In the city of Nanjing, in terms of personal status, there is no one who is on the right side of the Duke of Wei, and the garrison of Nanjing is in charge of military power...... Although it is formal, after all, it has the meaning of pastoring the southeast for the royal family.

can overpower Wei Guogong's ...... Now there is no one in Nanjing City, Yan Dang drove away a group, Li Mo drove away another group, if these people did not resign, most of them would live in Nanjing, looking forward to Yan Song's end or Emperor Jiajing's ascension to immortality every day.

Xu Pengju, the contemporary Duke of Wei, personally went out to greet him, which was an unexpected grand etiquette, after all, the opposite side was only the patrol of the imperial history of the Jinshi who had just been promoted this year.

But Xu Pengju didn't care, whether the lord was doing well or not, the first thing was the holy family, the young man in front of him was in the emperor's heart, and he was friendly with King Yu, how could he be contemptuous.

"I haven't seen him for more than a year, my brother has been on the emperor's list, and he has won the Japanese twice, he is really a young hero, but he can compare everyone in the world." Xu Peng, who looked like a member of a rich family, held Qian Yuan's hand and entered all the way.

"Grandpa Guo praised it falsely." Qian Yuan's expression was faint, he waved his hand to let the attendant step back, picked up the teacup and drank a few sips before saying, "The year has not yet arrived in Nanjing, and the garden has not yet been completed?" ”

Xu Pengju was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's really shy." ”

"Shy?" Qian Yuan glanced at Xu Bangning, who was the only one brought in by Xu Pengju, and raised his eyebrows: "In the first month of the thirty-second year of Jiajing, the grandfather of the country was sparse, the Japanese invaders were disturbed for many years, and the warships were insufficient. ”

Glancing at Xu Pengju, whose face gradually faded, Qian Yuan chuckled, "Now there are dozens of military ships on the southeast coast, only dozens of Taizhou and Songjiang military ships, what about the two hundred sand ships?" ”

At that time, Zheng He's fleet to the West was the most famous is the Fu boat, but in fact, the number of sand ships is the largest, this kind of ship has many masts and many sails, shallow draft, low resistance, can sail fast on the sea, and the load is not too small, generally in 4,000 to 6,000 stones, about 500 to 800 tons in later generations.

Because most of Zheng He's ships to the West were made in Nanjing, this place has always been the main base for the imperial court to build military ships...... Nominally, it is to suppress the Japanese, but secretly it has another purpose.

Xu Peng raised his eyes and rolled his eyes, and asked in a hesitant low voice: "Zhancai, but Your Majesty ......"

"It has nothing to do with Your Majesty." Qian Yuan said simply: "If you want to open the sea and ban trade, Grandpa Guo will help me." ”

"Dude, this is a joke." Xu Pengju leaned on the back of the chair with the old god there, "The forbidden sea is an ancestral system, do you want the old brother to take the brand of Wei Guogong to accompany you in the battle?" ”

Qian Yuan sneered, got up and said: "There should be 400 sand boats in Nanjing, but in fact there are only more than 100 ships, and they are all under the command of the Governor of Caojiang, and more than 100 ships have been transferred to Songjiang, Jiaxing, and Hangzhou, and there are still 100 left...... Grandpa Guo must not be stupid enough to swallow all the silver into his stomach. ”

"There is something very strange, Caojiang Admiral Gao Jianqing once mentioned that the more than 100 sand boats under his command were allocated from the 32nd year of Jiajing to the 33rd year of Jiajing, but there were still 200 sand boats in Nanjing before, where did they go?"

"Grandpa Guo, what a big deal is the opening of the sea and the ban on trade, do you think someone from my money will casually come to the door for help?"

Xu Pengju's face suddenly turned pale and pale, swallowed his saliva and drove Xu Bangning out, got up and walked to Qian Yuan's side, "Brother, this is ...... I don't really understand it. ”

"In the thirty-first year of Jiajing, Ligang has not been destroyed, and the sea trade is vigorous." Qian Yuan was a little impatient, and directly pointed to the topic: "Ningbo, Taizhou, and Shaoxing suddenly have a few maritime merchants who don't know where to get sand boats to go to sea, and they make a lot of money, of course, after the Battle of Ligang, most of these sand boats are gone. ”

Glancing at Xu Pengju, who was relieved, Qian Yuan snorted, "But if Grandpa Guo can be trusted, Qian can be recovered...... Maybe those ship owners are still those maritime merchants from Ningbo and Taizhou. ”

Compared with others, Qian Yuan has too many channels to get the news, he can read all the old official documents, can find out from Tan Wei, his father and brother, he is still a time-traveler, and his ability to summarize information has also surpassed this era.

In fact, the matter is very simple, Xu Pengju went to the imperial court to add two hundred sand boats, at that time it was still in the honeymoon period of Wang Zhi and Zhejiang coastal officials, he transferred a part of the original sand boats in Nanjing to do sea trade, and then used the silver two dozens allocated by the imperial court to make new sand boats to the governor of Caojiang.

But soon, with a thunderclap, Wang Minying, who was the governor of Zhejiang at the time, set off a major war, Ligang was destroyed, a large number of maritime merchants fell into the hands of the Japanese bandits, and most of those sand boats also fell into the hands of the Japanese invaders, if this matter was poked out...... The title of Duke of Wei may not be anything, but Xu Pengju himself must be unlucky.

In a word, people die for money, birds die for food, Xu Pengju is greedy and stupid...... Qian Yuan had doubts as early as July and August this year, and after entering Beijing, he made a detailed investigation, and when he was sure that he would make a special detour to Nanjing when the New Year was approaching.

"Brother......" Xu Peng sat down with his ass, his eyes were blank and said: "Brother, I can't help it......"

The last generation of Wei Guogong Xu Li was Xu Pengju's grandfather, and the eldest son was Xu Pengju's father Xu Bikui, but the youngest son Xu Tianci was the most favored by Xu Li...... Just look at the name.

Xu Tianci was in charge of the affairs of the Wei Mansion for decades, and robbed a large amount of property, houses, and fields...... One of the most famous is the Taifu Garden, which has been handed down from the ancestor Xu Dashi.

This Taifu Garden covers an area of about 270 acres, of which about 70 acres are on the water surface, and is the largest private garden in Nanjing...... In later generations, it was also one of the famous scenic spots in Nanjing, but it was renamed Bailuzhou Park.

In fact, it was very difficult for Xu Pengju to attack the lord just now, until the fifteenth year of Jiajing, Xu Tianci pulled his cousin Xu Pengju into the sea trade business in order to completely snatch away Taifu Garden.

Since then, Xu Pengju, who has tasted the sweetness, has begun to rise rapidly, and it was really just a delivery at first, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the fields and manors of the Duke of Wei are not ordinary wealthy families, and the output is very large.

Around 30 years after Jiajing, Xu Pengju began to be dissatisfied with only doing the upstream of the smuggling line, but actually participated in smuggling...... Until the Japanese began to plague most of the southeast, the garden outside has not been repaired, because the sea trade has been cut off, and the silver is not enough.

"Two things." Qian Yuan raised his index finger, "First, the shipyard here in Nanjing will build a sand boat, and immediately allocate it to Taizhou and Ningbo, Grandpa Guo won't tell Qian that someone has no money, right?" ”

Xu Pengju gritted his teeth and nodded fiercely, he didn't want to agree, but last year, the Japanese almost invaded Nanjing, and Emperor Jiajing looked at him very unpleasantly, and Qian Yuan was Emperor Jiajing's favorite minister, and he was friendly with King Yu.

"Second, open the sea and ban trade, help me." Qian Yuan raised his middle finger.

"No way." Xu Peng raised his face and immediately shook his head, although he was stupid, he also knew that as a lord, he must not get involved in this kind of thing.

"Grandpa Guo should also know that there is a great shortage of money in the DPRK, and the rats in the household warehouse have to go out to beg for food, and the southeast needs a large amount of silver taels to fight against the Japanese, and Hu Ruzhen intercepts half of the two Huai salt taxes to make up for military expenses, but it must not last, otherwise if you don't say that the whole dynasty will be killed, even Your Majesty will not nod."

Qian Yuan said carefully: "So now there are only two laws, one is to continue to add and compile, half of Nanzhili's Fuzhou, Zhejiang, Huguang and a half, and Jiangxi have already implemented the method of compilation, and some Fuzhou have been compiled to Jiajing for 40 years, this law has advantages and disadvantages." ”

"Second, the sea should be opened to trade and trade should be closed to make up for the lack of military spending with tariffs."

Qian Yuan glanced at Xu Pengju, who was silent, "Grandpa Guo can rest assured that Qian Mou is definitely not here to coerce." ”

Xu Pengju scolded in his heart, don't coerce me...... The first thing you do when you enter the door is to dig through those old accounts!