Chapter 193: Entrustment

Tan Weixin burst out laughing and said, "Do you want to take Christine Dunst again?" ”

Ye Tao was also amused and said, "Where do you want to go?" ”

Back in Zhengyuan, Ye Tao was still thinking about it, and dinner became a little boring.

"What's wrong?" Dai Qiuyan quietly pulled Tan Weixin and asked.

"I was appointed as the economic envoy of Yunzhou, and I am worried." Tan Weixin replied with a smile.

Dai Qiuyan was puzzled: "Didn't you say that you went to hear who was appointed?" How did you get appointed? …… Sister Xin'er, did you know in advance? ”

Tan Weixin said helplessly: "Actually, I already knew it, and I thought about it a long time ago." However, my father won't let me say it, and I will have to wait for the patriarch of the Dai family to come to discuss it in person. ”

Dai Qiuyan nodded and continued to ask, "So isn't it good to be an official?" It seems to be a very, very big official. ”

Dai Qiuyan still heard about the current situation in Dongping, but she didn't know how important this official position was because of Yunzhou's economic strategy. In her mind, she was probably a little taller than the original Canal Governor.

Tan Weixin didn't continue to explain, just smiled. The Yunzhou Economic Strategy Envoy is not only a big official, but also a feudal territory, with complete power in the jurisdiction. Moreover, this is undoubtedly the ultimate position, and no matter how much credit there is, there is no need to be promoted. This is the case now, and it will still be the case in the future, when Dongping can dominate the world and build the pole as the emperor, there will probably be a knighthood reward, and at that time, whether it is merit, seniority, or relationship, I am afraid that the prince is the lowest possibility. According to Tan Weixin, if Ye Tao and her don't want to rebel against themselves as emperors and empresses. Then the current position can be regarded as a one-step process. Ye Tao, who is not very picky about official positions, naturally has other goals, and if a person with the goal of becoming an official and a big official is promoted to this point, he will basically lose the motivation to continue to struggle.

Liu Yong suddenly leaned forward, coughed, and said, "Your Highness, madam, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Prince, and His Royal Highness the Prince have come to Zhengyuan. I'm waiting in the front hall at the moment. ”

Tan Weixin pursed her lips ungracefully and said, "Uncle Liu, I'll ask Ye Tao to go over together." I'll leave the rest to you. Liu Yong nodded, turned around and walked away.

When they pulled Ye Tao together towards the front hall, they looked at each other from time to time. For the guards and personal soldiers around them who were adjusting the defense of Zhengyuan, they really couldn't gather much attention. The lord, the prince, and the prince are here together, what kind of big event is this? What kind of pampering? For this kind of treatment, Ye Tao and Tan Weixin were not very surprised. Since the father and son came to Zhengyuan in this way, they did not exaggerate to make a guard of honor that was probably more than 1,000 people, but came to Zhengyuan like relatives, so they were like receiving relatives who went to relatives. On the contrary, it was the time to come, and they set out to come here almost not long after the meeting in the imperial study was over. It must be related to the appointment of Ye Tao as the envoy of Yunzhou. But what can't be said in a meeting in the Imperial Study?

"Your Majesty, the two highnesses ......" After saluting, Ye Tao asked calmly, "I don't know what is so important that I want you to come together?" ”

Tan Xiaopei sat with a golden knife. And Tan Weiming and Tan Weiran were even more relaxed and comfortable in the living room to study the slide rails made by Ye Tao in the workshop that were both decorative and excellent playthings. When an iron ball is placed on the top of the slide, the iron ball slides down the extremely complex shape of the slide rail little by little, making a light metal scraping sound.

Tan Xiaopei smiled and said, "Come and give you relief and explain the bottom line...... You, the bottom line of Yunzhou's economic strategy, are also the bottom line of the Dongping Imperial Court. There are some words that are not suitable for being said in the court. ”

"Your Majesty, can you tell me to stay for a while? You don't have to come here with a lot of people, do you? Ye Tao smiled bitterly. A home visit by the lord of the kingdom is not a good thing for him. Although he was thick enough to completely ignore the attacks of those who looked at him unpleasantly, this kind of favor was not so easy to repay.

"Not necessarily." Tan Xiaopei said lightly: "Even if you don't understand the affairs of officialdom very well, you must be able to think of how much determination I need to make to appoint you as the envoy of Yunzhou...... Nature. You'll know. Even for me, it's very ...... It's a stressful thing. ”

"Yes. Your Majesty. Ye Tao looked directly at Tan Xiaopei. Just as Tan Xiaopei looked directly at him.

Tan Xiaopei stood up and stood at the door of the hall facing the silent courtyard. The surroundings were all completely controlled by "his own people", and he didn't worry about anything he said here getting out. "Back then, when the ancestors of the Tan family finally became the lord of a country, even if it was only the lord of a country that was not very big and did not seem to have much future, it took two generations and 40 years to understand how much difference there was between governing the country and governing the army, and 55 years after the founding of the country, the Dongping army went out of the country for the first time and began to gradually expand the borders. Later, with the gradual expansion of the territory, as Dongping began to have a port to go to sea, iron ore to smelt and mine, and to forge their own armor, many problems arose. It can be said that it is lucky, or it can be said that it is a little paranoid, and the Tan family has actually managed Dongping from generation to generation to this point. There are many rules that I don't care about, and sometimes, even some of them are tough when bandits and bandits gather in the mountains and forests, as long as they think it's right, no matter what others say, they will do it to their deaths. When Dongping implemented the policy of emphasizing business, how many people cried and shouted that the customs were corrupt and the country would not be a country. What now? Naturally, there are still black sheep among the businessmen in Dongping, but there are more loyal and upright people who are dedicated to the country, and my businessmen in Dongping may not have the most wealth, but their credit has always been very good. There was also the implementation of land tax to help the poor people, to restrict the powerful landlords from annexing land, and even fought for several years for this matter, even if I Dongping has a strong military, everyone feels that there is no need to throw too much money at sea, but now my Dongping Navy Division has two powerful warships, the Cangshui and the Lanshui. There's even a monster like the Yashui Ship now...... That's how I rushed all the way over. If you think it's right, you do it, and if you think it's wrong, you change it, and there's no other trick. It's just a national affair, and sometimes it's not so simple to admit mistakes. ”

Tan Xiaopei turned around, looked at Ye Tao, and then looked at Tan Weixin. said: "Since I ascended the throne, perhaps the thing I have done that makes me feel like my ancestors is to combine the seven taxes of the sea tax into one and set the positive tax of the sea, and at several passes on land, this part of the tax rate will also be completely unified. At that time, the most resistant to this matter was except for Huang Xuping's predecessor, the Situ man surnamed Situ. It is a few families that started as merchants. In order to settle this matter, I threw 500,000 taels of silver to each of them, which was considered to compensate them, hehe, my family's entire palace relied on less than 800,000 taels of silver. A year passed. After that, there is no need to mention the rolling of financial resources in taxes, and it actually relies on merchants and relies on adjusting the entry and exit of various materials. In just a few years, my Dongping has developed more than ten or even twenty years before. Naturally, in this kind of situation where everyone is rich, because of Xin'er, my Tan family has become rich, and now, I am not so distressed to do things that cost a lot of money occasionally. ”

Tan Xiaopei said self-deprecatingly: "It is said that my Tan family has never had the atmosphere of an emperor, and the lord of the country does not have the appearance of the lord of the country." The prince does not have the demeanor of a prince, the prince runs around all day long, and the princesses do not do their jobs one by one...... Hehe, I really don't think that all that bullshit is like an emperor. Chunnan can be regarded as having an imperial atmosphere, and the set of imperial land was almost unchanged back then, and it is still like this, but isn't it still asking me? The imperial weather cannot be eaten as a meal. Instead, it's an occasional trick. Occasionally admit death, believing that family affection and loyalty trump balance and restraint. Believe in how I treat others, and others will treat me as I come. ”

"Of course, I know that being a ruler of a country is not necessarily the right thing to do. If you meet a traitorous villain, you don't have to ask to know that it is a faint king. However, even though I knew it was wrong, I still couldn't control it, and I had to be so distracted from it once in a while. ”

"Ye Tao," Tan Xiaopei said with some seriousness, "I appointed you as the envoy of Yunzhou because I think you can do those things well." In addition, it is also because, I hope that you and Xin'er will work together to show all your skills. Strategies that you find feasible, do so. It doesn't matter if there is a precedent, whether it is in line with the convention, and it doesn't matter what the court says...... All sorts of arguments are bound to have land. Now that I think about it, there will be a lot, such as Wei Ran and your husband and wife colluding to plot chaos or something. Leave that alone. ”

"Because...... Ye Tao: The great unified dynasties you mentioned, those disintegrating models, are really chilling. I can't care about the so-called ancestral system and precedents, because if I had planned the country like all the kings before me, I would not dare to say that I would have been lucky enough to do better than them, and I would not dare to say how long such a dynasty would last. Perhaps, after all, the Tanjia still does not have the courage to achieve the eternal emperor's cause, but at least I want to be sure of one thing: I have not fallen on the path that my predecessors have proven to be wrong. Naturally, I didn't say that the things you and Xin'er advocate must be correct, and your path must be the right path for Dongping's future. But I should at least give you the opportunity to prove how wide and easy the road is, and how much it will cost to build it! ”

"I want you to succeed, but I also allow you to fail. I will help you withstand the pressure, no matter what others say, to make you follow your ideas until you can prove yourself right, or until you admit that you have failed. So, how? Tan Xiaopei's eyes flashed with a blazing light, "Do you, do you dare to break a new path for Dongping?" ”