Zhang Chao was lying in a lounge chair under the grass pavilion on the beach by the sea. It had already snowed in the Central Plains.

The Times sent from Qinzhou are three days later than the release, and sometimes only two days later if they are faster. It is only two or three days later. For Zhang Chao, who is far away on Luzon Island in Nanyang, the content of the newspaper is still very timely.

For example, the report collected today shows that the first snowfall in Hanjing yesterday was reported. The snow was heavy and it was heavy snow. It started in the middle of the night and was no longer over the knee in the morning.

Calculate that the snow actually fell the night before yesterday.

I looked up at the sky, the sky was blue, the ocean was blue, and the clouds were particularly white.

The sun is very hot. Zhang Chao is wearing beach pants, a white vest on his upper body, and crystal sunglasses on his nose.

He's already tanned.

It's November, and time passes really fast.

Calculate the time, it has been almost three months since Li Shimin set out from Luzon. Li Zhi must have arrived in Australia, and Li Shimin is probably still floating in the South Pacific.

Not easy.

In fact, to go to America, especially to Kingsoft, North America, Li Shimin's fleet should take the North Pacific route and sail eastward through Japan.

Both north and south routes are available, but there are basically no islands on the North Pacific route, so it is difficult to replenish freshwater and rest. This route is closer, but it is even more dangerous, especially Li Shimin's tens of thousands of people.

To take the southern route, you have to first reach South America. There are many islands in the Pacific Ocean on this route that can be replenished. When you reach the coast of South America, then go north along the coast and use the sea and land breeze to reach Kingsoft. Although the coastal route makes the journey longer, the coastal route is relatively safe.

In fact, these two routes use ocean currents and Pacific currents.

As long as you are careful of windless belts and sea storms, it is safer.

After the New Year, Zhang Chao wanted to send someone to bring Cui Shisanniang and the others here, but I don’t know if they would. Compared with the prosperity of Hanjing in the Central Plains, this place is now just a large construction site. Even if Luzon City is built next year, it will be even worse than a commercial town next to Hanjing.

But to be honest, Zhang Chao really wants to take the family over.

Although Hanjing is prosperous, it is not very safe under this prosperity.

When Li Yuan was restored, he thought about hijacking the Zhang family. In the war of protecting the law, Li Shimin also sent people to surround the Zhang family.

The first time he escaped, the second time he died a son.

He doesn't want to do this for the third time.

Far away in Luzon, Zhang Chao was still staring at Chengqian closely.

Chengqian changed, or the emperor would have been like this.

The young emperor was eager to get back his power and was unwilling to be ruled by the elders.

The elders were not at ease to hand over power to the emperor, so there was a surging undercurrent under the calm waters of Hanjing.

At this point, Zhang Chao was actually very confused.

The consequences of handing over power are uncontrollable. Although Cheng Qian was taught by him, the emperor had already shown some bad signs in the law of feudal division.

Who can guarantee what the emperor will do after he has the power? What if he wants to reduce the vassal states?

Don't hand over.

It's not easy to deal with either.

After all, Chengqian is the emperor, and it is natural for him to take power. If he is in power, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is completely broken, and everyone can only abolish Chengqian.

Zhang Chao didn't want to do this.

Everyone has initiated two Xuanwu Gate Palace Incidents, forcing the two emperors to step down. If you do it again, then no emperor in the Li family can hold the throne firmly.

This will form an extremely bad tradition. In the future, everyone will see that the emperor is dissatisfied and will force the emperor to step down. Can the emperor still have any authority?

In the long run, if the central court loses its authority, it will be easy to get into trouble.

Originally, Zhang Chao believed that the current pattern of veterans' assistance in government was very good. He was even willing to leave the center, so that he, a powerful minister, could hinder the authority of the emperor and the elders.

But even so, Cheng Qian was still not satisfied.

This is a bit as complicated as the Sino-US relations in later generations. China has risen, and Americans are uneasy, thinking that China is a threat, so they have to try their best to suppress and weaken it. They have a stumbling block here today, cause some trouble tomorrow, and even instigate a group of Chinese neighbors to provoke China.

China is so annoying that it has no choice but to fight and cannot.

After all, China is not as strong as the Americans, and it is impossible to beat it. Secondly, China has a great trade with the Americans, and both companies are in trouble if they fight.

Originally, it would be great for the two countries to coexist. But the Americans just don’t do it. You threatened me. You want to take me and the United States and replace me. Your heart is very bad. We won’t play with you anymore.

But why doesn’t the United States fight directly with China?

His strength is indeed stronger than China, but he is not as strong as he can beat him up. He dares to beat China, and China can beat him up so much that he can beat him up. He is completely a result of killing one thousand enemies and losing 800, which is clearly a loss of both sides. Not to mention, when the trade relationship between the two companies starts to fight, both companies will return to before liberation, and they will be in vain for others to gain benefits.

As a result, the two countries formed such a complex game relationship, and the business was done as usual, but on the other side, no one dared to take action first. It was not even like the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union before. At that time, the United States and the Soviet Union had a very small trade volume. It was impossible to fight because both sides were strong.

And with China, there are still economic factors.

Now Zhang Chao feels that his relationship with Cheng Qian is similar.

Mr. Chengqian has paranoia for being killed. He always feels that Zhang Chao is threatening him. He is always worried that one day Zhang Chao will replace him.

But he didn't have the strength to do anything to Zhang Chao, so he felt even more unhappy.

Zhang Chao is actually capable, but he can't attack Chengqian either.

Before Chengqian became a tyrant and tyrant, and before he was despised by the world, Zhang Chao had no reason to attack the emperor. If he wanted to attack the emperor, then the balance would be broken now. Even his own political alliance would be divided.

Everyone can follow Zhang Chao and fight Li Shimin, but they may not necessarily fight Chengqian with him.

Zhang Chao had no reason to abolish Chengqian, and there would never be many people who supported him. Chengqian became the emperor and the situation is pretty good now. For the people at the bottom, everyone lives well under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, so why do we need to change dynasties?

Everyone likes stability, and whoever destroys stability will not get support.

If the time is not ripe and the friction is forced, this will cause chaos. If there is chaos, it will not be beneficial to anyone. If there is civil turmoil in the Tang Dynasty, then everyone will start war with each other for their own ideas. How can they explore?

Moreover, if such a precedent is set, the princes will depose the emperor if they see the emperor unhappy. From then on, everyone will be like this, and there will be no peace in the world.

After Chengqian came up with the plan to reclaim the right to mint coins, he is now trying to collect the right to issue money as an official, and also to sell silk, porcelain, sugar and wine as a monopoly, with heavy taxes.

I have to say that Cheng Qian is quite bold.

The army cannot get in, and the personnel cannot get in. Now we will start with the economy.

No exception, this time it was rejected. Even the Hanlin Academy refused to draft an edict, and the cabinet did not require seals. The Six Sections were directly rejected.

To put it bluntly, these commodities are the most profitable now, and they are all monopolized by the great nobles and merchants. Who would like these commodities to be monopolized and sold by the imperial court?

The imperial meeting has been held several times, but the monarch and ministers have not reached an agreement. The emperor has a firm attitude and the elders have a unified opinion, so this matter cannot be done.

Now it is stiff and no one is willing to give in.

Ma Zhou and the others wrote to him, hoping that he would enter Beijing.

Chengqian even wrote to him, saying that he hoped he could support him.

What's more, Xu Jingzong even mentioned in his letter whether Cheng Qian should be abolished.

Not worry-free.

Seagulls chirping in the distance and waves in the sea.

Lying on the chair, Zhang Chao thought of a countermeasure.

It is definitely not possible to be stalemate in the court, and there is always one side who has to give in.

But no one is willing to give in now.

Chengqian's attitude is worthy of fun, and he seems to be doing this on purpose.

There must be a shadow of Changsun Wuji behind this. Someone told him to take Changsun Wuji down, so the emperor would definitely have to give in.

This is to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

But Zhang Chao still believes that this kind of physical destruction of the opponent's court fighting method is not good. Once this method is released, there is no bottom line. Will it be assassinated, poisoned and assassinated in the future, and will it take action even for family, wives, concubines and children?

Fighting in the court can cause disagreement in politics, but it must have a limit.

Without the bottom line, it will be chaos.

"It seems that this time, I can only give in myself." Zhang Chao sighed. In fact, regardless of Cheng Qian's motivation, just talking about the original intention of this plan, it is worth supporting.

Taking the issuance rights of paper banknotes to the central bank is also an increase in control of this aspect. Moreover, as a unified central dynasty, it is natural for the court to control the issuance rights of banknotes. Private issuance is also feasible, but there are prone to regulatory loopholes in it, and not all businessmen have the same bottom line as Zhang Chao.

Jiaozi in the Northern Song Dynasty was originally issued by merchants in private, but later it was issued in various ways, embezzled capital, and even issued without reserves, resulting in credit bankruptcy and inability to repay, which hurt the interests of the people. Therefore, the court later directly banned merchants from private issuance and took over the right of Jiaozi to the court.

The court will also have problems such as excessive public service, but after all, this is also one of the powers of the court.

As for taxes, there are also specialty sales of salt, iron, tea, wine and sugar in history. Cheng Qian also wanted to insert silkworm cocoon porcelain, which was a bit of a thing.

Zhang Chao felt that it could be changed, and both sides gave in.

Hanjing.

In the imperial study room, the fifth meeting of the imperial front was held.

In the first four times, no results were reached. The emperor insisted on his own actions, and the important officials firmly opposed it.

Now the emperor is preparing to issue a second edict, and the Hanlin Academy, the Cabinet, and the Academy of Sciences do not intend to compromise and give in.

"Your Majesty, the memorial from the Grand Master from Luzon has just arrived."

Just as Chengqian was about to speak, the second minister of the cabinet, Xuanling, presented a memorial.

Memorial by the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Grand Tutor, King of Luzon, and Zhang Chao, the governor of the Zhenhai Army.
Chapter completed!