The Choice of Disadvantage
The hall was quiet, and everyone was slapped in the face by Yang Guang’s words.
The emperor was on top with no expression on his face, but he was already smiling in his heart.
He has long since disbelieved the words about the harmony between the monarch and his ministers.
Today, the relationship between these princes and ministers and the emperor is one of interdependence and mutual defense.
The emperor should not be too happy to see them deflated.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the emperor shouted: “Okay! You are indeed a rising star in my career.”
“I can feel relieved to see talents like Yao Ting appearing.”
“However, if you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded. How about this? I will give you the right to open border trade.”
“But you need to assure me that you will never let the three guards rebel, how about it?”
The so-called border trade is of course letting him do business with foreign races. Naturally, there are many people who do this, but none of them are legal.
The border town fairs are generally controlled by the commanders of the Nine Frontiers. These fairs are said to be used to trade and subsidize the military.
But basically, they have all been reduced to money-making tools in the hands of the chief soldier.
As a result, the officers of the Nine Frontiers made a lot of money, but the combat effectiveness of the army continued to decline.
It cannot be said that the emperor gave this power out of reward.
There is also the stimulation of the Nine Frontiers, as well as the noble forces involved in the DPRK and China.
Sure enough, after the reward came out, General Xungui couldn’t sit still.
“Your Majesty, I’m afraid there is something wrong with this matter., the nine border towns should not be moved lightly, and each has a border trade market. ”
“Suddenly there is an extra person in charge of border trade, but I don’t know where to put him?”
“Before, because of a simple investigation, the Three Guards rebelled.”
“If this causes the Nine Sides to mutiny again, it will be a disaster.”
The first to stand out was the lineage of the four kings represented by King Beijing.
The four major county kings are respectively, Dongping County King, Nan’an County King, Xining County King, and Beijing County King.
Although the four princes and eight princes are said to be together, there are also close relatives among them.
For example, the Beijing King has a very close relationship with the Jia family.
However, the relationship between the Prince of Nan’an and the Jia family is not as close as that with the historian.
The other two have ambiguous relationships with other families.
However, these forces are intertwined, and they are basically related to each other.
It is a big net in the imperial court, and it is also the reason why the emperor fears them.
Because of their mutual marriage, Emperor Yongzheng directly refused to move anyone if he wanted to.
The appearance of Yang Guang now gave Emperor Yongzheng some hope.
There are some hopes of destroying this big net, so Emperor Yongzheng dislikes the appearance of Prince Jing Shui Rong.
The emperor glanced at King Bei Jing who stood up, and immediately sneered and said, “It’s nothing, just don’t move the nine sides.”
“There are many mountains in the southern border, and there are barbarians. The local government has always said that it is necessary to open border trade to stabilize the barbarians and the hearts of the people. I think it is very suitable.”
“By the way, have you negotiated a charter for the Nan’an County King before?”
“Is it a fight, or is it that one of the four princes of your family sent a girl to make a kiss?”
“Ah, this?” Shui Rong was a little ashamed when he heard the words. The matter was not resolved yet another problem was brought up.
I had avoided it before, but now I can’t. Thinking about what happened to Concubine Nan’an recently, Shui Rong is also a bit sad.
He’s still young, so naturally he doesn’t have a daughter, and he’s not even married.
But there are suitable candidates in the families of the other county princes, but, do they really want to get married? who will go?
“Which one of you is in favor and who is against?” Emperor Yongzheng asked once, this time to all the officials.
However, these people were not willing before, but now they see Wang Shuirong of Beijing Jing being harassed.
And he also told about their four kings.
They dared to come out to oppose, didn’t they hit the muzzle of the gun?
Hard steel on the bright side is unacceptable, what they want to do is obedience and obedience!
On the surface, he neither agrees nor opposes, but behind the scenes, he is passive and sabotages his work.
Many times before, the emperor’s orders were distorted and misunderstood by them in this way, and then they disappeared.
Some orders even became their money-making tools. In the end, the emperor was not helpless with these aristocratic families.
You can tell from their appearance that they are going to repeat the old tricks.
But now Emperor Yongzheng is not made of mud anymore. With the seeds provided by Yang Guang, he has already foreseen a bumper harvest in the coming year.
As long as there is food and the young generals he has promoted, it will be easy to deal with them in the future.
Emperor Yongzheng also knew that if he wanted to speak loudly to these aristocratic families, he must have force that would make them fearful.
Trying to rely on morality to make them submit is simply a dream.
The last emperor who believed in this had already been killed by these aristocratic families.
“Since there is no objection, then this matter is settled.” Emperor Yongzheng nodded in satisfaction, planning to make a decision.
At this time, Yang Guang took the initiative to say: “Your Majesty, you can give it if you are really willing.”
“But can you change the place for me? I want to eat seafood recently, how about a place by the sea?”
As soon as these words came out, all the people in the court looked at the Marquis of Jing’an strangely.
Does this count as exchanging the fat you get for urine bubbles? Anyone else asking for trouble?
In the eyes of these people, what is the most important wealth in Dagan? It is land, it is power, it is population.
Of course, the most basic thing is mainly inland, if it is transferred to a place such as the seaside.
They don’t even show it for nothing. Isn’t there wealth by the sea? Of course there is.
Pearls, corals, hawksbill shells, giant clams, etc. are salvaged from the sea every year.
These are very precious jewels, as well as foreign merchants who came from afar from the sea.
These people bring a lot of income to the Daqian Dynasty every year.
However, these ministers in the court still look down on the sea.
Gaining wealth at sea is too slow and dangerous. They don’t need to go to sea to fight hard.
So now Yang Guang wants to go to the seaside instead. In their view, it’s like begging for a golden job.
Emperor Yongzheng shook his head and said, “Think clearly, what I give you must be the most suitable for you.”
It’s almost obvious that this place is very hard, and there is this most important point.
Emperor Yongzheng wanted Yang Guang to go to southern Xinjiang to break the blockade of the four princes and eight princes, but Yang Guang himself wanted to go to the seaside. What’s going on?
Xungui at the side saw it as if he was blessed to his heart.
Immediately, someone stood up and said, “Since it was chosen by the Marquis of Jing’an, of course we must respect it.”
“That’s right! Lord Hou has made such a great contribution, so of course there should be some privileges.”
“It’s hard to buy Lord Hou’s willingness. Since Lord Hou likes it, you must respect his idea.”
“I agree with Lord Hou’s own choice. Wherever he wants, it should be the place for border trade!”
A group of people were quiet as if they were dead before, but now they are all screaming.The three corpse gods of Yongzheng Emperor’s Qi jumped violently, and were about to lose their temper.
But out of the corner of his eye, he saw the contemptuous smile that flickered on Yang Guang’s face.
He calmed down in an instant. Yes, who is Yang Guang?
In more than a year, from a commoner to the present Marquis of Jing’an.
Have you ever suffered a loss along the way?
