One of the Eight Parts of Tianlong, Yuechen Fate

In the city of Bianjing, if you want to say that the most talked about in the streets and alleys recently is the fact that the Huanying Road Jinglue envoy Zhang Yu returned to Beijing and was appointed as the servant of the household department.A few months ago, in Mubo Town, Zhang Wei used tens of thousands of people against the Xia army's 10 people. The weak defeated the strong and won a complete victory. He almost captured the empress dowager Liang who was personally conquered. Zhang Yu is even more famous.

In a mansion in Bianjing City, two people are talking in the hall.

"Li Deployment, in my opinion, you don't have to worry too much. Even if Mr. Zhang's political views disagree with some people in the court, but now is the time to employ people, and the court will not blame even if they refuse." Although the young man's face is weathered, but his eyes are very bright, it is obvious that he is a martial artist.

The other person is a middle-aged man with an ordinary face, with a bit of majesty between his brows, he frowned slightly and said, "You also know that the imperial court has always been conservative in the use of troops in Xixia. I won in the end, I am afraid that now you and I are talking in prison."

"This assumption is not valid." Lin Yun smiled, "Why do you say that the assumption is self-inflicted?"

"Then let's talk about something practical." Li Hao snorted, and said, "After this battle, before Master Zhang returned to the court, Xixia sent envoys to see him. Although the purpose was to discuss peace, his speech and behavior were arrogant. , and even made some rude demands, but the imperial court did not refute them. You said that we fought hard against the enemy on the border, but what is it for?"

Lin Yun said, "Don't be upset, the court didn't agree, it's just a discussion.

"Isn't the result of each negotiation the same?" Li Hao sneered, and said, "I'm worried that Mr. Zhang will be accused of sabotaging the peace talks between the two countries if he proposes such a radical strategy at this time."

Lin Yun thought to himself, Mr. Zhang has made great contributions, so forgive me for not coming here.It's just that Song Dynasty has always had the heart to discuss peace with Xixia, and this time I am afraid it is exactly what he wants.Mr. Zhang thought that Xixia was greedy for profit and afraid of power. If he didn't take the initiative to send troops, he would know the benefits and harm, and there would be no peace on the border.This return to Beijing originally meant to invite troops to go to Changchengling to capture Youzhou.Now it seems that it is difficult.

After thinking about it, he said, "It's useless for us to speculate here, let's wait for Mr. Zhang to come back from court."

The two discussed for a while, and Li Hao got up to leave.Lin Yun sent him out, and when he passed the martial arts training hall, he noticed the two people who were fighting, one green and one yellow figure moved very fast, and they performed several moves in a few breaths. After a few glances, after sending Li Hao out, they turned around, and the two had already separated.

The yellow figure just now was a young man with a serious face. When he saw Lin Yun, he saluted and said, "My lord."

Qingying is a young woman, she said with a smile, "Second Brother Lin, long time no see, how are you?"

"When did you come here? Why didn't anyone tell you?" Lin Yun also had a smile on his face, and asked, "What did Lu Yan offend you, why did you fight with someone as soon as he came?"

"Your Excellency misunderstood." Lu Yan hurriedly said, "It was the subordinate who heard that the Lord said that Miss San was very skilled, so he offered to compete with Miss San." Turning to Ye Nian, "Thank you for your advice, Miss San. Please excuse me."

"It's okay." Ye Nian said with a smile, "Master Lu is indeed the right-hand man next to Brother Lin, and he is really skilled."

Lu Yan didn't even dare to take it.

Lin Yun was watching, and suddenly asked him, "Did you use your internal strength just now?"

Lu Yan said truthfully, "Miss San said it was just a competition, not a life-and-death competition, and there is no need to use internal strength."

"Oh." Lin Yun glanced at Ye Nian and smiled meaningfully.

Ye Nian blinked at him quite innocently, and said, "Second Brother Lin, you were busy with important matters just now, and I didn't dare to disturb you. Now I have some small matters to tell you. Are you free?"

"I know you won't come to see me for no reason, let's go into the room and talk." After finishing speaking, he ordered people to cook dinner, and led Ye Nian into the room.

After a stick of incense.

Lin Yun took a sip of tea, looked at Ye Nian lightly and said, "Is this the trivial thing you said?"

Ye Nian said, "For Brother Lin, this is not a big deal."

Lin Yun really nodded and said, "It can be big or small, just look at how you say it. I can ask someone to do it for you, but there is one condition. In the future, the membership fee of the Chamber of Commerce will be increased by [-]%."

Ye Nian was taken aback when he heard the words, and said with a wry smile, "This is a bit difficult." Since ancient times, merchants have to pay taxes to the court, and the Northern Song Dynasty was no exception. In addition to the taxes stipulated by the law, sometimes certain departments in the government will increase the amount of money in different ways. If merchants want to do business smoothly, they have to pay these taxes that may not enter the treasury.A few years ago, Ye Nian used Lin Yun's network in Beijing to integrate a chamber of commerce in Bianjing, attracting many businessmen to join the association, and promised that these people would not have to pay any tax other than the legal title, on condition that they would pay the chamber of commerce every six months. A certain amount of dues.

This was not an attractive condition. The key point is that the money was not handed over to a single person or a certain group, but was transferred to the army as a donation from a non-governmental organization for the purpose of strengthening border defense.Speaking of scholars, farmers, businessmen, merchants have the least status and are quite despised by others, but with such a patriotic move, especially when the Song army defeated the Xixia army a few months ago, the merchants in the chamber of commerce were praised and respected by others. All of them feel that they have a bright face and are proud of being in the chamber of commerce.

But this does not mean that they will ignore the profit-seeking in the nature of their profession. Once they think that they pay more than they get, they will not buy it anymore and charge an additional [-]% of the membership fee?Ye Nian could imagine the reactions of those people with his fingers.

"Can't it be done?" Lin Yun asked, a little disappointed, but not angry.He doesn't understand business matters, but he also knows that Ye Nian's embarrassed expression is not fake.He is not someone who abuses his power. He agreed to Ye Nian's request for his own benefit, but not for himself.The Song Dynasty was passive and slack in the war, and was not keen on defending the border. There may not be enough food and grass when there is no war, let alone war.This time in the battle of Mubo Town, the strength of the two countries was very different, but the Song army won because Mr. Zhang made a decisive decision. He deployed his troops before the imperial court ordered him to seize the opportunity. , I am afraid that the opportunity has long been lost.Looking at the current situation of the imperial court, if Mr. Zhang really wants to use his own troops, it is better to prepare enough food and pay as soon as possible.

"It's a bit difficult, but it's not impossible." Ye Nian thought for a while, and said, "But I can only do this when Mr. Zhang decides to use troops. Otherwise, it happens every time. I can't deal with those people." "

Lin Yun heard her say that "Master Zhang decided to use troops" instead of "the imperial court decided to use troops", his heart moved slightly, and he said deliberately, "Do you think I want to charge an additional [-]% of the membership fee because there is still war? Now Xixia sent envoys Peace talks, the possibility of a truce between the two countries is extremely high.”

Ye Nian shook his head and said, "Xi Xia has no intention of negotiating a peace. Sending envoys to court is just a way to delay the troops."

Lin Yun was curious and asked, "Why do you think so?"

Ye Nian finally came to his senses, and said in a nonchalant manner, "The Xixia people are warlike, so how can they sincerely seek peace. I think this time they were only beaten hard, so they used the name of peace talks to recuperate. If you really believe it, I’m afraid history will repeat itself.”

Lin Yun thought, this is Master Zhang's idea, but most people in the court only want to be happy and do not want to face the reality, so it is inevitable that the Xixia people will take advantage of it.

Seeing him dejected, Ye Nian said, "Master Zhang is like a god with his troops, and you have capable men, even if the Xixia people have ambitious schemes, it will be difficult for them to succeed."

"I hope so." Lin Yun sighed slightly, then asked, "Is my father in good health?"

"Bo Lin is in good health, but I just miss you very much."

Lin Yun was startled, and smiled wryly, "Sister, you don't have to lie to me, why would my father miss me?" Back then when he encouraged his eldest brother to join the army, he was already very angry with his father. Later, his eldest brother died in battle, and his heart was filled with grief Ashamed, father refused to recognize him anymore.

"He didn't say anything, but he missed you in his heart." Ye Nian remembered seeing Lin Bo weeping sadly, and couldn't help saying, "Second brother Lin, I've said something, listen and don't be angry. Lin Bo is old, you can't keep avoiding him all the time, what's the point of being scolded when you go to see him? Besides, when you go to see him in your current capacity, Lin Bo is not an unreasonable person, think about it I won’t embarrass you in public, and I won’t be able to step down.”

Lin Yun thought to himself, don't say scolding me, it's fine as if he was taught by his father with a stick when he was naughty when he was a child, but he really has no face to see his old man.My father has always had high expectations for my eldest brother, hoping that he will inherit the family business. Back then, when I was young and arrogant, I didn't think carefully, so I just went to join the army by myself, but I wanted to call my eldest brother, which caused his death.

Ye Nian saw that he was stunned and silent, knowing that he still needed to untie the knot in his heart, and it would be useless for others to say more, so he stopped talking.