The uproar, the real uproar.

In Youzhou City, I don't know when it started, and I don't know who spread it, and the news that the imperial court was going to open a tea and horse market with the Khitans in the north and communicate with each other spread all over the streets and alleys. As soon as the news spread, the people of Youzhou were very surprised. You must know that the Khitan and the Han people have always shared the sky, especially the Dayan bordering the Khitan, counting the previous dynasty and the Great Construction, the people of this land and the Khitan people have been fighting for a hundred years, and the hatred between the two sides is higher than the sky and deeper than the sea. The imperial court suddenly wanted to exchange markets with the Khitans, and ordinary people couldn't accept it emotionally.

Especially those scholars can't stand this kind of thing. In their eyes, this is a matter of national righteousness and national hatred, and it is the best excuse for these people to flaunt their noble sentiments. In their eyes, no matter how hard it is, the country must have integrity, and people must have integrity even if they starve to death.

There have been many literati who have died in front of Cao Ziwen and must not open a tea and horse market, and more scholars have united and gone on a hunger strike at the gate of the palace to petition, hoping that Cao Ziwen can take back his life. Such a scene made Cao Ziwen furious, angrily accusing those literati of not knowing how to sympathize with the people and not knowing how to recuperate, and forcibly suppressed the voices of these people.

A few days after the news came out, it seemed that someone was deliberately guiding, and the streets and alleys were rumored to be beneficial to the Han people in the Central Plains after the opening of the tea and horse market. For example, how much profit the Han people can get from the tea and horse market, how strong the cattle in the grassland are, how fast the ploughing is the land, how strong the Khitan war horses are, how many war horses can Dayan get through the mutual market, how many cavalry can be formed, and so on. Such remarks were supported and spread by all the merchants in Youzhou City, and the tea and horse market was simply a grand event for them, and they would definitely be willing to do so for a thousand or ten thousand.

Such a very reasonable remark quickly covered up everyone's initial surprise and resistance, and the common people thought about it carefully, it is indeed such a reason, although the hatred of the country and the family is important, it is not as important as having enough to eat. People's mentality changed from resistance at the beginning to acceptance to anticipation, and it only took a short time to complete the change. Now the whole of Youzhou is full of praise for Emperor Cao Ziwen and infinite exaggeration of the benefits of the tea and horse market. At this time, naturally no one dared to go against the trend, and those literati also died down. Everyone is singing praises to the emperor, who dares to come out at this time to say that the emperor is not?

It's just that this matter seems to have twists and turns, and just when everyone was happy, suddenly there were rumors that the current Chicheng was being dominated by a kid named Qin Wang

Occupy, and that kid also cooperated with the Khitans in the north, so that the goods of the Central Plains countries must pass through his hands, otherwise the goods will be confiscated and the merchants will be killed. The more this kind of news spreads, the more mysterious it becomes, the more false it becomes, and finally it turns into Qin Wang's collusion with the Khitans in a vain attempt to rebel and stand on their own.

This news angered the people of the world, as if the benefits that the people were looking forward to were all snatched away by Qin Forget at once, and everyone hated him so much that they gritted their teeth. Those merchants were even more eager to eat Qin Forget alive, and the merchants of the Central Plains had to pass through his hands before they could trade with the Khitans, and they didn't know how much profit they would have to be extorted by Qin Wang, so they naturally had reason to hate Qin Wang.

However, it is those literati who reacted the most, and the anger that was suppressed by Cao Ziwen some time ago finally has a way to vent in a dignified manner. For a time, countless literati were denouncing Qin Wang, and even dug up all the things in Qin Wang's early years, and the bad deeds such as massacring refugees, attacking Akagi, and killing generals were known to everyone.

In the teahouse, in the restaurant, and even in the Qinglou, Qin Forget was being talked about everywhere, and everyone was scolding Qin Wang, in just one month, Qin Wang's reputation as a traitor and traitor spread all over the world, and no one knew about it.

"How could this Qin Forget do such a stupid thing." Prince Zhong's Mansion, Cao rubbed his head in pain, and said with a sad brow, "The person who colluded with the Khitan and Lin, does he really dare to do it?" ”

"It's not surprising that young people don't know the seriousness of the matter." The old family comforted Cao Dao.

"I just protected him in the court, and he did such a stupid thing, and now I can't do anything about it, otherwise this bucket of dirty water will be splashed on me."

"What the prince said is right, these few things seem to be being promoted. And he is also a very smart person, first spread the opening of the tea and horse market, causing the dissatisfaction of the people and scholars in the world, and then spread the benefits of the tea and horse market, when everyone finally began to accept it from surprise and resistance, began to look forward to it, and then poked Qin Wang out, and woke everyone up from the elation, the people and those who read were naturally angry. The most important thing is that he first succeeded in provoking the dissatisfaction of those so-called clear streams, and then firmly suppressed them with His Majesty's hand, and finally gave them a way to vent, and the anger of these scholars was naturally more intense. This series of operations is breathtaking, and this person behind the scenes is really not simple. The seemingly ordinary old family talked eloquently, and their cloudy eyes were full of wisdom.

"Well, what Uncle Yu said is right. And this person mastered the strength just right, so that the fire did not burn

on my head. Who is it? The Golden Mountain? Or is it full of letters? Cao nodded.

"Huang Jinshan is a man of letters, and all the ministers know it, tomorrow's early dynasty, I'm afraid it will be another open and secret fight."

"Hehe, it's a pity I can't see it, I won't be there tomorrow morning. That Qin forgot to ask for more blessings in the future. Cao smiled and picked up the paintbrush on the table again.

"But if the prince wants to protect him, it's not impossible." The old family took out a piece of paper and handed it to Cao.

"Oh? Is there any other way? Cao took the paper handed over by his old family, "Chicheng County Yachama admonished: The world has been fighting hard for a long time, the people are withering and the country is suffering, and they are starving for thousands of miles. There is a covenant of tea and horses, and the countries of the world are interconnected, looking at the porcelain, tea, silk city of Khitan cattle and sheep, war horses, and leather. However, my Chicheng is hanging on the border, and there will be few soldiers, and it is difficult to deal with many tigers and wolves in the Khitan. If you want to make an agreement with the Khitan and Lin, everything in Chicheng will pass through the hands of Helin, and everyone in Chicheng will enter the city of Helin. and Lin Qidan, compensated me with 200,000 Yanmin, 7,500 war horses, tens of thousands of cattle and sheep, 500,000 taels of silver, and several pieces of horse breeding. The Khitan is very strong, the businessmen come and go, the troubles are difficult to distinguish, the reputation of Chicheng is thin, it is difficult to convince the public, and it is really powerless if it is not willing. This move is not treason to the enemy, but only to save the people of Dayan and recover the lost territory. It is hereby declared that I hope you will comply with it. Cao read the words on the paper softly.

"This kid is quite smart, although he has cooperated with the Khitans, he has to come with a lot of benefits, especially asking for 200,000 border people and those few horse breeding lands, which is a lot of points. Yes, yes, with these two points alone, His Majesty will not touch him. Cao Haha laughed, "Okay, I'll help him this time again, I want to see how far this kid can go." ”

"Not only that, this kid is not stupid, he expected that there would be today when he first cooperated with the Khitans. He had already sent people to spread the news that he had obtained supplies, population, and land from the Khitans, and that the tea and horse market was opened by them in Chicheng together with the Khitans. It's just that these news were controlled by the Huang family, and only the people of Sanzhou under Huang Jinshan knew about it. Otherwise, the people of Beijing would not have had such a big reaction. ”

"Haha...... This kid is quite bad, and he robbed others of the credit of the Golden Mountain. Hearing the old housekeeper's words, Cao laughed again, "It's really good, it's a bit of vision." In this way, send someone to spread the news that he spread in Sanzhou in Youzhou, even if it can't completely change the impression of that kid in the hearts of the people, a controversial reputation is good for him. ”