"You may not be able to afford it," Shen Yan said, "the price he gave is half of the wealth of the twelve counties in the three prefectures of Yun, Qing, and Yi!" Originally, the price he offered was 10% of the world's wealth, but I vetoed it. He is not an emperor at all, and naturally he has no right to prescribe such conditions. ”

"His mother!" Wang Mang looked depressed that "the cub is not distressed when he sells his field", but then he smiled again, "Liu Xiu is also smart, he is already planning for the future, killing two birds with one stone." ”

Wang Mang turned his mind and understood-after all, how poor the people are now! Don't talk about wealth, you can't even find a piece of extra cloth at home. If there are really so many melons and two dates, I believe that the immortals will not ruthlessly accept them.

The real rich are the families, scholars and landlords, don't look at the poor in the world will rise up (otherwise Wang Mang will not be in a hurry to reform), but those people are rich!

And Yun, Qing, and Yi Sanzhou are Liu Xiu's starting places, and these people are precisely his hardcore supporters - Liu Xiu sold these people to pave the way for his future accession to the throne - and when he ascends the throne, these people all need to be compensated, after all, there is no more profitable business in this world than Fulongting. In order to maintain credit, Liu Xiu not only had to compensate, but also had to pay back!

In this case, it is simply beautiful to weaken these people, or even make them ask for money because they are short of money...... Liu Xiu lacks anything, and it is impossible to lack money to repay favors.

"Alas, I really can't bid higher than him, then I will also exchange the other half of the wealth of the twelve counties of Yun, Qing, and Yi Prefectures with you." Wang Mang really doesn't want any face, and he will change his words when he says so. What Chrysostom can make better than the wealth of the three states? What's more, it's still taking other people's money!

Wang Mang blinked, and Shen Yan couldn't help laughing.

This old man is so cute, he really deserves to be Wang Mang, and he can really capture the favor of others in an instant.

This time, Shen Yan didn't say anything, "That's not your money" - Wang Mang is a rightful emperor, and he has been in power for 15 years, so the rich families in Yun, Qing, and Yi should cry this time!

One person sold half, and the wealth of the three states was completely emptied.

The family is raising a large family, so it's not just about having enough to eat, it's really going to be scattered...... Don't look at the 100,000 or 100,000 army with a crooked mouth, don't even think about 10,000 troops if you don't have money!

"Deal," Shen Yan took out a scroll and stuffed it into Wang Mang's hand, "Say what you want." Liu Xiu wants a meteorite from the sky at a fixed time to establish his status, so what do you want? ”

At this time, the night sky was already red, burning to the sky! The meteorite had pierced through the clouds and was dragging its flaming tail down. The speed of the fall is particularly slow, because this is Liu Xiu's request - compared to causing tens of thousands of kills, Liu Xiu hopes to be seen by more people, so that he can confirm his reputation as a heavenly destiny. It's the same as Gaozu getting drunk and cutting the white snake.

"I," Wang Mang said, pointing to the meteor, "I want it to fly a little bit...... It's good to be crooked to the opposite side. ”

Shen Yan tilted his head to look at him...... I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Wang Mang, you have thick eyebrows and big eyes, and you are so black-bellied.

"Across the street, across the street!" With a flick of Shen Yan's finger, the meteorite deviated slightly from a very small angle, and it was not visible from the ground at all...... Tri-state wealth in hand! Even if Shen Yan doesn't care about money, there are still a lot of antique calligraphy and paintings here, and some people's calligraphy books of this era are also very valuable.

"Alas, no wonder those people hate you so much in the future." Shen Yan sighed and said, it is really not ordinary and great for a person to be an emperor for 15 years and still put his figure so low.

"Haha, I know my reputation won't be good, because I've cut off the way of being a minister." Wang Mang just thought about himself clearly, "In the future, even if someone really wants to be the Duke of Zhou, others will think that they want to be Wang Mang!" ”

Smugness.

That's right, this is the most hated thing about Wang Mang, after he sat in the highest position of the minister, Ya actually usurped the throne...... This is also the place where the scholars hate the most.

What is the ideal of the scholar - to rule the world with the Son of Heaven!

And this so-called "co-governance" is best like this: the emperor sits on it and "rules by hanging the arch", that is, shut up, don't be blind! All the power is for us, you just need to be an idol! But if something happens, I'm sorry, you, a faint king, are carrying a "guilty edict"! This is how to govern the world together, from Cao Cao to Zhang Juzheng, without exception, all think so...... They compare themselves to Zhou Gong, but unfortunately they all look like Wang Mang.

But with Wang Mang's example of "carrying the red flag against the red flag", as soon as the minister appeared, everyone would look at him with suspicion, and the road was completely blocked. When Cao Cao wrote "Zhou Gong vomited and fed, the world returned to his heart", he was not sure what kind of hatred he had.

Next, Shen Yan talked to Wang Mang about the examples of several famous reformers in history, such as Wang Anshi and others; even said a lot of jokes about crossing, what vigorously promoted poor students, what opened the academy to cultivate talents by itself, Wang Mang was happy to hear it.

"Wang Anshi is too noble, he wants to reform but doesn't want to dirty his hands. As for the rest...... Hehe. Wang Mang shook his head, the old elite class will be overthrown, and a new elite class will appear, after a poor scholar came out of the academy and was ranked in the court, is he still a poor family? No, he's a new family! The so-called ideal can never replace reality, and people are more willing to leap into a member of the envious class than to change the status quo of the class in which they live.

The imperial examination never elevated the status of any class, it merely created in addition to a more fashionable class, the bureaucracy, used to replace the family.

As a leader in reform, the most important thing is to ensure that you have enough benefits for everyone to follow you. Wang Mang's reforms are all about strengthening the authority of the central government, greatly increasing the power in the hands of the princes of the court, and truly tasting the taste of "ruling the world" - so his reform has very little resistance in the central government, and the real opposition to him is all local real power.

And there is a Song Dynasty on Wang Anshi, which benefits the emperor and offends Wang Anshi, how can such a reform end well?

After that, the two stopped talking about anything serious, and the old man took out his mental journey along the way and complained wildly, and Shen Yan was dumbfounded when he heard it. According to Wang Mang's words, he has had great ambitions since he was a child, and he has been lying for this ambition all his life, even sacrificing his son...... If it weren't for encountering an immortal like Shen Yan, who would turn him to the head of the deserted city to watch the meteor without saying a word, he would never say these words to people in his life.

While they were chatting, the meteor finally fell.

*****

Liu Xiu stood with sore legs, but he was very satisfied with this deal, and he knew it by looking at the awe-inspiring eyes of those behind him.

If you can command God, I will ask you if you will snap.

He put down the parchment in his hand and watched the meteors falling from the sky fly towards the barracks of Wang Mang's army...... How is it getting bigger? It seems to fly a little low...... Ah, don't come here!

Boom –

A mushroom cloud rose above Liu Xiujun......

Wang Mangjun gradually woke up from the previous panic, and the voice was like a stream converging into a river, gathering more and more, and finally it became hundreds of thousands of people shouting, "Long live my emperor!" ”

"The deal is complete, and I'll send you back." Shen Yan patted the dust on his pants and stood up from the city root. Hearing him say this, Wang Mang quietly breathed a sigh of relief, as if the immortals were still reasonable.

I didn't eat the last house and eat the next house, and finally all the mouths were extinguished.

He saw Shen Yan digging into his pocket, took out a bottle of potion and stuffed it into Wang Mang's hand, "People in their sixties, it's too cheap for you to die so quickly, just be the emperor for another forty years." He took out a bottle of potion and stuffed it into Wang Mang's hand, "No one will send it to the end, it's very desolate?" Come, come, give you a bottle of the potion of giving birth to a son. He took out a bottle of potion and stuffed it into Wang Mang's hand, "Generally, rebellion does not succeed in assassination, this can ensure that you can't die as long as your head is intact, but you can only use it once, you can consider it yourself." ”

Finally, Shen Yan opened a door that led to the palace bedroom.

Before Wang Mang walked in, he grabbed him and asked seriously, "I've never seen any Liu Xiu, I only did business with you in this world, right?" ”

"You're absolutely right."

"Goodbye then, good dreams."

"It's going to be the most restful sleep I've ever had in my life." Wang Mang replied.