Fenghou

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, then asked Cai Wenhuan, "You are from Quanzhou, do you know Uncle Zheng Guo?"

"The humble official knows that he has a large business firm in Quanzhou, a large fleet, and he is willing to do good deeds. He is quite famous in Quanzhou for charity."

"He is in danger in Lin'an, what do you think?"

Cai Wenhuan thought for a moment and said, "This is inevitable!"

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "Why do you say that?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have been a supervisory censor for two years, and someone wrote a letter to the censor platform, exposing Uncle Zheng Guo's close contacts with the Jurchens in the early years, but because of the Empress Dowager Zheng, this letter of disclosure was suppressed. I heard that Empress Dowager Zheng died of illness at the beginning of the year, and he had no identity and background. The pack of wolves who had been greedy and looked down on him for a long time would not be able to bear it anymore. As the saying goes, everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty. He is rich and has no background to protect him. Of course it is a big fat sheep, if someone finds out the letter from Yushitai, he will be killed immediately."

Of course, Chen Qing wanted to protect Zheng Tongquan, he was very kind to himself, back then he supported him with [-] guan to give pensions to the soldiers who died in the battle at Jiandao Pass, although it was said that he sold the mansion to him, but he didn't actually ask for it.I shouldn't forget this generosity, not to mention that he is Zheng Ping's father. Zheng Ping has followed me from the beginning, and he is like a brother with me. His father is my father's generation. How could he be trampled on?

Chen Qing immediately wrote a pigeon letter and handed it to Cai Wenhuan: "Send it to Lin'an tomorrow morning!"

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After returning to the mansion, after having dinner with his family, Chen Qing played with his children for a while, then he went back to the study. Not long after, his wife, Lu Xiu, brought him some tea. Seeing that her husband seemed to have something on his mind, she smiled and said : "Husband, would you like to tell me something that bothers you?"

"I received two pigeon letters this afternoon, both of which are a bit troublesome."

Chen Qing told his wife about the pigeon letter in the afternoon. Lu Xiu had a very good impression of Zheng Tongquan. Not only did he send 3000 taels of silver for his marriage, which was the most among all the guests, but he often took care of his father and grandfather in Lin'an. Of course, Lu Xiu Support her husband to help the Zheng family.

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "It's only natural for my husband to stand up for Uncle Zheng. I remember correctly, but my husband persuaded Zheng Ping to sever the relationship between father and son on the surface. Now that Zheng Ping's father is in trouble, Zheng Ping can't stand up for his father. At this time, of course my husband has to stand up." Only by going out can Zheng Ping be appeased."

Chen Qing nodded, "If you don't tell me, I almost forgot about Zheng Ping's severance with his father. Fortunately, you reminded me."

After a pause, Chen Qing sighed again: "Back then in Jingxiang, Li Gang and I fought against the Jin side by side. He is one of the elders I respect the most. Now the imperial court intends to let Li Gang lead the troops to take back Jingnan South Road. A little annoying."

Lu Xiu comforted her husband and said: "Actually, these matters can be considered by my husband's staff. At critical moments, they should always be used!"

His wife's persuasion was somewhat reasonable. Chen Qing pondered for a moment and smiled: "I have a new staff member in Lin'an, don't I? I'll leave it to him to find a solution for me about Li Gang's matter."

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Ever since Uncle Wei failed to assassinate Chen Qing, he was kidnapped by Chen Qing and nearly lost his life. His wealth accumulated over the years was also plundered by Chen Qing. Uncle Wei fell ill and lay in bed for a full month. He didn't go out for several months, and he didn't recover until the New Year.

The gold and silver treasures and silks and satins worth tens of millions in his warehouse were all snatched by Chen Qing, which really hurt Uncle Wei Guo's vitality. How could Uncle Wei be reconciled? After he recovered a little bit, he started his accumulation again The road to wealth.

Uncle Wei Guo first embezzled the 10 taels of silver that the Queen Mother Wei asked him to transfer to his late husband Wan Yan Zongxian, and then went to the emperor Zhao Gou to cry and complain. Zhao Gou gave the uncle [-] pieces of fine lake silk to comfort him. him.

With the support of the emperor, Uncle Wei returned to his greedy and domineering nature. This time, he set his sights on the Zheng family, first of all, Zheng Lou. And Yang Lou, Lin'an is recognized as ranked third.

It is said that the Zheng family hugged Xu Xiantu and the Qian family's thighs, which might be useful to ordinary rogues, but Wei Tong was afraid of nothing, it wasn't Xu Xiantu and the Qian family themselves, they were just fake royal relatives, not to mention the Queen Mother Zheng was dead.

At noon, Uncle Wei Tong once again came to Zhenglou, which is located by the West Lake. Zhenglou is different from Fenglelou. Fenglelou is a combination of eating, drinking, entertainment and gambling, while Zhenglou is a pure restaurant. Occupies one of the best views of the West Lake.

This eight-acre piece of land was bought from the Wang family in the second year of Shaoxing. Zheng Tongquan spent 10,000 yuan to buy it from the Wang family and built Zhenglou. Generally, eunuchs and wives would choose Zhenglou for meals because it is inconvenient for eunuchs and wives to go to Fenglelou. Gao, the business is very good, and it brings [-]+ per year to the Zheng family. Although it is not as good as overseas trade, the reputation it brings to the Zheng family far exceeds that of overseas trade.

Uncle Wei Tong didn't go to the elegant room in the backyard, but went directly to the second floor near the lake. As usual, he ordered two vegetables and one soup, but he didn't eat it. , he has to pay ten taels of silver.

Uncle Wei’s arrival this time is different from usual. He has come to Zhenglou for the tenth time today. According to rumors in Lin’an, as long as Uncle Wei comes to eat ten times, the restaurant will belong to him. .

Uncle Wei Guo neither admitted nor denied this Lin'an rumor, but the facts proved that the rumor was true.

Uncle Wei Guo put ten taels of silver on the table and waved to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper stepped forward very nervously, nodded and smiled, "Please show me, Uncle Guo!"

Uncle Wei Guo said in a shrill voice: "I want this restaurant, please come to my house to have a talk with your proprietor Zheng!"

"Reporting to Uncle Guo, my proprietor is not in Lin'an these days."

Uncle Wei Guo waved his hand, "I'll give your proprietor three days, if he doesn't come within three days, I will regard him as giving up this restaurant."

After finishing speaking, he left the restaurant under the guard of several strong men. Everyone was stunned, and the shopkeeper sighed, "The one who should come can't escape, go and inform the proprietor!"

Chapter 961 The Bottom Line

During this period of time, Zheng Tongquan was dealing with wealth transfer. He didn't have much copper coins, only hundreds of thousands of copper coins, and other mobile wealth existed in the form of various precious treasures.

But even so, Zheng Tongquan was so tired that he couldn't straighten his back. He had just returned from Quanzhou, and his second son, Zheng Bai, told him that Uncle Wei Guo went to Zheng Lou again at noon. It was the tenth time, and he asked the Zheng family to come to his house within three days. Discuss the transfer of Zheng Lou, if you don't go within three days, it will be regarded as abandoning Zheng Lou.

Zheng Tongquan was furious. This is not a negotiation, it is clearly a robbery.

Zheng Tongquan immediately went to find Xu Xiantu. The Qian family followed him mainly in overseas trade, and they invested [-]% of the money in real money, while Xu Xiantu took [-]% from his restaurant, but he didn't pay.

Now that Uncle Wei Guo is aggressive, Zheng Tongquan can only go to Xu Xiantu, but there are Xu Xiantu's [-]% members in the Zheng building.

After sitting in the guest room for a while, Xu Xiantu's third son, Xu Shou, came out, cupped his hands and said, "My father is feeling ill, and it is inconvenient to see guests. Please forgive me, Master Zheng!"

"Ah! Xu Xianggong is sick?"

Zheng Tongquan was extremely disappointed, Xu Xiantu wasn't sick, he was clearly looking for an excuse not to see him.

At this time, Xu Shou handed him another sandalwood box, "This is what my father asked me to give to Lord Zheng. I don't know what it is. Please accept it, Lord Zheng."

Zheng Tongquan stared at the wooden box, unable to say a word for a while, of course he is what it is, it is the gift book he handed to Xu Xiantu four years ago, each of his seventeen restaurants in Lin'an will give Xu Xiantu a gift part of it.

Now that Xu Xiantu actually returned the book of gifts, is this trying to clear up his relationship with him?

A great sense of fear welled up in his heart, and he knew very well that Xu Xiantu was not a flirtatious lover, and if something major hadn't happened, he would not have easily separated himself from the relationship.

"Did your father say what happened...?" Zheng Tongquan asked in a trembling voice.

Xu Shou was silent for a moment and said, "Father said, it's best for the proprietor to leave Lin'an for a while."

"why?"

"Father said that someone seems to be investigating the proprietor's previous affairs in Hejian Mansion."

Zheng Tongquan mind 'hum! With a sound, the thing he was most worried about finally came. He would go to Liaodong every year to purchase medicinal materials. He has been there twice, and it was the second time that he saved Queen Zheng's mother and daughter.

This past can be said to be his black history, once it is exposed, his reputation will be completely ruined, and the court will definitely make a fuss about it, severely punish their whole family, and take away all the wealth of the Zheng family.

Since Xu Xiantu wants to distance himself from him, it means that his black history has been exposed.

Zheng Tongquan walked out of Xu's mansion in a daze, a gust of cool wind blew, and Zheng Tongquan's mind suddenly cleared up a bit, and he suddenly remembered Xu Xiantu's advice to him, just leave Lin'an.

right!Hurry up and leave tonight!

Zheng Tongquan got into the carriage and rushed back to the Zheng Mansion, and immediately asked his family to pack up the most valuable things, and left overnight tonight.

At two o'clock, 24 members of Zheng's family carried soft packages and boarded a large painting boat through the back door, and the painting boat sailed along the Cao River in the city to the West Lake outside the city.

After crossing the West Lake and going ashore, they took four ox carts to the Qiantang River Wharf. There was still a [-] shi cargo ship moored at the wharf. Zheng Tongquan just came from Quanzhou on this boat this afternoon. They boarded the cargo ship, The boat set off and headed for Xiaoshan County.

Of course Zheng Tongquan couldn't leave like this. The Zheng family still has a lot of wealth in Lin'an and the accountants and stewards who have followed them for many years.They have a very secret mansion in Xiaoshan County, where they can hide for a while.

……

At noon the next day, the "Beijing News" was published as usual, but today's headlines caused a sensation in Lin'an City.

It turned out that Yong Wang Chen Qing himself published a warning statement in the "Beijing News".

"In the name of King Yong, I hereby declare that Zheng Tongquan, a businessman in Lin'an, is the father of Zheng Ping, the commander of the Western Army, and also the father of 40 soldiers of the Western Army, as well as my Chen Qing. If he seizes Zheng's family property, then he is the enemy of the 40 soldiers of the Western Army, and also my Chen Qing's enemy, I will send high-ranking warriors to destroy the whole family, even if it is thousands of miles away, he will be punished, Yong Wang Chen Qing swears with his sword!"

To put it simply, it is a sentence, 'If you dare to touch Zheng Tongquan, I will kill your whole family. '

This unprecedented warning statement, which has never been seen before, became a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys of Lin'an for a while. It turned out that the backstage of the Zheng family was King Yong Chen Qing.

The Empress Dowager Zheng died of illness at the beginning of the year, and some people began to have ideas about the Zheng family. Chen Qing issued a statement, and now no one dared to touch the Zheng family.

After lunch, Uncle Wei Guo came to the Zheng Tower, but he didn't enter the building either, and said to the shopkeeper, "There is an eminent monk who calculated the horoscope for me. Your Zheng Lou and my horoscope are in conflict with each other. Buying it will kill me. Please tell you." Proprietor, I don’t want Zheng Lou, so he doesn’t have to look for me.”

The shopkeeper knew it well, and quickly cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Uncle Guo, for your generosity!"

Uncle Wei Guo said again: "Did you overcharge me for the food before?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly asked the clerk to fetch a hundred taels of silver, and handed it over respectfully. Uncle Wei Guo snatched the silver, snorted heavily, got into the carriage and left.

The shopkeeper clenched his fists, cheered from the bottom of his heart, turned his head and said excitedly to the staff, "Whoever said that Uncle Wei Guo is not afraid of the sky and the earth? No, after King Yong said something, he obediently admitted his mistake."

……

Xu Xiantu took the newspaper and hurried to the imperial study room, he felt a little regretful, if it was a day later, he would not have to be so heartless, his annual income of [-] to [-] guan would be lost, and he would be ridiculed.

When they came to the door of the imperial study, an eunuch went in to report, and after a while he came out and said, "Your Majesty has summoned you, Mr. Xu please!"

Xu Xiantu walked into the imperial study, just in time to see the emperor Zhao Gou stuffing a newspaper under the table.

He pretended he didn't see it, stepped forward and bowed and said: "My minister sees Your Majesty!"

"Is Mr. Xu holding a newspaper?"

"Exactly, it is today's "Beijing News". There is a piece of news on it. His Majesty must be interested."

Zhao Gou knew what Xu Xiantu was talking about, so he pretended to be in a daze and said, "What news, show me!"

Xu Xiantu handed over the newspaper, and Zhao Gou squinted his eyes for a moment, then sneered and said, "What a big tone, are you going to send assassins to kill people?"

"Maybe that's what it means!"

Zhao Gou frowned and said, "But Zheng Tongquan agreed to let him go, why did he make such a statement?"

Xu Xiantu whispered: "Your Majesty, someone wants to attack Zheng Tongquan."

"Qin Hui?"

Xu Xiantu nodded, and Zhao Gou said angrily, "Call Qin Xianggong to see me!"

A eunuch rushed away, Zhao Gou took two steps behind his back and said, "I think it is necessary to sign an agreement with Chen Qing, and assassination is not allowed to deal with ministers!"

"Your Majesty, it's actually not necessary. For so many years, I haven't seen him use assassination methods, but he himself has been assassinated three times. The key is not to touch his bottom line. If he touches the bottom line, he will tear up the agreement even if he signed it."

Zhao Gou nodded, "Aiqing means that Zheng Tongquan is his bottom line?"

"As I said before the humble job, he has no parents, brothers, or family members. His marriage was arranged by Zheng Tongquan for him. He regards Zheng Tongquan as his father in his heart. Zheng Tongquan is indeed his bottom line!"

At this time, the eunuch reported at the door, "Your Majesty, Mr. Qin is here!"

"Announce him in!"

Qin Hui hurried in, bowed and saluted, "Please refer to Your Majesty for the humble position!"

Zhao Gou threw the newspaper in front of him, and said coldly, "Can Mr. Qin read Chen Qing's statement?"

Chapter 962 New Words

Qin Hui glanced at the newspaper and knew what was going on, so he could only bite the bullet and respond: "Report to Your Majesty, I have seen it."

"Are you going to attack the Zheng family?" Zhao Gou asked again.

Qin Hui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Zheng Tongquan really has a problem. Someone revealed that he secretly communicated with the Kingdom of Jin in the early years, and had a close relationship with the great chief of the Kingdom of Jin!"

Next to him, Xu Xiantu asked indifferently: "Qin Xianggong said that Zheng Tongquan went to Liaodong to buy medicinal materials?"

Zhao Gou glanced at Xu Xiantu, "What's going on?"

"Your Majesty, five years ago, my father, Zheng Tongquan, gave me a thousand-year-old ginseng to save my life. I asked about the origin of the ginseng, and he told me that he used to be a big drug dealer in Hejian Prefecture, and he went to Liaodong to buy ginseng every year. He basically bought precious medicinal materials such as , bear bile, and tiger bone from Jurchen hunters, and the Jurchen tribes basically knew him, and there was no Jin Kingdom at that time, so it was normal for the Jurchen chief to know him."

Qin Hui glared at Xu Xiantu and said, "Since Xu Xianggong knew about this, why did he keep covering it up for him?"

Xu Xiantu sneered and said, "He's just a businessman, not an official of the imperial court. Can the imperial court control him? Besides, if he doesn't go to Liaodong, how can he save Queen Mother Zheng? Isn't that obvious?"

"Mr. Xu, don't forget, he is the Duke of Hejian County, he has the title of Great Song Dynasty, and he is not an ordinary businessman."

"He got the title only after he escorted Queen Mother Zheng to Lin'an. Before that, he was just an ordinary businessman. After getting the title, would he still pass through the Kingdom of Jin?"

Qin Hui was stopped by the question for a moment, Zhao Gou interrupted their argument impatiently, "That's enough, stop talking!"

Both of them lowered their heads and stopped arguing. Zhao Gou said to Qin Hui again: "I have said before that he donated millions of dollars to relieve the financial difficulties of the imperial court, so he will not pursue his affair with Chen Qing any more. If you want to investigate him, don't you want me to be dishonest?"

"Wei Chen dare not!"

Zhao Gou gave him a hard look and said: "Chen Qing has always acted recklessly, regardless of the consequences. I am really worried that he will send assassins to come to An. I will never allow such a thing to happen. I will tell you one last time, no If you pester the Zheng family again, just wave your hand!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

The two of them exited the Imperial Study Room together, and walked outside the hall, Qin Hui sneered coldly: "The Zheng family's money is easy to handle, some people really work hard!"

Xu Xiantu smiled faintly, "Actually, I'm a little regretful. I shouldn't have told His Majesty about the newspaper. I simply use Chen Qing's hand to get rid of someone. Maybe I can be the right prime minister for a few years!"

Xu Xiantu raised his head and laughed, and walked away. Qin Hui felt cold all over his body, and stared at Xu Xiantu viciously as he walked away.

……

In Xiaoshan County, Zheng Feng, the nephew who went out to inquire about news about Lin'an, ran back to the mansion like a gust of wind, "Uncle, we are saved, we are saved!"

Zheng Tongquan was discussing with his brother Zheng Danian about going to Quanzhou in the middle hall, when he suddenly heard his nephew Zheng Feng's shout, he couldn't help but frown, the sound was too loud, and the neighbors would hear him.

Zheng Danian walked out of the lobby, and angrily scolded his son who ran into the courtyard: "What are you yelling so loudly, do you want to attract the government?"

"Father... Father!"

Zheng Feng was so tired that he was out of breath, "It's a good thing!"