Feng Xing - Chapter 134

Of course, Chen Hao is not only asking for this, but also for other things.

Feng Sheng could still see something, the idle people didn’t want nothing, how could they know so much about it.

Even Feng Sheng, because of his different experiences and different positions, was able to get a glimpse of all these things, but he was not as thorough as him.

It is impossible to achieve it without thinking a lot and thinking about it day and night.

However, Chen Hao’s request will be left behind.

Feng Sheng now only feels that she really underestimated these businessmen.

No, the court really underestimated these businessmen.

Feng Sheng’s gaze became meaningful, seeing Chen Hao standing on the spot, sweating profusely.

After a moment or two, Feng Sheng picked up the teacup: “I’ll talk about this later, I have to think carefully.”

This is a drop off.

Chen Hao hurriedly bowed and bowed, then stepped back.

After getting out of this warm inner room and being blown by the cold wind outside, I realized that I was covered in cold sweat.

In the room, Feng Sheng tapped his knuckles twice: “Go and call Mao Dan.”

This time when Feng Sheng came to Suzhou, the staff only brought Mao Dan.

The reason why he was taken with him was because there were some matters in the Wei Palace that required him to negotiate.

Although King Wei never kept secrets from her about some things, Feng Sheng couldn’t go into details, and she needed Mao Dan to understand some things that were handled by the people below.

Mao Dan had already fallen asleep, but was suddenly woken up.

He also knows the princess’s character well, so he won’t be aimless. At this time, something must happen to him. That’s why he came in a hurry when he received the summons.

“Princess, I don’t know what I need to find the old man.”

Feng Sheng respected the staff around King Wei, so he asked Mao Dan to sit down and served hot tea.

“Do you know anything about the coastal affairs? Have there been pirates looting along the coast recently?”

Mao Dan thought about it for a while, and replied: “Because there were a lot of pirates in the past few years, the Holy Majesty made great efforts to rectify them. The governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Guan Qinghe, made good use of Zhiren, and the Marquis of Jinghai was brave and good at fighting, so although there are some remnants, But the harm is not great.”

That is to say, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang ordered to suppress the bandits and prepare the bandits to guard against maritime affairs. Is this a bit false?

Feng Sheng couldn’t help frowning.

Of course, it may not be all false, but it’s not that serious.

Then why did he suddenly issue such an order?

You must know that although Feng Sheng doesn’t know how many big merchants in the coastal area have benefited from the sea, but only from what Chen Hao said, he knows that there are quite a few. Moreover, the interests in it are so great that they are enough to drive many officials to cover up. If Guan Qinghe moved this interest, isn’t he afraid that the people below will make trouble with him?

Feng Sheng still knew a little about Guan Qing and this big official in the frontier.

He has been the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang for nearly ten years, and he is deeply trusted by Emperor Jianping. Such a person has been operating in Fujian and Zhejiang for a long time, and it is impossible to stay out of it completely.

Since interests are involved, it is best to be cautious in words and deeds.

There must be some reason for this, which made him prefer to offend his subordinates and those local rich and powerful families, but also to do this.

But what is the reason?

If King Wei is here now, Feng Sheng will definitely discuss this matter with King Wei, but now that King Wei is far away in Shanxi, Feng Sheng doesn’t have a comprehensive grasp of some affairs in the court, so he can only ask Mao Dan for help.

Feng Sheng didn’t hide anything, and basically told Mao Dan about these things.

It was only then that Mao Dan found out that the concubine also had contacts with the salt merchants, and even intervened in the affairs of the sea merchants.

However, what Feng Sheng told him also made his eyebrows twitch.

Like Feng Sheng, he also knows that this is probably the best way to solve Wei Wang’s crisis at present, and Mao Dan knows how many people are secretly tripping Wei Wang at present.

But he also knew that this was a great opportunity for the King of Wei, and it was the foundation for the King of Wei to settle down in the court.

And Mao Dan thought more.

He has been recruited by the King of Wei to the mansion for more than ten years, and he is considered to be deeply trusted by the King of Wei. Many of the things that are hidden under the table in the King of Wei’s mansion are handled by him or done by him, so his overall situation is better than that of others. Feng Sheng is wider.

Of course it’s not that Feng Sheng is inferior to him, it’s just that her knowledge is limited, because Feng Sheng doesn’t understand some things, so she can’t see them.

“Now the princess is wondering why Guan Qinghe issued this order?”

Feng Sheng didn’t answer but instead asked: “Does the court know about this?”

Mao Dan pondered and said: “I heard about it before, but because the place where His Highness is going is separated from the coast by thousands of mountains and rivers, so I don’t have a deeper understanding of it.”

That is to say, the court knew about it, but they didn’t expect Guan Qinghe to make such a big fight.

The room fell silent, and a needle could be heard.

Mao Dan suddenly let out a long breath, hesitantly said: “But there is one thing that the princess may not know, the current Chen family is not the complete Chen family.”

Feng Sheng stared at it suspiciously.

Mao Dan stroked his long beard and said, “This is about a long time ago…”

At that time, the Chen family was prominent, and now Cheng Engong’s grandfather, Chen Jian, lived in the first rank, ranking first and assistant. The Chen family was originally a scholarly family, and it was also a big family in Jiangxi, with a profound heritage. The Chen family not only had a chief assistant, Chen Jian’s eldest son, Chen Ping, was a civil servant, and the third son, Chen Pingzhang, was released as a magistrate, and he was promoted to a minister. , It can be said to be extremely beautiful.

Not to mention that among the descendants of the Chen family, there are countless people who have achieved fame and fame, and there are not a few who are officials in the court.

And at this time, the Chen family gave birth to a princess, who became a queen after a few years after Emperor Gaozu Long Yubin.

This is Empress Chen.

The Chen family at that time can be said to be pure and expensive, and the fire was cooking oil.

At that time, although Chen Jian was old, he had not yet passed away, so somehow he persuaded the Chen family to separate.

The Chen family is still the Chen family, but the house where the empress has left has opened up a separate residence, living separately under the title of Lord Cheng En, and has no contact with the main Chen family.

There are rumors that at that time, Cheng Engong and the head of the house had a conflict, and the conflict was still a bit serious, so the Chen family had no choice but to separate.

But it is true that there is no contact, and there has been no contact on the surface for decades, and after Chen Pingwen stopped being a minister of the Ministry of Rites, he retreated bravely and returned to Jiangxi with his whole family.

So far, people in Beijing only know about Cheng Engong’s Chen family, but they don’t know that there is another Chen family in Jiangxi.

“You mean to say that the Chen family did all this to protect themselves?”

Mao Dan nodded appreciatively: “You must know that civil servants and military generals are afraid of one thing when they achieve the ultimate—”

The master of high power.

In particular, the Chen family also produced a queen and a prince. Since the middle palace family was highly valued by the emperor, the existence of the Chen family was an eyesore. No emperor wanted his relatives to be powerful.

At this time, a compromise is needed, either the queen prince will be suppressed, or the Chen family will retire.

Therefore, the first assistant is worthy of being the first assistant, with a long-term vision and sophisticated methods. He would rather abruptly stop his son’s future in the cabinet, would rather let the Chen family fall apart, and separate the Chen family. The public line is in contact with the family.

Of course, it’s not a bad thing to do. Cheng Engong’s line bears the brand of the emperor’s relatives, but who dares to say that he is not a member of the Chen family? With the support of the Chen family from behind, and Cheng Engong’s lineage in the Ming Dynasty, if the crown prince ascends the throne one day, he will naturally not forget the credit of the Chen family.

In the same way, if something goes wrong with the Zhonggong lineage, it will not implicate the Chen family.

“Then what is the relationship between Jiangxi’s Chen family and Guan Qinghe?”

Seeing Feng Sheng’s words hit the point, Mao Dan sighed even more in his heart.

You must know that when King Wei asked to marry Fang Fengsheng, he didn’t agree, especially Fang Fengsheng still had the identity of Fang Fengfu on the surface, and King Wei married Fang Fengsheng, which was equivalent to a confrontation with the Zhonggong line on the surface.

Sure enough, after she married, King Wei was forced to bear with it. Although Mao Dan was squeezed by Feng Sheng’s words at that time, and admitted that this woman was extremely intelligent, he still felt that it was not worth it.

After all these years, everything Feng Sheng did seemed to be insignificant, but in fact it had many benefits. Take the Jinjiang Academy as an example. The King of Wei has not entered the court for many years, and he was afraid of being impeached and made friends with courtiers privately. It’s delivered here, and it’s hard to pick a mistake.

And this is only the result of just a few years. The academy has always been more famous, and the longer it is open, the more students will be. At that time… Mao Dan can’t even think about it.

Admiration has long been in his heart, but every time he talks with the princess, Mao Dan can admire it again from his heart.

He sighed all over his face, clapped his hands together and said: “My concubine is wise. Although this Guan Qinghe is not surnamed Chen, he has a great relationship with the Chen family. His ancestral home is Jiangxi, and he is a disciple of Chen Pingwen, the old head of the Chen family. There is not much communication in the world, in fact, every time Guan Qinghe is promoted, he cannot do without the shadow of the Chen family.”

As for why the Wei Palace knew so much about the inside story of the Chen family, and paid attention to Shang Guan Qinghe, it was because of the Chen family’s relationship. King Wei never let down his vigilance, and he also knew that his enemies were not only the Zhonggong family, but also the Chen family.

No wonder!

No wonder King Wei didn’t seem surprised every time something happened in the middle palace. So, according to this, when Empress Chen and the prince suddenly changed their attitudes, the Chen family’s hand was behind it?

Also, this time King Wei was driven out to relieve the disaster, Feng Sheng always vaguely felt that the black hand behind it was not only the Zhonggong Yiyi, Wu Wang, Zhao Wang and his ilk, but there seemed to be another hand behind it.

According to this guess, things are simple.

“Do you think that Guan Qinghe suddenly issued such an order through Bei Kou in order to prevent this batch of food from entering?”

Mao Dan nodded: “Guan Qinghe has been operating in Fujian and Zhejiang for many years. It is impossible for him not to know what he has done below. If he doesn’t know, he just doesn’t want to know, or pretends not to know. There is still so much grain flowing into Dazhou. The grain merchants are not stupid, could they not know the origin?

“Even if you didn’t know it at the time, you have to investigate after the fact that someone took the meat from your mouth. The reason why everyone didn’t say it was because the interests were too big. The food had to be shipped back by boat, and it had to go through the customs. Someone escorted it, sent it to various places and then sold it, how many people were involved in it, how could no one know.”

Especially under the nose of Guan Qinghe, whether he was just pushing the boat along the way before, or he himself was one of the chains of interests. Now, in order to protect King Hui’s position, he has to deal with King Wei to the death, so that King Wei can’t do his errands, so he has to be short of food, and it is best to have it everywhere.

When everyone was short of food, the imperial court couldn’t dispatch them, and those from other places would not borrow food from others. This naturally drove Wei Wang to a dead end.

Of course, some people will say that you can find those grain merchants who stock up on grain.

Not to mention those who dare to do grain business and become big grain merchants, whoever has connections behind them are inextricably linked and intertwined, it would be unwise to touch them for a while. Only this batch of unidentified food, which is thrown out as long as there is money, is the most uncontrollable part of it.

As long as this link is under control, there are traces of the origin of other grains. Who will borrow and who dares to borrow? Don’t you think it over?

It’s just that King Wei can’t afford to wait for this weighing.

“If this matter is really related to the Chen family, then their handwriting is too big.”

“Compared with a royal throne, this is not a big deal.” Speaking of this, Mao Dan also felt a little uncomfortable.

“In this way, if His Highness wants to use the ’empty city strategy’ to persuade those officials to persuade local big households to donate, I’m afraid they won’t be able to donate anything.” Feng Sheng said with a grim expression.

The room became quiet again, Mao Dan went to touch the tea, but found that the tea was cold, so he put down the cup again.

After a long time, Feng Sheng let out a breath and said: “It’s too early to say these things, you first order someone to inquire about the order to prepare for bandit patrols, and I will write a letter to His Highness to ask him about the situation there. “

“Yes.”