Chapter 453: Qian Hongyi Arrives

August 17, 2nd year of the Great Song Dynasty (964 AD)

The Mid-Autumn Festival passed in a busy and busy manner, and the brothers, except for Cui Daoshu, were counting the spoils day and night and delivering supplies to Qishan Island. Cui Daoshu has already gone to Mingzhou to negotiate with Qian Hongyi.

The results of this battle were very huge, and according to incomplete statistics, more than 3 million pieces of gold, silver, copper coins, cloth, and silk were seized in the city of Hangzhou. And that's not counting the jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, antiques and the like that can't be valued.

These were all collected by the guards from the imperial palace, the imperial relatives of Wu Yueguo, and the homes of hundreds of civil and military officials. Zhao Zizhong ordered that no one should touch those ordinary businessmen and ordinary people, and the guards did it seriously. Therefore, the order in Hangzhou is not bad, and there is no chaos.

When Zhao Zizhong led people to occupy the palace, many of Wu Yueguo's imperial relatives, civil and military officials fled with their families, leaving behind houses, shops and belongings that could not be moved.

Under the guidance of some soft bones and the leading party, the escort team visited the houses and shops of these people door to door, and it can be said that they made a lot of money.

Most of Wu Yueguo's savings for decades were concentrated in the homes of these people, and Zhao Zizhong ordered to pick up things that were small, lightweight, and valuable to be shipped away. But that's it, the thousands of people on Qishan Island almost didn't die of exhaustion.

Later, Wei ~ Hongye saw that there were too many things, so he came up with an idea to ask the Ministry of Commerce to send people to negotiate with the wealthy merchants and ship owners in Hangzhou, and hire them to transport materials in horse-drawn carts, ox carts, and ships.

Later, people also posted notices all over the city of Hangzhou, hired people to carry supplies, and Qishan Island paid the bills with grain and cloth, because there were too many of these things.

The city of Hangzhou is now in full swing, and the main roads are full of vehicles transporting supplies. Others carried supplies with the convoy to the docks outside the city.

The guards and workers of Qishan Island, and the farmers are no longer working, and they have all become overseers. They all watched over the poor people of Hangzhou, delivering large quantities of supplies to Seven Seas.

Five days later, at noon, the group entered the palace, and they came to the outside of the Ideological and Political Palace, asking to see Zhao Zizhong and his brothers.

Zhao Zizhong and his brothers went out of the gate and found Cui Daoshu standing outside, as well as some people they didn't know.

Cui Daoshu introduced a thin middle-aged man to everyone, "Brother, this is the envoy of the Fengguo Army, Mr. Shi Qian, the assassin of Mingzhou." ”

Zhao Zizhong hurriedly surrendered his hand: "It turned out that Mr. Qian was in person, and a certain Zhao Zizhong was polite." ”

The middle-aged man is Qian Hongyi, the assassin of Mingzhou, and when he saw Zhao Zi's thoughtful salute, he also arched his hand: "A certain family is Qian Hongyi, I don't know how up and down Mr. Taifu is?" ”

Cui Daoshu said: "Lord Thorn Shi, this is my brother who is righteous, and he is also the big leader of the Seven Seas Company, Mr. Zhao Zizhong. ”

Qian Hongyi saw that this person had a resolute and heavy expression, strong muscles and bones, and sharp eyes, and couldn't help but admire himself in his heart.

Cui Daoshu introduced Wei ~ Hongye, Du Dalei, Na Zhe, and Boris to Qian Hongyi, An Dalang was not there, he was not interested in staying here, so he went to the city to supervise the transportation of materials.

Everyone was polite and entered the ideological and political hall. Cui Daoshu asked the guards to arrange for Qian Hongyi's entourage to go to the side hall to rest.

After Qian Hongyi sat down, his bodyguard, Lu Bin, and the old man stood behind him with a pale face, but the eyes that looked at the brothers were vicious.

Du Da Lei was happy: "I said old man, do you want to kill people with your eyes?" Isn't this Sakuragi Hanamichi's stunt? Where did you learn it? We don't owe you any money, so why are you looking at us like that? ”

Old man Lu snorted and didn't answer.

Cui Daoshu explained: "Mr. Lu is a loyal and righteous man, he was originally the personal guard of the second lord of Wu Yueguo, and was later sent to protect Lord Thorn Shi. We occupied the city of Hangzhou and captured the lord of the country, of course Mr. Lu will hate us. ”

"It turned out to be a secret agent in the Ouchi, Old Man Lu, how are your martial arts? Do you want to take on my brother? Although I am not very good at kung fu, we have masters, masters, masters. Yes, it's my brother An Dalang, you definitely can't beat him, if you don't believe it, just try, I promise that after you fight, you will definitely *, so cool that you don't want it. Du Dalei continued to talk nonsense.

Old man Lu looked dazed, not knowing what this guy was talking about.

Zhao Zizhong hurriedly stopped this second goods: "You hurry up and get out of here, go and go to Li Jilong to play, you are not needed here." ”

Du Dalei stood up and grimaced at Old Man Lu: "Old man, you don't have to blow your beard and stare at your eyes, lest you get angry, and it will not be good if you have a cerebral thrombosis." Uncle, I'm out of company, so I'm going to play with Xiao Lizi. The king told me to patrol the mountains......"

Du Dalei sang a little song and walked away. The brothers glanced at each other, all helpless. This guy is so out of tune, it's a shame for the brothers.

Cui Daoshu had no choice but to explain: "Master Assassin Shi, my brother is a little dissolute, don't be surprised, let's talk about business." ”

Qian Hongyi nodded expressionlessly: "Mr. Zhao, your Seven Seas Company attacked my Wu Yue Kingdom for no reason, captured Hangzhou City, and imprisoned my imperial brother, are you too arrogant?" Shouldn't we give an explanation to the people of the world? ”

"For no reason?" Zhao Zizhong smiled dumbly, "Mr. Qian, I don't want to have a verbal dispute with you, it's meaningless." It's happened, let's face it.

Our brothers all think that Qian Hongyu is not a Ming Jun. He shamelessly called the Great Song Dynasty a tribute, he is definitely a soft bone, he scrapes the people every year, pays a lot of tribute to Zhao Kuangyin, and pays a lot of money and goods in exchange for favoring Jiangnan, so he is an unqualified monarch.

Since the founding of the country, you Wu Yue have served as five monarchs. Your brothers Qian Hongzuo, Qian Hongliang, and Qian Hongyu have all been kings. Now it's your turn too.

You were born in the same year as Qian Hongyu, just a few months younger than him. You are fully qualified to sit on the throne of the kingdom. ”

Qian Hongyi waved his hand: "Mr. Zhao, my qualifications are dull and I am shallow, and I can't be compared with several lords." To take over as the head of the country, I can't agree to it. ”

Na Zhe opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Qian doesn't have to be too modest, your brother Qian Hongzuo succeeded to the throne, you were in your teens at the time, and you were already the official of the Inner Tooth Army, the left and right of the Marquis of Yu, and the left servant of the inspector school.

In the third year of Kaiyun (946), when the Nan* team besieged Fuzhou, Wu Yue sent troops to the rescue at the request of Li Renda in Fuzhou.

Mr. Qian tried his best to discourage it, and analyzed in detail to Qian Hongzuo the eight harms of minting iron coins:

First, after the circulation of the newly minted iron coins, the old copper coins will flow to neighboring countries.

Second, iron money can only be used in one's own country and cannot be used in other countries, which will make it impossible for Wu and Yue merchants to trade with other countries, resulting in the inability to circulate goods between Wu and Yue and other countries.

Third, the country's copper ban is extremely strict, and there are still people who steal copper coins, not to mention that the people have iron tools such as bells, kettles, ploughshares, etc., and the use of iron money will inevitably increase the number of people who break the law due to illegal casting.

Fourth, the Minguo caused chaos due to the minting and use of iron coins, which was not enough to emulate.

Fifth, the state was originally rich in money, and the minting of iron money was equivalent to indicating the emptiness of the national treasury.

Sixth, there is a fixed system of rewards and rewards for subordinates and soldiers, and increasing them without reason will encourage insatiable greed.

Seventh, after the change of the money law, there are drawbacks, and it is difficult to restore the old law immediately.

Eighth, 'money' is Wu Yue's 'national surname', and it is ominous to change the money law at will.

The eight evils stated by Mr. Qian were accepted by Qian Hongzuo, and he gave up his plan to mint iron coins.

This can definitely show that Mr. Qian is outstanding and cares about the people, at least much better than Qian Hongzuo. ”

Qian Hongyi was secretly vigilant in his heart, it seems that these people are not good, and they have investigated themselves clearly, it seems that they are iron-hearted and want to help themselves to the position of the lord of the country. But is it really feasible to be such a puppet lord and obey the orders of these pirates? Will this ruin your reputation and leave a stench for thousands of years?

Seeing that Qian Hongyi was thoughtful, Na Zhe continued: "After Qian Hongzuo died, Qian Hongliang succeeded as King Wuyue, and after only half a year of reign, he was abolished by the general Hu Jinsi and supported Qian Hongyu to take the throne.

After Qian Hongyu ascended the throne, Mr. Qian was appointed prime minister. In the second year of Qianyou (949), someone accused Hu Jinsi's Yu Dang (Hu was dead at the time) and Neiya all commanded the Xiantao conspiracy to rebel, and the matter was implicated in Mr. Qian.

Qian Hongyu was unwilling to pursue the poor and relegated him to Chuzhou, and had to remove Mr. Qian from his position as prime minister and reappointed him as the assassin of Mingzhou (now Ningbo, Zhejiang).

During his tenure in Mingzhou, Mr. Qian was quite sympathetic to the people's feelings. Abolish many of the old systems of discipline that were unfavorable to the people. and from time to time to advise Qian Hongyu. In the third year of Later Zhou Xiande (956), in order to cooperate with the Later Zhou Dynasty's conquest of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Qian Hongyu ordered to levy strong men in the territory to expand the army, and many state and county officials took the opportunity to infringe on the people.

For this reason, Mr. Qian tried his best to explain his shortcomings and speak bluntly, which finally made Qian Hongyu wake up and ordered to stop the recruitment.

So it can be seen from this that Mr. Qian is definitely stronger than Qian Hongyu in terms of politics, and it is a great thing for the people of Wu Yue to take over as the head of the country. ”

Zhao Zizhong also persuaded: "Mr. Qian, we have received some news, and now the officials in some places of Wu Yueguo, the imperial relatives who have fled from Hangzhou City, and the local commanders and generals, many people are colluding together and ready to move.

These people are all vying for the throne of the country, and if you don't get to the throne soon, there is a good chance that they will start a civil war. At that time, the beautiful and rich Jiangnan will be full of smoke and misery. You think about it. ”

Qian Hongyi's face instantly turned pale, and this was what he was most afraid of.

Boris interjected: "Mr. Qian, now there are several of your local generals who have begun to lead the army and approach the city of Hangzhou, I hope you will make a decision as soon as possible." ”