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In half a year, the An family's Hanking became the Cheng family's Hanking.

Walking on the two largest roads within the city wall, you can see shops with signs with the word "Cheng" everywhere. Some of them belong to the Cheng family, some belong to the Cheng family privately, and many are even opened in the name of the Cheng family. .

Nowadays, anyone who belongs to the Cheng family can immediately borrow a large amount of money by showing his identity card. If you are not in a hurry to use money, it will be very comfortable to buy dry stocks every month. Regarding this, the military judges in the southwest who were supposed to be responsible for this matter knew about it, the provisional government in Hanking knew about it, and the nobles of the Zongfufu stationed by the royal family also knew about it, but no one took care of it.

Not only is there no one to care about it, but it also opens the door to convenience. As officials of the occupying army, they don't bother to care whether it is the real Cheng family who opens the store, or whether it is opened in the name of the Cheng family. Anyway, if you show the Cheng family's identity card, I will approve it.

No one wants to accidentally offend Cheng Jinzhou in a place like this - in fact, the colonial bureaucrats did the same thing back then.

In addition to the Cheng family, those with big surnames in the southwest, such as the Li family, the Wang family, and even the Shen family in the capital, could come to the Northern Han Dynasty to get a share of the pie.

Shen Cong was busy with the imperial examination next year and could not come, so he also sent people to Northern Han Dynasty, euphemistically calling it "supporting brother Cheng." To be honest, Cheng Jinzhou really had to thank him.

Anyone who hangs the banner of a large southwest clan, especially the word "Cheng", is equivalent to asking for a tax-free gold medal, and will not be harassed or disturbed in any way. Therefore, the few century-old shops in Hanking that survived also hung a red flag with the word "Cheng" on their chess pieces. It looked nondescript, but the shopkeepers and bosses were content with it. Of course, this also requires payment.

"One person attains enlightenment, a chicken or a dog ascends to heaven." The rise of the Cheng family was still somewhat implicit in the intricate society of Daxia, but in the world of the Northern Han Dynasty, which was overthrown and rebuilt, their common interests burst out almost instantly.

"Come to the Northern Han Dynasty and be worth more than a thousand taels" - this is the recent propaganda slogan of the southwest aristocrats.

There are nearly 10,000 members of a large family, and many of them are either honest farmers or small landowners with a little land. These people will not all come to Hanking to grab money, but they will inevitably have eldest sons and three sons if they are swept along by the trend. Cousins ​​and the like came over to take a look. Anyway, for them, the stops along the way are also smooth.

And various aristocratic families also need these children to seize the benefits of this fertile land they just acquired.

When Cheng Jinzhou entered the city, he saw such a prosperous scene. He saw the word "Cheng" hanging in front of "Zhenweizhai" and the word "李" floating on the pawn shops. He couldn't help but think of those hanging British flags on the Yangtze River. China Ferries.

However, how the nobles plundered the land of the Northern Han Dynasty was not his concern. Xia Jing's efforts to rectify the Northern Han Dynasty's name and retain the original government structure were the real troublesome things that made people scratch their heads.

This is a real political struggle, and it is the worst kind - retaining the original government of the Northern Han Dynasty will not be beneficial to either Daxia or Cheng Jinzhou, but it will be more harmful to the latter. The imperial court would rather lose 800 to itself than 1000. This kind of spirit is really too classy and makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Is the imperial edict... complete with three seals?" Cheng Jinzhou specifically asked his grandfather on the way to the palace.

Cheng Wenzheng nodded solemnly. If the three seals were not complete, with his current status, he would dare to reject it.

Both Zhengshitang and Menxia Province belong to the sphere of influence of the central aristocrats, or more accurately, to the civil service group. The Cheng family has no influence on this. Even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, those small principalities dared to scream at their overlords. This shows that pure force support cannot guarantee that they will be as docile as kittens.

Cheng Jinzhou said helplessly: "What about the rewards for the soldiers?"

Han Wei, who followed him, smiled bitterly and sighed: "The reward has been paid for a long time, and there is no stinginess in various public offices, but there is no news about the title so far."

The difference between fighting abroad with the support of the imperial court and without the support of the imperial court is so big.

For the soldiers, rewards and so on are just that. For the officers, the title is what they care about most. But the court was dragging them, and they had no good solution.

Honor sometimes transcends money, especially when the value of money is suppressed.

For an earl who has status, food and clothing, and does not want to rebel, the title of marquis must be more attractive than his entire family property - this does not mean that he does not want to double his family property, but he should choose the one between the two. At first, he valued the latter more.

If the Southwest Army cannot obtain knighthoods for its desperate officers, its value will be greatly reduced for mid-level and above officers.

This is made up for with money.

Cheng Jinzhou shook his head, changed the subject and said, "The imperial court actually asked the young emperor to stay in Hanking. Do they not want Hanking anymore?"

"They think that Hanking failed to fall into their hands." Cheng Wenzheng looked at Cheng Jinzhou's shoulder as he spoke, not knowing how he felt.

Grandfathers have always wanted to see their grandson have a bright future. But his grandson's future seemed so promising that he couldn't even see the end...

As an old man, Cheng Wenzheng felt that his status as Lieutenant Envoy of Zhennan was high enough. He hopes that the children in his family can study hard and work hard, but he does not want them to fall into the abyss of power and desire and be unable to extricate themselves.

However, he had been guarding the border for many years and was not very close to his nephews and nephews at home. It seemed that the so-called education was out of the question.

Cheng Jinzhou quickly walked into the Longhui Pavilion outside the palace. This was originally the meeting hall of the Han Jing cabinet ministers, but now it has become the conference room of the occupying forces. It is difficult to occupy the imperial palace directly, and it is easy to cause a backlash from the court.

The civil servants and military generals stood up in unison, in a manner to welcome the leader.

Although the highest rank among the generals was only the second rank, and the highest rank was only an earl, their momentum was not inferior to that of the imperial court.

No wonder people in high positions often stay in office.

Cheng Jinzhou was thinking in his mind, but gave up the throne to his grandfather and said, "You discuss it, I'll watch."

The purpose of convening the meeting was to determine how to deal with the Northern Han royal family. Naturally, he would not give in easily because of an imperial edict. It's just a matter of resisting the decree. That's what he thought, and it's not like he's never done it before.

Officials in the southwest knew that local interests and the central spirit were often distorted, but issues regarding the Northern Han royal family were clearly beyond their capabilities. In other words, such a decisive strategic policy is not what these ordinary officers in charge of operations would consider at all.

Cheng Wenzheng nodded secretly, knowing that his eldest grandson wanted to transform one person's decision into a collective decision in the southwest military and political circles - this was quite useful in the process of exerting pressure.

Cheng Jinzhou sat on the chair, seemingly paying attention, but in fact he was competing with the customer service.

The latter now has basically no means to restrict Cheng Jinzhou. He can only maintain a pretending to cooperate without completely breaking his face.

As long as the meeting lasted, so did Cheng Jinzhou's rivalry.

When the moon reaches the treetops, everyone still cannot get a unified answer, which is quite surprising.

Cheng Jinzhou and his grandfather looked at each other and could see that the gentlemen representing various aristocratic families seemed to have their own interests. For example, keeping the Northern Han royal family in the Northern Han Dynasty seemed to help them control the nobles and even resources of the Northern Han Dynasty.

But as far as Xiao Cheng is concerned, it is in his best interests to throw the little emperor thousands of miles away.

"It's getting late, let's go and rest first." The situation in front of him was at least beyond the expectations of the Cheng family. Cheng Jinzhou stood up and said something, turned around and left.

Several leading officers left nonchalantly. They respectively represent the power of the EZ Ning family and the Jinchuan Li family. In the war against the Northern Han Dynasty, they had a very positive attitude after years of fighting, and many of their children were at the forefront.

But on the issue of profit distribution, they also have more requirements than other companies.

If the Northern Han Dynasty could behave themselves and let them dominate, the several big families in Jianshui Tower would naturally be able to reach a higher level. This is the century-old plan of his family. Looking at such a vast world in the Northern Han Dynasty, anyone will be tempted.

Cheng Jinzhou's departure made a group of people less worried.

If the Cheng family opposes with all their strength, these not-so-powerful families will naturally retreat.

But it is normal for the interests to be shared equally. No matter who cooperates with the Cheng family, it is impossible for them to behave like a cat, eating a mouse and leaving a piece of skin for you.

Cheng Jinzhou was not very good at handling it, so he simply left without saying anything.

The former customer service classmate lay on his shoulder and laughed loudly: "It seems that your internal chaos is no worse than that of the Star Alliance."

"Is there chaos within the Star Alliance?" Cheng Jinzhou took the opportunity to ask.

"There's always going to be a fight." The koala sighed, like a stupid dog taking a nap.

"Who is fighting with whom?" Cheng Jinzhou still wanted to find out the news.

The koala laughed again and said, "In your terms, this is called a fire in the backyard. How are you going to put it out?"

"My chairman said that the main contradiction must be grasped. My main contradiction now is Buddha." Cheng Jinzhou clapped his hands relaxedly, then opened the door and shouted: "Shi Mo, have those teams who went to get the animals come back? ?”

"Most of them have come back."

"Where are the livestock? How many are there?" Cheng Jinzhou also needs money to buy books. Calculating the total funds now, he definitely has enough, but he can't sell everything.

Shi Mo nervously took out the paper from his pocket. He had already prepared it, but he was afraid that someone would ask him. He paused for a moment and said, "There are 120,000 cattle, 80,000 horses, 320,000 sheep, and 3 donkeys." Ten thousand……"

This number must have been discounted, as several cavalry units would have taken a lot of money. Even so, more than 500,000 animals could still bring in tens of millions of dollars in income.

Cheng Jinzhou looked at the few numbers he had left in the Star Alliance account, and immediately ordered, regardless of the fact that it was already getting late: "Go and collect your things now, ask the guards to run away, and let our replacements come over.