Cao Cao hurriedly washed up, nibbled on two mouthfuls of steamed buns, and then came to the Fengtian Palace, which was just the right time. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After some red tape, a minister reported to Cao Cao: "Your Majesty, at present, the chambers of commerce often do illegal things because of the problem of interests!" Please Your Majesty must severely punish the evil chamber of commerce! It is better to be able to impose strict restrictions on business activities and return the world to a bright future! ”

The one who spoke was Tao Ru, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, who was an influential minister in the court before Cao Cao became emperor, and was a representative of Confucianism, and now he is a banner of this force in the court.

Li Tianke, the left waiter of the Criminal Department, immediately asked rhetorically: "Does Tao Shilang mean that my Great Wei Empire is full of smoke and miasma now?" ”

Tao Ru said confidently: "The businessmen have repeatedly done illegal things for the sake of profit!" And now the lowly businessmen are now in a panic and are on a par with the scholars! What a system! ”

Li Tianke said abruptly: "It turns out that Tao Shilang thinks that the authority of being a scholar is not as high as it was back then!" ”

Tao Ru nodded subconsciously, and then said in a deep voice: "I mean to say, businessmen are rampant!" ”

Li Tianke said: "Whether a person is evil or not depends on his nature, not his identity!" I have a summary of last year's major criminal cases. ”

Glancing at Tao Ru, Tao Ru couldn't help but have a bad feeling, Li Tianke continued: "Last year, there were seventeen major criminal cases in various states across the country, and six of them were committed by the children of the sergeants, far higher than all the crowds! Tao Shilang, if we follow what you said, shouldn't we discuss the problem of the traditional scholar class now! ”

Tao Ru's face changed several times, and he snorted coldly.

Li Tianke arched his hand at Cao Cao and said, "Your Majesty, what Tao Shilang said is completely in personal prejudice!" Not enough to be believed! ”

"You!" Tao Ru glared at Li Tianke angrily.

"That's it! There is some truth in what both of you say! But the criminal case is dealt with only by the law, and nothing else is involved! Cao Cao said.

Tao Ru and Li Tianke hugged their fists and promised to retreat into the column, Tao Ru's face was very bad.

Cao Cao's eyes fell on Zhang Xi's body, "Wangjiang, what is the business situation recently?" ”

Zhang Xi, who was dressed in a three-grade official robe, made a report in the column: "What Tao Shilang said is not a lie! Recently, businessmen have indeed violated the law and discipline more frequently, but most of them are some acts of bullying and hoarding, and twenty-one of the twenty-four larger cases that have occurred have been dealt with, and the other three are under investigation! The vast majority of these cases occurred outside the empire, such as Kushan, Kangju, the Western Regions and other places! ”

Cao Cao nodded and said, "Wangjiang has full authority to deal with these things!" Be sure not to indulge in vain! ”

"Weichen takes the order!"

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Cao Cao and a group of cabinet ministers and Zhang Xi came to the Qianqing Palace.

Cao Cao generally only dealt with some general internal and foreign affairs in the Fengtian Palace, or held some kind of ceremony, and as for important military affairs, he consulted with the cabinet ministers in the Qianqing Palace.

Cao Cao sat down at the top and asked Chen Gongdao: "Is there any news about Li Jie?" ”

Li Jie was the secret envoy to the Assyrian region and the senior intelligence officer of Jinyiwei.

Li Jie's secret mission to Assyria was originally to contact the local rebel forces in Assyria, but after coming into contact with the Assyrian governor Karensa, he changed his mind and reported the situation to Chang'an.

Chen Gong replied: "Karen Sa is indeed opposed! Chen Gong took out a letter and presented it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at it and thought, "It seems that this Karen Sa really wants to rebel!" He's well hidden, though! If it weren't for this accident, we probably wouldn't have found out! That's a good thing for us! ”

"What Li Jie invited, I don't know what Your Majesty is going to do?" Chen Gong asked.

Cao Cao thought for a moment, "Promise him!" Let the state chamber of commerce take care of the relevant transactions! Wangjiang, you can talk to Mihuan about this matter later, and let them prepare for the arms trade! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Xi promised.

After the discussion was dismissed, Zhang Xi immediately found Mi Huan and told Cao Cao's expectations, and Mi Huan patted his chest to ensure that there was no problem.

A few days later, Lee Kit asked to see Karen Sa.

"General, our president wrote back that he could provide 100,000 sets of armor and 200 catapults!" Li Jie laughed and presented a letter to the Assyrian governor Karensa.

Karen Sa's eyes lit up, and she quickly read the book. It should be explained here that Karen Sa was able to understand Chinese characters because of his perennial dealings with Han Chinese.

Karen Sa nodded happily, frowned and asked, "But it doesn't say that it provides catapult manufacturing technology!" ”

Li Jie explained: "That's right! Catapult manufacturing technology in the Empire official! We can only buy catapults, not technology! Therefore, the general can only be provided with a catapult in kind! ”

Karen Sa frowned and nodded. Karen Sa had no intention of making official contact with the Great Wei Empire for the time being, because doing so would most likely cause vigilance on the part of the Romans.

"General, I don't know if the money is ready?" Li Jie asked tentatively.

Karen Sa nodded, "Ten million taels of silver have been prepared!" Where are you going to trade? ”

"Essec, twenty miles southwest of Nisa!"

Esek, located more than 20 miles southwest of Nisa, on the Essec River, is a fortress city, under the control of the Wei army, beyond the Essec is the Roman sphere of influence.

The western territories west of Sek, including Mesopotamia and Armenia, were called Assyrian by Rome, and the Assyrian governors ruled over a very large area, but the Assyrian governors did not mobilize the local regular legions, and their task was only to form local armies to maintain order. ”

Karen Sa nodded, "Yes!" But it had to be on the wasteland twenty miles west of Essec! ”

Li Jie said with a difficult face: "I'm afraid it's inappropriate!" ”

Karen Sa said in a non-negotiable tone: "There is nothing to discuss in this matter! One is that the deal east of Essex is too risky for us, and the other is that we don't want the deal to be noticed by unrelated people. ”

Li Jie pondered for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, then let's rely on the general!" When does the Great General think the right time to trade? ”

"Whatever you want! The sooner the better! ”

Li Jie pondered: "It will take at least half a month for the goods to be transported to Ethiopia, and the transaction time is set for November 10, what do you think?" ”

Karen Sa nodded, "Yes!" ”

A few days later, Cao Cao received a message about flying pigeons.

"This Karen Sa is so cautious! Do you think he has other plans? Cao Cao said with some concern. (To be continued.) )