For the Donglin Party, the biggest source of income may be to provide tax avoidance services for the salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, to serve as an umbrella for their tax evasion, and then to get a part of the salt tax evaded by the salt merchants.

This is actually a gradual process, and at the beginning, there were a few people of insight who confirmed that if this continues, if the country has no money, where will the money come from to raise soldiers and maintain the rule of the country?

But as time goes by, more and more people eat the bowl of salt tax, such voices have gradually disappeared, the reason is very simple, has formed a big tail, relying on the umbrella for tax evasion salt merchants to provide a team, they have been linked for generations, echo each other, dare to oppose, is against them, and even their own life and death honor and disgrace are in danger.

Their name is almost called the Donglin Party.

Even a famous son like Hou Fangyu felt that he was just a dog for the salt merchants, or in other words, he didn't dare to provoke him, and Chen Zhenhui came up and said directly that if he didn't give money, he would let the salt merchants die, which was really a threat to Chiguoguo.

Hou Fangyu said: "Now the world is not very good, business is always not going well in various industries, I am afraid, it is difficult to make money." ”

Chen Zhenhui said angrily: "You can't see what's going on, now the Ming Dynasty has no money, don't let them pay money, distribute it to officials at all levels in Fengyang, what do you want to let people do things for you, it's all Ma Shiying's people, why should people do things for you!" ”

Hou Fangyu is also itchy, he lives with himself, and knows that this official will do things without money, but in the past year or two, since he arrived in Nanjing, the daily expenses of drinking and drinking, in addition to the amazing wealth accumulated by his father, are those salt merchants, after all, they are equivalent to the sons of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Communications, and the Minister of Construction of Western countries in later generations.

In this era, although the bureaucrats and scholars are basically nonsense, they are a model of honesty and trustworthiness for "their own people", for example, for the salt merchants, unloading the mill and killing donkeys, watching people put off the dishes, and seeing that people are not in position, they will no longer be sought after, that is not good, what do you let the current officials think? Do you think that when I step down, I will be so angry?

This is the same as when the president of the United States was in office, he was honest and clean, all kinds of models, once he stepped down, he published a book, gave speeches all over the country, and the speeches cost a huge amount of money, and they all went to those big enterprises that benefited him when he was president, and they all worked the same way.

Hou Fangyu naturally had to consider the gold owner.

He suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, if it's a source of money, there is another person, have you thought of it?" ”

Chen Zhenhui asked, "Who is it?" ”

Hou Fangyu seemed to be very proud, and said: "It's from Fujian Province, the son of the Zheng family in Fujian." ”

Chen Zhenhui's eyes burned for a while, and she said, "That beginner disciple of Qian Qianyi? I only heard that he followed his mentor and returned to his hometown in Suzhou, and he came back again! ”

Hou Fangyu smiled and said: "Suzhou is not far from Nanjing, besides, that son also came to Nanjing with something on his mind, how can he just give up, that Qian Lao was directly scolded, lost face, Nanjing is scattered everywhere, he is a traitor and criminal post, but, according to the current point of view, Qian Lao still has no heart to give up, and wants to fight again." ”

Chen Zhenhui said slowly: "Then Zheng Sen, what are the requirements, although he also went to that house to give some small gifts, but he only left some famous notes, and occasionally met a few times, but he rarely talked in detail." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "It's nothing more than a matter of maritime business. ”

Chen Zhenhui frowned and said: "His Zheng family has already relied on maritime affairs to earn wealth all over the world, Fujian alone, the Zheng family can buy up to three out of ten, what else?" ”

Hou Fangyu was stunned and said, "I don't know about this. ”

Chen Zhenhui said: "Okay, you go and get in touch, as soon as possible, I feel that Ma Shiying can't hang out for a long time, even if he doesn't go back, there will be people peeping outside, it is inevitable that Fengyang's hearts will fluctuate, and within a few days, he will move, speaking of which, I heard that Huang Degong is a vulgar martial artist." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "He is from the imperial capital Jingying, I heard that he likes to drink, and if he pours a few sips of wine, he will ignore everything and ignore nothing." ”

Chen Zhenhui was gloomy and said: "In addition to the people and horses of Ma Shiying's old camp, the natives of Guizhou are used, and the displaced people recruited, the generals below use Huang Degong and Gao Jie the most, but Gao Jie is an official who was born in a rogue and took refuge in later, right?" ”

Hou Fangyu also suddenly felt that it was wonderful.

Let these scholars do things that are really beneficial to the world, I am afraid that they will shirk one by one, but they are also leading one by one by engaging in conspiracies and tricks to harm people.

At the beginning, Li Xiangqian knew that the so-called four towns of Jiangbei under Ma Shiying may not all be loyal to the country, Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo are definitely their internal time bombs, so they secretly helped Ma Shiying.

No matter how stupid Huang Degong and Gao Jie are, they are also politically reliable after the process of the fall of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and as long as the power is in hand and has the power transfer bonus of the crown prince, it is hard to imagine that they will fight the elders to the end, but Er Liu is mind is difficult to say.

But for Comrade Zheng Sen, this is not a matter, at this time, for him, it is the best era, many families are very sensitive, at this time this Nanjing, although it looks like flowers, cooking oil on fire, but all of them have no political foresight, for the forces that have been assembled in the north, there is no resistance to the mind, although the legend of the light and monster 6 is destined to make many old and serious characters frown, but King Fu is now out, King Lu is also directly warned, and there is no backbone for everyone to unite, what kind of confrontation?

Therefore, they are all thinking of running away, but at this time, the northwest is already in the hands of others, and at this time, there is no United States for fleeing corrupt officials to run away, even if it is a poor rural area, or a hometown in the countryside, it may not be able to escape the enemy's search.

Historically, this is another time, the Hakka people's emigration journey, under the Jurchen butcher's knife and the heavy taxes afterwards, even if you know that the foreigners in Nanyang like to periodically slaughter the Han people, but this logic must be clarified.

What does this mean, it shows that even periodic massacres are better than living under the governance of "my Great Qing", so this lie of the prosperous Kangqian era can go.

Of course, Zheng Sen is just for the family, contacting some business and relationships, and their idea is to rely on the Zheng family's sea boat to slip away, if they can, go to Guangdong, which can be regarded as a way for the big families who have been entrenched for a hundred years to "leave a back road".

No matter what, his main territory is Fujian, there are so many state capitals in front of him, what kind of existence the new imperial court is, it can also be verified by them, in Zheng Sen's opinion, this situation is simply perfect, of course, I just don't know, how does my sister do it in the north?

Of course, he is also walking on thin ice, the process of his teacher being directly knocked into the dust is very amazing, and no one knows how many magical abilities those strange people have, so in the past days, he tried his best to show some favor to Sun Datou, but he couldn't get in touch with those fairy-like characters at all, otherwise, he really wanted to make friends with one or two, at least let him figure out, where did they come from and what were they going to do?

However, in the face of Hou Fangyu, who suddenly came to visit at night, Zheng Sen was also very careful, the Zheng family, who had been working hard at sea all the year round, although it led to the failure of the battlefield command ability in the 6 places, which can be called incompetent, but under the strategic thinking of intrigue and being a man to leave a line, and meet each other in the future, in fact, he is very good with anyone, after all, although you can be vicious, but who knows when you encounter a shipwreck, you need to deal with the rescue and rescue, what if it is someone you have offended before.

"In other words, Hou Gongzi, you need some manpower and financial resources, well, the prince's order?"

Pull the banner and pull the tiger skin, this is the instinct of these scholars, "My father has some old friends in the imperial capital, although he failed to rescue the prince this time, but he can also get this edict, it is also a blessing, I heard that Zheng Gongzi has always been interested in the imperial court, and Hou Mou naturally did not avoid danger, you know, at this time in this Nanjing City, there are collaborators everywhere, but I know that Zheng Gongzi is a true gentleman." ”

Because almost a few times a month, all the high-ranking officials in the imperial capital can enter the palace to greet Zhu Cihong, although everyone knows that this is using the prince to carry out "united front" work, but except for the Taiwanese, no one will have any doubts about this behavior, these people see the prince, naturally they can also write to tell their friends what they have seen and heard, so although they are in Jiangnan, most of the people in Jiangnan know that the prince is alive and well in the palace, naturally, no one dares to be bold and pretend to be the prince.

Zheng Sen knew that this Hou Fangyu was wearing a high hat for himself, but a young man who was just twenty years old, the previous generation in the family was still a penniless pirate, and he could participate in such a high-level game in his generation, saying that it was impossible to have no vanity, so he also touted it back: "Where is it, Hou Gongzi is really dedicated to the country, but when he finds Zheng, the Zheng family is also powerless, and he is a guerrilla in Fujian, where can he compete with the governor of Nama." ”

Hou Fangyu naturally heard the light accent, and knew what Zheng Sen meant by this, not whether he dared to confront Governor Ma, but because he disliked that his official position was too small, thinking that Zheng Sen was well-informed, and in the past two days, he had told many "his own people" about the letter of appointment, and now that Zheng Sen has also received the news!

Secretly sighing that there are really few people in this world who can be trusted, but when he thinks of the identity of the other party, he can't do anything, although his father is also corrupt, but Zheng Sen's father's status is almost equivalent to the person who built the Red Mansion around 2ooo and monopolized the smuggling business of more than 8o in the Celestial Empire, which is not only powerful, but simply powerful.

Smuggling is not a bad thing, smuggling damages the overall interests of the country, but it often fattens some individuals, and it is actually a good thing for a strong country, but it depends on what you smuggle, after the 21st century, due to the huge volume of the productive forces of the Celestial Empire, basically all kinds of things have begun to be smuggled abroad.

However, in this era, there was no concept of customs, and in fact, officially speaking, overseas trade was not a thing.

Hou Fangyu said slowly: "By the way, if you take Fengyang, half of the south of the Yangtze River can be protected, and if you want to open the sea ban, Zheng's family can do better business, and the country will be safe and happy, isn't it beautiful?" ”

Zheng Sen looked at Hou Fangyu like an idiot, but this look was only fleeting, he still maintained respect for the other party in his face, and said: "This, I'm afraid it's not what others meant." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "Yes, this is ......"

Zheng Sen said: "Don't say anything about the sea ban in the future, do some small business with the Francophile people, buy some artillery equipment from them, it's okay, but whoever dares to say that the sea ban will be a big disaster overnight, and it is normal for the son to be in the north and not understand the things in the south of the Yangtze River." ”

Hou Fangyu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Zheng Sen meant, but he also listened in a daze.

Zheng Sen said: "This sea ban, but not my family's business, opened the sea ban, the benefit to the country, after the reconstruction of the city, a large amount of official silver handed over, my family is just a little more, and in the eyes of the big family in Jiangnan who has been engaged in overseas trade for many years, this is digging their foundation, otherwise, why do you think that the Japanese were so difficult to eradicate?" ”

Hou Fangyu was shocked and said, "Is there such a thing? How I don't know. ”

He immediately thought that with his age, his father really didn't need to tell him about this kind of sneaky thing, Hou Fangyu himself was a northerner, and although his father was a household scholar, it was estimated that he couldn't eat too much of the filial piety of maritime merchants, so he naturally didn't know about it.

Hou Fangyu said: "Then, I'll think about it in the long run." ”

Zheng Sen said slowly: "By the way, Brother Hou, are you really sure that Governor Ma Shiying really went to the north?" ”

Hou Fangyu said: "The one who went to Fengyang was a servant who had followed my family for many years, without my father and son, there would be nothing, and when he saw it, it must be true." ”

Zheng Sen said slowly: "That Governor Ma, I have seen him before, but I didn't expect that he is such a figure who can afford to let go, what are you going to do." ”

Hou Fangyu was overjoyed and said: "That's the case, we have the prince's handwriting, naturally it is like having a holy decree, then in Fengyang, except for Ma Shiying's die-hard loyalists, who else dares to disobey?" As long as you know what's at stake, I think most people should know who to follow. ”

Zheng Sen's eyes were a little dim, and he said, "Yes, then what." ”

Hou Fangyu asked, "What then?" ”

Zheng Sen said: "After taking Fengyang, how do you plan to govern, use troops, and make peace with the north." ”

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