Returning to Ping'anfang's home from the Yamen of the Political Secretary, Xie Shen couldn't sleep all night. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Xu Guan should be a good father-in-law, but the problem is that this marriage came too suddenly.

It's August of the eighth year of Hongji, and he has to go to Beijing to prepare for the exam before February of the next year, and that's not counting the time on the road.

In other words, the time left for him should be less than half a year.

Married within half a year......

Tsk, that's a really challenging thing to do.

The next morning, Xie Shen rubbed his eyes and got up to wash up with sleepiness.

After the Luming feast, the official banquet was temporarily gone, but some people still had to go to see it.

Ji An is the chief examiner of the township test, and he had already chatted with Xie Shen last night, and he no longer went to meet the past that he had said.

Chen Fangyin is a scholar in Zhejiang Province, and he is familiar with Xie Shen, so he naturally wants to visit him.

But Mr. Chen seemed to be deliberately avoiding the young man, and as soon as the Luming banquet ended, he left Hangzhou City the next day.

The rest belong to those who can be worshiped or not, so Xie Shen went to visit the house master, and then turned around and went to Ning Yuanwai's mansion.

Compared with these officialdom, Ning Yuanwai is more straightforward.

Although Xie Shen also knew that there were some different purposes behind this frankness, at least it would not be so depressing to talk about.

Ning Yuanwai learned that Xie Shenzhong understood Yuan, and he couldn't help but congratulate him.

After the scene, Ning Yuanwai said quietly: "The old man really didn't see the wrong person, Gongzi Xie is really Wenqu Xing." After this four yuan, I'm afraid the whole Jiangnan will know your name. ”

Xie Shen smiled and said: "Ning Yuanwai praised it falsely, the late life was just a fluke to get the first place, I am an outstanding person in Zhejiang Province, and I dare not have the slightest arrogant posture in the late life." ”

Ning Yi stared at Xie Shen for a long time before he sighed and said, "Sometimes the old man really can't see through you. I heard that you started planting cotton along the beach in Yuyao, and the harvest was not bad. The imperial court also knew about it? ”

Xie Shen's heart sank.

This Ning Yi really came from a lot of background, and he even knew about it.

The imperial court has not promoted cotton cultivation on a large scale on the southeast coast, so Ning Yi should have obtained the news from private sources.

Xie Shen didn't hide it, and said loudly: "This is all the county's command. ”

Ning Yi saw Xie Shen fighting with him, and said lightly while twisting the Buddha beads in his hand: "We don't talk darkly, you cotton old man want to take it." ”

Wow, Xie Shen's heart sank.

Ning Yi is interested in these cottons?

It stands to reason that there is no essential difference between these cotton and ordinary farmland, and its special feature lies in the concept of tidal flat planting.

And Ning Yi is a businessman, and the most important thing for businessmen is that interests are not ideas.

The idea of growing cotton on the tidal flats may have been useful to the imperial court, but not necessarily for Ningyi.

"How could Ning Yuanwai be interested in cotton?"

Ning Yi is a big tea merchant and a big salt merchant, these two things are far faster than planting cotton, if he invests a lot of energy in cotton planting, the other two will definitely be affected.

Of course, Xie Shen also understood that cotton had certain economic benefits, but Xie Shen's original intention of promoting the cultivation of cotton in the tidal flats was to attract the attention of the imperial court and the Son of Heaven.

This nature is completely different.

"Or rather, Eunuch Liu is interested."

Eunuch Liu?

Liu Wen, the eunuch of Hangzhou?

Xie Shen couldn't help but be stunned.

"Why is Eunuch Liu interested in growing cotton in the tidal flats?"

Eunuchs have fatal flaws and cannot pass on their lineage, so greed for money has become the only way to obtain pleasure. In Xie Shen's opinion, this Liu eunuch will naturally be no exception.

But shouldn't eunuchs prefer to meddle in weaving and salt industry, and the money from cotton planting must not be as fast as that.

"Do you need the old man to say it more clearly? This is the meaning of the palace. ”

In the palace?

In other words, it's not just Eunuch Liu who wants to swallow the fat, but the Son of Heaven's instructions?

If you think about it, this is not necessarily impossible. Previously, when the Son of Heaven issued an edict to praise Xie Shen, he ordered the internal supervisor to pass on the method of planting cotton in the tidal flats.

Later, the matter was settled, and the imperial court did not plant cotton on a large scale on the southeast coast, which is unreasonable.

At first, Xie Shen thought that it was the Hongzhi Son of Heaven who was fighting for benefits with the people because of his bad face, but now it seems that the Son of Heaven is still reluctant to give this piece of fat to Xie Shen, but he just doesn't want to appear too ugly directly from the imperial court.

No matter how you look at it, there is no difference between a direct takeover by the imperial court and a robbery. And if Liu Wen, the eunuch of the town guard, came forward in his private name to cooperate with Xie Shen and Ning Yuanwai, it would be very good to ensure the royal face.

The setting of the town guard eunuch was originally for the Son of Heaven to control the place, so the income from the town guard eunuch planting cotton would definitely be sent to the capital intact.

And this has another advantage, that is, in the future, once things go wrong, you can also lose the car and directly pull out the town guard eunuch as a scapegoat to calm the people's anger.

It is equivalent to Hongzhi Tianzi finding a back-handed man to come forward, and he is in seclusion behind the scenes.

Tsk, worthy of being the master of the Ming Dynasty, this deep scheming makes people have to obey it.

Of course, Eunuch Liu would not give Xie Shen any promise in the name of the imperial court, at most it was Eunuch Liu's personal promise, and it was not counted.

This Ning Yi seems to have some friendship with Eunuch Liu, so Liu Wen asked Ning Yi to be this lobbyist and partner.

So, is he going to pick up on that?

Since the imperial court did not put things on the surface, Xie Shen could naturally pretend to be confused.

After all, he only offended Eunuch Liu on this face.

But this is a disobedience to the Son of Heaven.

Hongzhi is a Ming Jun, but Ming Jun also eats grains, and he also has joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

It's not a good thing to let the Son of Heaven think about it like this.

But he just agreed, which is equivalent to carrying the pot with Eunuch Liu, in case something happens, Eunuch Liu can't eat and walk around, and it will be difficult for him Xie Shen to have good results.

Ning Yuanwai seemed to see what Xie Shen was thinking, and said with a faint smile: "You don't have to reply to the old man immediately, let's have a light meal together, if you figure it out, the old man will go with you to guard the eunuch's mansion." ”

Belch......

Xie Shenzhi was very helpless, didn't he force him to jump into the pit?

The imperial merchant still has a court façade and a promise.

He planted cotton in the name of a private person like this, and then handed over the profits to the Son of Heaven, and did all the dirty work in order to have a good impression in the eyes of the Son of Heaven?

Xie Shen ruled the history of the Ming Dynasty in his previous life, and naturally sighed very much about the tax problem of the Ming Dynasty.

Except for Wanli, who is more likely to make money, the financial problems of other dynasties are very tense.

Of course, this is a problem of the Ming Dynasty system, and now the Hongzhi Emperor has privately let the eunuchs work in order to make money?

Xie Shenzhen didn't know if it was gratifying or sad.

In fact, no fundamental changes have been made in the eighteen years of Hongzhi, and the framework built by Zhu Yuanzhang has also constrained his descendants.

This kind of exploration by the Son of Hongzhi is also a last resort, but it is still debatable whether this can be regarded as the norm.

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...... (To be continued.) )