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Song Xing drank a cup of tea before asking Xuan Liu Chengwen.

Liu Chengwen came to complain. He complained that Cui Zheng's shipments were often lacking and missing things. At first, he thought that the emperor was supporting He Shizhang to take his place. When you send out white sugar, it's all white sugar; when you push soap in front of you, it's all soap; it's not like before, when you send out all kinds of sugar. Xia Guo was in the business of doing business, and often the soldiers at the border would be alerted because of a single product. Liu Chengwen went over and blamed him, he had finally negotiated a deal, but the workshop was often not full of goods. If you deliver goods like this, the people who buy things will be confused. inconvenient.

I'm going to buy sugar today and wine tomorrow.

Cui Zheng reasoned that the Lu people were large, so he first paid the deposit, and then brought dozens of boats of southern peanuts and other goods to sell, which made him dizzy. However, after being dizzy for several months, he came to complain.

Song Xing had an angry look on his face. He said:"What's going on with Cui Zheng? Sir Liu, mention it during the meeting and see what Cui Zheng's answer is? Didn't I say to increase production this year? Cui Zheng also said that the manpower is in place, what's going on?"

Liu Chengwen saw the emperor. The words were still directed towards him, so he went back and prepared to sue Cui Zheng properly! I negotiated the deal, but the workshop didn’t have the goods.

When Cui Zheng heard the emperor's words, he actually wanted to break his neck. As an old member of King Jing, it was because the court formed cliques and the ministers all worked for their own selfish interests that King Jing was deprived of military power by the so-called political balance. Previously, For more than ten years, an invincible army was dismantled to pieces. Prince Jing's old tribe endured unfair treatment for more than ten years just because Prince Jing said everything was for the Song Dynasty.

His Highness Prince Jing therefore went first.

Now that the prince is the emperor and the old master, it is the beginning of the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, and everything is just beginning. My emperor is the chosen one, equal to the gods, how many years has it only been? This old guy stretched out his hand so long, but he was a military talent with a relatively high vision. He knew that He Shizhang was brought up by the emperor, and he must have been investigated by Liu Guo. Since he was dedicated to serving the people, and he was afraid that only Liu Chengwen would be restricted and the old guy would have to resign beforehand and escape, he had no choice but to block He Shizhang as well, just to think of a balance. It was nothing more than being sued by Liu Chengwen and He Shizhang, and Liu Chengwen could not sue him. Since He Shizhang was loyal to His Majesty and dedicated to the people, he was not afraid of death as a soldier, and he was very willing to take the blame.

Liu Chengwen probably relied on decades of skills and thought he had done a good job and had great merit. I thought the emperor would turn a blind eye.

His contribution is indeed great. For thousands of years in the Song Dynasty, the so-called Ministry of Rites only dealt with the regulations of sacrifices and the false politeness of foreign diplomacy; as for business, most of them were buying, which was nothing more than scaring a small country like Chen into buying some cheap salt. It’s just a piece of money, it’s just throwing money away. When have you ever thought about it being like today? They are all taking other people's money.

There are too many reasons to sue Cui Zheng. The simple one is that if the money is stuck in the country, it is the money of the people of Song Dynasty, and it cannot escape. It is just a matter of changing the left hand to the right hand. The most important thing is of course to pay for foreign money. I have negotiated so many orders with Nanxia Qi State, but every time I don't have all the goods. That is other people's money, and there is no rush to pay for domestic ones slowly.

Two days later, He Shizhang came back to ask for the order. Because it was a mission sent by the emperor himself, he knew the emperor's support. I haven't returned home after working for several months. When I return to the capital, I must first explain to the emperor how to handle the matter, which is the way of a courtier.

He Shizhang also had a hard time doing this kind of thing for the first time. Just because of the belief in my heart, I want to be thoughtful in everything, and I have no experience. It's really hard, but luckily I have the ability, otherwise I would have to run away.

He brought a wooden box to meet the driver. There were twenty pounds of gold in the box, and he looked a little embarrassed. Said:"It was a gift from the officials of Northern Xia. When Weichen shipped goods in the future, he should ship more and urgently. If he didn't accept it, he was afraid that the other party would misunderstand him. But if he accepted it, it would violate Song Dynasty law, and it was illegal. The handle is in his hands, but after much thought, he has no good plan, so he always puts it away before talking about it. According to the Song Dynasty law, it is not a crime to hand it over to the superior, and the low-ranking official has to take it away." This guy is actually smart, as long as he turns it over. In the future, even if Bei Xia complained, there would be nothing he could do.

Song Xingdao:"Just leave me here. The matter in Northern Xia is very difficult, isn't it?"

He Shizhang said:"Your Majesty, if it's just business, it's not difficult. There are fixed prices for buying and selling. When delivering the goods, I was just afraid that it would not be enough or that it would surprise the other party. I deliberately put a little more. For a hundred pieces of soap, give me one or two more. It is not much. But the recipient is easily satisfied. As for talking, it is nothing more than a favor and taking care of the other person. To save face, just give him a few compliments; but I know that after breaking off diplomatic relations with the Hu people, the officials of the Northern Xia Kingdom had nothing but nice things to say to the ministers and tried their best to flatter him."

Song Xing naturally knew the meaning in his heart, and it was originally arranged by him.. He said:"I ordered the pass to cut off the Hu people's trade. Xihu and Dongxi must go from Beixia. As long as Beixia obeys, Beixia will make a lot of money."

He Shizhang said:"Exactly! Beixia and Xihu I bought a lot of goods and made a lot of money in the early stage. Now I sell Bei Xia to Xi Hu, and Xi Hu sells to the west and east Hu. I make money like water. I always want goods, that is.……"He Shizhang hesitated. Said:"Cui Shangshu of the workshop is always weird when delivering goods. Isn't that enough? The carriages don't stop. Is that enough? Who can deliver sugar for several days, wine for several days, and soap for several days in a row? It's a mess. Bei Xia gave it to Xi Hu and Yan, but they couldn't distribute it. They had to wait until the varieties were ready before distributing them, which caused a lot of inconvenience. Bei Xia Xi Hu wanted to make money and had to rush the goods. It was all very messy. It was so messy. Weird, Wei Chen just came back from the workshop to rush for goods."