After listening to the emperor's words, Shen Yi could no longer sit still.
He took two steps in the hall, feeling a little annoyed and said.
"How can Wang Jianzhai be so rash about such a big matter? He is really a reckless man!"
No wonder Shen Yi behaved like this.
Whether to open up mutual markets is an extremely complicated matter that affects the interests of all parties and is directly related to the direction of the imperial court's major policies.
Now that the mutual market is open, how should local order be maintained and whether more specialized local officials should be dispatched?
How to ensure taxation and how to combat smuggling.
How should the deployment of border troops be adjusted accordingly, and how should the safety of people and merchants participating in transactions be ensured?
This is a series of things involving various yamen of the imperial court, not just a matter of the touching of upper and lower lips.
This kind of thing must be discussed in court!
For this reason, Zhu Qiyu and Shen Yi knew in their hearts that if the mutual trade was to be opened, it could only be done in the name of the imperial court.
With such large-scale trade activities, even the emperor would not be able to act on his own initiative without going through court consultation.
Therefore, changing the court's policy and opening up mutual markets is the only way.
But there are two different things between negotiating to open the country and making an unauthorized promise to foreigners.
This kind of move will only make it more difficult to pass the parliamentary meeting, which is not easy to pass in the first place.
Don't think that everything is infallible just because of the emperor's secret edict. As I said before, the great affairs of the imperial court are not matters that can be decided by the emperor with just one word.
The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty were so anxious that they even dared to refute the emperor's imperial edict, let alone a so-called secret edict.
If the generals really start to make trouble, the courtiers will break their promises in seconds to show you.
As the Minister of Household Affairs, Shen Yi naturally hopes that the mutual market can be opened normally. In this way, the court will have a lot of income.
Zhu Qiyu sighed, raised his hand to stop Shen Yi from spinning around like an ant, and said.
"Qing Shen, there is no need to blame Mr. Jian Zhai. Everything he did was my intention. I had informed you beforehand that I was too modest, and he had no objection."
"The war was at a stalemate at that time, and Tuo Tuo Bu Hua was the only breakthrough. If you want him to retreat, you must have enough benefits. Shen Qing should understand this."
He also launched a four-pronged army to attack Ming Dynasty. The purpose was to contain the border troops everywhere. If they could not support them in time, he would dare to march straight in with confidence and boldness.
After Tuotuo Buhua withdrew, the confrontation between Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong collapsed, and this situation of containment, in turn, became Yexian's weakness.
The army of King Bodu he left outside Datong City was held back by Guo Deng of Datong. The Liaodong garrison rushed to the aid of Xuanfu, which allowed Xuanfu to have spare power to cooperate with Fan Guang and sent troops to attack Yangheguan at night.
Cut off the supply line from Yanghe to Aiyangkou, and first besiege the generals within the border defenses, and annihilate them in one fell swoop.
This is the entire battle plan that was originally formulated.
Although Baiyangkou fell in the end due to King Saikan's surprise attack, and Jean fled back to the grassland first, overall, the battle plan was successful.
The most critical part of this was to persuade Tuotuo Buhua to withdraw his troops when Liaodong was empty.
The essence of negotiation is the exchange of interests.
Although Wang Wen succeeded in completely breaking the trust between Tuo Tuo Bu Hua and Yexian through various means, this alone could only make Tuo Tuo Bu Hua willing to negotiate.
It is absolutely impossible to really ask him to withdraw his troops without providing tangible benefits.
The mutual market is the biggest bargaining chip that can impress him, and it is almost the only bargaining chip.
Without Tuo Tuo Bu Hua's withdrawal, there would be no Ming Dynasty's great victory at Zijingguan.
To a certain extent, this is the necessary price to pay to win this war.
Now that the war is over, Zhu Qiyu no longer keeps secrets and tells Chen Yi the entire process.
After listening, Shen Shangshu also had a complicated look on his face, and finally understood why the emperor was so partial to Wang Wen.
This is no longer gambling with one's wealth and one's life, but one's gambling with one's reputation during life and death.
Since the emperor wants to open up mutual markets, the contents of the negotiations with Tuo Tuo Bu Hua must be made public sooner or later.
Although this matter is the emperor's handiwork.
However, the Holy Emperor is never wrong.
So Wang Wen, who promised to open mutual markets without the permission of the court, will be subject to the most violent impeachment by the court no matter what the reason.
However, what comforted Chen Yi was that since the emperor had said it, Yu Qian knew about it, which meant that he was not opposed to it.
In this way, Wang Wen, Yu Qian, and themselves are quite confident that the mutual market will pass the court meeting.
Yes, when it comes to this, Shen Yi has taken the initiative to correct his position.
The border needs to be repaired, the Ministry of Works needs to build canals, if there is a disaster next year, disaster relief will need to be provided, and it is said that the palace will also need to be renovated.
Money is needed for everything, and the national treasury cannot support it.
Obviously, the way the emperor pointed out to the Ministry of Revenue was to open up the mutual market and find a new source of revenue.
If Chen Yi didn't want to go against the emperor, then assisting the emperor and successfully getting the mutual market to pass the court meeting was what he had to do.
Otherwise, today he will help the ministers boycott the mutual market, and tomorrow he will delay border repairs or the Ministry of Industry's river repairs because of lack of money, causing disasters to the people.
The censors would still write a memorial together to impeach him for being a vegetarian.
When the time comes, he will offend even the emperor, and he will have no choice but to go back to his hometown and become an official.
Shangshu Shen still understands this clearly.
After thinking about this, Shen Shangshu's expression suddenly became a little strange.
Thinking back on everything that happened these days, the emperor spent so much money, made so much effort, and even gave the Ministry of Household Affairs a strong backing in front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
No way, you have been planning this for a long time, right?
After all, if the imperial court wanted to open a mutual market, the most indispensable one was the Ministry of Household Affairs.
If the emperor hadn't been so troublesome, Shen Shangshu wouldn't be so tight.
Ask yourself, if the national treasury had not been so tight, Shangshu Shen might not have been able to make this determination and take risks with the emperor to fight against the material criticism of the Manchu Dynasty.
Being stared at by Shen Yi so thoughtfully, Zhu Qiyu's expression became a little unnatural and he spoke softly.
"Shen Qing is the chief minister of the imperial court. Naturally, he should understand that it is better to increase revenue than to reduce expenditures. Once mutual trade is opened, the imperial government's finances will naturally be much looser. This is the fundamental way to solve the shortage of the national treasury. It is better than Shen Qing's cutting budgets everywhere. Degree is much more useful."
Yes, it’s all here.
Even if the emperor had planned it in advance, Chen Yi would have no other choice.
And the emperor is telling the truth.
Shen Yi has been very frustrated these days.
If there is no money in the treasury, a great Situ like him cannot stand up straight. A Minister of the Ministry of Finance who has no money in his hand is not a great Situ.
If the national treasury was rich, how could those censors dare to openly mock him, a minister of household affairs, in court?
In the final analysis, it was the lack of money that caused the trouble!
After correcting his stance, Shen Shangshu really began to think from the perspective of promoting mutual markets. After pondering for a moment, he spoke.
"What your Majesty said is true."
"But after all, Yin Jian of the former Song Dynasty was in front of him, and the Taizu and Taizong Dynasties had tried to trade with each other, but they all ended in failure. If this matter goes to the court for discussion, it will definitely encounter all kinds of opposition."
"In my humble opinion, in addition to the concerns about the rise of the tribes that Your Majesty just mentioned, there are several important issues that need to be resolved."
"Only by taking complete measures to deal with it can we ensure the smooth passage of this matter."