Xue is Xue Guoguan, after Zhang Zhifa, he is the current cabinet chief assistant. Zhou is Zhou Yanru, who was not only admitted to Zhang Pu's seat teacher during the scientific examination, but also stood on the side of the Donglin Restoration Society after living in the dormitory for several years.

Zhang Pu has been operating this matter all these years, when Chongzhen was seven years old, he tried to raise funds, and even asked Liu Zeqing and Wu Sangui to get enough silver taels from the Tian family, but the result was served by Yu Guozhen outside the southern capital. made his previous plan fall through, and his reputation was mostly ruined, at least Liu Zeqing and Wu Sangui didn't listen to him.

Now Xue Guoguan is very urgent to pursue him, on the one hand, he inquired about Xue Guoguan's dynamics through Wu Changshi, and on the other hand, he decided to push Zhou Yanru into the cabinet again.

But he didn't expect that what he thought was secret was broken by Yu Guozhen!

"Jimin, how did you find out?" He asked, swallowing.

Yu Guozhen pursed his lips: "Brother Tianru, what you are doing is actually not very secret, even Ruan Dacheng's side, you dare to stretch out your hand...... How could the news not get out? ”

Ruan Dacheng is recognized as a eunuch in the world, as the leader of the Qingliu of the Restoration Society, Zhang Pu stretched out his hand to him, the shock of this news made Wan Shihua Huo Ran stand up and ask sharply: "Tianru, is it true?" ”

Zhang Pu's face turned blue and red for a while, and he felt that he had been slapped hard by Yu Guozhen again.

"Void...... It's just a void and a snake. He muttered.

"Hugh has to tell me, Ruan Dacheng is harsh, no one in the world knows, for the sake of the official position, you can recognize the thief as your father...... You agreed to his condition, could it be that after Zhou Yixing entered the cabinet, Ruan Dacheng also recovered? ”

"How can that be done, I can't hide it, I also said it to my face, his reputation is too bad to recover, but...... If he has good friends, he can recommend him to become an official. Jimin, you also know that Mizhi's father, Mr. Fang Zhifu, was once a good friend of Ruan Dacheng. ”

Hearing him argue so strongly, Wan Shihua's face turned like gray, and there was indescribable disappointment in his eyes.

This is the leader of the Restoration Society, and it is the young generation of scholars that Wan Shihua once had high hopes for!

All of a sudden, many of the issues that Yu Guozhen had told him in the past were instantly understood.

"Zhang Tianru is not a wicked person, but his path is obviously wrong. He thought that he could use the wind and snow as a pretext to use the means of the Zongheng family to hold the government, but in fact, he would never be able to jump out of his circle, just a frog at the bottom of the well. ”

thinks that the means are round, but in fact...... After all, he sat in the well and looked at the sky.

Yu Guozhen smiled: "This is not too important a matter, it's just that even Ruan Dacheng Tianru has promised benefits, so if I give silver, what benefits can I have?" ”

Zhang Pu was speechless.

He really didn't think about what benefits he should give Yu Guozhen, when he came, he felt that with his three-inch tongue, he should be able to easily move Yu Guozhen, and Yu Guozhen is also rich, it should be easy to get tens of thousands of taels of silver.

"This, friends have the friendship of wealth......"

"Brother Tianru is indeed my friend of Yu Jimin, but he is not a friend who can make money, and his friendship has not reached this point." Yu Guozhen was still amiable when he said this, and looked gentle and elegant: "For example, Brother Tianru followed the people sent by Tian Guoqin along the way, and the two of them talked and laughed freely, with the wisdom of Brother Tianru, of course they knew what he came for, but Brother Tianru never reminded me, and I think that my friendship with Brother Tianru has not reached this point." ”

As soon as this statement came out, it was shocking again.

When Yu Guozhen mentioned Tian Chang, Zhang Pu's face was already like ashes, and at this moment, he even had the urge to leave the table immediately!

But he couldn't go.

He knew in his heart that if he couldn't get enough money from Yu Guozhen, he would not be able to buy the way in the capital at all, and it would only be empty words to step down Xue Guoguan and help Zhou Yanru to ascend to the throne! And Xue Guoguan can't stand it, his life is in danger, it is better to stay in Xinxiang, although Yu Guozhen slapped his face hard, after all, he didn't mean to kill him!

"What does the guy surnamed Tian want to do?" Wan Shihua's eyebrows have been erected, Zhang Pu not only colluded with the eunuchs, but also with his relatives, this time he went south, obviously with malicious intentions towards Xinxiang, which made Wan Shihua blame himself.

If he hadn't invited him, how could Zhang Pu have gone south!

"Tian Chang is a person who is very appreciated by Tian Guoqin, although he is only a nephew in the clan, he is highly valued." Yu Guozhen said: "Xinxiang's goods have sold well in recent years, although we are hanging the brand of Hoi An, but now everyone knows that Hoi An is my territory, so Tian Chang wants to see if he can get a little benefit from Xinxiang - for example, a profit of 800,000 taels of silver every year." ”

"Phew!" Others didn't make a sound, Mao Yuanyi snorted first, and his face was full of anger: "The court is rotten, and the eunuchs and relatives are clear, and there are no good things, a raccoon dog!" ”

Zhang Pu suddenly blushed again.

Ruan Dacheng is a eunuch, Tian Guoqin is a relative, and he, isn't he a clear stream?

"So this guy has now gone to Annam, where an agreement has just been reached with the Zheng family, and the Zheng family promised to supply us with high-quality coal." Yu Guozhen said: "In the afternoon, I talked to Xu Zhongyuan about this matter, and asked him to join forces with Huang Shun to bale the Zheng family's coal and then resell it to us." ”

"Isn't this just letting them make money for nothing?" Wan Shihua was puzzled.

Yu Guozhen smiled slightly: "Although they have made money, but for us to save management costs, if we do it ourselves, let alone send one or two thousand people, they only need to hire local people to manage, and then use the existing Fu ship to modify a little, it can be used for shipping." ”

After all, it is offshore shipping, and after the existing Fu ship is slightly modified, plus some navigation instruments launched by Xinxiang today, such as the more accurate sextant, it can be completely taken down. Xinxiang's own shipping power can be liberated from this low-level raw material transportation and invested in population transportation.

"The problem of coal has been solved, the rest is iron ore, Shilu's iron ore has been trial-mined, the only problem is that Shilu is still more than 60 miles away from the sea, relying on manpower to carry, it is really difficult to transport iron ore, so I am ready to lay a track there, and I need to have 2,000 tiger guards here to guard the track." Yu Guozhen said: "The miners of the Wa Kingdom are very useful, and Huang Shun gave a thumbs up after trying some of them. ”

Everyone laughed, and Mao Yuanyi even said: "The country is an official, and it is rare to eat rice balls twice a year. ”

"It's just that the quantity is still limited and the capacity is insufficient...... Therefore, the shipbuilding workshop had to be expanded. Yu Guozhen said that this is also a little helpless: "The ocean is the key to the strategy for the next few hundred years, in addition to having a fishery administration bureau and sailors, it must also have sufficient transportation capacity." ”

When they discussed some government affairs related to Xinxiang, they did not avoid Zhang Pu, but Zhang Pu did not have the heart to listen at all, which was also expected by Yu Guozhen. Like many scholars at this time, the handling of specific affairs was regarded as mundane affairs, and the reciting of poetry and composition was regarded as elegant, and it was precisely for this reason that the profession of staff masters flourished.

Zhang Pu also knew that Yu Guozhen didn't say anything more, but gave him time to think.

Speaking of which, the only remaining warm friendship between the two sides has also been torn apart, but Zhang Pu can't complain about Yu Guozhen. He does have many opportunities to show his goodwill to Yu Guozhen, especially to report the matter of Tian Changlai to Yu Guozhen, in that case, I believe that Yu Guozhen will maintain a superficial friendship with him. But now, there is only an exchange of interests between the two sides.

What can he give Yu Guozhen?

When he was in Nanzhili, Shi Kefa promised Yu Guozhen to give him the victims, but he regretted it afterwards, and as a result, he almost caused chaos because he could not completely resettle the victims. After suffering this loss, Zhang Pu knew that if what he promised did not come true, Yu Guozhen had a way to settle accounts with him.

What does Yu Guozhen need?

After thinking about it, he couldn't find an answer, but when he heard Yu Guozhen talking about shipbuilding there, his heart suddenly moved.

"Zheng Zhilong was reappointed as the commander-in-chief of Qin' Prefecture and was subordinate to Nanhai Bo's rule." He suddenly spoke: "Jimin, what do you think of this? ”

Yu Guozhen was stunned.

The rest of the people were also stunned, everyone really didn't expect that Zhang Pu would be able to come up with such a unique idea!

The news of the Zheng family's instability is not a secret at the top of Xinxiang, and everyone knows that with the development of the relationship between the two sides, sooner or later they will have to break their faces. But Zheng Zhilong is a general appointed by the imperial court after all, and now he has been promoted to deputy commander-in-chief, and his status is quite high.

But if the imperial court stepped forward and assigned Zheng Zhilong to Yu Guozhen, this problem could be solved.

However, after Yu Guozhen was stunned for a short time, he still shook his head: "Brother Tianru, you are generous to others, Zheng Zhilong is a hero on the sea, and he has long harbored different intentions, he will not be so easy to obey this kind of edict." forced him, and he went into the sea again, this is your responsibility, or mine? ”

Zhang Pu's face turned red again, he originally thought that he had come up with a good plan, which could be said to kill a bird with one stone, but was easily vetoed by Yu Guozhen.

He thought about it, and finally said angrily: "Yu Jimin, say it yourself, what conditions can you get your funding?" ”

"Changhua Zhi County." A cold light flashed in Yu Guozhen's eyes.

"Huh?"

Zhang Pu didn't know where Changhua was, Yu Guozhen smiled and said: "Qiongzhou Mansion governs a county, and many ships to and from me must pass through here, so I want to build a port here to avoid wind and supply." ”

"Isn't it easy to seek the position of this county with the ability to help the people?" When Zhang Pu heard that it was Qiongzhou Mansion, he suddenly had a plan in his heart, who wants to stay in this poor and remote country! It won't be too difficult to run the county here.

"Without him, to avoid suspicion." Yu Guozhen's response was very simple.

Zhang Pu nodded, this is normal, Yu Guozhen's interference in Qin's state, although the court does not say it now, but if he intervenes in Qiongzhou again, I am afraid that people will inevitably chew their tongues.

"This matter is easy, who does Jimin expect in his heart?"

Yu Guozhen looked at Wan Shihua with a smile, Wan Shihua was stunned, and then his face was flushed.

(To be continued)