Chapter 244 Mr. Xiaoge’s intelligence
The east building of Yan Shifan’s villa.
The East Building is a villa built by Yan Shifan, so Yan Shifan also called himself the East Building.
This is also a gathering place for Yan Shifan and his confidants.
The reason why Yan Shifan likes to gather with his confidants here is to avoid his father's nagging.
Over the years, Yan Shifan, who is smart, wise and enterprising, has increasingly felt that his father's courage has begun to weaken. He has to think about everything for a long time, and most things may not come to a result after thinking for a long time. .
Over time, Yan Shifan got tired of his father Yan Song's slow behavior.
Since then, Yan Shifan began to take the initiative to support his father as the backbone of the Yan family. He dared to use people that his father was too cautious to use! He dares to do things that his father has not decided for a long time!
So gradually, many speculators who wanted to take shortcuts and members of the Yan Party that Yan Shifan valued naturally gathered around Yan Shifan and became a major force.
However, today there is no joyous sound in the east building courtyard.
Yan Shifan sat on the master's chair in the main hall of the east building with an angry look on his face. There was only a saucer left on the coffee table at hand. It was obvious that Yan Shifan was so furious at this moment that he even gave up the teacup on his hand without shame. Fell.
"What happened to King Jing? Didn't you tell me the day before yesterday that he was fine? Why did the chief priest of the ceremony to start the expansion of the capital early yesterday morning become King Yu?"
< br>Yan Shifan stared at Luo Longwen angrily, with such an angry expression.
Luo Longwen felt aggrieved. The day before yesterday, when he went to Prince Jing's mansion to deliver new ink to Prince Jing, Prince Jing was indeed fine, as usual, without any signs of illness.
God knows it was just one night, but King Jing, who was fine at first, suddenly fell ill, and was so ill that he could not make the trip, so much so that the emperor urgently issued an order for King Yu to come and officiate at the ceremony for the expansion of the capital. .
This made Luo Longwen very shocked. He couldn't even think of why King Jing fell ill at this critical juncture.
Luo Longwen said aggrievedly: "Mr. Xiao Ge, you know me, and I will not lie to you. When I went to deliver the ink, King Jing was indeed well, with no signs of illness."< br>
Looking at Luo Longwen's aggrieved look, Yan Shifan tried his best to suppress his anger, but the anger still couldn't help but escape.
You must know that Yan Shifan is also a person who considers himself extremely smart, and smart people are generally arrogant and like to take risks that ordinary people dare not take to satisfy their own sense of psychological superiority.
The fact that King Jing was able to obtain the temporary position of prime minister for the expansion of the capital was actually the result of Yan Shifan's own clever operation. He just wanted to earn some fame for King Jing and let him step out from behind the scenes. At the front desk, compete with the mediocre and stupid King Yu who was just reincarnated early.
Let the world also see King Jing's extraordinary intelligence and courage to do anything.
But just when things were about to fall into place, King Jing suddenly fell ill, which made Yan Shifan very angry.
So he couldn't help but get angry and blame the people around him.
Yan Shifan looked at the innocent-looking Luo Longwen again, and couldn't help but feel clogged in his heart.
Yan Shifan said bitterly: "I will take care of you later. Now I will determine what illness King Jing has and whether he can be saved. If he can't be saved, we have to go to the rescue with Xu Jie and the others. King Yu’s stinky feet”
Yan Shifan also knew very well that if anything happened to King Jing, then King Yu would become the only choice.
For the future of the Yan family, even if he was unwilling to do so, he had to flatter King Yu and pave the way for the future of the Yan family.
But this is simply a great shame and humiliation for Yan Shifan!
What is King Yu?
In addition to the group of snarky and sour literati who claim to be clean and literate who like to support him under the banner of orderly growth and development, besides the fact that he was born a few days earlier than King Jing, he also What's there?
Moreover, his mother was still a consumptive ghost, and the emperor did not even want to look at her. Yan Shifan would never support such a useless snack.
There is another reason, that is, King Jing himself is the youngest son. If he can be praised, then he will definitely be grateful to him. Therefore, Yan Shifan did not want to vote for King Yu at all.
How can it be more challenging to support him than to support King Jinglai?
But now King Jing actually slipped up at a critical moment. How could this not make Yan Shifan angry?
So at this time, besides being angry, Yan Shifan was also sending people to his in-laws, Lu Bing, to inquire about King Jing, hoping to get accurate information as soon as possible so that he could feel at ease.
But how could this news be discovered so easily by Yan Shifan?
Although Lu Bing is Yan Shifan's son and daughter, Lu Bing is not stupid enough to bet his money directly on Yan Shifan.
And with Lu Bing's power and status, he couldn't offend Emperor Jiajing for Yan Shifan.
You must know that Lu Bing was Emperor Jiajing’s confidant brought from Anlu. His mother was Emperor Jiajing’s wet nurse when he was young. It can be said that the two of them grew up drinking the same person’s milk, so he The weight in Emperor Jiajing's heart was no less than that of Huang Jin.
And since ancient times, no one has done more good than the Savior!
In the eighteenth year of Jiajing's reign, when Emperor Jiajing was on his southern tour, a fire broke out in Wei Hui's palace. Lu Bing opened the palace door regardless of life and death and carried Emperor Jiajing out from the fire scene.
And this is not the end. During the subsequent Renyin Palace Incident, Lu Bing was the first to save Emperor Jiajing, who was strangled to death by a palace maid.
So, one can imagine how important Lu Bing was in the heart of Emperor Jiajing?
With such great grace, Lu Bing, even if he married Yan Shifan, he only thought that his daughter should marry a well-matched family for the sake of the family. Married Yan Shifan.
Therefore, if Yan Shifan wanted Lu Bing to give him information about King Jing, he was destined to not get any effective information.
However, Lu Bing will still give Yan Shifan some respect.
So, when Yan Shifan sent someone to ask him for news about King Jing, he directly gave him the news that "King Jing is ill and will recover as soon as he rests for a while."
After Yan Shifan saw the news from Lu Bing, he couldn't help but feel relieved. It seemed that King Jing's problem was okay and not as serious as he imagined.
But then Yan Shifan had to consider the expansion of the capital.
Originally, he planned to let Yan Maoqing work hard in the salt administration, get more money to make King Jing look good, and let King Jing gain fame so that he could compete for the heir apparent.
As a result, King Jing was ill now. Not only was Emperor Jiajing's job as chief priest replaced by King Yu, but in the subsequent decree, King Yu was also ordered to take on the job of chief minister for the expansion of the capital.
If Yan Shifan still spares no effort to raise money for the expansion of the capital at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to making a wedding dress for others?
So, Yan Shifan's clever little head couldn't help but spin at this time.
Began to re-evaluate plans for Yan Maoqing’s affairs in the Salt Administration.
After Yan Shifan thought for a while, he said to Luo Longwen: "You made a trip and went to Yangzhou to find Yan Maoqing and tell him that the money from the salt administration should be collected, but when it is handed over to the court, don't hand it all over. You two should discuss what to do. Only you and I know about this matter, and no one else can say it."
When Luo Longwen heard Yan Shifan's words, he immediately understood the meaning.
Luo Longwen said: "Don't worry, Mr. Xiaoge. I will go to Yangzhou right away and explain the situation in Beijing to the Yanyan envoy. I will also handle the money matter beautifully and satisfy Mr. Xiaoge. "
Yan Shifan waved his hand, "Okay, okay, go ahead, don't let me see you again. If you mess up again this time, be careful!"
Luo Longwen immediately patted his chest and promised: "I will definitely live up to Xiaoge's expectations!"
(End of this chapter)