The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 472
The black magpie rests tiredly, the ichthyosaur starts up, and the stars hang down.

——Excerpt from Chen Liang (Song Dynasty) from "A Cluster of Flowers Playing with the Moon in the Stream Hall"
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After the two brothers Li Yan and Li Qiu left happily, Bai Fu had mixed feelings.

"The king of a thousand chariots, the lord of ten thousand families, and the king of a hundred houses are still poor, let alone the people who live in households!"

Now even the royal relatives and aristocratic families are worried about being trapped in poverty, let alone ordinary people!It can be seen that the Anlushan rebellion has made the Tang Dynasty full of holes and precarious.

In order to cooperate with Bai Fu, the two sons of King Qing did not hesitate to compliment Bai Gui's descendants.Although this is groundless talk, the dialogue about Bai Gui has given Bai Fu a lot of inspiration.

After the two brothers Li Yan left, Bai Fu fell into deep thought:
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Bai Gui was a peerless merchant who was on the same level as Tao Zhugong and Fan Li.During Bai Gui's more than 30 years in charge, the Bai family has become the world's six largest merchants, as famous as Zhao Guozhuo's Guo family, Chu Guoyi's family, Qi Guodao family, and South Korea's Bu family.

Bai Gui is not only a well-known and wealthy businessman, but also a great businessman who became an official, assisted Wei Wuhou, and served as the prime minister of Wei State for eight years.

Wei Wuhou once asked him about the secrets of business, and Bai Gui replied: "The way of business is roughly the same as the art of governing the country. It pays attention to delegating power to do things, being wise, brave, benevolent and strong."

Wei Wuhou asked for advice on the strategy of governing the country, and Bai Gui replied, "It's the same way as merchants. When people abandon it, I take it, and when others take it, I take it."

Bai Gui's business skills are unrivaled in the world and have reached perfection.He once said proudly: "Wuzhi produces merchants, Yiyin and Lu Shang's plan, Sun Wu used soldiers, and Li Kui practiced the law."

Even so, Bai Gui never passed on the secret arts of merchants to others. He said to the disciples of the Bai family: "A merchant is not wise enough to be flexible, courageous enough to make decisions, benevolent enough to know what to give, and strong enough not to be wise. Keep it, even if you want to learn my skills, you will never tell me."

And Tao Zhugong and Fan Li, who are as famous as Bai Gui, are also on par.

At that time, King Goujian of Yue was trapped in Kuaiji. He governed the country according to Ji Ranzi's law for ten years.

Goujian's treasury was full, and he continued to reward soldiers generously.All the soldiers of the three armies fought bravely, without fear of arrows and flying stones, and finally took revenge and destroyed the strong Wu state.

After Fan Li helped King Goujian of Yue overcome the humiliation of Kuaiji, he sighed and said, "The more you use the fifth strategy, the more you will be proud of it. Now that it has been applied to the country, I want to use it for the family."

Ji Ranzi passed down Fan Li's seven strategies of war, and Fan Li helped King Goujian of Yue defeat King Fuchai of Wu with only five strategies.Therefore, Fan Li bravely retreated in the rapids, floated in the rivers and lakes in a small boat, changed his name, changed his surname, and buried his name in incognito.

Fan Li felt that Taoyi was the best place to trade goods, so he used the seven strategies of war taught by Ji Ranzi for business.Govern the industry, hoard goods, monopolize odds, know people and make good use of them, and choose people at the right time.

During the 19 years, Fan Li earned thousands of gold and family wealth three times, and then dissipated all of it, donating to poor and humble friends and family brothers.He is kind and charitable, and is known as Tao Zhugong by later generations.

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From this point of view, it is human nature to pursue wealth and goods.As the saying goes: people die for money, birds die for food.

Why can the soldiers of the three armies, regardless of life and death, scramble to climb the city wall, charge into battle, slash the flag, risk arrows and fly stones, and charge desperately regardless of life and death?All because there must be a brave man under a heavy reward.

Young people in Luxiang, attacking and burying vertebrae, robbing people and committing crimes, digging graves and minting coins, let the chivalrous act recklessly, happy to enmity.Those who usurp the seclusion, murder for money, do not evade the law, and those who go to death like greedy people are all for money.

From this point of view, apart from military power, the only thing that can make people go through fire and water and use force to violate the ban is money!

When master Zhong Si taught the art of war, he once said: "The best strategy in the world is the second best strategy, and the number one is money.

Beauty tricks are only good for men.And money kills both men and women! "

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Once this thought moves, it cannot be restrained.

Bai Fuxin said: "An Lushan's rebellion, from now on the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty will never let the military power fall aside, and will not rest assured that the Jiedu Envoys will control the frontier troops.

Once the Tang army wiped out An Qingxu, Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi and others will definitely take back the military power today.Maybe, there will be a tragedy of "the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks".

This is also the reason why I have repeatedly resigned to command the left and right Yingwu armies.The time for you now is the mighty grace of the emperor.When it is taken away in the future, it will not be so decent.

Shi Siming is ambitious, the remnants of Anlu Mountain are entrenched in Hebei, and Tubo is staring at him. The Tang Dynasty will no longer be in its former prosperity, and war may break out again at any time.

I have been worrying about how to practice the art of war without an army.Now it seems that it may be a good idea to enter the business from the art of war.

Although Chuanbang and Tangmen are well organized, they respect themselves well.But after all, I am not the elder of the Chuan Gang and the Tang Sect, so there is nothing wrong with fighting side by side, but I am afraid that if I have the full power to command, control the overall situation, and make unified dispatches, I am afraid that I will be suspected of bossing around.

If you are like Bai Gui and Fan Li, you will spread your business name in all directions.

From the art of war to business.If used properly, the invincible power of money is no less than a thousand troops.It can rejuvenate the country and destroy it! "

With this thought, Bai Fu's heart surged with pride, and countless brilliant ideas spewed out.Post-war reconstruction, a lot of waste is waiting to be done, and there are countless businesses that can be done.

Shopkeepers are responsible for buying and selling shops, workshops, restaurants, etc., and deacons of various ways are in charge of daily business.Then set up a chief deacon to lead the deacon.Such a cobweb control mode will definitely be able to respond to every call.

The first thing to do now is to choose a chief deacon for the business that will spread all over the world in the future.

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Soon, antique shops and pawnshops were grandly opened, and suzong handwritten plaques blessed these two shops.Immediately, the two stores became famous.

In return, Bai Fu presented a hand scroll of Wang Xizhi newly acquired by the pawnshop to Suzong through Princess Qingluan.Suzong Longyan Dayue granted many privileges of government-run business to Bai Fu's firm.

On this day, Bai Fu was in full swing planning to spread the company's business to all kinds of affairs, Princess Qingluan rushed over excitedly and said, "Master Fu, I have bought all the houses and manors you want on behalf of the company. "

Bai Fu was overjoyed, and hurriedly checked the stack of land deeds that Princess Qingluan handed over.

Princess Qingluan said: "Your judgment is good. These are all houses that are difficult to buy on weekdays. If it weren't for the catastrophe, these aristocratic families would never sell them."

"However..." Princess Qingluan changed the subject and said, "Although some of the houses here are located in excellent locations, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sell them again."

Bai Fu smiled and said, "For example?"

Princess Qingluan frowned, and said: "For example, the mansions of Mrs. Guo Guo. Although they occupy a large area, there are pavilions, terraces, pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings, and the back garden is even more lush with trees, lakes and mountains, which are too beautiful to behold.

But the Yang family was brutally wiped out.The mansion of Mrs. Guo Guo was regarded as ominous, and the people of Chang'an were afraid to avoid it.

Even if we tidy it up, it may be difficult to get rid of it in the future. "

Bai Fu nodded and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry. I have found out the details of these houses, and I have my own opinion. I won't let everyone lose money."

Princess Qingluan wondered: "Can you tell me?"

Bai Fu shook the folding fan lightly, smiled without saying a word, and teased: "Your Highness is rich now, why are you still working tirelessly on business? Could it be that the dowry in the future is not rich enough?"

Princess Qingluan sighed: "Because the national treasury is empty, since the recovery of the two capitals, the emperor has never rewarded his subjects, but can only confer titles.

It is said that most of the soldiers of the three armies were dissatisfied with the titles bestowed by the imperial court, let alone cherished them, and even discarded the goldfish bags at will.

In the long run, the majesty and law of the court disappeared.The soldiers of the three armies will no longer obey the imperial court, and it is even more difficult to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty.

Donate my income to the imperial court, this is the only thing I can do for Datang now,
Therefore, I want to earn more money within my ability, so as to relieve my father's worries. "

Bai Fu was in awe, and said in his heart: "As expected of a princess of the Tang Dynasty, she cares about the world and has a lofty realm, which is far better than our kind of recklessness."

Bai Fu clasped his fists in salute, and said: "Your Majesty asked for forgiveness for your aggressive remarks to Meng Lang just now. I will definitely try my best to help Your Highness realize his wish and relieve his worries."

Princess Qingluan smiled, and looked at Bai Fu with her beautiful eyes, her eyes flickered like colorful clouds all over the sky.

　The ice wheel rolls obliquely to mirror the sky, and Jiang Lian hides the cold light.Dangerous Lanna drunk and leaning on people is picturesque, Geyan Village, where is the sound of nuts?The black magpie rests tiredly, the ichthyosaur starts up, and the stars hang down.

　　Thousands of hectares of reed flowers and faint water, autumn colors all over the river township.The tower seems to be a dream of wandering immortals, and it is suspected to be Luopu Xiaoxiang.The wind and dew are magnificent, the shadows of mountains and rivers turn, and the past and present are desolate.

　　——"A Bunch of Flowers Playing with the Moon in the Stream Hall" Chen Liang (Song)
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　　"Historical Records" (Chinese classic collection), author: Sima Qian, translation and annotation: Wen Tian, ​​Zhonghua Book Company Publishing House, published in January 2016

　　
　
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