That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 403 Please enter the urn if you want to set up a situation
Our ancestors were also rich. This sentence sounds a bit jokey, but it is indeed the current situation of Jianzong. There is no boasting in it, and it is more helpless and sad.

How rich was Jianzong back then?If the Monan Grassland belongs to Molun Temple, the later construction belongs to Xuanjiao, and the northeast belongs to Buddhism, then the entire East China Sea belongs to Jianzong. That’s right, it’s the entire East China Sea, not just the 36 islands in the East China Sea and one Weiguo.

At that time, no matter which country or company sailed at sea, they had to fly the flag of Jianzong, otherwise they would be attacked by pirates, and the cost of buying a flag was 10,000+ taels of silver.

Jianzong himself also controls [-]% of the gold mines in Weiguo. Just the gold produced every year is transported to the Central Plains to be exchanged for silver, and there are millions of taels. Such huge financial resources can be converted into various industries. It is not an exaggeration to be as rich as an enemy, and the accumulation of thousands of years is an astronomical figure.

Even the Taoist sect, the top sect in the world, would be very excited about this treasure, so they sent a Daoist person to guard Biyou Island in person.

On the other hand, today's Jianzong, although after decades of painstaking efforts by Gongsun Zhongmou and Zhang Xueyao, has begun to see improvement, but only a Jiangdu city can't cover the sky with one hand. It's a world of difference. Even in the hands of Xu Beiyou now, it is still less than one-tenth of what it was in its heyday.

Xu Beiyou would sometimes think idly that if Jianzong hadn't been overthrown, he probably wouldn't be able to be the young master of Jianzong.

Look at the Taoist sect, every time the position of head teacher changes, there will be a great chaos in the sect. Back then, Qingchen rebelled against the sect, and there were hundreds of real powerful people who were implicated. A Taoist sect that should be invincible has been silent for a long time, and even such major events as the overthrow of the Jiangnan Taoist sect can be ignored, which shows how tragic the internal struggle is.

On the contrary, it was Xu Beiyou who secured his position as the head disciple of the Sword Sect just by killing Chi Bing.

Then Xu Beiyou thought comfortingly, starting from scratch also has its advantages, at least it is all his own, and he will not fight to the death like Taoist sects.

The next day, Yu Jia came to the door and told Xu Beiyou some bad news in the study.

The newly-appointed chief political envoy actually went on a visit in a low-clothes, and went to a lot of properties that apparently belonged to Jianzong. It seemed that he wanted to show his strength.

Xu Beiyou thought for a while, and said, "Yujia, you are an old man who has been with Master for many years, and you have your own views on the way of the temple. , clean and noble, if it is an elm head, it will be like a stone in a latrine, smelly and hard, if he dies suddenly in Jiangdu, what do you think the court will do?"

Yu Jia's face changed slightly, he hesitated to speak.

Xu Beiyou said with a smile, "It's okay to be straightforward."

Yu Jia said in a deep voice: "Young master, then our Jianzong will completely offend the court, no matter whether Zhang Jian is from Lan Xiang or not, and no matter how dirty Lan Xiang is with the current emperor, he is a second-rank man after all. If he is killed, the court will definitely investigate him, and even if Xiangye Han is involved, it will be very disadvantageous to the young master. "

Xu Beiyou nodded with a smile and said, "The truth is that it's a good reason. If you blindly use force, it's unwise, and maybe it will implicate your husband, so I have an idea, can we set up a trap for him and let him get in by himself?" , Scholars cherish feathers the most, as long as we have his handle, won't he let us handle it?"

At the beginning, Gongsun Zhongmou personally trained the twelve sword masters of Jianqi Lingkong Hall. Although their cultivation bases were not top-notch, all of them were veterans of the Jianghu. They were no strangers to this kind of Jianghu. His eyes lit up, and he said softly: "Young master, this matter is feasible, and it can be handed over to Xuan Yi and Gui Ding, especially Gui Ding, who is most familiar with this kind of ghost trick."

Xu Beiyou said slowly: "If you want to set up a trap for this kind of person, you must make a fuss about your reputation, but don't leave any traces, let alone damage the reputation of our Jianzong, you know."

Yu Jia respectfully agreed.

Xu Beiyou waved his hand.

The armor retreated.

Zhang Jian, born in a declining noble family in Yuzhou, had no bells and lanterns, no servants, only a few tile-roofed houses and a box of books accumulated by his ancestors for generations. Poetry can be described as a prodigy. When he was ten years old, he passed the Tongsheng examination, and then he was a scholar, a scholar, a Jinshi, and finally entered the Imperial Academy. He was only 20 years old that year. , Do something earth-shattering.

He doesn't know how difficult it is to climb the temple. Three points are ability, six points are luck, and one point is the support of nobles. He has neither the support of his family nor his luck, so he stayed in the Imperial Academy for more than ten years. Seeing that he was about to live a life of poverty, the ambitions of his early years were like a turbulent river outside Jiangdu City, all in vain.

But sometimes it's so strange, intentionally planting flowers but not blooming, unintentionally planting willows and willows to make shade, just when he was already a little disheartened, the "luck" who hadn't seen him for many years finally began to take care of him. The so-called Hu Tingyu showed favor to him many times, and then had blue eyes and blue eyes. Just when he was a little flattered, a huge pie hit his head. He was promoted to four ranks in a row, and served as the second-rank Jiangdu political envoy.

This is a feudal official with great power in his hands, and he is in Jiangdu, a first-class prosperous place. No matter how many people can't grab it, he just fell on his head.

Zhang Jian is not stupid, he naturally understands that there must be a demon when things go wrong, Lan Xiang used him, he must let him do things, he also knew the unfinished meaning in Hu Tingyu's words before he came As for the faction between Lan and Han, I have long heard that Mr. Han Ge has an adopted son in Jiangdu who covers the sky with one hand and calls the wind and rain, so it is self-evident what Lan Xiang sent him to Jiangdu.

But Zhang Jian didn't care. After all, being able to be used as a chess piece shows that he is still useful. One day, he might not be able to jump out of the chessboard and become a chess player. But if he can't even be a chess piece, he deserves to be poor all his life. up.

Because of these reasons, after Zhang Jian came to Jiangdu, he made private visits everywhere, trying to catch some clues about Mr. Xu.

But this move is still a bit of a scholarly spirit. Since Mr. Xu is covering the sky with one hand and seeing the sky with his hands and eyes in Jiangdu City, how can he not know that you, Zhang Jian, belong to Lan Yu, and how can he not pay attention to your every move.

At this time, Zhang Jian stood expressionlessly in front of a courtyard. This is one of the few courtyards under the name of Jianzong. It is a little far from the famous Qianjin Tower, but it is also the first-class gold-selling cave in Jiangdu City. , In this, the minimum cost of one night is hundreds of taels of silver. If you don't even have this kind of net worth, then please stop, lest you bring yourself a shame.

Zhang Jian glanced at the three gold-plated characters in Fanghua Pavilion, and then secretly weighed his own wealth.

Although he had been the magistrate for three years and received a hundred thousand snowflakes in silver, he had just taken office as a chief envoy and did not have much savings, so he hesitated for a while before turning around and leaving.

(End of this chapter)