It was just dawn, and a three-story passenger ship was quietly preparing to dock at the Chuzhou Pier. Although the business was early, the dock was already a busy scene. Because it was located in the most important transportation lifeline of the Song Dynasty, merchant ships from all over the country were preparing to enter the Chuzhou Canal port to unload or replenish supplies, so that the ships had to wait for docking.

A young man with a pale face stood at the bow of the boat, with a handsome face, a slender figure, a loose silk white hug and long hair spread on his shoulders flying in the wind. This outfit made him look particularly outstanding among the many passengers. When the passenger ship was docked, he walked off the passenger ship calmly with a book boy and a few entourage carrying salutes. At first glance, he was a noble son with an extraordinary family background.

If Wang Jinghui was at the dock at this time, he would have thought he had seen a ghost - this young man was Wang Yuanze, who had met once when he attended the Dongyang County Prince's Banquet for the first time, and Wang Anshi's eldest son! This is a controversial person like his father Wang Anshi. He is extremely extreme in his thoughts, but he has extraordinary talent. However, the power-making skills in his heart made Wang Jinghui feel a sense of fear. If Wang Jinghui knew that he came to Chuzhou, he might run away immediately - Wang Li was very jealous, and he was the youngest bachelor in the Song Dynasty, which would definitely arouse his jealousy. If he put them on others, he would not care, but Wang Yuanze was too good at jealousy, and he might have been hated by him.

Wang Li came to Chuzhou this time specifically for Wang Jinghui. His father Wang Anshi knew that in addition to being a very talented son-in-law, Wang Jinghui was also a famous doctor in the Xinglin. Perhaps his performance in disaster prevention and control was not very noticeable. But he saved the life of Yingzong Zhao Shudi. This was a matter of many imperial physicians helpless, and he suddenly made his medical skills famous. One of Wang Li's purpose in coming to Chuzhou was to ask Wang Jinghui to treat him, and then he promised his father that he would bring this big boss of the "cold and summer sect" to their camp to add new help to Wang Anshi's future reforms.

The prosperity of Chuzhou surprised Wang Li. He lived in Biandu for a long time, but he had also traveled to many places. For example, the world's wealthy Suhang and his hometown Jinling, etc., but except for the Biandu Kaifeng, no city can be compared with Chuzhou City. Although the permanent population here seems to be less than other places, the inns and restaurants everywhere told him: This is a small Biandu. He has been to Chuzhou, but it seems that a city has changed in the blink of an eye. He knew that the changes here were all profoundly related to the world-famous son-in-law, and he couldn't help but look forward to Wang Jinghui.

Wang Li and his entourages found several inns in Chuzhou City, but were very regrettably told that the guests were full. This made him even more surprised by the prosperity of Chuzhou, but he had lost his interest in finding inns. He and Shutong came to a teahouse and asked his entourage to put his luggage in the teahouse and then several people went to find the inn separately. Wang Li knew that the fastest way to understand Chuzhou was to be in a restaurant and teahouse where people often had fun. Here, people from all walks of life and class, and it was easy to tell all aspects of things.

Although he came to Chuzhou this time specifically for Wang Jinghui, Wang Li was not in a hurry to find Wang Jinghui. He and Wang Jinghui met twice. However, they were both at the banquet. As the prince consort and a legendary scholar Wang, no matter where he walked, he was shining and was sought after by everyone. This made Wang Li really jealous of him. Although Wang Jinghui's outstandingness made Wang Li, who was arrogant and arrogant, he still admired him a little. Especially after he saw the prosperity of Chuzhou from the side in this "looking for an inn" incident, he was even more curious about "Bachelor Xiao Wang".

This teahouse is quite large and there are many people coming and going. When the waiter saw Wang Li's luxurious outfit, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, so he enthusiastically invited Wang Li to the private room upstairs to take a seat. However, Wang Li came here to find out the news, so he refused the waiter's kindness and did not go up to the third floor. He just asked for a half-open teahouse on the second floor. Although the second floor was also a hall, the teahouses were covered with screens. The teahouses sitting next to him could hear clearly what they were talking about, just as he was thinking.

After asking for a pot of hand-fried tea with Chuzhou's specialty, Wang Li and Shutong sat on the seat blocked by the screen to taste tea. Wang Li was not unfamiliar with this kind of hand-fried tea. According to legend, this was also the hand-fried tea from the prince-consort. Although it is not very popular in the Song Dynasty, the entire palace has cancelled the tribute dragon and phoenix tuan tea and used it to the place of origin to pay tribute. Because the finely processed dragon and phoenix tuan tea is not as good as the hand-fried tea sent by the prince-consort, and the hand-fried tea is simple to process and stored for a long time. Many benefits made the emperor issue an edict to abolish the tribute dragon and phoenix tuan tea. This move by Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu made Sima Guang of the Censorate praise the emperor for the first time. The dragon and phoenix tuan tea is expensive. The emperor often gives tea to his ministers in order to express his favor, which makes the palace need the dragon and phoenix tuan to pay tribute.

The amount of tomato tea is extremely large, which is a very large royal expense. Sima Guang, who has always hoped to reduce the royal expenses, of course, hopes to change the tribute Longfeng Tuan Tea to hand-fried tea, but this small change can reduce the expenses of the palace by 40,000 to 50,000 knots. Although this is not worth mentioning compared to the total expenses, it is already very rare. Sima Guang is not interested in these 40,000 knots, but when hand-fried tea completely replaces Longfeng Tuan Tea, the world's wealth will have huge benefits in this small action - the shelf life is longer, the taste is better, and the price is cheaper will significantly increase the tea tax in the Song Dynasty, and it can also reduce the cost of tribute Longfeng Tuan Tea, so there is no need to waste money on the people and money. This is a good act in his eyes!

Wang Li gently used the tea cover to pluck the tea leaves floating on it, and his heart moved. The tea cover was also made by the prince-consort! A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It is said that the prince-consort advocates strange things and often invents some small things. The Censort always handed over the stamps to grab his small braids. The prince-consort, who has always been cautious, did not retreat at all on this issue, but instead looked down on these stamps. This made the Censort

The censors felt very embarrassed. The lawsuit was hit in front of the emperor, but the prince consort's "mysterious" memorial made Yingzong Zhao Shu, prime minister Han Qi and others firmly stand on his side. The incidental censors saw this memorial that was not self-discrimination, with only a few sets of numbers on it - the "strange things" in the eyes of these literati and officials silently eliminated nearly 30,000 wing troops. The worst thing is that the taxes generated were as many as millions of yuan!

Wang Li is the son of Hanlin scholar Wang Anshi, so he is naturally very clear about this matter. Although he is a wild scholar, his approach to Wang Jinghui is also "commonly praised and criticized": he looked down on these "little things", but these "little things" can solve the bad policies that have plagued the Song Dynasty for decades, which made him and Wang Anshi look at each other and unable to speak.

"Have you heard that there are more than twenty ships coming back from the cargo ship to Goryeo!"

"Why is it so fast?! Didn't you say you would have to wait until August to come back at the earliest? It's only June now!"

"You don't know that these ships are used to transport oil. I heard that the oil in Goryeo is very expensive. These more than 20 ships bought all the inventory as soon as they docked. Now they immediately ran back to load the ship and went there again!"

"It's so easy to sell?! If you calculate carefully, you won't make a lot of money by transporting oil to Goryeo. But if you go back and forth three or four times a year, you'll make a lot of money!"

"What do you know?! These ships are all official ships, and civilian ships are not allowed to transport oil! Now, oil pressing workshops in Chuzhou are all buying rapeseed, peanuts and beans from other places as if they are trying their best to produce oil for these twenty cargo ships!..."

Wang Li also felt something was wrong after hearing this conversation. Although he was a scholar, he was not the kind of person who was a slaughtering student. Now he went to Goryeo, not to mention the storm along the way, and even the time was not so fast! He didn't know that these twenty cargo ships were directly under the Privy Council, and they were all smuggling ships with shamelessness. Yingzong Zhao Shu's head was already dazed by the Liao Dynasty's smuggling sea salt from the Song Dynasty, and vowed to make this rogue neighbor look good, so he instructed the Privy Council to cooperate with Wang Jinghui to do this, claiming to the public that he was returning to Goryeo, but in fact he was loading the cargo from Liao Dynasty. This trip also made the Privy Council happy for a long time: thanks to the help of the "monks" deployed in the Liao Dynasty, the journey was very smooth. He also sold it at a good price, and he made a good profit from top to bottom. He also made a profit of nearly 80,000 yuan in one profit after excluding the cost, and was commended by Yingzong Zhao Shu.

"Now, governments in various places are counting poor scholars and widowed elderly people. I heard that Xiao Wang's prince consort wants to help these people, so that they can complete their studies smoothly or support them until they are old!"

"Why would you have to raise your taxes?! How much does it cost to do this!" A businessman and tea chef said nervously.

"Bah! You see, you are a local bun from another place. When did Xiao Wang's son-in-law raise taxes after coming to Chuzhou?! Even you foreign merchants don't just pay transit tax once when they pass by Chuzhou. Have you seen other places?! This is what our Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce and Xiao Wang's son-in-law intend to use membership fees to help, not Chuzhou's finance and taxation!" A tea chef next to the table said proudly.

"Yes! A relative in my family works as a job in the prefecture. He said that these people are lucky and meet a good official like Xiao Wang's prince consort! Even the merchants would be grateful to him: Xiao Wang's prince consort not only does not intend to increase the commercial tax, but also needs to prepare for a tax reduction!"

After Wang Li pricked up his ears and heard this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. The so-called Chuzhou Chamber of Commerce wanted to help poor scholars complete their studies, and to help the elderly and widowed. He had also heard of this - Wang Jinghui also wrote a letter to Wang Anshi to seek his "Medal Operation".

"Using honor to pay the merchant's pocket, this method cannot be said to be that Wang Jinghui is scheming and even able to do such a pride of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha, so he has to 'admiration'!" Wang Li thought coldly in his heart. Wang Li is skilled in power and the trick he played against Wang Jinghui seemed as simple as a child playing with mud in his eyes. However, what he admired was that the prince consort seized the hidden pain in the merchant's heart and took this opportunity to accomplish the matter. This is a great act of kindness. In the scholars, it will make Wang Jinghui's reputation a higher level, and the imperial chiefs will also appreciate it very much. As for those censors who had impeached Wang Jinghui, they may have to go fishing in other places.

In Wang Li's eyes, as long as you are an official and politically involved, he will completely consider the political gains and losses when measuring your work. In his eyes, what Wang Jinghui does becomes a behavior of climbing upwards and seeking fame. This has wronged Wang Jinghui. He is already the son-in-law, what's the use of climbing upwards? Isn't this to the censors telling him that he rebelled?!

When Wang Li was still describing Wang Jinghui through other people's mouths in the teahouse, Wang Jinghui received an edict from Yingzong Zhao Shu in the study. This was a response to the edict he issued to Biandu some time ago. Yingzong Zhao Shu finally agreed to his plan to use "money for reputation", but it was only a trial in Chuzhou to see how he would make his final plan.

After Wang Jinghui received this edict from Eunuch Zhao, he felt a little uncomfortable: he felt that it seemed that it was getting more and more difficult for him to pass the advice to the court, which made him, who had always been smooth sailing, feel a little disappointed - this is the country of your Zhao family!

"Maybe it's because I've been in another place for a long time, and the holy family has declined!" Wang Jinghui comforted himself in his heart. What he didn't know was that a power storm was brewing in Kaifeng, Biandu: Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu planned to start using newcomers to replenish his ruling team's new blood, and hoped that the Song Dynasty could "run" forward faster!

Wang Jinghui is still too young in front of these old fried dough sticks who have been struggling in the political arena for a lifetime, and his sense of political smell is too slow. Yingzong Zhao Shu has been in the throne for five years, and he has passed the period of dangers. The political situation of the Song Dynasty is under his control, and he has the ability to exercise the power of an emperor. Although Han Qi and other old ministers helped him ascend the throne and helped him stabilize the court and successfully eliminate the influence of Empress Dowager Cao on the political situation, they are old after all. They are not suitable to continue to stay in this position and jointly govern this huge empire with him, so Yingzong began to look for a new generation of members of the local ruling team to achieve the goal of slowly changing blood.

Wang Jinghui had no feeling about what happened in Kaifeng, Biandu. Now he just felt that his suggestions seemed to be a little more difficult than before. This was because some conservative officials who had a good friend were in danger of retirement. Although Yingzong did not say this, these geniuses had long expected such a result. In their opinion, it would be a day to maintain power for one day. In this era, there were many officials who worked in one position until they died. Therefore, in order to ensure power, they must be cautious about their words and deeds. As a foreign relative, Wang Jinghui was highly concerned by the censors, and it was normal for him to be alienated.

The political territory of the Korean Central Government is slowly deteriorating, and none of this is known to Wang Jinghui. Han Qi and others have a close relationship with him. However, they will not say much about his identity and his original interests, so as not to get angry.

In any case, this was the result he was expecting. Wang Jinghui did not take the gradual alienation of his senior management from the top, because he knew that Yingzong Zhao Shu or the senior management of the Song Dynasty were very poor. Even if the finances have improved slightly now, if greater progress is needed, it is impossible to leave him, Wang Jinghui. As long as he can return to Kaifeng, Biandu, Wang Jinghui feels that everything will return to the same as in the past.

However, Wang Jinghui was still very worried about the increasingly close relationship between Wang Anshi and Zhao Xu. The identity of Ying Wang Zhao Xu is very important. Even if Wang Jinghui doesn't care, Xu will pay great attention. Liu's account room, who stayed in Biandu, would write letters to Wang Jinghui to report the current situation of the industry under his name. Under the instruction of Mr. Xu, there were naturally many news about Zhao Xu's frequent receptions with Wang Anshi.

Moreover, Zhao Xu's praise for Wang Anshi's talent in his letter also made Wang Jinghui very worried: Wang Tao, the Censor General, who was once a glorious half a year ago, was the old man in the Yingwang Mansion! It can be said that the old man in the Yingwang Mansion was not only the teacher of Yingwang, but also took the fast lane of promotion. The status of the Hanlin Bachelor is no longer low. Further, the Censor General, the Chief Secretary, the Assistant Political Affairs, and even the Left and Right Pushe, are the core officials of the truly ruling class!

Wang Jinghui, who is familiar with history, naturally did not want to see Wang Anshi take the express train. Although Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu did not pay so much attention to Wang Anshi, once King Zhao Xu of Ying succeeded to the throne one day, the consequences would be very serious! Ancient court politics was a very profound topic for Wang Jinghui. He was even worse than his wife, Princess of Shu. Usually, he thought that he was cautious in doing things and would not offend others. However, Princess of Shu was around him and made suggestions from time to time, and he would accept the modification of his own strategy. But now, the more politically Wang Anshi is, the better he will go to power at night.
Chapter completed!