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Mongolia Chapter 44 Li Dong summons

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    Li Dong did not meet the messenger sent by Qian Xing to Anhua City. He is now returning to the capital along the same route. He has been out for more than a month. He still doesn't know if Zhang Qingying and the others can fool Liu Jian and the old guys. If so,  It would be bad if they found out. He plans to use this method frequently in the future. He has a restless character. If he is locked up in the palace all day long, he will suffer from mental depression.  What.

    On the day of the attack on Anhua City, Li Dong sent a messenger to the capital in the name of Wang Ping to report the victory. At the same time, he sent a notice to the three provinces surrounding Anyang Prefecture, saying that the rebellion of King Anhua had been completely subdued, and that King Anhua and his personal entourage Zhou Ang were here.  On the day of the city's destruction, he committed suicide by committing suicide. All the remaining rebels have been captured. Those prisoners will be escorted to the capital along with the guards for trial. Li Dong did this to calm the hearts of the military officials of the Chao Dynasty, and at the same time, it was also a good example of the peace between the two capitals of Daming and Ming Dynasty.  Save, the hearts of those general soldiers who are ready to move, before Li Dong has accumulated enough strength, we must not be in chaos tomorrow!

    Through this incident, Li Dong also understood the truth that governing a big country is like cooking small dishes, and you must not do anything arbitrarily.  If a country wants to experience the severe pain of reform, the person who implements the reform must be strong enough, so strong that all conservatives have to bow before his strength.

    Very few reforms in Chinese history have been successful. The process of reform is by no means what everyone imagines, with peaks guarding you, defeating enemies, being favored by beauties, being proud of the spring breeze, and having your cake and eat it too. Instead, it is full of stormy seas, difficulties, and even dangers.  The success fell short and the entire army was wiped out!  Nine out of ten reformers in Chinese history had a miserable fate. Shang Yang suffered a miserable fate, Wang Anshi suffered a miserable fate, Zhang Juzheng suffered a miserable fate, and Tan Sitong suffered a miserable fate. However, in Li Dong¡¯s impression, only Grandpa Deng was the only one who had a good ending.  .

    The reason why Grandpa Deng was able to succeed was because he had a powerful army with pure thoughts and firm will behind him to support him. Now that there is such a successful case in front of him, Li Dong also plans to take this path.

    In Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi Province, Chen Shanming, one of the four major shareholders of Haina Trading Company, lives here. Li Dong will pass through here on his way back to Beijing. The other three shareholders received Li Dong's invitation to come before Li Dong left Beijing.  According to the news of this gathering, the other three people are rushing to Taiyuan Prefecture. According to the schedule, they should arrive one day earlier than Li Dong. Li Dong plans to listen to their report on the progress of Haina Trading Company in various places in Ming Dynasty in the past six months.

    Although Haina Commercial Bank also implements a strict confidentiality system, the rumor that the current emperor Li Dong is the real boss behind Haina Commercial Bank can no longer be regarded as a secret in the Ming Dynasty business community.  The officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has always been the group with the most sensitive sense of news, so such news was naturally passed to the officialdom through the business community.  Since Haina Commercial Bank has such a strong backing, naturally no one in the officialdom will deliberately create difficulties. Therefore, Haina Commercial Bank became prosperous in only half a year, and its branches grew explosively, almost to the point of Ming Dynasty.  It is present in all important cities.

    Now in Taiyuan Prefecture, Shanxi, even ordinary people know that there is an imperial merchant Chen family in Taiyuan Prefecture. This Chen family is very important. A year ago, the Chen family was an ordinary merchant with only moderate wealth, but it only cost less than a year.  Within a year, he bought all the streets around his house, and all the courtyard walls were torn down and rebuilt. The mansion was fully equipped with pavilions and pavilions, which was extremely luxurious. What was even more striking was that there was even a building in front of the gate of the mansion.  Two stone lions were also placed. According to the status of the Chen family merchant, he had already overstepped the bounds. The Ming Dynasty regulations clearly stipulated that the stone lions placed in front of the door must be at least the residence of a fifth-rank official, but no one dared to say that the residence of a third-rank official  Dao Si, no one dared to trouble the Chen family, but the common people could always see officials at all levels from Taiyuan Prefecture coming here to pay their respects.

    "Master, Magistrate Xu wants to see you!"

    "Well, I got it, bring him to the study!" Chen Shanming didn't even raise his head. He was carefully checking Haina Commercial Bank's account summary for this year. Although Haina Commercial Bank is very profitable, it has opened branches in various places, hired people, and purchased goods.  A lot of money was spent on goods and other matters. After calculation, we can only distribute one million taels to the emperor this year. Is this a little less? Chen Shanming frowned and thought.

    "Brother Chen, are you okay?" Xu Yongda, the prefect of Taiyuan Prefecture, walked in with a smile on his face, followed by an eleven or twelve-year-old boy.  This Xu Yongda was a distant relative of Chen Shanming¡¯s wife. Before Chen Shanming became prosperous, Chen Shanming also asked him for help many times. For the sake of relatives and money, Xu Yongda also helped several times. However, Chen Shanming¡¯s family resources at that time were limited after all.  How could one feed such a top official who was in charge of the place, so the two families gradually became estranged.

    But ever since he learned that Chen Shanming had become an imperial merchant, Xu Yongda began to condescend to come to the Chen Mansion often and would not hit the smiling person. Moreover, Xu Yongda was still the prefect of the first government, so many things would be easier to handle with his intervention. Moreover, Chen Shanming saw that  For the sake of his wife, he always said something duplicitous to Xu Yongda.

    ?Although?, although Xu Yongda is the prefect, Chen Shanming did not go out to greet him. The status of the two of them is very different. One is an official and the other is a citizen. This was something Chen Shanming would not have dared to think about a year ago, but now Chen Shanming  Although he is still a citizen, there is a figure bigger than an official standing behind him. Sometimes people change quite quickly.  Chen Shanming didn't feel uncomfortable about this, nor did Xu Yongda, as if all this was a matter of course.

    "Brother Xu" Chen Shanming closed the account book and was about to stand up to say hello. When he saw a handsome young man following Xu Yongda, he looked at Xu Yongda doubtfully, "Who is this?"

    ¡°It¡¯s Quanzi, he¡¯s dedicated, kowtow to Chen Shibo quickly!¡± Xu Yongda looked at the young man with a doting look on his face.

    "Shibo, you are so polite!" Xu Jingye said and kowtowed to Chen Shanming respectfully.

    Chen Shanming was stunned. Seeing that the young man was wearing a square scarf and a long gown, he was obviously already well-known. He, Chen Shanming, was just a merchant. How could he accept the courtesy of a scholar? In the Ming Dynasty, the boundaries between superior and inferior were clearly defined and chaotic.  Breaking the rules will lead to lawsuits, not to mention that China has respected literati since ancient times. Although Chen Shanming was rich, he still had low self-esteem deep down, so he hurriedly got out of the way.

    "My dear nephew, you are"

    Xu Yongda smiled and pushed Chen Shanming down on the chair. "Brother Chen, just accept this junior's salute. Why are you thinking so much? I am dedicated and kowtow to your uncle!"

    Xu Jingye was very obedient and gave Chen Shanming another kowtow. Chen Shanming struggled twice but couldn't break away. "Brother Xu, you"

    "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" Xu Yongda turned around and said to Xu Jingye, "Jingye, you go down first, my father has something to say to your uncle!"

    "Yes, father, Shibo, Xiaosheng has to retire first!" After saying that, he bowed deeply to Chen Shanming and then left.

    "Brother Chen, how is my little dog doing?"

    "He is polite and has a great demeanor. I'm afraid his future will be better than yours in the future!" Chen Shanming smiled and said a few compliments.

    "So, he can still catch your eye?" Xu Yongda looked at Chen Shanming thoughtfully.

    Chen Shanming is also a lively person. There is something in Xu Yongda's words. He frowned and vaguely guessed it, but he was still not sure. "Brother Xu, what do you mean?"

    "Brother Chen, you and I are relatives, do you want to get closer?"

    "You mean, him and Ling'er?" Chen Shanming asked with his eyes widened.

    Xu Yongda gave a high-five, "Exactly. I see that Ling'er is also smart, gentle and elegant. I like her very much. I really want to have such a daughter-in-law. Brother Chen, are you willing to facilitate this beautiful thing?"

    Although Chen Shanming had just guessed that this was possible, the status gap between the two parties was really too big, so how could Xu Yongda deign to marry the daughter of a merchant as his daughter-in-law?  "Brother Xu, my daughter will not be a concubine."

    Xu Yongda laughed loudly, "Brother Chen is too preoccupied. Naturally, Jingye will marry his first wife! He will need eight sedans to marry Ling'er!"

    Chen Shanming stood up suddenly and looked at Xu Yongda in disbelief, "Brother Xu, did you drink too much to tease me?"

    "Hahaha, if you want to drink it, you have to wait until their big day to drink it!"

    Chen Shanming's head was spinning. If his daughter could marry into an official family, then he, as a father, would be satisfied. But at this time, he had not lost his mind. He knew that pie would not fall out of the sky for no reason. There must be something in it.  As for why, he hasn't figured it out yet, so he didn't say it completely. "I also admire this kid Jingye very much, but I still have to discuss Ling'er's marriage with my wife!"

    "That's natural. In two days I will choose a matchmaker to come and arrange a marriage!"

    "good!"

    The next day, Song Zifeng, Jiang Zuohai and Kong De also came to Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi Province respectively.

    In the back hall of the Chen Mansion, four people sat at the wine table with glowing faces, changing glasses, and bursting into cheerful laughter from time to time, which was laughter from the heart.  This year has brought too many changes to these four people, not only in terms of money, but also in terms of status.

    In the past, they were just low-status merchants. Scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants were the last in the family. Even if they were rich, they could not wear silk and satin, boots or long gowns.  But since they miraculously climbed onto the big tree called Li Dong, their situation began to change. No matter what status they were in, people would look at them with envy and awe.

    "My dear friends, you are here at the right time! You must stay here a few more times!" Chen Shanming said with a smile.

    "Brother Chen, it's not like you don't know that we have a lot of things to do in the south. If it hadn't been for Long Live the Lord's invitation, we wouldn't have been able to spare the time to meet here!"

      "Old Chiang! I don't care! My daughter is so happy, which of you dare not to participate?!"

    "Ah?! Hahaha Congratulations! Congratulations! It turns out it's because of this, so I'll drink the wedding wine and leave anyway!"

    ¡°I wonder which young master Brother Chen¡¯s daughter has fallen in love with?¡±

    ¡°The eldest son of Xu Yongda, the prefect of Taiyuan, came to propose marriage!¡±

    Hearing the news, Song Zifeng, Jiang Zuohai, and Kong De were stunned, and then they said sincerely, "Congratulations to Brother Chen! Congratulations to Brother Chen!"

    "Hahaha" Chen Shanming laughed from the bottom of his heart.

    "Congratulations to Brother Chen!"

    "Congratulations to Brother Chen!" Song Zifeng and the other three raised their glasses one after another.

    "Thank you all dear friends!" Chen Shanming raised his neck and drank a glass of wine boldly, then exposed the bottom of the glass to the three people.

    Song Zifeng and the three of them also laughed and drank the wine in their glasses. The four of them looked extremely happy. One was happy for Chen Shanming, and the other was happy to see the emperor tomorrow. At the banquet, everyone talked about what happened there.  All kinds of interesting things happened, and the atmosphere seemed extremely lively.

    Jiang Zuohai is the oldest among the four and thinks about things the most. Although the four of them are doing well now, they still have to consider long-term issues in times of peace. He frowned.

    "There is something you don't know whether to say or not?" Jiang Zuohai said suddenly.

    The other three people at the banquet immediately stopped laughing and looked at him.

    "Brother Jiang, these are all brothers here. If you have anything to say, just say it!" Song Zifeng picked up the wine bottle and slowly gave Jiang Zuohai a drink.

    Jiang Zuohai stood up slowly, walked outside the hall and looked around. After making sure no one was eavesdropping, he carefully closed the doors and windows.

    "Who do we rely on to be where we are today?" Jiang Zuohai asked in a low voice.

    "Of course he is the current Saint!"

    "What ifwhat if one day we no longer have the Holy Family?"

    "Ah? Brother Jiang why are you saying this for no reason? We are making money for Long Live Lord, how can we lose the holy family?" Kongde frowned and looked at Jiang Zuohai in confusion.

    "We can make money for Long Live Lord, can't others? We are not business wizards. Maybe others can make more money for Long Live Lord than us? When the time comes"

    The other three people immediately took a breath. Without Li Dong's care, the three of them would probably be shattered into pieces immediately.

    "Brother Jiang, I don't think Long Live Master is that kind of person. He"

    "Hey Your heart is unpredictable!"

    "Then what should we do?!" At this time, a layer of oily sweat appeared on the foreheads of the other three people, and they had sobered up from the wine.

    "I have thought about this matter for a long time, and I have an idea" Jiang Zuohai looked at the other three people with bright eyes.
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