After the Imperial Conference ended.
The Minister of Rites, Jia Daode, quickly walked out of the inner court.
The other ministers looked at him with disgust, as if they were saying that this guy was a villain.
Only Lin Jiancheng was deep in thought.
It was time to get off work, but Lin Jiancheng still returned to the cabinet.
He said to the official of the fifth branch of the Hall of Governmental Affairs, Lin Fan,"
"Find the resume of the Minister of Rites, Jia Daode.”
The cabinet chief had another important power, which was to control the resumes of all the ministers in the court.
According to the rules of the Great Gan Dynasty, the resumes of officials below Rank-4 were stored in the Ministry of Personnel.
However, officials of the fourth rank and above were considered important officials of the court.
Their identities were kept in the cabinet.
Only the emperor and the cabinet chief could casually look through their resumes.
Soon, Lin Fan sent Jia Daode's resume over.
Flipping through the thick resume, Lin Jiancheng frowned.
Jia Daode's ancestral home was Jinzhou?
He was actually the son of a military family in Jinzhou?
The writing style in Jinzhou was not popular, and there were very few who could rely on Jinshi.
Jia Daode was not from a scholarly family, yet he was able to pass the imperial examination.
This was enough to show Jia Daode's ability.
Lin Jiancheng took a closer look. Jia Daode was raised by his mother alone.
His father had died on the battlefield when the Northern Barbarians entered the pass.
Jia Daode's family was poor since he was young. He relied on his mother to sew for others and studied in the village's public school.
Later on, he passed the examination and became a scholar and a juren.
Later, he passed the imperial examination during the late emperor's period.
Jia Daode's experience could be considered very inspiring.
But why would such a person agree to trade with the Northern Barbarians?
Lin Jiancheng felt that Jia Daode seemed to have other plans.
He said to Lin Fan,"Go and invite Minister Jia of the Ministry of Rites over."”
"Now?"
"Yes, the officials of the imperial court cannot meet privately. I am also asking about official matters, so I invited him to the cabinet for a discussion.”
"Yes, Lord Chief."
After a long while, Minister of Rites Jia Daode arrived at the cabinet.
"I'm here to attend the chief assistant."
Lin Jiancheng pulled Jia Daode and said in a rather friendly tone,"
"Lord Jia, I invited you over this time to ask you about something.”
"Lord Lin, is it because of me advocating for border trade?”
"Lord Jia is indeed straightforward. Then this old man will ask directly, Lord Jia, why do you insist on trading with the Northern Barbarians?”
Jia Daode sorted out his words and said,"
"Lord Lin, His Majesty said today that trading with the Northern Barbarians is profitable. Today, the merchants who have become powerful in Jin, are there no people from other places to do it?”
"The border ban has lasted for four dynasties, but it hasn't been resolved.”
"The late emperor also dealt with a few big merchants who did business with the northern barbarians.”
"But the amount of money involved in the arrest of the Jin merchants this time is even greater than that of the previous dynasty.”
"Border trade cannot be banned.”
Lin Jiancheng nodded. Everyone was after profits.
The profits from border trade were so great that laws could not stop people's greed.
After each blow, a bigger tree would grow out very quickly.
During Emperor Taizong's time, border trade was just some commoners using things they didn't use to exchange for some goods with the northern barbarians.
Gradually, some small landowners joined in.
It was not difficult to gradually drag the entire local tyrant down with them.
In some areas, even the officials were involved in the smuggling.
What Jia Daode said was the same as what Gao Lingfeng said at the Imperial Conference.
Lin Jiancheng wasn't a bookworm, so he understood after some thought.
Jia Daode continued," Since the demand for border trade has always existed, rather than letting the people risk their lives to do it, it's better for the country to unify it.”、
Lin Jiancheng's eyes lit up. Jia Daode's words were interesting.
Jia Daode said," Border trade isn't a disaster. Doesn't the Great Qian Dynasty need winter pearls, mink fur, or ginseng?"”
Lin Jiancheng was also stunned.
The best seller in the capital's winter market was mink fur.
Even the imperial palace would buy winter pearls.
Not to mention ginseng, almost every rich family would prepare a few at home in case of emergency.
Jia Daode was right. There was no way to stop border trade.
As long as there was still demand, there would naturally be people who wanted to buy it at a high price.
For such a high price, there would naturally be people who would take the risk.
The laws of the imperial court did not matter. It was only related to interests and human nature.
"That's why the Imperial Court will do it. The initiative is in our hands.”
Lin Jiancheng seemed to have understood something.
Jia Daode continued," Actually, trading with the Northern Barbarians isn't scary. What's scary is trading with the Northern Barbarians in weapons and armor.”
Lin Jiancheng finally understood.
" Weapons, armor, and ironware," Jia Daode said." If these things flow into the Northern Barbarians, they will be harmful to the court."”
"The Imperial Court has opened a border trade market, so these things are definitely prohibited from being traded.”
"But some things are different.”
Jia Daode chuckled and said,
"The Northern Lands is bitterly cold, so the northern barbarians have the habit of drinking.”
"The Northlands doesn't have much agriculture, so wine is also a big trade item.”
"We can increase the supply of alcohol to the Northern Barbarians. If the Northern Barbarians become addicted to alcohol, wouldn't that be beneficial to our Great Gan?”
"Besides wine, we can also sell Five Stones Powder to the Northern Barbarians!”
"Useless jewelry, silk, and fragile porcelain.”
"The more the Northern Barbarian Tribal Chiefs indulge in these things, the more beneficial it will be for our Great Qian Dynasty.”
Lin Jiancheng looked at Jia Daode. This Minister of Rites was indeed like his name. He did not care about morals at all!
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