The road to the capital was not close, and at first Yang Junqing and Nangong Jin were in a carriage, but the two just sat silently without any communication. Two days later, Nangong Jin pretended to be ill and got Yao Fangyu and Baxi into the car. Yang Junqing didn't say a word, left a brocade guard to guard in the car, and rode a horse himself.

The trick succeeded, Nangong Jin and Yao Fangyu held hands and smiled at each other.

The capital, outside the Jinyiwei command post. Yao Fangyu and Baxi were stopped outside, and Nangong Jin looked at them, smiled slightly, and signaled them to feel at ease. Yao Fangyu seemed to understand what he meant, nodded and said two words softly, "Wait for you." ”

Along the way, Nangong Jin has been thinking about how to deal with it, after all, Wu Liyasu's matter is too untrue, and no one will believe it if he says it. Qiu Niang is dead, and it is impossible for Zhao Yingfeng to testify, so can he give up accusing Wei Chaoge? The problem now is that the bracelet given by Long Youregret, although it has always been kept by Yao Fangyu, Yang Junqing will not stare at Yao Fangyu.

Until he entered the command post, Nangong Jin didn't think about what to do. But no matter what, what he says, Qian Bin will definitely believe it. asked to confront Wei Chaoge, at least let him return to the Central Plains, so that Zheng Shu should be able to disrupt his arrangement in the north.

However, before I saw Qian Bin, I saw an unexpected person in the command post - Nangong Dingkang. Not far from the corridor, Nangong Dingkang stood quietly, Nangong Jin deliberately slowed down after the initial shock, and the father and son looked at each other for a long time. Nangong Jin's eyes were questioning and puzzled, while Nangong Dingkang smiled slightly and nodded, reassuring him.

Nangong Jin was taken into a room. Inside the house, Yang Junqing was discussing something with a middle-aged man with a long beard. The middle-aged man is dressed in regular clothes, which is not outstanding at first glance, but when he looks closely, he is extremely exquisite, not only has a fresh and neat beard on his face, but even his clothes are without creases, giving people a low-key, but luxurious feeling.

Yang Junqing saw Nangong Jin come in, saluted and said goodbye to the man, and the man also got up to see off the guest. looked at Nangong Jin again and smiled, "Sit." ”

Nangong Jin sat down generously and waited for him to speak.

The man smiled and said embarrassedly, "This is not the place I should have been." It's just that I just succeeded to the unification today, and I don't know a lot of things, so I was sent to take a look at it at will. Originally, Cheng Guogong wanted to accompany him, but today he has something to do in his house temporarily. That's fine, let's talk about it separately. ”

Nangong Jin didn't dare to be careless, thinking about people, he deduced who this person was from his words. However, the new emperor ascended the throne and appointed many officials in the palace, including consolidating the position of the first assistant of the Gao Gong cabinet. It's a pity that Nangong Jin doesn't care about the affairs of the court, and none of these people know each other.

The man laughed, roughly guessed Nangong Jin's thoughts, and introduced himself: "Zhang Juzheng, temporarily serving in the cabinet. ”

Nangong Jin was taken aback and saluted: "Elder Zhang Ge." But the shock in my heart did not pass with this salute. Is there such a big deal about his own affairs that he wants to alarm the cabinet? If it is to investigate the Ming army that went deep into the disappearance of Tumochuan, this matter is indeed not small. But if this is the case, Boss Qian can't be saved. So dad is here, is it as a threat? But what do you have to say?

Zhang Juzheng smiled and poured a cup of tea for him, "At the beginning of the year, the Holy Lord ascended the throne, and Jingli began to inspect Beijing. However, the meaning of the Holy One is to check the civil officials first, and then the military officials. As he spoke, he smiled bitterly, "The Ming army has been weak for a long time, and Lord Nangong can be regarded as seeing it in person." ”

"But if you want the Ming army to restore the might of the Holy Ancestor, you can't do it without financial support, and the annual tax revenue of the treasury is less than two million taels of silver, except for the expenses of various places, there is really little for military equipment." Zhang Juzheng said this and paused.

Nangong Jin became nervous, is this going to raid the house? If this is the case, there must also be a charge of killing the head and exterminating the nine clans. But, is Jinyiwei doing less of this kind of thing?

Nangong Jin's nervous expression also fell in Zhang Juzheng's eyes, so he smiled slightly and said: "To be honest, when the first emperor was here, all the bandit leaders along the coast had already surrendered. Although the southeast coast is not a flat area, the sporadic pirates are not a climate, and the people have been able to live in peace. Therefore, at the beginning of the year, the Holy Lord announced a ban on opening the sea. Come to think of it, Lord Nangong also knows how serious the situation of people going to sea without permission was before. ”

Nangong Jin quickly calculated. Does he mean that the imperial court has no money and wants to increase taxes? So, the goal is coastal? The sea ban was opened, and the imperial court justifiably collected the sea tax. Is it to hand over the auspicious note yourself to atone for your sins?

Zhang Juzheng didn't care what he was thinking at all, and continued: "However, even if the sea ban is lifted, the people still seem to like the old ways. In recent months, the tax has not increased much. In this way, the imperial court is still not strong enough to have a strong army, and if the army is not strong, it will not be able to protect the people and protect the Ming land. The people have a hard time surviving, and they have no money to pay taxes, and so on. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng looked at Nangong Jin and asked with a smile, "What advice does Lord Nangong have?" ”

Nangong Jin took a breath and said, "It's a martial profession below." The duty of a soldier is to obey orders and to do what is ordered. ”

Zhang Juzheng thought that he would say this, and said: "Before Lord Qian took leave, he gave a good note. The idea is good, but the practice is against the law of the Ming Dynasty. Originally, the city shipping department set up in Guangzhou did not allow our own ships to pay taxes to enter the port, so the sea ships under the name of Xiang Ji were registered as foreigners' ships. Although this is not in accordance with the law, the auspicious procedures are complete, and as an agent, I have also done it. ”

"To be honest, Xiang Kee's practice of thinking about paying taxes is very rare. There are a lot of sea vessels going to the East and West Oceans, and nine out of ten are prohibited and smuggled. Therefore, if more seagoing ships are encouraged to go to sea, let them pay half or one percent of the tax, recognize them as legal and protected by the Ming sailors. What do you think of being the boss of Xiang Kee? ”

How can it be? couldn't figure out what he wanted to do, Nangong Jin could only smile and not answer.

Zhang Juzheng took out Zhang Gongwen, pushed it in front of Nangong Jin, and said with a smile: "Xiangji is paying taxes." Now you can officially pay taxes and enter the customs in the name of auspicious records, and recognize the legality. What you have to do is to collect this official document, go to Yuegang to change ships, and enter the customs from here. ”

Nangong Jin looked at the cabinet document on the table and asked suspiciously, "Yuegang?" ”

"Near Zhangzhou, not far from Quanzhou."

Nangong Jin didn't dare to take it. Jin Yiwei has always had the practice of 'fishing', I really don't know what the crime is, and asked uncertainly: "What does the elder mean, let Xiangji be the trust, indicating that the imperial court is officially opening the sea ban, instead of following the vine and touching the melon, to rectify smuggling?" ”

Zhang Juzheng laughed, "Have you used this trick too?" I chose Xiangji, not only because you have the status of the government, but also because of the recommendation of Lord Qian. I have seen this strategy, Xiang Ji has a lot of large and small shareholders, not you alone, and Xiang Kee's financial situation and business strategy are open to the major shareholders, so that when Nangong Lord is rich, someone will quickly learn it, which is much more useful than our court propaganda. It didn't take long for the ship to be hard to find. That's why we chose Xiang Kee. ”

Is this pie in the sky? At present, Xiangji has nothing to earn, and he was afraid that the shareholders would withdraw their shares, so he tried every possible way to squeeze into the freight of the Nangong clan, and even classified it as a family property. But why is it so untrustworthy? Didn't Wei Chaoge accuse himself of treason?

"There is a person, I don't know if Lord Nangong can know?" Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile.

Nangong Jin raised his head and waited for him to follow.

"A commoner, her biological father had just died, and her brother gave her a dowry of 15,000 taels of silver. This person's surname is Zhu, his girlfriend's name is Yanqi, and it is said that there is a milk named Hao'er. said, shook his head, "If she gets married, her mother's family will not be there, but I just recognized a father-in-law, who is the first assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gonggao." Come to think of it, the husband's family should not dare to bully. Zhang Juzheng said it lightly.

Nangong Jin opened her mouth in shock. What does this mean? Princess Zhaoyang gave up her princess title and identity and wanted to marry Du Ling?

Zhang Juzheng took out two more boxes, one of which was painted with gold, "Miss Zhu said that this fifteen thousand taels of shares are auspicious, and Lord Nangong needs to issue a document to her." ”

At this moment, Nangong Jin's eyes widened.

Zhang Juzheng didn't care, and continued to push through the other black wooden box and said: "My mother-in-law has always wanted to do ocean business, but unfortunately I live inland, and I don't know how to do it at all. I heard that Xiang Kee's financial disclosure and willingness to absorb major shareholders, so I want to enter individual stocks and make money secondly, mainly to learn the management of Xiang Kee and be familiar with maritime business. Lord Nangong also has to issue a document to them. ”

This time, Nangong Jin stared at the three things on the table, and his jaw was about to fall in shock.

Zhang Juzheng seemed to be afraid that Nangong Jin would have other doubts, so he directly opened the two wooden boxes and counted the silver tickets, 30,000 taels. Sighing slightly, he said with a smile: "This is the full value of the two families, Lord Nangong should not lose." ”

This, this ......, will this still be a loss?! Is it afraid that Nangong Jin will not believe it, and use the royal family and the Zhang family to support Nangong Jin? Of course, making money is certain, and he is by no means the only one on the rich side, Nangong Jin, he is just an agent. Are you so credible? That, that treason.

No matter what, this matter must not be refused. It's a big deal to run away from home again, and first dismiss it as a family property, so that Xiangji has nothing to do with the Nangong clan....... But if the crime is so big that the Nine Clans are punished, then .......

Nangong Jin nodded, "Okay." In the next place, I will write a document to the elder Ge, and I will trouble the elder Zhang Ge to hand it over. In the future, will the monthly accounts be sent to the command post or to the cabinet old mansion? In addition, if it is a matter that needs to be decided by shareholders, we will ask someone to participate in it. ”

Zhang Juzheng laughed at this time, "The monthly account can be sent to the mother's house, and Miss Zhu's share will be handed over to Miss Zhu herself." As for the matters that need to be decided by the shareholders, it is enough to be represented by Lord Nangong, and the documents will be given to Lord Nangong. ”

"What about the north?" Nangong Jin finally asked.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "This is the internal affairs of Jinyiwei, and it is not under my jurisdiction." However, the matter of Xiangji, Lord Nangong wants to be *, and everyone must know that Lord Nangong did it himself, not someone else's agent. ”

This is to go to Quanzhou by yourself, I understand, I'm afraid this trust will not be too easy to do.