Thinking of this, Wang Shichong smiled and said, "Brother Husi's great talent, even Yang Su, the Duke of Yue Guo, is full of praise!" Before Wang left this time, Yue Guogong said that if Brother Hu Si was interested, he was willing to guarantee to the emperor that you would be promoted to the court as an official. In the future, our Wang family should have more care and care from Brother Lao Husi. ”

When Wang Shichong said this, he also had a heavy expression on his face, and he sighed: "Wang himself, I'm afraid that he will have to serve outside the state and county for more than ten years before he can return to the court, and he will really have to rely on Brother Husi's care in the future." ”

Hu Sizheng waved his hand: "Wang Thorn Shi is too modest, your prestige is added to the sea, and you are the hero of the emperor's ascension to the throne, it is really not Hu Si's turn to add icing on the cake." However, if Brother Wang can really let Hu Si enter the court, then this grace of knowing the encounter, Hu Si will not dare to forget it for the rest of his life, if he wants Hu Si to do something, please Brother Wang but it doesn't matter, since we have already made friends, there is nothing to be polite. ”

When Wang Shichong first came today, he still wanted to be able to make friends with this Hu Sizheng, but after this conversation, he basically figured out the bottom of this person, and entering the court as an official is the top priority for him, if this person once enters the court and ascends to a high position, he may not be willing to follow him to plot big things in the future, on the contrary, in order to keep his official position at that time, it is very likely to fight back and become his fierce opponent at that time.

Thinking of this, Wang Shichong knew in his heart, for this person, I am afraid that it will not have much effect to make friends with his heart, and it is probably the best way to grab him like Wang Shiji did with his subordinates, and force him to be loyal to himself for the rest of his life.

So Wang Shichong laughed and said, "Brother Husi, it's too early to say this. Don't be in such a hurry. Today we have decided to join forces. Advance and retreat together. That's a long way to go. Wang is not Xiao Milling, he doesn't need to make a fortune in Yingzhou, he just wants to spend it here smoothly. Today, Wang just wants to get acquainted with the officials in Yingzhou, and he still needs to be introduced by Brother Husi. ”

Hu Sizheng smiled slightly: "Brother Wang, to be honest, the hand you dealt with Wang Yiping just now really made Hu Si admire, Emperor Cao Cao of Wei burned books in Yuan Ying. Let a group of collaborators under his command be grateful to Dade, and work for it with all his heart, you are even more clever than Cao Cao, not only burned the evidence of these people's crimes, but also promised them practical benefits in person, Hu Si has been here for many years, but I am afraid that you have not won as many hearts as you in a day. ”

Wang Shichong smiled "hehe" and said: "Most of the soldiers and historians of the state government here are locals, and their forces here are intertwined. It's not like we can be transferred to other places at any time, these people are likely to be such petty officials in Yingzhou for the rest of their lives. Therefore, it is difficult for people to seek progress. Naturally, I want to use this official body to get some practical benefits, give them a little benefit, and they will naturally do their best to make me worry. ”

Hu Sizheng smiled and said, "Brother Wang, can we let Lu Mingliang in now?" ”

Yingzhou, in the lobby of Baiyun Inn, it is getting late, and the pillars in the lobby are hung with candlesticks, which illuminate the whole hall with bright lights, and even the figures reflected on the wall are also subtle.

Wang Shichong, Wei Zheng and Shan Xiongxin were still sitting at the same table last night, while Zhang Jincheng and An Jiatuo were guarding the front and back doors of the inn respectively, and Wang Ren simply went straight to the roof to make sure that no one approached and eavesdropped.

Wei Zheng glanced at Wang Shichong and said with a smile: "Lord, Wei Zheng is a long-term insight, when you took out those evidences and threw them in front of the officials in Yingzhou, they looked like chickens one by one, but it was really funny." ”

Shan Xiongxin also smiled slightly: "Lord, your hand is really high, and all of a sudden you will be anti-guest-oriented, and these officials will never dare to underestimate the lord in the future." ”

"And today we have agreed with Hu Sizheng on the division of labor in this state government in the future, and the benefits received by the officials of each Cao and various ministries will be distributed to officials at all levels together with the income of all Yingzhou officials, and distributed by this Hu Sizheng, so that Hu Sizheng is also completely bound to us, and he will send us money to buy people's hearts."

When Wei Zheng heard this, he laughed: "Lord, when you mentioned that Hu Sizheng made money, although he didn't say anything, he didn't know how to scold you in his heart. ”

Wang Shichong nodded, and said: "Today's interaction with this Hu Sizheng, thanks to Xuancheng's action at a critical time, forced out his voice, this person's desire to enter the court as an official is far stronger than I expected at the beginning." In this way, it is impossible for us to really make friends with this person. What he is asking for is an official, and it is very likely that he will go all the way with Yang Guang in the future, after all, what Yang Guang can give, we can't give him. ”

When Wei Zheng heard this, he put away his smile and said, "Yes, Wei was also worried about this matter when he was there, I was afraid that the lord would really treat him like Li Jing and hand him over." But then the lord's response was really wonderful, and there was no mention of our future plans, presumably this Hu Sizheng is now thinking carefully about what we want to do. ”

Speaking of this, Wei Zheng thought for a moment and continued: "However, Wei thinks that this Hu Sizheng will not be reused in the court in the future, and in the end, he will still serve our Wang family." ”

Wang Shichong let out an "oh" and asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "Yang Guang is now promoting and using two kinds of people, one is a famous person with literary talent and vassal elegance, such as Yu Shiji and Su Wei; The other is someone who is familiar with side affairs and can contribute to his future development of the Quartet, such as Pei Shiju, Yu Wenshu and others. As for the administrative talents who are good at handling internal affairs, they may not fall into his eyes. And Hu Sizheng is not the above two kinds of people. ”

"Although Wei does not have too much information about Hu Sizheng in his hands, he also knows that this person is not good at reciting poetry, he is good at dealing with the money and grain taxes in the state government, and persuading farmers to teach such practices, although such people are actually important, but those great talents in the Han family play Qing Talk, retreat and wind and snow, and chant poetry, and they look down on Hu Sizheng in their hearts."

"Therefore, if it is the lord of the country, he will now recommend this Hu Si Zheng to enter the court as an official, not to mention whether the right servant who is now in charge of the promotion of officials will shoot Su Wei and the official department Shangshu Niu Hong will give him this face. Let Hu Sizheng be the head of a certain department of the six departments. Even if he becomes the head of a certain department of the sixth department. I'm afraid that I can only do it in that position for the rest of my life, and I basically don't have to think about it. ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "Hu Sizheng is talented, and judging from today's interactions with us, in order to climb up, he does not hesitate to give up his principles, and he meets his wishes, I think that if he enters the court, he may be another Su Wei." ”

Wei Zheng smiled: "That's why he can't climb up." Since there is a Su Wei, there is no need for a second one, with Su Wei's treachery, will he not be able to see the essence of Hu Sizheng? Even in order to keep his official position, he will desperately suppress this Hu Si Zheng! According to Wei Zheng's view, even if Hu Sizheng can enter the court, I am afraid that he will not be promoted for many years, and he will be a thorn in the history of the expatriate and a purple robe. ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "Xuan Cheng is reasonable, if it comes to that time." Maybe this Hu Si politician is willing to work with us sincerely, and I hope that your prophecy will come true as soon as possible. ”

Wei Zheng smiled slightly. Said: "Lord, let's not talk about Hu Sizheng first, just talk about our own affairs, you summoned all the state and county officials in Yingzhou today, but the two head catchers and the two county orders under Xiao Mo that Li Jing said are not among them, are you going to find time to meet these people and have a complete showdown with them?" ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "I'm not having a showdown with them, but with Xiao Miao!" Xiao Mo is still in this Yingzhou City today, if he is smart, he should be able to know what my move means. If he chooses to continue to cooperate with me, he will withdraw these people from Yingzhou; On the other hand, if he is forced to keep them, he will tear his face with me, and there will be no way to talk about cooperation, depending on how he chooses. ”

Wei Zheng said with a smile: "If I were Xiao Miao, I would definitely not risk turning my face with the lord and forcing these people to stay here." That would be unwise. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "It's just that Wei has been thinking, can Li Jing master all the secret agents in this city?" These four people only entered the state and county government mansions and had some contact with Xiao Miao, so if they were lurking inside the official mansion, or they were not officials, but just the people in this city, how could we investigate these secret agents? ”

Wang Shichong nodded: "What Xuan Cheng said is extremely true, this is Lao Xuancheng, within half a year, I hope to find out all the spies lurking in Xiao Mo and Chen Ling in Yingzhou City, can you do it?" ”

A resolute expression flashed on Wei Zheng's face, and he nodded confidently: "There should be no problem." Half a year is too long, three months is enough. Unless they are completely inactive, as long as they move, I can definitely grasp the movements of these people. ”

Wang Shi nodded meaningfully: "It's still half a year, in this half a year, we have also established mutual trust with the officials in Yingzhou, so that they are completely loyal to us, and on the other hand, we are secretly slowly building up our own intelligence network!" In a word, half a year, a thorough foothold here. It's going to take a lot of effort from the two of you. ”

Wei Zheng laughed: "Where did the lord say, this is what it should be." It's just that Wei still has something to ask the lord, where does the funds for our operation here come from? Yang Guang must also be staring at us now, if we transfer a large amount of money from other places, I am afraid that it will arouse his vigilance. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "Xuan Cheng, you must already have your own opinion on this matter, why don't you speak out and listen to it first?" ”

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "The lord's fortune is two thousand stones, and according to the price of about two thousand yuan for one stone of rice here, it is four million yuan. The money issued by the imperial court is one-third of rice, one-third of silk, and one-third of money, and today we have such a hand with the officials up and down in Yingzhou, forgive them and do not dare to do anything when exchanging money, maybe the final exchange of money will be slightly more than four million, so it is better to count four million first. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "Go on." ”

Wei Zheng said: "Plus we calculated it today, not counting the benefits of the following counties, that is, in our state yali, relying on the extra money handed over to the imperial court, taxes, tribute rice, and servants, there are three or four million in a year, and the sum of other officials' money is also four or five million, adding up to 123 million, which is the money to be distributed to more than 330 officials in our state yali." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's not enough, the catchers of the third class, the officials and some miscellaneous people who are not even the foreign officials. Not in these formations. But also share their money. Although the law of the country stipulates that these people can not be burdened, since we now regard the officialdom of Yingzhou as a whole, and the officials have meat to eat, we cannot afford not to take them to drink soup. ”

Wei Zheng sighed: "If this is calculated, there will be three or four hundred more cents at once, and I am afraid that the money in our hands will be a big less." ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "It depends on Hu Sizheng's methods, I think he should be able to satisfy everyone, after all, now these previously unseemly incomes are semi-open and semi-legal." Counting the total income of all people, now the amount of the whole money has increased a lot, and everyone should have an increase in income without complaining. ”

Wei Zheng shook his head and said: "My lord, the ancient saints have clouds, the people do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, in the past, they secretly made their own money, and they didn't know how much others had made, so they felt that they had earned more and less." Because there is no one side-by-side contrast. But now that they have got the sunshine points, these people ask each other. I know how much others have shared and how much I have taken, and some people will definitely be dissatisfied. ”

Wang Shichong was slightly stunned, he hadn't thought too much about this aspect before, he just thought that everyone should be happy to make money, listening to Wei Zheng say this, it seems that this is indeed the truth, so Wang Shichong asked: "What about Xuancheng's opinion?" ”

Wei Zheng didn't answer, but turned directly to Shan Xiongxin, and said, "Shan Guard, may I ask the money of the spies under the lord, is it all distributed by you?" ”

Shan Xiongxin shook his head and said, "No, all this money is distributed by the lord himself, and I am just responsible for assigning tasks to everyone." ”

Wei Zheng nodded and asked, "When the lord distributed the money, did he gather everyone together and share the money in public?" ”

Shan Xiongxin said with a smile: "How is this possible, we do intelligence work, the tasks and salaries are strictly confidential, and it is impossible to gather people together to divide the money. And that account is mostly opened in the name of the family members and relatives of the intelligence agents, such as my money, which has always been received by my mother before. ”

Wei Zheng turned to Wang Shichong with a smile and said, "That's right, lord, you can't make it public when you send money, otherwise these people will compare themselves with each other and suffer from pink eye." You think you're increasing their income, but they only resent why they earn less than others, or that they earn the same as others but do more than others, and you can't settle those resentments. ”

"It's like today's Cangcao joins the army Wang Yiping, he is in charge of the warehouse, and the money and grain have to be put into the warehouse, so he can do tricks. Correspondingly, he also got the most money, and over the years, there were more than one million. But that Fa Cao joined the army and Lu Mingliang was only in charge of the criminal and prison lawsuits, although he could eat the plaintiff and the defendant, but when the world was peaceful, the money he could get in this way was only a hundred thousand, which was far worse than that Wang Yiping. ”

"But if the money is divided according to the level mentioned by the lord in the afternoon, then Wang Yiping and Lu Mingliang will get the same money, lord, do you think this Wang Yiping will balance in his heart?"

Wang Shichong smiled and nodded: "It's because I didn't think it through, so according to Xuancheng's meaning, how to deal with this distribution problem?" ”

Wei Zhengzheng said: "Actually, this should be a matter handled by Hu Sizheng, but the lord wants to give him the general direction, so it is too general to say that the money is divided according to the level of the official, and it is too open and transparent, these people will compare with each other, but it is not good." I think it is necessary to grasp a few principles and let Hu Sizheng act according to these principles. ”

"First, the distribution of money should not be made public, and these officials should be strictly ordered not to inquire into each other, and the offenders should find a reason to dismiss their officials or even punish them, and the money should be sent directly to the Wanfu Money Village set up by the Lord, and each official himself will set up an account there with the names of his family members, so that they can be prevented from comparing each other, and these names will be kept in the lord's place for record."

"Second, the distribution of money cannot be completely distributed according to the level of officials, it should be based on rank, but taking into account their contribution, those who get one million yuan and those who get two hundred thousand yuan, and the final distribution must not be treated equally, for example, if someone can make one million dollars, then give him the benefit fee of the level, plus a commission of one percent, one hundred thousand yuan, which will make him feel that he has not worked in vain."

"Thirdly, Hu Sizheng can't be completely assured of handing over power, and he has to send a competent person to keep an eye on him, after all, he is not completely of the same mind as us now. Before we came, we had agreed to let Angata be his deputy and take care of the accounts, and now that this distribution plan has been decided, we must send Gatha over as soon as possible and enter the role as soon as possible. ”

Wang Shichong nodded again and again when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Xuan Cheng is really attentive, I am going to let Jia Tuo go to Hu Sizheng tomorrow, his official identity is now a member of the inspection and engineering department who came out to inspect the financial situation of various states. ”

Wei Zheng nodded, and the expression on his face became stern: "In fact, the most critical point is that these people's money must be stored in the Wanfu Money Village, and two-thirds of the money will be used to buy properties in Yingzhou to make money, and this extra money will be used as the activity funds of our intelligence organization." ”

Wang Shichong's face changed, Wei Zheng said that this kind of play is already a bit similar to the banking industry in the pre-era of his own travel, taking the money of depositors to invest in national and corporate bonds, the stock market has always been the only way for banks to increase their capital, that is, Wang Shichong himself, before the crossing, also used spare money to buy financial products.

It's just that this value-added method comes from the developed banking industry in later generations, and Wei Zheng, a person from the Sui Dynasty, has such insight, which surprised Wang Shichong.

Wang Shichong looked at Wei Zheng, who was staring at him, pondered for a while, and said, "Xuan Cheng, although your idea is good, I have two questions now, one is to take two-thirds of the money to do business, is it too much?" Even if the business can make money, what if the money can't be returned for a while, and all the officials come to withdraw the money? ”

"Second, what kind of business is guaranteed to make money? And what kind of business can you make and what can you lose in Yingzhou, have you done these surveys on the market? Another is the businessmen in these places, thinking that my grandfather was suppressed by a few Gu Zang wealthy businessmen, and he couldn't start a business in the mainland, and finally went bankrupt, we also have to take this situation into account, after all, the strong dragon does not suppress the head snake. ”

Wei Zheng smiled and said: "This is the first, generally speaking, not all the officials will come to the money bank to withdraw money together, and we can agree with them on the interest, for example, after 10,000 yuan is deposited in the bank, and then come to withdraw it after a year, we will add them a profit, if this is the case, presumably these people are willing to save for a year." ”

Wang Shichong shook his head: "I'm afraid that it may not be, I can't take my own money for a year, even if I have a profit, some people are unwilling, because you have to know, just like that Wang Yiping, he also has a lot of industry in Yingzhou City, and he will also think about opening a new store when he has money, so the speed of money can be faster than saving in our money bank." ”

Wei Zheng nodded: "That's true, but don't forget, it's this Wang Yiping, you burned his previous evidence this time, and later legalized his embezzlement, he has the handle in your hands, dare not listen to you?" Not to mention that he wants to save all his money, even if he is only allowed to save half of the money, he should accept it obediently. ”

Wang Shichong smiled: "It's just that they use their power to oppress people like this, I'm afraid they will be unconvinced." ”

Wei Zheng shook his head: "Lord, you are too lenient to people, and the means of the emperor cannot only be grace and no prestige!" Otherwise, sooner or later, these subordinates will ride upside down on your head. They have the power in your hands, and the power is not comparable to the lord, giving them this way to make money is to promote them, if there is really a disobedient person who refuses to hand over the money to the bank, then make his crimes public, and see if others are afraid. ”

Shan Xiongxin shook his head and said, "Mr. Wei, aren't you afraid that this person who will be thrown out will bite everywhere and involve the lord?" (To be continued......)