Five prime ministers have already sat down. Today they will discuss a proposal proposed by Zhao Chu, the minister of Zongzheng Temple. Zhao Chu suggested restoring the imperial merchant system or allowing the royal family to do business directly. In fact, the issue of the royal family's business is already a cliché.

Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has been a topic that has been discussed frequently in the court. It is sometimes banned and sometimes loose. When the court's finances are in a tight position, in order to reduce the burden on the court, it will acquiesce the royal family and royal family to do business in the name of agents.

When social conflicts intensify, royal families will be prohibited from doing business and prevent them from competing for profit with the people. However, today, this issue is discussed in response to the decline of imperial power, and the imperial court has further reduced royal expenses.

The five prime ministers all have a tacit understanding. They belong to the civil servant group and represent the most powerful force in the Song Dynasty. In terms of suppressing imperial power, their interests are consistent with Li Yanqing.

On the scene, they would praise the wise king and remember the tribute of the late emperor, but if Zhao Gou was really resurrected, they might not be willing.

After all, their own interests are the most important. Maintaining the power of the prime minister and suppressing the power of the imperial power is the guarantee of their interests. So today, they are very clear about what the real purpose of allowing the royal family to do business, so that they can give the royal family a way out and let the royal family be eliminated in the secular world.

Fan Zhixu said to everyone: "I personally do not oppose the royal family's business. Now the royal family's expenses are just to maintain the lives of concubines in the palace. In fact, after a group of palace maids and eunuchs were released from the palace at the beginning of the year, the number of palace people in the palace was less than 600, but even so, the royal family's expenses are still 1.5 million taels of silver per year.

Although the court can afford this expense, some expenses are not needed. For example, the royal family, of the 1.5 million taels of silver, the actual expenditure in the palace is only 500,000 taels, and the other one million taels are subsidized to the princes and princes. Currently, there are 64 princes and princes receiving subsidies. On average, each person receives 7,000 taels of silver per year. But do they really live on these 7,000 taels of silver? In fact, otherwise, their own manor’s annual income is much more than this amount, so I think that the annual subsidy of one million taels of silver is actually a formality.”

Fan Zhixu’s implication is to cancel the annual subsidy of one million taels of silver.

Zheng Wangzhi said: "In principle, I agree to cancel the subsidies for the royal family, but it cannot be one-size-fits-all. For minor royal families, subsidies should still be retained. When they become adults, they will be given a certain amount of land and property, and the subsidies can be cancelled."

Gaoshen said: "The scope of this minor is too wide. As far as I know, almost every prince has children in his family. Do they also need to provide subsidies? When the royal family becomes an adult, will their descendants always have this privilege?"

"Mr. Gao misunderstood what I mean."

Zheng Wangzhi quickly explained: "What I mean by the underage royal family is limited to the children of the late emperor. The prince gives a sum of property and the prince gives a dowry, and then it ends. As for their children, it is what we discuss today."

Everyone nodded and continued to subsidize the underage prince, Emperor Prince, and no one objected to this.

Li Gang smiled and said, "Today we are sitting here, we are actually setting some rules. The minor prince and prince continue to subsidize. It is OK! But how much is the monthly subsidy? How much will they give at the same time when they become adults or get married in the future? These standards must be set."

Cao Yan also added: "In fact, the prince has already made public his business. You may not know that the owner of Jingyuan Restaurant by the West Lake is King Jing Zhao Qi. In addition, King Jing also owns two manors in Changzhou, covering an area of ​​3,000 hectares, and obtains at least 200,000 guan of rent annually. In addition to the income from his restaurant and other industries, the annual income is no less than 500,000 guan.

There is also Zhao Kai, the prince of Yun who died of illness in Yanshan Prefecture. The industries he left for his son are also very considerable, and his annual income is not less than hundreds of thousands of yuan. I won’t list the others one by one, but I am sure that almost every prince has considerable industries, business, or farms, and more of them are both."

Everyone was silent, and everyone realized a problem. Since the prince had actually existed in business, they would cancel their subsidies by passing a resolution, which would undoubtedly arouse strong dissatisfaction among the royal family.

At this time, Fan Zhixu slowly said: "The Regent means to trade power for profit. With the regaining of the Central Plains and Hebei, if the royal family wants to get back their former land and real estate, they must have prerequisites. They give up their titles and return their property to them."

This is the real purpose of Fan Zhixu's convening this discussion, and he was given a title.

After discussing for a morning, the five prime ministers finally finalized a framework for the plan, and some principles were determined, such as abolishing privileges, exchanging fame and profit, etc.

At night, Fan Zhixu looked at the courtyard outside the window with his hands behind his back and pondered for a long time. He knew better than anyone else that although the proposal was proposed by Zhao Chu, the minister of Zongzheng Temple, it was actually Li Yanqing's intention.

The proposal was nominally allowed the prince to do business, but in fact it was to eliminate the threat from the royal family to the current system. Li Yanqing's good method!

At this point, the Central Plains are about to be regained, and the royal family will inevitably propose to take back their property in the countryside. In this case, the royal family will have to make a choice, either give up the title on their heads or lose the land in the countryside.

At this time, Fan Zhixu's son Fan Lin whispered: "Father, is this disguised vassal? "

Fan Zhixu shook his head, "It is not a question of reducing the vassal states. The royal family itself has no power or power. It can only be said that Li Yanqing is preparing for the future rise."

Fan Lin was shocked, "Will Li Yanqing take office?"

Fan Zhixu smiled, "It's actually meaningless whether he is to take office or not. The key is his son. In a few decades, the people in the world will almost forget the Zhao royal family. Everyone thinks it's natural for Li Yanqing's son to take him into his position. On the contrary, when a Zhao emperor suddenly appears, everyone will be unaccustomed to it."

"Is there no one in the court opposed it?"

Fan Zhixu sat down in his seat and smiled faintly: "If Li Yanqing did this fifty years ago, it would definitely be a big mistake in the world. No one would support him, and he would drown him just by spitting. But the shame of Jingkang, half of the Song Dynasty's country fell. Whether it was ordinary people or scholars, the interests of tens of millions of people were seriously damaged. In everyone's hearts, the Zhao family had already perished.

So Li Yanqing became the regent. Except for the royal family, the court and the local government had no objection at all. Why? This is the main reason. Everyone was extremely disappointed with the Zhao family. Of course, this has something to do with Li Yanqing holding military power."

"Actually, there is another reason why my father didn't say it!" Fan Lin whispered.

Fan Zhixu was silent for a moment and said, "Some words that cannot be said can only be hidden in his heart. Even if you are my son, I cannot say them. Do you understand?"

Fan Lin nodded, "I understand!"

"Go! I have to think about some more things."

"Goodbye, my son!" Fan Lin bowed and stepped down.

Fan Zhixu's eyes became complicated. The real reason why he didn't say it was because Li Yanqing and the civil servant group reached a compromise, which was the foundation for Li Yanqing to rule.

In the night, a carriage slowly stopped in front of a mansion on Xiuwen Street. This is the mansion of King Jing Zhao Qi, covering an area of ​​about ten acres and belonging to the official home. After Zhao Qi was released by the Jin soldiers, he has lived in seclusion here, very low-key.

After Zhao Ji's son was abducted by the Jin soldiers, he was sent to the bitter and cold land of Huanglong Mansion, and they were asked to repair houses and build houses by themselves. They were short of clothing and food, and suffered all the torture. In the past few winters, many people died of illness, such as Zhao Kai, Zhao Shu, Zhao Shu, Zhao Mo, Zhao Di, etc., who came back alive, all their personalities changed drastically and became extremely low-key.

An old man in brocade robe came out of the car. He was also a royal family member. Zhao Wei, the fourteenth son of Emperor Shenzong, was named King of Yue. This morning, the draft decision of Zhizhengtang was handed over to Zongzheng Temple, and asked Zongzheng Temple to show the princes of each family to each of them for advice, and then it will be officially implemented.

Zhao Wei came to King Jing Zhao Qi for this matter. This draft involves his vital interests, so how could he not be in a hurry?

After a moment, a family member took him into the study and sat down. The sound of footsteps sounded outside. Zhao Qi walked in with a smile, "Uncle Emperor is here, you are a rare guest!"

"I don't have the heart to joke with you now, sit down!"

Zhao Qi came in and sat down. A maid gave them tea. Zhao Wei waved his hand and asked the maid to retreat. He lowered his voice and said, "Did you read the resolution of the royal temple?"

"I've seen it!"

"Don't you think they're doing too much? Before your father's body was cold, they attacked the royal family. They actually wanted to cut off the royal family's subsidies. It would be fine if they had a few thousand taels of silver, but they still had to get rid of the title. Is this the world still Zhao Songjiangshan?"

Zhao Qi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "What will the emperor do? Try an army to rebel?"
Chapter completed!