After leaving the Yamen, Yu Shiyue hurried to Yu Mansion without much delay.
At this moment, he and Yu Qian were sitting opposite each other, with two cups of tea in front of them, and outside the window was a full moon that seemed to be full but not yet full.
Based on the friendship between the two of them, there was no need to exchange pleasantries. After sitting down, Yu Shiyue went straight to the point and asked.
"Your Majesty has sent memorials to the Ministry of Finance and Honglu Temple to all yamen today. You should have received the news, right?"
Yu Qian nodded, still calm and calm: "A copy of the memorial will be sent to the Ministry of War in the afternoon. I have read it carefully."
Yu Shiyue frowned slightly and could only continue to ask: "Since you already know about this matter, you must also understand that this matter involves a huge amount. In addition to the Ministry of Revenue, the opinion of the Ministry of War is particularly important. What exactly do you think?"
As far as the mutual market itself is concerned, its border attributes are greater than its transaction attributes. Therefore, the Ministry of War, which is responsible for border affairs, has the greatest say in this matter.
As the Minister of War, if Yu Qian firmly opposes this matter, then even if the matter is approved by the court, it may be difficult to implement it.
And as a veteran in officialdom, after the cabinet meeting, Yu Shiyue quickly noticed the collision between monarchy and ministerial power hidden behind the mutual market.
So after he left the Yamen, he hurried to Yu Mansion to find out Yu Qian's attitude on this matter.
Yu Qian pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "To be honest with Brother Yu, Yu already knew about this matter long before the war started in Wala."
Yu Shiyue was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately came to his senses.
During the Battle of Oara, Yu Qian participated in formulating the entire strategic plan. As a key node that changed the direction of the entire war, whether Wang Wen could persuade Totuo Buhua to withdraw his troops was obviously the core part of the entire plan.
If this cannot be accomplished, then the subsequent raid on Yanghe and the destruction of Ye Xian's supply line will be a castle in the air.
With Yu Qian's character, he would obviously figure out such an important matter before he was willing to act with confidence.
But after realizing it, Yu Shiyue's face became more and more worried, and he frowned.
"So, the document with the emperor's seal in the hand of the Mongolian envoy is actually true? This is troublesome."
The letter handed over by Honglu Temple made many demands.
These include how many mutual trading locations the Ming Dynasty needs to open on the border, and the amount of materials that need to be "given back" after accepting "tribute", including how much iron, grain, silk, etc.
Not only was his tone very tough, but many of the conditions were simply unacceptable to the Ming court officials.
If we really follow the conditions they proposed, they may have to leave their names in the history books.
Hearing this, Yu Qian shook his head and said.
"The document is true, but many of the statements in the letter are untrue. Even if we were at a disadvantage at that time and wanted to get rid of the situation without spending money, His Majesty and Yu would not have compromised to that extent."
"The bottom line of the discussion at that time was that our Ming Dynasty could open mutual trade to the five tribes under Tuotuo Buhua, but there were several restrictions."
"First of all, the five major tribes must regard the Ming Dynasty as a monarchy, accept the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, and send envoys to pay tribute every year. Secondly, the location, time, and frequency of mutual trade are all decided by the Ming Dynasty."
Hearing this, Yu Shiyue felt half relieved.
The most important thing in Ming Dynasty is status.
After seeing the memorial from Honglu Temple, he was most worried about this. Generally speaking, the Ming Dynasty was relatively generous to its vassal tribes who were willing to submit to it.
However, the Mongolian envoy seemed vague and unclear on this matter this time. Coupled with his confident attitude, Yu Shiyue could not help but worry whether Wang Wen had agreed to any conditions that he should not have agreed to due to the situation at that time.
If that's really the case, then this battle might as well be a head-on confrontation and a decisive battle under the capital city!
Yu Qian ignored him and continued to speak.
"Furthermore, in order to ensure the safety of the mutual market, private merchants were prohibited from trading. The Ming Dynasty directly traded with the envoys of the five major tribes. The envoys sent by the five major tribes were not allowed to carry weapons, and the number was limited to fifty people."
"At the same time, Tuotuo Buhua promised that after the opening of the mutual market, the Mongolian cavalry would stay away for five hundred miles. If they trespass without authorization, the Ming Dynasty would close the mutual trade."
With that said, Yu Qian stood up, returned to his desk, rummaged around, took out a document, handed it to Yu Shiyue, and continued.
"To tell you the truth, Minister Shen of the Ministry of Revenue came to visit me a few days ago. This is the mutual trading regulation drawn up by the Ministry of Revenue. The details are very detailed. You can take a look."
Yu Shiyue took the document and began to read it.
After a long while, Yu Shiyue closed the document with a rather strange expression on his face.
Not for anything else, just because the various matters written in this document are too detailed.
Moreover, many measures gave Yu Shiyue the feeling that they were well-targeted. If these measures were implemented according to this, there would be no problem in ensuring the smooth development of the mutual market.
As for the reason for his weird expression, it's because...
"Since Chen Yi has such detailed regulations, why not submit them along with the memorial?"
Yu Shiyue believes that if this regulation is made public, it can dispel the doubts in the minds of quite a few courtiers.
At least for now, according to the information Yu Shiyue received, after the Ministry of Revenue's memorial was distributed to all yamen, most ministers expressed opposition to it.
There were even many censors who went directly to the book to impeach the Ministry of Revenue for harming the country.
Moreover, Yu Shiyue paused for a moment, flipped through the document, pointed to a certain item in it, and asked, "What's going on with this imperial store?"
After reading this document, Yu Shiyue understood all the other clauses, but only the one involving the Huangdian felt a little puzzling.
Yu Qian glanced at it and saw it written above.
"...the Huangdian is responsible for the border trade, and private smuggling is strictly prohibited..."
So, he said: "With the word "Emperor", isn't it obvious?"
"Our Majesty has always made plans for thousands of miles. Since he had the idea of trading in the past, he naturally had a detailed plan."
However, it only took a moment for Yu Qian's face to become serious, and he frowned and said in deep thought.
"The Ministry of Revenue has been preparing this document for many days. As Brother Yu said, with this document and the emperor's instructions, it is not difficult to pass the matter. What really worries Yu is As Brother Yu mentioned just now, why didn’t Shangshu Shen submit this regulation together?”
Yu Shiyue fell silent. The answer was not difficult to guess.
The entire process of mutual market discussion, from the envoys and Tuotuobuhua discussions, to the formulation of regulations by the Ministry of Revenue, to the so-called imperial store taking charge, eliminating private transactions.
From the beginning to the end, it was only obvious that the emperor was pushing behind the scenes.
If this is the case, then Chen Yi's current actions are naturally authorized by the emperor, but why did the emperor do this?
After a while, Yu Shiyue opened his mouth with a glimmer of hope.
"Perhaps, Shen Shangshu wants to wait until the court meeting before bringing it out to have a final say. After all, many of the clauses above are very targeted."
This is indeed an explanation. During the court meeting, many people will definitely raise objections.
There are many clauses in the regulations issued by the Ministry of Household Affairs, which are obviously designed in anticipation of these objections and have been formulated in a targeted manner.
If you throw it out at a court meeting, it will definitely have miraculous effects.
but……
Yu Qian sighed, shook his head and said: "If that's true, it would be simple. I'm afraid that this matter will eventually turn into a dispute between the government and the government, which will be troublesome."
This chapter has been completed!