Chapter 666: Tricked

Silent!

After thinking for a while, Yang Feng asked again: "You mean, the boundary of Huai'an Mansion, we have given up, and we don't need to take it back?"

Yang Feng deliberately used the word "us", obviously to tie up with this Wang Boren.

After all, after Situ Zheng's death, the new lord Tian Daguang was Wang Boren's person, so Huai'an Mansion should be the boundary in Wang Boren's control.

But later, the new lord of the mansion became a member of the Murong family, which shows that Wang Boren abandoned that territory.

When Yang Feng heard Tu Ganglie and them talk about this matter before, his first reaction was that this matter was by no means an ordinary struggle below, but a replacement of interests at the top.

You only see the deceit below, and you don't know the intrigue above, so you can't really understand the development of the situation, so he came to ask Wang Boren all the truth.

Wang Boren heard his question, understood what he meant, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Boy, this place in Huai'an is an outcast, and the old man gave it up himself. The reason for this is that you should have heard about the assassination of the great general Murong Shan. ”

"Yes, Xiangye, everyone knows about this matter in the streets and alleys now. ”

"Yes, that incident had a considerable impact on the current situation, giving the Murong family a sufficient excuse to attack the royal family. In order to appease the anger of the Murong family, His Majesty made the greatest concession, ceding the entire northwest territory to the Murong family for autonomy, and crowning the Murong family as the king of Zhenxi. Now the entire Murong family can already be said to have established Guochina, and in the northwest of the country, they have set up their own small imperial court. It is not an exaggeration to rebel one day!"

Gently shaking the folding fan, Wang Boren's face gradually became solemn: "However, they now have such great power, but among the conditions proposed at the beginning, there is an additional condition, that is, the position of the head of Huai'an Mansion is in charge of the person they recommend. Do you know why? They are now in charge of the entire Northwest Territory, more than 30 prefectures and counties. All the financial revenues don't have to be handed over to the imperial court, can you still look at such a small place as Huai'an Mansion?"

"Could it be...... For the sake of face?"

Yang Feng thought about it for a moment and muttered.

Wang Boren nodded lightly and said with a smile: "The children can be taught, that's exactly the case." When Murong Shan was assassinated, it was when he was entangled in the territory of Huai'an. Therefore, it is rumored that he was stabbed to death because he was fighting for Huai'an Mansion and provoked people who should not be provoked. This greatly affected the military prestige and face of the White Tiger Army, so Huai'an was a place of shame for them. They can only earn back their face by taking Huai'an back into their hands. As for Huai'an, a poor place, the actual benefits that can be brought to them are basically negligible, and they are a drop in the bucket. ”

As he spoke, Wang Boren leaned back on the back of the chair with a hesitant face and said proudly: "It is precisely because they are so interested in this place that the old man resolutely gave up this place at that time. First, the Murong family was angry at that time, and the old man should not provoke him, and second, since they took this broken place so seriously, the old man simply used it as a bargaining chip to save the interests of at least ten prefectures and counties from them. This deal was already the most cost-effective deal that the old man and His Majesty could make with them at that time. ”

Hearing this, Yang Feng's face was as calm as water, but Ximen Zun and Tu Ganglie couldn't help frowning.

Huai'an is their hometown, where they grew up from childhood to adulthood, and they value it more than anyone else. But they never expected that they attached so much importance to the stability and prosperity of their hometown, and hoped that they could send a lord with both ability and political integrity to govern, at least not to be a disaster. But in the eyes of the above, it is just a political weight for negotiations, which can be discarded at any time.

It is no wonder that whether it was Situ Zheng or the current new mansion owner, how the old man of the Chamber of Commerce under him wrote to the court for impeachment was all in vain.

Because even though it's their hometown, they don't decide everything.

They were nothing more than a group of untouchables under the rule of the imperial court, without any power to decide their fate. Even if the lord of the mansion is tyrannical and kills innocents indiscriminately, they cannot resist.

Resistance is rebellion, but if they don't resist, the court will not care about their life and death.

This...... What a world!

Ximen Zun and the others were not angry, but after Yang Feng pondered for a while, he was not so excited, and just nodded lightly: "I see, that is to say, this place has been ceded to the Murong family." Even if something happens to this mansion master, it will be replaced by another mansion master, or someone from the Murong family, and it can't be reversed?"

"Yang Feng, don't keep having personal emotions and staring at your hometown. To be honest, there is no oil or water to fish in your hometown. At the beginning, Murong Shan had been staring at it, firstly, the Murong family was indeed short of money at that time, and he was reluctant to have a house or a place; secondly, it was a matter of face, his people died there, and he couldn't ignore it, otherwise it would damage his prestige. Later, the Murong family was crowned king, and there was no shortage of military spending, but they were still staring at it, it was just a matter of face. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Boren suddenly stood up, pointed at Yang Feng and said, "However, you are just a commoner now, what kind of face do you want? You have to spend the effort to regain Huai'an Mansion, and you can do a greater cause." And when you start your business and have enough capital, it will be easy to recapture Huai'an Mansion. So the old man advises you, don't be rash, do a good job in the imperial capital, this is full of opportunities, don't always be obsessed with Huai'an's broken place. ”

"Opportunity? Xiangye refers to ......"

"The position of president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, if you can get it, not only the old man, but His Majesty will look up to you!"

"President of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce?"

Raising his eyebrows, Yang Feng asked suspiciously: "What is that?"

"The Imperial Chamber of Commerce is a civil organization jointly established by the chambers of commerce of all prefectures and counties in Fenglei, supervised by the imperial court, and is responsible for the operation and deployment of materials throughout the empire. It can be said that if the Huai'an Chamber of Commerce is Huai'an's money bag, then this Imperial Chamber of Commerce is the money bag of the entire wind and thunder, how important do you say?"

"Wind and Thunder's money bag?"

Raising his eyebrows, Yang Feng smiled and said, "I'm also very rich." ”

"I know, you must have a lot of money behind you now, but have your funds been remitted to the entire empire?"

"What do you mean by this?"

"If you just have a large amount of money and keep it in a cave, it won't have any impact on the entire Wind and Thunder Empire. Only by integrating them into all walks of life throughout the empire can you have great control. ”

Taking a deep breath, Wang Boren's eyes flashed with a glittering essence: "Although the so-called Shinong Industry and Commerce, although the merchants are ranked last, their strength is the strongest. Merchants are responsible for the economic circulation of the entire empire, and if this circulation is cut off, the entire empire will be paralyzed. Therefore, since ancient times, the imperial court has been suppressing merchants, in fact, it is afraid that merchants will control all walks of life in the empire, so who has the final say in the entire empire?"

"However, the empire cannot leave the merchants, only oversight. Therefore, the position of the president of the Imperial Chamber of Commerce is extremely important. Any force wants to occupy it. But now, this position is in the hands of the Murong family, do you understand?"

Nodding his head, Yang Feng couldn't help but glance at Wang Boren in surprise, and secretly praised it in his heart.

is worthy of being the prime minister of the dynasty, and he is really insightful.

How did he know that the future society was a capitalist society, and businessmen were indeed very awesome.

Moreover, the imperial court will still strictly monitor the every move of merchants, for fear that they will monopolize the industry.

I have to say that these court members have a long-term vision!

Thinking of this, Yang Feng stood up suddenly, bowed down and hugged his fists: "Thank you Prime Minister for your advice, Yang Feng understands what to do, and says goodbye." ”

"Well, the children are teachable. By the way, Yueying is taking a lunch break in the attic in the backyard, do you want to meet her. ”

"No need, let her have a good rest, I'll go and take the position of president of the National Chamber of Commerce now. He took me Huai'an, I took all of him, hum!"

As he spoke, Yang Feng turned his head directly and left with his two subordinates.

Wang Boren nodded with hope on his face, and said secretly in his heart, I hope you really have that ability, then I will really admit you, the fast son-in-law of Chenglong, hehehe.

Then, after the three of them left, Wang Boren hurriedly opened the box of pastries, but as soon as he lifted the lid, his face quickly drooped.

"Damn, it's really just a box of ordinary pastries, but the old man was so hospitable just now, and gave him a tribute to the imperial tea. This stinky boy, he was tricked, damn!"