[Comprehensive] The five elements are short of money

Xue Xun carefully studied Wang Yun's life and past, and then wrote a letter in hand, asking the spies lurking in Guazhou City to visit him personally.As soon as this spy crosses the road of enlightenment, it is tantamount to useless, but as a show of respect, it is worthwhile for a spy to be exposed, as long as Wang Yun is really a gentleman as the information shows.

After dinner, Xue Xun changed into warm clothes, put on a big cloak, held a stove in his arms, and boarded a small black-covered boat to the blockade waters.

There was another small boat starting from Guazhou City, and sailing towards the center of the river with only a erratic fishing lamp lighting, the two boats seemed to meet each other.

Xue Xun also took great pains to arrange the location here. They should not let too many people know about their night party, but both sides have scruples, Wuhe guarantees safety?After much deliberation, the safest thing is that the small boats meet in the middle of the river, the waters are open, and there is no way to ambush; even if the other party really has tricks, they can't escape with one blow.Xue Xun was wearing fireworks for reporting the news. As long as he realized that it was a trap, Wang Yun, the bait, would not be able to survive.Compared to Wang Yun, he also had the same idea, with fireworks in his arms.

Xue Xun stood at the bow of the boat and said, "My lord, please."

Wang Yun looked at the small fishing boat without the slightest light, blending into the night. Without the small light on his own boat, he would not be able to see the figure, so he was so cautious. Sure enough, the Xue family has been passed down for a hundred years, which has its own merits.

Wang Yun gave his entourage a wink, and boarded Xue Xun's boat from good to bad. Behind him, his entourage looked around and drove the boat around for a circle before turning off the lights. The two boats were like two fish in the dark, completely integrated into the surrounding area. among the waters.

Wang Yun got into the black awning, it was bright, and he got used to the light in the blink of an eye, only to realize that black cloth was nailed around the cabin, and the light used to be exposed.

"Mr. Xue is ingenious." Wang Yun pointed to the black preacher.

The cabin is narrow, and Xue Xun and Wang Yun are sitting opposite each other, within an arm's length of each other, and their breathing is within easy reach.Xue Xun said with a smile: "Your Excellency, I am so pleased, begging for a meal."

"The Xue family has been running the General Administration Department for generations. After saving this Nuoda family business, are you afraid that there will be no livelihood?" Wang Yun is a gentleman, and he is very disgusted with this kind of General Administration Department who secretly laments the courtiers' insidiousness. The things he is interested in are mentioned in the book, and why they meet in the dark night, there is a lot of sinister air for no reason.

Xue Xun smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty Wang was born in a noble family, so naturally he doesn't know how to live as a commoner. If it is said that the Xue family got the family business because of the Secretary of General Administration, Xue Xun would not accept it. The Secretary of General Administration was established by Taizu, but since its establishment I didn’t ask for any appropriation from the imperial court, and even His Majesty didn’t withdraw a penny from the private treasury. It’s not so much that the Xue family raised money through the Secretary of General Administration, but rather that my family, the Xue family, supported the Secretary of General Administration. Taking a step back, it’s counted as money. It is the duty of the Xue family to serve the country, but there is no such thing as demolishing a bridge without crossing a river. The importance of information is not only to control the courtiers, to explore secrets, but also to anticipate the enemy and gain insights. Take the southern As far as naval battles are concerned, people actually touch the boat in the middle of the night, and I don’t know what the scouts are for!”

"Mr. Xue still feels wronged. Thunder, rain and dew are all your favor..."

"If Lord Wang doesn't feel wronged, I think you and I won't meet today." Xue Xun said with a smile.

"Mr. Xue, is I determined?" Wang Yun said angrily.

Seeing that he was angry, Xue Xun quickly said seriously: "A gentleman is upright and upright. Xue Xun has spent his whole life rolling around in the dark. Although he doesn't have this kind of character, he still admires such a person. Mr. Wang, why should you be persistent, but the outside is round and the inside is square, Just seek straightness in the song."

After being on the boat for a long time, Wang Yun finally opened his face. He traveled all the way in the dark, not without regrets in his heart, but also worried that he might be caught in a trap, and worried that Xue Xun would not be able to solve his problems.Now I only listen to the words "circle outside and square inside", even if Xue Xun can't answer his own question, this trip is not in vain.Wang Yun had a faint sense of confidant, thinking that although Xue Xun was a late merchant, he was still a good person, so he couldn't help but tell the truth.

"Mr. Xue said that when I first entered the imperial court, I was full of enthusiasm and vowed to settle the injustices in the world and be a good official with integrity and justice. Only after I entered the officialdom did I know why there is harmony in the world." In one word, it is useless to have a good background, good knowledge, and high favor. There are noble sons from clans with better backgrounds than me, and scholarly families with better knowledge than me. As for holy favors..." With a little sincere protection, he would not be in the fire pit of Guazhou Tongzhi, and Wang Yun couldn't go on talking.

Guazhou is called a state, but it is still a county-level state in terms of rank. Tongzhi is highly qualified, and the name is not worthy of the name. If Wang Yun is transferred in the future, the rank will naturally drop accordingly.But Guazhou is so important, otherwise there is no need for a high allocation, there are countless ships and goods, and the tax money handled by Wang Yun is full of an official ship at the end of each year.He tried his best to balance all parties and kept the tax money for His Majesty, but how did His Majesty repay him?He is still unable to get out of this pit of fire, and any improvement measures have been rejected; the crown prince is still aloof, besides him, there is also Xue Xun in front of him, and I don’t know who else will be in the future.The prince doesn't care about government and state affairs, and only has his own selfishness. This is the prince of the country, and this is the future of the country. Wang Yun, who is dedicated to helping the government, is a little discouraged.Just like what Xue Xun said, the man who connected with the Tongzhengsi didn't take care of the manpower, so he rashly took the Xue family's errand. Tazi was not only poor in heart, but also poor in ability.In this naval battle, if the Secretary of General Administration had coordinated from the side, many soldiers and civilians could have been killed and injured.

Even though he agreed with what Xue Xun said in his heart, Wang Yun was still very reserved, and asked: "Mr. Xue said in his heart that there is a way to double the tax revenue of Guazhou, but is it true?"

"Of course it is true." Xue Xun took the lead confidently.

"Presumably such a wonderful method cannot be taught easily." Wang Yun also knew it in his heart. If he could explain it clearly, why would he have to meet secretly in the middle of the night.

"Buddha's scriptures are worth three or five buckets of gold, not to mention the method that can bring real gold and silver. Don't worry, my lord. Xue Xun just thought about Guazhou." Seeing Wang Yun frown, Xue Xun said bluntly out of their own conditions.

"Just to pass through Guazhou?" Wang Yun couldn't believe it. They nominally said that Guazhou would block the river at the end of the year and the beginning of the year, but after all, it won't last long. It will only be a month or two at most. The water transportation of the canal and the Yangtze River, isn't it? They can get stuck, why use such a good way to exchange?

"Master Wang, why does Xue Xun drag his family around for years?"

"Refugees attack Jinling City..."

"However, the refugees are not enough to scare people away from their ancestral home." Xue Xun smiled wryly, "Those refugees are going to the Xue family. The Jinling garrison was transferred, and someone fanned the flames among the refugees, and the city was in chaos. There are also well-organized people who went straight to the Xue family's old house, and if they didn't have a family background, the Xue family would have been drowned and their blood would not have survived."

"Could it be, could it be..." Wang Yun had a terrible guess in his heart.

"Yes, that's exactly what the prince did." Xue Xun said angrily, "How lucky Xue Xun is to let the prince bury the people of Jinling City with him and gamble with the luck of the Longxing land, just for a commoner!"

"A dignified prince! A dignified prince!" Wang Yun couldn't get angry. The news hadn't spread yet. How could Wang Yun know that the prince of a country was so ignorant, but a businessman was killed blatantly. How, people can't come back to life, even if there is something wrong with the anger, it's okay, why bother to do such ghostly tricks.Of course, Xue Xun was not wrong at all, so he shouldn't have killed him in vain. Even if Wang Yun had any thoughts in his mind, he was just thinking about it.Even if the crown prince was in front of him, he would not make such a plan, it would be a loss of light.Wang Yun is just angry that the prince does not have the ability to match his ambition.

"Master Wang knows that Xue Xun is running for his life, right?" Xue Xun smiled wryly.

"Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's minister on the shore of the land..."

"Master Wang still knows me, so I don't plan to hang out in Wangtu."

"You want to go to sea?" Wang Yun was dumbfounded. Offending the crown prince and refusing to accept the title offended His Majesty, there is indeed no way out in this land. It's just that the homeland is difficult to leave, and the fallen leaves return to their roots. Can you really make such a determination?

"Mr. Xue is too proud. If I have received His Majesty's will, now I should also salute and call him Lord Marquis."

"Proud?" Xue Xun asked back, "Your Majesty Wang misunderstood, and he just saved his life. Using a vain title of marquis in exchange for the Xue family's accumulated wealth of hundreds of years, let everyone under the name of the Xue family die. Your Majesty does not cherish his subjects." , but I can't bear to part with my subordinates."

"Mr. Xue! Be careful!" Wang Yun said angrily. He could hear Xue Xun talking about the prince because he also felt the same pain and sympathy, but His Majesty was not something they could talk about.

Xue Xun glanced at him strangely, and said: "Your Majesty Wang will not think that the prince made all the mistakes. His Majesty just doesn't know, but some treacherous ministers have deceived His Majesty. Your Majesty's holy light shines alone, and one day he will understand. , set things right?"

Wang Yun was so angry that he didn't say anything, but that's what he meant by looking at his expression.

Xue Xun laughed loudly, ignoring Wang Yun's ugly face, so he said, Yuzhong!How many stories Xue Xun may have written in his previous life, even if he was ordered by the emperor to ransack his family and exterminate his family, he would still speak well for the emperor in the end. Killing one or two treacherous ministers would be regarded as revenge for his parents and family.A joke, if it weren't for the emperor's incompetence and favor of traitors, how could there be such disasters.

Perhaps the emperor's mistakes cannot be picked on, and those who are clear are determined to change the dynasty.

"What's so ridiculous, if Mr. Xue has the heart, I can't let you cross Guazhou." Wang Yun said, if Xue Xun used the resources in his hands to rebel, then he would be a sinner of the country.

"Haha...haha..." Xue Xun laughed so hard that his stomach ached, and said weakly: "Don't worry, I like the people of this country more than the emperor and the prince. The prince took over the Secretary of General Administration, and I didn't let my subordinates make trouble, and I cooperated to quit In the war zone, I just didn’t expect that a general who was incompetent would tire thousands of troops to death, and if I didn’t play tricks behind my back, the prince would not be able to stand up. It’s ironic that this country-famous Confucianist taught such a prince.”

It was the fault of the son not teaching his father, maybe Xue Xun felt that it was not only the Taifu who was ironic.

Wang Yun didn't speak when he heard the words, but just stared at Yudeng blankly. When he was angry and frustrated in the past, he probably didn't have such a sigh, but he didn't dare to say it.

"Since Mr. Xue doesn't have that kind of heart, why bother to say such scary things, I dare not let you go in your fleet of thousands of people." Wang Yun insisted on the bottom line.

"Don't worry, these people are all guards. Naturally, they are no longer subordinates of Xue's family when they send me to the place. They are just people of the court. I don't know if I can let it go, or can the court tolerate it?" Xue Xun wiped away the tears from laughing with his backhand.

"Mr. Xue promise?"

"The Xue family is a merchant, and faith comes first, I promise." Xue Xun said seriously.

"After Mr. Xue goes to sea, he can send someone to look for me. My mother is the princess of Yunhu County, so she can protect a few people." Wang Yun said

Why make such a promise? This is the first time they have met?Xue Xun was puzzled.