In the words of later generations, Pingyang Hou Cao Xiang has a bit of a tendency to depression, and there is also a serious persecution paranoia.

When Yang Chuan had just crossed over, he was still a child, and he suffered several years of unimaginable persecution, and those dog-day Qiang people liked to torture slaves the most, dripping hot mutton fat on their eyeballs, pouring hot copper juice into their ears, cutting open the chests of slaves who had made mistakes, and letting the mastiffs eat the internal organs.

And so on and so forth.

There are no less than thirty kinds of punishments that Yang Chuan has experienced himself, and it can be said that he can survive in such an environment, and he is really a talent.

Looking at Cao Xiang, who was depressed, Yang Chuan shook his head with a smile and said, "I won't do it for the time being." ”

Cao Xiang muttered: "You don't know that my uncle has a very ...... heart."

Yang Chuan smiled, poured a bowl of wine for this product, and said warmly: "Before the battle of Mobei is over, the emperor will not take action against Wei Qing and Huo Quai, at most, it will be a bad comment for the two of them." ”

Cao Xiang sat up straight suddenly: "The wind review has a fart use, and if it hurts, it will be harmful, such as my Cao Xiang's wind review has never been good in Chang'an City, but the more so, the more I feel at ease." ”

"But this time my uncle asked me to go to Jiangnan to fight, why did I feel a little frightened, and I always felt that something bad was going to happen?"

Yang Chuan stretched out his hand, rubbed it vigorously on the huge head of the goods, and sighed: "It's okay, it's okay to get sick this time." ”

"By the way, in the recent days, you have sold all the gold, coins, Shu brocade, silk and other things, and exchanged them all for grain, livestock and farm tools."

"Remember, you must not detect our ......"

……

Liu Che named Yang Chuan as a great farmer, which shook the government and the opposition, and the civil and military officials and magnates from all over the country were in an uproar.

However, no one had a letter to Liu Che.

Everyone understands in their hearts that Liu Che wanted to loot the money and grain of the Han Empire in order to fight to the death with the Huns, so almost all the big dogs naturally tightened their money bags.

Of course, there are exceptions.

For example, the Pingyang Hou Cao family, the Nangong family, the Pingyang princess family, and the Longxi princess family took out an unimaginable amount of money and grain and deposited it into the 'Nangong Qianzhuang' with great fanfare.

At the same time, the wealthy businessmen led by Zhuo Wangsun in Shuzhong also changed their normality, deposited seventy or eighty percent of their family property into Nangong Qianzhuang, and signed a contract document of 'interest-free deposit' with Princess Nangong, Yang Chuan and others.

In addition, there are some large dog households of unknown origin, and they have also deposited large sums of money.

For example, Ah Jiu, Ah Mu, Ah Shi, Ah Tie, Ah Shui, Ah Liang...... and other 'untouchables' who didn't even have a surname, even took a huge fortune of three or five hundred catties, seven or eight hundred catties, and even one or two thousand catties of gold, and became the 'rich' of the Han Empire.

As a result, the previous run came to an abrupt end.

Those big dog owners who were instigated to come over and run over were a little confused, and always felt that Nangong Qianzhuang was becoming more and more mysterious, you said that people had no money, just a word, and bought more than 60,000 acres of land west of Chang'an City; But you say you have money, some time ago, in the run, those shopkeepers and guys were at a loss, but they couldn't fake it.

In short, everyone went from the beginning of the swarm to do things, and gradually stopped, holding the currency and waiting.

Everyone felt that as long as gold, grain, land, livestock, and a large number of slaves were in the palm of their hands, their own hearts felt the most secure.

However.

When everyone was watching like this, Yang Chuan's second set of leeks began.

"Huainan King Liu An, Liu Ling and their henchmen, how much money and grain have been deposited in our money and grain?"

On this day, Yang Chuan summoned Zhuo in the Pingyang Marquis Mansion.

When he heard that Liu Ling's 'deposit' in Nangong Qianzhuang was 20,000 catties of gold, 40 carts of Khotanese jade seeds, and a total of 70,000 mu of fertile land in various places, he opened his mouth with a series of orders: "Immediately arrange for someone to pass the news to Liu Ling in the dungeon of Tingweifu, and tell her that this money and grain, our Qianzhuang will definitely not rely on it, she can take it whenever she wants, and the interest will be given to her a lot." ”

"By the way, tell Liu Ling that Ben Hou can save her life, but she has to pay a certain price."

"As for what price to pay, she knows it in her own heart."

Zhuo Shi listened, just nodded silently, turned around and left.

Tingwei Mansion, in the eyes of others, is a forbidden land, a human purgatory in the population of Chang'an Township, as long as you go in, it means that there is no return, even if you are the brother-in-law of Lord Yan, then you have to take off a layer of skin.

However, for Yang Chuan at the moment, wanting to deliver a message or something is just a piece of cake.

After sending Zhuo to leave, Yang Chuan urgently summoned Sima Qian, Zhang Tang, and Dongfang Shuo.

Similarly, as soon as he opened his mouth, he ordered: "Sima Qian, you are familiar with all the historical materials of the goods and colonies in history, give you a day and a night, sort them out and hand them over to Zhang Tang." ”

"Zhang Tang, you are familiar with all the laws of the past dynasties, and you have a lot of insight into the laws of the Han Dynasty, give you a day and a night to screen, screen and sort out the historical materials brought by Sima Qian, and form a "Compilation of the Laws of the Han Dynasty", which is useful to this Hou."

Sima Qian and Zhang Tang took the order and left.

The rest of Dongfang Shuo looked left and right, and found that there was no one else in the secret room, so he asked in a low voice: "Marquis Changning, do you want me Dongfang Shuo to do something big?" ”

Yang Chuan raised his head and said with a smile: "There is a big fart matter, Dongfang Shuo, Ben Hou tells you that in this world, nothing big happens, it is the real big thing." ”

These words are a bit tongue-twisting, in fact, even Yang Chuan himself doesn't know much.

However, after Dongfang Shuo heard this, he only turned his head sideways and muttered for three or five breaths, then grinned: "Okay, I know what to do." ”

Yang Chuan was stunned and asked, "Mr. Dongfang, what do you want?" ”

Dongfang Shuo smiled: "Didn't the Marquis of Changning order me to kill a few people?" You can rest assured, although he has not killed many people in the past few years, but Dongfang Shuo's kung fu has not yet fallen, as long as it is not an old monster like Cui Jiu, ordinary people are a sword to seal their throats. ”

Yang Chuan was laughed at by the success.

The scholars of the Han Empire, everyone is so straightforward, it is too terrible, and it is as easy as going out to turn around with relatives.

The problem is, Ben Hou hasn't finished speaking, do you know which one to kill?

Yang Chuan scolded with a smile: "You old boy is a good storyteller, you can be called the best in the world, but when it comes to killing, you can't do it." ”

"Tell me, who do you want to kill?"

Dongfang Shuo was silent for a long time, and his old face, which had always been joking and funny, showed a rare touch of awe-inspiring righteousness, and said slowly: "The person that Changning Hou is worried about is not Liu An, nor is it some bullshit Liu Ling, but the Huns. ”

"To be precise, the person who makes you jealous, in addition to the emperor and the Great Changmen Cui Jiu, there is another person who is two or three thousand miles away on the Mobei grassland."

"He's the Bank of China."

Yang Chuan sighed and said, "Mr. Dongfang, the Bank of China said that it has a fart relationship with us in the Mobei grassland, two or three thousand miles away, what do you have in your head all day long?" ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head and said indifferently: "When the emperor wants to deal with those jackals in the Mobei grassland, he is not preparing soldiers and horses and mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to display them on the northern border, but letting the general Wei Qing and the champion Hou Huo go south secretly to clear their own territory and leave no worries. ”

"If you Changninghou want to deal with the big dogs of the Han Dynasty, you will naturally try every means to chop off the claws of those big dogs who are connected to the outside world......

I have to say that Dongfang Shuo is the wisest person Yang Chuan has ever seen in the Han Empire.

However, to deal with the Bank of China, there is no need for Dongfang Shuo to make a move.

You must know that even the Great Changmen Cui Jiu lost his troops because of several assassinations, and it is said that hundreds of embroidered messengers hated Mobei and became lonely ghosts on the grassland.

"Mr. Dongfang, against the kind of person who said the Bank of China, Ben Hou has 10,000 ways to kill him," Yang Chuan Wen Yan said: "However, the living Bank of China is better than the dead Bank of China, you run to stab him to death with a sword, how can Ben Hou help the emperor sweep Mobei and destroy the Huns?" ”

Dongfang Shuo opened his mouth and stammered for several breaths, and said: "Then you say, they all have work to do, why is it that only I, Dongfang Shuo, has become an idler?" ”

Yang Chuan smiled: "It's not that you haven't thought about what to do yet...... That's okay, you go to the world of heaven to talk about books for a while. ”

Dongfang Shuo said angrily: "Everyone is doing big things, so let me Dongfang Shuo go to tell the story?" ”

Yang Chuan looked at the angry Dongfang Shuo and smiled, and said leisurely: "Do you think that walking the rivers and lakes with a sword, killing people to see blood, is what a man's husband does?" ”

Dongfang Shuo: "Isn't it?" ”

Yang Chuan shook his head: "Blood and courage are important, but has Mr. Dongfang ever heard of murder?" ”

Dongfang Shuo gradually understood, and his two strange eyes widened: "What does Changning Marquis mean, is it to let Xiao Lao'er tell stories in Chang'an City, kill some people by the way, and punish a heart?" ”

Yang Chuan laughed, waved his hand and said: "It's not about killing some people to punish a heart, but to use your mouth to punish the hearts of people in the world." ”

Dongfang Shuo shook his head directly: "I don't understand." ”

"It's right if you don't understand, if you understand, others will understand, and our hard work will be in vain," Yang Chuan thought for a while, took out a booklet from his sleeve and threw it to Dongfang Shuo: "This is an outline of some stories in Ben Houlie, you can string them together and tell them casually, remember not to swear, don't dampen vibration, or gamble drugs......"

Dongfang Shuo looked confused when he heard this, flipped through a few pages casually, and showed a touch of joy on his face: "Changning Hou, I know how to do it." ”

Yang Chuan asked a little uneasy: "Tell me, how to do it?" ”

Dongfang Shuo grinned and said: "Isn't it clearly written in the booklet of Changning Hou, every day when he tells the story, the first thing is to sing praises of virtue, the second thing is a great thing, the third thing is the lace news, and finally, there is a strong condemnation of bad customs, stealing chickens and dogs, and other trivial things?" ”

Yang Chuan's eyes widened: "Dongfang Shuo, don't talk nonsense about your old boy, where did Ben Hou write these words?" ”

Dongfang Shuo laughed and walked away.

Looking at Dongfang Shuo's back when he left, Yang Chuan pondered inexplicably for a long time, he always felt that this Dongfang Shuo's mouth, as if it had been opened by someone, how could it be a bit of a magic stick......

……

Two days and two nights later.

Sima Qian and Zhang Tang 'co-authored' a "Book of Han Merchants" took shape.

For this reason, Yang Chuan took the initiative to reward the two of them with 3,000 taels of gold for the first time, which was worth the 'salary' of the two of them for several years, which made Sima Qian and Zhang Tang a little panicked.

Because they all know that this Changning Marquis Yang Chuan has always been a master who only takes advantage and does not suffer losses, especially for Sima Qian, but also because of the cage incident a few years ago, he will take revenge on the public and private interests at every turn, and he is really a little unaccustomed to rewarding so much money this time.

Yang Chuan smiled and told the two that in the future, the staff of the Marquis of Changning Mansion will be distributed according to work, and how much work and big things you do will be able to get the gold immediately.

Then, he took the "Book of Han Merchants" and stepped into Weiyang Palace again.

"Write a book for the Merchant's Family?"

Liu Che pinched the Shangjia book, the expression on his face was very intriguing, and he asked a little coldly: "What are the benefits to the imperial court?" ”

Yang Chuan replied honestly: "It's not good. ”

Liu Che raised his head: "It's no good, why do you want to do it?" ”

Yang Chuan said gently: "It is precisely because there is no immediate benefit that it is necessary for the imperial court to rush to do it, so that the people behind it have no way to do it." ”

Liu Che didn't speak, but stared at Yang Chuan's eyes quietly, just waiting to hear what he had to say.

Yang Chuan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, with this book of Han merchants, if it provides convenience for the merchants' family, which businesses can be done and which businesses cannot be done, it is clear and clear, so that those who do business have a direction, this is one." ”

"Second, it is mainly to give the imperial court and the officials of the states, counties and counties a reference, so that they know which merchants are reasonable and legal, which businesses are not in accordance with the rules, should be loose and tight, and at the same time, the rewards and punishments are clear, and the imperial court tax of 25 to 1 is also prevented, as a result, outside Chang'an City, it has changed hands to ten to one, five to one, and even three to one."

"The third is to separate civil litigation from criminal litigation."

"The advantage of this is that it can put an end to the lawsuit of money and grain to a large extent, and once it reaches the county yamen, it will immediately become a heinous crime......

Listening to Yang Chuan's eloquent words, Liu Che's crow's feet at the corners of his eyes became clearly visible to the naked eye, and he scolded with a smile: "Yang Chuan, people say that you are a good kid, and it seems that today you should add a sentence." ”

Yang Chuan shut up.

He stood with his hands down in an orderly manner, waiting for Liu Che's dog to spit out a wolf tooth from its mouth.

Sure enough, Liu Che groaned a few times and said, "That is, you are not only very capable of the day, but also very ghostly." ”

"You only use a useless Han merchant book, and you will give it to the big dogs in the world...... cough cough, he dug a big hole for the world's powerful people and made them jump down willingly. ”

"As for when to bury it, it's not up to you to decide?"

Yang Chuan laughed a few times and said, "Weichen wants to raise a sum of money and food for His Majesty as soon as possible, which is enough to level the land of Mobei......"

(End of chapter)