After the girls in the Qinglou served the wine and food, Li Hongyu and Zhu Wanting began to push the cup and change the glass, both of them were born "wine baskets", and they knew each other's alcohol well, so they drank happily, and the wine was pot after pot on the ground.

Zhu Wanting's interest was very high, and she seemed to have forgotten the helplessness and unhappiness in marriage when she talked and laughed with Li Hongyu, Li Hongyu had no choice but to accompany her with her spirits, and she was secretly anxious in her heart, in case Zhu Wanting really married Zhao Xin, then her life would be over.

But then again, Zhu Wanting is the county lord, once Li Hongyu decides, Li Hongyu is really powerless, does he want Zhao Xin not to marry Zhu Wanting?

Even if Zhao Xin was persuaded by Li Hongyu, in case Zhu Wanting asked for a marriage from Emperor Wanli, then Zhao Xin could only accept it obediently.

In the final analysis, the county lord is not a princess, so the constraints on choosing the guest of honor are much smaller, the Wanli Emperor both favors Zhu Wanting and appreciates Zhao Xin, and it is not difficult to give the next marriage decree, anyway, the local vassal kings can no longer pose a threat to the imperial power.

"By the way, what do you want so many people to do? I also involved my brother-in-law. ”

After three rounds of drinking, Li Hongyu and Zhu Wanting were a little drunk, Zhu Wanting and Li Hongyu remembered something after drinking, and looked at Li Hongyu with some confusion after putting down the wine glass in their hands.

The brother-in-law in her mouth naturally refers to Ran Xingrang, so that the "so many people" in front of her are those who have passed the Enke exam to become tax officials.

Emperor Wanli's tax officer Enke exam came very suddenly, so it shook the government and the opposition in the capital, not only the civil and military officials but even the peddlers and pawns all talked about it, I don't know what the Wanli Emperor's move means, is it necessary to use those tax officials who are from a good background to take over the tax of the inner treasury?

The officials of the various factions in the court once asked the Wanli Emperor about the affairs of those tax officials, but the Wanli Emperor's tone was very tight, so they returned in vain.

Unlike the common people, those officials in the capital don't think that the Wanli Emperor wants to replace the existing tax supervisors with those tax officials from high births, the tax supervisors are eunuchs who are extremely loyal to the Wanli Emperor, how can the Wanli Emperor be easily replaced?

Therefore, the officials of various factions in the capital knew that the Wanli Emperor was preparing to levy new taxes, so they secretly contacted and prepared to collectively oppose the Wanli Emperor's increase in new taxes, especially commercial taxes, on the grounds of grabbing profits from the people.

Zhu Wanting also felt that Emperor Wanli wanted to levy new taxes at first, and there was a good chance that he would start with commercial taxes, but later saw that Zhao Xin was training those tax officials in Huaguang Academy, and realized that this matter was very likely to be caused by Li Hongyu.

Therefore, she was very curious about what Li Hongyu was going to do, so that Emperor Wanli could make a decree to recruit tax collectors.

"Of course it's making money." Li Hongyu smiled slightly, and said to Zhu Wanting, "The building near the water has the moon first, but I have reserved a seat for you and Cousin Chang." ”

The "cousin Chang" in Li Hongyu's mouth naturally refers to Zhu Shengchang, the king of Hanchang County in Wuchang Chu Palace, although Zhu Shengchang is the king of the county, he is quite compatible with Li Hongyu, and he has helped him a lot, and he is still Li Hongyu's fellow countryman, and he naturally wants to think about Zhu Shengchang if there is anything good.

In addition, Wuchang, like Xiangyang, is a military town in the central region of the Ming Dynasty, not only has the Jianghan Plain rich in fish and rice, but also guards the Yangtze River waterway, Li Hongyu naturally will not easily give up this territory to others.

Once the security of Xiangyang and Wuchang is ensured, then Li Hongyu will have two corresponding fortresses in Central China in the future, which will facilitate future counteroffensives.

In Xiangyang and Wuchang, the most powerful are the Xiangwang Mansion and the Chu Wangfu, Li Hongyu wants to make a difference and naturally has a good relationship with them, only in this way can the city defense and military strength of these two cities be strengthened, otherwise Xiangyang and Wuchang will be in danger as soon as the troubled times come.

"Make money?" Zhu Wanting was slightly stunned when she heard this, and she became more and more confused when she heard it, the tax official collects money, and he can't make money.

Li Hongyu saw that Zhu Wanting was confused, smiled and waved his hand to the girls waiting in the room, and the girls retreated in amusement.

When the door was closed by Zhu Wanting's guards, Li Hongyu lowered his voice and told her everything about the Overseas Trade and Customs Department.

This made Zhu Wanting was taken aback, no matter what, she couldn't imagine that Li Hongyu would actually fight the idea of overseas trade, no wonder the Wanli Emperor wanted to collect tax officials from the capital, and they wanted to collect tariffs for the Wanli Emperor on overseas trade.

"This ...... Can you make money? After understanding the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, Zhu Wanting couldn't help but look at him curiously and asked, she didn't know much about overseas trade.

"Of course it's making money, more than the salt road business."

Li Hongyu nodded affirmatively when he heard this, and then explained to Zhu Wanting seriously, "The reason why Yandao makes money is because the business is monopolized by the imperial court and then falls into the hands of private individuals, and a small salt industry can make people make a lot of money, if we monopolize overseas trade, wouldn't it be like a cash cow!" ”

"Aren't you afraid that this business will be robbed by others?"

Zhu Wanting understood now, and then asked with some concern, the business of the Lianghuai Salt Road is robbed by relevant interest groups every year, implicating all the forces in the capital, if the overseas trade is so profitable, those elites in the capital will definitely not sit idly by.

"The Customs Department collects taxes for the emperor, and it belongs to the emperor's inner treasury, and those people in the court can't get involved even if they want to." Li Hongyu smiled slightly, and said disapprerovingly, with the emperor as a backer, he is naturally not afraid that someone will get involved in the customs department and overseas trade matters.

Besides, Li Hongyu is not the kind of person who is submissive, if the other party is too much, it is a big deal to fight with those forces that covet the Customs Department and overseas trade, and see who the emperor will trust more at that time.

In addition, the party struggle in the imperial court has become increasingly brutal, and after Li Hongyu showed a tough state, I am afraid that the officials of various factions want to cooperate with him rather than continue to fight.

This is also the reason why Li Hongyu wants to get close to Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, for Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youzhen, the two young emperors, they will definitely trust the people around them more after ascending the throne, and he and Zhao Xin will undoubtedly be the confidants of the two emperors at that time.

Seeing Li Hongyu's confident appearance, Zhu Wanting couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, she knew very well the truth that the greater the return, the greater the risk, and knew that once the overseas trade was implemented, it would definitely bring a lot of trouble to Li Hongyu.

"This business is very tempting, but the Ming ancestral system does not allow the royal families from all over the country to intervene in local affairs, and our Xiangwang Mansion and Chu Wangfu cannot participate in it."

Although Zhu Wanting really wanted to win a quota to support Li Hongyu in the future, she also had her difficulties, and after a deep groan, she frowned and said to Li Hongyu.

The local royal family of the Ming Dynasty was tantamount to being raised by the imperial court, unable to engage in politics or business, and had nothing to do all day long, only knowing how to eat, drink and have fun.

This also made the imperial family of the Ming Dynasty the weakest of the feudal dynasties, and those vassal kings who were drunk and dreamed of death and lingered in the wind and snow won the nickname of "Virtuous King" because they did not make trouble for the imperial court.

However, with the Ming court's policy of "supporting" the local royal family, the number of royal families in various parts of the Ming Dynasty showed explosive growth, so that the imperial court could not afford to feed so many people, and the finances of the local feudal kings could not cover the expenditure.

As a result, the life of the royal family in those places that were more remote from the feudal palace was very depressed, and people starved to death from time to time, after all, due to the large number, not every royal family could live that glamorous and beautiful life.

"What's so hard about that? As long as you are interested in the king of Hanchang, I can help you set up a business to operate this matter, and every time the overseas trade is over, the dividends will be transferred to you, and you only need to send someone to manage the accounts. ”

Li Hongyu naturally knew that the Ming Dynasty had the ancestral training that the local royal family could not engage in politics and business, so he had already thought of a way to deal with it, and said to Zhu Wanting with a smile, solving the worries of Zhu Wanting and Zhu Hanchang, who were not familiar with business, which means that as long as the two of them pay for the quota, they can sit at home and count the money, which can be described as a million profits.

"Strange, you seem to know a lot about business, but no one seems to have taught you this when you were in White River Town!"

Zhu Wanting couldn't help but bow her head slightly when she heard this, thinking that Li Hongyu's proposal was very good, and then remembered something, and couldn't help but look up at him suspiciously: Li Hongyu was the champion of the Ming Dynasty when he was immersed in hard work in Baihe Town, and it stands to reason that he should not be so proficient in business affairs.

"My father is a well-known Confucian merchant in Baihe Town, and the so-called tiger father has no dog, so I naturally have some understanding of business things." Hearing this, Li Hongyu couldn't help laughing, this question couldn't help him at all, he had already answered Emperor Wanli, so he explained to Zhu Wanting in an orderly manner.

Zhu Wanting nodded thoughtfully, she forgot that Li Hongyu's father was a very famous businessman in Baihe Town, and he led the Li family's business out of the quagmire and developed rapidly with his own strength, so Li Hongyu would naturally have a business acumen beyond ordinary people if he was nurtured since childhood.

The next morning, Li Hongyu got up from the bed in the Qinglou in a drowsy manner, at this time Zhu Wanting had already left, and before leaving, he left a sentence for him that he went to the Hanlin Academy to find Zhao Xin, and asked him to prepare the money.

Li Hongyu was taken aback when he heard this, and wanted to chase Zhao Xin to stop Zhu Wanting from "throwing hydrangeas" to Zhao Xin, but after glancing at the sky outside the window, he gave up this idea, it was obvious that it was too late for him to go at this time, and it would only make things more embarrassing.

Therefore, after weighing left and right, Li Hongyu decided to go to Huaguang Academy for a visit, and he, the owner of the mountain, should also meet the tax officials who were trained there, and by the way, bring the relationship between the two sides closer.

In fact, because Li Hongyu and those tax officials are both people who are rushing to take the exam in the same subject, they can be regarded as having a "friendship of the same year" with each other.

Don't underestimate this "friendship of the same year", the ancient officialdom attached great importance to this, and the officials who entered the official career through the imperial examination were the first to come into contact with the interpersonal circle, which invisibly made Li Hongyu and those tax officials a combination of interests.

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