Wanqingsi

Chapter 237 Desperate Fortune
Chapter 45 Fortune
After returning to the mansion, I hurried to the old man's room, wanting to tell the old man what happened in Ji's mansion, but Uncle Xiu was still in the old man's room. Seeing that I had something to discuss with the old man, he bowed to the old man and left the room.I told the situation of Ji Mansion one by one, the old man nodded, but didn't speak, just closed his eyes, I don't know what he was thinking, I didn't know what the old man was thinking, I couldn't speak for a while, and he hesitated for a long time before saying: "Grandpa ..."

The old man slowly opened his eyes, with a calm expression: "You guessed right, Shang Li and the others are indeed King Jing's party."

"King Jing has already started to act. He is targeting the Nine Kings. I wonder if he is alert to the situation in Taimiao?" I frowned.

"It doesn't matter what the situation is at the Taimiao. As long as the emperor is not in the palace, this is his wonderful opportunity, and he will not let it go anyway." The old man said calmly, "Girl, what do you think he will do next?"

"He charged the Nine Kings with the crime of 'holding the emperor to make the princes'. As long as something happened to the emperor, he could justifiably capture the rebels." I thought for a while, and my mind was clear, "Although he dare not He is sure about the life and death of the emperor, but in order to carry out the crimes of the Nine Kings, he will definitely send people to spy on them, if the emperor is dead, it is exactly what he wanted, if the emperor is still alive, I am afraid that he will arrange an assassination."

"You're right." The old man nodded slightly, with a calm expression, as if he knew King Jing's plan well.I thought for a while, and then said: "He wants to kill two birds with one stone, but behind the Nine Kings there is the Feng family's southern border army, and King Jing has no military power in his hands. How dare he take such a big risk? Could it be that he still has some cards that he hasn't shown yet? "

"The Feng family's army is far away in the southern border, and the far water cannot save the near fire." A sneer appeared on the old man's lips, "The Yulin army only listens to the emperor's orders, and he can't move. However, the emperor is not here, and once General Ji dies, he The troops in his hands will naturally fall into the hands of his confidants. If the "highly respected" King Jing finds out with lightning speed that the person who "murdered" General Ji is the Nine Kings, those old subordinates of General Ji will definitely be grateful to him. Nine kings were killed, the emperor was killed, King Jing, as the elder brother of the former emperor, can take advantage of the situation to take control of the court and the situation in the capital, and it will be too late when the Feng family's army is informed of their arrival, the overall situation of the world has been decided."

"Then how should we stop it?" I was terrified when I heard it, "Shall we destroy his action of framing the Nine Kings?"

The old man glanced at me and smiled faintly: "The Yun family doesn't need to get involved, just let them eat dogs."

I was slightly startled: "Grandpa..."

"King Jing, the Nine Kings, and the Emperor are not easy-going people." The old man said indifferently, "Today King Jing is persecuting the Nine Kings in the General's Mansion, which has aroused people's hearts. With this dangerous move, the hidden forces in the court are brought into the open, and they have their own arrangements. Why are the Yun family going to join in the fun?"

His expression was indifferent, but his voice was so cold that it made people tremble.I looked at the old man, hesitated for a while, and finally asked the question that I had always wanted to ask in my heart: "Grandpa, have you ever thought about being a oriole?" Yun Zheng has no ambitions for this world, I believe, but what about the old man?Does he have no ambitions?

His eyes swept towards me sternly, and he said nothing coldly. I was a little sweating from his cold eyes staring at me.After a long while, the old man sneered and said, "How many days does this Marquis have to live? Can you and Nuo'er, the orphan and widow, survive this hot potato?"

I bit my lip, but there was a tinge of warmth in my heart. As long as he was still thinking about our mother and child, I would be grateful: "Ye'er made a slip of the tongue, I'm sorry, grandpa."

The old man snorted softly, and said: "I don't care about the world of the Jun family, but I can't tolerate a prosperous world."

I was startled: "Grandpa?"

There was a cold light in the old man's eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "The Jun family harmed my blood of the Yun family. Do you really think that this marquis will be foolishly loyal to him? Back then when Zheng'er was defeated, I held Zheng'er with my life hanging by a thread outside the pilgrimage hall. Kneeling and begging for three days and three nights, I hope that the former emperor can use the God of Protecting the Nation to save my life. Heavy, the family, the country, the world...ha...this Marquis can't even keep his family, so why defend the country?"

There is still this past?I looked at the resentful eyes of the old man, and my eyes were slightly sour. What kind of mood did he have when he knelt outside the pilgrimage hall and begged the first emperor with Yunzheng in his arms? How suffocating is the despair?No matter how he treats me, he treats Yun Zheng with a genuine love of protecting the calf, and his love and concern are definitely not fake.

"That's why grandpa wants to add fire to the imperial court when there is chaos in central Beijing?" I took a breath, thinking of the strange account, "Is it grandpa who manipulated the matter of hoarding rice and salt by Jiangnan salt merchants and rice merchants?"

The old man looked at me in surprise, and after a while, he laughed: "You guessed it so quickly? Grandpa is right, girl, from now on, the Yun family, only you can take care of it."

"Grandpa thinks highly of me." I shook my head and smiled wryly, "I just saw that there was something wrong with the account books of the Nanbian newspaper, and then I saw that grandpa didn't raise the money that he promised to lend to the queen mother, and what happened in the past few days, I just thought of it. of."

"There are so many things happening these days, you almost died, and you can still clear your mind when you return home. It is your ability to notice this problem." Bold, careful, calm, adaptable and thoughtful."

I really can't bear to be praised by the old man like this.My face turned red, and I thought about it: "Grandpa, I have already agreed to lend the money to the queen mother. If you don't want to give it, what reason do you have for refusing?"

"Who says I won't borrow her?" The old man smiled, "It's just a few days to make the situation in the court more chaotic, and let me see how effective this Jiangnan salt disaster can be."

I am a little puzzled.The old man was in a good mood, and he explained patiently: "Over the years, I have worked hard, surpassed my ancestors, and penetrated the Yun family's family business to all parts of the country. Others think that the Yun family is just to make more money, but Ye girl, you know Grandpa Is it the real intention?"

What the old man said was very meaningful, and I lowered my head and thought about it.In addition to mining, water transportation, and weaving, the Yun family's business also includes rice shops, restaurants, and pawnshops all over the country, and even the "Jubao Bank" where I used to save money. The Yun family also owns more than half of the shares. Judging from the Jiangnan salt disaster, I'm afraid that the power of the Yun family has penetrated into other industries. These businesses that manipulate the people's livelihood are the lifeblood of the country.Since ancient times, emperors have been wary of the gentry, and they also avoided targeting the rich and powerful. They used the name of "hoarding goods for strange things and harming the common people" to rank merchants at the end of "scholars, farmers, businessmen", named them "treacherous", and bestowed them with "cheapness". "Nationality is because merchants are afraid of being big, because for the emperor, merchants are not only an indispensable boost to the prosperity of the country, but also a hidden danger that may disrupt the country's order. They are smarter, more flexible, more calculating, and know how to advance and retreat. Once they grasp the lifeline of the country, they will become a tiger lying on the couch of the ruler. Therefore, most of the giant businessmen have become pigs that the ruler fattens and then slaughters.But the Yun family is both a gentry and a businessman, and has more opportunities than a pure businessman. The old man is also very shrewd, and knows how to advance, retreat and plan, so he has become a fierce tiger that even the court fears.This salt disaster in the south of the Yangtze River has caused turmoil in the south and a headache for the court, but for the Yun family, it is just a matter of moving fingers. If all the industries controlled by the Yun family are in chaos, the world will be in chaos for at least five years. Only then did I really understand that Fu Dakang said to me before that "the Marquis of Yongle stomps his feet, the whole world will shake", which is absolutely false.

"Everyone is aware of the effect of wealth on individuals and the country, but the consequences of excessive concentration of wealth on individuals and the country cannot be understood by those who are not farsighted." !"
I somewhat understand the reason why the Yun family does not fight for the world. The wealth of the Yun family can disrupt the world, but it cannot secure the world.The old man said in a simple way, we orphans and widows can't keep it, because the Yun family doesn't have military support loyal to the family, and if they win the world, they will lose it in an instant.No high-ranking person can tolerate his ministers who have military power and money. Compared with the invisible threat of businessmen to imperial power, the threat from military power is naked and bloody, and the power of military power is often tied to one person. One person can make his entire family insecure.The threat of wealth concentration is latent and slow. Even if one family is removed, its deep-rooted influence over decades and hundreds of years will still shake the entire country's market.Economic aggression is always more profound and thorough than other aggressions.It is only now that I sincerely admire the foresight of the ancestors of the Yun family. Between collecting power and accumulating wealth, I chose the latter to keep the safety of the Yun family for more than a hundred years. Even now, this peace seems a bit shaky.The Yun family has always been the target of the emperor's attack. No matter who succeeds in King Jing's attack this time, the wealthy and powerful Yun family will definitely become the next victim of the superior.The old man manipulated this salt disaster both as a test and as a warning, to see how much influence the Yun family's wealth has on the world, even if the court finds out that it is related to the Yun family in the future, it will not dare to act rashly.

"Girl..." The old man grabbed my hand, his eyes sparkled with kindness, "If you can figure this out, the Yun family really has a successor."

"Grandpa, Ye'er is so stupid to understand Grandpa's painstaking efforts until now." Seeing the old man so excited, my eyes were also hot.I was a little wronged before and wanted to take Nuoer away from right and wrong, but I didn't know that we were already in the right and wrong circle.I am Yunzheng's wife, the young wife of the Yongle Hou Mansion, and the mother of the eldest son. The fate of Nuoer and I has long been inseparable from the Yun family. If you don’t eat food, you have to take responsibility for the rise and fall and continuation of the family.The old man has made such long-term plans and painstaking efforts for the Yun family, I really shouldn't be fighting against him.

After figuring this out, I gained a new understanding of Chaotang and the Yun family. From the old man's attitude towards King Jing and the late emperor's hatred, I also learned that I should not press on everything personally, but focus on In the longer term, completely destroy the enemy in the most beneficial and least labor-saving way.As for the emperor, I sighed slightly in my heart, hoping that fate would take pity on me and not push him into an opposing position. I would never want to be an enemy with someone so smart and terrifying as him.

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