The Imperial Study.

Sun Quan cocked Erlang's legs, humming a little song in the innermost, his hands and feet were numb, and he was constantly reviewing one piece of music, and during the time when Wu Guo's court was paralyzed, there were a lot of things piled up.

At this time, Li Nie entered the palace, and he sent a few reports of the latest battle of Guandu, and now Jinyiwei has focused on Guandu.

The Battle of Guandu is not only related to the future of Wei and Jin, but also closely related to Wu.

"Ju Yi doesn't send troops?" He turned out a few points of the Guandu battle report, looked at it, was a little surprised, and after half a ring, he raised his head and looked at Li Nie, who was standing in front of him: "Lao Li, are you sure?" ”

"The news is like this, but I'm not sure about it!" Li Ne thought for a while, shook his head, and said, "A certain family thinks that he is the variable that Yuan Shao won or lost in Guandu!" ”

"Gao Ran surrendered, and Zhang Jaw was also captured?" Sun Quan continued to flip through Guandu's battle report, frowning: "The hundreds of thousands of troops on the western front of the Jin army were disabled by Zhang Liao at once, and now Yuan Shao is a lost dog, Guandu is blocked, the Wei army is surrounded on all sides, he has no backup, no food and grass, and he can't survive for three days. ”

"Wei Jun's movements are as fast as thunder, and a certain family is a little dazzled!" Li Nie said: "It was not easy for a certain family to straighten out these news, and the King of Jin was in a catastrophe!" ”

"No way!"

Sun Quan stood up and said, "We have to speed up, if we let the Wei army hit Jizhou, we will still play a fart, what about Han Tao, why hasn't he come back yet?" ”

"It will take some time to come back from Jizhou, and he will be in Jizhou all this time!" Li Niedao.

"What about Pan Feng and Zhang Yan?" Sun Quan said.

"They should be on their way back to Wu by boat. But according to the time, it will be here in these two days, maybe something is wrong! Li Nie said.

"Why do you feel that everything is not going well?" Sun Quan's eyes narrowed slightly, and his eyes flickered.

"You're too careful!" Li Nie shook his head: "Although Wu Guo is a little flawed, but the people's hearts have been decided, and other things." No harm! ”

"Maybe!" Sun Quan nodded, and then said: "Jinyiwei's task is to keep an eye on Guandu, as you said, Ju Yi is a variable, so take a good look at him!" ”

"Someone understands!"

Li Ne nodded, and the two were talking about the details of the Battle of Guandu, and then he left the palace in a hurry. To keep an eye on Guandu, and to guard against problems with the enthronement ceremony, he can't wait to use a quarter of an hour as two quarters of an hour.

"The current Wu Kingdom is really a mess!" In the imperial study, Sun Quan continued to review the recitals played by all parties in the Wu Kingdom, he didn't know if he didn't read it, he was startled when he saw it, and he rubbed his temples with both hands. There was a long sigh of helplessness.

Wu now looks like the storm has passed, and everything is rejuvenated. The scenery is infinite and is about to take off, but in fact, many problems have already erupted in the dark and have reached the extreme.

The bloody battle in Jingzhou and the civil strife in Wu, if it is just any one thing alone. Even if it happens, it won't affect the vitality of Wu Guo, but together, it will exhaust the essence of Wu Guo over the years.

"Money! Money! Money! ”

Sun Quan has never been a person who lacks money, and now he is also shy in his pocket. The Donghou Mansion and the inner treasury of the palace are combined, and they cannot make up for the emptiness of the treasury.

Nowadays, lack of money is the biggest problem.

In the Battle of Jingzhou, although the Wu army won the final victory, its own casualties were also extremely heavy, and the war of hundreds of thousands of troops used had consumed the treasury.

Now the pension of the soldiers who died in Jingzhou has become a big gap.

Moreover, Jingzhou has not recuperated for two or three years, and it cannot feed back to the court at all, and even the court of Wu has to send a large amount of reinforcements every year to restore the prosperity of the past, which is also a funding gap.

Therefore, Sun Quan is now extremely short of money, but fortunately he still has a sum of funds that he can use.

Treasury bonds, Wu Guo from the first successful issuance of treasury bonds, has opened this kind of credit with the court as the core of the loan, but this year Wu Guo has changed greatly, since the beginning of the year, the court is turbulent, and many things are paralyzed.

Therefore, this year's treasury bonds have been suppressed and not issued.

However, if the court wants to issue this treasury bond now, it must repay the arrears left over from last year and the year before last, and the court's credit cannot be lost because of this.

There has always been a good cycle of sending and repaying at the same time, but the treasury has a fund here to fill the cost of the Western Expeditionary Army, so there is a gap, but the funds in this area are actually not large.

It's just that now that the treasury is clean and windy, it really can't come up with such a sum of money.

"Order, let Mi Zhu come to see me immediately!"

Sun Quan thought about it, and now the only one who can solve this problem is Mi Zhu.

The Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce is rich and has this ability.

"King!"

Sun Quan's order, Mi Zhu came quickly, he approached the imperial study, bowed to Sun Quan, and then stood up and asked, "I don't know what happened to the king's recruitment today?" ”

Sun Quan's ascension to the throne of Wu is definitely a great joy for him, you know, he is the descendant of Sun Quan's lineage, and Sun Quan has always been the pillar of the merchants.

His ascension to the throne of Wu will lead to an explosive increase in the status of merchants.

"You sit first!" Sun Quan walked out from behind the bookcase that was reading the book, patted him on the shoulder, and the two of them sat in the small living room in front of them, and the two little palace maids poured them a cup of tea.

"I came to you to ask for help, I am short of money, and the court is short of money!" After Sun Quan sat down, he took a sip of tea before saying, "There is a gap of nearly three billion dollars in the court now, and I have no choice, so I can only discuss it with you!" ”

"That's a lot of money!"

Mi Zhu frowned slightly when he heard this, he was not afraid of Sun Quan's lion mouth, if Sun Quan was willing, what if he contributed the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, the money was gone, and he could make it again, but if the businessman lacked Sun Quan's attitude, it would be difficult to move an inch.

However, Sun Quan has always made a clear distinction between himself and the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce.

"The amount is small, I don't have to look for you, I can't make up even if I smash the pot and sell iron, so I came to you to think of a way!" Sun Quan took a sip of tea and moistened his dry throat. Said: "Recently, the weather has been very hot, and drought has occurred in many places, so I have also allocated a sum of money to build water conservancy, as you know." Now the treasury is cleaner than the trouser pocket! ”

"King, I remember that today's treasury bonds don't seem to have been issued, right?"

Mi Zhu said suddenly.

"We have not cleared the debts last year and the treasury bonds that expired the year before last year, so this treasury bond must wait until it is completely cleared before it can be issued!" Sun Quan nodded, and then explained.

"The King. You're a little too careful, aren't you? Mi Zhu smiled slightly bitterly, and said softly: "You can issue it in a year, and you can return it at the same time, this year's Wu Kingdom is full of disasters and disasters, and the people can understand it!" ”

"One stroke and one stroke!" Sun Quan shook his head and said, "No matter how poor the court is. You can't joke about your own credibility either, if this time it makes an exception. Is there a next time, which will make the people lose confidence in our court! ”

"Then how does the king want to solve it?" Mi Zhu admired Sun Quan's behavior very much, in business, integrity comes first, he thought about it before asking.

"Without affecting the operation of the Koto Chamber of Commerce. Do you have the money to come up with? Sun Quan asked, "If you borrow it as a court, can you lend it?" ”

"Move, the Jiangdong Guild and our Mi family still have Han Bin's heritage, it's no problem!" Mi Zhu calculated in his heart before nodding. Today's Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce, although it was split by the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce and the Liaodong Chamber of Commerce before, hurt its vitality, but it is still the first chamber of commerce in Wuguo, a behemoth of business.

With the addition of his and Han Bin's net worth, it is still possible to make up this money.

"It seems that over the years, the development of the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce has been very rapid!" Sun Quan sighed and said: "You are all rich, how can you be like me, the poor almost can't open the pot!" ”

"The Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce can have today, thanks to the support of the king!" Mi Zhu's sincere way, without the support of Sun Quan, there is no businessman today.

The merchants of Wu have been under a kind of subtle influence, and their status in the hearts of the people of the world has been constantly improved, and now, it is not said that the merchants are lowly people.

"It's always bad to borrow money, Zizhong, do you want the businessman to go further?" In Sun Quan's mind, a flash of inspiration suddenly asked.

"What do you mean, my lord?"

Mi Zhu's eyes lit up, every time Sun Quan had such a rhetorical question, it would always bring them endless benefits.

"Although businessmen have accumulated huge wealth and achieved a lot of social status over the years by virtue of the unity of the Chamber of Commerce and the connection of trade routes, Shinong Industry and Commerce has always been like a big mountain, pressing on the heads of businessmen!"

Sun Quan squinted his eyes and said carefully: "If you want to change completely, there is only one way, so that Shang Tao can be completely integrated into the decision-making level of the court!" ”

"King, I still don't understand!"

Mi Zhu gasped when he heard this, he was a smart person, it was not that he couldn't understand what Sun Quan meant, but he was a little hard to believe.

Because once the merchant Tao is integrated into the court, then the merchant is justifiably justified, and they are no longer the most humble class of people, but a class comparable to the scholars.

This is something that no one has dared to do for thousands of years.

"Zizhong, do you remember what I said when I established the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce?" Sun Quan's eyes flickered, and there was a touch of determination.

"Every word, keep it in mind!" Mi Zhu nodded.

"Good!" Sun Quan's eyes burst out with a gleam: "Then I'm asking you now, do you dare to fight for the status of a businessman now?" ”

"Dare!" Hearing this, Mi Zhu's eyes were bright, and his face was resolute: "Although I Mi Zhu is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has enough wealth for three lifetimes, I still want to go one step further and make the Mi family an upright family of inheritance, I believe in the king, so as long as the king dares to say, I dare to do it!" ”

"I am comforted by the fact that you can say that, and I don't hide it!"

Sun Quan stood up, put his hands behind his back, and his voice was low and clear: "The businessman can't get on the stage, so I will let the businessman come to the stage, I want to completely go from the people to the court, so I plan to open another one in addition to the Jiuqing of the court, for the economic development and business dispatch department of Wu State, ranking among the nine secretaries, accepting the leadership of the Prime Minister's Mansion, specializing in business development affairs, supervising the economic and commercial development of Wu Guotian, and the status of Jiuqing!" ”

In fact, now the court of all parties has fallen behind along the system of three princes and nine kings used in the Han Dynasty, and in this regard, Sun Quan already has some cases in his heart, and he is ready to make a big reform after ascending the throne.

But now they still maintain the status quo a little better, and the food still has to be eaten in one bite.

In fact, it was not a whim for him to set up a business department, he had such a plan in his early years, but he never found a suitable opportunity to advise Sun Jian.

Now that he has become the king of Wu, he can do many things freely.

"King, are you a little impatient, this will attract the anger of the courtiers!" Mi Zhu should have been happy, but found that he was a little unhappy.

This thing is not as easy to succeed as this, and once it fails, it will even affect Sun Quan's credibility among the courtiers, and from Sun Quan's point of view, he should not do this.

"Of course I know it's not going to be easy!"

Sun Quan naturally knows how difficult it is to provoke the system that has been around for thousands of years, but there is still hope for doing it, and if you don't do it, you may not have any hope of success for the rest of your life.

In this era, business is lowly, he must reverse this deeply rooted influence, want to develop Wu country, want Wu country to live and work in peace and contentment, want everyone in Wu country to have food, a house to live, little support, the old have something to rely on, from food and clothing to well-off, he can't get around the business link.

"Zizhong, now is a good opportunity!"

Sun Quan approached him, lowered his tone, and said: "In the position of King Wu that I do, I can only be a clapper, and I can't do it boldly, but you are different, you can blatantly play for your own interests, if a few years ago, this matter would definitely be hopeless, but over the years, businessmen have been in Wu Guo Da differently, and there is still a chance of success." ”

"The most important thing is that now that Wu has just quelled the civil strife, and there is such a big gap in the treasury, this is your bargaining chip, I will give you a mention, the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce will unite all the chambers of commerce of Wu State to take out eight billion money as a bargaining chip for negotiations, as long as you can convince Zhang Zhao, you will already be half of the success!"

Sun Quan mentioned the way.

"This kind of seems to be a threat to the prime minister?" Mi Zhu said with a wry smile: "King, you are instigating me to negotiate with the Wu court, I feel so much that you are demolishing your own platform!" ”

"Is there one? The entire country of Wu is mine, whether it is the court or the chamber of commerce, I just give you a fair chance, as for whether you threaten the prime minister or not, it doesn't matter, the important thing is whether they are threatened by you! ”

Sun Quan had a sly smile on his face, and said: "As long as they agree to set up a business department, then even if the merchants of Wu State are right, you don't have to look around for backers in the future, you can directly influence the court, the risk is great, and the benefits are also great!" ”

"I need to think about it!" Mi Zhu thought for a while and said: "I'm willing to fight, but only the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce alone can't do this, I need to contact other chamber of commerce presidents, business status, not a person's status!" ”

"Of course, but you have to be fast!" Sun Quan nodded and said: "After this village, there will be no such shop, and now that the court is in trouble, it will give you a chance to take advantage of the situation, it depends on whether you can grasp it well, if you wait until I ascend the throne, Wu Guo Dading, Zhang Zhao They will not agree!" ”

He can help businessmen, and he can only help here, as the king of Wu, he must have a bowl of water, and after calculating Zhang Zhao, he should also take out something practical from the Jiangdong Chamber of Commerce.

Replenishing the treasury is the purpose of his calling Mi Zhu today. (To be continued......)