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On Jinyiwei's side, Luo Yangxing completely grasped the real power, and Luo Sigong seemed to have disappeared again, silently.

For two days in a row, Jinghuan Palace was also very quiet.

His Royal Highness King Hui has nothing to do to read books and practice calligraphy, or settle accounts, calculate next year's revenue, and consider how to expand business. If you are bored, go to Queen Zhang to chat, and the two boring people will pass the time together.

After noon, Cao Huachun led Wei Zhongxian, who was dressed in a eunuch uniform, to Zhu Xu's study.

Wei Zhongxian's face was calm, and there was no trace of the previous anger on his body, he bowed down, and said in a slightly sharp tone: "The slave has seen His Royal Highness King Hui. ”

Zhu Xu was practicing calligraphy, and he didn't raise his head and said, "How is the salt field doing?" ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed and said without the slightest recklessness: "Back to Your Highness, the salt households and guards of the salt field have almost been replaced by His Highness's people, and the transfer department and the lifting department have also opened up the relationship, as long as the household department sends a salt introduction, the salt of the salt field can be raised." ”

Zhu Xu put down his pen and looked up at him.

From Zhu Xu's point of view, Wei Zhongxian's nose is quite pointed, his face is dark, and his folds are cold and hard, giving people a cold, cold, restrained and calm feeling.

Zhu Xu looked at him for a while, but Wei Zhongxian was always motionless, and he seemed neither humble nor arrogant in his humility.

The corners of Zhu Xu's eyes jumped, and a wave of killing intent poured out uncontrollably in his heart.

However, he was quickly pressed down, and said lightly, "Well, okay, hand it over, this king has a teahouse outside the palace, and you can live there temporarily." ”

Wei Zhongxian's expression didn't show any change, but he was silent for a moment and said, "It's Your Highness." ”

Zhu Xu looked at him for a while, waved his hand and said, "Go down." ”

Wei Zhongxian bowed again and slowly retreated.

Wei Zhongxian walked for a long time, and Zhu Xu said slowly: "Do you think this king should keep him?" ”

Zhu Xu's voice fell, and from behind the bookshelf, Zhu Zonghan walked out, and said with an unchanged expression: "This person is scheming and determined, either completely control it or die." ”

Zhu Xu squinted, nodded slightly, and said, "You just said that you are Chu Ying's illegitimate son?" ”

Zhu Zonghan's expression moved, and he said, "My mother is a Ming person, and after my father was executed, my mother took me to flee to Shanhaiguan with the refugees, and was rescued by Lord Luo. ”

Zhu Xu's jaw, every son of Nurhachi is not simple, and this Chu Ying is too, but he was calculated to die early. If this Zhu Zonghan is a complete golden man, he may not be implicated much, after all, Chu Ying's other sons are not bad in Liaodong now, and it is said that one of them has also been sealed Baylor.

Zhu Xu thought for a while, and suddenly said, "How is your relationship in Liaodong?" ”

Zhu Zonghan was silent for a moment and said: "Your brothers treat me very well, in fact, my grandfather didn't want to deal with me, but my mother was too worried and ran away with me as soon as possible." ”

Zhu Xu smiled slightly, sat down at the desk, and said, "Okay, if I hand over the salt farm to you, and you are responsible for buying the private salt to Liaodong, can you get through the relationship over there?" ”

Zhu Zonghan glanced at Zhu Xu and said, "There is a shortage of salt in Liaodong, if I take a trip, there should be no problem, but now that merchants are seriously smuggling, they may not be able to make money in the customs." ”

Zhu Xu understood what Zhu Zonghan meant, the price of official salt in the Ming Dynasty was expensive, and although the private salt was cheap, it was not much better, if he dumped at a low price, it was indeed easier than hard smuggling, easy to earn, and more profitable.

However, he narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "What if I monopolize smuggling and only let you sell it to Shanhaiguan alone?" ”

Zhu Zonghan frowned and said, "Your Highness, is there really a way?" ”

Zhu Xu nodded and said with a smile: "Do you think that the matter of Caoyun is really over like this?" ”

Zhu Zonghan looked at Zhu Xu with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Most of the salt in the Ming Dynasty came from Jiangnan, not because of the output of the salt farms, but because of the salt gang method, or in other words, it was facilitated by the Jiangnan government and business groups. Salt leads, salt farms, most of them fall into the hands of the Jiangnan gentry.

The illicit salt is transported north, isn't His Royal Highness King Hui really able to control the transportation?

Zhu Zonghan looked at Zhu Xu and said, "If Your Highness can prevent the salt from the south from crossing the river, the lower officials are sure to sell your private salt to the Jin people, and the price is not cheap." ”

The more Zhu Xu smiled, he took a booklet from the drawer and handed it to him: "Okay, this is some of the methods for building sales channels, you go back and take a look, in a few days, I will let you take over the salt farm!" ”

"Yes." Zhu Zonghan took the booklet and put it in his arms.

Zhu Xu confessed a few more words, and then let people send him away.

Cao Wenzhao turned his head and walked back again, and said with a worried face, "Your Highness, can this person really believe it?" If this matter is poked out, it will not be a trivial matter. ”

Zhu Xu confidently put his hands behind his back and said: "First, I believe in Luo Sigong's vision, second, this person is filial, and third, this person, he is harmless to me for the time being." ”

Cao Wenzhao didn't understand what the 'temporary' in Zhu Xu's words meant, but he didn't dwell on it, and said, "Your Highness, I heard it." In the court, the Chu Party united many people to impeach Zhao Nanxing and Wang Ji, and Cao Yun was also talked about over and over again. The emperor should want to thoroughly investigate Caoyun, but Scholar Ye and Scholar Han are opposed to the big move, hoping to deal with it cautiously, so as not to expand, affect the country, and cause panic and instability in the court. ”

These are almost all within Zhu Xu's expectations, these people, to sound good, are old and serious, and they want to live a peaceful and stable life. The ugly thing to hear is that they are stupid and incompetent, afraid of difficulties and hardships, and incompetent and incompetent.

Every day is a variety of excerpts of righteous words, which seem to worry about the country and the people, but they are all insignificant. When it comes to taxes, land, transportation, and salaries, these real national capitals, either they cannot be avoided, or they are wise enough to protect themselves, allowing the situation to erode, and step by step they are out of control. One by one, they are keen on fame and fortune, good name, good power, and good profit, and they fight endlessly for this, and they dump each other, day and night.

Zhu Xu shook his head helplessly, and picked up the pen again in front of the desk.

Cao Wenzhao was stunned, walked over and said, "Your Highness, is this matter just like that?" ”

Zhu Xu, who was just about to start writing, shook his hand, and said with a sneer on his face: "Forget it, they also think too beautiful!" ”

"You let someone inform Zhou Yingqiu," Zhu Xu straightened his waist and said coldly: "Let him check all the ships related to Cao Yun, but if there is any problem, they will be detained and not operated!" ”

There are many consequences of the Ming Dynasty's ban on the sea, one of which is that ships of a certain size cannot be cast privately, and the approval of the Ministry of Industry is required, and even the Ministry of Industry has a battalion department, which is responsible for building ships.

In fact, after so many years, it has long existed in name only, whether it is Cao Yun or the previous shipping, in order to meet the needs of shipping, through various means, private manufacturing, private alteration, and even through bribery and other means, so that the battalion repair division has built countless ships in violation of regulations.

If there are 1,000 ships in Caoyun, then at least 900 are in violation, and the remaining 100 are still running away.

The most important thing is that this year's luck is already in sight.