"Hao Ren, I heard that you sell steel cones privately?"

Listening to Kublai Khan's question, Hao Ren Wanhu didn't know how to respond at all. According to the rules of Mongolia, it can be said that a person of Hao Ren's level should do this kind of business. As far as Hao Ren knows, the people of the Dayuan side have their own business. Kublai Khan, who had a large number of monopoly rights, was the biggest one among them.

However, under the Han system recognized by Hao Ren, the monopoly right was part of the imperial power, and the imperial power was sacred and inviolable, and the monopoly right was also sacrosanct. I heard that in the Great Song Dynasty, even the Zhao clan did not dare to touch this part of the problem, and if they dared to do such nonsense, they would also be punished.

Many years passed quickly in Hao Ren Wanhu's heart, and finally Hao Ren Wanhu opened his mouth and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what the intention of the person who mentioned this matter is?" ”

Kublai Khan did not answer immediately, which made Hao Ren feel much better. It was common for Kublai Khan to reprimand a person that when the person answered in the negative, the Khan would immediately continue to reprimand the person. Now that the Great Khan did not continue, Hao Ren himself judged that what he had said was correct.

Judging from recent experiences, Hao Ren has not been able to position Kublai Khan as a staunch guardian of the system. Looking at Kublai Khan as a nimble ruler, all the problems of the court can be attributed to the struggle of interests. As for whether Hao Ren really violated the monopoly system, it doesn't matter. The important thing is why someone would denounce Hao Ren's violation of the monopoly system, and the whistleblower must have done so for their own personal reasons, not for the interests of Kublai Khan.

The two monarchs and uncles and nephews were temporarily working on the Golden Palace, and the last one to speak was Kublai Khan, "Hao Ren, since you started to take over the errand of the government soldiers, there are many things that cannot be handled, so give me less trouble." ”

At this point in Kublai Khan's words, Hao Ren knew that the matter could probably be passed. If the Great Khan had to pursue this matter, he would not have let Hao Ren Wanhu pass so easily. However, Hao Ren Wanhu was not careless because of this, and the Great Khan did not call him for such a simple question. Sure enough, Kublai Khan continued to ask: "How are you going to deal with the matter of the navy?" ”

"The minister thought that the navy could be disbanded first, and then the commanders of the various armies could gather the troops. If the imperial court is sent, directly order the commanders to lead the team. "After yesterday's long talk, Hao Ren has decided to take Ahma's position, which is to let the current model continue like this. The power to mobilize the army was in the hands of Kublai Khan, and how the Great Khan was going to ask the commanders of the naval army was the Khan's business. Hao Ren is a family of 10,000 people, it is not easy to mix everything into it, and it is very easy to stay out of it happily.

After listening to Hao Ren's answer, Kublai Khan Wanhu replied: "This is very good. ”

Hao Ren's heart also became relaxed, as long as he could get the approval of Kublai Khan, he would not have to worry about anything else. Sure enough, the Great Khan did not say a word about Hao Ren's business after that.

After the next dynasty, the right prime minister Ahma went to Hao Ren's house to visit, and he said to Hao Ren with a concerned expression: "Wanhu, those traitors have been slandering me on weekdays, but I didn't expect them to dare to slander Wanhu here." ”

Hao Ren glanced at Ahma with a not very friendly eye, and the traitor who exposed Hao Ren for selling steel cones was definitely not the only one. If only one person hurriedly came to complain, unless this person was Hao Jing or Zhenjin, then Kublai Khan would not have to drag Hao Ren out for questioning for such a trivial matter, this must have been sued by many traitors before. How many of these traitors are Ahma's people, Hao Ren Wanhu is very suspicious.

Seeing Wanhu's questioning gaze, Ahma hurriedly said: "Wanhu, there is no one from me here. ”

Hao Ren Wanhu snorted, but didn't say anything about it. He asked, "I've only heard that there are a lot of people who do some business, but I don't know where they are and what they do?" Now that he had been attacked by the enemy, Hao Ren Wanhu felt that he could no longer be so careless and ignorant of his surroundings.

Ahmad immediately smiled, and Hao Ren Wanhu increased some of his thoughts on struggle, which was greatly advantageous in Ahma's opinion. The right prime minister immediately told the mountain that Dayuan was privately buying and selling at this time. Of course, what is told is about someone else's mountain, and it does not touch the mountain of Ahma.

Hao Ren Wanhu was still a little angry at first, but when he listened, his anger was replaced by surprise. Wan Hu knew that many people in Dayuan were now selling civilian goods produced in Dayuan to Dayuan, but he didn't expect that this kind of trafficking had reached an alarming scale. Originally, Hao Ren Wanhu felt a little uneasy because he had sold more than a dozen high-quality Mongolian horses, but now after the narration of the right prime minister Ahma, there were more than 500 high-quality horses sold in the princelings known to Ahma last year alone.

Listening to this data, Hao Ren couldn't help but multiply this number by two. He did not believe that Dayuan was only the princelings who were selling high-class horses, and that the 'Finance and Taxation Gang' led by Ahma would only sell more. After personal experience, Hao Ren knew very well how many good things could be exchanged for a high-quality Mongolian horse. While the Mongol nobles and the upper echelons of the Great Yuan Dynasty made huge profits, the Great Song Dynasty also added a thousand high-class horses every year.

Consumer goods such as spices, cloth, and paper were monopolized by the Great Yuan Emperor Kublai Khan, and each family participated in their own products, mainly tools.

After introducing it for a while, Ahma said: "Wanhu, if those Confucian ministers are like Wanhu and choose the trade of needlework and awl, I will not say a word. But they don't do these transactions, they do all the transactions that are directly related to the country's taxes. For example, Dayuan's farm tools, farm tools are all monopolized by the imperial court, and these people want to get them to sell. Isn't this digging into the very roots of the country? ”

Hao Ren didn't say anything, he didn't know if Ahma's words were a simple narrative or if they had any inner meaning. At least from Ahma's description, Hao Ren can see that most people in Dayuan have the same evaluation of Dayuan and Da Song farm tools as him. Hao Ren did not sell farm tools, but bought Great Song farm tools through smuggling. In other words, Hao Ren Wanhu did not support Da Yuan's goods, which made Da Yuan less money in disguise.

When Ahma was almost finished, Hao Ren said: "Right Prime Minister, I don't know if you are willing to write these for me." ”

Hearing Hao Ren Wanhu say this, Ahma replied repeatedly: "This is as it should be!" You're welcome! ”

The next day, Hao Ren got a thick stack of black materials. In order to avoid Hao Ren's loss, Ahma also gave Hao Ren three copies of Wanhu. I hope that Hao Renwanhu's intention to sue privately will be revealed.

Holding this thing, Hao Ren Wanhu felt a lot more relieved in his heart. You can't trust all these things that Ahma gave, but with these things in hand, at least you won't feel like you have nowhere to start.

In Jinan, 600 miles away from Dadu, the staff of the Jinan Division of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau also had a similar roster in their hands. Unlike the one in Hao Renwanhu's hands, the smuggling roster of the Great Song Dynasty included the list of the Dayuan Finance and Taxation Gang. Because there is no targeted comparison, it is difficult to say who is more incorruptible between the Dayuan Finance and Taxation Gang and the Dayuan princelings.

Jinan built a new Huimin town on the south bank of the Yellow River opposite Dezhou, which sells Da Song products to customers from Dayuan. In the spring, the number of visitors increases significantly, and the civilian goods market is active.

Soon, the salesperson sensed that something was not quite right. The latest news was sent to Jinan, and the intelligence department in Jinan also felt very wrong, and the latest people were exchanging more and more Mongolian horses for goods.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the horses?" This was the first reaction of the Intelligence Service.

Emperor Kublai Khan strictly forbade horses to be sold to the Great Song Dynasty, and this policy was also implemented well in the Great Yuan. How did it suddenly change now?

"Did Mongolia end the ban?" The director asked the cadres who collected the policies in the territory of Dayuan.

The cadre shook his head, "I've never heard of such a thing." I don't think Mongolia would dare to do that. My Great Song Dynasty is now worse than Mongolia only cavalry, if Mongolia sells us a large number of horses, then it is not hanging suicide. ”

This explanation was shared by the Intelligence Service, and Mongolia did not want to do so.

"Are all the horse sellers familiar faces?" The Commissioner asked.

"The newcomers are all fresh faces, and the horses they sell are either common or ponies. These people have a lot to change, and most of them are farm tools and other things. None of them are consumer goods. ”

"What about accents?"

"The newcomers are all Hebei accents, and there are no Mongols."

In the exchange of information, there are more doubts. At this sudden climax of selling horses, everyone began to wonder what was going on with these new sellers.

The Intelligence Agency is increasingly worried that something big will happen to such a change. Could it be that the Mongols are going to sell a big ticket here first, and then suddenly come and grab a handful? Or maybe the horse had some kind of wound that died soon after it was delivered? Or is it not fertile at all?

No one dared to turn a blind eye to such a situation, and in addition to informing the person in charge of the Jinan Theater of the latest situation, the Intelligence Bureau also sent a telegram to the General Bureau of the Great Song Intelligence Bureau. The General Intelligence Bureau also didn't know what was going on, but the General Intelligence Bureau was located in Hangzhou, and everyone was not worried that the Mongols would come over. In addition to asking the Henan Intelligence Department to cooperate with the understanding, they also incited the personnel of the Intelligence Department to be cautious, not to be relaxed, and not to be overly nervous.

In this case, if it is sent to Shandong, it will probably only have a pacificating effect. At least the personnel of the Shandong Intelligence Department only understood that the General Administration did not make accusations against everyone, and knew that there was such a thing. In terms of the overall incident, it did not make the matter particularly advanced.

What's going on? Everyone was amazed.