The girls nodded one after another. Yang Qian's analysis was perfect and every sentence was on point.
"But the new prime minister recommended you to be the envoy. This must be a coincidence." Mu Qing hesitated, a little unsure.
"Gudu!"
Yang Qian drank the tea in one gulp and said with disdain, "Coincidence? I don't believe there is such a thing as coincidence in this world."
"I'm so suspicious now that this Poujie has joined forces with those in Shangguo to try to trick me."
Mu Qing shook his head, feeling that Yang Qian was thinking too much.
"But you have no evidence!"
Yang Qian smiled arrogantly.
"Evidence? What is that? I said he colluded. Who dares to say that he didn't collude? He actually wanted me to be cannon fodder, sending sheep into the tiger's mouth, and living out their spring and autumn dreams."
"not good!"
Suddenly, Xiao Yu exclaimed.
Yang Gan frowned.
"What's the matter?"
Xiao Yu hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, no matter who asks you to be an envoy this time, you can't go, whether it's a plan or a coincidence."
"Just imagine, at this juncture, you were asked to stay away from Yuntong County. The Wang and Xie families also sent people here, claiming that they were appointed to Liaodong. They were not even notified when they came. This can't be a coincidence."
"Da da da~~~!"
Yang Qian's fingers kept tapping on the table, with an extremely bright smile on his face.
"Okay, okay, the Wang and Xie families are flourishing. I used to think that as long as I killed the culprit, I would be able to vent my anger."
"I didn't expect that if I didn't deal with them, they would actually want to deal with me. Okay, great. It seems like we have to send them all underground together."
"What's not easy to do is to be the second or fifth son. I want the historian to record everything that happened. I want to make these two families infamy for thousands of years!"
"They can't see the situation in the Central Plains, and they can't see my policies."
"Although my policies will damage some of the interests of scholar-bureaucrats in the short term, in the long run, their lost interests will be made up for elsewhere."
"A bunch of short-sighted people!"
Yang Qian complained fiercely, and he felt that his consideration was perfect enough.
But sometimes we just forget that human nature is greedy, and we also forget that this era is not the previous one.
Everything can be discussed carefully.
No, there is nothing to discuss with the scholar-bureaucrats.
If it were in the past, Yang Qian would have felt that the king had the final say in a dynasty.
But looking at it now, it's not the case at all.
The king is equivalent to the chairman, who still holds less than 50% of the shares.
Scholar-officials are not employees.
Scholar-bureaucrats hold positions such as shareholders and department heads. They have the right to participate, whether in terms of actual power or shares.
If we all work together to make the pie bigger, even if the profit distribution ratio drops, the income will continue to rise.
But these people have no idea of the overall situation and only see the petty gains in front of them.
The king and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world?
In Yang Gan's opinion, it was a joke.
Looking at it today, all those innocent thoughts he had had completely disappeared, leaving only the cold murderous intention.
For ordinary people, they have to conform to the things of this era.
But for Yang Qian now, if the times do not suit him, it is a mistake of the times.
Why change yourself?
Wouldn't it be wonderful to end an era directly and create another era by yourself?
"Yu'er, please inform the people who are going to investigate that every one of the bandits who came from Chaoxian this time will be thoroughly investigated by me. They must be investigated carefully and clearly!"
"Be sure to have all their information under control."
Xiao Yu nodded solemnly.
"Don't worry, young master, I have already ordered that the people coming this time include the people behind them, as well as their families, relatives, and friends."
"Even things that happened when they were young will be revealed!"
"Okay, no matter how detailed it is, as long as it's their matter, record it all for me whether it's true or false!"
"promise!"
When Yang Qian was planning the future.
The whole Central Plains was in a state of panic.
All the princely states were shocked.
What was shocking was not that King Shang had not passed the throne to his son yet, nor that he was still alive.
What was shocking was that it was the young master who rejected this second-generation ancestor from becoming the king.
Different voices came from the major vassal states.
"How could it be him? She must be crazy. This heroic lady is probably suffering from hysteria."
"Hey, if Shang Guo chooses the king like this, he may not be around for long."
"Hahahaha, Shangguo is going to perish, Shangguo is going to perish!"
"The time has come to start the deployment."
It had only been a few days when the whole world knew that the young master had refused to be the queen.
The envoys from various countries who were in Shangguo began to prepare gifts one after another.
These valuable gifts were not given to Young Master Reject, but were forcibly buried in the entire Guo Chong Mansion.
Before Guo Chong got up in the morning, he heard someone coming to report.
The door in front of the entire mansion was blocked by people giving gifts. As soon as the door was opened, the threshold was stepped flat.
Looking at the rare treasures, gold jewelry, and valuable gifts, Guo Chong felt like he was flying in the sky.
Wang Shumao was not a fool, and he also gave heavy gifts.
It's just that he underestimated Guo Chong's bottom line.
In just a few days, Guo Chong welcomed Wang Shushu to his mansion.
Wang Shumao felt extremely sick when he saw Guo Chong's triumphant look on his face, but he still managed to hold on to his nausea and said some compliments that made him want to vomit.
In his heart, he was hammering the rag doll with Guo Chong's name on it like crazy.
"I don't know why Mr. Guo asked me to come here!"
Guo Chong's face was full of pride, and his face was faintly rosy.
"Oh~~~I feel uncomfortable."
"I feel so bad for your mother. I really want to beat you to death for stealing so much of my money!"
Wang Shushu was shocked and said, "Mr. Guo, why not go see a doctor immediately? No matter what the disease is, we can't afford any delay."
"Hey~"
Guo Chong smiled evilly, "It's not that I feel uncomfortable physically, it's that I feel uncomfortable in my heart. There are so many gifts from others that I can hardly fit them in my mansion."
Wang Shusui immediately understood that he was planning to cash in all the things others had given him.
"Then, Mr. Guo, do you want coins or gold?"
Guo Chong chuckled, "I want Yuntong County's coins!"
Wang Shusui's pupils shrank instantly and he smiled.
"Master Guo, I'm afraid you don't know that Yuntong County's coins are generally only circulated in Yuntong County, Haichao County, Heyun County, Dongde County and Yanggu Pass."
Guo Chong turned his hand and took out two coins. He looked at the coins in his hand with fascination, his face full of intoxication.
"Look at the exquisite craftsmanship. The weight and fineness of each coin are almost the same. As long as it is not a sword, even if it is placed on the body every day, it will not wear out at all for several months. It is natural to keep such a stable currency. "
"But you said that it is not circulated outside the five counties of Yuntong, so where did the coins in my hand come from? I still have 40,000 to 50,000 coins."
Wang Shushu smiled bitterly and said, "Master Guo, you don't know something about this."
"If you want to take the coins minted by Yuntong County out of the five counties, you must trade them with the same amount of coins or the copper used to mint the coins. After the exchange, you can sell the goods."
Guo Chong was shocked, "What? Why is it so troublesome? Such a transaction will inevitably arouse the disgust of merchants, and Yuntong will fall sooner or later."
Wang Shumao felt contempt in his heart.
"The merchants traveling to and from Yuntong County almost blocked the city gates. If it weren't for city defense, Your Majesty would have been tempted to open the three main city gates."
"Actually, it's not impossible!"
Wang Shumao frowned slightly, hesitated, and said cautiously.
Guo Chong was overjoyed, "Then sell all those gifts."
"Here, I have to ask my connections over there to see if there is any big shot who needs these things, but they have to be discounted."
Guo Chong was shocked, "How can this be done at a discount?"
"Master Guo, if we don't discount, I'm afraid no one will disobey Mr. Wu An's order. You also know that in Yuntong County, Mr. Wu An is a man who always speaks his mind!"
Guo Chong rubbed it, the beard on his mouth kept shaking, obviously weighing the pros and cons!
"In this case, I want 50% of the gold, and the rest will be converted into coins for me. As for the discount, how about you try to help me settle it?"
"Okay, I'll try my best."
"Okay, then you can help me take care of these things. I've been busy recently and have to be prepared at all times. The young master is about to ascend the throne."
After speaking, Guo Chong shook his head and prepared to leave.
But he was grabbed by Wang Shusui.
"Master Guo, I have to remind you that the clans of Shang State have already begun to prepare. As soon as the young master ascends the throne, they will immediately declare war on Xia State. If you want to make money in food, copper and iron, you need to start planning now."
"Otherwise, once the young master ascends the throne, the only one we can rely on is Li Lu. But who doesn't know Li Lu's temper? Naturally, you will not be given the opportunity to cut off the copper and iron transport routes..."
Before Wang Shumao could finish speaking, Guo Chong immediately slapped his head.
"Pig brain, you actually forgot about this. Damn it, okay, I understand. I'll do it right away. Your food, grass, copper and iron must be ready by then."
"yes!"
When it was revealed that the young master refused to ascend the throne, something unexpected happened to Yang Qian. Lord Wu An of the Xia Kingdom destroyed Goguryeo.
All the vassal states were silent for an instant, and the already weird situation fell into silence for an instant because of this revelation.
Under the undercurrent, countless historians and officials were frantically calculating Yang Gan's territory and the grain and grass harvest in the territory.
No one is stupid. Now is the beginning of the great disparity in strength between the four countries. It is as if the wheel of the times has been shaken by something and is slowly moving in another unknown direction.
Although all countries are trying their best to calculate, there is always too little information. Goguryeo is next to Xia Kingdom, and everyone knows that King Wu has conquered it, but other things are completely in the dark.
If you know their population, you can know how many more troops they can increase and how many people they can increase to escort grain and grass.
If you know its climate, you can know how much grain they can grow and how much grain they can harvest in a year.
If they know the land and water veins, they can know what species you want to plant.
