"What ...... this?"

Cui Geng was also a little hesitant, to be honest, he was a little shocked by his influence.

Okay, 100,000 stone polished rice, rare information, and the precious time of many wealthy businessmen, just to give themselves a direction.

Even if you are called the "Holy Hand of Money", this is too expensive, right?

He thought for a while, and then said carefully: "If a few people want to be free for a lifetime, they don't have to go to Quanzhou and Guangzhou to develop." But if you want to make a career, you must go to Quanzhou and Guangzhou to develop your ancestors, and your children and grandchildren. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Someone, get a pen and paper!"

Entrusted by people, loyal to people.

The king treats me as a countryman, and I repay him as a countryman.

Cui Geng picked up a brush and drew a brief map of the world on a piece of white paper.

He pointed with his hand and said, "Everyone, please look, this is my Datang." Although it thinks it is the Celestial Empire, it only occupies a corner of the world. To the west of my Tang Dynasty, there is an empire that is no less prosperous than my Tang Dynasty. ”

Zhang Weidao: "Cui Xiang means ...... Big food? ”

"Exactly." Cui Geng continued to use his finger and said, "There is a big island here, rich in spices. There is a large island here, rich in copper and iron. Over here...... Over here...... And here, it's all borderlands. The land is fertile and suitable for reclamation ......"

He didn't hide it either, and said everything he could think of.

Someone next to him said weakly: "Thank you Cui Xiang for telling me bluntly, it's just ...... You told me about this, so why should we go to Guangzhou and Quanzhou? Directly from Mingzhou, you can also get there! ”

Cui Geng smiled slightly and said, "If you rely on these materials and use the port of Mingzhou for maritime trade, this official has no opinion. Just ......"

"How?"

Cui Geng raised his eyebrows and said, "First, whether the local government will provide convenience for you to do business." For example, this voyage must come back for a year to report, how many can be exempted? Second, everyone knows the risk of opening up unfamiliar routes, right? If there are many maritime merchants involved, the danger will be much smaller. Third, if everyone gets together, any new ideas and technologies can be quickly popularized. ”

After a pause, he added: "Of course, this official didn't mean that everyone left their homes and businesses to go to Quanzhou or Guangzhou. Instead, I hope to arrange a certain number of people there to see what are the advantages and disadvantages of these two states over Ming State? Let's see if there are any new ideas or technologies that can be used on your own ships. In the long run, everyone will know the trade-offs. ”

All the sea merchants looked at each other, and suddenly bowed in unison, and said in unison: "Thank you Cui Xiang for your teaching." ”

Zhang Wei smiled bitterly: "Zhang said that the world is called virtuous, but his methods, compared with Cui Xiang's methods, are not even as good as the stinky maggots in the pit." And those dirty officials in Mingzhou, I might as well say it. Fear...... I'm going to have to go to Quanzhou. ”

"Zhang said?" Cui Gengdao: "You say the one on the left." The right one Zhang said, could it be that Zhang said that the one who instructed Qin Yujie to do this trick? ”

"Exactly. To tell you the truth, our people peeked at Zhang's letter to Qin Yujie. That ploy was a serial scheme. If you have 50,000 people stationed in Luoyang. Qin Yujie will send the clothes of the patient with ghost sores to the barracks. ”

"What a poisonous ploy!"

Cui Geng's color changed at that time.

The so-called ghost face sores are smallpox in later generations, and in terms of medical conditions in these years, it is not uncommon for people to die of smallpox, and it is not uncommon for them to die. If their plan succeeds, not to mention that the number of people who go to the destination will be less than half, the most terrible thing is the people's hearts, many people yearn for it, and if they get it, it is estimated that nine times out of ten they will dispel their thoughts.

His face turned cold and said, "This king originally wanted to be stable in Lingnan Road for a while. However, since this Li Longji is still restless and does not come and behave, I will also give him some eye medicine. ”

"You also said to Zhang?"

Cui Geng shook his head and said, "Zhang said that he was not instructed by Li Longji to deal with me?" If I want to take revenge, of course I have to go to Li Longji. Well, if the new hatred and old hatred are added together, let him lose a confidant. ”

"Who?"

As soon as the words came out, Zhang Wei realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, the villain has too many words." ”

Cui Geng grinned, and did not mean to blame, but said mysteriously: "Please wait for a few days, this official estimates...... Half a month later, we will see the difference. ”

"Rest assured, we won't leak this to anyone." Zhang Wei saw that Cui Geng didn't blame himself, and hurriedly promised.

"We're going to keep our mouths shut, too." Others chimed in.

Cui Geng originally said it, and he was not afraid that they would tell others, first, these people had just helped themselves offend Zhang Shuo, and they would definitely not turn back at this time, and second, he didn't say the specific situation, and others couldn't find trouble if they wanted to. But it's still good for these people to say this collectively. At least that's what he thinks.

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……

At the same time, inside the Temple of Manna.

Li Longji's face sank like water, and said: "Zhang Aiqing, it seems that your so-called few tricks are not very effective." ”

"What ...... this?"

"It's really not very effective, I was expecting to see Cui Geng's jokes, but it turned out to be my own joke," Yao Chongren said sarcastically.

Zhang said that his face was flushed, and he said: "Originally, the front was going very smoothly, but a group of businessmen came out, and they were all businessmen who forgot their righteousness, so that Weichen's plan did not succeed." ”

Yao Chong and Zhang said that they are both quite famous and capable. But the relationship between the two is quite bad, if it can't be described as "you live or die", it's not much worse. Whoever calls both of them capable, the more capable people are, the more they can't see that the other party is better than themselves.

Seeing that Zhang said that he was deflated, Yao Chong's heart was not to mention how happy he was, and said, "Okay, don't make excuses for yourself." Now you say, what should we do with Cui Geng and Cui Erlang, right? Could it be that we have done something to a few businessmen for this matter? In that case, what will others say about us? ”

"This ......"

Zhang Shuo gritted his teeth and was ruthless, and said: "Cui Geng is resourceful and has many small means, let's use privacy means to deal with him, and the effect is not very good." Since the dark can't work, we might as well simply use the general trend and crush it directly. ”

Yao Chongyi patted his head and said, "Very good!" Crush! I want to crush too. Excuse me...... What exactly is this action? How do you crush it to ensure success? ”

Zhang said: "The most lacking thing in Lingnan Road is population. We can make the governors of the neighboring provinces of Lingnan Province pretend to be thieves, or directly clash with the neighboring state capitals of Lingnan Province. If one of the officers and soldiers of Lingnan Province dies, there will be one less death, and after a long time, Lingnan Road will certainly not be worried. ”

Li Longji's eyes lit up and said, "This method is good!" At the beginning, the three kingdoms of Shu and Han were sparsely populated, and although they had strong soldiers, they were eventually annexed by Cao Wei. Now Lingnan Province is not even as good as the population of Shu Han, but our population far exceeds that of Cao Wei. Use this trick to deal with Cui Geng, and you will definitely be able to win! ”

Yao Chong saw that Zhang had won the lottery, and his mood became more and more unhappy.

He stretched out his big hand and said, "Bring it!" ”

"Bring what?" Zhang said that he didn't react for a while, and he didn't know what Yao Chong wanted to give him.

"Money! Which is the state capital close to Lingnan Province, which is rich? If you let them send troops to fight Lingnan Road, they can't go through the public account, but can't they give money privately? Yao Chong said angrily.

Li Longji said: "Regarding money, Yao Xiang doesn't have to worry. I took out my own inner library and let Zhang Xiang plan. ”

Yao Chong asked rhetorically, "Does Your Majesty have a lot of money in the treasury?" ”

"Thanks to my father's blessing, there are always more than 10 million yuan."

Yao Chong said disapprerovingly: "More than 10 million is indeed a lot, but I'm afraid it's not very much." ”

Li Longji only thought that Yao Chong was bubbling with sour water, but what he didn't expect was that Yao Chong's words became a prophecy.

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From ancient times to the present, all governments have a characteristic: no matter how much money they have, they are not enough to spend. For example, if the government earns 1 million yuan, they can spend 1.2 million yuan. But what about when the treasury revenue reaches two million dollars?

I'm sorry, but it can cost 2.5 million yuan.

Therefore, don't look at Cui Geng's opening of a lot of financial resources for the government in Datang, there is still not much savings in the Datang treasury. Still relatively poor.

Li Longji found that Li Dan left more than 10 million yuan in his inner library, and originally thought that he was quite rich. was a little bit less said by Yao Chong. But I also think that Cui Geng's problem should still be solved

However, before he could give Zhang Shuo the money for the event, he encountered a big deal of money: the Turks attacked the three surrendered cities built by Cui Geng.

How can that be? How unreasonable! ”

On the palace of diligence.

Syllable!

Li Longji slapped the imperial case suddenly, and said angrily: "Why did the Turks not attack the three surrendered cities when Cui Geng was the king of Ji, and when Cui Geng was the king of Lingnan, they attacked the surrendered cities!" According to me, it is clear that Cui Geng colluded with the Turks to give me a big ugly look! Hmph, what Cui Geng Cui Qingtian is clearly a villain who deceives the world and steals his name! The world is blind! ”

The new emperor was furious, and the officials present were naturally worried and silent. Everyone knows that at this time, it is okay to speak well, and if you don't say it well, you must be the object of cannon fodder, so you look at me, I look at you, no one dares to step forward and say a word.

However, as soon as Li Longji's voice fell, Prime Minister Song still stood up and said: "Your Majesty, please be cautious in what you say, so as not to be ridiculed by future generations." ”

Li Longji was already angry at this time, and as soon as Song's words came out, he asked, "What?" You're not right? What's wrong? Tell me about it? ”

Song Zi knew that he had hit the barrel of the gun, but the words were not good to retract, and he said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, what you said is indeed not quite right, it is precisely because Cui Geng and the Turks are not in collusion that the Turks attacked my surrendered city." If there is collusion, the Turks will not dare to attack. ”

"Huh? What do you mean by that? "Li Longji has a great plan at this time, and Song is ready to take him under the knife without saying anything.

"It turns out that Cui Geng's brother-in-law is a special agent with Russia, and he is half a khan of the Turks. For my sister's sake, the Russian special service is not very difficult with our Datang. But...... Now the Russian secret service is dead. ”

"How did he die?"

"The Russian secret service is a little lacking, Cui Geng sent an old Taoist to assist him, but this year, the old Taoist returned to his hometown. It is said that this is nothing, Que Special Service is afraid that Cui Geng is the king of Ji, and there are hundreds of thousands of male soldiers under him, so he does not dare to take the same Russian Special Service. But Cui Geng is now the king of Lingnan, and the Que special service doesn't have so many scruples, and with a little trick, he killed the same Russian special service. ”

"And then?"

Song Yi pouted and said, "Then ...... It's a shame to say, when Cui Geng was managing, the person who managed the wool workshop was very popular, but he was the queen of Lingnan, and the person who managed the wool workshop was also changed. The new ones are not only half as smart as the people before them, but they are stupid and greedy, and they have repeatedly deliberately lowered the purchase price of wool. Que Te Qin couldn't bear it anymore, so he launched a large army and attacked the surrendered city. ”

"This ......"

Li Longji can create a prosperous era of Kaiyuan, and he is naturally not an unreasonable person.

After a little thought, he realized that he was indeed wrong. I shouldn't have rushed to a conclusion without reading the recital.

He bowed slightly at Song and said, "Thank you Song Xiang for your teachings, I know that I am wrong." So what does Song Xiang think, how should I deal with the Turks? ”

Song stretched out three fingers and said, "There are three strategies, upper, middle and lower, please make a decision for Your Majesty." ”

"What's the best policy?"

"Your Majesty may change the person in charge of the wool mill, and send a man of eloquence to negotiate peace with Que. Que Special Service is seeking money, and if you have money, you will naturally stop making trouble. ”

Li Longji frowned and said, "That also seems that my Tang Dynasty court is too weak and can be bullied, what is the middle strategy?" ”

"The middle strategy is simpler, the walls of the surrendered city are tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so that the defenders can not go out. After the Turkic army retreated, the head of the wool mill was replaced. The Turks no longer suffered a loss when selling wool, and the matter was over. ”

Li Longji pouted his teeth and said, "It's still not cool enough, what about the next policy?" ”

"The next strategy is to mobilize troops and horses to fight with the Turks, and let Que Special Service know that even if I don't have King Ji in Datang, it will not be difficult to deal with Que Special Service."

Li Longji's eyes lit up and said, "That's a good idea!" Song Xiang's words are deeply heartfelt! ””

Song secretly rolled his eyes, and secretly thought in his heart, what does it mean that "Song Xiang's words are deeply heartfelt"? I'm just telling you what you're thinking.

Of course, the Song itself was not opposed to fighting with the Turks.

He said: "To start a war with the Turks, there are two things that must be resolved first. One is money. Second, he is a good general. ”

Li Longji said, "It's easy to talk about money, in addition to the normal appropriation of the national treasury, I will give another 5 million yuan to the inner treasury to help military funds. ”

Song Dao: "Then only the best thing left is to choose a good general." Weichen recommends one person, and he can break the Turks. ”

"Who do you want to recommend?"

"His name is Xue Na, and he is the current governor of Youzhou after Xue Rengui, a famous general of the Tang Dynasty. Calm and practiced, skilled in the art of war, can be handsome. ”

"Okay, just according to what Song Aiqing said."

The next thing is simple, send the holy decree, send the grain and grass, send the inner library, and then wait for the battle report from the front.

Zhang said that he was still thinking about dealing with Cui Geng, so he took the initiative to enter the palace to face the saint on this day, and said: "Your Majesty, don't you forget, haven't you given Weichen the money from the inner treasury?" ”

Li Longji originally had more than 10 million yuan, and he felt that he had a lot of money. Now there are just over seven million left, and I was a little hesitant at the time.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I will give three million ......."

But at this moment, a little eunuch hurriedly ran in and said, "Your Majesty, the military department has urgently reported that the 400,000 troops of Tubo have invaded my Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate." ”