eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 158
After all, Li Yancai is still a big official in Huguang and Fengjiang. Although he is not a small official, he is nothing in the capital, so why is Zhang Sheng so applauded?

It is because this Li Yan is Wu Kuan's in-law.

The Zuoshunmen incident caused many participants to lose their official positions and fame, and even family members were implicated.

But it was this Wu Kuan who was exempted by the imperial court after his death.

Being able to get the exemption means that the emperor still has feelings for him. At this time, he is going to be promoted to Li Yancai's official position. The emperor has no reason to refuse. Wu Kuan died less than two months ago.

And the crown prince himself couldn't say anything that he didn't like Wu Kuan,
After all, he just died, why are you doing this, don't you seem narrow-minded?
Moreover, it is reasonable for the right minister to be promoted to the chief minister. Of course, the prince can also say that Li Yancai can be appointed to other positions, but so many ministers in the court are smart people.

If Wu Kuan doesn't get along with you, you won't let his in-laws go to Zhejiang,

Doesn't it just mean that you have something to do in Zhejiang?

It was these subtle relationships that made Zhang Sheng call out the word 'wonderful' for him.

Liu Daxia was not so excited, he came thinking of the style of His Royal Highness,
So what is the style of Donggong?
I like to occupy righteousness and feel that I have enough plans, so I will be a little confident.

Based on these two points, the prince should not refuse Li Yancai's appointment.

Emperor Hongzhi especially liked to see Donggong's attitude on such tangled matters. As long as Donggong didn't shake his head, the matter would basically be settled.

"That's it."

Liu Daxia made up his mind, so he handled it accordingly.

On the third day of September in the 17th year of Hongzhi.

Wang Hua got on the boat at Jingshi Wharf and was about to go straight to Hangzhou.At this time, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is the channel for water transportation, and passenger ships are also used.

When he arrived in Zhejiang, he learned that the imperial court had also sent Li Yancai, the left chief envoy of Hubei, as the chief envoy of Zhejiang.

This person is well appointed, even he has to admit that all the princes in the court are really smart people.

And when he landed,

All the people who came to follow up from various yamen went back to report.

Even Mei Kejia was quite concerned about this.

September in Hangzhou is another year of autumn, and this season adds a bit of chilling atmosphere to the city of Hangzhou.

Wei Bin hurried to the gate of Mei Mansion with small steps,
This made Mei Kejia smile unrecognizably,
I still remember that he was the one who rushed to worship Wei Bin's door, but now, everything has changed again.

Life is like a play.

"Hey, you can really pretend. That Huzhou magistrate Xu Ruoqin's memorial has already arrived in the Forbidden City, and you still drink tea here?!"

As soon as Wei Bin arrived at Mei's mansion, he saw that Mei Kejia was not in a hurry, drinking tea while listening to famous courtesans in Hangzhou playing music for him, the rocking chair was swaying, very comfortable.

He can't, his heart is already in his throat.

"Eunuch Wei? Why are you here?" This Mei Kejia is not a well-known benefactor. Inevitably, so I deliberately pretended not to see Wei Bin.

Seeing it now, he acted surprised again.

Wei Bin may know, but there is nothing he can do about it.

"What happened, Eunuch Wei?"

Wei Bin was so anxious that he sweated in the cool autumn, "The imperial court has ordered Wang Hua to be the governor of Zhejiang. You, Master Mei, should know about this, right?"

"I know."

"Then you still drink tea here?! Then Wang Hua is from Zhan Shifu!"

Mei Kejia tilted his head and smiled, "I don't understand that. Your Eunuch Wei belongs to the Crown Prince, and the new governor of Zhejiang is also from the Crown Prince. They are all from the Crown Prince. He came because of your help. How dare you give him a hand? You can't tear it down, what are you in a hurry for?"

"Oh, let me tell you, do you really not understand, or are you just pretending not to understand. Our family has been in Hangzhou for so many years. Why didn't His Highness send someone sooner or later, but at this time? This must be the memorial to His Highness I feel that our family's errands are not in place!"

The fact that the guarding eunuch, who is usually high above him, can talk to this extent shows that he is indeed panicked.

But his panic did not win Mei Kejia's sympathy.

Everyone has their own interests in doing things.Advance or retreat, take your own interests as the fundamental point.

So is May Kejia.

So what is his interest?
It is to continue the trade at sea, get out the prince's money, and then give himself the opportunity to return to the capital and reunite with his family.

What use is this Wei Bin to him?
Useless.

The combination of government and business, the combination of government and business, Wei Bin is the official who combined with him.

In fact, in essence, it is not Wei Bin, but the prince.

Whoever the prince puts in Zhejiang, he will combine with officials and businessmen.

In a sense, the current Wei Bin has lost value to him.

But you can't just push him out like that,
After all, Wei Bin knows many things about him, and he is also the prince's close servant. As long as he does not die, you know that he will cry in front of the prince, will the prince spare him?

After all, these are the people who grew up with the prince.

So in fact, Mei Kejia has already thought clearly,

If Wei Bin is still valuable at this time, then the greatest value is to shut up.

And he, Mei Kejia, doesn't have the power to shut up Wei Bin, only the crown prince has the power.

"...So Eunuch Wei thinks that His Highness believed the memorial from Xu Ruoqin, the prefect of Huzhou?"

Ask this question out,
Wei Bin shook his head himself,
The capital is thousands of miles away from Hangzhou, how could he know?

"Boss Mei, what do you think?"

Mei Kejia: "..."

Pig teammates.

"Let's put it this way, Eunuch Wei." Mei Kejia was very calm, and he still had time to pour tea for Wei Bin. "Although I am a businessman, I have also secretly read some books, so I know that there is a saying called "Making the enemy follow you." Wide, the book is not very good, and the analogy is not very appropriate, because there are no enemies in the capital, but the meaning is that, that is, things should be planned from the worst possibility. So let's assume, if Your Highness believes Woolen cloth?"

Mei Kejia raised his head slightly and took a sip of tea, while he glanced at Wei Bin from the corner of his eyes.

Holding the tea in his hands, Wei Bin stared blankly at the tea leaves twisted into the bottom of the cup.

"If... if His Highness believes it... then our family can only bind our hands and go to His Highness to plead guilty!"

"There is no rush to plead guilty. The key is whether you can survive after pleading guilty."

These words made Wei Bin feel a glimmer of hope, "Boss Mei feels that even in the worst case, our family can survive."

"What is the point of this, of course I can survive." Mei Kejia tried his best to comfort him, "His Royal Highness, the only heir of His Majesty, is also the future emperor of Ming Dynasty. All the wealth in the world is in his hands, and the world is also his son." Min, isn’t it different for the Son of Heaven if you have more in your hands than if you have more in his hands?”

"Besides, the relationship between Eunuch Wei and His Highness is unusual. He made a mistake, that is, he was greedy for money. No matter how he is loyal to His Highness, as long as he is loyal and sincerely admits his mistakes, why would His Highness kill you? Kill you, Your Highness Wouldn't it be missing a loyal servant?"

This discussion was advanced layer by layer, but Wei Bin listened to it, "Yes! As a servant, as long as you are loyal, even if you make a mistake, you will be punished. Your Highness will definitely not kill me. .”

Having said that, Mei Kejia began to switch to the next rhythm.

He sighed, "Eunuch Wei, you are like me... Although we are all His Highness's people and do things for His Highness, we are different from those civil servants. Civil servants can look at the height of the mountain from one mountain to another. The emperor is a courtier, but we are like the water in a mountain stream, which is easier to rise than the literati, but also easy to retreat. Once it flows into the river, it will never return to the mountain."

"In your opinion, how can it not flow into the river?" Wei Bin asked immediately.

"When I was with Your Highness, there must have been no Eunuch Wei, so my aunt said it absurdly, and my eunuch listened to it. I thought the answer to my father-in-law's question was just one sentence." At this point, Mei Kejia moved closer, "Don't break it His Majesty's business."

"That's natural, our family naturally dare not!"

Mei Kejia wanted to laugh when he said this,

I dare not, today's incident is partly because of you.

"Then, let me ask you a question," Mei Kejia smacked his mouth, "does father-in-law know what is His Highness's major event in Zhejiang?"

"It's Yin..." Wei Bin originally wanted to blurt out, because he knew,
But he stopped talking halfway through, why?
Because the answer is silver.

But he, Wei Bin, took the money.

Mei Kejia lowered his eyebrows, as long as you know what that means.

"It's over! It's over! So, our family still has no way out!"

Wei Bin is a man in his fifties, and tears and snot are about to flow down his nose while talking.

"Elder-in-law, I don't mean that." Mei Kejia raised her voice a little, "Even if you are guilty, you can make amends!"

Wei Bin stopped crying, sniffed, "Okay, tell me, what chance do you have to make amends and find some more money for His Highness?"

"No." Mei Kejia said his final intention of coming, "Eunuch, at this time, I want to help His Highness carry this pot. This is more useful than money."

"Back the blame?"

"Yes. The people in Zhejiang know that I, Mei Kejia, is saving money for His Highness, but no one has evidence. Since there is no evidence, no one dares to speak nonsense about being the crown prince. They just infer that my money was given to me. You, your money will naturally be given to His Highness. From Zhejiang to the capital, they want to give His Highness the title of 'struggling with the people'. In this way, you have to withdraw. Once you withdraw, I will have to withdraw. As soon as I withdraw, the businessmen in Zhejiang and Fujian will celebrate."

"Only by helping His Highness can His Highness remember your kindness. It is only useful to admit your mistakes at this time, otherwise just admitting your mistakes... Will Eunuch forgive people like this? This is the first, and second, Eunuch still wants to keep me."

Wei Bin's eyes were filled with big question marks, "Why?"

"Because I'm here." Mei Kejia cupped his hands, "It's also part of His Highness' big business. His Highness is most concerned about the silver in Zhejiang. If you are here, the silver is there; if you are not here, the silver is gone. If the silver is not here, it is broken." Your Highness's important matter, the father-in-law will not be able to live."

"Our family understands." Wei Bin thought about it again and again, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and the logic was very smooth.

In fact, most people would not be able to tell the difference, because no matter if it was to harm His Highness, or to confess Mei Kejia, the crown prince would not bypass him.

So basically believe it.

But after Wei Bin left Mei Mansion, Mei Kejia narrowed his eyes and shook his head in disdain.

In the corner, Fu Zheng came out and asked, "So, Wei Bin still has a way out?"

"There is a fart to survive. If he wants to survive, the governor of Zhejiang, Wang Hua, will not come." Mei Kejia straightened his sleeves and said slowly: "Our Prince is the one who is clear about accounts. You treat him well. , he treats you better, you treat him badly, and he treats you even worse. Wei Bin has been in the East Palace all these years. It's not that he didn't understand His Highness's character, but he couldn't bear it once he became powerful, so he took His Highness's silver with his hands, anyway. It's still a small head. But...he stretched out his hand and saved me."

"Why is this?"

Mei Kejia explained: "My lord, I am a businessman in Zhejiang. I earn so much money. I must have many enemies. When there are more people, you will inquire, and he will also inquire. No matter how secret I am, after a few years, I will eventually die. Asking people to find out is doing business for the palace. So the unstable situation in Zhejiang like today will definitely appear. Since it will definitely appear, and it cannot be resolved, we can only find someone who is responsible for it. Otherwise, wouldn’t His Highness blame me? Bad job?"

In a word, he doesn't ruin His Highness's affairs, if His Highness's affairs are ruined, it must be seen as someone else's. What does it matter to me?

Therefore, when he bribed Wei Bin back then, it was intentional at all.

If someone made a mistake and the situation went bad, it was naturally the fault of the person who made the mistake.

This is the brain you need to survive.

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(End of this chapter)