The emperor is embarrassed

Grandfather passed away, so it stands to reason that Ruan Jiarui should have a year of filial piety to keep.

It is not without precedent for the ancients to marry in filial piety.Get married first, then keep filial piety.

It's just that when Ruan Hongfei kidnapped the emperor and prince, Ruan Haofeng directly deleted Ruan Hongfei's name from the family tree in order to remove the family's suspicion.

Ruan Hongfei was expelled from the Ruan family, and Ruan Jiarui, as Ruan Hongfei's daughter, naturally could not live in the Ruan family.

Therefore, since Ruan Hongfei's incident happened, Ruan Jiarui went to live in the family temple of Beiweihou Mansion.Now the emperor suddenly bestowed a marriage on Ruan Jiarui, which shocked the Ruan family. Madam Beiwei had no choice but to accompany Ruan Jiarui into the palace tremblingly to thank her.

But in reality, Ruan Jiarui is no longer the Ruan family in terms of etiquette.

Now that Ruan Haofeng is dead, Ruan Jiarui can't keep his filial piety for him.

Ruan Jiarui didn't even know whether to go back to the family temple of Beiweihou Mansion, or where to go?Although the emperor said that he would give her a marriage, but she has no dowry and no relatives, so where will she get married?

All of this, no matter how calm and calm Ruan Jiarui is, she is just a teenage girl who usually only stays in the inner room, what big ideas can she have?

Mrs. Beiweihou also thought about it on the way, she must not let Ruan Jiarui go home to the temple again, but the funeral is still going on at home, how to deal with Ruan Jiarui's marriage?This is another difficulty.

The grandfather and grandson silently followed the eunuch leading the way to the gate of the palace. There was already a palace chariot waiting outside the gate of the palace. Two elderly nuns and four maids stood neatly beside the chariot.

One of the [-]-year-old nuns stepped forward and saluted Mrs. Beiwei Hou and Ruan Jiarui, "I have seen Mrs. Hou and Miss Ruan. This servant is a servant of Princess Shuyi's mansion. Miss Ruan is going to the princess mansion to get married."

Ruan Jiarui was astonished, Madam Beiweihou asked in surprise, "Nurse, how do you say that?"

"Ma'am, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Miss Ruan's father is no longer a member of the Ruan clan, and Miss Ruan is naturally not a member of the Ruan family. Now that the emperor bestows a marriage, Miss Ruan will be married soon, and there is a funeral in the Ruan residence. It is not suitable for her to go to the mansion." The nanny said with a serious look, "The eldest princess is also ordered by His Majesty to take Miss Ruan to the princess mansion to prepare for her marriage."

Mrs. Beiweihou was full of doubts and didn't know what to do.

"The slave is the nanny next to the eldest princess. Besides, the order of the Long Live Lord is to give the slave eight courage, and the slave dare not speak nonsense."

Mrs. Beiweihou's heart sank. Although he was not Ruan Haofeng's original partner, he had two daughters and a son with Ruan Haofeng, and the husband and wife lived in harmony.There are some things, although Ruan Haofeng doesn't tell her clearly, but only a few words, Mrs. Beiweihou also knows a little bit.

Including Ruan Jiarui's somewhat vague background.

Now that the royal family is offering marriages and preparing marriages, Mrs. Beiweihou became suspicious of Ruan Jiarui's identity almost immediately.But now the nanny said that the emperor had ordered Ruan Jiarui to go to the princess mansion to prepare for marriage, even if Mrs. Beiweihou had doubts, there was nothing she could do.

Not only was she helpless, even though there were all sorts of suspicious things, she also understood that this was something that could not be said.

Mrs. Bei Weihou had already figured things out, held Ruan Jiarui's hand, looked at Ruan Jiarui's not-so-excellent facial features with gentle eyes, and said softly, "Son, since you have this kindness, just go. Your Majesty's grace, The eldest princess is kind, you are a blessed one. There are things at home that I prepared for you in the past, and I will send them to you at the time of introduction, so don’t dislike it. At the beginning, the Hou Mansion had no choice but to know about it.”

At the end of the conversation, Madam Beiweihou shed a few tears when she recalled her deceased husband.

Ruan Jiarui didn't say anything, didn't even nod his head, just looked at Mrs. Beiweihou.

Last resort, there are too many last resorts in the world.

Ruan Jiarui knew it when she was in the family temple, how much the Ruan family hoped that she would end it on her own and win a reputation of shame.However, she didn't die, it's fine to say that she was just trying to survive, she hoped so much to live.Even with simple food and simple clothes every day, she still wants to live.

Now that she has a future, everything becomes a last resort.

After waiting for Mrs. Beiweihou to let go of her hand, Ruan Jiarui nodded slightly to Mrs. Beiweihou, then turned around and stepped on the delicate embroidered stool to board the seven-star treasure car under the service of the maid of the eldest princess's mansion.

Ming Zhan's letter soon arrived at the Zhennan Prince's Mansion.

Feng Jingqian saw that Ming Zhan's letter mentioned that Yunnan-Guizhou merchants went to the imperial capital to do business, and said, "Ming Zhan has a broad mind that no one can match." The opening of Tianjin Port is extremely beneficial to the court, the common people, and the merchants. one thing.In the past, it was not that Feng Jingqian had thought of building a seaport and opening the sea ban, but the key point is that the imperial court did not have the money.Now that Mingzhan is beating the gongs and drums, don't worry about how he tosses, anyway, he is planning to build a port.

In such a matter, Ming Zhan is willing to have a hand in the businessman from Yunnan and Guizhou, which is really big enough.

Feng Jingnan was naturally extremely satisfied, feeling deeply that his [-] horses were not given in vain, and said with a smile, "It is said that the businessman surnamed Chu went to the imperial capital in person, and I don't know what he said to Ming Zhan, and Ming Zhan came right away. Letter. Sigh, I don’t know how that evildoer can tolerate it?” Naturally, evildoer refers to Ruan Hongfei.

Feng Jingqian asked, "Why do you care about his children's affairs?" If Feng Jinggan were to say, whether the matter between Ming Zhan and the businessman surnamed Chu is true or not needs to be discussed separately.Naturally, Ming Zhan has some lustful problems. The key point is, isn't that evildoer easy to get along with?Ming Zhan may not be able to get a bargain.Feng Jingqian would not believe that Ming Zhan still had an affair with a businessman surnamed Chu.

Feng Jingnan pressed Ming Zhan's letter with his palm, and said with a smile, "This is a good thing, and of course I won't refuse it. So I asked Zhu Zizheng to go to the imperial capital, and just drew up the terms. manage."

Feng Jingqian also had the same intention.

After half a month of hanging out with Huaiyang salt merchants, Ming Zhan finally agreed to meet them.

The salt merchants already knew that they were wrong, and they were treated coldly, and it was the first time they saw the king, so they were quite worried.

Of course, Ming Zhan has a good reputation. He raised the salaries of officials and soldiers, and he was very gentle with students. He built a library and opened the Shanren Hall. Although many policies are still only in the imperial capital, but this It does not affect the people's goodwill towards Ming Zhan.

Corresponding to Ming Zhan's benevolent government, Ming Zhan also had many practices that were objected to.

The first is the case of Zhejiang and Fujian soldiers killing civilians and taking meritorious service. Ming Zhan's bloody handling method at that time is still horrifying; the second is that Ming Zhan has extremely strict requirements on the children of wealthy families. The case of Zhao Xi, the cousin of the Marquis of Yongning, followed by the case of Lu Ba in Nanfeng Bofu, the results of which need not be repeated; the third case, Ming Zhan was extremely sympathetic to women.

Therefore, the impression Ming Zhan left on people is not purely good or bad, but more of a feeling of both good and evil.

Ming Zhan was never used to him sitting, and a group of people standing and talking, he lazily raised his neck to look at people.Therefore, although he was dissatisfied with the salt merchants, he did not let them stand as a punishment.But as soon as the salt merchants sat down, Ming Zhan said, "I heard that you have been waiting and watching in Huaiyang for a long time before you came to the imperial capital. I didn't plan to see you at first, but because of what I said earlier, since I came to the emperor's words, since I said I will see you." You guys will meet up naturally."

"Seeing you today, I don't know what to say to you." Ming Zhan said coldly, "You don't trust me. Of course, this is no loss to me. Now how many merchants in the imperial capital have come to seek an opportunity , since you don't care about the opportunities I give, I've saved a lot of trouble."

The salt merchant really knelt down on the ground before his butt was hot, claiming that there was absolutely nothing wrong with it, and they would never dare to despise the holy grace.What's more, swearing and swearing is only for a show of loyalty.

Ming Zhan glanced at the people underground and said, "Now that you are here, it can be seen that you have figured it out."

Ming Zhan started out as a means of thunder, so experienced such as Cheng Yaozhi and Shen Taiping couldn't take it anymore, I don't know what Ming Zhan meant.Hearing Ming Zhan's question, Cheng Yaozhi hurriedly said, "Caomin is loyal to His Majesty wholeheartedly."

"The word loyalty is easy to say, easy to write, and hard to do." Ming Zhan said coldly, "Before, I presided over the reform of the salt class in Yunnan and Guizhou. You all have eyes and ears. You can go and see. Have I ever treated you badly?" Who doesn't?"

"You have been salt merchants in Huaiyang for generations. Now that the imperial court has taken back the salt factory, I am worried that you will lose your jobs and live a difficult life. Now it happens that Tianjin Port has the opportunity to reward you with a bowl of rice. If you don't appreciate it, I will do my best. There is nothing good to say." Ming Zhan said, "Let's talk nonsense, now we have two opportunities. One is the wharf of Tianjin Port. The first phase of the project has a total of [-] berths. In the future, foreign ships will enter Tianjin Port to call for berths. , These are all for cash. If you have money, you can contract the wharf and make money sitting around, which is no more difficult than selling salt. Second, just like when the Yunnan-Guizhou Salt Department was restructured, you can choose any kind of goods to participate in sea trade. Within a year, I will not collect tax money."

Ming Zhan said lightly, "You can ask Wu Wan about the specific matters. The imperial court has already drawn up various regulations. You can take a closer look at the regulations on the protection of businessmen."

Cheng Yaozhi and the others only had Xie En.

Ming Zhan didn't spend too much time talking with the salt merchants. For one thing, his current status is very different from when he was in Yunnan.Now he is the master of the house, and after being publicized by the royal newspapers, there are well-known businessmen in the empire, and there is no one who does not want to get involved in maritime trade.

Second, so many businessmen came here to spend money. As long as the businessmen can take the money out of their pockets and Ming Zhan has the money to build Tianjin Port, half of the future road will be paved.

Third, in Yunnan and Guizhou, the place is small, so the salt merchants are naturally one of the best merchants.But in the imperial capital, Zhejiang merchants, Anhui merchants and Shanxi merchants are all well-known merchants, and their financial resources are not inferior to those of salt merchants.There are too many fat sheep, and Ming Zhan will not favor any one in particular, but is more willing to fight between the snipe and the clam, and the fisherman will benefit.

Ming Zhan dismissed Cheng Yaozhi and others with a few words.

What the salt merchants did this time, they themselves felt that it was unreasonable.As Ming Zhan said, now that there are so many merchants in the imperial capital, and there are more wolves and less flesh, is it possible that the imperial court still wants them to be salt merchants?On the contrary, salt merchants are eager to find new opportunities here.

However, it was clear that the emperor had released his goodwill before, but the salt merchants deliberately procrastinated.Ming Zhan is not a fool, so he is naturally angry at this.

At this point, it is too late to regret, and we still have to look forward.

In fact, the salt merchants were lucky that they were in the imperial capital at this time.They don't know that Huaiyang is already at war and the wind and rain are raging. They came to the imperial capital and just escaped a dispute, which is also a great fortune.