No. 098 On Politics (6)

The suggestion provided by Chen Bangyan has both pros and cons, the corruption of the health center is already a stubborn disease, like lice on a bald head, everyone can see it, and Zhu Youlang also knows it, but because it involves those hereditary generals and local heroes and even the government, Zhu Youlang has always turned a blind eye before. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This time, in order to alleviate the pressure on the military household, if it is really to be carried out, it is very likely that it will be boycotted by the hereditary generals and colonels in the military household and the local tycoons.

Fortunately, here in Guangxi, although there are many gentry in the prefecture and county, their power is far less than that of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the southern Zhili region.

In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Donglin's power is extremely huge, protΓ©gΓ©s, fellow students, classmates, deep-rooted relationships, involving the whole body, the emperor is not in their eyes, if it makes a big fuss, the consequences are unimaginable.

Guangxi is not the case, first, the education and culture are backward, the cultural movement is far inferior to Jiangnan, and there is no formation of a great family of officials and gentry who are all in the middle and gentry of the third and fourth generations and even the fifth and above, and it is difficult to form a huge force that calls for a hundred promises.

The second is that the terrain is remote, there are many Tusi, and the power of Tusi is also very strong, and it can even coerce the state and county, and the constraints on the gentry and wealthy families are very great, and they check and balance each other, so it is not like Jiangnan, and the gentry call Bainuo, and the government cannot control it.

The government and the opposition are well aware of the erosion of the Wei Institute, and the only people who benefit from it are some local tyrants and inferior gentry and hereditary generals and colonels in Guangxi, who have little say in the court and have weak political power. Qingzhang guards and military fields, the recovery of money and grain can only be regarded as rectification, and the guard system has not been abolished.

Starting from this area, the scope of the attack is also fixed, and there are not many civil and military ministers involved, and the interests of most people have not been damaged. So the rebound shouldn't be too big, so Zhu Youlang decided to give it a try.

As for Chen Bangyan's third suggestion, Zhu Youlang can only say that the hero sees the same thing, and it is no secret to people nowadays that making money from maritime trade, especially in the coastal areas of Guangdong, since the relaxation of the maritime ban, there have been gentry and businessmen who have secretly purchased sea ships, smuggled raw silk, tea, porcelain and other goods, and fornicated with foreign countries to earn huge fortunes.

Haikou Zheng Zhilong only relied on collecting protection fees, earning tens of millions of taels of silver a year; His son Zheng Chenggong only relied on the benefits of sea trade to raise 100,000 troops, not only successfully recovered Taiwan, but also had the strength to go on several northern expeditions and became the close rival of the Qing court; During the Kangqian period of the Qing Dynasty, the thirteen lines of Guangdong relied on monopolizing maritime trade, and each of them was rich and rivaled the country, with tens of millions of family assets; A glimpse of the leopard in the tube shows the great interests of maritime trade.

If the Ming Dynasty can one day reap the benefits of sea trade, it will have enough money and food to feed the soldiers, sort out the national politics, and the great cause of Zhongxing will no longer have worries, and it is not a utopian dream to drive out the Tartars and restore the country.

Moreover, Zhu Youlang not only had to open up sea trade, but also set up banknote customs to collect commercial taxes at the capital roads and ferries directly under the central government.

Banknote customs, that is, commercial customs, in the Ming Dynasty because of the exchange of treasure money and set up, later evolved into commercial customs, mostly according to the busy rivers and set up, by the sea is called customs.

The Ming gentry and businessmen are rich and have become popular, and tax evasion has become a trend, and now the state is so difficult, how can they be allowed to go freely?

After a long time, Zhu Youlang finally spoke: "Aiqing's words made me suddenly open, the imperial court is short of money, and the recovery of major events costs a lot of money, if there are no extraordinary means to solve the crisis, these three strategies find another way, and if used properly, they can solve the urgent needs of the imperial court." ”

After speaking, the more he thought about it, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help laughing happily, after the laughter stopped, his expression was still difficult to hide his excitement, and when he got up, he walked up to Chen Bangyan, held his hand, and said loudly: "Xianqing, I know that you will not live up to my expectations!" This time the question is right, the face of Chen Shen is in line with my heart, it can be seen that Aiqing has a profound knowledge of the world, and has a long-term vision, not inferior to Zhang Taiyue (Zhang Juzheng) in the past, with Wang Zuo's talent, I have your assistance, why worry about the injustice of the world? ”

When Chen Bangyan heard this, his thin face turned red: "Weichen is lucky to be loved by Emperor Meng, as long as there is one breath left, he will do his best to serve His Majesty!" ”

Zhu Youlang nodded approvingly, turned around and returned to the bookcase, took a piece of rice paper, and immediately wrote the four decent characters of 'Loyal Xu Guo' with a wolf pen, and after the paper was dried, he walked to Chen Bangyan and said solemnly: "Loyal to Xu Guo, pure minister of heaven and earth, may Aiqing live up to my heart forever." ”

Chen Bangyan choked up and replied, "Weichen, thank you!" Tears appeared in the corners of his eyes, and bursts of sour heat welled up in his chest, and he couldn't say a word.

He knelt on his knees, stretched out his trembling hands, and raised them high, to take the rice paper with the words 'Loyal Xu Guo', but Zhu Youlang leaned over and grabbed him, personally handed Baomo to him, and said: "You are now the Langzhong of the Wupin Military Department." ”

Chen Bangyan was about to reply, but Zhu Youlang had already returned to his original seat, and said loudly: "Today, I will give the title of the right attendant of the Sanpin Military Department, and I will use the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to patrol Guangxi, supervise military affairs and manage food and salary affairs, and hope that Xianqing will follow the example of Zhuge Wuhou and Zuo Zhen will plan for a great cause!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Chen Bangyan couldn't hold back any longer, and tears burst out of his eyes: "Your Majesty loves Weichen so much, and the minister can only do his best and die to repay His Majesty's mighty imperial kindness!" ”

Zhu Youlang nodded with satisfaction, and after Chen Bangyan's mood calmed down a little, he said gently: "I will seal Aiqing in Guangxi, Aiqing can understand my deep meaning?" ”