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After seeing off the three members of Xining's family, Concubine Miao asked Empress Dowager Cao worriedly.

"Your Majesty, although Meiren Qiao is just a beauty, she is the only concubine of the official family after all. She must be very popular with the official family. Will you..." Concubine Miao knew that the late Emperor had special feelings for Concubine Wen Cheng.

Although the official family is the queen mother's own son, the royal family is different after all.And although everyone is respecting filial piety, among mothers and children, most of them are sons who occupy the strong side.

Concubine Miao was afraid that the empress dowager and the officials would ruin the relationship between mother and child because of Qiao Meiren.

Empress Cao shook her head. Her own son knew that Qiao Meiren might not have that weight.

but……

"Mao Ze, keep an eye on Miss Qiao, and the official's side."

"Yes."

Zhang Mao was originally the servant next to Zhao Zhen. When Zhao Zhen passed away, the servants around him were basically going to guard the imperial tomb.This can be regarded as the emperor and the courtier.

But Zhang Mao had a good relationship with Empress Cao before, and he helped Empress Cao many times.So after Zhao Zhen died, he was asked to go to the Hall of Compassion by Empress Dowager Cao.

Like him, Zheng Yong, Zhao Sheng kept him by his side, and managed Funing Hall and Chuigong Hall together with Cao Hua.Zheng Yong is naturally very grateful for this. He is very clever and does not fight for the locusts, but consciously assists Cao Hua.It made Zhao Sheng have a better impression of him.

Take care of him from time to time so that his status does not drop too much.

Here Qiao Meiren received the Queen Mother's order, and felt a little uneasy, but was soon instigated by the maids around her to go to Funing Hall to find the official's family and cry.

"Miss, although the queen mother is the official mother, everyone knows that the official family and the queen mother are not close. You are the only concubine of the official family, and the queen mother punishes you like this, which is also a face to the official family."

"That's right, what's more, I heard that the Queen Mother proposed to the officials to hold the Empress Dowager Ceremony as soon as possible. If the Queen enters the palace in the future..." Another maid looked worried.

"And the Empress Dowager wants the lady to kneel at the gate of the Ciyuan Hall, isn't that a warning to the lady?"

"The Empress Dowager just can't see how the official family treats the lady well."

"Hmph! This master is not afraid, let's go, let's go to Funing Hall to find the official family to make decisions."

When Qiao Meiren made a move, everyone in the palace got the news.Some people wanted to see the queen mother's jokes, while others wanted to weigh the beauty of Qiao in their hearts.Anyway, each has its own plan.

Zhang Mao immediately sent someone to notify the Empress Dowager Cao and asked her if she wanted to stop Qiao Meiren.

"No, it can be stopped for a while, but it can't be stopped for a lifetime. The old man just happened to see how important she is in the hearts of the officials."

Funing Hall

Zhao Sheng was listening to Cao Min report to him about the Palace Foreign Exchange Bank, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the hall that interrupted their conversation.

Zhao Sheng frowned: "What's going on?"

Immediately, the guards from the front office came in to report, saying that it was Miss Qiao who was clamoring to see him outside.

Zhao Sheng's brows frowned even tighter. How could he have time to listen to her now? He glanced at Zheng Yong and asked him to ask what was going on.

Zheng Yong immediately bowed and retreated.

Then came in again soon after.

Zheng Yong is worthy of being the chief steward of this palace for many years, but after a while he knew the cause and effect: "...then the queen mother punished Mrs. Qiao to kneel at the gate of the Ciyuan Hall for an hour, and Mrs. Qiao refused to accept it, so she came here to the Palace of Funing."

As a servant who follows the official's side, Zheng Yong is more picky than others, and he is a professional man, but Mrs. Qiao thinks very highly of herself.I'm afraid it won't end well.

"Presumptuous! As a concubine who disrespects the Empress Dowager, she dares to go to the Funing Palace to make a fuss and pass on my will. Beauty Qiao will be demoted to the county lord, and from then on, she will kneel at the gate of the Ciyuan Palace for an hour every day until the Queen enters the palace. There is also her side All the slaves in the palace were driven out of the palace."

"Yes." Zheng Yong thought in his heart that it was so.Their official family is not the first emperor, and there is probably no such thing as pity for fragrance and jade.

The official's treatment of Qiao Meiren, oh, it is Junjun Qiao's disposal now, which has sounded the alarm in many people's hearts.They know how different the official family is today from the former emperor.

At the same time, I also know how much the government attaches importance to the Queen Mother.

After the Queen Mother Cao knew what her son had done, she was very satisfied.

"As expected, the official family is the most filial to the empress." Dowager Miao said with a smile.

"It's good for the officials to know the seriousness. When the queen enters the palace in the future, I will feel relieved."

"Your Majesty, where is this? After all, the Empress is young, and the affairs of the harem will still depend on you."

Empress Dowager Cao shook her head: "I've been trapped in this harem all my life, so I don't want to worry about it anymore. If the queen is capable, let her do these things. We old sisters moved to Qionghuayuan, where the scenery is beautiful. It is suitable for our retirement."

"That's a good relationship, and I like Qionghuayuan very much." Concubine Miao said happily, and she also wanted to live more comfortably.Anyway, no matter where she lives, it doesn't prevent her daughter from visiting her.

Empress Cao thought that this garden was built by her son for the first emperor, but in the end the first emperor didn't live in it for long, and in the end it was not cheap for her.Thinking of this, Empress Cao secretly decided in her heart that she must clean up the garden in the future, and she must live for a long time, enough to live.

Those ministers and censors who originally wanted to use Qiao Meiren to 'educate' the new officials held their breath in their chests and almost suffocated to death.

Who spread the false news that Miss Qiao is the official's favorite.This is also called a good heart. Not only was he demoted and punished to kneel, but he also drove all the servants around him out of the palace.

However, Zhao Sheng ignored the affairs of the harem, and now all his attention was on the Huitong Bank outside the palace.As he expected, those banks that had previously deposited large sums of money are now planning to run together.

After all, the news that Zhao Sheng raised four armies but didn't ask for money from the treasury can't be hidden from anyone. Raising an army is the most expensive.Then inquire about the treatment of these four armies from some people, it is natural for people to conclude that the officials use money from the Huitong Bank to support the army.

"Are we really going to do this? That's the official family." A man with a very rich figure was sweating coldly.He also regretted it very much at this time, why didn't he investigate the details of Huitong Bank at the beginning.If he could check more, he wouldn't join in the fun.

"Hmph! So what about the officials? We're just talking about business, can the officials use their power for personal gain?" A thin man with a very mean appearance had a tough tone.

"Master Xu, don't talk too much. Who is behind Mr. Xu? Have you ever figured out whether they have used their power for personal gain?" A young man dressed in extremely rich clothes said in a low tone.

"you!"

"Okay, we gathered here today to discuss how to suppress the heresy of Huitong Qianzhuang. I think the boss sitting here during this period will have a hard time. If this continues, what will happen to everyone in the future? You should know." The middle-aged man sitting at the top spoke softly, but everyone focused on him.

"Guan Han is right. During this period of time, our bank has lost three layers of customers. If this continues, the family business passed down by the ancestors will be over." The mean man said indignantly.

Hearing this, the fat man and the rich young man stopped talking.

"Okay, everyone is a fallen person in the world. It's not that we want to fight against the government, but the government's Huitong Bank will not give us a way out. I have solved the problems everyone is worried about. Don't worry, the rules of this country But rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats." The middle-aged Han Guanshi said meaningfully.

Anyone who can open a bank is naturally not a fool. Money and power have been inseparable brothers since ancient times.Naturally, they are also politically literate.

They knew exactly who Guanshi Han belonged to.Hearing him say that made me feel a lot more at ease.

Seeing the situation, Steward Han curled his lips in satisfaction: "Since everyone has no objection, then the rest of the matter will be handled as agreed. There are still things to do in the lower mansion, so I will take my leave first."

The others sent off Manager Han, and they were not in the mood to stay any longer, so they took their leave and left.

No one noticed that one of them didn't speak at all, but secretly took notes of everyone's reactions and what they said.

Soon, Zhao Sheng had the record of the meeting of these people in his hand.It's as big as everyone's wealth background, what they have done in the past and now.It is so small that every word and every expression of the people present.He understands everything clearly.

"Han family, Xu family, Lin family." Zhao Sheng said a word, picked up the vermilion pen beside them and made a bright red cross on the names of these people.

Cao Hua looked at more and more bloody forks, and silently mourned for these people in his heart.But thinking of the evil deeds of these people investigated by the Imperial City Division, I feel that this treatment is very reasonable.

Zhao Sheng handed the Zhazi he had finished drawing to Cao Hua, Cao Hua bowed to catch it, and then sent it out directly.

Wang Yu was already waiting at the door. He took the tie and opened it for a look, then nodded to Cao Hua.Then he strode away.

Cao Hua watched the young man striding away, and knew in his heart that the lively and cheerful young man was gone, but that was fine, only such a person could help the officials.

Wu Laoliu is an ordinary Bianjing citizen, the only property in his family is a small shop facing the street.There is a shop in the front, and a small yard in the back just enough for a family to live in.

Wu Laoliu didn't have any skills, but he was somewhat related to a steward of Fanlou. He bought some wine from Fanlou and sold them loosely in his small shop.The business is still very good. The old customers all know that his source of goods is Fan Lou, and they all like to buy wine from him.

Wu Laoliu has also saved some savings in the past few years, in order to save his daughter's dowry.

Before the opening of Huitong Bank, it was said that saving money not only does not require a custody fee, but also earns interest.At the beginning, everyone didn't believe that there was such a good thing, but later someone really got the interest. Although it was not much, such money was like pie falling from the sky.

There are many people who are tempted at once, but Wu Laoliu is cautious and dare not be greedy for such a small gain.Until someone said that Huitong Bank is the property of the prince's current official family.Wu Laoliu believed in the officials, and he saw that many people had deposited their silver in Huitong Bank, so he took out the silver that was originally stored in other banks and deposited it in Huitong Bank.

I went to withdraw it last month, and it was really withdrawn with interest.The happy Wu Laoliu saved some more money and went in.He also told the neighbors in the neighborhood that the Huitong Bank is not afraid of losing money if it operates like this.It's just that ordinary people like them don't understand the thoughts of these noble people.Just a lot of their money.

Every month Wu Laoliu would calculate in his heart how much interest he would get this month, not to mention how happy he was.