Although it has not yet reached the age of the sixtieth year, it is also fifty and six, and because of the depression in his heart over the years, Xu Jie has never felt long, and he got up in the early morning.

Emperor Jiajing moved to Xiyuan, and he has not been to the court for nearly 20 years, and many Beijing officials who are not very senior are late, and there are strange things like Qian Yuan who are late almost every day, but Xu Jie has always been punctual.

After cleaning his face, Xu Jie did not have breakfast first, but slowly turned around in the courtyard for a while, and then went back to eat breakfast and took a nap on the recliner to recuperate.

His goal now is to outlive the turtle as long as possible!

Although he has basically not heard any good news these days, and his old friend Zhao Zhenji, who has been stuffed into Zhejiang, has even been toyed with applause, but after only one night of frustration, Xu Jie has regained his strength...... As long as you can hold on, you can always survive to death!

Zhuge Liang is the best in the world, and he was not boiled to death by Sima Yi...... Whoever survives to the end is the winner!

Everything was ready, and the sky was bright, after all, in summer, the day dawned early.

Got into the sedan chair and went to Xiyuan slowly, Xu Jie didn't go directly to Zhilu, that was the dictatorship of the first assistant of the cabinet, Yan Song was too old to be old, but there was no such thing as a small pavilion.

Although Xiao Ge Lao has a small character, the arrangement is before Xu Jie, Lu Ben.

Xu Jie picked a place at random and went around, it was estimated that the time was almost up before he went to Zhilu, and he was stunned as soon as he entered, in addition to Yan Shifan and Lu Ben, the Hubu Shangshu Fang was actually there.

After saying hello, Xu Jie sat down and looked at the folds that were sent, thinking in his heart about Fang Dut's intentions today...... A few days ago, Fang Dull often came to Zhilu to visit the door, and the warehouse was empty, but now Ningbo tax and silver are in the warehouse, what are you still doing?

After a while, Xu Jie began to feel that something was wrong, and Qian Zheng, the general political envoy, also appeared, a guy he was very tired of for a while...... Although ten years have passed, part of the political legacy left by Xia Yan and Nie Bao is still in this person.

What made Xu Jie most vigilant was that Qian Zheng was Qian Yuan's uncle.

After all, they are fellow villagers, and Xu Jie was about to step forward to say a few words of greeting, when someone came again.

Zhao Wenhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, respectfully saluted Yan Song and Yan Shifan, and was also quite polite to Qian Zheng.

Xu Jie cast an inquiring glance at his colleague Lu Ben, who arrived before him, but Lu Ben turned his face expressionlessly.

However, there was no need for Xu Jie to guess, Xu Wei walked in with a straight face, "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Majesty summoned you." ”

"Hey, why is Wen Chang today?" Zhao Wenhua smiled and asked, "What about Gonggong Huang?" ”

Xu Wei was quite disdainful of Zhao Wenhua, but he knew that this person had a private relationship with Qian Yuan, so he reluctantly replied: "Your Majesty is the right person to read the Qingci and summon the officials to meet him. ”

Yan Shifan rolled his eyes, "What kind of tongue do you have, you Xu Wenchang lives in Suiyuan!" ”

Xu Jie's eyes fell on Qian Zheng's face, who seemed to be a little nervous, after returning to Beijing for nearly three years, it was the first time he had met him, but at such a critical moment...... Xu Jie was very sure that it should be Qian Yuan behind him.

Everyone set off to go to the Wanshou Palace, but Yan Shifan stayed in Zhilu, on the one hand, Zhilu needs to keep people, on the other hand, Yan Shifan, as a waiter of the Ministry of Works, is not an old man of Jiuqing Pavilion, not a close minister of Hanlin, and he is not qualified to meet him.

Emperor Jiajing has not been in a good mood for the past two days, and it doesn't matter if the southeast side is there, but the north side has been beaten by Meda...... God knows if he will come to the capital again one day.

Emperor Jiajing pondered in his heart, the border army does not seem to be as strong as the new army trained in Zhejiang, Zhancai and Wen Chang have mentioned several times that Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang are famous generals, Wu Baipeng and Tan Lun are all capable of commanders, and when the southeast is pacified, it can be transferred from the south to the north.

In fact, Emperor Jiajing belongs to the kind of military who does not understand the military, the new army of Zhejiang won the war, so the combat power is strong, and the border army was defeated by me, so the combat power is weak.

But this time he was right, this is indeed the case, in history, the Qi family army was transferred north to Jimen, the nine gates parade, shocked the border army, and was known as the strongest army in the world, and then Li Chengliang came out, and Jiajing finally quieted down from the beginning to the end.

Emperor Jiajing also knew that such a strong army needed silver to raise the army...... I don't know how much tax and silver can be paid into the treasury every year in Ningbo.

At this time, the ministers came to see him, and Emperor Jiajing asked casually: "It's been a few months, what is the monthly tax and silver of Ningbo?" ”

Xu Jie's heart was a little drumming, and he asked about the tax and silver directly...... What is Your Majesty trying to do?

Fang Yu said: "Your Majesty, the Ningbo Mansion has not yet submitted the account books from April to June, and today is the 12th of July...... However, the General Administration Department just received a letter from Tang Shun, the prefect of Ningbo, today. ”

Qian Zheng said: "Ningbo prefect Tang Shunzhi made it clear that the account books from April to June have been escorted to ......"

"How many?" Fang Yu asked, "It won't be less than the previous three months, right?" ”

Xu Wei coughed twice, "In the first three months, a total of 180,000 taels of tax silver were collected, 86,000 taels of silver were collected in April, 73,000 taels of silver in May, and 55,000 taels of silver in June, totaling 214,000 taels of silver. ”

After all, it was not a formal court visit, and the old man immediately asked, "Every month is less than a month...... What the hell is Qian Zhancai! ”

Qian Zheng said expressionlessly: "Gong Tong'an, this is the performance of Tang Shunzhi, the prefect of Ningbo, and it has nothing to do with Qian Yuan, the imperial history of Zhejiang. ”

Fang Dull was blocked in his chest and looked back at Emperor Jiajing, "Your Majesty, the household department has been elected to send officials to Zhenhai for a long time. ”

Emperor Jiajing glanced at Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were silent from beginning to end, you must know that the opening of the sea and the ban on trade have never been recognized by the imperial court so far, so what is the reason for staying in Zhenhai for a long time to check the accounts?

Xu Wei persuaded on the side: "Gong Tong'an, it is estimated that the tax silver can be restored to more than 80,000 taels in the next three months." ”

"Why?"

"Of course, it's the Jingguan piled up at the wharf of Hou Taoshan." Zhao Wenhua said with a smile: "Qian Zhancai has wiped out more than 1,000 bandits, but in fact, he is an anti-smuggling maritime businessman, who else dares to put his head under Qian Zhancai's knife?" ”

Fang Yu finally understood, and thought for a while before returning to the queue.

Emperor Jiajing didn't care about this, he didn't have the account books in his hand, but the relevant data Qian Yuan had already written in the secret letter, and Qian Yuan also mentioned the reason for the decline in taxes and silver, and set up an ambush to annihilate the eight maritime merchants.

Seeing that Fang Dut, a stubborn old man, was finally settled, Emperor Jiajing chin at Qian Zhengnunu, "What is the matter with the political envoy?" ”

"Ningbo prefect Tang Shunzhi folded into Beijing, and the minister did not dare to delay, and sent it to the cabinet ......"

Qian Zheng's words paused at this point, and Yan Song said: "The matter is very important, the old minister does not dare to be arbitrary, the cabinet is discussed, so that the general political envoy will be interviewed, and then inform the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry." ”

Hearing the words "Cabinet Discussion", Xu Jie's teeth ached, damn it, I don't know what happened now!

Emperor Jiajing leaned on the couch with great interest, and the lion cat jumped down from his knees, striding to the center, staring at Qian Zheng, who was about to speak.

Xu Wei hurriedly bent down and picked up the lion cat, walked a few steps quickly and handed it to Huang Jin.

Only then did Qian Zheng speak: "Tang Shunzhi, the prefect of Ningbo, offered three hundred giant trees. ”

Emperor Jiajing, who had already gotten the news, blurted out, "It's not a hundred ......"

Xu Wei's face was a little distorted, Your Majesty, you have acted in this play!

I really can't blame Emperor Jiajing, Qian Yuan mentioned in his secret letter in the morning that there were only a hundred giant trees.

Emperor Jiajing coughed twice, and asked casually: "Ningbo is located in the southeast, where does the giant tree come from?" ”

Zhao Wenhua and Fang Yu were both happy at first, and then couldn't cry or laugh.

And Xu Jie's heart was cold, this was Qian Yuan's backhand...... Naturally, he wanted to know where the three hundred giant trees would be used.

Qian Zheng took out the fold from his sleeve and replied loudly: "Offered by folk maritime merchants." ”

"Folk maritime merchants?"

"Nanzhili Huizhou Wang Zhi, Zhejiang Ningbo Mansion Mao Haifeng, Taizhou Mansion Tan Long, I heard that the three major halls were burned down, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan are difficult to raise giant trees, so they purchased giant trees overseas to dedicate, hoping to rebuild the three major halls as soon as possible."

After a pause, Qian Zheng added: "The three hundred giant trees are all in compliance with the Yongle period of the divine wood, and they are all Nanmu. ”

Zhao Wenhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, gasped, three hundred nanmu is already difficult to climb to the sky, not to mention the divine wood that meets the specifications of the three major halls of Yongle.

Emperor Jiajing smiled and asked according to the script this time: "Wang Zhi? I have a little impression, who is this? ”

Xu Jie, who was standing in second place on the left, shook his body a little, he didn't care that Qian Yuanjin offered a giant wood to try to open the sea and ban trade, but it was unbearable...... Qian Yuan brought Wang Zhi in.