Jia Cong was included in the ranks of civil officials, and heard Li Shanyi, the young secretary of Taifu Temple, reiterate: "Your Majesty, shops in various parts of the capital have been very prosperous recently, and new department stores have been spread out in various cities in the southeast and northwest. ”

"Today, I have heard that there are arsenic vanamin, soap people, and people who print in the market, and their reputation is rising, and they are very noisy, and I am facing the nine major banknotes in the world is not a fictitious situation, and Li Shanzhi, the minister of the Taifu Temple, is in charge of the decree of the horse, which belongs to the Ministry of War.

The ministers bowed their heads and thought about each other, including Jia Cong, ten taxes and two? This proposal of the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple is really ruthless! Everyone thinks so, but most of the commercial taxes of the past dynasties have not been collected accurately, what is the reason, the palace knows it, can we not make a little money? A monogamous modern petty official has to pack more than ten milks and be greedy for more than a dozen suites, not to mention the ancient times when there could be concubines?

Taifu Temple is the real power department in charge of soldiers and horses, and the military department of the outer court, the military bureau of the inner court has power crossing, this is also a means of checking and balancing various departments, the current military war bureau Ge Xuanli is very dissatisfied with Li Shanzhi, but the head of the military department Jia Yucun can not see the look, when they observe themselves, Jia Cong also glanced at them coldly, and said in his heart: "This Taifu Temple Shaoqing is afraid that Jia Yucun and Zhongshun Wang Ling decided to push it out, or there is the support of the celebrant and the eunuch is unknown." ”

If there is support from the inner court, Jia Cong also has to deal with it carefully, and the inner court can always control most of the imperial power.

As for recruiting Jia Cong to the court, it is clear that it is the official family, the family and the merchant who contact and make friends privately and operate together is a common reality and fact at present, but everyone has not torn it up.

Because everyone is the same in this regard, wouldn't it be a shot in the foot if they broke it?

Emperor Ling Jieqi has not been on the Qinzheng Palace for a long time like Jia Cong, he watched the audience attacking each other, fighting continuously, and his heart was very satisfied and happy: "You are harmonious, I am not at ease, my father's record and Zhao Kang Ge Xuanli's "Book of Shang Jun" are really right." ”

On the surface, he asked with interest: "Does Jia Yuanfu have any objections to this?" ”

In any case, Jia Cong is a bachelor's student, and the emperor has come over through the banquet, so that the emperor and all the officials still have to show this respect at least on the surface, the point is that in this way they can show their knowledge, law and morality.

Jia Cong walked out of the line and said: "Enlighten the saint, the minister tastes and hears: those who enjoy the people's music, the people also enjoy it; Those who are worried about the people, the people are also worried. Today, taking the commercial tax and using it for the people is really a matter of immeasurable merit, and the ministers are happy to hear it, and dare not be embarrassed and suffer? ”

The civil and military officials were silent for a while, Jia Cong really has such a big measure? It is certain that the feet of the Son of Heaven are stricter than the outside, and the official family can also implement it, can Jia Cong really give up so many benefits? You must know that if his store and products are to be eaten, it will have to give a lot of benefits to the officials below, otherwise it will not work at all, that is to say, the losses of this kind of business are several heavy.

Even the emperor was slightly stunned for a moment, and then thought, "This Jia Yuanfu really has some measurements. ”

Some people don't believe in the simplicity of a traitor like Wen Tiren, in fact, he is really simple many times, because this is one of the fundamental means for him to maintain a good reputation as a means to save his life, sometimes acting is true, and he has been acting, and it will come true, otherwise he will not be the first assistant for so many years, and the person who sits in that position may not be capable, but there will definitely be very, very deep scheming and vicious means.

The loyal and obedient Wang Ling at the forefront of the prince suddenly remembered that Cheng Buzhi, the official of his long mansion, wantonly looted the money of merchants and guests in Chongwenmen in the Yongle Year, and was finally stumbled down by Jia Cong, Cheng Buzhi was all serving him, and now Jia Cong is playing what "the joy of the people, the worry of the people", isn't he ironic himself? Under no one to see, the eyes of the king of Zhongshun appeared a little cold, like a poisonous snake that wants to choose people to devour.

The Emperor nodded in appreciation, which was obviously good for him.

After a small victory over Jia Cong, Li Shanzhi's eyes rolled, and the officials whispered a few words, and Li Shanzhi played again: "Jia Cong's words and deeds are also good, the so-called: Demao Mao, merit Mao Mao reward." Engraved the important matter in the sea, for the major affairs of the sea trade, and our military department is related, the minister asked Jia Cong to answer the matter of the sea trade, because he is a pioneer, the minister asked the household department to verify the sea trade finance. ”

The head of the household department Bi Zhong resolutely Mu Ne came out in a righteous manner, Jia Cong Tuoxiao followed behind the old ministers, and Li Shanzhi, the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, retreated to the side, and seconded his courtiers There are also many ministers, and the incident gradually returned to the issue of maritime trade, some people asked to withdraw the overseas garrisons, and suspend the provincial political departments and battalion soldiers of the ordnance bureau, to focus on sweeping away the rebels and thieves in the interior of Shenzhou, and it is not appropriate to be distracted, this is the remarks of the Zhongshun King and other factions, attacking the remarks of Jia Cong's faction.

Li Shanzhi said: "Jia Cong'er, measure the Huangkou child who was shaded by your ancestors, you dared to bombard my Confucianism Mountain Gate in Linqing Qingyuan Academy that day, so that my brother Li Liang's face was ruined, and today An Neng will not take revenge!" ”

They speak for the sake of the country and the people, and they do selfish things.

Lu Tingwan had already answered, and Li Shanzhi was worthy of being the elder brother of the head of the academy, and he did have some political fighting talents, so he went out again and proposed: "Your Majesty, so far, I should not only do my best to govern the interior, but also follow the way of the old man to recuperate." As everyone knows, although there are profits in this sea trade, but this profit is the root of harming people, don't you hear what Zhuang Zhou said: Absolute saint abandonment knows that the big thief is stopped, and the thief who picks jade and destroys the pearl can't afford it! ”

Zhuang Zhou's two sentences, according to the literal understanding, are to say that sages and knowledge are the root of great chaos, and gold, silver and jewelry are the root of small chaos.

This is actually similar to the policy of fooling the people in the Book of Shang Jun, and the policy of fooling the people is also relatively common on the earth in the 21st century, so when the emperor heard it, he agreed with it: "What Li Shaoqing said is quite reasonable, I don't know what Vice Governor Lu and Jia Aiqing and others think?" ”

Liu Dongsheng, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, clenched his fists, and Wang Yingyuan, the head of the cabinet and the secretary of the ministry, also calmly did not stand up to speak, Jia Cong sneered in his heart: "Idiot! Is Zhuangzi's book used here? ”

But there was no anger on Jia Cong's face, and he did not flinch, but stood up to confront Li Shanzhi: "Li Shaoqing has good words, I have a few words that are also from Zhuangzi, but I don't know what it means, and I also ask Master Li to solve my doubts: if he contains his knowledge, the world will not be tired, if he knows, the world will not be confused, and if he contains his virtue, the world will not be secluded!" The younger generations of the younger generation are late in school, and I don't understand what it means, so I also ask the young master Li Shanzhi of Taifu Temple to teach me! ”

"Uh......" Li Shanzhi pulled his beard and was stunned for a long time before he thought that Jia Cong's sentences were also from "Zhuangzi", and what was even more wonderful was that "if you know it, the world will not be confused" completely refutes his strategy of "abandoning the knowledge of the great thief", which can really be described as "giving back to the other in the other way".

Many civil officials in the palace understood, and they all laughed for a while, and the military attachés or nobles who did not understand were told as soon as they asked.

Suddenly, Li Shanzhi's face turned red.

Ling Jieyuan can't say anything, Jia Cong is the champion of Yongle Ding's ugly literature, how can he not know?

In this first confrontation, Li Shanzhi fought with tongues, and Jia Cong won completely!

The expression of the loyal king Ling was a little displeased, but he was not angry, because the struggle had only just begun.

Shi Nai, Shi Ding, Lu Tingwan, Liu Dongsheng, Wang Yingyuan, Shui Rong, etc. all nodded secretly, and Shi Nai said to Shi Ding: "Our nephew really has a hand in this life!" ”

The two of them didn't understand it originally, but they only understood it after asking Mei Hanlin next to them.