Chapter 1293: The Struggle for Power
"Jiangzhou is really rich, and Lord Wang's news is really well-informed."
When Chu Qianqiu heard that the grain of 20 million stones could fill the mustard seed ring at one time, he had a deep understanding of the strength of the Wang family.
The last time I asked for half of the Wang family's land, is it going to be less?
What's more, he just slept for a while, and Lord Wang Ji knew his intention and what happened in the Tai Warehouse.
can only be said to be worthy of the former prime minister, and he is still very well-informed on the news network in Beijing.
"The prince praised it falsely."
"There are some things that are hidden from the top, not from the bottom."
"If the Mi family wants to be this official warehouse thief, someone has to come to buy grain before he can resell the official grain."
"Grasshoppers on a line, pull it out and look at it, and the world is turned upside down."
"After Wang retired, he naturally saw it much more clearly."
"The same is true for Prime Minister Niu, he wants to disperse the eight imperial merchants, change the imperial property to domestic production, and implement the imperial examination of scholars as officials, and has been planning for more than ten years."
"If it weren't for the prince accidentally bumping into him, Prime Minister Niu would have found a good time to pierce this hole."
Lord Wang Ji became more and more energetic the more he spoke.
Only now is he like he is scolding Fang Xuan in Shangjing, preparing to face the imperial chief assistant of the Shenwei army.
made Chu Qianqiu hear a lot of knowledge that he didn't know.
Although Chu Qianqiu is now invincible in the world, the Martial Dao Holy Land can't stop him, he wants to overturn the chessboard, and he can make the Martial Dao Holy Land give in.
But that doesn't mean he can rule the world.
Wang Ji, as the first assistant for many years, can learn more things from him.
Martial arts is fundamental, it doesn't mean that other things don't need to be learned.
"I see, so everyone knows it, and everyone doesn't say it."
"I'm afraid that the prime minister of the cow monk will also have to wait for the Mi family to burn the warehouse with a fire dragon, or the court has no grain and grass, and then come to liquidate the Mi family."
"The liquidation of the Mi family is just a trivial matter, whether it can shake the imperial merchant system, this is the real goal of Prime Minister Niu Sheng."
Chu Qianqiu suddenly realized.
The prime minister of the cow monk probably also knows that the Mi family is an official thief, and he may still be watching jokes.
The house slaves of the royal family stole the official food of the imperial court, and in the end, who lost their dignity.
Naturally it is royal.
The royal family regarded domestic production as private property, and raised domestic slaves to manage it, and then the domestic slaves became thieves.
What else is there to say?
Only in such a case can the prime minister of Niu Monk argue a political goal, that is, a scholar from a poor family will be more incorruptible than the royal family's own domestic slaves.
In order to prepare for this peerless killing move, the prime minister of the cow monk opened one eye, closed one eye, and only waited until the necessary moment, like a long rainbow through the sun, straight to the throat.
For example, before Chu Qianqiu came to Jiangzhou, Xiao Qinghe had already begun to waver, and he had serious distrust of the eight imperial merchants, these domestic slaves of the royal family.
The prime minister of the cow monk can take the opportunity to exert his strength, pull out the royal system, and let the children of the poor family seize the ecological niche.
"What an Imperial Chief."
"If there is no mention from the head of the royal family, this king will still be kept in the dark."
Chu Qianqiu praised sincerely
"I'm afraid that Lord Wang's move is also to stop the Prime Minister Niu Monk and make his plan go to waste."
Originally, the prime minister of Niu Monk could use an attitude of doing things for the country, step by step to let Her Majesty the Empress abolish the imperial business system, and then add a little selfishness to it, so that the children of the poor family can seize the ecological niche and realize their dreams.
And Wang Ji broke it in advance, so that Chu Qianqiu and Her Majesty the Empress could see the sinister intentions of Prime Minister Niu and block them in advance.
All this was a decision he made quickly after learning that Chu Qianqiu had come to Jiangzhou and came to the Wang family, and while the Wang family woman was gaining time, he immediately heard the news from Shangjing and made a decision quickly.
With such decision-making ability, it is no wonder that the Wang Party and the Niu Party have been fighting each other for decades.
"The prince can penetrate a little, and he is really a celestial man."
"It's just that there is a lack of officialdom experience, so I can't see through the other party's thoughts."
"What's more, the prince doesn't need these things."
Lord Wang Ji sighed, Chu Qianqiu was a celestial being, and he was a leader who could compete with the Martial Dao Holy Land.
These scheming methods of theirs are just relying on the big guys to borrow their strength.
The prime minister of Niu Seng has been planning for a long time, and what he really relies on is Xiao Qinghe's anger at the betrayal of the house slaves.
If Xiao Qinghe didn't intend to shake the imperial merchant system, but just changed a group of people to be imperial merchants, then his plan would have no meaning.
"If you don't understand, how can you really control it?"
"The prime minister of the cow monk wants to support the children of the poor family to ascend to the throne, which can be regarded as well-intentioned."
"It is reasonable for Lord Wang to block Prime Minister Niu out of his own interests."
Chu Qianqiu smiled and said, it is also common for big people who are high above to be fooled by the little ghosts below.
He will not rely on his own force, so he wants to subdue the people.
"What kind of good intentions is he?"
"He just supports the squire, and Wang supports the family, there is no difference."
Wang Ji sneered, he still had a lot of hostility towards the Prime Minister of Niu Monk.
"Oh, father-in-law, please try to speak."
Chu Qianqiu was not in a hurry to get food, and was willing to listen to the opinion of this Lord Wang Ji.
"Niu Seng believes that those who have hundreds of acres of land at home and can afford to read are more attentive to their studies and learning, and they do not have stronger family power, so the court should encourage them to become officials, so as to weaken the power of the family."
"Because our family is stronger, more organized, and more threatening to the royal family."
"Cut the place, just strengthen the backbone."
Lord Wang Ji said frankly and bluntly, in his opinion, even if he didn't tell Chu Qianqiu, these things of struggle could not affect Chu Qianqiu's control of the world, so it was better to adopt a calm strategy in exchange for greater favor.
"Isn't that bad?"
Chu Qianqiu asked rhetorically.
"The soil of Jiangzhou, after the "Fertility Order", can be harvested three times a year, with a yield of more than 10 stones per mu, which abounds."
"Because the Wang family has the ability to build dams, dig fertilizer mines, train warriors, and build warehouses."
"If it is replaced by a local squire, they will only have a few hundred acres of land around them, and more than a thousand acres, will they be able to manage the land like this?"
"The Wang family's yield per mu can be more than 10 stones, but for the small landlords in Haizhou and Yuzhou, they can only do about 7 stones."
"Therefore, Lord Chu is in need, so the Wang family can provide 20 million stones of food."
Lord Wang Ji asked confidently.
This world is not the same as Chu Qianqiu's previous life, due to the existence of martial arts, even if it is farming, the family can form a scale advantage and crush the self-employed.
"But the Wang family asked for sixty percent of the rent."
"The rest of the squires only have forty percent."
Chu Qianqiu did his homework, he knew that the Jiangzhou Wang family was also a super vampire in terms of blood sucking.
The output of one acre of land, twenty percent of the imperial grain, and sixty percent of the rent.
"The prince misunderstood, the Wang family is a good family."
"Although the rent we collect is higher, the tenants encounter fire consumption, apportionment, and forced labor, all of which are coordinated by the Wang family."
"I don't know how many farmers are willing to join the Wang family as tenants."
"They are tenants in the Wang family, and they can still contribute their strength, work, and live this life in peace, and if they marry a wife and have children, the Wang family will also give money."
"As for the level of this rent, whether it is a squire, a family, a gang, or a sect, it is all the same."
"There is no money left on this farmer's body."
"The court will take it, the squire will take it, and the sect will take it."
"Except for those who are merciful like the King of Peerless, their money will be taken away."
"The difference is just who gets the money."
"This time, the prince will break through the price of land rent, and we will also obey and reduce the rent from sixty percent to twenty percent."
Wang Ji defended himself a few words.
"Go on."
Chu Qianqiu understood that the situation in the Shenwu Dynasty was very complicated, and it could not be solved with a wave of his hand, so he naturally hoped that Lord Wang would continue to speak.
"The difference between Prime Minister Niu and Wang is that he hopes that more small landlords and squires will form the main body of the imperial court."
"In this way, the whole place is reduced to pieces."
"When the place becomes a fragment, the power to resist the center is weak, that's all."
"Why does Wang support his approach?"
"At least in Wang's view, the place is broken into a squire, but it has no power, and the politics is out of balance."
"And our existence can be the cooperation of the imperial court."
Wang Ji's words made Chu Qianqiu completely understand that his struggle with Niu Seng was a continuation of the struggle between the central and local governments of the Shenwu Dynasty.
"If the cooperation of the imperial court is not good, you can also change your family."
Chu Qianqiu sneered.
"It's natural."
"But as long as the prince reigns for one day, the Wang family will always maintain loyalty to the court, which is also loyalty to the prince."
Wang Ji did not deny this, the family is more powerful, naturally more politically ambitious, politically demanding, and even on the stage of history.
The squires are much weaker, which is why in Chu Qianqiu's previous life, the political pattern will evolve from the family to the squire class, because the court is more welcoming to the weak squires and can maintain the stability of the court.
It's just that the imperial examination of the Shenwu Dynasty is not powerful enough, and with the existence of warriors, the organizational model of the family is more advantageous, so it can continue to this day.
"This king understands."
"The vision of the Prime Minister of the Niu Monk, this king will also think about it, and he will not let him act arbitrarily."
Chu Qianqiu said in a deep voice.
Domestic slaves, eunuchs, children of families, scholars from poor families, relatives, nobles......
Identities in the political arena are ever-changing, and for an emperor, who can be trusted?
There is only one answer, and that is that no one can be trusted.
It's just that Chu Qianqiu won't say it directly, but echoes his father-in-law.
"Now let's go and see the 20 million stone of grain."
As long as I reproduce it, these resources are not a problem.
No matter who performs on stage, Chu Qianqiu will be the final decider.
Then he has nothing to fear.
It's just that you need to pick out the most satisfying talent from the crowd performing on these stages.
"Yes, lord."
Wang Ji showed a satisfied smile, and so did Chu Qianqiu.
Note: The views of the characters do not represent the views of the author