Today, in the last dynasty, Yan Chengjin stood in the ranks of the imperial history.

Wang Shouren admonished that the rectification of the border guard post and the Beijing camp was to detect many malpractices in the Weiyuan guard post.

The system of the Daming Guard and the Jingying collapsed, and Yan Chengjin knew it in his heart.

Before Wang Shouren could say a few words, some officials from the Ministry of War objected and rejected Wang Shouren's admonition on the grounds that it would cost him too much money.

It is true that the rectification requires a lot of extravagant expenses, first of all, to ensure that the military rations supplied by the nine sides are sufficient, and secondly, to replace the armor and weapons.

I don't know how much money it will cost.

When Wang Shouren came back from Weiyuanwei, he admonished to rectify the guards, and he must have seen the collapse of the guards system.

The guards lived in extreme poverty, and as far as clothing was concerned, although their clothes were provided by the official treasury, their families had to prepare their own clothes, and their wives and children had no clothes.

In addition, the food was only one person's share, and the whole family ate it, and sometimes, the imperial court was still in arrears of military salaries, so the soldiers fled from the guard.

Ningxia Wei, which is under the jurisdiction of my father, is better, because there are often Tatar attacks, and the court does not dare not support it.

Wang Shouren had only a few words of advice, and it was difficult to impress Emperor Hongzhi and hundreds of officials.

Yan Chengjin guessed that the most important thing was that His Majesty and the hundred officials did not know how far the Wei Institute had declined.

In the middle of June,

The capital was a little stuffy, and Song Jing made fifteen astronomical telescopes.

As a craftsman, he did not use leftovers as Yan Chengjin said, but minimized the loss of materials and removed the meat from between his teeth.

Copper is the metal used to mint coins, and it is very expensive, so copper can only be used on the inner wall of the Song telescope and iron on the outside to reduce the cost of minting.

The Zhang brothers were overjoyed, the ancestors blessed, the silver was not wasted, as long as it was sold to the Franco, the silver was like falling from the sky in vain, "Those fools of the Franco, spending silver is happier than the gentry." ”

200,000 silver flowed into the pass, and naturally it could not be hidden from the imperial court.

Ten days later,

Fengtian Temple,

Mu Bin walked in quickly and said: "Your Majesty, there are merchants in Tianjin who trade with the ministers of the DPRK and China, counting about 200,000 taels. ”

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "Who in the court dares to violate the ban?" ”

"It is said that ...... It was Ning Shouhou and Jian Changbo. ”

Emperor Hongzhi was furious in his heart.

In the early years, he knew that Ning Shouhou and Jian Changbo were reselling antiques and silk to the Franji people, and he warned them at that time.

These two things that don't make up for something, and what are they selling?

However, apart from the fields and shops, what could be sold for 200,000 taels of silver?

Emperor Hongzhi really couldn't think of it, so he asked, "What was sold, and when was it sold?" ”

"The minister didn't know that a few days ago, Marquis Ning Shou and Uncle Jianchang sent a lot of boxes to Yanfu, it seems to be the Song Astronomical Telescope, His Royal Highness the Prince...... Also there. ”

Yan Chengjin and the prince?

Emperor Hongzhi fell into deep thought, ordered someone to summon the Ningshouhou brothers into the palace, thought about it, and called Yan Chengjin as well.

When Mu Bin came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Yan Chengjin was not surprised.

He followed Mu Bin to the Fengtian Temple, where the Zhang brothers were already kneeling, and the brothers looked at him viciously, as if they were bitter and hateful.

There is also the crown prince Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao's face was a little pale, and he muttered: "Lao Gao, this palace has recruited ......"

Before he could salute, Emperor Hongzhi asked, "I heard that you sold 10,000 taels of Song's telescopes to Ning Shouhouhou, but the cost was only 1,000 taels of silver?" ”

Zhu Houzhao's poisonous oath really can't be believed......

The Zhang brothers' eyes were red, and they looked at Yan Chengjin with a bitter and hateful look, "Brother, this dog thing is darker than us!" ”

"Don't talk, it's a shame."

Yan Chengjin blinked his eyes and said innocently: "Your Majesty looks at this note, the minister did not make an offer, it was Marquis Ning Shou who had to hand over 90,000 taels of silver to the minister." ”

Zhang Heling actually poured up with a mouthful of old blood: "Your Majesty, the ministers are wronged." ”

This dog thing was greedy for their money, and said that they had to give it away......

"Brother...... I'm going to beat this guy to death. Zhang Yanling cried aggrievedly.

Emperor Hongzhi read the note, and also signed the names of Marquis Ning Shouhou and Jianchangbo, and his face became ugly: "The note is clearly written, I will be settling the account with you for a while." ”

When it came to the sea ban, the Zhang brothers didn't dare to squeak.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin and frowned: "Do you know that according to the Ming law, traders should be dealt with severely if they raise prices?" ”

"As a royal historian, the minister naturally knows it."

The Ming Law stipulates that if a businessman inflates prices and commits bribery, the severity of the punishment shall be based on the amount of the gouging to be convicted.

"The minister did not raise the price, and dared to ask how much silver the minister received from His Majesty when he sold the first telescope to His Majesty?"

"Ten thousand taels." Emperor Hongzhi said.

The crowd is petrified.

Sold to Emperor Hongzhi for 10,000 taels, and sold the Zhang brothers for 10,000 taels, it seems to be ...... Didn't raise the price?

The Zhang brothers were dumbfounded.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't care about this, and his eyes fell on Yan Chengjin: "I ask you, why are the Franco people willing to spend the high price of 20,000 taels of silver?" ”

Yan Chengjin thought for a while.

It's really hard to explain the market value to Hongji.

Some things are used in the right place, which is a resource, and if they are used in the wrong place, they are garbage.

It's like the silk of the Ming Dynasty, which doubled in price in the West, but it is not so popular in the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Chengjin carefully considered it: "In the Weiyuan War, the Song telescope and artillery showed their might, and the Franco Machinery Kingdom, like the Ming Dynasty, will also have frequent wars, if the Song telescope and artillery are used to capture a city, it is worth more than 20,000 taels of silver."

Taking a step back, even if they didn't ship them back to the country of Franco, and sold these cannons and telescopes to the Japanese country, the minister dared to say that it was worth a lot of money. ”

As long as there is war, these things have value.

Falling into the hands of the common people, looking at the moon, nothing can be tossed.

These Francos are very thieves, and maybe in a few years, the Song telescope will be transformed into a more high-end telescope, and then resold to Daming.

Isn't that what the Furlong cannon is?

Liu Jian was shocked: "Your Majesty, how dare you sell it to the Wa Kingdom." ”

Emperor Hongzhi knew that his murderous eyes fell on the Zhang brothers, and these two guys actually sold eleven units.

If the Wa Kingdom used it to fight the Great Ming Water Division, wouldn't it lift a stone and shoot itself in the foot?

Xie Qian's face was worried: "Your Majesty, the ship that wants to come to the Franc Machine has not gone far yet, it is better to let the Tianjin Navy Division sink the Franc Machine's merchant ship!" ”

"It's good to sink it, let's sell it to them if it's sunk." Zhang Yanling was happy.

Yan Chengjin raised his head slightly: "The minister has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Emperor Hongzhi sank his face: "Speak"

"If the merchant ship of the Francois is sunk, I am afraid that no more cannibals and Francos will dare to trade silk and tea with the Ming Dynasty."

The Ming Dynasty exported silk and tea to Francois all the year round, which originally violated the sea ban.

Emperor Hongzhi and his ministers all knew that it was just that the comings and goings of the Francos and the Ming Dynasty made the coastal ports prosperous, so they turned a blind eye and closed one eye.

Yan Chengjin wanted Emperor Hongzhi to simply open the sea and ban it.

But now the admonition is not much sure, he is just a small imperial history, and the admonition to open the sea will violate the interests of many people, and I am afraid that someone will be impeached the next day.

Emperor Hongzhi's deep meaning is not that he was punished for touching the sea ban, but that he was hungry for the silver he collected......

Thinking of Wang Shouren's advice, Yan Chengjin said: "The Song telescope and artillery have been shipped, and I am worried that the Francois and the Japanese state will be unfavorable to our dynasty, so it is better to reorganize the Beijing camp and expand the three armies, and the minister is willing to give 80,000 taels of silver as a waste." ”