By July, a piece of urgent information from Jin Kingdom was placed on Zhao Ning's desk.

The core meaning of this information is very simple: on June 20th, the eighth year of Tianhui, Wanyan Gao, who was familiar with Banbo Jilie, died of illness in Huining Mansion.

The crown prince of the Kingdom of Jin died.

Now Zhao Ning can be sure that the Jin army that was previously stated will go south will not be able to go south for a while.

Why do you say that?

This kind of thing would inevitably cause great political shock in the Central Plains Dynasty.

The crown prince is the future emperor, and this potential line of power buried in the court determines the future power structure of the court.

Most of the time, after the prince succeeds to the throne, the former ministers of the Eastern Palace will be promoted and even become prime ministers.

Therefore, since ancient times, there are countless people who have relied on the prince to rise to power.

What about its influence in the Kingdom of Jin?

It is definitely at least ten times greater than the influence of the serious Central Plains Dynasty.

How to explain this?

This is related to the power system of the Jin Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Jin had just entered the feudal dynasty and had not yet been completely feudalized and bureaucratized.

The Bojilie system decentralized the core power of the Jin Kingdom and established numerous aristocratic factions, extending from politics to the military.

For example, Zong Han's father, Wanyan Sagai, was Wanyan Aguda's cousin, and he was the number two figure in the Jin Kingdom during its founding period.

After Aguda's younger brother Wanyan Wu Qimai succeeded to the throne, Zong Han had already made many military exploits and his power expanded rapidly, second only to Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Gao.

Wushu also had his own soldiers, Wanyan Zongqian, Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Zongpan, and even Wanyanchang went to Beijing to cultivate his own power.

This power includes legal financial power, military power, population disposal power, etc.

This is just like the Central Plains dynasty that had just entered the imperial era. The nobles were in power and there were many princes and kings.

When the imperial system evolved into the Song Dynasty, the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty no longer existed, and the powerful families of the Eastern Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty were also finished.

The civil servants in the Song Dynasty basically had no power except for their salaries and the little administrative power and military power they were given.

What's more, every civil official checks and balances each other, and is supervised by the Yushitai and the Yuan Yuan.

It can be said that after the imperial monarchy entered the Song Dynasty, it was already a very mature and complete form of centralization.

The Jin Kingdom was just the opposite. In the immature imperial power and bureaucratic monarchy, the power of the royal family and nobles was too great. Once the crown prince died, it would inevitably lead to the fiercest internal struggle.

Moreover, there is another point within the Jin Kingdom that makes this conflict even more intense.

After Wanyan Aguda's death, the successor was not Wanyan Aguda's son, but Wanyan Aguda's younger brother Wanyan Wu Qibei.

In other words, the Jin Kingdom has not yet officially entered into the system of succession of the eldest son in terms of inheritance rights.

There is no legal inheritance system, and any member of the Wanyan clan is eligible to be the crown prince.

Let's see who has the bigger fist!

Zhao Ning closed this information and sighed in his heart: God bless China!

According to the current situation, the issue of the successor within the Jin Kingdom will be debated for some time, and Zong Han will never go south easily at this time.

In his heart, Jin Emperor Wanyan Wu Qimai most hoped that his eldest son Wanyan Zongpan would inherit the throne of the crown prince.

But Wanyan Zongpan didn't have any great achievements, so he might not be able to convince the public.

Next, the power structure within the Jin Kingdom will inevitably be readjusted.

Zhao Ning's guess was good. Wanyan Zonghan, who was preparing to station troops in Yanjing under the pretext of marching westward to Yelv Dashi, suddenly stopped going south and stayed in Shangjing.

Even Wanyan Zongwang set out to return to Shangjing, and a power struggle within the Jin Kingdom took place.

Zhao Ning most hopes that Wanyan Zongpan can become the crown prince, although it is not him in official history.

However, this matter cannot be rushed. The death of Wanyan Gao, the number one hard-liner in destroying the Song Dynasty, undoubtedly gave Zhao Ning more time.

Zhao Ning can't do much except seize the time to develop himself.

It is almost impossible to sit in Tokyo and influence the situation in Beijing thousands of miles away.

Early in the morning on July 13th, Zhao Ning got up.

He was very leisurely. First he went to Wangpo's Steamed Bun Shop in the inner city of Tokyo and ate a few steamed buns and a bowl of noodles. Then he happily ran to the bank of the Bian River, found a place with lush willows, and sat down to fish.

Not long after, Wang Zongliu brought two portions of coconut water over. When the Imperial Guards guarding the palace saw that it was Wang Zongliu, they did not stop him.

"Guanjia, Guanjia."

Zhao Ning turned around and looked at Wang Zonglio walking over happily.

"Guan Jia, this is the coconut water I just got. There are ice cubes in it." Wang Zongliu smiled broadly, "This ice cube is processed, it is boiled water, and it is refrozen in the ice cellar.

ice."

Zhao Ning put down the fishing rod, took the coconut water, and smelled it. It was really a coconut.

"This coconut comes from Qiongzhou, it is absolutely authentic." Wang Zongliu said with a smile, he sat down and drank heavily.

He knew that when Zhao Guan's family traveled privately, there were not so many rules, but they were allowed to relax.

"Uncle, are there many coconuts like this in Tokyo?"

"It's not much, Qian Yuqing gave me some as a gift. They seem to have a ship out to sea, going to Jiaozhi for trade. They passed by Qiongzhou and got some in Qiongzhou."

"Qian Yuqing?"

"He is Qian Jinshu's brother."

"Oh, I think about it, how are the two brothers and sisters doing recently?"

"Well, the food supply in Dengzhou is very stable, and food is regularly transported from Hangzhou to Tokyo. The two brothers and sisters are really good at business. The amount of food collected locally is extremely stable. I asked and they hired special people to come to the door.

There is no need for farmers to go to the gathering point when going to farmers’ homes to collect grain, which greatly saves farmers’ energy.”

"And the price offered is also quite fair. Just talking about these two points, many farmers with surplus grain at home are willing to do business with them."

Zhao Ning asked curiously: "If so, what do they earn?"

"Guan family, I have specifically inquired about this matter. They still make money. I can only say that the profit is not as high as other merchants, but the supply of goods is stable and the reputation is good. Many people are willing to do business with them."

"It seems that it was a very correct choice to find them to do these things."

Zhao Ning couldn't help but think of Qian Jinshu, and the graceful and beautiful figure in the snow scene appeared in his mind.

I remembered Qian Jinshu’s smile. Every time Qian Jinshu smiled, her eyes would curve into crescent shapes, which was so beautiful.

Zhao Ning did not drink the coconut water, but suddenly said: "Have you found the candidate for the Shibo Division that I asked you to find?"

Wang Zonglio was stunned for a moment, and secretly screamed, "Damn it, how could I have forgotten this?"

He had an idea and said: "For the official, Qian Yuqing, who else is more suitable than him? He is from Hangzhou. He does business in Hangzhou and also does business with the Jiaozhi State. I also heard him mention the Nanyang Islands."

Things."

"Southern Ocean Islands?"

"He said that there is a lot of sugar cane on Luzon Island. I said that you can go there to buy it at a low price and come back and sell it at a high price. This can also generate income for the court."

Having said that, Zhao Ning really thinks that Qian Yuqing is quite suitable for managing the Shipping Department.

"In that case, take some time and let Qian Yuqing come see me."

"He's been a little busy lately, so it might be inconvenient."

"oh?"
Chapter completed!