Chu Qing, the son of Chu Wensheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, once again appeared in the discussions among courtiers after dinner.
For the first time, Chu Qing was also discussed by the ministers, but it was just because of the renovation of Taowu Palace.
This time, it was because of Qu Mingtong.
It's just that the courtiers were a little surprised when they mentioned it casually. I wonder what the second prince, who has rarely been seen in the palace recently, was doing out of the palace, and got mixed up with this guy named Chu Qing.
In fact, it was not Chu Qing who made the headlines, but Qu Mingtong. To be precise, it was talking about vacant positions.
Some mistakes can be made.
Some mistakes cannot be made.
Some mistakes can be made but if they are made at inappropriate times, they become impossible to make.
Qu Mingtong didn't stab anyone, his son did. Qianqiying intervened, the second prince saw it, and Long Yan was furious. Then the official position of the doctor of the Ministry of Rites was 100% unkempt.
Since the position was vacant and it belonged to the Ministry of Rites, naturally there was an open and covert struggle among the various forces of the courtiers.
But these have nothing to do with Chu Qing. At this time, Chu Qing was in the Qianqiying Yamen Office.
Chen Yan is a fastidious person. He almost got into trouble in front of the Household Department Office before. Considering the safety of Chu Qing and Changxian, he simply asked everyone to work together at the Qianqiying Office. In addition, there are things to be investigated by the Household Department in the future. Basically can't help.
The so-called tax investigation refers to investigating people, and investigating people involves fighting and collecting evidence of crime. Qianqiying is an expert in this aspect.
Chu Qing, on the other hand, learned from every experience and learned more about the complex relationships among the courtiers in the capital, especially the Li family's network.
You can't stop making money just because you were almost cheated. Business still has to be done, but Chu Qing has to contact his ministers selectively and make sure that a certain minister really needs to repair his house before trying to communicate, so as to avoid something like Qu Mansion happening again. .
In the end, Chu Qing discovered that he seemed to be an official and had a good relationship with the Li family. The pile of invitations in the mansion might all be from the Hongmen Banquet.
After thinking about it for a while, Chu Qing came up with a solution.
Walking into the room, Chu Qing smiled sweetly as he looked at Chang Xian who was writing the impeachment memorial behind the desk.
"Your Highness, you are busy."
Changxian raised his head when he heard the sound and smiled slightly: "Student is not busy. He is just listing the Li family's crimes and writing a memorial. It will be used in the future. Master Chu is looking for students."
"Yes, it's just a private matter."
"That's what Master Chu said, students, listen."
Chu Qing diligently made a cup of tea for Changxian and asked the three words that are most likely to turn over the friendship boat: "Are you rich?"
"Yes, Bai Shi Guan, it's in the palace."
"give it to me."
Changxian said without any hesitation: "Okay, soon the student will order someone to go to the palace to get it and hand it over to Master Chu."
Chu Qing's smile faltered.
I gave him the hundred guan as promised. This kid seemed a bit stupid.
Chu Qing secretly wondered whether he should stay away from this kid in the future. Having Fu San by his side would be enough trouble.
Changxian added: "I don't know how much money Master Chu needs. If it's not enough, the students will try their best to raise it."
Chu Qing was sure that this kid was indeed a bit stupid and he should stay away from him in the future.
In Chu Qing's eyes, anyone who just gives money without asking any questions must be mentally ill.
"That's enough, that's enough. One hundred strings is enough." Chu Qing sat down and said with a smile: "I have something to discuss with you. You also know that my Chu family is poor and can't eat four meals in three days. The hungry ones are Wujiliu. In short, we are very poor. It is not impossible for us to shine for Dachang Dynasty, but we must ensure the basic material life, Your Highness said so."
Changxian patiently listened to Chu Qing's nonsense and nodded in agreement: "What does Master Chu mean?"
"Let's go into business together."
"Business?"
"That's right, I'll treat you as a shareholder. I'll give you 30%, I'll take 40%, and the Tao family will take 30%. How about that?"
Changxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Students don't understand the ways of merchants. If Master Chu needs money, students can just try their best to raise it."
"No, no, no, just call me teacher and I'll have to teach you something, right? I'll teach you how to do business first. How about that?"
Changxian hesitated.
On the one hand, he doesn't understand business, and on the other hand, he has some contempt for businessmen.
Tianhuang Guizhou went to do business, whether it is easy to say or not. The most important thing is that if his father Huang Laosi knew about it, he would definitely criticize him and investigate the case. Which kind of business does he do?
In fact, Chu Qing, who is full of evil ideas, is just an act of distributing wealth. One hundred points account for 30%, which is the same as doing charity.
The reason why Chu Qing, who regards wealth as his life, mentioned this matter was actually to use it to eliminate disaster.
After getting to know the Li family's "circle of friends", Chu Qing discovered that even officials might cheat him. The fundamental reason was that his official position was too low.
It is true that Qu Mingtong was arrested, but no one knows whether Wang Mingtong and Zhou Mingtong will appear again. But if the "shareholder" has a second prince, it is a different concept. Others dare to trick him, Chu Qing, but not Dare to trick the second prince.
Chu Qing had this idea in mind. If he couldn't do it himself, he could use his strength to pull off the tiger's skin as a banner. He dared to cheat the second prince's "business". He was tired of living.
Seeing the hesitation written on Chang Xian's face, Chu Qing said softly: "Your Highness, if you make money, can you buy something if you have money?"
"buy what?"
"Buy whatever you want."
Changxian shook his head: "Students are not good at wealth."
"You often go out of the palace and don't like anything. But as for your eldest brother and His Royal Highness, you don't go out of the palace for several years and you haven't seen or eaten anything. If you have money, you can buy more good things. To His Royal Highness, right?"
Chang Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother Huang is not a person who likes wealth, but since Master Chu said so, then the students will join the gang."
"OK." Chu Qing snapped his fingers: "I'll take you to the banquet soon."
After saying that, Chu Qing ran out of the class room in a hurry.
Changxian was stunned for a moment. What does it mean to go to a banquet?
Chu Qing was in a good mood after leaving the class room, and he and Fu San discussed whose house they should go to to "discuss business" at night.
Originally, Chu Qing wanted to avoid courtiers who were close to the Li family as much as possible. Now that he has a new shareholder, he can only select courtiers who have a good relationship with the Li family.
The two of them were studying in the yard with evil smiles on their faces when Chen Yan came.
"Good brother." Chen Yan clasped his hands behind his back, cheerfully.
Chu Qing looked wary: "Dry chicken feathers."
Since arriving at the Qianqiying Yamen Office, Chu Qing has gained a deeper understanding of Chen Yan.
In this Qianqiying government office, there were all kinds of people coming in and out, some dressed like traffickers, some dressed like rich men, and many courtiers from the capital. As soon as people came, they got into the house with Chen Yan and were sneaky and lewd. He was so wretched that he didn't know what kind of conspiracy he was engaging in. Sometimes he would pass by and overhear a few words, either intentionally or unintentionally, about which minister slept with several concubines last night, and which general went on a flower boat.
So Chu Qing felt that Chen Yan might be a pervert.
"I just heard from King Langya that Brother Xian wants to do business, so how about Brother Yu also gets involved."
Chu Qing looked suspicious: "Why."
"Who doesn't like money?"
Chu Qing wanted to refuse, but then he thought, wouldn't the matter be more stable if there was a deputy commander of Qianqiying among the shareholders?
"Okay." Chu Qing stretched out his hand and said, "Pay it forward and count it as your share."
Chen Yan smiled bitterly and said, "No money."
"Damn, you still want to buy shares when you don't have money, you think you are a prince."
Chen Yan opened his mouth and hesitated.
Chu Qing squinted his eyes: "What, you are the prince?"
"I…"
"I see you are thinking about locusts, but you are also thinking about the prince."
Chen Yan: "..."
"Stay where it's cool." Chu Qing waved his hand: "Don't think about playing with nothing. If you want to do business, you must either contribute money or efforts. You can do nothing."
"Why don't you come out? Come out."
"What's wrong with you?"
"Can you make some plans?"
Chu Qing: "..."
Chen Yan laughed sarcastically: "Then you don't need to pay back the money you owed me before."
"Didn't you mortgage the land deed for the money I owed you before?"
"yes."
"The person who took your land deed is dead, isn't he?"
"That's right."
"If he dies, you don't have to give him money to redeem the land deed, right?"
Chen Yan nodded: "Yes."
"You don't have to pay to redeem the land deed, so why should I pay you back?" Chu Qing turned to look at Fu San: "There's nothing wrong with that."
Fu San nodded heavily: "Nothing wrong."
Chen Yan: "..."
Chu Qing chuckled: "Look, even the most intelligent people say there's nothing wrong with it."
Chen Yan became anxious and shouted angrily: "But that's the money I paid to mortgage the land deed!"
"I'm just asking you, is the person who took your land deed dead? If he dies, the debt will be wiped out!"
Chen Yan was silent for a long time, stared at Chu Qing, and asked seriously: "Do you still want to lose face?"
"No." Chu Qing shrugged and said happily: "Why do you do business if you want face?"
Fu San: "There's nothing wrong with that."
Chen Yan couldn't stand Chu Qing's complacency and started to look for trouble: "You take 40%, the Tao family takes 30%, and King Langya takes 30%. What's the truth? How can you take more than King Langya."
"Oh, then I'll take 20%, okay."
Chen Yan was overjoyed: "Give me the remaining 20%?"
Chu Qing pointed at Fu San: "Give it to him, that's fine. If you don't like it, I can give him 40%."
Fu San had no expression on his face: "Thank you, Master. You'd better keep 10%. I'll take 30%."
