Just like Cui Shao likes calligraphy, Cui Zibo also has his own hobbies. He especially likes opera. When he was in Liaoyang, he went to all the opera troupes in Dongning and big... ···········
During the period when he was working in Yi Jing, although he went to these opera theaters less due to work, he got a share in Qingyin Building, the largest theater in Yi Jing, and rented an elegant hotel in Qingyin Building all year round. Whenever I have time, I go to Qingyin Tower to enjoy opera and cultivate my sentiments.
At this time, Cui Zibo could not help but be intoxicated in this melodious singing. Hu Ming on the side saw Cui Zibo's appearance, a fleeting look of disdain flashed in his eyes, and then he picked up the wine glass and tasted it slowly. stand up.
After a cup of tea and singing a song, Cui Zibo opened his eyes and said excitedly with a smile:
"This song Peony Pavilion is really full of lingering sounds and lingering affection!"
"I never thought there was such a wonderful person hiding in Brother Hu's house. Why don't Brother Hu please come out and let Mr. Cui see him?"
Listening to Cui Zibo's words, Hu Ming smiled slightly and then patted his head. The next second, a young woman holding a pipa came out from behind the screen. This woman was tall and pretty, with a touch of sweetness between her eyebrows. Shy.
Arriving in front of Cui Zibo and Hu Ming, the woman bowed slightly and Hu Ming introduced with a smile:
"This is my new concubine Mingqiu. Brother Cui, what do you think?"
Looking at the woman in front of him, Cui Zibo, he was slightly absent-minded. However, when he heard Hu Ming say that Mingqiu was her concubine, Cui Zibo showed a hint of disappointment in his eyes, and then he smiled and said to Hu Ming:
"Brother Hu, you are truly blessed to have Miss Mingqiu by your side..."
When Hu Ming heard this, he smiled proudly and said:
"Although our Jiangnan thin horses are very famous, Brother Cui, you think Mingqiu is the same as those thin horses even though Mingqiu is proficient in music!"
"Mingqiu is the innocent daughter of a decent official and gentry family. It's just that their family committed some crimes and asked me to come here. The matter was not too big and I took care of it for them. So in order to thank me, their family gave Mingqiu Sent to my side to serve!"
After saying this, Hu Ming looked at Mingqiu, his expression full of frivolity. At the same time, Mingqiu lowered his head, and there seemed to be a little sadness in his expression, as if he was lamenting his fate to heaven. What a misfortune, the rich lady was reduced to serving someone as a concubine!
Seeing Hu Ming's arrogance and frivolity and Ming Qiu's sadness, Cui Zibo, although he didn't say anything, felt a little pity for this thin woman in his heart.
After showing off in front of Cui Zibo, Hu Ming waved his hand and Mingqiu immediately bowed to the two of them again, then turned around and walked out of Nuan Pavilion.
After Ming Qiu left, the two continued to drink and mingled with each other. However, Cui Zibo seemed a little absent-minded at this time. Seeing this, Hu Ming was overjoyed and knew that the fish had taken the bait!
After pouring Cui Zibo a few more glasses of wine, Hu Ming tentatively asked Cui Zibo:
"Brother Cui, I heard that our commander intends to tour the south next year?"
Although he drank two more drinks, Cui Zibo became wary when he heard Hu Ming ask about this and immediately said:
"Brother Hu, you are asking questions knowingly. It is not a secret that the Marshal will be on tour to the south next year..."
Hu Ming smiled slightly and said again:
"Brother Cui, what do you think is the purpose of the commander-in-chief's southern tour?"
Cui Zibo took a bite of fish and said while eating:
"Brother Hu, I don't know how to predict. How do I know what the commander-in-chief's southern inspection tour wants to do!"
Hu Ming heard this and said again:
"I heard that Your Majesty wants Brother Cui to accompany the Marshal on his southern tour!"
Cui Zibo snorted softly and said:
"I'm the Minister of Justice. Why do I follow the Southern Patrol?"
"Brother Hu, you, the Minister of Household Affairs, are the ones who want to go. Besides, my father can't even speak.
It’s very useful. It’s up to the commander to decide whether to take me with you or not! "
Seeing that Cui Zibo was very vigilant and couldn't get anything out of him, Hu Ming did not continue to ask. After half a stick of incense, the two of them ate and cooperated. Cui Zibo left with an excuse, and Hu Ming personally He sent it to the door.
After sending Cui Zibo away, Hu Ming also returned to Nuan Pavilion, and at this time Mingqiu also returned to Nuan Pavilion.
Feeling Mingqiu's confused gaze, Hu Ming said calmly:
"I changed my mind!"
Mingqiu hesitated after hearing this and said:
"My lord, won't you give me to Mr. Cui?"
Hu Ming shook his head and said:
"I still have to give it away, but I have to change it in a different way. I can't just give you to Cui Zibo..."
After saying that, Hu Ming lifted Mingqiu's chin, looked at Mingqiu's delicate face and said with some sigh:
"Mingqiu, you are indeed a born actor. Your sad look just now was just perfect. Cui Zibo must be full of pity for you!"
Listening to Hu Ming's words, Mingqiu's expressionless expression did not change at all. At this time, Hu Ming put down his teasing hand and said excitedly:
"Compared with Cui Shao, an old fox, Cui Zibo is not stupid, but he is still too young!"
"As long as there is a chance in the next few months, I will invite Cui Zibo to my home. Mingqiu, you must continue to perform songs for him, and I will continue to abuse you in front of him. Cui Zibo is not as hard-nosed as his father Cui Shao. He has a heart that doesn't allow oil and salt to enter, Mingqiu, you have to find a way to arouse his protective desire!"
"And when the time is right, I will give him medicine and send you Mingqiu to his bed. Mingqiu, don't tangle with him anymore, otherwise he will feel even more indebted to you Mingqiu. Then I will pretend Tsukuru found out about the relationship between you and him and will beat you to death!"
"I believe that Cui Zibo will not remain indifferent by then, and Mingqiu will be able to go to him as a matter of course!"
"Cui Shao will definitely help Cui Zibo before he takes office. With Mingqiu's help then, the Yijing court will have no secrets from us anymore... ···········》
At the end of the sentence, a look of longing appeared in Hu Ming's eyes. In recent years, the Hu family has appeared to be a wealthy family. They have made a fortune every day and are enviable!
But who knows their suffering? In the Zhou Dynasty, merchants like them seemed to have money, but in fact they were just chamber pots!
If others want it, just take a pee, and if they don’t want it, throw it aside. On the surface, they make a lot of money, but in fact, most of the money earned is filial piety to various visible and invisible masters. , not only that, they also have to take the blame and endure all kinds of shit!
The grievances and pains involved should not be discussed with outsiders!
For decades, Hu Ming's grandfather Hu Guang was asked for a bribe by Zhao Lin, the then governor of Jiangnan in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because the amount was very huge, Hu Guang did not fully agree and only gave a part of it, but Zhao Lin did not get what he wanted. Secondly, they just found a pretext and took Hu Guang into prison.
This Hu Guang was also a master who wanted money rather than life. Although he was tortured in prison, he still did not let go. However, his sons could not sit still and started to piece together Zhao Lin. The money was collected, and Hu Guang's life was saved in front of him.
But even so, Hu Guang, whose illness had taken root in prison, died of depression a year later. Before he died, he told his sons that the Hu family should not only make a lot of money, but also become high officials!
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If you have money but no power, you are just a big fat pig. People can kill you however they want. It was under the instructions of his grandfather that Hu Ming studied hard and passed the imperial examination to enter the officialdom. He also successfully married the Wang family in Guanzhong, and step by step he got to where he is today. This location!
Although he has already reached the position of the right minister of the household department of the third rank, it seems that he will only be one step away from joining the cabinet and becoming the prime minister in the future.
Hu Ming knows his own affairs!
Although he is nominally the right minister of the Ministry of Hubu and the third-in-command of the Ministry of Hubu, an important department in charge of the finance and administration of the Yijing court, in fact he has not entered the core level of the Yijing court at all. Most of the power of the Ministry of Hubu is Concentrated in the hands of Shangshu Cui Shao and left minister Zhang Juning, he, the right minister, is in charge of trivial matters!
For this reason, some senior officials of the Household Department, such as Yuanwai Lang, although on the surface they are superior to others, they secretly do not respect him at all, and even mention him in words full of ridicule and contempt!
Hu Ming is very aware of this situation. He is not willing to be in such a predicament. He wants to change this situation and become bigger and stronger in the Yijing court!
It is precisely because of this that Hu Ming wants to embrace Cui Shao's lap and is so flattering to Cui Zibo. He just wants to use Cui Shao's relationship to squeeze into the core layer of power of the Yijing court and become a core figure in the power system of the Yijing court... ·······················
The currently planned southern tour is a rare opportunity. Hu Ming can more or less guess what kind of value the commander-in-chief wants him to embody by letting him be the right minister of household affairs!
But because he had not squeezed into the core layer of the Yijing court, Hu Ming was unable to get some more specific information. Therefore, he felt that these current guesses were not enough. He needed to better understand Shangyi and grasp Ye Mingsheng's situation. The opportunity of this southern tour made Ye Mingsheng satisfied with his work and appreciated himself!
Because of this idea, Hu Ming carefully laid out the current situation, thinking of planting a nail next to Cui Zibo!
Then learn more inside information through Cui Zibo. Although Cui Zibo has no ability, his father Cui Shao is the real boss in the Yijing court!
And Cui Shao asked Cui Zibo to go with him on the southern tour. Naturally, Cui Shao had reasons, and he could also ride on this east wind!
Just when Hu Ming was thinking about what kind of layout and plan would allow him to climb to a higher position, he didn't notice a trace of hatred flashing in the eyes of Mingqiu behind him!
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East Island, Hakata
In the mansion of the Hojo family, a young man was brought to the head of the Hojo family, Higashishima Daimyo Hojo River.
"Uncle Hojo!"
As soon as the young man Kenjiro Watanabe saw Hojo River, he bowed deeply. Seeing this, Hojo River also nodded with a smile and motioned for Kenjiro Watanabe to sit down.
Sitting down, Watanabe Kenjiro took out a small box and said:
"Uncle Hojo, my father said that he lost the bet to you this time, so he is willing to admit defeat and give this thing to you!"
Hearing this, Hojo River's face was even more smiling, and then he motioned to the maid on the side to bring him the small box. After accepting the somewhat mysterious small box, Hojo River also asked Watanabe Kenjiro:
"Kenjiro, how is your father's health?"
Kenjiro Watanabe seemed to have expected that Hojogawa would ask this question and immediately said:
"My father can eat a pound of beef and three bowls of rice in one meal. He is very healthy. Thank you Uncle Hojo for your concern!"
Listening to what Kenjiro Watanabe said, Hojogawa also sighed slightly and said:
"Your father and I have been friends for decades, but we haven't seen each other for many years. I heard some bad news recently, and I miss your father very much. Now that I hear you say this, Kenjiro, I can feel at ease..." ························》
Watanabe Kenjiro said bitterly when he heard this:
"It's all those bastards from the Toyotomi Shogunate who are spreading rumors. They want my father to die now!"
Hearing what Kenjiro Watanabe said, Hojogawa did not respond, but changed his voice and asked again:
"Your father asked Kenjiro to come to me this time, but what's the matter?"
Kenjiro Watanabe nodded and said directly:
"Those Zhou people promised my father that as long as we raise our troops to honor the emperor and fall, these Zhou people will give us 3,000 iron cannons and 100,000 shi of food!"
"Uncle Hojo, you know that the Toyotomi shogunate has been attacking us daimyo over the years. The situation between us has become increasingly tense and the conflicts have become increasingly irreconcilable. The risk of war in the next few years is very high, so for the Zhou people My father is a little tempted by the conditions!"
"But my father is a little worried about the Zhou people's intentions. He doesn't think that the Zhou people have paid so much just to strengthen trade with Dongdao!"
After hearing what Kenjiro Watanabe said, Hojogawa smiled and said:
"The purpose of the Zhou people is naturally not just to increase trade with Dongdao. These Zhou people came to Dongdao to seek revenge!"
"Revenge?" Watanabe Kenjiro asked with some confusion:
Under Kenjiro Watanabe's doubtful gaze, Baijogawa nodded solemnly and said:
"That's right, revenge!"
After speaking, Hojogawa said with some emotion:
"This is a debt of love owed by Muto Masaaki decades ago. This old guy would never have thought that one of his abandoned sons would turn into flames and burn him... ···············》
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