Bachelor

Chapter 144

At the same time, Wudinghou Mansion.

Guo Xun was sitting at the table, holding a money note in his hand and looking at it carefully by candlelight.The denomination of the money note is not large, worth one tael of silver, and it is very beautifully printed, but it is not the money note of the Lu family bank that is in circulation in the capital.The four big characters of "Ping's money note" are impressively printed on the imprint on it.

Guo Xun looked at the patterns and marks on it over and over again, and was speechless for a long time.

The military officer who directly controlled the entire capital garrison had a trace of innocence on his face, as if he saw something rare.

But the two people under the seat knew that all this was just pretended by Guo Xun, this old fox is very shrewd.

There was an official and a concubine under the seat, the official was dressed in a sixth-rank official uniform, and the one in the scholar's robe was Ping Qiuli, a talented Shandong scholar who had recently been in the limelight in the capital.

Seeing Guo Xun playing with the money note in his hand like an urchin, Ping Qiuli sat there calmly and calmly.But the sixth-rank official was a little impatient: "Guohou, if you nod your head, as soon as Ping's Bank opens, you will give [-]% of the bank's shares with both hands."

The person who looks like a small official, surnamed Shi Changqing, is an ordinary official of Taichang Temple and a disciple of Zhu Houqiao, king of Jianghua.

Listening to his words, Guo Xun's face was serious, and he threw the money ticket on the table casually: "Master Changqing, you are so bold, who do you think I am, Guo Xun?"

Master Changqing ate his drink, sweat rolled down his forehead in fright, and he almost knelt on the ground and kowtowed to beg for mercy.

On the contrary, Ping Qiuli could hold his breath, and smiled instead: "Master, Guo Hou is an elegant person, don't mention these things in front of him."

"Yes, yes, who doesn't know that although Guo Hou is a military officer, he may be able to write poems and essays, and the few books he compiled have been widely circulated in the capital. Everyone said that if Guo Hou went to take the imperial examination, he would easily win the first prize."

Hearing this, Guo Xun became happy: "I would like to take the exam for the number one scholar, Guangzong Yaozu, but it won't work! The capital guards are such a big stall, and they belong to this camp and that camp, and they belong to Yingtian Mansion and the North and South Yamen. , are all on me, Lao Guo, even if I have the intention to take the imperial examination, I will be a minister of the cabinet in the future, but your majesty will not agree."

"That's that, Guo Hou is your majesty's humerus, and you can't leave it for a moment." Master Changqing complimented repeatedly.

"However, Lao Guo was born in the army and spent his whole life on the battlefield. He is used to scooping food from the same ladle with the soldiers under the tent. If he changed his civil service, he would not be used to it. His grandma, I still like to be in In the days when the barracks eat a lot of meat and drink in a big bowl, if you really write in the court, you will be laughed at. As for the books I edited, they are all romance novels and so on, not serious writing."

Guo Xun said it vulgarly, but Ping Qiuli sneered in his heart: Guo Xun is an all-round talent in both civil and military affairs, and he is also a person with outstanding talent.Pretending to be so rude and uneducated now is probably because he doesn't want to get too involved in the struggle for the heir apparent.However, you have taken so many benefits from the palace in the past, but now you want to stay out of it, is it possible?
Ping Qiuli said: "Yes, Your Majesty can't leave Guohou for a moment. Now, Your Majesty's body is also broken. I heard that he vomited blood today, and even Zhu Huan was transferred to the palace to be on duty. Why, Guo Hou didn't go?"

Guo Xun pretended to be confused: "He vomits blood, no, it's nothing. Old Guo, I talked to His Majesty all day today, and His Majesty is in good spirits!"

Ping Qiuli scolded the old fox secretly, and gave Shi Changqing a dissatisfied look.Before coming to Beijing, this guy took a letter to Qingzhou, saying that he had already dealt with Guo Xun.Therefore, the prince hurriedly sent himself, the number one counselor, to the capital to preside over the overall situation.Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived in the capital, every time he saw Guo Xun, the old guy would always look like a roguish soldier, full of nonsense, but never said a single useful word.

Ping Qiuli was also annoyed, and felt ruthless in his heart. Once King Jianghua succeeded to the throne and became the chief minister of the cabinet himself, he had to find a chance to clean up this old thing like a hob.

Ping Qiuli: "My Ping's Bank will open soon, and I am not familiar with the capital, so I just came to see Guo Hou, and I want to ask Guo Hou for advice. This time, Wansheng came to learn from Lord Hou humbly."

"Tips?" Guo Xun smiled: "Okay, let me just say a few words, this thing is good, if you want to make it, you will definitely make a fortune. Well, you will make a fortune. Work hard, and I will be rich in the future. Now, maybe I will save some money to you for interest. Haha, don’t turn me away at that time! However, there are two money tickets in the capital all of a sudden, and the competition is fierce. Tell me, which one should we use? How about the banknotes? This thing is not good, don’t turn it into a treasure..." Guo Xun said a lot of slobber, and he felt bored.To be honest, Guo Xun was also very tempted when Ping Qiuli said that he would give him [-]% of the shares.

However, although Guo Xun loves money, he is not stupid.Today, Emperor Zhengde had a big quarrel with Yang Tinghe, and after vomiting blood, he didn't know what was wrong, so he sent a large number of secret agents to monitor the officials.As the military chief of the capital, Guo Xun is naturally the focus of care.I'm afraid that the emperor in the palace already knows about Ping Qiuli's presence here.

If one is not good, if an imperial decree comes down tomorrow, I am afraid that he will be beaten to the end, and go home to be a Taiping Marquis like Sun Henian, even worse than him.

Guo Xun thought to himself: You Pingqiuli is just a young man, and you want to take this opportunity to stand out. My old Guo is a high-ranking man, so I can't accompany you, a bachelor, to go crazy.Let's sit back and watch it get better.

Ping Qiuli was bored, felt a little anxious, couldn't help interrupting Guo Xun's words: "Guo Hou once said to Master Shi, 'Go back and tell your princes that your majesty is already in good health. If you can survive this winter It'll be all right. The snow won't fall, and it's going to be damn cold this winter.'"

"That's right, I said it." Guo Xun smiled: "Your Majesty's body is getting better every day, and he is reading in the leopard room every day." He grabbed a copy from his side and handed it over: "This This novel has been widely circulated in the palace recently, not only the father-in-law, but also His Majesty like it very much. I read it, it is really good, it is very beautiful, and I decided to wait for the story to be published before printing it into a book."

Ping Qiuli reluctantly took the book, looked at it, and saw the four big characters "Swordsman" on the cover, and turned two pages, only to find it unsightly, so he put it aside: "It's just a storybook."

"You can't say that, Qiuli, you have to read it carefully, this is His Majesty's favorite book. Do you know who wrote it?"

"Who is the author?"

"Sun Dan, he begged me a while ago and asked me to let him go to Beiya to meet his mentor." Guo Xun murmured, "Since His Majesty likes this book so much, Sun Dan probably saw him too. Teacher."

Pingqiu was startled: Sun Dan is in the palace now?
Thinking of this, Ping Qiuli's back was covered with cold sweat, he had no intention of staying with Guo Xun, chatted a few words, and left.

On the street, a cold wind blew, and Ping Qiuli calmed down.Said to Master Changqing: "Master, write to the prince immediately, saying that there is no need to worry about Guohou, but the initiative in the south is quicker, and he has already taken the lead in placing people beside His Majesty. Wait for another idea. Also, The matter of the money ticket should be started as soon as possible. Guo Xun's meaning is obvious. He is worried that we will not be able to win the Lu Family Bank on the money ticket. He will not express it until he sees the real result. However, just now He still revealed to us a major piece of information——Sun Dan is now by the emperor’s side.——Sun Dan is from Xingwang’s mansion, and he is by His Majesty’s side, so I’m afraid things will be a little bad.”

"Okay, I've written the letter, how is the money ticket going?"

"Don't worry, I'm here, there's no problem." The confident smile on the corner of Ping Qiuli's mouth came back again, his left eye blurred, and his right eye flashed in the direction of Guo's mansion like a knife: "Guo Xun is short-sighted, If you want to take money but don't want to take risks, then I will let you see the actual benefits brought by money tickets. As long as the capital accepts Ping's money tickets, Guo Xun will eagerly jump in to get a share. Sun Dan, If you want to stay with the emperor for a long time, I will have a way for you to come out obediently. Hmph, once my money ticket is issued and I bribe Guo Xun, can you still sit in the leopard room?"

Back at the academy established by Ping Qiuli in the capital, he immediately summoned his staff to discuss the issue of new money notes.According to his plan, after the Chinese New Year is over, New Bank and Xian Qian Piao will be officially listed.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

……

After staying in the Leopard Room for twelve days at a stretch, Sun Dan couldn't leave the palace even if the new year was about to pass. "Swordsman" has already talked about the part where Linghu Chong went to Luoyang with his master. Jin Yong's novels are naturally excellent, and Zhengde and the eunuchs were fascinated by it, and couldn't help urging Sun Dan to tell it quickly.

It's a pity that Zhengde's health is really weak, and he either sleeps in bed or rolls around in pain all day long.He was also stubborn, hurt like that, but he didn't grunt, which made Sun Dan admire him.If it was him, he couldn't help it no matter what.

Sun Dan stayed there for so many days, feeling bored, and wanted to leave all the time, but couldn't find any chance.

Fortunately, Bi Yun kept bringing in news from the outside world, so that Sun Dan would not become deaf and blind.

Recently, there have been changes in the capital. First of all, all the prisoners in the Imperial College have been released.Secondly, Guo Xun no longer restrains Jin Yiwei and Ying Tianfu.

The news that Mr. Li had regained his freedom made Sun Dan very happy. Of course, the emperor couldn't imprison them for too long.The Guozijian wrote a letter to talk about disasters from the sky. If Zhengde was serious with them, he would be suspected of trying to cover it up. It would be better to be more magnanimous and let them go.As for Guo Xun, it is estimated that Ping Qiuli went to him to be a lobbyist, which aroused Zhengde's suspicion, and then Guo Xun's military power was divided.

Sure enough, the facts were as Sun Dan expected.On this day, when Sun Dan finishes telling the story and Zhengde is in good spirits.Zhengde suddenly sneered: "Some people have been waiting impatiently for me to die. I heard that they are still running some kind of bank. What are they doing with so much money? Sun Dan, do you think there is any chance for these people to lose their fortunes? "

Knowing that the emperor was talking about the bank in Pingqiu, Sun Dan's heart tightened, and he was overjoyed.If there is the emperor's support, it is really a very simple matter to kill Ping Qiuli.

He thought for a while and said, "There is still a way, but..."

Just as he was about to continue, suddenly, Bi Yun's panicked voice came from outside: "Mr. Yang Ge, you can't go in. Your Majesty is weak, and you don't see any foreign ministers."

"Go away, Your Majesty has not been in court for more than a month. As the chief assistant of the court, is it so difficult to even meet His Majesty?"

Zhengde frowned, Sun Dan knew that it was Yang Tinghe who came, and hurriedly said: "General, let me avoid it for a while."

"No, just listen here, and it will be included in the history books in the future."

Sun Dan smiled wryly: Didn't this tell me to write "Daily Records"?

(End of this chapter)