I handed in the sand sculpture through the book system

Xiao Xuan nodded silently, reached out and pulled down half of the mask, revealing her fair and delicate skin due to lack of sunlight.

The candles on both sides were shining brightly like daylight. King Qi just looked carefully at it for a moment, and then he couldn't help being terrified, and his usually staid face showed consternation.

"The appearance is the same as before, and there is really no sign of aging." He murmured: "Could it be that there is really a way to live forever in the Southern Dynasties?"

Prince Qi's mansion has a lot of contacts in other courtyards, so he naturally knows the so-called elixir of medicine in the Southern Dynasty.However, King Qi is well aware of the superior means of his allies to hide from the sky, but has always been suspicious, thinking that this is just a strange illusion evolved from some strange method... But now seeing is believing, while his mind is in turmoil, the last doubt is also gone. The smoke disappeared, so he hesitated for a long time, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh:

"...From this point of view, my asking price is too low."

He took out several sheets of white cotton paper from his wide sleeves, and handed them to Xiang Liang.Xiang Liang glanced at the playlist, and was soon shocked by the luxurious lineup of co-signed countersignatures behind the playlist, making the corners of his mouth twitch.If we say that today's Zhengshitang is already a gathering of important ministers and elites, then the list of performances is simply a sweep of all the dignitaries in Beijing--according to Xiang Liang's knowledge, this list not only includes all the prime ministers who are currently in charge Ruling, honorable and noble, even a few former bigwigs who retired for more than ten years and didn't care about world affairs, all signed their names for the first time...

I'm afraid even the emperor Yulong Bintian of the Northern Dynasties couldn't get all the members together like this.

It is self-evident that the important ministers joined hands to play the invitation like this.Xiang Liang flipped through the white tissue paper and glanced at it quickly, and then the corners of his eyes twitched—probably because this time the gathering of important ministers was so grand, the bachelor in charge of the pen was extra ostentatious, and the memorabilia of hundreds of words was written in a colorful and colorful manner. Sixth, there are allusions from "Shangshu" and "Spring and Autumn" everywhere, such as "after entering the report" and "Nai Zhang Pi De" are not human words at all.If Wang Zhi was here, he would probably be able to understand one by one. With the level of the people in the room right now, they could only be dumbfounded.

So Xiang Liang flipped through a few pages, and returned the playing sheet as it was without compromising:

"The important ministers came so together, it seems that they have already agreed in private, do you want to express their unanimous opinion?"

King Qi nodded: "The imperial court is intricately intertwined, and naturally the voices are connected. I am afraid that from the moment they guessed the elixir, the courtiers in Beijing and China have already contacted in private... But this is not a consensus, even though it is a point that both agree on. It's just a consensus."

He knew the people in the Hengyang Palace quite well, and just by observing their words and expressions, he knew that these grievance allies probably didn't know much about Zou Biao, so he took Zou Biao as if nothing had happened, and went straight to explain:

"The reason for the rumors was mentioned in this post, saying that the city's defenses were lax, and that's why traitors took advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble. For the current plan, I want to ask me to be the master and reorganize the city defense...Of course, rectifying the city defense is just an excuse. , all the courtiers have more or less arrangements in the imperial army, and this is all the arrangements to hand over the military power of the capital, and use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for the longevity medicine..."

Such comprehensive science popularization finally made Xiang Liang suddenly realize.However, after thinking for a moment, dissatisfaction appeared on his face:

"Is it just the military power in the capital? This price tag is too little!"

Summer nights are airtight, plus the candles on both sides are always burning, and the house is crowded with people, so it feels stuffy when you move a little.The king of Qi took the white jade cooling fan from his cronies, and while fanning the wind, he covered his uncontrollable eyes: the northern and southern dynasties shared the world with the gentry, and except for the prestige and grandeur at the founding of the country, which could still be suppressed, the succession of successors thereafter The lord has to tolerate the nobles in the capital placing pawns in the forbidden army to spy on them... Now that he can take the initiative to let go of the military power in the capital, it has been a victory that the emperors of all dynasties have been striving for for a hundred years.

Of course, it is pointless to explain these things to the allies of the Hengyang Palace.Moreover, the value of the longevity medicine is inconceivable. If it is not an illusion of evolution by illusion, then the high price is reasonable.King Qi pondered for a moment, then said lightly:

"What do you guys think?"

...or you can set the price yourself.

Xiang Liang said bluntly: "We naturally accept the military power in the capital, but the current worry is probably not in Chang'an, but in the prefectures—the local prefectures and counties have been going back and forth to plot rebellion for a long time. Naturally, His Majesty should know about it. The aristocratic families are intertwined, and the local tycoons and the capital's dignitaries have long been united as one. The current situation is turbulent, and the ministers in the court can't stand on the sidelines, can they?"

King Qi frowned slightly, then let go: "This is the law of nature."

He reached into his sleeve for the first time and took out a thick piece of silk. After shaking it out, it turned out to be a map of the states and counties of the Northern Dynasty, but the colors of the states and counties were different, all dyed with red, green, and yellow.

"The rebellion in the prefectures and counties is the top priority, and we should discuss with the princes in the court, and it is best to cooperate with each other." King Qi confessed frankly: "If you want to come to the elixir, the ministers will not cover up these unreasonable things. Rebellion. For more than ten days, I ordered people to search in every possible way, and then I prepared this map, so that you can be witnesses."

Xiang Liang took the silk and looked at the small print on the back of the silk by candlelight.The camps are distinguished by color on the map. The red states and counties are all die-hards who have been at odds with King Qi and planned to rebel for a long time. There is no other way but to exterminate them; Cyan is between red and yellow, and it belongs to a master of balance who swings with the capital, so there is no need to worry...

At a cursory glance, the red color on the silk is only one out of ten, while the yellow and cyan colors account for more than half of the country, which shows that the situation is not too bad.Xiang Liang felt relieved, folded the silk and stuffed it into his arms, and then became concerned about the technical issues of the negotiation:

"Stabilizing the situation is the top priority. I don't know how long the ministers can work together to suppress the rebellion?"

The rebellion in the prefectures and counties relies on the cooperation of people in Beijing and the outside. As long as the important officials in the court and the central government reach an agreement, it is not difficult to deal with the mere rebellion.However, with the efficiency of ancient correspondence, the practice of not speaking human words to each other among celebrities and virtuous people, I am afraid that if there is a slight delay, it will be years and years of seesaw.At that time, all the plans of the traverser team will be greatly affected.

King Qi frowned as expected.

"It's hard to guarantee this." He said: "The persuasion letter must be written by important ministers and famous people, and I can't urge it."

Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty, famous scholars have been holding the stag to talk about Xuan, and they have been out of the world, advocating the posture of being clean and exalted, elegant and independent of the world.In the old days when Hu Ma marched south to the Yangtze River, the gap between the enemy and us was more than ten times, Xie An was still able to play against his disciples; even if he received a good news from the front line, it was nothing more than a sentence of "the younger generation smashes the thief".This kind of calm and calm demeanor is the romantic attitude that celebrities emulate.And the time of life and death is so calm, let alone a mere rebellion?

So Xiang Liang was also silent.

He was trained in history, and although he did not grasp the details, he also knew the style of famous people in the middle ages.To put it simply, pretending to be coercive is the first driving force for maintaining social life. In order to pretend to be coercive, scholars can even disregard their wealth, honor and disgrace. Naturally, King Qi's soft and hard talk has no effect.Even if the edict was really issued, the ministers could not prevent the ministers from prevaricating... At this time, only a male lecturer who is proficient in human nature can be useful, so Xiang Liang pondered for a moment, then turned his head and cast his gaze at Bei Yan.

Bei Yan thought for a while, and it was indeed his duty to step forward.

"It's not difficult." He said calmly: "Your Majesty can draw up an order to ask the ministers of the court to write letters to the governors of various states and counties to greet them, recruit them to surrender and accept rebellions, and use this to determine the order and dosage of the longevity medicine distribution—write There is no limit to the number of believers, officials big and small, and children of aristocratic families can write."

Xiang Liang blinked, feeling slightly puzzled, thinking that this is just the simplest motivational idea, it’s really not a novelty, and...

"How can you be sure?" He couldn't help but ask: "The children of the aristocratic family are good and bad, and they are all proficient in literature and ink before they finish. Moreover, persuading surrender is an ambiguous matter. Have you made a judgment?"

Celebrities are talented in literature, and what they are best at is not speaking human words.The wording of the same letter is slightly different, and it may change from a sincere persuasion letter to a perfunctory official article. I am afraid that only the author can grasp the subtlety and ambiguity of the size, and the effect of persuading surrender depends entirely on subjective assumptions. Under the circumstances, they can't come up with any reliable KPI at all, and how can they talk about "incentives"?

Bei Yan shook his head calmly.

"You don't need to judge the effect." He said lightly: "Just calculate the quantity. The more letters you write to persuade you to surrender, the more longevity medicine you get, how about it?"

Not only did King Qi's expression change, even Xiang Liang couldn't help frowning:

"Just counting the quantity, wouldn't it be a scam..."

Halfway through the speech, Xiang Liang shrank suddenly, and suddenly realized the key point - if only counting the number of persuasion letters, then the important ministers and dignitaries may still be able to maintain their status, but the children of various families who cannot be celebrities are tempted by the elixir. He will desperately send letters to the governors of the states and counties, so that there will be countless and innumerable documents.But what will be the consequences of the numerous and innumerable letters of persuasion? ——The magistrates of the prefectures and counties receive three persuading letters a day, and they will definitely think carefully and speculate on their intentions; when they receive thirty persuading letters a day, they may read them one by one and think about the situation; if they receive three hundred per day, What about [-], or even nearly [-] letters of persuasion?

——Then it is no longer persuading to surrender, but directly becomes a ddos ​​attack!

Under the bombardment of such high-dose, super-saturated and all-round information, does the quality of the persuasion letter still matter?No normal person will try to distinguish the size and metaphor of words in a bunch of ddos ​​attack data packets, so there is no difference between red tape and true feelings.The recipient can only get the strongest signal, that is, all the ministers and workers in the capital, as well as the aristocratic families, want him to surrender, and even use the idea of ​​​​supersaturated attack...

In this case, it would be too impolite to refuse to surrender, and it could be regarded as offending all the prominent families in Beijing.A normal person would never behave like this.

So Xiang Liang licked his lips and turned his offensive: "I agree."

He set his sights on King Qi.Although ancient and modern machinations and tricks have been updated one after another, they always remain the same.King Qi was stunned for a while, and gradually understood the purpose of this strategy, so after a long silence, he finally nodded numbly.But he couldn't help but glanced at Bei Yan again, his expression was extremely strange.

Bei Yan coughed, and Shi Shiran sat down.He waved his hand to fan the wind, and suddenly he heard a buzzing sound in his ear, but it was Mu Chen's voice from the next door coming from the wireless earphone:

"...How did you come up with this idea?"

Bei Yan smiled:

"Actually, it's nothing." He said lightly, "Have I told you that when I was helping the poor, I was in charge of anti-telecom fraud propaganda in the countryside?

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After Bei Yan finalized the main idea, the two sides quickly reached an agreement on the way to quell the rebellion in the state and county. They decided to divide the rebellious state and county by persuading them to surrender, and then lure the centrists with huge profits. Finally, the crossing team used long-range weapons to strike hard , Send the rebel diehards to heaven one by one.It’s just that there was a small dispute on the specific implementation—the king of Qi was still in the usual way of thinking, thinking that since he wanted to be lured by great profits, he should naturally give official positions, gold, silk and slaves, so he had to use the reserves of the treasury, and even the palace. After hearing him finish speaking, Xiang Liang glanced at Bei Yan calmly, and saw that Bei Yan's expression changed, subtly exuding unhappiness under the light.

—Of course this is quite normal.After all, they have already counted and cataloged the treasury's property, or completed the plan for relief or distribution of various purposes; the maids and eunuchs have also counted properly, and they will be released gradually when the time is right.Now, if you want to extract such a fortune from Bei Yan, it is better to go directly to the Tiger Garden to slide the shovel... So Xiang Liang smiled and made another suggestion: Considering the inconvenience of transporting the children of Jinbo, it is better to convert it into a lighter weight Something more convenient and more financially innovative, like...bonds.

But, the state and county are so far away from the capital, the bond payment can no longer be several times a month, but only once a season at most.For the sake of the credit of the bond, the important ministers may also need to sign the bond to express their guarantee.

If you have a little understanding of financial credit, probably King Qi would not dare to agree to such outrageous terms.But obviously no matter how proficient he is in human nature, he can't see any clues from these few sentences... So King Qi pondered several times, even though he always felt something was wrong, he still hesitated to agree to the terms.So Xiang Liang smiled brightly, took advantage of the victory to pursue, and proposed that he could freely buy fields and manors near Chang'an, recruit servants and servants; he also hoped to try new farming methods around him for later improvement.

The land near the capital was divided up by the big and small families, leaving little room for newcomers.On weekdays, the gentry regarded the land of the manor as the foundation of their lives, and they refused to buy or sell it easily.But now that the longevity medicine is in front, these naturally don't matter much.As for the so-called "new farming method"... King Qi was not familiar with farming, but after thinking about it, it didn't seem like a big deal, so he agreed without hesitation.

After the preliminary terms were drafted, Bei Yan wrote down the agreement.King Qi turned around and handed over the agreement to his cronies, and sent people to the city quickly, "for your lords to consider."

"But there is nothing to consider." After giving the order, he explained to everyone in the room: "The idea of ​​immortality is as urgent as a spark, and they will not object. At most, it is just a little adjustment in words."

Hearing this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Bei Yan's face.

"Rephrasing?" he seemed to be muttering.

This sound is very faint, and can only be heard clearly through headphones with good radio reception.So Mu Chen curiously asked:

"What did you say?"

Bei Yan quickly regained his composure, as if nothing had happened.

"It's nothing." He said calmly, "By the way, did I tell you that I actually wrote speeches for the township conference for several years?"