Since it is necessary to organize the army, it is necessary to have money.

Asking for money from the Jizhou Beidi Wang clan is a kung fu job, and Liu Jian has no time to keep changing wheels with them.

Let Tian Feng talk to those well-dressed giants first.

Liu Jian has to negotiate with another group of people!

……

The people who needed real negotiations soon arrived in Yecheng one after another.

The first to arrive in Jizhou was Liu Jian's uncle Liu Ya.

Back then, when Liu Jian left Zhuo County, he convened the heads of the various branches of the Liu clan in Zhuo County, and everyone gathered at Liu Zhou's house, and worked together to form a rope and jointly elected Liu Zhou as the patriarch.

From then on, the Liu family participated in the horse market trade in the local area, and cooperated with Su Shuang, co-chairing the business of supplying good horses to the stables of the central government and the southern counties.

Liu Hong once bought a stable in the first year of Guanghe and received the transfer of horses from the county.

The good horses in each county are undoubtedly the most in Hebei counties, and Youzhou is the first.

Originally, Youzhou Zhuhao had been bound to win this business, but in the first year of Guanghe, Su Shuang invested heavily in the imperial court's campaign against Xianbei according to Liu Jian's instructions, and after Liu Jian killed Helian, Liu Hong became famous, and Su Shuang, who strongly supported the imperial court's Northern Expedition in the local area, became the biggest beneficiary, and since then he has received all the good horses from the Luoji stable.

Later, according to Liu Jian's assignment, Su Shuang united with a group of wealthy businessmen in Hebei who rose later, first gradually gained market share through monopolizing the official horse channel, and then slowly merged the Hebei private horse market, and everyone formed a huge circle of interests.

These low-level families are unique in Hebei, based on the horse market, and have amassed huge wealth over the years.

And the Zhuojun Liu family is also the core family in this interest circle.

Although Liu Zhou is the father-in-law of the Liu family, he is only the nominal spokesperson, and the real helmsman of the Liu family in Zhuojun is undoubtedly Liu Jian.

But Liu Jian has been an official in Luoyang for many years, and the specific development of the clan, he can only be controlled by thousands of miles in Luoyang, and the people who really implement it are all the Junjie and young descendants of the Liu family at that time.

Among them, the person who assisted Liu Zhou in presiding over the overall situation was Liu Jian's uncle Liu Ya.

When Liu Jian wanted to integrate the Liu clan in Zhuo County, Liu Ya strongly agreed and did his best to assist Liu Jian in facilitating this matter, which made Liu Jian value him a lot.

Nowadays, Zhuojun Liu's business in Hebei is flourishing day by day, and Liu Zhou naturally takes charge of the overall situation, but Liu Ya assists in controlling more of the details.

"The white-bodied Liu Ya, meet Liu Yuanjun!"

Liu Ya, as Liu Jian's uncle, was so polite that Liu Jian couldn't help but laugh.

"Uncle, you and I are blood relatives and my elders, why do you need to be so polite?"

Liu Ya smiled and said, "Hey! One thing is one thing, so that you are now the governor of a state! How dare I be rude in front of the envoy? This rule is still required! Yes! ”

"Uncle, how are my father and mother now?"

"Oh, yes, yes!"

"Your father is now in Zhuo County, which is different from the past!"

"It's really a man of his word, even if the county magistrate or the county magistrate sees it, he has to give him three points of thin noodles and call him Liu Gong! The spirit, but it is different from the past, the posture of the aisle is different from the past, it is really a dragon and a tiger, very high-spirited! ”

Liu Jian was amused by Liu Ya.

This old guy is a grandfather, but he hasn't done it yet.

However, Liu Jian still likes his old and unorthodox appearance.

"Envoy, I have something to tell you, you need to be prepared!"

Seeing that Liu Ya was serious, Liu Jian immediately leaned forward and asked, "What did my uncle say?" ”

"Your mother was pregnant again at the beginning of the year, and you will have a younger brother in the near future!"

"Huh?"

These words shocked Liu Jian.

Liu Zhou is already in his forties, and his mother Hu is also in her forties, so she has a child at this time?

Although in these years, the family pays attention to a branch and leaves, and the children and grandchildren are flourishing.

But Liu Zhou's scattered branches are really too late.

Daddy, you're a fifty-year-old man!

That's awesome!

With Liu Ya's arrival in Yecheng first, within a few days, a group of bigwigs who have been doing business in Hebei over the years around the Liu family of Zhuojun have also arrived in Yecheng one after another.

Among them, including Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping, Feng Lan of Fuyang, Tian Wu of Fox Slave, and Ping Xi of Julu, more than 30 wealthy businessmen have come here.

These businessmen have a characteristic, that is, although they have a lot of wealth, they are all rising stars in Hebei counties in recent years, and they have made a lot of money through some specific ways, although they have crossed the wealth class, but they have no political background.

Of course, there are exceptions among these people!

In this, the two families are the high gates of 2,000 stone for generations.

One is the Zhen family of Zhongshan, and the Gongsun family of Liaoxi.

The person from the Gongsun clan in Liaoxi is Gongsun Fan, the younger brother of Gongsun Zhan.

The Zhen family in Zhongshan seems to have attached great importance to this meeting, and the person who came was his father-in-law Zhen Yi.

Zhen Yi used to be Shang Cai Ling, and he had a political future with the help of his family, but unfortunately his physical condition has deteriorated repeatedly in recent years, and he has been sick from time to time, and his body has become weaker and weaker, so he can only resign from his official position, return home to recuperate, and personally preside over the family's business.

As for the Zhen family's career, it can only be handed over to the next generation, that is, Zhen Yi's son Zhen Yao, Zhen Yan and other younger generations.

Since the first year of Daguang He, after Liu Jian killed Helian in Danhan Mountain, these families have been around the business of supplying horses to Luji under Liu Jian's arrangement and Su Shuang's thread, and gradually controlled Hebei Horse Market.

Over the years, although the person who has been threading the needle for all families is Su Shuang, everyone knows that Su Shuang is relying on the newly rising Zhuojun Emperor in recent years.

Even if they have never seen Liu Jian himself, everyone can guess that he is doing things inside.

Until today, the answer was officially revealed, and the Zhuhao sitting here finally met the big guy who had been hidden behind Su Shuang for many years.

If Liu Jian sat in front of these wealthy merchant families three years ago, although everyone would have admired him, they would never have too much fear and admiration.

But now, the situation is different.

The current Liu Jian is unattainable in front of them.

Liu Jian is the state pastor, the supreme governor of the four counties and a state, and can be said to be the most powerful person in the entire Hebei.

At the same time, he is also a member of the Han family recognized by the Son of Heaven, and His Majesty personally calls him "imperial brother", which is also known to the world.

The head of Zheng Xue, the son-in-law of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, is famous for Confucianism.

The second-generation head of the Yuan family, the friend of the servant Yuan Ji, is equivalent to wearing a pair of pants with the most powerful valve in the world.

Whether it is political status, academic status, royal status...... Among the people present, who dares to say that they can be above Liu Jian?

At this time, a group of wealthy businessmen looked at Liu Jian, who was sitting on the top position, and there was an indescribable sense of fear in their hearts.

Liu Jian saw that everyone was together, and then said: "For so many years, all of us here have surrounded Hebei Mashi and taken their own benefits, and we can be said to know each other. ”

"Although I have not met with you, all the horse market matters have been contacted by Brother Su on my behalf, but about your affairs, I have never left anything behind, Brother Su and I often correspond, I probably know what each family is doing."

"I have to say that over the years, you are still very well-behaved, Hebei Ma City, whose money should be, is whose family to earn, never trespassed without authorization, violated the rules and did not listen to the overall action, which made Liu very surprised, very admired, very grateful, people who can do this, it is not easy, not to mention that there are so many! I can only say that all of you here are sincere gentlemen! ”

After saying that, I saw Liu Jian raise the tea in front of him and said, "Replace wine with tea, and respect all the gentlemen!" ”

Everyone raised the tea pot in front of them one after another and said, "Drink!" ”

After drinking, I first listened to Gongsun Fan, who represented the Gongsun family: "To tell the truth, my Gongsun family has always lived in western Liaoning, although there is also a horse market business in the clan, but it has never been involved with the imperial court, and I never thought that it can go so far in the sale of official horses, Gongsun can now occupy a share of the horse market in Youzhou, thanks to Liu Zhijun's protection, and now the envoy is in Jizhou, which is the blessing of my family, in my opinion, why do we have to stick to the horse market?" In these four states of Hebei and more than 30 counties, there are too many businesses that can be done! ”

When everyone present heard this, they all nodded.

If they can do more business and bind the families to Liu Jian, it is something they can't be happy about.

You must know that in addition to doing business, most of them have another intention for Liu Jian.

Among these people, except for the Zhen family of Zhongshan and the Gongsun family of Liaoxi, which are famous families of 2,000 stones, although the other families have huge wealth, one is not the door of family classics, and the third generation of the two clans has no officials with more than 1,000 stones, and the third is not a promotion channel for officials to be filial piety and honesty.

If it was in the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties eras, these people would be proper Hanmen Shu clans.

They have money and food in their hands, and they have all of them, but they lack one thing.

You just can't be an official!

It's perfect.

They could only look at the backs of the Lords and the well-dressed Men from afar, and they could not reach them.

Those well-dressed families who have become powerful, through the monopoly of the inspection system and the right to interpret scriptures, have been holding the entrance channel from generation to generation, and they have not even opened a finger to the Han clan.

But will the Hanmen Shu be willing?

Of course not!

The Han Shu people are not the same as the poor, the material life needs of the Han Dynasty, they have been completely satisfied, and even in terms of material, they are comparable to some well-dressed giants.

In the end, what is missing is the official career!

For these poor families, the world's famous families guard them like thieves!

In terms of the basic number, the number of Hanmen Shu is too much.

Although there are no exact statistics, the number of their families is ten or twenty times more than that of the family clan.

The political cake of the Han Dynasty is so big, if this group of people really pours in, the chain of political resources and interests that has been formed will have to be redistributed!

When a newcomer gets a bite of the cake, it's the same as having to spit out a mouthful.

This is something that is never allowed by the world's scholars who are qualified to enter the world, from the gate of the valve, to the family of the county, and then to the qualified scholars!

But in Liu Jian's view, the times are progressing, and some things must conform to the times.

You want to guard against it, I'm sorry, you can't prevent it.

……

After listening to Gongsun Fan's words, Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Yes, Brother Gongsun's words are in line with my heart, now the states are in chaos, thieves are endless, the rogue is getting heavier, the fields are barren, the grain prices in various places are uneven, and the people's livelihood is suffering. ”

"In this season of national crisis, in order to stabilize the commercial and trade situation and restrict the northerners from taking advantage of the national crisis to make money, I want to establish a Hebei Business Federation, led by the State Pastoral Bureau, and all of you present are members, standardizing the rules of Hebei's main industries such as salt, iron, horses, and grain.