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Chapter 266

It only made Yuan Hui suffer. Yuan Hui is smart and knowledgeable. He has always been arrogant and arrogant. Ordinary scholars cannot catch her eye. However, her fate is ill-fated and her marriage has always been unhappy. First, she met the pseudonymous scholar Huang Ziai, but later she was rejected by Liu Xiu. Now, for the future of the family, she has to compromise and endure humiliation to serve the emperor she has always looked down upon.

"Little sister" Yuan Shao was so happy that Yuan Hui was crying, so he helped her up, handed her a handkerchief, and comforted her with soft words. Yuan Hui cried happily, which relieved her pain and calmed down a lot. She washed away the tears on her face and repaired her a little light. Except for her eyes still had a little redness and swollenness, she could no longer see her weakness just now.

"Brother, what do you think of the Northern Xinjiang party?"

Yuan Shao looked at her for a moment, and saw that she had indeed controlled her emotions, so he breathed a sigh of relief and briefly said about the matter in northern Xinjiang. Yuan Hui listened quietly, but his eyes were a little calm, which made Yuan Shao feel a little uneasy, and finally stopped talking awkwardly.

"Little sister..."

"Brother misses the war in the northern border very much." Yuan Hui raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Yuan Shao with some sarcasm. Yuan Shao smiled awkwardly and rubbed his hands. Yuan Hui glanced at his hands and chuckled, "I heard that my elder brother's hands that had held halberds and chopped Xianbei people are very famous in Luoyang."

Yuan Shao's face was red. He talked with the famous scholars. When talking about military affairs, no matter how strong the other party's aura was, as long as he stretched his hand out and asked the other party, do you know what it feels like to hold the halberd peach in his hand? Do you know how much impact the halberd pierces will bring to you when the halberd pierces pierce into the enemy's chest? Do you know what it looks like when the halberd pierces pierce into the enemy's chest? Do you know what it looks like when walking in a blizzard and being blown unconscious by the wind? It is enough to shut up and attract a lot of praise. But Yuan Hui said this at this moment, obviously not to praise him.

"My Yuan family's poetry and books are passed down from generation to generation, and the three kings of four generations have to boast about holding a halberd and killing people. I don't know what Gong An would think under the nine springs." Yuan Hui said lightly, his tone full of unconcealed accusations and disappointments: "You seem to have only seen the Xianbei people, but you don't know that our real enemy is not the Xianbei people."

Yuan Shao frowned and said in a deep voice: "Of course I know."

"You know?"

"I know." Yuan Shao nodded vigorously, saying that he did know. "The three states of You and Liang are the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty. When it comes to cavalry, they all come from these three states. When the Emperor of Shizu fought for the world, he used Hebei as the foundation and Youzhou cavalry as the frontier to sweep the world."

Yuan Hui's face eased a little. "Then do you have any countermeasures?"

Yuan Shao smiled disapprovingly: "Little sister, you are in the deep palace. What you hear is probably the good news from Bingzhou, but you don't know the dilemma hidden behind these good news. Why can we win this time? It was because Liu Xiu snatched Helian's wife and turned the battle out of the frontier into luring the enemy into deep. We have no worries about supply difficulties. Even so, because we are seriously insufficient in military strength, we cannot wipe out the Xianbei people, and we can only force them to surrender. Facing a Red Sun tribe, we are no longer able to do so, and the Red Sun tribe is just a powerful Xianbei people.

It seems that this battle has been thousands of miles from east to west, but Tan Shigui did not leave Danhan Mountain at all, nor did he use any main force. For him, this is just a test to see if Helian is a talented talent. If he personally leads troops and invades thousands of miles together, the strength of the three states of You and Liang cannot stop it." Yuan Hui looked at Yuan Shao quietly, and Yuan Shao frowned slightly, found maps from the case and explained in detail to Yuan Hui. The focus and confident expression added a bit of charming spirit.

"Bingzhou has serious financial resources. Even if Liu Xiu can turn all the Huns into Qimin, the Han Dynasty, and Bingzhou has an additional population of 400,000 or 500,000 people. However, the southern part of Bingzhou has many mountains, hills, and grasslands in the north, but there are few arable land and Hetao farmland. It is difficult to achieve real results in a few years. The food gap is very large and must be driven by external transportation." Yuan Shao knocked on the map vigorously and said confidently: "Even if there is a cavalry, if he can't eat, what else can he fight? Not to mention anything else, I'm afraid that the Huns he just subdued will become his confidant, and the credit will become a sin."

Yuan Hui nodded, with a little more relaxed and praise in his eyes.

"The biggest problem now is to control the financial resources of Yizhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and Jingzhou. These six states account for more than 80% of the financial resources of our Han Dynasty. Only these states can draw financial resources to supplement Bingzhou."

Yuan Shao drew a circle on the map, "Control these six states, plus Luoyang, controls the entire lifeline of the Han Dynasty."

"Then you know the purpose of the emperor appointing Zhang Jiao as the prime minister of Jinan."

Yuan Shao sneered: "What can a mere Zhang Jiao do? It won't take long to leave, just like those disciples of the emperor."

"This is not right." Yuan Hui shook his head and disagreed with Yuan Shao's opinion: "Although Zhang Jiao is unpopular in the court, he has many supporters among the people. He has a close relationship with many famous scholars. I heard from my father that Xun Shuang seems to have some connection with Zhang Jiao. They often misunderstand Yi Dao together. Xun Shuang's note was inspired by Zhang Jiao Huang Laodao."

Yuan Shao frowned, a little surprised.

"In addition, Xun Shuang went to Northern Xinjiang from Sun Xunyou, why didn't you treat him politely?" Yuan Hui said reproachfully.

Yuan Shao curled his lips: "I asked Chen Jifang, and he said that Xun Gongda had no reputation and was not an outstanding talent in the Xun family."

"Chen Jifang is a corrupt scholar, how can you call him all?" Yuan Hui accused him bluntly: "Even if Xun Gongda has no reputation, he is from the Xun family, so he cannot be taken lightly. So many guests you raise are all of them with real talents and knowledge? This person was brought to Luoyang by Xun Shuang. If you don't treat him politely, you will not give him face. Xun Shuang refused to accept his father's recommendation to become an official in the court, which is a clear proof."

Yuan Shao didn't say anything anymore. He felt that Xun You was useless. When he went to the northern border, he seemed to have no ability, and he got sick and became a burden. However, he also knew that Yuan Hui was right. Not every famous scholar had real talents and knowledge. Many people just blew it out. Sometimes, even though you knew that the other party was just like this, you still had to make a fuss and not to break up.

"Where is he now?"

"After he returned from Northern Xinjiang, as soon as he arrived in Luoyang, the emperor summoned him into the palace and asked him to be the minister of the Huangmen." Yuan Hui looked at Yuan Shao with some concern: "The emperor has never met Xun You, and he has always disliked famous scholars. Why is he so anxious to be appointed as the official of Xun You this time? In my opinion, it is very likely that Liu Xiu recommended Xun You to him."

Yuan Jing raised his head in surprise: "Is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Hui nodded affirmatively, "There are two possibilities. One is that Xun You is hidden, and Liu Xiu knows his ability. The other may be that Xun You is indeed just a talent, but Liu Xiu wants to show kindness to the Xun family by recommending him. No matter what the reason is, Liu Xiu handles this matter more appropriately than you." Yuan Shao's face became very ugly. He looked at Yuan Hui with dissatisfaction and opened his mouth to refute, but after thinking about it, he swallowed the words back. He pondered for a moment, not wanting to continue on this topic: "Little sister, how can I make my Yuan family occupy the position of Situ?"

"It's hard to say, but it's actually very simple." Yuan Wei smiled slightly, "The emperor is most short of money now. He gives the emperor 100 million yuan. This Situ belongs to my Yuan family."

"Send money?"

"Do you know why the emperor favors Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, and Cao Jie the past?" Yuan Hui stood up, tidied up his clothes, curled his lips, and said lightly: "People who likes them and will win whatever they want. The emperor, a mother and son who were born in a small prince, are afraid of living a poor life. Although he is now the emperor and rich in the world, he has not changed his poverty. What he likes most is money. Whoever gives him money is a loyal minister. Just 100 million yuan can control the world's money and hold Bingzhou's throat, why not do it?"

In June of the first year of Guanghe, Liu Xiu brought more than 50 descendants of the Huns back to Jinyang. He saw Cai Yong who had been missing for almost two years. Cai Yong had been a homeless man for a period of time, but he gained a little weight and was in good spirits. He smiled as soon as he saw Liu Xiu.

"I just arrived from Luoyang. Your Majesty has a prince. You have a daughter. Your Majesty is very happy and wants to marry you." Cai Yong stroked his beard and said enviously: "Your Majesty has already drafted a name for the two children. The prince is Liu Xie, and your daughter is Liu He. Let the people be clear and harmonious with all nations."

Liu Xiu was unhappy and thought to himself that my daughter should be named after me, what's wrong with the emperor?

Liu Xiu joked: "Sir, don't just be happy for others. You should hurry up and have a child, otherwise how can you pass on your knowledge?"

"I'm happy too." Cai Yong said with a smile: "I also had a daughter last year because I had been running away and had no name. Later, I received the majesty's amnesty letter. I rushed to Luoyang. His majesty gave me a piece of jade, so I named her Yan, whose name was Zhaoji, which was considered to be a fun with the prince."

Cai Yan, Cai Zhao's mother, Liu Xiu was stunned and looked at Cai Yong again, thinking that this is how the name of a talented woman came from.

"Whose woman is your wife?"

"From the Yang Family in Shandong." Cai Yong felt a little embarrassed: "After I came back from Wuyuan, I hid in the Yang Family for a while, married and gave birth to a daughter. Later, I put the mother and daughter in the Yang Family, and I ran around Jiangdong and got a strange book."

"What strange book?" Liu Xiu was curious, "I appreciate the strange articles together, and I will analyze the doubts and let me see them."

"The eighty-five volumes of Luheng written by Wang Zhongren of Kuaiji." Cai Yong was in a good mood and chatted and laughed: "Don't worry, I brought it. If others don't show it, you will definitely be able to read it. Some of the strange and strange theories in it are somewhat similar to what you usually say."

Liu Xiu almost jumped up. Wang Fu's "Lunheng"? This is a famous book. He read through all the books in Dongguan but couldn't find them. How could it fall into Cai Yong's hands?

Cai Yong regarded Liu Xiu's surprise as the same curiosity as his own. He did not think too much about it. He continued, "I know you are going to promote Huang Laodao in Jinyang and bring all the books about Huang Laodao, two large carts. There are also some royal books in Dongguan. I also asked His Majesty to bring them together. Zhang Pingzi's article, as long as it is hidden in the palace, one is not small, and I also asked the people from Lingtai to draw a copy of some pictures..."

Cai Yong talked about his own contributions with great enthusiasm. Liu Xiu smiled when he heard this. This scholar of a silly book is a good helper. With him, he can save a lot of trouble. What makes him even happier is that although Cai Yong is a bit tragic, he is a real all-round generalist. He is not only proficient in ancient and modern classics, but also has a lot of research on the theories of various philosophers such as Huang Laodao. He has no knowledge of astronomy, geography and music calendars. He is also the best in knowledge such as Prophecy and Divination. He is all the best. Having such a person in charge of Jinyang Academy is like inviting a double-profile academician to a newly established university to be a treasure for the school. He has already succeeded halfway before it opened.

He can leave the knowledge to him, and his most important task is to make money. When he thinks of the funding gap in units of billions, Liu Xiu's brain hurts a little.

It has to be said that there may be no difference in other aspects to form an alliance with the Taoist Taoist instead of the Taoist Taoist Taoist, but there is indeed a big gap in making money. Although the Taoist Taoist Taoist is the source of Taoism, the ability of people like the Lu family to accumulate money is not the same level as that of Master and disciple Zhang Jiao. If he had the support of Zhang Jiao's strong economic strength, he would not have to worry at all.

The father pushed a pair of celadon cups as smooth as jade into Liu Xiu, showing a little smugness: "How?"

Liu Xiu picked up the porcelain cup and looked carefully, nodding reluctantly: "I'll settle down."

"Are you going to settle?" The smile on the father's face froze and he glanced at Liu Xiu suspiciously: "Can you do better?"

"I said, "It's as thin as paper, color as jade, bright as a mirror, sound as a chime." This is the best product. If you look at this cup, you can achieve color as jade, and you can barely make it as bright as a mirror. The other two can't match it at all. Either it's better or something?"

My father picked up the cup and knocked it. Although the sound was crisp, it was still a little far from the sound of the chime.

"But you can achieve this in just a few months. You must have suffered a lot." Liu Xiu turned to comfort him: "I am very satisfied with this result. I can't sell this pair of cups without ten gold."

The father smiled again: "At the beginning, I was not very skilled in the craftsmanship, and there were not many. This time I only brought a hundred pairs here, which is probably not enough. I have arranged for someone to speed up the firing."

"No hurry, the goods are expensive because they are rare. If they are put too much at once, they will not be valuable." Liu Xiu waved his hand... "You leave ten pairs for me, and the others will be sold in various markets. It is better not to sell them than to lower the price. Luoyang... at most twenty pairs are placed, including ten pairs of Handan, Linzi, Shu, and Jiangling. "

"You have to teach me about doing business?" The father waved his hand disdainfully: "You don't have to worry about this, I will arrange it myself." He pushed a bag of gold in front of Liu Xiu, and Liu Xiu opened it with a smile: "Is the dividend so soon?"

"Don't share the red one." The father laughed and scolded: "I have paid you in advance the dividends for this porcelain recipe. This is a red envelope for my granddaughter."

"Red envelope?" Liu Xiu almost bit his tongue. The red envelope he had given was so big. His eyes were swept up and it was at least fifty gold.

"I didn't want to give it to a girl, what's so happy about?" The father said helplessly: "It was your mother who was happy. She said that she had children just one year after getting married. It was a good sign of having many children and grandchildren. She insisted that I send fifty gold."

"You are not mentally correct. Dad, boys, girls and girls are the same."

"Same? No matter how well a daughter is raised, isn't it just a waste of marriage?" The father glared at him and said angrily: "Get me up and take the time to take a few more concubines, give me a bunch of sons, give one, son, I will give you a thousand gold."

Liu Xiu squeezed his eyes and said in a narrow voice: "What if I give birth to seventeen or eighteen?"

Lao Duo calmly said: "Even if you give birth to 120 like Liu Sheng, I can afford it."

Liu Xiu was speechless. His father was capable and confident in speaking.

Seeing that he was defeated, my father smiled with satisfaction and sipped happily. Tea: "How about it, are you tight? Do you want me to make some credit for you?"

Liu Xiu shook his head: "No."

My father was surprised, raised his eyelids and looked at Liu Xiu in confusion.

Liu Xiu explained: "I know you have money, but that money has been accumulated by generations and dozens of generations. I can't spend all your efforts over the years here. I am in charge of a state. If I can't even be self-sufficient and can only live in vain, wouldn't that be too failure?"

The father stared at Liu Xiu for a while, with a look of relief in his eyes.

He thought for a while and asked with concern: "Then why do you plan to solve the difficulties in front of you? If you don't have money, the Huns or Han people will not be able to endure hardships with you. Although Luoyang trusts you, he will not be able to protect himself and probably won't be able to help you. You have to do so many things at once, and it is probably unlikely that you can rely solely on Bingzhou's own financial support."

Liu Xiu smiled slightly, "There are difficulties and opportunities are not small, and I will do my best. However, I don't want to do it too smoothly, otherwise, someone would regard Bingzhou as a piece of fat and meat. When the time comes, wouldn't I become a sucker?"

The father's eyes flashed and he understood what Liu Xiu meant: "Yes, turning this place into a thorn ball is also a good way to prevent people from coveting it. However, you must also grasp the right measure and not make it true."

"Aweng, don't worry, I won't be that stupid... Liu Xiu played with the pair of porcelain cups and gently tapped each other, "Aweng, Bingzhou lacks food. It's not small, but the forest resources are rich, and there are also carbon and salt and iron, and good pastures. In the future, cattle and sheep are everywhere, and a large number of war horses, cattle and sheep milk, meat and leather are also a very rich business. Do you have the right people to arrange them in?"

"Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping have always been responsible for this. I'll let them help you." The father looked at Liu Xiu with a smile, pointed at him with his fingers, and told his intentions in one sentence: "Don't test my capital. When it's time to give it to you, I will give it to you. If the time is not right, it will be useless if you think about it."

Liu Xiu laughed dryly in concealment, filled a pair of porcelain cups with wine, handed the father a cup, and picked up a cup by himself. The father and son raised the cup and smiled knowingly...
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