A condition that cannot be rejected? Kou Zhun could not imagine what such a condition would be... For officials, there are only a few conditions that can impress them.

He was promoted to a new position, rewarded silver, granted his wife and son, and kept his name in history and benefited the people. Each official has different pursuits, but his ultimate goal is nothing more than one of them.

Kou Zhun believes that Zhao Weiji may not be able to get these conditions out. Even if they get them out, would it be an undeniable condition? Kou Zhun is not sure.

However, despite thinking this way, Kou Zhun still found all the officials who could win over and proposed to them the banquet Zhao Weiji had for them.

Officials of all sizes who respected such a prince with outstanding military achievements and wanted to see what medicine Zhao Weiji bought in his gourd finally attended the dinner set up by Zhao Weiji.

But they didn't expect that after the dinner began, the host Zhao Weiji skipped all the polite greetings and got to the point.

Although everyone who came to the banquet knew that the prince must discuss the ownership of the throne during the meal, it was just that it was too fast.

"I hope that the throne present today can support my king in inheriting the throne." As soon as Zhao Weiji spoke, there was an uproar.

Is this prince stupid in war? I know that you are here today to win over people and support you, but it is not so straightforward.

The officials who were still complaining in their hearts never thought that this was just the beginning, and then one bombshell after another was thrown down by Zhao Weiji one after another.

"I know you have a question in your mind. Is this prince stupid in war? How could he recruit people so straightforward? Here I can tell you clearly that the reason why I am so straightforward today is to stop wasting time.

I think you know better than me what our Song Dynasty looks like now. Although the Khitans were defeated, they may not make a comeback.

What's more, in addition to the Khitans in the north, there were Dangxiang people, Tubo people in the northwest, and Dali people in the southwest. Our Song Dynasty no longer had time to spend choosing a new emperor."

When Zhao Weiji was talking about this, he was interrupted by an official present: "According to the prince's wishes, are you the best candidate to inherit the throne?"

This person's words are very heart-wrenching. Although you, Zhao Weiji, stated from the beginning, you are the one who is the one who is the most suitable one.

If it is not, then it is useless to say so much nonsense, but what if it is? In this country where modesty is a traditional virtue, will your swagger in such arouse dissatisfaction among the officials present?

"Yes, I am the most capable and should inherit the throne among those who are now qualified to inherit the throne." After saying this, Zhao Weiji did not even look at the reactions of the officials below and continued: "I have outstanding military achievements and have great influence in the army.

I have good experience in managing places, and I think you all know what Huating County and Xinhua City look like.

Now there is my shadow behind the largest chamber of commerce and money houses in the country. I don’t need to elaborate on how capable they are.

I have also introduced a lot of high-yield crops, and I think farmers should not be disgusted with me.

I also created the "Shilin Yuebao", which I guess is still well-known in Shilin.

I think your king of towns should not be as good as me in these aspects, right?"

After Zhao Weiji said this, the officials below discovered that the prince was actually present in all aspects of this country. His influence had already spread to scholars, farmers, industry and commerce. In addition, he still holds military power. In this comparison, the king of the town can only be described as useless.

But all of this is still not the reason why these officials surrender to Zhao Weiji. They are waiting for whether there can be something more important to say from Zhao Weiji.

Their waiting did not last long, and more important news came.

"If I become emperor, I will release the land annexation." As soon as this statement came out, the people at the banquet were completely excited.

Land annexation, this issue has always been the heel of the feudal dynasty, and every dynasty has to face this problem, and the rulers of each dynasty undoubtedly oppose and inhibit land annexation.

Because once the land is annexed in large quantities, farmers who have lost the land will become the foundation of this country.

The officials present would never think that Zhao Weiji proposed the condition to ease land annexation. To be honest, this condition is indeed extremely powerful.

Although officials ruled the country, to put it bluntly, they were all landlords behind them. They were all landlords. As the landlord class, they naturally hoped to own more land.

But on the other hand, they are also afraid that if they really let go of land annexation, the consequences would not be afforded by them.

"Prince, you said that if you ascend to the Great Treasure, you will release land annexation. Is this true or false?" Some of the officials who found this incredible muster up the courage to raise this question.

"Of course it's true, it's just that I need a buffer time, and I'm here to promise that after three years of my ascendance to the throne, I will release land annexation."

Seeing that Zhao Weiji was so true, the man just asked: "The prince should know what the consequences will be if he lets go of land annexation. Do you really want to do this?"

"Since I raise the issue of land annexation here, I naturally know what consequences will be after the release, so I have to spend three years as a buffer. With these three years, I can completely minimize the impact of land annexation."

Under Zhao Weiji's instigation with such confident intent, the officials below were all moved. Although they didn't know what kind of way Zhao Weiji could solve the problem of land annexation, if the consequences could be solved, why not support Zhao Weiji?

Having the right to purchase land at will is much more practical than being promoted or rewarded with silver. After all, the promotion of an official is not decided by the emperor alone, and with land, gold and silver are not rolling in.

In this way, under Zhao Weiji's extremely powerful conditions, the officials who came to the banquet turned against each other and became a member of Zhao Weiji's camp.

This basically announced the end of the throne struggle. With the support of nearly two-thirds of the officials in the court and Zhao Weiji, who was strongly supported by the empress dowager, could basically be declared the next emperor, not to mention that he has a small army of 100,000 outside the city behind him.

Although the problem of the throne was basically solved, Kou Zhun was very disappointed that Zhao Weiji was willing to sacrifice the country for the throne. When his banquet ended, he did not immediately find Zhao Weiji, but immediately.

At this time, Zhao Weiji was making tea in the study. After seeing Kou Zhun coming in angrily, he smiled and said to him: "Come on Pingzhong, come on, take me to have a cup of tea. I have drunk too much at night, and drink a cup of tea to relieve the wine."

Seeing Zhao Weiji's smile, Kou Zhun's fire rose even more. He went to Zhao Weiji's hand and stopped Zhao Weiji's pouring tea. He asked mercilessly: "Don't you know how much disaster will bring to the country with the ease of land annexation? Does the king really have to trade the country in exchange for the country?"

Zhao Weiji, who seemed to know that Kou Zhun would have this question, pushed Kou Zhun away and poured the tea into the small teacup in front of Kou Zhun, and then said: "Didn't I say that, give me three years of buffering time, I will have a solution."

When he heard that Zhao Weiji had used the words of other officials to perfunctorily treat him, Kou Zhun was completely explosive. He poured the tea in front of him out and said sternly: "If the prince doesn't give a reasonable explanation today, don't blame him for cutting the mat with the prince."

Seeing that Kou Zhun was already looking like he was about to eat people, Zhao Weiji finally put away his smile. After he took the tea in front of him and drank it, he slowly said: "Ping Zhong, I'll ask you, what is the biggest consequence of land annexation?"

"Of course, the farmers lost their land, became tenant farmers, or had no place to stand."

"Actually, to put it bluntly, otherwise you would have to accept exploitation from the landlords, or there would be no way to survive, right?"

Kou Zhun nodded undeniably.

“So what if I could find a way out for the farmers who lost their land?”

Kou Zhun felt it was new when he heard it. Find a way out? How to find a way out? What kind of way out can farmers who are unable to do business and have no skills in workmanship?

"Compared with Ping Zhong, have you heard of the things I made in Xinhua City? What if I transplant them all to the Central Plains?"

The things Zhao Weiji refers to here are undoubtedly factories. Unlike the Zhao Song royal family's indifference to Xinhua City, Kou Zhun has been asking about everything about it from the merchant ships coming and going from Xinhua City.

He has always been very curious about Zhao Weiji's departure. He wants to know how Zhao Weiji lives overseas.

After inquiring from many sources, he naturally learned about some of the situations in Xinhua City. In his understanding, the workshop relied on some of the mechanisms that Zhao Weiji had tricked out to allow many people without any skills to produce products that meet the standards in the workshop.

It seems that the artillery and rifles brought by Zhao Weiji this time are all products from those workshops.

"What the prince means is to build a similar factory in the Central Plains, and then let the farmers who lost their land enter the factory to work?" At this time, Kou Zhun had gradually calmed down.

"Yes, there is a huge feature in the factory in Xinhua City, that is, it does not require the technology that takes years of accumulation to produce, and our factory will pay workers."

Kou Zhun finally understood it completely when he heard this. Zhao Weiji hoped that all the farmers who lost their land would become workers. In this way, farmers with a new way of living would naturally not become a hidden danger in the country, and the development of land annexation would become a trap to harm landlords.
Chapter completed!