"Oh, I'll go and wait for Minister Ci on the ship, by the way, look at the charts, and first roughly divide the territorial waters of the empire and the Great Song Dynasty!" Wen Nan was not reluctant to give up, he was already completely immersed in the issue of dividing territorial waters at this time.

If you can use a map to expand the borders of the empire a lot, then this credit can almost really be famous for eternity, at least the history of the Jinhe Empire, as an imperial official, the greatest honor is not to open up territory for the country, I am a civil official, I originally thought that I didn't have this opportunity, but now it seems that the plan is a big drop! It has to be caught.

"Cixi, I'm afraid your position is about to come to the end...... I'm in the position of prime minister, as long as you don't violate the laws of the empire, there is nothing others can do with you and Ciqi. But now it's different, the initiative is in the hands of others, and if they want to trouble you, they can always find it reasonably and legally. I won't be able to say anything more to you then, because I made this law, and I can't slap myself in the face. In order to avoid such a situation in the future, and in order not to affect the future of mercy, I suggest that you hand over the Ministry of Inspection. ”

Hong Tao resigned, in fact, it had little impact on the political situation of the empire, and he was not in the government all the year round when he was in office, and the work was basically done by other ministers, and he only needed to make decisions in person when determining the general direction. But there is one person who is the exception, Cixi! The dog's leg marks on this guy's body are too heavy, except for Hong Tao, any department is helpless against the Ministry of Supervision, he even has the imperial parliamentarians to monitor, and he has become the hatred of the Jinhe Empire.

Once he leaves, it would be better if his successor was Wennan. Once it was someone else, even Bo Jiao, he would not tolerate him continuing to control such a terrifying department. Given his image and popularity in everyone's minds. The chances of stepping down safely are slim.

Hong Tao was able to forcibly protect Cixi's family on this issue, but doing so would undermine the legal system of the empire and become the rule of man again, which Hong Tao was not willing to do. The best solution now is to let Cixi take the initiative to retreat, and then arrange a safe place for him to go again. However, the final result depends on his own will, and if he feels that power is more important than life and death, there is no need to force him to hand over his rights.

"Willing! There is no His Majesty here. I knew exactly what I was going to do, and I thought about it when I got into this position. To be honest, I didn't close my eyes at all for the past two nights. I've been thinking about this matter in my head, and now that Your Majesty has mentioned it, my heart is much more relaxed. Let me do anything, or I will be your Majesty's butler." I will also farm. Cixi did not disappoint Hong Tao. He really could afford to put it down, and he didn't say half a word of nonsense, and immediately began to think about his life after resigning. It doesn't seem to be very reluctant, this is a smart person, with great wisdom.

"What do you want? Chamberlain! So many pretty girls are in charge of you! If you want to manage it, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, let's cut the following things first! Hong Tao's momentum to talk about serious things passed again, and he began to run the train with his mouth full.

"Hey, hey, hey...... In fact, if you cut it, you will cut it. We're all grandchildren, and we don't plan to add a younger brother or sister to Mercy. Hong Tao's words did not frighten Cixi. If he really needs to be castrated to keep his family safe, this guy promises to take off his pants and ask for it, and there is nothing he can't do.

"Forget it, you're here, I still have to support the two of you, and the emperor's family has no food left. I have serious things to hand over to you, in fact, it's really similar to a housekeeper, except that instead of helping me manage the house, I help manage the money! Hong Tao looked at Cixi's obscene face, and imagined the scene of him wearing eunuch clothes and following him to our family, almost wanting to vomit. It can be inferred from this that Hong Tao felt that many emperors in ancient times were perverted, and they grew up surrounded by such people since childhood, can they be normal people? This is not logical and natural common sense.

"Money?! Will the queen say yes?! When Cixi heard Hong Tao's words, her face, which was not very smooth, was about to wrinkle into walnut skin, and it was full of two words, embarrassed!

Who is Bozhu? The daughter of the old man Bofu who is the most picky, the most calculating, the most economical, and the most able to save money in the Jinhe Empire! Even if you only inherit a little bit of genes, it is better than ordinary women. It is no secret who cares about the money in the emperor's family, Hong Tao often has no copper plate on him, and he always rubs other people's when he goes out to eat. Let yourself go and rob Bo Zhu of the royal money bag, isn't this looking for death. offended the imperial officials, Cixi was not afraid, he knew that there was still an emperor who could protect him. But if you offend the queen, you will really be helpless.

"Look at your virtue, am I so afraid of my daughter-in-law? You think I'm merciful! Don't worry, I didn't say that you should go and seize power with Azhu, you listen to me, that's what I plan. Hong Tao really wanted to use the hoe in his hand to give Cixi a look, what kind of expression is this! Is it worth it, the emperor of the empire, in his eyes? Even his daughter-in-law can't be even, and she is still an emperor Mao!

"Isn't the empire going to be reformed, the implementation of private ownership, in this way, the word rich and poor will soon appear in the empire, whether life is good or not, all have to be tossed by their own family. Whoever has the ability eats meat, and those who don't have the ability can only drink soup. You say I'm an emperor, can I watch a whole family go to soup? The money given to the royal family by the government was not enough for me to go to the best restaurants in Malacca for a few drinks. So, I have to find a way to do some small business, subsidize the family, and by the way, make your family rich. You can't help me for so many years in vain, there is no credit and hard work, don't you, let you go to the royal family to be an imperial businessman, are you happy? "There is no need to go around in circles when talking to Cixi, how can you say it directly, I'm not afraid that he will think too much, I'm afraid that he won't understand.

“…… Willing! Willing! Is Your Majesty planning to build a sugar mill or a distillery? Oh yes, get a shipyard. You don't know that the merchants are waiting for the armed cargo ships in the Royal Fleet to retire, especially those who are planning to go to the port of Muska, and they can't sleep well without a few cannons on board. If Your Majesty can personally come forward to build a shipyard, no matter what kind of ship is built, as long as it is said to be from Your Majesty's shipyard. I promise they'll be in line for it. You don't have to pay for the construction of the factory, I just need to let this news out, and they have to rush to pay for the ship. You use their money to build factories and then use their money to buy timber and hire people to build ships for them. Hey, hey, hey, hey......" As soon as she heard the word imperial merchant, Cixi immediately understood what Hong Tao wanted him to do. This is a once-in-a-lifetime good thing, being an imperial businessman is equivalent to half a royal person, not only is safety guaranteed, but the family wealth is just around the corner. According to Hong Tao's character and methods, he will definitely not treat himself badly.

"You know all about financing? It seems that you and those maritime merchants have really learned a lot in the past few years! But we don't have to bother with that effort, the shipbuilding movement is too big. Clearly grabbing food from the Imperial Shipyards is detrimental to the reputation of our Emperor. Earning money is a must, but it must not be done to ruin your prestige by making money. I have a muffled business for you to do, do you see these seedlings in my field? The more Hong Tao listened, the more sweat appeared on his head. Isn't this Nima the empty glove white wolf of the next generation! In the name of financing, it is actually to use other people's money to help you make money. Could it be that this thing is available now? It's going a little fast!

"Isn't this the medicine planted by His Majesty? The ...... for the treatment of lazy diseases" Cixi wanted to laugh when she talked about this disease, it was hard to imagine that there was such a disease in the world, but it did exist. And it grows on the emperor in front of him. To say that he is the emperor is really a half-immortal. Even getting sick is different from ordinary people.

This disease does not occur often, and when it does, it is quite severe, how lazy is it? He didn't even bother to wash his clothes, nor did he bother to watch the sailors wash him, so he asked the carpenters in the shipyard to make him a large wooden barrel out of hardwood, with two layers inside and outside, and the inner layer could be turned. Put the dirty clothes in a bucket and crumble the soap into minced pieces. Cover it and take it around for half an hour with a large windmill on board. Pour out the water, then put in the water, go back and forth a few times, and the clothes will be washed.

Let's not talk about whether these clothes are clean or not, anyway, the emperor's lazy illness is already known to the whole country, and even the maritime merchants know about it. You say that people who even use machines to wash clothes are not sick, what else can they be? The residents of the empire also knew that in order to avoid illness, the emperor specially found a herb from the overseas immortal mountain and planted it in his imperial village. This medicine does have an effect, as long as the emperor has a smoking herbal roll in his mouth, the lazy disease can be relieved, but it is not cured, this is a terminal disease.

"Who the fuck is lazy! Have you ever heard of someone else who has had this disease? Even if there is, there is no need to take medicine, I have an ancestral secret recipe, and I can cure it once again! Whip it directly, and the lazy illness will be cured immediately! I say this to hide people's eyes, you are still the minister of the Ministry of Supervision, is that capable? It's called tobacco, but it's a rare goodie! It turns out that in my country, once people smoke this kind of cigarette too much, they will become addicted, and when they can't smoke, they will scratch their ears and cheeks. But it won't cause much harm to the body, think about it, can this thing be sold for money? "If the nonsense is made up too true, there will be trouble. Now no matter how Hong Tao explains, everyone also thinks that he is a patient, or a terminally ill patient.

“…… It's addictive! If it's gone, just think! Isn't it the same as drinking tea? Cixi seemed to understand, her eyes rolled, and in order to make sure that her thoughts were in line with the emperor's, he also found something similar to corroborate.

"The meaning is similar, but it is faster than tea and addictive than tea." Hong Tao pondered, the properties of tobacco and tea are indeed similar.

"I understand that Your Majesty's tobacco needs to be smoked by more people, and when they are all addicted, they can only buy ours. I think let's start with those maritime merchants, I'll make up a story, and let them all smoke without much effort, and if you don't smoke, you're embarrassed to go to sea, hehehe...... This is a good deal! "Cixi's brain, growing on such a head that everyone wants to kick when they see it, is really blind.

"Don't be too happy too early, there is such a big place in the imperial village, and you can't grow many kinds of things. If you ask the government for too much wasteland to reclaim, not only will the policy not make sense, but others will also discover the mystery. So I'm going to let your whole family go to Cape Town, the policy of the empire won't affect Lao Mai for the time being, you go to Lao Mai to buy a suitable piece of land, and then buy some slaves and horses, and plant tobacco. I'll write you down exactly how to plant it, it's not hard to serve. You don't have to worry about how to dry tobacco leaves, ferment tobacco leaves, and roll them into cigars, worship incense will make her people go with your family, and they will get this thing. Your task is to grow the tobacco well, avoid the outflow of seeds, and then set up sales channels and outlets. How, can it be done? After talking a long way, Hong Tao finally got to the point, he wanted Cixi's family to move to Cape Town, on the one hand, to avoid being an eyesore in the empire itself, and on the other hand, to establish a new power for the royal family overseas, without attracting attention.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I can't do this little thing well, I don't have to wait for Your Majesty to say, I will jump into the sea myself. Now I'll go back and write my resignation report, whoever likes to go to Da Song will go, let's not wait! Cixi had no objection to Hong Tao's arrangement, in fact, he had thought about many endings in his heart, but none of them were better than Hong Tao's arrangements for himself, which made him even more determined to follow the royal family.

Cape Town may sound like a wild place, but it's the knowledge of the ignorant. Although Cixi hadn't been there much, he knew what kind of place it was, full of gold! And when you get there, no one can threaten your family, Maitini is the soil emperor somewhere, he is another dog of the emperor, as long as he goes to make trouble with Martini, he is the second emperor of the soil, what is better than being an invisible monopoly?

"No, although I am not the Prime Minister of the Empire anymore, I am still the Emperor of the Empire, and this Empire was built by us. It's like our children, although sometimes it may be annoying and cause trouble, but who would hate their own children? I have to do my best to raise it to grow up, no matter where you and I are in the future, the empire is our child, not perfunctory to it, let alone harming it, this is my bottom line. ”

Hong Tao was satisfied with Cixi everywhere, and even thought that he could be the prime minister of the empire, but he hated one of his problems! This guy has no concept of the state or the nation, he only recognizes people, not anything else. But it is precisely this problem that allows me to trust him. People are so weird, often you are the most unaccustomed to it, but it is what you need the most, how to explain this problem, Hong Tao can't figure it out. (To be continued.) )