The beginning of the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing annoyed Emperor Jiajing.

The troubles between the two Zhejiang provinces gradually subsided, but there was a disturbance in Fujian, and it was quite a big trouble.

In the north, Altan Khan went south, and the Jimen defense line was a mess, several cities fell, and the governor of Jiliao and the general soldiers of Jimen were imprisoned for crimes, and the household department could not come up with any money and food to comfort and rebuild.

But after receiving Qian Yuan's secret report in early April, Emperor Jiajing's mood relaxed, and he was burdened with possible ...... No, it is the responsibility that will definitely be impeached in the future, but at a critical moment to solve the worries of the monarch's father, which emperor does not like such a courtier?

"This is the Golden Rod?" Emperor Jiajing looked at the small piece of corn in the bowl curiously, "It is said that the Qian family restaurant sells it very expensive?" ”

Huang Jin, who was serving on the side, said: "Emperor, just like that, one or two pieces of silver!" ”

"Death for money!" Xu Wei on the other side couldn't help but complain: "A few days ago, the Duke of Tong'an said that he should really come to be a big farmer!" ”

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help laughing, pointed at Xu Wei and said with a smile: "I heard Huang Ban say, Wen Chang suffered a lot of losses this time?" ”

Xu Wei was speechless with a dark face.

"It's good to take a lesson, the deliberations between the DPRK and China are twists and turns, they are all making a fuss in the stomach, and there is a degree of advance and retreat, and the exhibition is better than you in this regard." Emperor Jiajing turned his head and asked, "How much is released into the Tai Warehouse now?" ”

"One hundred and thirty-five thousand taels of silver, and twenty-five thousand stone meters." Huang Jin said with a smile.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Wei with a dejected face amusedly, "How to divide it?" ”

"Ningbo Mansion divides the profit into two percent, and the remaining eighty percent is released into the Tai warehouse every three months, and does not stay in Nanjing." Huang Jin smiled: "The old slave thinks...... It has been a long time to show talents. ”

"Of course, a few years ago, he was obsessed with the opening of the sea and the ban on trade." Emperor Jiajing paused, "I really let him do it...... I actually got a fleet! ”

As early as the thirty-fourth year of Jiajing, Qian Yuan proposed this plan in front of Emperor Jiajing, and the sea trade tax and silver were delivered to the household department, and a fleet was formed for the royal family...... Of course, this royal family includes the eunuchs.

Huang Jin sighed twice, "Eight sea ships, Zhancai is also a little stingy." ”

Xu Wei glanced sideways, "Once a month and a half, going back and forth, excluding the expenses of the fleet, the profit each time is about 450,000 taels of silver, and this time a total of more than 236,000 taels of silver are released into the internal carrier, and there are many overseas treasures...... Is this also called stinginess? ”

As soon as he heard the figure of more than 236,000 taels, Emperor Jiajing's eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile...... Just a few days ago, the Blue Immortal was still complaining about the lack of alchemy raw materials and poor quality, and last year's concubine in Xinna was still disgusted that the pearls were not rounded enough......

You must know that the commercial tax collected by the eight major banknotes of the canal last year was only 460,000 taels!

"Eight sea ships are really a lot, except for Wang Zhi's fleet, there are really not many fleets that can have eight sea ships." Xu Wei explained: "If a sand ship can sail to the South China Sea in the near sea, do you need a large sea vessel? It is often a few or even a dozen people who go to sea with a shipload of goods. ”

Huang Jin asked curiously: "Where did Zhancai get the eight sea ships?" ”

"Uh...... Left behind after Xu Hai was killed. Xu Weiren smiled and said: "That day, Zhancai personally went to Ligang to appease Wang Zhi? Blackmailed in secret conversations. ”

Emperor Jiajing scolded with a smile: "What a bandit? Recruiting thieves and taking the initiative to ask for bribes, by the way, it is also reckless to show talents? It is said that those eight seagoing ships still have to pay taxes and silver when they go to sea? ”

Huang Jin immediately said: "This sea ship can also be regarded as an imperial shop and a royal village, right?" Do you still have to pay taxes? ”

Xu Wei blinked, "Zhancai is bent on going his own way......"

Emperor Jiajing and Huang Jin both knew it in their hearts, which Qian Yuan deliberately did.

If the royal fleet does not need to pay taxes and silver when going to sea, believe it or not those eunuchs will drive down the price? Having a large number of ships anchored under the royal fleet is almost indistinguishable from smuggling? Therefore, this opening must not be opened.

It's hard to say what it will evolve into in the future, but at least at the beginning, Qian Yuan won't let the eunuch intervene? In the Jiajing Dynasty, where the eunuch power was weakened, he still had this certainty.

After chatting for a while, Emperor Jiajing asked about the matter, "Since July last year, Zhenhai has collected a total of 370,000 taels of tax silver, and it should have been sent to the Tai Warehouse nearly 300,000 taels, why did Zhancai intercept it?" ”

Xu Wei Zhengse said: "First, Tang Jingchuan, the prefect of Ningbo, was afraid that the commercial affairs would be prosperous and even the grain shortage, so he asked the maritime merchants to go to sea to sell goods and buy grain in various places in Nanyang to offset the tax and silver.

The Ningbo government used a profit of 20% of the tax silver to buy a large amount of grain at a parity price, which could not only level the grain price in Zhejiang, but also transport Fujian land for military use, and this was how the 25,000 stone rice sent to Beijing came from this time. ”

"Too much money?" Huang Jin asked.

"Yes, Jingchuan Gong is afraid of food shortage, and only in the four counties of Zhenhai, Cixi, Yinxian, and Dinghai, more than ten granaries have been built." Xu Wei smiled bitterly: "The so-called no agriculture is unstable, Jingchuan Gong would rather suffer a loss than fear of food shortage......

Huang Jin nodded again and again, and Emperor Jiajing on the side stroked the lion cat and scolded with a smile: "Huang Ban really believes it...... They are afraid that there will be a food shortage, and those officials in the DPRK and China will have to bury them with a twist, and by that time, I will not have the face to say that the sea is banned! ”

Xu Wei laughed a few times, and then said: "Second, Zhancai has allocated a large amount of silver taels and is building ships. ”

Huang Jin's eyes lit up, "This is a good thing, eight ships are too few!" ”

"It's a warship." Xu Wei grinned, "Huang Gonggong doesn't know, now the two Zhejiang widows are gradually subsiding, but the sea is still not peaceful, pirates often haunt, Zhenhai is not every day there are merchant ships to go to sea, but every ten days to concentrate on the sea, just to fear pirates attacking." ”

"Therefore, Zhancai wants to form a fleet to escort the ship, if there is no military ship to escort it, the merchant ship will have many disasters...... This year alone, six merchant ships went to sea in Zhenhai and five sank. ”

Glancing at Emperor Jiajing, Xu Wei cautiously added: "Now that Fujian is in serious trouble, form a fleet to fight the Japanese...... It can also be used in the Fujian war. ”

Emperor Jiajing was silent, silently calculated in his heart, and finally asked expressionlessly: "How much did he withhold?" ”

The corners of Xu Wei's eyes moved, and he replied: "150,000 taels of silver, of which a small part helps Ningbo Mansion to purchase grain, and most of it is used for shipbuilding. ”

"Nine months, at least more than 10,000 taels ......a month," Emperor Jiajing sighed, "It's really enough to spend...... What else did he say about being able to serve as the chief Sinon, he was appointed as the head of the household department, and the court was only afraid that he would starve to death! ”

Xu Wei was silent and no longer defended anything, in fact, Qian Yuan mentioned this matter in the letter, since the maritime merchants who went to sea to sell goods, since they took this road, they must have the consciousness of seeking wealth and danger, and the task of that fleet for a long time in the next year is only one, to combat smuggling.

Out of the West Garden, Xu Wei did not go back to Suiyuan directly, but went to the Hanlin Courtyard to take a turn.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Wei heard a cheerful voice inside...... It is said that Hanlin is poor, but it is really not poor, after all, you can accept the land donation if you win the lift, but in Beijing, the cost is extremely high, and there is no oil and water in itself, and you can't get it for a few months or even half a year, which is really difficult enough!

As soon as he saw Xu Wei enter the door, Sun Yan pulled him to the corner, "The household department has released a message to make up for last year's Yulu tomorrow...... Is it Zhancai's side? ”

"Well, it's just in the name of Su Song's payment of arrears of money and grain, as well as the depreciation of Nanjing's household grain." Xu Wei said in a low voice: "I can't hide this matter from many people, but there is no need to publicize it. ”

Sun Yan answered, seeing that Xu Wei's face was not very happy, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" ”

Xu Wei sighed and shook his head, originally wanting to take out this silver at the critical moment when the Daoyan official impeached Qian Yuan...... Helplessly, the household department couldn't hold on.

If the official of Kedao impeached Qian Yuan for rashly setting up a city for trade, but the money issued by the household department was the tax money sent by Zhenhai...... That's kind of interesting.

But Qian Yuan said in the letter that he was not very optimistic about this plan, the conditions required were too harsh, the timing was difficult to grasp, and the effect it could have was very limited.

However, people are not as good as heaven.

Soon, a piece of news that shook the world came to the capital, not to mention the six cabinets, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six departments were all fried, and Qian Yuan and Hu Zongxian became the target of public criticism, so that Xu Wei's abandoned plan actually played a certain role.