Now the parent official of Kaifeng Mansion is Wen Yi, who is also in the New Party camp, but like Lu Jiawen, he is also a not very likable character.

Not only did the people of the old party dislike him, but most of the people of the new party did not like him either. Because this guy has a problem of gloating, he once served as the governor of Tanzhou, and Tanzhou is the only way to go south to Lingnan. All the officials who were demoted to Tanzhou were suppressed and bullied by him, and they didn't give any face.

However, although he offended many officials, he was an official in Song Huizong's mansion and had a good relationship with Song Huizong. Therefore, after Song Huizong ascended the throne, he was summoned to Kaifeng Mansion in the name of the old ministers of the domain, and now he is a servant (that is, to accompany the emperor to study, and can also be regarded as Song Huizong's teacher) and know Kaifeng Mansion, which can be described as a confidant and favorite minister.

Since he is Song Huizong's henchman, of course he will not bite Wu Haogu's real estate business for Lu Jiawen - this transaction still has Pan Xiao'an and Gao Yu's share! Maybe Song Huizong's own private money was also invested...... Others can bite, but Wen Yi can't keep his mouth shut, otherwise Song Huizong will treat him as a dog who can only fight in the nest, what else is he keeping? Feeling uncomfortable with yourself?

Therefore, Wu Haogu is not afraid of Kaifeng Mansion to check, just check, there will be no problem! Even if there is a problem, Wen Qingtian has to help cover up the problem.

Lu Jia asked, of course, he also knew who Wen Yi was, and he had nothing to say about that thing. But the Pingzhun case can't find Wu Haogu, so it's really a bit difficult.

"Houqing," on the way back to Kaifeng Mansion, Lu Jia asked An Tao and said, "If you can't teach Wu Haogu a lesson, I'm afraid that the big businessmen of Kaifeng Mansion will get carried away!" ”

An Tao smiled bitterly: "Now Kaifeng Mansion, no, the big businessmen in the whole world are a little carried away...... Wu Haogu set up a Jiehe commercial market, and signed the "Republic Commercial Treaty", and set up merchant autonomy in Jiehe, which was simply lawless. Wu Yanen, a giant merchant in Haizhou, secretly communicated with Goryeo, and arranged for his cousin Wu Yanzhong to be the military department of Goryeo, and was still active in Kaifeng Prefecture, wanting the imperial court to sell iron tools to the Goryeo people.

By the way, there is also Ji Yi, the son of Pingjiang maritime merchant Ji, who took the first place in the provincial examination last year and married Zhang Di's granddaughter, which is really amazing! ”

"Industry and commerce are powerful, and it is not a blessing for the country in the end!" Lu Jia asked and said hatefully.

"That's right, the country is based on agriculture, and if the industry and commerce are strong, it will invade agriculture." An Tao sighed, "And this dynasty doesn't suppress mergers...... It's really embarrassing. ”

Lu Jia asked, "Yes! Wasn't the ultimate goal of Jing Gong's reform law back then to suppress mergers through government-run industry and commerce, and to restore the township soldiers by suppressing annexation? It's a pity that there are too many traitors in the court, and everyone is seeking personal gain, so that the new law was abandoned halfway, and the world is still exhausted. “

Wang Anshi's changes were often criticized in later generations for being a blow to industry and commerce, as if Wang Anshi was careless and used corrupt and immoral officials.

But in the eyes of An Tao and Lu Jiawen, cracking down on industry and commerce is Wang Anshi's means of changing the law! Wang Anshi wanted to bankrupt industry and commerce on a large scale, and then replace private industry and commerce with government-run industry and commerce, so as to achieve the goal of enriching the country and curbing mergers.

And his plan is not without a little reason. Because of the military weakness of the Song Dynasty, in addition to the two major reasons of emphasizing literature and light military force and the emperor's blind command, it was the development of industry and commerce and the serious annexation of land.

Land annexation can destroy low-cost township soldiers—whether government soldiers or military households, the foundation is all land. All the land will be returned to the landlords, the peasant households will become tenants, and the township soldier system will not be established! Even if it is established, it is a powerful private soldier and will not benefit the country.

And business development is destroying mercenaries! Historically, the mercenary green battalion soldiers of the Manchu Dynasty, the average military salary was only one or two or three yuan, three buckets of rice per month, and some weapons needed to be purchased by themselves. The Northern Song Dynasty forbidden army, which was hundreds of years earlier than them, had an income of 50 taels a year, and an average of more than 4 taels a month, and the weapons were all supplied by the state. In addition, there are high-paid utility workers with an annual income of more than 100 yuan, and their income is directly thrown out of the Eight Banners for dozens of streets.

However, such a high income in Kaifeng Prefecture, a city with developed industry and commerce, is now facing the situation of not being able to buy a house and not being able to ask for a lady, so he has to turn being a soldier into a part-time job. And as soon as people are rich, they cherish their lives and become "Kaifeng abandoned houses......

Therefore, cracking down on private industry and commerce and making it not so easy for ordinary people to obtain high incomes is, in a sense, a way to strengthen the Song army.

The two successors of Wang Anshi rode into the city while chatting, and before they knew it, they arrived at the door of Liu Kui's mansion in the south wing of Kaifeng Mansion.

Lu Jia asked if there was no house in Kaifeng Mansion, although the store housekeeper would definitely arrange a house for him, but there was a process, so he could only live in his son-in-law's house tonight.

And Liu Kui's mansion is also the official property assigned by the store's housework, and it looks very dilapidated, but it has not collapsed. However, the area is not small, if the house is demolished and the land is sold, it is also a million-level industry!

"Brother Wang, there is still official business in my house, so I will say goodbye today." An Tao asked Lu Jia to arch his hand, and was about to say goodbye, but was stopped by Lu Jia.

"Houqing, do you want to arrange a good ancient book of imperial history and martial arts?"

"Ginseng?" An Tao frowned, "What's the name?" ”

"Participate in his fanning and shaking the country!" Lu Jia asked and thought about it.

"Fan the country? It's a bit of a void, right? ”

Lu Jia asked and smiled: "It's not too vain...... The Kaifeng forbidden army is the foundation of the country, and the republic of Wuhao Gu has disturbed the hearts of many forbidden soldiers with real estate transactions, making them gather and make noise, which is to fan the country! ”

Can you still do this?

Although An Tao felt that Lu Jia's accusation against Wu Haogu was completely nonsense, he still nodded and said, "Let me arrange it." ”

Lu Jia asked, but asked: "Houqing, who do you want to get on the bullet seal?" ”

An Tao said: "The new superintendent of the imperial history is Zhang Kegong! ”

Zhang Shuye's cousin Zhang Kegong's new dispatch has come down, and he is to supervise the imperial history, not the official of the imperial history platform, which is a bit of a supernumerary imperial history. However, the impeachment of Wu Haogu is a good luck at this level, and it is just right for a superintendent to supervise the imperial history.

……

The two brothers, Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen, as well as Su Dalang, were drinking tea and eating food upstairs in the republic at this time, and of course there were no women to accompany them - during the national funeral, it is better to be careful!

The three of them sat together, and naturally wanted to say that today under the Republic, An Tao and Lu Jia asked about the intention of the two.

Those who come are definitely not good! Especially that Lu Jia asked, the great villain who has been known for decades, the Lu family thief, can there be any good things when he is out?

Although Wu Haogu and Wu Haowen are also tightly guarded (the top ten litigators in Kaifeng Mansion are consultants, and they must be comprehensive in all aspects of the law), it does not mean that the other party is out of recruitment.

Because the imperial history can be heard, it is not necessary to have real evidence.

And Wu Haogu's backstage is very hard, even if Zhao Tingzhi goes out in person, it is impossible to put him in the Yushitai Prison, so it doesn't matter whether there is evidence or not.

The important thing is to force Wu Haogu to retreat from the real estate line of Kaifeng Mansion!

"There will definitely be bullet seals," Wu Haogu gently turned the teacup in his hand, "I have memorized more than a dozen bullet seals now, but they have all been left by the official family." ”

A fortunate merchant is still a businessman, and it is nothing to be involved in more than a dozen books of imperial history - those imperial histories are not really embarrassed by Wu Haogu, and impeaching him is just to show that he is not afraid of the powerful. So far, the bullet stamps of the martial arts are all trivial things, either disgrace or bribery...... It can't hit Wu Haogu at all.

"But this time, I'm afraid they're going to have some strength!" Wu Haogu thought for a while, "I just didn't know that I would participate like this?" ”

"Will you participate in your hoarding and driving up housing prices?" Wu Haowen asked.

"I'm not afraid of this." Wu Haogu shook his head, "...... can explain clearly"

"Or are you a greedy businessman who has lost his official body?"

"This crime is also for you." Wu Haogu looked at his brother and laughed. "I am a military attaché, and greed is as it should be."

"That's ......" Wu Haowen shook his head, "Big brother, it seems that there is no more, we are not afraid of shadows, let them participate." ”

Wu Haogu looked at Su Dalang again, and Su Dalang smiled: "Ask me about business, the tricks in officialdom...... Dalang, you have to ask the connoisseur about this. ”

"Connoisseur?" Wu Haogu looked at his younger brother.

"I can't do it," Wu Haowen waved his hand hurriedly, "I've only been an official for a few days?" ”

Su Dalang smiled: "Da Lang, you actually know an old fox in officialdom. ”

Wu Haogu smiled: "I know a lot of old foxes...... But none of them are of use to me. ”

"There's one you can use!"

"Who?"

"Shi Guozhong, I just gave Cangzhou Zhizhou, and I haven't left Kaifeng Mansion yet...... By the way, you still asked for this Zhizhou for him. ”

"Oh, that Yanggu magistrate." Wu Haogu remembered that "confused Zhixian", he looked at Su Dalang, "You also recognize him?" ”

"How not to recognize?" Su Dalang said with a smile, "My family and Wanjia are world friends, and Shi Guozhong's wife is my distant cousin. This old man was notoriously cunning when he was the imperial historian, and the Manchu magnates impeached him all over the place, but nothing happened...... The person he impeached is fine with himself! ”

"Then how did he get promoted?" Wu Haogu smiled.

Imperial history is a position that is easy to promote, but also easy to be demoted. Under normal circumstances, those officials who entered the Imperial Observatory would perform desperately, aiming their guns at the most favored ministers. To be famous, but also to fight for a chance to be promoted.

Su Dalang said: "Aren't you also in Zhizhou now?" ”

"That's right," Wu Haogu thought for a moment, "Then I'll visit him tomorrow and see if I can make him work for me." ”

"Absolutely!" Su Dalang said with certainty, "A person who is an official may be famous, or happy, or powerful...... He doesn't seem to like power, so let him be lured by profit. ”