In the face of countless pairs of eyes, Kou Zhun seemed very passive, a lonely person, completely disproportionate, but no one present would sympathize with him.

Everything was brought on by Kou Zhun himself!

inherited Ye Hua's position, but did not follow Ye Hua's path, always thinking of forming a party for personal gain and liquidating the previous dynasty. connived at Li Changling and others, and poked out a big basket.

Now, it's time to reckoning!

Zhao Er hugged his shoulders and paced slowly in the flower hall of Ye Mansion.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, before I entered Beijing, I had already sent a letter to Governor Han of Africa, and he would rush to Tianzhu to sit down. In addition, the Roman horses also arrived in Baghdad. So, you'd better not use your brains, if Brother Yang and I make the slightest mistake, your end will be miserable! ”

What else could Kou Zhun say, and said with a wry smile: "I naturally know this, and please rest assured that Governor Zhao is willing to have a good talk with you." Let's only use our mouths, not our hands! ”

Zhao Er smiled slightly, quite smart. However, he felt more necessary to make Kou Zhun recognize his situation.

"Your Excellency, at present, there are more than two million people and horses that can be assembled in the seven major overseas territories, as well as many warships and warships, money, food, and military supplies, and there is no shortage of anything. On top of that, if you dare to use force, we can sell all the bonds at once and cause the stock market to collapse completely! ”

Zhao Er is not bragging, because of the trade deficit in recent years, overseas territories have accumulated a lot of wealth, and a considerable part of it has been exchanged for stocks and treasury bonds.

This amount is about 50 million, don't look at it much, but if it is sold at this time, it will be the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and it is possible to directly abolish the financial market.

"Although this trick is to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, but we can fight, Prime Minister, do you want to try it?"

Kou Zhun took a deep breath and shook his head, "All the activities of Da Zhou depend on the banking system. If the financial market collapses and the banks close, even the officials and soldiers will not be able to send out their money, and the Great Zhou will collapse without a fight! Kou Zhun raised his head and smiled calmly: "Governor Zhao, let's talk about the specifics, what are you going to do?" ”

Kou Zhun's obedience made Zhao Er very uncomfortable.

As an official who was born as an embroidered messenger, he prefers that the other party keeps tossing and turning, and with all his strength, he still can't escape from the palm of his hand, that kind of despair is the real exhaustion!

Like Kou Zhun, Zhao Er always felt that he still had hole cards.

Unable to fully understand the other party's means, Zhao Er was slightly disappointed. But no matter what, Kou Zhun is already exhausted, and he can't play any tricks!

"Good! Since the Prime Minister said so, I will not be polite. ”

Zhao Er stretched out a finger, "This battle is all caused by the cabinet's mistake in provoking a tariff war and squeezing overseas territories, so tariffs must be completely abolished!" ”

"Abolish?" Kou Zhun hesitated: "Governor Zhao, do you really want to do this?" ”

"That's nature!" Zhao Erlang said: "The so-called whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers, since we are all the courtiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the people of the Great Zhou, there should be no one who is high and someone who is low!" Treating everyone equally is the best way! ”

Zhao Er's words attracted frequent nods from Yang Ye, obviously, improving status is a common requirement of overseas territories.

Kou Zhun didn't rush to deny it, but looked at Ye Xi.

"Senior brother, junior brother has such a plan. After the lesson, it is imperative that the local people of Dazhou can no longer rely on finance and restore industry. I have the heart to let my senior brother be responsible for this matter, I don't know what my senior brother thinks? ”

Ye Xi frowned and muttered: "People are used to relying on finance to make easy money, and if they want to restore the industry, it's not easy to talk about!" But...... I'm willing to give it a try! ”

Kou Zhun stroked his palm and praised: "Senior brother is delicate and intelligent, he is the best candidate, junior brother is relieved." It's just that relying on the senior brother alone, how can the industry be restored? The junior brother wants to give the senior brother some help, I ......" His voice dragged on, and after glancing at Zhao Er, he said quietly: "I plan to increase import tariffs and give local factories a chance to breathe!" ”

"Kou Zhun, you deceive people too much!"

Zhao Er stood up suddenly, he was very angry!

It's really bold, it's blatant, dividing them, surnamed Kou, you're dreaming!

"Tariffs, I absolutely can't let in! Must be canceled, no negotiation! ”

Kou Zhun spread his hands, "Governor Zhao, have you thought about it?" Although the overseas territories have a large population and a vast area, more children of the Han family still live in the mainland. Nowadays, the development of local industry is sluggish and has encountered a bottleneck. In addition, it is necessary to make great efforts to correct the problem of financial inflation. If there is no protection of tariffs, how can you let the local industry recover? ”

"Whoa!"

Zhao Er scolded directly, "Kou Zhun, are you shameless or not?" In the past, overseas territories have always not charged tariffs on local goods, and they have collected less tariffs, and the local territories have made a lot of money and taken a big advantage! At that time, did we say that we wanted to protect overseas territories? ”

"Well, now, with our hard work and sweat, it is easy to establish an industrial system, and if we can compete with the local division, you will shout for tariff protection! Don't you think it's a shame? ”

Zhao Er was aggressive, pointing directly at Kou Zhun's question, and his words were sharp.

But Kou Zhun didn't care, at this level, he didn't care about his face for a long time, or rather, they were all absolutely rational animals!

In the face of cross-examination, Kou Zhun only replied with six words: "This time, that time!" ”

It's useless to turn over old accounts, protect local industries, tariff barriers, it's imperative!

Ye Xi was silent, he couldn't help but be silent. Although he had a strong dissatisfaction with Kou Zhun, he was in favor of the proposal to restore industry and retain tariffs.

There are also three people with the same thoughts: Lu Duan, Lu Mengzheng and Wang Dan.

Quietly, the situation began to change, and Kou Zhun was no longer so alone.

Zhao Er was furious, "Kou Zhun, you are clever words!" Do you think that under the banner of taking care of the local people, you can continue to squeeze overseas territories? is also a son of the Han family, and overseas territories will not use their own flesh and blood to feed local fat cats! Don't even dream about it! You have to keep tariffs, and you have to increase tariffs as needed and in overseas territories! In a word, overseas territories have the same power as their own territories!

Finally, the poor dagger has been seen!

Everyone was blown away!

Zhao Er pointed out the most critical issue!

The reason for all this is the unequal status of overseas territories and local territories.

Even with the addition of the Eastern Yuan, the entire bureaucratic system, especially the cabinet, or the cabinet of the Great Zhou, is still dedicated to taking care of local interests.

At this point, Kou Zhun and Ye Xi are standing together.

It's just that they have different perceptions of what is in the interests of Da Zhou. Kou Zhun was inclined to plunder overseas and make a fortune in the city. Ye Xi believes that the local people should work hard to improve themselves and become role models, rather than being dumb and bloated parasites.

"Governor Zhao, if the overseas territories are the same as the mainland, is it still the world of the Great Zhou?" Kou Zhun asked faintly, inadvertently, he had already taken the advantage.

Don't look at Zhao Er's intelligence is not weak, and he is also ruthless in calculation, but he is not good at head-to-head confrontation after all, and he will inevitably lose his inch.

And Yang Ye, who had never spoken, suddenly whispered: "Kou Xianggong, what virtue do you have, how can you represent the Great Zhou?" ”

In a word, Zhao Er woke up, and he immediately said: "That's right, your cabinet only cares about the locality, at best, it's only one-eighth of the Great Zhou!" Your so-called world is only the homeland! No matter how clever you are and how you use strong words, it is useless! ”

Once again, the debate is at an impasse...... Everyone was thinking fast. After all, this question involves the foundation of the empire, what kind of relationship is between the overseas territories and the homeland.

Only by answering this question clearly and doing a good job in the most fundamental top-level design can we continue to move forward.

Otherwise, any means will only treat the symptoms, not the root cause!

After solving Li Changling, the financial group will also launch a new agent to catch up with Kou Zhun, and the future prime minister will not follow Kou Zhun's old path.

So, to solve this problem fundamentally!

A full quarter of an hour passed before Wei Xianmei sighed.

"I have come up with two solutions: first, as Governor Zhao said, give the independent power of tariffs to overseas territories......

"No!" Lu Mengzheng said suddenly: "Wei Xianggong, if this is the case, the overseas territories will also demand more powers, tariffs, criminal titles, selection, and education...... In the end, it will only evolve into a different country, and the Great Zhou will exist in name only! ”

Wei Xianmei said: "Then use the second method to reorganize the cabinet!" ”

"Reshuffle the Cabinet?" Wang Dan asked curiously.

"That's right! We have to re-elect the prime minister, to take full account of the demands of the overseas territories, to give them enough seats to join the bureaucracy. It is better to adopt a unified imperial examination model, open to all Han Chinese, select talents, and enter the officialdom. In this way, the prestige of the cabinet can be enhanced, and everyone will be truly impressed! ”

Wei Xianmei's face flushed, and she said enthusiastically.

His proposal sounded reasonable, but it was clearly aimed at Kou Zhun.

The first thing to do in the reshuffle of the cabinet was to remove Kou Zhun, and there was no room for discussion.

At this time, Lu Duan, who had been silent, spoke.

This Lord Lu, who is known as a big thing and is not confused, pointed out a fatal problem with one mouth.

"Reforming the cabinet, of course, is it a good thing? But have you ever thought about it, the cabinet is in charge of everything, and the overall situation is in charge. How many official documents do you have to deal with each day? It's not too much, isn't it? Overseas territories plus local territories, the number of government affairs has swelled more than 100 times, and it will take to pass news back and forth, waiting for the cabinet to approve and implement, back and forth? ”

"Not to mention, the situation in overseas territories is complicated, and the cabinet may not be able to come up with a suitable solution. If Zhang Guan Li Dai is at a loss, wouldn't he be watching the world be in chaos! The ideal is really good, but it must also be implemented! ”

Wei Xianmei also had to admit that Lu Duan was reasonable. But if the cabinet cannot be reformed, will it be helpless to watch the overseas territories become self-reliant one after another?

This is not a young couple getting married, and they decided to break up when they were uncomfortable!

The country and the world are easy to encompass the whole world and build a huge empire, but after only a few decades of operation, they fall apart and are difficult to maintain, how can they explain?

If you don't get it right, everyone will become a sinner for the ages!

No one can afford this infamy!

After a short silence, Ye Xi finally spoke slowly, his voice low and hoarse, "Actually, there is no solution to this matter. The most important thing is to find a fair person who is acceptable both locally and overseas, respectable, far-sighted, and truly considers all Han people! Only he can save the fate of Da Zhou! ”

A name instantly appears in everyone's mind. Some people are relieved, some people are unwilling, but no matter what you say, you have to admit that this is the last and best way!