Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 588 Goodbye Queen Zhang

Only the Shen family was born as a businessman. Shen Lao Er, Shen Lao San and their heirs often used Shen Zheng's power to engage in some fraudulent activities.And Shen Zheng also used his power to hand over the army's logistics support orders to his two younger brothers and nephews.

But some things cannot be done. If you do it the first time, there will be a second time, and it will be out of control in the future.

Shen Zheng has helped his two younger brothers and nephews for profit in the past two years. Li Jing is actually dissatisfied with Shen Zheng's behavior, but even if Li Jing is dissatisfied, he can't tell Shen Zheng directly, even with Shen Ying. It can't be said that Li Jing doesn't want to be called ungrateful by the Shen family.

Fortunately, the Shen family hadn't committed such lawless activities as murder and arson, so Li Jing could only turn a blind eye to the actions of Shen Zheng and the Shen family.Even if Shen Zheng had gone too far, Li Jing just pretended not to know.

Although Li Jing pretended not to know, Shen Zheng knew that what he and the Shen family had done could not be hidden from Li Jing, and he was very clear about Li Jing's thoughts.From the bottom of his heart, Shen Zheng really wanted to stop.

But whenever Shen Zheng persuaded his younger brother and nephew to stop, the younger brother and nephew would take the credit of the Shen family and say that they should take advantage of the power in his hands to help the Shen family save more property and wait for it later. When he retreated, he couldn't do what he wanted to do.

Shen Zheng was also very helpless about this, he could only sternly warn his younger brother and nephew that they must never do things like bullying men and women.

Shen Zheng knew that because the Shen family didn't know how to restrain themselves, and Li Jing wanted to repay his kindness, it was difficult for the two of them to say some heart-to-heart words.

Fortunately, Shen Zheng only helped the Shen family to seek some personal gain, but his loyalty to Li Jing was unswerving, so although the two had some estrangement, they did not gradually drift apart.

The few words just now seemed plain, and Shen Zheng's remedial action was timely, but everyone present here was smart, and immediately felt that Li Jing's tone was a little indifferent, and they all understood that Shen Zheng almost made a big mistake just now.Thinking of Li Jing's methods, everyone couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Thinking of Li Jing's continuous hiring of talents in recent years and placing them in some key departments, everyone suddenly realized something.The power they hold is too great. Li Jing wants to train a new team and divide their power.

These few people were not dissatisfied with Li Jing's actions. They knew that no matter who took Li Jing's position, they would do this. If it was them, they would probably do more than Li Jing.

Seeing that everyone was speechless for a moment, Li Jing waved his hands and said, "Okay, let's end the discussion here today."

Hearing that Li Jing chased away the guests, everyone hurriedly left.

After everyone left, Li Jing sighed softly, got up and took off the cloak from the hanger, put it on his body, and walked outside the house.

"Marshal, where are you going?" Xiao Jiu asked hastily after seeing her.

Li Jing shook his head: "Come out with me for a walk."

Xiao Jiu heard the words and hurriedly beckoned the guards to follow.

After looking at the guards following him, Li Jing suddenly said, "Xiao Jiu, how are your brothers learning in the household department?"

Xiao Jiu smiled and said: "It's very good, they are very hardworking. The brothers said that the errands assigned by the Marshal himself must be studied carefully, and the errands should be done well, so as not to lose the face of the Marshal."

Li Jingjing nodded and smiled and said: "It's good to have this heart. You tell them, I will hand over the Tianjin Wei area to them. In addition, tell them to use their brains more when running errands, and have a better attitude towards those merchants." If the merchants are in difficulties for the time being, don't rush to press taxes, let the merchants turn around, and know that a large part of the country's taxes come from merchants, so don't kill the chicken to get the eggs."

Xiao Jiu hurriedly said: "Boy must tell them what the commander-in-chief said."

Li Jingjing nodded, looked at the sky, and sighed softly: "March will soon be, if the weather doesn't get warmer, this year's spring plowing may be delayed."

Xiao Jiu said with a smile: "These years have always been quite cold, but this year seems to be colder than previous years."

Li Jing sighed and walked out of the courtyard.

After walking for a while, Xiao Jiu suddenly said: "Commander, this is the direction to go to Queen Zhang, does Commander want to see Queen Zhang?"

"Oh?" Li Jing was slightly taken aback, and hurriedly stopped.

After thinking for a while, Li Jing said: "You go to Empress Yi'an and report, I have something to discuss with her."

Xiao Jiu nodded and walked forward quickly.

Li Jing paused for a while, then followed slowly.

After receiving Xiaojiu's report, Zhang Yan hurriedly ordered the maid to clean up Fengyiju carefully, and then dressed up carefully.

Zhang Yan's appearance is already beautiful, but after moving to Xiyuan, her mentality is very different from before, her mentality has changed, and her physical condition has also changed. This time, she has dressed up with care, making her even more beautiful. Ten people are average, no one would have thought that Zhang Yan is already 30 years old.

Under the guidance of the maid, Li Jing met Zhang Yan in Fengyiju.Seeing Zhang Yan's radiant face, as beautiful as a girl, Li Jing's heart moved, and he couldn't help laughing: "The empress seems to be living very comfortably these days! If I didn't know it was you, I would have thought you had a younger sister."

Zhang Yan turned her beautiful eyes, and said with a sweet smile: "I never thought that the Duke would also praise people."

Li Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I don't need to praise you. Luo Yin in the Tang Dynasty once composed peony poems, and one of them is just right for your Majesty."

"Oh? I don't know which sentence it is?" Zhang Yan smiled.

"If you teach and explain the language, it should be overwhelming, even if it is ruthless, it will be touching." Li Jing said with a smile.

Zhang Yan smiled: "Master, this poem probably should be suitable for that concubine named Yuanyuan in the mansion, right?"

Hearing this, Li Jing smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty is joking, taking Yuanyuan as a concubine is not my wish, it is indeed Mr.'s last wish, and I have no choice but to obey."

Zhang Yan sighed lightly and said, "Chang Wen Guogong is very filial to Mr. Yuan and never disobeys Mr. Yiu's wishes, even his own son is probably no more than that."

Li Jing shook his head and sighed softly: "What is filial piety? When the ancients talked about filial piety, they often said filial piety. In my opinion, the word "shun" is very important. It may not make parents happy.

Of course, what I’m talking about is the normal situation. There are inevitably confused parents in this world. In the face of big right and wrong, it’s still necessary to consider the right and wrong. That’s why the ancients said that loyalty and filial piety can’t be both. "

Zhang Yan said with a smile: "The Duke of the State is really talented. This interpretation of loyalty and filial piety cannot have both, but it is the true meaning of filial piety."

Li Jing waved his hands and said with a smile: "The wisdom of the ancestors needs to be carefully read by our descendants. I am just a family opinion."

Shaking his head, Li Jing said again: "Yuanyuan is beautiful, as a man, there is no one who will not be tempted, and I am no exception, but I am very hesitant to accept Yuanyuan as a concubine.

You know, the concubine system was established by me. I already have three concubines, and taking Yuanyuan as my concubine is obviously breaking the system I established.

Alas, those who break the rules are often the ones who set the rules. I am afraid that this matter will be criticized by future generations. "

Zhang Yan turned her eyebrows, and suddenly said: "Does the Duke have three concubines? How come I heard that there are only two concubines?"

Li Jing shook his head: "It's nothing more than deception. There are thousands of people in a family, and one person is in charge. How can things stand side by side? In the end, the madam decides the affairs of the mansion. Although your imperial sister has also sealed the imperial order, but the distinction between high and low She still sees very clearly."

Zhang Yan nodded and said: "The imperial sister is also a rare and virtuous person."

Li Jingjing nodded: "The relationship between her and Madam is excellent, sisters for ten years, it's not easy to be like the two of them."

Waving his hand, Li Jing smiled and said, "I'm here to talk to you about something serious, but I don't want to involve family matters."

Zhang Yan sighed softly and said, "Master Guo doesn't come a few times a year, every time he comes to discuss business."

Li Jing smiled and shook his head slightly.

Picking up the teacup and taking a sip, Li Jing said, "Tell me, what difficulties does the garment factory have? Why can't it complete the order of [-] military uniforms in more than two months. Is it because of the shortage of manpower or the lack of raw materials?"

Zhang Yan said: "My lord, there is no problem with the manpower, and there are a lot of raw materials. The key is that the season is wrong. The [-] military uniforms you ordered should be blue and black. We don't have cloth of this color. We need to bleach and dye the cloth first." Okay, but the weather like this is impossible to dye at all.

We tried it a few times. When the fabric was drying, it would freeze quickly due to the cold weather. After drying, there would be a big color difference. It was not the blue-black that the Grandpa wanted at all. "

Li Jing patted his forehead: "So that's how it is. I thought you deliberately manipulated the people below just to see me."

Zhang Yan glanced at Li Jing: "No matter how impeccable the concubine is, I dare not make such a thing out of the Duke, I'm afraid the people under the Duke are thinking about it on their own?"

Li Jing smiled lightly. He didn't really believe that Zhang Yan would be so disrespectful, but sometimes who can figure out a woman's mind?

Judging from the meaning of the feedback below, although there is some meaning of speculation, it may not be that Zhang Yan has hinted, otherwise, there are some things that the people below would never dare to speculate randomly.

Smiling, Li Jing said: "I come to you, you don't care about the meal, right? It's almost noon, so I won't go back, I'll have a meal here with you."

Zhang Yan's eyes lit up immediately after hearing the words: "What the Duke said, when I heard Xiao Jiu's report, the concubine made arrangements, just because I was afraid that the Duke would be in a hurry to go back again."

Turning back to the ladies in the palace, he said: "You guys hurry up and take a look, and let the people in Shangshan Division pay more attention."

After the maids left, Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile, "Your way of sending people away is not very clever, and it's not like the Empress Yi'an I know."

Seeing Zhang Yan getting up to sit down, Li Jing waved his hands and said, "I've had dinner and rested here for a while."

"Really?" Zhang Yan asked in surprise.

Li Jing smiled and nodded.

Seeing Zhang Yan's joyful yet somewhat shy face, Li Jing sighed lightly and said, "I've made you feel wronged."

Zhang Yan shook her head hastily: "I am not wronged. With the words of the Duke, I am not wronged at all."

Zhang Yan suddenly remembered that Xiao Jiu was still behind Li Jing, and looked up at Xiao Jiu, her face flushed with shame.

After coughing lightly, Li Jing turned to Xiao Jiu and said, "Go outside."

(End of this chapter)