In the Sihai cloth shop, the prince and his entourage were looking at the fabrics, and the cloth shop owner accompanied them, constantly introducing various styles of fabrics. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

This cloth shop is also a time-honored brand in Beicheng, all kinds of silk and satin cloths are available, even the most precious silk is also in supply, and the prince and his entourage are all from the remote places of Jiaojiao, where they have seen so many celestial dynasty silks, and their eyes can't help but start to glow.

"Boss, I wonder if you can buy goods in a large area here?" Suddenly, the prince asked.

The owner of the cloth shop was stunned: "Guest, you are not from Song, right?" What do you want so much fabric for? Where should we send you? ”

The prince replied: "That's right, I am the envoy of Jiaojiao, I want to buy a batch of fabrics, and there will be a great demand for your fabrics in the future, I don't know if you dare to do business with us, boss?" ”

"Objectively, as far as I know, if Jiaojiao wants to do business with the Great Song Dynasty, he needs to be approved by the imperial court, right? We, who have a small family, don't dare to do illegal business. ”

It seemed that the prince of Jiaojiao didn't seem to know that the owner of the cloth shop would say this, but he smiled mysteriously and said, "But in that case, most of the money you make is given to the imperial court, isn't it?" Isn't it good that we can use the money we buy from the court to buy your goods privately, so that you don't have to pay taxes? ”

A trace of greed flashed in the eyes of the cloth shop owner, but he was obviously a little afraid, afraid of catching fire, and was hesitating, when a voice sounded outside the door.

"Boss, since the prince of Jiaoguo wants to do business with you, you can promise him, the so-called people are not rich without windfalls, and horses are not fat without night grass."

As soon as the prince heard this voice, a trace of panic flashed on his face, and he saw a young man in white strolling into the store, it was Zhao Gu who was undoubtedly it.

"Prince Jiaojiao, are you here to do business?" Zhao Gu greeted.

A trace of embarrassment flashed on the prince's face: "No, no, I'm just coming to see." Zhuo Guogong, you also come to go shopping! ”

Zhao Gu nodded and said: "The prince of the country is also the post of the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, so he naturally has to pay attention to the livelihood of the people in Kaifeng Mansion from time to time. ”

The cloth shop owner swallowed his saliva and nervously hugged his fist at Zhao Gu: "Zhuo Guogong......, Xiao ...... The villain is not ...... I really want to ....... ”

Zhao Gu waved his hand: "Boss, you don't need to say much, go to the Yamen of Kaifeng Mansion to ask for guilt, and help me inform the Hongyun Blacksmith Shop, Renyi Pharmacy ......, the owners of these shops, let them also go to the Yamen to surrender." ”

These shops whose names were pronounced by Zhao Gu were all the shops that Prince Jiaojiao visited today, maybe some of these people had already reached an agreement with Prince Jiaojiao, or maybe someone rejected him, but no matter what, it would be safer to let the people of the yamen interrogate him.

Hearing these names reported by Zhao Gu, the prince immediately knew that his every move was noticed by Zhao Gu, and his face immediately turned red, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or angry.

"That, Zhuo Guogong, this king still has something to do, so I'll leave first." After a long time, the prince turned around and said to Zhao Gu.

"There you go." Zhao Gu said with a smile.

The prince answered, and then left straight away with his entourage, as if he didn't seem to stay for a moment.

After he left, Zhao Gu's expression began to become solemn, and after returning to the yamen, he began to write a recital.

According to Zhao Gu's guess, this is by no means the first time that the prince has done this kind of private trading with the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty, and even other countries may have this kind of behavior, but because they did it skillfully, no one found out.

Zhao Gu's recital was written in response to this phenomenon, and he wanted the imperial court to completely ban the activities of foreign envoys and prevent them from having the opportunity to come into contact with the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

After all, no one knows whether these iron tools sold by ignorant and unscrupulous merchants will stab the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty to death on the battlefield in the future, and no one knows how much money these sold silk will be sold before they change hands.

Zhao Gu knew that in some distant countries, the value of Chinese silk was almost equal to gold, and one tael of silk was equal to one tael of gold.

Therefore, this phenomenon must be strictly stopped, and if someone commits it again, he must be severely punished, so as not to hollow out the national capital of the Great Song Dynasty and strengthen the enemy country.

Even if the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty really wanted to trade with foreigners, they had to get foreign things to the Great Song Dynasty, not to get the things out of the Great Song Dynasty.

Only through commercial purposes, weakening the enemy country and strengthening the Song Dynasty is the best policy.

The next morning, Zhao Gu handed over this recital, which was also the first recital he had since he became the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the Zichen Palace, the ministers immediately discussed Zhao Gu's performance.

To Zhao Gu's surprise, this letter was not recognized by most people, and only a few people felt that Zhao Gu was reasonable.

Among them, the people who opposed Zhao Gu, especially the civil officials who focused on learning and education, also had a lot of opposition, and their reason was that the Great Song Dynasty was China, admired by the countries of the Quartet, and the countries were willing to come to the Great Song Dynasty to do business.

For this kind of assertion, Zhao Gu poked his nose at it, if these countries really admired the Great Song Dynasty and came to cooperate with the Great Song Dynasty for business, why did they not dare to cooperate with the imperial court, but with private cooperation?

Besides, even if the imperial court turns a blind eye to this kind of thing, how can these private firms, shops, etc., ensure their own interests? What if these foreigners rely on the sky and the earth are far away and do not pay for the goods? If the Great Song Dynasty really didn't care, wouldn't these people's goods be guaranteed at all?

In the final analysis, these great Confucians want to follow the royal road, preach and educate, and want to use their own virtues to influence foreign countries, but they are simply unrealistic fantasies, and in the hearts of those foreigners, they are the biggest fools.

It's a pity that there are a lot of these fools in the Great Song Dynasty, and they also have social opinion and a lot of power.

In the end, this debate ended in Zhao Gu's defeat, and in the face of thousands of years of habitual thinking, Rao is Zhao Gu is clever tongue, and he can't say anything about these pedantic guys.

Zhao Gu couldn't help but feel a little sad, didn't you see that in the history of later generations, when the barbarians of Dajin rose up, the state of etiquette of the Great Song Dynasty was driven to the south in an instant?

Isn't it a humiliation that the great Song Dynasty, a powerful country in the Central Plains, was divided into the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty?

Don't you see that after the rise of the Mongol state, it immediately destroyed the Great Song Dynasty and established a powerful Yuan Dynasty?

Don't you see that after the First Sino-Japanese War, the huge China was enslaved for nearly a hundred years?

And the root cause of all this humiliation and war is this ridiculous sense of superiority and inexplicable kindness in the bones of the Chinese!