Xu County.

In the main hall.

The colors of the Han Dynasty are red and black.

Although these two colors are solemn and grand, they become solemn and solemn when they are too much. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the place where the emperor is majestic. However, for those located in the hall, it seems that they cannot become harmonious with the king and the ministers. The degree of loyalty between the king and the ministers seems to be limited to the courtesy of the king and the courtesy of the king and the ministers.

Liu Xie also knew that if he wanted to say some privacy words, it was not suitable for him to be in the hall.

After all, around the hall, there are ears.

But if you insist on taking Liu Ye to other places, such as on the high platform, avoiding your eyes and ears, on the one hand, Liu Xie felt that there was no need for this, and on the other hand, Liu Ye might not be willing.

It’s not that Liu Ye is not loyal, but that there is no need to alert the enemy, or that it inexplicably arouses the suspicion of Lao Cao.

If Cao Cao thought the two of them were conspiring, it would be really not worth the loss. It would be better to just go in the hall, even if the surrounding ears passed on the words, it would not be in the way.

Because Liu Xie and Liu Ye were not talking about Cao Cao, but about Kong Rong...

"Your Majesty..." A civil servant reported outside the hall, "Your Majesty, the censor led his troops into the residence of the Kong family in Lu State, captured Kong Wenju. His follower wanted to go and resist arrest, but was killed on the spot..."

When Liu Xie heard this, he immediately wanted to get up, and his face showed a little shock, but after a moment, Liu Xie closed his eyes again and breathed calmly, "I understand."

Waiting for the civil servant to leave, Liu Xie turned to Liu Ye and said, "This matter... Have you heard of it long ago?"

"Confucius was illegal?" Liu Ye replied, "I have heard of something."

Liu Xie frowned.

Liu Xie asked about Kong Rong's arrest, while Liu Ye answered that Kong Rong was guilty, which was obviously because some bulls were not right.

"The Censor and the Censor are arresting..." Liu Xie said slowly, as if every word was circling in his heart before he could speak it out. "I, I am just a little bit moved. In the past, Kong Wen was in the hall, and Kang was very worried about the country and the people, but now he is in prison..."

After hearing this, Liu Ye smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is the case with all the changes."

"Times have changed?" Liu Xie did not expect to hear such an evaluation from Liu Ye. What does this mean?

Look forward, don’t stare at the past?

Or is Kong Rong already changing and is no longer a loyal minister of a great Han Dynasty? So who is a loyal minister of a great Han Dynasty? Is Xi Lu?

Or are you saying that I have missed the best opportunity? Now it’s time to change? Or are you saying that there are still some opportunities, and you will be over when the time to change?

The more Liu Xie thought about it, the more he became, the more he became, and his brows became more and more frowned.

Liu Ye looked up slightly and said, "Since Your Majesty is the emperor, he is carrying the virtues of heaven and earth. How can you give me mercy on one place and forget the people of the world?"

Liu Xie nodded, "Do you say I am addicted to the afterglow of the old love?"

Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is the decree given by heaven, and you should embody the heart of heaven and earth. The heart of heaven and earth is the unkindness of a saint. Only when there is unkindness, will you have the kindness."

Liu Xie's brows frowned more and more, as if he had cut a knife between his eyebrows. "What I said... I heard it a little. Please give me some advice."

Liu Xie said it was very polite, because he could only be polite now.

Liu Ye bowed and said, "Your Majesty is so important. I only speak nonsense and dare not teach you. If Your Majesty is willing to listen to my lies, I will speak out boldly."

"Please." Liu Xie nodded, "I'm sorry, but I said it's okay."

"The heaven and earth nurture all things, but do you care about tigers and wolves eating cattle and sheep? Or do you stop cattle and sheep eating green grains?" Liu Ye said slowly, "Tiger and leopard are born from heaven and earth, and cattle and sheep are also like this. That is, they are born from heaven and earth, and they are neither noble nor cheap, and each has their own place. Since Your Majesty is a person with the will of heaven, you should look at the place of the world. How can you pity a place of cattle, sheep, tiger and leopard?"

"Well..." Liu Xie was speechless for a moment.

Liu Ye did not continue to talk. Of course, Liu Ye was somewhat brave enough to dare to talk about these things to Liu Xie.

Sometimes, Liu Ye himself is in a dilemma.

No one is willing to betray the emperor, but the problem is that reality is.

Since Emperor Ling of Han lost control over the local area, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is no longer the emperor of Emperor Xiaowu in the past...

In other words, since Liu Xiu married Bai Fumei and added Bai Fumei and used local tyrants to do business, the great man has no longer been in his original form.

So can this be blamed on Liu Xie?

Can this blame Liu Ye?

All living beings need to struggle on their own in order to survive in this world...

This is true for cattle and sheep, tigers and leopards, and of course humans are no exception.

Cao Cao raised his butcher's knife in Xu County. Under a bloody storm, not only the gentry's children were frightened, but the emperor Liu Xie felt the threat. Even Liu Ye and others who originally supported Cao Cao could not help but feel a little confused. After all, following a boss who killed people without blinking, they either had to be too big or had a strategy to save their lives. At the same time, they had to think about the way out of retreat if something happened...

Fortunately, Cao Cao was not addicted to the killing. It is said that he let go of the arrested eyeliner placed by General Cavalry in Henan and Ji, which somewhat relieved Liu Ye and others. As long as the old Cao was not crazy, he could reason. So the key problem now is that everyone should reason and don’t turn the tables on the fly, that’s right.

The table is already broken and cannot withstand lifting a few more times. No, it may even be broken if it is lifted again.

After Liu Ye came to pay homage to Emperor Liu Xie after learning that Xi Lu was out, hoping to comfort the emperor as soon as possible. Be calm and calm, it is wrong to turn over the table. It is not good for everyone to turn over the table...

As for Kong Rong, wouldn’t he be escorted to Xu County? It wouldn’t be too late to make a distinction at that time.

Liu Xie thought for a long time and finally nodded silently.

…(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻…

While Liu Xie was thinking about Kong Rong's affairs, at Cui Yan's residence, Li Cheng, under the ardent guidance of the manager, walked through the corridor and entered the inner courtyard. When he arrived at the inner courtyard, two maids followed him into the study room of the inner courtyard in the fragrant wind.

Although it is late spring and early summer, it is still a bit cool at night. A warm stove is set up in the study room of the inner courtyard, and agarwood is lit, making a peaceful atmosphere.

In the study room of the inner courtyard, Cui Yan was reading a book. When he saw footsteps coming, he put down the bamboo slips in his hand. With the sound of bamboo and wood, he slightly turned his wrists, "Brother Li has arrived? Please sit down, just think it's in his own home, don't look outside."

Although Cui Yan said politely and kindly, Li Cheng still saluted respectfully. "I have seen the envoy, but I have been disrespectful. I am not polite. In Jizhou, there are some tricky things. I also know that the envoy is busy and I have never dared to disturb the house. Now I am really unable to understand it, so I came to disturb you. I hope the envoy will forgive me..."

Cui Yan's eyebrows and eyes moved, knowing that Li Cheng was expressing some dissatisfaction, and then smiled and said, "What important thing is not as important as the hometown feelings. As for the trivial matters of counties, haha, who is the one who has the ability to be in heaven and can be flawless in the current situation? I'm just doing some responsibilities, how dare I say it's busy? My brother came and never greeted me. It's because I'm a little bit of blood, and my legs are stiff and my feet are hard. It's not because I'm a mean to be slow and slow... By the way, I don't know where to serve now?"

Li Cheng lowered his head and said, "I have no job yet..."

Cui Yan pretended to be surprised, "I mean? My brother is so talented that he cannot serve. When the court was about to hire people, he actually missed the countryside. He must have written a letter to report this matter so that his brother can be the exhibition center."

Li Cheng bowed and said, "How dare you trouble the envoys with the light of fireflies? Today, I will be lucky to see the envoys."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed for a moment. The slightly polite atmosphere before gradually became peaceful.

Li Cheng bowed and said, "Brother Cui... Zhongmu Pan family is cautious in their daily lives. For some reason, they hate Xun Lingjun. They send minions to arrest him. The family and young people in the family are both harmful or arrested... In Yecheng, Chen Changwen avoids taboos... These days, he is just running around to see if he can save one or two."

When Cui Yan heard this, he shook his head slowly, sighed and said, "This matter is very important, even my foolish brother must avoid it. Listen to my brother's advice, don't participate in this matter... My goodness is still young and has no limit in the future... Don't be rough and ruined..."

Li Cheng frowned. Cui Yan got the benefits of Cao Cao at the moment, and of course he would not turn against Cao Cao immediately. But the problem is that if Cui Yan got the benefits of the blood of the Jizhou gentry, it would be a joke if the Cui family wanted to claim to be the leader of Jizhou at that time. At this moment, things are urgent, so there is no need to go around in circles. Today, I am here to tell Cui Yan how far Jizhou has reached!

Li Cheng bowed again and said, "Brother Cui is more... I have wanted to join the court and serve the country, but because of the constant struggles in the court, they are arrogant and have doubts in their hearts, and they dare not easily get involved in the country. As if my son is growing up today, as a great man, he should also serve the country..."

Cui Yan shook his head again, and his face darkened, "This matter cannot be simply discussed. My brother's words are really reckless."

Li Cheng was silent for a moment, and it seemed that the harmonious atmosphere had just disappeared quietly again.

The two of them were silent for a while, and Li Cheng offered to say goodbye, but Cui Yan did not see him farewell.

Seeing that Li Cheng was obviously leaving in anger, Cui Yan couldn't help but smile bitterly. No matter how low he was, he could not hide in the eyes of others!

Cao Cao pulled Cui Yan out of Jizhou, which clearly showed his fear of Cui Yan's relationship with Jizhou. Cui Yan took him away, on the one hand, to gain benefits, and on the other hand, he did not want to fight with Lao Cao.

Cui Yan never wanted to fight anyone.

This is true when Yuan Shao was and Cao Cao was the same when he was.

As long as the conditions are negotiated, it is acceptable to anyone's shape.

Cui is the Cui family in Jizhou, but in the final analysis it is the Cui family of all ages and all over the Cui family. If Lao Cao wants to overturn Cui's table, even if Cui Yan lives outside Jizhou, he must take action, and now he just overturns the Pan family in Zhongmu...

Is Cui risking his own dining table and then going to help Pan's table?

Obviously it is impossible.

Under the candlelight in the study, Cui Yan looked at the bronze mirror standing on one side with regret. Inside the bronze mirror, although it was a little molded, you could see that your hair was already dyed with frost. He was indeed old. But in a blink of an eye, Cui Yan stood up with his eyebrows and eyes. How could he have no power in life? The Han party struggles have always been extremely tragic, just like military formations, placing troops and setting up formations, and various temptations. If someone looked out of weakness and found a weak point, he would immediately face a catastrophe like the Pan family of Zhongmu!

Although Cui Yan rejected Li Cheng, Cui Yan would not allow others to easily overturn the Cui family and the overall Jizhou table case...

Cao Cao, what a good method!

Unfortunately, Li Cheng was still a little short-sighted. He just stared at the table in Zhongmu, which was closer to Jizhou, and was overturned, but he did not notice that the table in Kong's family in Lu was also overturned...

If people from Jizhou go to speak nice things to people in Zhongmu, it means they lose their right to speak about the Lu table case. If both sides have to take care of them, neither side will be able to take care of them. And if it is for the Kong family, the people in Jizhou are obviously not so anxious.

So Cui Yan is sure that even if Pan's table eucalyptus is supported, it is not worth it.

What I have to do now is not to protect the Pan family in Zhongmu. It is just a small surname in the local area. If you die, you will die. On the contrary, the Kong family in Lu is a big surname. If you take this opportunity...

You can't lift your own table, but you can still lift your table.

…┴─┴︵╰(‵□′╰)…

Chang'an.

Pang Tong held his hands, like a moving black koala, slowly entering the mansion of General Cavalry.

If you don’t exercise for a long time, and then when you start exercising, you will always feel ache in your muscles and muscles.

So sour...

It's trembling when you move.

And this is not a matter of one or two days, and we have to persist.

"Huh..." Pang Tong moved, entered the hall, then sat down and took a breath.

Fei Qian glanced at it and laughed. He didn't joke about Pang Tong about this matter, but asked: "I heard that Hu Shang has been raising funds in the past two days. What's going on?"

Pang Tong bowed, "Just about to talk about this. The spring is getting warmer, the roads are freezing, and there are more merchants coming and going. There are also some Hu merchants in the Western Regions who want to raise funds and seek officials. I don't know what I heard from there... It is said that some people said that the Zhen girl donated her official position, so she wanted to follow the example...

While speaking, Pang Tong submitted a record of this matter.

After Fei Qian opened a quick look, his face showed a little surprise: "These merchants are very good at taking extraordinary actions... Tsk tsk, it seems that you and I have underestimated these Hu merchants before...

Pang Tong nodded.

Fei Qian knew no one of the dozen names recorded in this file, but the amount of fundraising recorded in black and white text surprised Fei Qian a little. The fundraising is like Zhen Mi, who took out most of the wealth in one go, after all, and most merchants raised funds basically no more than one-tenth of their real assets, or even less than one-twentieth. From this, we calculate the value of these Hu merchants...

Tsk tsk.

However, those who come to negotiate fundraising with Feiqian are often agents, not the true body of these wealthy people who are as rich as the country.

The one who raises the most is naturally gold and silver.

Other products include cloth, spices, jewelry, cattle, sheep, camels, etc.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Does these guys think I am like that person? If Xiaoling was alive and knew that the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were like this... How could the Western Qiang be defeated? Haha..."

Pang Tong also laughed, "What the lord said is very good. This country's title is noble and popular, just like the stars and moon hanging high, it is rare. Merchants are interested in profits, and if they invest this capital, they will return a hundred times. If there is no profit, how can they respect others?"

Fei Qian nodded, "Even if you donate an official, you can't give a real position, but you're just exempting yourself from a false title... Just like a daughter of Zhen, she would first observe her ability and try one or two fake positions, and then she was given a minor official in the Yin Supervisor. There was no reason to achieve it overnight... Such a free position and a false title, are these Hu merchants willing to do it?"

Pang Tong smiled and pointed out the donated items in the booklet, saying, "Lord, do you think, are there many jade, jewelry, and gold and silver ware among these items offered by Hu merchants?"

"Huh?" Fei Qian looked at it, it was indeed the case. He thought for a while, "So that's it... this calculation is exquisite..."

After Pang Tong's point, Fei Qian also understood that these Hu merchants actually had multiple calculations. First of all, they were superficially showing goodwill and surrendering and making contributions. Behind this fundraising and offering, there were marketing methods.

This kind of marketing method is actually very common in later generations, but Fei Qian was a little forgotten after reaching the present moment. Pang Tong pointed it out and remembered it again...

The Han Dynasty did not divide the racial ranks at present, nor did it have any additional restrictions on the Hu people. However, after three or four hundred years, although the atmosphere was open and the barbarians were tolerant, they looked down on the Hu people and even thought that the Hu people were barbarians, which was also a very common phenomenon.

These Hu merchants in the Western Regions traveled to China, of course, the most important thing was to seek profit, not to seek official positions.

This is the essential difference between the Hu people and the Han people.

The Hu people came to China from all the way. Although they cannot be said to be uninterested in China's official positions, the foundation of the Hu people's merchants is still in the Gentiles, and what they want more is profit.

Then, the contributions and donations of Hu merchants are to get more profits.

Profits of goods.

The goods brought by Hu merchants from China were of course all from the Western Regions, Rest, or from the Thais. Among them, gold, silver utensils, jade treasures and other goods are of higher value. However, although this type of goods is of higher value, the price is indeed not small, and the water is very high, and it fluctuates greatly. Just like if the price of gold, silver utensils is calculated based on the purity and weight of gold, silver, it is a blood loss, and the same is true for other jade treasures.

Fei Qian used to do business with these Hu merchants, focusing on ore, raw materials, and slave trade. He was not very interested in these goods with higher value but more inflated prices, so naturally these Hu merchants were very depressed and unable to use their strength.

Now, Hu Shang wanted to take such an opportunity. On the surface, he was dedicated to donating, but in fact he wanted to determine the prices of these gold, silver utensils, jade and jewelry. As long as Fei Qian was willing to accept such donation, it was equivalent to accepting the prices represented by these things. Fei Qian would definitely not use up these things that were raised. So normally, Fei Qian would also reward other officials, gentry and gentry and other officials, gentry and gentry and so on. Then in this case, other officials, gentry and gentry and gentry will naturally follow the price that is "recognized".

『Tsk…』 Fei Qian sighed, 『It's really easy to calculate...』

Pang Tong said with a smile: "It's better to accept the things, but is this price..."

If you don’t see through it, you will of course be surrounded by Hu Shang. Now that you have figured out this matter, you will certainly not be able to follow these Hu Shangs.
Chapter completed!