(Recommended reading: Early the next morning, Li Hongyu took gifts to visit Princess Shouning's concubine Ran Xingrang, and when he arrived at the place, he was surprised to find that Ran's mansion was just an ordinary courtyard house in the south of the city, not a high-gate mansion as he thought.

Thinking about it, Ran Xing's family was ordinary, and he didn't have the money to buy that kind of mansion, so he had to live in the mansion that the imperial court gave him.

If it is put to the Tang and Song dynasties, then the Horse Mansion must be the object of everyone's stitching, the door is like a city, but the front of the Ran Mansion is deserted, a bleak scene of the door, who will come to tie up a horse with no power and power?

Soon after Li Hongyu knocked on the courtyard door of Ran's mansion and handed over the post, the descendants of the Ran family invited him in, Li Hongyu didn't think that his title of Huguang Jieyuan played a role, and it was Ran Xingrang who knew that he was Zhu Wanting's friend, so he met him.

After all, the Ming horses have always been suppressed by the emperor, because the horses are also very smart and do not make friends with the courtiers, so as not to encounter any trouble.

Therefore, Li Hongyu's Huguang Jieyuan name is not easy to use here, and it is not as effective as Princess Shouning's words.

"Ran's horse."

In the living room, a burly and handsome man sat on a chair, Li Hongyu smiled and saluted after entering, it was obvious that the other party was Ran Xingrang, no wonder he could get the favor of the lord of Shouning, he looked like a talent.

In fact, Ran Xingrang is not only handsome but also quite talented, he was originally a person from Nanzhili, and he entered Beijing to take the exam in the 37th year of Wanli, and he did not sign up for the audition of the imperial court, and wanted to make a difference in his career.

For scholars, Ran Xingrang's luck was not good, he was actually taken by Princess Shouning, who left the palace, and then unexpectedly was named a concubine by Emperor Wanli, and then missed the examination in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli.

However, Ran Xingrang is undoubtedly lucky, although his career path dream is broken, but he is in love with Princess Shouning, and it can be regarded as a lost Sangyu.

Historically, after the city of Luoyang was broken by Li Zicheng's Dashun army, King Fu's relatives escaped, and Emperor Chongzhen asked Ran Xingrang to carry the silver two to condole, and soon after returning to Beijing, the capital was besieged by the Dashun army, and then the city was broken.

Because Ran Xingrang had brought money to comfort the relatives of King Fu, he was arrested and tortured by the Dashun army, asking him to hand over the money hidden at home.

It's a pity that the soldiers of the Dashun army don't know that the horses of the Ming Dynasty are all powerless and powerless people, so they have no way to make money, how can they be compared with those civil and military magnates who hold great power.

Ran Xingrang could not bear the beatings and humiliation of the soldiers of the Dashun army, and committed suicide one night by hanging a beam from the waist of his trousers, ending his life as a horseman.

"Li Jieyuan."

When Li Hongyu was observing Ran Xingrang, Ran Xingrang was also looking at Li Hongyu, got up with a smile and bowed back to Li Hongyu, he was quite surprised that Li Hongyu was so young, but he knew that Huguang's Xie Yuan was not so easy to pass the exam.

Under the greeting of Ran Xingrang, Li Hongyu and him sat down as guests, and because they were both scholars, they also chatted about many common topics, which made the atmosphere very harmonious.

Through conversation, Li Hongyu found that Ran Xing was erudite and eloquent, no wonder he could get the favor of Princess Shouning, if he participated in the examination that year, he would not be able to be admitted to the Jinshi, and then set foot in the officialdom.

Because he had a good conversation with Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu was also a guest of Princess Shouning, Ran Xingrang naturally wanted to leave Li Hongyu for lunch, to be honest, he usually lived a more depressed life, and he didn't even have a like-minded person to chat with.

"Horses, on the surface, the Ming Dynasty seems to be flat and full of flowers, but in fact, there has been an undercurrent and dangers, and a court in Nuoda can't even take out the military salary for the war in Liaodong, so that it has to collect Liao salary from the people, which is simply a big joke in the world!"

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Li Hongyu, who was talking and laughing with Ran Xingrang, suddenly changed his words, looked at him worriedly and said, "Once the war in Liaodong is stalemate and the imperial court continues to levy new salaries for it, then the people of the Ming Dynasty may not be able to bear the weight of the new salaries."

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"Li Jieyuan, do you think the official army will lose in Liaodong?"

Ran Xingrang couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, and then said quite unexpectedly, now up and down the capital, both the government and the opposition think that the Jurchen barbarians are vulnerable, and the officials and troops are bound to sweep the caves and return triumphantly.

"It's just that I'm worried." Li Hongyu bowed his head slightly when he heard this, looked at Ran Xingrang with a serious expression and said, "Now that Daming is in an eventful time, as the emperor's uncle, the concubine should serve the country, who can be more loyal to the emperor than the concubine at this time?" ”

"Li Jieyuan's words are serious, how can he be a horse, he really has no intention of getting involved in political affairs, and the civil and military ministers in the court will share the emperor's worries." Ran Xing's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then his expression darkened, and he smiled and waved his hand to Li Hongyu, according to the Ming ancestral system, he couldn't be an official at all.

"The colt is humble, the colt is talented, it's a pity if it's buried in vain."

Li Hongyu shook his head when he heard this, looked at him solemnly and said, "If the civil and military officials in the court can really share the emperor's worries, the newly collected Liao salary will not ignore the ancestral system of 'supporting the soldiers of the northwest with the southeast' formulated by Emperor Taizu, and even ask the people in the south and north to share the new salary equally according to the number of fields." ”

Ran Xing suddenly fell silent when he heard this, obviously he also knew that the harm of sharing the liao salary evenly was bound to bring heavy disasters to the people in the north, especially the people in the northwest.

However, he is a powerless and powerless colt, even if he has opinions about the government in his heart, he can only hide it in his heart and cannot easily reveal it, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

"Horse, if the official army is defeated in Liaodong, and the emperor summons the horse into the office, what will the horse do?"

Li Hongyu had already seen at this time that Ran Xingrang was actually quite attached to officialdom in his heart, after all, stepping into officialdom was the dream of all scholars in the world, and he also realized the harm of Liaojiao, otherwise he would not be silent, so he asked while the iron was hot.

"If the emperor declares it, it is naturally incumbent on this concubine to serve the country and be loyal to the king!" Ran Xingrang came back to his senses, without the slightest hesitation, and said to Li Hongyu in a deep voice.

"The righteousness of the horse is quite admirable, and I salute the horse." Li Hongyu immediately laughed when he heard this, he was relieved to have Ran Xingrang's words, so he raised the wine glass in front of him and saluted Ran Xingrang.

"Li Jieyuan, will the official army be defeated in Liaodong?" Ran Xingrang touched the wine glass with Li Hongyu, and after the two drank it all, he put down the cup in his hand and looked at Li Hongyu suspiciously, you must know that now the court is full of confidence in exterminating the Jurchens.

"Horse, although I know that it is a little inappropriate to say this, but in my opinion, the officers and troops of this battle of Liaodong will be defeated!" Li Hongyu picked up the wine jug and poured a glass of wine for Ran Xingrang, lowered his voice and said.

"Li Jieyuan, you said that if the emperor summons this horse into the office, which ministry will he let this horse serve in?"

Looking at Li Hongyu with a serious expression, Ran Xingrang was taken aback, he didn't think Li Hongyu was joking, so he asked in a small curiosity.

He is a dignified horse, so naturally he will not go to the local yamen to be the magistrate or something, he must stay in the capital, no matter how Princess Shouning stays in the capital, how can he leave?

"Customs!" Li Hong groaned for a moment when he heard this, put down the wine jug in his hand and said, he was going to drag Ran Xingrang into the water, so naturally he would not hide it.

Ran Xingrang is an old and stable person, so Li Hongyu is definitely not worried about him going all over the world to publicize what he says, in that case, I am afraid that he will be unlucky in the end.

Besides, Zhu Wanting and Princess Shouning are like sisters, and Ran Xingrang will definitely keep his mouth shut, he doesn't want Zhu Wanting to be hurt.

"Customs?" Ran Xing was stunned when he heard this, and his face showed a stunned look, and he didn't understand what Li Hongyu meant for a while, after all, it was the first time he had heard such a term.

"When the first emperor was alive, he opened the moon port in Fujian as a private and overseas trade port, and set up a customs office to collect taxes from overseas trade ships, so it is called 'customs' below."

Only then did Li Hongyu remember that there was no such term as "customs" in this era, so he explained, "Similar to the Ming Dynasty's Municipal Shipping Division, but the Municipal Shipping Division is subordinate to the locality, but the customs are directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor." ”

"I see!" Ran Xing made it understandable at this time, and bowed slightly, it turned out that Li Hongyu was talking about the city shipping department that collected tariffs for incoming and outgoing ships, and then he remembered something, and couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu suspiciously, "The emperor has already sent a tax supervisor to the Moonlight and the City Shipping Division, why do you want to let this horse be involved in this matter?" ”

"The reason why the emperor sent tax supervisors was not to trust those officials in the local yamen, for fear that they would enrich their own pockets, so he ordered the chamberlains to go to supervise in the name of tax supervisors, which often got into trouble with local officials and affected local affairs."

Li Hongyu knew that Ran Xingrang still didn't know what he meant, so he opened his mouth to explain, "The horse is the emperor's uncle, if the horse is in the customs, the emperor will rest assured, and he will not send the tax supervisor again." ”

"In the opinion of Yichen, the city shipping department can no longer cope with the increasingly prosperous overseas trade, so the customs will have a complete system to deal with those overseas trade, which is completely different from the city shipping department."

Saying that, Li Hongyu pondered for a while, and looked at Ran Xingrang with a serious expression, "But this move will offend those who benefit from sea smuggling, so it is not easy for the customs officials to be officials!" ”

"It's just some flies and dogs, what's the matter!" Ran Xingrang couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and it seemed that he was extremely disgusted with those who disregarded the interests of the country and made a lot of money through smuggling.

Seeing this, Li Hongyu couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth, and a hanging stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, with Ran Xing, let this card avoid being disturbed by the inner servant, and the small Yuegang is only 35,000 taels of silver a year at most.

Obviously, Ran Xingran's worth is much more expensive than 35,000 taels, no matter how he still has Princess Shouning behind him, so there is no need for Emperor Wanli to send internal servants to Ran Xingrang's side to supervise, in the final analysis, Ran Xingrang is a person from the imperial power.

I have to say that Ran Xingrang caught up with a good time, if it weren't for the rebellion of the Jurchens in Liaodong, there would really be no position suitable for him in the court.

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