The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that Zhu Tong from Dongying received Liu Shu's letter, and after reading it, he hid it in his arms and said to the messenger, "I see, you can go rest first." As if there was something important, I went down.

A few days later, Liu Tong's seven-seventh day, Lu Guo will send the spirit to be buried, and Dongying Liu's family will pay homage on the same day, and all the important officials and generals will arrive.After the ceremony, Zhu Tong set up a vegetarian banquet for all his colleagues.Everyone didn't eat wine, and only drank tea while reminiscing about Liu Tong.After three rounds of tea, Zhu Tong told everyone to be quiet.Everyone had already guessed that something was going on today, so they stopped their chopsticks.

Zhu Tong sighed: "The old general passed away, and the whole country mourned. Among them, the youngest general lost his father and was injured until his five internal organs collapsed. It's so pitiful." As he spoke, he took a handkerchief and wiped his tears.Everyone cried together, and the whole house sobbed for a while.After crying for a while, Zhu Tong said solemnly again, "It's just that the deceased has already entered the fairyland, and he is not a mediocre generation like you or me. After all, the country of Lu still has to rely on the support of the general. Although Dongying is hanging overseas, the general is still the only leader."

Only then did everyone realize that he was here to stand up for Liu Shu, and they raised their teacups one by one and said, "So it's the work of a dog and a horse for the general!"

Zhu Tong nodded: "Very good. I hope everyone will always remember this sentence." Everyone swore and swore allegiance again.

After another meeting, a general on the generals' bench became dizzy.Someone laughed and said: "I heard that there are people who are drunk after drinking tea. Could it be that the general is drunk with tea?"After a while, all the generals at the table were top-heavy and dizzy.A general shouted: "No! There is something in this tea!"

Zhu Tong smiled and said: "The so-called emperor and courtier. Generals, it's time to hand over the military power. The general will not treat you badly."

There was an old general who fought with Liu Tong for the rest of his life, and now he couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to get down on the ground, screaming: "I have followed the general through life and death, why did the young general deal with me!"

"Didn't the general say that?" Zhu Tong stood up and said coldly, "The old general is gone, so what do you mean by calling the general a young general?"

The old general's head was gradually blurred at this moment, and he cursed: "The first general is wise, but he gave birth to such a black-hearted white-eyed wolf. If I die, I will abolish my old department. It will definitely not end well..."

Zhu Tong shouted: "Shut up! Whoever slanders the general with all the lies, don't blame me for not caring about the old general's face!"

The veteran laughed loudly: "What kind of face do you care about when you use such a dirty trick!" After holding on to his breath, the veteran passed out.

Zhu Tong smiled coldly, stood with his hands behind his back, watched the generals collapse one by one, and said: "Take it down, it's easy to settle down, don't wait for anyone!"

The left and right agreed loudly, and suddenly a group of wolf-like soldiers rushed in from the back hall, and captured all the generals of the Liu family in Dongying.The civil servants have long been dumbfounded.Most of these are Zhu Tong's own people.Zhu Tongnai glanced down and said loudly: "Everyone, don't blame the truth for using thunderous means. If you can't break it, you can't stand it. In the history books, there are many cases where the young master was held hostage by the old officials." Then everyone woke up like a dream, and expressed their gratitude to Liu Shu loyalty.Although many officials disapproved in their hearts, it was hard to say right or wrong about such things, so they had no choice but to keep silent.

Ten days after Liu Shu Fuling returned to the State of Lu, a group of young generals led their own soldiers to cross the sea by boat to look for Zhu Tong.Everyone knew that they were afraid that these people would stay in Dongpu, and secretly guessed where they would be placed.It never occurred to them that they would replace all the generals of Dongying Liu.

The group of generals sent by Liu Shu immediately started to reorganize the army after gaining military power.The former barracks were all disrupted, the soldiers were distributed to various places, and rearranged according to squads, platoons, companies, battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions.After the reorganization, the old barracks forces disappeared.In the yamen, Zhu Tong also transferred some people from the state of Lu, and all of Liu Tong's old officials were also eliminated.

The leading generals have been under house arrest in the Liu Mansion.Zhu Tong sent someone to send a message to themselves and their families: the general said that they would be free to leave after half a year, wherever they wanted to go.An old general laughed after hearing this: "The general gave birth to a good son! He has a son! He is better than the general!"

On the other side, Liu Shu waited for Zhu Tong to come back to preside over the situation.After waiting day after day, there was no news from Zhu Tong, and Liu Shu was so anxious that he jumped.

And there are already several big families in Lu State who are ready to move out of Lu State and go to Zhao State.Liu Shu heard the news and shouted: "Don't let them go! Send troops to stop them!"

Liu Qian shook his head and said, "No way. They hired the Taiping Security Bureau in Beijing to be their bodyguards."

"so what!"

Liu Qian sighed: "The Taiping Escort Bureau is actually the private soldiers of the Jia family in the Rongguo Mansion. Their firearms are better than ordinary officers and soldiers. We can't stop them."

Liu Shu was stunned.Half a day later, he said weakly, "Then we have to cut taxes first."

Liu Qian smiled wryly: "It's useless to reduce the tax just a little; if the tax is reduced too much, the money for raising soldiers will be..."

Liu Shu held his head and said, "Go and persuade him, if you can stay, you can stay, if you can't, just let it go."

Liu Qian led the order to come out from the study outside Liu's residence, turned around the corner of the corridor, and heard someone call "Master Liu".I saw a person flashing out from behind the crabapple tree outside the corridor, catching up and forcing him to respectfully pay his respects.Taking a closer look, it was the steward surnamed Song beside Liu Shu.This person is extremely loyal and deeply trusted by Liu Shu.Liu Qian didn't dare to neglect, cupped his hands and said, "So it's Song Guanshi, what a coincidence."

Song Guanshi smiled and said: "It's not a coincidence. I have something I want to ask Mr. Liu, and I have been waiting for a long time."

Liu Qian hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Song Guanshi invited him to sit on the rock behind the rockery, and said: "These days, the general is so worried that he can't sleep. I heard that Yan State canceled our taxes?"

Liu Qian said: "The tax rebate subsidy for us has been cancelled. In the past, merchants in Yan State bought goods from Lu State, and they could pay less tax compared to purchasing goods from other places. Now this benefit has gone to Zhao State."

Song Guanshi said: "The servant has helped the uncle manage the business for so many years, but he has never heard of this matter? When did the Yan State give the Lu State this benefit?"

"It's been there for a long time." Liu Qian said, "Not only this, but many other things. They even sent us an official letter."

"Oh?" Song Guanshi said, "How come not only the servants have not heard of it, but the masters of the firm have not heard of it? Everyone didn't know until this time when the order was canceled in the Yan Kingdom."

"You don't know?" Liu Qian frowned, "Long Li should inform you."

Song Guanshi said: "The slaves and others really don't know! So many commercial firms were caught off guard."

Liu Qian ordered one of his clerks: "Go to the yamen and get the official tax refund documents from the early years of Yan Kingdom."

The official said in a low voice, "My lord...it's been too long, and the subordinates have forgotten where it is. I'm afraid it will be hard to find."

Liu Qian glanced at him: "There are so many files, I didn't expect people to memorize them. Isn't there a catalog? Just check the catalog." The clerk hurriedly agreed and left.

Liu Qian then sat down and talked with Guanshi Song about the preferential policies that Yan State had given to Lu State in the past.The more Song Guanshi listened, the more startled he became: "Yan Guo treats us so well?! Why!"

Liu Qian shook his head: "I don't know. If you don't give these things, you won't give them." Wang Tian sighed.

Not long after, the clerk took back a thick document bag, which contained the official letters of preferential policies issued by the State of Yan to the State of Lu in these years.Steward Song looked carefully at each of them, and there were indeed many kinds of discounts.After being stunned for a long time, Song Guanshi also sighed and said, "It's bright and bright according to the gourd painted by Guan Zhongjin Lu Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. We lost." Then he bowed deeply to Liu Qian, shook his head and left.

The clerk packed up the file bag and said to Liu Qian, "My lord, why haven't I seen these before? You shouldn't let me see them."

Liu Qian said: "These are newly made in the last three or four months, and it's unusually tight if you haven't seen them."

The official was taken aback: "My lord, these..."

"Fake." Liu Qian stood up and said, "It's a profound knowledge to make fake documents. Although I don't know how to do it, my lord, fortunately, there are others who know how to do it."

The civil servant stayed for a long time and laughed dumbly.Following up with Liu Qian a few steps, he said with a low smile, "My lord, the pile of broken copper and iron that they looted from Qi State without any effort a few days ago must have been fabricated out of nothing?" Liu Qian glanced at him with a smile, but was speechless.The clerk laughed again.

In less than two months, Liu Shu made the Federation helpless.Naturally, his younger brothers will not be idle, and come to find out under various banners every day.Liu Shu gritted his teeth.It's just that the sky waits for no one.During Liu Shu's headache, Liu Tong's other sons were full of guests.The streets are full of rumors.Some said that Liu Shu offended the King of Yan with his unclean mouth, and some said that he offended Jia Cong with his arrogance. Anyway, it must be Liu Shu's fault that the Federation turned against the State of Lu as soon as Liu Tong died.Liu Shu himself hates the lack of books when they are in use, and spends his days in the study looking up ancient scrolls.

At the beginning of April, the leaders of more than twenty guilds in the Lu Kingdom asked Liu Shu to come up with a way to deal with the sudden commercial sanctions imposed by the Chinese Federation.Liu Shu had no choice at all, so he simply disappeared.

On April [-], merchants in the state of Lu suddenly went on strike.The shops in Jinan, the capital of the country, were closed, and neither the people nor the government had a place to buy things.The whole city was in disarray.Liu Shu had never heard of such a thing in the world, so he was so shocked that he didn't recover for a long time.Before long, Liu Qian and other important officials gathered in the study outside Liu's residence to discuss matters, and everyone was eager to come up with ideas.

Liu Shu was having a headache when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.One of the servants opened the curtain and went out, "The general asked what happened?"

A long follower outside shouted: "Nothing..."

And there was a woman's voice: "I want to see the general! The old lady can't even eat dried shrimps!"

The captain shouted: "I tell you to shut up! The general is discussing important matters with your lords!"

Liu Shu said with a sullen face, "Let her in."

Suddenly the woman came in and said aggrievedly: "General, the old lady likes to eat shrimps the most. Once the shrimps are dead, they are unpalatable, so I have to buy live ones and make them fresh. But now the fish market is closed outside for some reason! Talking about live shrimps, you can't even buy dead shrimps..." An official winked at her, but she pretended not to see it, and just complained.Liu Shu's face was getting darker and darker.

Liu Qian was anxious to make a case: "What should I do! I can't beat you, and I can't listen to you!"

Liu Shu was annoyed: "Mere businessmen, you still want to rebel! Find out the leader of the strike and put him in prison!"

Liu Qian stumbled and said, "No way! The leaders are all the leaders of the guild, and they have a lot of money in their hands. The government can't afford to mess with it!"

Murderous look suddenly appeared on Liu Shu's face, and he said sternly: "There are no people in the world that the government can't afford to offend. The gentry are not complete, let alone merchants. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants are the cheapest."

Liu Qian shook his head again and again: "The merchants are the richest! The government still points at them to collect taxes."

Liu Shu twitched the corner of his mouth lightly: "If you put all the rich men in prison, you won't be afraid that they won't pay taxes." After saying that, he picked up his feet and walked away!

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay. "this……"

Liu Qian wandered around the house.After turning around a dozen times, an official couldn't help but said, "Lord Liu, shall we listen to the general?"

Liu Qian stomped heavily: "How would I know!" After a long while, he sighed, "He is the master! If you don't listen...you have to listen." He sighed again. "Forget it, just kill chickens and scare monkeys."

The yamen servants quickly let out.The officials of the heads of all guilds know it.The officials were like wolves and tigers, kicking open the gates of each house with their long knives, and all the wealthy lords who were usually well-clothed and well-fed were all chained around their necks and sent to the prison vigorously.In the evening, when Liu Shu heard the news that everything that should be arrested had been caught, Mr. Liu asked if there would be an interrogation.Liu Shu sneered and said, "Close it for a few days first, and then we'll talk about it when we're honest." He thought that all the shops would be open tomorrow, and the sons and brothers of the lords would come to beg for mercy tonight.

The next day, the doors of shops all over the city were still closed.Banners were hung overnight at the entrances of all the shops.Those with red letters on a black background, those with yellow letters on a blue background, and those with black letters on a white background, all have the same sentence: non-violent non-cooperation.

All the officials were still gathered in the study outside Liu's residence, but Liu Qian did not come.After discussing for half a day, there was still no solution.Suddenly someone shouted outside: "Master Liu is here." Everyone looked towards the door together.

Seeing Liu Qian hurried into the house, he bowed to Liu Shu and said, "General, the leader of the strike this time, I have found out."

Liu Shu immediately stood up: "Who!"

Liu Qian said: "It's a family member of the general, named Liu Feng."

Liu Shu frowned: "I've never heard of this person."

Liu Qian said: "This person's experience is not simple. In the early years, he opened an antique store in Shu Kingdom, specialized in selling stolen goods, and knew many bandits and horse thieves. In those years, the emperor's relatives and relatives of Shu Kingdom ran rampant and often bullied merchants. This Liu Feng secretly Organized a "merchant party" to invite bandits to avenge the merchants who were bullied by the government and royal family. This merchant party is getting bigger and bigger. Except for the son of the king of Shu who dare not touch, he dares to kill the father of the favorite concubine. There is no Shu businessman who does not join the party."

An official thought, "I think I've heard the name Liu Feng before."

Liu Qian said: "I have been the prime minister of Qin for several years."

Liu Shu was shocked: "What?!"

Liu Qian said: "The King of Qin once worshiped him as his prime minister to manage state affairs. During the years when he was in power, he made many good strategies, and the national power of Qin State greatly increased. It's just that he resigned from his prime minister and left Qin State the year before last."

Liu Shu hurriedly asked, "Why?"

Liu Qian smiled wryly and said, "I guess, it's probably because the Shang Party has become popular in Qin, and he wants to go elsewhere."

The room was instantly silent.After a long time, Liu Shu gritted his teeth and said, "I knew it! A businessman is chasing profit and fearing power. He dares to make such a big event. Someone must organize it. Where is this person now?"

Liu Qian bowed his head slightly: "At the fourth master's residence."

Liu Shu was stunned for a moment, then said softly, "What?!"

Liu Qian sighed lowly: "At the fourth master Liu Ge's residence."