Su Xiao quietly came to the Lu Mansion, and it was difficult for him to do it.

This person is a capable minister, in the early Song Dynasty, a hundred wastes to be revived, it is he proposed to operate the tea, subsidize the people to plough cattle and farm tools and money silk, the government is responsible for the purchase of tea, on behalf of the people to sell. There were some drawbacks, but the benefits far outweighed the disadvantages at the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

And an average of 2 million yuan of income for the Song Dynasty every year, this policy has been implemented for more than ten years, that is, with Su Xiao, it will bring 30 million yuan of tea income to the Song Dynasty.

is a capable minister, a relatively decent person, like Liu Wensuo, no children under his knees, only one daughter, and died before them, so he is strong and selfless, but because of the investigation of the Qin Long wood case, he was cursed as retribution, a cool official.

It doesn't matter.

With Zhao Chengzong and Zhao Chengqing withdrawing from the deed shares, there was another kind of public opinion in the capital, that is, Su Xiao was too cruel, Zhao Pu was the founder of the country, one of the founders of the Song Dynasty, and participated in the formulation of various national policies that benefited the country and the people.

This undoubtedly brought tremendous pressure to Su Xiao.

Lu Duosun said: "The hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff." ”

Su Xiao didn't care how Lu Duoxun sighed, and asked again: "Lu Xianggong, what should I do?" ”

It's not that it can't be checked, if you continue to investigate, then you need Zhao Kuangyin's edict, as long as there is Zhao Kuangyin's edict, no matter how some people publicize and threaten, justice will be in the hearts of the people sooner or later. However, now it is possible to check according to the law, but without an official edict, can the law be taken seriously? So keep looking. Some people secretly agitated in the capital, stirring up wind and waves. Su Xiao felt that his name was not right and his words were not good.

"Let me think about it."

If there is no other person. Zhao Pu's move succeeded.

In the heavy snow, Su Xiao quietly went to the Lu Mansion, and the other person slowly entered the palace.

Seeing Zhao Kuangyin, Zhao Kuangyi said: "Brother Huang, my brother has something to say. ”

"Second brother, let's talk about it." At this time, Zhao Kuangyin had not yet seen the seriousness of the situation. He also often went out of the palace and came to Zhao Kuangyi's mansion as a guest.

"Sui Dynasty Northern Zhou, Tang Dynasty Sui, what is the origin of the two families? Both are the Eight Great Pillars of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. ”

"Second brother. Eat honey burning. ”

"Brother Huang, I know that this kid is not a good person, he is obviously a direct minister, but he is actually very flattering, he does not pay tribute to the imperial brother, but uses the friendship between his wife and the queen to please the imperial brother."

"Second brother, don't be prejudiced, this is a deal." Zhao Kuangyin smiled. and said the right thing: "I don't need you to say it, I also know that the reason why the Sui and Tang dynasties have succeeded is the foundation." Therefore I would rather give my ministers money and silk, and even ignore some of their bad deeds, than give them important positions to their descendants. ”

"That's right. However, the imperial brother overlooked one thing, and some of the ministers below annexed the land. Or do business in the shadows, that is in the states and counties. The impact is not evil, and now there are not only workshops and shops outside the East Water Gate, but also because of the deed shares, many yamen are twisted together. The royal brother is paying attention, but these two forces are also rich and powerful. The Hezhou side was a little better, and after a few decades, all of them were returned to the imperial court, and when they reached the hands of the imperial court, the deed shares were dispersed. The deed shares on the Hebei side still exist, and the ministers are worried. ”

In this way, the matter is serious.

Because of jealousy, Zhao Kuangyin even Zhang Qiong was beaten to death, not to mention these little yamen. He held the wine glass, couldn't drink it for a long time, and asked the most stubbornly: "Second brother, what do you think?" ”

"It's impossible to investigate all the previous taxes, and the front is fighting, and the capital in the rear is not peaceful, which is not a good omen. The younger brother thought that the tax of the previous death was not investigated, and only the tax of this year was recovered, and then all shops were strictly ordered not to lose taxes in the future, otherwise they would be severely punished. ”

Zhao Kuangyin also felt that it made sense when he thought about it, although some stores made money, they spent what they should spend and used what they should use, so how could they pay off the tax evasion for several years? But it's still okay to pay taxes for a year. But he still asked: "But the deed is still there, and I can't publicly issue an edict to dissolve them." ”

"Brother Huang, as soon as the tax is paid, and then they are ordered not to abuse the servants, the income of the workshops and shops will naturally come down, and without the income, they themselves will dissolve the deed shares. Then he sent someone to secretly instruct Song Jiu that in the future, Hezhou's shares will only be allowed to expand to the heads of ordinary people, and the number of deed shares in the yamen shall not be increased. Outside the East Water Gate, there will be no national hazard. ”

"It's according to the second brother's wishes."

Hezhou's business theory is too advanced, and everyone doesn't understand it well, so Zhao Kuangyi used it, first exaggerating its threat, and then offering a strategy, that is, euthanasia, with a calm and less controversial method, so that Hebei deed shares disperse. There is also his withdrawal from the Hezhou deed shares, which seems to be not very suitable for Song Jiu, and he also has no dealings with Lu Duoxun, or Zhao Pu, but Zhao Chengzong withdrew from the deed shares, and he has nothing to doubt again, so his statement seems to be from a fair position, and Zhao Kuangyin is convinced.

When Lu Duosun and Su Xiao were struggling, Zhao Kuangyin asked Hu Meng to draft an edict and handed it to Su Xiao.

It was timely to rain.

Originally, many servants fled to Hezhou, but now even the emperor has issued an edict to pay a year's worth of taxes, which will be levied in the future. What makes them helpless, they have escaped taxes for so many years, and now the court only asks them to pay for one year, which has been done to the fullest, and they have no way to refute it.

Some shops are closed.

As Zhao Kuangyi expected, Hebei quickly declined.

At this time, Song Jiu's repeated words of popularity can see it.

The most important factors to attract tourists are landscape, business, and entertainment. Hebei has commerce, but where compared with Hezhou, there are more than 1,000 shops on both sides of the South Bianshui River, almost all of the country, and even the goods of Tianzhu in East Africa in the South China Sea, Hebei has commerce, but it is still based on the service industry that is short and fast, and the income is rapid. Not to mention entertainment. Speaking of the landscape, there is a lot of greening on the side of the river, planting countless flowers and trees, and all of them have grown up this year, neat houses, wide and orderly streets, and even shops are open at the fourth watch. Hebei is chaotic, and there are many broken grass sheds, which have gradually formed a long street of six or seven miles, but now several parties have taken action, and many shops have begun to close. Not to mention foreign tourists, even tourists in the capital are not very willing to go to Hebei.

There have been many bad things in Hebei over the years, all over the country, but Hebei has also concentrated many workshops and shops, and one or two bad things will not attract attention, but there will be more and more people will pay attention to them. More than a dozen ministers were pushing the wall, and they turned over these bad old stories, adding oil and vinegar, and once let the folk rumors spread that some supervisors in Hebei were in charge for labor, and they could have the courage to openly forcibly pull outsiders into the workshop to do hard labor, I don't know if anyone in Lu Dao deliberately released this rumor, but it actually reached Song Jiu's ears. As a result, Hebei has become a notorious place, and outsiders dare not go to Hebei.

There are no tourists, in addition to some suburban villages, there are no residential areas, this is a seven-mile long street, hundreds of shops, can there be no major incidents?

In the blink of an eye, it has become a ghost street, and if the weather is cloudy, and the wind blows, sprinkling some paper on the street can become the best place to shoot ghost movies.

Song Jiu absorbed a lot of Hebei's deed shares, although they had losses, the Hezhou side made up for some of them, and when they saw that it was not good, they should withdraw quickly.

But they are not as sure as Zhao Chengzong, after all, over the years, many workshops and shops have been added, a lot of land has been purchased, some people have already recovered the capital, and some have not recovered, so they intend to sell this deed share.

They want to sell, but who will buy. If a shop is closed, it is equivalent to nothing, so can it be regarded as a private house? That family didn't have a house, so why did they run to live in this ghost street? But if you don't close the door, you're losing money. The workshop is a little better, it can make some money, but the most profitable glazed workshop will be associated with the big businessmen everywhere, and this profit will drop sharply in the near future. Many people in the yamen here were leaving, and Su Xiao was urging taxes over there, and it didn't take long for the yamen to start valuing various industries and breaking up.

The workshop is a little better, it can level the cost, and the various shops are miserable, and some luxury stores that cost one or two thousand yuan are only estimated to be three or four hundred yuan, and that is the case, no one has taken over yet. Not to mention the land, at the peak, a piece of land with a good section skyrocketed to more than 100 yuan per acre, but it was beaten back to its original shape in the blink of an eye, falling to 10 yuan.

When the Spring Festival arrived, Hebei finally lay down. It's so fast that people can't imagine it.

More than ninety percent of the shops are closed, and at night, because of the sparse population, the timid people dare not go anywhere.

……

On the fourth day of the new year, some guests came to the Song family.

It is normal for the Song family to have guests, because of the affairs of Hebei, many Yanai hated Song Jiu as a big pimple, but there were also many Yanai who thanked Song Jiu, not only because of Hezhou, Song Jiu was also providing them with other financial routes, such as the sea, such as Guangnan, especially the legendary white jade cane sugar. They can't participate in sugarcane, but they enclose a lot of land and can grow sugar cane profitably. Therefore, when the New Year comes, many guests visit, both men and women.

But Song Jiu was a little displeased with these female guests. In addition to a few noble ladies, there are also two female guests, one is Princess Zhaoqing, who is not too disgusted with her Song Jiu, there is a circle of friendship in the ya, and the ladies have a circle of ladies and gentlemen. Even the queen of the palace often summons noble ladies into the palace to reminisce. However, there is one more person, and that is Xu.

It was about to see Hebei falling, Zhao Kuangyin has not expressed his position, Song Jiu has no official position, but he has Hezhou in his hands, which is also a resource, so he came again. In fact, Hebei really didn't go down by Song Jiu, and Song Jiu only played a role in the middle. The most important thing is Zhao Kuangyin's edict. But behind that edict, there was the result of many competitions, and Song Jiu didn't know what to do, but he could guess a little, first Lu Duosun made a serious mistake, but he couldn't affect Zhao Kuangyin, so there was another person who made a move.

This time it's a battle of tricks. How high the three of them are, you can judge it by looking at the evolution of Hebei.

Whether it was Princess Zhaoqing or the Xu family, they were all objects that Song Jiu wanted to avoid, and just as she was about to enter, Princess Zhaoyong said angrily: "Jiulang, you are too ruthless, right?" (To be continued......)