"Where does this profit come from?"

It took a long time for Luo Sigong to ask such a sentence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Liu Zheng smiled lightly, and then said two words: "Cao Gang!" ”

Luo Sigong twisted his eyebrows and pondered, Liu Zheng could see Luo Sigong's doubts from Luo Sigong's expression.

So he explained to Luo Sigong: "Commander Luo, don't underestimate this Cao Gang, although the current north-south Cao Yun is not as much as it was in its heyday, don't forget, even so, the Cao Gang can still feed a large group of people, and even raise themselves fat and strong!" ”

In fact, Liu Zheng thought badly, Luo Sigong didn't know that this Cao Gang could make money, but Luo Sigong had other concerns.

"General Liu, do you know that the Cao Gang has always been in the hands of civil officials, and the generals and nobles have never interfered in the Cao Gang!"

"Oh?" Liu Zheng asked curiously, "Why is this?" The Cao Gang and the Yunjun are such mud legs, and the civilian officials also like it? ”

Luo Sigong sighed and said: "Since ancient times, Cao Yun and the banknote customs are tied together, the people who control the banknotes control the Caoyun, the biggest official in the banknotes is the imperial history, and the maintenance of the banknotes is the head of the household department, in the past, the tax silver of the banknotes was often used for military expenditures, but since Zhang Juzheng's death, a small part of the tax silver has entered Taicang, and most of it has been used for the daily use of the ministries!" ”

Liu Zheng smiled and said, "Is this all in his own pocket?" ”

Luo Sigong also laughed and said: "That's not your own pocket, it's another one that goes into your own pocket!" Or else this salt and water are the world's first-class fat shortages? ”

Don't look at the two of them joking, but no one has the slightest smile in their hearts, they all know that this matter is not handled well, not only can the nobles not be appeased well, but they also have to offend the civilian official group.

After a long while, Liu Zheng suddenly raised his head, stared at Luo Sigong very seriously, and said: "Commander Luo, tell me the truth, how much is the real income in the past year?" ”

Luo Sigong didn't answer immediately, and thought for a long time before he spoke: "There is not much silver obtained from the tax collection of banknotes, in the case of Linqing and Hangzhou, about 500,000 taels of silver is the limit, and the biggest benefit brought by controlling the banknotes is the circulation of goods!" ”

Liu Zheng immediately understood that this goods were not ordinary goods, but the four major items of iron, salt, tea, and wine controlled by the imperial court.

At the same time as he understood, Liu Zheng also had a smile on his face: "Commander Luo, if this is the case, then let the nobles rest assured and boldly take over this Cao Gang, the interests of the civil officials and the interests of the Cao Gang do not conflict, and besides, I don't plan to collect a penny of silver tax on this banknote, whoever goes from me no matter what you pull, they will all be released, as long as they don't move their piece of fat, they can't find trouble for the Cao Gang!" ”

Luo Sigong nodded and agreed with Liu Zheng's statement, but the problem still can't be solved, just one silver from the Cao Gang can't stop the mouths of the nobles!

After a slight sigh, he said: "General Liu, this is only a Cao Gang, with the appetite of the nobles, I'm afraid I can't stop their mouths, right?" ”

Liu Zheng smiled lightly and said: "Commander Luo, you also have times when you are confused, what is the Cao Gang, the Cao Gang is just a tool, the carriage and horse shop on the water, do you still need to pay for your own carriage and horse shop?" ”

Luo Sigong is such a smart person, his eyes lit up and said, "What goods?" ”

Liu Zheng smiled and stretched out his hand to point at Luo Sigong and said, "Commander Luo, you are pretending to be confused with me, right?" What is the most lucrative profession in the market? What am I out of Shandong? ”

Luo Sigong knew what Liu Zheng was referring to, but this matter was not as easy to do as Liu Zheng said, it was indeed salt, wine, tea, and iron that made the most money in the field, but this thing wanted to be out of the customs in large quantities and had to be compatible with the Ministry of War, so it couldn't bypass the civilian part.

After pondering for a while, Luo Sigong said to Liu Zheng: "General Liu, the amount of the field is too small, and you really can't earn much silver, if you want to come to the silver, you have to send a large number of freight out of the customs, but this customs must have the military department, so that the civil official can't get around, although since Zhang Juzheng died, this is much easier to do, but now we are fighting with the Mongolian side, the people in the military department, no matter how greedy they are, it is impossible to let these materials go out of the customs at this time!" ”

"What's so hard about that?" Liu Zheng smiled lightly and said, "Commander Luo, isn't the medicinal jade I planned for you and the nobles to sell in Beijing a good stepping stone?" ”

Luo Sigong's eyes lit up suddenly, and he laughed out loud after a while: "General Liu's wisdom is comparable to that of Zhuge Wuhou, it is really a ring after a ring!" ”

Liu Zheng arched his hand and said: "Where is it, Commander Luo has a good reputation, but it's just a trick that can't be put on the table!" ”

At this point, Luo Sigong's heart disease has gone to five or six, and there are still four points left, but these four points are also Luo Sigong's biggest headache.

After thinking for a moment, Luo Sigong said: "The mouths of the nobles are blocked, but Your Majesty, how can I explain it?" I hope General Liu can give me some advice! ”

Liu Zheng knew what Luo Sigong was referring to, he had already thought about this, and he called Luo Sigong here today for exactly this.

Since Luo Sigong asked, Liu Zheng stared at Luo Sigong's eyes and said word by word: "Commander Luo, you can press this matter on the head of Mr. Zhang!" ”

……

Time is back on track, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Wanli is pacing back and forth, Tian Yi peeks at Emperor Wanli with his eyes, and at this moment he is struggling violently in his heart.

Luo Sigong was not only sent an eight-hundred-mile urgent secret music, but also a treasure, when this treasure was delivered to him, he was so shocked that he swallowed his tongue in his stomach.

He has been in the palace since he was a child, and he has been in the palace all his life, what kind of treasure has he not seen? But this baby, after he saw it, he was really dazzled, he really hadn't seen this baby.

It was a stalk of Buddha dust, this is not a simple Buddha dust, that handle is made of crystal jade all over the body, not only that, but there are blooming lotus flowers in the slender long handle.

He has seen the medicinal jade, and the medicinal jade in the palace is not a rare thing, but he has never seen such a precious medicinal jade, not to mention that this medicinal jade is also made into Buddha dust used by eunuchs.

Although the person who sent this treasure didn't say much, he only said that Luo Ye asked him to say a few kind words in front of the emperor.

But it's really hard to say this, our majesty is not an ordinary majesty, and now the celebrant and the east factory are all over the place, and they don't believe in us eunuchs in power.

But then again, no matter what, the baby has already been accepted, and this cannot be handed over.

After thinking for a while, Tian Yi finally relented and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not!"

"Huh?" Emperor Wanli looked at Tian Yi in surprise, although this Tian Yi is not an old man in the East Palace, but he knows this Tian Yi very well, this person is a stuffy gourd, he can't kick a fart with three feet, and he actually took the initiative to speak today.

Squinted at Tian Yi, until Tian Yi was trembling, then he snorted and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

Tian Yi kneeled down after a puff: "Your Majesty, the old slave, the old slave doesn't have a few days to live, but there is a sentence that has been held in the heart of the old slave, now the old slave wants to say it to His Majesty, even if His Majesty pulls the old slave out and cuts it afterwards, the old slave has to say!" ”

Wanli waved his hand impatiently and said: "Okay, okay, don't say this all day long, if you have anything to say, say it quickly, if you say it wrong, I won't cure your crime!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tian Yi kowtowed again, and then said the rest of the words, but this guy cried first before he could speak.

"Your Majesty, the old slave has been bullied by Mr. Zhang all these years, woo~~~"

When Emperor Wanli saw Tian Yi crying, he was already panicked because of the sudden death of eight nobles, and he was even more annoyed by Tian Yi's crying, and he suddenly threw the teacup in his hand to the ground.

"What are you crying about, you have something to say, you don't think I'm annoyed enough, are you?"

"Your Majesty forgives your sins, Your Majesty forgives your sins, the old slave will say this, the old slave will say it!" Don't look at Tian Yi's frightened trembling body, but his heart is very calm.

wiped his tears and hurriedly said: "It's not about the New Year, the old slave thinks that His Majesty has not had a good year in the past two years, so he wants to ask the little cubs below to be filial, so as to share His Majesty's worries!" ”

"After the old slave told the little cubs, the little cubs all wanted to get silver, and Chen Zeng, who had not returned to the capital, knew about it, and as soon as Chen Zeng heard that it was the slaves who made up the money for His Majesty, he sold a house in the capital and rare objects that had been praised for many years, which could have been sold for five thousand taels of silver."

"But this matter, I just asked Mr. Zhang to catch the head to know, he had already taken a fancy to the house, and as soon as he heard that Chen Zeng was going to sell it, Mr. Zhang called Chen Zeng over."

"As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked Chen Zeng to sell the house to him, this Chen Zeng felt that it was not for sale to anyone, so he agreed, at first he said that it was five thousand taels of silver, but he didn't expect that Mr. Zhang would give two hundred taels of silver in the end!"

"Chen Zeng will definitely not do it, so he will go to him to theorize, who would have thought that the head catcher of Zhang actually said, ......"

Speaking of this, Tian Yi raised his head and secretly glanced at Emperor Wanli, who was glaring at Tian Yi with anger on his face, and Tian Yi hurriedly lowered his head again.

"Tian Yi, are you too full to do anything, this kind of also came to me to say, I think you are really old and confused!"

Tian Yi's body suddenly shook, and he choked up: "Your Majesty, the old slave knows that he is wrong, the old slave knows that he is wrong, but if the chief catcher, the head catcher, if he only bullied us eunuchs, it is nothing, but what he said, what he said, too, too ......."

"Huh?" Wanli thought it was a big fart, but he didn't expect that there was a hidden secret in it, it seems that it has something to do with him?

looked at Tian Yi coldly and said, "What did he say?" Tell me about it! ”