Chapter 283 Xihua

Lu Yijian and the others walked on the royal road leading to Xihuamen, Lu Yijian moved forward unhurriedly, and on the side were the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites and Song Shou, the prefect of Henan Prefecture, and the two were talking and laughing.

Song Shou once worked with Lu Yijian, and this time he entered Beijing, let people who are familiar with officialdom know that Song Shou is going to be promoted!

Lu Yijian naturally needed to win over Song Shou, and after Song Shou was demoted, he knew more about the truth of 'one fence with three piles, and one hero with three gangs'. Although he said that he wanted to be promoted, but in the final analysis, he was not promoted, who knows if the official family will change their attention because some people are obstructing it?

Not to mention anything else, everyone knows that when the Empress Dowager Zhang Xianming Su died, Lu Yijian made a decisive offer and hugged Song Renzong's thigh. Song Renzong may have promised that he would stay behind, while the other prime ministers were kicked out of town one by one.

The result?

Between Zhao Yu and Empress Guo, Lu Yijian was kicked out of town by Song Renzong in a state of grievance. It was also because Zhang Shixun, who took over at that time, was narrow-minded and not decisive enough, which made Lu Yijian return to his original position after being aggrieved for half a year.

Song Shou didn't want to be aggrieved for half a year, and he still had to have Lu Yijian's good luck to have a pig-like enemy. Therefore, when Lu Yijian was wooing, Song Shou decisively pasted it, and the two of them called a pair of mung beans, and between their eyebrows, the reserved chuckle was endless.

Zhao Yu didn't bother to go with these scholars, so he took a detour to Wendemen, preferring to walk farther away from the palace to Xuandemen, and save himself from this group of scholars with bad stomachs.

Xia Shouyun was also miserable by these scholars today, so he also followed Zhao Yu here. The two talked and laughed.

Zhang Shixun glanced at the backs of Zhao Yu and Xia Shouyun. Speed up and walk up to Lu Yijian.

Lu Yijian's eyes swept to Zhang Shixun's figure. was dazzled, and when he looked at it, it was really this old guy. On weekdays, although he and this old guy can't talk about river water or well water, they rarely come into contact.

Lu Yijian slowed down and stopped communicating with Song Shou, with a taste of obvious alienation in his politeness. "Ying Guogong is really old and strong! These legs and feet are stronger than those of us old guys! ”

Zhang Shixun squinted his eyes, and Shi Shiran said: "It's just that Lu Xianggong is walking too fast!" ”

Speaking of which. Zhang Shixun said to Song Shou, who pursed his lips on the side, with an unquestionable tone in a polite manner: "Song Shangshu, the old man has something I want to talk to Lu Xianggong about alone, I don't know if you can borrow it?" ”

Song Shou glanced at Lu Yijian, then looked sideways at Zhang Shixun and said, "Yingguo Gong is polite, borrowing words is a bit too much!" It just so happened that the old man was also in a hurry, so he took the first step! ”

After saying that, Song Shou quickened his pace. crossed Lu Yijian and Zhang Shixun.

Lu Yijian looked at Zhang Shixun who was squinting, and had the illusion of seeing an old fox. Regardless of this, this guy may have average ability in handling government affairs, but in terms of power, Lu Yijian is also very jealous. "I don't know if Ying Guogong has any important things to discuss with the old man? Is it from Western Xia? ”

Zhang Shixun shook his head and said in a non-yin and non-yang manner: "It's the old man who has an opinion on a recommendation from Lu Xianggong, and the more I think about it, the more I don't understand, so I came here to ask for advice!" ”

Listening to the tone, and listening to this again, Lu Yijian didn't know that Zhang Shixun had a great opinion on his recommendation of Zhao Yu to serve as a member of the Privy Council with the same bookmark.

Lu Yijian was unhappy for a while, but he still said slowly: "It seems that the Duke of Yingguo is not very clear about the matter of Wei Wang Chitose on Guangnan West Road!" ”

"What else can you do? Isn't it just a fight of a few thousand barbarians! Zhang Shixun said disdainfully.

As soon as Lu Yijian heard Zhang Shixun say this, he knew that although Zhang Shixun was concerned, it was all through the attention of the official reporting documents, and there was a lot of falsehood in such news, and how true it was depends on personal eyesight.

It's like Zhang Shixun said that Zhao Yu beat thousands of barbarians, which is based on the conclusion of the past situation. The good news reported by Zhao Yu was written to defeat 30,000 An Huaman, but Zhang Shixun didn't believe it and thought that there were only a few thousand.

Lu Yijian paused, and looked at Zhang Shixun, who was slightly stunned, with a serious face, Zhang Shixun probably didn't understand why Lu Yijian suddenly stopped and showed such an expression.

Lu Yijian said solemnly: "Wang Ranbo, the deputy envoy of Guangnan West Road, is the son of the old man's family friend, and the old man does not dare to say that he knows everything about what Wang Chitose did on Guangnan West Road, but many things are through Wang Ranbo, and the old man knows the original essence." It's like An Huaman, Anhua Man does have 30,000 horses! It's not advocated by King Wei Chitose, of course, not all of these 30,000 horses are young and strong, and even then it's not easy to deal with! ”

Zhang Shixun frowned and said, "Even so, it's not enough to transfer that little fox back." Today's situation, you have also seen it, how is it all going on? Although the official family didn't say anything, they obviously attached great importance to the little fox's opinion. Lu Tanfu, don't be afraid of offending to say, do you want to play the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? ”

What is the biggest feature of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Three points!

This is also a situation in which no one can help anyone, and the three parties contain each other.

"Ying Guogong thinks too much! Is it necessary for the old man to do this? is also not afraid of offending, Ying Guogong is not young! Lu Yijian's counterattack was not ordinarily sharp, which made Zhang Shixun's face turn red.

Although Zhang Shixun's hands and feet are still sharp now, his age is here, and a slight fall is enough to make Zhang Shixun hate him for eternity.

In fact, Lu Yijian is not young, there are two in sixty, but compared to Zhang Shixun's seventy and six, but he is fourteen years younger, and he is almost a generation apart.

Seeing Zhang Shixun's face, Lu Yijian was also afraid that he would stimulate this guy and make him have an endless mind with him. hurriedly diverted the topic and explained why he recommended Zhao Yu to return to Beijing. "Although King Nawei has been on Quang Nam West Road for a year, he has done things that many people can't accomplish in their lifetime. The first is the establishment of Sien County, which eliminated the four prefectures, and on the surface, the territory of the Great Song Dynasty has not increased, but in fact it has expanded for hundreds of miles. And he also set up a Xiangshang. It is said that although the government only gets 40% of the profit from it. But that's all. It's enough to get five or six hundred thousand yuan a year! ”

"So much? How can it be? Fake, right!? It must be so, it must be a fraud! Zhang Shixun was a little dumbfounded, and he was still skeptical, but when it came to the back, he was already in a tone of firm veto.

Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and said: "Don't say you don't believe it, after seeing what is written in this letter, the old man didn't believe it either, and specially replied to Wang Ranbo." Twelve letters were exchanged in January. That's when things are roughly sorted out! ”

When Zhang Shixun heard this, his voice couldn't help but pause. Twelve letters exchanged a month may not be a big deal in modern times, but it was not the case in the Song Dynasty at that time, let alone sent to Lingnan. The manpower and material resources spent here are even greater, and it is certain that Wang Ranbo would not dare to deceive Lu Yijian about this matter.

"What's the reason for that? If it works, get it for a nationwide trial! Zhang Shixun paused and said decisively. If Lu Xianggong is not satisfied, you can continue to discuss the distribution! ”

Although Zhang Shixun is sometimes very hateful. But when it comes to matters related to the country's finances, especially the current fight against Western Xia. It's not just the soldiers, it's the money. For this reason, Zhang Shixun did not hesitate to lower his figure, and his tone brought a bit of rare flattery.

Lu Yijian couldn't imagine that Zhang Shixun still had such a selfless side, and couldn't help but look at him differently. It's just that for Zhang Shixun's proposal, Lu Yijian couldn't do anything, sighed, and said: "This thing may be easy to say, but it is not an ordinary difficulty to do. First of all, there are a lot of local specialties, just like Quang Nam West Road, where the mountains are high and the forests are dense, and the big trees that can be hugged by one person can be seen everywhere. And buying it from the barbarians is only seventy or eighty yuan, and if you sell it in Hangzhou, you can make ten profits! Moreover, these are all wood, which do not need to be stored in the cabin, and can be pulled with thick ropes and dragged by sea vessels, which is cheaper! ”

After a pause, Lu Yijian continued: "After arriving in Hangzhou, I bought cloth from the local area and transported it back to Guangnan West Road. Immediately increase the price by three or four times! Moreover, the cloth used by these merchants was not the money and silver obtained from the sale of wood, but the gold purchased from Quang Nam West Road. How much is a piece of gold? One or two straight and one silk! ”

Zhang Shixun simply caused pink eye to the huge profits here, and his eyes were as if he had been hungry for a month, his belly was close to his backbone, and he saw a piece of fat mutton in front of him. The light that came out of his eyes, even Lu Yijian couldn't help but be secretly stunned, but he could understand it, because after analyzing this huge profit, he didn't go there better than Zhang Shixun.

"But there are three problems that have been solved, and it's easy to say anything!" Lu Yijian said.

Zhang Shixun said decisively: "Are those three problems? Sensei said that it was three problems, and now even three hundred problems have to settle him! These must be included in the official buying and selling, and on the day this matter is successful, the state will raise taxes by 2 million yuan! The money to fight Western Xia, there is! Even if the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun is not unattainable! ”

Lu Yijian sighed and said: "The first aspect is tariffs, just say that a county has a tariff, even a state is amazing. The reason why his Guangnan West Road was successful was because the official family exempted the tariffs within the two Guangzhou, and this alone increased the profit by 100,000 yuan. After going out of the sea, the sea is vast, who will collect the taxes? That is, when you are in Hangzhou, you will pay the last tax! On the way back and forth, you only pay taxes once, how can you not make huge profits? ”

Zhang Shixun wanted to say that this thing could also be implemented in the Great Song Dynasty, but he soon realized that this thing was impossible. What is Quang Nam West Road? Poor and remote country, there are no big scholars there, and the conflict of interests is not big. It's just that in the south of the Yangtze River and even in the Central Plains, how many cakes are there?

Some tariffs are not set by the government, but by local tycoons. That is, Zhao Yu holds the power of the army like this, who dares to disobey, don't send the army to kill people. And on Quang Nam West Road, the place is far away, and it takes a long time to convey it to the Central Plains. Even if it is transmitted here immediately, Zhao Yu can quibble, and it will take two or three months just to collect evidence. Pull it here, pull it there, in order to avoid trouble, the court didn't have to get it in the end?

Lu Yijian continued: "The second question, Wang Ranbo once asked King Wei at that time, saying that the prince knew that he was so profitable, why did he cooperate with businessmen? Wouldn't it be better to do this yourself? ”

Zhang Shixun stroked his beard and chin with deep sympathy and said: "This is a great praise, it should be so!" I still haven't been sophisticated enough to come to Weiwang to do things! ”

Lu Yijian shook his head and sighed: "How can I see that this is the case, but the old man read Wang Ranbo's reply, but he felt that listening to your words is better than reading ten years!" King Wei said to Wang Ranbo: "Everyone has selfish intentions, whether it is you or this king. If you only have a small head and the other party has a big head for the money you earn, do you have any opinions? Yes! You must want to say, we are the government, can they still resist? On the surface, they are indeed unable to resist, but they can embezzle and falsify accounts. Therefore, many stores, with dozens of branches, make less money than when there were only seven or eight branches. In fact, this truth is not only known by this king, you also know the most famous sentence of this dynasty, the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together! Is it similar to this king's method? ’”

When Lu Yijian said this, he said to Zhang Shixun: "Ying Guogong, how do you feel after hearing this?" ”

Zhang Shixun smiled bitterly: "The old man underestimated this son in the past!" I didn't expect it to be such a person, with such a mind and a mind. ”

Lu Yijian sighed and said, "Does the official family have such an open-mindedness?" ”

Zhang Shixun was silent. Lu Yijian's words were a little striking, but he had to admit that what the other party said was not wrong, but it was not good to echo it!

Lu Yijian continued: "And King Wei also said that the reason why this thing can be done is entirely because no one has found Guangnan West Road in this area. If you set up ringing merchants in the Central Plains and want to make huge profits, that is, you want to compete with the people for profits. In fact, it is not so much about competing with the people for profit, but rather about competing for profit with large households. The rebound in this, there is no need for the old man to elaborate, Ying Guogong also knows that it is powerful! ”

Zhang Shixun waved his hand and said, "Okay, needless to say about the third question, just the first two have already let the old man know that it is impossible for Xiangshang to implement it in the Great Song Dynasty!" But even if this is the case, you can also take this money from Guangnan West Road! ”

Lu Yijian was silent for a while, and said: "Actually, if this money is to be paid to the treasury, I am afraid that it will be 300,000 yuan at most!" ”

Zhang Shixun shouted angrily: "What? Are those Wei kings still preparing to pit the court with those profiteers? (To be continued......)