Empress work daily

Chapter 281
Ji Qiang thinks more long-term. The West Market is closed and opened, which contains many mysteries. Daliang should make good use of these mysteries, and trade with the Wuye people in exchange for Wanju's thousand-mile horses.

As soon as this idea was thrown out, the scheming courtiers all stared deeply at the monarch, especially Jiang Yousi, who smiled like an old fox.

Ji Qiang said again: "It is not hesitating to raise the price of the horse, even if it is three times higher than usual."

Tang Chongjian: "..."

He hasn't thought through the matter of collecting horses yet, so why would it cost three times as much?

Why triple it!
"As for the amount, you can accept as much as you have, and you are welcome. However, the physique of the horse must be carefully selected."

"What do you think of this minister?"

Jiang Yousi took the lead in clapping his hands and said, "Wonderful, in this way, Wu Ye should be staring at this lucrative business, and there is no time to swing around."

It was only then that Tang Chongjian gradually tasted the taste, but the deep meaning of this move was not entirely there.The most important thing is that once the horse market on the border between Wuye and Daliang develops like a raging fire, it will definitely arouse Wanju's jealousy. Why do they sell their horses to Wuye people according to the market price, but Wuye people make a profit of two dollars just by changing hands? times as much?
That being the case, how good would it be for Wanju to personally start the horse market trade with Daliang?
It is conceivable that for some time to come, Wu Ye and Wanju Border will have a relationship between you and me. Over time, there will be constant friction.

This idea is not as ingenious as the ministers praised, but it is actually a very common method of alienation, relying entirely on the abundant treasury of Liang Liang.

At this moment, everyone intuitively sighed, it's nice to have money!

A year ago, this idea would have been classified as nonsense.

……

The opening of the Western Territory went very smoothly, and it has reached a win-win situation for several parties in just two months.In particular, the continuous influx of thousands of miles of horses towards Daliang made the cavalry battalion grow to [-] in a short period of time.

Only in the horse market, Wu Ye made a lot of money, which gradually aroused Wanju's jealousy.For this reason, the Wanju people first increased the price of horse trade with the Wuye people, more than one and a half times the original market price. In this way, when the cost was taken into account, when the Wuye people sold the good horses to Daliang, There is no profit to speak of.

People in Wuye naturally refused to do it, and people in Wanju were unwilling to give up this way of making money. They used various methods to detour and go to the border of Wuye to directly trade with Daliang people.This completely annoyed Wu Ye. To them, Wanju's hand was too long. They dared to openly earn a lot of money in their land. No country would be willing to do it.

Therefore, the generals of the Wuye border directly seized the horses of the Wanju merchants and expelled the Wanju merchants from the border of Wuye.

So far, the contradiction between the two countries has intensified to the extreme, and the war broke out.

……

When Wuye and Wanju were fighting each other, Ji Qiang had already completed Enke's selection of scholars.What made her feel strange was that the descendants of aristocratic families such as Xia Dongbai and Wei Qiyuan were not among them.

Xia Qiongju told Ji Qiang with shame, "Since he failed the rankings last year, Gouzi has decided to abandon literature and pursue martial arts. Now he is practicing martial arts, riding and archery hard, and is fully preparing for the martial arts competition in the spring of next year."

Ji Qiang was quite surprised, but then felt very relieved.

Children from aristocratic families like Xia Dongbai, even if they have nothing to do in this life, they can live a prosperous and prosperous life just relying on the grace of their ancestors. They never thought that they not only strive for success, but also know how to make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses.

Xia Qiongju explained with a smile: "Thanks to His Majesty's addition of martial arts, riding and archery classes in the Hongwen and Chongming halls, this inspired the dog's determination to practice martial arts hard."

This reminded Ji Qiang that she was also thinking about this issue recently. In fact, the Hongwen and Chongming museums mainly focus on literature. The original intention of offering two courses in martial arts and riding and archery was to improve the physical quality of the students. , Let them not forget to keep fit while studying the scriptures hard.

But if you want to train military generals with these two subjects and efforts, this is not enough.

A few days later, Ji Qiang proposed in the court hall to add a martial arts hall, and set up courses such as military performance, art of war, riding and archery, martial arts, and formation.This is a real way to recruit talents by force, and all the ministers are well aware of its significance, and none of them oppose it. However, there are great differences in the selection of the leader of the mountain.

Ji Qiang intended to belong to Bai Fusu, but the ministers clamored to ask the national teacher to sit in the town.

When the word "National Teacher" popped out from the mouth of the courtier, Ji Qiang's heart suddenly "clicked", and he couldn't help looking at the seat that belonged to Jiang Jian alone.

empty.

A sharp pain suddenly hit her heart, which caught her off guard and made her frown in pain.

After about three breaths, she suppressed the pain, and explained to the suspicious officials: "The national teacher is still in retreat, and I don't know when he will be able to leave the customs, but the martial arts can't be delayed for a while. Why don't you let me go?" General Bai is in charge."

The officials paused for a while and slowly accepted the reason.

I don't know why, except for a few unresponsive people, most of them felt that His Majesty was a little strange today. They just mentioned the title of "National Teacher" a little, but His Majesty reacted so strongly and so unnaturally.

Having said that, I don't know which door the national teacher closed. Looking at the four generations of national teachers in the women's dynasty, there is no national teacher like Jiang Jian. The number of retreats is not only frequent, but also has no rules to find.

Strange as it is, most of the people were soon distracted by other things as soon as they left early in the morning. Only Jiang Yousi looked thoughtfully at His Majesty's slightly decadent back.

His Majesty's steps are still vigorous and vigorous, his back is straight and his bearing is extraordinary.For some reason, Jiang Yousi saw a deliberate charm in it.

The girl who was supposed to be as bright as a spring day, in that deliberate majesty, there was a trace of decadence that shouldn't be there.

This decadence is different from old-fashioned in the past, but a feeling like seeing everything through and getting tired of seeing it.

"Let's go." Tang Chongjian bumped into Jiang Yousi, feeling that his brother was in a daze just now, which was a bit inexplicable.

Jiang Youpan raised his eyes in a daze, and suddenly asked, "Do you remember the last time you saw the national teacher?"

"Longevity Day." Tang Chongjian finished speaking, "Why, aren't you?"

"Yes, it's the Longevity Festival." Jiang Yousi suddenly stepped up to chase other people, and only picked up a few very familiar people to ask this question.

As a result, since the Longevity Festival, the national teacher has never appeared in front of people.

"Brother Jiang, what do you mean?"

Jiang Yousi didn't speak, and when he boarded the carriage to go to Yali, he made a detour to the National Teacher's Mansion. Tang Chongjian didn't know why, but he followed him all the way with a tacit understanding.

Whenever the national teacher retreats, the door of the national teacher's mansion will be closed, and this time is no exception.

However, what made Jiang Youbi suspicious was that it was not the two boys Yunhe and Que Ling who came to answer the conversation. When asked about the whereabouts of these two boys, they actually went to retreat with the national teacher.

Jiang Yousi glanced at Tang Chongjian silently. Tang Chongjian, whose mind was not as good as Jiang Yousi's psychic, and who was always much slower than Jiang Yousi, also noticed something strange.

(End of this chapter)