Deng Ming attaches great importance to banks, but he does not understand modern finance, and he also knows that what he is doing is very dangerous, whether it is issuing banknotes or taking out loans, it is very risky. Therefore, Deng Ming managed the bank very tightly, and not long ago he directly ordered Xiong Lan's bank, stipulating that they must regularly send people to the commercial bank that accepts the Bank of Sichuan (central bank) to check the accounts, and each loan must have collateral, and the amount of the loan must not exceed 70% of the collateral - as for those preferential loans for soldiers, they also need collateral, but this mortgage is the guarantee of the government.

Therefore, Xiong Lan feels that she is constrained, with little power but great responsibility, whether it is printing paper money, rising and falling prices, or issuing loans to commercial banks and supervising their work, Xiong Lan is the first person responsible, and the phrase "Cao Ying's grain official" is also his lingering nightmare.

After hearing Deng Ming's assurance, Xiong Lan couldn't help but hurriedly thank her, since becoming the president, Xiong Lan is also a senior central official of the West Sichuan Group, with a lot of contacts and a lot of experience in financial management. If she can be released to be a prefect, Xiong Lan feels that her qualifications will be more perfect. This kind of position is currently in the hands of the nephew of the head of the Kui Dong Army, and Xiong Lan has no background, and getting a prefect indicates that he has officially entered Deng Ming's original subordinate group, at least it shows that his position in Deng Ming's heart is not much different from the original Dongchuan Guard. Besides, the prefect of western Sichuan now has a lot of power - on the surface, Deng Ming has stripped taxes and justice from the prefect's yamen, which seems to lead to the shrinking of the prefect's yamen's power, but in fact it is not. Compared with those traditional government offices that do not have the power to go to the countryside, the prefect yamen in western Sichuan is directly in charge of every pavilion, and the power space of traditional local tyrants and gentry is all annexed by the government in western Sichuan.

While Deng Ming and Xiong Lan were chatting, Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu also came to the city tower, Deng Ming continued to watch the movements in the city, and invited the two scholars to chat with him. After pondering for a while, Deng Ming asked the guards to invite other Chengdu officials to come up, just now he spoke on the city tower, and everyone was waiting below, and then saw that Deng Ming did not give an order, so they did not come up without authorization.

Looking at the boiling crowd in the city, Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu painstakingly recalled what they had seen and heard in the past, and the books they had read. There are bandits in various places, who go to other villages to kidnap tickets for extortion, and when they get the ransom, the bandits will openly share the spoils, and they will often gather together to have a big meal after the kidnapping tickets are successfully obtained. But as long as it is a little more upscale, the thieves who are a little pursuing will not stay at this stage.

may be the king of Liang Shanbo's mountain in the novel "Water Margin" can do this kind of thing, but it is also a group of bandits, although they are doing the right thing for heaven, they still eat human flesh; Now the Jianzhou bandit group that stole Yanjing knows that they want to erect a sign of destiny for themselves and avenge Chongzhen; Even the earlier Northeast giant Kou Nurhachi, before robbing the market in Liaodong, he would pull out the "Seven Hatreds", indicating that he was not going to rob but to seek justice.

Therefore, looking at Deng Ming with a face full of vernal equinoxes, Zhu Zhiyu didn't know what to say, and he really couldn't connect the world-shattering young commander in front of him with the local bandits in the countryside. After the salute, Zhu Zhiyu was still hesitant, he had the heart to admonish, but it was a bit abrupt to say bad things when they met for the first time, and Zhu Zhiyu couldn't grasp the severity of this speech.

When Zhu Zhiyu's brain was spinning, thinking about how to imply that Deng Ming's behavior did not match his noble status and reputation, Meng Zhengfa had already spoken first: "The prince of the country has fun with the people, shares weal and woe with the soldiers, and the students admire it." ”

"Mr. Meng has won the award." Deng Ming felt that his method was good, but he didn't know what kind of impression he would give to the other party after falling into the eyes of the scholar, just now he observed his words and looks, and saw the expression on Zhu Zhiyu's face change, and his heart suddenly became nervous - at first Deng Ming didn't know why Zhu Zhiyu was Xu Renye, but later learned that Mr. Zhu was Shunshui, Deng Ming suddenly had a sense of admiration: he didn't know Chen Zuocai, and he didn't even know Wen Anzhi before the crossing, but Zhu Shunshui's famous name was still like thunder.

Therefore, Deng Ming also hoped to leave a good impression on these Confucians in the late Ming Dynasty, the more Zhu Zhiyu did not speak, the higher Deng Ming's heart would rise, but as soon as Meng Zheng said this, he suddenly secretly breathed a sigh of air and smiled easily. Meng Zhengfa's fame was also acceptable at this time, but Deng Ming also didn't know that the former Ren Tang seemed to have said bad things about this person, but since he was Zhu Zhiyu's friend, Deng Ming felt that his opinion should be similar to Zhu Zhiyu's.

"Today's arrangements are all to let everyone know that our army has indeed won in Burma, and it is also so that everyone can share the benefits of Wang Shi's victory." Of course, Deng Ming was embarrassed to say that he adopted this method because it was more economical and could have a sensational effect, so he whitewashed his behavior of being close to the bandits (of course, he didn't know it): "As Mr. Meng said, this is to boost morale and unite people's hearts, I don't know if there is anything wrong with it, and I ask the two gentlemen to give advice." ”

Zhu Zhiyu secretly observed the present, and felt that Deng Ming's attitude seemed to be quite sincere, and there was also a very eager look in his eyes when he looked at him, and when he heard Deng Ming's tone of sincere seeking to build a yì, he cleared his throat, and planned to say a few words euphemistically, at least let Deng Ming understand that it is extremely undesirable to hide his banditry behavior in the slightest, and it will become a laughing stock for eternity.

"The great talents of the country know that in order to expel the Tartars, they must unite as one," Meng Zhengfa once again preempted Zhu Zhiyu and loudly expressed his opinion: "The means are even more back to the basics, and the great ingenuity is not ......"

Hearing this, Xiong Lan couldn't help but glance at Meng Zhengfa, and a thought popped up in her heart: "Could it be that this is a strong enemy?" "Meng Zhengfa is just a scholar, and he has not made many achievements such as dedication to Wanxian County and financial management three times, so Xiong Lan can have such a ridiculous idea, even if it is only for a moment, it is also remarkable.

Ren Tang and several other military officials were not recruited to the city gate, Deng Ming felt that there was no need for all the civil and military officials to crowd around him, and several of them did not rush to join in the excitement at the first time, but stayed in the city, if there was any emergency, they could also immediately call the standing army stationed in Chengdu.

It wasn't until Liu Jinge returned to the prefect's yamen from the lively Chunxi Road that Ren Tang and Mu Tan were able to relieve themselves of their responsibilities and rush to the city gate to see Deng Ming, and the two of them hadn't seen Deng Ming for a long time.

When these two people climbed the city tower, they saw that Liu Yao, Yang Youcai and a large group of people were around Deng Ming, but it was Meng Zhengfa who had a very happy conversation with Deng Mingyan - Liu Jinge and Zhou Kaihuang openly supported Gong Yan, but Ren Tang and Mu Tan both had a better impression of Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu, and they were even more prejudiced against Gong Yan, who burned the main card of the gods.

After seeing Ren Tang, Deng Ming also smiled and said hello.

"What did Guogong say? So happy to say? Ren Tang walked forward with a smile, he estimated that it was mostly related to culture and education, because Liu Yao and Yang Youcai could see that their faces were full of confusion, obviously they didn't understand the topic of the two, and Xiong Lan and Zhou Kaihuang also frowned slightly, probably unable to interject at all.

Finally, a few scholars came, Ren Tang felt that he was a like-minded person, although he was a soldier, he was not a big boss, since Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa were talking about the topic of elegance, then he could definitely mix it up - although Ren Tang had made a small report to Deng Ming, the contradiction between him and Meng Zhengfa was still a contradiction between scholars after all, and they were also in the same camp in the final analysis.

"Very interesting topic...... Deng Ming replied with a smile.

This is Ren Tang suddenly noticed that Zhu Zhiyu was looking sideways at the city tower, as if he was observing the city fortifications in Chengdu very seriously, and people were hiding far away from Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa, which made Ren Tang suddenly wonder: "When we met for the first time, why didn't Mr. Zhu talk to the admiral, but what city tower did he go to see?" When is it not possible to see this tower? ”

At this time, Deng Ming had already turned his head and asked Meng Zhengfa with a smile: "Mr. Meng said just now, who wrote "Golden Vase Plum"? ”

"It must be Wang Shizhen, there is no doubt about it." Although it was February, Meng Zhengfa and Zhu Zhiyu both had a scribe's folding fan in their hands, and now Meng Zhengfa held the fan in his right hand and slapped it lightly to his left palm: "I dare to assert that Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng must be Wang Shizhen's pseudonym." ”

"What?" Ren Tang exclaimed.

"Guogong looks at the enemy's array, and he can guess the opponent's coach at a glance, right?" Meng Zhengfa waved the folding fan lightly, and said calmly: "For us, this reading is the same, as soon as we look at the words and sentences, and the scene is depicted, it will be obvious whose pseudonym this is......"

Meng Zheng posted a blog quoting side signs, and from time to time took out the passages in it, comparing it with the metaphors and descriptions in Wang Shizhen's other works: "Guogong, please see, are these very similar? ”

"Sure enough, Mr. Meng is really knowledgeable." Deng Ming now admires Meng Zhengfa from the bottom of his heart, and Wang Huazhen's article is easy to recall.

"The prince of the country has won the award, the prince is a sage and a famous Confucian, and his articles were repeatedly recited by students when they were children." Meng Zhengfa is not only erudite, but also very modest, and Deng Ming's impression of him is getting better and better.

These arguments made Deng Ming listen to it with relish, but it was a pity that Liu Yao, Zhou Kaihuang, and Xiong Lan were all martial artists, and they couldn't understand what Deng Ming and Meng Zhengfa were discussing, and just now Zhu Zhiyu also confessed, saying that he hadn't taken a good look at the city tower since he came to Chengdu, and hurriedly went to the city tower after speaking.

Now that Ren Tang is here, Deng Ming thinks it's very good, it can make the discussion more lively and not let Meng Zhengfa play a one-man show alone - although Deng Ming can understand this issue, he is not qualified to discuss it at all.

Deng Ming turned around and wanted to ask Ren Tang's opinion, but he pounced and lost the figure of Lieutenant Colonel Ren, he looked left and right for a while, and only then did he find the target in the distance: "Hey, Brother Ren, why are you going to see the city tower too?" It's not like you haven't seen it. ”

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