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Jingdong Fengming Chapter 283 Xihua

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    Chapter 283 Xihua Lu Yijian and other people were walking on the imperial road leading to Xihua Gate. Lu Yijian was walking slowly. Beside him were the Minister of Rites and Song Shou, the magistrate of Henan Prefecture. They were talking and laughing.  Song Shou once worked with Lu Yijian, and this time he entered Beijing, it made people familiar with officialdom know that Song Shou was about to be promoted!  Lu Yijian naturally needed to win over Song Shou. After Song Shou was demoted, he became more aware of the principle of "a fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs".  Although he said he wanted to be promoted, in the final analysis, he has not been promoted yet. Who knows whether the officials will change their attention because of some people's obstruction?  If nothing else, everyone knows that when Empress Dowager Zhang Xianmingsu passed away, Lu Yijian decisively offered advice and hugged Song Renzong's lap.  Song Renzong promised that he would stay, while the other prime ministers were kicked to other places one by one.     The results of it?  While Zhao Juan and Queen Guo were singing and singing, Lu Yijian was kicked out of town by Song Renzong in frustration.  Fortunately, Zhang Shixun, who took over at the time, was narrow-minded and not decisive enough, so Lu Yijian returned to his original position after half a year of frustration.  Song Shou didn¡¯t want to suffer for half a year, and he also needed Lu Yijian¡¯s good luck to have a pig-like enemy.  Therefore, when Lu Yijian was trying to win over him, Song Shou decisively followed him. The two of them looked at each other and exchanged reserved chuckles.  To go there, I would rather go to Xuandemen, which is further away from the palace, so as not to be close to a bunch of bad-tempered scholar-bureaucrats.  Xia Shouyun was also tricked by these scholar-bureaucrats today, so he also followed Zhao Juan. The two of them were talking and laughing.  Zhang Shixun glanced at the backs of Zhao Juan and Xia Shouyun, then walked quickly to Lu Yijian's place.  Lu Yijian glanced at Zhang Shixun's figure from the corner of his eyes.  He was still dazzled, but when he took a closer look, he saw that it was really this old guy.  Although I and this old guy couldn't talk about each other on weekdays, they rarely had contact with each other.  Lu Yijian slowed down and stopped communicating with Song Shou.  There was a distinct air of distance in the politeness.  "Ying Guogong is really old and strong! These legs and feet are stronger than us old guys!" Zhang Shixun squinted his eyes and said calmly: "It's just Mr. Lu who walked too fast!" At this point, Zhang Shixun said to  Song Shou pursed his lips and said with an unquestionable tone of politeness: "Song Shangshu. I have something to talk to Xianggong Lu alone. I wonder if you can lend me a moment?" Song Shou looked at Lu Yijian.  After a quick glance, he looked sideways at Zhang Shixun and said, "Mr. Ying is too polite to borrow words! It just so happens that I am in a hurry, so I'll go ahead!"  Song Shou quickened his pace and passed Lu Yijian and Zhang Shixun.  Lu Yijian looked at Zhang Shixun, who was squinting, and had the illusion of seeing an old fox. Although this guy might have average abilities in handling government affairs, Lu Yijian was also very afraid of him when it came to power.  "I wonder if Duke Ying has something important to discuss with me? Is it from Xixia?" Zhang Shixun shook his head and said nonchalantly: "It's me who has an opinion on one of Lu Xianggong's recommendations. The more I think about it, the more I feel.  I don¡¯t understand, so I came here to ask for advice!¡± Listening to the tone and then hearing this, Lu Yijian still didn¡¯t know that Zhang Shixun had strong opinions on his recommendation of Zhao Juan to serve as the Privy Council member in Tongshu.  Lu Yijian felt unhappy for a while, but he still said slowly: "It seems that Duke Ying is not very clear about the incident of King Wei Qiansui on Guangnan West Road!" "What else can he do? Isn't he just beating up thousands of barbarians?  !" Zhang Shixun said dismissively.  When Lu Yijian heard what Zhang Shixun said, he knew that although Zhang Shixun was concerned, he was only concerned through official documents. Such news was full of falsehoods.  How true it is depends on one's discernment.  " Just like Zhang Shixun said that Zhao Jian defeated thousands of barbarians, that was based on past situations.  The victory report reported by Zhao Juan stated that 30,000 Anhua barbarians were defeated, but Zhang Shixun did not believe it, thinking that there were only a few thousand people.  Lu Yijian paused.  Looking at Zhang Shixun who was slightly surprised with a serious face, Zhang Shixun probably didn't understand why Lu Yijian suddenly stopped and showed such an expression.  Lu Yijian said solemnly: "Wang Ranbo, deputy envoy of Guangnan West Road, is the son of my family friend. I dare not say that I know everything about what King Wei Qiansui did on Guangnan West Road, but many things happened through Wang Ranbo. I know the truth."  Just like Anhua Man, Anhua Man does have 30,000 horses! It was not promoted by King Wei Qiansui. Of course, these 30,000 horses are not all young and strong, and even so, they are not easy to deal with!  ?He frowned and said: "Even so, it is not enough to bring the little fox back. You have also seen what happened today. What happened? Although the officials didn't say anything, it was obvious that they were concerned about the little fox.  Opinions are valued. Lu Tanfu, don¡¯t be afraid of offending, do you want to play Romance of the Three Kingdoms? "What is the biggest feature of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?  Three points!  This is also a situation where it is believed that no one can do anything to anyone, and the three parties are restraining each other.  "The Duke of Ying has thought too much! Is there any need for me to do this? I'm not afraid of offending, but I can say that Duke Ying is not young anymore!" Lu Yijian's counterattack was unusually sharp, causing Zhang Shixun's face to turn red immediately.  Although Zhang Shixun is still nimble with his hands and feet now, given his age, a slight fall would be enough to make Zhang Shixun suffer an eternity of regret.  In fact, Lu Yijian is not young at all, she is sixty-two, but compared to Zhang Shixun, who is seventy-six, he is still fourteen years younger, which is almost a generation apart.  Seeing Zhang Shixun¡¯s expression, Lu Yijian was afraid of irritating this guy and making him want to fight her to the death.  He quickly changed the topic and explained why he recommended Zhao Juan to return to Beijing.  "Although King Wei stayed on Guangnan West Road for a year, he did things that many people could not accomplish in a lifetime. First, he established Sien County and eliminated the four Jisu Prefectures. On the surface, the territory of the Song Dynasty did not increase, but in fact it had  The area has been expanded to hundreds of miles. It is said that although the government only gets 40% of the profit from it, it is enough to get 500,000 to 600,000 yuan a year!" "So much?  How is it possible? It's a fraud!? It must be like this, it must be a fraud!" Zhang Shixun was a little stunned. He was still dubious at first, but when he said it, he became firmly opposed.  Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and said, "Don't tell me you don't believe it. After seeing what was written in this letter, I didn't believe it either, so I specially replied to Wang Ranbo. After exchanging twelve letters in one month, I finally understood the matter.  Cleared!" Zhang Shixun couldn't help but pause when he heard this.  Exchanging twelve letters a month may not be a big deal in modern times, but it was not so during the Song Dynasty.  What's more, it is sent to Lingnan.  The manpower and material resources spent here are even greater. It is certain that Wang Ranbo would not dare to deceive Lu Yijian about this matter.  "What's the reason behind it? If it's feasible, try it nationwide!" Zhang Shixun paused and said decisively.  "This credit goes to you, Qi Wu San. If Lu Xianggong is not satisfied, we can continue to discuss the distribution!" Although Zhang Shixun sometimes makes people feel hateful, it is related to national finance matters, especially the current Xixia war.  Not just soldiers, but also money and food.  For this reason, Zhang Shixun did not hesitate to lower his body, and there was a rare sense of flattery in his tone.  Lu Yijian also didn¡¯t expect Zhang Shixun to have such a selfless side, and couldn¡¯t help but look at him with a different eye.  Just for Zhang Shixun's proposal.  Lu Yijian was helpless, sighed and said: "This may be easy to say, but it is not that difficult to do. First of all, there must be a lot of local specialties, just like Guangnan West Road, where there are high mountains and dense forests, and one person can do it  Huge trees can be seen everywhere. It only costs seventy or eighty cents to buy them from the barbarians, but you can make ten thousand profits by selling them in Hangzhou! Moreover, these are wood and do not need to be stored in the cabin.  It can be pulled by a thick rope and transported by sea ship, which is cheaper!" After a pause, Lu Yijian continued: "After arriving in Hangzhou, we will buy the cloth from the local area and transport it back to Guangnan West Road.  Three or four times! And the money these merchants use to buy cloth is not the money they get from selling wood, but the gold they buy from Guangnan West Road. How much is one tael for one piece of silk? " Zhang Shixun simply gave it here!  The huge profits on his head gave him red eyes, his eyes were like a head that had been hungry for a month, with its belly pressed against its backbone, and saw a piece of plump mutton placed in front of it.  Even Lu Yijian couldn't help but feel frightened secretly by the light coming from his eyes, but he could understand it, because after analyzing the huge profit, he was no better than Zhang Shixun.  "But there are three problems among them. Once they are solved, everything will be easy to talk about!" Lu Yijian said.  Zhang Shixun said decisively: "What are those three problems? Not to mention three problems, now even three hundred problems have to be solved! These must be included in the official purchase and sale. When this is successful, the country will be young  Talk about increasing taxes by two million yuan! With the money to attack Xixia, it is not beyond our reach to regain the Sixteenth State of Yanyun!" Lu Yijian sighed and said, "The first aspect is the tariff.  Not to mention that one county has one tariff, even one state is remarkable. The reason why Guangnan West Road was successful was because the government exempted Guangdong and Guangxi from tariffs. This alone increased profits by 100,000 yuan.  . Out of the sea.??, the sea is vast, who will collect taxes?  That's just like paying the last tax in Hangzhou!  How can we not make huge profits when traveling thousands of miles back and forth and only paying taxes once?  " Zhang Shixun wanted to say that this could also be implemented in the Song Dynasty, but he soon realized that it was impossible. Where is Guangnan West Road? It is a remote and remote area. There are no big gentry there, and interest disputes do not count.  Big. But in Jiangnan and even the Central Plains area, how many cakes are there? Some tariffs were not set up by the government, but by local wealthy families. Who dares to disobey and don't send out troops to kill people?  . And the place on Guangnan West Road is far away, let alone how long it will take to reach the Central Plains. Even if it is sent here immediately, Zhao Yan can argue that it will take two or three months just to collect evidence.  A little bit here, a little bit there. In order to avoid trouble, the court finally settled for nothing. Lu Yijian continued: "The second question was that Wang Ranbo asked King Wei at that time, why did the prince know about such huge profits?  Business cooperation?  Wouldn't it be better to do this yourself?  Zhang Shixun stroked his beard and chin with deep sympathy and said: "This is a big compliment, as it should be!"  I think King Wei is still not experienced enough to do things!  " Lu Yijian shook his head and sighed: "It seems so at first glance, but after reading Wang Ranbo's reply, I feel that listening to you is better than ten years of reading!  King Wei said to Wang Ranbo: 'Everyone has selfish motives, whether it is you or me.  If you get a small share of the money you earn and the other party gets a big share, do you have any objections?  have!  You must be thinking, we are the government, can they still resist?  On the surface, they are indeed unable to resist, but they can embezzle and falsify accounts.  Therefore, many stores, with dozens of branches, do not earn as much money as when they only had seven or eight branches.  In fact, I am not the only one who knows this truth. You also know the most famous saying of this dynasty: The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together!  Isn¡¯t it similar to my method?  ¡¯¡± When Lu Yijian said this, he said to Zhang Shixun: ¡°Duke Ying, how do you feel after hearing this?  " Zhang Shixun smiled bitterly and said: "I underestimated this kid in the past!  Unexpectedly, someone like this could have such a heart and mind.  " Lu Yijian sighed and said, "Do officials have such a big heart?  " Zhang Shixun was silent. Lu Yijian's words were a bit heartbreaking, but he had to admit that what the other party said was not wrong, but it was hard to agree with him! Lu Yijian continued: "And King Wei also said that the reason why this thing can be done  , entirely because no one has discovered Guangnan West Road in this area.  If you set up business in the Central Plains area and want to make huge profits, then you have to compete with the people for profits.  In fact, it is not so much competing for profits with the people as it is competing for profits with big households.  I don¡¯t need to elaborate on the backlash, Duke Ying also knows how powerful it is!  " Zhang Shixun waved his hand and said: "Okay, the third question goes without saying. The first two alone have already let me know that it is impossible to implement Xiangshang in the Song Dynasty!  But even so, you can still use the money from Guangnan West Road!  " Lu Yijian was silent for a while and said: "Actually, if this money is to be paid to the national treasury, I'm afraid it will only be 300,000 yuan at most!  " Zhang Shixun shouted angrily: "What?  Are those King Wei and those profiteers still planning to trick the court?  "(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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