Zhao Cheng had considered this angle proposed by Zhao Huan, but he hadn't analyzed it as meticulously as Zhao Huan.
Zhao Cheng was alarmed, but that was all he was alarmed about.
He understood what he was doing.
"I'm asking you, are you planning to rebel in the future?" Zhao Huan put a piece of fish slice into his mouth. Unlike the previous batch of fish slices, this batch was obviously thicker.
Zhao Cheng laughed and said, "I was more afraid you'd rebel!"
Zhao Huan asked, "You really don't have such thoughts?"
Zhao Cheng said, "Old man, let's not test each other, it's just the two of us. What I told you earlier was the truth. I did all this just to build up our family's strength. I've figured it out long ago: only when our strength seems strong but isn't actually the strongest will others want to control us, and be able to control us. But if we become the strongest, no one will dare to control us, and no one will be able to control us!"
“I have children now, and I’m a father myself. I need to think about the continuation of the Zhao family. Everything I’m doing is so that I won’t be manipulated by others in the future.”
Seeing that Zhao Huan's expression did not relax, Zhao Cheng poured wine for the old man and continued, "I know you've always been cautious, but don't be too nervous about this. Think about it, now the emperor is talking to me about profit sharing as his brother-in-law, and I didn't even ask him for a price. I just agreed to split the profits 50/50."
"Fifteen, old man!"
"What did he do? He wants to take 50% of my money! But can I refuse? No!"
"Since that's the case, I have no choice but to focus on volume. That's one of the reasons why I was so eager to open a supermarket and buy up a lot of land."
"I even want to start a bank in the future!"
Zhao Huan asked doubtfully, "A bank?"
"Let's leave that aside for now." Zhao Cheng took a sip of wine and began to explain: "The emperor is afraid that I will get rich and that our Right Prime Minister's Mansion will become powerful, because he hasn't yet tasted the benefits I've given him."
"Once Wei You transports this batch of silver into the palace, the emperor's mind will gradually change after he sees this readily available silver."
"I gave Wei You quite a few benefits during his visit and learned that the Emperor is a man who loves luxury, but his imperial treasury is pitifully small. From now on, I'll send a batch of silver into the palace every two months to support him. Once he gets used to using my silver, these chests of silver will gradually erode his suspicion and control over the Right Chancellor's office."
"In the end, he will be unable to leave me."
Zhao Cheng raised his cup to the bright moon, and said with a slight buzz, "If I don't go out to make money then, he'll probably whip me again!"
Zhao Huan said, "Since you have considered things so thoroughly, then I will not say more. However, due to my personality developed over the years, I will only remind you that Yuan Xiu is a man of changeable temperament. It is not appropriate to judge him by common sense. You must be careful not to be too clever for your own good and end up shooting yourself in the foot."
Zhao Cheng put down his wine cup, stood up, bowed deeply to Zhao Huan, and said, "Your son will remember this!"
"Furthermore, I must add something."
Zhao Huan stood up, handed the wine cup to his son, and said, "Eldest son, you've worked hard all these years. I'm at ease leaving the Right Prime Minister's residence in your hands."
...
Changsui City.
Du Yuhe's residence.
The Du family has been having some trouble lately. When Wei You and his party went to Yanchuan City, Du Yu went to the palace to see the emperor. After returning, he locked himself in his room and wouldn't let anyone in or speak to anyone.
Even more frightening is that it doesn't eat anything except for drinking water.
The servants outside the door often heard the sound of vomiting coming from inside the house.
What's going on?
Why does the adult keep vomiting even when drinking water... Is she pregnant?
This continued for three consecutive days, and the servants could no longer keep it a secret; the news reached Lady Duyu.
Lady Du Yu was also a shrewd woman. She immediately came up with a plan, instructing Du Yu and his seven concubines to come to him, where they would pose seductively at the door and utter lewd remarks.
Madam Du even made an unprecedented statement to Du Yuhe outside the door: "As long as you come out, you can sleep in your sisters' rooms in rotation for a month, and you don't have to come into my room for a month!"
They all remained unmoved.
So Lady Duyu pulled out her trump card and agreed to what Duyu had been asking for a long time but had not been able to agree to.
You're allowed to sleep with your seven sisters!
Du Yuhe remained unmoved.
Lady Du was shocked. What was going on with this damned bastard?
How come someone who's usually so lecherous can't even attract women anymore?
What triggered this?!
On the fifth day, Du Yuhe pushed open the door and came out, which excited Du Yu's wife and concubines, who thought that he had finally been unable to hold on any longer and wanted to eat.
To everyone's surprise, Du Yuhe opened the door, said one sentence, and then closed the door again.
"Kill all the dogs in the house!"
Lady Du Yu was puzzled, so she paid someone to inquire at the palace. Only then did she learn that her husband had lost a bet and had to eat dog excrement in front of the emperor and Prince Xin.
This caused even Lady Duyu to lose her appetite, and she joined Duyu in a three-day hunger strike.
The whole place was deathly still.
But Du Yuhe was not made of iron. After seven days of perseverance, he finally couldn't hold on any longer. He was rescued by the doctor and after more than half a month of careful recuperation, his body gradually returned to normal.
At this time, Du Yu returned to Chengdu.
Then the servants in the house discovered that Du Yu Chengdu's behavior was exactly the same as Du Yu He's.
He also locked himself in his room and wouldn't come out!
I don't eat anything except water!
I even vomit when I drink water!
What's going on? Could it be... that she's pregnant too?
Or...did he eat dog poop too?
The servants didn't know and dared not ask, so they had to ask Lady Duyu to come out again.
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