"Your Majesty wants to see me?"

Ye Qing asked, "Do you know what it is?" ”

Zhang Rang glanced left and right, and replied in a vigilant whisper: "I don't know!" Your Highness will know when you go down. ”

Ye Qing followed Zhang Rang all the way to the imperial study!

This time, Ye Zhen didn't make a fool of himself.

Yijing sat on the dragon chair to correct the chapter, and after Ye Qing came in to pay homage, there was no response, and when he corrected it for about a moment, he asked without stopping:

"The Chu Wangfu was burned by you!"

"Hmm!"

Why did he suddenly ask this, Ye Qing shook his head and denied: "No! ”

Ye Zhen stopped writing at this time, stared at Ye Qing, his eyes were full of aggression, and he snorted coldly: "I dare not admit it, I still want to do big things!" ”

"It's true that the minister didn't do it, the minister has no time, the minister has no energy!" Ye Qing said without admitting it.

Let you tell me about the flowers today, and I did it.

"Okay! That's not what you did well! Ye Zhen asked again:

"How did you feel about going to court for the first time!"

The conversation turned a little fast, which made people lose their pulse.

I don't know what Ye Zhen's idea is.

However, Ye Qing still thought about it seriously and spit out one word: "Tired!" ”

"Tired...... Ye Zhen asked again: "Why are you tired?" ”

"I'm tired of standing, I'm tired of sitting, I'm tired of pretending, I'm tired of acting, I'm tired of intrigue, I'm tired." Ye Qing replied truthfully.

At such a court meeting, it is like fighting a war at a time, there is no smoke of gunpowder, and I don't know where to start the war, and I don't know when it will end.

Can you not get tired?

Ye Zhen was thoughtful.

It seems that Ye Qing is right.

After a short silence, Ye Zhen asked again:

"The idea that came out today is indeed to help the imperial court relieve some pressure on money and food, but those are far from enough, the household department is empty, what other ways do you have to fill the household department?"

In fact, Ye Zhen is also a dead horse as a live horse doctor, so he asked by the way.

The problem of money and food has always been the most fundamental problem that plagues Da Zhou.

No matter how many smart people and how many capable generals can't solve it.

Ye Qing didn't answer immediately, there are many ways to make money.

There are also many ways to make Da Zhou rich.

But whether to say it or not, how to say it, this is very particular.

The danger of the court can be regarded as an increase in knowledge today.

If you want to gain benefits, you will violate the inherent interests of others.

Especially the more money you make, the more you can gather wealth.

After thinking about it, Ye Qing asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, is this salt and iron item in the household department?" ”

"Why do you ask this?" Ye Zhen didn't know why.

Ask you how to make money, how to solve the empty treasury, what are you doing with salt and iron?

Could it be that Ye Qing wants to hit the idea of salt and iron.

These two are indeed things that amass great wealth.

But it's all in the hands of the family.

Among them, the salt industry is in Liujia, Hedong, and the iron industry is in Hongnong Yangjia.

It is the family where Yang Mingtao is located.

The reason why Ye Zhen will make a heavy attack in the court today is also for this reason.

The Yang family controls the iron industry, and now the three treasures in the horse are fully equipped, and the iron ore needed has increased sharply, but the Yang family does not support it, and the price is secretly increased.

It really tricked him.

That's why he will send Yang Mingtao, a descendant of the Yang family, directly to the end and send him back to his hometown.

Ye Qingdao: "If it is, then please take back the salt and iron management rights of the household department and change it to at least the name of the government, so that there is a way to make the Shaofu rich in money and grain." ”

Shaofu was the emperor's personal purse.

In charge of mountains, seas, rivers, royal clothes, treasures, treasures, food and vegetables (utensils), weaving and dyeing, etc.

In short, the emperor's income and expenses are under his control.

The source of income of the Shaofu is very single, and it all depends on the taxes produced in the Huangzhuang, pastoral, mountainous, and lake under its name.

Of course, if the household department has money, it will also allocate some of the emperor's basic expenses to the Shaofu every day.

It's just that the household department of the Great Zhou is so poor that it owes money every year, where is there a tip for the emperor.

So Ye Zhen's small life was not very comfortable.

"Why is that?" Ye Zhen was puzzled.

Could it be that if you change the iron smelting to the name of Shaofu, you will be rich.

The salt industry is okay to say, because the technology is not as good as that of the Liujia in Hedong, and the high price of official salt is not competitive.

The household department will not hold on to it.

If you can throw the pot to Shaofu, those guys will be happy to give up this burden.

The iron industry is a little more troublesome.

But there has to be a valid reason.

He, Ye Zhen, is not a fool, and he will not take these two burdens if he doesn't make money.

Ye Qingdao: "Because the household department is not His Majesty's household department, even if salt and iron can really make money, it will never be able to fill the deficit of the household department, but Shaofu will always be His Majesty's Shaofu, Shaofu is rich, Your Majesty wants to spend money, no one interferes, Your Majesty wants to reward the army, and if you want to reward the courtiers, you can reward the courtiers wantonly." ”

Ye Qing is also true.

Shaofu was the emperor's personal money bag.

The emperor used his own money, and no matter how he used it, the officials had no right to restrain and interfere.

It's just that...... Ye Zhen was a little moved, but he still didn't understand what was going on, so he snorted and said, "Tell me directly, sell Guanzi to me, and I will withdraw your Xiaoyao Mansion!" ”

"Your Majesty, after the salt and iron are collected into the Shaofu, Your Majesty can authorize others at will, this business is most afraid of monopolistic operation, because there is no competition, so a single family will not have a hundred flowers blooming.

With competition, Your Majesty can support several salt and iron giants, let them grow, let them develop, and with Your Majesty holding salt and iron, someone will naturally come to send money, and Shaofu will naturally be overflowing. Ye Qing said Kankan.

Hey!

That's really the case.

In the past, salt and iron were only done by the household department and the Liu family and the Yang family.

The Liu family and the Yang family are the big heads, which can be said to be monopolistic operations, and others can't get involved if they want to.

Gradually, the two families of Liu Yang became dominant.

Naturally, the money bag of the household department slowly shrank.

Most of the officials of the household department are controlled by the family, and they should cooperate with the outside world, and the household department is not empty.

Thinking of this, Ye Zhen's face was half cold, and a huge resentment and killing aura emanated from his body.

"However, who dares to take revenge on the two families of Liu Yang to stand up and operate this salt and iron business." understands and understands, but Ye Zhen is not stupid, and there are only a handful of people who can come out to fight with Liu Yang in the Great Zhou.

Powerful people or families have done other business.

Each family of the world has long had its own unique business.

No one will break this level, provoke a war, and finally lose until both sides are injured and give others or the court to pick up the advantage.

Ye Qing smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, there is one person who dares, that person's eyes are in the sky, and they are close in front of him." ”

The eye is in the sky, and it is close at hand!

Ye Zhen's eyes lit up, and the light in his eyes when he looked at Ye Qing was a little enlightened.

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this person is not a minister, but Your Majesty yourself!" ”

Well!

Myself?

Ye Zhen was confused!

How did you become yourself, aren't you kid?

If Ye Qing is used to fight with Liu Yang, it seems to be a good way.

He, Ye Zhen, can be condescending, stay out of the way, and be able to kill with one blow at a critical moment.

If you don't succeed, you can take it calmly and watch the play in the back.

Ye Zhen is used to borrowing others to make a move, and he rarely fights in person, so he can't help but wonder.

There is also some reluctance.