In ancient times, it was taboo for officials to do business. Firstly, the emperor was also worried about officials abusing their power to compete for profits from the people. Secondly, they were farmers, traders, and farmers. The three of them were photographed at the end, at least in name. Therefore, this kind of behavior is very disturbing.
Disdainful.
But in fact, in the Song Dynasty, it was nothing new for officials to do business, let alone a taboo. Don't ask, the question is that the officials themselves did not do business, they just had some shops in their homes.
But Ye An is different. Puhui Store is run by him single-handedly. It is not an ordinary store but a huge store. It not only has its own store and department store chain, but also has workshops that can supply goods. It pays a huge amount of taxes every year.
, in a sense, the city of Tokyo is inseparable from Pratt & Whitney.
Moreover, the Puhui Company is integrated with the Cao family and the Li family, and cooperates with most of the companies in Tokyo. As a result, it cannot fall. Even the Fufeng Company of the Zhao family clan cannot suppress it. It has long been too big to fall. Moreover, Ye
An had never used his privileges to make profits for the company, so naturally no one would ask for trouble to impeach Ye An.
The reason why Liu E gave Ye An such generous conditions was not only for the growth of Puhui Company in the northwest, but also for the stability and interests of Ganliang and Ganzhou.
She herself also knows that "the sky is high and the emperor is far away" in the northwest, and Ye An's Puhui business will definitely expand rapidly there, but what does it matter?
For the Song Dynasty, the corruption of the two states of Gansu and Liang was a fact. If Ye An and Ye Changsheng could carve out a world there, it would be a great political achievement for both the Song Dynasty and Liu E.
Ye An managed Liangzhou for just one year, and the ambition of the party members was obvious. Li Deming was already the leader of Daxia, but he was still dishonest and always wanted to go south to invade Song Dynasty. This alone was a headache.
Ye An's approach to developing Gan Liang was to "encircle Wei and rescue Zhao". The stronger Gan Liang became, the less Li Deming dared to go south at will. Therefore, Liu E's recent memorials to impeach Ye An were ignored and ignored.
However, the reports from the Imperial City Division increased every day, and the more she read, the more frightened she became. Liu E originally thought that Puhui Company's development in Tokyo was fast enough, but she did not expect that it would develop even faster in the northwest.
Gently closing the Imperial City Secretary's document, and glancing at Zhang Qi who lowered his head, Liu E smiled and said, "Privy Zhang, are you staying here today just because Changsheng's business in the northwest is getting better and better?"
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Zhang Qi shook his head slightly and said: "For the record, sage, Ye An went to Ganliang to raise matters. To put it harshly, he was to guard the border for the country. However, the old minister heard that he was at odds with Tubo and threatened to send troops to Qingtang. This is a provocation.
This move is really inappropriate!"
Liu E nodded slightly: "I have also heard about this matter, but it is said that the Tubo people disturbed our city of Liangzhou first and were related to the deaths of the previous magistrates of Liangzhou Prefecture. Ye An made such remarks out of anger.
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Zhang Qi quietly raised his head, looked at Liu E's calm expression, and whispered: "Ye An is a scholar, and he is also in charge of the imperial government. Now he has the Xi Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army in his hands... Young people are frivolous, and they are afraid of being reckless.
Provocative!"
Liu E looked at Zhang Qi doubtfully. He had nothing to do with Ye An. Lu Yijian was not so involved in Ye An's feud with Ye An. How could he, Zhang Qi, have just taken the position of Privy Councilor?
Attacking Ye An behind his back?!
This was not in line with common sense. Liu E asked curiously: "Privy Master Zhang means that I will issue another edict to transfer the Yunzhong Commandery and Marquis back to Tokyo City?! The Ganliang area has just been improved by him.
Who is qualified at this time? It’s only been a year, right?”
Zhang Qi was speechless for a moment. Indeed, Ganliang had made great progress. No one expected that in just one year, Ye An would be able to run the Puhui Company in the northwest, and the Xi Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army would also
Expanding rapidly.
But what he is afraid of is the expansion of these two armies. It is said that the Xilie Army has expanded from the original thousand to five thousand, and the Huaiyuan Army has soared from three thousand to eight thousand!
Ye An's military pay from the imperial court has been quadrupled this year. Although it is consistent with military merit, it is still a bit too much, causing other border troops to clamor. The Privy Council can only use military merit to silence these people, but other border troops
The army is ready to move again...
"Tell me! What is going on? Why do you, the Privy Councilor, have to play riddles in front of me!" Liu E saw Zhang Qi's tangled face and spoke dissatisfied.
Taking a deep breath, Zhang Qi said more calmly: "The Saint of Qi, Huanzhou, Zhendingfu, Daizhou, Huoshan Army, and Guangxin Army all have military merits to report, and many of them have killed and beheaded many enemies, ranging from dozens to dozens."
There are hundreds of people!"
Liu E wondered: "It's naturally a good thing to have military merit. Why do you criticize Ye An like this... hmm? Is it because you are asking for merit?!"
Zhang Qi was promoted by Liu E single-handedly. Naturally, there was no pretense and he said with a wry smile: "It is very possible that the border state was originally stable, and neither the Guo Dynasty nor the Liao Dynasty nor the Dangxiang were willing to touch it at will, so as not to tamper with the border state.
However, since the Xi Lie Army and the Huaiyuan Army have repeatedly made military exploits and achieved continuous military success, the hearts of the border states have become unstable."
"Is there anyone who kills good people and pretends to be meritorious?!"
Liu E hit the nail on the head with just one sentence. Zhang Qi whispered: "I haven't sent anyone to investigate, but I'm afraid there is something wrong."
"So it's because Ye An did so well in Liangzhou Prefecture? The frontier army couldn't sit still when they saw others taking credit? It's really unreasonable. The Privy Council inspects the frontier army. If anyone kills good people and takes credit, he will be severely punished.
Punishment!"
Liu E suddenly became angry. Her anger did not come from the "involution" of the border troops, but from the court, and even more so from her dissatisfaction with Zhang Qi.
Do you think she is a little girl in "purdah" who knows nothing?
It cannot be said that the military merits of these frontier troops include killing good people and taking credit for their merits, but it can only be said that they are very few. Most of them are obtained from suppressing bandits. There is not much risk in suppressing bandits, and they will not be punished for the serious crime of killing good people and taking credit for their merits.
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Liu E was angry because someone in the court did not want him to get the credit!
Ye An has done quite well in Liangzhou Prefecture and has achieved some political achievements. The business of Puhui Company has been started, and the military equipment has been reorganized. Once he regains Ganzhou, it will be a great achievement.
The demotion of him to Ganliang was his own decision. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, most of the land in the border states was lost, but when he came to the throne, he was able to regain Ganzhou. Although it was a worthless piece of land, it was
The meaning is different, and it will leave praise in the history books!
But now there are people in the court who don't hope that they can achieve this feat, and don't want Ye An to make another one for themselves!
How can Liu E not be angry? She is not a fool. Stopping Ye An at this time is equivalent to stopping herself. Seeing that the new year is coming, and knowing that Ye An will return to Beijing this year, all kinds of overt and covert attacks are coming.
Standing opposite, Zhang Qi was trembling. He didn't know what he had done wrong, and he didn't understand that he had been used by others. Although it was a simple stay to show off, it was also his duty to restrain the border troops, but
But he unknowingly touched Liu E's bad luck.
"Three months ago, I approved Ye An's memorial to return to the capital. He will come back to report to me about the northwest affairs, and treat Cao Wei's illness at the same time. You also know that the Cao family has a close relationship with the Yunzhong Commandery, and with Li
There is also a friendship between our families, and I have prepared the plan!"
Even if Zhang Qi is a fool, he knows what Liu E means. Ye An seems to be alone, but in fact he is a tree with deep roots. Foreign ministers returning to Beijing for the New Year is the greatest favor given by the Tian family, not to mention that Ye An is in Liangzhou Prefecture, and he comes and goes every time.
It will take less than half a year.
Although he didn't know where he had offended Liu E, Zhang Qi knew that he could no longer accuse Ye An of his fault and immediately said: "I understand!"
"The next time you play, think about it and see if it's your own thoughts...just step back!"
This sentence was made clear enough. Zhang Qi suddenly realized that he stopped talking, but his eyes flashed with angry flames. He was deceived by Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng together!