Wang is, although this scholar from the second grade of the Guanwen Temple has been in the court for many years, but he still sees things in the officialdom very thoroughly, and originally pinned his hopes on the eldest son Wang Ji, but this son has always been unable to understand the mysteries of officialdom, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in the officialdom, and in the end he can only serve as the head of the Wang family, and the second son Wang Mu is a military general, so it can be said that the old man's mantle in the officialdom can not find an heir at all.

Facing his father's questioning, Wang Su really didn't know what to say for a while, he knew that his personality was not suitable for being an official, but who didn't want to enter the cabinet to pay respects?

Hating iron does not become steel, Wang said with a little disappointment: "The Duke of Qin is destined to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister, tear the soil and seal the king, and now he is a high-ranking and powerful country, how can he care about the money for a meal, even if the wealth of the entire Wang family is handed over, people may not be able to look at it." There must be something strange about this meal in the evening, and it is definitely not as simple as it appears on the surface. ”

"Father, what do you mean by being an old man?"

"Let it be, tonight, no matter what Qin Guogong throws, you will follow, don't hesitate." Speaking of this, Wang immediately paused and said: "If nothing else, in three or five days, this Qin State Guild will come to the mansion to see the old man." ”

"Father, do you mean that the Duke of Qin is coming to our palace?" Wang Su's head is obviously a little insufficient, he can't figure out why the young and vigorous Duke of Qin Guogong came to the palace, you must know that this protégé of the Son of Heaven does not need the palace to give face, or that the Wang family has no face at all in front of others.

Wang Ji sighed helplessly and then said helplessly: "Taiyuan is the land of Longxing, but Longfei is destined to take that step for nine days." However, the Great Song Dynasty is a civil official, and the verbal and written criticism of the rebellious ministers and thieves is not something that ordinary people can bear. At this time, there are more things that the Wang family can provide, don't worry, you won't understand, Qin Guogong understands. If he hadn't come to visit the old man, he wouldn't have come to this step today. By the way, tonight, when you go to the banquet, call Wang Wei, and he will tell you what's going on. ”

"Wang Wei?" Wang Su looks down on this half-brother very much, although he is already the same knowledge of Taiyuan Mansion, but because he is a concubine, he still has no status in the family, and he is not even qualified to live in the ancestral house, so he can only live in the main courtyard of the Wang family outside the city.

"Yes, Wang Wei is farther than you, if it weren't for his background, then the position of the prefect of Taiyuan Mansion would not have fallen on Zhang Chunxiao's head."

Wang has never given Wang Wei any support, this guy is only thirty-six years old and relies on personal struggle to get into the position of Taiyuan Tongzhi, if the Wang family supports a little, then he would have become the prefect a long time ago. Speaking of which, Wang Wei is still Liu Zhenglong's fellow Jinshi, but the noun is relatively backward. However, it is quite powerful to be able to get to this point by relying on personal struggle. You must know that the Great Song Dynasty is a low-ranking official, many of them are three products, and those who are two products do not even have six products, and they have real power from six products.

Wang didn't want to explain too much, after all, he was old and lacked energy, or he wanted to give this opportunity to his third son Wang Wei, he hadn't done anything for this son for so many years, and now it was time to pave the way for the third son.

Wang Su hummed and went out, he didn't take what his father said seriously at all, until today, this guy still insists on his own point of view, without the help of the Wang family, Wang Wei will definitely not be able to sit in the position of Tongzhi of Taiyuan Mansion.

It seems that the eldest son is not interested in this matter, and he will not ask someone to inform the junior to go to Jinyang Building. In the end, Wang asked the family to invite Wang Wei back for dinner.

Wang Wei has always had a bad relationship with his family, and he rarely returns to Wang's house unless he celebrates the New Year's holidays, and today his father sent someone to invite him, and he could only come back reluctantly.

Wang Wei looks like a gentleman, white-faced and beardless, and looks like he is twenty-five or sixteen years old, like a scholar, but who knows that this is a high-ranking official from the sixth grade?

The moment Wang saw Wang Wei, he seemed to see himself when he was young, and he was a little distracted for a while.

Wang Wei didn't know why his father was distracted, he saluted and said: "Father, what is the matter with you looking for the child, there are more things in the government now, if there is nothing important, the child will go back first." “

Is the relationship between father and son so indifferent that his son can't even stay at home for a while. Wang Ji's old face was a little feverish, he knew that he had been ashamed of this third son all these years, and it was understandable that people were reluctant to go home now. However, after all, father and son are inherited, how can they be estranged forever?

The king waved his hand and said, "San'er, you sit down first, because your father has something to ask you." “

"If there is anything, father, even if you ask, the child must know everything, and he will never dare to hide anything from his father." Wang Wei can more or less guess something, now that the king of Guangyang County has left and the Duke of Qin has arrived, it can be said that it is the most critical moment of power transfer, how can the Wang family not move, but they can't figure out what their father wants to do.

After Wang Wei sat down, Wang immediately ordered the maid to serve tea, and he said unhurriedly: "Son, you and Qin Guogong are the same year." ”

"Returning to my father, he is a jinshi on the same list, but he is Tanhualang, and his son is only tenth, and there has been almost no intersection over the years."

"Since there is a friendship with the same list, you should move around more, after all, you will have to work in a city in the future, and you will have to take care of each other." Wang Ji didn't plan to go around in circles, he said with a smile: "Let's talk about your opinion on Qin Guogong's appointment as the envoy of Hedong Xuanfu." ”

Wang Wei didn't know what his father meant, so he didn't plan to say too much, but said softly: "The official family is obviously dissatisfied with Wang Xuanfu Hebei and Hedong Road in Guangyang County, or rather quite disappointed. For a long time, Qin Guogong has been commanding troops in the northwest, and this time Xuanfu Hedong Road, to put it bluntly, the official family wants to change some strategies against the Jin State. to express dissatisfaction with the successive provocations of the Kim State. Qin Guogong announced Fuhe East Road, to put it bluntly, the official family wanted to strengthen the military strength of Hedong Road. But why didn't he let him Xuanfu Hebei Road, it was because the officials had concerns and didn't want to provoke the Jin army, after all, it was easy to have a large-scale war in Hebei. This reflects the extraordinary contradiction in the hearts of the officials, who want to be tough on the Jin State, but also do not want to go to war with the Jin State. There is no doubt that this is what Qin Guogong Xuan Fuhe East Road meant. ”

Wang Ji shook his head, he said with a smile: "This is not what my father asked you, but what do you think of Liu Zhenglong's matter of Chu Rexuan Fu Envoy, what do you think he can do on Hedong Road?" ”

Wang Wei immediately understood what his father meant, but it was too deep, and he didn't think about it when he came out, not because he couldn't think of it, but because he didn't dare to think about it.

Seeing that his son was silent, Wang immediately decided to get the topic thorough, and he said very seriously: "This is the land of Tang Taizu's Longxing, and he has always had the air of an emperor. ”

At this time, it was too far to talk about it, but time was running out, and Wang knew that he had to spread the topic with his son before Liu Zhenglong saw him, otherwise it would be more troublesome in the future.

"The Wang family decided to bet on Qin Guogong and be a minister of the dragon, and this treasure is pressed by you, and all the resources of the entire Wang family in the future will be mobilized by you, in a word, be a good minister of Qin Guogong from the dragon. Don't worry about anything, everyone in the Wang family will listen to you in the future, as for the eldest brother, you don't have to take it to heart, I will persuade him to fully support you. ”

Since the topic has been opened, Wang Wei has nothing to scruple about, he was silent for a long time and said: "Father, you mean that the Qin State Guild is plotting to usurp the throne"

"Not really, but the Ripper King will." The king said with great certainty: "There is a kind of person who is destined to look down on the country and reign over the world, and no one can suppress it. The official family sent Qin Guogong to Taiyuan Mansion to Xuanfu Hedong Road, and a hero like Liu Zhenglong will definitely seize this opportunity. ”

"Father, the Great Song Dynasty is now singing and dancing, the country is strong and the people are rich, the four great Kou have not become a climate, why did Liu Zhenglong tear the soil and become the king." In Wang Wei's view, only when the country is turbulent and in crisis, there will be a division of feudal towns similar to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the current Great Song Dynasty does not have the soil to tear the soil and seal the king.

"Originally, there was no chance, but the Jin Army's southward movement made all this possible, with Liu Zhenglong's male and female strategy, he will definitely grasp this good opportunity that has not been encountered in a hundred years, once he misses it, there will be few opportunities to turn over.

Wang has no reservations today, he just wants his son Wang Wei to be the minister of the dragon, because he has carefully studied Liu Zhenglong's trajectory, this hero is surrounded by fierce generals, but there is an extreme lack of civil officials, which is a fatal shortcoming for the hegemony of the dynasty, so a civil official like Wang Wei, who has the friendship of the same list, will definitely pay attention to it and will reuse it.

Yongqing Street outside Jinyang Building was directly under martial law, and the common people were already prohibited from passing before it was dark, and small merchants and hawkers, beggars and homeless people had long been driven away. The streets are basically five steps and one post, and ten steps and one sentry. A large number of soldiers patrolled and directly arrested suspicious people, and this kind of martial law situation is really rare.

It's not that Wang Yu is too careful, the key is that the guests who can go to Jinyang Tower today can be said to be either rich or expensive, if something happens, it will be very troublesome. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, he strengthened his vigilance, and if he did not get the invitation letter, he would be arrested directly as long as he trespassed.

The people who can get the invitation are all big people with heads and faces, when these people get the invitation, everyone is excited, everyone knows that Qin Guogong is the boy of the Great Song Dynasty, which is definitely a bit of a stone into gold. One by one, they secretly thought about how to establish contact with Qin Guogong. Although it was just an ordinary banquet, everyone still carefully prepared a generous gift, and they all wanted this big man to remember him.

No matter how high the official is, it is just honorable, and it means little to those who don't ask for him, but the boy who scatters wealth from a stone into gold, it can be said that everyone dreams of the God of Wealth, who wants to miss it?

The eight major families headed by the Wang family in Taiyuan Mansion attended, and if anyone was exposed in the entire Taiyuan Mansion, it must be Zhang Chunxiao, the prefect, and the others were basically present, and hundreds of guests occupied Jinyang Building. Of course, many wealthy people don't get tickets yet, after all, it's not a banquet that can be attended just by having money.

Liu Zhenglong didn't expect Wang Yu to make such a big move, but it doesn't matter now, but fortunately there is no female dependents today, otherwise, it will definitely be a fruitful car, after all, this kind of young and golden, high-powered, handsome and dashing, and suave grandfather of the country is still lethal to beauties.

Zhu Wu whispered to Liu Zhenglong: "Lord, it seems that these people are visiting you as a fortune boy, and their hearts are full of the pursuit of money. ”

Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "You still underestimate the rich people in Taiyuan City, although three million is a large amount, but it can't overwhelm them, and this is the opportunity for their country to make a fortune, they will definitely be so excited that they can't sleep, how can they cry their noses?" ”

"My lord, didn't you say that one million can repair the outer city wall? How did it become three million again, if those people gave three million, it would definitely be a distressing drop of blood, how could they be so happy that they couldn't sleep? The clever Zhu Wu was confused this time, and he didn't even doubt whether he had heard it wrong.

"You only know one thing, but you don't know the other, resisting the Jin army is not just a matter of simply repairing the outer city. Fighting a war itself is very costly, 10,000 guan a day can never be less, 3 million guan minus 1 million to repair the city wall, and the rest will last for 200 days at most. I wondered if I was too merciful to let these people pay three million, should I increase it to five million? Liu Zhenglong's handsome face showed a treacherous smile, he pointed to Jinyang Tower and said: "As soon as this group of guys appears, it will be difficult for me to come here in the future, it seems that in the future, I will have long nights like you, and I will be lonely until dawn." ”

Zhu Wu, like other civil and military officials, after getting married, placed his family members in Jingzhao Mansion, to put it bluntly, family members are hostages, of course, if they don't betray, there is no such thing as hostages, and family members will not be in danger. He is the typical monogamous champion, and of course the colored flags at home do not fall, and the red flags flutter outside. Almost everywhere I go, I don't end up.

An evil smile appeared on Zhu Wu's old face, and he said with a smile: "Lord, I am different from you, I am a night shengge, and I sleep very soundly. After this night banquet in Jinyanglou, you really can't come to this place, we are still different. ”

Wang Yu took his son Wang Xun early, and Wang Yi waited at the door.

"The lower official brings the dog Wang Xun, and Wang Yi sees the Guogong."

"The tiger father has no dogs, and it seems that Ling Lang is also a tiger general." Liu Zhenglong didn't want to linger at the door, he said: "Let's go in and talk about it, today I will meet the head of the eight major families, and the others will be accompanied by Zhu Wu and others." ”

Liu Zhenglong didn't like this kind of occasion very much, if it weren't for the defense of Taiyuan City, he wouldn't have come to these places. Although it is not a big problem for three million to come out by himself, but Taiyuan City belongs to these people, and it is only natural for these rich people to contribute some money, and besides, only by tying these people to the death can we ensure that the battle of Taiyuan is foolproof.

The heads of the eight major families had already arrived, and when they saw the Duke of Qin Guo arrive, they hurriedly knelt on the ground and saluted.

"Get up!"

Liu Zhenglong doesn't like to be polite with people, but today's situation is special, and it can't be polite, he said with a smile: "Everyone is meeting for the first time, and I am not very familiar with your situation, so let's not say too many polite words, and chat while drinking." Today's wine is called Qi Swallowing Mountains and Rivers, which is brewed by the Duke himself, all over the world, except for today's son, you are the first to taste, even the Prime Minister of the Political Hall does not have such a good blessing, today we are not drunk and have no home. ”

"Yes, if you don't get drunk, you can't go home." You must know that in that era, one of the most important symbols that can reflect the life of the rich is fine wine, almost everyone knows that the world's fine wine is from the hands of Qin Guogong, and today you can drink the whole world only the Son of Heaven has drunk the mountains and rivers, in this case, everyone is not excited?

Swallowing mountains and rivers, this wine is very strong, very domineering, and it is very enjoyable to drink.

"Is it good?" Liu Zhenglong picked up the wine glass again, he said with a smile: "In the whole world, there are not many people who can drink to swallow mountains and rivers, you are the first batch, you must drink to your heart's content today." ”

"It's delicious." It was the first time for these people to drink such a strong liquor, and they were a little confused.

Liu Zhenglong saw that someone was confused, so he was about to go around in circles, so he picked out and said: "Do you know that in addition to the envoy of Hedong Road, is there a position besides?" ”

Huang Jiang, the head of the Huang family, picked up his wine glass and said: "The lower officials know that Grandpa Guo also serves as the Department of Supervision and Supervision of the Coin Minting, which was originally subordinate to the Yamen of the Third Division, and now the level is higher than that of the Third Division, and it is already a separate department. The issuance of new money in the world is under the control of Grandpa Guo, and throughout the ages, I am afraid that there will never be a richer person than Grandpa Guo. Come and toast to the wealth of Grandpa Guo. ”

Obviously, this Huang Jiang drank high, but Liu Zhenglong didn't care about these, after all, this Huang family was second only to the Wang family in Taiyuan Mansion.

After everyone finished drinking, Liu Zhenglong said with a smile: "It's not an exaggeration to be rich enough to rival the country, because my own country does have so much wealth. But money comes from things outside the body, and it is not brought with it in life, and it is not brought with it in death. I just sat here today, and I was either rich or expensive. Now the public of the country asks you whether money is important or life is important. ”

In the eyes of the poor, money may be more important than life, but those of you who are either rich or expensive, and who have wealth that cannot be spent in several lifetimes, of course think that life is more important than money. Now Qin Guogong asked, and everyone said that life was more important than money.

Liu Zhenglong waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and he said with a little heaviness: "The Jin army has captured Lingwu County and Guangling County, and invaded Hedong Road in a big way. ”

Everyone didn't care much about these, after all, Lingwu County and Guangling County were four or five hundred miles away from Taiyuan Mansion, and they hadn't felt the atmosphere of war yet, so they didn't care about these. But when they heard Qin Guogong mention the invasion of the Jin Army, this group of people immediately understood something, but they didn't care, didn't they just donate some military salaries and military rations, which is understandable.

As long as you can get involved with Qin Guogong, you can be guided by Qin Guogong in business, or Qin Guogong can play with him, then donating some military salary is nothing, it can be said that everyone has such psychological preparation. After all, no matter how rich an official is, blackmailing rich people is the norm, and there is nothing unusual.

"The lips are dead and the teeth are cold, this truth will not be repeated today. Today, the official only needs to say one thing, and that is that it costs money to fight, especially when the soldiers are in the city. Liu Zhenglong knew that it would be difficult to convince these guys with his three-inch tongue, after all, three million was not a small amount. What he wants is not to persuade the other party to donate money, but to express this meaning himself, and let this group of guys make up the money themselves.

If the rich donate money as military pay, then 100% will be complained about and impeached. And what Liu Zhenglong wants is this kind of complaint, this kind of self-blackening, because only in this way can he be able to lay out calmly, instead of being trapped in Taiyuan City.

In Liu Zhenglong's planning, he must have let the Western Liao and Jin armies fight hard, rather than being trapped in Taiyuan City for several months. What you want is to keep Yunzhou, keep most of Hedong Road, not just Taiyuan Mansion. Only by securing Hedong Road can the trick of 'encircling and sending reinforcements' played by Yan Zonghan be debunked and the Western Army from being annihilated.

In history, Taiyuan City was trapped for nearly nine months, but the feat of defending the city for nine months indirectly buried the Great Song Dynasty. During this period, the Western Army continued to come to the rescue, but it was annihilated by the Jin Army once, and the powerful Western Army was finally buried on the way to the rescue. Of course, this rescue is not only the rescue of Taiyuan, but also the rescue of Bianliang City.

Since Liu Zhenglong is in charge of the defense of Hedong Road this time, he will never be allowed to be surrounded by the Jin army to send reinforcements, although this move is very insidious and vicious, but it does not mean that there is no solution, at least prepare in advance, and will not be blind.

Xue Taohe, a member of the Xue family, got up and said: "It is the duty of a soldier to protect the family and defend the country, but we are righteous people who are willing to contribute to the military salary. ”

Yes, yes, we are willing to donate money. These people know that Qin Guogong is dozens or even hundreds of times richer than all the people here combined, and they don't look down on their own money, and donating money is just an attitude, so one is more positive than the other.

Among the people present, only two people did not speak, one was Wang Yu, the ruler of Taiyuan, and the other was Wang Su, the head of the Wang family, and neither of them spoke.

Liu Zhenglong had already been noticed by Wang Su, and he held the wine glass and said: "Everyone says that Taiyuan Mansion is respected by the Wang family, so may I ask, after the Jin army conquers Taiyuan Mansion, how does the Wang family keep the wealth of Wanguan?" ”

Wang Su was about to speak, but since Qin Guogong said this, he couldn't pretend to be confused, he stood up and gritted his teeth and said, "Our Wang family is willing to pay to strengthen the city wall." ”

Strengthen the city wall, you can't take it without 100,000 yuan, this kind of generosity, only the Wang family will have, seeing that Wang Su spoke, everyone cast envious eyes.