Lu Chunfang said, "I just don't understand. If Your Majesty ordered the confiscation of Yinzhou's illegal salt and ordered Zhao Muyun to hand over the production method, would he dare to disobey the order?"
"Haha, you don't understand this. The kid from the ninth family once submitted a secret report to me, which made me suddenly enlightened and wake up as if from a dream!" Emperor Yongchang suddenly raised his eyebrows and laughed out loud.
"I am an old servant who is dull and stupid. Compared with Your Majesty, I am just a grain of rice competing with the sun and the moon!" Lu Chunfang gave Emperor Yongchang enough emotional value.
"Don't you want to know what that kid Yinji said to me?"
"If your majesty tells me, I will listen. If your majesty doesn't tell me, I don't need to know."
"You are so good, Lu Chunfang, you actually started to talk nonsense with me. But I am happy now, so I want to tell you."
After a while of chatting, Emperor Yongchang, who was in a gloomy mood, unconsciously felt better.
Lu Chunfang knew very well that the master was in such a good mood because he was talking about Zhao Muyun.
"Then I shall obey your command! Your Majesty, I will listen to your words and keep them in my heart."
"Haha, Yinji said that if Zhao Muyun handed over the method for producing fine salt, the people in the Salt and Iron Bureau would just shelve it and stop making progress. But it would be better to allow Yinzhou's private salt to coexist. This would give the Salt and Iron Bureau some competition, breaking their monopoly and promoting progress!"
"He also said that Zhao Muyun wanted to use this fine salt to weaken the Tartar economy. When the time comes, Zhao Muyun will return everything related to the fine salt to me!"
Emperor Yongchang's face was filled with a strange glow at this moment.
Obviously, he no longer cared about Zhao Muyun's smuggling of salt.
This was the first time he heard that salt could be used to weaken the Tartar economy.
However, he already had a strong curiosity and interest.
"I see, it seems like this old slave has grown some brains again!"
Lu Chunfang smiled and said, "Your Majesty is in a much better mood. Why don't you go back and meet with the elders of the six ministries? It wouldn't be good to leave them alone for too long."
"Okay, set up the imperial study!"
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