Chapter Seventy-One: Stay Cool

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me about it? Lu Zhonglang will donate money in this crowdfunding? Is it feasible? ”

Liu Hong, the son of heaven, stood up, because of the bold words left by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, even if he scolded Lu Zhi a hundred times in his heart, he couldn't be the first to refuse, and simply pushed this problem to the ministers.

But as soon as these words came out, the upright Lu Zhi obviously misunderstood, he thought there was a drama...

I saw him turn around and bow to Cao Song first. "Cao Dasi Nong, I have heard that the Cao family is the richest man in Luoyang City in Yanmen, and now, it is a matter of border affairs, and I hope you will donate generously and set an example for the courtiers!"

At this moment, in the entire Deyang Palace, everyone's eyes were focused on Cao Song's body...

Cao Jie frowned slightly, thinking in his heart, this is to offend the Son of Heaven, no matter how rich he is? Even if you throw all the money into the sea, you can't donate it, you can't open this head in front of hundreds of officials, and embarrass the Son of Heaven!

Cao Song had just entered the palace, and he didn't realize this, so he bowed his hand back, and then said: "Emperor Wu has a saying, 'Those who offend me as a strong man, although they are far away, they will be punished', as a courtier of the Han Dynasty, I, Cao Song, should make a contribution to the border defense of the Han Dynasty..."

He wanted to say "make a contribution" and then say that he would donate a little more. Tens of millions, for the current Cao family, it's just sprinkling water!

Who knows, Cao Song raised his eyes... But I saw two pairs of seeping pupils "whooshing" straight towards me, like knives!

One of them is Cao Jie, who seems to be persuading him to think carefully before speaking, and disaster comes out of his mouth...

The other pair of eyes is even more penetrating, it is Liu Hong, the son of heaven, with a sentence in his piercing eyes - do you dare to donate? I'm going to cut you down!

Hey, all of a sudden, Cao Song shuddered, oops, it seemed that he owed Zhou Xiang a lot, and his throat choked up all of a sudden, and he stopped talking.

"Cao Dasi Nong? Why don't you go on? Listening to the first half of the sentence, Lu Zhi was ready to applaud, he never thought that Cao Song was silent, what does this mean? Don't say half of it?

"Oh..."Cao Song smiled bitterly, and immediately patted his head with his hand. Lu Zhonglangjun, I suddenly thought, the money in Cao Mansion is not earned by me, so naturally I can't spend it by me as the director? We are all readers, there are still rules for this, who earns it, who should be in charge... Don't you think? ”

Obvious prevarication, and even this sentence is full of loopholes.

Cao Song immediately shook his head, looking quite embarrassed. "So, this donation of money, I have more than enough strength here, I can't help it, I'm really sorry... I'm so sorry! ”

Speaking of this, Cao Song deliberately made a look of great shame, but except for Lu Zhi, who doesn't know, your Cao family's money? Who earns it? Isn't it your six-year-old grandson, Cao Shuo?

Dare to be affectionate? You're really going to let him do with the money... That's the rumored 30,000? Where did he have the concept of this number as a child? Cao Song, your move is just prevarication!

Many courtiers secretly glanced at the Son of Heaven... At this time, the attitude of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, is very important.

"Yes, yes, yes." Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, spoke. "Donating money is voluntary, who earns the money, who can use it, this is an unchanging truth since ancient times, and I can't be embarrassed! Cao Dasi Nong, I understand your hardship! Stand down! ”

Liu Hongyi, the Son of Heaven, said that at this time, all the courtiers refused to donate for various reasons...

The more Liu Hong, the son of heaven, listens to it, the happier he becomes, Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi, fight with us, you are still far away!

We are all scholars, lay out the facts, be reasonable, don't do to others what you don't want to do, the courtiers are not willing to donate, you can't embarrass this son of heaven, right? Wanjintang hasn't entered for several years! I make some money? Easy!

The implication is - Lu Zhi, where are you cool, where are you staying? Don't always worry about my money! Unless, this gold, this five baht, Wanjintang can't hold it? Otherwise, donate to the border guards? Don't even think about it!

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The court meeting of Deyang Hall is considered to be over.

Unhappy parting, at least for Lu Zhi.

"Alas" ... With a long sigh, Lu Zhi's steps were heavy... The legs were filled with lead.

Such a great opportunity! Through Cao Jie's strategy of retreating, to create such a once-in-a-lifetime fighter, only a team of well-equipped 10,000 soldiers and horses is needed to completely exterminate Xianbei in one go, but on the contrary, the entire court, Your Majesty, and all the courtiers, none of them have this determination, is this a rat's eye?

"It's a pity, it's a pity!" Lu Zhi shook his head... closed his eyes, but after just a breath, his eyes widened suddenly, this stubborn old man, an old man who doesn't understand the rules of officialdom, an old man who doesn't understand flattery, but he has an ambition - "Those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away"!

He can't give in, he came from thousands of miles away, he didn't come to sigh, he wanted to continue to mediate this matter, and he didn't swear to give up without soldiers, horses, armor, and weapons!

Lu Zhi paused, he went through the entire process of the court meeting in his mind again, and it seemed that the turning point was when he appeared at Cao Song's... As the richest man in Luoyang, he has been worried again and again, prevaricating, and what to say? You can't call the shots yourself.

Hmph, Lu Zhi frowned, "I want to see, you Cao Song can't be the master of the Cao family!" Who can call the shots? "In a word, as soon as he flicked his long sleeves, Lu Zhi planned to go to Jinwu Lane, he was going to visit Cao Song, the great farmer!

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Imperial Palace, West Garden.

"This Confucian student? A bad stomach! "The Son of Heaven Liu Hong is especially angry here, and he was put on a position by Lu Zhi, if it weren't for Cao Song's knowledge of current affairs and helping him to break the siege, he would almost not be able to get off the stage.

"Yes, how do they know about His Majesty's painstaking efforts?" Cao Jie echoed.

In the past few days, Zhang Rang, who was driving with him, was beaten to death and wanted to recuperate from his injuries, and Cao Jie was the only one left by Liu Hong, the son of heaven. "The so-called clever woman is difficult to cook without rice, this Lu Zhi only thinks about his own achievements, but he doesn't want to think about whether our big man can come up with this gold! It's ridiculous, stupid! ”

"Cao Da Changqiu is right!" Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, nodded heavily. "Don't I know that this group of sour Confucians in the Manchu Dynasty are all thinking about my Wanjin Hall."

Speaking of this, Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, frowned, revealing a touch of sadness. "How do they know that my Wanjin Hall has not made any money for two years, and the official positions in the West Mansion have almost been sold... Where do I have the money? He Lu Zhi? If you can be like Cao Cao, you can also remove 100 or 80 officials from me, and you can also make some contributions to my business of selling officials, and I will share some of them, and there is nothing wrong with me! But now, Wanjin Hall, which is full of thoughts only about me, is extremely hateful! ”

Although Liu Hong, the son of heaven, said this, he also hated Lu Zhi, but there was no way to punish him... First, his identity is special, related to Kanto Confucianism and Kansai Jiangmen; Second, he is indispensable for the governor to defend against Xianbei's invasion!

Liu Hong, the son of heaven, could only lose his temper, scolded him a few words, and vented his anger...

Of course, when it comes to money, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, thinks of another annoyance.

"Cao Da Changqiu, I got the news today." Liu Hong paced left and right, his brows furrowed even tighter. "Those big clans united, stunned by the price of horses, fried to five million, I thought, I have a million gold hall, I can't afford to buy hundreds of horses, you say ridiculous!"

That's right, in just this month, the price of horses has increased a hundredfold.

The reason is that those big clans followed Cao Shuo's example and hoarded Hu weapons, and they united to hoard almost all the horses of the big Han and monopolize the entire market.

What's more, horses are hard currency! Horses are needed to fight, horses are needed to drive, nobles will definitely not walk when traveling, and horses are also needed ... For all these reasons, the price of horses has almost broken through the sky.

"Your Majesty, the old slave is ashamed, the old slave doesn't understand business, and he can't share his worries for His Majesty." Cao Jie said ashamedly.

What he said reminded Liu Hong...

You don't understand business, some people understand business, what about Cao Shuo's little guy?

These clans just followed his example and hoarded beards, sold them, changed them into horses, and speculated on the sky-high prices. Since this method is Cao Shuo came up with... Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, would like to hear Cao Shuo's opinion on this matter! If he can't keep it, what is his solution?

"Cao Da Changqiu, Xuan Cao Shuo, I want to go to the Qianqiu Long Live Hall to listen to his business scriptures."

Yes... Cao Jie was slightly stunned, he naturally didn't know what a strange brain circuit the Son of Heaven had experienced, how did it go around Cao Shuo?

"Whew... Hurriedly agreed, Cao Jie ordered the little yellow door to prepare a sedan chair to welcome the little guy Cao Shuo!

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