Invincible son

Chapter 736 735 [Put down gently]

Wang E is already at the age of knowing his destiny. Although he is well maintained, it is unbearable to bow for a long time.

But with Han Gongduan's sudden attack, the situation instantly became very dangerous.

The reason is that Han Gongduan did not have enough strong support before. Qinzhou officials like Song Ximeng and Lu Qi have long been entangled in various relationships, and the most important thing is that they are all civil servants and cannot command Cheng Jingwei and Yongping. guard.

After so many years, Qinzhou's local two-guard army has long been fed by the aristocratic family with money. They don't need to risk breaking the law to fight against the imperial envoy, they only need to strictly follow the military rules at critical moments.However, with the arrival of Pei Yue, Han Gongduan's confidence immediately became stronger, especially when Pei Yue hacked Chen Xinjia to death yesterday, and the Chengjing guards stationed in the city had no leader, and the Beiwei camp brought by Pei Yue could kill them all.

Wang E endured the bitterness and continued to bow, because Han Gongduan's attack was not over yet.

"Whether there is any grain hidden in Qinzhou, you know better than this official. Your methods are not incomprehensible. You racked your brains to separate yourself from those grain merchants, so that you can stand alone on the dry shore. On the one hand, you took out those nearly moldy grains to open a porridge shop to stop the world's mouth. But have you ever thought that this world belongs to His Majesty, if you are allowed to embezzle the land, then What's the use of being safe for His Majesty?"

Han Gongduan looked coldly at the groveling middle-aged man, and said in a cold voice: "Wang E, your royal family is prosperous, and there are thousands of people in the far and near branches, but I don't know how long you can stop Zhongshanhou's Beiwei camp." ?”

Wang Qi and other young officials only felt that the atmosphere was gradually suffocating, and the family leaders such as Sun Mingchun and Yu Guangcun were not much better. They thought that Pei Yue's murder would be difficult to deal with, but they didn't expect that the seemingly pedantic Han Gongduan turned out to be even more vicious.

Wang E's face turned pale, his thoughts turned, and he looked at the ground with extremely complicated eyes.

After Daliang established the country, Gaozu learned the lessons from the fall of the former Wei Dynasty and was not strict with farmers' land taxes, but increased the proportion of commercial taxes year by year, which made the situation in the states quite stable.Thinking back when Pei Yue first came to Lvliuzhuang, he couldn't help but be very surprised to hear that the rent there was [-]%. Although he didn't know much about it in his previous life, [-]% is still a very low amount that can be imagined.

Just because the tax is acceptable, the people in Daliang are not willing to give up their fields.

The same is true here in Qinzhou. The aristocratic family wants to reproduce the scenery of the former Wei Dynasty. For nearly a hundred years, they have secretly tried to embezzle the fields of ordinary people, turning those people into their own servants, and controlling their fate and life and death.It cannot be said that they have not been effective, but the progress is obviously too slow.

This year, there was a disaster in Qinzhou that had not been encountered in hundreds of years, and the summer grain harvest in the whole area was almost wiped out.They are not short of food, but if they want to sell them at the same price as in previous years, no one is willing to do so.The most important thing is that the heads of the seven families headed by Wang E all realized that this is an excellent opportunity to embezzle a large amount of land.

Then there was no food to sell in Qinzhou, and the hungry people attacked the imperial envoys and other things.

Now that Han Gongduan is on the verge of shooting, Wang E knows that success or failure depends on one action.

If he can't bear the pressure of the Eastern Mansion to participate in politics, the plans of the various families will fail, and they will give others a handle, which is tantamount to admitting that the previous things were all done by themselves.If you don't agree, can the two in front of you find evidence?Wang E has already dealt with everything cleanly, and even the servant who gave gifts to Chen Xinjia a few days ago has been locked up. He doesn't think that two strong dragons can turn Qinzhou upside down.

Even if they could do this, the people of Qinzhou would have already started making trouble.

Thinking of this, Wang E said more respectfully: "My lord, appease your anger, and the grassroots are not uneducated savages. How can you not know that the king's law is above, and no one can offend Tianwei? My lord, the grassroots are willing to contribute a share for the disaster relief." Tomorrow, I will let the children of the family send half of the stored food, totaling three thousand shi, and donate it to the imperial court free of charge, as a token of my heart."

"Caomin is willing to donate two thousand stones."

"Caomin is willing to donate [-] shi."

Sun Mingchun and the others followed. Although they felt a little heartbroken, they also knew that stepping into the Jade Pavilion today, and wanting to leave unscathed is of course a dream.If you just pay this little food, it is insignificant compared to the future harvest.

Han Gongduan looked at these people indifferently and sneered a few times.

When he was about to speak, Pei Yue said softly, "Master Han, please sit down."

Han Gongduan turned his head and looked at him puzzled.

Pei Yue said: "I'll do the math. These people donated a total of [-] shi of grain, which can probably feed the people of Zhangde Mansion for two days. Although it's just a drop in the bucket, it can be regarded as a piece of sincerity after all. Master Han, don't get angry, listen How about I say a few words?"

Han Gongduan sat down slowly, and said earnestly, "Pei Hou, please tell me."

Pei Yue turned to Wang E and said, "Sit down first, Mr. Wang. Seeing that you are so old, if you fall down here, the Marquis will definitely attract criticism."

Wang E thanked him repeatedly, took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped the sweat on his face, then sat down with half of his buttocks, and the people at the other two tables also took their seats under Pei Yue's eyes.

Pei Yue held the wine cup and drank half a cup, then said calmly: "Master Han's words naturally have his reasons, Mr. Wang, don't rush to deny it, I just ask you one thing, your family has been in Qinzhou for a hundred years, And more and more prosperous, what is the reason?"

Wang E was at a loss for words, and it took a long while before he said with difficulty: "Peihou Miaozan, in fact, those are just false names."

Pei Yue smiled, and said slowly: "It doesn't matter whether it's a false name or a rich background, even if the Seven Great Families are not covering up the clouds and covering the sun in Chengjing, they can still be regarded as local tyrants. You can't deny this. This Marquis also has a few sects in the capital. In business, I am quite familiar with the methods involved, and I know that buying low and selling high is the only way for merchants to make a fortune, right?"

Wang E became more and more confused. Pei Yue didn't take advantage of the opportunity created by Han Gongduan to add fuel to the flames. Suddenly, he changed the subject and talked about the art of merchants. What's the mystery behind it?
Seeing that he didn't respond, Pei Yue didn't take it seriously, and continued: "Many people think that if you want to make money, you have to seize the opportunity between buying and selling, and if you want to make more money, you have to pay more capital. Just take In terms of the drought in Qinzhou this time, Ben Hou does not believe that those grain merchants really have no grain. They must have purchased an astonishing amount of grain and only waited for the price of rice to reach the highest point before selling it bit by bit. However, if the price of rice rises If they don’t go up, not only will these people not be able to earn money, but they will be dragged to death by the hoarding of grain.”

Pei Yue looked at the seven masters headed by Wang E with a smile, and asked unhurriedly: "Are you right?"

　Let me tell you something, my uncle passed away today, so I have to go back to my hometown overnight.The update in the past few days may not be stable, I will try my best to maintain it, and it will return to normal in early October.I am grateful to the book friends for their continuous support, and more thanks will be added in October.

　　
　
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