After Yang Fan and Zhou Yanru reported, they hurriedly entered the palace to face the saint.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen looked at the two people below with a fold, one is a young and promising first assistant in the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is the fastest knighted lord with a different surname in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Zhou, Yang Fan, you are so anxious to see me, why did you not speak when you arrived in front of the palace?" Zhu Youzhen smiled, "Or is there any bad news to sù me?" Afraid of being blamed? ”

Zhou Yanru glanced at Yang Fan and said, "Holy Lord, it's Ling Hebo Yang Fan who has something to tell." It's like the teacher asking a question in class, and Zhou stood up and replied that Yang had something to say, which was very hateful.

"Oh? Yang Fan, what do you have to say, it's so hard to say that you want Master Zhou to speak for you? Zhu Youzhen put a book on the table, then leaned back on the dragon chair, waiting for Yang Fan to reply.

"Holy Lord, what is the Holy Lord's plan for this Shuntianfu refugee?"

"Why, since you, Yang Fan, informed me, didn't I send Master Zhou to deal with this matter with you?" Zhu Youzhen raised his eyebrows, "Or is Master Zhou uncooperative, and you came to me to sue Master Zhou?" ”

Yang Fan glanced at Zhou Yanru behind him, and asked him to cooperate? Even if he is willing to cooperate, he wants him to deal with the refugees, then he must not be beaten to death by the scholars of Shuntianfu, "That's not it, it's just the saint, this refugee is really a lot, and now there is a shortage of food, I'm afraid I can't wait for next summer's harvest, and the surplus grain will be gone." ”

"Master Zhou, can the silver taels for disaster relief be transferred from the treasury?"

Zhou Yanru saluted and said, "Back to the saint, even if you have silver now, it is difficult to buy food." This year's expropriation of Liaodi, coupled with the current rebellion in Shandong, the imperial court's food and salary have been tight, and there is still northwest Shaanxi to be appeased, so there is really no time to take care of these tens of thousands of refugees. The meaning of Zhou Yanru's words is very clear, these tens of thousands of mouths, they don't dare to rebel anyway, and there is no project for them to serve, so there is a fart to save them, it is a waste of food, let them fend for themselves.

"Yang Fan, what do you have to say?"

"Do you remember the emigration abroad mentioned below? I have read some historical materials below, and there were many such things during the Ming Dynasty, rather than letting them starve to death in Shuntianfu and let those scholars abuse the court for being unreasonable, it is better to immigrate to Luzon, and you can also suspend the pressure in the area of Shuntianfu. Yang Fan said.

"What did Bachelor Zhou think?"

Zhou Yanru was overjoyed, and said quietly: "This move is very good, but the risk of going to sea is very great, the sea route is elusive, it is necessary to have a person who knows the sea route, and it can be done...... Ask Ling Hebo to preside over this matter. ”

This week, Yanru saw that Yang Fan's thorn was not pleasing to the eye, and he was afraid that he would occupy the mountain as the king in the Thirteen Mountains, but it was difficult to control it, so stay in Beijing, although there was no big mess, but he pit those ladies and ladies and aunts in the capital, in the final analysis, it is still the money earned by these people and rich businessmen. is Zhou Yanru, his wife, who is usually diligent and thrifty, can't resist the temptation of the windbreaker, and spent no less than thirty taels of silver.

"Send Ling Hebo to Luzon?" Zhu Youzhen looked at Yang Fan, "Yang Fan, what do you think?" "The idea is Yang Fan's own, if you don't say anything, you won't die if you don't do it, since you want to be this up-and-coming bird, you must be prepared to be pitted by this group of courtiers at any time. Yang Fan pondered for a moment and said, "It is an honor to be able to share the worries of the saint. ”

"Good!"

The Ming Dynasty has always been heavy on land warfare, light water division, this Zheng He treasure ship can be said to be the most advanced navigation weapon at that time, the largest Zheng He treasure ship, can carry thousands of people. However, the naval division has always been ignored, even if it is the anti-Japanese war on the coast of eastern Zhejiang, it is also fought on land.

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and said, "I will send you fifteen Zheng He treasure ships, thirty big ships, and five hundred soldiers to envoy Luzon." I hope that your plan to return to the grain can surprise me. ”

"Yes!"

Yang Fan and Zhou Yanru withdrew from the Qianqing Palace, and the two walked on the brick and stone road. Today, the sky is gloomy, Yang Fan walks behind Zhou Yanru's right, Yang Fan does not hate this ancient high-achieving student. Some people say that he is authoritarian and autocratic, and some people say that he is contrary to the yang and the yin, but history is always written by people, and writing who is loyal and traitorous is just a family's words, Yang Fan only believes what he sees.

"Master Zhou has finally expelled Zai Xia from the Jingshi this time." Yang Fan said with some mockery. Zhou Yanru looked at the unsmoothed corner of the sedan chair that he hurriedly got off just now, stretched it with his hand, and said casually: "Where is it, the lord is joking." Those who are able work hard, Lord Yang is proficient in arithmetic, and he has time to help the household department check the population, and it is also excellent to calculate accounts. ”

"Oh? Does Mr. Zhou really think so? "Now the world is not peaceful, and this household is even more chaotic. In the past, the prosperous world was peaceful, and in order to save trouble, these people specially made some road guides. It means that if you want to leave your own village, you have to get that letter of introduction, otherwise you will plant a good field, pay enough taxes, and then die in your own village, don't wander around.

Now that there are rebels and foreign enemies in the north and Japanese rebellions in the east, this method of governing the peaceful and prosperous world can no longer play a big role, and these rotten Confucians simply leave it alone. You run as much as you like, you are so hungry that you want to eat people at will, anyway, if the chaos is big, the court will send troops to suppress it. There are not a few people who are really capable, and the general trend is just the trend.

"Well, the lord should prepare to send Luzon well. It's a long way to go, and a little more preparation will always come back to insurance. Zhou Yanru laughed.

"Bachelor Zhou has a thorn in his words, can he think that he is still worried about the original knighthood?" Yang Fan has thought many times, after all, this is the Ming Dynasty, not the Great Republic of China, after all, it is the father and son of the monarch and the minister, not the democratic republic. Yang Fan is confident that he does not have this ability, and can advocate this trend of thought that subverts the three views, what he wants to do is to make the people of the Ming Dynasty live better, instead of the rich holding thousands of acres of land and the poor having no place to stand.

When Zhou Yanru was young, he was even the champion of the Zhonghui Yuan and the champion, which can be described as arrogant, and now as the head of the cabinet, he naturally does not allow this kind of sub-sealing that violates the etiquette system. "It's okay if the lord himself understands, Benfu didn't build a knighthood at the beginning, and it was also within the etiquette system."

"What about the restructuring of commercial tax? What does Mr. Zhou think? ”

"The treasury is empty, so it is naturally best to reform the system." Zhou Yanru also wants to be a generation of celebrities, but the resistance to the reform of this commercial tax is too great. Not to mention the "one out of thirty" commercial tax set by Taizu, the persuasion of the Donglin Qunchen is also the reason why it is difficult to implement, and now that Yang Fan can say that he is a saint, he naturally does not object.

"There are a few measures below, if Master Zhou can accept it, the Daming Treasury will not talk about gold and silver, at least it will not be like now."

"Oh? Will the plan be settled? ”

“……”

“……”

The two chatted for a long time, and it was not until they reached Fengtianmen that they parted ways......