family. Moreover, once Emperor Jiajing finds out that the Lu family is involved in this matter, he may be punished He Lu Bing, in recent years, he has felt that Emperor Jiajing has become more capricious, and he has been afraid of Emperor Jiajing to the bone.

Emperor Jiajing gasped for breath for a while, then looked at Lu Bing, Lu Bing's heart tightened, and his head drooped even lower.I heard Emperor Jiajing's cold voice:

"Lu Bing, your Lu family has a share in the southeast, right?"

Lu Bing knelt on the ground with a plop, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, I don't know. The old minister left home when he was young, and stayed with His Majesty. He has never returned home. The old minister has never been in charge of family affairs. If the old minister's family really breaks the law , the old minister is willing to kill them with his own hands."

When Emperor Jiajing heard that Lu Bing mentioned that he had been with him since he was a child, his heart softened, and his voice became softer:

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lu Bing stood up, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, Emperor Jiajing lowered his eyes slightly, his brows gradually lowered.He was very upset, it was very easy for him to kill Song Danian, although he was old, Long Wei was still there.But Emperor Jiajing deeply knew that killing Song Danian would not work at all, and those wealthy families who really controlled the southeast.

"Damn family!"

Emperor Jiajing cursed in his heart that he has been fighting for power with the family all his life. Although he has become a dictator now, the family's resilience is also very strong.It is absolutely impossible for him to go on a killing spree in the southeast and slaughter those wealthy families.

Dictatorship also has a range, if he dares to exceed that range, his throne may not be able to be secure.Not to mention him, even Li Shimin, the most authoritarian Tang Dynasty in history, fought against the family all day long, and didn't dare to slaughter the family?

"How to solve these families?"

Emperor Jiajing frowned deeply. How could he figure out a way in such a short period of time since he never wiped out the family in his life?
Suddenly, his heart moved.

Luo Xin!

When Luo Xin was studying, he dared to fight Yan Song when he was not yet an official, and finally defeated Yan Song, and he resisted the order without respect, fighting with himself, and finally forced himself to cancel the order.Later, they even sent troops privately to cross the grasslands.After making great contributions, under his own fear, he actually forced himself to let him go to the southeast.Such a person, even if he can't compete with the wealthy family, he shouldn't be so silent and unknown, and be ridiculed and laughed at by the wealthy family in the southeast.

This is not Luo Xin, this is not the Luo Xin I am familiar with, this is not the Luo Xin I am afraid of!
Does he have another plan?Is he playing hard to get?
I want to see it again!Look again!And if Luo Xin finally wins the battle with the Southeast family, then I will benefit, and if Luo Xin fails in the end, it will also give me an excuse to kill him.

Emperor Jiajing stretched his tightly locked brows, regained his composure, and said lightly:
"Are you going down? Continue to monitor the southeast."

southeast.

Hangzhou.

City ship division.

Luo Xin finally walked out of the yamen, riding a sedan chair along the street towards the magistrate's yamen.All of a sudden, the news from all parties moved. The news that Luo Xin was going to the magistrate's yamen reached Song Danian's ears, and it reached the ears of the patriarchs of the wealthy families in the southeast. The entire southeast focused on Luo Xin, wanting to see What exactly does Luo Xin want to do.

The sedan chair arrived at the magistrate's yamen, Luo Xin walked out of the sedan chair, Lu Daqing stepped forward with Luo Xin's greeting card, and said to the door:
"My lord is asking to see the magistrate."

The doorman said with a subdued smile, "Unfortunately, the magistrate has gone to the county."

Luo Xin stepped forward and asked lightly, "When will Lord Song come back?"

The doorman still replied with a half smile: "How does this villain know?"

Luo Xin frowned slightly and said, "Let the pusher in charge of the workshop come to see me."

"Yes, I'll report to you now, little one."

The door turned around and walked in. After a while, an official came out and saluted Luo Xin:
"The humble Yang Wenxiu pays homage to Master Tongzhi."

"Are you the pusher in charge of the workshop?" Luo Xin asked lightly.

"Yes!" Yang Wenxiu also responded lightly.

"Why should the materials for the construction of the dock be stopped?"

"This is a unified arrangement by the magistrate, and the villain doesn't know about it."

"Now that the magistrate is not here, I order you to dispatch the supplies immediately." Luo Xin said calmly.

"I'm sorry, Lord Luo. I don't dare to do so without the prefect's order."

Luo Xin stared at Yang Wenxiu coldly. After more than ten breaths, Luo Xin turned around, walked into the sedan chair, and shouted:
"go!"

Luo Xin returned to the Shibo Department in a sedan chair, and the whole southeast became lively. The heads of wealthy families in the southeast rushed to the Lu family in Wu County to gather together.

"Luo Xin hit a wall with Mr. Song, hehe..."

"Like a Reservoir Dog!"

"What do you think Luo Xin will do in the end?"

"What will he do? Now that the pier can't even be built, I don't think we need to use our connections to impeach him, let alone drive him away by causing trouble. After this month, His Majesty's will will come, and Luo Xin will Rolled with tail between legs."

"Then what if he bows his head like us?"

"Then we will reward him with a bite of food. As long as he is obedient and behaves like a dog, we will still give him a little of the profits we get at that time, and let him go to His Majesty on business."

"Ten days later, it's time to trade with Haishang again. Do we not need to worry about Luo Xin anymore?"

"Why do you care about him? He is too busy to take care of himself now, so how can he have the energy to stare at us? He is now focusing all his energy on building the pier. If he stops working any longer, His Majesty will be furious. Once His Majesty becomes furious, he will be finished."

"This Luo Xin is so ignorant of flattery that we lost [-]% of the goods last month. Adding this month's goods, my family has used up all the working capital that can be used, and there is no money left."

"What are you, I also bought some goods on credit."

"My lord, what do you want to say, whether we want to trade in ten days or not, this thing can't be suppressed."

"Deal, why not trade?" Lu Ding laughed loudly and said, "Then Luo Xin is already in a state of distress, after this transaction, give Song Danian an extra gift, after all, he is the one who made Luo Xin in a state of distress."

"Naturally, if you say that Luo Xin knows the current affairs like Song Danian, it would be great."

"Hey, tell me, will Luo Xin look for Song Danian again tomorrow?"

"No way? I've already lost someone once. Does he want to lose someone a second time?"

"It's hard to say, hehe... Luo Xin was still putting on airs before, he just sent his officials to the magistrate's yamen, what happened?
In the end, I still have to go out to embarrass myself, and I think Luo Xin has to go.After all, if he is still unable to build the pier, if he drags on like this, he will lose His Majesty's trust and make His Majesty doubt his ability. "

"Then let's wait and see, haha..."

"Everyone, the food and drink in the Hongsheng Building opposite the magistrate's yamen is pretty good, why don't we go there to get together tomorrow?"

"Come along!"

"Come along!"

"Hahaha……"

The next day.

Hongsheng building.

The patriarchs of the aristocratic families in the southeast gathered in a window-facing private room on the second floor of Hongsheng Building, and while drinking and changing glasses, they looked at the street through the window.

"Here we come!" A servant who had been standing in front of the window and looking out the window shouted.

Everyone got up and came to the window, facing the street below, Luo Xin's sedan chair was coming along the street towards the magistrate's yamen.The sedan chair stopped in front of the magistrate's yamen, Luo Xin came out of the sedan chair, and it was Lu Daqing who came forward with the greeting card, the procedure was the same as yesterday, Luo Xin still did not see Song Danian, so Yang Wenxiu still refused to give Luo Xin The supplies for the construction of the pier, then Luo Xin turned around and walked towards his sedan chair. He heard laughter from his head, looked up to the opposite upstairs, and saw Lu Ding standing in the middle of a window. Standing on both sides of him were the patriarchs of the rich and powerful families in the southeast, looking at him unscrupulously and smiling lowly.Luo Xin glanced at them, lowered his head and got into the sedan chair, and heard more presumptuous laughter coming from his ears.

The third day.
Luo Xin still came to the magistrate's yamen to ask Song Danian to see him, but after hitting a wall, he still returned to the Shibo Department.It has been like this for a few days, Luo Xin's reputation in the southeast has been rotten, everyone knows that Luo Xin has fallen down, has become a soft guy, and is played around by Song Danian.The streets and alleys, the tea houses and restaurants, are talking about Luo Xin, laughing at Luo Xin, and the rich and powerful families in the southeast do not take Luo Xin seriously, but are actively preparing the goods for trading, preparing to make a fortune.

Beijing!

Royal Palace.

Royal study.

Emperor Jiajing listened to Lu Bing and Huang Jin's return, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he didn't understand what Luo Xin wanted to do. Huang Jin's heart was fluctuating, and he couldn't stop muttering in his heart.

"Luo Xin, Luo Xin, you won't be really cowardly, will you? You won't really be tricked by Song Danian without knowing it? My fate is all on your body."

"Your Majesty!" Lu Bing said in a concentrated voice: "It seems that Luo Xin does not have the ability to establish a shipping department in the southeast, so let's call him back."

Emperor Jiajing's eyes flickered, showing hesitation.At this time, he also had some doubts about Luo Xin's ability. After all, there was a big difference between fighting in the officialdom and fighting on the battlefield. Luo Xin was good at fighting, but not necessarily good at fighting in the officialdom.His mind is also somewhat inclined to transfer Luo Xin back, and he can also turn him into a commoner and never hire him.

Seeing the hesitation in Emperor Jiajing's eyes, Lu Bing was overjoyed.The Lu family in Wu County is the root of Lu Bing. How could he not know what the Lu family has been doing all these years?He knows the Lu family well, and he also knows Luo Xin. He has been paying attention to Luo Xin since Luo Xin was just a child, and he knows that Luo Xin is not a good stubble, and he will definitely not be a coward. Song Danian was tricked, and he firmly believed that the whole Southeast and Song Danian should be tricked by Luo Xin, once Luo Xin showed his fangs, it would be the bad luck for the Dongnan group.It's just that he doesn't know what method Luo Xin will use, and he can't see Luo Xin clearly now.But he knew that as long as he could transfer Luo Xinhui to the capital, even if he had the means of thunderbolt, he would only be able to look at the sea and sigh, so seeing Emperor Jiajing's hesitant expression at this time, he immediately said:
"Your Majesty, Luo Xin's lack of ability has delayed His Majesty's important affairs. Now that the construction of the other side has been suspended for more than a month, it can't continue like this. The old minister suggests that we should choose another talent."

Huang Jin on the side was in a hurry, he knew that once Luo Xin was transferred back, Luo Xin would be finished, and his gold would also be finished.Immediately said:

"Your Majesty, there is no doubt about the employment!"

Lu Bing glanced at Huang Jin unexpectedly, he didn't know why Huang Jin would help Luo Xin speak.But Huang Jin's words still worked. Emperor Jiajing subconsciously believed that Luo Xin would not be played like this, so he pondered for a moment and said:

"Xuan Xujie and Gao Gonglai."

Xu Jie and Gao Gong soon came to the imperial study room, and both of them knew very well what happened to Luo Xin in the southeast.Seeing Emperor Jiajing's inquiry, the two looked at each other and fell into deep thought.

Xu Jie really didn't want Luo Xin to come back. Although Luo Xin came back, Emperor Jiajing would definitely not give him a good face. Maybe he would deprive him of his official status and title, and even demote him to a commoner, never to be hired.But as long as Luo Xin survives, who can say clearly what will happen in the future?And if Luo Xin is allowed to stay in the southeast, it is very likely that Luo Xin will fall into a quagmire, and maybe he will give Emperor Jiajing an excuse to kill Luo Xin.

Gao Gong was also unwilling to let Luo Xin come back. Now that he is fighting with Xu Jie, he is in the upper hand. If Luo Xin comes back, even if Emperor Jiajing demoted Luo Xin to a commoner and never hired him, then at that time, Emperor Jiajing will treat Luo Xin with respect. The fear is much less. At that time, Emperor Jiajing will rebalance his and Xu Jie's power, and will not support him like he is now, and his good situation will be ruined.

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