Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 276 Concatenation
Although Zhu Houzhao really wants to go to Liaodong, he also knows that now is not the time. If there is no news from Wang Shouren, he has no way to convince his father and the ministers in the court, but Zhu Houzhao is not so eager, and he doesn't really want to go. To fight Wuhalian, in Zhu Houzhao's view, Wuharian is a soft persimmon among the Mongolian tribes, who can be squeezed at any time.

Of course, another reason why Zhu Houzhao wants to go to Liaodong is that he really has nothing to do in the capital and feels uncomfortable.

The matter of paying the farmland tax has been arranged, and the rest of the matter has little to do with him. Zhu Houzhao believes that Liu Qi can also do well.Originally, Zhu Houzhao wanted to reach out to the Ministry of Officials, that is, to reform the administration of officials in Ming Dynasty, but Ma Wensheng pushed him back. This made Zhu Houzhao realize one thing, that is, the civil servants were wary of him.

If you insist on mobilizing officials, you have to start from the old man's side, but the resistance will be very high, so you simply don't move.

When I finish cleaning up the northern border, I will have enough time and energy to clean up these. Zhu Houzhao is not in a hurry, anyway, he is young and can afford to wait.Now that the military reform in Liaodong can be supported by the imperial court, Zhu Houzhao believes that the problem is not serious, so he is ready to do something serious, and he is talking about building Liaodong into a base first.

"His Royal Highness, Minister of the Household Department, Qi Youqi, please see me." Liu Jin walked in from the outside and bowed in salute.

Qi You is here?Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Let him in!"

Since sitting on the seat of Hubu Shangshu, Qi You can be said to be proud of the spring equinox, and at the same time, he has become more and more respectful to Zhu Houzhao. Unlike others, Qi You was single-handedly promoted by Zhu Houzhao.From a doctor of the household department to a minister of the household department, Qi You can be said to be the favorite of the prince.Qi You's hugging Zhu Houzhao's thigh was actually very simple. Firstly, it was to repay a kindness. The so-called kindness of knowledge and encounter is naturally to be repaid.

Another more important reason is that Qi You has already cut himself off from the current gentry group. Ever since he hugged Shou Ninghou's thigh, he has begun to go further and further away from the current gentry group.

After becoming the Sicheng of the Yantie Division, Qi You offended the gentry even more. Under such circumstances, Qi You naturally wanted to hold His Royal Highness's thigh tightly, otherwise he would be kicked out one day up.Zhu Houzhao is naturally aware of this, but he doesn't care. Isn't it because his bottom line is relatively low, or he has no bottom line?

Not long after, Qi You walked in from the outside. After seeing Zhu Houzhao, he quickly bowed and saluted, with a very submissive expression on his face.

"That's enough, excuse me!" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "This is in private, the two of us, the monarch and his ministers, should be less polite." Zhu Houzhao pointed to the stool: "If you have anything to do, sit down and talk!"

"Thank you, His Royal Highness." Qi You quickly agreed, with a flattering expression on his face, "I came here today to talk to His Royal Highness about the auction of the salt farm. There are rumors that some people are colluding in order to lower the auction price, and everyone forms an alliance in private, not to raise the price indiscriminately."

Speaking of which, Qi You looked at Zhu Houzhao worriedly: "Your Highness, I am a little worried about this matter. Once they do this, the court may be a bit difficult!"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and didn't care. He had expected this a long time ago. After all, every time he was knocked out by the court, these people must be uncomfortable.Under such circumstances, these people naturally have to find a way.Even if the gentry and the nobles are at odds, in the face of interests, they can make up and even form an interest alliance.

Zhu Houzhao was not surprised by this kind of thing, looked at Qi You with a smile and asked, "What do you think? But it's okay, I will make the decision for you."

After pondering for a moment, Qi You said: "I thought that these people colluded together in private, which is naturally a private matter. I also sent people to investigate, but they didn't find anything. It seems that there are some things that are just catching wind and shadows. It's just that I think it's a secret. I am afraid that the matter is not just groundless, it may be true, but it is too difficult to investigate, and it is also difficult to obtain evidence."

"I think we still have to start from the root cause, and I'm thinking whether to let go of the restrictions on bidding qualifications?" Qi You looked at Zhu Houzhao cautiously while speaking.

Hearing Qi You's words, Zhu Houzhao immediately laughed. The so-called loosening of the restrictions on bidding qualifications, to put it bluntly, is not the same as last time. Last time, guests were required to receive invitations and gifts when entering the door.Qi You also knew that the last time His Royal Highness the Crown Prince used this method to stabilize the Yan government and at the same time split the nobles and gentry, that's why Qi You was cautious.

Zhu Houzhao also knows that the auction qualification will not last long. Last time, for this qualification, many salt merchants took refuge in nobles and gentry and gave a lot of gifts, whether it was in his own palace or his father's inner treasury. benefit.Now Qi You wants to cut off this benefit, which naturally makes Qi You very worried. Once His Highness the Crown Prince or His Majesty is offended, his future will be in jeopardy.

Zhu Houzhao thought about this for a moment and then nodded: "Yes, let go of the qualification restrictions, as long as you want to participate in the auction, you can participate in the auction, and just take the money out."

"In addition, you can let people spread the word. If the auction price of that salt field is too low, the imperial court can operate it by itself." Zhu Houzhao added: "If they don't want to do it, then the imperial court will do it themselves. Anyway, it is just transporting salt to various places. It’s not impossible for the imperial court to sell them.”

After thinking about it, Zhu Houzhao thought of a problem, that is, the court may not be able to do it, but it doesn't matter.

A few years ago, Zhu Houzhao might not have had the confidence, but now Zhu Houzhao has it. Looking at Qi You, Zhu Houzhao added: "You say that Qiyizhai is interested in salt farms, and you want to take pictures of a few salt farms. Anyway, Qiyizhai has shops all over the world. There is no need to reopen the salt shop, if someone doesn’t want to buy it, then Qiqizhai can buy it.”

Zhu Houzhao knows about the catfish effect. Norwegians like to eat sardines, especially live fish.The price of live fish in the market is much higher than that of dead fish, so fishermen always try their best to bring live sardines back to Hong Kong.Despite all efforts, most sardines will suffocate and die halfway.Later, someone put a catfish with fish as the main food in the fish tank containing sardines.

Seeing the catfish, the sardines avoided the catfish, so the problem of hypoxia was solved, and most of them returned to the fishing port alive and kicking.This is the famous "catfish effect"

Now Qiyizhai is this catfish, Qiweizhai with a channel can scare these people to death, let Qiweizhai take over and give it a try.

(End of this chapter)