I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 841

Everyone present understood what Zhang Dun said, but what Zhao Xi didn't expect was that after Zhang Dun finished speaking, none of the ministers refuted it.

The court ambitions that have been raised for many years may really work.

From the degree of everyone's approval of Zhang Dun's rhetoric, at least the cabinet has a unified understanding of expansion.

"What does Wang Xiang think?"

Zhao Xi still needs to respect Wang Anshi, and also needs to give the prime minister face.

"The old minister agrees with what Zhang Ge said. Fuel bombs were first used in naval battles, and there are many Persian big eaters in Guochao Shipping. It is estimated that even pirates will be dominated by these forces."

"The four princes going east to Tuohai will also encounter the forces of the Northern Liao Dynasty. Once the kerosene bomb method is spread to the Northern Liao Dynasty, it will be more difficult for the country to recover Yanyun. The only thing the court can do is to act first."

"As the officials said, according to historical records, most of the production of stone ester is in the northwest. I have already seen the power of kerosene bombs. I believe that the imperial court must control the known oil production areas."

This cabinet is indeed a cabinet that is determined to forge ahead. Even Wang Anshi... can't say that Wang Anshi is peaceful. In the previous cabinet, he was the one who had the greatest ambitions for the territory, including Wang Shaojing Luehe Huang was promoted by Wang Anshi.

"Since the cabinet has a unified understanding, let's start making preparations."

This time Zhao Xi brought the cabinet to the workshop city, and really had no intention of leading the cabinet to the idea of ​​​​recovering Yanyun.

In the past few years, there have been many internal and external affairs of the imperial court, and Zhao Xi has never felt that kind of particularly stable development.Beiliao is not Xixia, not only is it a vast territory, but also its soldiers and strength should not be comparable to Xixia.

It is difficult to achieve a grand scheme like the recovery of Xixia in a war with Beiliao. It can only be a frontal war, which is what later generations call steel guns.

Zhao Xi doesn't have any fear of Liao, but Zhao Xi knows that the mainstream of the country has adapted to the so-called peaceful coexistence with Beiliao.

Recovering Yanyun is indeed a big issue for Guochao.

Such a big topic, of course, cannot be settled in such a casual way in the workshop city office, but the general direction has been determined.It takes a year or more to deploy.

When dealing with Xixia, the imperial court also started from Jinglue Hehuang, and it took two or three years before it officially entered the war to destroy Xixia.

This time, everything in the workshop city is kept secret... The defense of the workshop city is the most stringent in the country, and the loyalty of the personnel is also the most loyal in the country, so there is no need to worry about any leaks.

This is not to say that the people in Gongfang City are different from other places, but that in the entire Gongfang City, even ordinary craftsmen receive higher salaries than the average level of government officials.

On this point, Zhao Xi is arbitrary.And the workshop city's performance in these years, whether it is in military or civilian use, has also made no noise in the court.

No one wants to mess with the workshop city, everyone has the industrial income derived from the workshop city.

Regarding the preparations for the war and the recovery of Yanyun, there was no news from the court, but the workshop city had entered a state of emergency again, while the Privy Council and the Ministry of War were recruiting soldiers step by step.

As for the replacement of the border garrison armament... this is already a routine, and even the increase or decrease of armament materials is common to the border garrison.

"Officials, the cabinet has completed the formulation of a strategy for the production and transportation of kerosene. However, the issue of kerosene sales is more controversial."

Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing played against each other and asked the officials for advice on the sale of kerosene.

Wang Anshi seems to be changing too. At least on the matter of kerosene, he no longer brought cabinet disputes to the officials, and did not expect the officials to give him unprincipled support in front of all the cabinets.

"What is the point of contention?"

"Returning to the government, the disputes focus on the issue of sales agents. The cabinet is in dispute as to how to determine the merchants for sale at the provincial, prefecture, prefecture, and county level, how to specify the standards, and so on."

To put it bluntly, it is still a question of interests. Wang Anshi is very disgusted with the phenomenon that the cabinet is arguing for interests.However, he did not properly address the controversy.

After the government experimented with kerosene in the workshop city, it has already begun to implement it in Bianliang.Although Wang Anshi was a little annoyed at the practice of the workshop city without the approval of the cabinet, he did not point fingers at the workshop city. Everyone knew that the workshop city was the territory of the government.

It was also because of the promotion of kerosene in Bianliang that the courtiers knew about kerosene, which also made it difficult to coordinate the cabinet's debate.

The cabinet cannot exist independently, and Wang Anshi is no exception. He has his own protégés, as well as relatively close courtiers and forces, including township parties, and there are always intricate entanglements of interests.

Although Wang Anshi didn't take it seriously for arguing because of his interests, judging from the officials he supported in his early years, he also had a difference between closeness and closeness. Wang Anshi was also a cabinet whose ability was judged by closeness.

Therefore, when courtiers, local gentry, and merchants influence the cabinet, it is difficult to reach an agreement.

I also considered selling it. After all, the products and crafts of Workshop City have been sold many times, and I even considered promoting it like a wine supervisor and a tea supervisor.

However, when the three-level decision-making system was implemented in the current state, there were already relevant laws and regulations on the use of officials. Even tea, wine, salt and iron have reduced the number of officials and put them under the management of the city. How can they set up another yamen? ?

As for selling...
"Then use the method of selling!"

Zhao Xi felt that this shouldn't be a matter, because the interests were related, and there would definitely be disputes.Simple disposal is enough.

"Officials, kerosene comes from kerosene, so it should be controlled by the court. Besides, the habit of kerosene is uncertain. According to Mr. Su Ge, if you are not careful, it will be a disaster."

"Businessmen and common people can't expect that it can strictly implement the standardized process like the workshop city. And the transshipment and storage of kerosene will be guided by the workshop city and the track. I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement the sale."

For the reason Wang Anshi said, Zhao Xi was a little helpless.After thinking about it, I don’t know before. It seems that Guochao’s Pumai has not targeted this abstract meaning of Pumai, that is, Pumai only for the right to sell... This is a name of selling.

Of course, the cabinet is also entangled in the issue of transshipment and limited management of the court.

"Simply sell the right to sell, and at the same time add the price of the track transfer and workshop city storage guidance. For the convenience of management, you can try to sell in the form of a road, a prefecture, a prefecture, and a county."

"The price of kerosene is set uniformly by the imperial court, and all state capitals of the country have the same price. The imperial court semi-controls things, and there is no need for competition. As for how to set the price of kerosene to achieve a balance between the workshop city, the imperial court, local merchants, and the common people, etc. All parties appeal, this is a matter of Shiyi.”

From the standpoint of the imperial court, it is a good thing to have disputes.

Couldn't it be that Lu Huiqing's pricing and the price of Workshop City have left too much profit margin?
(End of this chapter)