Wen Renzheng's beard curled up: "It's silver! Silver can be used to buy grain, horses, and weapons. Where does the silver come from? If you can't earn it, you can only find ways to raise silver from wealthy merchants and gentry. Your Liu family is a Jiangnan Liu family!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wen Renzheng in confusion: "You have to be brave. If you don't have the courage, just having money is useless. As the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, my Liu family has a huge wealth, but I still don't dare to rebel!"
Wen Renzheng's old face was tangled. He wanted to teach Young Master Liu but he couldn't find the wrong place. What this guy said was obviously a joke, but you still couldn't find the words to refute.
However, Wen Renzheng's words reminded Liu Mingzhi and solved his doubts. These days, he had been thinking a lot about why he and Qi Yun were ambushed by the White Lotus Sect during the battle in Yangzhou. After thinking about this matter, why did the White Lotus Sect seek out me when they had no enmity against me?
He thought that maybe his predecessor had resentment against the White Lotus Sect, but the memory was vague in his mind. Thinking about it later, it was impossible. The virtue of his predecessor was that he only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, and had any interactions with bandits. What's more, What's more important is whether the old man Liu Zhi'an will take over any resentment. After all, the White Lotus Sect had a small-scale attack on the city and looted the Liu family's shops not long ago, and he took the blame for the old man.
Today it finally became clear, just as Wen Renzheng said, the White Lotus Sect needs silver, and the Liu family has it. If they hijack him, the Liu family's property will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Liu Zhi'an will definitely agree, plus There are so many wealthy businessmen in the south of the Yangtze River, and if they accumulate a little, they will make a lot of money. This is a piece of capital.
Liu Mingzhi did not believe that the White Lotus Sect, which had taken root in Jiangnan for decades, relied on robbing homes to survive. There must be some unknown but extremely profitable businesses on the surface.
Wen Renzheng looked at Liu Mingzhi and his expression changed several colors. He knew that Liu Mingzhi understood and kept it in his heart.
"Boy, I have something you don't know whether to say or not?"
Young Master Liu came to his senses and said, "Then don't talk about it. I'm not very interested anyway."
Wen Renzheng choked and took a breath. Why was this kid so irritating when he spoke? I asked you whether you should tell me something or not just to be polite and not to take you seriously.
He touched his beard angrily: "Boy, as the saying goes, seniority doesn't matter when you go out. I know everything about you and Yun girl, but this doesn't stop you from worshiping me as your teacher. Now that the court is employing people, since you If you have a great talent, why don't you become a disciple of me, serve as prime minister in the future, and work for the benefit of the people of the world? Isn't it much better than being a dandy? And a seven-foot man should make immortal contributions, so you are willing to live like this all your life. A fun day?”
"I'm willing to do it! Eating, drinking and having fun for the rest of my life is something I have only dreamed of."
"You...you...can't be carved out of rotten wood."
"Then don't carve it. I didn't ask anyone to carve me!" Young Master Liu said matter-of-factly.
Wen Renzheng pointed at Hu Jun: "You are also a genius, why can't you compete with Zi Le? You only want to spend your life in desolation with all your talents and knowledge. What is the difference between this and an ant?"
"That's why I have a good relationship with Brother Hu. Didn't I just say that? Let him support me. I think long-term. I am a fucking genius. I think too far."
Wen Renzheng wanted to take off the ruler from the shelf, but he realized that Liu Mingzhi was not his student and it was not appropriate to beat him up. He sighed in anger and didn't know what to say. He finally understood that Liu Mingzhi was The guy is just a fool and doesn't make sense at all.
"Young man of the Liu family, if you don't listen to the old and wise words, you will regret it sooner or later. When the White Lotus Sect recovers and recovers, it will be your Liu family who will bear the brunt of the disaster. The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Do you think Song Yu, the Minister of War, can protect you? "
Liu Mingzhi was alert for a moment. The old man's true feelings definitely didn't seem to be false: "Old man, the White Lotus Sect is just hanging on to its last breath. Is it really as serious as you said?"
"Living on the last breath? No, you are wrong, and the emperor is wrong too. The White Lotus Sect is not a lost dog. They are tigers that wait for people to eat. They are waiting."
"Wait? Wait for what?"
"The White Lotus Sect is worried about internal and external troubles. They are waiting for external troubles. As soon as the time comes, they will slash the dragon country's waist with a knife. By then it will be too late."
Liu Mingzhi was stunned and said uneasily: "Who is the Grassland and the Kingdom of Jin, old man?"
Hu Jun looked a little unnatural when he heard Young Master Liu talking about the grassland and the Kingdom of Jin, but he concealed it well and the two did not notice anything strange about him.
"The reason why the Grassland and the Kingdom of Jin have been unable to reach an alliance is because they all have ulterior motives and cannot agree. If one day the two countries form an alliance, it will definitely be a disaster for our Dragon Kingdom. By then, it will be impossible not to fight. Rather than say that the White Lotus Sect is waiting , it is better to say that everyone is waiting. The White Lotus Sect is waiting for the chaos outside the Dragon Kingdom, while the Jin Kingdom is waiting for the chaos within the Dragon Kingdom. It seems to be a good result, but the water will always have a day of enthusiasm, and the bamboo shoots will always break through the ground. It is a deadlock. It won’t last long.”
Liu Mingzhi, who grew up in a peaceful transitional society, could not understand the melancholy of Wen Renzheng. He did not know what war meant, what the war between two countries meant, and the cruelty of war. However, Wen Renzheng did not. He was an emperor. Master, he knows too well the cruelty of war once it breaks out.
Feeling Wen Renzheng's mood, Liu Mingzhi sighed: "Why is there a war? Whether it's the Jin Kingdom, the grassland, or the Dalong Dynasty, isn't it better to live in peace? You hit me and I'll hit you, fight Fighting comes and goes, when is it time to retaliate? There are many ways to communicate, why should we choose the cruelest way to communicate? Isn’t peace bad? Isn’t it bad to live? One general’s achievements lead to thousands of bones drying up, a word from the emperor, general and minister , a single order is like a mountain of corpses. The poor bones by the Wuding River are like people in a boudoir’s dream. Who knows how many loyal souls are buried in foreign lands?”
Wen Renzheng's body was shaken and he looked at Liu Mingzhi blankly: "You don't resent the aliens for massacring my compatriots? Destroying my homeland! Killing my brothers?"
"Hate? Not only aliens, but everyone who promotes war is hateful. Old man, can the endless killing really stop the war? No, no one is right or wrong in the war, but the war is cruel and has no blood. Like Glory, there are only endless corpses, all of which stem from one thing, greed!"
Wen Renzheng became melancholy: "Yes, how can there be a war without greed? Many people understand this truth. Why doesn't anyone do it? The killing continues."
"But if it is unavoidable, war is not unavoidable. If diplomatic relations are not enough to eliminate the flames of war, then use force to stop the war. Sometimes war is also for peace. When there are no Turkic tribes in the world, no Jin country, no Dafa Dragon, when there was only one country, maybe there would be no wars, wouldn’t it be great if everyone could afford tea eggs?”
"Huh? Tea eggs?"
"Brother Liu, what are tea eggs?"
Liu Mingzhi touched his nose: "It's nothing, I'm just being silly."
