The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1415 The Matter of Selling Horses

"Master Qian, I know where you heard these words, but in this situation, you are very dangerous. If it reaches the ears of the emperor, do you think your situation will be better than now, so I advise you In a word, let's enjoy the blessings in Bianjing honestly, Your Majesty will not treat you badly."

Zhao Pu had to explain how powerful this was. Where did you get these words from? If it really reached Zhao Kuangyin's ears, Qian Yu and others must have a hard time.

Qian Dong is very grateful to Zhao Pu. His back is soaked in cold sweat. He surrendered himself at the beginning in order to have a way to survive. If Zhao Kuangyin knew about his worries, then his way It will be blocked by Zhao Kuangyin. The crime is called slandering the court and slandering the emperor.

"Come here, carry these things and follow me into the palace. Dedicate these things to the court. Keeping things that are not ours is also a disaster." After Qian Dong left, Zhao Pu asked his housekeeper to bring money to him. There is no need for him to hide these things from the court.

"Zhao Pu, this is the hard work that others gave you. Why do you have to hand it over? These things belong to you, and I won't blame you. You can take them back. They all think you can decide all major national affairs!" Zhao Kuangyin After knowing what Zhao Pu meant, he waved his hand and said to him.

"What's the use of these things, I'm a reward from your Majesty. Keeping these things for future generations will only encourage their laziness. Besides, this can be regarded as windfall. A gentleman loves money." It is proper, and it is also a good choice to dedicate it to the imperial court for military use."

Zhao Pu explained that it was someone who bribed me. Now that I have made it clear, it is not considered a bribe, and I am not embezzling the money.

"Okay, I understand. Someone here will put these things into storage. Zhao Pu really has something to discuss with you now. Come with me to the study." Zhao Pu doesn't take these small things to heart, he has more Important things to do.

Don't say that now Zhao Pu is actively asking to hand over the things that others gave him, even if he doesn't say anything, it's okay, why?Because Zhao Kuangyin has absolute self-confidence, these civil servants are also greedy for money. He likes to see it the most, just like Wu Yueguo gave Zhao Pu "seafood" in history, which is a pot of money.

It just so happened that Zhao Kuangyin came to Zhao Pu's house at this time, and Zhao Pu hadn't had time to clean it up yet. In fact, he didn't know what was in those so-called seafood.

Zhao Kuangyin saw the pots and jars in Zhao Pu's yard, and opened them out of curiosity. It turned out that they were all money. At this time, Zhao Pu apologized and said that he didn't know what was inside, and thought it was a local product. Please forgive me.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't mean to blame at all, what he meant was that even if he bribed you, so what, did they all think that the major events in the Song Dynasty were all decided by you, a civil servant? It's really ridiculous.

Now history has changed a little bit, but Zhao Kuangyin's character has not changed. He is still so confident, knowing that these civil servants cannot control the power of the country. They are only helping the emperor to govern the country and cannot make the final decision for the emperor. That's why Zhao Kuangyin Rest assured these civil servants.

Zhao Kuangyin led Zhao Pu to his study. It seemed that there was indeed something important to discuss, otherwise he would not have discussed it alone. Zhao Kuangyin was busy here, but Zhao Xu was leisurely walking on the street at this time. dangling.

He is not doing nothing. According to him, this is called going deep into the people to understand the people's livelihood. This is the most important thing in a country. Who dares to say that he is doing nothing. He is thinking about the whole country.

Now the entire city of Bianjing is a lively scene. The Song Dynasty implemented a loose tax policy for the people. Now that the people have more income and pay less tax, the people are naturally happy, and these are reflected in the market. , this lively scene just shows the prosperity of the people in the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xu walked around the market and was very satisfied. Whether a country is strong or not depends not on how well its military is. Of course, it is undeniable that it is a standard. More people need to be rich. Now Zhao Xu saw that the common people had the ability to spend, which naturally explained that it was best for the common people to have spare money.

"The business is good. It seems that we have made a lot of money this year. Well, this shows that our Great Song Dynasty is developing rapidly. I am very happy to see this. How much has Taoxianglou expanded?"

At noon, Zhao Xu came to the Taoxiang Building. Now the scale of the Taoxiang Building has expanded a lot, and many ordinary people can be seen on the first floor. On the one hand, the standard on the first floor of the Taoxiang Building has been lowered, that is to say, the entry threshold Reduced.

On the other hand, the most important thing is that the people are rich. This is the basic reason. These are also the reasons why there are so many guests on the first floor of Taoxianglou.

"Young Master, our business has not been doing well recently, and our income has also increased a lot compared to the same period. According to your instructions, we donated most of it to the orphanage, and kept a small part as our cost." Now Bianjing Taoxiang The building is managed by the son of one of Zhao Xu's former servants.

"Okay, yes, you have done a good job. This Taoxiang Building was originally established for this purpose. I don't care how much money it has, but your rewards are also indispensable. After all, do you have any credit? By the way, have you collected any information recently? As for the news about the sale of horses, this is what I want to know most now."

Zhao Xu quickly changed the subject. Selling horses was an undisclosed policy of Zhao Xu or the court. It was to transport a large number of horses from Khitan. These horses must be good horses to change the horses of the Song Dynasty. Variety.

This was a huge project, and it was a decision made for the Song Dynasty to be able to sweep the entire grassland in the future. For this reason, Zhao Xu also developed a person who was in charge of this, and wanted to train him into Nie Yi of the Song Dynasty.

Not everyone knew about this matter, but they still knew about Taoxianglou. They were responsible for intelligence, and they were the first to know about these things. This was also one of Zhao Xu's goals for setting up Taoxianglou that day.

Now that the north and the south are united, only the Khitan and other foreign tribes threaten the Song Dynasty. Now they can deal with the Khitan with all their strength. As for the Northern Han Dynasty being a clown, the Song Dynasty doesn't care at all. Even if they make trouble with the Song Dynasty in the north, the Da Song Dynasty Song didn't take it seriously.

In other words, in Zhao Kuangyin's eyes, they are not his opponents, or they are not qualified to be his opponents. Zhao Kuangyin is so willful, and as his son, Zhao Xu didn't take Beihan to heart. We arrived in Khitan, so Zhao Xu was still thinking about his horses!
So at this time, he was thinking about how the horse sale was going, and how many horses there are now!
(End of this chapter)