"San Lang will definitely have an accident if he does this." Emperor Zhao Zhizhuo frowned slightly.

"What's wrong! No matter how big the matter is, can it be bigger than the southern invasion of Mongolia? Can it be bigger than the surrender of Lin'an? The Queen Mother's face was not good.

"Why are you like this when you speak, how can things that are not related to each other be mixed up?"

"I never care if the wind and horses and cows are related. All I care about is you. As San Lang's own father, you don't stand on San Lang's side, but you think about whether those officials will be happy. What if they are unhappy? ”

"You ......, they feel uneasy, of course they have to mess with Saburo. I also care about Saburo. ”

"Don't talk nonsense. You have been an official for decades, when did you not get into trouble with the official family? Moreover, San Lang is now concurrently serving as the prime minister and the captain, and the officials can not only mess with the prime minister and the captain. They are trying to set up all kinds of stumbling blocks for the prime minister and the captain, hoping to let them quit! When you just said it, I really can't hear that you are actually a person who has been an official. ”

"What the hell do you mean, ......?"

"I want you to be San Lang's father, so I have to stand on his side and give him an idea."

"For so many years, you have taken him away since he was a child, and I can't control him at all. After he was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of thirteen, when did he ask me! In this case, did Saburo ask me beforehand? Can you tell me? When I found out, someone else came with the news. You say I don't look like a father, but I really have to be a father for a day. ”

In the matter of Zhao Jiaren, this is the most thorough conversation between the husband and wife. Empress Dowager Chen didn't expect her husband to see the problem like this, and of course she was very unhappy at first. However, after thinking about it carefully, Empress Dowager Chen suddenly figured out one thing. Her husband was right, Empress Dowager Chen just wanted to exclude Zhao Zhizhuo from the scope of educating Zhao Jiaren, and she hoped to be able to educate a son according to her expectations.

This time, the Empress Dowager Chen no longer has the momentum she had before. At first, she thought that she would raise Zhao Jiaren until she was eighteen years old. Unexpectedly, this talented third son has had his own ideas since he was a child, and it is not true to say that Zhao Jiaren grew up according to Empress Dowager Chen's expectations. Moreover, Zhao Jiaren was admitted to the Jinshi at the age of thirteen, and since then he has embarked on his own path. As Zhao Zhizhuo said, Zhao Jiaren no longer acted according to anyone's expectations.

"That'...... What do you think will happen to this in the future? Empress Dowager Chen's voice became significantly softer.

"I've also spoken to some officials. Everyone thinks that as Saburo said, the silk production of the four provinces has tripled, and there will be no major events this year. However, next year, the banknote law will definitely start to mess up. ”

"What's the mess?"

"The lowest denomination is consistent. The small people do not need to pay money, and those who use money are first-class and second-class households, and the price of silk in their hands has fallen, and they may not be willing to pay money. At that time, I am afraid that the copper money will soar. Zhao Zhizhuo said decisively.

Empress Dowager Chen did not answer. She suddenly understood a little why she had always felt that Zhao Zhizhuo was quite desirable, as long as she didn't talk about the position, Zhao Zhizhuo's insight and talent were far above that of Empress Dowager Chen. At this time, Empress Dowager Chen exhausted what she knew, and she was just barely keeping up with the ideas pointed out by Zhao Zhizhuo. At this time, Zhao Zhizhuo can undoubtedly be her guide.

Seeing that his wife was convinced of his knowledge, Emperor Zhao Zhichu was proud and continued to talk eloquently, "I actually think that maybe the price of silk will not fall as much as San Lang said, in that case, the matter will be settled so silently." ”

"There is no such possibility." Hearing that Zhao Zhizhuo actually dared to oppose Zhao Jiaren, Empress Dowager Chen instinctively opposed Zhao Zhizhuo, "Three things will not be untargeted when they are young." If he felt that he was not sure that the price of silk would plummet, he would not have said such a thing. What Saburo said over the years, which time has it not been fulfilled? ”

Zhao Zhizhuo waved his hand again and again, "In the years that San Lang has been in power, he has only two things...... Two and a half things are done with force. One is to fight, and the other is to kill Song traitors. Half of the case is the implementation of a similar system to the public land reform after the reform of public land. In addition, he has always followed the trend in his administration. In the past, Saburo and the Sea Navigation Guild stood behind him, but now many people in the Sailing Guild do not support Saburo's approach? ”

"Why!" Empress Dowager Chen was finally shocked. Zhao Jiaren has come to this day, simply put, 'there are soldiers in his hands and money in his pocket'. The bulk of the money was provided by the Navigation Guild, a gang founded by Zhao Jiaren who had absorbed almost all of the money from Fujian Road and Guangnan East Road. There were many people from all walks of life, including Jiangnan, who desperately threw money into maritime trade, and the huge profits earned by Zhao Jiaren were used to raise soldiers and pay officials money.

"Why? Because those people still feel that it is unreliable to pay money in their hearts. Copper coins and silver coins are all their own money in their pockets, and the payment of money is always public money, without which these things are worthless. Zhao Zhizhuo proudly told the cruel truth. Seeing his always arrogant wife subconsciously frowning deeply in the face of such a cruel truth, Zhao Zhizhuo felt very happy, very cool.

Of course, Zhao Zhizhuo knew that Empress Dowager Chen wanted to educate a child who would satisfy her, and he also knew that Empress Dowager Chen had many disapprovals of him Zhao Zhizhuo. And Zhao Zhizhuo did not have many disapprovals for Empress Dowager Chen. This genuine Jinshi felt that Empress Dowager Chen could get today's status, but she was born in the Jinshi family, married the Jinshi family, and gave birth to a Jinshi son. And her Jinshi son took advantage of the situation and seized the supreme position. If there was no Mongol invasion to the south, and if there was no surrender of Lin'an, Zhao Zhizhuo did not think that Zhao Jiaren had the ability to launch a coup d'état and plot to usurp the throne.

To put it more bluntly, Empress Dowager Chen was just lucky in her life, and there were other people who provided Empress Dowager Chen with status, power, and money. If there is anything to praise about Empress Dowager Chen, it is probably that Empress Dowager Chen has never used the status, power, and money given to her by others to do anything wrong.

Just when Zhao Zhizhuo felt that the heaviness of government affairs could overwhelm Empress Dowager Chen, he saw that Empress Dowager Chen's eyebrows were slightly raised, revealing an expression that made Zhao Zhizhuo feel nervous. Every time he showed such an expression, Zhao Zhizhuo would hear words from Empress Dowager Chen that made him unhappy.

Sure enough, I heard the Empress Dowager Chen, who got rid of all the pressure, say: "What you said, San Lang must have thought of it a long time ago." He's my son, and I know he's got a way to deal with it. The people in the Nautical Guild are all bad people, and they think they have made a few dollars in their hands, and they forget who made them make it. Those who have forgotten their ancestors will inevitably die here. ”

Hearing his wife utter such a vicious curse, Zhao Zhizhuo sighed in his heart. When President Lin'an surrendered, the Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing seemed to have the same idea.

Perhaps the mother was too far in the position of her own child, and the Empress Dowager Chen thought a little too much about the 'betrayal' of the Nautical Guild. The so-called betrayal is only that some people who rely on silk turnover are more surprised by Zhao Jiaren's action to increase silk production.

The Quanzhou branch of the Navigation Guild was holding a regular meeting at this time. Since the Navigation Guild took control of the South China Sea Shipping Routes and Zhao Jiaren took charge of the imperial court, the Navigation Guild quickly changed from a large collective organization to a joint organization composed of many major port city groups.

When the Navigation Guild was a collective organization, members from various cities had to go to Fuzhou or Quanzhou to hold meetings. At least once a year, sometimes even twice or three times a year. Therefore, each family simply sent a permanent representative to the place where the nautical guild was located, so that it was convenient to meet at any time.

As more cities integrated their productive areas into the nautical guild system, especially with the advent of the cable telegraph, nautical guilds rarely held plenary meetings. The next meeting had to run on the road for more than a month, and everyone felt that the time cost was too high. Therefore, it was agreed that a plenary meeting would be held once every two years, and that the exchange of information would be carried out by telegram in normal times.

The meeting is now held in Quanzhou local branch meeting, and the main topic of the investors of the Nautical Guild is the development of Quanzhou. The branch president looked solemn, and he said to everyone: "We are all working hard with the official family to get to where we are today." However, we have never seen a dangerous situation at this time. There are Foshan iron pots on Guangnan East Road, and silk on both sides of the Pearl River. There is silk and cotton in Jiangnan, and steel can be produced in Xuzhou. I have a lot of mountains and little land in Fujian, and the people are living in poverty. At this time, a large number of Fujian people moved to other places, and this Quanzhou was unsustainable. Therefore, I invite you to come and discuss this matter. ”

It was really his family who knew about his own family affairs, and after listening to the president's speech, everyone in the Quanzhou Navigation Guild was helpless. In the past, Quanzhou was the main trading point, as a place for foreign maritime merchants to gather, and sailors were proficient in the routes to Quanzhou, so they sailed their ships here, so life was very nourishing.

Zhao Jiaren began to build a coastal lighthouse before he was twenty years old, and began to put forward the concept of latitude and longitude at night. With the lighthouse and sextant, the experience of the old sailors is important, but the young sailors can also sail fast and well as if they can read the lighthouse manual, learn to operate the sextant, and be able to read the logbook and the descriptions of the currents and monsoons that are updated every six months. You can even drive faster and farther.

At such a time, Quanzhou, which does not have special local products, feels heavy pressure. In terms of location, Quanzhou is not as good as Guangzhou, and it is not as close to the south as the ports of Cochin, Champong, Siam and other places. In terms of products, Quanzhou is not as good as the south and not as good as the north. The current branches in Guangzhou and other places are actually composed of people from the Fujian General Association of the Navigation Guild who are more daring. These people sucked Quanzhou's mother's ** dry, and turned their heads to throw themselves into other arms. Leave the shriveled Quanzhou behind and ignore it.

"What the hell am I going to do?" The president of the Quanzhou branch asked.

This question has been discussed many times, but people really can't figure out what to do. Now Quanzhou is just one of the relay ports when a lot of ships pass by, and the ships come and go, and that's it.

"There are no special products in Quanzhou now. Every time our ship goes south, we have to go to Guangzhou to load thousands of catties of ballast iron pots. If we can also produce iron pots, then there is no need to be so troublesome, just install it and go. There is no need to go to Guangzhou at all. ”

"But this iron thing, if there is something, there is, if there is not, there is nothing. It's useless to think about it. ”

"Not to mention the grain, our grain is still transported from the south."

"Fuzhou is also miserable, and cotton was brought from Songjiang Prefecture in the past to make cotton cloth in Fuzhou. Now Songjiang Prefecture weaves its own cloth, and there is nothing left in Fuzhou. ”

"Hmm. The whole Fujian Road is along the coast, and there are two big cities of Quanzhou and Fuzhou. There are many mountains around, what else can we have! ”

"I went back to my hometown last year. to know many things. The poor people in those mountain villages didn't have much land, and now that there was a way out of the mountains, the poor people left. I thought that with less than half of the people, everyone would be able to have more land, and life would naturally be more nourishing. But he didn't expect that the poor had little land, and in order to make a living, they had to rely on hunting to find some food for their families. Now that there are few people and no hunters, the birds and beasts are emboldened and dare to go into the fields to wreak havoc. After months of hard work, I had to drive birds every day. Before the crops are almost ripe, wild boars come to the fields to wreak havoc. Once it raged, the year's harvest was almost ruined. The upper class households suffered heavy losses, and the middle households did not have a good time. I thought that the upper class households would stay, but I didn't expect that the middle households had not left, and the upper class households had run away, and there were even fewer people in the mountains. Those medium-sized households couldn't support it, and in the end they all ran away. Miserable! ”

The topic immediately sparked support. Some people nodded again and again, and some people said excitedly: "I originally thought that the poor were an eyesore, but now I know that there are no poor people in the mountains, and the rich can't live their lives." I didn't believe anything like that before. ”

"It's the same in the city. When the poor were gone, they realized that they had not collected much money when they were helping out. ”

"I think the main reason for the situation on Fujian Road is that there is no population."

The so-called truth became clearer and clearer, and the members of the Nautical Guild were well-informed, and after talking about it, they felt that they could find the key. But there is too far between finding the key and being able to solve the problem. These people really can't figure out how to reverse the decline of Fujian Road.

"It's better to ...... Let's go and meet with the official. The Nautical Guild was created by him, and the officials will certainly not sit idly by. ”

This proposal was approved by many people. Things have come to such a point that they can probably only make a last effort. Some members who felt that they could not leave their homeland were looking forward to such an operation. People who feel that they have the best interests do not expect anything from it. If it's a big deal, go to Guangzhou or Jiangnan. The tree dies, and the man lives. As long as the world is clear, everyone is not living a good life anywhere.

So the Quanzhou representatives of the Nautical Guild joined the representatives of Fuzhou and rode north in April. When you arrive in Wenzhou, there are new steam car and ship routes. These people arrived in Hangzhou quickly in surprise, and according to the rules, they gave a letter to Zhao Jiaren, the chief scoop of the Great Song Dynasty Navigation Guild, and sent a letter of worship to Zhao Guanjia.