Chapter 811: On the Opening of the Sea Ban
Emperor Zhengde himself feels a headache when he thinks about the complexity of the household, and he also understands Zhang Zhijie's thoughts, this guy is sometimes very lazy, and it is impossible to let this guy go to the household department to do Shangshu, and Emperor Zhengde is just sighing himself!
Zhang Zhijie also felt that he was going too far by saying this, and said with a dry smile: "Actually, if the emperor wants to make the treasury sufficient, it is actually very simple!" ”
Emperor Zhengde was surprised: "It's very simple? What's the simple method? ”
Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Anyway, there are so many ships secretly going to sea, and Emperor Taizu's ancestral teachings on the forbidden sea are just a fictitious thing, so it is better to directly open the sea ban and let the city department collect taxes." In this case, it is simply a lot of money, and the emperor just sits and collects the money! ”
Emperor Zhengde hesitated: "After all, the ban on opening the sea is different from organizing a fleet to go to sea, there is no precedent to follow, and the hundred officials of the court and the central government will definitely not agree!" ”
Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, throughout the past and present, none of the Ming monarchs who have a position are conformists!" ”
Emperor Zhengde had a headache and said, "Stop!" Stop! Stop! The opening of the sea ban, there is really no hidden danger, will it bring benefits to the imperial court? ”
Zhang Zhijie said: "Your Majesty, the opening of the sea ban will not only have no hidden dangers, but will also bring huge benefits to the imperial court and benefit future generations!" The Song Dynasty was open to the sea ban, the Song Dynasty was weak, fought year after year, and had to pay annual tribute, it stands to reason that the Song Dynasty's treasury should have long been unable to make ends meet, but the Song Dynasty can still be very rich, even better than our dynasty! ”
It is true that the national strength of the Song Dynasty is weak, but we cannot but admit that the financial strength of the Song Dynasty is very strong! The reason for its strong financial resources is the opening of the sea ban! Now that the strength of our army's front is far greater than that of the Song Dynasty, if the sea ban can be opened, the financial resources will definitely be better than that of the Song Dynasty. I have stronger soldiers and stronger financial resources, your Majesty, think about it, isn't this a hegemonic career? ”
Although he felt that what Zhang Zhijie said was also very reasonable, but this was not a trivial matter after all, Emperor Zhengde still hesitated a little and said: "Is this really the case?" ”
Zhang Zhijie said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, minister, I have never been so serious!" ”
In any case, Zhijie has always been trustworthy, and Emperor Zhengde took a long breath and said, "Then, I 。。。。。。 ”
Zhang Zhijie intercepted Emperor Zhengde's words and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this matter is not in a hurry, let the ministers form a fleet to go to sea to find out the situation before it is too late!" ”
Emperor Zhengde breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, although he trusted Zhang Zhijie very much, but he suddenly made him make such a huge decision, and he was really a little uncertain in his heart.
"Okay, then let our monarchs and ministers feel the situation first, if it is really beneficial to the imperial court, then I will not stick to the rules, and our monarchs and ministers will work together to create a new situation!" Emperor Zhengde said with a smile.
Zhang Zhijie was not surprised that he could persuade Emperor Zhengde to agree to him forming a fleet to go to sea, if he couldn't even do this, wouldn't he be in vain? Therefore, among the difficulties that Zhang Zhijie had to face, Emperor Zhengde's attitude was not a difficulty at all!
The next step is to solve Li Dongyang, and then support Peng Yuzhen to enter the cabinet, of course, this is not a difficult thing for Zhang Zhijie, the real difficulty is in the south! That's the difficult thing that makes Zhang Zhijie feel tricky!
Next, Zhang Zhijie accompanied Emperor Zhengde and told him a lot of legends of wealth on the sea, and Emperor Zhengde listened to the excitement of the heart, and he was more interested in forming a fleet, and he couldn't wait to personally take a huge fleet to the sea and gallop on the boundless sea!
It wasn't until the evening that Zhang Zhijie left the leopard room, and after a day, the rumors in the capital had spread. First of all, rumors about Li Dongyang's greed for power made many officials doubt Li Dongyang's character.
These rumors are not fabricated, they are real, but they have been forgotten for so long! Now after the quiet propaganda of Jinyiwei, people have remembered what happened again!
At the beginning, Liu Jian and Xie Qian left Beijing gloomily, and only Li Dongyang was left behind, and there were many officials who discussed it at that time, thinking that Li Dongyang was greedy for power, and the three scholars worked together, but only Li Dongyang himself stayed, which made many people feel a little strange! But what Li Dongyang said is very beautiful, he stayed because of the traitors in the court, once the court is clear, he will return to his hometown to show his heart!
Since then, Li Dongyang has become a member of the cabinet and has won the support of many people. You must know that before that, the first assistant scholar of the cabinet was not Li Dongyang, but Liu Jian!
Now the officials in the DPRK and China have recalled the past, and indeed, as the rumors say, Liu Dongyang is really suspected of being nostalgic for power. Even many officials who talked about it at the beginning now feel that they were prescient at the beginning, Li Dongyang is really just a powerful minister who is greedy for power, and it is not as high-minded as he showed at all!
Otherwise, now that Liu Jin's eunuch party has been wiped out for several years, why didn't Li Dongyang return to his hometown as he promised at the beginning? If he did return to his hometown, it would be a good story, but now? What Li Dongyang said at the beginning seems to be just a joke now!
In addition, Dongchang and Jinyiwei began to secretly hype up the disaster relief. Li Dongyang originally planned to embezzle the official treasury for disaster relief, but in the end, Yang Tinghe suggested that the silver from the inner treasury should be used for disaster relief, so he asked Zhang Zhijie to come forward to persuade the emperor to agree to support the silver from the inner treasury, and no longer embezzle the official wealth!
As soon as this news came out, many officials felt indignant, if there was really no way to embezzle the official salary, it would be fine, there was another way Li Dongyang actually decided to embezzle the official salary, this is completely for his own power to please the emperor, but he does not care about the life and death of hundreds of officials! How can such a person be the first assistant scholar of the cabinet of the head of the civil ministers!
There are many discussions in the capital, Peng Yuzhen has been paying attention to the development of the situation, he really has a feeling of joy in his heart, everything is developing in the direction he expects, and if it goes on like this, his dream is really within reach.
The next thing is that it's time to take action yourself, and tomorrow it's time to raise a wave of impeachment, and success or failure will happen again!
In fact, it's not just Peng Yuzhen who feels that this is an opportunity, those important ministers who had no choice but to stop fighting, now they have regained hope, they thought that there was no chance, but they didn't expect the opportunity to come again, and it came so violently and so suddenly!
This time the turmoil is even more than in the past, and the hope of success is much greater than in the past. How did these important ministers let go of this opportunity, and they all added fuel to the fire, ready to fight!
(End of chapter)