The city of Luoyang seems to be a little deserted, the homeless beggars that used to be seen everywhere have long disappeared, with the opening of various factories in the suburbs of Luoyang, so that the original homeless people have chosen to work in the factory.

In the evening, on Wang Rong's house in the capital, Wang Rong walked to the door with some drunkenness, and the doorman hurriedly greeted and supported.

"Ouch! The lord is back! You're slow. ”

"Ugh! What's going on? Is there something wrong? Wang Rong asked with squinted eyes.

"Lord Xun Kai is here, and I have been waiting in the house for a long time!" The doorman replied.

"Brother Ziju is here? Let the housekeeper serve the tea first, and I'll come when I go! When Wang Rong heard Xun Kai's late night visit, he knew that he had something important to look for him, so he hurriedly went to the back to bathe and change his clothes before coming to meet the guests.

It is said that Xun Kai was born in a famous family, but he is a member of the Yingchuan Xun family, and his great-ancestor is the famous Cao Ying mastermind Xun Yu. He himself is also very talented, he once followed Zhong Hui to conquer Xishu, and repeatedly offered strange tricks, and Zhong Hui was amazed by it.

After the founding of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was crowned as the general of the Shizhong and Zhenjun armies, and defeated Zhang Xiang's army with the army, and was renamed the Marquis of Nanyang because of his merits. In 291, Sima Yan died, and Emperor Hui of Jin crowned Xunkai Nanyang Gong. He himself was extremely opposed to the crown prince Sima Shu, and Xun Kai believed that the crown prince Sima Shu was the gravedigger of the world's family.

Therefore, after the Langya Wang clan chose the Langya king, their Yingchuan Xun clan chose to support Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea. With the help of Xun Kai, the king of the East China Sea actively supported the king of Chengdu, the king of Qi and others to take the lead, while he secretly contacted his younger brother Sima Teng and Wang Jun, the assassin of Youzhou, and was ready to deal a fatal blow to the prince at any time.

Today, Xun Kai came to visit Wang Rong, hoping to join forces with the Wang family to give the prince a little color, and it is best to attract the prince to make a big move, so that they can provoke the rebellion of the king of Chengdu and others.

"Oh, Brother Ziju is here, let us shine!" When Xun Kai was sitting alone drinking tea alone, he saw Wang Rong walking out from behind the screen.

"Brother Jun Chong, are you back? I've been waiting for a long time! Xun Kai got up and arched his hand towards Wang Rong, and then sighed: "Brother Jun Chong, now that the prince is becoming more and more aggressive, we must not be silent, we must fight back." Otherwise, it would not only be the Yang family and the Pei family on the side of the prince. ”

"Brother Ziju is too pessimistic, there are so many families in the world, and one or two less has no impact at all." Wang Rong is a man of rhetoric, and he doesn't see the danger at all. And Xun Kai is different, he knows very well the truth that the embankment of a thousand miles is destroyed in the anthill, today the Yang family changes its position, and tomorrow there will be other families who defect.

Xun Kai shook his head and said, "Brother Jun Chong, it's not that you're pessimistic, but you're too optimistic. You don't know that since the prince launched the big farm plan, many families have been tempted. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that without the prince doing it himself, we will collapse first. ”

"Brother Ziju, is it that serious? This Pei and Yang families are just one of the more than 100 families in the world, don't say that there are only two of them, even if all the families in Sizhou have taken refuge in the prince, we don't have to worry, think about the Jizhou family, Qingzhou family, Xuzhou family, Shuzhong family, Jiangnan family, hum! How could it be that so many families were against the crown prince? Wang Rong scoffed at Xun Kai's words.

"Brother Junchong...... Forget it, let's not fight about these useless things, we are going down to find my brother today to discuss important matters. Xun Kai looked at Wang Rong's indifferent appearance, and sighed in his heart, sooner or later, Wang Rong would regret it.

"Oh? What's the matter? Let's hear it. Wang Rong didn't dare to agree to anything at will, they Langya Wang had already formulated a strategy for the future, and he didn't want to destroy his own development strategy for the sake of other families.

"My Xun family has already discussed with the Yuan family, the Yang family and several other families, and is ready to teach the prince a lesson by raising the price of grain in the capital. We have to let Sima Shu know that if he doesn't have the support of the family, he won't want to sit firmly in the world. Xun Kai said his plan.

"Shhh This...... I'm afraid that's not quite right! Wang Rong swallowed his saliva, and was careful that his liver was fluttering and jumping, "Brother Ziju, you don't have a fever, do you?" Now that the prince can't find an excuse to clean us up, aren't you hitting the muzzle of the gun in doing so? This Sima Shu is not a soft-hearted person, if he provokes the prince, I am afraid that he will ......"

"Hehe, Brother Jun Chong, you were scared by the prince. We didn't commit any serious crimes, just raised the price of grain, and if Sima Shu really dared to send troops to surround and kill us in the face of the world's condemnation, wouldn't it just give the other princes and kings an excuse? Xun Kai smiled a little weirdly.

"Are they ready?" Wang Rong asked cautiously.

"It's almost ready, but there are still details left. Alas! To be honest, I never thought that the prince would be able to turn over, and we used to prepare to deal with Empress Jia and King Zhao, so there are some things that need to be modified. ”

"But Brother Ziju, don't forget, the prince has the rich Guanzhong as his backing, judging from the information revealed from all sides, the Guanzhong region has been issued a scale after three years of recuperation. Moreover, after large-scale construction of water conservancy and the implementation of the equalization system, Guanzhong has achieved a bumper harvest for two consecutive years. ”

"Even if we surprise the prince by surprise, with the grain reserves in the Guanzhong area, I'm afraid it will be able to calm down soon." Wang Rong frowned and asked another question.

"Well, Brother Jun Chong is right, this time is just a temptation of the family to the prince. The best thing is that the prince can appreciate the strength of the family, take the initiative to admit his mistakes, and compromise with us. The worst thing is that we broke with the prince completely, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides. ”

"Temptation?!" Wang Rong was a little shocked when he heard Xun Kai's words, he didn't expect the family to be forced to such a point by the prince so quickly, think about it, since the prince presided over the court, he recruited a large number of poor children through the imperial examination, especially the students from Xincheng Academy, which made the family feel a huge threat.

After greeting the Wang family, Xun Kai began to contact other families, and within two days, he invited the heads of the Chen family, the head of the Yang family, and the head of the Liu family to the Xun family. At this time, I saw Xun Kai sitting on the main seat, smiling and looking around at everyone in the hall. Someone next couldn't help it, and asked, "Lord Xun, I don't know why you called us all this time?" ”

Xun Kaiqing coughed and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, the old man of the Chen family will call everyone this time, so naturally he has something important to inquire about!" ”

The head of the family was pleasantly surprised when he heard this: "Could it be that the armies of the princes from all over the country are ready!" ”

Xun Kai waved his hand and said: "No, the princes and kings of various places are still accumulating strength and preparing to raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, but they are not fully prepared at the moment. ”

"Oh? What is the best plan for Lord Xun? Everyone looked interested when they heard this.

Xun Kai waved his hand, signaling everyone not to be in a hurry, and then said: "Have you ever found that a lot of grain has been consumed in the capital area in the past few days, I heard that Sima Shu has emptied the Luoyang warehouse and Xincheng grain depot in order to suppress the grain price in the capital, if we meddle in the grain price at this time......"

"It's a good deal!"

Everyone present understood what Xun Kai meant, isn't it just reselling grain, this kind of thing is not a small thing, and it can be said that it is familiar with it.

After hearing this, the head of the Yang family nodded again and again and said: "I also think that this matter is feasible, Sima Shu has already scavenged the grain in the Sizhou area in order to settle the displaced people, and now the food in the capital is really in short supply." ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm not pouring cold water on you, although there is a shortage of food in this capital, the Guanzhong area is a bumper harvest! Therefore, I invite you not to make money, but to have another hidden meaning! ”

"Ah......h The head of the Wang family immediately asked, "I don't know what Lord Xun's intention is?" ”

Xun Kai first arched his hand to everyone, and then said: "You are all like-minded people, and the old man will be frank with you." We can not only make a lot of money by hoarding food, but also help the princes of each family. If we don't help us, even if the prince transfers food from Guanzhong, I'm afraid that it will be far away for a while! If this goes on for a long time, the capital will be in chaos. I'll be done! ”

When everyone heard this, they were all moved. It's just that they are still a little worried, but one of the middle-aged people said: "Lord Xun's strategy is really wonderful, now that almost all the food in the capital is about to be exhausted, with the joint efforts of us and others, it is not difficult to collect most of it." But such a big move, it will definitely not be able to hide Sima Shu, if the prince is angry and uses force, won't we be in a catastrophe! ”

Xun Kai smiled: "Everyone, please think, as long as the capital is in chaos, I'm afraid those princes and kings will have rebelled a long time ago." At that time, the prince may not have time to clean us up, and even if the prince wants to make us angry, we will have a big deal to escape from Luoyang, so at most we will lose the family business in the capital. In the future, when the princes put things right, they will definitely not treat us lightly. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was extremely moved, but they were all old fritters, and they didn't dare to make rash decisions about such matters related to the survival of the family, so they were still pondering carefully.

When Xun Kai saw it, he decided to add another fire, arched his hand to everyone, and said, "If you are still not at ease, the old man has another news to tell you." As early as yesterday, the old man had already sent people to various counties in Sizhou to contact the local family, so that we would work together to make the momentum bigger. ”

"And after the matter is completed, in addition to the benefits given to the princes, we can also share the remaining thirty percent of the benefits."

"Good! In that case, we're done! ”

"Yes, we did!"

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