Sun Yueling was thinking wildly, when suddenly Dongfang Shengping came to his side and whispered to him: "My lord, Han Qiaoshui sent someone to report it, and he is waiting in the city at this moment." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Oh?" Sun Yueling's spirits perked up. Han Qiaoshui has been placed in Suzhou by him for several months, and he doesn't know how the business is, but now that he has sent people here, things must have progressed.

"Go back to the yamen." Sun Yueling said, boarded the carriage, and headed towards Fuzhou City.

After returning to the Yamen of the Imperial Division, he met with the person sent by Han Qianshui, and learned about Han Qianshui's business in Suzhou from this person.

At this time, all the brothers of the original Dongtang had completely gained a firm foothold in Suzhou under the painstaking management of Han Qianshui, not only purchased several mansions, collected a wide range of fields, but also opened academies and lecture halls, and hired some great Confucians to give lectures. Of course, Han Wanshui firmly remembered Sun Yueling's parting instructions, and the academy and lecture hall he opened were not just to teach those Zhu Cheng theories, but to pay more attention to those theories that have been applied to the world, and even Xu Guangqi was invited by him from Beijing to give several lectures in person.

In addition, Han Qianshui also vigorously supported those young scholars, funded their lecture gatherings, and made every effort to win over Yingshe, maintained a good relationship with Yang Tingshu, Zhang Fu and others, and became a person they trusted deeply.

Sun Yueling said to the brother who passed the word: "That's good, the weak water really didn't live up to my expectations of him." ”

The brother said to him: "My lord, not only that, but the Thirty-six Dao of Jingshi and the Baishi Mountain City of Sichuan have also sent people to trade with us, giving us great preferential treatment and convenience. Now our business in Jiangnan has become bigger and bigger, even surpassing when we were in Beijing before. ”

"Really?" Sun Yueling was overjoyed, this was something he didn't expect. I thought that if they left Jingshi, all the situation would be greatly reduced, but I didn't expect it to get better and better, and Shun was out of control.

The man said: "My lord, Mr. Han asked me to tell you that Chu Xinying from Baishi City, Sichuan will arrive in Suzhou next month, and it is very likely that she will come to Fuzhou to meet your lordship." ”

"Oh!" Sun Yueling nodded, Chu Xinying had indeed not seen her for a long time, and when he thought of the appearance of this hearty and fiery Sichuan girl, his heart was itching.

"My lord," the man continued, "Mr. Han asked me to ask my lordship, saying that we have now taken root in one side and have a lot of business, and we can't do without a name, and ask my lord to draw up a name so that we can run a famous business." ”

"That's it!" Sun Yueling didn't think about this matter, and said, "The name of the Concern Hall can naturally not be used anymore, I am now in Fujian, of course, I can't use the name of Sun Mansion, what is the name?" After pondering for a moment, he said: "Most of the people who follow me now are young brothers, the so-called 'just classmates are young, in their prime', our name is simply called 'Fenghua Society'!" ”

"Good name!" The man shouted, "Fenghua Society, my lord is indeed a learned person, and he has obtained a name like no other. ”

Sun Yueling smiled faintly, the word Fenghua is the word, but it has condensed the hard work of many outstanding people. Thinking of this, my heart suddenly shook, and I couldn't help but think of Mu Wan's posture that could lead the peerless elegance on the bank of the Qinhuai River. Like each other today, I just don't know how she is doing?

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In the following days, Sun Yueling mobilized officials of the Yamen of the Inspectorate to fully cooperate with the relocation of the people from the Governor's Yamen to Taiwan.

To Sun Yueling's great surprise, this time the imperial court did not punish him, but praised him for his handling of Yan Siqi's case in the text, and according to the will of the Son of Heaven, he was directly promoted from the deputy envoy to the envoy, and officially controlled the yamen of the judge.

After the decree drafted by the cabinet came down, officials of all sizes in Fujian were shocked, but they didn't expect this young Donglin official to be so trusted by the imperial court, and he actually rose instead of falling in the case of the entire Donglin losing power, which made everyone have to reassess him.

But Sun Yueling knew in his heart that this time it could be said to be extremely dangerous. Yu Zhigao, the head of the land, has a big root, and he relied on Wei Zhongxian's big backstage by marrying his daughter to Wu Chunfu, the five tigers in the eunuch party. This time, the imperial court did not punish him for the crime of killing the Sanpin officials without authorization, I am afraid that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was maneuvering from it, suppressed the impeachment of the relevant personnel against him, and trusted him again. Otherwise, under the raging feelings of the eunuch party, he will definitely lose his official position and abandon his post.

However, at present, there is no danger, and he has been successfully promoted, and has become the real leader of the Yamen according to the judge, and he does not have to hide it when he does things, and he has many worries. Cai Shanji, the original inspector, no longer concurrently served as the inspector, thanks to Sun Yueling, the apocalypse promoted him to the right political envoy of Fuzhou, and handed over all the affairs of the inspector to Sun Yueling to be fully responsible.

At this time, Sun Yueling had been promoted from an official of the fourth rank to the third grade, and his authority was becoming heavier and heavier, and he could finally be regarded as one of the important officials of the Ming Dynasty.

On this day, in the governor's yamen, Zhu Qinxiang invited local wealthy businessmen and gentry, and said to him in front of a group of officials, big and small: "Sun Zhentai, now that you have been promoted to Fujian as an inspector, this government is very pleased, it can be seen that the holy wisdom is clear, and he is a wise king, and there is such a holy monarch, this is the blessing of my courtiers!" ”

Everyone hurriedly echoed and praised the apocalypse.

Sun Yueling naturally followed up with some words of gratitude to Jun En, and he was really grateful to the Emperor of the Apocalypse in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that the apocalypse still trusted him, at this time, he would have been so proud, and I don't know what it would have become like to be plagued by the eunuchs.

Zhu Qinxiang is a native of Donglin, and he is happy to see someone from his side promoted, which is reasonable. It's just that the rest of the officials present are not all sincere congratulations, but I am afraid that most of them are just in the way of their feelings and say polite words.

He only heard Zhu Qinxiang continue: "Ladies and gentlemen, this government has earlier asked the yamen to formulate a 'maritime trade strategy', and now this system has been formulated, in the future, my Ming maritime merchants to operate maritime trade, all must get the governor Yamen issued by the ship to go to sea, otherwise it will be treated as private trade, arrest people and receive goods, and I hope that everyone here must abide by this system, be a legitimate maritime merchant of my Ming Dynasty, and set an example for the world's traders." ”

As soon as these words fell, the following immediately became noisy, and there were different opinions.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Qinxiang was still determined to carry out this strategy of banning the sea, completely ignoring the current actual situation. However, even if the maritime merchants complained, they did not dare to speak out against it at this time, because Zhu Qinxiang was coercing the remnants of Xu Xinsu to defeat him, and he was already prestigious, and no one dared to touch his tiger whiskers again.

Zhu Qin couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and his voice raised a lot, and said: "This is an important measure related to the stability of my Daming Haijiang and the livelihood of my Daming people. In the future, all maritime trade along the coast of Fujian must be approved by the government and carried out under the supervision of the government government. ”

At this time, no one dared to speak out against it, so he could only slander himself in his heart, Sun Yueling saw that everyone was sad, especially Zhou Wenxi and Li Dan, both of whom had tense faces and heavy expressions; On the contrary, the young masters of Aotianmen, Ao Fuyong and Yan Ke, looked relaxed, and didn't seem to take this matter very seriously.

Sun Yueling knew that Aotianmen had always had a good relationship with the government, and Zhu Qinxiang's maritime trade strategy might make it difficult for some other traders, but it would not be difficult for them at all; Not to mention Yan Ke, who climbed up to him as a backstager, he was afraid that there would be less business in the future, and he didn't worry that the government would not issue them a ship guide.

He didn't want to see the happy and sad situation of these families, and as far as he knew, it might not be a good thing to turn this free trade into a directional operation, so he tried to say to Zhu Qinxiang: "My lord, do you really want to implement this sea trade strategy?" The subordinates feel that there are still many inappropriate points, can they make a more detailed on-site investigation before making an announcement? Or do it for a short period of time, and if it's not ideal, cancel it? ”

This was said to many merchants, and even to the hearts of some officials, and after seeing him speak, everyone finally could not bear it anymore, and they all echoed it, talking about the disadvantages of this forbidden sea trade.

Zhu Qin saw that everyone was still complaining, and he felt very unhappy in his heart, especially he didn't expect that Sun Yueling, as a subordinate who was valued by him, would take the lead in speaking out against it, and he was even more angry, and said to him: "Sun Zhentai, this sea trade strategy has collected the opinions of many traders and gathered the wisdom of many officials of the governor's yamen, which is the best innovative measure at present. Besides, as officials of the Ming Dynasty and subjects of the Son of Heaven, how could we not act in accordance with the arrangements and decisions of the imperial court? You have to keep your mind in line with the court, and you have to mention those unrealistic words again! ”

This is already very serious, Sun Yueling really can't understand in his heart, why some Donglin officials once they decide on something, wishful thinking that this is a major matter that benefits the people, and can't listen to any opinions of other people at all, and can't help but comfort again: "Zhongcheng, as far as the lower officials know, there are still many traders who feel embarrassed by this. Just like the twelve chambers of commerce in Fuzhou, the monthly ships can only lead ten ships, and only ten cargo ships can be sent to sea, which will inevitably affect their operations, and the twelve chambers of commerce are likely to go bankrupt because of this. ”

Zhu Qinxiang frowned, and said with displeasure on his face: "Sun Zhentai, this is the affairs of the governor's yamen and the political secretary's yamen, you are the envoy of the judge's yamen, and you are only responsible for the arrest of thieves. As soon as the conversation changed, "This mansion has already thought about it, and there are other important matters for you to handle." ”

So far, Sun Yueling has already said everything he should have said, and he can be regarded as making a final effort for the Fuzhou traders, so he can only say: "I don't know what it is, please ask Zhongcheng to give orders?" ”

Zhu Qinxiang looked around at the crowd and said loudly: "Since Xu Thief was in charge of coastal trade, he was willing to be the comprador of those Dutch, monopolizing our coastal trade for them, and all the goods shipped by our country to Japan and Manila had to pass through the hands of the Dutch. Now, since this government has decided to implement the sea trade strategy, it is necessary to tell these foreign Yi people that it is okay to trade with our Ming Dynasty, but they must get the permission of our Ming government and do it according to the methods we have formulated. ”

Speaking of this, he said to Sun Yueling, "This is the task that this government is going to give you." The Dutch are currently entrenched in Taiwan, and this government intends to order you to go to their garrison and inform them in detail of our Ming Dynasty's maritime trade policy, and you will give them five trade letters issued by the Yamen, and within one year, their merchant ships will only be allowed to trade in our Daming harbor five times. ”

When everyone heard him say this, they all exclaimed, this is too tough, it is almost comparable to the previous governor Nan Juyi. Nan Juyi was afraid of the Dutch in military terms, and since then he has withdrawn from the Penghu Islands, not daring to compete with the Ming Dynasty in the coastal sea; And this governor, Zhu Qinxiang, actually wanted to continue to maintain strong economic pressure and strictly control the number of trade between the Dutch and the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the Dutch can only have the opportunity to trade with the Ming Dynasty five times a year, and they cannot influence the trade along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and their interests will inevitably be greatly damaged, and it can even be said that they will not get any benefits in the Southeast Ocean. Maybe we will fight each other again and knock on the door of the Ming Dynasty by force.

Li Dan felt that he could no longer remain silent this time, and said to Zhu Qinxiang: "Lord Governor, the Dutch are only allowed to trade with the Ming Dynasty five times a year, is it too little?" They will be unbearable, and they may have to invade the coastal towns again. He had contacts and cooperation with those Dutch, and knew well the purpose of their coming to the Ming coast, and Zhu Qinxiang allowed the Dutch to trade poorly, and at the same time it was very unfavorable to the development of his maritime trade.

Zhu Qin twisted his beard and said: "Boss Li, this government knows that you have some contacts with those Dutch, so this government has decided to take the official ultimatum this time, and you will go with you." If you think that you are still a Ming citizen, you can help the government to handle this matter. ”

When Li Dan heard that Zhu Qinxiang was so insistent, he had no choice but to sigh: "The grass people are willing to assist my Ming government and handle this matter well." But......" he continued, "trade is restricted only five times a year, and as far as the grass people know, the Dutch must not be able to tolerate it, can the adults relax the number of times they are free to trade?" ”

Zhu Qinxiang pondered for a moment and said: "Since this is the case, then this government has decided that as long as I have the permission of the governor's yamen, my Ming maritime merchants can go to Taiwan to trade with them, but the number of times must not be too many, and it must be approved by the government." When he said this, he finally gave some face to these merchants and opened some small openings for the maritime trade strategy.

Li Dan knew that this was the case, and he couldn't change it, so he could only say: "My lord is wise." However, this time the Lord sent people to Taiwan to contact the Dutch, I am afraid it is a big difficulty, those Dutch have always been used to being domineering, maybe they will embarrass the envoys sent by the Lord. ”

Zhu Qinxiang said: "This mansion has already considered it, so I plan to send Sun Zhentai there." Sun Zhentai is strong in martial arts, and he has been in charge of troops in the southwest, and he is wise and decisive, so he should be the best candidate for this mission. After that, he turned to Sun Yueling and said, "I don't know what Sun Zhentai thinks about this decision of this mansion, and if you are willing to go?" ”

Sun Yueling smiled bitterly in his heart, this Zhu Qinxiang is really too domineering, otherwise it would be impossible not to consult him in advance. But now, can he say no? Besides, being able to go to Taiwan and declare the national policy of my Ming Dynasty to those red-haired people and assert the rights of my Ming Dynasty is not a matter of boosting my country's prestige, so he nodded and said: "Zhongcheng has an order, how dare the lower officials disobey!" (To be continued.) )