This is also a place where people can be, the sixth guard of Jinyi is a treasury in the eyes of others, and the funds of the sixth guard have never been tightened, and it is very large, if it is in other yamen or the army, at least half of these military expenses are divided among the middle and upper classes.

The official army is this tradition, at least half of the military budget falls into the pockets of the generals, and the imperial court knows it, but it also tolerates it, and it has already included these in the budget. If the imperial court really wants to allocate military funds in a small way, it is estimated that many officials and soldiers will have to mutiny.

This is like all localities withholding and paying taxes, although the treasury is empty now, in fact, there are still a lot of rich people in the local provinces, and the richer the provinces, the more they cry poor, not to reach out to ask for money, but to be afraid that the court will settle accounts with them.

Since Jin Yiwei was idle and rarely handled cases, various ways to make money also came into being, mainly to make a fuss in the funds, the emperor didn't want to be too tight, as long as he didn't make a big deal, he would just raise his hand and let it go.

Only besides, not only is he not greedy for a penny, but he also takes the initiative to post money into it, which adds a lot of points to him in the eyes of the emperor, at least it shows that he is honest and not a corrupt official. The money in his family is his own money, and it has nothing to do with whether he is greedy or not, corrupt officials are not greedy because they are poor, on the contrary, the richer the officials, the more fierce they are.

So he made an outrageous move to seize a street, and the emperor also tolerated it, and issued a holy decree to give a street directly to the sixth guard, of course, nominally.

"Then let him play." Emperor Longqing Road.

"But what do you say to the Tatars?" The eunuch felt that it was difficult to explain this kind of trick to the Tatars, after all, it was a matter of the army.

"I'll leave this matter to myself, since he has this ghost idea, he naturally has a way, and he has been given full authority, let him deal with it himself, this is also a test for him." The eunuch said.

Then give him a will. His request was granted, and he had full authority over all matters relating to the negotiations. Emperor Longqing gambled again.

He thought that he would send him to the coast to fight alone in the future, and this time it was just a test of his ability to control the overall situation and deal with all kinds of emergencies, and if he could successfully complete the task this time, it would mean that he would be able to succeed on the coast in the future.

The eunuch took a pen and wrote on the imperial case, first approved the correct words on the fold, and then wrote a brief will.

Emperor Longqing suddenly felt a little fooled, and said with a smile: "But this cheap can't be taken by this little bastard, we don't have much money in the palace, and we also need a lot of clothes with big hair and short hair, so let's buy it there and ship it over, which can also save a lot of money." You also think about it, what is lacking at home, those are special products outside the plug, make a list, and we will also get a piece of the pie. ”

The palm print eunuch laughed and said: "Long live Lord Wise, forget about the rest, that is, the fur is the most important, we don't lack this, but the family is lacking, besides, this thing can be passed on to the descendants, the more the better, to say that the fur is really good on the Tatar side, the mainland can't compare." ”

At this time, the three monarchs and ministers also began to discuss like profiteers, and they all found it very interesting.

The rule of the emperor's family is that the emperor does not say anything, and if he needs something, he will naturally have a way to get it below, and if he can't get it, he will kill the head of the slave below.

However, Emperor Longqing is a king who lives a careful life, and because the fruit tart baked cake he liked to eat most when he was a prince was too expensive in the palace, the price has increased by 500 times, so he can't bear to eat it and can't afford it.

He can't change the palace rules handed down by his ancestors, anything is a tael of silver outside, and it costs a few hundred taels when it arrives in the palace, and there is no way, how many eunuchs will point to this price difference to live. He can't let people say that he is a mean master to the minions, he really looks like these eunuchs and eunuchs and palace maids are all like flowers, and he has no face.

The annual cost of animal skins is too great, although there are tributes every year in various places, but there are not many, but there are more and more eunuchs in the palace who can wear fur of enough level, and the tribute is insufficient, so they can only spend money to buy, and as a result, they are knocked out a lot of money every year. Besides, if you can buy furs in large quantities at one time this time, you can really save a lot of money.

"I heard that Genghis Khan asked the kings to go to foreign countries to purchase jewelry together with merchants every year, so we also have some of this smell at this time, right?" Eunuch Bingbi suddenly laughed.

"Well, indeed, if it weren't for Zhao Quan and others, I would have reconciled with the Tatars, and it would have been good for the two families to do business every year, not to mention how much we could earn in the mutual market, at least half of the military spending would have been saved." The palm print eunuch also laughed.

"It's not important to be outside the city, it's the coast that matters, and all the problems are solved by bringing in silver from overseas, and Tatar is just a disease of ringworm." Emperor Longqing sighed.

In the afternoon, besides, he received the emperor's will at the Yamen.

After seeing it, he jumped up happily, waved the will in his hand and laughed: "The emperor has approved our business this time." ”

Zhou Dingcheng's mouth was so wide that he could stuff a watermelon, but his brain couldn't react, was the emperor confused, how could he approve him to do such a thing!

Merchants are not a problem, even now there are caravans coming in and out every day, and all families with backgrounds are doing business with the Tatars, which is also tacitly approved by the imperial court. But those families didn't dare to bring soldiers in, in that case, the Tatars would not tolerate it, and they had to eat it in one go.

"Hmph, the emperor not only approved our sixth guard in brocade clothes to bring his own escort to the foreign businessmen, but also granted me full authority to handle all affairs, this is full power. However, the emperor seemed to have to buy a lot of things in the palace, so the scale of the caravan would be expanded. Besides, he thought about it.

"How big is that?" Zhou Dingcheng asked dizzily.

"So-so, let's order a 5,000 car first." Moreover, it was also the lion's big mouth, and it was raised to 5,000 cars at once, and he was just boldly proposing 200 cars, which had already scared Zuo Ling enough.

"Five thousand cars, how far do you have to go out, and where to get so many vehicles." Zhou Dingcheng was still confused.

Besides, ignore him: "5,000 cars, the number of guards must also increase, just 10,000 people, two guards per car is not too much." ”

"This, 5,000 cars and 10,000 horses are also approved by the emperor?"

"No, the emperor let me handle it by myself, of course I have the right." Besides, with a wave of his hand, he has a very guiding spirit.

"You can do it, see if the emperor can wipe your ass this time." Zhou Dingcheng's heart trembled, and his words really scared him.

The cavalry of 10,000 Jinyi guards went to the outside of the fortress with 5,000 chariots, whether this was a merchant or a war. The Tatar cavalry is powerful, but it is not easy to gather 10,000 cavalry at once.

"By the way, why do you still have to buy things in the palace?" Zhou Dingcheng came back to his senses.

"Well, it's said that the list will come down in the next two days, mainly animal skins and wool, and the amount may be very large, so I want to increase the number of vehicles."

"And where do these cars come from?"

Zhou Dingcheng had a headache, and he wouldn't have a hot brain, so he requisitioned all the vehicles in the capital.

"Don't be so troublesome, we have a lot of cars, of course it's not enough, but things are not all bought in the capital, the capital is too expensive, let's buy things all the way along the way, buy cars all the way, and get to the border, this thing and the vehicle are all together, and save a lot of freight." Besides.

"Well, that's pretty reliable."

Hearing this, Zhou Dingcheng's heart was a little more stable, he was really afraid that he would be impulsive and make the capital a chicken and a dog.

This kid can do it!

However, he thought of the scene of 10,000 elite cavalry with 5,000 wagons and ox carts rushing to the outside of the fortress, and he was still a little dizzy, it was simply a torrent, what would the Tatars think when the time came? They won't let you out even if they try their best.

He shook his head, and since he had decided, he couldn't say anything, waiting for him to break his head and understand the truth of this world.

Besides, I was immersed in joy, and all I could think about was what goods I should pull to exchange for the right goods. He really didn't have a clue in his heart about this matter, he handed over all the business matters to Zuo Ling, and it seems that he has to go back to discuss this matter with Zuo Ling.

Since the emperor has approved it, then there is no problem, he doesn't even think about it on the Tatar side, he has already sent a plenipotentiary ambassador to your house to negotiate, and he doesn't give this face, so what else can he talk about?

Besides, he believed that the Tatar envoys would also desperately increase their personnel and bring a lot of things to the interior to do business, which was a practice that did not need to be explained.

In the past, when Zheng He went to the West, he tied up those little kings and chieftains to Beijing, and later these vassal states saw the grandeur of the Celestial Empire, especially the rich rewards of the imperial court, and the eyes were too good to make money, and the Central Plains Empire was too easy to make money, and the envoys of these vassal states were most afraid that the imperial court would not allow them to come to pay tribute, crying and shouting to show their loyalty, in order to be able to come to the Central Plains Empire for a trip, and the money earned on this trip would be enough to spend for a lifetime.

The imperial court and the Saiwai are also similar, although the Saiwai Empire has not been a vassal state of the Ming Empire, but in terms of doing business, it is also similar to those vassal states, many items in the interior such as tea, porcelain, grain, salt, silk, cloth, etc. are the most needed by the Tatars, as for ironware, needless to say, it is a forbidden item, and there is only a small quota every year, which has little to do with how much money is spent.

Moreover, it is determined that the size of the convoy is not a problem, the more material the Tatar welcomes, this is tariff-free, the price is much cheaper than those smuggled goods, as for the 10,000 horses, of course, there is also a saying, the caravan needs to be protected, the steppe and desert bandits are rampant, there is much more chaos than the interior, once robbed, both sides have losses.

"Ancient calligraphy and painting, this time I want to buy all the ancient calligraphy and paintings that I can buy, no matter how much, no matter how much it costs." Moreover, waving his fists, it seemed that countless rare ancient calligraphy and paintings, and rare Song edition books outside the plug were beckoning to him.