Chapter 73 Ding Xian begins
Lu Ben twisted his beard and smiled and said, "Thank you so much, Ding Shoufu."
Ding Xian said: "How about you always come forward and call everyone to sit down and discuss it? Everyone always wants a charter."
Even though Ding Xian is the chief minister, he still has no platform in front of these great nobles.
Fang Xiaoru still has some face in front of these nobles. But this face is not only Fang Xiaoru's, but also Song Lian's. After all, Song Lian was in charge of the main hall back then, and many of the people who studied there are now distinguished officials.
Ding Xian no longer has this face.
Ding Xian had taken care of everything, and when it came time to apportion the money, he had to borrow the favor of the Lu family, no, or rather, the royal family.
Lu Ben said: "That's natural."
Soon, Lu Ben came forward and called all the nobles from all the families over. Of course, even if the person in charge didn't come, there were still young people who came. Ding Xian did not act like a chief assistant, but greeted them one by one. Then Huang Zicheng was asked to come forward and explain to them the benefits of cotton spinning industry in Jiangnan.
Huang Zicheng has actually had contact with Beibian for a long time. After all, how could Yao Guangxiao not contact Huang Zicheng when he was in Nanjing? However, neither He Xi nor Yao Guangxiao would let Huang Zicheng do anything too outrageous.
First of all, Huang Zicheng may not be willing to do it personally. After all, everyone is an individual, and no one is willing to sacrifice themselves for others. Even if Huang Zicheng's relationship with He Xi was very close, he still couldn't do this.
Secondly, others may not know about Huang Zicheng's connection with Beibian, but Ding Xian may not understand it.
But Ding didn't seem to care.
As a refined egoist, Ding Xian never cares about loyalty. He doesn't even care about betrayal. All he cares about is profit, and Huang Zicheng's talent can bring him great benefits. Whatever Huang Zicheng did, he treated it as if he couldn't see it.
Even if Huang Zicheng's plan may contain personal goods, as long as he can deceive himself. He pretended not to know.
After all, he also has confidence. Huang Zicheng actually understood what Huang Zicheng knew, but he had no experience in doing this. In fact, he also stole from Huang Zicheng, and Huang Zicheng will be of no use to him in the future. Let’s talk about other things.
You won't do anything to harm yourself.
Even Ding Xian sometimes covers up for Huang Zicheng. Don't let Huang Zicheng's abnormalities be discovered by others.
Of course, Yao Guangxiao understood He Xi's thoughts best, and after receiving He Xi's instructions, he acted in a conspiracy.
Huang Zicheng has made his Nanjing New Town almost perfect, almost perfect. Just to the west of Nanjing City, choose an open space. Build a textile base. Cotton is sourced from all over and produced here. It is even close to the Taiping Iron Works. Purchasing Northern machinery now will enable Taiping Iron Works to imitate it in the future.
Although the Taiping Iron Works' technology has lagged behind that of the north, it is still the most technologically advanced place under Nanjing's jurisdiction.
Even Huang Zicheng intends to imitate Beijing City and set up a separate district here. For Jiangning District. The management model of Jiangning District is compared with that of Beijing, one to one. Various tax policies are based on those of Beijing.
It is almost a plan to replicate a Beijing new city in Nanjing.
At this point, Huang Zicheng had no secrets at all.
However, can a good plan be implemented?
Huang Zicheng felt that it was somewhat unlikely.
After Huang Zicheng finished explaining his plan, Ding Xian naturally came on stage and said, "Jianning District is still under planning. If you have any ideas, you can talk to me individually."
Ding Xian naturally knew that this matter would not be settled for a while.
After the group dispersed.
Xu Zengshou intended to get together with Li Jinglong. After a few words of greeting, Xu Zengshou suddenly said that he was going to have a drink at Cao Guogong's mansion.
This made Li Jinglong a little overwhelmed.
Indeed, Li Jinglong and Xu Zengshou are not much different in age. There may be differences in seniority. But we all grew up together in terms of age. In a circle, there is naturally friendship between each other, but is there a lot of friendship?
Not really.
Without him, Xu Da, as the leader of the honorable ministers, is already a faction of his own. Li Wenzhong served as Xu Da's lieutenant many times. It looks good, but it's not. According to Zhu Yuanzhang's system design, the deputy generals are used to supervise and balance the main generals.
In other words, even if Li Wenzhong has a good personal relationship with Xu Da, they are not on the same side.
Since they are not in the same camp. There are differences in many things. Of course I won't let the children not play together. But children are ignorant. But adults know how to intentionally reduce their exposure. And the kids have grown up. I also know how to do many things.
Li Jinglong and Xu Zengshou are no longer children.
It was on this occasion to reminisce about the friendship we had so many years ago. Talk to show some intimacy. As for what you do and say in private, that's another matter. Xu Zengshou suddenly came to the door, which was a bit unexpected.
However, Li Jinglong quickly put his hand on Xu Zengshou's shoulder and put his arm around his back, as if he was a child and said, "Let's go have a drink."
No matter what Xu Zengshou meant, Li Jinglong had a way to deal with it. Don't care either.
The connection between the two of them did not attract many people's attention.
This is also related to the ages of Zhu Yunwen and Ding Xian.
Xungui is a rather special circle. Even Zhu Yuanzhang would not be able to insert Jin Yiwei here. Moreover, it is difficult to break the circle. People in the circle know some things without saying anything. It’s hard to know if you’re not a member of the circle. For example, who has a good relationship with whom.
If Prince Zhu Biao knew this news, he would immediately know that there was something wrong. After all, he was the core of Xungui's circle. All nobles revolve around him.
It's just that Zhu Yunwen doesn't feel anything about these things. There is no sensitivity.
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Xu Zengshou and Li Jinglong came to Cao Guogong's mansion. There were no outsiders, so Li Jinglong got straight to the point and said, "What do you want to see me for?"
Xu Zengshou looked around and said, "Don't you invite Mr. Yao to come see me?"
Li Jinglong suddenly frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
He did not deny what Xu Zengshou said. After all, the Xu family was also a weak figure in Nanjing, and even the Xu family had better information than Jin Yiwei. No other Jin Yiwei can monitor many people. What the Xu family only cares about is Nanjing, or more precisely, the area around the Xu family's property in Nanjing.
The Duke of Cao and Duke of Wei are both top-notch nobles with industries all over Nanjing. Massive overlap.
The Xu family doesn't need to put any hidden stakes at all. If they put their mind to it, they can notice something.
In fact, Li Jinglong also knew that he could not hide some things from the Jin Yiwei. After all, he probably knew who the Jin Yiwei was in the mansion. Among the Jin Yiwei, there are also secrets and friendships that his father has planted.
Jin Yiwei would attack him. Unless he wanted to kill the whole Li family, he would know about it first.
This is why many people give face to Cao Guogong's government. After all, even if such a force is betrayed, the emperor cannot easily kill him. If I don't kill Jue, I will take revenge on them in the future, but it will be simple. Therefore, even if there are no problems of principle, we can cover up the past.
After all, if the truth comes out, it will be their own trouble.
This is also the reason why Li Jinglong dared to take Yao Guangxiao in. It doesn't matter even if the emperor discovers it. At most, the person is handed over.
Xu Zengshou also knew. Said: "For no other reason, I just want to meet Mr. Yao."
Li Jinglong never expected that Xu Zengshou wanted to do this. He, Li Jinglong, is a slippery man, and many people know this. Especially when the two emperors and grandsons are fighting, they swing left and right. Otherwise, why wasn't he reused by Zhu Yunwen?
But the Xu family is different.
The Xu family has always shown loyalty. Now seeing the Xu family coming, he seemed to be shaken.
Li Jinglong was greatly surprised. He leaned forward slightly and said, "Is this what you mean, or is it what Brother Xu means?"
There is not that much harmony between the Xu brothers, and Li Jinglong knows this. If it was Xu Zengshou’s own intention
, he was not surprised either. But if it was Xu Huizu's intention, Li Jinglong would have to reassess the situation of the North-South conflict.
Even if the Xu family is gone without Xu Da. Xu Da's remaining power is also a very huge bargaining chip.
