"Don't introduce who you are, we've been in meetings together for several years, so let's get down to business for me. By the way, I have to criticize you, on such a hot day, you didn't plan anything in advance, so let everyone just stand in the sun and wait? Even if you don't have enough room, you should prepare some chairs and umbrellas! "Chatting with the people, Hong Tao is generally smiling, whether it is called a smile or not, anyway, he is smiling. But as soon as he saw the officials, there was no smile on his face, and his mouth was criticism.

"Yes, yes, yes, this is our inconsiderability, I will immediately arrange someone to make up for ......it" The layout chief nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and he didn't dare to distinguish half a sentence. He knows very well what the character of this emperor is, admitting mistakes is the best way out, otherwise that mouth will be full of firepower, and no one will be able to catch it.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't blame the long layout, today is the first day to open the door, and no one dares to guarantee that everything will be covered. I still want to persuade everyone, there is no need to rush all to go through the formalities today, you can come on the same day if you have the effort. It's comfortable for everyone, and their work won't be too stressful, you say? Without the post of imperial prime minister, Hong Tao's attitude immediately changed from his superiors to a kind of mud, and after criticizing the officials, the conversation changed, and the people in line did not fall well.

"That's not possible, Your Majesty, you want No. 1, we can't rob you, my family will get No. 5, No. 10 or something, and it will be auspicious." Some people in the team listened to Hong Tao's words, thought about it, and turned around and went home. There are also those who owe money and want to compete with Hong Tao.

"Hey, I didn't say it, you deserve to die. The layout is long. Chairs and umbrellas will come, don't give them to him, cowardice! "Since there are people who don't know what to do. Then Hong Tao didn't need to be polite, his little eyes kicked, and he entered the house with a scolding and fright.

Gold No. 1! China Tobacco Company! Legal representative Ugya Baixiang! Business address: Golden River Imperial Zhuang!

The business license with every line of words was quickly held in Bai Xiang's hand, and then she hung it in the main room of the small courtyard next to the Huangzhuang, and at the same time, a piece of silk cloth at the gate of the courtyard was also pulled down, revealing a large plaque more than five meters long and more than two meters wide behind. This plaque is magnificent, and it is all made of the finest rosewood. Three lines of characters were carved in relief, and they were also painted with gold powder, shining in the sun. The top line is Chinese, the second line is Latin, and the third line is Arabic.

This thing was an opening gift from the Wen family. Outsiders didn't know that the emperor's family was going to open a business, and when Hong Tao went to Wen Xiaoqi and said that he wanted to engrave a plaque, Wen Xiaoqi agreed and didn't want money. The cost of the Wen family is included. When Hong Tao first saw this huge plaque. I can't bear to hang on the door of the yard. On the one hand, he was afraid of collapsing the gatehouse, and on the other hand, he was reluctant, this wind and sun, such a good wood is too wasteful.

The emperor's family began to do business, although Hong Tao did not say anything to the public, but in less than half a day, it had already spread all over Jinhe City. Since lunch, Hong Tao has not been idle. Wave after wave of crowds almost trampled the threshold of the small courtyard. Everyone is here to cheer for the emperor, and they don't even know what to sell. I plan to spend money.

Hong Tao's answer is also quite simple, there is no stock, and if there is a product, it is not sold! This is medicine, why do you use medicine if you are not sick? If you leave a gift, you should do what you want, the gift cannot exceed the value of a gold coin, and even if you pay a bribe, the emperor is also a state official.

Although he stood in the yard for a long time, his legs were weak, and his lips were dry, Hong Tao was very happy. There was not a single imperial official among the people who came, and there were no family members, and it seemed that everyone was used to acting according to the law. This is another victory for himself, and he finally pushed the favor and pressed it under the law.

Now Hong Tao has discovered that any traditions, cultures, customs, and habits are not easy to change, they are all excuses, and nothing cannot be changed, as long as you want to change. Can't change the habit of treating and giving gifts? You have to entrust people to do things, and you can't fix it? It's not possible, as long as you start with the top people to abide by and maintain this rule, these are not difficult things.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, these things do not arise from the common people, and they cannot be blamed on the common people. Which talents are the key to the problem, in fact, it is easy to judge, and people with a little brain can figure it out. As for why they are unwilling to change, do you need to ask? It's not good for them after changing it. At the root, they don't plan to do things according to the rules, they must have no motivation to improve the rules, and whoever dares to improve them will be in a hurry, this is to dig their ancestral graves!

In the summer of 1244, the Golden River Empire was once again in the midst of a transformation, this time with a wider scope, larger changes, more cumbersome implementation, and more unpredictable results than the previous one.

After the newly appointed imperial prime minister Bo Jiao dragged his family back to Jinhe City, he immediately went to Hong Tao's house to ask for instructions. He was neither mentally prepared nor interested in his new position, and he was worried that he would offend his uncle.

"You have a heavier task on your shoulders than mine, and in the past, the empire was in the shadows, and there was basically no need for local defense. Now it's different, and soon the location of the Imperial cities will be known to many nations, and how to defend them will be a big problem. The empire needs to increase its military spending significantly, not only to expand the navy, but also to expand the army, at least to be able to cope with a small-scale anti-landing war, which is a large amount of expenditure. Hong Tao can only say that he has no objection to his successor, and he is not satisfied.

Bo Jiao is very qualified to be a soldier, but he is very unqualified to be a politician. The main reason is that his ideas are too direct, and he is unwilling to use his mouth if he can solve it with his hands, and to put it bluntly, he is a warmonger. But there is no more suitable candidate at present, and the reason why Wen Nan is reluctant to be the prime minister is not that he is unhappy, nor is it that he is not capable enough as he said, but that he is too jealous of Bo Jiao, a competitor.

The Bo family is the largest family in the Jinhe Empire, not only the imperial family, but also the existence of the military and government, and its influence is very great. After the old man retired from the Ministry of Finance, he entered the parliament as a member; Po Jiao was the first governor of the Empire's overseas territories and ran the port of Callamba for more than a decade; Boyu and Po Shrimp are both the main captains of the Royal Navy, and their qualifications are as deep as Kong Pei's; Bo Xiaoer and Bo Xiaosan are the bosses of the whaling fleet.

Although the empire's finances have long ceased to rely on the whaling industry, whaling is a very sacred profession in the empire, because it is by killing whales that the empire is raised, and it can be said that without whales, there would be no empire.

And the Bo family, the Chen family, the Bu family, and the Weng family are in-laws, and the relationship with the Huang family is also a trap. These families are the founding fathers of the country, and they have great influence in the Tan family group, although Hong Tao has been committed to smoothing out the gaps in the ethnic group over the years, but this habit will take a generation or two to change, and it is not yet possible.

In the face of such a behemoth, Wen Nan wisely chose to give in and gave up the position of prime minister to Bo Jiao. On this issue, Hong Tao understands very well, but he is not in a rut. He couldn't give Wen Nan a 100% promise, although the Bo family didn't say that he had to make Bo Jiao the prime minister, but what he said and what he thought in his heart are often two different things. Who can guarantee that people don't want to? From Wen Nan's point of view, it is difficult not to take into account the identity of the imperial royal relatives at all.

Since Bo Jiao is not a talent to govern the country, Hong Tao can only use it. Let him be ineffective in economic and internal affairs, and fighting wars is his forte, so let's work more on the national defense of the empire. The first thing he needs to do is to protect the safety of Jinhe City and Mayi Port, not only these two ports, but also the entire northern part of Luzon Island.

As soon as he thought of this, Hong Tao gritted his teeth and hated the guy who gave this plan to the Song Dynasty. This trick is too poisonous, and after such a toss, the empire has to spend a lot of financial, material, and human resources to engage in military construction, which will affect the development speed of the empire. And he also made his country the target of the public, it is easy to deal with if there is no problem, as long as there is a problem, there is nothing to hide, and the hungry wolves in all directions will all pounce on it and bite it.

"Why don't you be the prime minister, I will also be the first mate for you, the imperial ship is too big, I really can't drive it......" Bo Jiao will retreat as long as he has the opportunity, how comfortable he is to be the emperor of the soil in the port of Kalamba, with his father on top and a warship below, so he doesn't have to worry about anything. At present, the security of the port of Muska is also entrusted to his Kalamba fleet, and it is much better to bully people if they want, and to fight if they want to fight, than to sit in the prime minister's office facing the toilet.

"I didn't say you were the captain! See, the captain is here, Emperor, you, the prime minister, were originally the first mate! When you followed me on the ship, you weren't as tall as the steering wheel, so you could still learn it. What people are not born to know, they are learned later. Let's be honest with you, I'm also tired of this errand uncle, it's your turn to help my uncle for a few years. This is the time to test your loyalty to the Empire, don't drop the chain. ”

"In fact, it is difficult for this prime minister to say, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult. You don't need to do the specific work, you are responsible for listening to the reports of those ministers, deputy ministers, and bureau chiefs, and then summing up the most important problems from their feedback, and then holding a meeting with them to discuss them. Let them think of their own solution, this solution must be recognized by the big guys, even if they pinch their noses. In the end, it's up to you to submit it to the council to make sure your proposal passes, and that's it. ”

Hong Tao doesn't expect Bo Jiao to be a leader who can lead the empire to expand its territory and move forward bravely, he just hopes that he can keep his current old roots. With the current state of the Golden River Empire, it will not encounter a strong challenge from the outside world in a short period of time. He, as prime minister, is a transitional role, and once he has the right candidate, he has to ask himself if he agrees if he wants to continue to be in office.

(To be continued.) )