Invincible son

Chapter 960 959 [Broken Ego]

March fourteenth.

Qinyuan, in the meeting hall.

After the extraordinary auction the day before yesterday, the final result left countless people stunned. They were surprised at the number of wealthy businessmen in and outside of Kyoto, and also lamented that Zhongshan Marquis Peiyue made a fortune well. In just one day, he earned more than 400 million taels.

It's just that there are not many people who are jealous and jealous of Pei Yue this time, especially those high-ranking officials who are well-informed. In private, they just said with a complicated expression, "Pei Yue is a smart man. He knows that sooner or later he won't be able to keep those cash cows. Why don't he take the initiative?" You can also get some benefits if you make a move.”

In fact, when Pei Yue confirmed that he was going to sell part of the property, the rich and powerful had a clearer understanding of the changes in the capital in the past few months.

Since the end of the Battle of the Southern Border, the palace's attitude towards Pei Yue is intriguing. He has neither overtly ascended or secretly seized his power, nor is he as kind and respectful as before.With the end of the last Shuo Wang Dynasty years ago, Pei Yue successfully dismissed the Duke of the State, and then began to use his accumulated contacts to lobby for the eldest prince, and successfully helped Liu Xian gain a firm foothold in the battle for the crown prince.

As of yesterday, 85 branches of Jingdu Xiangyun were sold. This firm, which is becoming more and more important to the stability of the people's livelihood in Kyoto, no longer belongs to Pei Yue alone. More than [-]% of the branches have fallen into the hands of dozens of wealthy businessmen.As a result, Pei Yue's influence on the capital has dropped significantly. Coupled with his previous efforts, it is believed that the palace can temporarily let go of its fear of him.

In short, after Emperor Kaiping expressed his intention to suppress, Pei Yue took the initiative to attack while sticking to the bottom line, and successfully resolved this crisis. This has obviously reached a certain tacit understanding between the monarch and his subjects.

Pei Yue moved so fast that the hidden dangers gradually disappeared before those who wanted to attack him had time to make a move.There are even those who are unresponsive and have not figured out the whole picture of the whole thing until now.

This at the same time strengthened Wang Pingzhang's simple thoughts. Today, Pei Yue is still in the heart of the emperor, and has a large number of allies and close friends in the court. It is almost impossible to solve him with ordinary court disputes. He can only use the most primitive methods. It is also the most direct way.

Liu Xian didn't argue either, he had known for a long time that the young and powerful man in front of him was very rich in the city, and his scheming and wrists were not like those of a weak crown, so he seemed to be pointing and said: "The Ministry of Industry has always been rich in oil and water."

In terms of the strength of the game alone, Pei Yue is obviously no match for the First Prince.Although Liu Xian also had a past of being reckless and reckless, after all, he received the most traditional and strict royal education since he was a child. Even if he is not a beautiful person, he is indeed better than Pei Yue in these elegant ways.

Liu Xian sighed: "Pei Yue, I know that you have unavoidable difficulties in selling part of the property under your name this time. Regardless of whether it is public or private, I should send someone to make a noise for you, and I should spend a sum of money to build your reputation. It's just...you also know that after the closure of the Qibao Pavilion, the palace lost its most important income, and it is really powerless to deal with such a big event. Not to mention whether I can get money from the court, even if I have the guts, the Ministry of Rites will not be able to. Pay so much money."

Pei Yue said softly, "Your Highness, it is a universal truth that everyone is innocent and guilty, not to mention that I am still the head of the Beijing camp, and I will completely hold a company like Xiangyun, which is related to people's livelihood and stability, in my hands." It's not right at all, and it's not a last resort. In fact, even if there were no turmoil in the capital during this period, I thought about giving up part of my property when I was still in the southern border. For me, wealth is no longer the heart of the Dingguo concubine. obsession."

Pei Yue laughed and said: "Your Highness, if you really dare to take money from the Ministry of Rites, the imperial concubine may be furious."

Liu Xian said with a smile: "The second child has been coveting your property for a long time. When the father asked Han Zheng to take over the peace talks in the southern border, he couldn't wait to let Liu Fei take over it. How can you bear it when you take the initiative to sell him this time? You raised the price of Xiangyun Branch to a high price by means of bidding, and today you used the same method to sell the shares of Jingdu Qinyuan. He doesn’t have that much money in his hand. After all, Zhulou gave up a lot in the past two years to keep its appearance. profit."

Liu Xian said with a little embarrassment: "That's true."

Naturally, Wang Pingzhang and the second prince were not among them. They just felt it was a pity that they didn't take advantage of this opportunity to bring down Pei Yue.

Pei Yue was a little curious and puzzled, but now the overall situation is looking good for the First Prince.After two months of long debate, the debate on the primogeniture system between the DPRK and China gradually subsided, and the focus of the topic shifted to the merits and demerits of the two princes themselves.

Today, the meeting room in Qinyuan has an elegant atmosphere. Pei Yue is talking with the young man sitting across from him. He seems to be too lazy to care about the ups and downs outside, and only wants to hide in the small building to become unified.

However, today's matchup on the chessboard seemed evenly matched, especially when Pei Yue used a "small tip" in the lower left corner, Liu Xian fell into the long test.

Pei Yue was slightly surprised, and asked calmly, "What do you mean by your Highness?"

Seeing this, Pei Yue smiled and said: "It seems that His Highness is very worried, this game of chess ends here, how about it?"

Pei Yue shrugged and said, "Your Highness is thinking too far. I didn't think too much about it. I just want to sell some properties earlier, and I don't want to attract criticism in vain."

Even when Princess Pingyang plotted against Pei Yue, Liu Xian's act of taking the blame for her became a proof of his pure filial piety.

Pei Yue then asked: "What is your Highness worrying about?"

He is now watching the Ministry of Rites, at least in name, he has the jurisdiction over the Ministry of Rites.

This time, I was able to gain insight into Pei Yue's plan, only because Liu Xian has always stood from the perspective of an outsider and has a more thorough view of the whole situation. In addition, he has personally experienced Pei Yue's various methods before, so he can analyze Pei Yue very rationally. idea.

Liu Xian then put the chess piece in his hand into the box, and said embarrassingly: "Oh, there are indeed a few things that make me uneasy these days."

Pei Yue smiled, and changed the subject: "It's a great honor to think that such a small matter of mine can make His Highness worry."

The eldest prince has an absolute advantage in this aspect, whether it is his performance in the previous four princes' treason case, or the few proposals he made from the Ministry of Political Affairs and Rites this year, which won a lot of applause.Although the second prince was secretly indignant more than once, because those methods must have been thought of by Concubine Wu Gui, but he himself had never left Empress Chen's help, so naturally he didn't have the guts to reveal the secrets of the palace.

Liu Xian understood that the other party didn't want to talk deeply, or that Pei Yue never put himself in a humble situation from the beginning to the end, even though he did do a lot of work for Liu Xian during this period of time.What's even more amazing is that the First Prince didn't feel that this was inappropriate. I don't know if it was because Pei Yue left a deep impression on him during the past entanglements, or because Wu Guifei's inculcations over the past few years have paid off, so that He accepted the fact that Pei Yue was equal to him very calmly.

Looking at Pei Yue's pure eyes, Liu Xian couldn't help but nodded in conviction, and then asked tentatively: "So you still took this opportunity to dig a hole for the second child?"

It's just that he still has two puzzles in his heart. Even if the second child is short of money for a while, he will not use the money from the Ministry of Industry. Even if he uses the bamboo building as collateral to borrow money from the Taiping Bank, he can still make up enough money to buy Peiyue's property.Taking a step back, even if he really used the money from the Ministry of Industry, how can Pei Yue lift the cover?

It stands to reason that Liu Xian is currently proud of his horseshoe disease, even if he is careful not to give others a handle, he will definitely not be so worried.

If the prince was involved, rumors and rumors would not do. If Pei Yue hadn't helped him, Jian Rong who blatantly impeached the eldest prince might not be able to escape unscathed.

Second, if you consider the best results, even if the second child can't see the mystery, can't Wang Pingzhang, that old fox, see it too?
Now Liu Xian knew that Liu Yun had a secret connection with Duke Wei's mansion, so he looked directly into Pei Yue's eyes and asked frankly, "Pei Yue, do you think the second child and Wang Pingzhang will be fooled?"

Pei Yue unhurriedly put the chess pieces on the chessboard into the box, and asked with a smile, "Your Highness thinks that Wang Pingzhang will remind the Second Prince?"

Liu Xian was stunned.

(End of this chapter)