"The secret contests in the court of the Song Dynasty were going on all the time. Even if you didn't want to cause trouble, trouble would come to you. Once you touched the interests of others, the contradiction between the two parties would have been irreconcilable, especially in ancient political struggles.
Never expect any kindness from your opponent!"
Tieniu looked at Ye An inexplicably. He didn't understand what these words meant at all. Moreover, the Marquis often talked to himself like this during this period, with his eyes sometimes firm and sometimes hesitant.
Ye An raised his head slightly and looked at the group of people under the shed. He suddenly felt that these people were at the pinnacle of power in the Song Dynasty, and there were also people who were standing against him.
Wang Qinruo, as a traitorous minister and the evil prime minister of the Song Dynasty, did almost all the bad things in the court, but he did not conflict with him at the beginning, and Ye An would not offend him for no reason.
It's a pity that something he did changed Ye An's mind. Wang Qinruo was the first to take action against Puhui Company, and he was also the first to impeach him for his open arms.
This was the reason why Ye An gave up his original naive idea. He knew that Wang Qinruo would be dismissed as prime minister, so he was not anxious at first. But now that they have come to his doorstep, it would be extremely stupid to not fight back.
In Tokyo now, no one has more accurate and faster news than Ye An. Starting from Qin Mumu's Lan Kwai Fong, the intelligence collection of the Yunzhong Prefecture has begun to spread throughout Tokyo. As for the news from the palace
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The intelligence chief of the Imperial City Division is at home. As long as there are many things that Ye An can know, Chen Lin will certainly not tell him things that he cannot know.
It is very realistic and ironic that the Imperial City Superintendent actually told Ye An what happened in the palace, which completely subverted his imagination.
It seemed that Wang Qinruo was just going to impeach Ye An. Although Liu E kept him in the middle to protect him, his method was more than that, but his ultimate goal was not here.
Although Ye An is not a veteran in the court, he is not a hindsight either. He has seen too many political struggles in later generations, both at home and abroad, and from ancient times to the present. He has seen a lot, but in the end
What is important is that there is a course on ancient politics.
That is an old fox that Ye An will never forget. He can peel off the ancient political wisdom, peel off those seemingly ordinary things and show them to you, making you doubt your own IQ. At the same time,
I also doubt the magic that the ancients created unexpectedly.
Therefore, Wang Qinruo's method was not so subtle in Ye An's view. On the contrary, it was very obvious that he was "borrowing a knife to kill someone." However, the knife was not handed over by others, but was handed over by himself.
The reason why Wang Qinruo is so impatient to crack down on Puhui Company is that his ultimate goal is to associate himself with Puhui Company. As long as there is a problem with Puhui Company, he will be inseparable.
The current scale of Puhui Store is already quite large, and Ye An even believes that as long as it takes a while, Puhui Store will become a presence that no one dares to provoke in Tokyo.
But there are still many problems and weaknesses. Many things appeared for the first time in the Song Dynasty. Ethical issues alone are a big trouble.
The Han Dynasty never lacked craftsmen, but craftsmen were ranked after farmers. Turning a large number of farmers into craftsmen was, in a sense, an ethical issue.
This is just a trouble for Puhui Company. There is also a problem of whether this factory system is contrary to the habits of this era and Puhui Company itself.
At this time, Ye An discovered that he had changed from a "dragon-slaying warrior to a vicious dragon" and that Puhui Company's business in Tokyo had impacted many people.
If Wang Qinruo was fighting alone, Ye An would definitely attack him without hesitation, but he could not be alone. There were many people standing behind him.
The power of Puhui Company has touched the interests of some people, and Wang Qinruo will inevitably join forces with these people to attack him. The reason is also very simple... His contribution is indeed not small, but there is always a question that bothers Ye
install.
How did he offend Wang Qinruo?! Why did he go to court several times to impeach himself when he was always on the same page? This makes no sense at all!
Wang Qinruo is not a stupid person. He has been able to hang out in the court for so long and his methods are quite good. There is no need to antagonize him! How could a smart person like Wang Qinruo do something that is not worth the gain?!
Depressed Ye An now wanted to grab Wang Qinruo by the front and slide him in front of him, asking him to explain clearly the reasons for targeting him.
It's just that he didn't have this opportunity. Wang Qinruo was still a co-ordinate in the court, with great authority and high status.
Those who were equal to him were Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and other important ministers of the late emperor Tuogu. Ye An himself was only a fifth-rank official. Even if he had the title of Marquis of Yunzhong County, it was not enough in front of Wang Qinruo, his husband.
But this time Wang Qinruo impeached Ye An, who knew the seriousness of the matter. The conflict between the two parties was irreconcilable, and blindly tolerating would only hurt himself and Qin Mumu.
The short summer harvest finally came to a busy end. All the potatoes harvested from the fields were piled into baskets one after another. The baskets formed hills one after another, exuding a golden color under the blazing sunshine.
Officials were amazed at the potato yield. Even Liu E and Zhao Zhen, who had known about it for a long time, were shocked when they looked at the hills.
Due to the unique centralized nature of the Han Dynasty, the population expanded too much and it needed high-yielding crops. However, the output of crops such as rice and wheat was difficult to break the bottleneck of demand.
The emergence of potatoes makes up for this shortcoming. The dormancy period of two to three months is enough for them to be transported and eaten, and as long as they are stored properly, they can even be eaten until autumn.
This is a great thing for both farmers and businessmen.
Memorials celebrating auspiciousness were presented to the emperor one after another. Faced with such auspiciousness, even the civil servants did not hesitate to speak with praises. The people watching had already been shocked by this scene. Soon, the land outside Tokyo city erupted.
The cry of "Long live".
The farmers standing on the ridges of the fields were happy. Even under the scorching sun, big drops of sweat hitting the loess could not hide the joy of their harvest.
The agricultural advisor at Sinong Temple repeatedly emphasized that potatoes should not be eaten raw. He also emphasized that sprouted potatoes should not be eaten, otherwise they would be poisoned. However, many excited farmers still ate raw potatoes.
This is the inevitable result of the emergence of new things. Ye An could already predict that when potatoes were first promoted, some people would be poisoned by eating sprouted potatoes. But compared to the huge effects of potatoes, these were just minor problems.
But something even more exciting for the farmers happened. After eating a baked potato, Liu E announced that all the potatoes harvested today would be purchased by the palace at a price of 280 wen per stone!
Such a price makes the people so excited that they don't know what to say. You must know that the current price per stone meter in Tokyo is only 300 Wen!
There is a big difference between the selling price of rice and the cost price, but potatoes can actually be sold for 280 cents per dan, which is really surprising and exciting.
You can achieve such a huge harvest in just a few months. The key is that you don’t need to spend too much energy on handling the potatoes. It’s a blessing from the sky!
For a time, both the people and officials were shocked.
But only the big shots in the court knew that Liu E's operation was an extremely clever method. It was not only to promote potato cultivation, but also to make money and maintain local stability.