I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"Sir, how long will we stay in the capital?"

At this time, Master Guo asked curiously.

Jiang Zuo said: "From now on we will live in the capital permanently, maybe for a year or two, or maybe we won't leave."

Master Guo said excitedly, "Great, sir. The capital is a great place. Many people dream of coming here. In that case, how about I bring all my family members from Anding County here as well?"

"Take it. Maybe your family can get a Beijing hukou in the future."

Jiang Zuo said calmly.

Compared to staying in the capital, he would rather return to Anding County or Jiangzhou City, but when he thought of Chen Qingyun, he couldn't help but feel quite conflicted, and at the same time he felt more anticipation for the future.

My lover is an empress, and it’s exciting just thinking about it.

"Then I will order someone to bring some goods from Anding County now."

Master Guo said again.

"The waters of the capital are very deep. Before we do anything else, we must first check whether we have offended other people's interests."

Jiang Zuo warned.

Under the emperor's feet, the forces are even more complicated.

Although Jiang Zuo is not afraid of offending people with his current status, it's just that Jiang Zuo's character has always been like this. It is a good thing to have more friends and fewer enemies. Not making enemies is always a good thing.

Master Guo leaned forward and said, "I understand."

He has followed Jiang Zuo for so many years, he must know this.

"Have you checked all the interpersonal networks in the capital?"

Jiang Zuo asked.

Whenever he came to a new place, Jiang Zuo would first check the power of each place, including who was in charge of which interests, and Jiang Zuo would try his best not to offend them.

For some reason, his status is getting higher and higher, but he has more and more things to worry about.

Especially after knowing that Siyue was the empress, Jiang Zuo became more cautious.

Jiang Zuo had no idea what life in the capital would be like in the future...

Master Guo took out his notebook, flipped through it, and said, "Sir, the power in the capital is indeed more complicated than anywhere else. There are more than ten century-old families alone. These aristocratic families basically have backers in the court, so I think we can't offend them. And according to my investigation, the entire business of the capital is now almost in the hands of these families. If we do business in the capital, it is inevitable that we will have conflicts of interest with these families."

This is indeed true. After all, these aristocratic families have been in the capital for so many years that they have long monopolized various fields.

Jiang Zuo and his group are outsiders, and it is not an easy task for them to get a share of the pie in the capital.

"So, if we make money like before, we will definitely offend the noble families in the capital."

Jiang Zuo murmured.

Master Guo asked, "Should we continue to do it the same way as before?"

Jiang Zuo said: "You can do it, but please don't use my name for our new store."

For some reason, after arriving in the capital, Jiang Zuo became timid.

If there is trouble now, Jiang Zuo will not be the only one implicated. Behind Jiang Zuo is Chen Qingyun.

No matter what, he must make money from the rich people in Beijing.

At this time, a servant from the mansion came and said, "Sir, there is a guest outside the door who wants to see you."

"What guest?"

Jiang Zuo didn't want to receive some meaningless people. With his current status, there must be many people in the capital who would want to come forward and flatter him.

In order to live a quiet life, Jiang Zuo decided not to have anything to do with these people.

The servant said, "That man claimed to be Mr. Zhang, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

"See you, see you."

Jiang Zuo shook his head repeatedly.

Since the other party is a court official, I don’t want to meet him even more.

The two parties have no intersection, and this visit must have a purpose.

"That Lord Zhang also brought a lot of gifts and said he wanted to meet you in person, Lord Jiang." The servant added.

Jiang Zuo said: "Just tell him that I went to the palace and am not in the mansion anymore."

"Understood." The servant nodded and left.

At a time like this, he brought gifts with him, which meant he must want something from Jiang Zuo.

Nowadays, lectures have become a hot topic in the imperial court, and everyone wants to have some connection with Jiangzuo.

"Sir, why don't you take this opportunity to make more friends? It will make it easier for us to do anything in the capital." Master Guo said

"The more useless people I know, the more trouble I'll have. If this group of people gets into trouble in the future, it might even implicate me."

Jiang Zuo said, he was still quite cautious in his heart.

"Your Excellency is very thoughtful." said Master Guo.

After a while, just a short while, many people came to ask for a meeting, but Jiang Zuo turned them away one by one.

When Jiang Zuo and Master Guo were discussing the next business plan, a servant from the mansion came over and said, "Sir, there is another high-ranking official from the court outside the door asking to see you."

"Turn them off, turn them all down. Why do you keep coming one by one? Aren't you annoying?"

Jiang Zuo no longer had much patience to exchange courtesies with this group of imperial officials.

The servant said, "The guest coming this time is the Right Prime Minister Lu Jun."

"Right Prime Minister?"

Jiang Zuo frowned.

I met the Right Prime Minister during the morning court today. We just exchanged a few polite words and there wasn't much communication.

Jiang Zuo was curious about what exactly happened that could make the right prime minister come here in person.

At this time, Master Guo said, "By the way, sir, I have investigated and heard that the Right Prime Minister has expressed your dissatisfaction many times in the court. I am afraid that he has come here with bad intentions."

Jiang Zuo said: "Where did you get this information from?"

Master Guo whispered, "An unnamed court official, led by the Right Prime Minister, has repeatedly questioned you, Your Excellency, during a court meeting."

Jiang Zuo held his chin up and said, "So, this Right Prime Minister has quite a few opinions about me."

"Then why are you continuing to refuse to see me?" said Master Guo.

Jiang Zuo said, "Let the old prime minister come in. We must entertain him well."

After a while, heavy footsteps were heard.

The old Prime Minister Lu Jun appeared in front of Jiang Zuo.

At this moment, Jiang Zuo had already prepared tea and snacks to serve Prime Minister Lu at any time.

"Meet Prime Minister Jiang."

Lu Jun bowed and said, his face full of respect, without any of his usual seriousness.

Jiang Zuo looked calm and stepped forward as well: "Greetings to Prime Minister Lu. I wonder what important matter has brought you here today?"

Lu Jun smiled kindly: "Prime Minister Jiang has just arrived in the capital, so naturally, the Prime Minister has to come and pay him a visit."

Jiang Zuo smiled and said, "Thank you very much, Prime Minister Lu, for coming here in person. You are so polite."

"Prime Minister Jiang is now an important official of our Yan State. In the future, the court will rely on capable officials like Prime Minister Jiang." Lu Jun said, his eyes always staying on Jiang Zuo.

The purpose of coming here today is to test Jiang Zuo.

Before this, Lu Jun had repeatedly made things difficult for Jiang Zuo, and had even used many despicable means to get rid of Jiang Zuo.

If Jiang Zuo knew about these things, he would definitely punish the Right Prime Minister one day.

Lu Jun is very clear about this...