"Take your time, take your time, harmony brings wealth, harmony brings wealth."
The shopkeeper of the Liyuan is also a well-rounded person.
Seeing that the momentum was not right, he hurriedly ran out and stood in the middle trying to stop everyone.
After all, a fight in this place of business will affect its reputation. Even if there is a fight, we have to go out and fight.
"Hit me!"
The businessman surnamed Wang scolded.
After being slapped in public, the feeling of shame went straight to his forehead, and there were so many people watching, so he couldn't be kind.
The servants rushed over again in a fierce manner, and the crowd was suffocating.
"court death."
Li Xiao raised his leg and swept through the entire army like a mat. He immediately kicked the four or five people at the front and flew backwards. The people behind him were hit and dozens more fell down.
Everyone's expressions changed drastically. They didn't expect that this was Lian Jiazi, and he was so powerful.
"You alone, dare to make trouble on Master Tai Sui's head?"
Seeing the lawlessness of these servants, Zhu Gaoxu said angrily.
Zhu Gaoxu shouted angrily, and the aura of a military commander was clearly visible. Although he was young, his aura was very strong, and he directly scolded everyone.
Li Xiao also had a headache. He went out with Zhu Gaoxu today without anyone else.
Otherwise, at this time, the servant said, "I am blinding your dog's eyes. This is the King of Han, this is the Duke of the country. I am afraid that all problems will be solved easily."
"Who are you?"
The expression of the businessman surnamed Wang changed subtly. Seeing how domineering and powerful the other party was, he couldn't help but pointed at Zhu Gaoxu and asked.
Such businessmen are still somewhat cautious.
If his identity is too big, he cannot be beaten.
"No matter who he is, I will make him look good today!"
At this time, an angry shout came from the stairwell.
A middle-aged man, his head covered in blood, was being helped up the stairs.
The person who came was Ding Lin, the right minister of the Ministry of War. He was downstairs just now and was hit on the head by a teapot that Zhu Gaoxu overturned the table and dropped. His head was severely bruised and bloody.
He originally planned to leave after watching two scenes, but he was attacked on the way out.
When the businessman named Wang saw it, he recognized him as the right minister of the Ministry of War. He was overjoyed and pointed at Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Master Ding, this is the man who just hit you on the head."
There was also a businessman who was closely related to Ding Lin. He hurried up to help him and said flatteringly: "My lord, are you okay?"
Ding Lin pointed at his head and said angrily: "Is this okay? Damn it, cats and dogs now dare to run wild!"
The businessman surnamed Wang was overjoyed when he saw this. He was the right minister of the Ministry of War. He was a high-ranking official. No matter who he was or what his background was, he would suffer disaster today. If he offended Master Ding, he would not be able to live with it.
He pretended to grit his teeth and looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said: "You are dead. If you offend me, you can still live. If you offend Mr. Ding, don't leave this pear garden today!"
The scene suddenly became explosive.
The spectators below only thought that the play above was better than the play performed by the actors below.
"It's over, these two people are dead."
"That's Master Ding from the Ministry of War, a high-ranking official of the third rank!"
"It's okay if you offend that businessman. You can come to apologize afterwards. But if you offend Mr. Ding, you can't bear it."
"You said they are really blind. Don't you know that those who come to this opera house and dare to sit in private rooms are all from a background? People who have money can't be arrogant."
"I guess he's just a kid from a rich family from out of town. He doesn't know the rules and thinks he can do whatever he wants if he has money."
"Look, they didn't even bring any servants with them. They're probably trying to make a fool of themselves."
Most of the people below were people with small fortunes, chatting and laughing and watching the show.
"Who did it!"
Ding Lin shouted loudly.
At this time, the shopkeeper of the Liyuan walked up to Li Xiao and said anxiously: "Which family are you young masters from? Quickly ask the servants to call the parents. This matter can be eased."
The implication is that now you have offended a big shot.
If there is someone with some background in the family, pull them out quickly, make amends, make the big thing a trivial matter, make it a trivial matter, otherwise it will be a big deal.
Zhu Gaoxu laughed: "Let my family come over? Is it worthy?"
The shopkeeper of the Liyuan frowned and said: "Why don't you, a young man, know good from evil? I am doing this for your own good. You are our honored guest. Otherwise, why would I bother you so much? Who is your family? Tell us your identity." To avoid any resentment."
This is also a common way to resolve conflicts in Liyuan.
For example, when two young masters quarreled and got into a heated argument, they would tell each other their identities.
If one family is the son of a Lang Yuanwai and the other family is the son of a supervisory censor, once their identity is revealed, everyone will see that it is not easy to offend them, so they will reconcile. Maybe they can still make friends on the grounds of "no acquaintance without fighting".
This is the thought of the shopkeeper of the Liyuan. If he has some background, it would be best if he can resolve it. After all, Liyuan also makes money by being friendly. If he has no background, he can only suffer losses and be deceived.
"State your identity?"
Zhu Gaoxu sneered and said: "You are a shabby place like yours, but you are worthy of asking me to declare my identity as a family member? What a joke!"
"You're a young man who doesn't know what's good and what's good. I can't control it."
The manager of the opera house snorted and turned to leave.
"Is that what you did?"
At this time, Ding Lin, the Minister of War, walked upstairs. Under the guidance of everyone, he came to Li Xiao and Ronin Zhu Gaoxu. He was about to give him some advice when he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"I did it, how about it?"
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and said, "What? You want to team up with these businessmen to deal with me?"
Before, Zhu Gaoxu intentionally did not disclose his identity.
Mainly because I didn't bring any of my servants out today. A prince was competing with a group of businessmen and had to declare his identity. The price was somewhat reduced.
But now that someone with knowledge is here, Zhu Gaoxu doesn't want to get involved in this matter.
"My king."
Hearing these two words, everyone was stunned and looked at Zhu Gaoxu.
Could it be that this kid is a prince?
But why did the prince come to the opera theater?
It is true that no prince will come to the opera house to watch the opera, because no prince will stay in the capital. They have all gone to the feudal land. The little prince who can stay in the capital is even less likely to come to such a place.
This guy wouldn't think something was wrong and start bluffing, right?
However, everyone's minds soon changed.
Because the high official in front of them, Ding Lin, the Minister of War, immediately started to sweat profusely. He hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said respectfully: "I have met the King of Han, I have met Duke Yongle."
Everyone went to the morning court together. Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu may not have an impression of this person, but the minister will remember his appearance in their minds.
The King of Han in front of me has just been crowned, and Duke Yongle is His Majesty's favorite. How can a minister of the Han Dynasty offend him?
The words fell.
Everyone was stunned.
King of Han?
Lord Yongle?
The businessman surnamed Wang suddenly broke into a cold sweat.
This King of Han is the recently crowned King of Beiping!
This Lord Yongle has an even bigger background. He is a ruthless man who can bring hundreds of thousands of people back from the grassland with a thousand men. He is a popular man in front of Your Majesty! !
No wonder this young man just now was calm and calm, without any fear, he kicked several people over with his kick. It turned out to be Duke Yongle.
hiss.
The sound of sucking in air-conditioning kept coming.
Those businessmen were a little wary. They had some connections, but compared to the two people in front of them, they were nothing to mention.
Even if their backgrounds come in person, they are still not as good as the two in front of them.
They just said that the family's identity is not worthy of being reported here. It is true.
The identity of the Holy Emperor and Crown Prince is so precious, how could it be possible to report it in the Liyuan?
Just now they were calling for the beating to be over.
"Just now, who did you want to look good at?"
Zhu Gaoxu clasped his hands on his chest and said with interest.
I thought to myself, this is my chance to show off.
Zhu Gaoxu was just a county prince before. When he became a prince for the first time, he didn't feel much at all, but now he feels very happy!
"It's a low-ranking official who is rude. If I had known it was you, the King of Han, we wouldn't have dared to say this."
Ding Lin laughed and said respectfully.
Zhu Gaoxu pointed to his head and said, "Is your head okay? Do you want me to take you to see the doctor?"
"No, no, no, how dare you bother the King of Han and Duke Yongle."
Ding Lin, the Minister of War, bowed three times in a row and showed a flattering smile, "King of Han, Duke Yongle, I have a headache, so I went to see the doctor first. If I have an opportunity later, I will treat you to tea."
After saying that, Ding Lin immediately waved his hand, and the two servants next to him immediately helped him out and ran away in despair.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned.
The spectators in the audience immediately started talking.
"Master Ding's head was smashed so much that it was covered in blood, but he didn't even fart?"
"Hey, Lord Ding left in despair? What happened?"
"What are the backgrounds of those two young men? Can they make Lord Ding bow down?"
"I thought I heard something just now. Lord Yongle. King of Han."
A look of horror appeared on one person's face, "What? Lord Yongle?? Oh my God, no wonder Master Ding Lin has to lower his head too. He is the most popular Duke at the moment!"
Others gathered around and asked, "Tell me more about it."
The man whispered: "Gong Yongle is one of the initiators of this Jingnan Campaign. He is a ruthless man who brought back hundreds of thousands of troops from the grassland. Now the Duke of the court is dying, and he is getting old. The only one who can dance is Mr. Yongle."
hiss!
After learning this, everyone understood who Lord Yongle was and immediately looked at the businessmen with sympathy.
I'm afraid they are dead. It's true that they are very powerful, but they have hit a brick wall.
One person asked: "According to this, wouldn't these businessmen be dead?"
Someone said: "Not necessarily. Let's look at it again. The foundation of the new title of Duke Yongle is not yet solid. On the other hand, those few businessmen and many officials in the court should be able to deal with it."
In this way, everyone looked towards the second floor. Several businessmen on the second floor were already kneeling on the ground in embarrassment.
"My lords, the King of Han and Lord Yongle, we have the eyes to fail to recognize Mount Tai, and we have offended both of you. I hope you will be forgiven."
At this time, including the shopkeeper of the Liyuan, as well as the businessmen, they all knelt down and apologized repeatedly by slapping themselves in the face.
In the Ming Dynasty, among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants had the lowest status.
But in fact, the status of businessmen is not low.
Because merchants had money to hire servants to strengthen their reputation, and to win over officials for their own use, they could also provide relief to the poor noble families. Their status was actually lower than that of the powerful.
But once they meet a powerful person, they cannot afford to offend him.
For example, how could these well-informed businessmen, such as Lord Yongle in front of them, not be clear about this? That is something that must never be offended.
At this time, Li Xiao smiled slightly and sat on the stool to see how Zhu Gaoxu would handle it.
He thought to himself, it’s okay to let the second child vent, after all, it was these people who were unreasonable in the first place, and if someone else messed with their current status, they must return it.
Another point is that neither of them brought anyone with them. Even if they wanted to do something, it would be inconvenient. They couldn't personally escort them to the Yamen, right?
Zhu Gaoxu slowly sat on the stool, took out his ears, and said, "The slap is not loud enough, so I can't hear you."
Pah pah pah pah——
These businessmen immediately fired their bows left and right, making a crackling sound.
The owner of the opera house slapped him hard, then crawled over on his knees and said with a smile: "Lord Hanwang, this time the common people are blind, I apologize. I think you will come to this opera theater in the future, what do you want to see first?" This arrangement is all free of charge, which is great.”
"That's a good idea. You're not that good, but you're a really good actor, much better than the ones in Peiping."
Zhu Gaoxu became interested, then shook his head and said: "However, I am about to return to Peking and I can't come. How about you move this pear garden to Peking and let me watch the show."
Upon hearing this, the opera shopkeeper was frightened.
Nanjing is the most prosperous place in the world.
There are so many rich and powerful businessmen that Peiping cannot compare.
Moving to Peiping, all the hard work of running the business for so many years was ruined, and starting over again, how could this be possible?
"King Han, please spare the common people. This can't be done. Apart from this, if you have any other demands, just ask the common people to satisfy them."
The shopkeeper of the Liyuan kept kowtowing to apologize, already planning to spend money to ward off the disaster.
"Oh I can't do it"
Zhu Gaoxu thought about it for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and looked over with hooked eyes, "I will personally think of a way for you."
The shopkeeper kowtowed and said, "You say it, you say it."
Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "This time I return to Peking, you will bring the opera troupe that sings Farewell My Concubine back to me, and they will perform in the palace every day. I am not in the capital, but I can also listen to this Beijing opera. How wonderful. .”
After saying that, he looked over and asked, "What do you think?"
"this"
The shopkeeper thought for a moment and immediately agreed: "Then I will follow the prince's wish. I will give this opera troupe to the prince and go to Peking to sing for him day and night."
There was not just one opera troupe in the opera house, but multiple opera troupes. The owner of the opera garden hired or bought the opera troupes and took turns performing in the opera house.
Farewell My Concubine is an old drama, and that troupe is also an old troupe. It is no longer popular. I only spent a thousand taels of silver to buy it out. After so many years, I have already paid back my money.
Spending one thousand taels of silver to avoid disaster is still a good deal
Zhu Gaoxu nodded with satisfaction, "Assuming you are sensible, I will spare you this time."
After saying that, he looked at the group of merchants named Wang, "Now it's your turn. It's not easy for you. Are you going to let the slaves beat me?"
Zhu Gaoxu had no intention of doing anything to them. After all, it was not interesting for him as a prince to compete with these people.
But Zhu Gaoxu saw that these people were rich and it was a good opportunity to rip them off.
At this time.
Several more officials dressed in silk came from afar. They were the backers behind these businessmen. They knew they had offended a big shot and came to intercede in person.
It turns out that after the scene that just happened, the sensible servant immediately contacted the backstage to handle the matter.
Wang Xian, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Chen Sidao, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Jing, the left minister of the Ministry of Hubu, came over. At a glance, they understood the situation. I am afraid that they had offended Duke Yongle and the King of Han.
"The lower official has met the King of Han and Duke Yongle."
These officials, who seemed to the people below to be Tian Guan'er, came over immediately and bowed in salute.
After saying that, Wang Xian, the minister of official affairs, looked at the businessman named Wang, walked over and slapped him in the face, and cursed: "Why do you have such dog eyes? Lord Yongle and the King of Han are also trash like you, how can you offend them?"
Then, he winked and signaled to spend money to solve it quickly.
The businessman surnamed Wang was completely different from the arrogant image he had just now. He kept bowing and saying: "It's the ordinary people who have eyes but don't recognize Mount Tai. They have eyes that don't recognize Mount Tai."
After speaking, he looked at Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu and said.
"A few of us are willing to spend money to open a pear garden of this size in Peiping for the King of Han and Duke Yongle. Please forgive me and wait for the King of Han to ignore the villain's fault."
These few people are richer than the shop owner of the Liyuan. Their families have mines, copper mines, iron mines, and they are extremely rich. Seeing that Zhu Gaoxu likes to go to the theater, they hurriedly begged for mercy.
After saying that, the officials also looked at Li Xiao and asked him to step down:
"The King of Han and Duke Yongle, can you give me a favor? This matter has been revealed. Wang will keep this favor in mind."
I wonder if these people are so rich?
Zhu Gaoxu was overjoyed. Opening a pear orchard cost a lot of money, including purchasing a venue and setting up a theater troupe. A pear orchard of this size would cost at least seven to eight thousand taels.
At that time, you can also collect your own money and watch the theater without spending money.
Zhu Gaoxu's heart suddenly moved, and he was about to speak, scold him, and then reluctantly accepted the condition.
But Zhu Gaosui in the distance didn't agree.
Shouldn't I be the one to do this kind of blackmail? ?
"Come on, take them all!!!"
Suddenly, a scolding sound sounded.
Everyone followed the sound and their expressions suddenly changed.
The visitors were a group of Jinyi guards wearing flying fish uniforms with spring knives embroidered on their waists and hips, and they were coming menacingly.
The leader was a young man with eyes as sharp as falcons. With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen Jin Yiwei captured all these officials and businessmen in an instant.
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned. The third child was not on business, so why was he here?
Hey. When he talks about doing things, isn’t that what he’s doing? ?
That king’s pear garden
It was enough to arrest those businessmen. Several officials quickly revealed their identities and said that they were only here to mediate the matter.
However, Jin Yiwei didn't buy it at all and just held it down.
Seeing this, Wang Xian, the Minister of Staff, said angrily: "Who are you, little Jinyiwei? What qualifications do you have to arrest me? What mistake did I make?"
"who I am"
Zhu Gaosui curled his lips and smiled, took out the gold medal, and said loudly: "This is the gold medal given by the Holy Emperor. You have the right to take it first and then judge it, and to kill it first and then report it. Do I have this right?!"
As soon as the gold medal was revealed, everyone knelt down and worshiped.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiao suddenly understood
It turns out that His Majesty used this method to deal with these aristocratic families. Yes, he could also implement a new tax increase policy and extort money to raise military expenses.
So high, so wonderful! !
This is just the third child
Why do you feel like you have become Zhu Yuanzhang’s eagle dog?
Seeing the gold medal, Wang Xian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was a little panicked. He said loudly: "Keke. But even if you have a holy gold medal, you can't take people indiscriminately."
Zhu Gaosui said coldly: "These businessmen are lawless. They support their families as thugs and attack the princes and princes in public. They have committed a serious crime. As officials of the imperial court, the government and businessmen colluded to try to exonerate these businessmen. Do you dare to say that they are right?"
After the words fell, the expressions of several officials changed drastically.
It was okay if they were caught by the Jin Yiwei, but never expected, how could the Jin Yiwei target them?
Wang Xian, the Minister of Civil Affairs, immediately changed his expression and said with a smile: "Misunderstandings are all misunderstandings. The misunderstandings have been resolved just now. If you don't believe me, just ask the King of Han."
Now he just hopes that the King of Han can accept the conditions of the Liyuan just now, and the big things will be resolved, and the small things will be reduced to nothing.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment and felt that it was not a big deal. He would still like the Liyuan, and said: "Actually."
Zhu Gaoxu wanted to say, in fact, although they made some mistakes, they admitted their mistakes sincerely. I, the King, do not remember the faults of villains, so I will let them go once and will not do the same next time.
However, before he finished speaking, he was cut off by Zhu Gaosui.
Zhu Gaosui yelled loudly: "You have the nerve to ask me to ask the King of Han, do you know who the King of Han is? The King of Han is my second brother, and Duke Yongle is my brother-in-law. You dare to attack my second brother and brother-in-law. How brave! Give it to me. take away!"
Zhu Gaoxu: "????"
Immediately, the imperial guards took these people away.
Several officials were unconvinced, kept jumping around, breaking free, and shouted: "You are avenging a private vendetta. I want to file an imperial complaint. I want to impeach you for abusing your power!"
Zhu Gaosui chuckled and took out a small book from his chest, "It seems that you are really determined to get to the Yellow River. In the room just now, those businessmen were talking about preventing the imperial court from increasing the mining tax, and your names were mentioned in it. It’s unimaginable. I didn’t expect that there was collusion between officials and businessmen in the court, and the Holy One knew about this.”
Upon hearing this, the officials suddenly turned pale and hurriedly explained: "No, I don't know them, I don't know them."
The businessman also shook his head hastily: "I don't know, I really don't know, it's a misunderstanding."
"Hahaha"
Zhu Gaosui laughed: "Don't know? I don't know why you guys are here. I have written it down in my book to give these businessmen a face for Lord Yongle."
Hearing this, the officials were stunned.
Too bad, too bad!
This can't be a game, just waiting for them to get inside.
Soon, those people were taken away by Zhu Gaosui's Jin Yiwei.
Before leaving, Zhu Gaojiu patted Zhu Gaoxu on the shoulder: "Second brother, today is so smooth thanks to your cooperation. Thanks to second brother, I will send these people to Tianlao and meet you at Yueyang Restaurant. .”
After saying that, he led the people and left the pear garden.
The entire troupe suddenly became quiet.
There was really a good show in the Liyuan today, even better than singing.
A few powerful people moved out of their backers when they met someone more powerful. As a result, even their backers were taken away from them.
The pear garden was silent.
"It's boring."
"I'm bored, so I pulled out."
Zhu Gaoxu and Li Xiao got up and left.
When leaving, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the opera shopkeeper and said, "Remember to send the troupe to my palace, otherwise you will end up like those people."
"Yes, yes, yes." The usually prosperous Liyuan shopkeeper was nodding his head now, let alone a troupe, even if the Liyuan was given away, he would not dare to say a word.
Being captured by Jin Yiwei, is there any good fruit to be had?
Most people can't get out.
He thought to himself that it was a good thing that he didn't call his backer here today, otherwise he would probably have been taken advantage of.
That's it.
Li Xiao and Zhu Gaoxu swaggered out of the opera garden. Everyone had their heads lowered along the way, not daring to look at each other.
Yueyang Restaurant elegant room.
Zhu Gaoxu was ordering food when he suddenly frowned, "That's not right. Why do you feel like you're being taken advantage of by the third child? Do you still have my pear garden?"
Zhu Gaoxu was still thinking about the pear garden.
Li Xiao smiled helplessly: "Don't worry about it. It's my father's prey. Is it your turn to eat it?"
"Father's Prey"
After a long while, Zhu Gaoxu finally realized, "It turns out it's dad who wants to rip off money. Dad, you are too insidious. You will do anything to raise military funds. In this way, these businessmen may have to cough up ten times or a hundred times the money."
Li Xiao nodded slightly to express his approval.
Waited for an hour.
The door creaked open, and Zhu Gaosui walked in with a smile: "Brother-in-law, second brother, I'm a little late. Sorry, I'm the host today. We three brothers won't come home until we're drunk."
Everyone sat down one after another, and Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
The third child accompanied the smiling face and poured tea for the second brother, "Second brother, drink tea, don't be angry. You have inherited the property of Prince Yan's Mansion, why are you still thinking about a broken pear orchard?"
Zhu Gaoxu thought about it, snorted, picked up the tea cup and took a sip to express his forgiveness.
After all, they have been brothers for many years, and their relationship is not bad.
Li Xiao suddenly thought of something, looked at Zhu Gaosui and asked:
"By the way, Third Brother, can I enter your prison?"
(End of chapter)
