"A genius! This man is a genius!"

In the teahouse, Zhao Kuangyin took out Murong Yan's letter, and Shi Shouxin also took out Suning's letter. Comparing the two, what Liu Dapao said to the two of them that day was almost word for word.

in front of.

The five of them were once only one step away from the pinnacle of power. They had never seen anything ups and downs in their lives. With just a few words, Liu Dapao's character portrait had already been sketched in everyone's mind.

Naturally, he can understand the special features of Liu Dapao's thoughts and abilities far better than ordinary people.

Especially Li Chongjin, as Guo Wei's nephew, he really competed with Chai Rong for the world. Naturally, he also thought about how to rule the world. Just because of the existence of the Yabing class, the more he thought about it, the more he realized that this emperor was really difficult.

Do.

Let him go to fight, and he asked himself that he would not lose to others in this life, but how could he appease the governors of various places and get them to support unification, so that the military towns and generals of the imperial army in various places would not cause trouble, and how to make the world healthy and prosperous? These questions he

I really thought about it, but I really can’t figure it out.

Otherwise, he might not be so willing to let Chai Rong become emperor.

You must know that when Guo Wei died, his prestige was far greater than that of Chai Rong. He was Guo Wei's nephew. Chai Rong was just Guo Wei's adopted son. He was a world-famous general at that time, while Chai Rong was just a warrior who had never been on the battlefield.

Newbie beans.

If he hadn't had no idea of ​​how to govern the world at that time, and deliberately gave in to see how much Chai Rong weighed when he fell to the ground, how could Chai Rong have been able to secure the throne of emperor so easily?

Now that I saw Liu Dapao's letter, he was the one who felt the deepest feelings among the five people. He wanted to beat his feet and chest.

If this person had been born forty years earlier, if he had had this person among his staff, no matter what, he would have competed with Chai Rong.

I couldn't help but admire and said: "This man can indeed be of great use. The method of combining tooth soldiers with businessmen that he mentioned may really be a warning for governing the country."

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

The five of them are all considered to be the leaders of the Yabing class, but they have all suffered from the Yabing class because of this.

Not to mention anything else, just the words "forced to be honest" make me cry when I say it!

Let's take Zhao Kuangyin as an example. His great-grandfather has been a governor since his generation. When he was born, his father was also a commander of the Forbidden Army. If he was released, he could also become a military commander, defense commander, etc.

Yes, these are all descendants of officials, right?

As a result, when Zhao Kuangyin was sixteen, his family was too poor and couldn't afford to raise too many children, so he was kicked out as the eldest son and he was exiled.

The second generation of a top general had to earn a living in the martial arts world with his nunchucks. When he was down and out, he even stole cabbage from an old farmer and gnawed it raw so as not to starve to death.

The military chiefs of this era, large and small, are really a breath of fresh air! They are really more honest than Zhu Yuanzhang's officials who were frightened out by skinning and filling grass!

Whoever dares to take bribes will have his subordinates armed with knives to argue with you the next day.

Who would have thought about this day!

Apart from anything else, at least Black Heart Bear's ability to make money really scared them. This Black Heart Bear was much richer than them.

With a very tacit understanding, none of the five people mentioned introducing this person to court officials or new officials, but smoothly began to discuss how to win over this person and how to use him.

But I saw Zhang Yongde saying quite meaningfully: "Although I have never seen it, it is not difficult to see from these two letters alone that although this black-hearted bear seems to be humble, in fact, I am afraid he is arrogant and arrogant.

A man who has no sons left."

Li Chongjin said nonchalantly: "How many people who are really capable are not arrogant? If he can appear to be humble, I think he is already an outstanding person. This is called being proud but not arrogant."

"How do you want to use it? Let Xiao Zhai transfer him directly to Kaifeng? Give him a promotion?"

Shi Shouxin thought for a while and said: "If this person really enters the officialdom, he will have to become a civil servant to display his abilities. Besides, he is clearly a local snake in Yangzhou City. After leaving Yangzhou City, he will be like this.

It’s hard to say how much I can make out of it.”

Zhao Kuangyin also nodded and said: "Officials are not important, but important. This person is already the commander of Yangzhou City Patrol Battalion. For him, this official position is enough. He has Xiao Su and my old sister-in-law.

With our support, we can already unleash a lot of energy, but the problem now is that people may not be willing to play with us."

"The clique theory that Xiao Su brought up seems interesting to me. Gentlemen share the same Tao and villains share the same benefits. But what is Tao and what is benefit?"

Li Chongjin smiled and said: "It depends on what kind of Tao he has in his heart. But if we look at the things Murong Yatou sent us, it is indeed difficult to say whether this person's Tao is civil or martial.

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Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said: "The combination of civil and military affairs is the way to long-term peace and stability, isn't it?"

Li Jun curled his lips and said: "Tsk, tsk, it's subtle. It's really subtle. Yangzhou is the top priority of the entire Huainan. At this time, Magistrate Yang came to Beijing with a shackle. He, the commander of the patrol battalion who was ordered to be in danger,

It happens that he has brothers and money, but he also happens to be civilized or martial. I can’t tell, it’s subtle, it’s so subtle.”

Shi Shouxin said: "This person is obviously very close to the civil servants in Yangzhou. If not, he would not be able to be this money hunter. Now that the government is in turmoil and the civil and military conflicts are serious, he has obviously done this.

The plan is to take it all, at least until the overall situation is unclear, he may not be able to place the bet easily."

"When he chatted with Murong Yatou, it was purely casual chatting. He just said whatever he had to say. You see, when he chatted with Xiao Su, he only touched on such topics. The clique theory was obviously something that civil servants liked.

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Li Jun said: "A gang leader must be used to changing his direction according to the prevailing circumstances. It is not a problem to consider his own safety first when doing things. Do you really expect him to sacrifice his life for justice?"

Zhang Yongde said worriedly: "There is another question. Have you ever thought about it? If this person can really make a career in Yangzhou, and if he has our support, the soldiers and horses in the towns in the two rivers and Huaihe Rivers will be able to make a fortune.

With financial resources completely under my control, wouldn't this... mean that a fourth powerful army will appear out of thin air in the world?"

After everyone heard this, they all looked at each other, then lowered their heads, and each began to make plans.

As we all know, although there were many Jiedu envoys in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there were only three in total that could truly be called a great army.

Namely: Tianxiong Army in Xiongzhou, Zhaoyi Army in Luzhou, and Kaifeng Forbidden Army.

In other words, the Tianxiong Army and Zhaoyi Army are completely different from other local vassal towns. For example, the Tianxiong Army has always been the main frontline force of the Zhou Dynasty to resist the Khitan. However, this army has maintained military power for more than a hundred years and has always maintained firm control.

Holding it in the hands of the Fu family.

When Chai Rong became the crown prince, the first thing Guo Wei did was to hire the daughter of the Fu family to be his crown princess, who later became the Queen of Zhou and is now the Queen Mother.

Originally, in history, Zhao Guangyi’s queen was also a woman from the Fu family.

The Zhaoyi Army is even more special. It is the front line of the Northern Han Dynasty. At the same time, the predecessor of the place is Heshuo Sanzhen. It has been its own faction since the Anshi Rebellion. After Tian Chengsi died, the place has been semi-independent. The Central Plains court

No matter how many generations it has been, Li Jun was the military governor of the Zhaoyi Army.

These two places are quite special. Originally, in history, the Tianxiong Army was solved because Zhao Guangyi lost Xiuzhou to the Khitan, and the Khitan solved it. The Zhaoyi Army... was around the time of Zhao Guangyi's several Northern Expeditions.

With all of them dead, they were basically defeated by the Khitans.

Zhao Guangyi could do everything that Chai Rong and Zhao Kuangyin couldn't do.

Both armies have a common characteristic, which is that they are independent in finance and taxation and are not subject to any control by the court. It is not that the court does not want to control it, but it really cannot control it. This involves an issue of the underlying economic structure.

As for Liu Dapao, no matter how they tried to win over him, he was from Yangzhou. Yangzhou was originally a tax center with a lot of money. However, because this place was the hometown of the Southern Tang Dynasty, the political foundation was relatively clean when the country was destroyed and rebuilt. This led to

This created a strange political structure that used Yangzhou to govern the military expenditures of the four towns.

And as Suning said, Liu Dapao could make millions of profits from just one soy sauce casually. If they, the military bosses, really support him, this money...

Give Suning the title?

At least Suning will be able to get a large share of it.

Suning Xian wants to be Fu Yanqing!

This is somewhat inconsistent with their interests.

Although these five big guys are standard warriors, they definitely don't want a large army town to appear in Jiangnan that can be compared with Tianxiong Army and Zhaoyi Army.

After a long time, Zhao Kuangyin said: "No matter what, I think we should send someone to find a way to contact him. Since he is a money hunter, and his ability lies in money, I propose that I, and some of my people

Take out the brother's coffin and let him catch it. As long as he can prove that his business and military skills are indeed feasible, a heavier burden will naturally be placed on him in the future."

"Xiao Zhao, have you taken out the coffin? Are you so optimistic about him?"

"Give him a chance, give me a chance, and give the world a chance. I think we can take a gamble. Besides, as long as he takes my money, he will naturally become ours. There is no way he can still use himself as a civil servant.

Taking a step back and saying that this person is extremely talented in business, if I give him 10,000 guan, why should he give me 20,000 guan at the end of the year? What's wrong with me earning an extra 10,000 guan to buy some wine?"

"Can he agree?"

"How dare he disagree?"

"If he loses the cost of your coffin..."

"Huh? Compensation? Then, he definitely doesn't intend to die too happily."

But Li Chongjin suddenly said: "Count me in"

Li Jun: “Count me in too.”

Zhang Yongde: "These are troubled times right now. It's better for us old guys to advance together and retreat together. Since you are all willing to believe in him, let's have one. Xiaoshi, you first write a letter to Xiaosu and ask him to take action on this matter."

It's definitely not appropriate for him to do it. Let's look back and see which old brother can spare the time and go to Yangzhou."

Shi Shouxin: "………………"
Chapter completed!