Early morning, the Imperial Palace, Fengtian Hall.
Civil and military officials were divided into two groups.
Jiang Wan'er, dressed in a solemn and majestic dragon robe and an imperial crown, walked in slowly.
Behind her followed her personal maid Qing Xing and the old eunuch Qu Da Zongguan.
When she sat on the dragon throne, all the officials knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor".
Jiang Wan'er said in a deep voice: "Today's court meeting, do you have anything to report?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Wu Yi, the head of the Six Ministers, stepped out from the ranks of civil servants.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Jiang Wan'er nodded slightly: "What's the matter, Wu Qing?"
Wu Yi asked, "Your Majesty, do you know that the dry wine was already on sale yesterday?"
Jiang Wan'er: "Yes, I heard that more than a thousand kilograms were sold in less than two hours. It is extremely popular."
Wu Yi nodded: "Your Majesty, what I am reporting is this dry wine."
Jiang Wan'er was surprised: "Oh? Is there anything wrong with this dry wine?"
Wu Yi shook his head: "Your Majesty, this dry wine is managed by Princess Yongning on behalf of the royal treasury and Zhao Hao, the son of the Minister of Internal Affairs."
"In a way, it can be considered a royal wine."
"This wine was a huge success as soon as it went on sale yesterday. Even though it's priced at 800 coins per catty, it's still in short supply."
“It is foreseeable that this wine will become the world’s best wine in the future.”
"The annual income will be an unimaginable astronomical figure."
Jiang Wan'er smiled and nodded.
"Yes, we all tasted this wine when we welcomed the envoys from Wu and Shu."
"Compared to other wines in the world, this has a very high strength and can indeed be called the best wine in the world."
"However, what does Wu Qing mean by mentioning this wine today?"
Jiang Wan'er is so smart.
Although Wu Yi had not yet expressed her meaning, she already had some guesses in her mind.
Wu Yi said, "Your Majesty, the court has many places to spend money now. It has been nearly three months since the Battle of Zhenbei City ended, and we haven't even finished paying the pensions to the fallen soldiers."
"It's less than two months until winter officially begins."
"Winter is when snowstorms break out, and the court needs to prepare a large amount of money to deal with the disasters."
"What I want is to transfer the management rights of dry liquor from the imperial treasury to the court."
"The court will continue to expand the brewing scale of dry wine. In this way, two months will be enough for us to raise a large sum of money."
After saying that, Wu Yi bowed slightly and saluted Jiang Wan'er again.
This Wu Yi is a descendant of the super aristocratic family, the Wu family.
Among the dozen or so super families, it is second only to the Lu family.
This world is equivalent to the period of the Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties when Zhao Hao lived.
In the entire world, the most influential groups are the aristocratic families.
The royal family can be regarded as the largest family.
Because the royal family controls the army.
Whether it is the Dagan Kingdom or the surrounding Wu, Shu, and Yue Kingdoms, the basic structure is similar.
Because most of the country's officials come from aristocratic families.
They were first children of noble families and then officials of the country.
It is also because of this that the aristocratic families can often influence the court and the emperor's decision-making.
Of course, the aristocratic families also have to find a good balance. If they cross the bottom line, the royal family is absolutely capable of eliminating some of the aristocratic families by violent means.
Hearing Wu Yi say this, Jiang Wan'er's beautiful eyes couldn't help but flicker.
She looked at Zhao Wenxiang: "Zhao Qing, what do you think of Wu Qing's proposal?"
She didn't comment first.
Instead, he asked about Zhao Wenxiang.
This is also normal.
Zhao Wenxiang is Zhao Hao's father, and dry wine was invented by Zhao Hao.
After cooperating with the royal family, Zhao Hao still holds 50% of the shares.
Zhao Wenxiang hurriedly stepped out and bowed to Jiang Wan'er.
"Your Majesty, this dry wine is jointly managed by my son and the royal family, and Lord Wu wants it to be managed by the court."
"Therefore, I think it is better for me not to express my opinion."
"If I agree, it will seem fake and I will be tempted to seek fame and reputation."
"If I object, I will appear to be heartless and only care about my own family and not the country."
"Therefore, it is not convenient for me to express my opinion. Your Majesty should discuss and decide with the other gentlemen."
"No matter what the result is, I have no opinion."
Hearing his reply, none of the court officials were surprised.
Although Zhao Wenxiang was still young, Jiang Wan'er entrusted him with an important task and made him serve as the extremely important internal historian.
In the court, he spoke and acted with a sophistication and maturity that was not in line with his age.
The court officials were not surprised, and Jiang Wan'er was even less surprised.
She relied on Zhao Wenxiang, so she naturally knew that what Zhao Wenxiang said was true.
This is definitely not a person who only cares about his own family and ignores the country.
So she nodded and said softly: "Then let's discuss this matter."
As soon as she finished speaking, Si Tu Han Fu came out and said, "Your Majesty, I agree with the proposal of the Grand Master of Rites."
"There are two reasons."
"First, as Lord Wu said, the court has too many expenses now, and tax revenue alone is not enough to cover the expenses."
"Secondly, the Imperial Treasury is in charge of a huge amount of money. I think it is not a good thing for the children of the royal family."
"It will further breed and encourage the hedonistic behavior of the royal family."
"It may not be a big deal in the short term, but over time, it will be difficult for true pillars of the royal family to emerge."
"This is definitely not a good thing for the royal family!"
"Therefore, I second what Lord Wu said!"
After Han Fu finished speaking, he bowed to Jiang Wan'er again and stepped back.
At this moment, an angry voice suddenly rang out.
"That's bullshit!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the person who spoke was King Kang Jiang Xuan.
Prince Kang walked out with a grim look on his face and bowed to Jiang Wan'er.
If we were to ask who dared to speak like this at the court meeting, it would be only this prince in the entire Gan Kingdom.
In response to his attitude, Jiang Wan'er just smiled and shook her head.
"Uncle, what do you think about this?"
King Kang snorted, "Your Majesty, what Wu Yi and Han Fu said is completely groundless and unreasonable!"
"The Imperial Treasury is the private property of the royal family."
"Since this dry wine is produced by the royal family, it belongs to the royal family!"
“As it should be.”
"The two of them want to be included in the imperial court, which is totally against etiquette and law!"
"Pure nonsense!"
"How can the private property of our royal family become public property in just a few words?"
"Therefore, I strongly oppose it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the Minister of Rites Wu Yi beside him turned his head and looked at him.
"My Lord, this is wrong!"
"This world belongs to the royal family. Now, due to the affairs of the court and the world, there is such a shortage of money and food. Does Your Majesty want to just watch and do nothing?"
"Once the right to operate dry liquor is transferred to the imperial court, it will immediately alleviate the court's urgent needs."
"What's wrong with this?"
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