There has never been a shortage of smart people in this world, especially these guys who can mix in officialdom.

If you want to mix in the officialdom, talent alone is not enough, you also need enough political wisdom.

In the long history of 5,000 years, this kind of thing is actually not uncommon.

It's like Li Bai and Su Shi.

Are they talented?

Good guys, this shouldn't be a question!

In terms of talent alone, how many people can overshadow their edge throughout the ages?

But these two talents are available, but political wisdom is obviously not enough.

So in the officialdom, neither of them has done much.

Of course, this may not be accurate, but the achievements of the two of them in officialdom do not match their own talents.

Ignoring Li Yuanjing, his eyes returned to Li Chengqian's body.

Since Li Chengqian decided to let Niu Jinda serve as the protector of the Western Regions, he has been pondering what kind of follow-up he will have when Ashina Ni is attached this time, which is also the reason why he is reluctant to meet Ashina Ni alone for a long time.

This guy is obviously a smart guy.

Moreover, after going through so much, he did not dare to despise the wisdom of the ancients.

Preparing in advance, as much as possible just in case, was the only thing he could do.

"Come here, spread Puxiruo and Li Qinjian." After pondering it carefully, Li Chengqian said.

Not long after, Pu Xiruo and Li Qinjian were called.

"Has there been any progress in the recent work of the Ministry of Households?" Li Chengqian asked bluntly.

Although the missions of various countries went back, they all left the corresponding staff here to discuss the corresponding things with the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention the opening of trade ports in the Ming Dynasty, just in terms of the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, the guys who are staring at the Ming ordnance are not one or two.

"Back to Your Highness." Hearing this, Pu Xiru arched his hand and said, "The household department has preliminarily drawn up a plan for the arms trade in Xue Yantuo yesterday, and this time the Tang Dynasty went north, which is still advantageous for me to be Ming, so in the process of negotiation, Xue Yantuo is obviously not as strong as before."

Of course, this is also due to Li Shilang, and His Royal Highness also knows that the old minister actually doesn't know how to do business. ”

"Pu Shangshu praised it falsely, Weichen is just assisting from the side, and the general direction has to rely on Pu Shangshu to check."

Li Chengqian nodded, and he didn't take it seriously when these two stinky and shameless people praised each other.

He knew very well that these guys were feeling a sense of crisis.

However, this is also good, at least it can avoid internal friction for a short time.

He didn't really care about the struggle for power and profit between these courtiers under his command, and even wanted to deliberately stimulate them.

It's a pity that the development time of the Ming Dynasty is too short, and everyone doesn't have this mind or energy for a while.

However, with the complete annexation of Tuyuhun by the Ming Dynasty, this is inevitable.

However, although the infighting is conducive to stabilizing the royal power, it is not conducive to the development of the Ming court. Especially the group of people he started, these guys now cover almost all aspects of the Ming Dynasty.

If there is a party dispute between them, it may not be a good thing for the Ming court.

He is not the kind of person who can weigh the pros and cons of all parties, even if he wants to learn, it is not something that can be learned in a while.

Therefore, this time Duan Lun came with hundreds of students from the Tang family, Li Chengqian was still happy, and the arrival of these people really found a common enemy for Puxiruo and these guys.

Immediately, Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Yes, Pu Shangshu and Li Shilang are both attentive. By the way, has anyone on the Datang side discussed the ordnance matter with you? ”

"Yes." Pu Xiruo said, "Duan Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty has also communicated with us recently, but His Royal Highness also knows that there is a long way between Chang'an and my Daming.

Listening to Duan Shangshu's meaning, you have to wait for a reply from Datang. ”

"There's no hurry." Li Chengqian said when he heard this, "For Datang, don't push too hard, don't say that the price is right, even if you suffer a little price loss, it doesn't hurt."

Don't forget, although this king is the king of the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, he is still the prince of the Tang Dynasty.

It should be a solution for Datang, understand? ”

As soon as he heard Li Chengqian's words, Pu Xiru immediately understood, nodded and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, the old minister will definitely handle this matter well." ”

After confirming this matter, Li Chengqian asked again, "Has the matter of the trade port been decided?" ”

"Now the people who are most interested in our trade port are Xue Yantuo, the Western Regions Kingdoms, Tubo, and the Great Zhao Dynasty, all of whom have been in contact with us." Pu Xiruo said, "However, according to His Highness's explanation, the focus is still on the countries of the Western Regions.

Not to mention, the countries of the Western Regions have really put a lot of thought into this matter. ”

"Huh?" Li Chengqian was a little curious and asked, "Tell me, what kind of thought they put into it." ”

Pu Xiruo smiled and said, "Let Li Shilang talk about this, it is Li Shilang who is in contact with the countries of the Western Regions." ”

Although he doesn't know how to do business, this guy knows how to be an official, and since Li Chengqian has said that he is more inclined to the countries of the Western Regions, it is almost an internal decision.

This kind of business negotiation is naturally entrusted to Li Qinjian, who was born as a businessman.

This is not just to ensure the best interests of the Ming court.

What's more important is to tell Li Chengqian, look, we are really dedicated to the Ming Dynasty and are absolutely selfless.

Li Chengqian smiled, of course he understood what Pu Xiru meant, and immediately looked at Li Qinjian.

Seeing this, Li Qinjian also immediately bowed down and said: "Back to Your Highness, the countries of the Western Regions think that they cannot fight for this only trade port with the ability of one of their countries, so they decided after deliberation to gather the strength of all countries to jointly build this trade port with my Ming Dynasty. ”

After listening to Li Qinjian, Li Chengqian smiled.

He didn't expect the Western Regions to have such an idea, but since they were really thinking about it, he was naturally happy to see it happen.

"But if you really want to say it, including the countries of the Western Regions, the one with the highest bargaining chips is Tubo." Pu Xiru said, "At that time, it was the old minister and the Tubo people who approached, and the chips they offered were undoubtedly the highest.

Lao Chen still remembered that the Tibetan officials at that time once said that as long as the trade port chose to cooperate with them, the annual transaction volume would be guaranteed to be one million yuan.

They are even willing to sign an agreement, and if it does not reach the transaction quota of one million yuan, they are willing to make up for it.

To tell the truth, Lao Chen was really scared by this number at that time, millions of times, the Tuyuhun in the past, the annual tax was not so high! ”

On the side, Li Qinjian was also a little shocked when he heard this.

Even if it's not the first time he's heard it, it's a million!

This number is more shocking than a few small goals in later generations!

In the early Tang Dynasty, in the entire Tang Dynasty, there were very few people with thousands of family wealth, and even if there were, it was accumulated over many generations.

This year, how can they not be shocked.

Li Chengqian was very calm, and said with a smile: "You guys, the Venerable Master has been in charge, and this king doesn't ask them how much grain they are willing to distribute in this transaction.

The trading volume of millions of yuan a year alone is actually not large. ”

"Isn't a million a million a lot?" Pu Xiru was shocked when he heard this, he even felt that Li Chengqian was a little floating!

What a family, a million! With the price of grain in the early years of Zhenguan, if you buy grain alone, you will get at least more than 10 million stone of grain.

If it's not shocking enough to describe it in stone, if it's replaced by numbers, then it's nearly two billion catties of fucking grain!

Just fuck the people who are in the Ming Dynasty are all rice buckets, and one person has to eat a thousand catties a year, which is fucking enough for millions of people to eat for a year!

In other words, just the one-year transaction volume with Tubo is enough for all the ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty to let go of their bellies and eat him for a year!

That's it, Your Highness actually thinks it's not much?

Pu Xiru was really a little sluggish.

Li Chengqian didn't mind, smiled, and said, "This is just a trick of the Tibetans, they deliberately use this number to stimulate you."

Presumably, Tubo also calculated with Pu Shangshu how much grain could be exchanged for this million guan, right? ”

Puccin nodded.

If Tubo hadn't specifically calculated it for him, he would have known a fart.

After coming back, he also asked the people from the household department to calculate again, and he was also worried that Tubo would meet him, and when the results came out, he really couldn't sit still.

"That's the cleverness of Tibet." Li Chengqian said, "Millions of guan, let's not say that this is just a trading volume, even if it is really a million guan, where can we buy so much grain?"

Is it true that everyone in my Ming Dynasty is holding those copper coins and gnawing them?

At that time, countries will ban the export of grain from our Ming Dynasty, after all, there are still smuggling channels, but what will they do?

The first thing is to increase the price!

Because I am short of food.

All prices are actually determined by the market.

Li Shilang was born as a businessman, so he must understand this truth.

When Datang suffered a famine in the past, what was the price of food?

Now that Datang Chengping, what is the price of grain?

That's how it came about. ”

"Your Highness is very right." When Li Qinjian heard this, he nodded and said, "It's just a million yuan, even if the price of grain doubles, then you can buy a lot......

He was still immersed in the number of millions.

The point is that he can make millions of dollars a year, and since ancient times, except for the dictatorship of salt and iron, he has never found a more profitable business than this.

Li Chengqian shook his head and said, "This king has said, it's just a transaction amount.

Guys, I don't even know what a transaction volume is.

This is a word trap for others. ”

"Ah......" Pu Xiru was a little surprised, and immediately asked, "How does Your Highness understand this transaction amount?" ”

"Transaction value refers to the total amount of goods sold by two parties to each other." Li Chengqian said, "To use the simplest analogy, if we sell 500,000 guan of goods to Tibet, and Tubo also sells us 500,000 guan of goods, then the trade port we have built with Tubo will have a transaction volume of one million guan.

But this thing, to put it bluntly, is the accounts.

Can Li Shilang understand now?

As long as it is an account, it can be controlled artificially.

Moreover, the operable space is not ordinarily large! ”

"I see." Li Qinjian is a businessman after all, and he was just shocked by the number of millions before.

Hearing Li Chengqian say this at this time, he really understood everything, and immediately said, "Then according to His Highness, Tubo doesn't sincerely want to negotiate a trade port with my Ming Dynasty?" ”

"Not really." Li Chengqian shook his head, "The fact that they can come up with this method shows that they are really attentive, and it is obvious that they want to calculate us."

If I'm not mistaken, when the Tibetans approached you, the share of the grain deal must have been very small, after all, according to the figures they calculated.

He can't help Tibet, and he trades tens of millions of stone of grain from my Ming every year.

So, they must have also talked about their difficulties. ”

"Yes." Pu Xiru immediately said, "They said this, but they also said that if Da Ming is in need, he can still buy food from them, and they will definitely help me Da Ming to the greatest extent." ”

"Alright." Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "This kind of verbal promise is useless, even if an agreement is signed, it is useless."

Don't forget, the purpose of signing the agreement is to wait until the time is ripe in the future to tear up the agreement.

If you want to gain a foothold in this land, you have to fight for hard power.

Okay, let them dry for a while at the trade port with Tibet, and calculate it on the head of this king, then let them reflect on it.

In this world, do you really think that only he Tubo can have smart people? ”

Although he was a little reluctant, he still nodded.

Li Chengqian said those things, he actually didn't understand too much, the key is a million runs, these three words really went deep into his heart!

You must know that he is the head of the household, and in the whole year of last year, the financial income of the Ming Dynasty was only a few thousand.

If it weren't for the fact that those workshops in Sun Moon Mountain could still make money, he, the head of the household department, would almost become the leader of the beggar gang......

"Then Tubo and we are approaching us about the business of arms sales?" Pucciro asked.

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian thought for a while and said: "You can't block them all, they can't block them all, they may have other ways in their minds."

In this way, with the volume of trade between us and Tibet, a certain proportion will be converted into sales.

But there must be an upper limit, and the specific amount is agreed upon by your household department.

But you have to communicate with the people of Subi about this.

The battle between Subi and Tubo still has to be fought, at least in the last year or two, and it cannot be stopped.

Then go to Khamon to make a will, so that he can take care of the old and weak women and children in Subi.

At this juncture, there can be no chaos on Subi's side.

By the way, the Ministry of Rites can also send an envoy to Subi.

This time Subi did send a generous gift, the country is weak, if I don't help them, they are afraid that they will suffer heavy losses.

Let the Ministry of Rites also prepare a generous gift and bring it with you. ”

At this juncture, Subi can't be resentful of Da Ming.

In the past, the missions of various countries left at the same time, and there was no way, but there was still a way to redeem it.

Li Chengqian thought about it early in the morning.

He knows which people can be pitted and who can't be pitted for the time being.

"Then the matter of the trade port, for the time being, the countries of the Western Regions will be decided?" Pucciro asked.

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "This king has promised that he will not use troops against the Western Regions for the time being, but it does not mean that this king will not use troops against the Western Regions.

Everyone thinks that the trade port is a good thing......" Speaking of this, Li Chengqian said with a smile, "But a few people know that this is a war without gunpowder."

If we operate it well, the countries of the Western Regions can be completely self-defeating!

In this world, where is there so much cheapness to take advantage of.

The icing can also be a cannonball! ”

Ask for a commuter pass!

(End of chapter)