"Interests?"

Wu Meiniang pondered for a moment, shook her head lightly, and said: "If there is interest, I am afraid that I don't need to argue with them, they will agree, the reason why it is difficult to persuade them to agree is because it is unprofitable." ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "It's a piece of land, how can there be no benefits, the reason why they won't agree is because they are all deeply influenced by Confucianism." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Even so, that's the truth!" ”

Han Yi said again: "The so-called interests are the territory, they must be against the imperial court sending troops, if this is calculated, it may not be cost-effective for the imperial court, but if you can have more territory without a single soldier, why not do it?" ”

Wu Meiniang was even more puzzled: "Since there is not a single soldier, why do you need the imperial court to help." ”

Han Yi said: "Of course it's for the queen!" ”

Wu Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Don't say such things again, you have three points of poison in your words!" ”

"It seems that the queen has misunderstood me a lot!" Han Yi smiled, didn't care, and said: "The imperial court only sends troops in name, in fact, it only gives the Yuan family the right to recruit warriors, and in the recruitment process, it is fully supervised by the imperial court, and in addition, the imperial court supports some weapons to the Yuan family." And when the Yuan family won the victory, they immediately established prefectures and counties on those islands and incorporated them into the territory of my Tang Dynasty, even if they failed, the imperial court did not lose anything, and that little bit of weapons was just a drop in the bucket for the imperial court. ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Even if it is included in my Tang Dynasty territory, it is difficult to effectively control it, and now the management of Jiaozhi is beyond the reach of the imperial court." ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "I couldn't manage it before, but now I can, and the reason is the businessman." Why does the Yuan family want to get those places, it is nothing more than hoping to grow grain and cotton there, and then these commodities will be transported to the Central Plains, but if there is no big market in the Central Plains, it makes little sense for him to grow grain there, and the Yuan family is not short of this mouthful of food. And when trade occurs between the two sides, then the imperial court can achieve effective control, because the Yuan family must be attached to the Central Plains. Another point, as I have said before, is that when the gap between the rich and the poor in the country increases, new contradictions will inevitably arise, so we should take precautions and transfer the contradictions overseas, and the imperial court will organize those poor people to go to sea, so that they can change from small tenant farmers to landlords, so that we can stabilize the country and prevent irreconcilable contradictions from breaking out. However, these are all afterthoughts. ”

Wu Meiniang looked at Han Yi in surprise.

Han Yi said: "Before that, we still have to let the imperial court send troops and find a way to create a fierce controversy, and only when the controversy continues to ferment can the queen get the support of businessmen." The whole point of the whole thing is to take the opportunity to get the queen to side with the merchants, and as for the islands, they are just accessories. ”

After hearing this, Wu Meiniang suddenly asked, "Did you suggest that the Yuan family occupy those islands?" ”

Han Yi was stunned for a moment and said, "Is this important?" ”

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "It's not very important, I'm just very curious, how did you make the whole plan in the first place, and how many years did it take you?" I wonder to myself, I can't do it like you. ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "That's because the queen is talented and intelligent, and all the tricks and tricks are at her fingertips, and a farmer like me can only be diligent and make up for it." ”

Wu Meiniang smiled: "Don't be modest in front of me, I ask myself if diligence is far better than you, but you have to plan far more carefully than mine, and they all span many years, even the eldest grandson Wuji is probably not as powerful as you." ”

Han Yi smiled: "The queen has won the award." ”

Wu Meiniang asked again: "But I'm curious, what prompted you to make such a big plan, to talk about power and wealth, in fact, you have had it a long time ago, even if you don't do it, you can also get it." Oh, don't say it's for me, because I don't believe it. ”

Han Yi laughed, and said with a straight face: "It's not that I don't want to say it, but because I tell the truth, people are always reluctant to believe me." ”

Wu Meiniang said: "Then you should talk about it." ”

Han Yi said: "I just want to be able to live in the future." ”

Wu Meiniang pursed her lips and smiled, "I really don't believe it, because this is not the truth." ”

Han Yi asked, "How can you see it?" ”

Wu Meiniang smiled: "Because this is too simple for you." No, it should be very simple for anyone. ”

"Really?"

"Isn't it?"

Han Yi said lightly: "Eldest Sun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others, how powerful are they, but what are their results?" ”

Wu Meiniangdai's eyebrows frowned slightly, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Han Yi, seeing that she was looking at her helplessly, she couldn't help but have a trace of hesitation between her eyebrows.

Han Yi said again: "I still say the same thing, I do all this for the queen, because if a farmer like me can live for a long time, let alone the queen." ”

Wu Meiniang smiled: "I still say that, don't say it's for me, because I don't believe it." ”

....．

Although Han Yi did not expect that Yuan Jie would have a war with the Buddha's country, let alone return defeated, this did not deviate from his plan, but was able to promote his plan, because he had planned to let the Tang Empire expand overseas, which was very necessary, because this expansion could obtain manpower, raw materials, and markets for the Tang Dynasty, especially the market, which is a very important point, because the size of the market directly determines the scale of economic development, and only with a global market can capitalism take off.

In the past, those islands were some natives, but it was not a market, because there was no trade with the Central Plains, but when the Yuan family occupied there, they would only grow the raw materials needed by the Central Plains, so other things needed to be purchased from the Central Plains.

That's the market.

After talking to Wu Meiniang, Han Yi went to Yuan's house again and asked them to release the news.

.....．

North Lane.

"The proprietor, the Yuan family's fruit wine sells very well, mainly because of his fruit wine, the taste is very special, although there is still some stock in our store, but you can also buy some more from the Yuan family."

"Hmm."

Qian Dafang nodded and said, "I'll go to Chongrenfang another day to talk to that Yuan Xiu." ”

"Proprietor, proprietor."

Suddenly, a man with two small beards ran in.

This person is an entourage beside Qian Dafang.

Qian Dafang frowned and said, "I said why can't you change this reckless habit." ”

The attendant gasped slightly, "Proprietor, I know, I know." ”

Qian Dafang was curious: "What do you know?" ”

"I know where the Yuan family's wine came from."

"What... What do you mean? ”

"Now it is rumored that the Yuan family occupied several islands overseas a few years ago, and planted grain and cotton on those islands, and these wines were made from a special fruit on that island."

"What? Unexpectedly... Is there such a thing? ”

"Well, there are also rumors that last year, the Yuan family fought a battle with the Buddha at sea, but they were defeated."

.....．

New markets.

"The Yuan family is really cunning, sneaking away to the sea to occupy such an island, this kind of good thing is not even called us, it is really unreasonable."

Yuwen Shumi stood in the square and complained incessantly.

He had always wanted to fight Japan, but he had never thought of going overseas to occupy other islands, which made him blame himself very much, how could he not think of this.

He Ruohan said: "I'll just say that in that crisis, how could the Yuan family be calm, as if there was no loss at all, it turned out that there were so many islands in the hands of the Yuan family." ”

"But what can you do on a small island?"

"Of course, that island is not as big as the Central Plains, and there are not as many people on that island as I am in the Central Plains, and you might as well think about it, if those islands belong to one person, then it will be amazing!"

"You may not know that when the crisis was resolved, it was the Yuan family that bought all our goods with grain, and the grain came from those islands."

"Another point, haven't you noticed that the Kunlun slaves in our Central Plains have increased a lot recently, as far as I know, but they were all sold by the Yuan family to our Central Plains, there are many people on the island, the Yuan family occupies those islands, and the people on the island are regarded as their own slaves, is there a more profitable business in the world?"

"No, no."

The more Yuwen Xiumi thought about it, the more angry he became, and said: "This good thing can't be swallowed by the Yuan family alone, otherwise, we will never be able to surpass the Yuan family, it is said that there are not many islands over there, let's go and occupy a few." ”

"Brother, haven't you heard that last year, the Yuan family had a conflict with the overseas Buddha country, and they returned defeated, so it can be seen that those islands are not so easy to occupy."

"The Yuan family has no choice, so we can't bear it even more."

"Yes! If you want to occupy those islands, you must first conquer the wild monkeys on those islands, which requires soldiers and horses, where can we go to get soldiers and horses. ”

....．

About the Yuan family's occupation of islands overseas, it spread all of a sudden, and everyone suddenly realized that the Yuan family not only did not lose anything in that crisis, but also made a lot of money, because the grain in the Central Plains was very valuable at that time, and the Yuan family just shipped a large amount of grain from overseas, not only did not lose money, but made a lot of money from it, the key is that the grain has no cost, just need to run to occupy those islands, manpower and land are ready-made, and it must be false to say that you don't envy the Yuan family.

In addition, many businessmen have made a lot of money from Goguryeo, and after tasting this sweetness, the most profitable business in the world is still robbing houses!

At present, we don't know whether there is coal and iron on those islands, if there is coal and iron, it is even more terrible, because with the development of commerce, the use of coal and iron is getting bigger and bigger, and in the Central Plains, the imperial court is still very strict about mineral control, and the Central Plains has always been particular about the head of the land, it is difficult for businessmen to go to the edge of the village to develop minerals, and the local gentry will definitely not agree.

Thanks to the news that the Yuan family was taught by the Buddha in the country, otherwise, there might be a climax of going to sea.

But as Han Yi predicted, from beginning to end, the imperial court did not pay much attention to this matter, although officials had already heard about it.

....．

Today, Wu Meiniang held the first pivotal meeting of the new year in the political affairs hall, mainly to discuss this year's work arrangements.

This is not Wu Meiniang's decision, but Shangshu Province, or more directly, Han Yi is the leader, because the entire new policy is from Han Yi's hands.

After coming to the political affairs hall, Han Yi, who was still the secretary of the order, first sent a document to various important ministers.

"Now you have in your hands some of my proposals for the work arrangement." Han Yi sat down, put his hands on the table, crossed his fingers, and said: "With the efforts of the past few years, our Datang has finally completely come out of the crisis, restored its former vitality, and the stamp duty has also been completely implemented. ”

"Three?"

Zhang Wenguan and the others looked at Han Yi in surprise.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Because this is still the first year, many states and counties have not yet popularized stamp duty, and if they are all popularized, it should reach ten times." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked shocked.

"How is this possible?" Zhang Wen's tongue has some knots.

Han Yi said with a smile: "If you take a closer look at the data on the data, you can find some reasons, before the implementation of stamp duty, there were about 100,000 people in Chang'an alone who hid their household registration and evaded taxes, not because they were not good, but because they didn't have any land, they couldn't pay taxes, so they could only hide their household registration, and even were willing to be slaves to the landlords to avoid paying taxes." It's a shame that we changed early, otherwise this situation would only get worse. ”

Everyone picked up the information and looked at this paragraph carefully, and they were all speechless, because they all knew about this phenomenon, but they didn't know that it was so serious.

Han Yi said with a smile: "Just relying on this tax is enough to prove that our original change is very correct, and everything is thriving." ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words and said: "But at that time, we were forced by the crisis, only temporarily decided to change the law, the situation is so urgent, so it is difficult to do everything, now the country has embarked on the right path, and some structural changes are taking place, the industrial and commercial class has become more and more strong in the new deal, if the imperial court can not effectively manage, then there will definitely be a lot of problems, so the imperial court should take precautions."

Last year, the eldest grandson Yan Shilang and Di Shaoqing had already begun to revise some bills in response to the situation of industry and commerce in Chang'an. However, so far, these things are the responsibility of the household department, and the household department is indeed more than enough to do it, the emergence of stamp duty, resulting in more complex taxation, financial regulation and control has become more frequent, so I suggest that the imperial court set up an industrial and commercial bureau to manage the affairs of the industrial and commercial class, so as to share the pressure of the household department. ”

Everyone was stunned, as Han Yi said, all this was originally under the control of the household department, this is the power, Han Yi did this, which is equivalent to the power of the household part.

Zheng Shanxing nodded and said: "I agree with Shang Shuling's proposal, now the imperial court really needs a special official office to communicate with the industrial and commercial class, help them solve some problems, and facilitate the management of the imperial court." ”

Zhang Wen said: "I don't object, but the household department has always been very managed, in this case, will it be counterproductive?" ”

Liu Xiangdao also said: "Either the Industrial and Commercial Bureau will be attributed to the Ministry of Households." ”

Liu Xiangdao and Ren Zhigu also nodded.

Wu Meiniang saw it in her eyes and thought, it seems that this is the gap between Han Yi and Li Yifu.

In fact, these important ministers don't want any of them to have too much power, in this case, they won't do anything, if it is replaced by Li Yifu, Li Yifu doesn't say so, they will also try their best to weaken Li Yifu's power, but Han Yi's words, everyone asked him not to release power, because they all know that Han Yi has always been very cautious about power, and he is unwilling to take too much power in his hands, otherwise, they may not be able to sit here, so Han Yi took the initiative to delegate power, They all didn't agree.

"I don't recommend it." Han Yi shook his head with a smile and said, "At that time, Li Yifu was single-handed, but what was the result, everyone also saw it, if the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge, then even if I can guarantee a clean body, but what about the officials below?" It's not that I don't believe them, it's just that it's very likely, and I'll have to spend a lot of effort supervising the people below. Putting the industrial and commercial bureau outside the household department and performing its own duties can produce a mutual supervision effect, and the people can sue the household department if they encounter unfair treatment in the industrial and commercial bureau, and vice versa. However, the household department is still above the industrial and commercial bureau, and this will not hinder the efficiency of the government. ”

In fact, this is also Han Yi's consistent advocacy, try to make mutual trade-offs between the government and the office, but the household department is in charge of the government decree, which will not affect the efficiency.

Everyone saw that Han Yi said this, so they nodded their heads in agreement.

Han Yi said: "As for the affairs in charge of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, I am most familiar with it, and if the Industrial and Commercial Bureau's proposal is finally passed, I also have some suggestions for the post of the Minister of Industry and Commerce." I've made a few lists, but of course, I'm just throwing bricks and bricks. I think that the director of the industrial and commercial bureau must meet several requirements, first, my own conduct, I personally still prefer the aristocracy, although I am from the Shu family, but in the matter of the director of the industrial and commercial bureau, I still prefer the aristocracy, because the aristocracy still loves their reputation, and the aristocracy itself is very rich, he will not ruin the reputation of the entire family for that money.

Second, they must have enough experience in politics, at least at the level of managing the state capital.

Third, he is familiar with the industrial and commercial class, and the industrial and commercial class must be very well developed in the state capital he was in charge of. And do not discriminate against the industrial and commercial class, this is particularly important, that is, it is a noble background, but it does not discriminate against the industrial and commercial class, there are not many such officials, I am not saying that it is wrong to discriminate against the industrial and commercial class, this is a traditional idea since ancient times, but if you discriminate against the industrial and commercial class, then how can you manage the industrial and commercial bureau well.

The people I propose are all at the level of assassins, and at the same time, they are all in important transportation areas, and if they are in important transportation areas, business must be developed, and they have more opportunities to contact the industrial and commercial class. ”

Wu Meiniang didn't speak, but just looked at the list carefully, among them was Yang Sizhi, who admired Han Yi very much, these requirements he put forward were actually based on Yang Sizhi, the key is that he can speak so high-sounding, which is very rare.

Zhang Wenguan and the others also looked at it and found that there was no Han Yi's lineage, but they didn't expect that the relationship between the Yang family and Wu Meiniang, after all, the Yang family was a big noble.

What is called embarrassment, this is embarrassment.

If Wu Meiniang proposes it, then the ministers will veto the people on this list, no matter whether these people are suitable or not, they are blindly unwilling for Wu Meiniang to establish her own power in the outer court.

Wu Meiniang needs to use Han Yi.

Everyone also felt that what Han Yi said was very right and reasonable, and these people did meet the requirements that Han Yi said, and they all agreed without any questioning.

The key industrial and commercial bureau is in everyone's hearts, just like that, let Zhang Wenguan go, Zhang Wenguan is definitely unwilling in his heart, as Han Yi said, the traditional idea is to discriminate against the industrial and commercial class, the head of the industrial and commercial bureau is definitely not as good as the Civil Security Bureau, and it does not belong to the orthodox department.

However, they did not expect that in the future, when the industrial and commercial class became a major taxpayer of the state, the power of the industrial and commercial bureau would be greater, and this would be a strange commodity to live in.

Of course, this kind of thing must be seen by the emperor himself, and it is impossible to say that the emperor does not know the existence of an official government in our court, and since it is selected from the level of the assassin, the head of the industrial and commercial bureau must at least give a fourth grade, if it is too low, those assassins will not be willing to do it.

Since the emperor wants to nod, it is natural for Wu Meiniang to report to Li Zhi, and then insert a few words, Yang Sizhi's appointment as the director of the Bureau of Industry and Commerce is a sure thing.

Han Yi said: "Another point, when we promulgated the stamp duty, we proposed to use 10% of the tax for universal education, and now that the stamp duty has been collected, then the imperial court should immediately fulfill its promise to use 10% of the tax for universal education, so that the people can also be convinced, and support stamp duty more, so as to facilitate the implementation of the policy."

Since the imperial court has decided to popularize education, it should also set up a corresponding new official office to popularize education and review textbooks, education funds and other affairs, which is not a small project, and the Ministry of Rites cannot take care of all aspects. ”

Now the Ministry of Rites is still in charge of Zhang Wenguan, although education is mainly in charge of the Ministry of Rites, but before the Ministry of Rites was mainly in charge of the affairs of the imperial examination and Taixue, which is different from the basic education advocated by Han Yi, and Han Yi took the initiative to decentralize power in order for the court to operate better and check and balance each other, Zhang Wenguan, a scholar, will naturally not be willing to be inferior to Han Yi in this regard, because it also contains personal morality.

And they all support universal education, and they are also worried that the imperial court is unwilling to spend so much money to popularize education, and today's 10% tax revenue is 30% in the past, which is a lot of money.

Zhang Wenguan nodded and said, "It should be so!" ”

Han Yidao: "Regarding the education system, I discussed with Wang Yifang, the dean of Zhaoyi College, and some teachers with rich educational experience, they all suggested the adoption of nine-year education, and as for the textbook, they did not recommend adopting a unified textbook, because everyone also knows that the textbook of Zhaoyi College is very different from the traditional college, everyone is very successful, so we cannot force the adoption of a unified textbook, which can also diversify talents, but no matter what textbook it is, it must be reviewed by the imperial court. Some ideas that are harmful to the development of the country can not be adopted by the imperial court, which also reflects the queen's idea of ruling by inaction. ”

Hao Chujun snorted, and said, "Shang Shuling proposed to let Wang Yifang be the director of the Education Bureau?" ”

Han Yi nodded and said, "In this kind of basic education, Zhaoyi Academy has rich experience, and few officials in the imperial court have this kind of experience, so I suggest that the team of Zhaoyi Academy go to the Education Bureau to take up their posts." In this way, we can also fulfill the promise of the imperial court at the beginning, include teachers in the system, encourage more teachers, and solve the phenomenon of lack of teachers. ”

Lu Shigua immediately said: "I agree with Shang Shuling's suggestion, I know Wang Yifang very well, he is honest and fair, not attached to the powerful, moral, and moral, and the most suitable person." ”

At the beginning of the Bi Zhengyi case, he always felt guilty about Wang Yifang, and he admired Wang Yifang very much.

Liu Xiangdao and Zhang Wenguan also all know about this, when Wang Yifang was a small supervisor of the imperial history, he dared to impeach the powerful Li Yifu in the main hall at that time, just with this integrity, it is very rare, although Wang Yifang is now the dean of Zhaoyi College, but Wang Yifang is not Wu Meiniang's person.

Everyone agreed, but there was still some uncertainty about the nine-year system, and some of the details were discussed.

Wu Meiniang didn't make a sound from beginning to end, but Han Yi actually helped her achieve everything she wanted.

Yang Sizhi naturally doesn't need to say much, and the Education Bureau is actually in her pocket, Han Yi is not Wang Yifang alone, but the entire team, no matter how she says that Zhaoyi Academy is also hers, then her influence on the Education Bureau will definitely be very great.

This is also the first step for Wu Meiniang to return to power, which is to use the new official office to re-establish her own power, which was planned by Han Yi for her, but she didn't expect it to be realized so soon.

In fact, it has always been the easiest for her to cooperate with Han Yi, and she doesn't need to use her own brains for many things, but now she doesn't dare to take it lightly, especially for Han Yi, this kid eats people and doesn't spit out bones.

But this alone is not enough, Han Yi's final plan is to make her a representative of capitalism, but now businessmen have no good impression of the queen, and it was the queen who rectified them in the first place.

After discussing the matter, everyone thought that the meeting was over, but Han Yi suddenly said, "I wonder if you have heard about the Yuan family recently?" ”

PS: I was very touched to see the messages of book lovers and let me rest for a few days, thank you for your blessings, you are the best boss in the world! In fact, this cold and fever is really the author's most annoying thing, because it doesn't mean that he can't code words at all, but his head is drowsy, and his whole body is soft, but he doesn't want to code words from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want to think about anything, and he doesn't want to move.

But until the necessary moment, I don't want to break the change, because people are inert, once the start of the change, then in the future will use various reasons to break the change, I'm not afraid to tell you, I have saved countless leave notes, so I can insist, or try to persevere, wait until the end of the book, and then take a good rest. At noon today, the condition is better, at least the head doesn't hurt, while the spirit is still good, hurry up the code, there are a lot of codes, there are 7,000 words, after the code, immediately go to lie down and rest, and strive to code the chapter in the early morning at night.