Song Qin glanced at Ai Cui with a provocative face, and then said to Zhu Su: "Xia Guan is the toast of the Ming Dynasty, and it is his duty to share the worries of the court, and he doesn't want anything." ”

"Besides, the imperial court wants to open a field in Guizhou, which is also convenient for us toasts. How can we be shameless and ask the court for benefits from the court with this little thing? ”

He seems to be honest, but he choked the Ai Cui on the side, and Ai Cui couldn't help but secretly hate this old opponent: "This old horseman, why did he suddenly become generous, he pretended to be a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty here, why did he put me on the fire and roast me?" ”

It turned out that Ai Cui and Mrs. Shezi agreed to be the first to present the city to Zhu Su, in fact, there was still a thought: they thought that if they took the initiative in the Ming Dynasty's request, they could not only gain a wave of Daming's favor, but also be able to take advantage of the situation to fight for Shuixi to gain some benefits in this new city, such as the share of the future Rongchang, part of the jurisdiction of the new city, and so on.

Yesterday, Ai Cui had already vaguely expressed this meaning to Zhu Su in private, but now Song Qin suddenly made a mistake and went crazy, and even said that he wanted to be high-spirited and not take a penny...... Isn't this the diaphragm?

Comparing the two, what will His Royal Highness King Zhou think of himself?

Ai Cui was still thinking about the method of repair, but over there, Zhu Su was already overjoyed, and couldn't help but stand up and leave the table, and said to Song Qin: "Lord Song is so well aware of righteousness, this king is really ...... Awe-inspiring! ”

"The Song family is so loyal, and I, Daming, naturally won't treat the Song family badly." Zhu Su lowered his head and thought about it, then suddenly raised his head and said: "This king is willing to promise the Song family, in the future, there will be a place for the Song family in this new city." The fields and merchants of the new city can be handed over to the management of the Song family, and the Song family can send people to the new city to serve as tax officials and take on the responsibility of transporting tax silver. The city will also build a literary academy and a martial arts academy, and the Song family can send their children to study in the academy, and in the future, the king will even play his father's throne and allow him to open a village in the new city to try ......"

This series of favorable conditions smashed Song Qin into a daze, and before Song Qin had time to be overjoyed, Ai Cui, whose complexion had changed greatly, had already exclaimed: "No, Your Highness, don't do this!" ”

Song Qin's face suddenly darkened with joy, and Zhu Su was also full of doubts, and turned his head and said, "Oh? Why not, Lord Emerald? ”

Ai Cui was stunned for a moment, just now, he just subconsciously said something to stop it, he was the first to decide to sacrifice the land, how could he be willing to let the Song family take advantage? But this reason naturally can't be declared, racking his brains, and then he said a reason: "This...... Well, it's not in line with the system to do this, if so, is this city built for the imperial court or for the Song family? ”

"A piece of wasteland, let His Highness easily approve...... The minister thinks that it is impossible, and it cannot be ......."

The geographical location of Shunyuan City is special, so naturally it cannot be regarded as "a wasteland", but Zhu Su still thought about it carefully, and after a while, he slowly spoke in the eye exchange between Ai Cui and Song Qin, who were about to burst out of Mars: "Well, what Ai Cui Tusi said is indeed a loyal word. ”

"This prince and prince really shouldn't be so easy to promise the country. Even if you report it to your father, your father won't agree to it just because of this. ”

"Hehe, it's this king's words Meng Lang. Then this matter will be put aside for the time being, Song Qin Tusi, this king will explain your contribution to the soil, and ask your father to reward it as appropriate. ”

“…… Thank you. "What else can Song Qin say? He could only agree angrily, and when he leaned down, his eyes glared at Ai Cui again.

Emerald snorted coldly and looked away.

Although there was unhappiness between the two toasts, for Zhu Su, the site selection for the construction of the new city was finalized. Zhu Su personally sent Ai Cui and Song Qin outside the Yuanmen, and the rear returned to his royal tent again.

In the king's tent, Xie Jin was already waiting in the tent, and Xie Jin always stood behind Zhu Su, and he could be regarded as having listened to the whole process of the conversation between Zhu Su and the two Tusi.

"Your Highness." Xie Jin lifted the curtain for Zhu Su, but there was an eagerness on his face that he couldn't understand Zhu Su. "Your Highness is serious, you want to hand over the management and taxation of the field to the toast? If so, will we not marry the toast when we build the city? Please also think twice, Your Highness......"

Zhu Su glanced at him, sat down in front of the desk and poured a bowl of cold tea, and said, "How can it be a marriage for Tusi, the prefect of the city, the soldiers, aren't they all from my court?" Tusi just taught him to master taxation and public security. This place is not as good as Lianzhou, and Lianzhou has at least one state under the rule of the imperial court, and although its city is small, it can be regarded as having a foothold that can exert force. ”

"And here...... Do you think that if we build a city, all the ethnic groups in the mountains here will willingly obey the words of the Han officials? ”

Xie Jin was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly suddenly.

"To gain a foothold here, it is absolutely impossible without the help of the hands of Toast." Zhu Su put down the teacup and said. "And the road in the mountains is difficult to travel, and the signs of requisition are not easy, if you don't go to the Tusi, I'm afraid that this city may not be built."

"But taxation is a major matter of the country, how can it be handled? If the toasts take advantage of this to enrich their own pockets and strengthen themselves......" Xie Jin hesitated.

"Taxation is really not something to be left to the hands of the toast. But the question is, if it weren't for the toast, who would be able to collect the tax in the hands of these mountain people? Zhu Su said.

"This is their territory, if they are not allowed to collect taxes, each toast will naturally try their best to set up their own tax cards to collect taxes privately. How could the dynasties have ever received taxes here before, and even if they collected taxes, they mostly relied on extortion and extortion......"

"Let the people of Tusi serve as tax collectors, but it gives them a name to do what they are already doing, and the court can also get a share of their profits, and the court can also set up liuguan to meddle in supervision and control to a certain extent, which is beneficial and harmless."

"However, of course, the Song family cannot be allowed to dominate." Zhu Su touched his chin. "This king originally planned to let the two Tusi of Shuixi and Shuidong share this position."

"But for now, I still won't tell Miser...... Let him panic for a few days first, and arouse the heart of comparison with the Song family. ”

"Only in this way, we will mediate in the middle, and they will do their best to build the city."

"Yes." Xie Jin was deeply impressed, thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness, will these two people be as Your Highness thinks?" ”

"If they fail to understand it, but they become enemies of the enemy......"

"No, it won't." Zhu Su said with a smile. "Both of them have a good wife."

"If the wife is virtuous, the husband will not suffer misfortune. The ancients didn't deceive me. ”

Zhu Su said with heartfelt emotion.

(End of chapter)