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Zhu Gaochi's eyes flashed, as an emperor, he naturally recited a lot of history books on weekdays, Wang Zhen said about the planting of tea estates in the Northern Song Dynasty, how did he not know that the Great Song Dynasty, following the development of the vast land in the south of the Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty, continued to develop to Lingnan. Many new tea plantations have been opened up in Guangdong and Guangxi. Such as Nanxiong and Xunzhou in Guangdong, Jingjiang Mansion and Rong, Xun, Bin, Zhao and other prefectures in Guangxi. The tea production in the southeast region, in the four years of Weijiayou in the north, has reached more than 20,000 catties, becoming the national tea industry economic center, so the Northern Song Dynasty government stipulates that the southeast tea is specialized. In the three years of Dazu Qiande, Chali was "more than 100,000 years old". In the first year of Jingde, the tea year class "5.69 million guan", tea profits rose sharply, became an important pillar of national finance, and played a key role in raising the army, and later, the Southern Song Dynasty was able to resist the Mongolian iron cavalry for 50 years, which can be said to have a great relationship with the tea in the south of the Yangtze River! But the Ming Dynasty is not the Great Song Dynasty of the past, Mongolia is not the Mongolia of the past, as the king of a country, to make a big thing, there must always be some concerns, if you can't bring benefits to your subjects, then this thing is not done, although the power of Mongolia in the emperor's grandfather and father under the blow, has long ceased to be the strength of Mongolia in the past, but from these years Jinyi Wei secret agent sent back from Wara news, the defeat of the father in the hands of the power of Mahamu did not have much damage, since the death of Mahamu, his son inherited his career, these years of recuperation, the original weaker Warat became stronger, These actions inevitably aroused his vigilance, he asked himself not to have the eloquence of his father, nor the decision of the emperor's grandfather, but as an emperor, he asked himself to defend the country laid by his ancestors, and he still had some confidence, but such a major event in the tea and horse market, and directly facing Mongolia, the most powerful enemy in the past, inevitably made him think more!

Wang Zhen didn't know what the emperor was thinking, seeing that the emperor did not reprimand himself, but his eyes were full of encouragement, his heart was happy, and the tension just now was relaxed, and he saw some of the things he saw in the history books in the past, plus his own opinions carefully said, he knew that today's words were definitely regarded as a political intervention in the Hongwu Dynasty, but once the son of heaven and a courtier, the rules of the year The emperor said that he was not a rule, then it was a rule and not a rule, if the emperor said that it was a rule, even if it was not a rule, it was also a rule, and he understood this simple truth, Wang Zhen said very carefully, and his opinion was only a reminder, as well as what I saw in the history books of the previous dynasty, as for how to choose, it is not his business, it is the emperor's business.

Mongolia takes animal husbandry as its industry, meat and milk as the top, and tea "attacks the greasy flesh and cleanses the sleepiness of the night". To the Song Dynasty herdsmen drinking tea has been very common, has been "Yi people can not live without tea for a day", up to the nobles, down to the common people, all drinkers, the Jiangnan tea, silk demand is very large, which inevitably has some benefits, but there are also many disadvantages, the early Song Dynasty to copper money, silk, tea and so on. Buying horses with copper money, calculating the price of horses by special personnel, with an average of about 30 yuan per horse, and 25,000 horses per year, costing 750,000 yuan, which is not something that the state can afford, and later a large amount of copper fruit flowed to areas outside the rule of the Song Dynasty, and there was a shortage of money in many places in the south of the Yangtze River, and the circulation of money was not smooth, which caused chaos in the imperial court and brought a lot of trouble to the early years of the Song Dynasty. As a result, it weakened its own resistance and caused great danger militarily, and it is said that the Zhao and Song dynasties suffered a lot of losses in this regard!"

Speaking of this, Wang Zhen raised his head and glanced at Zhu Gaochi quickly, Zhu Gaochi on the dragon chair frowned, as if thinking about his words, Wang Zhen suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, carefully straightened out his thoughts, as well as the historical materials he saw in the history books, and continued: "Although the tea and horse market has disadvantages, there are also many advantages, when Song Taizong and Zhenzong, the silk income of Song Dynasty was less than two million horses per year. A silk is worth a consistent, a horse is worth 30 yuan, then you need 30 silk to buy a horse, and silk is expensive. On average, 25,000 horses were bought every year, and the expenditure on silk accounted for almost one-third of the annual income of the two taxes, which was also unbearable for the Zhao and Song courts. Only the supply of tea is sufficient, and the herdsmen love it, so the tea is the best plan for the Zhao and Song dynasties, and the Song Dynasty exchanged tea for Mongolia, Tibet's horses, cattle and sheep, they first set up tea trading institutions, and purchased all the tea farmers' tea at the price stipulated by the state, and the tea merchants must buy tea from the tea farm, and cannot trade directly with the tea farmers. Officials, merchants, and citizens were all prohibited from smuggling, and those who were arrested and punished for serious crimes were allowed. It gained a lot of benefits, and later the Great Song Dynasty was able to resist the Mongols, didn't it get a lot of benefits from the tea and horse market?"

Zhu Gaochi squinted his eyes and nodded, and said: "What my father-in-law said, there is some truth, I have a lot of tea in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and now the people of Huainan, Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, Jinghu, and Fujian Zhulu plant more tea, and the tea is abundant, and the imperial court only needs to learn from the Zhao and Song dynasties, and there are many tea factories in these places, and then all the tea leaves of tea farmers are purchased at the price stipulated by the state, and tea merchants must buy tea from the tea farm, and cannot trade directly with tea farmers. Officials, merchants, and citizens are all forbidden to smuggle traffickers, and people are allowed to arrest and punish serious crimes, and then set up special canons, warehouse scales, and tooth people in each tea buying place to handle tea buying and taxation matters. In addition, the regulations on the punishment of quota and excess reward arrears for each acquisition have been formulated. The main task of the tea shop is to sell the tea shipped from Sichuan at the official price or Yima, isn't it a bad thing?"

Wang Zhendao: "The emperor said very well, since the Song Dynasty, herdsmen drinking tea has been very common, has been "Yi people can not live without tea for a day", from the nobles, down to the common people, all drinkers. I have not only tea, but now there are horses, Ming can not do without horses, but the Mongolians are categorically not without tea, the emperor only needs to prevent Mongolia from using copper coins, silk and other horses, so the mutual market is not a big deal?"

Zhu Gaochi squinted his eyes and muttered for a moment, and suddenly laughed and said: "Yes, I can do without Mongolian cattle and sheep, and I don't want their horses, but the Mongolians have become a habit for everyone to drink tea, and it can be said that one day is indispensable without tea.

Wang Zhen was overjoyed in his heart, but he didn't dare.

Zhu Gaochi didn't say much, although the discussion with Wang Zhen was a bit against the rules set by the emperor's grandfather, but since his father Wang ascended the throne, he has successively used dogs and Zheng He, which shows that this rule can be changed, and he just said something to Wang Zhen, which is not a violation of the rules set by the emperor's grandfather.

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After a deep sigh, Zhu Gaochi reviewed this recital, sat down and drank the tea soup slowly, just took a sip, saw Wang Zhen bowed respectfully on the side, and couldn't help nodding secretly, he was dignified and quiet by nature, words and deeds, and liked to read and Confucian etiquette is very important, Wang Zhen's respectful appearance did make him feel a little good, remembering the conversation just now, although most of them are history books, neither did he interfere in politics, but also provided me with help, it is indeed rare for a eunuch to have this thought, Zhu Gaochi at this time is like an old mother, how to look at Wang Zhen, how to pleasing to the eye。

After pondering for a while, Zhu Gaochi said softly: "What is the prince doing in the palace now?"

Wang Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then rejoiced, he was a smart person, he could be valued by Gonggong Hai so quickly, and was favored by Chen Wu, he had his ability, after listening to the emperor's words, of course he knew the meaning of the emperor's inquiry, that is, he had arranged a position for himself, thinking of Gonggong Hai's attitude towards himself today, and explained to himself, Wang Zhen suddenly gave birth to a surprise, if he could be a eunuch in the imperial study, follow the emperor's side, wouldn't the chance of being on the throne be much greater.

But he is extremely clever, knowing that at this time is never too happy, the reason why Emperor Hongwu set up eunuchs not to interfere in politics, what he is afraid of is that the eunuchs are close to the emperor, thus intervening in court affairs, although the emperor is benevolent, but as an emperor, he is very moody, no one knows what will happen to his joys and sorrows in the eyes of others, so he hid the joy in his heart very well, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Back to the emperor, the slave is doing procurement in the air?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded: "Although the palace is royal, it is not a god who does not eat fireworks in the world, and eating, drinking, and sleeping are still indispensable, so the palace will send some eunuchs to the palace every month to purchase the things needed in the palace, but this errand is also when the eunuchs take the opportunity to fish for oil and water?"

"With your talents, it is indeed a little more talented to be a procurement eunuch, so from today onwards, you won't go to the procurement work, will you stay in the imperial study?" Zhu Gaochi said casually while drinking tea soup.

The sudden joy made Wang Zhen almost a little uncontrollable, if it weren't for his usual temperament, such good news at this moment was uncontrollable, he knew that many high-powered eunuchs, under one person, the great eunuchs who left their names in history above 10,000 people, relied on an opportunity, Qin Zhi Zhao Gao relied on changing the edict of the Qin Emperor, Tang Zhi Gaolishi relied on helping Li Longji assess the rebellion of Princess Taiping, and Li Fuguo...... Tong Guan, which of Zheng He in my dynasty did not rely on an opportunity given by the emperor to achieve his extraordinary fame. Thinking of these, Wang Zhenxin thumped, he was literate and literate, ambitious, and patient, what he lacked was opportunity, and now that His Majesty has given me this opportunity, can I also do a remarkable career like Gao Lishi and Zheng He?"

At this moment, Wang Zhen's heart was already burning, and he forgot to reply for a while.