Chapter 160: Zhou Xiang who is about to come out

Zhu Qizhen didn't know either.

In Zhou Chen's heart, he probably didn't think about the problem of Nanyang at all. Although Zhu Qizhen has considered it, if he gives up the old port and Nanyangwei, he can increase the probability of winning the battle against the tile spurs, and Zhu Qizhen does not hesitate to do it.

However, although there are a lot of customs taxes, there is room for tax increases, but the overseas trade of the Ming Dynasty is still too small and too little compared with the late Ming Dynasty and even the Qing Dynasty.

Before the Westerners came, before the trade between the East and the West was not directly opened, the trade volume between the two sides was not too large, and now the data of Daming Customs.

Most of the Ming Dynasty's overseas trade was Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Champong, Siam, Luzon, and other countries in the South China Sea, and a small part of them entered the Indian Ocean.

Moreover, most of the people who entered the Indian Ocean were transshipped by Arab merchants, rather than Han Chinese maritime merchants entering directly.

The volume of trade is inherently limited, otherwise the customs duty may exceed the salt tax.

In this case, Zhu Qizhen does not want to make a big move on the customs tariff and affect his future layout. He thought for a while and said: "Sir, you also know that the maritime merchants are some unruly people, and the customs tariff has been raised too much, I am afraid that it will cause chaos. ”

"Once they get into trouble, I'm afraid the harm will be better than the wokes."

"Mr. can do this, but don't make a mess."

Zhou Chen hurriedly said: "Shengming is nothing but Your Majesty. It's the minister who thinks wrong. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Even so, it may not be enough, I really don't know what it is like to fight?" If there is a way, the gentleman can come to play at any time, and now that something like this has happened in the cabinet, some things have to be done. ”

"In the future, the burden of the cabinet will have to be resisted by Mr."

Zhou Chen listened to Zhu Qizhen's words, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He almost jumped out of his chest, and for a while, he actually looked directly into Zhu Qizhen's eyes, and after feeling rude, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "The minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust." Do things for the court, never give up. ”

How could Zhou Chen not hear the meaning of Zhu Qizhen's words.

It's just that this thing was too sudden for him.

If Zhou Chen has no extravagant expectations for the first assistant of the cabinet, it is false, but he doesn't feel that he has much hope, the reason is very simple.

Yang Shiqi and Yang Pu's comments on Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen knows it, and he is also old, in his sixties, while Cao Nai is only in his forties

According to the previous example, Huang Huai, Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, Yang Rong and others all left the cabinet when they couldn't do it.

And Cao Nai's age still has decades of good time.

Yang Shiqi, who may not be able to become an orthodox dynasty in the future, has been the first assistant for more than 20 years. And he is also old, I'm afraid he can't survive Cao Nai.

Not to mention that he is still right

Wang Zhen gave gifts to this black history.

Therefore, he has regarded the cabinet scholar as the pinnacle of his life.

After all, entering the cabinet can be regarded as the core decision-making level of the Ming Dynasty, which can be said to be in vain. I didn't think much about anything else. 、

It's just that he never thought of it.

The throne of the head of the cabinet actually fell on his head.

In just a moment, Cao Nai thought a lot, a lot, and it can be said that his imagination was floating. Soon he made a decision, such an opportunity, how could he not seize it.

Zhu Qizhen said: "The lack of cabinet members has been pending for a long time, and now the war is imminent, it can no longer be delayed, my opinion is that Wang Ji, the governor of Yunnan, has been fighting for a long time, and he has taken on a big responsibility, what does Mr. think?" ”

In Zhou Chen's original intention, this is not a good candidate.

After all, Wang Ji's qualifications and prestige are still above Zhou Chen, when Wang Ji was the secretary of the military department, Zhou Chen was still the governor of Jiangnan. Zhou Chen may not be better than Wang Ji, that is, Zhou Chen has been in Beijing and is familiar with the political ecology of Beijing, and even if Wang Ji was a hero back then, he is now a good man.

Even so, Wang Ji's return is not a good thing for Zhou Chen, the new first assistant. But can Zhou Chen say no?

Even when Yang Pu first served as the first assistant, in order to stabilize his position, he bowed to Zhu Qizhen.

Not to mention Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen estimated that in his life, it would be impossible to say a "no" to Zhu Qizhen. Word.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Even if Wang Ji comes, there will be vacancies in the cabinet. ”

When Zhou Chen heard this, he could tell that Zhu Qizhen was almost explicit. Someone in the cabinet has to come out. And it won't be just one person, but how many people are there?

Zhou Chen couldn't figure it out for a while.

He just said honestly: "The minister obeys." For a while, his mind was spinning, and then he sighed secretly: "I don't have such a person in my entrainment, so I can only honestly pull allies." ”

This is Zhou Chen's flaw.

There are also a few people under Cao Nai's command who have qualifications to join the cabinet, which is actually one of the qualifications of the bigwigs in the DPRK and China. And Zhou Chen's qualifications are still a little shallow compared to them.

He only has people from the household department, but it would be inappropriate for him to push in all the officials who were born in the household department.

After all, even the head of the cabinet can't look too ugly, and he can't always cabinet Wenyuan Pavilion, which has become the lobby of the household department, and at most one person can be selected from the household department.

And Zhou Chen was still worried about the affairs of the household department, after all, if Zhou Chen couldn't figure it out just now, but now he has also figured it out and understands why Zhu Qizhen chose him as the first assistant of the cabinet.

Not because of his prestige, but because of his ability to manage money.

In this way, the household department is the top priority of his next work, so the household department should be controlled by his own people, he

Also rest assured.

Therefore, for other places, Zhou Chen can only find foreign aid.

In Zhou Chen's immersion in the troubles of happiness, Zhu Qizhen said: "Mr. go down and implement these things one by one, and military affairs are not waiting for anyone." ”

Zhou Chen said: "The minister understands. ”

After Zhu Qizhen let Zhou Chen go, he closed his eyes for a moment and said, "Chuan Wang Zhi." ”

Zhu Qizhen originally wanted to pass on Cao Nai, but after thinking about it, he didn't pass it on.

It's not that he wants to put Cao Nai to death, it's not that there is no love between him and Cao Nai, but he doesn't know what to say.

Because whether it is him or Cao Nai, they are both strong-willed people.

Such a person is absolutely scheming, and it is impossible to convince the other party with words. If you can't convince you, what's the use? It's better not to see.

Moreover, Zhu Qizhen has already found a good place for Cao Nai.

It is the governor of Yunnan.

Cao Nai, who was demoted from the first assistant of the cabinet to the governor of Yunnan, was suddenly demoted. Downgraded several levels in a row.

When Zhu Qizhen set up the position of governor of Yungui, he didn't think about staying, it was just a temporary dispatch.

Now, Wang Ji has adjusted the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou well.

Although the progress of changing the land and returning to the river is not fast, there are two or three counties in Guizhou, and the Tusi in Yunnan are also honest. The only thing that is somewhat uncertain is the love-hate relationship between King Xiang and Burma.

Zhu Qizhen was also worried about this and decided to send a capable minister to Yunnan.

And the local capable ministers, Zhu Qizhen has only heard of it, and it is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to really understand the specific situation.

And Cao Nai's ability, Zhu Qizhen still understands it very well.

Cao Nai and Zhu Qizhen can only clash over political opinions, not that Cao Nai is incapable. It's not that Cao Nai is disloyal to Daming.

Let him be in the position of governor of Yunnan, I think he can govern Yunnan very well, and he can also support King Xiang very well, once there is chaos in southern Xinjiang, before the imperial army comes, there will be no trouble.

The Luchuan Rebellion, Zhu Qizhen didn't want to come again.

For Wang Zhi, Zhu Qizhen also has arrangements.

After all, from the perspective of relationship, the teacher-student relationship between Wang Zhiwang Bearded and Zhu Qizhen is real, and the relationship between the two is closer than the relationship between Zhu Qizhen and Cao Nai.

It's just that Wang Zhi shouldn't stand on Cao Nai's side today.

In order to purge the hearts and minds of the court, any minister who is inclined to compromise must be attacked. If you only take one Cao Nai, how can you shake people's hearts.

Let the officials below know the severity.

Wang Zhi must leave the cabinet, and he must also leave the Jingshi. Zhu Qizhen naturally had an arrangement, but he didn't know if Wang Zhi was willing to agree.

It's best to agree, after all, there is a little teacher-student relationship, and Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to destroy it with his own hands.