It's just that this matter is a little too difficult, and if it is really handed over to Xu Xi, I don't know if he can do it.

But now, there is really no other good way. It just so happened that Xu Xi begged for himself, and it was logical to hand over this matter to him.

If the thing is done, the credit will naturally have its own share; But if things go wrong, then let him carry the blame.

Zhang Weixian settled his mind, and felt that Dingguo Gong had asked for a way for him, but he was for a thing.

Now that the General Staff Office has been established, its position should be changed. In the past, it was to seek self-preservation, but now it is different, and he wants to seek power.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Weixian has more things to think about and more things to do. There used to be some things that he could do in person, but now it's inconvenient. Finding someone to follow you is also a good choice.

So in such a situation, it is also an option to keep Xu Xi by his side. After all, in this day, there are always a few people under his command who listen to their own words and bite people.

Now it depends on whether Xu Xi has the courage to do so, the things handed over to him this time are to give an explanation to the emperor, and secondly, it is a letter of nomination.

Xu Xi also sat aside and thought, although he came to ask for help, it didn't mean that he didn't have any ideas in his heart. As a prince of the Ming Dynasty, he is very clear about some things, what can be done and what cannot be done, he knows better in his heart.

So if the British prince said it, Xu Xi really didn't dare to agree.

After pondering for a long time, Xu Xi said, "Guogong, is this matter too big?" ”

"Breaking the drum must be broken with a hammer, although it is possible to break it, but it is also possible to deafening it. At this point, if you are still hesitant in your heart, then I don't think there is any need for us to talk about it. Zhang Weixian looked at Xu Xi and said in a light tone.

What I want is someone who can follow me and is willing to rush up and bite people for me.

Dingguo Gong is a Guogong and has a very special identity, so this is a very suitable candidate. But if he doesn't dare to do it, no matter how special his identity is, it's useless.

"But Guogong, you also know that those salt sellers are not easy to mess with. Besides, there is a lot of money in this salt, not to mention anything else, and even those of us take a lot of money from it every year. You know what happened back then, and I know it too, but if it really makes trouble, I'm afraid it will be a mess. ”

After saying this, Xu Xi raised his head and looked at Zhang Weixian, and said with a serious face: "If this thing really stirs up, I'm afraid none of us will be able to escape." ”

"What are you afraid of?" Zhang Weixian sneered and said: "This world belongs to Your Majesty, who to dispose of, who not to dispose of, that is not a matter of Your Majesty's words?" ”

"You have done things for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will naturally keep you. How about King Fu? Aren't you still jumping in the capital now? ”

"Look at Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, what is the status of the people now? Are you really willing? If you're really willing, then when I didn't say anything. ”

After listening to the words of the British duke, Xu Xi was silent for a long time again, gritted his teeth and said, "Guogong, say it." ”

British Gong Zhang Weixian glanced at Xu Xi and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Xu Xi smiled helplessly, he also knew that Zhang Weixian was testing himself, but now, he really had no other way but to listen to Zhang Weixian's words.

After thinking about it, Xu Xi said, "Do you want to use the money to occupy the nest?" ”

"Go on." Zhang Weixian glanced at him and said, "Take off the book."

The so-called occupancy of the nest is actually a secret that their nobles and relatives know together. When it was first made, it could be traced back to the Hongzhi period, and the one who took the lead was the uncle at that time.

At that time, Emperor Hongzhi only favored Empress Zhang, and the Zhang family was naturally in full swing.

Shouning Hou Zhang Heling, although this person is wise and talented, but in terms of collecting money for himself, he is really very skillful.

The so-called occupancy of the nest is actually the occupation of salt.

Everyone knows that salt is money, but this thing can't be distributed indiscriminately, and once it is indiscriminately distributed, the damage caused will be very large.

But Shou Ninghou didn't care about this, he wantonly reined in the salt introduction, and also made hundreds of thousands of quintals of salt through the palace, and the money naturally fell into his pocket.

It's just that these things can't be turned into money, they have to go through those salt merchants. And the opening of grain is the biggest obstacle to their prosperity.

Therefore, with the cooperation of each other, they changed the grain opening to the silver opening.

It's just one word off, but it's a world of difference.

In the process of receiving grain, what is needed is grain; In the opening of the silver industry, all that is needed is silver, and the salt is no longer needed to be transshipped through silver, and the salt merchants can buy salt as long as they use money.

At that time, Ye Qi, the head of the household department, changed the grain to the silver to the silver, nominally to increase the income of the imperial court, so that the merchants could use silver to buy salt, which could increase the income of the imperial court.

In fact, it was precisely because of this that in the following years, the imperial court was able to raise several million taels of silver every year.

However, this policy gave Anhui salt merchants a chance to rise, and from then on they no longer had to turn around from grain, but directly with silver.

At that time, the nobles and relatives of various families also frantically collected money from it. They took out a large pile of salt from the royal family and sold it to the salt merchants; The salt merchants would buy the salt from the nobles and relatives, and the price would naturally not be too low.

This kind of operation is to occupy the nest, and that time is a feast of wealth for countless people.

Whether it was a civil salt merchant or a noble relative, all of them had a large part of it, and the money could be inherited from generation to generation, so it can be said that there was little opposition at that time.

This policy is not short until now. Everyone knows how much money there is in it, it is the money of Jinshan Yinhai, but if you want to move this policy, there will be many people.

First of all, there are those honorable relatives, who will definitely oppose it.

Then there are the salt merchants. The current salt merchants are not as powerful as before, these people are powerful and wealthy, and among the officials in the court, countless people have been cultivated by them, and it can be said that they have a deep foundation.

Once the salt is touched, it is tantamount to offending everyone. If you really unfold it from this angle, I'm afraid it will really be a dead end.

So Xu Xi directly asked the key question, does Zhang Weixian want to use this money?

Glancing at Xu Xi, Zhang Weixian said directly: "Under the nest, how many eggs are finished?" ”

After hearing this, Xu Xi slowly closed his eyes.