"Xiangong Qin, this is the official Lu Qingliu I have been telling you about before."

"Guan Lu, His Highness often mentions you in front of me."

"Don't dare."

"I heard that you did a lot of business in Yingtian Mansion and helped the clan sell their fields at a good price."

The clan Qin Hui mentioned refers to the clan of Yingtian Mansion.

The clan there is of the bloodline of Zhao Kuangyin, and the clans that Tokyo City dealt with before are of the bloodline of Zhao Guangyi.

After Zhao Gou reorganized the clan in Tokyo, he went to Yingtian Mansion to manage the new agricultural administration for a period of time, where he actually helped the clan of Yingtian Mansion get rid of the fields.

This is the offline execution done by Lu Qingliu.

"That's all because of His Highness Prince Kang's guidance."

Zhao Gou said: "Guan Lu, I want to tell you something very important."

"Your Highness, please make it clear."

"The imperial court is preparing to launch a new trading company." Zhao Gou told the Zhao Guan family what they had discussed.

"The government intends to use a new trading company to form a group that specializes in transporting materials, and those whose assets reach a certain amount can seek loans from banks." Zhao Gou's mind started to spin quickly, "I want you to set up such a trading company in Yingtian Mansion.

Specializing in transportation from Tokyo to Yingtianfu.”

"Your Highness, many people are already doing this, and I'm afraid they won't make much money."

Zhao Gou said: "Many people will no longer be able to do it in the future."

"Why is this?"

"Wang Zongliu registered all trading companies in Tokyo two years ago. Now the officials want to comprehensively regulate new trading companies. Without new trading company certificates, it is illegal trading, and all assets will be confiscated if caught."

Lu Qingliu was shocked: "Isn't it true that many people..."

"That's right, this new policy will be launched soon. If you respond quickly to Tianfu to make arrangements, I will give you a quota in advance. You will gradually manpower. Remember, in the future, the people under this trading company will specialize in this matter.

, there must be a complete contract internally.”

"Yes, thank you for the reminder, Your Highness." Lu Qingliu said respectfully.

He suddenly remembered something and said: "Your Highness, the grassroots people have recently heard that many people go to Jinghu Road to buy land. Does your highness need to buy land? The grassroots people can arrange for someone to do it."

Zhao Gou said: "The imperial court has a clear rule on Jinghu Road that each household cannot exceed fifty acres. Those who buy land are looking for death. Don't get involved. But if there are new changes in Jiangnan and Zhejiang, the imperial court will be there."

The land will be enclosed to grow mulberry and ramie, and many large weaving workshops similar to the Wensi Yuan will be built. Send people to handle these."

"Yes." Lu Qing nodded repeatedly, and then said, "Your Highness, I heard that the imperial court is planning to increase taxes on various industries in the south. Is this a problem?"

"Increase taxes?" Zhao Gou looked at Qin Hui.

Qin Hui said: "There is no such thing yet."

"There are rumors in some places in the south now."

"How to pass it on?"

Lu Qingliu said: "Everyone said there was going to be a war. The Jin army wanted to march south again. The court had no money and wanted to increase taxes on the south."

Qin Hui said: "Where are they spreading?"

"Yingtian Mansion is spreading news recently."

After Lu Qingliu left, Zhao Gou asked Qin Hui: "What do you think of the rumors about Yingtian Mansion that he just mentioned?"

Qin Hui said: "The Jin Army may really want to move south this time. There is so much intelligence coming from the front, and it is definitely not groundless."

"What about tax increases?"

"Today, Director Mei repeatedly mentioned tax inspections in the south in front of officials. The purpose was to find a reason for the implementation of the New Agricultural Policy in the south."

Everyone knows that once the New Agricultural Policy passes, it will be equivalent to a direct tax increase.

It's just that the tax is not raised on the common people, but on those whose land exceeds fifty acres, and the tax is increased.

It went straight from ten draws to five draws.

The imperial court used this method to attract all the grain from the large households in Huaixi.

And the most important thing about this approach is that it is widely supported by the local people.

The big households in Huaixi had objected, but everything that could be cut was cut.

Zhao Gou said: "It seems that the New Agricultural Policy is going south soon?"

"It's almost time." Qin Hui said, "Your Highness must remain calm. If any southern official writes to Your Highness, stating the shortcomings of the New Agricultural Policy and instigating the shortcomings to oppose the New Deal, you must ignore it."

"I see."

"Remind Lu Qingliu to do things more cleanly and not to get involved with agricultural affairs. Breaking up the land in the hands of large households is what His Majesty has always wanted to do. The new agricultural administration in the future will only be more vigorous and vigorous." Qin Hui warned.

Zhao Gou nodded.

Qin Hui added: "Now most people in the court are very fond of Your Highness, and some people are already writing memorials to test your tone."

"Test the tone?"

Qin Hui said: "Li Chu's tone."

Zhao Gou remained silent.

"The country cannot be without a crown prince for a day. His Highness is now the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture and must be able to take charge of the overall situation."

"Is there hope for this king?"

"The situation is stronger than the people. Once the Song army engages in a full-scale war again, there will never be a crown prince. The princes will be still young by then, so His Majesty can only appoint a crown prince."

Zhao Gou thought deeply, he was no longer a passionate young man in his twenties. His official career in the past few years had made him mature a lot.

"His Highness has made the business bigger and allowed many officials in the court to get a share of the pie in order to win people's hearts. This is the right step. I will introduce another person to Your Highness. This person is also very good at business."

"who?"

"Zhang Jun."

On February 20th, just as public opinion within the Song Dynasty began to voice unprecedented resistance to the war, news that the imperial court wanted to pay taxes quietly spread.

The news that the Jin envoys had arrived in Tokyo again spread like wildfire.

Countless people are paying attention to what the Jin envoys want to do when they arrive in Tokyo during such a sensitive period.

Will the two countries continue to fight in the future? Will they engage in a full-scale war?

At this time, the Jin Kingdom in Liaodong was not at peace either.

Wanyan Zongfu, who was stationed in Liaoyang Prefecture, sent a group of troops south quickly and arrived at the border of Fuzhou. They met the Song army in the Fuzhou area, and a small-scale military friction broke out between the two sides.

The news spread back to Liaoyang, and it was not until February 25th that Wanyan Zongfu officially confirmed that Fuzhou had been occupied by the Song army.

He urgently wrote urgent reports to Yanjing and Shangjing.

On the first day of March, catkins were floating in Yanjing City, and groups of merchants entered the city from the north to the south.

They shipped a lot of supplies.

At the same time, a large number of new people moved here.

There are rumors among the people that the Jin Dynasty court plans to designate Yanjing as Nanjing, and the palaces in Yanjing City have begun to be built.

There are even rumors that the Jin Dynasty moved its capital here in order to concentrate the country's military forces to deal with the Song Dynasty.

But this is groundless and there is no evidence.

Liu Yanzong rushed into the Economic Strategy Department and said: "Your Highness, General Wanyan Salihe has rushed to Daizhou, and General Yinshuke has arrived at Zhending."

Wanyan Zongwang said: "Okay, let the scouts of the Song Dynasty detect that we do have a large army displayed at the border, and if necessary, create some conflicts among the people."

"yes."

Wanyan Zongpan said: "What is our purpose of doing this?"
Chapter completed!