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Volume 3: The Wind Rises in the South Chapter 98: Three Court Controversies

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    Jiang Qingyue's sweet laughter came from behind the curtain, but she was noncommittal. Several veterans outside the curtain knew that Wang Qinian had guessed wrong. Inside the curtain, Lin Wanqing had just been stabbed severely by Qi Zhiti. Naturally, the few foreign ministers outside were eager to  The old man in Ting Dynasty continued to make a fool of himself and would not explain it to him. However, Empress Dowager Deng was very soft-hearted and whispered to Jiang Qingyue: "Sister Jiang family, you'd better reveal the answer to the mystery. Don't make it too difficult for those husbands."  "Jiang Qingyue was about to take the order when she heard a sound from outside the curtain, and it was someone who slapped her on the thigh.  "East India Company! British East India Company! The precedent mentioned by Jiang Nu Shi is the British East India Company, right?" Hu Keqin asked loudly, his voice full of excitement at this time.  "Yes, Mr. Hu is really knowledgeable!" Jiang Qingyue said with a smile. The British East India Company that Hu Keqin mentioned was founded in 1600. It was initially just a group of London businessmen. They raised 72,000 pounds and  On December 21, 1600, it obtained a 15-year trade charter for East India from Queen Elizabeth I of England. As time went by, the British East India Company's power in India continued to grow, and its scope of control also continued to increase.  The company's behavior also developed from the initial trade between Britain and India to the colonial plunder and conquest of the Indian subcontinent. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the East India Company had conquered almost the entire Indian subcontinent. It was not so much an enterprise as  Say it's more like a country.  In fact, the East India Company played a role that the British Empire had never played in the history of mankind and was unlikely to play in the future history.  And it all started with a mere ¡ê72,000 and a trade charter.  "My lords, we have many vassal states in Dashun, and Burma is just one of them. Invasions of our vassal states by foreign powers also happen frequently. If we spend huge sums of money to send troops to defend them every time, it will only waste the people's power of our empire in vain. If we can  Just like the British East India Company, wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to bring peace to the border without even a single soldier from the imperial court? " Jiang Qingyue's crisp voice echoed in the hall, as did several ministers and Queen Mother Deng and Lin Wan behind the curtain.  Qingdu lowered his head and thought about Jiang Qingyue's words. After a while, Hu Keqin asked hesitantly: "Jiang Nu Shi, if you go by what you said, our country will establish a trade charter with Myanmar. But in this case, those who  What should we do with the businessmen who were originally engaged in trade between China and Myanmar? Wouldn¡¯t this have ruined their livelihoods? " "Mr. Hu, that¡¯s why we should set up a franchise system. These Chinese businessmen who are engaged in trade between China and Myanmar can just buy the company.  shares, and then share the profits from trade with Burma. Otherwise, if the imperial court is defeated this time because of lack of money, and Burma falls into the hands of the British, will the livelihood of these Chinese businessmen be saved? What would the British do if they annex Burma?  The first thing to do is to hand over all the profitable trade to domestic merchants. Even if the Chinese merchants object, what can they do to the British? " "This -" Jiang Qingyue's words were extremely sharp, and she suddenly  Hu Keqin was speechless when he refuted it. Wang Qinian frowned on the side. He originally wanted to attack the arrogance of the female officials in front of the Queen Mother, but unexpectedly he stabbed Lin Wanqing, but a  Jiang Qingyue, and judging from this woman's demeanor, she is probably five or six points more powerful than Lin Wanqing.  Thinking of this, Wang Qinian snorted coldly: "Jiang Nu Shi, you are also a person who has read the books of sages. I won't say whether your method is successful or not, but let's see what the East India Company did and what benefit it did to bandits.  ? For more than a hundred years, bones have been exposed in the land of Tianzhu, and complaints have reached the heavens. I am afraid that the rebellion of Chengdu has something to do with him. If you want to build such a thing in Dashun, I really don¡¯t know where those sages have read it!  This is what Mr. Wang taught you!" Lin Wanqing finally seized the opportunity to avenge the previous attack, and sneered: "But now the British are recruiting troops in large numbers, and Mr. Wang is a great scholar in the world, so why not invite Mr. Wang?  A trip to Yangon, with Xianggong's intellectual integrity, will surely convince the British to retreat and live in peace!" "You!" Wang Qinian was furious when he heard this, and his beard immediately stood up.  "What's wrong with me?" Lin Wanqing said calmly: "Today Yanying's performance is to deal with the British's large-scale invasion of troops, but it is not the Imperial College or Hongwen Hall. It is about beautiful articles, moral principles and integrity.  . I dare not say whether the Jiang family¡¯s methods are good or bad, but they are indeed trying to raise money for troops, and my husband is the chief minister of the government. What method can you come up with?¡± Lin Wanqing¡¯s words immediately  This hit Wang Qinian's key point. Indeed, as she said, the purpose of being in this small hall today was to solve the problem. She did not mention how to deal with the British, but just talked about integrity and character. This was not what a chief minister of the imperial court should say.  Wang Qinian had no choice but to stand up quickly and apologize to the curtain: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I am afraid. However, Jiang Nu Shi's method is really harmful to the world's people, and I think it is not appropriate to adopt it!" DengThe Queen Mother was a little dizzy from the quarrel inside and outside the curtain. He looked at Wang Qinian outside the curtain, and then at Lin Wanqing next to him, and couldn't help but feel in a dilemma.  At this time, Jiang Qingyue smiled slightly and said: "Ms. Wang, saints also have a saying of 'sacred authority'. How about this? Give me a ten-year franchise first and see how the situation goes. If too many problems are found afterwards, at most  If it¡¯s not postponed, what¡¯s the big deal?¡± ¡°Well, Lady Jiang is right!¡± Like a drowning person, Empress Dowager Deng immediately grasped the life-saving straw that saved her from the dilemma:  "Sister Lin, Mr. Wang, Mr. Qi, Mr. Hu, what do you think?" "I have no objections!" Lin Wanqing was the first to express her position. Although she was wary of Jiang Qingyue, she  Now it was a battlefield between the inner court and the outer court, and she would definitely side with Jiang Qingyue.  "Old minister, I have no objections!" Hu Keqin was the second to express his position. He was originally a member of the school of economic management, and what he talked about was economic management. Jiang Qingyue's method could solve the current problem, so he naturally agreed.  Well, as for whether Wang Qinian is happy or not, at his age, it would be nothing big even if he immediately returns to work and returns home.  Wang Qinian snorted coldly, and turned his gaze to Qi Zhiti, the only one who had not yet expressed his opinion. Qi Zhiti's eyes flashed, and he was obviously inclined to support Jiang Qingyue's opinion, but he was too embarrassed to speak because he had not yet spoken.  Wang Qinian sighed in his heart and said respectfully behind the curtain: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I have nothing to say, but as Jiang Nu Shi said, the sage has the teaching of 'Jingquan', but to do good is to climb up, and to do evil is to do evil.  Collapse. I am afraid that all the ties of flesh and blood that our dynasty has maintained for hundreds of years will be destroyed by this thing!¡±  He immediately turned to the last remaining person: "What do Qi Xianggong think?" "Wei Chen seconded the proposal!" Qi Zhiti, who had already made up his mind, also expressed his attitude. Unlike Wang Qinian, he was not as concerned about the people in the palace.  The group of female officials had such a deep sense of hostility. In his opinion, as long as the emperor was unable to take charge of the government, it would be impossible to deprive the female officials of the palace of the huge power. Otherwise, with Dashun's powerful prime minister power, it would be impossible to  What could Empress Dowager Deng do on her own to check and balance Wang Qinian and Wang Xianggong?  Therefore, the inner court and the outer court should regard peace as the most important thing and state affairs as the most important thing. If they show too much force, it will force the queen mother to rely more on these female officials, and even support the outer vassal to check and balance the inner court, which is not good.  Although the Empress Dowager Deng rarely expressed opinions on state affairs, this did not mean that she did not know the balance of power in the court.  "Well, since all the gentlemen have no objections, let us decide on the matter of raising funds for selling the Burmese trade monopoly!" Behind the curtain, Empress Dowager Deng turned to Jiang Qingyue and said: "Jiang Chengzhi, since this matter  It was you who raised the matter, so I will leave it to you to supervise the matter." "I obey the Queen Mother's decree!" Jiang Qingyue hurriedly gathered her clothes and knelt down.  "Get up! Get this job done!" Empress Dowager Deng smiled slightly, casually took out a jade bracelet from her right hand, handed it to the maid on the side, and said with a smile: "It's for you!" "Thank you, Empress Dowager, for your kindness.  !" Jiang Qingyue quickly took the jade bracelet handed over by the palace maid with both hands.  "Xiangong Wang, Xianggong Qi, Shangshu Hu, you must also hurry up and deal with other matters. The British are powerful and the military aircraft matter cannot be delayed!" "I obey the order!" Wang, Qi, and Hu outside the curtain  The three of them took the order in unison.  Outside the Yanying Hall, Wang, Qi and Hu filed in without saying a word. After walking for more than ten steps outside the hall, there were three chariots placed on the ground. Although there were many taboos in the palace, it was for the three of them.  Official status is naturally not among them.  After the three carriages traveled for about twenty minutes, they arrived at the west gate of the palace city. The three of them parted ways here. Wang and Qi went to Tianyou Hall, while Hu left the palace city to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Revenue.  Wang Qinian coughed in the sedan chair and stamped his feet twice, and the aware bearer stopped.  "Just come here, I'll walk the rest of the way by myself!" "Yes, sir!" The attendant beside the chariot said respectfully.  Wang Qinian was so frightened that he walked slowly towards the Tianyou Pavilion not far away. After a while, a person came up from behind, but it was Qi Zhiti. It turned out that he saw Wang Qinian getting off the sedan behind and followed him.  .  Wang Qinian did not look back, as if he knew that the person following behind him was Qi Zhiti, and directly addressed him by his first name: "Zhicheng, why are you acting like this today? Don't you know that if Jiang Nu Shi succeeds in that matter, the power of the inner court will be  Is it becoming more difficult to control?" "Old sir!" Qi Zhiti replied: "From what I can see, the inner court is not a problem, but it is a troubled time now. It is better for us to work together!" "What is the problem with the inner court?  He snorted, ??: "Hen Si Chen, is there still something good that can't be done?" "Old sir, you also know that this dynasty's 'Pingzhang military affairs' are almost all-encompassing, and its power is not only far greater than that of the previous dynasty, but also  Even the Tang and Song dynasties were probably not as good as they were. Compared with the Han Dynasty, they were really outliers. " Wang Qinian was also a very smart person. He immediately heard what Qi Zhiti meant and sneered: "You are!  Female officials are like the relatives of the Han Dynasty and the eunuchs of the previous dynasty. They are used by the emperor to check and balance the imperial court. So we can¡¯t touch them?¡± Qi Zhiti said with a smile.  , you and I both know in our hearts that in the past dynasties, except for one or two emperors who founded the country, they were all born in deep palaces and were better than women. How could they defeat the prime ministers in the outer court without promoting them?  The trusted ministers have been ousted a long time ago, and there is nothing we can do about it, so we¡¯d better give in today!¡±
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