Chapter 48 Business with a sword

The Prime Minister's Mansion is not far from the Yue Palace. Yu turned back to the Prime Minister's Mansion and sat in the study. He always felt that something was going to happen, but he didn't expect anything to happen. It was not until his third son Yu An came in with a cup of ginseng tea that he suddenly thought of the reason.

Why did Sun Shao leave Lu Ji?

Sun Shao has always treated him and Lu Ji equally. Most of the things have been agreed with the two of them, unless one of them is not around, and the matter of leaving one person alone like today has never happened. Yu Fan couldn't help muttering in his heart, why on earth did Sun Shao leave Lu Ji?

"Aweng?" Yu An shouted, and Yu answered. Then he came to his senses and asked Yu An to sit down and tell him what had just happened. Yu An smiled and said, "What else is there to say? It must be something related to the duties of Dr. Yushi. A Weng, don't forget that the name of the imperial historian is the deputy prime minister, assisting the prime minister in handling affairs, but the most important duty of the imperial historian is to supervise hundreds of officials, including prime ministers like A Weng. Of course, such a thing should be avoided.

Yu turned his head, but he was a little uneasy. He took a sip of ginseng tea: "Shiping, what do you think he can report?"

"What else can I do?" Yu An raised his eyebrows and curled the corners of his mouth: "It must be those companies dealing with Wei Wu. They think it's mysterious, but there is no impermeable wall in the world. There are secret soldiers under the king. How can they not even know this?"

"No way, I checked the accounts twice last year before last, but I didn't find any problems." Yu Fan was a little reluctant to believe Yu An's words and retorted. Yu An glanced at Yu and raised his eyelids: "Aweng, do you really believe that the fake accounts they made can be hidden from others?"

Yu Fan didn't say anything, but his face looked a little ugly. Yu has been an official for many years, and he is very clear about those twists and turns. In the past, when he encountered such a situation, he must have scolded without saying a word. Now he is still like this. When he encounters such a situation, he will always be furious, but he will be angry. If he really wants him to report to Sun Shao, it is inevitable that he will have some worries, so he has dealt with some small things by himself. It's a little big. He also privately instructed those responsible people to wipe their buttocks immediately and try not to be found by Lu Ji. Fortunately, Lu Ji is a little bookish and learning is good, but his political experience is limited. He is not very clear about those private affairs, and these things have not been exposed.

But Yu Fan knows that it is easy to hide these things from Lu Ji, and it is not easy to hide them from Lu Shan. The little woman who is so strong that she can find problems from irretinent accounts. How can she miss so many clues? What's more, in addition to Lu Shan, there are Sun Shao's secret soldiers.

"This... won't be that serious, will it?"

Yu An didn't say anything. He knew that his father was not powerful, but he was implicated by too many interests and could not extricate himself. The Yu family is now the fastest growing family in Yue County. His eldest brother Yu Ying is now in charge of the Donghai Shipyard. His second brother Yu Ge is a lieutenant in the South China Sea. It is said that he will be transferred to lieutenant of Yizhou soon. Although he does not take office, he works as an assistant beside his father. I think that his future career will be smooth. The Yu family can develop so fast. Of course, with that The support of some families has a lot to do with it. For example, if there are so many people who have heard of the news this time, it is impossible to complete such a task without the support of the family.

"A Wong, the king is a king who is like advice, but the king is also a shrewd king. Don't think that he despises him when he is young." Yu An earnestly said, "The dike of a thousand miles is destroyed by the ant nest. Those people are too greedy and will drag you into the abyss sooner or later. Didn't A Weng realize the king's unhappiness in the trip to Zhu Ya? Seeing Wei Zhi, Ah Weng, this is the essence of Yi Xue.

Yu turned over his hand holding the cup and shook in the air, and his eyes were obviously a little flustered. He sat quietly for a long time before nodding silently. Yu An breathed a sigh of relief, stopped disturbing Yu's thinking, and got up and quietly walked out. Standing in the porch, he looked at the bright sunshine and smiled relaxedly. Yu Fan, who had always had a bad official road, became the prime minister of Yue. The Yu family became popular, and he was also happy. However, looking at his father who had been walking straight away in power day by day, he was very worried for fear that his father would make a mistake and lose his reputation.

"Shiping, is the Prime Minister there?" Lu Ji hurried in. As soon as he saw Yu An standing under the porch, he hurriedly asked. Seeing that he was walking in a hurry, Yu An thought of Yu's uneasiness. He was shocked and hurried to the bottom of the steps to greet him: "Mr. Lu, are you?"

"You're welcome. Take me to see Mr. Yu." Lu Ji waved his hand and stepped up the steps in two steps. Yu An was shocked. After knowing Lu Ji for so long, it was the first time he had seen Lu Ji walk like this.

"Gong Xu, what's wrong?" Yu Fan, who heard the sound, came out of the room. As soon as he saw Lu Ji's appearance, he couldn't help twitching twice. Without saying a word, he immediately welcomed Lu Ji into the room and closed the door.

"Prince Yu, the king wants to kill." Lu Ji's first words made Yu's hands tremble. He stood there for a long time and didn't come to his senses. When Lu Ji told the story, Yu Fan had regained his composure, and his thick black sword eyebrows, which were not compatible with his age, were twisted into a pimple. His doubtful look was not concealed: "What on earth is the king thinking? Since he is going to go to Funan, why does he have to suppress corruption at this time? Doesn't he know that doing so will cause chaos?"

Lu Ji smiled and said, "The internal affairs are uneasy. How can we fight? The king has to remove the internal cancer first, and then he can go on an expedition at ease. Mr. Yu, the two of us..." Lu Ji shook his head: "I'm ashamed of my trust in the king."

Yu turned around and stroked his beard awkwardly and lowered his head in shame. Sun Shao respected and trusted them very much. He gave almost all the internal affairs to them. In addition to grasping the military power tightly, he basically did not care about government affairs. He, the prime minister, is the most powerful prime minister now. Zhong Yao of the State of Wei, Zhuge Liang of the State of Shu and Sun Shao of the State of Wu do not have such great power as him, but he has failed Sun Shao's trust.

"The three princes sat down and said, the king did it, but we didn't do it." Lu Ji sighed, "I have resigned from the king, and I will bear all the responsibilities. Mr. Yu, let it go. Don't have any more scruples, otherwise, it will only be a matter of time before the story of the Prime Minister being replayed by the suppression of power.

Yu looked at Lu Ji in astonishment, rushed to Lu Ji in two steps, and took Lu Ji's hand in surprise: "Gong Xu, why did you... quit?"

"Someone has to take responsibility for such a big thing. I didn't like to be in politics. I quit my job. I went to Zhuya College to study." Lu Ji patted the back of Yu's hand with his backhand, smiling reluctantly: "I heard that a person named Li Ze in Zhuya College had polished out a large lens, which was set on the top of the five-finger mountain, specially used for stargazing. I'm happy to see the hunt. I'm going to see it first.

"Then who will take over the position of Dr. Yushi?"

"I don't know." Lu Ji's eyes flashed, making way for Yu's eyes. Yu Fan nodded silently and returned to his seat without saying anything. Lu Ji and he took office as the third prince with him. Now Lu Ji resigned from the blame and took all the responsibilities, then he would be safe for the time being, but if he didn't pull the horse from the cliff, then the next Lu Ji would be him. Thinking of Shen Xuan of Zhu Ya, Yu's heart was heavy.

"I'm aggrieved." Yu Fan saluted respectfully.

"It's good to take care of yourself." Lu Ji smiled, stretched out his arms, and made a relaxed expression: "I'm not an official now. I can study at ease, and you have to work more. The king has high expectations for you."

Yu Fan did not smile. He nodded seriously. After sending Lu Ji away, he sat alone in the study all night. The next morning, he wrote to the king of Yue and asked the king of Yue to delay his expedition. First of all, he found out the stains of the violation of law and discipline of the families.

For a moment, the country was in an uproar.

Three days later, Sun Shao, the king of Yue, issued a letter to the people. He asked a question in a long article, that is, what is the role of the army? He said that the role of the army is to protect the lives and wealth of the people of the whole country. The Yue country respects merchants and establish the country with merchants. Now the merchants of Yue are innocently killed by the people of Funan, and the money and goods are taken away. This is a provocation to the Yue country and a naked contempt for the Vietnamese people. If they do not attack, the Vietnamese merchants will be uneasy and the Yue country will be uneasy. The man is uneasy. Then he turned around and said that the soldiers of Yue were defending the interests of the merchants with their own blood. The farmers were watering grain with their own sweat for the merchants to eat. The craftsmen used their wisdom and diligence to provide a large amount of goods for the merchants, but a small group of merchants let their greed go, unscrupulous tax evasion, tax evasion, and private Sell all kinds of controlled materials. Although the number of such businessmen is very small, it has greatly harmed the positive surnames of others and the interests of other law-abiding businessmen. Such worms and harmful horses should be discussed by the whole country and will not be tolerated.

This letter of national notice soon spread in Yue, and everyone was talking about who were doing such angry things. The status of merchants in Yue was the highest in history. Almost the whole Yue country revolved around the merchants. The king still had to hold a sword to do business. For the sake of a few merchants, he had to fight against the state of Hunan. But why aren't these businessmen satisfied?

Not only craftsmen, farmers and soldiers, but also businessmen themselves can't help it. They have guessed and blamed these lawbreakers who destroyed the good situation. They are very afraid that Sun Shao will lose confidence in the merchants, so they will give up the national policy of emptigation and restore the old road of emptigation. In that case, these merchants People are miserable. Therefore, they are more urgent than others to find out those moths.

For a while, Qian Tangcheng and even the whole of Yue were lively.

General Zuo Cui Qian strutted into the Yue Palace. As soon as Sun Shao's letter to the people was issued, these soldiers received a lot of attention, which Cui Qian did not expect. In the past, soldiers had two roles. One was to deal with foreign enemies, but the other was to suppress the people internally, so soldiers were not good people in the eyes of the people, even more hateful than bandits. Now Sun Shao has highlighted the external role and clearly defined their responsibility as protecting the people. The safety of life and property, and the declaration of justice for several merchants killed in Funan, naturally aroused the favor of ordinary people, and those merchants who had already enjoyed the benefits of the escort of the sailors were even more reassured. They were still a little uncomfortable when they were originally stipulated to sell goods to soldiers and could only earn limited profits. Gan, although he is still unwilling now, he is much more psychologically balanced. People use their surnames to protect themselves, and it is also appropriate for them to give them a little discount. These days, Cui Qian often meets the department who is happy and buys cheap goods and runs to him to fight, one by one as if he had a chicken blood.

"King." Cui Qian knelt down in front of Sun Shao from the bottom of his heart.

"Jianzhong, come here." Sun Shao, who was sitting in front of the case, waved his hand, called Cui Qian in front of him, pointed to the map of the South China Sea on the case, and knocked his finger on the position of Lin Yiguo: "Do you remember here?"

"Remember." Cui Qian glanced at it and smiled. This was originally his sphere of influence and tax collection area. His first achievement under Sun Shao was also because he killed Chu, the crown prince of Linyi. He couldn't remember.

"This invasion of the south of Hunan, Lin Yi is the pioneer, and they are the most enthusiastic." Sun Shao took a picture of the map and said with emotion, "I originally wanted to do my best, but you have seen that some people can't deal with it. If they don't treat minor diseases, they will become terminal diseases. I will kill this bad sign in the bud before they have formed a climate, so I can only leave the matter of the South China Sea to you first. It's done."

When Cui Qian heard this, his eyes immediately shined. He took a step to his back knee and fell to the ground: "I dare not obey." After a while, he raised his head doubtfully: "Your Majesty, minister...isn't it appropriate?"

"Hahaha..." Sun Shao raised and pointed to Cui Qian, "I said, you pirate leader, don't play with me. If you are not suitable, I won't come to you. You can go at ease, let it go, and stir up the coast of Linyi and Funan as much as possible. I want them to regret it for the rest of their lives."

Cui Qian's slender eyes blinked, his mouth grinned, and smiled: "Well, since the king is not worried about other people's gossip, I will be a pirate again. Your Majesty, if I can do it well this time, you have to let me be a pioneer next time I go to Xiyi.

"Get out! Do you dare to tell me the conditions?" Sun Shao's eyes stared: "If you don't want to go, I'll call Chen Hai and Yuehai now."

"Don't! Don't! "Don't!" Cui Qian said repeatedly, "They are all serious sailors. I'm the best at pretending to be a pirate. Yes, I don't tell the king the conditions. Anyway, the king's reward and punishment are clear, and he won't treat me badly. King, when are you leaving?

"The sooner the better." Sun Shao touched his chin and smiled sinisterly: "You leave quietly. Don't be too ostentatious. Take the opportunity of training to move to the Haikou first, and then rush to the South China Sea. I also allocated Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi to you. There are about 8,000 people. It should be enough, right?

"It's enough, I obey." Cui Qian understood, discussed the details with Sun Shao again, got up and left.

Sun Deng stood at the door of the post hall and looked at the bustling Qiantang Street. Although the sun was very bright, his face was so gloomy that it could drip water. Originally, he wanted to go to the South China Sea to fight with Sun Shao, but first Sun Quan transferred Bu Qian away from Jiaozhou and cut off his mind. Now Sun Shao is busy eliminating corruption. Seeing that it is impossible to go on an expedition for a while, what should he do? Should we stay here and wait for Sun Shao to go together, or go to Jiaozhou first? If Sun Shao doesn't leave, what's the use of him going to Jiaozhou alone?

Sun Deng is in a dilemma and is in an awkward situation. He looked at the Yue Palace not far away and inexplicably regretted it. He remembered that he had also made a verbal agreement with Sun Shao that Wu Yue would not attack each other. Now, although Wu Yue did not go to war, there were many things to fight in the open and secretly. The close relationship between him and Sun Shao also faded inadvertently. Thinking of Sun Shao's care for him when he was in Liaodong, Sun Deng missed him very much. He believed that if their relationship had not deteriorated, such a problem would definitely not appear. Even if it appeared, Sun Shao could help him solve it.

It's all because of Zhou Yu. Sun Deng sighed to himself secretly. These days, he has been paying attention to Zhou Yu's whereabouts. Everyone in the Zhou family often goes to and out of the Yue Palace, but Zhou Yu has not been there. Sun Shao has not met her so far. The two seem to be a little cold that it is unimaginable. Sun Deng couldn't figure it out. Is he too ** to misunderstand Sun Shao?

"Uncle, do you have any news?"

Xie Jing shook his head and stopped talking. Sun Quan seemed to forget Sun Deng's son. He had neither the instructions to rush to Jiaozhou nor the order for him to return to Jianye. He was silent.

"Say whatever you want to say, don't say half a sentence." Sun Dengqiang suppressed his unhappiness and turned his head to look at Xie Jing. Xie Jing's face was not good, his eyes flashed, and he obviously hid something from him.

"I heard that Mrs. Wang has appeared in front of the king several times recently." Xie Jing looked up and looked at Sun Deng: "It's hard for Mrs. Xu and Mrs. Bu to say anything. The prince is not in Jianye, and there is only one son around the prince."

Sun Deng's eyelids trembled and nodded: "What's so strange about this? My father is not in good health. I will feel better when I see my children in front of my knees." After a while, he seemed to feel that the sentence was not convincing enough, so he added another sentence: "When I was in Jianye, my father often came to me. It's not a big deal. It's just a chat."

Zhuge Ke came in from the outside and happened to hear Sun Deng's last words. He glanced at Sun Deng, stood behind Sun Deng, and sighed softly, "The king's body seems to have improved greatly, and the recovery is unimaginable. Prince, don't take it lightly.

"Yuan Xun, you think too much." Sun Deng's eyelids jumped and he turned into the room: "Yuan Xun, come on, tell me what you have seen."

"I see a lot of things." Zhuge Ke smiled bitterly: "Prince, the speed of the resettlement of those farmers is simply amazing. We underestimated the financial resources of Yue and their determination. Now even if Yue is willing to let these farmers go back, they will not go back."

"Yuan Xun, isn't it an exaggeration?" Xie Jing smiled unnaturally.

"Exaggeration?" Zhuge Ke sneered: "I saw it with my own eyes, but I didn't just stay in the city and guess randomly. Uncle, why don't you go outside the city to have a look? As long as you see the small yard they built for those farmers and the grain stored in the small yard, you will know whether I have exaggerated. I roughly calculated that the cost of these farmers' homes can be worth their five years of output. That is to say, they didn't do anything in Yue. They first got a great benefit. Although they left their hometown, they definitely lived better than in their hometowns. Who would like to leave? He paused, sighed again, and pointed to the direction of the palace outside the door: "Prince, uncle, have you ever seen such a palace? Have you seen such an official office? Seriously, it's not better than those small courtyards outside the city.

Sun Deng didn't say anything, and Xie Jing didn't say anything. The king of Yue is the richest of the four kings, but the Yue palace is the shabbyest of the four palaces. I'm afraid that the Luoyang palace rebuilt from the ruins is much better than him. Sun Deng couldn't figure out why Sun Shao was so bitter about himself. The most beautiful place in the world of the Han Dynasty was the palace, then the three public offices, and then the official offices at all levels. The greater the power, the more beautiful the house he lived in. This is something that everyone thinks is very natural. However, the country does the opposite. The more royal palace is very simple, and the prime minister The mansion and the imperial historian's mansion are slightly better, but they are also limited. In a word, the best-looking house in Qiantang City has absolutely nothing to do with the official office. The hall where Sun Shao lives can only be regarded as medium as Qiantang City at most.

Isn't this the most thrifty Emperor Xiaowen? Emperor Wen created the rule of Wenjing. Why can't Sun Shao create a prosperous dynasty that belongs to him? Sun Deng was silent. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it. He turned his face with Sun Shao for a woman. It was too impulsive and bold.

"Yuan Xun, I want to meet the king of Yue." Sun Deng suddenly raised his head, and his calm face showed that he was at a loss at his age: "I don't think... we can't stand deadlock with the King of Yue like this. We can't afford to wait."

Zhuge Ke shook his hands together, and he was also a little flustered. His original ambition was slowly worn out in front of the endless waiting. Originally, they wanted to talk to Sun Shao about the conditions, but they didn't expect that they couldn't see Sun Shao at all now, not only Sun Shao. They couldn't even see the face of Prime Minister Yu, so they could only listen to Mr. Kong Zhu's words of morality, but this day is the end.

"Prince, I heard that the princess is in the Flying Tiger Camp. Do you want to visit her?"

Sun Deng was stunned for a moment, thought for a long time, and nodded: "Well, I haven't seen the name of the Flying Tiger Camp for a long time. Let's open our eyes and see what the first female army in history looks like."

Xie Jing smiled silently. Among the three of them, he is the oldest. He has already passed the surname of a teenager. Sun Deng and Zhuge Ke's regretful look fell in his eyes, but he did not expose their self-deception. Sun Deng is the superior, and Zhuge Ke is also a person with a strong surname. No matter which of them let them lose face, he will do it to him. It's not a good thing to say.

Seeing that there was no objection, Sun Deng, who had been waiting anxious for a long time, seemed to have caught a straw and immediately drove straight to the tiger camp. The military camp of the Flying Tiger Battalion is next to each other, close to the Qiantang wharf, and the general's camp across the sea is on guarding the periphery. As soon as Sun Deng and the others arrived at the dock, they were stopped by the subordinates of Yuehai. A captain with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a fierce face shook two broom eyebrows and snippled at Xie Jing: "Prince of the State of Wu? Since you are the prince of the State of Wu, without the people of Duke Kong, why did you come to the barracks? Do you want to spy on the military situation of Vietnam?

"It's not." Xie Jing hurriedly smiled and stuffed a handful of money from his sleeve: "My prince is the son of the fifth general of the Flying Tiger Camp. He came here to watch the heroic posture of the Flying Tiger Camp."

Before he finished his words, the captain's face changed. He raised his hand and put the money in Xie Jing's hand to the ground and shouted, "How dare you bribe me? Come on, take it!"

With a "wow" sound, fifty heavily armed soldiers suddenly surrounded him. Sun Deng did not understand what had happened. Fifty soldiers had lined up in five rows, surrounding them from four directions, 20 knives, 20 halberds and ten crossbows.

Sun Deng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

(to be continued)