Yang Yan nodded and said, "Okay, Brother Xie can first tell these words to the merchants in Guangdong, and after three days, I want to borrow your Xie family restaurant to invite all the merchants in Guangzhou to the banquet, and show them the benefits and disadvantages at the banquet, hoping to persuade them." And please tell them whether to donate or not, or how much to donate, is voluntary and never forced. ”

Xie Yuanqing immediately said: "My lord, please rest assured, this matter is covered in the next body, and I will definitely bring all the big merchants in Guangzhou when the time comes." ”

At this time, when Ali saw that they had finished speaking, he also stood up, bowed to Yang Yan, and said, "Your Excellency, I also have something to ask you for." ”

Yang Yan was a little strange and said with a smile: "Ali, if you have something, you want me to help you, just ask." ”

Ali said: "Your Excellency, please let me join your army, I am willing to fight to defend your country, your people, and your land." ”

Yang Yan couldn't help laughing and said, "Ali, why do you want to join the army?" You should know that war is a very dangerous thing. ”

Ali said: "My life has always been accompanied by danger, so I will not be afraid of danger, the reason why I joined the army is that I want to be an official, to be a big official." In your country, it is impossible for me to pass your examination to become an official, so I can only become an official by joining the army, participating in wars, and building up military merits. Of course, I will definitely fight hard and exchange my military exploits for the official position I will receive. ”

The more Yang Yan listened, the more inexplicable he felt, was this guy an official fan? But since then, it doesn't seem to be like it, and said: "Ali, aren't you now in charge of Fanfang's business?" Why do you suddenly want to be an official? ”

Ali said: "Fanfang's official affairs can only manage foreign merchants, and it can't meet my needs. Now my greatest wish is to complete my two books, one in which you introduce my country and the other in which you introduce your country to my country. However, if I want to accomplish this goal, it is far from enough for me to rely on my strength, I have to consult a lot of information, and I need a lot of people to help me, and these things can only be achieved after I become an official and hold a certain amount of power. ”

When everyone present heard his reason, they couldn't help but laugh a little, Ali continued: "I don't want to take advantage of our relationship as friends to ask Your Excellency to ask for an official position for me, but I hope to exchange my own efforts for an official position, and now is the time when you need to hire people. ”

However, when Yang Yan heard this, he admired his perseverance a little, nodded, and said, "Okay, I promise you, after I finish my business in Guangzhou, you will go back to Longxing Mansion with me, and I will arrange a military position for you when you get there." How much merit you can build depends on your own efforts. ”

Ali was overjoyed, bowed to Yang Yan again, and said, "Your Excellency, thank you." ”

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Yang Yan came out of the room and saw that the moonlight was like silver, scattering a silver-gray color on the earth. I saw a slender and slender figure standing in the courtyard under the moonlight. The breeze blows, bringing out the flying low white veil, like an elf walking out of the moon palace.

Yang Yan was slightly stunned and said, "Miss Ye, it's you." "It turned out to be Ye Muxue, who I hadn't seen for a long time, and I didn't expect to meet her here again.

Ye Muxue still had the elegant appearance of being clear and beautiful, bowed slightly, and said: "Visit late at night and ask Brother Yang to rest, but the stakes are very high, Mu Xue has to take the taste, and I ask Brother Yang to forgive me." ”

Yang Yan was a little surprised, Ye Muxue actually made a special trip to Guangzhou to find him, and said, "Miss Ye, this is not the place to talk, let's go into the room and talk." ”

Ye Muxue did not refuse, and followed Yang Yan into the house, Yang Yan poured him a cup of tea, and the two sat down opposite each other. Yang Yancai said: "How did Miss Ye know that I was in Guangzhou? ”

Ye Muxue smiled slightly and said, "I went to Longxing Mansion to find Brother Yang first, and I knew that you came to Guangzhou, so I rushed here all the time." ”

Yang Yan said: "Then Miss Ye came to me for something?" ”

Ye Muxue sighed, held the teacup, and said, "You should know about King Deng's claim to be emperor in Jianning Mansion, right?" ”

Yang Yan nodded and said, "Of course I know." ”

Ye Muxue said: "Then how do you plan to deal with King Deng?" ”

Yang Yan now understood Ye Muxue's intention of asking these things. Because he knew that Zong Tianxuan was now an important adviser under Zhao Kai, and this time Zhao Kai was proclaimed emperor in Jianning Mansion, and he played a great role in it. And Zong Tianxuan is a disciple of Tianji Palace, Ye Muxue came to find him, probably for this matter. Said: "Although King Deng is self-reliant, but after all, he is also the prince of the Great Song Dynasty, at present, our primary enemy is the Jin people, and the brothers are on the wall, and the outside is obscure." As long as King Deng doesn't take the initiative to provoke, we won't be the first to attack. However, if the day comes to defeat the Jin soldiers, it is difficult to say, there are no two days, there are no two lords of the people, whether we or the king, I am afraid that we will not give up at that time. ”

Generally speaking, in such a situation where two monarchs stand side by side, neither side will recognize the status of the other, and the word "pseudo" will be added in front of the other party's name in the title. But now Zhao Chen and Zhao Kai have not done this, they still use the name of the former prince to call each other, for Zhao Kai, Zhao Chen is the edict of the Emperor Taishang, and the Zhongshu Province recognizes the inherited throne, which is justified in terms of etiquette. Therefore, it must not be said that Zhao Chen is a "puppet emperor", and he can only grasp the fact that Yang Yan is a powerful minister, and in Zhao Kai's text, the focus of the attack is also on Yang Yan, and there is almost no mention of Zhao Chen. On Zhao Chen's side, the main enemy at present is Jin Guo rather than Zhao Kai, and Zhao Kai still has to leave a little leeway for Zhao Kai not to tear up face. That is why the two sides are in their current situation.

Yang Yan continued: "I also know that Mr. Zong of Tianji Palace is in Jianning Mansion now, and he is also a distinguished guest of King Deng, but on that day, I am afraid that I will really be hostile to each other, Miss Ye came to me, is it just to talk about this matter?" I don't know what Miss Ye plans to do at that time? ”

Ye Muxue shook her head with a wry smile and said, "I came to Brother Yang to say that although it is not this thing, it is also related to Senior Brother Zong. Although Senior Brother Zong was also a disciple of Tianji Palace, he had helped King Deng before, but it was just his personal behavior, and it did not represent the entire Tianji Palace. But not long ago, Senior Brother Zong returned to Tianji Palace, saying that now the situation in the Great Song Dynasty is in crisis, and our Tianji Palace cannot sit idly by, and ask the division to respect the birth of the newly opened Tianji Palace, help the Great Song Dynasty, and defeat the Jin army. ”