Yu Zhigao pointed to the dishes on the table and said with a smile: "Master Sun, these are all famous characteristics of Fujian, especially these 'flat meat swallows' and 'oyster shortbread', but Taiping Yan's signature food, you have to try it well." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Sun Yueling picked up a piece of oyster cake with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to chew, but he felt that it was crispy and delicious, very refreshing, and he couldn't help but praise: "Yes, it's really delicious." ”

Yu Zhigao laughed and said, "If Lord Sun likes it, it's good if he likes it." ”

In the midst of laughter and conversation, everyone raised their chopsticks to eat, and staggered their plans.

After some mutual respect, Yu Zhigao said to Sun Yueling: "My lord, a few days ago, Lord Governor said that he was going to ban the sea, and after the news came out, the traders in the coastal area complained one after another, which is not a good thing!" ”

Sun Yueling thought to himself, and sure enough, Yu Zhigao finally got down to business. Last time in the governor's yamen, Yu Zhigao was dissatisfied with Zhu Qinxiang's measures to ban the sea, but he didn't disobey in person, could it be that this time he invited himself to the banquet, did he plan to persuade himself? Or do you want to persuade Zhu Qinxiang through yourself?

Sun Yueling smiled and said, "Old General, the matter of banning the sea is something that Lord Zhu is determined to change, and the officials in the governor's yamen are formulating detailed measures, and I believe that it will soon be made public, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Yu Zhigao looked at the people present, sighed, and said, "Master Sun, you don't know something." Nine times out of ten, the merchants in the coastal towns of Fujian are engaged in maritime trade, and if the maritime ban strategy is restored, most of these traders may go bankrupt, which is one of them; Second, the governor said that he wanted to offset the sea tax from the income of commercial tax and agricultural tax, but Fujian is a place with many mountains and rivers, and commerce is driven by sea trade, so as long as the sea trade stops, the commercial tax will be reduced. In addition, the land in Fujian is barren and unsuitable for agricultural production, so the farmers are pitiful and cannot collect any taxes in the first place. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then continued, "The third and most serious point is that if these traders and farmers are unable to make ends meet, and they have to pay heavy taxes, I am afraid that they will take risks and turn into smugglers, or even directly become pirates, so that the whole Fujian will be in chaos, and the thieves will be unable to suppress it, and it will be difficult to calm it down at all." He sighed heavily and said: "If it really comes to this point, I am afraid that the situation will become a mess like before, the court has no public trust, and the people act wantonly, becoming a vicious circle......

After listening to what he said, everyone nodded their heads in agreement, talking about the bad things about Zhu Qinxiang's governance.

Hearing their discussions, Sun Yueling sighed in his heart. In the past few days, through some of his understanding, he has indeed felt that most people do not agree with the ban on the sea, and according to the current situation, the ban on the sea will inevitably lead to the deterioration of the situation in Fujian. But Zhu Qinxiang is his top boss and entrusts him with a heavy responsibility, how can he oppose him at this critical moment?

After thinking about it, Sun Yueling said: "Old general, I understand what you mean. Although the official is not talented, he also knows that if the sea trade is banned, I am afraid that the livelihood of Fujian will be greatly affected. After a pause, he continued, "But Lord Zhu is bent on this, and I don't have any way, so I can only follow the development of the situation and slowly persuade ......."

Li Dan suddenly said: "This ...... If you wait until Lord Zhu changes his mind, I am afraid that the whole situation has become irreparable. Moreover, Lord Zhu has a lonely temperament, and he may not change his mind, but will only make decisions according to the deployment of the imperial court. ”

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, I have no choice, after all, this official is a subordinate of Lord Zhu, how can I change his mind." ”

When he said this, everyone in the room fell silent.

Xu Xinsu laughed and said to the people at the table: "I have an idea, I don't know if I should say it......

Yu Zhigao snorted lightly and said, "When is it, if you have something to say, you can say it." ”

Xu Xinsu smiled and said slowly: "All the adults have also said that this matter of banning the sea is obviously not good for the people of Fujian, but Lord Futai is bent on doing so, and we, the grass people, have no way to do it. The words suddenly changed and said, "However, since ancient times, there have been policies and countermeasures, although Lord Zhu is bent on reforming maritime trade, as long as all the adults here cooperate sincerely, presumably Lord Zhu will also have a ......weak heart."

"What nonsense are you talking about, do you want us to fight against the fate?" Yu Zhigao pretended to be angry and shouted loudly.

"The little ones don't dare, the little ones don't dare." Xu Xinsu hurriedly said, "How dare the little ones ask the adults to fight against the boss, please let the little ones finish speaking." Looking at Yu Zhigao with a serious face, he said cautiously: "Actually, since Lord Zhu wants to ban the sea, let him ban it, he wants to issue the ship guide at his discretion, and let him distribute it, and it has nothing to do with us." Could it be that Lord Zhu forbade the sea and controlled the navigation of the ship, so that the trade of the Fujian Sea across the Southeast Ocean could be cut off? ”

Xu Xinsu's eyes suddenly became bright, and he said: "Everyone has also said that this is obviously impossible, and it will only make smugglers more rampant." Since the smugglers cannot be curbed, then, if we can restrain these smugglers and let them trade in the ocean according to the methods and methods we have devout, wouldn't it be a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people? It will not stop the livelihood of these traders, but also achieve the role of maintaining the order of maritime trade, and will not lead to the people becoming pirates, which is simply killing three birds with one stone! ”

When Sun Yueling heard this, he was secretly shocked, but he didn't expect Xu Xinsu to have such an idea. This is clearly a violation of Zhu Qinxiang's yang, although he promised to ban the sea on the surface, but behind the scenes, he did another set, even if he did not directly dismantle Zhu Qinxiang's platform, but it was not much, you must know that allowing those smugglers to trade was originally against Zhu Qinxiang's original intention.

Zhang Ruzhen, the left political secretary of Fuzhou, first agreed with Xu Xinsu, patted the table and smiled: "This is a good idea, you can give it a try." ”

To Sun Yueling's surprise, his subordinate Fu Dapeng actually agreed, saying that this method was a good idea and could be implemented.

Yu Zhigao frowned, and said, "Nonsense, isn't this going against Lord Zhu's intentions, if Lord Zhu knows that we are harboring smugglers, he will definitely be furious......

Xu Xinsu smiled and said, "Dashuai, you are too worried." In fact, Lord Zhu's governor is nothing more than hoping to establish meritorious deeds, and he will listen to heaven every day. My idea was not to ask the chief soldier to shield the smugglers, but to maintain order among the smugglers. At this time, as long as you take those unruly smugglers or pirates and present them to Lord Zhu, how can Lord Zhu blame you? He glanced at Sun Yueling and continued, "I'm afraid that Lord Zhu will also report the merits of the marshal to the imperial court, and after the imperial court knows about it, he will definitely have a reward and add officials to the lords." ”

Yu Zhigao pondered and nodded: "You say this, but there is some truth in it. I think that Lord Du Fu is just a rogue official, and he has not been staying in Fujian for a long time, if we can catch some pirates and smugglers, I am afraid it is indeed enough for him to give an account to the imperial court. ”

When Sun Yueling heard this, his heart was already like a fire. Xu Xinsu and Yu Zhigao asked and answered, it was clear that they were acting to show him, and persuaded him side by side, after all, he Sun Yueling is also a rogue official, and sooner or later he will leave Fujian.

Xu Xinsu continued: "Not only that, but if the imperial court learns the true situation along the coast of Fujian, it may not blame the adults for maintaining the order of maritime trade, and will also praise and praise the behavior of the adults. ”

Sun Yueling hesitated, and Xu Xinsu's words did have some truth. It is precisely because the private trade has led to the great development of the entire coastal area and greatly promoted the improvement of people's livelihood that the imperial court has always turned a blind eye and adopted a laissez-faire attitude. What's more, because of the competition between many countries along the coast, the imperial court does not have enough strength to manage, so it can only maintain the status quo, and sometimes has to rely on pirates to deal with the foreign countries in the southeast ocean, trying to appease the sea by "razing and razing".

Governor Zhu Qinxiang's behavior will not only disrupt the original order in the coastal area, but I am afraid that it will also make the foreign countries in the southeast ocean angry, so that it is definitely not a proper way to deal with the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Zhigao said lightly: "Because of this, do we have to disobey Lord Zhu?" It is not an easy task to restrain smugglers, and our army alone cannot do it, so why should we waste a lot of manpower and material resources for this and lose more than we gain? ”

Li Dan, Zhang Ruzhen and others nodded in agreement, but Xu Xinsu said: "Of course not, as long as we can control these smugglers and let them trade through our way, we can naturally take part of the fees from them, then, naturally, it can be used to reward those soldiers who contributed, and the adults have meritorious dispatches, so they can naturally earn a piece of silver for drinking tea......

Having said this, there is no further to say, but everyone present knew what he was going to say-if he could really control the trade along the coast, then the hard-earned income would not be compared to the cost of earning a piece of silver for drinking tea, and perhaps it would be rich and ten thousand gold to be paid.

"This ......" Yu Zhigao hesitated, turned to Sun Yueling and said, "What does Lord Sun think?" ”

After talking for a long time, he finally threw out this olive branch, and the temptation was very huge, and Sun Yueling's heart was pounding. Controlling the trade along the coast will also control the entire trade system of the Southeast Ocean, and can even change the world pattern of the Age of Discovery, which is a great opportunity for him to change Donglin or even change the fortunes of the Ming Dynasty.

How on earth is he going to answer that? (To be continued.) )