didn't think about it, Liu Han shook his head: "Brother Xue, the Taoist canon says that those who count more temples win, and those who count less temples lose, if Brother Xue wants to do something on this, he must think about all aspects in advance, otherwise, just don't do it." Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Xue Yu hesitated, a little hesitant, Liu Han sighed and said: "If you have gains, you must lose, Brother Xue, you have to think about it, this is done, the emperor will definitely look at you differently, but.," Liu Han changed his tone and said: "Some time ago, I went to Jiangnan, stayed in Yangzhou for a few days, and knew some information, Yangzhou's salt is mainly controlled by Zhang, Lu, and Wednesday, these three people control seventy percent of Yangzhou's salt output, and the court can't collect taxes from these seventy percent of the output, and how much tax can the court receive in the remaining three percent?" I estimated, about sixty percent, the rest is private salt, and the salt and iron in Hedong of Bingzhou are probably about the same, Brother Xue, now you know who you want to offend. ”

Xue Mi couldn't help but smile bitterly, playing with the empty wine glass, looking a little confused, the maid stayed quietly on the side, and the carriage fell silent again.

The carriage went I don't know how far, drove into a mountain villa, the mountain villa looks small, the appearance is also very ordinary, even a little bleak, the villa is full of thatched houses, fences made of fences, the manor is surrounded by winding water, the shore of red yellow and white chrysanthemums of all colors bloom, red plum blossoms from the corner of the wall sticking branches, a faint fragrance of flowers along the wind.

"Okay!" Liu Han couldn't help but admire: "In the Imperial Capital of Flowers, there is such a quiet and elegant place. ”

"Hehe, Brother Liu, this is my Xue family's Dongli Mountain Residence, Brother Liu, please. Xue Mi was also very happy when he heard Liu Han's appreciation, and replied with a smile.

"East Fence Mountain Residence, good name, this name is good. The knot is in the human realm, and there is no noise of cars and horses. Ask you, how can you be? Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see the South Mountain. The mountain weather is good, and the birds are returning. There is a true meaning in this, and I have forgotten to distinguish it. Liu Han said casually, while looking at the manor, he didn't notice that Xue Mi's expression was different, and he didn't feel a little puzzled, and then he thought about it, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, and he didn't think about it and plagiarized a famous poem.

"Good poetry, good poetry!" Xue Yu applauded, and then sighed: "Brother Liu's talent is rare in the world. ”

"It's just a small talent," Liu Han shook his head and said: "Writing poems and writing endowments, but a small literary talent, managing the world, is the real hero, Brother Xue, this is the stage for you to show your talents." ”

"Also show off your talents," Xue Mi smiled bitterly, leading Liu Han to a grass pavilion, which was also covered with thatch, and the surrounding pillars were built of green pine logs, without any carving, surrounded by green pines, deep and quiet and elegant.

The grass pavilion has already been prepared, two maids who are also wearing red satin embroidered cheongsam are waiting in front of the pavilion, and the two maids just now followed into the pavilion, Liu Han did not sit down, but stood in the pavilion and looked around, and couldn't help but admire, this is the aristocracy of the family, three generations of dressing and five generations of eating, I am afraid that it will take three or four generations to live in the taste.

Soon the tea came in, and the tea was boiling there, and I couldn't see it at all, and I couldn't smell the charcoal fire.

Everything is very nicely furnished.

"Enjoy the snow in winter, enjoy the flowers in spring, enjoy the cool in summer, but don't see bleakness in autumn, Brother Xue, it is not feasible to build such a mountain villa without being elegant. Liu Han exclaimed.

Brother Liu praised it. Xue Mi is very proud, this manor was not built by him, it was built by his grandfather's grandfather, after three or four generations of transformation, it has today's scale, many guests who have been to this villa are full of praise, gradually, the Xue family only entertains the most important guests, will be in this villa.

Xue Mi sat at the table, drinking hot tea, dispelling part of the chill, at this time, I don't know from that floated a flute sound, the sound of the flute was far away, faint, with a wisp of dissipation, like a pedestrian walking on the bleak field.

Liu Han hesitated a little at first, looked around, and did not find the prostitute with the, it seems that the house prostitute with the is hiding in the pine forest, which is another unique arrangement.

Xue Mi has been observing Liu Han's expression, seeing that Liu Han was first surprised, and then showed a look of joy, his heart suddenly calmed down, today he has spent a lot of thought, just to show favor to Liu Han.

Liu Han obviously sensed Xue Yu's thoughts, he also sat down at the table, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and then praised: "Good tea." ”

Xue Mi smiled, nodded and said: "This is the Qishan clouds and mist that has just been listed this year, this Qishan clouds and mist should be picked before and after the white dew, and it must also be the old tea tree on the peak of Qishan Piaoyun Peak, this tea only produces one or two catties a year, all of them are tributed, and this tea is still a little rewarded by the emperor this year." ”

Liu Han knew that this was Xue Mi telling himself, he had made a lot of money today, and you couldn't help but sell it.

Liu Han smiled at Xue Mi gratefully, saying that he was very sincere, and Xue Mi was also very satisfied.

The sound of the flute is long, the two of them sigh opposite each other, the content of these two sighs is not the same, Liu Han is pretending, pretending to regret, but Xue Mi is worried, Liu Han revealed to him the risk of auctioning salt and iron, but he also knows that if this matter does not work, his position in the emperor's heart will plummet, and if he wants to take the throne in the future, I am afraid it will take ten times the effort, and the date is still far away.

"Brother Liu," Xue Mi considered his words, and his expression was very hesitant: "Is it really impossible to auction the right to operate salt and iron?"

"You can do it if you want to," Liu Han replied unequivocally: " However, before making a plan, the first thing is to get the support of the emperor; secondly, you must choose a good executor, this specific person cannot be you, there are two reasons, the first is that you want to stay in the middle secretary, simply put, not to stay in the middle secretary, but to stay with the emperor, at any time to control the center, especially the change of the emperor's attitude; secondly, the risk of this matter is very high, those guys will definitely not be arrested, Brother Xue's ambition is not only to stay in the middle secretary, so Brother Xue can't directly offend those guys, to find a suitable person, let him do it。 ”

Speaking of this, Liu Han looked at Xue Mi, Xue Mi showed a thoughtful expression, Liu Han sighed: "Now do you understand, this thing looks simple, but in fact it is difficult, alas, our Da Jin, it looks like a brocade of flowers, but in fact, just like this late autumn, there are traces of depression everywhere." ”

Xue Yu couldn't help but sigh, Liu Han's narration was like suddenly opening a window in front of him, giving him a feeling of seeing the sun, and finding that a new world unfolded in front of him, what ideas he had were just trivial matters of needles and threads, he remembered what his father had told him before: "The government is actually a person, and if you handle people well, you will handle the government well." ”

He didn't understand the meaning of this before, but today, he somewhat understood, what is the right to auction salt and iron, in fact, it is to increase the income of the imperial treasury, why increase the income of the imperial treasury, it is because the emperor wants to increase, and the emperor's will must be implemented, but this must be snatched from the hands of those who occupy the right to salt and iron.

"Brother Liu, otherwise I will recommend you to the imperial court, and you will do this. Xue Mi suddenly found that Liu Han seemed to be the best person to do this, so he asked tentatively.

Liu Han shook his head unambiguously: "Brother Xue, don't hurt me, I can't do it." ”

"Why?" Xue asked rhetorically.

Liu Han nodded: "Brother Xue, I also want to have an official identity, with an identity, even if there is any order in the future, I also have an identity, at least I am not a lowly businessman, you may also know that I bought an identity, but how useful this identity is, I don't know, it is better to have an identity protection." ”

"And what are you?" Xue Mi was a little puzzled.

"It's the Gate Lords clan who are going to fight, Brother Xue, I can't do it with this identity," Liu Han sighed: "Even if I want to do it, I can't do it." ”

Xue Mi still didn't understand, his expression was extremely puzzled, Liu Han shook his head, and sighed again: "The person who does this, first of all, must have a little prestige in Shilin, or a clear name, secondly, it is best to be a person in the gate, and finally have experience in dealing with local affairs, I don't have any of these three, so although I can make this suggestion, and even I can help you plan, I am not the best candidate." ”

Xue Mi understood a little now, he couldn't help frowning, Liu Han understood at once, there was no suitable candidate in his hands, sure enough, Xue Mi sighed, Liu Han smiled: "Brother Xue, what are you worried about, the emperor wants to ask you, you answer like this, as for the candidate, you can let the emperor choose, in fact, I can recommend a personal candidate for you." ”

Xue Yu's eyes suddenly brightened, and Liu Han smiled: "Sentence." ”

Xue Mi was suddenly a little frustrated, Ju Yu's reputation was too bad, and this person was greedy, let him do this, I am afraid that he would collect more money than the imperial court auctioned.

Liu Han looked at him and shook his head meaningfully, Xue Yu was very puzzled: "Brother Liu, there are only the two of us here, what words do you have to say, out of your mouth and into my ears, if they dare to say it, I will kill their whole family." ”

Several maids turned pale, all of them lowered their heads and didn't dare to raise their heads, Liu Han smiled: "It's not that serious, this sentence is greedy for money and has a bad reputation, but this person also has ambitions, although he is now a scholar, which is equivalent to a deputy secretary, but he is not an auxiliary minister, which is equivalent to not entering the core of power."

Brother Xue, I dare to conclude that you underestimated him, Pan Lian also underestimated him, this person's ambition must be not small, he really wants to bring down Pan Lian, however, he knows that his strength is not enough now, so he is forbearing, waiting, in dealing with Pan Lian, Brother Xue can temporarily form an alliance with him.

Let this person go to auction salt and iron, this guy will definitely collect money, as long as he dares to stretch out his hand, the handle will fall into the hands of Gongzi, and it will be a sharp weapon against him in the future. ”

Xue Yu nodded frequently when he listened, and Liu Han added: "It's not enough to rely on sentences, there is one more person to add, and this person is Gu Wei."

Gu Wei has a great reputation in Shilin, and the white horse prince is famous all over the world, secondly, Duzhi Cao is in control of the world's financial power, and it is his job to check the salt and iron, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that he controls Duzhi Cao, and secondly, he is Pan Lian's person, send him to the imperial capital, go to Jiangnan, and then let your people replace him. ”

Xue Mi was relieved after hearing this, and looked at Liu Han's gaze even more differently, he not only analyzed all aspects, but also left a back hand, especially to deal with Pan Lian, this chain strategy is simply a dark arrow, Pan Lian can't think of it at all.