Bao Zheng thought that the data in his hands was accurate, and from the beginning he also determined that Zhao Zhen was using the financial resources of the secret warehouse or the internal warehouse to "support" the official business and Cai Ji.

This old man is a person who talks about evidence. He never bows his head in front of evidence, nor does he favor personal gain. He respects Zhao Zhen, but in his opinion, the emperor's "illegal" must also be argued with reason.

Coincidentally, Zhao Zhen is also a person who talks about evidence and an emperor who is kind to court officials.

In his opinion, Bao Zheng's "excitation" was not because of the details, but rather because he was safeguarding the interests of the Song Dynasty and maintaining the integrity of national laws. Such behavior naturally attracted the admiration from Zhao Zhen from the bottom of his heart.

After being an emperor for so many years, Zhao Zhen knew very well that not every minister had the courage to give advice, and it could even be described as rare.

What Bao Zheng was most worried about was that he had embezzled the money from the internal warehouse or secret warehouse to help Cai Ji and the official business. In this way, the emperor's means of suppressing merchants violated the rules and was not so fair and strict.

The ministers of the Song Dynasty were different from other dynasties. Their ideas were generally like this, that is, the emperor, who was the lord of the subordinate, could have privileges, but what you did should be followed by etiquette and rules.

If you break this rule from the beginning, everyone can swallow their anger. Who made you the emperor?

But if you abide by the rules and participate in it, you find that you cannot fully control everything, so you use privileges to break the rules, which is unbearable.

In the eyes of everyone, such behavior is not the emperor using privileges, but the behavior of people.

Although this is a contradictory thing, it still plays a restraining role in the imperial power to some extent, and Zhao Zhen did not interfere with such ideas.

The Song Dynasty was in a period of change in thought, which was caused by the continuous emergence of various academic thoughts. Some of these thoughts were even more extreme, believing that the history of China was written by the Han family and had nothing to do with other nations. Only the Han family in the world can be called orthodox. Any other civilization is a despised existence and a barbaric and uncivilized existence.

The strength of the country will inevitably lead to populism. Even if it is deeply influenced by Confucianism, the Han Dynasty with more inclusiveness is no exception.

The powerful power and wealth have made some people feel elated, but Zhao Zhen has never experienced this kind of relaxation.

Bao Zheng is the representative of court officials. He does not represent populism, but reason and etiquette. These two things are almost the most valued in the court.

Bao Zheng was just one of them, and the scholar-official class led by Fan Zhongyan was almost all supporters of etiquette and wisdom.

Of course, this is also a good thing in Zhao Zhen’s opinion. People who respect etiquette and law naturally respect the law, and at the same time unconsciously become supporters of the law. Isn’t it a good thing to govern the country according to law?

Of course, Zhao Zhen also had to punish Bao Zheng's transcendence, and the sacred and inviolable imperial power was the norm of the feudal era and a necessary means for Zhao Zhen to maintain his authority.

Reading the "Apologies" in the court is not an easy task, and it will at least cause some blow to Bao Zheng's face.

But this old man didn't care. The reason why he was stunned was not because Zhao Zhen's punishment was too heavy. On the contrary, he felt that he should be punished more severely in front of the emperor.

Bao Zheng is not a fool. The reason why he did this was that he wanted to make the seriousness of this matter to Zhao Zhenming by being punished by the transgression.

The best way to deal with such a stubborn person is to throw the evidence in front of him. Zhao Zhen was like this. When a document from Cai Ji and the official business company was thrown at Bao Zheng's feet, the old man immediately stopped talking and started reviewing it after giving Zhao Zhen a gift.

The above content clearly introduces the cost of Cai Ji and the official business transactions, and also has profit space, value range, profit means, etc.

This is how many generations of hard work, and even Zhao Zhen is constantly investing in it. When did the industrial revolution of the Song Dynasty begin? It started with these official business names and Cai Ji!

Zhao Zhen never thought that capital would lead the Song Dynasty into a new era. On the contrary, he believed that the progress of science and technology and the advancement of ideas would lead the Song Dynasty into a new era.

This two are a complementary existence. Science and technology are promoting ideological progress, and at the same time, the progress of ideas is also changing the academic environment of the Song Dynasty. The quality of the academic environment affects science and technology again, and all this will eventually be reflected in the Song Dynasty.

Whether it is industry, commerce, or agriculture, it is undoubtedly relying on brand new technologies.

The document in Bao Zheng carefully described the changes in the industry by jujube, and elaborated on the cooperation model between the jujube and the official business transactions.

The Gewu Academy is constantly developing new products and new technologies, and these things are needed by the official business and Cai Ji. The latter spends money to buy these technologies and equipment to provide guarantees for its production and life. The Gewu Academy is also able to carry out research and development through this money.

Bao Zheng had nothing to say. This time he was truly shocked by everything he showed in front of him. He did not expect that the official family would develop the Jingju Academy early and open the Caiji early, which would have led to such a situation today.

It turned out that Cai Jihe's official business did not lose money. Their use of steam engines as the driving equipment is more efficient. They used advanced technology to reduce costs and improve efficiency.

The method of flow operation has been brought to the extreme. The result of various descriptions is the reduction of costs. In the same time, the quantity of goods they produce is more than several times that of the original one. In comparison, other factories cannot compare.

The most important point is that both the official business and Cai Ji are changing the way of making profits. They want to sell more goods and make the originally precious things a daily necessity in the Song Dynasty. They are selling volume rather than raising prices.

The biggest benefit of doing this is that the people of the Song Dynasty can obtain more exquisite goods at a lower price. Those who benefit from the Song Dynasty are also merchants who make profits.

Some merchants can be intermediaries. They do not produce but sell goods, and sell goods to faraway goods for profit. This is nothing wrong.

Under this, the most unlucky person is not the Dongcheng Wealthy Family, or the Dongcheng Wealthy Family's business belongs to the category with the most serious losses.

The characteristic of this type of business is that it does not improve its efficiency and relies solely on money to do monopoly business. They are instantly destroyed in the face of powerful technology and huge output. As for the person to blame, they are still themselves.

You should know that the Geju Academy in the Song Dynasty is open to all merchants. As long as you spend money, you can buy new technologies and new techniques in the Geju Academy, etc. Of course, these are expensive.
Chapter completed!