The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 326 Dark Tide
The yellow autumn leaves leave the treetops and float to the wet street.

Shangjing.

There are brand new streets, the high and low eaves are covered with the rain stains from the night before, and the rows of houses stretch out.

This is a newly built city, which is also the future capital of Khitan. A lot of waste is waiting to be built. There are still many buildings in the city that are rising from the ground. The newly built Confucian Temple is lit with incense, and the bronze bells of Buddhist temples reverberate. Pilgrims come and go to worship. , and farther away, countless craftsmen are building majestic palace walls.

The bustling long street is bustling and noisy, with vendors shouting loudly, Khitan people wearing silk clothes pick out their favorite things in groups, and occasionally take more, and the vendors just give them to each other with smiling faces, arguing a few words without knowing each other. After being knocked down to the ground, the servants of the Shangjing government came over and just yelled a few words and drove away the laughing Khitan people.

"Let's go, shut up if you take too much, and leave quickly."

"You street vendor also shut down, and continue to do your business if you are not dead."

"Remember, you are a Han Chinese, you have to make room in Khitan."

On the noisy long street, the guards raised a few words, then waved them away, watching the bustling pedestrians disperse in twos and threes. They didn't feel much about what happened just now, such things happened almost every day. In recent years, or even ten years, they have long been used to it.

In the spring of February this year, the great leader of the Khitan added the honorific name of the Great Sage, the Great Tomorrow Emperor, established the Yuan Divine Book, and established the Khitan Kingdom. Khitan nationality'.

The Khitan is in the front, so they are naturally inferior in the country, but Yelu Abaoji recognizes the contributions made by these Han people. In the south, the Han Dynasty was ruled by the Han Dynasty, and most of the government officials were Han people to exercise power. Every spring, summer, autumn and winter, Yelu Abaoji would nomadic Khitan.

The implementation of the two sets of policies has largely guaranteed the life and property of the Han people in Khitan, and provided the people in this land with a basis for living.

Once the life is stable, the trade of all parties will gradually start, and the silk, porcelain, calligraphy and painting, and fodder from the south will gradually circulate in Khitan, and luxury items will also quietly become popular among the nobles. I don't appreciate it very much, but it's just used to decorate the home.

What is really popular in this circle is actually a craze called 'investment', which was brought over by a Han Chinese from the south a few years ago to buy properties in the southern Han country at a reasonable price.

At the beginning, no one believed it, but after all, there was the first person who dared to try it. A civil servant in the Southern Prime Minister's Mansion, through the hands of Zhao Hongfu's fat Han, bought two shops in Luoyang, the country of the Han people, with a monthly income of half a year. As soon as it was tied, it actually fell into the pocket of the clerk.

A not-so-rich official suddenly acquired a lot of wealth, bought a house, a beautiful wife and beautiful concubines, and immediately attracted the attention of many people. After inquiring, they found out about such a way. , put the store deeds, land deeds, boxes of gold and silver silks and satins sent from the south in front of people, and blocked the mouth of doubt.

The short-cut saying of "using a small amount of Khitan's money to exchange for greater wealth and land in the south" has gradually spread in the circle of nobles.

There are still some skeptical words, but more, I still quietly contact the Han man surnamed Zhao, send him a large amount of gold, silver and fur, and ask him to take it to the south to replace land and shops. Of course, he is not afraid that the other party will take the money and leave. There is a large amount of gold and silver in the warehouse, and the running water is distributed to the nobles who have replaced the shops in front. Once the middle is interrupted, they will immediately take people, not to mention that the family members of the other party are also in Beijing. Where can I go?
After nearly five years of precipitation, almost no one doubts that fat Han man surnamed Zhao, who visits his house every day, and wants to join in through the back door through his relationship. Of course, there are also Khitan nobles who want to rob him outrageously They were all suppressed by other profit-making nobles. At this time, the interests have been tied up. If anyone dares to touch this Han man named Zhao Hongfu, they can kill the whole family with red eyes.

After all, the greedy one among them added almost half of the family property after tasting the sweetness, so that his interests in the south would be greater and his monthly income would be more.

Of course, there are some people who see the benefits and make such a move themselves, but the actual effect is not good. Often when they buy a store in the south, the business is disrupted, or the person who bought the property disappears halfway.

Even if someone persevered, it was actually just a small fight, and they couldn't stand the toss. On the contrary, it brought out the extraordinaryness of Zhao Hongfu even more.

The 'investment' craze became more and more intense, and more or less fell into the ears of Yelu Abaoji. At first, he was busy suppressing the nobles and cutting off the threat of several brothers. In my heart, after arriving at leisure, this craze can no longer be stopped.

"I like the Han people very much. They are amazing. The vast grasslands can produce enough food, shelter from the wind and snow, and resist the enemy's city walls. Similarly, I don't like them. They have weird ideas in their minds, unlike The honest Khitan people say whatever they want, they like to hide it in their stomachs, and only say it when it’s critical.”

The autumn wind blows across the fields in the suburbs, and pieces of golden yellow are being harvested and put on the ground by the farmers one by one.

In the pleasant scenery, a cavalry team of hundreds of people walked through the official road without any banners, but on the back of the leading horse, the speaking figure had a courage that ordinary people rarely had, with a majestic figure and a solemn and majestic face. This is what the Han people who were busy working in the surrounding fields said.

The figure on the horseback is Yelu Abaoji, who is already the Khitan emperor. He is 44 years old this year. It's not as good as when he was young, his eyes were a little dizzy, then he retracted, and made a gesture to urge the horse to continue to the capital.

The cavalry team of hundreds of people followed slowly, the emperor's words fell, the Han man named Kang Moji lowered his head and smiled, just answered "yes" and stopped answering.

"Nobles everywhere are honest now. But recently, I heard that all of them are starting to look for money. Tell me, is it really so easy to earn money and land in the south?"

The emperor who was riding slowly in front said something again, and Kang Moji who was behind shook his head: "I don't know, I don't care too much about this aspect, but there are many nobles who have benefited from rumors. If it is true or false, the news is afraid." The city is full of trouble."

Humph.

Above the horses in front, Yelu Abaoji squinted his eyes, "Back then I relied on horses and weapons in my hands to go south to plunder wealth and people, but when I came to the Han people, they only needed to use this method to do the same thing as me."

"Your Majesty, I think this is also beneficial."

"Ok?"

Yelu Abaoji looked back, and Kang Moji quickly nodded and replied: "Earning wealth from the Central Plains, making the Khitan family wealthy, and attracting more Han people to come and settle down, from another perspective, it is also a kind of war between countries."

Over there, Yelu Abaoji frowned. He didn't know much about the economy, especially this kind of investment that circulated among the nobles, which was even more confusing. If you want to stop it, the number of nobles, court civil and military involved has increased. Hundreds of people went in, and the spies he sent reported back.

The money that goes in and out every day is calculated by car.

Getting in and out of the vehicle did come from Han, and indeed went to Han. Recently, even his queen, Shuluyue Liduo, has become interested in this matter.

He felt more and more uneasy.

"Khitan warriors shouldn't indulge in such tricks."

The autumn sun was shining brightly on his face. After saying this, he said softly: "It's time to fight, otherwise the blood of Khitan will be wiped out."

The queue spread, straight into the city gate.

(End of this chapter)