After that, Li Shimin saw Wei Hong kneeling below, and after a short period of surprise, he stroked his beard and smiled: "You are Wei Hong?" I heard Liang Guogong say that you are only in your early twenties this year, but now I see that this is really the case. You have made great contributions to solving the rat infestation in Liuzhou, say it, let me reward you. ”

Wei Hong's thinking is still stuck in Li Shimin's last sentence, this is not like the world, this woman is a fairy? Wei Hong had some bad premonitions in his heart, wanting to see what the painting was, but Li Shimin didn't let him get up, Wei Hong could only reply with curiosity: "If you go back to the saint, it is the honor of the villain to be able to solve problems for the saint, and the villain does not dare to expect any reward." ”

Wei Hong was able to say this, Li Shimin did not have the slightest surprise, not only Wei Hong, most people did not dare to expect any reward in front of Li Shimin. Li Shimin nodded and chuckled: "If you don't dare to speak, then I will make my own opinion, aren't you a township tribute?" How about really giving you an official and a half-position, and receiving the imperial court for life? ”

As soon as he heard this, Wei Hong was shocked, and his originally lowered head suddenly raised up, which startled Li Shimin on the dragon case. Seeing this, the eunuch next to him stepped in front of him in two steps, pointed at Wei Hong and shouted, "Bold!" Dare to surprise the Holy Driver, how many heads do you have enough to drop! ”

Only then did Wei Hong realize that he had made a mistake, and hurriedly bowed his head to make amends: "Shengshang, the villain entered the palace for the first time, and he knew very little about the rules in the palace. ”

Li Shimin is a wise man through the ages, so naturally he will not punish a meritorious person for this kind of thing, so he asked the eunuch to step back at the moment, and said to Wei Hongyan: "It's okay, but why did you have such a big reaction when you heard that I was going to make you an official and a half-post?" ”

Wei Hong said in a deep voice: "The saint doesn't know, although the villain is a township tribute, but he has no intention of gaining a foothold in the officialdom, let alone being an official, if he lets a mediocre talent like the villain become an official, he will definitely be ashamed of the emperor's grace." The villain is a businessman, and the businessman is notoriously selfish, so the villain has great ambitions and cares about the people, and the villain is afraid that he can't do it. "Wei Hong is now iron-hearted, as long as he is not an official, don't have anything to do with politics, let him do anything.

Hearing this, Li Shimin couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Wei Hong with an interesting face: "You are honest, since you have no intention of officialdom, I will not embarrass you." Why don't I reward you with a thousand taels of gold and silver, and seal you a thousand households? ”

As a businessman, Wei Hong's sensitivity to money is many times stronger than ordinary people. To be honest, a thousand taels of gold and silver is not much for Wei Hong's current worth. However, no one in this world will dislike having a lot of money, and Wei Hong is no exception. At that moment, he thanked him and said: "Thank you for your grace, the gold and silver villains dare not accept it, but the villains of the Thousand Households dare not take it." ”

Qianhu Hou is just a title, he does not have any real power, and the only right is to tax a thousand households, which is equivalent to giving Wei Hong money in disguise. But Wei Hong refused to accept the title, which made Li Shimin a little puzzled, after a short thought, Li Shimin seemed to understand something, and said with a smile: "Since you think that the Thousand Households Hou dare not take responsibility, what about the Hundred Households?" ”

Wei Hong still didn't follow: "Don't say that a hundred households are waiting, it is ten households, and the villain never dares to take responsibility." If the saint insists on rewarding the villain, he will seal the villain one by one. Let the villain not need to pay taxes in the future. ”

A family marquis? Since ancient times, no one has been sealed a household. Li Shimin can see that this Wei Hong just wants to get rid of the officialdom and doesn't want to have anything to do with it. Everyone else sharpened their heads and wanted to seek a half-official position, but Wei Hong did the opposite, which made Li Shimin very interested. Wei Hong opened his mouth to say that the purpose of a household was to ask Li Shimin not to give him a title, but Li Shimin didn't let Wei Hong get his wish, and even responded with a mouthful: "According to what you said, I will seal you a household!" ”

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, the eunuch next to him didn't hold back his laughter, this family is really too unbelievable.

Li Shimin glared at the eunuch, waved his hand from Wei Hong and said, "Get up and speak." ”

When Wei Hong stood up, Li Shimin unfolded the scroll on the dragon case in front of Wei Hong's eyes, and said: "Wei Hong, this painting is your masterpiece, I took it and enjoyed it without telling you, please don't care." Now I will return it to you in one piece. ”

I just heard that 'this painting is not like the world, and this woman is a fairy.' With this sentence, Wei Hong already felt that the painting Li Shimin was looking at was a portrait he painted for Wanniang, and he saw it at this time. Wei Hong hurriedly took the scroll and rolled it up, without asking Li Shimin how he got it, after all, the word 'stealing' was too vague to be used on Li Shimin. Putting the painting close to his body, Wei Hongyan said: "It is a great fortune for the villain that the saint likes this painting. The villain has the heart to send this painting to the saint, but the woman in this painting is the villain's inner family. ”

Of course, Li Shimin knew that the woman on the painting scroll was Wei Hong's wife, otherwise it was really unknown whether he would return the painting to Wei Hong. Without making much fuss about this painting, Li Shimin stared at Wei Hong for a while, and said: "I have sent someone to inquire about your details before, and the local garment industry has been swept by sewing machines in Hangzhou City, and the business talent is staggering. Now that the rat infestation in Liuzhou has been solved, it is enough to see your talent. Now I have a problem in my hands, I wonder if you can help me solve it? ”

Although Li Shimin was smiling and welcoming people from beginning to end, Wei Hong didn't dare to be sloppy in the slightest, and hurriedly responded: "Solving problems for the saint is what a villain should do." ”

Seeing that Wei Hong did not shirk pretentiously, Li Shimin was very satisfied: "The capital has always been a place where merchants must fight, and recently, I have heard a lot about the open and secret battles between merchants in the capital. Nowadays, there are three major commercial banks in Hangzhou, namely the local Tianzihao Commercial Bank in Beijing, the Hongda Commercial Bank in Yangzhou, and the Hongyuan Commercial Bank branch in Hangzhou. Since these three firms are all in the cloth industry, the competition between them is very fierce, and if it is just fair competition, I will not care. However, all three of them relied on their connections to compete by unfair means, and as far as I know, all three of them were inextricably linked to some of the top officials in the court. Such a move will not only bring huge hidden dangers to the cloth industry in the capital, but also extend into a power and political struggle. You are not an official, and I can't talk about political issues, I just want to ask you, is there a way for you to calm down the fight between the three major trading houses? Or a return to fair play? ”;