Yang Jiong seemed a little restrained and didn't know how to speak for a while.

After pondering for a long time, he said, "I see people here doing business and making frequent moves. To be honest, the Yang family also has some business, but they are all rice and flour. It's not surprising that the market is not good now, and there are some unworthy children in the clan. They are usually naughty and have no hope of making progress. I want them to come to Mengjin to try it, but I don't know if I am now in a key position, will it be hindered."

Yang Jiong was moved.

This is almost a matter of course. The Yang family started out on land. To put it bluntly, aristocrats like Yang Jiong are actually landlords. No matter how they embellish them, they just rely on rent to survive.

The reason why the Yang family's family business is not that they make a lot of profits, but that the family has been going through thousands of years but never fallen. This is the family wealth accumulated by countless generations, so it is called this wealth.

But even Yang Jiong saw that kind of business, doing some business, and expanding the scale wildly. After one month, merchants who earned thousands or tens of thousands of yuan a month were still jealous. It would be fake not to be jealous. If this really happens, although the Yang family has a strong family, the accumulation of wealth is extremely fast. Therefore, it is natural for Yang Jiong to engage in some businesses.

At this time, although the status of the merchant was not noble, it was not considered low. Of course, Yang Jiong would not have any knots psychologically, and the Yang family was not without business.

The only thing he was worried about now was Qin Shaoyou.

I am the speaker here, and some of my children on the other side are in business. If Qin Shaoyou criticizes me, it will be hard to say.

Qin Shaoyou pursed his lips and smiled, saying, "Mr. Yang, what can I do in this business? As long as I don't get enough money, what do I say? But since I am a businessman, don't be anxious. Let some people try it first. If you have experience, then slowly expand it. I know that the Yang family has a great business, but it is difficult to be a businessman. You need to be more cautious."

Qin Shaoyou's tolerant attitude surprised Yang Jiong. He didn't know that Qin Shaoyou was desperate for this.

To put it bluntly, although the Shence Mansion and the Hongnong clan have already signed an alliance, they are still far from being a solid person. Why? The interests are different.

With the same government order, Hongnong's gentry members of course hoped to tilt more towards their land, because they rely on land to maintain their family business, so it is almost imagined that at the beginning, the first thing the senators had to do was to cancel the resolution of Shence Mansion to lower the grain prices and land prices.

However, for Qin Shaoyou, lowering grain prices and land prices is obviously beneficial to Mengjin's commercial territory. Only when the value of grain planting is low can more people be liberated from the land and into their own workshops. The lower the land prices, the lower the cost of investing in workshops. The contradiction between this is a bit like the conflict between the interests of the northern industrialists and the southern planters during the Civil War. Therefore, Qin Shaoyou had already thought about it. Once the Hongnong gentry wanted to depose some business-friendly decisions in the Shence Mansion, he would directly exercise the veto power and temporarily suppress it.

But even if it can be temporarily suppressed, it does not mean that such a contradiction will not exist. Hongnong has only so much population and so much land. You landlords occupy more, and merchants should occupy less. Although Qin Shaoyou also encourages farming, he is more willing to farm efficiently. If he still follows the old methods of the gentry before, not only is it wastes land, but also wastes manpower.

Therefore... Qin Shaoyou hoped that the gentry would gradually transform from land owners to dominators of industry and commerce. If in the future, when the interests of the gentry in industry and commerce begin to exceed the land income, they would naturally become more inclined to protect industry and commerce.

It was really time for that time that the two sides were truly harmonious and did not distinguish between each other.

Therefore, Qin Shaoyou was very enthusiastic about this and made many suggestions. Yang Jiong just nodded. At first, he just wanted to try it, but seeing that Qin Shaoyou was enthusiastic and said many things to avoid, he silently remembered it in his heart and made up his mind.

Qin Shaoyou kept Yang Jiong for lunch at noon, and Yang Jiong said goodbye after he had eaten.

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Qin Shaoyou sent Yang Jiong away, but his mind was not on Hongnong County. Hongnong County is now becoming increasingly stable. Because it has received the support of the gentry and the hearts of the people in the county, all the decrees can be implemented. Now all Shen Ce Mansion needs is time.

On the contrary, Qin Shaoyou originally thought that the various things in Hongnong County, whether Empress Wei or Cui Feng and others, would frown when they saw it. Empress Wei ordered Wu Sansi to grant Hongnong to Shence Mansion, which was of course uneasy. After all, the gentry and the Shence Mansion had essential conflicts of interest, and at that time they would have to fight against river clams. She could make profits from it, not only suppress the Shence Mansion, but also give the Guandong gentry a slap.

But then, Qin Shaoyou and the gentry began to reconcile and gradually merged. This was obviously something that Queen Wei, even Cui Xu and all the high sects of the Long clans did not want to see. Logically, they should be intriguing at this time, either sow discord or using various means to destroy this process. However, the court was terrible and quiet, which made people feel incredible.

Qin Shaoyou decided to go to Luoyang and see what happened.

In fact, he also knew a little about some news about Luoyang, and the most important thing was that of course, Wei Hongmin, a member of the Wei family, ordered the prime minister to be appointed as the Secretary of the Secretariat. Wei Hongmin is another branch of the Wei family. He is not a close relative of Empress Wei, and he did not have any prominent official positions before, but suddenly he received the imperial order, which made Qin Shaoyou confused.

If Empress Wei wants her relatives to be appointed as prime minister, she can let her close relatives come. After all, Wu Zetian did this, why did she want a distant relative? Besides, this distant relative doesn't seem to have anything to show off, which makes it even more suspicious.

As for Cui Yue, there seems to be no objection.

If something goes wrong, it is a monster. If Qin Shaoyou doesn’t understand the truth, he is really a little worried.

He called the carriage and horses, immediately arrived straight to Luoyang, and immediately went to meet Li Xian.

Li Xian seemed very happy when he heard that Qin Shaoyou was coming, so he hurriedly called Qin Shaoyou to Changle Palace.

The palace ban in this era is far less stringent than later generations. However, calling to Changle Palace made Qin Shaoyou quite unhappy. In the past, when Wu Zetian was there, he would always see him in Xuanzheng Palace, but Changle Palace was in the bedroom. When he met foreign ministers in the bedroom, he looked intimate, but in the eyes of others, he was afraid that there would be a lot of criticism. Your Majesty... he was still unstable after all.

Changle Palace has arrived, but it is much more lively than before. Qin Shaoyou went to the main hall, and Li Xianhou had been there for a long time and smiled and said, "Qin Shaoyou, are you finally willing to come to see me? Come on."

Qin Shaoyou stepped forward a few steps and saw that Li Xian's face was much better and he was a little more energetic than before. Li Xian smiled and said, "I have wanted to ask someone to summon you to talk, but I am afraid that it will delay your business, ha..."

Qin Shaoyou couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty also has a serious matter..."

Li Xian shook his head and said, "Those memorials made me dizzy. Sometimes I really don't understand. It's obvious that there are so many people in it, but in order to say something, I have to sprinkle tens of thousands of words. Wouldn't the person who wrote the letter be tired?"

He immediately laughed again: "Fortunately, Queen Wei is capable, and with her help, I have felt a little more relaxed."

Qin Shaoyou thought to himself that the new official took office for three fires, but the new emperor came up and the fire did not even burn. In just a few days, the power had fallen into Wei's hands.

But he was a foreign minister, and he could not say something randomly. He just glanced at Li Xian and said, "I am in Mengjin and I have heard of Empress Wei's for a long time. Now after listening to Your Majesty's words, I know what I said is not false."

Li Xian smiled and his face became serious again: "The others are fine, but... Yesterday, Cui Qing actually said that he was old and sick, and he was going to take leave. Alas, he is my minister, and it is also hard work. If he is missing from the three provinces, I am afraid that Queen Wei will work harder."

"Mr. Cui is going to take leave?" Qin Shaoyou's eyes flashed, and he felt a little incredible.

Why did Cui Feng take a leave at this critical moment? This is obviously unreasonable. He has never recovered from illness at any time, but at this time, he can never be cared for. On the one hand, Empress Wei gained great power, and on the other hand, there is a passion between Qin Shaoyou and the Kanto gentry. Logically speaking, shouldn’t he be more vigilant?

Everything was full of suspense, as if it was hard to catch the answer. Qin Shaoyou smiled bitterly in his heart, raised his eyes and said, "Your Majesty should send someone to ask. Mr. Cui is a great wise man. If you don't care about it, it will probably cause criticism."

Li Xian smiled: "This is not something I need to do. Empress Wei has sent someone to investigate. It is indeed not a minor illness and needs to be cared for. In fact, there were signs before, so I let that... Wei Hongmin joins the three provinces to help Cui Qing."

Although he said that he asked Wei Hongmin to be the prime minister, what was ridiculous was that he didn't even remember his name, Qin Shaoyou was still smiling on his face, but he probably knew something in his heart.

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Chapter completed!