Xie Rongcheng was left to study at Fuyuan Villa. After Xie Xiuwen learned about his progress, he felt that if this kid could study hard for another ten years, he would be great if he could win the exam, and he would not have a greater future.
Xie Xiuwen felt a little pity, but he didn't know that if the rest of the Xie family knew the news, they would just applaud.
After all, if you can produce a great master, you can be considered as equal to the county magistrate in Gaoyang County.
In recent days, there has been another quarrel in the court.
This time, Mr. Zheng Ge and Wang Qinshan actually sided with Mr. Qin Ge and Xie Mingyi and became allies.
In fact, it is for border trade.
Although today's Dazhi has caravan exchanges with various countries in the Western Region, it is very rare. After all, it is prohibited by the imperial court.
To put it bluntly, those caravans were traveling secretly. If border guards came to investigate, they would be fined and imprisoned.
As for why Dazhi was so resistant to border trade, strictly speaking, it was because of safety issues.
If the imperial court really supports commerce, it will be very troublesome to control it, not only its own people, but also businessmen from other countries. The various matters here cannot be explained clearly in two or three sentences.
Secondly, we need to prevent countries from mixing things up.
It is said that during the reign of the late emperor, there was a Hu merchant who traveled to Dazhi border for three years. Later, he used the opportunity of doing business to understand the topography of the border and even drew a border defense map.
This is no joke!
Fortunately, he was later investigated. Otherwise, there would have been another bloody storm.
However, even if this incident happened, the imperial court still turned a blind eye and did not completely stop it over the years. This was just because the caravans had to clear the border and paid a lot of tribute.
The border is bitterly cold, so this money is by default the income of the border officers, which also reduces the pressure on military pay, and allows the border officers to feel more secure.
Moreover, caravans always bring novel gadgets from the Western Regions when they come back. Although the price is expensive, everyone likes them, and some are even necessary items for wealthy people, so they just acquiesce.
The smuggled money was not handed over to the national treasury, but fell into their own pockets. Of course, a large amount of it was sent to certain backers. Many aristocratic families and officials in the capital were more or less involved in this.
Nowadays, if we want to develop border trade, it means that we can go out in the open and pay taxes openly, and most merchants no longer need to pay extra tribute to certain high-ranking officials. Wouldn't that mean that we have cut off some people? The way to make money?
What's more, some of their families have people who are engaged in this business, which can bring a lot of financial support to the family every year.
Now, once it becomes a trade allowed and protected by the imperial court, it is equivalent to directly taking away their pockets. For people who are used to extravagance, this is like cutting their flesh. How can they agree so easily?
Xie Xiuwen has been in contact with relevant memorials in the past few days, and he estimates that if this matter comes to pass, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will also be involved.
Those good things that can bring extra benefits are gone, no wonder you adults are impatient.
Xie Xiuwen peeled off the cocoon and finally figured out that the issue of business here seemed to be brought up by the Peng family, which offended many people, but in fact, behind the Peng family were the Gao and Zhao families.
Gao is the Yue family of the Weixin Hou Mansion, and Zhao is naturally Zhao Yue's side.
Xie Xiuwen didn't know about others, but the person behind the Zhao family was the Holy One.
Therefore, the business related here should be developed by the Holy Spirit himself, but due to the weak power, he had to resort to external forces.
No, it had just been brought to the court for discussion, and it caused an uproar.
This person is as careful as the one who worked more than ten years ago, and then he gets our Dazhi's border defense map. When the two sides start fighting, how can the money brought by these trades make up for it?
That person said that if we really want to engage in trade here, we will need to add more yamen and officials. Not to mention all this time-consuming, labor-intensive and expensive work, it may not be a good one.
In short, it's just a quarrel in the court, everyone has his own reason, that is, everyone has his own little plan.
On this day, there will be a great meeting.
The courtiers once again quarreled over the issue of trade here. Although most of them opposed it, there were always some who supported it.
Moreover, the number of people supporting this is still increasing day by day.
In just half a month, 30% of the courtiers now support the official opening of border trade.
Xie Xiuwen knew that it was not that these ministers had thought clearly and really knew what was good for the country, but that they were simply pinched by the Holy One and had to bow to the Holy One.
Xie Mingyi spoke sharply: "Your Majesty, if this is to open up border trade, it will take more than a few words. There are more than ten small countries in the Western Regions. We must send envoys there, right? And who can guarantee that those foreign races will not be greedy for our rule?" Heart?"
Wang Qinshan also nodded: "What Mr. Xie said is reasonable. Your Majesty and I also think it is inappropriate. To open up trade, the price is too high, and the financial and human resources we have to invest cannot be underestimated."
Emperor Jingwen narrowed his eyes, knowing that these people would not let go so easily.
As for those they just mentioned, they are just high-sounding.
In the final analysis, it's just that I can't bear to give up those benefits.
"Where is Xie Zuocheng?"
Xie Xiuwen was lost in thought when he suddenly heard the Holy Master calling him. He was immediately startled and hurriedly came out: "The minister is here."
"We have been arguing about border trade for half a month. What do you think?"
For a moment, everyone in the hall focused their attention on Xie Xiuwen.
Xie Xiuwen was quite speechless.
What else could he say about such a thing?
He must move closer to the Holy One, since he has nothing else to rely on!
Xie Xiuwen looked serious and said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, what Mr. Xie and Mr. Wang just said, I all agree with."
These words caused a bit of surprise to appear on everyone's faces.
After all, everyone thought that Xie Xiuwen was the favorite minister of the Holy Emperor, so he naturally turned to the Holy Emperor. Why did he turn against the Holy Emperor now?
Emperor Jingwen's face was slightly displeased: "Do you also think it's inappropriate to open border trade?"
"Back to the Holy Spirit, Wei Chen just thinks that what the two adults just said is reasonable. It is absolutely easy to open border trade. It does not mean that Wei Chen thinks that border trade cannot be done."
Okay, this big gasp!
While Emperor Jingwen breathed a sigh of relief, he also had a slightly disgusted look in his eyes, wishing he could hit him with a stick first.
Can't you say something nicely?
"To open border trade, you do need someone to negotiate with various countries, unify measures, station troops, formulate penalties, taxes, etc. It's a lot of things to think about. It just so happens that there are Huns in the north who are eyeing them and are determined to be thieves. So if you want to accomplish this, there are indeed many obstacles.” (End of Chapter)
