Zhao Huan's voice suddenly turned somewhat cold: "So what?"
Xu Churen mustered his courage and said, "Therefore, I believe that if we give Ye Chong a sum of money to erase his patent, this matter will be much easier to handle."
Zhao Huan's face immediately darkened.
These two people, instead of thinking about how to reward Ye Chong and incite the people, are acting like scoundrels from their own perspective.
What a fine prime minister he is!
His political acumen is truly exceptional!
Seeing the emperor's expression suddenly turn sour, Xu Churen and Tang Ke knew that their matter would not pass the emperor's approval.
That so-called patent law was discussed and developed by the emperor himself and Zhang Shuye, and the emperor attached great importance to it.
Unfortunately, no one in the Song Dynasty paid attention to this, but now someone has suddenly applied for and been approved for a patent for a steam locomotive, which is of utmost concern to the emperor.
This is troublesome.
Judging from the situation, the emperor definitely has no intention of erasing that patent law!
Zhao Huan asked, "Do you know why I established this patent law?"
Xu Churen and Tang Ke remained silent, heads bowed, listening to the emperor's admonition.
Zhao Huan said, "What's that person's name? Ye Chong? Ye Chong racked his brains to create a new steam locomotive. According to the patent law, he could have made a lot of money in the future. If you erase the patent law for his steam locomotive today, he will lose a lot of money. He could also have built steamships, but because of your ulterior motives, he is unwilling to build them!"
"Tell me, who is really losing money?!"
Zhao Huan's voice was full of authority. Xu Churen and Tang Ke said, "Your Majesty is wise, but this matter..."
"Go back and settle this score for me, Minister Xu. The money in the accounts isn't all there is to it. There are many unseen areas where the money is far greater than what's in your accounts. Don't let a small matter cause you to lose a big one!"
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