I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

Chapter 349 Persuading Emperor Wu
Speaking of which.

The unbearable past resurfaced in Hu Shifan's mind again.

Think of everything I experienced in Chang'an.

A sense of humiliation welled up from the bottom of his heart, making him grit his teeth involuntarily.

"Despicable and shameless, dirty and filthy! There will never be another brazen person like Fang Xiu in the world!"

These words were almost a roar.

It sounds a little scary.

Han Congwen stood aside, subconsciously glanced at Hu Shifan, recalled the rumors three years ago, couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and remained silent.

Hu Song sat on the grand master's chair and fell into silence when he saw this scene.

When Hu Shifan was sent as an envoy to the country at the beginning, it was originally to accumulate merit for him. Who would have thought that such an accident would cause the court to suffer a dumb loss, losing a full 200 ​​million taels of silver!

A considerable part of the 200 million taels of silver came from the Hu Mansion.

This enmity was not only kept in Hu Shifan's heart, but also Hu Song never forgot it.

He thought that after the war with Yue State was over, he would be free to deal with the Prime Minister of Qian State.

Who would have thought that when the war ended, the Qian Kingdom would suddenly become the strongest from the weakest among the Middle-Earth countries.

If it wasn't for the presence of Yan State in the north holding Qian Guo in check, I'm afraid that if he doesn't trouble the Prime Minister of Qian State, the Prime Minister of Qian State will come to trouble him sooner or later.

Now, the Euros are attacking the country of Yan.

After the defeat of Yan State, Qian State will definitely set its target on Da Wu.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, he must be prepared.

Thinking of this.

A glint of light flashed in his vicissitudes of life, he looked at Hu Shifan, and said slowly: "You are so sure that this is the work of a dry person, how can you think of how to deal with it?"

Hu Shifan was silent for a few seconds, made up his mind, and said word by word: "It's not too late to make up for it. Now that the matter has come to an end, we can only cut off the counterfeit banknotes flowing into my Great Wu from the source!"

On the side, Han Congwen was slightly taken aback when he heard this, then realized something, and said in surprise: "What Hu Butang means is"

"That's right, send troops to Qianguo, force them to sign an agreement, compensate me, Dawu, for the loss in business and trade in the past few years, and order Qianguo's prime minister to hand over the person who forged the banknote, and execute him immediately!"

When Hu Shifan said this, a ruthless look appeared on his face.

In his mind, the figure of Fang Xiu emerged, kneeling in front of him, howling miserably.

And he holds the dagger in his hand, and executes the opponent bit by bit!

Only in this way can the hatred in his heart be relieved.

of course.

He was clear.

Given Fang Xiu's status in Qian and Zhou, even if Wu wins, it won't have much impact on him.

Only when Qian and Zhou are completely wiped out can his dream come true.

"It turns out that the rumors in the market are true, and the imperial court really intends to use troops against Qianguo."

When Han Congwen heard Hu Shifan's words, there was a trance in his eyes.

Although he had heard the news that the imperial court was about to start a war with the Qian Kingdom, he didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, there is still a big gap between the strength of the imperial court and that of Qianguo. Proactively provoking a war is tantamount to digging one's own grave.

Moreover, the imperial court had just lost a battle with Yue, and its morale was low.

Qian Guo just defeated Zhou Guo and formed an alliance with it, and his morale soared.

One goes up and down the other, no matter how confused the princes are, they will not make such a decision.

What's more, he knows better than anyone else what kind of master the Holy One is today.

With His Majesty's dislike of fighting, it is impossible to agree to take the initiative to start a war with Qianguo no matter what!
but.

At this moment, when the words "send troops to fight the country" come out of Hu Shifan's mouth, the meaning is quite different.

As Hu Ge's only son, Hu Shifan's information is definitely better than that of the fourth rank who is on the fringe.

Hu Shifan said so, and Mr. Hu Ge did not show any obvious objection, the matter is probably close to each other.

"Isn't it too hasty to start a war just because Qianguo forged treasure notes?"

Han Congwen really wanted to ask Mr. Hu Ge this way.

But after a little thought, he swallowed back what he originally wanted to say.

The war with Qianguo involved a lot, and he, the president of a small Dawu Bank, could not get involved.

He only needs to do his job well, and don't bother with other things that shouldn't be involved.

On the teacher's chair.

When Hu Song heard Hu Shifan utter the word "use of soldiers", his expression remained normal, as if the use of troops to Qianguo was just an insignificant matter.

Silence for a few seconds.

He said slowly: "The old man wants to meet the Holy One."

The voice fell.

Immediately, officials on both sides stepped forward and carefully helped Hu Song up.

After Hu Song got up, he walked towards the outside of Wenyuan Pavilion.

Before taking a few steps, he stopped again, turned his head to look at Hu Shifan and Han Congwen, and said calmly, "You are with me."

"Got it, Dad."

Hu Shifan said, and followed behind.

Han Congwen showed hesitation on his face.

But only for a moment, his expression returned to normal, and he saluted respectfully: "Yes, old man!"

The three of them left Wenyuan Pavilion and came to the gate of Chuigong Hall.

After the eunuch went in to report.

The three of them stepped into the Chuigong Hall and saluted together: "I see Your Majesty!"

Wu Huang looked at the three of them, with a warm smile on his face, and said: "Mr. Hu Ge, I don't know why Mr. Hu Ge came to see me?"

Hu Song tremblingly walked in front of Emperor Wu, saluted again, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, President Han has something important to report to His Majesty."

After speaking, he looked at Han Congwen.

Han Congwen saluted in a hurry, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have been working in the head office of the Great Wu Bank for the past few days, and found that there is something abnormal in the banknotes exchanged from the common people."

Next.

Han Congwen told the forgery of the banknotes from beginning to end with a serious face.

Including the previous analysis in front of Hu Song, I also re-tell it.

After Wu Huang heard this, his face showed uneasiness, and he muttered to himself: "Before, I ordered to vigorously promote the Great Wu Baochao, but now there is such a change, what should I do?"

After frowning for a while, he couldn't think of any solution, so he could only look up at Hu Shifan beside Hu Song, and said, "Shifan, you are the servant of the household department, in charge of money and food, and you should know how to deal with this matter. Give me an idea, how to solve the counterfeit banknotes?"

Hu Shifan saluted first, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, as long as Qianguo still masters the technology of counterfeiting precious banknotes, the imperial court will not be able to handle this matter.

Nowadays, counterfeit treasure banknotes have been circulated in large quantities, and the court can make few choices."

Not finished yet.

Wu Huang couldn't wait to say: "Let's listen to it."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Hu Shifan said in a deep voice: "The first method is to completely stop printing and distributing precious banknotes. All the precious banknotes in the hands of the people will be exchanged for gold, silver and copper coins within three days, and they will be invalid after the expiration date."

The voice fell.

Wu Huang frowned tightly, and said: "In this way, wouldn't I be scolded by the people for changing the order from day to day? Besides, you just said that a large number of counterfeit banknotes have entered my Great Wu, and they are allowed to exchange them all. If it becomes gold and silver, how much gold and silver will the court have to lose."

Hu Shifan said: "Returning to Your Majesty, it is true that a lot of gold and silver will be lost, but it is not too late to make up for it. Now that the treasure banknotes are abolished, the loss can be stopped in time. When the people get used to the treasure banknotes in the future, it will not be so easy to abolish them." gone."

When Wu Huang heard this, his face showed a thoughtful look.

After a while, he waved his hand and said: "That's not right, if it's true, the imperial court will make people laugh at it by printing and distributing precious banknotes. It will be recorded by historians, and later generations will only think that"

Speaking of which, stop abruptly.

Everyone understands in their hearts.

Your Majesty is afraid of leaving a bad name in the history books.

Although it was not His Majesty's idea to open the Great Wu Bank and issue the Great Wu Banknotes, it was His Majesty's own initiative. With such an ending, it will undoubtedly become a joke!
In the future, it may become an example like why Emperor Ganhui didn't eat minced meat.

This is unacceptable to Wu Huang.

But Wu Huang couldn't accept it, which was exactly what Hu Shifan wanted.

Followed by.

He said the second way.

"If your majesty thinks it's inappropriate to do this, then I have a second way, send troops to the country, force the country to sign an agreement, and don't allow anyone to forge my Great Wu Banknote. Great Wu Ling Chi will be executed!"

When Hu Shifan spoke, a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Obviously, that's what he really wanted to do.

"This"

Wu Huang was a little confused when he heard this.

After thinking for a few seconds, he hesitated: "Is it too hasty to start a war just because of counterfeiting treasure notes?"

When Han Congwen heard this, his eyes lit up, and he thought, "Your Majesty's words are true!"

Just before a stick of incense, he had exactly the same idea.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the imperial court of Qianguo used counterfeit banknotes to steal the gold and silver from our great Wu, which is essentially tantamount to declaring war with my great Wu! If they back down this time, they will intensify their efforts and print even more crazily counterfeit treasures." Money!

The harm of counterfeit banknotes to the imperial court has just been thoroughly analyzed by President Han. If the imperial court does not make any response, the imperial court will fall into chaos for at most two years. My people in Great Wu will have no work to do and no food to buy. , can only try to escape from Da Wu!

Therefore, for the counterfeit banknotes, it is reasonable and necessary to fight against Qianguo! "

The voice just fell.

Emperor Wu showed concern, and said: "Qian Kingdom has a large number of firearms, and has established the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. The Five Army Battalions and the Shenji Battalion under its jurisdiction are all strong and strong. Even Zhou's Huben Army and Yan's cavalry They were all defeated by them, and after the battle, whether our soldiers of Great Wu can win is probably a question."

Hu Shifan had expected that Emperor Wu would say that.

Years ago.

The soldiers and horses of the state of Wu are stronger than those of the state of Qian.

His Majesty did not start the war easily, but chose to sign an agreement to pay money to the Qian people.

What's more, now the Qian State has strong soldiers and horses, and its strength is far better than that of Wu State.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed difficult to defeat Qianguo with only the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, but besides the soldiers and horses of the imperial court, there are five thousand Euros at the border, as well as one hundred artillery pieces brought by the Euros, and all kinds of weapons. musket!"

Hu Shifan looked at Emperor Wu, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty has seen the artillery of the Euro people before, and it is even more powerful than the artillery of the Qian people.

Moreover, even in the Shenji Battalion of the Qian Kingdom, there are only about a hundred artillery pieces in total, and they are all arranged in the north.

Now that the battle between the Yan Kingdom and the Ouluo people is in full swing, Ganren's attention is all on them, waiting to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

At this time, if the imperial court sends troops to make a surprise attack, they will definitely be caught off guard!
I can assure you that as long as the imperial court sends troops, defeating Qianguo will be as easy as picking something out of a pocket! "

"This"

Hearing this, Wu Huang frowned even tighter, unable to make a decision for a while.

Seeing this, Hu Shifan continued to persuade: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Ganren's Shenji Camp and the Fifth Army Camp are either in Yongzhou in the north or in Zhou State in the east. Even if there is a cement official road, if you want to reach the south , It will take more than ten days to travel without eating or drinking!

And they are stationed at the border is a gang of mobs, I heard that there are quite a few remnants of defeated soldiers transferred from the state of Zhou!
It can be seen from this that Ganren's intention is to get a share of the pie from the Euro people!

If the imperial court makes a surprise attack, the Qian people must have no time to react. On the one hand, the mighty teacher who is facing my Great Wu, and on the other hand, the land of the Yan Kingdom is at your fingertips. The Prime Minister of the Qian Kingdom will definitely choose the latter!
Once he chooses the latter, he must compromise with me, Da Wu!

In this battle, I, Da Wu, will win! "

After analyzing this, even Han Congwen, who has always been gentle, had the urge to rush into Qianguo with a sword.

but.

Wu Huang was still frowning, with concerns written all over his face.

"Useless things!"

Seeing this, Hu Shifan cursed secretly in his heart, but his face showed reverence, and said: "Your Majesty, the court negotiated peace with the Yue Kingdom, which was criticized by many treacherous villains. A treacherous villain will also be overwhelmed by His Majesty's brilliance! This exciting victory will definitely be recorded in the annals of history!"

As soon as this word comes out.

Wu Huang's eyes changed.

The eyes are filled with two words, longing!

at the same time.

Words such as recorded in the annals of history, immortalized through the ages, a generation of Mingjun, etc., involuntarily appeared in his mind.

at last.

He changed his original thinking, looked at Hu Shifan, and asked, "What do the Euro people think?"

Hu Shifan said: "Before I discussed with the Ouluo people that the Qian State would send troops to the Northern Expedition, so I, Da Wu, would also send troops to the Northern Expedition, but I thought, from the perspective of the Ouluo people, he wished that we would take the initiative to attack and contain the Qian State, so Ou Luo The Luo people will definitely fully support the court in going to war with Qian!"

"That is to say, it is safe to discuss in advance and come up with a result."

Wu Huang looked at Hu Shifan and said solemnly: "You are familiar with the Ouluo people, so I will leave this matter to you."

Hu Shifan said respectfully: "I obey the order!"

Wu Huang nodded, looked at Hu Song again, and said, "Mr. Hu Ge has been silent just now, and I think he agrees with Shifan. Since this is the case, the specific plan for the raid on the Qian Kingdom will be formulated by Mr. Hu Ge, and it will be determined as soon as possible. Show me the next result."

Hu Song saluted and said: "I obey the order."

Wu Huang sat on the dragon chair, looked at the three courtiers in front of him, and felt a little excited when he thought of the result after the great victory.

"I"

He opened his mouth to say something inspiring.

Before he could speak, he heard hurried footsteps outside.

Then there was the slightly flustered voice of the Minister of Rites.

"I beg to see Your Majesty!"

(End of this chapter)