Chapter 40: Sima Yi's Wealth
Looking at the autumn scene in the fields, Yuan Yun couldn't help but sigh with emotion, this time he went to Yecheng to attend Cao Cao's funeral, and a year has passed in one fell swoop, during which many things have changed, such as the current Luoyang physique has also begun to change, and it will no longer be an independent individual, but will be ready to become a national unity under Cao Ang's instructions.
Such a change immediately made Luoyang lose flexibility in some policies, after all, many things are no longer up to Luoyang to decide.
After weighing the pros and cons, Cao Ang felt that since he had become the king of Wei, he would be the lord of the world in the future, so it was normal for his previous vassal Luoyang to be included in the national physique, so this policy was officially decentralized.
Sima Yi's purpose in doing this is actually very simple, the main purpose is naturally aimed at him Yuan Yun, once Luoyang enters the national physique, then his Yuan Yun's uniqueness in Luoyang will be diluted a lot, after all, people in other places are not like the people of Luoyang, who regard Yuan Yun as an omnipotent immortal.
After all the precautions, he still didn't guard against Sima Yi's hand, and there was no warning at all before, until Cao Ang issued the order, Yuan Yun was a little surprised, and secretly blamed himself, because he always thought that Sima Yi's time was running out, so he was somewhat contemptuous.
"This lesson is well deserved." After muttering a sentence, Yuan Yun walked out of the tea shed.
Seeing several wives and concubines laughing in the fields, Yuan Yun slowly shook his head, it has been a month since he returned to Luoyang, and most of the time he has been in the palace to discuss the changes in Luoyang's system with Guo Jia and others, so he doesn't have much time with his family.
"Lord, Prince Cao Chong and Wu Yong came to ask for a meeting." Xiao Liu reported, pulling Yuan Yun's admiring wife and concubine's gaze back.
Looking at the fat Wu Yong, and Cao Chong, who was always bouncing when he walked, the corners of Yuan Yun's mouth unconsciously rose a little, these two people came today to naturally explore Sima's way to make money, if they can clearly grasp these, then there is a way to deal with it.
Cao Chong just smiled when he saw Yuan Yun, then called out to his brother-in-law, and went to the tea shed to find vegetables and fruits to eat, but Wu Yong stood in place and began to give salutes one by one, knowing that Yuan Yun felt annoyed and began to drink, so he carefully sat in a chair.
Looking at Cao Chong, who was still gnawing on pears, Yuan Yun patted the back of his head angrily, and then asked, "You came here today, but what you ordered has been done?" ”
Cao Chong chewed the food in his mouth, and then replied vaguely: "It's almost done, but there is still some information in Xiao Ai's, and he has something to delay, so he will come later." ”
As Cao Chong spoke, Wu Yong had already taken out the basic account book from his arms, and then placed it neatly in front of Yuan Yun.
Yuan Yun glanced at the account books, but he didn't rush to climb through them, but asked Wu Yong, "Where did you get these account books?" ”
Wu Yong immediately clenched his fists and replied: "Yuan Hou can rest assured, these account books are all from some merchants who have dealings with the Sima clan, and it is normal for merchants to exchange some information with each other, so they will not arouse the suspicion of others." ”
Yuan Yun nodded with satisfaction, and didn't ask any more questions, but began to flip through those account books, with the help of the chip in his brain, several account books were quickly read by Yuan Yun, and even some side news was guessed.
After reading all the account books, Yuan Yun's face was full of doubts, not because the Sima family made a lot of money, but because they made too little, and the few were almost inferior to an ordinary big family in Luoyang, which seemed very strange.
Cao Chong, who finished eating the pears, saw Yuan Yun's face full of doubts, and immediately shook his head and sighed: "Brother-in-law is really powerful, but I watched it all night before I found out that it was strange, and I didn't want my brother-in-law to find out that it was wrong after only watching a few sticks of incense."
The entry and exit accounts of the Sima family recorded in these account books are really pitiful, although not all of them here, but they are also considered to be the majority, such accounts and accounts, maintaining the life of the Sima family is quite comfortable, but it is absolutely impossible to provide Sima Yi with other activity funds. ”
Yuan Yun was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Does the Sima clan have some unknown business?" Have you ever inquired about these? ”
Cao Chong heard Yuan Yun ask like this, and just as he wanted to answer, he saw Deng Ai walking over from the side of the ridge, so he immediately smiled and said, "Brother-in-law should ask Xiao Ai this question, those are all he is inquiring, I don't know very well." ”
Yuan Yun glanced back at Deng Ai, and it wasn't until Deng Ai sat in the tea shed that he repeated the question just now, originally thinking that Deng Ai would give some new account books, or some useful clues, but Deng Ai actually shrugged his shoulders and said that the Sima clan had no hidden capital income.
Deng Ai's answer, Yuan Yun actually has some number in his heart, Sima Yi's activity funds are definitely not a few, if this money is obtained through Sima's business, it can't be hidden at all, and now the world's businessmen are all integrated into the chamber of commerce by Liu Yiyi, as long as you look at it a little, you can know which businessmen have dealings with Sima's family, and now since you can't find anything, it proves that Sima's really has no windfall.
"Is this money a conjure?" Yuan Yun muttered to himself, then looked at Deng Ai and asked, "Have you sent someone to Sima Yi to investigate, have you found that he has a large amount of goods hoarded at home?" Yuan Yun asked before he came out, and he felt that he had asked the wrong question.
Sure enough, Cao Chong smiled and said: "The money bank was made up by my brother-in-law, why did I forget, who still puts the money in his own house now, it is basically stored in the money bank, which is safe and can be collected with interest, and as long as someone deposits money in it, the money bank will not ask the source of the money, so it is more difficult to check." ”
Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, this is probably a kind of shooting himself in the foot, although the planning of the money village back then greatly benefited the imperial court because of this matter, but he didn't want to let himself run into it now.
Deng Ai heard Yuan Yun ask about the situation in Sima Yi's house, but remembered something, so he replied: "There is nothing strange in Sima Yi's house, but the people who visited his house are very strange, a few days ago he visited the big shopkeeper of Zhang Lu's family, and yesterday the shopkeeper of Sun Ce's house also went, in addition, the shopkeeper of Gongsun Kang's family also went. ”
Yuan Yun was shocked when he heard this, these people were all the old monarchs who surrendered to Cao Cao back then, and they suddenly mixed up with Sima Yi, could it be that they wanted to rebel? However, this idea has just started, and I think it is completely impossible.
Sima Yi himself has no military power, let alone the old monarchs, most of the generals in the army do not deal with them, and it is naturally impossible to win them over, so the rebellion is nonsense.
It's just that these people are in contact with Sima Yi, it is definitely not a simple matter, but I don't know if Cao Ang knows about this, when he thought of this, Yuan Yun naturally looked at Cao Chong.
Cao Chong saw Yuan Yun looking at him, he was stunned at first, and then understood Yuan Yun's intentions in an instant, so he immediately shook his hand and said: "I'm afraid my eldest brother doesn't know about these things, because he also ordered me to keep an eye on these people's families, especially pay attention to the tribes in these people's families, if the eldest brother knows about this, then directly assign Sima Yi." ”
Yuan Yun is even more confused now, since it is not Cao Ang's order, Sima Yi's courage is fat enough, and he befriends these people in private, if Cao Ang knows, it is definitely not a sentence or two that can be explained clearly.
"You guys, since you're out for an autumn trip, why are you talking about anything here, it's really a bad scenery." Liu Yiyi's words interrupted Yuan Yun's contemplation.
Looking at this increasingly charming goblin, Yuan Yun smiled bitterly, then waved his hand at a few people behind him, and finally greeted Liu Yiyi with a smile.
Deng Ai was most afraid of Liu Yiyi, so the first one slipped out, and Wu Yong knew that his status was low, so he also fled immediately after giving the salute, only Cao Chong continued to sit in place disapprovingly, and then continued to gnaw on the remaining pears, without the idea of moving at all.
Yuan Yun held Liu Yiyi's jade hand, so that the beauty in front of her turned resentment into joy, Liu Yiyi's charm with the birth of the second child, not only did not decrease, but there was a trace of mature charm, which made people feel moved by their desires.
Thinking of Liu Yiyi's joyful expression after finally giving birth to a boy in her second child, Yuan Yun didn't know what to say except for sighing, now Liu Yiyi has a woman and a man, but the way of treatment is very partial, almost all daughters are Cao Qinghe and Cao Jie, and almost all the men are being raised by herself, even if she is busy, she will find time to take care of them.
Patriarchy has reached this point, and Yuan Yun can only let it go, because the women in Yuan's mansion seem to have this attitude, and they are always more tolerant of boys, and girls are more unlucky, and they have to learn the rules of various daughters' families from a very young age.
The most unseemly thing for Cao Chong is to see Yuan Yun in the treatment of wives and concubines, in his traditional concept, the profession of wife is a man's subordinate, obedient will be rewarded, disobedient will be beaten, so every time I see Yuan Yun see his wife, he looks happy, and he feels very unaccustomed.
Cao Chong looked at Yuan Yun and Liu Yiyi for a while, and finally couldn't stand it, so he shouted: "Brother-in-law, you are afraid that your wife's reputation is already known to everyone, so I can't even raise my head, and now it's still ......."
Syllable!
Cao Chong hadn't finished speaking, the back of his head had already been slapped, and it was naturally Cao Jie who made the shot, at this time, I saw Cao Jie with a face, and instantly grabbed Cao Chong's ears, and then said unhappily: "You villain now think that you can talk nonsense when you grow up, right, my sister can't clean you up, right?" ”
When Cao Chong saw Cao Jie, he immediately softened, and muttered his hand: "How come, the fear of Sister Jie is set in my bones, how can I talk nonsense in front of you." ”
Cao Jie's eyes widened when he heard this, and he said, "Then you dare not be in front of me?" ”
Cao Chong was choked to death by a sentence, and he didn't know what to say next, so he could only be stunned on the spot, and then looked at Yuan Yun for help.
Cao Jie saw that Cao Chong didn't speak, so he continued to drink: "The family affairs prepared for you before, you have to seriously consider it, Sister Zhen's daughter is naturally the best, don't regret it if you miss it, you come to Yuan's Mansion tomorrow, how can you meet each other, these things are ......"
Yuan Yun looked at Cao Chong's timid appearance from a distance, and laughed secretly in his heart, the so-called one thing is one thing, Cao Jie is estimated to be Cao Chong's eternal nemesis, even if Cao Chong now has most of the power in the court, he is still so timid in front of Cao Jie, it is indeed very funny.
Thinking of the court, Yuan Yun couldn't help frowning, and had already decided in his heart that it would be good to go to the Sun family's mansion after a while, and now that they had moved to Luoyang to live, even if it was to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, they should go and put it away.