Chapter 227 Heavy Rain

Lu Qiang forcibly occupied Luoyang in an almost rogue way. For this reason, he has even made the worst plan. Five thousand iron riders can kill Luoyang at any time. In short, he will never give up Luoyang again.

But he never thought that Murong Yun would choose to ask for money to solve this matter. For a moment, he really couldn't laugh or cry.

In terms of money, Lu Qiang is really not lacking, but various facilities in China have just started, and there are many places that need money. To paraphrase - the landlord has no surplus food!

It's just that if this method can drag down the State of Yan and stay for a few years, it will be impossible for the State of Yan to seize the city by force.

Lu Qiang ordered Wang to treat Feng Hong, and then convened a group of ministers to discuss.

It can be said that although the ministers opposed Lu Qiang's trip to Yan at first, they were sincerely happy about Lu Qiang's final results.

The emperor personally conquered, promoted the prestige of the country outside the territory, and actually controlled a large area of the land of the State of Yan. His cultural governance and martial arts can even directly catch up with the founding emperor.

While the ministers took this opportunity to promote Lu Qiang Weide, they resolutely supported the decree issued by Lu Qiang, and its smoothness was also unmatched before.

After listening to Wang Dan's words and Feng Hong's intention, Wang Zhenu first went out of class to oppose it.

"Your Majesty, Murong Yun is blackmail. Although Feng Hong has not said the amount of money he borrowed, he doesn't think it will be small. If in a few years, the imperial treasury is abundant, it would have been okay to borrow them, but now it can't be done. The imperial court is vigorously repairing water conservancy in the Xuzhou area to help the fleeing people rebuild their homes. We all need a large amount of money. In this way, we still have the strength to lend money to the State of Yan."

Wang Dan, who is in charge of the household department, was well aware of Wang Zhen's evil words and nodded, "I agree with Wang Shangshu's idea, but in this way, will Murong Yunjunchen do anything on Luoyang's problems?"

Although Xie Wangzu did not have a clear official position, he was a state official and was highly valued by Lu Qiang, so he was qualified to participate in the court meeting.

After reading the beard and ponder for a moment, he said, "Silver money can't be borrowed, but can it be replaced by something else? For example, grain, salt, silk and other necessities of life"

Not to mention, Xie Lao Fox's words seemed to open a door for Lu Qiang.

At this time, in Lu Qiang's heart, he already has the intention of the Northern Expedition, and a weak country like the State of Yan will be destroyed sooner or later.

However, it is easy to send troops to occupy a place. What is difficult is later governance, and the long-term stability of an occupied place is the most difficult thing for every occupier.

Xie Wangzu's words just woke up Lu Qiang, which is economic aggression.

Lu Qiang did not study economics, but he remembered a new word in later generations, that is, national debt.

In the current situation, even if you lend money to the State of Yan, the State of Yan may repudiate the debt in the end, but as Xie Wangzu said, borrowing is not necessarily money, but can be replaced by something else.

For example, on the condition of borrowing, it monopolizes several major living materials of the State of Yan, thus indirectly controlling the economic lifeline of the State of Yan.

This idea is a little too general and needs to be sorted out carefully, but it doesn't need to be bothered by Lu Qiang.

According to Xie Wangzu's proposal, Lu Qiang only started, and Wang Dan first shouted, and then Wang Zhen evil and others who reacted to it also agreed.

"Your Majesty is really a genius. I'm afraid only Your Majesty can come up with such a brilliant idea."

To everyone's surprise, Tao Yuanming, who had always been silent, suddenly praised Lu Qiang.

After solving such a big thing, Lu Qiang was in a good mood and smiled and said, "Have you seen that our honest man, Lord Tao, has also begun to study the way of praise."

Tao Yuanming blushed when he was told by Lu Qiang and said, "I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe it, let the adults judge. Is what I said right?"

This time, even Xie Wangzu felt that Tao Yuanming was a little cunning. Ask him to praise the emperor. Who dares to say that he is talking nonsense?

Lu Qiang nodded Tao Yuanming and said with a smile, "You! By the way, how is your preparation for me to summon students from all over the world to Jiangling?

Just after June, Lu Qiang's children will be born in August, so Lu Qiang intends to take this opportunity to hold a grand evaluation competition to see if those students from all over the world who are ranked as top-quality have some real skills.

For this matter, Tao Yuanming was the most dedicated and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have made it clear that students from all over the world must come to Jiangling before August."

All officials are Lu Qiang's confidants. They know that Lu Qiang intends to reform the nine-grade Zhongzheng system and recruit students from all over the world to Jiangling, but they are building momentum for the imperial examination.

After talking and laughing for a while, Lu Qiang ordered Xie Wangzu to cooperate with Wang Dan and be fully responsible for borrowing the State of Yan. First, he made a charter to see for himself, and then implement it specifically.

When the meeting was about to end, Jiankang's 800 miles arrived.

The officials were going to leave. Hearing that it was a letter from Jiankang, they couldn't help but stop and look up at Lu Qiang, who was expressionless.

Jiankang's flying pigeon biography has arrived. How could Lu Qiang not know the content, but he still opened it in front of the officials and then left it aside.

Looking up and meditating for a moment, then bowed his head and said, "Tao Shangshu, I beg you a family matter"

"Weichen dare not"

The emperor actually said things with a request. How dare a minister answer? Tao Yuanming bowed and replied in a hurry.

"Since the Yuan Emperor's Nandu, the Sima clan has opened branches and leaves in various places. I don't know how many ethnic groups have been proliferated. Under the lingering shade of their predecessors, some of them have lived a lot of life, and I believe there are also many poor people who have fallen into poverty. I would like to ask you to check for me to see if they can find out the talents that can be created."

After listening to Lu Qiang's order, Tao Yuanming moved his mouth but didn't say anything.

Lu Qiang smiled indifferently and continued with deep eyes: "I know that you want to say that this should be Zong Zheng's responsibility, but my Lord Zong Zheng has been a little busy recently, and I'm afraid he doesn't have time to do this."

The officials are a little understood. I'm afraid that the imperial relatives and nobles on Jiankang's side are going to make some demon moths again.

Time soon entered July. God didn't know what to joke about, but began to rain continuously, followed by the river soaring.

In order to prevent the river flooding farmland, Lu Qiang ordered all troops to participate in the strengthening of the river embankment, and send people to patrol the key river sections day and night to prevent the river from crossing the embankment.

The negotiations between Wang Dan and Feng Hong are coming to an end. There is no money in the State of Jin, but it can subsidize 200,000 yuan of grain in the State of Yan in advance. At the same time, the State of Yan must allow the merchants of Jin to open grain shops and operate salt in the State of Yan.

Feng Hong knew that Murong Yun's most scarce thing now was food, so he did not hesitate to agree to Wang Dan's request.

This is a real soft knife. Jiangnan is the main production area of grain and salt, and once the merchants of the State of Jin have a firm foothold in the State of Yan, they can slowly monopolize the grain and salt market of the State of Yan with prices, and this is just the beginning.

The continuous rainy days make people feel gloomy.

Han Yanzhi almost eats and lives on the river embankment these days, because Lu Qiang once conveyed to officials all over the country that the people are nothing small.

So officials everywhere dare not slack off at all. Han Yanzhi is an honest official, and Lu Qiang's decision can be said to be his appetite.

It's getting late. It seems that he will sleep on the river embankment again today. Han Yanzhi was preparing to eat when he suddenly saw a bodyguard wearing a weed coat and stepping on muddy water.

The bodyguard came to the front, bowed and bowed to Han Yanzhi, whispered a few words in Han Yanzhi's ear, and then saw Han Yanzhi's expression immediately dignified.

"Go, go back to the government office"

It rained heavily, and Han Yanzhi didn't care about his clothes being watered through. He took people to rush to the Jiankang government office. When he arrived at the place, his whole person had been drenched like a drowned chicken.

In the rainy weather, the government office is still as usual, and there is no special place.

When Han Yanzhi quickly came to the hall, he saw a young man burning a fire by the brazier, but it was not Liu Sinu. Who else?

Seeing Han Yanzhi come in, Liu Si's daughter got up to salute and smiled, "Lord Han is really diligent. No wonder your majesty value you so much. Hurry up the fire first! Otherwise, it's easy to get sick"

Han Yanzhi was not in the mood to be polite to him. He took off his coat and threw it to his servants. He wiped his face and went to the brazier and said in a low voice, "Lord Liu is in such a hurry to come here, but what's the important thing?"

Seeing that he asked urgently, Liu Sinu was no longer polite. She picked up a document from the table next to him and handed it to him, but she didn't say anything.

Han Yanzhi wiped his hands, took over the document and opened it to watch. The more he looked at it, the more solemn he looked. After a long time, he said, "Although these people are idle princes, after all, they are imperial relatives. If they take them together, will the movement be too big?"

Although Liu's daughter has been assigned to the Supervision Institute by Lu Qiang, what he did before and his fierce methods are lingering from every official. Although Han Yanzhi understands the meaning of Lu Qiang sending Liu Sinu, he still can't help reminding him.

Liu Si's cold smile flashed at the corners of her mouth. She stood up with her hands behind her back, looked at the rain in the courtyard, and said for a long time, "What a nice day!"

"Lord Han doesn't need to do anything, as long as he ensures that Jiankang is not chaotic, and the rest will be done by his subordinates."

Han Yanzhi couldn't help sighing secretly. His Majesty has always been generous with people, but since the incident of Sima Xiuzhi, he has been particularly strict with his relatives. Although this can prevent the event of Sima Xiuzhi from repeating, it is also easy to be criticized.

Liu Sinu turned her head to look at Han Yanzhi in silence, and suddenly smiled and said, "Lord Han should remember one thing. Your Majesty has never made any decree, and this matter has nothing to do with your Majesty."

Han Yanzhi was not a little worse than Liu Si's daughter. After listening to Liu Sinu's words, he couldn't help but wake up for a moment.

"You, you mean..."

"Hehe! I didn't say anything."

While Liu Sinu was talking, she took the document from Han Yanzhi and threw it into the brazier.

"Bum!" With a sound, the document raised a high flame in the brazier and then turned into a pile of ashes...