As soon as Zhao Xu finished speaking, Cai Jing was out of the list, and his voice trembled slightly: "I beg your Majesty for your advice!"

Zhao Xu looked at Cai Jing and asked with a smile: "What do you don't understand?"

Cai Jing lowered his head and bowed, "I know that your Majesty... I don't understand... Why can Your Majesty endure that Li Taide's rebellion?"

Zhao Xu silently gave Cai Jing a thumbs up in his heart!

What is an excellent supporting actor?

That's it!

"Take a rebellious act?" Zhao Xu chuckled and played with the Jiaozhi Book in his hand: "Maybe!"

"But what does that have to do with me and the Song Dynasty?"

Zhao Xu stood up, looked at the ministers, and asked, "He is a wise minister who pays 1 million stones of rice to the Song Dynasty on time every year and buys 1 million stones!"

Although the ministers Zhao Xu summoned were all morally flexible scholars.

However, they were still not very adaptable to Zhao Xu's naked interests and commenting on the wise and foolish, loyal and filial piety.

Listening, they all looked at each other, hesitating, thinking about whether to advise?

When Zhao Xu saw this, he praised the Yingming decision he had not criticized Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, and Cheng Yi.

Too correct!

If they were here, they were afraid they would have come out to advise them at this moment.

A moral gentleman like Cheng Yi is even more likely to give advice!

no way!

Most of the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty today, like those elites in the modern Western world, have ideologies and have been stamped with thoughts.

In the hearts of these people, Confucian benevolence, righteousness, loyalty, filial piety, etiquette, law and law are the truths that are universally applicable!

It is universal value, something that cannot be shaken and cannot be refuted.

Especially Cheng Yi, a person who really regards Confucius and Mencius' scriptures as the criterion, as a creed in life, and practices them to every moment of life.

Fortunately, these moral gentlemen are not here now.

Zhao Xu faced all the ministers he chose and were very morally flexible.

Moreover, they all passed Zhao Xu’s personal interview and test!

From the standpoint, you can feel at ease!

Therefore, Zhao Xu didn't hesitate and lifted Cai Jing out.

"Cai Qing, last year, I had to pay for wine in Bianjing for a year and was exempted from money. How much commercial tax did I collect in total?"

No matter how good Cai Jing’s character or morality is, he is top in contemporary times!

All the financial and tax data of Kaifeng Prefecture have been memorized by him, and they can come at your own words.

He almost immediately said: "I heard from Your Majesty that last year, Bianjing traded taxes, paid for alcohol and exempted money from bans, and collected a total of 1,437,426 guan... Due to Your Majesty's blessing, the income increased by nearly 700,000 guan compared with the eighth year of Yuanfeng!"

Zhao Xu looked at the others and whispered: "Inside and outside Bianjing, millions of soldiers and civilians, one year of income is only 1.4 million guan!"

"This is still the result of calculating the money, money for wine and other new items!"

"But Li Taide of Jiaozhi gave 1 million stones of rice to the Song Dynasty in just one year, and sent another million stones and the purchase of rice to the Youjiang Pacification Department on time!"

"If it is calculated, the value of just the tribute rice is equivalent to Kaifeng Prefecture's annual fiscal and tax revenue!"

The price of rice in Bianjing is now about 120 yuan per bull.

The market price of one million stone of rice must exceed one and a half million stalks.

Of course, it is actually not easy to convert.

Because, Jiaozhi rice is cheap!

Also because Jiaozhi money is expensive!

So here, another exchange rate difference occurred.

This is more than twice the profit between in and out!

This is also because Li Taideken worked so hard to be a dog for Da Song.

It is also the reason why he was able to successfully form a powerful interest group after returning to China.

no way!

The benefits are touching!

For the sake of copper coins, the powerful people in Jiaozhi frantically exploited the people under his rule under Li Taide.

In the current situation, those people don’t even have the option to run!

Because, if they run south, besides the rainforest and swamps, they are Chameng and Zhenla.

And these two countries are being ravaged by the Jiaozhi army.

They are extremely hostile to the Jiaozhi people!

If you catch it, you will be sent to serve hard labor.

As for the North?

Local officials will not let go of any free labor!

If you catch it, you will be sent to the sugarcane garden!

The farmers in Jiaozhi have no way to heaven and no way to the earth!

I can only be squeezed obediently!

Of course, there is no need to talk about these things, history should be rough rather than detailed!

And all history is contemporary history.

Of course, these details must be ignored, so as not to stimulate the nerves of those gentlemen who are clear and gentlemen and cause public opinion.

"As for the one million stone of rice he bought, although Da Song paid for it..."

"But for the sake of the people, I merged it with tribute rice, and then sold it in Jiaozhou and Guangxi at nearly cost of only 70 yuan per bull...."

Zhao Xu looked at the ministers with compassion, looking like a saint, as if he was saying: Is it easy for me? Please understand me!

Is what Zhao Xu said true?

The answer is of course!

However, he only told half of the facts.

What he hides is the key!

As the saying goes, low grains hurt farmers, and high grains hurt farmers!

Even in modern times, any fluctuations in agricultural products can cause a devastating blow to farmers.

What's more, it was in this Middle Age, where the small peasant economy was the main one? What's more, it was in Jiaozhou, south of Lingnan, where the economy was underdeveloped and the development level was very low?

After Zhang Dun and others strictly implemented Zhao Xu's policies.

This led to a terrible consequence - all parts of Jiaozhou, local officials and farmers who grew grain would inevitably lose their fortunes.

Because cheap rice from Jiaozhi is unscrupulously destroying grain planting in various parts of Jiaozhou.

Once this situation continues, the food self-sufficiency of the local officials in Jiaozhou will be completely eliminated.

This has artificially created a plantation economic zone with pure sugarcane cultivation, production and sugar production as the core.

Why did Zhang Dun, Gao Zunhui, Lu Jiawen, and local officials willingly implement Zhao Xu's policies, and even implement them extremely seriously?

This is the power of interest.

Last year, the first batch of sugar entered the Song Dynasty market and made huge profits.

The local interest groups have already taken shape!

Brother Kong Fang's power firmly binds all those involved.

An indescribable monster similar to a combined fruit has sprouted its first tentacle.

To be honest, even Zhao Xu no longer knows what this monster will grow into in the future?

Anyway, I can only say that the people of Southeast Asia are blessed!

But where do the ministers know this?

Besides, their moral stance was extremely flexible, and they all congratulated him after hearing this: "Your Majesty, who is kind and sage, and you will be praised by all the people..."

There is also the flatterer: "Your Majesty gives kindness to Jiaozhou, as the rising sun, and spreads all directions, as the sweet rain of spring rain, soaking all families..."

Zhao Xu heard this and his eyelids were beating, and he felt his heart burning. He quickly waved his hand to stop him from slapping: "Okay, OK..."

"The reason why I want to explain this matter clearly to you and others is here..."

"Li Taide, Jiaozhi, no matter how he acts against the situation, he is still in Jiaozhi Middle School..."
To be continued...