"Ah! Wenhe's here? Have a seat!"
Liu Yan then came to his senses and gestured for Jia Xu to sit in the first seat on his right, which was equivalent to the position of chief strategist, a very high honor.
Jia Xu smiled and nodded slightly, "Thank you, Governor Liu!"
After Jia Xu was seated, Liu Yan asked, "Wenhe, what do you think of the imperial edict?"
"Benefiting the country and the people, it is the will of the people and will be passed down for generations!"
"Heh~ You think so too?"
Liu Yan shook his head slightly and sighed.
"This is a good thing, so why is Governor Liu shaking his head and sighing like this?" Jia Xu looked at Liu Yan with a puzzled expression.
"Is it a good thing?" Liu Yan glanced at Jia Xu, then nodded. "Yes, it is indeed a good thing for that emperor!"
Jia Xu smiled slightly and said softly, "The emperor resides deep within the palace. If Governor Liu doesn't do these things, how will he know who is good and who is bad?"
"Hmm? What does Wenhe mean by that?"
Hearing the hidden meaning in Jia Xu's words, Liu Yan was taken aback. He knew Jia Xu was cunning, but how could he break the deadlock in this situation?
Jia Xu smiled slightly, "Isn't it wonderful to use other people's things to promote one's own name? Although this curved plow costs three hundred coins, I think most people still can't afford it."
"Does Wenhe mean to lower the price?"
Jia Xu nodded. "That's right. In the name of the governor's office, lower the price so that the people of Ji Province will know about Governor Liu's virtue and love for the people."
"Governor Liu also knows that Zhao Zhong has been living in the Zhen family's house. Now the Zhen family has completely sided with the Emperor and the court, and will surely actively respond to the court's national policies."
Liu Yan's eyes lit up, and he looked at Jia Xu, "Wenhe means to take this opportunity to get the Zhen family to lower the price?"
Then he gave a bitter laugh, "Even so, the Zhen family is just not making money. What difference would it make if we really suppressed them?"
Jia Xu remained calm and said slowly, "Gain a reputation for virtue and wait for the right opportunity!"
Liu Yan's heart skipped a beat. He closed his eyes, his chest rising and falling slightly. "Yes! So many years, so many generations have waited for this moment, there's no rush!"
Jia Xu said softly, "I have already instructed the Su family that as soon as the Zhen family starts selling, the government and the Su family will simultaneously lower the price in the name of the governor's office, all the way down to the cost price, or even lower!"
At that time, the people of Jizhou will surely praise the governor's virtuous reputation! Moreover, the governor can sell the curved plow to other prefectures and counties!
"If that happens, will the Su family and the state government be able to withstand it?"
"Besides, the Su family and the Jizhou prefecture alone couldn't produce that many curved plows in a short time! How could they sell them to other prefectures and counties?"
Liu Yan looked at Jia Xu with some hesitation. Ji Province was one of the most prosperous places in the Han Dynasty, but since Liu Yan took office as the governor of Ji Province, he had been secretly colluding with those who had ulterior motives in Liang Province.
He has secretly embezzled most of the money and grain in the Jizhou treasury. Jia Xu only discovered this after he secretly took control of the Su family, so he decided to take this opportunity to expose the matter.
Anyone who could make the emperor uneasy was someone Jia Xu believed had to be eliminated, regardless of who they were.
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