The person who suggested the border market to the Ministry of Rites was actually King Xiang Zhao Hongjing, which really surprised Zhao Hongrun.
To be fair, the suggestion of "opening a border market" can be said to have made up for Zhao Hongrun's negligence in the "Wei-Han Handan Peace Negotiation" - Zhao Hongrun must admit that it was because he did not think carefully enough at the beginning that he did not include it in the peace negotiation.
Go to this one.
Because the matter of "Wei Han Border Market" is extremely beneficial to Wei State.
Of course, this alone is not enough to make Zhao Hongrun eager to know who is the person who made this proposal. The key lies in the suggestion that "the imperial court should exchange copper for cattle and horses to South Korea."
In Zhao Hongrun's view, this was a very vicious strategy.
What is copper?
As we all know, copper is money!
Because of this, even though the Wei court did not need too much copper to mint coins, the Ministry of Revenue still wanted to purchase as much copper mines on the market as possible - the Ministry of Revenue would rather pile these copper mines in warehouses to get moldy after purchasing them.
Rust; I would rather hand over these coppers to the Smelting Bureau, and let the Smelting Bureau cast copper pillars and drive pilings at Bolangsha River Port, than let the copper circulate in the market.
Why? Just to prevent someone from minting copper coins privately.
Apart from this, the other uses of copper mines in Wei were very small.
Now, Wei State has sold a large amount of copper mines to South Korea. What will South Korea do with this batch of copper?
If you think about it, you can understand that South Korea will definitely use it to mint copper coins.
In other words, the princes and nobles of Korea gained huge wealth all at once through private coinage.
But the problem is that the copper coins themselves cannot be eaten. Therefore, the royal family and nobles of South Korea must circulate these new copper coins on the market in order to truly gain benefits.
And what does it mean when a huge amount of copper coins suddenly appear on the Korean market? Zhao Hongrun knows it best.
This means that the common people of South Korea will once again pay for the luxury of its domestic aristocrats, causing the wealth in the hands of common people to seriously shrink and prices to rise significantly, which is the so-called "inflation."
This move is quite cruel, even more cruel than Zhao Hongrun's use of "heavy cavalry" to harm South Korea, because it may severely damage South Korea's economic system.
Therefore, Zhao Hongrun wanted to find out who was the person who proposed the "border market" and "exchanging copper for livestock" suggestions.
Unexpectedly, He Yu, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, told him that it was Zhao Hongjing, Prince of Xiang.
Xiang Wang Zhao Hongjing is Zhao Hongrun's third brother. Before the former East Palace Prince Zhao Hongli fell, Xiang Wang Zhao Hongjing had always sided with Yong Wang Zhao Hongyu, but neither Zhao Hongrun nor Yong Wang Zhao Hongyu thought that this old man
The Three Councils are the masters who live under people.
No, I remember that after the "Beiyi Military Camp Roar" incident, the former East Palace Prince Zhao Hongli played the emotional card and resigned from the position of Crown Prince and Crown Prince at the suggestion of his aide Luo Yao. Subsequently, Yong Wang Hongyu and Xiang Wang Hongjing, who had jointly dealt with Prince Zhao Hongli,
Qing Wang Hongxin, this alliance camp immediately collapsed.
Especially when King Yong Hongyu received the honor of "supervising the country", King Xiang Hongjing still strongly supported King Yong on the surface, but privately he frequently contacted King Qing Zhao Hongxin, and he didn't know if he wanted to repeat his old tricks and use Qing King Zhao
Hongxin's current power in the court is against King Yong's Hongyu.
Because of this, when his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan said that Yong Wang Hongyu was deeply scheming, Zhao Hongrun smiled indifferently, because in his eyes, Xiang Wang Zhao Hongjing was the most scheming person among his brothers.
But having said that, Zhao Hongjing, the most scheming King of Xiang, was able to come up with such a vicious strategy to harm South Korea. This really made Zhao Hongrun change his mind a little - after all, what bothered him the most was those who were obsessed with fighting for power and profit.
, but are of no benefit to the country.
But after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun rejected his previous speculation.
Because he thought of one person, Zhang Qigong, the aide of King Xiang Zhao Hongjing.
This was a poisonous man who made Zhou Min feel troublesome, so that in order to protect himself, Zhou Min turned to Zhao Hongrun, his younger brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan.
Compared with King Xiang Zhao Hongjing and his aide Zhang Qigong, Zhao Hongrun is more inclined to think that the latter came up with this poisonous plan.
Of course, no matter what the actual situation is, the result is the same.
The next day, when Zhao Hongrun was focusing on the trade of "exchanging copper for livestock" between Wei and Korea, his younger brother Huan Wang Zhao Hongxuan came with his staff Zhou Min.
Seeing the anger on his younger brother's face, Zhao Hongrun suddenly laughed: Zhou Min must have learned that Zhang Qigong was responsible for the incident in the border market, so after seeing through the matter, he sued Zhang Qigong in front of his younger brother.
Sure enough, after paying a visit to his brother, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan said angrily: "Brother, you fought on the battlefield, captured Handan, and forced Korea to surrender. Now that the two countries are negotiating for peace, King Xiang is vying to jump out to pick peaches. Is it unbearable?"
Tolerate!"
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun pretended to be puzzled and asked: "Oh? How can you see that?"
Seeing this, King Huan Zhao Hongxuan said sternly: "The border city of Qi County, one of the border cities of Wei and Korea, can you imagine the huge profits? Although Cui Can, the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is temporarily acting as the city magistrate this time,
In the eyes of my younger brother, this is King Xiang's attempt to conceal the truth, and the purpose is to place the city magistrate of Qi County under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs... As long as the title is established, King Xiang will recommend a confidant in the Ministry of Household Affairs to be the city magistrate in the future.
The border cities of Qi County are all under his control!"
After listening to his brother's words, Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhou Min calmly.
It is undeniable that Zhao Hongxuan's words are very correct. Today, there are only two political forces in the Ministry of Revenue. One is the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue Li Liang and the Zuo Shilang Cui Can. They both remain neutral; and the other is Xiang.
Wang Hongjing’s power.
Just as Zhao Hongxuan said, Xiang Wang Hongjing first asked Cui Can, the left minister, to serve as the city magistrate of Qi County in order to bring the border cities of Qi County under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Husbandry. In this way, in the future, Xiang Wang Hongjing would allegiance to him within the Hubu Department.
When the officials recommended him as the city magistrate of the border city of Qi County, it became justifiable. This was really a very clever trick to hide the truth.
"Did Mr. Zhou give you the advice?" Zhao Hongrun asked with a chuckle.
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan, who had been so generous just now, suddenly lost half of his momentum, and said with a blushing face: "I...I came up with it myself..."
Seeing His Highness's expression, although Zhou Min's expression did not change, the bitter smile at the corner of his mouth had already given him away.
Because he hoped that Zhao Hongxuan had figured this out by himself instead of Zhou Min's guidance.
However, if you think about it carefully, Zhao Hongxuan had not cared about the situation between North Korea and China before. To be able to point this out this time must be Zhou Min's guidance. Otherwise, a fledgling boy like his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan may not be able to see through it.
The tricky thing.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun asked with a smile: "Who do you want to recommend as a military officer in Qixian County?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan was immediately shocked and stared at his brother with wide eyes. Beside him, Zhou Min also had a bit of surprise in his eyes.
"What, what Qi County Military Lieutenant..." Under Zhao Hongrun's half-smiling gaze, Zhao Hongxuan scratched his head with a blushing face and said: "Brother, I don't understand what you are saying."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongrun just looked at his brother with a smile and said nothing.
At this time, due to His Highness's poor acting skills, Zhou Min couldn't bear it anymore and whispered to Zhao Hongxuan: "Your Highness, His Highness King Su has already guessed the whole reason, so you should tell the truth."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan hesitated for a while, scratched his head and said: "Brother, I would like to recommend Zong Wei's Gong Liangyi to be the military commander of Qi County..."
In fact, even if Zhao Hongxuan didn't say it, Zhao Hongrun could guess it.
The reason is simple, because his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan needs money to support the North Army.
He, Zhao Hongrun, was able to support King Su's army because Zhao Hongrun owned the fiefdom of Shangshui County and had some ulterior smuggling trade with Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, Xiong Hu, Lord of Pingyu, and others of Chu State; but his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan neither There was no way to make money from the fiefdom. How could Concubine Shen Shu's natal family, the "Huangyi Shen Family", support the 60,000 to 70,000 people in the Northern First Army?
Therefore, Zhao Hongxuan must find a way to get involved in the border cities of Qi County this time. But the problem is that the Ministry of Household Affairs sent Cui Can, the left minister, as the city magistrate, and legitimately brought the border cities of Qi County under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs. , Zhao Hongxuan's current identity is the commander of the North First Army, and there is no reason to intervene in the battle for the position of city commander.
Therefore, if you want to make a profit in the border cities of Qi County, you can only take a roundabout way and recommend a confidant to serve as the military commander of Qi County, responsible for maintaining public security and order in the border cities of Qi County.
Zhao Hongrun saw this clearly.
"Brother, will you help me?" Zhao Hongxuan asked timidly after telling him his true purpose.
When Zhao Hongrun heard this, he patted his brother's arm gently, and the meaning was self-evident: You are my brother, who can I help if I don't help you?
But having said that, Zhao Hongrun still wants to remind his brother about something: "Xiao Xuan, brother will help you, but it is not good to eat alone. Besides, one person alone cannot resist King Xiang, so I will advise the court Let Shuang Wuwei recommend you and Brother Si Wang's people to be responsible for the security of Qi County. In this way, even if King Xiang wants to deal with you in the future, Brother Si Wang will stand firmly on your side."
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan suddenly smiled and said with a smile: "Brother, I understand everything you said. Zhou Min has told me. Even if you don't tell me, I will bring Brother Si Wang along."
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Zhou Min in surprise when he heard this, and the latter lowered his head humbly.
At this moment, Zhao Hongrun was really relieved about Zhou Min. After all, Zhou Min was very considerate when giving advice to Zhao Hongxuan. With such a talented person following his younger brother, what else could Zhao Hongrun be worried about?
Nodding, Zhao Hongrun said with satisfaction: "Very good, in that case, you go and discuss this matter with Brother Si Wang. Brother Si Wang wants to support the Shanyang Army, and the expenses are not small. He must also have some interests in the border cities of Qi County. Thoughts. However, whether he is willing to stand on your side or on King Xiang’s side in the end depends on your ability... This is a test for you, how about it? "
After hearing this, Zhao Hongxuan immediately patted his chest and said, "Brother, don't worry, brother Si Wang is definitely on my side. We have been on the battlefield together."
After saying that, he bowed his hands towards Zhao Hongrun and was about to leave.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun shouted at his brother's back: "Don't pull down the Nan Yan army..."
"I know." Zhao Hongxuan said not far away.
Seeing his brother's furious look, Zhao Hongrun shook his head helplessly.
He was not worried that his younger brother Zhao Hongxuan could convince King Yan Zhao Hongjiang. He was thinking about another thing.
He felt that the main purpose of King Xiang Hongjing's proposal to open a border market this time might be to gain political achievements. In other words, the Third Prince Brother was about to start exerting his efforts? Is he going to prepare to deal with King Yong?
Taking a slight breath, Zhao Hongrun was thoughtful.