Chapter 420 420 Fighting, the interests must be in your own hands
When Ji Yunkai and Prince Duan were discussing Liulifang, the emperor was questioning Xiao Jiuan about the fire outside the city. Xiao Jiuan's answer to the emperor was only two words "accidental", which was the same as the reason why Liulifang caught fire.
Just as "accidental".
The emperor was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He also mentioned that the imperial army was "escorted" back to the city by Xiao Jiu'an's people. But before the emperor finished speaking, Xiao Jiu'an asked innocently: "Didn't the emperor ask them to train with Yan Bei's army? Your Majesty.
They competed, and there were winners and losers, and if they lost, they would naturally have to abide by the rules."
The emperor was indeed becoming more and more shameless as the Yanbei army was inferior in skills and still had the nerve to blame him.
"I want them to train with the Yan Bei Army, not to compete with the Yan Bei Army." Of course he knew how powerful the Yan Bei Army was. If he didn't know this, how could he want to control the Yan Bei Army?
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"It is common to have competitions and contests in the army. This is how my Yanbei Army has always been trained." It is normal to have competitions during training in the army. There are competitions not only during training, but also in daily life. Your Majesty
Even if you have never practiced military training, you should know this.
"Are you really just doing it for training and not to prevent them from entering the mountain?" The emperor saw Xiao Jiuan's explanations and asked directly.
But Xiao Jiuan didn't want to answer and asked: "What is there in the mountain that I want to prevent the imperial army from entering the mountain?"
"How do I know what's in the mountains? I'm asking you." The more he talked to Xiao Jiu'an, the angrier the emperor became. Xiao Jiu'an and Ji Yunkai were truly worthy of being a couple. Both of them were equally capable of driving the saint crazy.
"Except for Yanbei's army being crushed by boulders, I don't know what's in the mountains." Everything was razed to the ground and burned by fire. The emperor went to investigate if he had the ability to get useful information from him, but he was dreaming.
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Without giving the emperor a chance to continue questioning, Xiao Jiu'an said: "Your Majesty, in addition to pleading guilty when I come to the palace today, I also hope that the emperor will give me accurate news. When can the military salary owed by the imperial court to Yan Bei's army be paid? How much can it be paid?"
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Things came back to the starting point again. The emperor wanted Xiao Jiu'an to give an explanation, and Xiao Jiu'an wanted the emperor to give him his military salary. The two of them pushed and pushed each other for nearly two hours. The emperor did not find out any useful information from Xiao Jiu'an, and Xiao Jiu'an also
Not a penny of money was obtained from the emperor.
Neither of them were surprised by this. Xiao Jiuan took the initiative to resign at noon, making it clear that he did not want to quarrel with the emperor. The emperor had no intention of keeping Xiao Jiuan, so he raised his hand and let him go.
The emperor had worked hard all morning and was about to have a good meal and rest when the eunuch came and said: "Your Majesty, Princess Tianwu has been waiting for you for an hour."
The emperor then remembered that Princess Tianwu asked to see him. Although he was very tired, he still cheered up and said, "Let Princess Tianwu come over."
Not long after, Princess Tianwu came over. After greeting the emperor, Princess Tianwu took out a letter and said: "Your Majesty, this is a letter from my mother. The mother said that as long as no one in your Tianqi makes colored glaze, we, Tianwu, are willing to
10% of the market price, and sell a thousand pieces of colored glaze to Tianqi every year."
That's right, the Emperor doesn't care at all about Prince Duan Prince's Liulicang being burned down, not only because Prince Duan Prince has no evidence to prove that this incident was man-made, but the most important thing is that the Emperor is watching and watching him.
How to do it in order to maximize the benefits.
Crown Prince Duan’s Liulic Square can produce colored glaze, which is beneficial to Tianqi. It can not only reduce the flow of Tianqi’s gold and silver to Tianwu, but also reduce the contact between Tianqi’s nobles and Tianwu, and even damage Tianwu’s national power, but...
The Liulic Fang in the hands of Crown Prince Duan, no matter how much money he earns, has nothing to do with him as the emperor or the court. The Liulic Fang has nothing to do with him as the emperor.
Not only that, more than half of the money Prince Duan earned from Liuli must be given to the Yanbei Palace.
Anyone with eyes can see how much money Liuli makes. The Yanbei Palace is already strong enough. If there is more money to support him, will he still be alive as an emperor?
Although he was happy that the Tianqi people could make colored glaze, he was also wary of the Yanbei Palace using it to make money and strengthen the Yanbei Army. However, the method of making it was obtained by the Yanbei Palace, and he had no reason to hand it over to Prince Duan.
Therefore, after Princess Tianwu vaguely proposed a deal, he neither nodded nor shook his head.
After all, the matter with Yanbei Prince's Mansion was an internal conflict within Tianqi, and if he suppressed Liulifang without hesitation, Tianwu would not be the one who got the advantage in the end.
Crown Prince Duan's Liulifang is right there. Even if he wants to attack Liulifang's opponent, he will wait until the negotiation between Tianqi and Tianwu is over. But he doesn't expect Tianwu to be unable to wait for that day and directly attack Liulifang.
After the accident at Liulicang, Crown Prince Duan came to him immediately and wanted him to stand up for Liulicang. It was a useless thing. Would he, the emperor, do it?
Of course, he neither refused nor agreed to the matter, but vaguely handed the matter over to the government.
This matter was taken over by the government, and it was not him, the emperor, who had the final say on how it would proceed.
Unexpectedly, before he could figure out how to deal with this matter, Tianwu wisely offered him the benefit.
A thousand pieces of colored glaze a year only cost 10% of the market price, and the court can earn nine times as much money if it is sold to the court. Based on the current market price of one thousand taels of colored glaze products, the income brought by one thousand pieces of colored glaze products can be said to be
Very impressive.
With this money, the national treasury will be abundant, and he, the emperor, will no longer have to tie his hands in anything.
The most important thing is the benefits brought by Liuli. The Yanbei Palace will not get any of it, but it will all fall into his pocket. With this money, he can do more things and train stronger soldiers.
On the contrary, without the silver income from Liulicang, the shortage of silver in the Yanbei Palace will not be solved. Over time, the Yanbei Army's annual military pay branch will surely bring down the Yanbei Palace, which is not very wealthy in the first place.
Reducing the opponent's strength and enhancing one's own strength is by no means a matter of one plus one or one minus one. If this is done well, the imperial court's strength will increase greatly, but on the contrary, the Yanbei Palace will become weaker and weaker.
However, one thousand pieces of colored glaze is too few.
However, the emperor was not in a hurry to express his position, and opened the letter and carefully read the letter written by Queen Tianwu to him.
After reading the letter, the emperor showed a smile on his face, and looked at Princess Tianwu with a kind look: "I have seen Queen Tianwu's letter, and I have also seen Tianwu's sincerity. Princess Tianwu, don't worry, I have my own conclusion on this matter.
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Queen Tianwu is indeed a smart woman. In order to keep Liuli unique and rare, she really spent a lot of money, and she likes to cooperate with smart people... (To be continued)