Han Xizai has been a household waiter, has traveled through six departments, has a wide range of knowledge, and has communicated with Su Chen in advance, so after listening to his remarks at this time, he did not express much shock, and after thinking about it for a while, he was able to understand.

"Yi Xuan's words are indeed thought-provoking, vigorously developing official kilns and official merchants, not only to control salt and iron, but also to expand the business of the imperial court, so that not only rely on taxes on the people and merchants, but also real profits."

Gao Yue exclaimed: "Yes, why didn't I think of this before." ”

Xu Kai was suspicious, shook his head and said: "However, the imperial court does business and competes with the people for profit, maybe many officials do not agree!" ”

Zhong Mo's face was full of anger, and he snorted lightly: "The party is the same and the people in the Song Party, no matter whether this matter is beneficial to the people and the country, as long as we put it forward, they are all against it." ”

Xu Xuan is one of Li Yu's most trusted ministers, as Tongping Zhangshi, equivalent to the deputy prime minister, with the weight of decision-making on government affairs, after hearing Su Chen's words, he aroused his strong interest and asked: "Yixuan, can you explain to us again, what specific aspects should be started in the business of the imperial court in order to be effective?" After all, for hundreds of years, although there have been imperial merchants in all dynasties, most of them are monopolized by the imperial court, and then subcontracted to some private merchants to make them for the imperial court, and there are still relatively few imperial court workshops. ”

Su Chen hesitated for a moment and said: "At present, the Tang State has lost the thirteen states of Jiangbei, the terrain has been reduced by nearly half, and it is the rich land of Huainan in the Central Plains, which has suffered a great loss to the imperial court. However, this also requires several conditions. ”

"First, we need strong support from the government to develop shipbuilding and sea trade, because we need to do business in foreign countries to earn a large surplus. Secondly, this matter needs to be led by our people, and the obstacles of the imperial court need to be blocked, and the Song Party members cannot be allowed to come out and destroy it. The third is trade goods, which need to be novel, take the high-end luxury route, what is lacking or even not available in other countries, such as Jiangnan tea, Qingbai porcelain, etc., as well as soap, perfume, high-purity spirits, glass cups, etc., to earn back silver from the Western Regions, overseas, Khitan, and Fusang to fill the treasury. ”

It's clearly organized, one link after another, and these are not very difficult to understand, the people at the banquet are basically people who have read poetry and books, and they have been immersed in officialdom for many years, not to mention that they are old foxes, but they will not be any worse, IQ and EQ are online, and they can understand what Su Chen said.

Gao Yue exclaimed: "What a good method, simple and effective, why didn't anyone think of it before!" ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile on the side: "Haha, eldest brother, it's not that there are no predecessors who want to get this business method, but there are no new things, and it is not worth much to sell Jiangnan native products, not enough to go to sea and toss the cost!" ”

Han Xizai, Xu Kai, Zhong Mo and others all fell into thinking, these conditions seem simple, but when they are used, I am afraid it is not an easy task.

Zhong Mo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, proposed: "As long as Yixuan can cure Empress Zhou and the second prince, then the weight in the eyes of the Empress Dowager and the official family will be heavy, and the people of our faction can also rise to the top, and then close the intimate relationship with the royal family and alienate the people of the Song Party, it is best to promote their relationship with King Zheng as deep as possible, so as to cause the plan of the official family." ”

Zhang Yi said: "When the Song Party did things back then, people and gods were angry, affecting the country, and they were alienated by the emperor, so they held a grudge and secretly supported the emperor's younger brother Li Jingsui to compete for the position of prince, but unfortunately the prince Li Hongji was ruthless at that time, poisoned Li Jingsui, and became the only prince. But two months later, the crown prince died mysteriously and violently, contributing to the current official family's enthronement. As the Song Party continued to lose ground in the court, it is possible that they would secretly support the seizure of power by Li Congshan, the king of Zheng. ”

Gao Yue sighed: "If you want to implement the law of this rich country, then you must carry out restructuring, improve the status of business, and expand the imperial court workshop, but what to produce, you still need to personally design with Xuan, give the formula and production method, and the imperial court will set up official kilns and official workshops through recruitment, and increase foreign trade." ”

Su Chen continued to refine his point of view and said: "If you really want to promote trade in this way, the imperial court must at least reform in terms of business. Including the establishment of those business workshops, how to process the steps, who will be responsible for supervision, who will conduct trade, the money earned, which proportion will be handed over to the imperial treasury, and which will continue to be invested in production costs, I suggest that special departments can be set up, such as the three divisions, salt and iron, degree branches, and household departments, which are specifically responsible for the business of the imperial court, which is different from the authority of the household department in the three and six departments, so that in terms of business and taxation, it is equivalent to attaching great importance to it, which is conducive to the imperial court to earn silver. ”

"Three divisions, specialized in business and tax collection? It is indeed conducive to the direct management of finances. Han Xizai felt that this proposal was very good, to improve his status and effective management, he would be more hierarchical than before, and it would be difficult to do something directly.

Li Dezan, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, nodded and said: "Overseas trade also needs a certain number of ships, and in terms of shipbuilding, we also need to increase investment, just so that military ships and merchant ships can be built together!" ”

Su Chen's strategy of enriching the country triggered a heated discussion among more than a dozen ministers at the banquet, and the more they chatted, the more feasible they felt, and solved a big problem in their hearts.

In the past, we only thought about enriching the country and strengthening the army, but the treasury was empty, the people were getting poorer day by day, the army had no salaries, and the weapons and equipment could not be replenished in time.

Even if the land distribution is reformed and taxes are increased in a different way, it is only an excessive pressure from the hands of the people, which is not in line with the purpose of their governance.

However, Su Chen's words today made everyone present have a sense of clearing the clouds and mist, and they can follow the ideas of officials and businessmen to open up foreign trade, earn silver, military supplies, and daily necessities, and come back, and the court and the people can enjoy the dividends.

Xu Xuan smiled, and said with emotion: "It is worthy of being called the first genius in Jiangzuo, and now the old man can be regarded as having seen Yixuan's true talent." ”

Zhong Mo quipped: "I didn't expect Brother Han to cultivate in Runzhou for a year, but he excavated this kind of outstanding people and joined our camp, the future is terrifying, and the future is immeasurable!" ”

Han Xizai couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, you guys praise the old man, if you want to say this vision, no one is as tricky as Brother Peng, after seeing Yi Xuan's talent, he first set up the marriage between her daughter and Yi Xuan, which made the old man really envious, but it's a pity that the old man's family is full of men, and there is no suitable girl!" ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Peng Zeliang and chuckled, and the scene was very harmonious and harmonious.

But at this moment, a family member ran over in a panic, panting and said: "Master Peng, something happened, the forbidden army team came from outside the door, saying that he wanted to take Su Chen's son into the palace immediately, as if it was said that the second prince's condition suddenly worsened......

"Getting worse?" Everyone's faces changed.

After Su Chen heard this, he showed suspicion: How could it be aggravated, it doesn't make sense!