[Group Wearing Song Dynasty] The Glory of the Sky

The meeting went straight on for two weeks.

People began to have a clearer understanding of the development of different countries, and began to talk about prices with each other boldly.

It was only when he was about to leave that Lu You asked someone to pass a note to Xin Qiji, and the two made an appointment to meet again in the teahouse.

Xin Qiji is now able to deal with various schedules with ease, and he arrives quite on time.

Lu You glanced left and right at the surrounding situation, and opened his mouth after closing the door.

"I've always wanted to ask you something."

"What's wrong?" Xin Qiji was a little surprised: "About Linguo?"

"Yes... and no." Lu You sat down, not even interested in drinking tea, but frowned and said, "In the imperial court... it's getting weirder and weirder."

What do you mean?

Xin Qiji blinked, expressing that he would like to hear more about it.

As a person from a family of officials and eunuchs, Lu You can clearly see the disputes and gatherings inside and outside the court all the time, whether he is reading history or observing himself.

In the Han Dynasty, there was the monopoly of foreign relatives, and in the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were civil and military officials fighting for power. Before Linguo intervened, there were two major factions in the imperial court, the main war faction and the main peace faction. ambition.

The problem is that things have come to the present, and new changes have begun.

Because of Xin Qiji, Lu You has read some books on economics and sociology, and now he also has a negative and helpless attitude towards the so-called "natural imperial power".

But now, due to the main battle of the emperor and the continuous recovery of lost territory in the north by the Song Dynasty, the previous shackles and restrictions gradually disappeared.

Then start a new change.

The bureaucrats centered on the Ministry of Commerce began to attract more colleagues to participate in the investment and stock injection of three enterprises and ten enterprises, and further confirmed the community of interests with the claimed shares.

On this basis, the rift between civil and military officials became smaller and smaller, and people involved in joint business began to interact frequently, and they all made friends with each other under the guise of discussing business matters.

"You mean... those poor bureaucrats who have no assets and no investment, are invisiblely excluded?" Xin Qiji frowned: "And the right to speak is getting lower and lower?"

"Exactly." Lu You frowned and said, "This is not a good thing, but the officials don't intend to stop it."

The State of Song is conquering the State of Jin on multiple fronts, and every place needs a strong supply of funds, and the money obviously comes from the growing three-enterprise and ten-industry industrial zone.

If the imperial court now uses the excuse of liquidation and party formation to curb the development of the Ministry of Commerce and industrial zones, then taxation will directly suffer a heavy blow.

They have already lost most of Jin Guo's foreign trade contacts, and it is impossible to lose another arm.

Xin Qiji got up and poured Lu You a cup of tea, frowning and thinking.

In the past, the entanglement of interests was related to blood relationship and family background for a long time.

The deep meaning behind the poem "Wang Xietangqianyan in the old days" can describe hundreds of years of history in detail.

The shadow of aristocrats was disturbed by the imperial examination system, and more and more humble scholars began to touch power, and then the local separatist military officials fought for power. In the Song Dynasty, they began to emphasize civility over military affairs to prevent the disaster of the old Tang Dynasty from repeating itself.

But what is happening right now...is the formation of the bourgeoisie.

"I think... this matter is caused by someone behind the scenes." Lu You raised his hand and raised his forehead, his voice was a little heavy: "If it's just people from Song Dynasty going to the operator department and Shaoxing to make things, many things will be groping forward, not like this. Seeing a clear road, walking clearly."

"Uncle Lu," Xin Qiji said hesitantly, "You... now, aren't you the Shangshu of the Ministry of Commerce?"

Lu You stared at him for a few seconds, took a deep breath and said, "They and I jointly opened the Mingqiu Poetry Club, which is used to secretly recommend each other and discuss business."

More and more wealthy businessmen began to frequent Lin'an City, and more and more original wealth was becoming early capital and expanding like doubling——

You know, more than [-]% of the workers in the industrial zone just want to eat and sleep, and they are too embarrassed to ask for their wages, for fear of being robbed by outsiders.

However, the industrial area supported by more than [-] workers began to expand and develop like a spark in just a few years. More and more cottage industries were converted into factories and small workshops, and these products were sold by the imperial court and neighboring countries. Many businessmen think of ways to sell them to North Korea, Japan or various southern countries, and then convert them into huge profits, which cannot be ignored.

The information Xin Qiji got was relatively limited. He was immersed in figuring out the internal business environment of Linguo and some transnational projects in the Finance Academy, but he didn't understand how the Linsong joint venture industrial zone changed the country——

Changzhou, Xuanzhou and other places have developed like a copycat version of Little Yangzhou. There are not only business districts and residential areas with strict management systems, but also schools, banks and other facilities. More and more Anhui merchants, Zhejiang merchants and even Shanxi merchants In the rush to move here, even the land price is constantly rising.

Since Linguo was ahead of 1000 years in productivity, a series of things such as the construction of various factories and intensive training of workers and managers may not be possible for Song Guo to imagine out of thin air, but Linguo is now familiar with it because of the old practice of building Yangzhou It's effortless at all.

As for Lu You, who has a family background and is familiar with the trivial matters of the Song and Song Dynasties, he has gradually won the emperor's trust over the years, and it is not a problem to become a Shangshu in his forties now.

Before Xin Qiji left, he was urged to invest as much assets as possible in the commercial projects of the Lin Song Dynasty. After Lu You learned all kinds of business and economic knowledge in Yangzhou, he decided to put all his eggs in one basket and spend most of his assets. The land and antique calligraphy and paintings were sold off and used to invest in new industries.

This move greatly won the favor of Zhao Gou. For this emperor, this kind of thing of building the country at his own expense is a show of loyalty, and his attitude is very sincere.

To use a modern analogy, Lu You himself is now like the lucky guy who bought ten houses in the city center at one go when he started in a first-tier city—now that he sells one house, he can buy two in remote areas. Soon the so-called fringes, too, will be the next downtown.

Once the capital has accumulated to a sufficient level, investing in real industries in the early stages of the country's development, and then investing in the virtual economy as the primary and secondary industries mature and the tertiary industry blowout period will be a real profit.

Now Lu You is no longer a millionaire——

He is now not only one of the shareholders of "Made in Shaoxing" funded by Song Dynasty officials and businessmen, but also won a place in "Made in Longxing" jointly owned by Linsong private capital five or six days ago.

He was amazed by the ever-changing situation, but also felt chills in his back when he listened to the accountant's constant report of new progress.

Officials and businessmen in the Song Dynasty were exposed to these brand-new concepts, just like a group of children playing with Gatling machine guns. If they were shot at once, it would be hard to say who would become the prey.

Lu You never thought that the speed of capital doubling would be so fast - and he couldn't understand the production capacity of those industrial areas.

In fact, the three enterprises in Linguo had to extend their hands to share the profits. After Linguo took a spoonful of the soup, the court had to share another spoonful, and then it was their turn.

But even so, the income in it is no less than murder, arson, and robbery of the treasury.

After all, it is the simplest form of capital exploitation. In an early environment where few people talked about workers' rights and minimum wages, the degree of capital plundering was no less than the use of black slaves.

If it weren't for the Linguo people's refusal to sell the manufacturing method of the production line, some businessmen would probably buy and sell Jin Guo refugees in batches and abduct them to their own factories as bonded workers for life.

"Uncle Lu... You said that someone is deliberately guiding you, and I can probably understand why." Listening to him talking about this, Xin Qiji had a vague foreboding: "The things you discovered, and the capital accumulation you talked about , industrial stage, these are not only what Yangzhou training can teach.”

Lu You nodded, not knowing whether to be sad or happy.

"Someone is deliberately distributing banned books."

Xin Qiji was stunned for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "What book?"

"It's all typescripts, without signatures on them." Lu You drank a cup of tea directly, took a deep breath, and said, "The typescripts not only talk about running the company, but also talk about...all the content prohibited by the imperial court."

Politics, economics, finance, and atheism.

These printed manuscripts would suddenly appear at different times in places where Song merchants and officials from the Ministry of Commerce could come into contact. Even the Lu Mansion had people packing them from outside the wall and throwing them in several times.

Not only does it show the formation of the bourgeoisie... there are more creepy things behind it, such as the parliamentary system.

People never dared to imagine a world without a monarch.

That's definitely someone messing things up.

Xin Qiji took a part of the typed draft in his hand, his expression became more and more serious.

These... definitely came from Jiangyin or Yangzhou.

It can even be said that some people in Jiangyin and Lin'an cooperated with each other, not only wanting to overthrow the order of the Song Dynasty, but also wanting to get rid of the restraint and constraints of Lin'an.

The seriousness of this matter is no longer simply a desire to disrupt power.

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The timing is so precise.

They didn't do anything when they communicated in the Song Dynasty, and they didn't do it when they cooperated and negotiated in the Song Dynasty.

Until the community of interests involved tens of thousands of people and important court officials, and it happened that the economic center of gravity began to shift from agriculture to industry, and during the critical period of the war between the Jin and Song Dynasties, it began to use this massive industrial revolution to promote political ideas without a monarch, even Encouraging these business officials and private tycoons to build a parliamentary system——

Song Guo now retreats and dies, advances and dies!

If Song State stops the industrial revolution, it will directly lead to the lack of war funds supply - it is impossible for Linguo to subsidize Song State's military expenditure unconditionally. If Linguo helps, things will only become more and more difficult to control.

If the industrial zone is dismantled and the three prefectures of Hexuanchang and Changzhou, which have begun to modernize, are forcibly ordered to return to the period of small farmers, then the large-scale workers disagree, and the giant businessmen whose money is still in the investment chain disagree, and all officials involved in profit sharing It is even more impossible to agree!

But if we go any further, it is just in line with the wishes of this hidden coveter, obviously wanting to take things in the direction of constitutional monarchy and even more dangerous!

"Officials—what's the attitude of the officials now?" Xin Qiji also felt chills down his spine, and asked in disbelief: "Why did Linguo keep grasping the official shareholding ratio when the three enterprises were first established, but the imperial court refused to accept it?" Pay?!"

The composition and attributes of the three enterprises are completely different.

Manufacturing in Shaoxing was funded by officials and merchants of the Song Dynasty, but the official refers to the officials who paid for the shares themselves.

Jiangyin Group is jointly funded by the Linguo government and the company, and the Linguo government holds the highest proportion of shares.

However, Longxing, a joint venture between Song Lin and Song Lin, has the most complex composition and is also subject to many restrictions. There is no natural policy preference.

If this matter had been funded by the court of Song State itself from the beginning, instead of officials, then things would have been much easier to handle.

As long as the court—no, Zhao Gou himself has the highest capital, he is the one who can naturally obtain the most information and power.

How could the emperor have no money for the antique calligraphy and painting that he had spent his whole life playing with? !

"Because you can't compete with the people for profit," Lu You laughed dumbfounded when asked, and said helplessly at this moment: "Because the emperor refuses to give it."

Zhao Gou, who has been trapped by various people for decades, has finally reversed his status and become the person with the most right to speak, and his mentality will suddenly rise to a state of arrogance and arrogance.

It can also be said that he used to be himself and didn't care about things in the outside world.

As soon as Lu You mentioned Zhao Gou, his tone was complicated and difficult to distinguish.

"Now not only the Ministry of Commerce, but even the people in several other departments are constantly learning the readable books introduced by Song State officials, and the banned books are also being passed on and handed over in private."

"Medical science, natural science, prose fiction—books and copies of every kind are coming in through various channels."

That's the scariest thing.

If this is a TV series, in the previous 130 episodes, the Song Dynasty court has fully demonstrated how bad their execution ability is, and the repeated prohibitions are one after another.

No abandonment of babies, no extravagant marriages, no contact with prostitutes——

It's like farting.

In famine years, there are babies crying every now and then in any river, and the cost of marriage has not been reduced in the past 100 years.

The government's executive power has collapsed to the extreme at this stage, and the edicts are issued as if they were not issued.

Now it is the same, the imperial court has started to make repeated orders again and again, not to touch the banned books.

But he couldn't hold the rein anymore.

The cost of printing a Linguo book may only cost more than a dozen yuan, and the price may drop with the development of Changzhou Paper Industry.

——The poor are busy eating meat and eggs with their wages, so it is natural for the rich to get in touch with these new ideas that are beneficial to them.

Once you get out of the idea of ​​the father, the awareness of human rights can continue to rise, but the order will also disintegrate.

The wife no longer obeys the husband, and the courtier and the monarch should also sit on an equal footing——

Everything will be messed up.

"Until now, no one has spoken to the emperor?" You'an looked down at the copy manuscript that had been deliberately screened out, and wanted to tell Liu Xi and the others about this matter quickly: "There must be a minister to admonish Bar."

"From the beginning of contact between Lin Guo and Song Guo, people lined up to go to various troublesome officials' houses every day," Lu You sighed: "It's been a long time since useful information and redundant information have been mixed together. He may not have the patience to screen."

If this is the allegory about the key, then the guards, the artisans, and the officials in charge of the guards are all constantly exposed to more information in an orderly or disorderly manner.

Only the king is still there, dreaming of the great dream of unifying the world.

In Zhao Gou's mind, there are only thousands of achievements in his mind now, and he only wants to unify the north and the south, and use the generous tax donated by the industrial zone to attack the anti-golden.

He couldn't imagine, nor would he believe, what these businessmen would do.

——In his cognition, he has already established strict enough tax regulations with the Ministry of Commerce, and strictly prohibits them from holding resources such as copper and iron that may be cast into ordnance, which is seamless enough.

There has been no shortage of wealthy merchants in Song Dynasty for hundreds of years, and now it doesn't matter if there are more.

"If what you said is not false," Xin Qiji put down the document and said slowly, "...The general situation is over, Uncle Lu, you can only consider protecting yourself."

"What do you mean?" Lu You frowned and said in a deep voice, "The matter shouldn't have developed to this point, right now, it's just a gathering of party members."

"But that's already the tip of the iceberg." Xin Qiji realized that he might not have seen an iceberg before, so he just coughed and said seriously, "There will definitely be no changes this year, but the PCA meeting is over, and there will be more in the future." Large-scale investment and industrial zone construction."

If the automobile industry in Yangzhou is fully mature, then more related industries will develop accordingly.

In a short period of time, at least one or two years, I am afraid there will be no major problems.

But in a few years, it's hard to say.

"Uncle Lu, no matter how loyal you are to the emperor, you are still vacillating." He stared into Lu You's eyes, frowned and shook his head, "These things are hard to shake anymore."

The situation in the court is like muddy water surging, and most people in it can't help themselves.

But no matter whether you go against the wind or take advantage of the wind and make waves, this pool of muddy water can no longer be clarified as before.

Following the capture of Dingzhou by the State of Song, officials from the Ministry of Commerce of the State of Lin and the State of Song signed the "Tariff and Trade Agreement", which further deepened capital circulation and a series of cooperation.

What seems to be related to this agreement is that as soon as November arrived, and soon after the first snow fell, the black market in Linguo was closed down by nearly [-]%, which exacerbated the defeat of Jinguo like a talisman.

Now that Linjin has broken diplomatic relations for a long time, all the envoys have refused to see them. I heard that the Kingdom of Jin has started to join hands with the Mongolian Kelei tribe to fight against the enemy—or they may be joining hands to survive the winter.

The city dwellers in Yangzhou enjoy the snow leisurely, but how do they know the hunger and cold of those hungry and refugees thousands of miles away.

Xin Qiji thought for a long time, only briefly wrote a few important words, and found a time to send a text message to Liu Xi.

But the other party seems to have known these things for a long time, and the response to this is very simple.

You An didn't intend to interfere too much, and just settled down to prepare for the CAT exam in July next year, getting more and more in-depth and simple.

Liu Xi has been busy for too long, and now he is finally free to find a small restaurant with Li Luan to have a hot pot meal in a snowy day.

Seeing that Xin Qiji hadn't come over, Li Luan smiled ambiguously: "What are you going to do with this matter?"

"Look at his CAT score next year, and also look at where he wants to go next year." Liu Xi took a sip of his cold beer and said, "Official ranks can get a CAT test score bonus, and the highest can be promoted to the fifth rank. The same as a special consultant, He himself said that I don't want to interfere in this matter."

Quite independent and has a backbone.

Li Luan rinsed the tripe and small leafy vegetables, and said casually, "I told him something else two or three years ago."

"What?" Liu Xi raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell him that I am a half-filled head of state?"

From the mayor of a small town to the present, there are good and bad moves, anyway, I tried my best.

"No, I asked at that time..." Li Luan dipped in the sesame sauce, paused before continuing: "I asked him at that time...whether he considered replacing you."

Liu Xi couldn't hold back his laughter, shook the glass and said, "Lizi, he hadn't graduated yet at that time."

I'm afraid that at that time, they didn't know anything about the re-election system of Shiguo.

"Well, he said at the time that he only hoped that you could live happily." Li Luan sipped his wine and said, "I told him that you are not happy."

I don't want to move forward with such a heavy burden until the end of my life.

Just because people have the ability doesn't mean they have to use it.

Just like a woman has a uterus, it does not mean that she has to give birth to one child after another for the sake of the family for a certain affirmation, to gain the glory of being a mother.

Just like a musician doesn't have to sing songs all his life for the sake of art, to devote himself to the study of cooking is 'no business'.

The biggest difference between people and tools is that people should be non-functional existences, possessing the 'freedom' that tools don't have.

Fame and fortune, reputation, sense of affirmation and recognition, people's envious eyes, etc., may all become the shackles of this 'freedom'.

But what is more serious is the so-called 'sense of responsibility'.

——If you don't give birth to a son, are you worthy of my family's incense?Are you sorry for our parents waiting so hard?

——If you don’t make music, are you worthy of the hard work and support of so many fans?

However, before these social labels, the most basic value and right of a person is their own existence itself.

On this point, Liu Xi and Li Luan can understand each other, which is enough to make each other close friends.

"What did he say?" Liu Xi didn't take it too seriously, but felt that his friend's behavior was a bit whimsical: "I remember, at that time, he still respectfully called me Mr. Liu, and he couldn't change it."

"He thought about it for a long time, probably because his knowledge has been refreshed." Li Luan threw a frozen grape into the wine glass, and said slowly, "I'm afraid You'an never thought about it before, that he can choose his own life."

"Don't mention him," Liu Xi yawned and said, "I haven't seen him for three weeks, and I have to go back to approve documents after this meal. If you mention it again, I might skip work to find him."

Li Luan ordered another plate of yellow throat, looked at the bubbling bubbles in the hot pot, and said in a daze, "Before the change, I planned to stay in the Ministry of Construction for the rest of my life, so it's better not to get promoted and go to other places." , It’s good to see the snow-capped mountains and elk..."

Now I can see sika deer.

"At that time, I just planned to accompany you for a few years, and then I would take over various businesses when I returned," Liu Xi dragged his chin and said, "My dad will have to be the leader for at least another 30 to [-] years, and I will be comfortable. My prince, I take regular weekends and annual leave for marriage, maybe I can force her to take maternity leave..."

Now that I think about the previous plans, my memory is quite fuzzy.

But now the two of them are sitting in a hot pot restaurant in different time and space, one is the head of state and the other is the deputy head of state.

What kind of fate is this.

"How about that," Liu Zi said in a low voice, "I'm done this time, and you come to be the head of state, and I'll retire to have a romantic relationship and go fishing, how about it?"

"And then it happened to be the period of order reorganization? The Song Dynasty is almost at the time when civil strife broke out?" Li Luan showed disgust in his eyes: "Who do you think Bailu and I would be so stupid as to give away our own name for the frivolous title of head of state?" All your time and money are worth it?"

Bailu is living a leisurely life now, and he can still stay at home and play video games on weekends, and solve problems with himself in shifts.

No one wants to take your class, so stop being sentimental.

On the contrary, some people in the four Jiangyin enterprises have extraordinary ambitions.

If they are in power, the political participation system will probably return to a hereditary system, and they will be able to do anything.

Once the thresholds of CAT and moral tests are lifted under the interference of capital...maybe the whole country can really be unified.

Then began the long era of feudal monarchy, and all-round self-destruction of civilization.

The two smiled and clinked glasses, and finished the last plate of lamb rolls together.

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The whole winter is peaceful and sleepy.

Liu Xun had a total of four days of winter vacation, and slept in the pig-style way of eating and sleeping for four days.

You'an let him nestle with Momo on his bed, brushing questions and papers from morning to night every day, without rest during the eight-day holiday.

It's just making breakfast, lunch and dinner, and when coaxing Liu Xi to sleep... it's considered a temporary errand.

As soon as the beginning of spring was over, Liu Yuanshou went to Lin'an City to discuss with Zhao Gou again on the matter of resisting gold.

And the new business he brought to Song State was a brand new food industry system.

Liu Xi did not dare to loosen restrictions on the technology circulation of light and heavy industries rashly. He has always only approved the spread of non-core technologies, and the Song Dynasty has always paid for them to build factories, but even so, they cannot go against the general trend.

There are already some small factories, which are not under the control of supervision and taxation, and have appeared outside the three states of Hexuan and Changzhou.

It wasn't the first time Lu You saw this thin and fair young man, but he always felt that he was too young.

——Why don’t you even have a beard?

They took the car together to Xuanzhou, where a compressed biscuit factory and a sandwich biscuit factory have been built - the milk used is naturally produced in the modern agricultural areas of Chuzhou and Haizhou.

"I'm not quite sure about the definition of 'compressed biscuits'." Lu You flipped through the paperwork submitted by his subordinates, and looked sideways at the chain production lines across the entire factory area: "Is this for... food?"

Liu Xi casually took a pack of vanilla-flavored compressed biscuits, tore off the wrapping paper and motioned him to have a taste.

Lu You took the brick-like thing, first smelled the smell of grain, and then broke off a small piece to taste it.

"This kind of thing is suitable for military use and travel equipment," Liu Xi explained slowly: "The feeling of satiety is strong, the protein supply is sufficient, and the cost is not high in the case of centralized production."

Seeing that Lu You had the urge to try another small piece, he smiled and reminded: "This whole piece is equivalent to three meals, Lu Shangshu take it easy."

Just this one?

Lu You froze for a moment, weighed the cube in his hand, and said in surprise, "But like glutinous rice, you don't know how full you are until you eat it?"

Liu Xi explained the principle to him with a smile, and after visiting the compressed biscuit production line, he took him to see the sandwich biscuit factory.

On the huge cross-section, the dough is evenly extruded one by one, baked in batches and turned over, even when sprinkled with sesame seeds and sprayed with icing sugar, it is neat.

Different from baking one after another in a small workshop, this place is more like a large printing site.

Lu You followed in their footsteps, watching how the giant cauldron-like pot was automatically stirring the dough, watching how those biscuits turned over by themselves using the angle and gravity on the assembly line, everything was like magic.

And in this whole process, only four or five people need to control the shadow board, and they can create food for hundreds of people in just 10 minutes.

"At present, there are only four such factories in Linguo, and the products have been exported to four places. I think we can expand more related products in the future," Liu Xi said with a smile: "Compressed biscuits are easy to store and resistant to moisture, which is better than ordinary steamed buns. Momantou is more convenient to carry.”

"Yes." Lu You nodded and said, "This is easy to talk about."

They left the factory, spent an hour discussing the specific content, and then started to sign the contract.

According to the arrangement, Liu Yuanshou and the accompanying officials will stay here, and the Ministry of Commerce has naturally made preparations for the reception.

As always, Zhao Gou was not interested in coming to look at the craftsman's things, and only Liu Xi was left with the main seat.

Before taking his place to eat, the head of state blew the wind for a while beside the flower garden.

Lu You was worried that there would be trouble, so he went to accompany him specially.

"Lu Shangshu," Liu Zi looked at the buildings and eaves corners in the distance, and said slowly, "The style of imitating the Tang Dynasty is becoming more and more popular nowadays, isn't it?"

How does a person from Linguo know about the affairs of these scholars in Song Dynasty?

Lu You was startled, and only smiled lightly on his face: "It's all about dancing and writing, sir, you are so elegant."

"It's been a year or two since the Tang Dynasty flourished, and I read Mr. Lu's "Ping Nu Lun" a few days ago," Liu Wei turned slightly, looking at Lu You, who didn't have any extra expressions: "Mr. The female generals and female officials face up to the existence and rights of women, and the writing is quite insightful."

Lu You only smiled and made a bow: "Thank you for the compliment, the head of state, it's just a superficial opinion."

"As for the book "Das Kapital" you wrote, I'm still slowly reading it," Liu Zi said calmly, "It combines Song politics and Lin-Song national conditions, and discusses profoundly by citing classics, but lacks some data and theoretical support."

He paused for a moment, then slowly said: "If Mr. Lu intends to promote these things, we can relax things about studying abroad and cultural industries."

"Lu Mou understood the intention of the head of state," Lu You paused, and said meaningfully: "But some things cannot be done clearly, and there is no need to do it secretly."

"You mean those banned books that are circulated in private?" Liu Xi glanced sideways at him: "Do you think I ordered people to throw out these things?"

Not quite.

Liu Xi acts directly and decisively, and doesn't like playing tricks.

Lu You realized that something was wrong, so he frowned and asked, "What do you mean, sir?"

"I hope you can tell the difference between friend and foe." Liu Xi turned and looked at him with a calm tone, "In the future, I'm afraid there will be some mouthpieces from Linguo in the Ministry of Commerce."

"But whether these voices come from the Senate Council of Linguo, or have someone else, I ask Lu Shangshu to see clearly."

"When it's time to quiet them down, never show mercy."

Until the end of the banquet, Lu You was thinking about this sentence.

He didn't quite see the details.

At the first PCA meeting, there were 12 A-level shareholders in Songfang and nine in Linfang, including four women.

If we talk about the connection behind this, and the relationship between Song Shang, Song Guan, Lin Shang, and Lin Guan, I'm afraid...

"Oh!"

A thunderbolt-like gunshot sounded suddenly, echoing directly in the entire courtyard!

"Come on! There are assassins!!"

"Boom—boom boom!"

Gunshots rang out one after another, and more people started running and screaming, the whole scene was in chaos, and all the maids and servants ran out in fright!

How can there be this moment?

Wait, Liu Yuanshou is still inside——

This is an assassination!

Lu You's expression changed, he didn't care about the others, he grabbed the guard's saber and rushed back.

Before he could rush into the hall, he saw a man lying in a pool of blood through the window, his legs were spattered with blood.

And Liu Xi, who was standing in the distance, aimed his gun at that person, standing beside the shattered glass screen, holding the gunshot wound on his shoulder with one hand.

He obviously fought back immediately without hurting his vitals.

The man was still thin and cold, his neck and collar were stained with his own blood, and his eyes were filled with a steady chill.

"I'm fine," he looked at the guards who came, his voice trembling slightly but still restrained: "Take him away."