Although Zhu Houzhao wanted to go to Liaodong very much, he also knew that now was not the time, Wang Shouren did not have news from his side, and he had no way to convince his father and the ministers of the court, but Zhu Houzhao was not so eager, and he didn't really want to fight Uharyan, in Zhu Houzhao's opinion, Uharyan was a soft persimmon among the Mongolian tribes, and he could pinch it at any time.

Of course, another reason why Zhu Houzhao wanted to go to Liaodong was that he really had nothing to do in the capital, and he was uncomfortable.

The matter of Nazhuang Tianshui has been arranged, and the rest of the things have little to do with him, Zhu Houzhao believes that Liu Qi can also do it well. Originally, Zhu Houzhao wanted to reach out to the officials, that is, to reform the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but he was pushed back by Ma Wensheng, which made Zhu Houzhao realize one thing, that is, the civil officials were wary of themselves.

If you have to move the government, then you have to start from the father's side, but the resistance will be very large, so simply don't move first.

When he finishes cleaning up the northern Xinjiang, then he will have enough time and energy to clean up these, and Zhu Houzhao is not in a hurry, anyway, he is young and can afford to wait. Now that Liaodong's military reform can be supported by the imperial court, Zhu Houzhao believes that there is no big problem, so he is ready to do something serious and build Liaodong into a base first.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Lord Qi Youqi, the head of the household department, asks to see you." Liu Jin walked in from the outside and bowed.

Qi You is here? Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "Let him come in!" ”

Since sitting in the position of the head of the household, Qi You can be said to be proud of the spring equinox, and at the same time he has become more and more deferential to Zhu Houzhao, unlike others, Qi You was promoted by Zhu Houzhao. From a Hubu Lang to a Hubu Shangshu, Qi You can be said to be the favor of the deep prince. Qi You hugged Zhu Houzhao's thighs is actually very simple, first, to repay the kindness, the so-called kindness of knowing the encounter, naturally to repay.

Another more important reason is that Qi You has cut himself off from the current gentry group, since he hugged Shou Ninghou's thigh, he has begun to go further and further away from the current gentry group.

After becoming the Si Cheng of the Salt and Iron Division, Qi You offended the gentry even more, in such a situation, Qi You naturally had to hug the thighs of His Royal Highness the Prince, otherwise the ghost knows which day he will be brought down. Zhu Houzhao naturally knows this, but he doesn't care, doesn't he use Qi You because his bottom line is relatively low, or there is no bottom line?

It didn't take long for Qi You to walk in from outside, and after seeing Zhu Houzhao, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, with a very deferential expression on his face.

"Alright, excuse me!" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "This is in private, and we monarchs and ministers will be less polite." Saying that, Zhu Houzhao pointed to the stool: "If there is something, sit down and say!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince." Qi You hurriedly agreed, and said with a flattering expression on his face: "Today's minister came here to talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about the auction of the salt farm. ”

Saying that, Qi You looked at Zhu Houzhao with some concern: "Your Highness, the ministers are a little worried about this matter, once they do this, the court is afraid that it will be a little difficult for the imperial court!" ”

Zhu Houzhao smiled and didn't care, he had expected this for a long time, after all, every time he was knocked by the imperial court, these people must be uncomfortable in their hearts. In such a situation, these people naturally have to find a way. Even if the gentry and the nobles are not in harmony, but in the face of interests, they can make peace, and even form an alliance of interests.

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised by this kind of thing at all, looked at Qi You with a smile and asked, "What do you think?" But it doesn't hurt to say, this palace will call the shots for you. ”

After pondering for a moment, Qi You opened his mouth and said: "The minister thought that these people were connected in private, which was naturally a private matter, and the minister also sent someone to investigate, but he didn't find anything, it seemed to be just something chasing the wind." It's just that I think that this matter is not just groundless, I am afraid that it is true, but it is too difficult to investigate, and it is difficult to obtain evidence. ”

"The minister thought that he still had to start from the root, and the minister thought about whether to relax the restrictions on bidding qualifications?" Saying that, Qi You looked at Zhu Houzhao cautiously.

Hearing Qi You's words, Zhu Houzhao immediately smiled, the so-called restriction on liberalizing bidding qualifications, to put it bluntly, is not like the last time, the last time I entered the door to get an invitation, I needed to treat and give gifts. Qi You also knew that the last time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used this method to stabilize the salt administration, and at the same time split the nobles and gentry, so Qi You was cautious.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that the matter of auction qualifications would not last long, and last time for this qualification, many salt merchants took refuge in the nobles and gentry and gave a lot of gifts, whether it was in their own palace or in their father's inner treasury, they all took a lot of benefits. Now that Qi You wants to cut off this benefit, it naturally makes Qi You very worried, once he angers His Royal Highness the Crown Prince or His Majesty, then his future will be worried.

Zhu Houzhao thought about this for a moment and nodded: "Yes, let go of the qualification restrictions, as long as you want to participate in the auction, you can participate in the auction, just take the money out." ”

"In addition, you can let people let the news go, if the auction price of that piece of salt is too low, the imperial court can operate it itself." Zhu Houzhao added: "If they don't want to do it, then the imperial court will do it themselves, anyway, they just transport the salt to various places to sell, and the imperial court can't do it." ”

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao thought of a problem, that is, the imperial court is afraid that it really can't do it, but it doesn't matter.

A few years ago, Zhu Houzhao may not have this confidence, but now that Zhu Houzhao has it, looking at Qi You, Zhu Houzhao added: "You just said that Qiwei Zhai is interested in the salt field, and you want to take a few salt fields, anyway, Qi Wei Zhai's shops are all over the world, and there is no need to reopen the shop to sell salt, if someone doesn't want to buy it, then Qi Wei Zhai will buy it." ”

The catfish effect, this Zhu Houzhao still knows, Norwegians like to eat sardines, especially live fish. The price of live fish in the market is much higher than that of dead fish, so fishermen always try to find a way to bring live sardines back to port. Despite all these efforts, most sardines suffocate to death. Later, someone put a catfish in the tank containing sardines, which mainly feeds on fish.

The sardines saw the catfish hiding everywhere, so that the problem of lack of oxygen was solved, and most of them returned to the fishing port alive. This is known as the "catfish effect"

Now Qiwei Zhai is this catfish, and Qiwei Zhai, who has a channel, can scare these people to death, so you let Qiwei Zhai take over and try it.