The seriousness on Zhao Ji's face began to melt, as if he was hesitating, and then he smiled and said, "Then you talk first."

Chen Ao obviously didn't like sitting on a stool. He always felt that he had no support behind him. He changed his seat several times in a row and said, "Your Majesty will tell you first."

Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile. If it were someone else, he might not have the courage to bargain with him. However, Chen Ao was born with this kind of temperament and refused to suffer losses.

Zhao Ji had no choice but to hold back his smile and said with a straight face: "I ask you, is the Zheng family's business all under the name of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion?"

Chen Ao licked his mouth, couldn't help but laugh, and said, "I'm what I want to say to Your Majesty?"

Zhao Ji couldn't help but frowned and said a little displeased: "The Zheng family committed the crime of colluding with enemies. Many businesses are closely related to the Jurchens. I heard that the Zheng family's caravans are huge in size and are numerous. They all go north from the border, from Xixia, or from the Khitan to the Jurchens, bringing scarce salt, iron, and even porcelain to the Jurchens. If you transfer these businesses to the name of the Pingxi Prince's Mansion, would it be that Xiao Gui and Cao Sui and do business with the Jurchens?"

I thought Chen Ao would deny it completely, but Chen Ao nodded and said seriously: "Your Majesty is right. I really want to trade with the Jurchens."

Zhao Ji's face suddenly changed. The teacup he had just raised in his hand couldn't help but put it back into the imperial case, and snorted coldly: "I didn't expect you to be so confused."

Chen Ao quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty calmed down. I traded with the Jurchens and was still different from the Zheng family. People in the world will collude with enemies, but I am deeply loved by Your Majesty and are closely related to the Song Dynasty. How could I annoy the Jurchens? Your Majesty should not forget that I was the one who insisted on even Liao to resist Jin, and I was also the one who led the elites of the Song Dynasty and the soldiers and civilians of the Western Xia to resist the Jurchens and captured the Jurchens Empress Dowager. It can be said that I have long been irreconcilable to the Jurchens, so how could I do such a stupid thing as raising a thief and respecting himself?"

Zhao Ji couldn't help but feel relieved, and his face relaxed, "Since that's the case, why do you still have to take over the Zheng family's business?"

Chen Ao sat down again and said with a smile: "First, if the Wei minister did not do this business, there would still be someone who would take the risk to do this business with the people of Xixia. You should know that when the goods were shipped to the Jurchens, it would be a huge profit of ten or a hundred times. Merchants have always been pursuing profits. Will anyone not be moved?"

The drug trade in later generations was so severe that I didn’t know how many people were killed, but some people took risks? This era is much worse than the detection methods in later generations. It is better to be dispersed than to be dispersed. It is better to let Chen Ao’s family do it and monopolize the trade with the Jurchens.

Zhao Ji couldn't help but shake his head. This reason could not convince Zhao Ji. He still said with a gloomy face: "Even so, you are an important town in the court and my confidant and humerus. If others can do it, you can't do it."

Chen Ao chuckled and shook his head, and continued, "As for the second, I thought about it, although the Jurchens were short of iron tools, as far as I know, there were not many iron craftsmen in the Khitans. The Jurchens seized the Linhuang Mansion. There were tens of thousands of Han craftsmen who were specifically for the Khitan nobles. Among these people, at least thousands of fell into the hands of the Jurchens. If the trade with the Jurchens was completely cut off, if the Jurchens were cruel, they might not be unable to produce their own iron tools. Only by constantly transporting iron tools to them can they not make up this determination. The Jurchens make a living by nomads and have never paid attention to production, but if they are in a hurry, wouldn't they have the ability to produce themselves?"

Zhao Ji couldn't help but be moved. He didn't expect this and couldn't help but say, "What you said makes sense."

In fact, Chen Ao's analysis is similar to the national policy of an industrial power in later generations. In later generations, the first-mover countries were willing to build factories around the world and dump industrial products into the world, making all countries think that since they can be easily bought with money, why should they work hard to produce them themselves. The final result is that industrial powers are happily selling aircraft and cannons, and weak countries are happy to buy them vigorously. Not only can they absorb the wealth of weak countries in peace, but once war starts, the strong countries cut off trade with weak countries, and immediately make the weak countries lose their ability to make blood. The end of the war can be imagined.

This is what Chen Ao is afraid of. Once the Jurchen nobles make up their minds to produce iron tools and no longer let the captured slaves release horses and herd cattle, I am afraid that the Jurchens will be more difficult to deal with by then.

Chen Ao continued: "What's more, these caravans have made preparations to install detailed works in the caravan. Now, I know nothing about the Jurchens in the Song Dynasty. I have arranged detailed works in the caravans. Every month, a large amount of information can be sent back. After collecting these information, I can know myself and the enemy. In the past half month, I have begun to recruit some young and strong people, practice for a month or two, and then put them in the caravan. I have also set up a tutoring house in the royal palace to specifically comb the information from all over the country."

There is one thing that Chen Ao did not say. Chen Ao also had to install people in shops and warehouses all over the world. In this way, not to mention the Jurchens, Western Xia, Khitans, or what happened in the Song Dynasty, Chen Ao could get the most accurate news at the first time. This institution had already existed in later generations, called the Jinyiwei. If Chen Ao had never had the courage to build something similar in the past, once he was held by someone, the consequences could be imagined. However, Chen Ao's status is different now. As a vassal king, if there was no trustworthy institution to provide information for him, he would realize it later, especially after leaving Beijing, the consequences would be disastrous.

The biggest purpose of Chen Ao was to speak out with Zhao Ji and to set up intelligence agencies under the Pingxi Palace was that it was impossible for the court to establish such an organization openly. The politics of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were quite similar, but there were many differences, such as the fact that the court could set up a politician, East Factory, and West Factory in a magnificent manner. However, if the Song Dynasty made such a thing, it would definitely be an uproar and talked about it. This is the issue of political orientation. For the Ming Dynasty, It is said that all vassal states can be monitored by all officials. However, in the Song Dynasty, the emphasis was on governing the world with scholars and officials. These scholars and officials had completely infiltrated the politics, economy and power of the Song Dynasty. There was no force that could compete with the emperor. Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, the so-called political struggle was always between scholars and officials. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the literati and officials had to go through many battles. They had to fight with eunuchs, party struggles, and occasionally fight with colleagues, and obviously they were much more busy.

This is politics. This kind of thing is shameless. Even if it is only targeted at the Jurchens, it cannot be made with great fanfare. Once it is made, there will inevitably be people who will object. The most popular sentence in the Qing Dynasty is nothing more than the saints. The saints say that as long as they cultivate themselves and love the people, they can be invincible in the world. As for those tricks of spies, it is simply to waste the roots and ends. Just like the Huashan Sword Sect and Qi Sect, everyone is practicing Qi. If the emperor jumps out and says that the spy is good, he will have to be scolded for being scolded. Maybe he will give you a little shoe when he is studying history. This is unimaginable for Zhao Ji, who has always pursued the great fortune of prosperity and prosperity.

Therefore, Chen Ao established a spy agency in his private name. Zhao Ji would not object if he knew the threat of the Jurchens. However, under the pressure of the Qing Dynasty's proposal, he would not allow it, let alone let Chen Ao hand over the agency and let the court organize it.

After hearing this, Zhao Ji just smiled and said, "You don't have to tell me these words. Since that's the case, you can take care of the Zheng family's business and just have a sense of your heart."

Zhao Ji's tacit approval at least gave Chen Ao a guarantee to establish this special institution. Chen Ao knew that Zhao Ji was unwilling to discuss this taboo with him again, so he smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am here in the palace this time, do you want to take a look at Jun'er, is Jun'er here?"

Zhao Ji seemed to have become Chen Jun's guardian and said, "He is already asleep, what's the best thing?" He then smiled and said, "In two days, I will take him back to the palace to live for a few days. You can see it at that time. I have issued an order for the Zheng family. After fifteen years, you will still deal with it. Oh, how difficult the state is."

He suddenly sighed, which made Chen Ao a little confused. He thought to himself, how hard the state affairs are, but where are you? Although he was heartbroken, seeing that Zhao Ji's face has not been very good recently, he said, "Your Majesty should pay more attention to your health. I rely on Your Majesty to protect you. I really hope that Your Majesty can live with the heavens."

This sentence is a bit taboo, but Chen Ao said it and said it was very caring. Zhao Ji couldn't help but sigh: "I also feel a little unhappy recently. I summoned the imperial physician to ask, and the imperial physician said there was no disease. It shows that I am really old. I remember when I met you a few years ago, I was very healthy at that time, and I have only been doing this for a few years."

Chen Ao nodded silently, feeling a little sad. He sat and talked to Zhao Ji for a while. Zhao Ji gradually laughed a little more and said, "It's better to go to the Empress Dowager's place to see you. The Empress Dowager is old. A few days ago, he said you won't go to see him, so don't be separated."

Chen Ao responded all over, said goodbye and went to the harem to meet the queen mother.

The Empress Dowager has been in much better mood in recent days. She has removed Concubine Zheng at once, and the harem has also seen the Empress Dowager's methods and has become more diligent. When she saw Chen Ao, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Have you handled the matters of the Zheng family?"

Chen Ao smiled and said, "It's just one last step away, I guess there won't be anything wrong."

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "It's great. You are doing business in the court. The Ai family is very relieved; but you can't delay the girl from the Wang family of Jin. At that time, Ziheng was young, but now the Ai family thought that if they don't marry, they will become an old girl. Get a betrothal gift as soon as possible, and don't delay it."
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