Speaking of which.

The unbearable past resurfaced in Hu Shifan's mind again.

Thinking of everything that I experienced in Chang'an.

A sense of humiliation came up from the bottom of his heart, making him grit his teeth.

"Despicable, shameless, filthy and filthy! There is no shameless person in the world like Fang Xiu! ”

The words were almost screaming.

Sounds a little scary.

Han Congwen stood aside, subconsciously glanced at Hu Shifan, remembered the rumors three years ago, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart and remain silent.

Hu Song sat on the Taishi's chair, and when he saw this scene, he also fell silent.

At the beginning, Hu Shifan was sent as an envoy to Qianguo, originally to accumulate merits for him, but who would have thought that such an accident would occur, causing the court to suffer a dumb loss and lose a full two million taels of silver!

A considerable part of the two million taels of silver came from here in Hufu.

This hatred is not only remembered by Hu Shifan in his heart, but also never forgotten by Hu Song.

I thought that after the war with the Yue State was over, I would be able to free up time to deal with this prime minister of the Qianguo.

Who would have thought that after the end of the war, the Qianguo would actually leap from the weakest of the original Middle-earth countries to the strongest one.

If it weren't for the fact that Yan Guo was holding back Qianguo in the north, I was afraid that if he didn't find trouble with the prime minister of Qianguo, the prime minister of Qianguo would come to him sooner or later.

Now, the Euros are attacking the Yan Kingdom.

After the defeat of the Yan State, the Qianguo State will definitely set its goal at Dawu.

As the head of the cabinet, he must be prepared.

That's it.

A ghostly light flashed in his vicissitudes of life, he looked at Hu Shifan, and slowly spoke: "You are so sure that this matter was done by a dry person, you may think of how to deal with it?" ”

Hu Shifan was silent for a few seconds, made up his mind, and said word by word: "It's not too late to make amends, and now, I can only cut off the counterfeit treasure money that flowed into my Dawu from the root!" ”

On the side, Han Congwen was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then realized something, and said with some surprise: "Hu Butang means ......"

"That's right, send troops to Qianguo, force them to sign an agreement, compensate my Great Wu for the losses in commerce and trade in recent years, and order the prime minister of Qianguo to hand over the forgery of treasure money, Ling Chi will be executed!"

When Hu Shifan said this, his face showed a ruthless look.

In his mind, what appeared was Fang Xiu's figure, kneeling in front of him, letting out a miserable wail.

And he held a dagger in his hand, and little by little the other party was executed!

In this way, he can solve the hatred in his heart.

Of course.

He knew it in his heart.

Yi Fang Xiu's position in the two countries of Qian, Zhou, even if Wu State was victorious, would not have much impact on him.

Only by completely destroying the two countries of Qian and Zhou will his fantasy be realized.

"It turns out that the rumors in the market are true, and the imperial court really plans to use troops against the Qianguo."

When Han Congwen heard Hu Shifan's words, his eyes showed a flash of confusion.

Although he had heard the news that the imperial court was going to war with the Qianguo for a long time, he actually did not pay attention to it.

After all, there is still a big gap between the strength of the imperial court and the Qianguo, and taking the initiative to provoke a war is tantamount to digging one's own grave.

Moreover, the imperial court had just lost a battle with the Yue Kingdom, and its morale was low.

The Qianguo had just defeated the Zhou state and formed an alliance with it, and the morale of the state was greatly boosted.

No matter how dizzy the princes are, they will not make such a decision.

What's more, he knows better than anyone else what the Lord of the Holy One is today.

With His Majesty's dislike of fighting, it is impossible to agree to take the initiative to start a war with Qianguo under any circumstances!

But.

At this moment, the words "send troops to dry the country" came out of Hu Shifan's mouth, and the meaning was very different.

Hu Shifan, as the only son of Hu Gelao, has more information than him, who is in a marginal position.

Hu Shifan said this, and Hu Ge Lao did not show obvious opposition, this matter is probably eight or nine.

"Is it too hasty to start a war just because Qianguo forged treasure money?"

Han Congwen really wanted to ask Hu Ge Lao like this.

But after a little contemplation, he swallowed back what he had meant to say.

The war with Qianguo involved a great deal of urgency, and it was not something that he, a small president of the Dawu Bank, could get involved in.

As long as he does his part, don't ask about the rest of the things that shouldn't be asked.

Taishi's chair.

When Hu Song heard Hu Shifan say the word "use of soldiers," his expression was as usual, as if the use of troops against the Qianguo was just a trivial matter.

There was silence for a few seconds.

He said slowly: "The old man wants to meet the saint. ”

The voice fell.

Officials on both sides immediately stepped forward and carefully helped Hu Song up.

After Hu Song got up, he walked towards the outside of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Before he had walked a few steps, he stopped again, turned his head to look at Hu Shifan and Han Congwen, and said, "You are with the old man." ”

"Got it, Dad."

Hu Shifan said and followed behind.

And Han Congwen was hesitant.

But just for a moment, his expression returned to normal, and he saluted respectfully: "Yes, Ge Lao!" ”

The three of them left Wenyuan Pavilion and came to the door of the Vertical Arch Hall.

After the eunuch went in to make a confession.

The three of them stepped into the vertical arch hall and saluted in unison: "Your Majesty!" ”

Emperor Wu looked at the three of them, with a warm smile on his face, and said, "Old Hu Ge, I don't know why Old Hu Ge came to see me?" ”

Hu Song trembled and walked in front of Emperor Wu, saluted again, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, President Han has something important to tell Your Majesty......"

After speaking, he looked at Han Congwen.

Han Congwen hurriedly saluted and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister has been on an errand at the head office of Dawu Bank in the past few days, and he found that there was an abnormality in the treasure money exchanged from the people. ”

Next.

Han Congwen told the matter of forging treasure money from beginning to end with a serious face.

Including the previous analysis in front of Hu Song, I also talked about it again.

After hearing this, Emperor Wu showed a look of uneasiness on his face, and muttered to himself: "I have decreed to vigorously promote the Great Wu Treasure Banknote before, but now there has been such a change, how can this be good." ”

After a sad face for a while, he couldn't think of any solution, so he could only raise his eyes to look at Hu Shifan beside Hu Song, and said: "Shifan, you are the household servant, in charge of money and food, you should know how to deal with this matter, give me an idea, how to solve the problem of counterfeiting treasure money?" ”

Hu Shifan first saluted, and then said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, as long as Qianguo still has the technology of counterfeiting treasure money, the imperial court will not be able to deal with this matter."

Nowadays, a large number of counterfeit treasure money has been circulated, and there are not many choices that the imperial court can make......"

The words are not finished yet.

Emperor Wu couldn't wait to say, "Let's hear it." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hu Shifan said in a deep voice: "The first method is to completely stop printing and distributing treasure money, and all the treasure money in the hands of the people will be re-converted into gold, silver and copper coins within three days, and they will be invalid after the expiration date." ”

The voice fell.

Emperor Wu's brows furrowed tightly, and he said: "In this way, wouldn't I be scolded by the people for changing the order of the dynasty, and besides, you just said that a large number of forged treasure money have entered my Great Wu, and they are allowed to exchange all of them for gold and silver, and how much gold and silver will the court lose." ”

Hu Shifan said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is true that you will lose a lot of gold and silver, but it is not too late to make amends, now abolish the treasure banknote, and you can stop the loss in time, and so on in the future, the people are used to the treasure banknote, and then it is not so easy to abolish it." ”

When Emperor Wu heard this, his face was thoughtful.

After a while, he waved his hand and said: "It's not proper, if you really do this, the imperial court will print and issue treasure money, which will be laughing and generous, and it will be recorded by the historian, and later generations will only feel ......."

Speaking of which, it came to an abrupt end.

But the hearts of the people understood.

Your Majesty is afraid of leaving an infamy in the history books.

Although it was not His Majesty's idea to open the Dawu Bank and print and distribute the Dawu Treasure Bank, it was promoted by His Majesty, and ending with such an ending will undoubtedly become a joke!

In the future, it may become an example like why Emperor Qianhui didn't eat minced meat.

This was unacceptable to Emperor Wu.

And Emperor Wu couldn't accept it, which was exactly what Hu Shifan wanted.

Followed by.

He came up with the second idea.

"If Your Majesty thinks that this is inappropriate, then the minister has a second way, send troops to Qianguo, force Qianguo to sign an agreement, and no one shall be allowed to forge my Dawu treasure banknotes, and if the forger is found, he will be handed over to my Dawu Lingchi to be executed!"

When Hu Shifan spoke, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, that's what he really wanted to do.

"This ......"

When Emperor Wu heard this, he was a little stunned.

After thinking for a few seconds, he hesitated: "Is it too hasty to start the war just because of the forgery of treasure money?" ”

When Han Congwen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said in his heart: "What Your Majesty said is very true!" ”

Just before a stick of incense, he also had exactly the same idea.

"Back to Your Majesty, the Qianguo Imperial Court used forged treasure money to steal the gold and silver of my Great Wu, which is essentially tantamount to declaring war with my Great Wu! If they back down this time, they will intensify their efforts and print counterfeit treasure money even more frantically!

The harm of forging treasure money to the imperial court, President Han has analyzed it very thoroughly, if the imperial court does not make any response, at most two years, the imperial court will fall into chaos, and my people of Dawu will have no work to do, they will not be able to buy food, so they can only try to escape from Dawu!

Therefore, for the sake of forged treasure money, it is reasonable and necessary to fight with the Qianguo! ”

As soon as the words fell.

Emperor Wu showed concern and said: "The Qianguo has a large number of firearms, and has set up the Dadu Governor's Mansion, and the five military camps under its jurisdiction, the Shenji Battalion, are all strong soldiers and horses, and even the Tiger Ben Army of the Zhou State and the Iron Cavalry of the Yan State have been defeated by them. ”

Hu Shifan had long expected that Emperor Wu would say this.

A few years ago.

The strength of Wu's soldiers and horses was stronger than that of Qian's.

His Majesty did not start the war lightly, but chose to sign an agreement and pay the Qianguo people silver.

What's more, now the soldiers of the Qianguo are strong and strong, and their strength is far better than that of the Wu State.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed difficult to defeat the Qianguo with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court alone, but in addition to the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, there are also 5,000 Euros at the border pass, as well as a hundred artillery pieces brought by the Euros, and all kinds of muskets!"

Hu Shifan looked at Emperor Wu and said solemnly: "The artillery of the Euro people, Your Majesty has seen it, and its power is even better than that of the Qianguo people.

Moreover, even in the Shenji Battalion of Qianguo, the artillery is only about 100 guns combined, and all of them are arranged in the north.

Now that the war between the Yan Kingdom and the Euro people is in full swing, the attention of the dry people is all on them, waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

At this time, the imperial court sent troops to raid, and they would definitely be caught off guard!

The minister dared to guarantee that as long as the imperial court sent troops, defeating the Qianguo would be as easy as finding out for something! ”

"This ......"

When Emperor Wu heard this, his brows furrowed even tighter, and he was unable to make a decision for a while.

Seeing this, Hu Shifan continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister knows, the Qianren's Shenji Battalion and the Fifth Army Battalion are either in Yongzhou in the north or in the Zhou State in the east.

And they are stationed at the border pass are a bunch of rabble, and I heard that a considerable part of them are the remnants of the defeated soldiers transferred from the Zhou State!

It can be seen from this that the intention of the dry people is to get a piece of the pie from the Euros!

The imperial court raided, the Qianren must have no time to react, on the one hand, the mighty army facing my Great Wu, and on the other hand, the land of Yan State at his fingertips, the prime minister of the Qianguo State will definitely choose the latter!

Once he chooses the latter, he will inevitably have to compromise with my Dawu!

In this battle, my Da Wu will win! ”

After this analysis, even Han Congwen, who has always been mild-mannered, rose up with an impulse to take a sword and rush into the Qianguo.

But.

Emperor Wu was still frowning, his face full of concern.

"Useless stuff!"

Seeing this, Hu Shifan scolded secretly in his heart, but his face showed reverence, and said: "Your Majesty, the court negotiated peace with the Yue Kingdom, and was criticized by many traitorous villains. This exciting victory will surely go down in history! ”

As soon as this remark came out.

Emperor Wu's eyes changed.

There are two words written in my eyes, longing!

Meanwhile.

Words such as going down in history, flowing through the ages, and a generation of Ming Jun involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Finally.

He changed his original mind, looked at Hu Shifan, and asked, "What do the Euro people think?" ”

Hu Shifan said: "The minister discussed with the European people before that the Qianguo sent troops to the Northern Expedition, and my Dawu also sent troops to the Northern Expedition, but the minister thought, from the perspective of the European people, he wished that we would take the initiative to attack and contain the Qianguo, so the Euros would definitely fully support the imperial court and the Qianguo war!" ”

"That being said, it's safe to negotiate a result in advance."

Emperor Wu looked at Hu Shifan and said solemnly: "You are familiar with the Euro people, and this matter will be handed over to you." ”

Hu Shifan said respectfully: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Emperor Wu nodded, looked at Hu Song again, and said: "Hu Ge Lao has not spoken, and I think I agree with Shi Fan's opinion, since this is the case, the specific plan for the raid on Qianguo will be formulated by Hu Ge Lao, and the result will be set as soon as possible and shown to me." ”

Hu Song saluted and said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Emperor Wu sat on the dragon chair, looked at the three courtiers in front of him, and felt a little excited inexplicably when he thought of the result after the big victory.

"I ......"

He opened his mouth to say something encouraging.

Before he could speak, he heard a rush of footsteps outside.

Immediately followed by the slightly flustered voice of the Ministry of Rites.

"The minister begs to see Your Majesty!"