After sending Zhang Xin away, Chen Kan suddenly smiled.
It is undoubtedly a very cost-effective act to tie the entire noble group to one's own chariot with 20% of the profits.
As the saying goes, you have to cast a long line to catch big fish.
Give them a little sweetness first, and wait until one day they find that they can no longer live without you, that's when you will truly gain the upper hand.
Just when Chen Kan was laughing happily, Zhu Zhanji suddenly stuck out his head: "Teacher, my father will arrive in the capital in three days. Do you want to pick him up with me?"
Chen Kan rubbed Zhu Zhanji's head a few times and said with a smile: "You brat, if you can't bring Ming Dynasty into the Age of Discovery, don't blame me for cleaning up the family."
Zhu Zhanji: "?"
"What's the meaning?"
"what do you mean?"
Zhu Zhanji's little face showed a trace of confusion: "What big voyage, what kind of cleaning up the house?"
"nothing."
Chen Kan shook his head, remembering that Zheng He's navigation charts in history were completely burned by a fire by veterans during the Xianzong period, and he couldn't help but feel chilled in his heart.
In this life, he took the lead in tying the major interest groups of Ming Dynasty together, and he wanted to see who could stop Ming Dynasty from starting its great voyage.
Jiangnan gentry, civil servants, and cabinets, prepare to tremble.
Rubbing Zhu Zhanji's dog's head, Chen Kan smiled and said, "Let me know when you set off."
"okay!"
After getting Chen Kan's permission, Zhu Zhanji ran out again.
Just as Zhu Zhanji left, Hua Shi timidly appeared in front of Chen Kan: "Master Hou, my mother said that she will come to the house to visit you tomorrow. Are you free tomorrow?"
"I'm free, of course I'm free."
This child is happy when he sees Hua Shi, and he is polite and sensible. He is completely incomparable to the naughty and mischievous Zhu Zhanji.
"Are you having fun in the mansion these days?"
Hua Shi nodded: "Happily, His Royal Highness the Emperor Changsun always drags me around every day. He has a distinguished status and I am very worried about his safety."
Chen Kan smiled and rubbed Hua Shi's little head: "It's okay. There are people in the house watching him. There won't be any danger."
What a good child, who knows how to worry about others at a young age.
In contrast, Zhu Zhanji should be dragged to Shentang.
"Okay, then I'll go home first and come over with my mother tomorrow."
After bowing to Chen Kan, Hua Shi prepared to leave.
Chen Kan nodded: "Go to your uncle and ask him to arrange some guards for you."
"Um."
After sending the two children away, Chen Kan sat back on his chair and began to think.
The reputations of Guangping Marquis Mansion and Fuyang Marquis Mansion are now in bad shape, but this is not the reason for Chen Kan to let them go.
Catching a few rumormongers is far from traumatic for them.
Although the Xungui Group has severed ties with them, as Zhu Di's sons-in-law, they are still the first-class dignitaries in the world.
Zhu Di's affection has been given to Chen Kan.
But they themselves failed to live up to expectations.
All Chen Kan could do was to stamp them into the dirt.
Only in this way will the world be afraid of Chen Kan from the bottom of their hearts.
After a while, Chen Kan let out a long sigh.
"Yuncheng."
Yuncheng walked into the room in response. Now he admired Chen Kan very much.
I thought that it was the last resort for the Marquis to pour dirty water on himself, but he never imagined that all the dirty water would now be poured on the two opponents.
Chen Kan rubbed his brows and ordered: "Please ask Yingtian Mansion to investigate the person behind the scenes."
"Yes, I'll do it now, old slave."
Although Yuncheng does not have any outstanding political wisdom, he still knows the simple truth of beating a drowned dog.
Ying Tianfu's strict investigation will also be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
After giving the instructions, Chen Kan stopped paying attention to this matter.
Taking revenge on Yuan Rong and Li Rang is just a trivial matter.
Zhu Gaochi, who is about to arrive in the capital, is a big deal.
Chen Kan agreed to accompany Zhu Zhanji to pick up Zhu Gaochi, which meant that he was about to be labeled a princeling.
Although Zhu Gaochi is not the prince yet, everyone knows that Zhu Gaochi came to the capital this time for the purpose of becoming the prince.
Since Chen Kan is still so young, Zhu Di's purpose of training Chen Kan cannot be for himself. He must be leaving Chen Kan to the next generation of successors.
In other words, within just two years, Chen Kan took the officials of the Yongle Dynasty to the end.
If you want to take another step forward, you must wait for the next generation of kings to take the throne.
Therefore, it was very important for Chen Kan to leave a good impression in front of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince who was about to become the next generation successor of the Ming Dynasty.
After thinking for a moment, Chen Kan decided that it would be best to show his truest side.
If nothing else goes wrong, Zhu Gaochi will not leave when he comes to Nanjing this time. Deliberately preparing anything will not be conducive to long-term relationship in the future.
As soon as Chen Kan made a decision, Zhu Yuelan hurried into the auditorium.
"Husband, my two sisters have sent people over. Can we meet?"
Chen Kan raised his head: "Who did they send here?"
Zhu Yuelan took a breath and responded: "It's their female officer in the princess's mansion."
Chen Kan asked: "Aren't they sent by Yuan Rong and Li Rang?"
Zhu Yuelan shook her head wildly: "No."
"Then see you."
Chen Kan refused resolutely, and Zhu Yuelan asked curiously: "Why, aren't the princess's mansion and the prince's mansion all the same?"
Chen Kan twitched his lips and explained: "Madam, no matter whether they came to the house last time to take away our family's property, or whether they beg for mercy this time to show weakness, the two princesses always came forward, but my husband never did. Targeting two princesses, why do you think this is?"
A big question mark appeared in Zhu Yuelan's big eyes: "Why?"
Chen Kan smiled and said: "Because your two confused sisters are women, and they are women with husbands."
Zhu Yuelan nodded in understanding.
Seeing that he still didn't understand, Chen Kan continued: "Who do you think is the real decision-maker in your two sisters' families?"
"Needless to say, of course it's Yuan Rong and Li Rang."
Zhu Yuelan answered confidently.
This is the case in this era. Even if you are a princess, you still cannot escape the three cardinal principles and five constant ethics of husband and wife.
Chen Kan shrugged: "In that case, why don't Yuan Rong and Li Rang come?"
"That's it, bah, you two weaklings."
Zhu Yuelan understood that the initiators of all this were two men, but it was a woman who came forward to subdue him. This is not a coward.
"Then I ask Yuncheng to send them back?"
"Um."
Chen Kan nodded: "From now on, our family will treat the two princesses and Yuan Rong and Li Rang separately. Yuan Rong and Li Rang are our mortal enemies, but the two princesses are still your sisters."
"knew."
Zhu Yuelan just looks stupid, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know what's going on.
The two princesses are Zhu Di's daughters, and they are not short of glory and wealth. A little thing leaking out of Zhu Di's fingers is enough for them to last a lifetime.
Therefore, they have no reason to worry about the Jinghaihou Mansion's family property.
Then the only people who really care about Chen Kan's family fortune are Yuan Rong and Li Rang, and they can only be Yuan Rong and Li Rang.
It is for this reason that Chen Kan brought Fuyang Marquis Mansion and Guangping Marquis Mansion to death this time, but did not mention a word about what the two princesses did.
Chen Kan couldn't help but yawn while dealing with these trivial matters.
Chen Kan felt that he needed to have a good sleep because he had been using his brain too much these days.
I looked up at the sky and saw that the sun was already heading west, which was the time of spring sleep.
...
The next day, Chen Kan was still sleeping at home, but there was a huge wave in the court.
Without him, Ying Tianfu Yamen exposed the evidence of the Guangping Marquis and Fuyang Marquis's invading people's fields, occupying rivers, bullying the market, and spreading rumors to slander the Jinghai Marquis in front of His Majesty.
Zhu Di was furious and took back the titles of Marquis of Guangping and Marquis of Fuyang in front of all civil and military officials, while only retaining the official positions of Yuan Rong and Li Rang as Prince Consort.
He also ordered Yingtianfu Yamen to return the people's property that the two princes had embezzled to the people.
At this point, Chen Kan's revenge campaign came to a perfect end.
It is said that when Yuan Rong and Li Rang were driven out of the imperial city by the Jin Yiwei, they cursed in the direction of Jinghaihou Mansion for half an hour.
In the end, he was cursed by the indignant people and ran home in a hurry and never showed up again.
When Chen Kan learned about Zhu Di's handling results, Yun Niang had already brought Hua Shi to the house.
So Chen Kan decisively put the news behind him.
Yuan Rong and Li Rang are finished, and they are not worth another look from Chen Kan.
The most important thing at the moment is to take the child Hua Shi under his wing.
Yuncheng prepared all the things for apprenticeship in the hall of the Marquis Mansion. Chen Kan sat on the main seat, received Hua Shi's toast tea, and accepted the five-color gift from Yun Niang.
After spending time, he officially became the disciple of Chen Kan.
When Chen Kan held up the flowers, Yun Niang took her to the backyard to visit Zhu Yuelan.
During the whole process, no one watched the ceremony, and the Hou Mansion did not invite anyone to witness it.
After Yun Niang performed the apprenticeship ceremony in Hua Shi, she left in a hurry.
The new year has begun, and the Hengfeng is now on the lap of the Hou Mansion, bursting with unparalleled vitality. She needs to protect this family business for her son.
"teacher!"
Hua Shi called Chen Kan respectfully.
Chen Kan nodded and said with a smile: "From now on, the Hou Mansion will be your second home. Your uncle will prepare it for you every month. Don't be restrained at home."
"What about me? What about me?"
Zhu Zhanji puffed out his cheeks, with dissatisfaction written on his round face.
Obviously he was the senior brother, but his apprenticeship ceremony was later than Hua Shi. He was very unhappy, very unhappy.
Chen Kan rolled his eyes: "Didn't you call this place your home a long time ago?"
"Besides, your father will arrive in the capital tomorrow. For such a big matter as your apprenticeship, you must ask your father."
Little Fatty said dissatisfied: "But Grandma Huang has already agreed. My father will not object to anything that Grandma Huang agrees to."
Chen Kan was unmoved. He turned to Hua Shi and said, "In our sect, we don't learn the Four Books and Five Classics, nor do we learn the subtle words and great meanings."
Hua Shi's big eyes were full of doubts: "If you don't learn these things, what will you learn?"
"Arithmetic, inquiry, chemistry, geography..."
