Yan Shifan regretted it very much, he regretted it to the extreme, he wanted to slap his two mouths, why did he have to foreshadow so much, I don't know if the villains died from talking too much!

Hurry up and drive Zhao Zhenji away, it's done, and now it's half a way to bite the gold, it doesn't matter if it's someone else, it's Tang Yi, just let him be one head and two big. Yan Shifan was unlucky in Tang Yi's hands several times, but there was no way to take him, seeing Tang Yi getting bigger day by day, he is now qualified to participate in the court push. In Yan Shifan's dictionary, Xu Jie is the number one strong enemy, and Tang Yi can at least rank in the top three. After killing Xu Jie, it was almost Tang Yi's turn.

It's just that Yan Shifan couldn't understand why Tang Yi took the initiative to block the gun for Zhao Zhenji, was this kid's head broken, or was it instructed by Xu Jie, Tang Yi really listened to Xu Jie's words like this...... is as smart as Yan Shifan, but he also has a question mark and doesn't know how to make a move.

On the contrary, it was Jia Yingchun, the head of the household department, who was displeased, and said in a low voice: "Lord Xiao Tang, supervising the training of soldiers, what an important thing, how can anyone do it?" Why do you have to be amorous? ”

His words were quite unkind, especially the "Little Tang Lord" made Tang Yi quite unhappy, what kind of old-fashioned filming, whether he was always young or small, he was an upright man, and he didn't need a dog like you to be sarcastic!

Tang Yi smiled slightly, "This lord, may I ask what year did you enter Beijing?" ”

Jia Yingchun didn't know why, but his conceit and qualifications were far better than Tang Yi's, and he smiled proudly: "This official is a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, once served as the governor of the three sides, the governor of Xuanda, and the secretary of the household department in Nanjing, and was transferred to the capital in the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, and served as the secretary of the criminal department, and now he is the secretary of the household department. Jia Yingchun's words were full of disdain, and he simply said that when I was in the phase, your father had not yet been admitted to the Jinshi, and he was more qualified than Lao Tzu. You're too far off.

Tang Yi didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "No wonder. ”

"What's the wonder?" Jia Yingchun raised his voice.

"No wonder adults know so much!" Tang Yi said loudly: "In the thirty-fifth year of Jiajing, the lower officials wrote to Your Majesty that the sea was opened in Tianjin, and the places beyond the reach of Cao's transportation capacity were converted to sea transportation. Now counted, it has reached the fifth year, and Tianjin has been thriving in the past few years, and everyone has seen it. However, the canal was declining, and a large number of ships were diverted from shipping, and merchants sought profit, coveting the speed, volume, and low freight of shipping. It was even more abandoned the canal, and the goal set that the canal volume would not be reduced was actually a failure. ”

After Tang Yi finished speaking, he knelt down on his knees, "The minister's calculation is wrong, please ask Your Majesty to surrender!" ”

actually took the initiative to ask for guilt, and now the big guy is even more confused, especially Jia Yingchun. When Tang Yi was in the capital, he was in Nanjing. When Tang Yi tossed in the southeast, he was transferred back to the capital, and he had no impression of Tang Yi at all, only that he was a junior who suddenly rose, and Jia Yingchun worked hard all his life to climb to the high position of Shangshu. It is really unreasonable for a little thing who has been a junior for a few years to be able to participate in court meetings and talk about state affairs like himself!

"It's good to know that you're guilty. Don't step aside yet. ”

Clang!

With a crisp bell, the curtain in front of Jiajing was windless, revealing Jiajing's thin face, only to see Jiajing's face gloomy, and the ministers lowered their heads one after another.

"Tang Yi, come close!"

"Yes." Tang Yi hurriedly trotted in front of Jiajing.

Jiajing looked at it, and suddenly a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, like a spring breeze and rain, "What are your crimes, Tianjin opens the sea, increases the imperial court's revenue by more than one million years every year, the food supply in the capital is sufficient, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, I think it's good." The guilty are those profiteers, greedy for small profits, abandon the canal and don't use it, in my opinion, it is better to abolish the canal and take all the sea! It also saves millions of taels of river engineering costs every year. ”

"Your Majesty, it's just that the minister thinks that the canal is not only a south-to-north grain transfer, but also has more important value."

"Oh, I'd like to hear your opinion."

"Your Majesty, the canal is more than 2,000 miles north and south, and the four provinces are used to it, and the people along the way are more than 10 million, and the ships come and go from north to south, bringing huge business opportunities. If the imperial court only asks for 4 million stone of grain, it makes no difference by sea, but if it cares about the livelihood of these millions of people, it must weigh the pros and cons carefully, and cannot act rashly. ”

After saying this, not only Jiajing, but even many officials present gasped. Some people can't help but think that back then, when Tang Yi had just become a junior sergeant, he had been agitated about the opening of the sea, and after a few years, Tang Yi's level was much higher.

The canal is not just a transport of goods, but also an economic corridor, from the river to the sea, related to the adjustment of the economic center of gravity, and even affect the foundation of the empire.

In terms of importance, it is far better than recommending a new elder.

Jiajing thought about it and said slowly: "Tang Yi, according to your meaning, you want to maintain the river transportation?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Tang Yi sighed: "River transportation compared to shipping, the disadvantages are obvious, and dredge the canal every year, waste a huge amount of money, it is really worth the loss, the minister just heard that Yan Butang said that he wanted to send more important personnel to supervise and train the army, the minister thought that he might as well do it thoroughly, solve the problem of the canal, and save more silver for the imperial court." Tang Yi raised his head and looked at Yan Shifan with a smile, "Yan Butang, Xia Guan guessed that you also meant this, right?" ”

It's you big-headed ghost!

Yan Shifan really wanted to scold his mother, he didn't want to care about the river transportation and shipping, he just wanted to kill Zhao Zhenji, so as not to spoil the good deeds of their masters, but seeing that Tang Yi was going to deviate from the topic, Yan Shifan was in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the canal is very involved, and it is not something that can be explained clearly in a day or two, and I answer that it is a year after year, and it cannot be delayed!"

Jiajing pondered for a moment, it seemed to make sense, and at this time, Xu Jie resolutely stood up. At this time, Xu Ge Lao had a bitter stomach, and the situation that he had worked so hard to plan was unexpectedly stirred up by Yan Song in a scoundrel way.

If Tang Yi hadn't stepped forward, he would not only not have been able to get the quota of cabinet members, but would also lose a general, which is unbearable. If he still doesn't speak, I'm afraid that the hearts of the people below will be scattered.

"Yan Butang, since you want to supervise the training of the troops, you can't do without river transportation and sea transportation, I think what Lord Tang said is very true, and only after disposing of Caoyun can you concentrate your strength and deal with the northern captives."

Jiajing nodded, "Tang Yi, do you have any methods, might as well say it?" ”

"Your Majesty, I heard that the people often say that there are people who do the business of killing heads, but no one does the business of losing money. The abandonment of river transport and the switch to sea transport by sea is a profitable trend that is difficult to reverse. Even if the imperial court ordered that the volume of the canal should not be reduced, the merchants would not be able to force them to lose money, right? ”

"Reasonable." Jiajing said approvingly.

Tang Yi was encouraged, and he became bolder, and said with a smile: "I think that the canal still has some advantages over shipping, such as the canal is relatively safe, and the Shandong and Lianghuai along the canal are all rich in products, and they are inseparable from river transportation." It's just that the section of the river south of the Yangtze River of the canal now, due to the abundant amount of water, there are thousands of large ships traveling, and the north of the river is mostly thousands of ships, up to 3,000 materials. From the minister's point of view, there is a risk of stranding in the canal for large ships with more than 1,000 materials, and in order to maintain the passage capacity of large ships, the river is dredged every year, which costs a huge amount of money. If it can be stipulated that ships with more than 500 materials must go by sea, and those below 500 materials must be given priority to river transportation, and the river and sea are separated, so that the logistics and gold flow of the canal can be maintained, so that the people along the coast can continue to operate and survive, and can give full play to the advantages of shipping, and then 80% of the annual river engineering costs can be saved. The saved silver, the minister thought that it could be divided into two parts, half of which was used to increase Ji Liao's military salary, is this also Yan Butang's proposal! Tang Yi never forgot to pull Yan Shifan in to talk about things, he rolled his eyes in anger, but he was helpless.

Tang Yi continued: "The other half is used to build straight roads, and the straight roads between Tianjin and Beijing have proven that road construction is not just about costing people and money, as long as it is done properly, it can increase taxes, prosper the local area, and make the people profitable." If it takes ten years to build a straight road parallel to the canal, the business traveler can reach Jiangnan from the capital within half a month. I am the integration of the north and the south of the Ming Dynasty, all of us are united, the country is stable, and the society is eternal! ”

The last sentence was almost shouted out, and Jiajing's face turned red when he said it, if it was really as Tang Yi depicted, his Zhu Houxi's exploits would never be under Chengzu Zhu Di!

It's so tempting!

However, if he goes back ten years, Jiajing still has this thought, but now, he wants to live in peace and stability, repairing a straight road of two hundred miles, and repairing two thousand miles, it is definitely not a concept, Tang Yi can't fool him. But Jiajing was satisfied with the other propositions.

"Tang Yi, according to what you said, limit the canal boats and save the cost of river work, but the remaining silver will be used to deal with me! I'm going to give that old chief a taste of what I'm capable of! ”

Sure enough, Jiajing still has no ambition for large-scale construction, and he can't expect anything.

But even so, Tang Yi was secretly happy.

Like ordinary high-ranking officials in the ministry, they were driven to supervise the salary and training of the troops, which was distribution, but for Tang Yi, it was a high promotion with real power in his hands.

There are others who dare not touch the canal, but Tang Yi is not afraid, he has too many chips in his hands, whether it is shipping or the Yangtze River Transportation Company, most of them are in Tang Yi's hands, and then take the opportunity of rectifying the canal to realize the linkage of sea and canal transportation, how many benefits there are, even Tang Yi dare not imagine.

And Tang Yi still remembered that before going north, the confessions of several seniors of Xinxue asked him to protect the Xinxuemen. Zhao Zhenji is a disciple of the Eight Classics of Mind, help him, and the mind will be grateful to him, and his status will be more consolidated.

Zhao Zhenji is still Xu Jie's beloved apprentice, they are also teachers and friends, and their affection is not much worse than Tang Yi and Tang Shunzhi, protecting Zhao Zhenji, no matter how much suspicion and opinions Xu Jie has about Tang Yi, he must be pulled at a critical moment, otherwise he will be ruthless and unjust, and he will be despised by everyone.

Before the court discussion, Tang Yi still wanted to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but watching Yan and Xu fight, Tang Yi suddenly thought of a terrible situation, the eldest and the second child competed, but it was often the third child who was unlucky.

You don't see Yang Bo is willing to eat sand in Jiliao, and he doesn't run to the capital to wade into troubled waters, that old thing knows to dodge, why do you stay in the capital!

Blocking the gun for Zhao Zhenji is a good opportunity to get out, and it depends on whether Jiajing will agree. (To be continued.) )