A group of former generals, prime ministers and ministers were carrying red wine and partying on the huge emperor's flagship deck, very happy and chic.

Although there are no young and beautiful karaoke girls to entertain, it is fun to chat with everyone.

Any old cadres present, they would be stomping their feet, which would shock Hanjing. Not to mention that they were in high positions in the past, had high titles, or even any family did not have three or five titles, few fiefs, or even any family owned hundreds of thousands or millions of yuan.

But a high position and a heavy title may not be all good, and it is sometimes hard to feel at ease when the family has too much money.

Especially at the beginning of the founding of the country, everyone was always worried that one day the emperor would have to hide all the birds and keep the dog from cooking.

Since the Zhenguan Dynasty, Li Jing always said that his legs hurt and he had to rest at home. Why? It’s not because he has little strong relationship with the emperor, he has been in the wrong team several times, but he has fought very well, made many achievements and was awarded high-ranking officials. So occasionally Li Shimin told him that he would sue you for rebellion, and I believe you. This is not the case. Li Jing, such a smart person, certainly, can hear the meaning of the words.

If you really want to believe me, even if others sue me, there is no need to tell me so specifically. So Li Jing can only be called sick. Li Shimin always has to talk to Li Jing again after a year or two, and repeat what I believe you will not rebel like this. So Li Jing's leg disease will only become more and more serious, and he will not even be able to leave the door afterwards.

In fact, Li Jing was still able to ride a horse at the age of 60 and lead thousands of light riders to gallop hundreds of miles in the ice and snow of Daibei to raid the Turkic Khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan's khan’

But the more the emperor said he believed him, the more severe the pain of Li Jing's legs could only be.

But in the Dahua Dynasty, Li Jing gradually realized that he didn't have to pretend to be a leg disease at all, because Zhang Chao sent the best imperial physician to treat him and told Li Jing clearly that he had helped him cure all the "Chen Ji's old illnesses". Li Jing asked the court to resign as the top leader of the military, and the emperor agreed happily.

He was light and had a king's title and a Taibao title, but Li Jing was finally able to sleep peacefully.

There are many veteran cadres like Li Jing, each of them is either a prime minister, a minister, a scholar, a nine minister, or a military marshal or general, and all of them are princes and princes.

As old as he is, he is not interested in power, but he is also worried about the future of the family.

Everyone retires for a long and short period of time, but even if they no longer have high positions, their respective family interests have not been affected. On the contrary, after retirement, each family has no restraint.

You can even feel that the Flying Qisi, the Six Doors, etc. are not as tight as you can watch.

Zhang Chao told these veteran cadres more than once that they wanted to share peace. There were indeed many cruel power struggles in previous dynasties, and even many founding kings liked to purge heroes. The reason was the power struggle.

But Zhang Chao felt that it was unnecessary. Now Dahua's system has been relatively perfect. The term system implemented by the court has been better prevented from the emergence of powerful ministers. Each position has a term limit, an avoidance system, and even a strong supervision system.

The cabinet is a system of major ministers. Those important officials retire when they are old and can still enter the parliament to make some use of their remaining energy after retirement.

At the same time, the parliament is also protecting the power and status of their family.

After the ministers retired, they could continue to operate their family fiefs and manage their own family's industries. The situation in the court was clear, and the emperor had already decided to have a crown prince and a grandson. The crown prince and grandson performed very well, and there was no dispute over heirs.

Of course, the most important thing about everyone being so happy after retirement is of course the emperor's kindness to everyone. The emperor supports the development of the family after retirement. Although most of them are bureaucratic capital, Zhang Chao did not object.

As long as they are in the framework drawn by the court, Zhang Chao will not ban it.

In this era, when the development of industry and commerce and capital emerged, it was impossible to say that bureaucracy and capital were separated.

Even if it is the royal family itself, it is still investing in capital.

The family of former Navy Commander-in-Chief Zhang Zhongjian is the largest shipbuilding and shipping industry leader second only to the royal family. The family of former Privy Councilor Qin Qiong is even more of a leader in brewing wine, making paper and shipping in the Yangtze River.

The former commander-in-chief of the Eastern Theater Command, Cheng Yaojin, is the largest shipping merchant on the East Canal, and their family is also the largest salt merchant in Hebei.

This is basically the case. Relying on their power and status in the court, their connections and their respective capital, which one is not doing well.

The gambling shops run by Shan Xiongxin’s family are all large-scale chains across the country.

Even Prime Minister Ma Zhou and Grand Secretary Fang Xuanling and others in the court also participated in the mining and operation of important minerals such as gold, silver, copper, coal and iron.

As long as he does not use his power directly for personal gain and uses his advantages to operate normally, Zhang Chao will turn a blind eye. Even if the court prohibits officials from doing business, officials still have ways to find an agent, just like in the past.

During the Zhenguan period, the Guanlong nobles and the Shandong nobles were vigorously suppressed, but a group of emerging military nobles rose. Now, in the fourth year of Dahua's revival, the new nobles have become stronger.

Not only does he have a strong position in the court, but he also has fiefs and titles, and even has extremely strong economic strength. Almost every veteran cadre's family is the leader in a certain industry.

One by one, powerful emerging wealthy families have taken shape. This is the combination of aristocratic bureaucracy and capital. At that time, Li Shimin was afraid of this emerging force and wanted to stop it, but was eventually overthrown by this force.

Now it is time for Zhang Chao to face this problem.

Zhang Chao had seen these things long ago and also saw the formation of this powerful class, but he did not intend to go against them.

With Dahua coming to this day, this situation is inevitable. Forcibly banning control will only cause conflict and bloodshed, and even cause Dahua to collapse.

Sometimes, just put a cage in place and give the beast a carrot to guide them in the direction.

There is no need to fight with them.

At least now, they are in this cage, and they are still moving forward with the carrots in front of them.

"There has been a large gold mine recently discovered in Jinzhou, with an annual production capacity of over 10,000 taels."

"That's on the fief of the eleventh prince, right? The eleventh prince is really lucky."

"The Eleventh Prince has sent a message and is recruiting partners, preparing to issue stocks and recruit stocks, establish a big gold mine, and fully mine the gold there."

The old cadres gathered together, drank good wine, chatted in groups of three or three, and as they talked about money, they started talking about things like money.

If you don’t talk about these things, there is actually nothing to talk about. Everyone is usually very tactful and doesn’t talk too much about the court, military and other things. After all, they are not in their positions and do not do anything, and they are retired cadres. They still talk about those things that make people feel that they are in love and are pointing fingers at the court, which is a suspicion of interfering in politics.

It’s better to talk about investment or something. After all, it’s a good opportunity to make money. Who thinks it’s too much money? It’s the long-term way to make money by making more money into your fiefdom and manage the fiefdom better. This is the same as the old landlords in the past who made money and then immediately found a way to buy land and merge.

In the past, land was a good investment. But now, for the old Ganbu people, fiefdom is the longest foundation of the family.

"I heard that Heihe also found many golden streams, all of which are golden sand, which are more convenient to mine. Just dig gold directly in the stream without mining." Another old cadre said.

Heihe is in the distant northeast, which is the territory of the Heishui Mohe people. Of course, the Heishui Mohe people are nominally under the jurisdiction of the Heihe King Zhang Yue, and the entire Heishui River Basin is the fief of Zhang Yue.

Although the Black Water King's actual control is still in Fuyuan City, which is more than a thousand miles upstream of the Hei Shui River's mouth, the entire Hei Shui River's basin thousands of miles away is his fiefdom. Speaking of which, it is estimated that among the princes and vassals of Dahua, Zhang Yue's fiefdom is the largest.

The emperor's seven brothers directly enfeoffed the vast territory of the Northeast Marine and Shiwei people, and the fiefs of any person were planned by a thousand miles apart.

However, it was indeed a bit too bitter and cold at that time. Half a year was the ice and snow period. At this time, I couldn’t do anything except staying in the castle and sitting on the warm kang.

But with the cotton jacket and warm kang, the days there are actually quite good. Although winter is very long, after winter, there are excellent resources there.

There is the most fertile black soil, and it is fine to grow corn, potato, barley, sorghum, soybeans, and even rice. It is easy to open up land, and some land cannot be planted at all. Moreover, there are many rivers and fish there, and you can catch a lot of them by just one net.

The fish is drying in one seat.

As long as you can tolerate the vastness and loneliness over there and the wolves, it is actually quite good there.

In addition to those, there are also excellent timber resources and minerals, all kinds of good timber, which are cut and dried in shade, then discharged, and finally shipped back to the Central Plains.

There are even many gold and silver mines.

In recent years, Heishui has discovered many golden sands in tributaries. It is easy to hunt gold and has gained a lot, which has attracted many people to go to the Northeast to hunt gold. This has caused the population of Fuyuan City to increase a lot in recent years. In addition, there is excellent fur there, and Fuyuan City now has a population of nearly 10,000.
Chapter completed!