In winter, people wear cheap and warm cotton clothes, sit on the kang and drink crisp and hot wine. On the day of Chūn, the waterwheels of the Jiangnan Water Town were running slowly, and the seemingly inconspicuous water conservancy facilities were silently playing a role. In the summer, the big leaf fan blows the breeze in the homes of the wealthy, and fleets of all kinds leave the workshops to deliver the goods to those who need them all over the world.

The basic water conservancy facilities in the fields of Qingguo, the glass and porcelain in every house, and the breath in every space. In fact, it is all related to the inner library. Neiku is not only the three big squares in northern Fujian, but actually all over the Qingguo, such as the Xishan bookstore and other marginal industries. The production of the inner treasury is not only related to large industries such as ordnance and other large industries related to the national fortune and people's livelihood, but also those small things related to civilian life. These little things are parked on the other side of the sea and sprinkled in the world, seemingly inconspicuous, but they have successfully gathered a jaw-dropping wealth for Qingguo.

Neiku built the equipment and ordnance needed for the heroic division for Qingguo, and the warships of the three major naval divisions, and used these endless wealth to support the grain and grass funds needed for Qingguo to expand its borders everywhere, and more importantly, Emperor Qing ruled this country, and needed these wealth to stabilize the people's livelihood and maintain the effective operation of the imperial court officialdom system.

The hundreds of millions of people in Qingguo may have become accustomed to the inner library in their lives, so much so that they have gradually forgotten the importance of the inner library, or at least underestimated its importance. But Emperor Qing will not, no official in Qingguo will have brains, and the Northern Qi court, which has been drooling over Neiku, will not.

Otherwise, Qingguo would not have set up jīng to be sharp in northern Fujian, and arranged a more strict guard than Kyoto outside the three major squares, all in order to prevent the leakage of the craft secrets of the inner library.

And this fire in the palace today has clearly revealed to Emperor Qing that the biggest secret of Qingguo is not a secret for Fan Xian, and it is even just a bargaining chip that he can play with at will.

............ However, the emperor's indifferent face showed that he was not worried that Neiku would be ruined by Fan Xian like this, because he knew that Fan Xian also cared about Neiku, and it was impossible to tear this treasure of the world apart like this. He believed that Fan Xian was in Jiangnan at this time and destroyed the process flow of the inner library, but he also believed that Fan Xian must have recorded this process before doing these things.

As long as there is something that is still useful, it can be used as a bargaining chip. Emperor Qing coldly withdrew his gaze that fell on the black smoke, glanced at Fan Xian, and said, "Sure enough, I am mad, as a Qing person, I actually did such a thing." ”

Fan Xian was silent for a moment and then said: "I just thought that this is a matter between me and you after all, and once the disaster spreads to the world, it is really not what I want." ”

This is very clear. Emperor Xi Zhi controlled the world, if it wasn't for Fan Xian's hand holding a chip that he cared about enough, how could this Emperor Xi à be full of heart and only limit this war to the imperial city, he had enough means to clean up those who were attached to Fan Xian, but Fan Xian just wanted to force His Majesty to not make a move on those people.

This seems to be a very naïve, very childish, like a playhouse-like request. Your Majesty, I'm about to rebel, and if I fail, don't embarrass my subordinates...... However, at this time, there was a deathly silence in the Snow Palace, and Fan Xian, who proposed this mentions, and His Majesty, the calm emperor, did not regard this as a play house, because Fan Xian did have a big killing weapon in his hand that was enough to hurt the foundation of Qingguo.

His Majesty the Emperor is not a person who can be threatened, even though Fan Xian is holding the seven inches of Neiku in his hand, he glanced at Fan Xian indifferently and said, "Go on." ”

Fan Xian bowed very sincerely, and said: "Your Majesty is full of genius, now the Qingguo treasury is full, the people's morale is available, the people in armor are brave, although the famous generals have fallen, but after watching Zhuye finish this, it can be seen that within the army, Qingguo has a lot of talents." Even if the inner library is destroyed by my hands, it is impossible to collapse completely in a short period of time. With His Majesty's ability, no matter how resolute the Northern Qi Emperor and the Uesugi Tiger are, I Daqing waved the army north, swallowed the four fields with the momentum of the tiger and wolf, and in His Majesty's lifetime, he will be able to realize the grand wish of dominating the world. ”

"No one can stop this process, even if I have the key to the inner library, I have to admit that this cannot threaten you, you can not care about this qiē at all. Fan Xian lowered his head and said calmly, word by word: "However...... Your Majesty's vision is far-sighted, how can it be in a moment and a place?"

He raised his head and calmly looked into Emperor Qing's eyes: "Your Majesty wants to dominate the world, wants to build a big empire, end the long-lasting war on this continent, seek a happy future for tens of millions of Li people, and leave the prestige and reputation of the first emperor in the history of the ages...... Therefore, what you are seeking is to celebrate the future generations after the country dominates the world. ”

"If you live, annex the Northern Qi and Dongyi, suppress the resistance with iron-blooded power, and gather the hearts of the people with genius and wisdom, you can be sure that the world will be unified, but if you die?"

The corners of Fan Xian's lips curled slightly, and he smiled: "There is no more majesty in the world." Where can the Daqing Imperial Court, which initially annexed the world, find a ruler with amazing talents? The Northern Qi Dynasty has a vast territory, a large number of talented people, and an extremely large population, inheriting the spirit of the Great Wei Dynasty, and prides itself on being orthodox; if no one can suppress it, those hundreds of millions of foreign people will rise up to resist, who will be able to resist it? Just rely on my Daqing heroes to kill people everywhere? I am afraid that the initially unified world will fall into the flames of war again, and whether our Daqing can guarantee the unification of the territory at that time is another matter, I am afraid that the world will rise up in the opposite direction, and my Daqing Kyoto will also be in danger. ”

"Your Majesty read through the history books, and naturally knew that the iron and blood system will not last long, and there was a plot to kill the first emperor in the world, but in the end he died in the second generation. ”

"In the past three years, thinking of His Majesty's grand cause, it is necessary to rely on the endless supply of the inner treasury to ensure the absolute national strength advantage of the central court of Nanqing for the new land, deter the remnants of the new land, exchange the advantage of national strength for time, and exchange the trend of integration in the name of exchange. ”

"However, if the inner library is destroyed, who will guarantee the consistent national and military superiority of my Daqing? If you are alive, there is no change in the essence of this qiē, and if you die, and there is no inner library, who will maintain the pattern of this continent?"

"And people always die. Fan Xian quietly looked at the eyes of the emperor and said: "Even if you are like your majesty, you can't escape birth, old age, sickness and death, looking at the planning of the imperial court in the past three years, your majesty has also been thinking about the future." ”

"You are an extremely confident and qualified person, you don't think that the Emperor of Northern Qi and the Uesugi Tiger will be able to resist your determination to sweep **. Fan Xian said calmly: "Even if you don't have the storage of the inner library, you can still complete the grand cause that you have worked hard for decades. ”

"What you want is not a lifetime of incomparable brilliance, and then Daqing fell in the wind and rain of resistance, because the history books are always written by the victors, if Daqing after dominating the world can not be eternal, if you are great in history, you can only leave a brutal and no far-sighted name. ”

Fan Xian smiled slightly: "You want me to celebrate...... Eternals, so, you need the inner library in the palm of my hand. ”

............, "What can you promise?" The Emperor suddenly laughed, and in his laughter he was extremely pleased, and it was obvious that the unfathomable Emperor was very pleased with his favorite son, and he was close to his own heart, which was difficult to be approached, and ironed close to his grand intentions.

"If I die, the process that was recorded will be returned to the imperial court, and the sabotage work in northern Fujian will be stopped immediately. You know, I've always had some loyal subordinates. Fan Xian replied sincerely, he didn't say defeat, because now rì entered the palace alone, turning this imperial city into a battlefield, if anyone is defeated, he will naturally die, where is there a second way?

While talking, Fan Xian turned around and stood side by side with His Majesty the Emperor, looking at the snow covered with broken silver in the barren and long grass in front of him, his eyes fell to his left hand, and said: "Under the blow of His Majesty, the Shan Yu on the grassland has no strength to rise again, but under the westernmost mountain, there are still seven thousand barbarian horsemen who have migrated from the snowfield, this group of fresh troops is very strong, if His Majesty agrees to my request, I can guarantee that this group of barbarian horsemen will never approach Xiliang." ”

The emperor's gaze followed his gaze to the remnant snow on his left hand, and he frowned slightly and said: "This Qingzhou victory, the speed must reach the royal court, but only brought two or three thousand barbarian horsemen, according to the palace report, the combat effectiveness of these barbarian horsemen is indeed not bad, if it is not for the injustice of heaven, they gave the northern snow field three years of snow disaster, they would not have fled far to the Xihu grassland." From this point of view, the Uesugi Tiger was able to resist the barbarians at the North Gate Tianguan for several years, and this person was really good. ”

"But after all, the number of people is too small to affect the pattern. The emperor's brows furrowed, and he shook his head indifferently, obviously unwilling to accept Fan Xian's bargaining chip.

"We're talking about generations to come. Obviously, Fan Xian's tone is very frivolous, and even such a big rebel we also came out, he said with a smile: "The young and strong men are seven thousand, but the literacy is extremely high, and there are many women, plus Xihu has been hit hard, this group of northern barbarian horsemen will definitely become an important force on the grassland, they are going to various tribes to kidnap Hu women, who can stop them? Your Majesty, you also know, Hu people are extremely capable, at most ten or twenty years, this tribe will be very remarkable." ”

"If no one can suppress or control or guide, wouldn't this rising tribe be the second royal court?" Fan Xian looked at the snow on his left hand and shook his head and said, "The people of Xiliang Road are extremely miserable, will they have to survive for another few decades?"

The emperor smiled slightly and said, "I don't understand, your subordinates in Xiliang Road and the grassland have been almost killed by me, where do you have any power to influence those barbarians?"

"Songzhi Immortal Order. Fan Xian said with a smile: "Although she is the princess of the old clan and has a noble status, she does not have too practical commanding role, but after all, her identity is here, and her status on the grassland is also high, and her ability is also very strong, and she has been able to condense most of the strength of the barbarians, as long as she is controlled, it is equivalent to controlling these barbarians." ”

"Could it be that you can control her, I can't control her, and the court can't control her?" said the emperor sarcastically.

Fan Xian sighed and said: "Songzhi Immortal Order is Begonia Blossom, this is my woman, of course, only I can control her." ”

The emperor was slightly stunned, and after being silent for a long time, he finally couldn't help laughing, shook his head, didn't say anything more, and directly fell his gaze to the southeast corner of the snow in front of the two. The emperor pointed to that place and said: "You sent the process flow of the inner library back with both hands, and there are still other ones?" Jiangnan can't be in chaos, because I have already let him mess up first, and those subordinates of yours are loyal to you, Cheng Dù, which really surprised me, but Xia Qifei can't jump for two days, even if Su Wenmao hides people in the inner library, he can't do it himself. ”

"I also transferred Cheng Jialin back, and Ren Bo'an's clan brother was also transferred back from the army of the three major fangs. The emperor took his hands behind, and looked at the snow without any lines with Fan Xian, and said calmly.

Fan Xian's eyes also fell on the southeast corner of the snow, and said with a smile: "Jiangnan can still be chaotic, the inner library has already agreed to His Majesty, I naturally will not go to the scourge again, and Jiangnan is prosperous in commerce, including the inner library, and the total has to support about forty percent of the imperial court's taxes, if Jiangnan is in chaos, how can the imperial court support it?"

From the beginning of today's conversation, Fan Xian's tone was calm and detached, ** Wuji, this kind of jumping, this kind of Wuji, it can really be said that his words are cold, and he is negotiating with the emperor without giving an inch, which is related to his confidence and his state of mind.

As he said before, he couldn't find any way to control it perfectly, so he had to choose the simplest method, which was very lethal because it was direct.

The emperor smiled and asked directly: "If I kill all your people directly, Jiangnan will ...... What's the mess?"

"I have a merchant bank. Fan Xian calmly responded: "Jiangnan to business business, the most important thing is the circulation of the silver link, China Merchants Qian Zhuang has been in Jiangnan for several years, secretly it is also regarded as controlling some of the industrial lifeline of the Ming Sun Xiong San, once the money village is shot, Jiangnan is really going to be chaotic, it is not a difficult thing." ”

"A lot of money has already been transferred. The emperor glanced at Fan Xian sarcastically, and returned to the Northern Qi royal family without directly breaking the staggering amount of silver, and said: "It's just some paper, with a wave of my imperial pen, what are these?"

"I can't say that, after all, Quanzhou has not played the expected role now, and the handover of ocean departure is still handled in Dongyi City. Fan Xian did not back down, and said directly: "The silver ticket IOUs are all paper, and with a wave of your royal pen, all of them will be invalidated?" Then you don't need to do anything with China Merchants Qianzhuang, I'm afraid that Jiangnan will be chaotic first." ”

The emperor didn't know much about commerce, in fact, Fan Xian didn't know much about it, and no one had an accurate grasp of how much the commercial activities in Jiangnan depended on financial credit, which was actually only in the embryonic form and underdeveloped. But Fan Xian believes that everything in the world has its own laws, especially the business activities that Jiangnan has been operating for more than 100 years.

Emperor Qing and he are not familiar with business, it does not mean that the officials in the court and Fan Xian's subordinates do not understand, and they have done their homework beforehand. Fan Xian only knows that a very important part of business is liquidity, which is like blood flowing in the blood vessels, and if the money village is really subverted, the blood in the blood vessels will be dried up, and business activities will definitely become extremely difficult and dry.

"I took Huayuan back from Yang Jimei's hands. The emperor reminded indifferently that this emperor is really the last Ming monarch, he doesn't know the commercial operation of Jiangnan, it doesn't mean that he will rely on the authority of the Son of Heaven to come blindly, he will hand over professional things to professional officials to operate, he knows that the merchant money bank in Fan Xian's hand has the ability to shake the commercial territory of Jiangnan, so when the first turmoil in Jiangnan broke out last autumn, the imperial court was already prepared.

The most abundant cash in the whole world, and the least need to rely on money for trading, are those large and small salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River. Yang Jimei, mentioned by the previous emperor, is one of the top salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court has long known about the jǐng of money and silver, and the inclusion of salt merchants in this system is to take a fancy to the real money and silver that are all over the world in the collection of those salt merchants, and reconstruct a exchange system, although it is somewhat difficult, but at least it does not have to be really stifled by Fan Xian.

"It's not enough to be a salt merchant. Fan Xian lowered his eyes slightly and said, "I still have ...... in my hand Taiping. ”

Taiping Money Village, the world's first money bank, I don't know how many years it has been in operation and how many people's daily life it can affect. This money village has always been in Dongyi City, his owner has always been mysterious, no one has seen his true appearance, until Fan Xian took over as the master of the sword house in Dongyi City, only to find out in horror that the original Taiping money village has been in the control of the sword house, in the control of the sword.

Whenever he thought of this, Fan Xian couldn't help but be shocked and admired, admiring the foresight of the Sigu Sword, probably only the owner of Dongyi City could discover the importance of Qian Zhuang from the increasingly prosperous commerce, and would leave such a sharp weapon that was enough to shake the world.

Hearing the word Taiping, Emperor Xià's eyes narrowed, and the cold light was slightly, it was obvious that just like when Fan Xian first knew this secret, Emperor Xià also felt a chill.

"Taiping Qianzhuang was left to me by Sigu Jian. Fan Xian added softly.

The Emperor suddenly laughed, and his laughter was full of absurdity, probably because he suddenly discovered that all his respectable enemies in this world had surrendered all the last means of defeating him to his favorite son, and this absurd fact was that this seemingly ruthless king was a little swaying.

"Your Majesty, let's take a look at Dongyi City again. Fan Xian's gaze moved up from the lower right corner of the snowfield, to the middle of this lonely snowy land, where there was a pile of weeds, which looked like the East China Sea in summer, full of waves like mountains piercing the sky.

The emperor gradually smiled, his expression became calm and gentle, and said: "Dongyi City doesn't need to talk about it, it's just that the dozen or so boys in the sword house are a little troublesome, but after all, they are not the enemy of the army. ”

"Jiupin is strong, it is useless to engage in construction, but to engage in destruction, it is always a good hand, such as assassination, and sabotage in my Daqing's inner abdomen. Fan Xian's eyes looked faintly at the middle right of the snowfield.

The sound of the emperor and his questions and answers continued, and the snowflakes in the Winter Palace were still falling, some on the strange father and son, and some on the snow in front of them, on the wild grass.

There are no lines, no borders, no separation between snow-capped mountains and green grasslands, not even shape. However, Emperor Qing and Fan Xian, father and son, are looking at this silent and cold snowy land, talking about the world.

Their eyes fall on the left hand is convenient for the grassland, on the right hand is convenient for Dongyi, on the lower right corner is Jiangnan, and on the slightly farther front is the territory of Daqi in the north.

Wherever they see, there is the world.

............ The snowflakes grew bigger, fluttering in the ruined palace, accumulating deeper. The green clothes worn by Fan Xian and the bright yellow dragon robe on His Majesty began to turn white, and the remnant snow in front of the two of them was also covered with a thick layer of snow, and they could no longer see any grass traces of the land, just like this world, the white expanse was really clean, in their eyes, where could there be artificial division?

"I have the strength to make this world chaotic, even if I die at this time, I can make Your Majesty's grand plan for thousands of generations become this snow, and when the rì head comes out, it will turn into water, and it will never come true. Fan Xian stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips, he talked too much today, and his mouth was a little dry, and he said to the emperor seriously: "So I ask for a fair battle with His Majesty." ”

"What is fairness?" said the Emperor, squinting his eyes.

"Please let your majesty go out of the palace, I only have this sister, please let Wan'er and my poor family go back to Lanzhou to live a small family, I only have this family, please open up the net, don't carry out a big purge after my death, those officials and subordinates who are loyal to me are actually usable materials." Fan Xian paused and then said with a wry smile: "If I die, they will no longer have any reason to rebel against the imperial court, please believe this." ”

The world has been condensed into a small square of snow in front of the monarch and the minister, and the beacon battlefield has been turned into this quiet imperial city, Fan Xian has done so much and said so much, it seems that he just wants to control this break between father and son as much as possible in a small area, and give those who are implicated in this matter a way to live.

The Emperor put his hands behind his back, the snow fell from his shoulders, and after a long silence, he said with a slight exhaustion: "I just don't understand why you are doing this. ”