Snowflakes fluttered in the sky, and the ground soon turned white. Hao Ren's carriage made a sound of chariots and stopped briskly in front of the official office of the right prime minister, Ahma. Hao Ren got out of the car, walked a few steps, and immediately felt the warmth of the soles of his feet dissipate, a little cold.

This carriage seized from the Lin'an Palace looks simple in structure, but it is simple but not simple. For example, there is a steel foot warmer at the bottom of the carriage, and in winter, charcoal is put into it, and the feet are heated by a very clever air duct design. When I sat inside, I just felt the warmth in the carriage, and as soon as I came out, I felt that this warmth was all-round.

Hao Ren was not a man who was obsessed with material comforts, and since he was only thirty years old, some cold did not make him complain. Walking quickly into Ahma's official office, as soon as I entered the house, I felt that the official office with a brazier was not too cold.

"Wanhu, why did you come?" The right prime minister, Ahma, warmly stepped forward.

"Your Majesty has an order for you to deal with the matter of the alkali block quickly." The good man took out Kublai Khan's decree as he spoke.

"Really?" Ahmad replied in surprise.

If it was before, when he saw Ahma's expression, Hao Ren felt that this greedy traitor was going to make a fortune again. Now Hao Ren can already see the financial black hole of the Great Yuan court. The currency of the Great Yuan was entirely paper money, and the reserves were gold, silver and silk. Therefore, the annual trade is super and ruthlessly empties the treasury of Dayuan.

Ahma proposed early on to resume the alkali block business as soon as possible, increase the output of alkali blocks in the saline-alkali lake, and raise the price of alkali blocks every few years. If he had done what Ahma had suggested earlier, he would have been able to reach a trade balance with the Song State now.

At this time, Ahma had already finished reading Kublai Khan's holy decree, he put away his will, solemnly saluted Hao Ren, and then said with great joy: "Thank you Wanhu." "The right prime minister saluted to ten thousand households, which seemed a bit strange in the eyes of the Great Song Dynasty, but it was not strange at all in the Great Yuan. He is a golden family, and he is also the best among the Mongols. Ahma was the dowry slave of Empress Chabi's father, Chen Nayan. To put it in an extreme way, even if Hao Ren killed Ahma, it would only cause personal dissatisfaction among Kublai Khan.

Under such a huge status gap, Hao Ren is willing to support Ahma's policy, which in itself is a huge support.

Although Hao Ren didn't want to eat the meal that Ahma invited, he felt that there was something he wanted to figure out in his heart, and finally agreed. Ahmad invited Hao Ren to his house. The wine and food were naturally the best, but they didn't really attract Hao Ren. Seeing that Hao Ren was about to speak, Ahma clapped his hands first, and immediately a sister paper appeared at the door.

When Hao Ren saw it, his face didn't look good. He said coldly, "Ahma, you don't think I'm helping you for this, do you?" ”

Ahma had long heard that Hao Ren and his wife were very affectionate, and originally thought it was a joke, but he didn't expect it to be true. He hurriedly apologized, and then said: "Wan Hu, I don't know Wan Hu's preferences. I am extremely grateful in my heart and want to repay Wanhu. I also ask Wanhu to show the way, so that I don't want to please Wanhu, but I get angry with Wanhu in vain. ”

The saying about Ahma's greed for money and lustful behavior is as much as there is in most capitals, and now when he hears Ahma's words, Hao Ren feels that Ahma is very sincere. He laughed, "Although I don't have much money, I don't have enough money to fill my pocket." I just want to ask you one thing, and you have to tell me the truth. ”

"But I don't know what Wanhu wants to know?" Ahma's speech was a little weak when he was bluffed by Hao Ren's momentum.

"What's going on with the account check?" Hao Ren asked in a small voice.

Ahma was stunned for a moment, then did not speak, but poured a glass of wine for himself and Hao Ren. Only then did he say: "Wanhu, you are under the rule of Hao Jing, how can you not know about the country's taxation." Everyone in the country has to pay taxes, so you have to check your household registration. ”

Hao Ren stiffened his face, "Ahma, I naturally know about such things." I'm just curious who made you do this. ”

Ahmad said calmly: "I am the right prime minister, and this is within my bounds. No one needs to dictate. ”

Hearing this, Hao Ren already had some ideas in his heart. He didn't ask, just continued to eat and drink. Before leaving, Ahma must give Hao Ren a bag of gold dust, Hao Ren knew Ahma's thoughts, and finally asked for it. After that, things developed almost as Hao Ren thought, and Ahma immediately began to trade alkali blocks with the Song Kingdom.

Song ships were already rampant in the Bohai Sea, and after the return of the Yellow River to the north, the expansion of the Song Kingdom on the Jiaodong Peninsula was not hindered. After they occupied Dengzhou (Yantai), they had a good port. However, in four or five days, the convoy transported hundreds of thousands of catties of alkali blocks to Zhigu Village, and the Song fleet that received the news also quickly arrived at Zhigu Village. The sale was completed.

As soon as the transaction was completed, the entire court of the Great Yuan Dynasty was immediately filled with denunciations of Ahma's corruption and perversion of the law.

Hao Ren was very disappointed in the gang of people in the Great Yuan court, although Ahma had his subordinates, but the overseer of this transaction was Wang Donglu, who had followed Kublai Khan for decades. The Song State directly used silver to deliver, and the money was escorted back to the state treasury. No matter how bold Ahma is, at most he will accept some bribes, he will never dare to embezzle the money. Normal trade is called enriching one's own pockets, and it can only be said that someone deliberately wants to clean up Ahma.

However, under such a strong attack, Kublai Khan did not even say anything. Neither support Ahma, nor the ministers who jumped up. Regarding the emperor's reaction, Hao Ren also felt that he couldn't figure it out. However, he still has the responsibility to negotiate at this time, so naturally he can't intervene.

But there is always an end to negotiations, and once things are negotiated, Hao Ren will continue to build his government military system. At present, the Han land of the Great Yuan was limited to the north of the Yellow River, and Ahma's household registration had a great influence on Hao Ren. If Ahma himself was careful about the inventory and the data was accurate, Hao Ren could directly use this information to recruit government soldiers. If Ahmad deceived his superiors and subordinates and made profits for some people, then Hao Ren would naturally use the numbers counted by Ahma to fight back when he recruited government soldiers.

Faced with such a situation, Hao Ren felt quite powerless.

After the sale of alkali blocks began, Da Song began to continue negotiations with Da Yuan. The Great Song Dynasty captured about 30,000 or 40,000 Mongol soldiers, basically all of whom were Han troops. Da Song asked for a one-on-one exchange first. While agreements are easy to reach, enforcement is a problem. Where to exchange prisoners, who to exchange, this is a very tedious job. Just making a roster of tens of thousands of people is already a terrible amount of work.

And Hao Ren proposed to exchange those more famous guys first. Song Gongming said decisively: "We will put forward our list, and hand over the people on this list to us first!" Of course, you can also submit your list. ”

Seeing that Song Gongming was so insistent, Hao Ren could only agree for the time being. Song Gongming immediately delivered the news to Lin'an. After receiving the news, Captain Zhao immediately told everyone at a meeting of the headquarters of the society, "I will first exchange the relatives of the commanders and fighters of the unit this time. If there are relatives in the army who have been taken captive, they should quickly provide information. In the exchange of prisoners, priority is given to the relatives of the troops. ”

The members of the head office of the society can basically understand Zhao Taiwei's thoughts, and no one dares to come out against it. Wen Tianxiang, the governor of Songjiang Prefecture, asked: "What are the first batches of people who have been abducted from the Jiangnan Land Reform Zone?" ”

"Second batch." Zhao Jiaren replied decisively.

The members of the head office of the society saw that Zhao Jiaren was so decisive, and they were also quite emotional in their hearts. Zhao Jiaren's criterion for such a choice is that the Navigation Guild is the greatest pillar of Zhao Jiaren, but Mongolia has not been able to pose a threat to the Navigation Guild at all, in fact, it has always been the Navigation Guild that continues to cause harm to Mongolia.

In addition to these people, Zhao Jiaren's pillar is naturally the army. At this time, Zhao Taiwei had not been able to intervene in Sichuan, so there were still troops outside Zhao Taiwei's system in Sichuan. In addition to Sichuan, the only army in the Great Song Dynasty that is now organized is the fifteen divisions in the hands of Zhao Taiwei. And this army did not lose the face of Captain Zhao, they showed their fighting power to overwhelm the Mongols in the war.

Of course, these fifteen divisions did not jump out of the stones. In addition to the Fujian Navigation Guild, as well as the troops from Zhao Taiwei who emigrated to Guangnan East Road, Jiaozhi, Champong, and Siam, the Jiangnan Fourth Road, which implemented land reform, was also the bulk of the soldiers. The needs of these areas are also a priority for Mr. Zhao.

Although they didn't say anything, the members of the head office of this group of schools quite agreed with Zhao Taiwei's clarity. If Taiwei Zhao can always control these three forces, they are willing to continue to cooperate with Taiwei Zhao.

"Bianliang is broken, and there is no way to be the capital now. However, Bianliang and other places should use land to state ownership. And it's all plains, so you can ask third-class households everywhere to see if they are willing to join the construction corps. Zhao Jiaren did not stop at the previous topic, he continued with the new topic.

Just when everyone was surprised, they heard Zhao Jiaren continue: "In addition, soil and water conservation in environmental protection should be publicized and studied in the imperial court. Why will we facilitate transportation in the future, we will dredge and even build many canals. If there is no concept of soil and water conservation, and there is no planning for land use, just wait for the canal to silt up. Well, when I say this, can the comrades expect to understand it? ”

In the face of Zhao Taiwei's colorful angles, the members of the head office of the society were a little unable to keep up with the rhythm. Just as they were reflecting on what Mr. Zhao had said and trying to understand, Mr. Zhao continued, "So I'm going to set up a Land Bureau. ”

Looking at the expressions of these guys, who were already considered good, Zhao Jiaren understood why many things looked funny, but they had to do that. People say that there will be more communist parties, and that is because the communist party is full of vitality. Human beings do not have the ability to know, and if they want to progress and improve, they have to organize meetings and learning.

This is the meaning of the existence of study committees, discipline clerks, and organization committees.