"Master, you are smart!"

Lao Huang looked up at the big head, and the big head looked at the secret letter sent back by Liu Han, this secret letter was not an ordinary letter, but an encrypted one, after Lao Huang had translated it.

After a few years by Lao Huang's side, the growth rate of the big head exceeded Lao Huang's expectations, and now, he can get involved in some important affairs.

"Tell me. Lao Huang looked at the big head with a smile.

The big head was confident, and put down the secret letter: "Teacher, this letter from the master is telling us that Jiangnan and Jizhou, Xuzhou, and even Qingzhou Qiguo, at least the business world will undergo great changes, let us prepare in advance." ”

"Jiangnan, the master is there, and he will definitely make arrangements, we can ignore it, but Jizhou and Xuzhou should be our focus. The big head pondered, and his tone became a little solemn and slow: "Jizhou, there are two Wang and Xu, we want to expand, I'm afraid there are some difficulties, teacher, do you think you can use Xiao Zhao Wangye, let's cooperate with him to contain the Wang and Xu families." ”

Lao Huang frowned slightly: "What about the state?"

The big head thought for a while, and shook his head slightly: "There is a king of Taiyuan in Bingzhou, this prince has just won a great victory outside the Saiwai, it is when he is strong, and Bingzhou, we had better not have any conflict with him, forget it this time." ”

Lao Huang showed a satisfied smile and nodded slightly: "Very good, specifically, you go and draw up a plan, and you have to consider how much money and manpower to transfer, well, in addition, the recent batch of escort training has been completed, send them to Youzhou and Liangzhou, and the previous batch of excellent performance will be transferred back, this matter should be fast, I estimate that the shopkeeper needs manpower in Jiangnan." ”

The big head nodded in agreement and went out immediately, this was the first time he had undertaken such an important task, and it also marked that he had completely entered Liu Han's core decision-making center.

Liu Han told them the original copy of Wei Zhen's case in the secret letter, reminding them that this case involves many merchants, and the merchants who dare to buy and sell like this are all big merchants with backgrounds, and these merchants have a large market share.

But different places, Jiangnan is the hardest hit area this time, with Lao Huang's understanding of Liu Han, those merchants in Yangzhou will be cleaned up by Liu Han this time, and they will inevitably give up most of the market, and the Jiangnan market will be occupied by Hanhai Trading Company and his allies.

But Jizhou is different, Jizhou has the two rivals Wang Xu, as well as the Bohai County King and other clans, the development of Hanhai Trading Company is greatly restricted, and it is necessary to join hands with others to occupy the market together.

Lao Huang picked up Liu Han's secret letter again, this secret letter has been read several times, the secret letter is divided into two parts, the first part tells the case of Wei Zhen's case, and the second part is the merchants and officials involved, and then he didn't say anything more.

Lao Huang suddenly felt surprised, there was no imperial capital in this confession, and no officials and merchants in the imperial capital were involved, could it be that this imperial capital was handled by Tian Ning personally, Wei Zhen didn't know.

Lao Huang couldn't make a judgment, thought about it, and felt that this possibility was very high, otherwise with Liu Han's shrewdness, it would be impossible not to notice this.

Lao Huang raised his arms, stretched his waist, got up and went out, raised his head to look at the bright sunshine, and enjoyed the warm spring day.

Pacing the yard with his hands behind his back, with a faint smile.

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In the imperial study, the emperor lingered for a long time, turned around, and looked at Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng's brows twisted into a ball, half a sound, and nodded slightly: "This Liu Han's mind is ingenious, it's not bad to do this, corruption has been accumulating for a long time, and you can't clean it up with a corruption case, Your Majesty, don't worry." ”

Before the emperor turned around, Xue Yu hurriedly said: "The minister thinks that what Mr. Zhang said is, but, the emperor, this time you can take the opportunity to take Sheng Huai, he has been in Yangzhou for many years, and such a big case has not been discovered, so there should be a crime of negligence." ”

The emperor shook slightly, looked at Xue Mi, Xue Mi looked a little nervous, the emperor saw his nervousness, smiled slightly, nodded and praised: "Well, it seems that you have made progress." ”

Xue Yu let out a long sigh. A flattering smile: "This is also Your Majesty's teaching." ”

The emperor smiled and turned his head to look at Zhang Meng: "Okay, that's it," he was about to say that he would hand this over to Shang Shutai for discussion, but suddenly thought that this was just Liu Han's secret performance, and he couldn't hand it over to Shang Shutai at all, so he instructed Mu Gonggong: "According to Mr. Zhang's intentions, send a letter to Liu Han, let him discuss with Gu Wei, and report it to the court with an official document and a recital." ”

"The old slave commands. Father-in-law Mu bowed his head and took two steps back before turning around and going out.

Zhang Meng looked at Gonggong Mu's back, and said thoughtfully: "This Liu Han is still a talent, since he is both civil and military, Your Majesty pays more attention, and it can be of great use in the future." ”

Xue Mi's heart moved, and he said deliberately: "He is just a businessman, and some talents are true, but if it is very useful, Mr. Zhang, I am afraid it is exaggerated." ”

Zhang Meng shook his head slightly: "Seeing Weizhi, the handling of this case is very tricky, Liu Han tried all the truth, but he didn't report it, and he didn't let anyone else interfere in the whole process, only he and another official named Ma Ye participated, and in the whole line, only the two of them knew what Wei Zhen explained."

What does this mean, he knew from the beginning that the case was very tricky, and after the case was clear, he didn't report it, and he didn't report it to anyone who didn't know the overall situation, so he couldn't wait to report it quickly, so as to gain credit, but he reported it to the palace secretly through the way of Hu Benwei, so as to win the opportunity for the court to deal with the case.

Being able to pry Wei Zhen's mouth open is for the sake of wisdom, and using the Tiger Benwei to go to the palace instead of hurriedly reporting merits, this is knowing the advance and retreat, coupled with the cultivation of his grandmaster's top grade, can't such a person be of great use!"

Xue Yu thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "In this way, I underestimated this person, I knew that I should have given him a bigger official position in the forbidden army." ”

The emperor couldn't help but smile slightly, but Zhang Meng asked curiously, "What kind of official did you get him in the forbidden army?"

"Team up. Xue Mi replied with some frustration, Zhang Meng couldn't help but be happy, and shook his head at him regretfully, and the emperor laughed: "Xue Mi, in terms of knowing people, you still have to keep your eyes open." ”

Xue Mi nodded again and again, but he was very proud in his heart.

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The evening glow is dyed red.

The old man in the cloak was still staring at the fishing line, and there were bursts of cooking smoke behind the boat, and a young man in a gray coat carefully fanned the fire, and the sand pot on the fire came with a faint fragrance.

Two cargo ships carrying heavy cargo passed not far away, and the boat rippled with the waves, and the old man and the young man did not move.

A small boat, floating from the opposite bank, the canopy boat, the head of the boat also sat a person wearing a cloak with a hat, the boat was far away, I couldn't see the appearance and age clearly, and the man who was rocking behind the boat was also wearing a mantle with a hat.

The boat leaned over slowly, the man in the cloth did not cross the boat, the old man who fished lifted the fishing rod, and a fresh river fish fell behind.

"How's the catch?" said the man in the coat, his voice a little old and hoarse.

"Don't you see!" the old angler's tone was a little proud: "Why, you also want to catch a fish, no, no, your craftsmanship is far behind." ”

"Obviously a scholar, but he is good at killing, a scholar general, is far from it. The man said.

"Hehe, the scholar kills with a pen, the general swings the battlefield, you and I are almost the same, both hands are full of blood. The old man said lightly.

"Don't chat," the man said: "Tian Ning's case, the aftermath is not settled, and the new tax system is about to become popular, this Taizu oath, the Yan family seems to want to keep it." ”

"Tian Ning is so bold that he even dares to steal and sell the grain in the warehouse, and he should go to hell if he dies. The angler said coldly: "This Tian Ning case, is it your hands and feet." ”

"What do you have to do with me," the man in the cloth said indifferently: "But, Lao Cao, back then, we joined forces to bring down Shaoyang and uphold the oath of Taizu, and today, we are going to pass the test again." ”

The angler was silent, and the man in the cloth did not disturb him, and the angler looked at the calm river, and the man in the clothes mentioned the events of the year.

In that year, the royal power of Shaoyang County leaned towards the government and the opposition, and was suddenly beheaded by the whole family for the crime of rebellion, and all the new policies in Shaoyang were abolished. But outsiders don't know how dangerous it is in order to bring him down, and if there is a mistake in the middle, it will be either Shao Yang or them who will die.

More than ten years ago, they cooperated with each other, and at that time, they were in the center of the imperial court, but now.

More than ten years ago, Emperor Taiding was actually hesitant about the new policy, so he took advantage of it, but now?

It is the emperor who wants to introduce the new tax system!

"I made some arrangements, and many old friends agreed, but I couldn't do it without you. The man said.

"What do you want to do?" the angler finally turned.

The man's hat was lowered, and only his long snow-white beard could be seen floating on his chin.

"Etiquette, righteousness and shame, the four dimensions of the country, the four dimensions are not open, the country is destroyed; ”

"You want to kill the king!" the angler's tone was abruptly stern.

The man in the cloth smiled faintly: "What kind of killing of the king, it's just a different person to be the emperor, and he is still a descendant of the Yan family." ”

"You're too daring!" snorted the angler.

"What is the new tax system, it's just a new bottle of old wine, or Shaoyang's set, Lao Cao, stop fishing, you've been fishing for more than ten years, and you plan to spend the rest of your days in those fields and boats in your house?"

The fisherman didn't say any more, the man in the cloth was very calm, the two boats were very close, the sunset reflected on the river, and the river became red.

"Who's going to sit in that seat?"

The face of the clothed man did not change: "King Qi is virtuous and good, and he can be a big responsibility." ”

The angler didn't ask again, lifted the fishing rod, threw the fishing line into the water, and the boat slowly left and headed for the north of the river.

A short meeting ended, and the people in the clothes concealed everyone and secretly came to the imperial capital, for the sake of just a few minutes, and now they have to take a risk and return to Jizhou.

The Yellow River still flows quietly, and the two small boats go farther and farther, as if they met by chance on the river, and this kind of thing is done many times a day on the Yellow River, and it does not attract attention at all.

(End of chapter)