Without much effort, Ye Yongjia took over the power of the Planning Department, and no one in the court knew about it. Without the supervision of outsiders, he could finally plan the negotiations wholeheartedly.
Of course, the most important thing to resolve at the moment was the matter between Ge and Zeng, so he hurriedly wrote a document ordering the two to stop arguing. Just as he expected, the two men did not obey the orders at all and refused to stop fighting. They wrote letters one after another requesting to take back their authority. However, Ye Yongjia was quite surprised. He had not experienced such smooth sailing for a long time.
But for the sake of caution, he kept the memorial for a few days, pretending to be Lu Zhixian's customary hesitation, and replied in Chen Dang's tone: "The imperial decree cannot be changed lightly. You two are so stubborn, and I can't do anything about it. I had to do this on my behalf. After reading the documents sent by Zeng Gong, I know that the Fan people want to make good friends, and they can be persuaded. They should implement this strategy: 1. Send officials to invite all Fan merchants to the county government for interviews. Seeing that they are low-status people with relatively low qualifications, they bribe heavily with gold and silver. , Winning their hearts will be of great use;'
When he wrote this, Ye Yongjia suddenly stopped writing and wrote after two lines: "Second, merchants are greedy for profit and should secretly promise privileges before making an agreement to make it satisfactory." The negotiation was originally initiated by Ye Thief, which allowed the Ministry of War to give in to the interests and leave the establishment of regulations, purchase of materials, etc. to the Ban people, leaving the Ye Thieves nowhere to intervene and unable to make meritorious deeds; if the Ban people embezzled money and food, It can also be used as a basis to question the Ye Party's crimes, which is a clever plan that kills two birds with one stone. However, this plan cannot be passed on to others. After reading, it will be cut off and burned. '
Cai Xianqing watched him finish writing the last word and couldn't help but laugh happily: "You are so brave. In order to imitate Chen Dang's tone, you did not hesitate to call yourself a thief and give them advice! But this plan is really risky. If they do this, I’m afraid we won’t be able to deal with it.”
Ye Yongjia patted his knees and said with a faint smile: "Mr. Cai, don't worry, how could I kindly plan for them! If they act accordingly, they will only fall into my trap."
"What do you mean by this...?"
"In both the government and the public, I am the only one whom the bearded man trusts the most. Even if he has these rights, he will not part ways with me because of this. As for money, he will definitely be greedy, but as long as I don't have anything to do with the dirty money, Chen The party has no reason to attack me, not to mention that he has been a businessman for many years and is very thoughtful, so keeping secrets is absolutely no problem."
Cai Xianqing did not change his usual caution. He frowned and said in a very serious tone: "You seem to have oversimplified the problem. Some things are beyond our expectation. Don't forget how many accidents we had along the way."
Ye Yongjia still smiled helplessly: "Then it's God who wants to kill me. Put it this way, if I go to negotiate in person, I will also transfer such power. For your and my new deal, sometimes we have to make choices."
"Okay," Cai Xianqing shrugged his eyebrows, "I am willing to listen to your opinion. But the New Deal is not for 'you and me', but for the people of the world. Don't make it seem like we are wishful thinking and just narcissistic. "
Unexpectedly, Ye Yongjia shook his head dejectedly: "Maybe... it will be soon."
Cai Xianqing didn't understand what he meant, but she didn't want to ask him for an explanation. She just stared at each other in silence for a while.
Zeng Liang took a look at the document issued by the Planning Department and realized that there was something fishy in it. He concluded that it was not written by a wise man of Lu. But he didn't expect that Ye Dang would intervene. Instead, he thought it was Tongpao Chen's idea, so he didn't dare to disobey it and acted according to the instructions in the letter one by one.
Ye Yongjia's method really worked. Within two days, several merchants were convinced and no longer harbored hostility towards the court. They all persuaded the bearded man to make a contract early to maintain friendship. But Xiu Hu was not idle, he had already established a secret line with Zeng Liang, discussing the exchange of interests.
Due to the instructions of his superiors, Zeng Shangshu had to retract his previous thoughts, which made him extremely sad. However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was still room for manipulation, so he calmly said to him: "Our court has given you such a Benefits, you should also help. After all, the state's budget is not sufficient, and adding this amount of money will make things worse."
Fan Shang didn't understand his intentions, so he put on a smile on his face and said: "You can just say that ordinary people will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"Hey, it's not a big deal, why bother to make it so serious," Zeng Liang hurriedly advised, "As long as you hand over all documents, especially the accounts of money in and out, to the accounts department when you assist in running the factory, Just use the excuse of needing to write off expenses. In return, I will keep some things strictly confidential."
After hearing this, the bearded man was so happy that he forgot the etiquette of the Central Plains and stretched out his hand: "I... will do it."
Zeng Liang also smiled rarely and shook hands with him cooperatively.
A few days later, Ye Yongjia, who had been waiting for so long, finally received good news - Zeng and Ge returned to the capital with the signed contract, allowing the negotiation to conclude smoothly. He finally lost his worries and felt relaxed all over his body, so much so that his exhaustion swept over him. He and Cai Xianqing and others immediately devoted themselves to the construction of the military factory, busy selecting personnel, inspecting the terrain, etc., and ordered various places to step up the preparation. Within a few months, from the border to the mainland, the rapid momentum of the New Deal could no longer be restrained, and there was a scene of prosperity everywhere.
After Dong Sheng also settled the sergeants, he opened roads and built castles step by step. The captives didn't pay attention at first, but as time passed, they gradually discovered that the fortresses in the south were almost connected in a line, facing each other from end to end, and the defense line became like iron. Generally solid - but the completion of such a huge project has already been three years later.
"Brother Cui, why didn't you go?"
Cui Yi was sitting in the back room of the living room, facing a smooth mirror, taking off his mourning clothes. Suddenly he heard a creak at the door, and several rays of light came in from behind and hit the mirror, reflecting His fair face. Compared with three years ago, there are not many changes, but there are a few more traces of vicissitudes, and he looks more mature, more like a bureaucrat who has made sufficient preparations to take up his post in the Yamen.
"Brother, where did you ask me to go?" He took out his hands and put the mourning clothes half on his shoulders.
"This is strange. You don't know anything about your own family? Your sister is not getting married today. Lord Ye has already invited Chuida, who is about to arrive."
"Oh, that's it," Cui Yi said with a smile on his lips, "Sister has really found a good family. I will go immediately after paying my respects to my father."
"You have to take me with you and let me see the magnificence of Lord Bingbu!"
"This is natural." Cui Yi held the mourning clothes in his hand and threw them on the wooden hanger.
