Wang Zeng lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said: "This method is feasible, this year not only Guangnan, but also the city of Mizhou, and even the trade routes of Goryeo have been opened." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe Japanese state has always been closed off from the rest of the country, not only from the main dynasty, but also from Goryeo and Khitan. But I heard Wang Bin say that in fact, there are still many maritime merchants who trade there, but most of them are in the name of Yi people, and some people marry wives and have children in Japan. If the Michido City Shipping Division is done well, it is not impossible to find a way to trade in Japan. I heard that Japan was much larger than Goryeo, and that the country was rich in gold, so it was very profitable to trade. ”

"Xianggong is right, the first trade route is open, and a large number of goods are inevitably needed, and silk silk is the most popular among barbarians. If there is really no way, you can collect some of the silk and transport it to various cities and ships it for overseas trade. The difficulty now is that neither the three divisions nor the inner treasury can come up with so much cash. ”

Wang Zeng said helplessly: "There is still cash in the inner treasury, at least a few million guan can always be taken out, since Xu Ping presided over the salt and iron division, the three divisions have not borrowed money from the inner treasury in the past two years." However, at this time, it is only a little difficult to let the saint take it out. ――By the way, I heard that Henan Province has been selling cotton clothes recently? Because of the lack of money in the world, there are fewer customers who sell there, and it is not as lively as the cotton cloth sold some time ago. ”

Cai Qi's eyes lit up: "Xianggong wants to make up his mind on cotton clothes?" It works! It's just that I don't know if Jingxi Road and Henan Mansion are willing, after all, the imperial court owes them a lot of money now! ”

Wang Zeng thought for a while and said with a smile: "It's really not good, let the saint give Xu Ping an edict, it's not easy for Zhongshu to come forward." ”

If you want to divide the forces now, Xu Ping is Zhao Zhen's own person, and he is not closely related to other forces in the court, and he has no ability to set up another mountain. And there is also a relationship between Li Yong and a layer, it is not easy to talk about official business, so Zhao Zhen can cry to Xu Ping for poverty, and sometimes it is also a way to do business privately.

When Lu Yijian and Song Shou returned to the political hall and sat down, Xiao Huangmen came over to let several prime ministers enter the palace to discuss matters. Leaving Cai Qi on duty, the three of them followed the small yellow gate out of the political hall and entered the inner hall from the vertical arch hall.

In the Chongzheng Palace, Zhao Zhen was sitting in danger, secretly lucky. Today's weather is very cold, the huge Chongzheng Hall is like an ice cellar, although he wears cotton clothes inside, Zhao Zhen still feels cold and unbearable. In order to maintain etiquette, it is not good to make charcoal in front of the ministers when the monarch and the ministers meet, otherwise everyone will involuntarily bend over and bake the fire. In order to show that the monarch and the minister are one, Zhao Zhen does not make charcoal fire in front of himself, to be honest, it is not easy to maintain this habit.

Lu Yijian and the three of them went to the palace to salute like a ceremony, and when they entered the hall, Zhao Zhen gave them a seat, and gave them tea soup.

After these routine rituals were completed, he said: "Today, I summoned all of you to the palace to discuss the fact that the flight tickets of Henan Mansion cannot be redeemed as mentioned by the third division, and the new policy of Qianzhuang should be implemented throughout the country." Let's sit down, Du Yan in the imperial history, Chen Zhizhong, the three envoys, and Master Yan will soon arrive. This is a serious matter and requires collective wisdom. ”

The three of them gave thanks and sat there slowly drinking hot tea.

It didn't take long for Du Yan, Chen Zhizhong and Yan Shu to arrive at the Chongzheng Palace, give them the same seat, and start discussing.

Chen Zhizhong first briefly explained the current predicament encountered by the three divisions and Jingxi Road, and finally said: "This year, Jingxi Road has produced a lot of cotton cloth, and it is sold all over the world. Merchants from other places who go to Henan Mansion to sell cotton cloth are all in accordance with the usual practice in the local state army to exchange for tickets, and then go to Henan Mansion to exchange for cotton cloth. According to the minister's inspection, because the number of tickets accumulated by the Henan Mansion for the sale of cotton cloth is not less than 30 million, which is even greater than the amount of two taxes received by the imperial court this year. Where in the world are there so many copper coins? Now the three divisions are really unable to pay. ”

Not all merchants use flying tickets, and many people will bring gold, silver, beads, jade and silk silk and other light goods to buy cloth. In fact, the income of Henan Mansion this year is quite amazing, and only counting commercial taxes, it is far more than Kaifeng Mansion, which was the first in the world before. However, due to the inability of the three divisions to pay for the flight tickets, these achievements were temporarily covered up.

After listening to Chen Zhizhong's words, Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "What if the ticket of Henan Mansion is not paid? ”

Chen Zhizhong was stunned for a moment, and then replied respectfully: "Back to Xianggong, if you don't pay it, first, Henan Mansion will not be able to settle accounts with other state troops and battalions on Jingxi Road, which will affect their business in the coming year, and then this year's official examination on Jingxi Road will be a mess." ”

Next to Du Yan said: "It's true, look at the end of the year, the officials of Jingxi Road have a lot of complaints about this matter." ”

Du Yan is in charge of the examination of the shogunate officials in the imperial history and the judge department. Recently, the officials of Jingxi Road have been very angry because they have made outstanding political achievements this year, but they may not be able to show it in the exam, and Du Yan has naturally heard about it.

Lu Yijian only nodded when he heard this, didn't speak again, and didn't know what to think in his heart.

Yan Shu watched the two prime ministers look more serious than the other, but they didn't make a sound, and couldn't help muttering in his heart. Recently, the atmosphere in the political hall has been abnormal, and everyone knows it, but they didn't expect the confrontation to reach such a strong level.

Seeing Zhao Zhen's eyes on him, Yan Shu had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "According to what the minister saw, it is naturally a lot of trouble for the flying ticket of Henan Mansion to be unable to be cashed, but the new policy of Qianzhuang has only been tried on Jingxi Road for a year, and there are many drawbacks, and it is really too risky to push it to the whole country now." Let's think of a way to help the three divisions get through this difficulty, and don't push the new policy of Qianzhuang. ”

Du Yan is an imperial historian, and it is not good to express his opinions on specific policies, so he just sits there and listens.

Zhao Zhen turned to Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng and asked, "What do the two ministers think?" ”

Lu Yijian Gongwat said in a deep voice: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the future of Qianzhuang's new policy is unknown, and it cannot be promoted to the whole country, so don't think of a good strategy." ”

Seeing Zhao Zhen looking at him, Wang Zeng had no choice but to praise the wat: "The minister also thinks that Qianzhuang's new policy will shake the world too much, and his sudden implementation may cause a big mess, so he should find another way to slowly figure it out." ”

The two prime ministers agreed on the same thing, and the matter was actually decided. Zhao Zhen was already suspicious, Xu Ping was here, he could still discuss, Xu Ping was not there, Chen Zhizhong had not yet obtained his financial approval, and would not ask for his opinion. The proposal of the three divisions to implement a new policy for the money village on Jingxi Road was actually vetoed.

Chen Zhizhong was not surprised by this result, in fact, he had already expected it, and at this time he said: "The two ministers both feel that it is not feasible to implement the new policy of Qianzhuang in the whole country, and it seems that this matter is indeed risky, so they have to discuss it later." It's just that it's now the end of the year, and the ticket for Henan Mansion must be cashed, otherwise the three divisions can't explain. What should be done in this matter, please advise. ”