Tao Yuanming calmed down his mood, took a sip of wine, and then looked directly at Liu Tingyun, gritting his teeth: "You are so brave, you dare to come here, what are you doing?" Liu Tingyun smiled slightly: "I You returned to Jiankang a few days ago, even half a day before Liu Yu came back. If you hadn't just wanted to reach an agreement with Xie Hun and the others, leave me alone and go find them by yourself, we might have been able to discuss it long ago. How to deal with what happens next. I have been waiting for you at the headquarters of Black Hand Qiankun for a long time." Tao Yuanming shook his head: "You can't blame me, how did I know when you came to Jiankang? What's more, I had to prepare for you at that time. I was running around to get the credentials of the Later Qin Dynasty, and I couldn't waste even a moment. At that time, when I was looking for Xie Hun and them, I still had to build a bridge through Meng Chang and Xu Xianzhi." Liu Tingyun said coldly: "Is it really through them?" Meng Chang Somewhat surprised: "Yuanming did contact Xie Hun and the others through the two of us. Why, does he have other friends in Jiankang City?" Liu Tingyun raised her eyebrows slightly, then smiled and shook her head. : "As an old man from Jingzhou, what kind of friends can he have in this city? However, he also worshiped Wang Xun in the past. I wonder if he also has some old friends from the same family besides Yin Zhongkan. What about?" Meng Chang nodded: "Those should be just casual acquaintances. Even if there are some friends, it is impossible to have a relationship like ours. Yuanming, you have to know that what Tingyun can come into contact with is only small and medium-sized. Many of the aristocratic families are just wealthy landowners in Wu. If you want to get in touch with the upper-class aristocratic families, just relying on the title of Mrs. Liu Yi is not enough, because Liu Yi has been in charge of military affairs for a long time. In Yuzhou, he may be able to dominate the sky with one hand, but in In Jiankang City, it is not enough for the first-class aristocratic families to look at them differently." Tao Yuanming frowned: "Didn't Liu Yi have many underground industries that cooperated with the aristocratic families? Didn't Liu Yi also hang out with people like Xie and Xi Sengshi? Have you already formed an alliance?" Liu Tingyun smiled and shook her head: "That kind of alliance is not called an alliance, it's just about getting what each other needs. When Liu Yi goes to war or forms an army, he needs Xie Hun and Xi Sengshi's help. They provide military supplies and food, and in return they have to take their nephews out to perform meritorious service and obtain titles. This is similar to the deal between Liu Yu and other major families. Can you say that all the aristocratic families in the city belong to Liu Yu?" Tao Yuanming looked at Meng Chang and said in a deep voice: "But you are just an outsider, and you are not from a top aristocratic family. What do you rely on to make these aristocratic families listen to you?" Meng Chang laughed: "Don't forget Well, before I became a minister, it had been six years since the success of Jianyi. My identity was Danyang Yin." Tao Yuanming suddenly realized: "I have forgotten this level, the parent official of Jiankang City, It's you. Many of the children of the aristocratic family have done illegal things, and they have to rely on you to reduce the big problems to trivial matters and be a smooth favor." Meng Chang nodded: "The reason why Wang Guobao was in power back then was also because of this Danyang Yin. At that time, I was not too interested in who was in charge of the army, but I paid special attention to the official position of Danyang Yin. I wanted to attack other families and protect the children of my own family. Severe punishments are used to regulate relationships with other branches within the family, or to regulate relationships with other families, all relying on Danyang Yin. "
"In addition, some of the shady illegal industries that the family operates secretly, such as gambling houses and brothels, will always involve some illegal things. Once they are discovered, I have the final say on how to deal with them. Yuan Ming , you said I have such power, what will these families do to me?" Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth and looked at Liu Tingyun: "So, Sister Tingyun, you are playing this kind of middleman role, right. Our Meng Danyang is unlikely to deal directly with these aristocratic families. If Liu Yu is found out like this, he will become a corrupt official. But if you, the eldest sister, are the intermediary, intercede, or even find someone to take the blame, then it is logical. He There is no favoritism and bending the law, and every case is handled in a fair and selfless manner. But here you use various methods to make people blame themselves, only threaten and never ask the main culprit, so that the young masters of the aristocratic family can avoid jail, and let those who Illegal industries also have the opportunity to transfer industries or make false accounts. It's really a perfect match." Liu Tingyun smiled slightly: "Meng Danyang is a powerful dragon from outside after all, and I don't know how to compete with this Jiankang City. Although Liu Yi is running industries here, they are shady underground industries. In the past, these industries were just small businesses. It was only after Jianyi that he had the opportunity to cooperate with big families to operate them. Gambling houses, wine shops, brothels, these core industries that bring in quick money. They all need me to take care of the business and power in Jiankang City." Tao Yuanming said solemnly: "No wonder, no wonder Meng Chang also formed an alliance with you early, except for you I'm afraid people like Zhuge Changmin and Wei Shunzhi outside the two families are also involved with you." Meng Chang nodded: "There are few in the Beifu army who want to fight for the fate of ordinary people like Liu Yu. , all for their own wealth. According to Liu Yu's rules, if you give money to rich people, the wealth will not be so easy to get. In Dajin, if you want to be rich, the best way is to have some industries in Jiankang that can make money quickly. The second is to run the manor in Wudi. Both of these two things Liu Yu is not willing to do, but they are the foundation of the family for hundreds of years. It is difficult for outsiders to get involved. Therefore, the secret interaction and relationship between Tingyun and I were not known before Jianyi. Yes, even some of Xile's properties here were secretly arranged in my name through Tingyun. However, my earliest contact with Tingyun was through Zhuge Changmin." Tao Yuanming looked at Liu Tingyun: "Then why didn't you cooperate deeply with Zhuge Changmin and push Zhuge Changmin to the position of prime minister with great power?" Liu Tingyun laughed: "Because Brother Changmin is too greedy, give him the position of county guard, he I wish that all the benefits of the county would be taken over by his family. I should not have close friendship with such a person. The person who is truly qualified to cooperate with me must have a deep desire for power, but in order to win people's hearts and establish his own power, he also needs to Some industries serve as sources of income, such as Meng Chang and Liu Yi. These talents are the real backers of me, Liu Tingyun." Tao Yuanming sighed: "I didn't expect that you, Liu Tingyun, who was Mrs. Huanxuan at the time, could be said to be the future queen. You actually want to make many arrangements outside and secretly make friends with the heroes of the world. Everyone knows that you dislike the smell of warriors' sweat and don't want to get close to them, but they don't know that this is just a disguise for you to make friends with them. "
