Wei Zi said: "They have been playing this game for a long time. Seeing that the business of the three princes is getting bigger and bigger, if it is not stopped, it may break the previous plan, so there has been vicious competition without any scruples in the past two months.
"While the troops and horses are not moving, food and grass go first. This has been the principle of war since ancient times. If they want to defeat the Yun Kingdom from within, they cannot keep the Yun Kingdom's treasury sufficient, so the business of the three princes can no longer continue.
"If I guess correctly, the three princes are just the beginning. The next step should be to merge the businesses of other large and small merchants in the Yun Kingdom and monopolize the Yun Kingdom's trade. The last step is to destroy several businesses related to the Yun Kingdom.
Such as salt and iron.
"Once Yun Guo's economy is in chaos, the rest will be much easier."
Yunyao was shocked. Wei Zi spoke implicitly, but how could she not understand what the "remaining things" were?
Destroy the Yun Kingdom.
Over the years, they have never stopped doing this in the Western Region and Northern Xinjiang.
The Eastern Yi had been driven out, and the Western Regions were included in the Yun Kingdom's territory, leaving only the Northern and Southern Borders.
Who is doing these things? The answer is self-evident.
"So, no matter what, they can't succeed in this attempt. We must fight back as soon as possible to destroy their plan to monopolize Yunguo's trade.
"I have discussed with the prince, and today he will propose to set up exclusive official positions to manage trade in the morning. The official positions will be placed in the household department, and the official positions will be temporarily held by the prince." Wei Zi briefly told Yu Yunyao about her plan with Feng Danyuan.
listen.
"Prince?" Yunyao looked puzzled. The prince is young and doesn't understand business. Is it appropriate to supervise this business?
"It can only be the prince." Wei Zi's face was solemn: "First of all, this matter was proposed by the prince, and he could not put his person in this position. The civil servants objected too strongly, so he could only suppress it, fearing that it would be counterproductive.
Fulfill the other party."
After a pause, she said rather tactfully: "Secondly, if you choose from civil servants. With all due respect, neither the prince nor I believe in the six ministries, or even all the civil servants in the court."
"What?!" The queen was shocked and angry: "You mean..." The other party's power has penetrated into the court?
Wei Zi nodded: "In dealing with the three princes, it is impossible to do it so cleanly and neatly without the help of the government. I have experienced this with the three princes, and we know the details very well."
Yunyao looked at Wei Zi deeply and said after a long time: "Feng Danyuan proposed this matter in the morning meeting, and you came to me. What do you want me to do?"
Wei Zi stood up and knelt in front of Yunyao: "I came here today to ask the Queen to come forward and convince the Yun family and the Emperor to hand over several business items such as salt and iron to the three princes."
Yunyao was startled and stopped holding her hands: "Why?"
Wei Zi replied: "My prince and I have studied the Yunguo salt and iron businesses for the past ten years. The costs are too high and the profits are too thin. If we leave it to the three princes, the profits can be tripled at least."
Yun Yao smiled bitterly: "I don't have to tell lies with my eyes open. The descendants of the Yun family are indeed inferior to each other. It is really shameful that this kind of business can be like this if they are put in their hands. But you should also know that Shuizhi
If there is no Qing Dynasty, there will be no fish. This cannot be pointed out. What's more, leaving these businesses to the Yun family is not for profit, but a political transaction."
Wei Zi raised her head slightly, with clean eyes and a firm voice: "With all due respect, when the Yun family took over these businesses many years ago, they were indeed political transactions. Is it still true today?"
