Chapter 976 How Officials Become Double-Faced

A long time ago, Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty had two most important allies around him, one was Liu Wenjing and the other was Pei Ji.

The reason why these two were important was that there were no outstanding talents around Li Yuan at that time.

Liu Wenjing, the Jinyang prefect of the Sui Dynasty, supported Li Yuan and his son in their rebellion and made great contributions. Later, because he was jealous of Li Yuan's favor for Pei Ji and was dissatisfied, he complained and was sentenced to death in Chang'an for treason. Before being executed, he stroked his chest and said, "The high birds are gone, the good bows are hidden, it is true!"

Pei Ji, the deputy supervisor of Jinyang Palace of the Sui Dynasty, supported Li Yuan and Li Shimin in raising troops in Jinyang, destroying the Sui Dynasty and establishing the Tang Dynasty, and he had a part of the credit. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, he was defeated in every battle because of his mediocre intelligence, and he had no political achievements in politics.

Later, he was dismissed from office and his fief was reduced, and he was released back to his hometown. Finally, he was exiled to Jingzhou and died in office.

However, after the death of these two people, Emperor Taizong remembered their merits in following the dragon and treated their descendants very well. After decades, Pei Ji's family had been deeply rooted in Jinyang.

If we were to ask, who would be the worst off after the establishment of the Jinyang Liushui Pai?

Without a doubt, it would be the local tyrants like the Pei family who could have divided the spoils.

Merchants all went to the Liushui Pai to do business, and no longer needed the local tyrants like them to go between the lines. Their hostility towards the Liushui Pai can be imagined.

Yun Chu felt that it would be easy for a monk to have a scandal if he spent a long time alone with a nun, so he found a talkative big guy to carefully serve Master Huiyuan, who did not dare to return to Mingda Temple for the time being.

Today's trading performance was good, almost the highest point in four days, but everyone seemed to be fast in and out, buying today and selling tomorrow, and it seemed that they still lacked confidence in the Liushui Pai.

Yun Chu stood in front of the bronze bell that was about to ring to end the transaction. Seeing that the last grain of sand in the hourglass had leaked out, he decisively rang the bell to end it.

As the bell rang, the trading hall, which was just bustling with people, instantly turned the noise of buying and selling into daily abuse or regret.

I just don't know if the bulk goods on the running board will see a wave of increases tomorrow after the two good news of Princess Jinyang joining the game and the slaughter of the Pei family. After all, today's transaction price is still lower than the actual transaction price.

Master Huiyuan is a very timid person. She doesn't like to chat with the talkative big guy, and likes to follow Yunchu around.

Yunchu can see clearly that this is a pure palace lady. Even if she has been a nun for many years, her way of doing things still follows the palace's way - hug the thigh of a superior first.

Nowadays, in Jinyang, no one's thigh is thicker than that of Yunchu, the Duke of Lantian.

This may be the way for these palace people to survive. In order to be able to hug the thigh, let the superior do whatever they want.

This old nun must be a kind-hearted woman.

Jinyang is also one of the imperial capitals of the Tang Dynasty. There is also an imperial palace here. Therefore, there may be young and beautiful nuns in Mingda Temple. However, this old nun would rather jump out to disgust Yunchu than let the young nuns under her command come out. It must be said that this is definitely a good person.

I really don’t know what kind of people the nuns in Mingda Temple have encountered, which made Master Huiyuan have this kind of consciousness.

However, she used this trick on Yunchu, and Yunchu felt humiliated.

After all, Yunchu thought that he was also a good person.

When it was getting dark, Liu Rengui’s cousin Liu Kefei returned to the trading hall with dozens of carts of money. Most of the money was in the form of gold and silver, and there were not many copper coins.

Master Huiyuan said: "Most of the copper coins were scattered."

Yunchu nodded. It seems that Huiyuan and others wanted to use the method of scattering copper coins to cover up the existence of these gold and silver, but they did not succeed.

"Where are Wang Du and his men?"

Liu Kefei looked at Yun Chu carefully and said, "Continue to pursue the evil thieves."

Yun Chu said, "How many have you killed?"

Liu Kefei said, "One hundred and sixty-seven."

"Have you counted?"

"No, it's because Sima Wang and his men are used to cutting off the left ear to record merits. I listened to their reports of merits with one ear."

"Has the house near Mingda Temple been cleared?"

"It has been cleared, and thirty-seven male and female bankou have been rescued."

Yun Chu turned to explain to Master Huiyuan, "Bankou means hidden population. After these people have been checked one by one by the military Sima Wang Du, if there is no problem, you can keep them to help take care of the orphans in Jinyang."

Master Huiyuan nodded repeatedly, very satisfied with Yun Chu's arrangement.

Liu Kefei said again: "More than 1,400 silver coins were found."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Don't worry about it. Give them all the money as a reward. Didn't Chu Dayu, the governor of Jinyang, stop them?"

Liu Kefei said: "General He Bijin of the Left Guard of the Sixteen Guards of Jinyang sent a Sima to ask. Sima Wang said that these people were plotting to take the funds of the Liushui brand capital pool, and they killed them according to the order of His Majesty.

Then, He Bijin waited for people to return to the city. Now, Sima Wang is going to go into the city to continue to pursue the criminals. I'm afraid someone will come to see you soon."

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "If someone comes, tell him that he won't see him. If they are dissatisfied with my behavior, they can directly report it to me."

Liu Kefei nodded and said: "In this case, I will check these treasures and prepare to put them into the warehouse."

Yun Chu looked at Master Huiyuan and said: "How about 50,000 strings and 40,000 strings?"

Master Huiyuan nodded and said: "Very good, I also need to reward my subordinates who have made meritorious service."

Yun Chu shook his head and said: "This Wan Guan was taken as a punishment for you to be so mean in front of me. Next time if you have anything to say, please tell me directly. People in this world are not as bad as you think. "

Huiyuan clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, there are many women in Mingda Temple who are suffering from hardship. The poor nuns wish they had no wings to protect them."

Yun Chu smiled and said: "In the future, there will be five hundred elite soldiers stationed here in the Jinyang trading hall all year round. Mingda'an is an important shareholder of our Jinyang Liushui brand. If anyone comes to bully us again, inform the soldiers to infringe on the capital pool. Kill him for the crime!”

Master Huiyuan said in surprise: "Is it feasible?"

Yun Chu said calmly: "If you kill a few more times, no one will dare to offend you."

Master Huiyuan immediately said: "This year, Mingda Temple still has an income of 8,000 guan, so why not..."

Yun Chu said with a half-smile but not a smile: "You think so, it's your rare luck to be able to invest in Liuchizi this time. I still want to add money forever, just dream."

Come here, escort Master Huiyuan back to Mingda Temple. "

After sending away Master Huiyuan who was reluctant to leave, Chu Dayou, who was left behind in Jinyang City, came as expected. However, his official position was generally that of staying behind with Yun Chu. However, his title was just an earl. A duke like Yun Chu , naturally have the right not to meet with a person of such a low title as him.

Since no one came to visit when Yun Chu came to Jinyang City, there is no need to see him in the future.

After all, Yun Chu was also a soldier who had dealt with Li Ji and the others too much. Once he had the power, he implemented Ling Laixing's two-faced style very smoothly.

When he was in Handan, in order to open up the situation, Yun Chu could mingle with those merchants who were looked down upon by the Tang Dynasty. Now that he has made a good start in Jinyang, the people in Jinyang City should also see the Imperial Duke. So majestic.

For businessmen, integrity can reassure people that you will not embezzle their money.

For businessmen, power can make people believe that you can protect their money.

The previous pro-people approach was aimed at amassing money.

The purpose of today's iron-blooded methods is to protect money.

Only when both are present, can the reputation of the Liushui brand be truly established, allowing more big businessmen without the protection of power to actively invest money into the capital pool.

The money for the Great Buddha Temple was originally given by Yunchu, and paying interest every year is the money that people sell with their reputation. In the future, the reputation of the Great Buddha Temple will be bound to the Liushui brand, which can reassure people.

Mingda'an's money is money from the weak. Liushui Brand protects this money, and the interest it gives cannot be the same as that of the Great Buddha Temple. It is mainly used as a show to show others.

In the future, those merchants who have no power to protect them who want to invest their money may not only have to face the threshold set by Yunchu, but also may have to pay protection fees to Yunchu.

At dawn, the royal capital returned with five hundred soldiers covered in blood. They did not bring anything as terrifying as a human head, but only a bunch of bloody left ears.

Just before trading was about to begin on the trading floor, these people knelt on one knee in front of Yun Chu, who was dressed in monk robes, and handed over their orders.

"Respecting your order, please kill 421 madmen who are trying to steal money from the capital pool. The rest of the madmen have escaped without a trace. Please give me your order whether to pursue them or not."

Yun Chu always believed that the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty who had just come off the battlefield were the most intimidating existence. When the almost hoarse voice of the royal capital sounded in front of the Jinyang trading hall, even after getting along with Yun Chu all the way, he had no respect for it. Mr. Liu, Chen Dansheng and the others, who were so humble, also felt frightened.

Only then did they remember that the monks who had been with them in the past were some of the most invincible generals in the Tang Empire, and even more so a murderous demon.

"It is important to protect the funds in the capital pool. The escaped madmen will naturally be dealt with by the department. I believe they will not be able to escape this dragnet. All the soldiers have contributed to killing the enemy. All seizures will be returned to the public. When this matter is settled, I will discuss it myself. Merits are rewarded, and all officers and men who have worked hard and achieved great results can return to camp to rest."

Yunchu dismissed the soldiers in a condescending manner. At this time, the opening bell of the trading hall rang again.

The chilling air on Yun Chu's face immediately disappeared, he got out of the way of the body blocking the main entrance, and said with a smile to the merchants outside who were about to go in for transactions: "Don't panic, everyone, we just killed some crazy people, and the capital pool is safe and sound. , you can enter and trade, I wish you all good fortune."