Just by this proposal, it is not all Han Yi's pursuit. Han Yi wants to brand Wu Meiniang's name on this proposal and become a contract between Wu Meiniang and the merchants. If Li Zhi finally made the decision, the effect would be much worse, which means that the emperor could do it, not the queen.

But Han Yi is not fooling Li Zhi. He is just pursuing a win-win result based on Li Zhi's personality.

Li Zhi had a very profound negative impact on Li Shimin. In order to whitewash himself, Li Shimin really tried his best to do his whole life. It can even be said that if there was no Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin might not be so great, because he was not the eldest son ascended the throne, and he wanted to prove that he was the destiny of heaven. In the ancient thought, the destiny of heaven actually had nothing to do with gods. It was not that the monarchy was granted gods. Simply put, if you ascend the throne, the weather was good, and the people's lives were better, then you were the destiny of heaven. Moreover, when Li Zhi ascended the throne, he was known for his kindness and filial piety, so he attached great importance to this aspect. Whether it was killing Li Ke or killing Changsun Wuji, this was very beneficial to him, but he cleverly avoided it and did not make the mistake of Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate Incident.

No matter how much Han Yi fools it, it is essentially a kind of territorial expansion. Everyone knows it. Then there will definitely be many despicable things in it. Can Li Zhi not see those Kunlun slaves? Li Zhi's ambition was in the Western Regions, because the Central Plains dynasty all expanded there, which is tradition, and he is the same. Occupying those islands is not in his general strategy. For him, it suddenly emerged. He had to weigh the interests in it. It was really hard to say how much achievements it would bring to him, because Zhang Wenguan and other traditional literati didn't think that this was expanding territory. There was no place that no one wanted. If you run to occupy it, it would be considered a merit, but he didn't know how much negative impact it would bring to him, so he was a little hesitant about it.

Han Yi knew that Li Zhi would be concerned about this, so when he was conceiving this plan, he had already thought of taking advantage of this and putting this proposal entirely on Wu Meiniang.

If Wu Meiniang decides, if something goes wrong and let Wu Meiniang take the blame, Li Zhi can stay out of the matter. Just like that crisis, Wu Meiniang is responsible for it. However, if it is successful, Li Zhi doesn't care, and it is beneficial to him, because he must rely on Wu Meiniang now, but the queen's reputation is too bad and not good to him. If it is really as Han Yi said, he can help Wu Meiniang win back some reputation.

As for Wu Meiniang, she has nothing to lose. She is very willing to take the blame. Isn’t this a win-win situation?

Three days later, Imperial Garden.

"The remarks you made in Liangyi Hall a few days ago were so wonderful! When I saw Zhang Wenguan's expression, I almost laughed."

Wu Meiniang walked on the path paved with warm goose stones. Her charming face looked even more proud of her youth under the bright sunshine.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Where, where, compared to the Queen's remarks, I can't even think that those words are exciting."

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "Yes! Benevolence and righteousness are all based on you, while those despicable and shameless are all based on me."

Having said that, she was also very happy. She cooperated with Han Yi and had always had a very tacit understanding. She didn't need to explain it too clearly to understand it.

Han Yi nodded slightly and said, "You're welcome."

Wu Meiniang wondered, "Am I thanking you?"

Han Yi said in surprise: "Don't the queen plan to thank me?"

Wu Meiniang said angrily: "Why should I thank you?"

Han Yi said: "When mainstream ideas in the world think that this should be done, a voice of opposition will appear very harsh. Whether despicable or shameless, or open, it can attract everyone's eyes to him. The Queen's words have never dared to say before. This will bring great attention to the Queen and will receive support from many people. Isn't this what the Queen urgently needs now?"

Speaking of this, he smiled slightly and said, "The queen is so smart. If it is not good for you, you will not agree!"

A hint of embarrassment flashed in Wu Meiniang's eyes, but it flashed by and suddenly said: "Your Majesty has handed over the decision-making power of the Yuan family matter to me. At this moment, the imperial edict should be in the Secretariat of the Secretariat."

Han Yi said: "The queen is really welcome."

Wu Meiniang opened her eyes wide and said seriously: "I really don't plan to thank you."

Han Yi asked in surprise: "Why? It's reasonable, you should say thank you to me!"

Wu Meiniang gave him a little blankly and snorted softly: "Although Your Majesty handed over the decision to me, I was also tightly bound by you. If this matter cannot be done well, I will never have a day to turn over. Only you can do this. I have completely gotten on your pirate ship."

Han Yi laughed twice, laughing and said without a smile: "Where, Queen, you are too modest. If you want to talk about getting on the pirate ship, it is also the one I got on the Queen's pirate ship first." I thought to myself, your move is much more cruel than mine.

A hint of blush immediately floated on Wu Meiniang's face, and she glanced at her left and right with guilt, and whispered: "Are you impatient to live?"

This is the palace!

Han Yi said without changing his face: "I wonder why the queen summoned me to come today?"

This guy's face became so fast. Wu Meiniang glared at him vaguely before saying, "I came to you today just to remind you that there is no mistake in this matter."

Han Yi asked, "I wonder what the queen thinks?"

Wu Meiniang looked at him in surprise and said, "How do you know I have other ideas?"

Han Yi said: "Because the advice is useless, I will do it. Isn't the queen also clear? If you want to tell me, I will do it the same. The queen doesn't need to call me here in particular."

Wu Meiniang felt helpless. She was defeated at the beginning and said, "I hope you can discuss with Sikong and others to transfer some naval troops from Laizhou to assist those merchants. I am still very worried about recruiting people by those merchants. Although they are voluntarily, if they are defeated in this battle, it may cause a very large negative impact, and even the entire plan will fail, so I must guarantee that this battle will be won."

Han Yi thought for a while and said, "Yes, I will go to Sikong to discuss it later. I think this problem is not a big deal. In fact, some people in the military are idle and want to move, make some money from it, and arrange for the navy to go over. This is also an explanation to the military. This should not be a problem. Queen, you don't need to worry too much. Queen should focus on making efforts to make use of this matter, show your strength in the court, and reduce the constraints brought to the queen by temporary agreements."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "Why not get rid of the temporary agreement?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "If the queen completely gets rid of the temporary agreement, then I will be in danger."

Wu Meiniang smiled and said, "It seems that you are still very afraid of me!"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Shouldn't I be afraid?"

Wu Meiniang smiled but said nothing.

Han Yi said oh, "Empress, I have something I want to talk to you."

"What's up?"

"I heard that toilets are not fully popular in the palace."

"What does this have to do with you?" Wu Meiniang said in surprise.

Han Yi said embarrassedly: "My servants use toilets, but the palace has not yet been popularized. I am a minister in great fear!"

Wu Meiniang said simply and clearly: "No money."

Han Yi also said simply and clearly: "I donate."

Wu Meiniang was puzzled: "Why are you so concerned about this?"

Han Yi smiled and said, "Why else can you do? Of course it's to repay your kindness. Your Majesty's finances are still recovering, so of course I have to support some."

Wu Meiniang sneered: "This is not a repayment of kindness. You are compensating. If it weren't for you, would Your Majesty's finance be so embarrassing?"

Han Yi sighed: "It seems that the queen still has a deep misunderstanding about her minister!"

Now, do you still have to pretend? Wu Meiniang was so angry that she said, "You are so shameless!"

......

In just a few days, Li Zhi ordered that he was unwell and could not think very carefully, but the court had to make some moves immediately to calm the matter. Then, he handed over the decision to the queen about this matter.

This edict can be said to have slightly loosened the rope bound to Wu Meiniang's body.

Because this is the emperor's edict and is not controlled by temporary law, if Wu Meiniang decides to pass this suggestion, then Zhang Wenguan and the others cannot reject it, because it is the emperor who asked the queen to exercise power on his behalf, but it is limited to this matter.

After the edict was issued, Wu Meiniang immediately convened a key meeting.

"Anyway, those overseas islands must be included in my Tang Dynasty territory, and that's what I decided."

At the beginning of the meeting, Wu Meiniang said very firmly.

Zhang Wenguan and the others were silent. Li Zhi handed over the decision to Wu Meiniang, not just to suggest that they had passed, and they were prepared in their hearts.

Wu Meiniang glanced at her and was very satisfied with their silence. She said, "The reason why I decided to do this is for the Tang Dynasty and for the people of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, we have discussed a complete set of policies to implement my decision. This is because you need advice. What do you think about this, but it doesn't matter?"

Zhang Wenguan said: "The old minister believes that the first thing we should do is to use the words of Shangshu Ling that day as an important basis for the court's move. Everything should be based on the words of Shangshu Ling. Otherwise, the civilization and culture of our thousand-year-old Central Plains may be destroyed, and then we will be no different from the barbarians on the island."

Wu Meiniang nodded and said, "But what should I do?"

Han Yi said: "Of course, it is still to continue the recent proposition of the court, to govern by inaction. It is not the court that forces them to go to those islands, but they choose themselves. The court cannot hinder the self-development of the people. But at the same time, the biggest foundation of governing by inaction is the law. If you want to achieve inaction, you must first revise the law on this aspect. We must revise a set of perfect laws to provide legal support."

Everyone nodded, which was actually what they wanted to say, and it was also a must.

Because this is not the court's military expansion. On the surface, the court just agreed to the people's demands and gave support in this regard. That's all. Since it was not the court's military, how should the land captured be calculated? This is an unconventional expansion of territory. The court can only use the law to legally incorporate those islands into the Tang Dynasty's territory.

Next, these ministers of the CPC discussed it very fiercely. They were originally opposed to this matter, because Wu Meiniang's remarks were contrary to the traditional ideas of the Central Plains, and there was no trace of benevolent politics. Wu Meiniang was purely trying to expand, and it was a pursuit of material things. They did not want specific affairs, but Wu Meiniang decided to formulate them. This was too terrible. The specific implementation must be in their own hands. They have been thinking about this question these days, what should be done to cover up Wu Meiniang's expansion ambitions and thus ensure that the traditional ideas in the Central Plains are not broken.

This is very important. These two ideas are originally opposite. If Wu Meiniang's ideas are recognized and supported by everyone, then traditional ideas may be abandoned, which is something they cannot accept.

Every politician still has his own beliefs and values, which cannot be shaken.

After several days of discussion, two bills were finally established in the framework of Han Yi's formulation.

The Universal Law and the Overseas Trade Law.

The core content of "Universal Law" is actually very simple. The court began to promote the thoughts of the Tang Dynasty and the civilized culture of the Tang Dynasty to the outside world to educate the barbarians. Simply put, it is to preach, but it is not Confucianism or Taoism, but the civilized culture of the Tang Dynasty and the values ​​of the Tang Dynasty. The reason why the Tang Dynasty decided to use the civilized culture of the Tang Dynasty was because it was originally expanded by merchants, and it must also include commercial civilization. This commercial civilization cannot be considered as the thoughts of Confucianism and Taoism.

Although it is simple, this bill is really important because it provides moral foundation and legal support for the overseas expansion of the Tang Dynasty. The people of the Tang Dynasty can expand with peace of mind. We are not robbers, we are just preaching and educating those barbarians. I am doing the saints.

But how to educate?

Confucius has already given a very rigorous and exquisite theory, especially the strict hierarchy of Confucianism, which is really wonderful. The rulers of the Central Plains have already made this perfect. This is definitely not a problem. The "Universal Law" was drafted by Zhang Wenguan, and it is written so well. From a literal perspective, it is simply unparalleled and righteous, and there is no problem.

But in fact, it means that the people of the world can expand and rule those islands. There is a great idea of ​​unification in Confucianism. If they do not rule there, they cannot be educated.

If the two saints Confucius and Mencius knew about this, they would probably faint, and there was no such thing as you.

As for the Overseas Trade Law, it is about how to divide the spoils, including recruitment law, administrative law, protection law, mortgage law, overseas land law, overseas mineral law, weapon sales law, etc.

If you go overseas and have great merits, then the land you get will have twenty years of tax exemption. However, all precious metal minerals such as gold, silver and copper belong to the state. However, whoever discovers it will give the mining rights to whom, the court will give them a lot of rewards. This is actually a sharing of the spoils, just a turn. This is what Han Yi requires, because Han Yi knows that the country of Foshi has these precious metals. If these mines are given to merchants, it will definitely cause inflation. A gold mine may sweep away all the goods on the market. This must be owned by the court, and the court can achieve macro-control.

For iron ore or coal mines, the court can give management rights, but it must be controlled by the court. You cannot use iron ore to produce weapons. Even if you want to produce weapons, you must obtain the consent of the court.

Administrative law is to ensure that administrative power is in the hands of the state. According to the Universal Law, it is necessary to implement the state's prefecture and county system on those islands. We are not robbing, we are robbing. Otherwise, it will be robbery. It can be seen how important the Universal Law is, and it provides too much moral and legal support. In addition, the court will send officials to you at that time, but compared to the Central Plains, officials there are only to promote the system, and the power is within the system. There is no other power. They cannot interfere with the development of merchants. The economic power will be handed over to merchants, and there is no power to kill. These are all prescribed.

The protection law is very simple, which is to protect the rights and interests of domestic farmers. You cannot grow tea there. You are a tax-free land and slaves are ready-made. If you plant tea, the tea gardens in the Central Plains will be destroyed. Mulberry trees cannot be planted. Grain can be planted or fruit wine can be brewed. As long as the Central Plains lack it, you can do whatever animal husbandry you like. This is the same as the economic policy formulated by Han Yi in Goguryeo.

The recruitment law mainly means that the court protects the rights and interests of the people. Merchants cannot deceive the people and want to make money by making money. That is not possible. Only when the court has enough mortgages will the court give the recruitment power. Without the imperial authority, recruiting soldiers is rebellion. Moreover, you have to determine the issues of benefits and pensions first. You have to bear the risks and interests. But if you want to go, you can go, or make an appointment with a few companions, the court will not care about it, your life is yours.

This is also Han Yi's usual proposition. The court does not face the people directly. The court's responsibility is to balance and protect the rights and interests of both parties. Although merchants recruit warriors, the court will dominate it. Then the people will not follow the merchants at all. If there is a problem, they will have to find the court to make the decision. Both parties are like this.

As for weapons, it is definitely not possible to give them for free. How can the money for making weapons be given for free? The businessman has to spend money on buying them, but some subsidies are given at the price. This is actually a great support. The weapons are monopolized by the court, and the court is already very kind and righteous if it is willing to sell them.

In addition, the court also used the Yuan family as an example and formally named the islands occupied by the Yuan family "Yuanzhou". The court admitted that the Yuan family had all the local rights and interests. Those places were originally robbed by the Yuan family, but now the court gave them all legal and there was no need to pay taxes for twenty years. In return, the court would establish an official government and dispatch officials to go there, which was equivalent to including Yuanzhou in the territory of the Tang Dynasty.
Chapter completed!