The financial system of the Ming Dynasty was criticized by Qian Yuan as early as the 33rd year of Jiajing, the period of the great victory of Chongde, which may be the most chaotic financial system in the feudal era.

In order to alleviate the loss caused by transportation, Zhu Yuanzhang abandoned the system of transshipment envoys in the Song Dynasty, which was a perfect system in his opinion, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a large number of guards in Nanjing in the northwest and northeast to be self-sufficient, and the southeast, Huguang and other anointing areas were within the radiation range of Nanjing.

However, with the relocation of Zhu Di's capital to Beijing, he had to vigorously dredge the Cao Yun, which would have strengthened the local finances and weakened the central financial system, coupled with natural and man-made disasters, and various problems in the exchange of treasure money, which made the Ming Dynasty's finances fall into an even worse situation.

The most typical and direct consequence is that once there is a natural disaster, it is difficult for the imperial court to react, there is a place to go for that little financial revenue, the border army takes a large piece, the threat of the Mongols will always exist, and the officials of the DPRK and China, large and small, have to drink some soup even if they can't eat meat, and they have to leave some to ensure the smooth flow of transportation......

In the end of the previous year, the head of the household department deducted the officials' salaries, and in the end they only sent two batches of grain to the disaster relief, sent an imperial historian to inspect the past, and exempted the tax for one or two years...... That's it, no matter how much you can't take out.

Zhu Yuanzhang is a genius, but he is also a naïve guy, and the series of systems he set up have actually been ineffective for more than 100 years, maybe he didn't mean so...... However, after Zhu Di usurped power and seized the throne, the ancestral system was established as an unchangeable policy, in fact, Zhu Yunwen has revised Zhu Yuanzhang's system many times in the past few years in power.

That's why Hu Zongxian is so miserable.

Emperor Jiajing and the court hoped that Hu Zongxian would be pacified as soon as possible, but they could not take out the money to raise the army, and the source of troops, ordnance, and equipment all depended on Hu Zongxian to find a way by himself.

However, Hu Zongxian's Fuzhou was even more miserable, the ubiquitous Japanese invaders all the time brought extremely strong damage to the coastal Fuzhou, and the loss of population and wealth was difficult to estimate.

For example, Taizhou prefect Tan Lun is a man of both civil and military affairs, which is actually relatively rare, such as Shaoxing prefect Mei Shoude is okay to soothe the people, but there is no ability to resist the enemy, after the war last year, Shaoxing Mansion was full of holes, Mei Shoude had no choice but to go to the Governor's Mansion for silver one after another.

In fact, after the implementation of the law of raising the number of salt and the interception of the two Huai salt taxes, the Yamen of the Governor's Office of Zhejiang Province has replaced the imperial court in the southeast and actually exercises the powers and responsibilities of the central government.

So Hu Zongxian is quite miserable, pressed down from above, and top up below, he is not Sun Wukong, he can turn silver out of a single hair.

Hu Zongxian knew in his heart that whether he could make meritorious contributions or not mainly depended on the combat effectiveness of the new army in the past two years, so he mainly used the silver in the army of Yu Dayou, Liu Xian, Tang Kekuan, Qi Jiguang and others...... Lu Bin doesn't care about him, anyway, there is money in it.

But the problem is that most of those civil officials in the southeast have roots, and they are miserable in their own jurisdiction, and the imperial court doesn't care, don't you care about the governor's palace?

Oh, that's the responsibility of the governor of Zhejiang...... But who doesn't know that you Hu Ruzhen is covering the sky in the southeast, from Ruan Yi to Wu Baipeng, which one has not been set up by you?

But Hu Zongxian is also aggrieved, he has silver in his hands, but it costs too much money to raise an army, this is still a local recruitment army, and if it is a guest army, it will be even worse.

Lao Tzu has a total of so many points, Lao Tzu just needs to suppress the widows, don't bother me with your...... This is probably Hu Zongxian's heart, but these words cannot be said publicly, as soon as he offends a large number of people, from Yan Song to Xu Jie, they all offend Guang.

However, Hu Zongxian still felt that the silver in his hand was not enough, and at the beginning of the year, he ordered Wu Baipeng, the governor of Zhejiang, to start collecting the usual silver...... Taizhou was stopped in the 33rd year of Jiajing, and Jiaxing, Shaoxing, and Ningbo were stopped in the 35th year of Jiajing.

Now it's okay, each prefecture is still looking forward to the Governor's Mansion allocating money, and now the Governor's Mansion not only doesn't care, but also has to beat it upside down...... All the armies were quite grateful to Hu Zongxian, but the government offices everywhere were gritting their teeth at Hu Zongxian.

It is Yanzhou and Chuzhou, which are not close to the sea, that are not happy with Hu Zongxian...... You must know that in the past two years, those coastal prefectures did not pay the norms, but Hu Zongxian refused to ask for less, and those norms were all pressed on their heads.

This is why the reason for delaying the reward of Tianzhou wolf soldiers two months ago, originally the Governor's Mansion ordered the Shaoxing Mansion to give silver, but Mei Shoude directly went back, he had received Li Mo's favor, and he was kicked out of Beijing by Yan Song, and his reputation was high, so he would not be afraid of Hu Zongxian.

This is also the reason why Tan Lun hurriedly came to find Qian Yuan, the Taizhou Mansion really can't squeeze out the silver, Ge Hao wants to build a ship, Hou Jigao and Qi Jimei are recruiting, and the Taizhou soldiers under his direct command have to tighten their belts.

If it weren't for the fact that the Qian family's guards were too famous and had repeatedly helped Qian Yuan break the widow, Tan Lun would have wanted to say it bluntly...... Disbanded and pulled down, the silver saved every year, the Taizhou Mansion is enough to pay two years of regular silver, and now the Qian family guards have been attributed to Qian Yuan's personal soldiers, and part of the supply is allocated by the Governor's Office.

"Therefore, the opening of the sea and the prohibition of trade must be directly under the imperial court." Tang Shunzhi nodded in agreement, "Once something happens, the DPRK and China will have room to play." ”

Qian Yuan, who came to visit the Tang Mansion today, breathed a sigh of relief, the old man in front of him was relieved, and he did not object to the opening of the sea and the ban on trade.

"Where it is located, it is still difficult to say, and Xu Hai is not dead, Wang Zhi has not descended ......"

"Wait." Tang Shunzhi waved his hand to interrupt Qian Yuan's words, "This dynasty has always been controlled by the eunuchs. ”

"No." Qian Yuan said bluntly: "They can't take it away." ”

"Why?"

"There are mine supervisors everywhere, and fifty percent of them are hidden, fifty percent of them are handed over, and the total number is very small." Qian Yuan said expressionlessly: "The maritime merchants have a lot of profits, and the eunuchs dare not swallow it...... Don't worry about this matter, Gao Xinzheng has already made a decision. "Nine-zero, look

"Gao Xin Zheng." Tang Shunzhi nodded, he hadn't returned to the dynasty for a long time, but he had also heard of the lecturer beside King Yu.

It's impossible to start with everything arranged, and you can play without a rehearsal...... Qian Yuan didn't hesitate to say empty words, anyway, Tang Shunzhi couldn't touch Gao Xinzheng no matter which way he went.

"How to calculate tariffs, how to set up the system of opening the government, the difference between customs entry and exit taxes, the taxes on different goods, and where to choose for trade ......"

"Your Majesty is aware of this matter, Yuwang Yueyue, Gao Xinzheng can't wait, and Hu Ruzhen also nodded." Qian Yuan's face did not change, and his heart did not beat: "But at the beginning, this matter can only be done, not said, and may even be infamous ......"

Tang Shunzhi stared at the young man in front of him with a rather weathered face, and said slowly after a while: "Want to borrow Wang Zhi's fleet? ”

"Who knows." Qian Yuan said softly: "Even if Wang Zhi surrenders, the Japanese will not be swept away immediately...... Otherwise, there would have been no disaster in Ligang back then, and this matter was not imminent, but now we must start to prepare. ”

"What do you want?"

"The first is to form a fleet to go to sea for trade, which is very profitable, but it may also be shipwrecked and killed."

"The second is to set up a city in the vicinity of Zhoushan and Xiangshan for trade, and allow maritime merchants to trade, but they must pay customs duties, and if there is a large army to protect them, they will be safe."

"The second one may be more ......" Tang Shunzhi stroked his long beard and thought for a moment, looked up at Qian Yuan, and then continued: "The opposition of the DPRK and China may be slightly smaller. ”

"It's not too small." Qian Yuan didn't have any hope for the Taoist officials of the DPRK, "In fact, in this way, the situation in the southeast is likely to return to the situation before Ligang, and the Zhoushan and Xiangshan areas are traded and traded, and there may still be small groups of Japanese invaders in other places." ”

"Not really." Tang Shunzhi shook his head, "Kill Xu Hai and reduce Wang Zhi, at least Hu Ruzhen has enough reason to stay in office and continue to strangle the invaders who came ashore to invade." ”

"That's his Hu Ruzhen's business." Qian Yuan lowered his eyes slightly, "To open the sea and ban trade, one person must come forward." ”

"Who?"

"This person must be famous, admired by the world, both civil and military, military and strategic, and know the people.

This person must understand the art of the nine chapters, not be deceived by the officials, regard silver as soil, and not be confused by wealth.

This person must know how to be with the light, but he must be as incorruptible as water, and he must have a tenacious will to resist possible internal eunuchs seizing power and local infringements. ”

There was silence in the study, there were very few such people, and there was another big restriction that Qian Yuan didn't say...... It is impossible for Qian Yuan or Hu Zongxian to openly pass the ban on trade in the DPRK and China, and the officials will appoint them, and this person must be the current southeastern official.

Tang Shunzhi got up slowly, with a smile on his face, "Zhancai, when did you covet the old man?" ”

Qian Yuan didn't answer, so many restrictions...... Obviously, Tang Jingchuan is the only one in the southeast, who is famous for his early years of literature and science, and is proficient in martial arts and arithmetic.

"A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way." Tang Shunzhi's voice drifted up, "Time has changed, and now the people of the Ming Dynasty are suffering from mergers, taxes are not as good as day by day, and the government and China are not enough to use money, such as people without blood, as Zhancai said, opening the sea and banning trade can replenish blood......"

"But it will inevitably be impeached countless times, it will inevitably be plotted by villains, it will inevitably be rejected by the DPRK and China, and even the name of the whole life will be ruined, and Zhan Cai can compensate for it?"

"I can't afford it." Qian Yuan replied honestly, "In such a position, mediocre people cannot be appointed, only go to extremes." ”

"If Jingchuan is willing to come forward, he will set up a trade grass market in Taizhou and Ningbo......"

"Huh?"

Qian Yuan took a slight step back, "If Jingchuan Gong refuses, he will be selected in Susong, and at the end of last year in Beijing, Yingtian Governor Weng Dali was impeached, and Yan Maoqing, the secretary of Dali Temple, intends to supervise Su Song." ”

Tang Shunzhi raised his eyebrows, "This official is Yan Donglou's confidant. ”

"Yes." Qian Yuan took another half step back.

Tang Shunzhi couldn't help gritting his teeth, and said that Qian Zhan was the only one who had no last resort, and he would act after making a decision, which was really true!

"The old man answered!" Tang Shunyi waved his sleeve robe and pointed outside, "Go out." ”