Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2629 Lift the table, what kind of table is it?

  Xu County.

  In the main hall.

  The color of the big man is red and black.

Although these two colors are solemn and majestic, but if there are too many of them, they will become solemn and solemn. Of course, there is nothing wrong with a place like the main hall where the majesty of the emperor is to be displayed, but for the people in the main hall, it seems There are some people who can't become harmonious with the monarch and his ministers no matter what, and the degree of sympathy with each other seems to be limited to business affairs and under the courtesy of the monarch and his ministers.

  Liu Xie also knows that if you want to speak some private words, it is not suitable to be in the hall.

   After all, all around the hall are ears.

  But if you insist on dragging Liu Ye to other places, such as on a high platform, to avoid eyes and ears, on the one hand, Liu Xie thinks it is unnecessary, and on the other hand, Liu Ye may not be willing.

   It's not that Liu Ye is disloyal, but that there is no need to startle the snake, or arouse old classmate Cao's suspicion inexplicably.

  If Cao Cao didn’t say anything important, and Cao Cao thought the two were plotting something, then the loss outweighed the gain. It’s better to be in the hall, even if the surrounding ears pass the words out, it’s not in the way.

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

  『Information to Your Majesty...』A clerk reported outside the palace, 『To Your Majesty, the imperial censor led troops to break into the residence of Kong’s family in the state of Lu, and captured Kong Wenju. His son tried to resist arrest, but was killed on the spot...』

  Hearing this, Liu Xie wanted to get up immediately, with a look of surprise on his face, but after a while, Liu Xie closed his eyes again, took a breath, and said, "Got it. 』

   After waiting until the civil servants had left, Liu Xie turned to Liu Ye and said, "Has Ai Qing heard about this matter?" 』

  『Kong Wenju something illegal? ”Liu Ye replied, “I have heard a little about it. 』

   Liu Xie frowned.

  Liu Xie asked about the arrest of Kong Rong, but Liu Ye answered that Kong Rong was guilty, obviously some bullheads were not right.

"Doctor Censor's arrest..." Liu Xie said slowly, as if every word had been hovering in his heart before he said it, "I, I just have a little feeling. In the past, Kong Wenju was held in the palace, impassioned and worried about the country. people, but now they are imprisoned...』

  Liu Ye heard this, but smiled and said: "Your Majesty, time has passed and circumstances have changed. 』

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

  Look forward, don't stare at the past?

   Or is it that Kong Rong has changed and is no longer a loyal minister of the great man? So who is the loyal minister of the big man? Xi Ji?

   Or is it saying that I have missed the best opportunity? Time has passed? Or is it saying that there are still some opportunities, and it is really over when the time passes?

  The more Liu Xie thought about it, the more chaotic his thoughts became, and the more his brows furrowed.

  Liu Ye slightly raised his head and glanced, "Since your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, who bears the virtues of heaven and earth, how can you be pitiful for one place and forget the common people in the world?" 』

  Liu Xie hummed, "Does Aiqing mean that I am indulging in the aftertaste of my old love?" 』

   Liu Ye said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty is the destiny given by heaven, and you should embody the heart of heaven and earth." The heart of heaven and earth is the inhumaneness of the sage. When there is inhumanity, there is benevolence. 』

   Liu Xie's brows furrowed more and more, as if a knife had been cut between his eyebrows, "What Ai Qing said... I was a little confused. Also ask Ai Qing to enlighten me. 』

  Liu Xie said it very politely, because he can only be polite now.

  Liu Ye bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty speaks seriously. The minister only speaks nonsense and dare not teach. If Your Majesty is willing to listen to the lies of this humble official, then this humble official will speak out boldly. 』

"Please. Liu Xie nodded, "I love you, but it's okay to say so." 』

  『Heaven and earth nurture all things, but why do tigers and wolves eat cattle and sheep? Or prevent cattle and sheep from eating green grass? Liu Ye said slowly, "Tigers and leopards are born of the heaven and earth, so are cattle, sheep and green grass. Since your majesty is a man of destiny, you should look at the world, how can you feel pity for a place of cattle, sheep, tigers and leopards? 』

  『Hmm…』 Liu Xie was speechless for a moment.

  Liu Ye didn't continue talking. Of course, Liu Ye also had some guts to say these things to Liu Xie.

  Sometimes, Liu Ye himself was in a difficult situation.

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

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

   In other words, since Liu Xiu married Bai Fumei and then Bai Fumei, and used the local powerful to do business, the big man is no longer in his original shape.

  So can Liu Xie be blamed?

  Can Liu Ye be blamed?

  All creatures need to struggle to survive in this world...

  It is the same for cattle and sheep, so it is for tigers and leopards, and of course humans are no exception.

Cao Cao raised his butcher knife in Xu County. Under the **** turmoil, not only the children of the gentry were terrified, but the emperor Liu Xie felt the threat. Even Liu Ye and others who originally supported Cao Cao felt a little bit a little bit in their hearts. Mutter. After all, following a boss who kills without batting an eyelid, one must either have a big heart, or must have a strategy to save one's own life, and at the same time think about the way out in case something happens...

  Fortunately, Cao Cao was not obsessed with killing, and it is said that he let go of the arresting eyeliner planted by General Hushi in Yuji, which somewhat relieved Liu Ye and others. As long as Mr. Cao hasn't gone crazy, it's fine to be reasonable, so the key issue now is that everyone should be reasonable, and don't flip the table at every turn, then it's fine.

   This table is already in pieces, and it can't withstand being lifted a few more times. No, it may even fall apart after being lifted again.

  Liu Ye specially came to visit Emperor Liu Xie after knowing about Xi Ji’s dispatch, hoping to comfort the Emperor as soon as possible, calm down, no matter how calm you are, it’s wrong to lift the table, it’s not good for everyone...

  As for Kong Rong, isn't he going to be escorted to Xu County, and it's not too late to make a distinction by then.

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

  …(╯‵ ′)╯︵┻━┻…

  While Liu Xie was thinking about Kong Rong, at Cui Yan's mansion, Li Cheng, under the earnest guidance of the steward, walked through the corridor and went straight into the inner courtyard. When they arrived at the inner courtyard, they were followed by two maids, and entered the study room of the inner courtyard amidst the fragrant wind.

  Although it is late spring and early summer, the nights are still a bit chilly. In the study room in the inner courtyard, a heater is set up and agarwood is lit, creating a peaceful atmosphere.

  In the study room in the inner courtyard, Cui Yan was holding a book and was reading. Seeing the sound of footsteps, she put down the bamboo slips in her hand, and amidst the soft clattering of bamboo and wood, she turned her wrist slightly, "Is Brother Li Xian here?" Please sit down, as if you are in your own home, don't see outsiders. 』

  Although Cui Yan said it politely and kindly, Li Cheng still saluted respectfully, "I have seen the envoy, I have disturbed the envoy for no reason, I am rude. I have some troublesome things in Jizhou, and I know that the envoy is busy with business, and I have never dared to disturb the mansion. Now I am really puzzled, so I come to disturb, and I hope that the envoy will forgive me...』

   Cui Yan's eyebrows and eyes moved, knowing that this was Li Cheng expressing some dissatisfaction, so he smiled and said: "Nothing is as important as nostalgia. As for the trifles of counties and counties, hehe, in the current situation, who has the ability to cover all gaps? A certain is just doing some duties, how dare you say that you are busy? The virtuous brother came, but did not greet him, it was really because of my age, my blood was somewhat disharmonious in the morning and evening, and my legs and feet were stiff and difficult to move, it was not because of my brother's intentional slowness... By the way, my virtuous brother does not know where he is now Employment? 』

  Li Cheng bowed his head and said, "I don't have any job yet..."

  Cui Yan pretended to be surprised, "Huh? My virtuous brother is a great talent, but he can't be an official? When the imperial court was waiting to employ people, it actually neglected the countryside, and a certain person must write a letter to report this matter, so that the virtuous brother can show his talents. 』

  Li Cheng cupped his hands and said: "How dare you bother the envoy with the light of a firefly?" It is my good fortune to see the envoy today. 』

  The two looked at each other, and after a while they both laughed. The slightly polite atmosphere before gradually became peaceful.

Li Cheng cupped his hands and said, "Brother Cui... Zhongmoupan's family is usually cautious. For some reason, they have hated Lord Xunling and sent minions to arrest him. Everyone in the family, old and young, are either killed or arrested...In Yecheng, Chen Changwen keeps silent... These days , I'm just running around with this matter, to see if I can save one or two things. 』

  When Cui Yan heard this, he shook his head slowly, sighed and said: "This matter is very important, even brother Yu must avoid it." Listen to my brother's advice, don't get involved in this matter...Your brother is still young, the future is limitless...Don't be rough, it will be ruined at once...』

   Li Cheng frowned. Cui Yan got the benefits of Cao Cao right now, so of course he wouldn't turn against Cao Cao immediately, but the problem is that if the benefits Cui Yan got were contaminated with the blood of the Jizhou gentry, then the whole Cui family wanted to call themselves the leader of Jizhou, then It's just a joke. Now that the matter is urgent, there is no need to go around in circles. I am here today to tell Cui Yan what kind of situation Jizhou has reached!

Li Cheng bowed his hands again, and said: "Brother Cui, I would like to offer some advice... I also wanted to worship the court and serve the country, but because of the constant struggle between the court and the middle party and the arrogance, I also had doubts in my heart, so I didn't dare to set foot in it easily." middle. Now that the emperor is growing up, as a man of the people, he should also serve the country...』

  Cui Yan shook his head again, his face darkened, "This matter cannot be discussed simply. Brother Xian's words are really reckless. 』

  Li Cheng was silent for a moment, as if the harmonious atmosphere just now had dissipated quietly.

  The two were silent for a while, Li Cheng offered to leave, but Cui Yan did not send him off.

  Seeing that Li Cheng was obviously leaving in anger, Cui Yan couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart, no matter how much he hides, he won't be able to hide from the eyes of others!

  Cao Cao pulled Cui Yan out of Jizhou, expressing his fear of Cui Yan’s network in Jizhou, and Cui Yan pulled out, on the one hand, to gain benefits, and on the other hand, he didn’t want to be tough with old classmate Cao.

  Cui Yan never wanted to be tough with anyone.

   This was the case with Yuan Shao, and it was also the case with Cao Cao.

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

  The Cui family is the Cui family of Jizhou, but in the final analysis, it is the Cui family of all ages. If classmate Cao wants to expose Cui's case, then even if Cui Yan lives outside Jizhou, he has to take action, and now he only uncovered the Pan family...

   Do you want Mrs. Cui to ignore her own dinner table and help Mrs. Pan's?

   Obviously impossible.

  Under the candlelight in the study, Cui Yan looked at the bronze mirror standing on one side with a sense of loss. Although it was a little blurry inside the bronze mirror, he could still see that his temples were stained with frost, and he was indeed old. But in an instant, Cui Yan raised his eyebrows, how can he be powerless for a day in this world? The Han party struggle has always been extremely tragic, it is like a military formation, the formation of troops, all kinds of temptations, if people look out for weakness and find a weak point, it will immediately usher in a catastrophe like the Zhongmupan family !

  Although Cui Yan rejected Li Cheng, Cui Yan will not allow others to easily overthrow the case of the Cui family and Jizhou as a whole...

  Cao Cao, what a trick!

  It's a pity that Li Cheng is still short-sighted. He just stared at the overthrow of Zhongmu's case, which is closer to Jizhou, but he didn't notice that the case of Kong's in Lu State was also overturned...

  If the people in Jizhou speak well to the people in Zhongmou, it means that they have lost the right to speak about the affairs of Lu State. If you have to control both sides, you must not be able to control both sides. And if it was for the Kong family, the people in Jizhou were obviously not so eager for justice.

  So Cui Yan can be sure that even if Pan's table case can be supported, it is not worth supporting.

   What I have to do now is not to protect the Pan family in Zhongmu, it is just a small local surname, and if it dies, it will die. On the contrary, the Kong family in Lu State is a common surname. If I take this opportunity...

  You can’t lift your own desk case, but you can still lift someone else’s desk case.

  …┴─┴︵╰(‵□′╰)…

  Chang'an.

  Pang Tong put his hands in his hands, like a moving black koala, slowly entered the Hussar General's Mansion.

  After not exercising for a long time, and then when I start exercising, it is always inevitable that some muscles and bones are sore.

   sour...

   My flesh trembles every time I move.

   And this is not a matter of a day or two, but we must persist.

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

   Fei Qian glanced at it, hehe smiled, and instead of teasing Pang Tong about this matter, he asked, "I heard that Hu merchants have been actively raising donations in the past two days. What's going on?" 』

  Pang Tong cupped his hands, "I was about to talk about this. Spring is getting warmer, the roads are thawing, and there are more merchants coming and going. There are also Hu merchants in the Western Regions who want to raise donations and ask for officials. imitate..."

   While speaking, Pang Tong submitted the records about this matter.

   After Fei Qian took a cursory look, his face showed a bit of surprise: "These merchants have made extraordinary moves... Tsk tsk, for this money, it seems that you and I underestimated these Hu merchants before..."

  Pang Tong nodded.

   Fei Qian did not know any of the dozens of names recorded in this file, but the amount of donations recorded in black and white surprised Fei Qian somewhat. Fundraising? It’s really like Zhen Mi’s case. After all, there are still a few who donate most of their wealth in one go, and most businessmen’s donations basically don’t exceed one-tenth of their real assets, or even twenty. Less than one-tenth, from this calculation, the worth of these Hu merchants...

   Tsk tsk.

  However, those who come to discuss donation matters with Fei Qian are often agents, not the real bodies of these wealthy countries.

   The most donations are naturally gold and silver.

  Other commodities are also available, such as cloth, spices, jewelry, cattle, sheep and camels, etc.

   Feiqian smiled and said: "These guys, do you think I'm like that, selling my official position and noble rank?" If Xiaoling was alive back then, knowing that the Hu merchants in the Western Regions were like this... why would they want to take down the Western Qiang? Ha ha…"

  Pang Tong also laughed, "My lord's words are very true. This national title is noble and admired by everyone, like the stars and moon hanging high, it is naturally rare. Merchants are interested in profits, and they want to pay back a hundred times their capital. If there is no profit, how can they respect others? 』

Fei Qian nodded, "Even if it is a donated official, it is impossible to give a real job, it is just a false title without a test... just like the daughter of Zhen's family, she will see her ability first, and try one or two fake jobs before she is awarded the junior official of Zhiyin Supervisor." , There is absolutely no reason to do it overnight... Are these Hu merchants willing to do such idle jobs? 』

  Pang Tong smiled and pointed at the donations in the booklet, and said, "Let's see, my lord, among these donations from Hu merchants, are there many jade, jewelry, gold and silver utensils?" 』

"Ok? ’ Fei Qian looked at it and found that it was indeed the case. After thinking for a while, ‘So that’s how it is…this calculation is really ingenious…’

  After Pang unified the point, Fei Qian also understood that in fact, these Hu merchants raised donations, in fact, there are multiple calculations. And behind this donation and dedication, there are actually marketing methods.

   This kind of marketing method is actually very common in later generations, but Feiqian has forgotten it a little after he arrived at the present moment. After being pointed out by Pang Tongtong, he remembered it again...

At present, the Han Dynasty does not divide the race level, nor does it have any additional restrictions on the Hu people, but after three or four hundred years, although the atmosphere is open and tolerant towards all barbarians, they look down on the Hu people, and even feel Hu people are barbarians, which is also a very common phenomenon.

  The Hu merchants in the Western Regions traveled to and from China, of course the most important thing is to seek profit, not to seek officials.

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

  Hu people came to China from thousands of miles away. Although they are not interested in official positions in China, the foundation of Hu people's merchants is still in foreign countries, and what they want more is still profit.

  Then, Hu people and merchants donate and donate in order to get more profits.

   Profit on goods.

  Human merchants brought Chinese goods, of course, they were all products of the Western Regions, Anxi, or Taixi. Among them, gold and silver utensils, jade treasures and other goods were of relatively high value. However, although the value of this type of goods is relatively high, the price is indeed not small, and the fluctuations are large. Just like if the price of gold and silver utensils is calculated according to the purity and weight of the gold and silver itself, it will be a blood loss, and the same is true for other jade treasures.

Fei Qian used to do business with these barbarian merchants, and he focused on ore, raw materials, and slave trade. He was not very interested in these commodities with relatively high value but more inflated prices, so naturally these barbarian merchants were very interested. It's depressed, and I can't make it up if I have the strength.

  Now, Hu merchants want to take such an opportunity. On the surface, they are offering donations, but in fact it is equivalent to wanting to determine the prices of these gold and silver vessels, jade and jewelry. As long as Fei Qian is willing to accept such donations, it is equivalent to accepting the price represented by these things, and these donated things, Fei Qian must not be used up by himself, so normally, Fei Qian These things will also be rewarded to other officials, gentry, squires, etc., and under such circumstances, other officials, gentry, and squires will naturally follow the "recognized" price.

  「Tsk...」 Fei Qian sighed, "It's really easy to calculate..."

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

  If you don't see it through, of course you will be taken in by the Hu merchants. Now that you have figured out this matter, of course you can't follow these Hu merchants.

  Fei Qian stroked his beard, pondered for a while, then smiled, "I have a better idea..."

  (end of this chapter)