Chapter 164: The Answer in My Heart

ps: A Spring Festival, the manuscript in my hand has bottomed out, and now let me add 15o votes for that change, I don't know what to do, so I don't dare to ask for a monthly pass, and I ask for a reward instead, and the result is that the reward is there, and there are a lot of monthly passes, and I can't sleep well today. {{x}

Queen Chen Ajiao covered her mouth in surprise, took her husband's hand and hoped that the Son of Heaven would come out in time to dissuade her, pull once and pull for the second time, still not moving!

Chen Ajiao turned around and was stunned to see Liu Che's indifferent eyes, that expression and movement were really like the late Emperor Jing of Han, and he also had such a cold expression when he wanted to kill Zhou Yafu.

Somehow, Chen Ajiao's courage suddenly weakened, and she lowered her head like a little daughter-in-law who had just entered the door, obediently sitting beside her husband and not moving.

The Empress Dowager reprimanded angrily: "Pavilion Tao, sit down immediately!" ”

Liu Yan turned her head in surprise, and suddenly remembered that the royal family had bets and bets, and secretly hated herself for being full of anger and forgetting to be proportionate, and her mother Dou Yifang didn't speak the whole time, blaming herself for being dizzy.

Liu Che, the son of heaven, has always been a cold watcher, and he didn't pay attention to Chen Ajiao's complaints at all, his aunt and mother-in-law are really not smart people, and they are still in the dark and ignorant until now.

The racecourse is a big business of Shaofu, and Shaofu is directly under the emperor's inner treasury, in the final analysis, this business belongs to the Son of Heaven's livelihood, Liu Che is a big dealer, Liu surnamed the royal family, the princes and nobles, and the rich businessmen are the participants, and the interests involved are almost all over the world.

Not to mention anything else, one-third of the hundreds of horses running on this race field came from the royal clans, including the princes and kings with the same surname in the Kanto region, and the other one-third came from the noble families in Chang'an City. The last third belongs to the investments of the wealthy and powerful.

As early as before the autumn of last year, well-informed Chang'an residents were secretly hoarding good horses, and the inextricable exchange of five baht coins and pod money buckets attracted the attention of countless people. Secretly another business has been quietly opened, into the good horses in the Guanzhong only in and out, the agents of each shop clearly marked the price, as long as there are how many good horses, just a few months of good horse market was completely monopolized, foreign merchants can not even get a decent horse.

The price of a good horse has changed from 80,000 yuan a horse to 250,000 yuan a horse and there is still no market. On the eve of the opening of the racecourse, the price of good horses rose to 300,000 yuan a horse, but the good horses had long disappeared. If you have money and no way, you don't want to get even a good horse.

Wang Bifang, the servant who was in charge of Ma Zheng, suffered, and the threshold of Anguohou's family was almost trampled, and well-informed people have long regarded the servant as the vane of the market, and Wang Pifang is resolutely not to let go. No matter how hard the relationship is, no matter how high the background is. If you want to get a good horse, if you lack the strips approved by several ministers of meritorious lieges, you don't even want to get a horse's mane.

Such a big thing, the princess of the pavilion Tao didn't know, only the Zhu Dou who made money didn't know, the three dukes and Jiuqing who were bent on defeating Shaofu Cao Shi didn't know, and even the emperor's mother-in-law, the queen mother Wang Wan didn't know, and it was impossible for a few relatives of Wang Tian's family to know. Only the experienced Empress Dowager seemed to sense that something was wrong, and the suppression of Liu Che, the Son of Heaven, had relaxed a little in recent days.

Liu Che has always thought that his aunt Liu Concubine is a stupid woman. For the sake of Chen Chan, the son of the family who is not successful, and the relatives of the Dou family who are also unsuccessful, they are crazy and united with the three princes and nine Qings to praise Shaofu Cao Shi.

The emperor can tolerate the confrontation of power, can tolerate the arrogant meritorious princes rampant in Chang'an, and can tolerate the greedy and shameless Dou family making money in Beijing, but he can't tolerate them mixing with each other.

At the beginning, the powerful Xiangquan and the equally powerful meritorious princes allied themselves, Emperor Taizongwen (Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty) did not hesitate to suppress the princes, and the Marquis Zhou Bo was kicked out of Chang'an City, and the meritorious princes were like the dust that was cleaned up, and they were kicked back to the countryside to be the landlord of the land, which was almost forty years, and the ban was not lifted until Emperor Gaozongjing (Emperor Han Jing) died.

Now, with the powerful Xiangquan and the powerful relatives allied, where should the young Son of Heaven go?

Liu Che smiled coldly, and already had the final answer in his heart.

"Okay, okay, when the horse race is in a hurry, let's talk about it for another day." The Queen Mother lightly lowered the conflict to a tone and turned it into idle talk, and skillfully retained the hostile relationship between Cao Shi and Liu Yan, and the knot between the two sides was not untied to her own benefit.

The Empress Dowager snorted coldly, and her daughter-in-law, who was cautious and did not dare to come out in the past, suddenly made a move, combined with the fact that Liu Yan cried and complained that she was insulted in the Changqiu Palace a few days ago, this unconscious daughter-in-law also began to make waves.

Before Cao Shi could solve it, Wang Wan stepped in again and made waves, and the Empress Dowager frowned deeply, feeling a little powerless to hold down the gourd and float the scoop.

At this point, Dou Yifang no longer knows the tricks inside, but she has really lived for nearly seventy years in vain, but even if she already understands that something is wrong, what can she do, she has lost the majesty of her elders by making a big fuss, and she seems to be weak and weak, and the effect is too bad.

Regardless of other people's reactions, Cao Shi always stood beside his position with a cold expression: "Venerable Princess Pavilion Tao, I gave you a chance, but unfortunately you rudely rejected it, so don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless in the future." ”

Cao Shi sat down slowly, and the smile on his face slowly emerged, as if the princess of the pavilion Tao was just a small trouble that could be solved with a raise of her hand.

Chen Chan was locked by the sword-like gaze, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move for a long time, his mother Liu Yan also regretted and chagrined, but vanity and face resolutely disagreed with the apology, it was his turn to be unlucky, Cao Shi was not easy to deal with Liu Xuan, it was much easier to deal with the Chen family, Chen Chan was flawed all over his body, as long as he made a little move, he would be unlucky.

"What to do? What am I going to do? Chen Chan was terrified.

Just when the royal family was distracted, I only heard a roar of thunder in my ears, and the hoarse shouts of the commentator were faintly heard, and the game had been decided.

In the blink of an eye, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the golden bells rang in unison.

"Two hundred and twenty-seven! One hundred and ninety-two, eighty-three, it's really you! My 1ooo bet won! Liu Che took out the ticket and took a closer look. The smugness at the corner of the mouth fell, and even the profit was only 270,000 yuan, far less than many unpromising horse races, 1ooo million money was thrown in, and if the three guessed all, at least 1o billion yuan could be won back.

The private evaluation of the top three in the horse market is very high, and Liu Che got a secret report from Cao Shi in advance, so he was willing to buy a horse ticket of 1ooo yuan. If you buy too much, the Queen Mother will definitely stop it, this money is a game, although it is not much to win, but it is your own good luck. There is always a discrepancy between the estimate and the actual situation, and Liu Che feels that today's luck is quite red.

On the other hand, most of the noble districts are full of mourning, and there are many who bet on No. 227 as the first place. Qinghai Cheng can squeeze out the famous horses of the Huns in a short period of time. Become a hot top horse in Chang'an City, must be repeatedly considered by the professionals of Soma, Chang'an City is nothing more than the nobles who play horses, perennial contact with famous horses and horses from all over the world, dare not say that a pair of eyes are sharp-eyed, at least the difference between the height of the famous horses can be seen, No. 227 is the top good horse recommended by many people, there are masters to bet. There are really a lot of people who follow the trend and bet heavily.

What is really difficult is to guess the position of the second and third place, only this Qinghai horse named Black Demon Beast is the strongest. The rest of the Qinghai Cheng and the top Hun horses are not very different, guessing the position is very difficult, some people in order to bet on a few horses to buy all over, eggs are not put in a basket of rights as a risk transfer, buy everything as a result of the loss of more.

Angry gamblers tore the tickets to shreds, and the stands were filled with name-calling and lamentation.

When awarding awards, according to the ranking, the top three will be awarded a gold medal weighing one pound, the front is a special commemorative model of the opening ceremony of the horse racing conference, the back is the champion word on the handwriting of Liu Che's handwriting, the second place is replaced by a silver medal, the same system is only the back is replaced with the word runner-up, the third place is replaced by a bronze medal, and the back is the word third place.

This game is just the opening of the show, and then the more intense competition will follow.

After a short break, the endurance race was announced.

The same more than 300 horses, with a new endurance racehorse, will need to complete 15 laps of a total of 6o kilometers of endurance races.

Horse bettors are enthusiastic to take over the horse report to analyze the winners, the official water level changes every few minutes, buy early has high odds, late will not make money.

Wei Wan took a breath and sat with his eyes closed, just finished the Daimyo Asse was so exciting that the old prime minister's heart was a little unbearable.

The daughter and son-in-law chatted excitedly about the game, the two of them took some money and invested in two sets of betting programs, and one of the plans was the winning program, investing 1,000 yuan to earn back 2,700 yuan, and after deducting the cost, they also earned 700 yuan, that is to say, they earned seven stone corn in the morning, 365 days a year, if they earn seven stone corn every day, they can earn back more than 25oo stone corn in a year, and the couple are overjoyed.

"Don't daydream, you can win as much as you can, if you want to make money, you still have to do things down-to-earth, and counting on Marseille to make money is tantamount to deceiving others and deceiving yourself." Wei Wan scolded with a straight face.

He has seen too many unreliable people, and he chose a husband for his daughter to find a good boy who is down-to-earth, but he didn't expect to get a harmful horse when he met the hateful Cao, and he deceived his daughter and son-in-law into being happy.

The daughter and son-in-law were not happy, but they were afraid of their father's majesty and did not dare to refute it.

Wei Juan scolded, and he was in no mood to care anymore, his heartbeat had not yet recovered, and he was weak to speak, and when he turned around, he saw that the secretaries sitting together were dark and different.

Watching the excitement? No, no one is here to watch the excitement, and it's already very uncomfortable not to mess up the horse race, and to watch them run the horse race so beautifully.

Niu Yu felt that the anger in his chest was about to explode, and if he didn't vent it, he would go crazy, and there was still the last trace of clarity left in the anger burning reason, and he still remembered that his identity was Tingwei, and he was just a new Jiuqing who had just served for a few months.

Others weren't so lucky.

The Lord Du Weinu's eyes changed, and his eyes were like a hungry wolf who chose to eat people, and he was going crazy.

"Jiuqing! Jiuqing! I'm going to be Shaofu! I have been in the position of Shangqing for ten years, and if I don't get promoted this year, I usually have to go to the county to be a taishou, and if I don't want to, I have to take the initiative to go back to my hometown to retire, I am only forty-four years old this year, and I still have 20 years of political career. How can you go back to your hometown to retire! ”

Thirteen years ago, the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu ended, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty suddenly promoted a number of high-ranking officials with innocent backgrounds, and the lord Du Weinu was one of those high-ranking officials with a rank of more than 2,000 stones. His luck was not as good as Wei Juan and Zhi Budo, and he was a step up in a few years, and when he was two thousand stones, he was forgotten in the corner by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and he was promoted to the secretary of the middle two thousand stones after a few years.

In the past ten years, he has turned around half a circle among many Shangqing, his ability has not grown, the relationship network is very large, and his qualifications are getting deeper and deeper, and he has basically retired to retire for the elderly, and he has become the most qualified to speak among the Shangqing outside of Jiuqing. It stands to reason that he should be very content to have a good life, but his ambition is to become one of the Nine Qings, not only a change in position and honor. It also represents a precious opportunity to impact the pinnacle of power, and if you don't do Jiuqing, you will never have the opportunity to become one of the three princes.

Earlier, Wei Juan promised him the position of Jiuqing, and as long as Cao Shi fell to the next prince, he would be automatically filtered. He only remembered that Jiuqing remembered Cao Shi. Naturally, I thought of the fat shortage of Shaofu.

Sitting on that throne does not need to be corrupt and other clumsy means to make money, you only need to use the current basic plate to make it convenient for your own business, and it is not too easy to make hundreds of millions of dollars a year, not to mention that Shaofu has become the richest and most powerful Jiuqing in the hands of Cao Shi, and may become a reserve training ground for the three princes like Taichang.

He's gone crazy.

"Cheat! It must be cheating! I don't believe in the results of horse racing, it must be vile cheating! ”

The people who were holding the horse tickets were all stunned, and looked at the middle-aged man nervously in surprise and shouted: "I sue you." It was an elaborate scam, and Shaofu Cao Shi had long known the pros and cons of horse racing. How many bets you place are for nothing, you are fooled! ”

"Fooled? How so. ”

"Is it really cheating? I don't think Shaofu will be such a person. ”

"Not necessarily, knowing people and knowing faces but not hearts, how do you know that he is true or false if you are not his brother and sister?"

"What are we going to do?"

"Trouble!"

"Yes, ask for an explanation!"

The wealthy businessmen and tycoons in the VIP area stood up as soon as they cheered, and hundreds of people shouted noisily to call friends, and suddenly gathered thousands of people, and the lord Du Weinu acted as a banner figure in the team, and it was impossible for him to hide if he wanted to, who called him an advocate.

Halfway to the road, he was stopped by the guards of the Southern Army, and the main Cao Shi came out.

"Hey, isn't this the Lord Captain? Why are you here? Cao Shi's sharp eyes dragged him out, and when the troublemaker saw that the situation was wrong, he immediately stood still.

The lord Du Weinu shouted in shame, "You don't care why I'm here, just say if you cheated or not." ”

"I'm cheating? Didn't you see the race watch posted on the door? Didn't you all watch it? ”

"I looked at it a little, but I didn't pay attention to it at the time."

"Shaofu let's talk about the competition system!"

Cao Shi shook his head helplessly, the organization was too hasty and the details were not fine, which made people like the lord and the slave make trouble.

According to the competition system of Shaofu Caochuang, today's highest-level horse racing is carried out once every five days, and the remaining middle and low-level horse races will be held in the morning and afternoon, and strange weather such as rain and snow, strong wind, water and drought will be reduced as appropriate, and theoretically at least 4o rounds of races will be held each season to determine the person with the highest points to win the annual championship, and the annual champion will be rewarded with 10 million yuan, and a gold trophy of 2o pounds will be added.

The runner-up will be rewarded with five million dollars, weighing 2o city jin silver trophy, and the third runner-up will be two million yuan, weighing 2o city jin brass trophy.

Horses that race throughout the year will receive a participation prize, which varies according to the level of the race, with 36o horses currently participating in the race, and by the end of the year, 2o horses will be relegated to the lower leagues, and then 2o horses will be selected from the lower leagues to supplement the top 2 horses.

Every year with a one-and-a-half-month break in winter and a one-and-a-half-month break in summer, the different levels of the race are divided into 12 levels according to the age of the horses and the state of the race, ensuring that the minimum number of meals and simple accommodation for the participating riders and horses is guaranteed, and the number of rewards for the event is obtained according to the results table.

In addition, semi-professional races are allowed to be organized by the private sector, and semi-professional racers are allowed to bring their horses to participate in the lower competitions every year.

All horses in the top races are tested by the Servants, and the three days before the races are interrupted to reduce interference, and the pre-race horse breeding and treatment are the responsibility of the professionals under the Servants, and it is obviously impossible to cheat unless the system is ruined and the reputation of the racecourse is ruined.

Cao Shi spread his hands and said with a smile: "If I say that Shaofu spends so much internal money, consumes so much labor, and organizes such a big event bonus to raise riders and horses, just to cheat you out of some hard-earned money, do you believe it?" ”

"Don't believe it!"

"I don't believe it either!"

"Damn, we have been deceived by this lord and lieutenant!"

"It's you who fooled us, how can you, a lord, do such a thing?"

"There must be a grudge, revenge for personal grudges, it's shameless!"

The face of the lord Du Weinu turned blue for a while: "Don't believe his nonsense, the gambling market of more than one million people, 10,000 yuan per person is 10 billion yuan!" ”

"Phew! Fart! Are you fools when we are? Only two or three out of ten people buy horse tickets, and women and children don't buy horse tickets. ”

"Except for our group of rich people who are willing to throw 10,000 yuan, ordinary people only have ghosts who throw away 10,000 yuan, you are playing us like monkeys!"

The excited rich merchants began to push, and the poor lord Du Weinu accidentally fell to the ground without knowing which one he had bumped into, and then there were screams from the crowd.

The next moment, the crowd suddenly became chaotic, and the guards of the Southern Army repeatedly scolded and dispersed the commotionous crowd, and a few black footprints fell on the clothes and face of the current lord Du Weinu, and the person with the black feet also stepped on his crotch.

Under the watchful eyes of a group of big-headed soldiers, the lord Du Weinu really wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.

"Tsk!"

Cao Shi squatted in front of him and shook his head: "Look at your appearance, I really feel sad for you!" Isn't it just that Wei Juan Xu gave you the position of Shaofu, as for the crazy and crazy people making trouble? Look at your current dignity, after decades of being an official, do you still have the face to continue to stay in Chang'an City? ”

"The surname Cao, you say it! How can you let me go? ”

"No kidding, when did I catch you? The legs are long on your feet, and you can walk by yourself if you want to. ”

The lord and the captain got up silently, unable to care about the embarrassing footprints on his body, and ran away like a gust of wind.

The direction in which he fled was the VIP area, which happened to be the direction in which Cao Shi was going. (To be continued!)

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