Chapter 790 (1/2)
”This is a dead end?”
Lu Shizhong's mind is a little confused.
Ren Qiu nodded.
Two apples in a row makes my mouth sour. He picked up a piece of pineapple crisp and ate it.
”Knowing that it is a dead end, why did his Highness the great prince and Lord Li still bother to plan and even make all efforts to promote this war? Do they have a way to solve the problem? ”
Lu Shizhong sent out the torture from the soul.
Renqiu three two after stuttering pineapple crisp, and picked up a piece of cloud cake to eat.
As he ate, he said, ”if there is no prince, no four seas firms, no lord Li, this chess game is a dead end. But add them to the game and the game will live. Therefore, I say that it may not be bad for you to collude with the eldest prince. When you are in the middle school order, you will be able to control the situation with the use of pressure.
Lu Shizhong shook his head slowly, ”the emperor is far away, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly. I live in the imperial court and order to reach the battlefield. It's too late. ”
Renqiu ate a half full, a little dry mouth, holding up a cup of tea.
As he drank, he said, ”so you need to send your confidants to the battlefield to supervise the troops. If Mr. Li can coordinate the overall situation, he has to install a spy around him. This is a fair and upright scheme. ”
With his hands behind his back, he walked around the room.
”Big prince and Lord Li, how are they going to break the game?”
Ren Qiu picked up a sweet scented osmanthus cake and said, ”the key to breaking the situation lies in the Marquis Lu, as well as grain and grass, that is, the four seas business. Further, Madame Zhao decided the outcome of the war. ”
”Ridiculous!”
”Don't look down upon Madame Zhao. If we can settle so many refugees, who can do it alone? ”
Lu Shizhong's language was blocked.
Ren Qiu continued: ”I guess that the chess piece of Lord Li is used to deal with Lu Hou. Lu Hou was rebellious, and he had to be held down by a man of equal strength. Throughout the court, is there anyone more suitable than Mr. Li?
As for the financial strength and financial strength of the four seas commercial banks, I estimate that no one in the world knows except Madame Zhao. I'm sure that the strength of Sihai business has surpassed that of Shaofu. I remember that last year, when his Highness the prince went to the south of the Yangtze River to buy food for disaster relief, I specially asked my acquaintances in the south. There are some famous people in this area. ”
”What's the name?”
Ren Qiu said casually: ”the first batch of grain was not purchased from the rich people in the south of the Yangtze River, but from an unknown grain business. I specially checked the background of this grain company. I'm afraid it's the Sihai business.
Do you know how much grain the company sold to his Highness the prince? It's a million jin, of which 500000 Jin is rice and 500000 Jin is rice. A small grain company, where to store so much grain? Don't you think it's strange? And this is only the first batch, and three or four batches were sold to his highness. The quantity is not less than one million catties. ”
”What's the name of this food company?” Lu Shizhong said
Ren Qiu opened his mouth and said, ”it's called Pacific food line!”
Lu Shizhong frowns, Pacific Ocean? What is it?
Why such a strange name.
”How can you say something so important now? Lu Shizhong was dissatisfied.
Ren Qiu hit a ha ha, ”I don't know whether this matter is important or not. If you don't mention Beirong, Lord Li and the prince, I can't remember it. And it's not important. What's important is that Sihai commercial banks are rich in financial resources and full of grain and grass.
When the eldest prince joined the chess game and charged in front of him, the imperial concubine would dispatch grain and grass to the border area wholeheartedly, and give enough grain and grass without tax and corvee.
On the contrary, if you don't allow your highness to join the chess game, Madame Zhao will definitely die. Last year, the disaster was so serious that so many people died, and there was a rebellion against thieves. Do you think Madame Zhao has the heart to care for the world and take the initiative to provide food and grass to relieve the disaster? ”
Lu Shizhong clenched his teeth and said, ”this world has been harmed by the merchants.”
Ren Qiu shook his head, ”this is not true. Without this business, the burden of the people would be three or four times that of the present. The Ministry of household has not been able to make up for the balance of income and expenditure. There is still room to make up for the money and grain accumulated during kaiyao's reign. ”
Lu Shizhong said.
Although Ren Qiu is not happy with his expression.
The profiteer belongs to the traitor.
It is also an indisputable fact that the unscrupulous merchants made great contributions to the government's finance.
We can't suppress the negative businessmen just by lightening the burden of the people.
Not to mention the increase of business tax every year.
Commercial tax solved most of the problems of the court.
Lu Shizhong frowned and said, ”the prince wants military power. Is it because he wants to rebel?”
Ren Qiu laughs and seems to have heard Tianda's joke, ”the eldest son is the legitimate eldest son. In the case of not establishing the prince, he is the rightful heir to the throne. What can he do to rebel. It's not nice to say that in case your majesty has something wrong one day, he will naturally become the emperor in the hall, and no one is entitled to question his inheritance right. ”Lu Shizhong frowned and looked at Ren Qiu discontentedly.