"Your Majesty, at this time when the country is in danger, Ran Yuma, as the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven, should stand up to serve the country and be loyal to the king."

Hearing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly replied in a deep voice, "Ran Fuma is loyal to the emperor, and he is knowledgeable, and he will definitely not live up to the emperor's trust, but I don't know if Princess Shouning is willing to let Ran Fuma leave the capital." ”

"Think about it again." Emperor Wanli's eyes couldn't help but light up for a moment, and then he bowed slightly, as if he was very interested in Li Hongyu's proposal.

As Li Hongyu said, Ran Xingrang is the son-in-law of the Son of Heaven, and he is like a princess, the key is that he has no roots and no foundation in the court, so he is definitely worthy of his trust.

Although it is the ancestral system of the Ming Emperor to prevent his relatives from interfering in politics, the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty was broken by the later emperors, such as exempting the concubines from being buried, and for example, the eunuchs were able to enter politics, the key is to see whether the emperor has the courage to break the ancestral system.

The so-called Shiyi time shift, Ran Xingrang is undoubtedly the most trusted person of the Wanli Emperor, equivalent to half of the son of the Wanli Emperor, so it is very suitable to serve in the Customs Department, but the Wanli Emperor wants to seek the opinion of Princess Shouning in this matter.

After all, Princess Shouning is the favorite daughter of Emperor Wanli, if Princess Shouning is reluctant to let Ran Xing leave the capital to go to other places, then this matter has to be abandoned, and it must be discussed in the long run.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a reluctant request, and I hope the emperor will grant it." Li Hongyu realized from Emperor Wanli's words and deeds that he was very satisfied with his proposal, so he bowed quietly and said.

"Speak?" Emperor Wanli looked at Li Hongyu when he heard this, wondering what he would ask for this time.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to ask the emperor not to send an internal attendant to the Customs Department to supervise taxes, the Customs Department is the instrument of the Son of Heaven, and the top and bottom are proud of the emperor's close attendants, and they will definitely not disappoint the emperor's grace, and will definitely complete the annual tax amount to be handed over to the emperor as stipulated by the emperor."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment, looked at Emperor Wanli with a serious expression and said, "In addition, the minister is willing to ask the emperor to give the civil and military officials of the Customs Department and the Navy Division embroidered spring knives, which is not only to let everyone bathe in the emperor's grace, but also to let them hold this knife to overcome thorns and thorns and serve the emperor and the Ming Dynasty." ”

It is worth mentioning that the embroidered spring knife is a special weapon of the Jinyi Guard, and no one is allowed to hold it privately, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion, and it is a weapon that only the Jinyi Guard enjoys.

The reason why Li Hongyu begged the Wanli Emperor to give him the embroidered spring knife was not only to motivate the civil and military officials of the Customs Department and the Navy, but also to resist external pressure in the future.

In addition, the embroidered spring knife and the samurai sword of the Wa Kingdom are derived from the Tang Dynasty knife, its shape combines the characteristics of the Tang knife and the Shaolin plum blossom knife and the Miao knife, mainly lightweight, at the same time narrow and slightly curved, can be pierced and blocked, easy to carry and medium-distance attack, very suitable for saber.

"I'm right." Emperor Wanli thought that Li Hongyu had something important, but it turned out to be the matter of the tax supervisor and the embroidered spring knife, so he agreed after a little silence.

In fact, the reason why the emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent eunuchs to the local government as military supervisors or tax supervisors was naturally not to hope that those eunuchs would take the opportunity to do evil in the local area and harm one party, but actually out of distrust of the civil officials.

In fact, whether or not to send a tax supervisor has a very large impact on tax revenue, and generally speaking, the local court tax revenue will increase like a blowout after the tax supervisor arrives, and once the tax supervisor leaves, it will immediately decrease.

According to the record in the "Daming Huidian", during the Chongzhen period, Zhejiang's tea tax collector was transferred back to the imperial court, and as a result, Zhejiang's tea tax dropped from more than 10,000 taels to only six taels, which made the Wanli Emperor have to send tax officials to Zhejiang again, and the tea tax was raised.

In fact, the salt tax of the Ming Dynasty was more than 2.5 million taels, the tea tax was more than 100,000 taels, and the wine tax was negligible, and these three taxes in the Song Dynasty had at least 10 million taels.

As long as Li Hongyu can guarantee that he can pay the customs duties in full to the domestic treasury every year, then the Wanli Emperor will naturally not send a tax supervisor to the Customs Department.

Besides, the Customs Department has Ran Xingrang, who is also very relieved to look at Emperor Wanli, compared with the eunuchs, Ran Xingrang is not only worthy of his trust, but also more measured, and will not take the opportunity to act like some eunuchs.

As for the embroidered spring knife, the Wanli Emperor did not mind giving it to the civil and military officials of the Customs Department and the Sailor, so that the people of the Customs Department and the Sailor would be different from the officials of the other yamen and would be more loyal to the emperor.

"The minister bows and thanks the emperor for his grace." Li Hongyu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Although he had long guessed that Emperor Wanli would agree to his request, he immediately felt a sense of relief after Emperor Wanli really agreed, and with Emperor Wanli's support, he could show his strength.

"Get up." Emperor Wanli smiled slightly when he saw this, then remembered something, looked at Li Hongyu and asked, "Li Bian, when do you plan to leave for Liaodong, and how many soldiers and horses do you need to bring?" ”

"Your Majesty, the war in Liaodong is urgent, and the minister is ready to set off for Liaodong today."

Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, bowed to Emperor Wanli and said, "The minister only needs the emperor's permission for the minister to settle Ye He and other tribes who are willing to submit to my Ming Dynasty, Yu Ningyuan, and the holy decree of exchanging markets with the Chahar tribe and other Mongolian tribes, and the soldiers and horses in Liaodong are enough to deal with the rebellion in Jianzhou." ”

"Okay, I promise you to allocate 100,000 taels of silver from the treasury to settle Ye Hebu." Emperor Wanli saw that Li Hongyu looked full of ambition, bowed his head slightly, and agreed to Li Hongyu's request, and at the same time gave him 100,000 taels of silver to settle Ye Hebu, it is obvious that the people of Ye He need silver to eat, drink, Lazar, etc.

"Thank you, Lord Long." Li Hongyu knelt down again to thank him when he heard this, he knew that Emperor Wanli's internal funds were limited, and it was not easy to allocate 100,000 taels to him this time.

"Come on, go to Shang Fangjian and fetch 'Long Ming'." Emperor Wanli looked at Li Hongyu who was kneeling there, and after a deep groan, he ordered the attendants on the side.

"Shang Fang Sword!" Li Hongyu was slightly stunned at first when he heard this, and then showed a look of surprise on his face.

It is worth mentioning that there is a building called "Shang Fang Jian" in the Forbidden City, which specializes in collecting the emperor's sword, so the sword stored in it is only called "Shang Fang Sword", which is the "Shang Fang Sword" in the mouth of later generations.

This means that the "Shang Fang Sword" does not refer to a sword, but to the sword of the Son of Heaven stored in the "Shang Fang" in the court.

For example, the "Dragon Ming Sword" given to Li Hongyu by Emperor Wanli is the sword of the Son of Heaven collected in Shang Fangjian, and it is customary to be called "Shang Fang Sword" by people.

Although there have long been records about Shang Fangjian in the history books, it is just an allusion, and Shang Fangjian was not really given by the emperor to his subordinates to use.

The first emperor in history to give Shang Fang sword to his subordinates was the Wanli Emperor, who began in the earliest battle of Ningxia in the three major expeditions of the Wanli Dynasty, and Wei Xue, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, let him use the Shang Fang sword to supervise the war.

Subsequently, the commanders of the Korean Battle and the Banzhou Battle of the Wanli Three Great Expeditions were rewarded with Shang Fangjian by the Wanli Emperor, and Yang Hao, the Liaodong Jinglu who commanded the encirclement and suppression of Houjin, was also given Shang Fangjian.

Of course, Shang Fang's sword was only temporarily granted to the sword bearer, and its purpose was to increase the authority of the sword bearer, and once the sword bearer had completed his errand, he would return the sword to Beijing after returning to Beijing.

It didn't take long for an attendant to walk into the Dongnuan Pavilion with a long carved sword box in his hand, put it on the table in front of Emperor Wanli and open it, and there was a long sword made of stainless steel lying quietly inside, which was undoubtedly the "Dragon Ming Sword".

"Compiled by Li, I appointed you as the governor of Liaodong and the right attendant of the military department, and have full authority to handle the affairs of Liaodong before Xiong Tingbi arrives in Liaodong, and assist Xiong Tingbi after Xiong Tingbi arrives."

Emperor Wanli glanced at the "Dragon Singing Sword" in the sword box, and said to Li Hongyu with a serious expression, "You are still young, and some people will not obey you. ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Li Hongyu suppressed the excitement in his heart when he heard this, and solemnly knelt down to thank Emperor Wanli for his grace.

It must be pointed out that governors and governors did not have a rank in the Ming Dynasty, but were only temporary assignments, unlike local feudal officials like the Qing Dynasty.

Moreover, the position of governor is usually held by the official of the imperial court, because the main body of the official supervises the imperial history and gives the official position of the seventh grade, in order to coerce the local officials, the emperor gives the official title to the local governor and improves his rank.

Generally speaking, the official who was able to go to the local governor was awarded the title of the right attendant of the six departments, so that his rank was promoted to the third rank.

Of course, once the Yanguan patrol is completed, the title will be cancelled after returning to Beijing, and the grade will be restored to the seventh grade.

"Li Bian, it is difficult for you to return to Beijing for a short time when you go to Liaodong this time, so go and say goodbye to Taisun." Looking at Li Hongyu, who was kneeling there to thank him, a smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Wanli's mouth, and he commanded.

After this conversation with Li Hongyu, Emperor Wanli paid more and more attention to Li Hongyu, not to mention Li Hongyu's young but his knowledge and vision far surpassed those civil and military masters in the court, and he could be described as a rare capable talent.

For this reason, Emperor Wanli naturally wanted to make Li Hongyu closer to Zhu Youxiao, and let Li Hongyu become Zhu Youxiao's confidant, so that he could better assist Zhu Youxiao.

"Obey." Hearing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly got up, and followed the two attendants out of the Qianqing Palace to go to the Qingning Palace to see Zhu Youxiao, one of the attendants was holding a sword box containing the Dragon Ming Sword.

Although Emperor Wanli gave Li Hongyu the Longming Sword, Li Hongyu was unable to hold the sword in the Forbidden City, so he would only hand it over to him after leaving the Forbidden City.

On the way to Qingning Palace, Li Hongyu's mood was a little inexplicably excited, compared with Zhu Youxiao, he wanted to see Wei Zhongxian more, and wanted to see who this rumored notorious eunuch was.

Qingning Palace.

When Li Hongyu rushed to Qingning Palace, he happened to rush to Zhan Shifu to teach Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, so he could only wait for the end of class in the wing room on the side.

"Compiled by Li, Taisun has already left class." About two quarters of an hour later, an attendant came in and said to Li Hongyu, who was sitting there drinking tea.

Hearing this, Li Hongyu hurriedly put down the teacup in his hand, and followed the waiter into the small courtyard in the corner of Qingning Palace, where a teenage boy wearing a python dragon robe was looking at a piece of paper in his hand in the living room, and a middle-aged man with a white face who did not need to wear the clothes of an inner servant bowed down and stood aside.

"Xiaguan Hanlin Academy compiled Li Hongyu to meet His Royal Highness Taisun."

Li Hongyu naturally knew that the young man was Zhu Youxiao, and the middle-aged servant was undoubtedly Wei Zhongxian, he knew that Wei Zhongxian must be looking at him, so he looked ahead without squinting, and after entering the living room, he knelt down to Zhu Youxiao and saluted solemnly.

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