Kaegongseong was the capital of Goryeo, and there was a high concentration of powerful people, and even local magnates would set up their own spokesmen here so that they could keep abreast of the movements within the imperial court.

Recently, there are two things that have been discussed most lively, one is that the savages in the west are at war with the Liao State again, and they have won several battles, which has eased the reputation of the Goryeo Army by the savages in the west a few years ago, and even the powerful Liao State has been defeated by the savages, and we just fought a draw, so that we can draw is already extremely powerful, at least we can be equal to the Liao State, well... It should be higher than the Song Kingdom and the Western Xia Kingdom, and it should also be higher than the Wa Kingdom!

The second thing is that the place that should be called Jeju Island is now occupied by a group of foreign pirates, not only did those pirates not burn and loot on the island, but built a large number of buildings, looking like they were building their hometowns, which is amazing, of course, everyone believes that as soon as the Goryeo army arrives, those pirates will fall apart, and in the end, those built houses or everything will become built for the great Goryeo, well, no wonder the king did not go to counterattack Jeju Island, he must have seen this, the king is wise!

The first thing is enough, but the second thing has been varied among some of the powerful, and Jeju Island is not only a pirate, but also countless wealth and opportunities.

A room filled the air with the scent of pink, where everything was arranged according to the most popular trends of the Song Kingdom, and several well-built men listened to silk bamboo and drank fine wine surrounded by a group of young girls.

"What wine... The wine of the Song Kingdom is stronger than our Goryeo, but it is too expensive. One person sighed.

"Now the price is two percent lower than before... I said, your Li family has made a lot of money, Nanfang..."A bearded man looked at the other person, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and his expression was full of ridicule.

"You guys, go down first," the one who was seen was a majestic-looking man sitting in the middle, he coughed, waved his hand to the maids around him, and said behind the screen, "Go down too!" ”

In a moment, more than a dozen warblers in the room walked away, and the majestic man said, "What are you gathered here for this time, everyone knows that there are indeed a lot of goods from the Song Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom in the south, I can tell you first, then Li Fengyi is from our Li family, but in this matter, our Li family did not get anything through him, what are the pirates who really speak in the south, everyone says, what should I do?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, but they didn't say anything, and the last thin old man snorted and said, "I don't care if I'm a pirate or not, I want to ask first, that Tamna... That is, the place that is now called Jeju Island, is it still not the place of our Goryeo Kingdom? ”

The majestic man narrowed his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "No! Jeju Island has been captured by pirates, and the king has already spoken to the envoys of the Liao State at the court meeting, and because of this matter, he has delayed the matter of attacking the savages with the Liao State. ”

The old man poured a glass of wine, drank it all, and said, "Since it is not our Goryeo place, then it is an enemy country?" Is there a ban on intercourse? ”

The majestic man took a breath and said, "How can a place captured by pirates be said to be a country... And the king didn't issue any bans..."

"Smack!" The old man slapped the table and said, "That's it, although Jeju Island was captured by pirates, there are still hundreds of people who fell into the hands of pirates, I think we should transport some urgently needed things to help the people live better, after all, we are the people of Goryeo." As he spoke, the old man wiped the corners of his eyes as if he had shed tears.

Everyone sneered in their hearts, what to transport some urgently needed things, I am afraid that they are ready to transport some special products in exchange for the special products of the Wa Kingdom and the Song Kingdom to make a profit, especially recently the Song Kingdom does not know what is going on, good things come out one after another, whether it is this fine wine or the sparkling glass, they are extremely sought-after goods, not to mention these two new ones, that is, the silk, tea, and books can be doubled in Goryeo, and there is no worry that there is no market, and the Song Kingdom is the guarantee of all sales. Even the copper coins of the Song Kingdom are worth more than those of Goryeo.

"That's not good...", a person said coldly, making everyone look at him, what? Anyone else who doesn't want to make money anymore? Want to get out of the aristocratic circle? Wow, it's been a long time since everyone carved up any of them, but I want to see who stands up first.

"I mean... The ban should still be there, ordinary people and businessmen don't know if they will transport some contraband to and let them go to sea at will, wouldn't it be a disaster for the country and the people? ”

The man didn't care, as if he could see through his eyes, and slowly said what he thought.

Hiss... The idea... Not bad!

Jeju Island was occupied by pirates, so it is natural to ban the sea, but this forbidden sea is to prevent those merchants and people who do not understand the general situation from fornicating with pirates, and nobles like themselves will naturally not be banned.

All policies will have their own beneficiary groups, when a policy is introduced, there will often be some forces behind him to promote him, this truth is the same in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Everyone glanced at each other, and an alliance treaty was reached, of course, the people here are not the people who really call the shots, but behind these people, they represent most of the noble forces of Goryeo, and these people together are enough to compete with the king of Goryeo.

- A few days later, the Goryeo court meeting

Goryeo King Wang Mata looked at the courtiers below a little sleepily, although he was only thirty-five or sixteen years old, but he had gradually lost his enterprising spirit, no way, Goryeo is so big, the geography is so special, the east is the Wa Kingdom, the west is the Jurchen savages, he just wanted to expand externally when he first ascended the throne, but he was beaten to a big bag, and when he came back, he found that the nobles of the family who had been suppressed had the upper hand because of this time, so he turned his energy to internal governance.

"King Qizuo, the minister has a book!" A minister walked out of the train and bowed.

Well? Wang Yu looked at the person who was speaking, and touched the situation of this person in his mind. It's those from the family...

"Say it."

"Great King, it has been several months since Tamna County was captured by pirates, but the garrisons in Jeonju, Gongju and other places have not been recovered, and the main defenders of the two places are guilty of dereliction of duty."

Well?

Wang Yu narrowed his eyes, the lords of these two places are all nobles from all over the world, what's the matter? These people want to fight in the nest? That's a good thing.

"Hmm... Aiqing is reasonable, do you have anything else to say? ”

As he spoke, Wang Yu looked at Li Ziqian, who was also the prime minister of the dynasty and the head of the first family.

Li Ziqian was motionless, looking at his nose and his heart, as if he had settled down.

"The king, the minister thinks that the generals of these two places will naturally be punished, but the reason why the generals of these two places cannot recover the lost land is for another reason." Another man walked out and said.

"Tell me about it"

"King, as far as the minister knows, those pirates said that they came from the Song Kingdom, the Wa Kingdom and other places, but most of them are my Goryeo people, these people are from my Goryeo homeland to make ships to the sea, sometimes for the people, sometimes for business, sometimes for the Kou, drifting and going, making the local garrison difficult to capture, but also make our people's hearts float, do not love farming, only want to go to sea, for a long time, the minister thought that it would make no one to farm, the people are not there, and the copper smell is all over the sky!

The ministers ask Your Majesty to seal the sea and ban ships, persuade the people to farm, and raise them in education, so that our country will have simple customs and simple customs, and the country and the people will be safe. ”

The minister's face was upright, and the early sunlight just shone on his body at this time, making him seem to emit golden light one after another, making it difficult for people to look directly.

"King! Since ancient times, there is no agriculture and instability, agriculture is the foundation of all industries, this year's weather is cold, our country is afraid of famine next year, the minister seconded the proposal to persuade farmers to ban the sea, as for the sea fish, you can let the garrison go to the salvage, one to supplement the military, and the other can also patrol the sea area. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

One by one, the ministers stood up and bowed to Wang Mata, and Wang Mata was surprised to find that not only the people from the family came out, but even a few people who were promoted by themselves also stood up, could it be that these people were all bought by the family?

Wang Yu hesitated for a moment, and then rejected this idea in his heart, and finally could only stand up for the argument that these people were valuing agriculture and suppressing business, Wang Yu kept bending his fingers and hitting the handrail, what did these people want to do? Wang Yu looked at Li Ziqian again, and Li Ziqian was still motionless, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Wang Yu understood very well that this was a coordinated battle of the nobles of the family in order to ban the sea, but what is the benefit of the ban on these people?

Wang Yu thought about it and understood, I'm afraid that this forbidden sea and forbidden sea, the last people who are forbidden are those people and merchants, these nobles will not be banned from the sea, as for profits and taxes... I'm afraid that there won't be many of them entering the treasury, and these Goryeo moths don't want to take advantage of them for a while!

Wang Yu understood, but felt that it was even more tricky, the power represented by these people was too great, so big that even he was a little jealous.

He finally said, "This matter is very important, let's discuss it later, Li Aiqing stays, and the others disperse." ”

There are many people with the surname Li in the court, but no one will have any doubts about who to call, this Li Aiqing will only be Li Ziqian, the prime minister of the dynasty

After everyone left, Wang Yu got up and said, "I've been sitting for a long time, let's talk while walking." ”

The two walked one after the other, without saying a word, and after a while, Wang Yu said, "In this way, I am afraid that the taxes of the DPRK and China will be greatly reduced." ”

The most important thing in politics is balance and compromise, and whoever cannot master these two points is definitely not a qualified politician.

Li Ziqian understood that Wang Yu already knew the key, and the rest was compromise and balance, if this money was only earned by the family, then Wang Yu would definitely not do it.

"My lord, the reduction in taxes can be made up for with profits, and I don't know how much overseas things are worth, but I think it would be better to have the government set the price."

This is in exchange, we can not let ordinary businessmen and ordinary people do foreign trade business, as far as our family and your royal family do it is also very good, as for taxes, of course our family will steal reduction, but your royal family can directly go to business to make money, isn't this much faster than taxes?

Wang Yu was a little moved, although because of the Song State's Wang Anshi reforms, so that Goryeo also tried to be directly compraded by the state, but because of the family's reasons, it has not been carried out thoroughly, Li Ziqian means that the things that come back from overseas trade in the future can learn from the Song Kingdom, all of them are sold to the government, and the government does not accept them, and then sell them out, so that the government can make a lot of profits.

"Song is the upper country, this law is said to make the country more and more powerful, you propose an excerpt to show me."

The interests have reached a compromise agreement!

As for the life and death of those fishermen and ordinary merchants, they are definitely no longer in the consideration of these two people, anyway, the people are like weeds, how can they not die, what are they afraid of?

The order to forbid the sea in Goryeo was soon issued, and the sailors everywhere swept around like crazy to capture those fishermen and caravans who dared to go to sea, but some fishermen found that for some reason, those sailors were often full when they went to sea, and when they came back, they were also full, and they didn't know what they were loading....

- Jeju Island

A dignified man stepped off the boat, looked around, and couldn't help but praise, "It's built well, it seems that those Song people have some skills, what about Li Fengyi?" Why don't you come to greet someone from the Lord's house? ”

The person who had been waiting here for a long time lowered his head and said, "Back to the third master, Li Fengyi didn't see us at all, and we couldn't find him, every time I looked for him, I was only stopped and said that I was looking for those who were doing things below." ”

"Humph! Something that has forgotten its ancestors, and when it has some achievements, it forgets who it is? Li Zirang snorted and said, he is Li Ziqian's third brother, but he controls all the business granges of the Li family, and is known as the third master.

Li Zirang looked back at the sailor battleship he was on and said, "How many boats of things have been brought this time, what are the prices here now?" ”

"Third master, if you want to say the price here, what we say is not necessarily accurate, you have to go to the handover building to see, where is the latest price of the department store, you can also trade directly, but you have to send the goods to the warehouse first." The man said with a smile.

"What to turn in? Shipped to the warehouse? What warehouse? Li Zirang asked.

"It's the warehouse over there, three masters, look!" As he spoke, the man pointed to a piece of wooden houses, and saw that the wooden houses were divided into sections, and there were flags floating on them, on which were written warehouses and a number, such as warehouses three or four, and so on.

"It's kind of interesting... You come to what you inquired about first, and I'll see what tricks are playing on Jeju Island! Li Zirang touched his chin and said with interest.

The group walked all the way to the warehouse, only to see countless coolies constantly carrying goods in and out, but it was extremely lively.