Chasing the Central Plains?

Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er deeply, and finally smiled on his face, stretched out his hand, and held Shangguan Wan'er's hand.

At this moment, they officially formed an alliance, perhaps, if a historian stood here, he would be very excited to record this scene, but at this moment, silently, an alliance that affected the general trend of the world was concluded.

"Now all countries are strong soldiers, collecting materials, I don't know if Your Majesty has noticed that the price of food in Daqin is rising, not only in Daqin, as far as the mourning family knows, the price of food in all countries is rising now, but the increase is not large, do not pay attention. Shangguan Wan'er said: "This is obviously a big force hoarding materials, the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first, this is an obvious thing." ”

"Then what does the Queen Mother think I should do?" Wang Mang said.

"Naturally, they are hoarding supplies. Shangguan Wan'er said: "Everyone else is hoarding supplies, if we don't hoard, when we want to hoard, we won't be able to hoard." ”

"Where does the money come from?" Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er, he naturally knew that he was hoarding supplies, but he had to pay for things.

"The mourning family knows that His Majesty is laying out the land of Sanyang, Xinyang has fallen into the control of His Majesty, and His Majesty's next step is Nanyang, the four major families of Nanyang have been entrenched in Nanyang for many years, and they are rich enough to rival the country, and I am afraid that Your Majesty's money for hoarding materials will fall on them. Shangguan Wan'er smiled and continued: "The mourning family can provide Your Majesty with an innate master, ten masters at the peak of the five internal organs, presumably with such strength, Your Majesty should have no worries." ”

What a big deal!

Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er with a surprised expression, a congenital master, ten masters at the peak of the five viscera , even if Wang Mang broke through the innate now, and even killed two innate masters, more than ten masters of the five viscera , he didn't dare to underestimate such strength, at least he couldn't get such strength under his command now.

Shangguan Wan'er seemed to intend to show her strength and show his sincerity, but she paused and said, "Praise, bring things up." ”

Bao Xi's expression was indifferent, even in the face of Wang Mang, he still looked detached, Shangguan Wan'er's voice fell, Bao Xi took out a fold from his cuff, stepped forward and handed it to Wang Mang and said: "Your Majesty, here is the evidence that the four major families of Nanyang have corrupted the court funds and illegally annexed the people's land over the years, and there are also thirteen extremely bad headless public cases in Nanyang, and all the evidence materials point to these cases to the four major families. ”

"It can be said that with these alone, Your Majesty can exterminate the four major families in one fell swoop. Shangguan Wan'er said: "The four families are tumors, but they are also a fat pig, the folk often say that killing pigs and eating meat for the New Year, the four major families in the eyes of our court, they have undertaken this task, and now the court needs money, the four families have money, it is time for them to contribute." ”

Shangguan Wan'er's expression was as gentle as jade, and the coldness on her delicate face kept emerging, and she had already moved to kill the four major families, Wang Mang's expression looked at Shangguan Wan'er in a daze, and finally smiled: "Empress Dowager Xie!"

Wang Mang, who left Shangyuan Palace, was silent in thought along the way.

Deng Fang saw that Wang Mang was not very interested, and he didn't dare to speak, but he accompanied Wang Mang to the study, and Wang Mang sighed and said: "I thought I was ruthless enough, but I didn't expect our queen mother to be even more ruthless!"

From Shangguan Wan'er's methods, Wang Mang made it clear that Shangguan Wan'er had nothing to do with the matter of Shiziyuan this time, if Shangguan Wan'er really intervened, Wang Mang would really not be able to solve the matter of Shiziyuan smoothly, and if he really had to put himself in, it was really Shangguan Wan'er's strength was too terrible and there were too many means.

When it came to the Queen Mother, Deng Fang didn't dare to answer, but he didn't dare not speak, so he could only go: "The Queen Mother, but she is a very person!"

Looking at Deng Fang, Wang Mang laughed and said: "The Queen Mother is indeed powerful, but I am not bad, and I have many means, but I am afraid of scaring everyone!"

After speaking, Wang Mang temporarily put Shangguan Wan'er aside and asked, "How is the situation in Chang'an recently?"

"Your Majesty, the situation in Chang'an has been stable and thriving recently, and many people say that Your Majesty is the son of the Holy Heaven and the lord of Zhongxing in Great Qin. Deng Fang said with a smile.

"What about the prices?" Wang Mang asked again, although he had already learned about the rise in prices from Shangguan Wan'er, Wang Mang still wanted to hear what Deng Fang had to say about the specific situation.

"Prices have risen slightly, but they are basically stable. Deng Fang said: "The lord of the household department said that the slight increase in prices should have something to do with the influx of a large number of scholars into Chang'an, but it is said that the new right attendant of the household department, Lord Fan Li, has some objections, and Lord Fan has sent people to all parts of the country to investigate on the spot, but the slave feels that Lord Fan has some cups and snakes. ”

Prices have really risen.

Wang Mang confirmed that Shangguan Wan'er was right, and then Fan Li made Wang Mang's eyes light up, this financial management expert recommended by the courtiers was indeed unusual.

Li Hong?

Thinking of Fan Li, Wang Mang thought of Li Hong again, Li Hong's ability is indeed good, but sitting in the position of the head of the household, it is obviously a little inconsistent with the development line of the imperial court, it is time to move the position, but where to move, Wang Mang does not have an idea at present.

Let it go first, Wang Mang's heart moved, temporarily put down the matter, looked at Deng Fangdao: "Let the king of the military department and Li Hong, the secretary of the household department, come to see me." ”

Wang Yongji and Li Hong's came quickly, almost Deng Fang passed the decree here, and the two of them entered the palace non-stop, and when they arrived at the study, they found that Shang Yang and the eldest grandson Wuji had also arrived, although they felt a little strange, but they still greeted Wang Mang first, and stood on the left and right.

Looking at the four ministers in the audience, Wang Mang pondered for a moment, looked at Wang Yongji and said, "Wang Yongji, let's talk about the war situation in the south." ”

Wang Yongji's expression moved, this was the first time that Wang Mang asked him about the war situation in the south in private, which couldn't help but make him think of certain things, and he couldn't help but feel excited.

Holding back his excitement, Wang Yongji tried his best to describe the situation in the south in a flat tone.

Since the beginning of the year, the imperial army has compressed the southern rebels all the way to the area of Shenmu County, and from the perspective of military law, the imperial army and the southern rebels have reached the moment of the final decisive battle, in fact, the two sides are also preparing for the final decisive battle.

Judging from the comparison of the strength and strength of the two sides, the advantages of the imperial army are very obvious, but firstly, due to the continuous battles, the imperial army is relatively tired, and secondly, because the imperial army is basically northern soldiers, and the area around Shenmu County has reached the southernmost part of Daqin, the soldiers are somewhat unaccustomed to the soil and water and are not familiar with the environment, and finally the imperial court is insufficient in logistics and supply, so that the front-line army does not dare to fight a decisive battle with the rebels.

In general, according to Wang Yongji, the southern rebels can be pacified at any time, as long as there is money.

As soon as he heard that Wang Yongji was greedy for money, Li Hong's face was a little dark, and almost without waiting for Wang Yongji to finish speaking, Li Hong took out a fold and opened it: "Your Majesty, it's not that the household department is inactive, but in the hands of the ministers, it is the silver allocated by the household department to the military department in the past two years. ”

After a pause, Li Hong continued: "Lord Wang's thoughts, the minister knows, according to Lord Wang's plan, the household department has to come up with at least one million taels of silver, but His Majesty also knows the situation of the household department, even if the minister is sold, the minister will not be able to take out one million taels of silver." ”

Wang Yongji said with a nonchalant face: "Lord Li, don't cry here to be poor, didn't you say it last time, you can let the businessmen raise donations, and all the merchants who donate can finally enjoy the famous glory of erecting a monument in the land of the three gods, as far as I know, many people have come to ask about this recently." ”

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said: "Lord Wang, this matter was originally your and my business, but because most of your military department's energy is on the southern war situation, most of this fundraising matter falls on the household department, and I won't hide it from you, there are indeed many people who come to ask about this matter, but there are not many who are willing to take out real money." ”

"So far, how much money has been raised?" Wang Mang asked.

Up to now, a total of more than 230 people have come to inquire about this matter, and 113 people have donated silver, the largest one donated 10,000 taels of silver, and the least donated 1 tael, for a total of 66,788 taels of silver. ”

"What?" Wang Yongji suddenly shouted, "Only donated more than 60,000 taels of silver?"

"That's all there really is. Li Hong smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, Lord Wang, this fundraising is for businessmen, and almost all of the big businessmen of Great Qin are southerners, these people have an unclear relationship with the rebels in the south, and it is too difficult to take money from them to quell the rebellion!"

Li Hong's words made the people in the room silent for a while, it is not without reason that the farmers and businessmen are the lowest, in the eyes of the businessmen, capital has no borders, and capitalists also have no borders.

Wang Yongji said hatefully: "A group of national moths, sooner or later they will all be killed!"

Shang Yang glanced at Wang Yongji, his expression was a little weird, and then he looked at Li Hong and said, "Lord Li, I don't know who is the leader of the businessmen in Beijing now?"

"Nanyang people have a lot of money. Li Hong said: "Because the household sometimes needs to borrow some silver from these merchants, so the household has some dealings with the merchants, and now the most prestigious Chang'an businessmen are Nanyang people Qian Duoduo, the four major families of Nanyang Qian family, the Qian family is worthy of the surname Qian, indeed rich, and Qian Duoduo is the genius of the Qian family, originally in Chang'an The power of the Qian family is not very strong, until Qian Duoduo came to Chang'an, the Qian family's power in Chang'an has expanded dramatically, and now it is the head of Chang'an merchants. ”

How much money do people have in Nanyang?

Wang Mang looked stunned, he didn't think that this could also be related to the four major families of Nanyang, but this person's name is really interesting, shaking his head and chuckling, Wang Mang looked at Deng Fang and said, "Let Li Lan give me Qian Duoduo's information." ”

Waiting for Deng Fang to leave, Wang Mang looked at a few people: "You are all real ministers of humerus, I will tell you the truth, I don't want to watch the southern rebels continue to be active in the south!"

When Wang Mang asked Wang Yongji about the war situation in the south, they guessed that there was such a result, and their faces showed such a look, and Wang Yongji said loudly: "Minister, Wang Yongji, I am willing to eradicate the rebellion in the south for Your Majesty, and return the Great Qin Haiyan River!"