I really don't want to lose the country

Chapter 137
"Your Majesty wants to see me?"

Ye Qing asked: "Do you know what happened?"

Zhang Rang glanced left and right, and replied very vigilantly in a low voice: "I don't know! You will know when your Highness goes down."

Ye Qing followed Zhang Rang all the way to the Imperial Study Room!
This time Ye Zhen wasn't playing tricks.

Yijing sat on the dragon chair and corrected the memorial. After Ye Qing came in to pay homage, there was no response. After correcting for about a moment, he asked without stopping:

"You burned Prince Chu's mansion!"

"Ok!"

Why did you ask this suddenly? Ye Qing shook his head and denied, "No!"

Only then did Ye Zhen stop writing, staring at Ye Qing with aggression in his eyes, he snorted coldly and said: "Dare to do it but dare not admit it, and want to do great things!"

"I really didn't do it, I don't have time, I don't have energy!" Ye Qing refused to admit it.

Today you can tell the flowers, and I did it too.

"Okay! That's not what you did!" Ye Zhen asked again:

"How does it feel to go to court for the first time!"

The topic of conversation turned a little too fast, making people unable to catch their pulse.

I don't know what Ye Zhen's plan is.

But Ye Qing still thought about it seriously, and uttered a word: "Tired!"

"Tired..." Ye Zhen asked again: "Why are you tired?"

"Standing is tiring, sitting is tiring, pretending is tiring, acting is tiring, intrigues are tiring, and intrigues are tiring." Ye Qing replied truthfully.

The last court meeting like this was like fighting a war. There was no gunpowder, and I didn't know where to start the war, and I didn't know when it would end.

Can you be tired?

Ye Zhen was thoughtful.

It seems that Ye Qing is right.

After a brief silence, Ye Zhen asked again:

"The idea that came out today is indeed to help the court relieve some of the pressure on money and food, but that is far from enough. The Ministry of Finance is empty. Do you have any other ways to fill the Ministry of Finance?"

In fact, Ye Zhen is also a dead horse as a living horse doctor, so I asked by the way.

The problem of money and food has always been the most fundamental problem that plagued Da Zhou.

No matter how many smart people, how many capable ministers and generals can't solve it.

Ye Qing didn't answer immediately, there are many ways to make money.

There are also many ways to make Da Zhou rich.

But whether it should be said, how to say it, this is very particular.

The dangers of the imperial court can be regarded as increased knowledge today.

If you want to gain benefits, you will violate the inherent interests of others.

Especially things that make more money and can gather wealth.

After thinking for a while, Ye Qing asked back: "Your Majesty, is the item of salt and iron in the household department?"

"Why are you asking this?" Ye Zhen answered without knowing.

I ask you how to make money, how to solve the problem of empty treasury, what are you doing with salt and iron?
Could it be that Ye Qing wants to play Yantie's idea.

These two items are indeed things that gather huge wealth.

But it's all in the hands of the family.

Among them, the salt industry is in Liu's house in Hedong, and the iron industry is in Hongnong's Yang's house.

It was the aristocratic family that Yang Mingtao belonged to.

There is also a reason for Ye Zhen's heavy strikes in the court today.

The Yang family controls the iron industry. Now that the three treasures of Ma Zhong are fully equipped, the iron ore needed will suddenly increase.

It really cheated him.

That's why he sent Yang Mingtao, the younger generation of the Yang family, straight to the end and sent him back to his hometown.

Ye Qingdao: "If it is, then please His Majesty take back the salt and iron management rights of the Ministry of Households, and change at least the name of the government, so that there is a way for the minister to replenish the money and food of the Shaofu."

The Shaofu is the emperor's personal pocketbook.

In charge of Shanhai Dize, Yuyi, Baohuo, Zhenshan Shangfang (ware), weaving and dyeing, etc.

In short, the emperor's income and expenses are under its control.

Shaofu's source of income is very single, and it all depends on the taxes produced in the Huangzhuang, rural areas, mountains, and lakes under its name.

Of course, if the household department has money, it will also allocate some basic expenses of the emperor to Shaofu every day.

It's just that the household department of Dazhou is so poor that it owes money every year, so there is no tip for the emperor.

So Ye Zhen's little life was not very comfortable.

"Why?" Ye Zhen was puzzled.

Could it be possible to get rich by changing Iron Smelting to Shaofu's name.

The salt industry is fortunate, because the technology is not as good as that of Liujia in Hedong, and the price of official salt is high and it is not competitive.

The Ministry of Finance will not hold on to it.

If they could dump the blame on Shaofu, those guys would be happy to let go of this burden.

The iron industry is a little more troublesome.

But there must always be a valid reason.

He, Ye Zhen, is not a fool either, he wouldn't take on these two burdens if he didn't earn money.

Ye Qingdao: "Because the household department is not your majesty's household department, even if salt and iron can really make money, it will never fill the deficit of the household department, but the Shaofu will always be your majesty's young mansion. When the Shaofu has money, how does your majesty want to spend it? There is no one to interfere, His Majesty can reward the army if he wants to reward the army, and reward the ministers if he wants to."

What Ye Qing said was true.

The Shaofu is the emperor's personal pocket.

No matter how the emperor used his own money, the officials had no right to restrict and interfere.

It's just... Ye Zhen was a little moved, but he still didn't understand what was going on, so he snorted and said, "Say it directly, give me a pass, and I will withdraw your Xiaoyao Mansion!"

"Your Majesty, after the salt and iron are brought into the Shaofu, His Majesty can authorize it to others at will. This business is most likely to be a monopoly operation, because there is no competition, so if one family dominates, there will be no prosperity.

With competition, His Majesty can support several giants of salt and iron, let them grow, let them develop, and if His Majesty holds the salt and iron, someone will naturally send money, and the Shaofu will naturally be filled. "Ye Qing said eloquently.

what!
It's really such a thing.

In the past, salt and iron were only produced by the household department, the Liu family and the Yang family.

The Liu family and the Yang family are the big heads, so it can be said that they operate in a monopoly mode, and no one else can get in if they want to.

Gradually, the Liuyang family became the dominant family.

Naturally, the purse of the household department slowly shrank.

However, most of the officials in the household department are dominated by aristocratic families. They cooperate with the outside world, and the household department is not empty.

After thinking about this, Ye Zhen's face turned cold, and a huge murderous aura emanated from his body.

"However, who dares to stand up and manage this salt and iron business at the risk of revenge with the Liuyang family." I understand it, but Ye Zhen is not stupid. There are only a handful of people who can come out to fight with Liuyang in the Great Zhou Dynasty .

Powerful people or aristocratic families are engaged in other businesses.

Every family who established the world has long since had its own unique business.

No one will break the balance and start a war, and in the end, both sides will suffer and others or the court will take advantage of it.

Ye Qing smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, there is one person who dares, and that person's eyes are far away from the sky, right in front of us."

Eyes in the sky, close at hand!
Ye Zhen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Ye Qing with some understanding.

Ye Qing shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this person is not a subject, but Your Majesty yourself!"

Ah!
Myself?
Ye Zhen was confused!
How did you become yourself, aren't you kid?

It seems like a good way to use Ye Qinglai to fight the Liuyang family.

He, Ye Zhen, can be condescending, ignore things, and can achieve a one-hit kill at a critical moment.

If it fails, you can take it easy and watch the show in the backcourt.

Ye Zhen is used to borrowing others to fight, and he rarely fights in person, so he can't help but feel puzzled.

There is also some reluctance.

(End of this chapter)