When Uncle Qiu returned, he was very relieved. As soon as he arrived in Fuzhou, he did not even bother to go home, but went to report to Xiao Yuan first. He had discussed and implemented the task assigned to him by Xiao Yuan with his family's retainers and staff for more than half a year, and now it was finally showing initial results. He could also go back with the confidence to report, but Xiao Yuan was very difficult to deal with.
When he arrived at Xiao Yuan's place, Xiao Yuan quickly had someone lead him in and asked him in a deep voice, "Did you get it done?"
Uncle Qiu told Xiao Yuan everything about his plan and King Min's reaction.
Even though all of this had been reported to Xiao Yuan before, he still took the trouble to repeat it again, fearing that something had been missed.
Xiao Yuan was very satisfied with his attitude. He nodded and said, "You did a good job."
The big fish, King Min, has been hooked.
Uncle Qiu was relieved, but still a little worried: "Your Highness, is this all right? Prince Min..."
"How is Prince Min?" Xiao Yuan took a sip of tea, his face somewhat sarcastic. "Even if he became a vassal, the court only gave him 500,000 taels of silver. If he was an ordinary vassal, he would have enough of this money. But, the money you gave him in the past six months must be more than one million, right?"
After seeing so much, how could they stop? It was impossible to stop. No one was willing to give up the silver. Especially in the beautiful future that everyone consciously painted for King Min, silver was an indispensable thing.
Seeing Xiao Yuan so calm and composed from beginning to end, Uncle Qiu's uneasiness dissipated, and he began to understand something.
No wonder Third Master Wei was so furious because the court was going to build a navy, but Xiao Yuan was calm and composed. It turned out that this was also part of Xiao Yuan's plan. Xiao Yuan said before that he knew what was going on. He had made up his mind and was determined to turn things upside down.
Thinking of this, Uncle Qiu felt a little uneasy.
But he also knew that everything was now a foregone conclusion. No one could influence Xiao Yuan's thoughts, nor could they stop it. The establishment of the Maritime Customs by the imperial court was a declaration of war on the nine great families. The nine great families had no other choice but to fight back, or they could willingly give up everything they had now to the imperial court and leave it to the imperial court to decide.
After Uncle Qiu left, King Min was in a bad mood.
He asked Hong Changshi: "Can you find a way to go to the capital to make this happen?"
He couldn't tolerate the huge amount of money being lost like that, he had to keep it.
Hong Changshi shook his head and said bluntly, "Your Highness, I'm afraid that's not possible. If you hope that the court will not build the Maritime Customs Office, that's unlikely. After all, this is a national policy and cannot be changed. Moreover, the one who will push this forward is likely to be the Crown Prince. This is the first major event since he became the Crown Prince, and he must accomplish it."
This sentence made King Min's face gloomy.
The first thing the Crown Prince did after taking the throne was to cut off his uncle's financial resources. What a great guy!
Zhao Qingye quickly noticed that King Min was in a bad mood. She was different now and had a very good relationship with King Min. Seeing that King Min was in a bad mood, she took the initiative to ask about him.
Anyway, Prince Min will naturally say what he can say. If he cannot say it, she has also done her best as a princess. She is now enjoying being a princess more and more.
King Min did not want to hide this from Zhao Qingye, so he told Zhao Qingye about it.
As expected, Zhao Qingye also sneered.
Now she no longer has any love for Xiao Heng. She couldn't get him and was ignored repeatedly. This was tantamount to humiliation for Zhao Qingye. She felt that Xiao Heng was humiliating her. Because of this, her love for Xiao Heng turned into hate. She dreamed countless times that Xiao Heng knelt in front of her and confessed that he regretted marrying Su Yao and missing out on her, his pearl.
Now, Xiao Heng wanted to cut off their financial resources again. Zhao Qingye's face twitched twice with a ferocious look, and he said in a cold voice: "If that's what you mean, then let them die!"
After saying these angry words, the couple felt much better, as if they had really watched Xiao Heng die.
After resting for a while, Zhao Qingye asked King Min: "If that's the case, do you have any solution? If the news is true, the capital should send an imperial envoy soon, and then..."
King Min's face was cold and indifferent: "If he is obedient, let him stay here as a guest. If he is disobedient, there are bandits in the territory. If he accidentally runs into them, what can we do?"
I have made up my mind.
Zhao Qingye didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Sometimes sacrifices have to be made in order to achieve great things.
When she thought of Xiao Heng and his wife, the hatred in her heart grew like seaweed again.
At this time, the cabinet had already decided to establish a Maritime Customs Office in Fujian, build a port, and control ships going out to sea. All matters related to going out to sea were taken over by the court.
Moreover, the cabinet already had a preliminary plan, and now was the time to send an imperial envoy to learn more about it. After discussion, they finally chose Mr. He to do this.
Mr. He has been working in the grain transport industry and has a natural sensitivity to water transportation. In the eyes of court officials, matters at sea are also matters of water, and Mr. He is more experienced.
When Su Yao found out, He Xianyi mentioned it to him: "Father said he would come back and bring us gifts."
She was very happy.
After all, being an imperial envoy meant that the court intended to promote his father.
Su Yao hesitated.
She knew what was in Fujian. The remnants of the gang were in Fujian. It could be said that the whole of Fujian had a tendency to disobey military orders while on the battlefield. And Mr. He was Su Yao's uncle. With this identity, those people would probably cause trouble even if they didn't want to.
She told Xiao Heng about this.
Xiao Heng also said, "I was just about to tell you that I don't really agree with your uncle going to Fujian. After all, those people may not have good intentions. They still have influence in the court. Your uncle's appointment as an imperial envoy may be influenced by them behind the scenes. If that's the case, I'm afraid the banquet will not go well. Your uncle may end up walking into a tiger's mouth if he goes there."
In fact, there are risks for anyone who goes there, after all, it is a tough nut to crack.
But no matter how hard the bone is, he has to chew it, and it must be done in Xiao Heng's hands. The real mastermind behind his parents' death is in Fujian, and he must take revenge.
If possible, Xiao Heng would like to be the imperial envoy himself, but now, he has more important things to do - the conscription in Zhejiang is not going smoothly, he has to go and see it in person, this is also the intention of the court.