Sui Dynasty: I, Yang Guang, am both scrupulous and stable

Chapter 349: Planning for Xiliang
After discussing the terms of the peace talks against Nanchen, the location of the peace talks was still set in Xiliang.

At this time, Xi Liang was in national mourning, but Xiao Cong still agreed to place the peace talks in Xi Liang. He only required that envoys from both sides of the peace talks must wear white cloths to show respect, and they were not allowed to argue outside the peace talks.

On the way to Xiliang, a group of 500 elite soldiers escorted the Sui Dynasty's envoy to advance quickly on the road.

In the spacious carriage of the King of Shu, Yang Xiu said with a little disdain: "This Lord of Xiliang is really a "filial" person. During the national mourning period, he allowed us to enter Xiliang for peace talks. If the old Lord was not alive, he would be angry to death. "

"Your Highness, please don't say that. Your Majesty has given an order. Even if Xiao Cong doesn't want to, he must be willing. Moreover, Your Highness must be cautious when arriving in Xiliang. Anyone can treat Xiliang lightly during this trip, but His Highness must not do so. .”

Yang Xiu was very puzzled: "Why is this?"

"Your Highness, please don't forget that the former Lord of Xiliang who just passed away was the father-in-law of His Highness the Crown Prince, and the current Lord of Xiliang who is about to be enthroned is the brother-in-law of His Highness the Crown Prince. If you treat him lightly, I'm afraid someone will inevitably interfere with you. Ben, when the time comes for a disrespectful name, I'm sure His Highness the Crown Prince will make a fuss about it."

"Any slight on your part may become a sharp sword used by others to attack you, so when you get to Xi Liang, not only can you not disrespect Lord Liang, but you must also take the name of the prince's fourth brother and go alone to express your condolences to Lord Liang, so as to leave a good reputation."

After Yang Xiu thought about it, he snorted coldly: "Humph, why did he get all this benefit? Xiliang is very rich now, and the power of the princess's natal family has given the prince a lot of help."

Yuan Yan stopped talking. What he actually wanted to say was that Princess Shu's natal family was quite powerful. If the King of Shu himself could run a business as well as the prince, the Changsun family would be the top among the powerful families of the Sui Dynasty, especially in the officialdom. However, the relationship between Yang Xiu and the Changsun family was not very good, and she only doted on Dong Meiren, which made the Changsun family complain a lot.

Therefore, the relationship between the two parties is mutual. You have to use the power of your wife's natal family, and you have to feed her family back.

Yuan Yan knew that Yang Xiu didn't understand this truth, but Mei Dong and the Changsun clan fought fiercely. It was also known to everyone that he favored Meiren Dong and ignored the Changsun clan.

A person like Yang Xiu who thinks highly of himself doesn't like a noble lady from a noble family like Changsun, and likes a woman like Dong Meiren who acts lowly and humble in front of him.

When the mission arrived at Jiangling City, everyone was wearing white cloth, including the horses.

Greeting everyone outside Jiangling City was Xiao Jue. At this time, he was wearing official uniform, but he still wore linen and wore mourning.

Seeing everyone getting off the carriage, they bowed respectfully to Gao Jiong: "Junior Xiao Jue has met Mr. Situ."

In Yang Guanglai's letter, he introduced Gao Jiong emphatically to the Xiao family, saying that this capable minister must not be neglected and asked them to respect him.

Gao Jun was a little embarrassed when he saw Xiao Jue saluting him first. After all, the highest status among the envoys were Shu Wang Yang Xiu and Han Wang Yang Liang. Yang Liang might not care because he was young, but the Shu King was definitely someone who cared about these things.

After briefly returning the gift, he introduced to Xiao Jue: "King Xin'an, this is His Highness the King of Shu in the Sui Dynasty, and this is His Highness the King of Han."

"The foreign minister has met your two highnesses."

Just now, Yang Xiu saw Xiao Jue's behavior of going to visit Gao Jun first and felt a little uncomfortable, but she endured it and said a few words in the scene.

Xiao Jue then welcomed everyone into the city.

Gao Jong sighed softly, understanding that this industry might not be peaceful anymore. Although the prince was not here, this was the princess's natal family. Xiao Jue just now was obviously not a person who did not understand etiquette, but he made a mistake in etiquette. things.

Before he came, he had an in-depth understanding of the Xiao family's information. Among the Xiao family's generation, the most outstanding one is Xiao Jue. Can't you tell the difference between the highest and the highest?
Of course not, this was done deliberately, with a vague intention of provoking the King of Shu.

After entering the city, the city was full of white clothes, so the movement of the mission was very small, and they quickly arrived at their hotel.

Xiao Jue led everyone to the courtyard and said: "This courtyard is the courtyard of Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Sui Dynasty. It was built so exquisitely and elegantly. To be honest, this is my first time entering this courtyard."

Yang Xiu asked curiously: "Is it the eldest sister's house?"

"Yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has unique vision and bought a lot of land in Jiangling City. This is the last time we refused to sell it to the eldest princess. Otherwise, the eldest princess could buy it for us. This is also the first time we have seen the big land. The Sui royal family had such strong financial resources.”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly, this is not the royal family being rich, this is the eldest princess being rich.

The emperor's reward to Yang Lihua was beyond the reach of their brothers combined. In addition, Yang Lihua had a unique vision and bought a lot of land in Daxing City early. As the Sui Dynasty became more and more prosperous, the land prices in Daxing City increased. You can make money that others can't even imagine, just by lying at home.

Copying and pasting was also done in Luoyang City and Jiangling City. They also made more and more money, so even if Yang Lihua was unhappy and smashed antiques and precious porcelain, she couldn't finish them all.

During this peace negotiation, during the mourning period of the Xi Liang Kingdom, the major palaces would definitely be unusable. In the end, Yang Lihua said that she had a house, so she chose the largest one among the many houses under her name, just like a palace.

But such a house was usually empty for her, and she couldn't live in it.

Of course, Yang Lihua did not allow it for free out of good intentions, but the peace talks this time are of great importance. If the peace talks in this house succeed and Nanchen surrenders to the Sui Dynasty, this place will be used as a place for peace talks to unify the Central Plains. It is a place that many literati are fascinated by. How much money will this increase invisibly?

The Sui Dynasty's envoys stayed here to wait for the arrival of Nanchen's envoys.

Early the next morning, Gao Yan got up and came to the door of the house. As he was about to go out, Yuan Yan happened to see him.

"Mr. Situ, where are you going?"

Gao Jong smiled faintly: "The Nanchen envoy has not arrived yet, and there is nothing else to do in the house. Let's go out for a walk."

"Mr. Situ, I also want to go out for a walk, can you come with me?"

Gao Yan was a little embarrassed, but he didn't refuse. When he finally set off, he found that almost the entire mission was here.

"There are twenty or so of us going out together. Isn't it too ostentatious?"

"Go and see the headquarters of Xiliang Bank. It's the foundation of Xiliang. It shouldn't hurt to just take a look."

Someone was sent to notify Xiao Jue, and then the group walked towards Xiliang Bank. "Mr. Situ, do you know anything about Xiliang Bank?"

"I know a little bit, Yuan Changshi, are you interested in Xiliang Bank?"

Yuan Yan walked and said: "Xiliang Bank has branches in various places, and the money orders issued by it even have the function of circulating coins. I heard that many people have deposited money in it, and even the ministers of Nanchen have deposited money in it. It’s a lot of money, and so do the officials of the Sui Dynasty.”

Listening to Yuan Yan's meaningful words, Gao Yan just smiled: "It's a natural thing to deposit money in a bank. It's not something wrong. As for where to deposit it, that's a personal matter and it's not my place to take care of it."

Bai Yuanyan understood in just two sentences and stepped back to King Shu's side with a smile.

"Your Highness, what do you think of this Xiliang Bank?"

"The bank business is getting bigger now, and there are many people saving money. There must be a lot of money in this bank."

Yuan Yan understood that Yang Xiu didn't know enough about Xiliang Bank, so he told him from beginning to end that this bank was actually founded by Yang Guang back then: "Your Highness, although I don't know how much money there is in Xiliang Bank now, but I know Many aristocratic families of the Sui Dynasty and the courtiers Dayuan deposited part of their money in the Xiliang Bank, and there was an immeasurable amount of gold stored underground in the Xiliang Bank to ensure payment over the years."

"Your Majesty has only done one thing. He promised to permanently recognize Xiliang's neutral status and make it a national policy. Therefore, Xiliang is the safest place in comparison. What rich people fear most for their money is insecurity. Safety is not the word." Even if there is no interest, everyone is still willing to deposit money in Xiliang Bank. In just a few years, the gold and silver absorbed will probably pile up into a mountain."

Yang Xiu is not someone who cares about money that much: "Huh, gold and silver, you have to hold on to them even if you can get them."

"Your Highness, if there was no chaos in the world, he would have been able to hold on."

"Why are you so sure? Xi Liang doesn't care about the small territory, and the number of troops is not large."

Yuan Yan answered: "Xiliang is between the Sui and Nanchen. Your Majesty promises to recognize the neutral status of Xiliang. As long as Xiliang does not commit suicide, the Sui Dynasty will not do anything to it. As for Nanchen, there are so many nobles of Nanchen. They have all stored their money in Xi Liang, and those who really hold power in Nanchen will not allow their property to be lost. Moreover, if a fight really breaks out, the nobles of the Sui Dynasty will definitely protect Xi Liang with all their lives."

"Just now Caichen had a chat with Gao Jiong. He should also have deposited money in Xiliang Bank. I don't know how much. It's no wonder that Gao Jiong also supports Xiliang."

Hearing this, Yang Xiu was a little surprised: "If you put it this way, almost all the aristocratic families will try to protect Xi Liang."

"Not only that, please think about it, Your Highness, Xiliang belongs to the Xiao family, the Xiao family is the natal family of the Crown Princess, and the Xiliang Bank was founded by the Crown Prince. In fact, it is equivalent to the Crown Prince. It's okay if the weather is good now. When will it really happen?" The table is turned over, all the rules are ignored, the prince’s hand is holding the gold and silver hoarded by Xiliang Bank, what do you think?”

Yang Xiu looked solemn.

Yuan Yan continued: "I recall that Cao Mengde held the emperor hostage to control the princes. Now that the prince holds everyone's money, isn't he also holding the emperor hostage to the princes in disguise?"

After figuring out this link, Yang Xiu and Yuan Yan felt that Yang Guang's arrangement was grand and advanced.

At this time, Yang Xiucai realized that his second brother, who was fighting wits and courage with him in Daxing City, might be the only one who felt that he was fighting with him, and he had always been just playing with himself.

The layout had already begun before he became the prince. Now that he thinks about it carefully, money, food, weapons, soldiers and generals are all in his palms.

At this time, Yang Guang was really like a big mountain, pressing on his heart.

Everyone soon arrived at Xiliang Bank. The majestic high-rise building made of reinforced concrete shocked Yang Xiu quite a bit.

Walking through the huge atrium and looking up at the resplendent dome, one can't help but feel that the headquarters of Xiliang Bank is even more luxurious than the imperial palace in Daxing City.

Xiao Jue led everyone to the middle hall and introduced: "This newly built bank building is the headquarters of Xiliang Bank. The storage and lending businesses are all here. Of course, I believe you must have heard that Xiliang Bank has a Regarding the matter of the big treasury, please look to the ground."

Everyone looked at the floor. At this time, Yang Xiucai noticed that even the floor of Xiliang Bank was made of flat rocks, giving people a heavy and solemn feeling.

"The large vault of Xiliang Bank is ten meters underground beneath your feet. It contains a huge amount of gold. All the distinguished guests who come to Xiliang Bank have the most wealth under their feet."

People in the mission couldn't help but ask: "With so much wealth, if you tell everyone like this, aren't you afraid that someone with evil intentions will come to rob it?"

Just after he finished asking questions, a small group of people came in armed with weapons and armor and carrying boxes.

Xiao Jue stopped the people who brought the envoy to the box and ordered them to open the box. It was filled with gold.

Everyone was shocked by Xiao Jue's behavior of showing off his wealth.

Xiao Jue said as usual: "Everyone, a lot of gold and silver are shipped to Xiliang Bank from various places every day, and a lot of it is shipped out. What we do as a bank is gold and silver transactions. As for what you are worried about, question……"

Xiao Jue pointed to a door and said, "That's the door to the treasury. The door is right there. The gold is underground, but no one can take it away."

"I would like to ask you, if you have deposited money in our Xiliang Bank, do you want us to hide it in a place where no one knows, even the person who deposited the money does not know, or hide it in a place where everyone clearly knows I know, but it’s a good place that no one can take away.”

Xiao Jue was full of confidence with a smile on her face.

Yuan Yan understood that this was another conspiracy. The gold was not safe in the underground vault, but safe in the inner city of Jiangling.

The West Liang Bank of Jiangling City and the Imperial City now form the inner city. All the royal guards guard Jiangling City. Although there are not many people, Yuan Yan has taken a closer look. Each of these soldiers is wearing elite armor. Wear the armor of a general of the Sui battalion and carry firearms with you. In terms of the sophistication of the equipment, the Sui Dynasty had to pull out several battalions to get so many people.

Although there are few people, even if Nanchen's army presses on the border, they may not be able to capture it in a short time. Jiangling City is surrounded by Sui military camps to defend it. It may be no less difficult to defeat it than to defeat Kangcheng.

This kind of defense only protects the imperial city and the bank. This is a copper wall and an iron wall.

At this time, Yang Xiu came to his senses and said, "No! This place, Xiliang Bank, cannot belong to my second brother."

(End of this chapter)