Liu Hong heard that He Jin had Guo Bin's recital, and hurriedly asked him to present it.

In Liu Hong's view, Guo Bin is really good at trading. For the first time, he had an idea to hold an expo, and sure enough, how much did he get from an expo? The income of tens of thousands of dollars did not go to the account of the household department, but directly entered the inner treasury of the Son of Heaven, which was the private money that could be directly used by Liu Hong without going through the household department.

Just this one made Liu Hong make a lot of money, and it was the most successful business he had ever made. To say that in the past, the sale of ~ officials and lords has done a lot of business, and it has never been difficult to get the approval of his subordinates. Some people have paid copper coins and bought official titles, but they say that they smell of copper, which is really annoying.

But this time it's different, a ticket to the expo has earned millions of net income, plus more than a dozen royal monopoly products, and the income has reached tens of thousands. He Liu Hong never expected that this merchant in Beijing alone would be so rich, if next year, the news spread, the world's businessmen Jia Xian gathered in Beijing, and he didn't know that he could sell dozens of monopoly names!

Even if he made money so freely, none of the civil and military officials said anything bad. Not only that, from the three princes and nine kings in Beijing to the peddlers and pawns, they all praised the expo, so that Liu Hong, the emperor, enjoyed everyone's sincere praise for the first time, which was really refreshing to the bottom of my heart.

To say that this sell~ official mantle is not the first of his Liu Hong. It is recorded in the history books that "Qin won the world, and the people were ordered to accept Su and give them knights". At this time, what was sold was only the title, and the person who bought it was not the half-star of the title, but the privilege of being exempted from servitude. In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the border was troublesome, and the exchange of titles for food was no longer enough to pay for huge military expenditures. This official position was sold well because he not only had the privilege of being exempt from forced labor, but also had real power.

Liu Hong also hung the price list of officials and lords inside and outside Hongdu Gate, and the price list of 2,000 stones was sold for 20 million yuan; Those with 400 stones are sold for 4 million, and the "Three Princes" are sold for 10 million. Among the eunuchs, Cao Song, the adopted son of Cao Teng, the eldest servant of the eldest Qiu, was Cao Cao's father, who spent 10,000 yuan to buy a Taiwei, and Cui Lie bribed the nanny of the Tongling Emperor to buy Situ at half price.

Although it seems to be a lot, it is a one-shot deal, and it is gone after it is sold. And those who can spend so much money to buy ~ officials are a minority after all, after all, there are so many official positions, and one less to sell. If an official position is sold repeatedly, it violates the principle of good faith of the merchant.

The expo is different, first of all, it is opened once a year, that is, there is an income every year; Secondly, there are many projects, and they can be flexibly added or removed. For example, this garment has a long robe, a sloop (a straight single garment), a placket (a short coat), a skirt, and so on, each of which can be used as a royal item. Thirdly, this is a typical win-win situation! Not only did Liu Hong, the son of the Han Dynasty, benefit, but the merchants who bought the exclusive permission of the royal family were also happy, which of these merchants do you think has no background? Which merchant who can gain a foothold in Beijing does not have the shadow of a wealthy family behind it?

Therefore, this expo no longer has the cynicism of Shi Shilin, who sells official titles.

Besides, Guo Bin's last request for the expansion of Yangzhai County, although many important ministers thought that the county order to expand the city without permission was a violation of the regulations and a crime that could not be punished. But isn't Guo Bin a setback? If you want to say that it violates the system or not, Liu Hong really doesn't think there is anything. It's like a big fat man of 500 pounds shouting to lose weight, and finally it took three months to lose 50 pounds, which can be said to be very successful, but he is still a big fat man of 450 pounds.

What happened to Guo Bin's expansion of a small county town of a few hundred steps? Isn't it still a small county town no matter how much he expands? Let's not say that he is loyal and makes suggestions for the imperial court to increase revenue, even if he wants to rebel, can a small county still go against the sky?

Besides, he settled more than 30,000 displaced people, which is really a remarkable achievement for a county magistrate, and he expanded the population of the jurisdiction by nearly half at once, which is all taxes and sources of labor!

Although such a small profit is not in the eyes of Liu Hong, who is the son of heaven and rich from all over the world, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat! The so-called: "Mount Tai does not let the soil become its big, and the river and sea do not choose a trickle so it can be deep." Isn't it just a bit of accumulation!

But what Liu Hong values is not this, what he values is that Guo Bin can quickly integrate the wealthy families in Yangzhai County with only a little food, so that more than 30,000 displaced people can quickly use it. Far from being a burden on Yangzhai County, these more than 30,000 displaced people have become a new way to create wealth in the county.

Not only that, Guo Bin quickly pulled the wealthy gentry of Yangzhai to his side through this small Yangzhai Construction Co., Ltd., and controlled Yangzhai County as quickly as possible, and successfully ensured the stability and harmony of Yangzhai County.

Don't look at Liu Hong who seems to ignore political affairs all day long, but as the Son of Heaven, he has his own channels to get news, as long as it is something he wants to know, he can't escape his ears and eyes. As a capable minister with great potential, Guo Bin's actions in Yangzhai County have already been placed on Liu Hong's desk.

As far as Liu Hong understands Guo Bin, this kid is definitely a master who can't afford to be profitable. If he wants to do one thing, if it weren't for a win-win situation in which both parties and three parties can benefit, he might not be too lazy to do it.

For Guo Bin's twists and turns, Liu Hong is looking forward to it. He not only hoped that Guo Bin could solve this problem beautifully again, but also felt extremely curious about what kind of method Guo Bin could come up with to solve this problem that even the important ministers of the court scratched their heads.

Therefore, Liu Hong said: "Hurry up!" ”

While stretching out his fat right hand, he walked quickly in front of He Jin, grabbed the fold and looked at it, only to see everyone in the middle of the court looking at each other.

The book briefly states:

"Pray for your majesty's blessings, and the ministers Fulong Pavilion Marquis and Yang Zhai order Guo Bin to bow again:

His Majesty is not despicable to the ministers, and the ministers are reckless, and the ministers are grateful for the things of the world, and they dare not bow to the best of their abilities and swear allegiance to the death. Since he was instructed, he has been lamenting all night, fearing that the entrustment will not work, so as to hurt His Majesty's Mingde. Therefore, he took in the displaced people and expanded the city, hoping to repay His Majesty's grace. ”

I only saw Liu Hong nodding again and again, Guo Bin's determination was very to the bottom of his heart: Isn't it that he Liu Honghui has a good eye and puts Guo Bin in the position of the Yangzhai County Commander?

"A few days ago, the eldest prince was patrolling in Yangzhai and was besieged by a group of people from the rivers and lakes, and Weichen could not escape the crime of negligence. However, fortunately, Yuan Benchu commanded the law in front, Wang Yue and more than 500 Yulin elites fought to the death, the spirit of Lai Zongmiao, His Majesty Shengde, and fortunately the prince was unharmed. Otherwise, even if the minister dies, it will be difficult to escape the blame. ”

Seeing this, Liu Hong was very ironed in his heart, Guo Bin not only did not mention his rescue work at all, but instead pushed the credit to Yuan Shao, Wang Yue, and the five hundred Yu Lin Jun, which was really loyal! I really didn't see the wrong person.

"Since the eldest prince's car is driven to Yang Zhai, Bin has ordered his powerful troops to stay in the guard day and night, and there will be no more accidents. Ranchen listened to Yuan Benchu's narration, and couldn't sleep all night, thinking about the attack on the eldest prince. According to investigation, the person who ambushed the eldest prince was supposed to lurk outside Yangzhai City for several days, and when the eldest prince's frame arrived dozens of miles north of Yangzhai, it was suddenly launched. Therefore, Weichen boldly speculated that this matter was by no means a temporary idea, but must have been premeditated. Liu Hong's heart sank, and he continued to look down.

"However, the matter of the eldest prince's micro-service to Yang Zhai, Weichen only knew about it on the day of the attack, how could a thief be ambushed in advance? Therefore, the minister thought that in the forbidden palace, around His Majesty, there must be leakers. ”

Writing this, Guo Bin changed the topic and kept silent about the assassination of Liu Bi.

"The minister has heard that there will be afterglow in the house of goodness, and there will be aftermath in the house of unkindness. As the saying goes, 'If you are sinned by heaven, you will have nothing to pray for'. The minister also heard: 'The country will be defeated by the loss of the way, and the heavens will first come out of the calamity to rebuke it, and they will not know how to introspect themselves, and they will be afraid of it, and they will not know how to change, and they will be hurt and defeated. The so-called 'abolition of morality and punishment.' If the punishment is not successful, evil anger will arise; Evil spirits accumulate below, and resentment animals are above. If there is disharmony between the upper and lower levels, then Yin and Yang Miao (the same as 'Miao Er') and demons are born. This calamity arose. ”

Guo Bin wrote such a big lump, with only one sentence: "People's behavior can sense the heavens, and the heavens can also affect personnel and foreshadow disasters." This is the doctrine of celestial and human induction.

Seeing this, Liu Hong's heart suddenly burst: this problem he had never wanted to face was finally poked out by Guo Bin. If he can't come up with a proper solution, it will really poke a hole in the sky. Even if Liu Hong favored him, there was absolutely no room for negotiation in this matter.

"Today's great drought, the root of it, in Your Majesty's long-term illness, and the East Palace is empty, so this day is to blame people. The Han calendar is declining, and it should be more ordained. It is advisable to change the name of the yuan in a hurry, but to prolong life, the prince is established, and the disaster is different. ”

It means that the current drought in the world is fundamentally due to the long-term illness of the emperor Liu Hong and the unestablished prince, and it is the heavens who use the drought to warn the world. The Mandate of Heaven in the Han Dynasty has weakened, and it should be accepted for the second time by changing the Yuan, not only can it prolong its life, but it will also stop the catastrophe by itself.

To say that Liu Hong is twenty-six years old this year, but his body has indeed been hollowed out by wine, otherwise he would not have died at the age of thirty-three. As for saying that the Han Dynasty's mandate of heaven was weakened and should be accepted for the second time, it is not Guo Bin's original. Before Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, some people proposed to change the Yuan to accept the Mandate of Heaven for the second time, and the Emperor Han Ai, the Son of Heaven at that time, really believed it, and changed the second year of Ping to the first year of Taichu.

"The decline of the former Han Dynasty is also the rise of the Later Han Dynasty; The beginning of the beginning, the beginning of the martial arts. The minister thought that it was advisable to take the first year of the Yuan Shi as the first year of the Common Era, and since then he was two years old, three years old, and passed on to Long Live to show his majesty's merits. Calculate age, register household registration, recruit soldiers, and collect taxes, which will also be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort. ”

Yuan Shi is the name of the Han Ping Emperor Liu Ji [kàn] in the Western Han Dynasty, a total of 5 years, and the first year of the Yuan Shi is the first year of AD.

After Emperor Han Ai died of illness on August 15, 1 BC, Wang Mang refused to appoint an older monarch in order to facilitate his gain of power. On September 17, he was appointed as the emperor by the 9-year-old Liu Yin, that is, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, and changed to the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty the following year. It is also from this time that Wang Mang rose step by step, after the death of Emperor Ping in the first six years of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Mang acted on behalf of the Son of Heaven and called the false emperor, and the subjects called Wang Mang the regent emperor, and Wang Mang called himself "Yu". Changed the name of the year to "Regency".

Guo Bin said in the chapter that at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Guangwu, it actually refers to the fact that from the beginning of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Mang gradually took charge of the government, and the fall of the Western Han Dynasty entered the countdown, while the rise of the Eastern Han Dynasty was conceived.

"Your Majesty should eat more and move more and maintain the dragon body. Not only for Your Majesty's sake, but also for the wishes of billions of subjects in the world! Chen Guo Bin said goodbye. ”

In November of the sixth year of Guanghe, Taizu wrote to the prince, asking the prince to be identified as the crown prince, and praying for the implementation of the A.D. era. The Son of Heaven summoned all his ministers to discuss it.

--"Taizu Benji"