Han Qi went to Shaanxi with funds, which was not only Ye Qingchen's help to Han Qi, but also Renzong's acquiescence.

Renzong was very calm, he found that Fan Zhongyan's changes were somewhat unfavorable to the development of the court, so he began to treat the changes to a certain extent, but the changes were all young operators, whether it was Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, these were all handsome people, and out of understanding Fan Zhongyan's character, he also knew that these people had no selfishness and could not be looked at as a whole.

For every young official of the Fa-Reform faction who has been delegated, it is said to be demeaning, but in fact, it is to let them go down to the training, and after the training is completed, they will be reused.

Otherwise, with such a weak economic balance in the Northern Song Dynasty, even the fixed navy was 300,000 guan, and it was not a one-time arrival, only 50,000 guan at one time, how could Han Qi be able to get 200,000 guan, and take it all at once.

The appropriation of the imperial court is balanced, and the 200,000 yuan that Han Qi took cannot be said to be squeezed out by the Privy Council, but it is almost the same, which is equivalent to directly moving Jia Chaochang's funds, which makes him unhappy, not to mention that there are deeper things.

Hearing Han Qi's words, Jia Chaochang's face was gloomy, as a privy envoy, he almost monopolized the supply of iron for the entire Northern Song Dynasty military, and iron material could be said to be the lifeblood of their Jia family.

This is also after he saw Cao Di's twists and turns, he deliberately belittled and low-key dealt with it, maybe it was useless, but if he pressed it down and slowly tried it, there was always a solution.

At that time, it was successful, at least, it did not attract the attention of other privy envoys, as long as it could win three or five days, a little problem could be solved, but unexpectedly, Han Qi's sudden intervention made everything public.

The privy envoy knows anything about the military, whether the things Cao Di wrote are valuable or not, he knows, not to mention that Cao Di is the privy deputy envoy, and the level of the Hebei pacification envoy can be regarded as a senior member, and the unclear ones are suppressed like this, and the reason is nothing more than interests.

In the current situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, what Jia Chaochang did was just a side ball, to put it bluntly, relying on the power of the Jia family, the iron materials collected from some ordinary blacksmith shops, through some commercial and powerful means, to lower the purchase price, and then earn the difference, the price difference between the two is very small, and the environment of the Northern Song Dynasty is not enough to make a privy envoy shoddy, and the difference between one catty and two Wen is already good.

2 Wen looks inconspicuous, even a cooking cake can't afford it, but when this amount can reach a certain level, the final benefit is quite terrible, the Northern Song Dynasty military's consumption of iron materials, almost more than 60 million catties per year, calculated, the difference in price of 2 Wen is about 120,000 guan, for a civil official like Jia Chaochang, it is already quite good.

Jia Chaochang came up in the civil official system, his family can't be said to be poor, but he is not from a big family, a large family of people, coupled with his own character, he has a considerable preference for property, and the period of serving as a privy envoy can be said to be very profitable, which is also the fundamental reason why he saw the iron material and vetoed it directly.

It doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, it's just that it just moves his cake. This is Cao Di's book, Han Qi, who is also the deputy envoy of the privy council, proposed to read it in front of everyone, which is also helpless, he simply said generously: "Cao Di's book, what he said is too exaggerated, you can take a look!" ”

It's just a simple sentence, but on this matter, it sets a big tone, that is, if it is too outrageous, it must be opposed.

Some people understand, but some people don't think so, to the extent that the privy deputy envoy himself represents a force, or even the head of a certain force, how can he be easily shaken, even if it is a privy envoy, and even some people have some contradictions with Jia Chaochang before, and they didn't pay attention to it before, but now, Han Qi has made the matter public, and some people feel a little bit of something and want to take advantage of it.

Jia Chaochang didn't care about Han Qi who came out, and the folds were not handed over to Han Qi, but passed on to other privy envoys.

Han Qi knows Jia Chaochang's approach, and he also knows some things about Jia Chaochang's family, but these things are just marginal balls, and the purchase price and quality set by the Privy Council, as long as this standard is above, Jia Chaochang can get enough iron materials through other blacksmith shops, and he doesn't buy anyone, and he saves a lot, so he doesn't have to buy it from one family.

This is also the fundamental reason why Jia Chaochang has been able to monopolize for so long, what he earns is not the money of the imperial court, but the price he has lowered from the blacksmith by relying on his power and the smooth flow of information.

Perhaps for large blacksmith shops, it is clear that the purchase price of the imperial court, in terms of price, will not fall, some small blacksmith shops, or blacksmith shops that are on the verge of closure and are not very well run, have a large long-term order, but the price is slightly lower, which is acceptable.

Jia Chaochang's approach is nothing more than gathering sand into a tower, and earning benefits through a little bit of it, otherwise, with the control of officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, it is impossible for him to profit for so long.

This unspoken rule has a premise, that is, the price difference is not big, and it is also very troublesome, but if what Cao Di said is true, the blacksmith shop can really reduce the consumption of iron on a large scale, even if it is only 20 Wen, and other privy envoys will forcibly promote the completion of this plan.

More than 60 million catties per year, 20 Wen, is 1.2 million yuan, this price difference is very terrible, which is also the place that everyone pays attention to.

As privy envoys or deputy envoys, they are the supreme commanders of the military, and it can be said that all the layout of the military is inseparable from their monitoring.

Money is a huge problem, but also the entire Northern Song Dynasty must solve the problem, from the level of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, the military's spending is getting higher and higher, the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty, the three divisions of Ye Qingchen have tried to find as many ways as possible, but unfortunately there is nothing to think of, in this case, every little saving, for the financial situation of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, is quite a terrible improvement.

This is not for one person, it is for most people, for the sake of the Jia family's annual income of 120,000 guan, give up the entire center of 1.2 million guan, or even more, this everyone will think, not to mention, in Cao Di's words, the quality is far above the original iron, this is the key.

Buying better materials at a cheaper price is an inevitable choice for ordinary people, let alone the military.

The quality of the army's weapons is the key, and the army of the Northern Song Dynasty has a hard standard for quality, and it is normal for better quality to replace poor.

The first privy deputy envoy picked up Zhang Sheng, picked up the fold and read it, and said with some surprise: "Is Cao Di joking, a pound is reduced by 55 Wen, isn't this more than half, how is this possible?" ”

The price of iron is a basis of the Privy Council, 60 million per year, and the annual expenditure on iron is close to 5 million, and the price of any little bit is very sensitive, and it has been reduced by half at once, that is, 2.5 million guan, or even more, even on the basis of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is a terrible total amount that cannot be imagined.

For the privy councillors, it is a little difficult for the price of 5 Wen, if someone can get the low price of 5 Wen, maybe the entire Privy Council will consider it, lean in that direction, or reform, 55 Wen, that is not millions of yuan a year.

"So much, won't it!" Tian Guan took it, and after looking at it carefully, he said with some meaning: "If you don't let him try it, provide 10 million catties first!" ”

Tian Guo is more responsible for the military's procurement, 10 million catties, about two months of consumption, according to the above, the price of 35 wen a catty, that is, 350,000 guan, for the Privy Council, is a small amount, really the quality can not be reached, you can also return it, with the strength of the Northern Song Dynasty military, do not worry about false reports. Besides, everyone knows Cao Di's personality, otherwise he wouldn't be able to do that position in the Daimyo's Mansion, maybe the water is clear and there are no fish, but for such a big thing, he can't talk nonsense with white teeth.

Tian Guo and Jia Chaochang don't deal with it very much, and they have a lot of complaints about Jia Chaochang's monopoly of the Privy Council, and they have proposed to Jia Chaochang many times to let Jia Chaochang pay attention, so that Jia Chaochang can compress the price, and let this price be attributed to a reasonable area, to put it bluntly, it is to let Jia Chaochang make profits.

120,000 yuan a year, making profits is equivalent to cutting meat on Jia Chaochang, how can this be feasible, he took the opportunity to pick thorns from all sides, it can't be said that Jia Chaochang can't earn, in short, let the pay be increased and the quality will be stuck.

You know, in the past two years, making money is no longer as easy as before, at the beginning, the gross profit can even reach 3 Wen, excluding various consumption, it is also above 2 Wen, and now, if you don't pay attention to it, in general, a pound will be lower than 2 Wen, and even go in the direction of 1.5 Wen.

Blocking people's money, this is a taboo, to be honest, Tian Guo is a thorn in Jia Chaochang's side, but there is no way.

Before, he still tried to make trouble for Jia Chaochang from the side, but now, with the premise of Cao Di's book, under a clear example, this makes Jia Chaochang very depressed, but there is no way, Tian Guo is also a deep background, even if he is a privy envoy, it is impossible to put forward some requirements for such a senior deputy envoy, let alone remove.

The things above the court, that's it, under the many compromises, to achieve balance, it is definitely impossible for a family to dominate, this is also the fundamental reason why Jia Chaochanggui is a privy envoy, just to get a little money, now, he doesn't even have time to react and investigate, by chance, it was actually placed in front of the vast majority of the privy envoys, and it became a simple privy envoy meeting.

This is the last thing Jia Chaochang wants to see the situation, but under Han Qi's unexpected interjection, the current situation has actually formed, which makes him helpless, so he can only look at Han Qi fiercely and watch the development of the situation.