After asking Gao Xun, King Xian asked again:

"Does Nuo Aiqing think it is to send troops or not?"

"Back to the king, there are drawbacks of sending troops, and there are drawbacks of not sending troops. If our army is defeated, the situation will become out of control. If you don't send troops, after the eldest grandson is defeated and cedes the land, the next thing to clean up the country is our country, even if you can rely on the Sishui River to defend it, but no one can guarantee that there will be no changes in the future, so it is difficult for the minister to decide. ”

"It seems that most of you Aiqing don't approve of sending troops!"

The conclusion of "the majority disapproves" was made by King Xian himself, and his attitude was for Zhang Jie, so he had to know the difficulties of sending troops. Knowing the difficulties, the rest of the content is much easier to talk about.

At this time, the atmosphere was extremely dull, King Xian's attitude was on the table, Zhang Jie didn't dare to speak easily, and always remained silent, half a moment passed, King Xian took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, the time was already in time.

"It's not early, the widow is tired, everyone should retreat, and we will discuss it tomorrow."

"No!"

Everyone spoke in unison, and exited the Guangyuan Hall one after another, and stayed in the verandah outside the hall, everyone said while walking, Zhang Jiewei followed Bailiyan's busy pleading:

"Yongxing Hou, you can't die without saving this matter."

"If there is a mistake in your country, I want Benhou to clean it up for you, is there such a reason in the world, how can it be so reasonable, hum!"

Baili Yan brushed his sleeves away, but his mind was thinking about what suitable opportunity to find, and who would come forward to knock on the bamboo pole of the eldest grandson. This matter was brought up by him again, obviously to be a gang.

That night, after the prince returned to the house, he talked to Xihuan about tonight's events in detail, and since the news of the troops had been leaked, there was naturally nothing to keep secrets.

However, Xihuan was still shocked in his heart, the matter of Xianguo's dispatch of troops is not important in itself, what is always needed is that Bailiyan is sure to send troops, and Weiguo gathers five or six hundred thousand troops, how Bailiyan is going to fight against the Weijun, or just give up.

But stop there, the Xian State does not send troops, and the Jin State will not be able to send troops, and then it will really become the Jin State treacherously tearing up the covenant, and the national strength of the eldest grandson will be further weakened after the land is cut, and for the Jin State, the eldest grandson has basically lost the value of continuing to use, which is not in line with the long-term interests of the Jin State.

The next day, the early dynasty was not in court, and it was changed to a cabinet meeting, and Zhang Jie asked to see him, but was rejected by King Xian and directly blocked out of the palace.

In the afternoon of the same day, Nuo Yiyan was ordered to go to the Weiguo Pavilion to "test" Lu Jia's truth and comfort him. However, when Nuo Yiyan came back, he was disgraced and half dead, and Lu Jia didn't give him face at all, opened his mouth and closed his mouth to threaten the benefits of the soldiers, without any politeness.

At the same time, Bai Liyan went to Qianfang to discuss with his father-in-law Qiao Lian about the land cession of the eldest grandson.

"Father-in-law, the operation of the money shop is okay this year."

"Very good, loan deposits are quite a lot, the second half of last year, the people's deposits increased significantly, more than in previous years by 30 percent, this year is only five months, the increase in deposits will reach 70 percent of previous years, at the end of the year to double." Qiao Lian spoke quickly and happily, and he was very skillful in reporting a series of accounts.

"It seems that the life of the people is better than in previous years."

"Isn't it, in those years, the construction of a large number of buildings increased the minting of money, through the imperial treasury, through the large and small merchants and the market into the hands of the mercenary, the mercenary was used to subsidize the family, and finally the money of the merchants and the common people was deposited in the money shop, and the market supply increased significantly. Not only did the price of goods not rise, but the amount of purchases increased due to the increase in people's income, and now it seems that your son-in-law's measures were really high. ”

"Hehe......" Bai Liyan smiled and waved his hand and said: "In fact, the shortage of gold and silver in the past caused financial loss, and there was no way to mint a large number of new coins, so it was a desperate move." The king did not want the people to be harmed, nor did he want the finances to be in deficit, so he had no choice but to mint a large amount of money.

Moreover, the new currency of Xianguo contained gold and silver, and if it were not for the abundance of gold and silver in the treasury and money at that time, this financial crisis would probably be dangerous.

In addition, in the past three years, there has been no war in Xianguo, and the country has been able to survive smoothly, and part of the money spent on construction has been operated in China, and part of it has flowed abroad, and then it has flowed into the country from abroad, while the production of Yongxing and Ruitian has continued to expand, and the number of products has increased, and then a cycle has been formed. If there is no stability in these three years, as long as there is a war, the country will be in chaos.

By the way, how is crowdfunding running now, and has there been a deficit in the past two years? ”

"Some of them, mainly in agriculture, are profitable. Not to mention, this crowdfunding is really a profitable business, as long as nothing happens, this money is Qianfang's, and hundreds of thousands of people will lose one if something happens, and they will not lose. ”

"Of course, now that there are few people in Xianguo, when the people have a large number of births in the future, and the population is 40 or 50 million or even hundreds of millions, the crowdfunding business will be better. However, agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the number of peasants is huge, and every time there is a rebellion, the peasants are the first to rebel, and as long as the peasants are stabilized, the others are not afraid. ”

"What I said is that thirty years ago, the Xianxi rebellion, it was really impossible to live to rebel, in the past ten years, people everywhere have said that the national policy of the imperial court is good, and the people's hearts have gathered, which is really better than ten times better than back then."

"Yes, people's hearts are scattered, but it is difficult to get together again. The son-in-law spent more than 20 years of hard work to finally gather people's hearts, and he couldn't be easily dispersed. The son-in-law came today because he begged his father-in-law for something. ”

"Say, it's all your own family, what else do you say, it's out of sight."

Qiao Lian didn't care at all what Bai Liyan was going to say, he thought it was mostly a loan or a business transaction. After Bailiyan explained the details in detail, the old lady was stunned:

"What, you're going to swallow two counties! This is a war with the defense of the country and the cutting of the land of the eldest grandson, and there is no reason in the world. ”

"Whether it is reasonable or not, it is not his eldest grandson who has the final say, we have the final say, now we can count on sending troops to our Xianguo family, he has to accept this price if he doesn't accept it, and we have to spend money to buy it, so that he can sell it willingly."

"Spend money to buy land!" Qiao Lian was taken aback: "Since he has cut the land, what do we still spend money to buy." ”

"Isn't this afraid that the eldest grandson will not be able to make this determination, let's make this decision for him. And at the moment, time is precious, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for us, so don't do it if you can spend money to solve it. ”

"Oh...... Father-in-law understood. You want your father-in-law to bring it up in the court, so as to avoid suspicion, right? ”

"Exactly, this matter was originally a trap made by the son-in-law and the king, and now the eldest grandson has stepped into one foot, and the remaining foot depends on whether it can be set this time."

"Okay, but we're a family, my father-in-law may not be able to avoid suspicion, so I still have to find someone else to talk to."

"This matter is very important, if you find someone else to do it for you, you must be reliable, otherwise something goes wrong and the eldest grandson will find out, but it will be difficult to do."

"That's right, you have to find a reliable person...... Qiao Lian thought to himself, and suddenly remembered someone: "By the way, there is one person available." ”

"Who?"

"Lu Tingxun, he is the Sima of the city government, and he is also the direct confidant of Taiwei Zhang You, have you understood the grievances with the Zhang family, and this matter may as well be raised by Lu Tingxun."

"This ...... I'm afraid that the son-in-law can't come forward directly, but it can be used to the advantage. ”

Lu Tingxun's position is very important, he is the Sima of the capital city, and he has the opportunity to directly enter the cabinet, and at the same time, he is a lieutenant, so it is especially reasonable to come forward.

But there are two problems, one is that King Xian did not agree to Lu Tingxun's participation in the court meeting, so it was not his turn to give his opinion on this matter. Second, there must be a reasonable excuse for Lu Tingxun to put forward his opinions, and it is impossible not to be in his position and not seek political power.

Therefore, Lu Tingxun's rash proposal to ask for the two counties is too blunt and unreasonable, which is easy to arouse the vigilance of the Jin Kingdom and the eldest grandson, and Zhang You's ideas must also be considered.

He is still in Dingyang for funeral, and Lu Tingxun obviously can't unilaterally listen to Bai Liyan's transfer, so he must consult Zhang You's opinion first. However, the confidentiality of the coming and going is greatly reduced, and there may be problems if there is a mistake in any link.

After thinking about it, Bailiyan still decided to let Xu Yan go to see Zhang You with a secret letter on the grounds of returning to Guangxin to visit his son, and then Zhang You wrote a reply letter to Bailiyan. At the same time, Bailiyan suggested that King Xian should place the Ninth Town Army, and make Lu Tingxun the general of the Ninth Town Army, garrisoning the capital county of Dongjun, but the soldiers are not yet there, but the number is set up first, and the soldiers can be replenished later.

In this way, Lu Tingxun, as the Sima of the city government and the commander-in-chief of the garrison of the capital county, asked King Xian to go on the expedition, and Lu Tingxun had a reasonable right to play.

Two days later, Lu Jia came to the door to ask for a reply, where was Bailiyan afraid of him:

"Lord Lu, it's okay for you to scare Lord Nuo, but if you want to scare Ben Hou, I advise you to be more restrained, Ben Hou is not afraid of your guards."

"Yongxing Hou is so big, now I have a million soldiers and thousands of heavenly fires, Yongxing Hou really has the courage to fight with my guards, don't regret it at that time."

"Huh." Bai Liyan sneered, and then said: "If you don't fight, you can know the strength and weakness, Lu Envoy still goes back and waits, waiting to collect the corpse of the guards." ”

Lu Jia was furious when he heard the news, and slammed his palm on the case with a loud bang:

"Yongxing Hou, aren't you afraid that the envoy will leak out your affairs and ruin your reputation!"

"Please, Ben Hou is happy to accompany you. However, Ben Hou finally reminded Lu that today is the last time Your Excellency will step into Ben Hou's mansion, please don't come next time after Your Excellency leaves today, and Ben Hou will not let Your Excellency enter the door.

In addition, your country has increased its troops to Dekang by 500,000, totaling more than 100,000 defenders of Dekang, with more than 600,000 people, and also asked Lu to convey to the king of Wei, asking him to prepare 300,000 straw mats or horse leather to prepare the corpses of the guards.

In the end, the straw mats of the Xian army will not bother your country to prepare, and our army will not suffer many casualties, Your Excellency, please go back. ”

As soon as these words came out, Lu Jia immediately blew up his liver and lungs:

"Bailiyan, you are too crazy to deceive people, you will pay for it!"

"That's good, Ben Hou wait, see who will pay the price, if Lu Envoy is still alive at that time, don't come to ask Ben Hou's subordinates to show mercy."

"Phew, you wait and regret it, huh!"

Lu Jia left abruptly, and Bai Liyan secretly thought in his heart: "Then I'll wait to see if it's your hard mouth or my gun." ”

After Lu Jia left, Wei Qi came to report:

"Master Hou, your nephew, Young Master Li, is here."

"Wait for him to go to the atrium."

"No!"

The news of Xianguo's dispatch of troops has spread, Ji Kang ate cold noodles before, and this time he couldn't pull his face to the door, most likely let Li Yi come to fire reconnaissance.