Chapter 842: 842 good means
Chapter 842 842 Good means
In another house, Chu Muzhou put down the tea bowl in his hand, glanced at Zhou Qiang who was sitting next to him, and asked in a long voice: "So, you are planning to end it yourself?"
Zhou Qiang sighed and said with a sharp voice: "I have no choice. The juniors are all incompetent. If we don't gamble with these old bones, those unscrupulous people will have no future."
"If there is no future, then it is just no future. Thirty to fifty years later, at least there will still be wealth and honor. If the descendants become capable people later, they may not be able to hold high positions in the court." Chu Muzhou is still not in a hurry. He persuaded slowly.
"Alas...the children and grandchildren are unfilial, unfilial..." Zhou Qiang became upset again, and was angry about the disaster his two sons had done: "That's why...I came to ask for help from you, sir."
He bowed his head to Chu Muzhou and said, "I came here this time to speak to those two bastards... Prime Minister, this favor... Zhou must repay it."
"Let's start from the beginning... I also want to hear about the methods of the Tang Empire." Chu Muzhou was silent for two seconds, and finally decided to give Zhou Qiang some face.
In the Great China Empire, the Minister of Personnel has actually always been the so-called "substitute for the prime minister." The ministers who can serve as the Minister of Personnel are the kind of people who are in the heart of the emperor and are ready to take over the heavy responsibilities at any time and become the prime minister of the empire.
So, Zhou Qiang has always been Chu Muzhou's successor, and the relationship between the two has been delicate for a long time. Zhou Qiang was not on good terms with Chu Muzhou on the surface, but in fact the relationship between the two was pretty good.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Zhou Qiang has no ambition to make further progress, especially today when the Great China Empire is in turmoil.
He would rather stand in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and wait for a better opportunity than go to war with Chu Muzhou for the useless prime minister position.
He has a very clear view on this point: the country is strong and the army is strong, the emperor trusts him, the prime minister is the one who is really high and powerful, the emperor is self-willed, arrogant and domineering, the country is weak due to internal and external troubles, what is the use of this prime minister?
At this time, it is really comfortable to have someone who can stand up to the thunder, so Zhou Qiang carefully maintained his relationship with Chu Muzhou. It was precisely because of his cleverness that he had the opportunity to seek help from Chu Muzhou today.
"My eldest son is not greedy for money and lustful, and his conduct is usually good." Zhou Qiang talked about his eldest son first without hesitation.
“I have heard about the eldest son of Zhou, he is a refined scholar.” Chu Muzhou smiled, he was very impressed by the eldest son of the Zhou family.
"It's just arty and has no concentration at all..." Zhou Qiang sighed and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Who knew, those people could even find "The Crying Sheep-Herding Woman"..."
"What a great work!" Chu Muzhou was shocked by Tang Guo's generosity - he had heard about this famous painting for a long time. He heard that the price had been rising for ten consecutive years, and now it was sky-high.
The key point is that this painting has been acquired by the Datang Group a long time ago and has never been sold. It belongs to the private collection of the royal family of the Datang Empire and there is no place to buy it if you have money.
In the end, the other party actually took it out and gave it to the eldest son of the Zhou family... This is really a huge temptation for a person who likes famous paintings and poems.
What Chu Muzhou didn't know was that before sending this painting, the intelligence agents of the Tang State were really responsive to the eldest son of the Zhou family, and had already smashed him down with the messy paintings.
He was really forced to have no other choice, so the eldest son of the Zhou family asked for the painting "Crying Sheepherd Woman", thinking that the other party would give up in spite of the difficulties, but in the end, it was actually sent to him.
Having no other choice, and unable to bear to reject such a painting, and knowing that he had boarded a "thief ship", the eldest son of the Zhou family finally took sides and became a "pro-Tang faction".
"Just give him what he likes, the bait that is hard to find...not unfair..." Chu Muzhou lowered his eyes slightly and commented softly.
"My second son is easier to get..." Zhou Qiang sighed and continued: "Beautiful woman, luxury car, famous watch and gorgeous clothes... He dared to speak and directly asked for Zhao Shihan by name."
Hearing this name, Chu Muzhou suddenly felt familiar, and then he remembered that there seemed to be a female star in a movie in the Dahua Empire recently with this name. So he asked: "That big star?"
“Yes.” As expected, Zhou Qiang replied immediately.
"If he wants, those people from Tang State can make Zhao Shihan nod?" Chu Muzhou was surprised. Such a famous woman must have a deep background and there must be many people staring at her. How could she be so casual? Just give it to Zhou Qiang's youngest son.
Zhou Qiang's face was full of bitterness, he lowered his head and replied with shame: "Then Zhao Shihan...it's those people who made her famous."
The Tang State has always invested in the filming of various movies in the Dahua Empire, and has long monopolized the so-called film directors and movie stars in the Dahua Empire.
If you want to make a movie famous, then find someone to shoot the movie. Tang will pay for the expenses and provide the equipment. It will be difficult for you not to become famous. There are many celebrities, and when the time comes for harassment by unscrupulous nobles and gentry, Datang Entertainment will take care of it, so that these celebrities can make money comfortably and without worries. And these artists also know that they should repay their kindness, and they can really "step forward" when something happens. Moreover, the "clients" that Datang Entertainment found for them were all respectable people, the kind of big shots that they might not be able to get even if they were friends with them.
"No wonder. I'm old...I'm still old after all. This is the first time I've seen them doing things like this." Chu Muzhou sighed, and then shook his head mockingly.
When they did things like this back then, they did so with careful testing and careful planning. How could there be such a crude way of doing things?
What's more, if you do things like this, don't you count your own costs? Chu Muzhou had heard and seen bribes of tens of thousands of gold coins. But it was really an eye-opener for him to throw hundreds of thousands or two hundred thousand gold coins at it.
In the past, the Tang State still used projects, investments and the like to cover up, and bribes were disguised as political achievements and the like. Now it's great, I started to buy it blatantly...
“I am ashamed of myself.” Zhou Qiang lowered his head.
“So, what do they want after spending so much money?” Chu Muzhou looked at Zhou Qiang, feeling a little frightened for a moment.
Everyone has a price after all. Since the other party is so generous and considerate, the plan must be big. This is also something that worries Chu Muzhou.
"The Tang State hopes that...the next emperor of the Great China Empire...will be a pro-Tang faction." Zhou Qiang lowered his voice and stated the purpose of his visit.
A businessman is a businessman, and he is indeed a good calculator! Chu Muzhou sighed in his heart, and the solemn look on his face relaxed a little.
This passage contains a lot of information, and part of the information is even a guarantee, a promise made by the Tang Empire to the power group of the Great China Empire.
For example, this "next emperor of the Great China Empire" contains many meanings: First, the Tang Empire has no plans to attack the Great China Empire. The inheritance of the throne of the Great China Empire can still continue. This next Once in office, it's very comforting.
At the same time, this sentence also shows that the Tang Empire wanted to maintain friendly and mutually supportive diplomatic relations with the Great China Empire - this was the purpose of promoting a pro-Tang emperor to the throne.
This series of cryptic meanings made Chu Muzhou seem to see countless possibilities. Among them, the biggest temptation for him was the possibility of friendship between the Great China Empire and the Tang Empire.
If the Great China Empire really followed the wishes of the Tang Empire and acted as if the Great China Empire was willing to continue its pro-Tang policy, would the Great China Empire have a precious opportunity to develop peacefully for ten years?
"What you thought of, I have been thinking about it for so many days, and I have also thought of something..." Seeing that Chu Muzhou did not speak, Zhou Qiang put a smile on his face and said: "If this matter is not good for the Great China Empire, it will harm the interests of the empire. , then I would kill both my sons with my own hands without any complaints. But... sir... after thinking about it, I realized..."
"Among the princes... are there any people who understand the truth?" Chu Muzhou sighed. This was a clear card played by his opponent, and it would be difficult for him not to take the move. So he finally took a step back and was ready to listen to Tang Guo's plan.
“I have heard that the prince Zhao Yu has a gentle personality and is approachable. He even went to the Tang Dynasty to participate in a military parade... he looks like an emperor.” Zhou Qiang lowered his head and named the candidate he had to name.
"Zhao Yu...Zhao Yu..." Upon hearing this name, Chu Muzhou muttered it twice. There is nothing special about this prince, he is a very common choice.
Prince Zhao Ji actually has a good temper, and many ministers in the court are very satisfied with this choice. If he, Chu Muzhou, expresses his support for Zhao Yu at this time, there will inevitably be different voices in the court.
This is likely to provide Zhao Kai with an opportunity to suppress one faction and win over another, thereby weakening the power in the hands of courtiers and strengthening the imperial power of the Great China Empire.
Fighting is certainly not good for the Great China Empire. Whether it is a battle between imperial power and ministerial power, or a battle between a prince and a prince, this is ultimately not good.
“The Tang Empire, why don’t you think about it and directly win over His Highness the Crown Prince?” Chu Muzhou asked a question that puzzled him.
Actually, what he asked was: Could it be that the Tang Empire was deliberately provoking a fight for the right to inherit the throne within our country?
"I can't see it...His Royal Highness has entered the palace now...I think very quickly, his attitude has surfaced." Zhou Qiang pretended to understand but could only pretend to be confused.
Now that he has made his choice, it doesn't matter to him whether he is Zhao Kai's official official minister or Zhao Yu's official official official minister.
Even, he was mentally prepared to become a minister of the Tang Dynasty.
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My wife and children decided to travel to BJ last night. Long Ling went to see them off on the train this morning. Today’s update has been canceled and will be updated tomorrow... Sorry.
I originally wanted to go with him, but... I owe too much and I don’t dare to ask for leave. It’s so sad.
(End of this chapter)