Chapter 639 Weak

Yang Shu laughed for a while. Among his six elder brothers, the eldest Jing Wang Yang Baicheng and the second eldest Wang Yang Ye are the ones he dislikes least.

These two people are much older than Yang Shu, and their thoughts and habits are far from his, and they can even be said to be incompatible. When I was young, I was often dismissed and looked down upon by these two people, and after I grew up and opened the house, I was called "the disgrace of the royal family" by these two people.

To talk about how much hatred there is, Yang Shu feels that it is impossible to talk about it. He is not a person who holds grudges and is narrow-minded. On the contrary, he thinks he is more open-minded. It's just that he really doesn't have the slightest affection for his elder brother and second brother Yang Shu.

In Yang Shu's eyes, the other elder brothers were not kind, at most they would "ignore people", and they didn't always target him like the eldest and second. This is mainly because Yang Shu has always looked weak.

Yang Shu's weakness when he was a child was that he was thin and small, and his personality was a bit soft. When he was bullied, he always kept silent and did not know how to resist, and he was often alone and isolated, so he was called weak.

Later, because of his young age, by the time Yang Shu opened the mansion, his six elder brothers had already taken the lead, carve up some key connections, and left Yang Shu with almost a lonely mansion with nothing else. . At that time, it seemed that Yang Shu, the seventh prince, was weak.

So the word "weak" basically accompanied Yang Shu all the way from childhood to the present.

Yang Shu's current personality has actually changed a lot from his childhood. It happened after he opened the mansion. The reason is that his biological mother, the emperor's side concubine and concubine Ling, said something to him when she was dying.

"You are strongest when everyone thinks you are weak."

From then on, Yang Shu became enlightened, and he no longer felt inferior. Instead, he took his "weakness" as a matter of course and his own disguise. He also avoided the mainstream high-ranking families, took the initiative to contact merchants and emerging dignitaries who were regarded as "unpopular" by his elder brothers, and even took the initiative to distance himself from officials from all walks of life. This was once considered to be Yang Shu's self-defeating.

It wasn't until Yang Shu learned "how to do business" and "don't hit smiling faces" and "thick-skinned" from these "not popular" defectors, Yang Shu immediately saw something that he naturally ignored :money!

As the prince, one of the most noble people in the vast land of Jingjiu Dynasty, money, which is inseparable from ordinary people, has little concept for him.

The emperor's control over the prince was very strict at the beginning, but it was limited to the rules and major issues, and he had always controlled enough expenses. Even if the mansion is established later, Yang Shu still has a vote of high-quality properties in his hands, all selected from the emperor's internal treasury and distributed to him. Therefore, worrying about food and clothing and even living a luxurious life are trivial matters for the prince, "you can do it as long as you think about it".

Later, after getting in touch with more merchants and emerging dignitaries, Yang Shu discovered that "money" is still so useful. At the same time, he slowly discovered his natural ability to make money.

To describe Yang Shu with the exclamation of a merchant in the past, it is: King Ling can be the leader of merchants in the world!

Although there is a lot of exaggeration in this statement, it also explains Yang Shu's excellence in business to a certain extent. And a series of facts also prove that Yang Shu is indeed not ashamed of this evaluation.

Just to mention one, Yang Shu's ability to erode one of the five imperial merchants' "tea" bit by bit and hold it in his own hands is enough to be called "powerful", right?

While Yang Shu's elder brothers were busy fighting for the few contacts and resources, Yang Shu quietly built a set of his own "territory". And still maintain a consistent "weakness" in the external process.

It is also this weakness that makes it very likely that Yang Shu will receive a balanced subsidy from before the "big exam". That is, the executive power of the "money and food austerity strategy" that is about to be implemented this time.

Although Jianchuan had just won a battle, everyone knew that this victory was just a good start, and it would take a long time to fully win or end the war against the Nanman. How long will it take? One year or two years? No one can tell. Therefore, it is imperative to tighten money and food nationwide. Otherwise, how can the huge consumption on the front line continue?

This is a huge power! Moreover, according to the following Ke Qing, this is the first time that the royal family's "big test" happened to happen when money and food were tightened.

What are the benefits of having this power?

Yang Shu didn't know, but he knew that in a very short period of time, he would rely on the power of the tight money and food to enter the local officialdom and take food from his brothers who had been in the local business for many years.

So in addition to the advantages, there are also corresponding disadvantages, that is, Yang Shu is likely to become the priority opponent of the rest of the princes in the near future.

"Have you finished the strategy you said you would prepare?"

"It's almost there, but it's not in writing, so."

Yang Shu waved his hand and interrupted: "It's best not to get this thing on paper or copper strips, and dictation is most suitable. Tell me now, and I'll hear what you've been pondering over the past few days."

"My lord, after repeated deliberation, we think that the key person this time is Bai Changqing, Minister of the Household Department."

Yang Shu paused with his hand holding the teacup, rather surprised, and asked: "The strategy of tightening money and food is mainly aimed at the localities, and has direct interests in the local dignitaries and officials. But Bai Changqing is a householder. Bu Shangshu, is the follow-up matter directly related to him? How did he become a key person?"

Guest Qing explained: "My lord, the tightening of money and food is indeed closely related to the locality, but it is also closely related to the Ministry of Accounts. Whether it is mobilization or distribution, it cannot be done without the assistance of the Ministry of Accounts, and even the Ministry of Accounts is the main real executor."

Yang Shu nodded in acknowledgment of Ke Qing's statement, and motioned for the other party to continue.

"So, my lord, you can take this opportunity to approach and recruit Bai Changqing, a heavyweight, under your command."

"Tsk, it doesn't hurt to talk while standing up, right? Bai Changqing is Ye Lansheng's hardcore, and Ye Lansheng is an old fox, so he will easily stand by my side? Besides, they always look at me with dislike." Yang Shu didn't think so, thinking that this Ke Qing wanted It's a little easier.

"My lord. Bai Changqing may have been Ye Lansheng's die-hard fan before, but not necessarily now."

Yang Shu hummed, slightly startled, and quickly asked, "What's going on? Tell me in detail!"

"My lord. It has been confirmed by news that Bai Changqing had previously married a pair of sisters who were as old as his granddaughter, Hua Xuxian, against the objections of his family's heirs. After that, he seemed to be so spoiled that he became known as the "Gu family". He also had private gatherings with his colleagues, and often went home to accompany his sisters after business trips. Even Ye Lansheng's three or three banquets were rejected by him.

Now someone secretly said that Ye Lansheng was dissatisfied with Bai Changqing. "

"Really? But Bai Changqing would not give Ye Lansheng face just because of the two women? I don't believe it."