Iron Dynasty

At the beginning of the lantern, the crescent moon is like a hook.

The lights in the imperial study went out at midnight, and Pang Yukun and Minister Niu Ben filed out. The impact of the naval battle made them still ponder.

If the Great Yu Country hadn't had His Majesty, it might only take a hundred years for these European colonists to take advantage of their strong ships and guns to devour the Great Yu Country.

Pang Yukun put his hands in his sleeves, the cold condensed his breath into frost.

What Pang Shoufu said is that we were just outside the bottom of the well before, and our vision was only on the land of the Great Yu Kingdom. How could I have thought that the world has still undergone tremendous changes. Niu Ben said with emotion.

Recalling the scenes in the past ten years, he was quite emotional. Qingzhou went from being poor and white to being the most prosperous, and it was really difficult for them to walk on this road.

This is thanks to God for giving the Great Yu Kingdom a king of rejuvenation. If there is no Your Majesty, if it were anyone else, the situation of the Great Yu Kingdom today would be very miserable, so everyone, if you want to keep the Great Yu Kingdom, you must keep Your Majesty. Especially your army has to stand in the right position. Zhan Xingchang's eyes were deep.

Hearing this, Niu Ben said vigilantly, What do you mean? Could it be that I, Niu Ben, still fail to conspire?

General Niu's temper is still as hot as ever, but this time the general has misunderstood. I mean that although the Merchant Council has been destroyed, the legacy cannot be removed in a day or two. This legacy looks inconspicuous now, but always One day it will explode, of course, this is just my own speculation. Zhan Xingchang said.

Pang Yukun looked at Zhan Xingchang and nodded slightly, I agree with Zhan Xingchang's words. Although the Cao family is accidental, it is enough to see that he still has the support of many businessmen and his ideas are also supported by many people. Legacy, now the private capital of Da Yu is active, but they have a natural contradiction with the imperial court, and this contradiction will always erupt from time to time.

Niu Ben and Luo Quan looked at each other, You mean the Merchant Council will appear again?

No one can tell if it will happen, but there are more and more conflicts between private capital and the imperial court. Businessmen are driven by profit-seeking, tax evasion, and fake sales. They want the imperial court to formulate more policies that are beneficial to their business. It's real, there are already cases of businessmen colluding with local officials and obtaining biased policies. As the emperor said, sugar-coated cannonballs are much more powerful than real cannonballs. Pang Yukun said with emotion.

What's even more helpless is that private capital cannot be eliminated for the prosperity of industry and commerce in the Great Yu country. After all, with the increase of overseas colonies, some corners that the court has forgotten need to be filled by these businessmen. Yang Chengye said loudly, But the emperor actually It has long been noticed that the monopoly law in commercial law is to curb the emergence of capital that cannot be lost. At the same time, state-owned capital dominates the economy of Da Yu, supplemented by private capital, so as to avoid the expansion of private capital. However, in this way, the imperial court will inevitably be crowned. It has a bad image of competing with the people for profit, and besides, this state-owned capital is also controlled by the relatives of the royal family and the relatives of the high-ranking officials in the court...

Fiji glanced at Yang Chengye with admiration. This Yang Chengye is proficient in industry and commerce and is a talent. Today, his words are very blatant, and they directly point to problems that cannot be reconciled in the development of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The most deadly thing is to point out that the state-owned capital is now controlled by the imperial relatives. In fact, as one of the imperial relatives, he has long been aware of this problem.

The head of this railway company is Princess Pingyang. With the help of a railway company, Princess Pingyang has supported a lot of royal families. It can be said that this Princess Pingyang is a small force in the Great Yu Kingdom.

In addition, Qingzhou Bank, Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce and some large industries are gradually forming their own interest groups.

In his view, these groups are basically not much different from the previous clan forces, but they are just old wine in new bottles.

He believes that in the near future, these interest groups will definitely be able to influence the policies of the imperial court, and it is impossible for the elites to be eliminated.

And this is why he advocated winning over the rich and powerful in the battle of the feudal lord and the battle of the north and the south to achieve rapid control of the country.

After all, the change of dynasties is just a matter of the wealthy family surnamed Zhang driving away the wealthy family surnamed Liu. Whether it is a wealthy family surnamed Liu or a wealthy family surnamed Zhang, the difference is only in the importance of rent collection.

Their conversation now confirms his long-standing notion that most of the wealthy families in Xiao Wenxuan's era were wiped out, and now the wealthy families in Xiao Ming's era are forming again.

After Xiao Ming is 100 years old and the new king ascends the throne, where will the Great Yu Kingdom go?

Thinking of this, he sighed, Everything we've gotten so hard now is to make wedding dresses for others. Let's discuss these hidden worries again, why don't you think about the position of the prince, whether the Great Yu Kingdom can live on forever, it depends on the emperor. Which heir can inherit the emperor's mantle, otherwise what you are talking about is nothing more than a mirror image.

Hearing this, Ge Yiren gave a thumbs up, It's still the old man of Feige, what will the future of the Great Yu Kingdom look like? It depends on the character of the prince. Now the emperor has three sons and a daughter, and Xiao Yi is the direct descendant and the eldest son. It's time to be made a prince.

This... Pang Yukun exchanged glances with other cabinet members, he said: The emperor has never mentioned this matter, maybe he already has a scruples in his heart, but now I am taking the initiative to mention it, but it seems that I have ulterior motives. .

The prince is the foundation of the country. If the prince is not established, it will be difficult to appease the hearts of the people in the world. General Niu, General Luo, don't you think?

Niu Ben and Luo Quan were confused, Luo Quan said: We are soldiers, we dare not participate in government affairs, but there is one thing, the army always listens to the emperor.

Luo Quan's flirtatious words made his position clear.

The corner of Zhan Xingchang's mouth showed an unobserved smile. When he mentioned this topic today, he wanted to hear the attitude of the Military Aircraft Department.

Luo Quan said this, and they took a reassurance. The development of the Yuguo in the past ten years has gone so fast that many problems have not been solved, so they went on the road lightly.

Now these problems are gradually exposed. One of the most serious problems is that the once attacked wealthy family has turned into private capital. Now seven out of ten businessmen in Qingzhou have a wealthy background, and this is why he provoked this topic. the goal of.

Fiji's strategy did make the civil strife in Dayu quickly subside, but now the drawbacks have also been exposed.

For those who started their lives by killing the wealthy family, they have always been afraid of these old wealthy families. On the contrary, Fiji has now won their support. Many businessmen with wealthy background are grateful to him, and he is the only one who follows his lead.

The former officials of the Chang'an Department also closely surrounded him, and now the call for Fiji to serve as the first assistant in the court is getting louder and louder.