Xu Li wanted to take a breath of it, but after thinking about it, it was a little inappropriate to clean up his son in front of an outsider, so he suppressed his anger and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Zhang Ru got straight to the point and said: "I don't know if my grandfather still remembers Sun Changxing who was sent to the capital not long ago?" ”

"Sun Changxing?" Xu Li muttered his name and muttered for a while, he knew this person, he was a staff member of the Guogong Mansion, but this person's ability to govern the place was mediocre, his ability to govern the place was insufficient, and his ability to play conspiracy was not small, and he had never liked it.

When did you send someone to the capital?

Thinking of this, Xu Li set his eyes on his son again.

Such a big Guogong Mansion dared to fake his orders and was able to make Sun Changxing travel thousands of miles to Beiping, except for his son, he could no longer find a second person.

The old housekeeper Lao Li has this qualification, but Lao Li's character Xu Li is clear, and he is a person who has followed him to the battlefield, without his own orders, Lao Li will never let that Sun Changxing go to the capital.

"I don't know what Sun Changxing wants to do when he goes to the capital." The powerful momentum emanating from the superior person pressed Xu Liang and Xu Huaiyuan so much that they couldn't raise their heads.

Zhang Ru is also considered to be a strong man in the world, and his authority is not weaker than Xu Li, Rao is so, and he also senses a strong tremor in his heart.

He had felt this feeling in a person, who was now dead, but he was the strongest man who once dominated the grassland.

Seeing that Xu Li's expression didn't seem to be fake, and looking at the place where his gaze could reach, Zhang Ru probably understood, and immediately said: "Compared with Guogong, he also knows that the younger generation has mentioned the ban on opening the sea, so Sun Changxing went to the capital with a heavy gift, just to bring a word to the younger generation." ”

"What's the matter?" Xu Li asked subconsciously.

He was against the matter of the sea ban, after all, the Nanjing Wei State Mansion had taken a lot of benefits from the maritime merchants. This has little to do with Xu Li's character, with a huge Wei State Mansion, the daily expenses are not a small amount, not to mention the favors such as ushering in the send-off.

With such a powerful expense, it is not possible to do it without a source. The monthly payment of the imperial court and the taxes paid in some places in the south alone could not meet this point at all.

So even if Xu Li is not a greedy person, for the sake of this huge family business, he must find a way from other places. And the maritime merchant happened to be the existence that solved his urgent need.

What's more, it was not a precedent for the maritime merchants to be related to the Wei State Mansion, long before his father handed over the position of the State Mansion to him, the Wei State Mansion had a relationship with the sea merchants.

This kind of relationship can be said to be unreliable, but it can also be said to be very solid, because the relationship between each other is a relationship of mutual use, and there are only two words that bind the two together: interests.

But Xu Li's failure to support the opening of the sea does not mean that he will be stupid enough to send Sun Changxing to Beiping to warn the prince of the dynasty.

Xu Li thought about it, but still asked, "What words?" ”

Zhang Ru smiled: "It's nothing, it's just to let the younger generations do it themselves." ”

He said it lightly, but Xu Li felt the killing intent in his tone, and it was obvious that this young prince was obsessed with some of Sun Changxing's words.

Xu Li said quietly: "Then what does Dingbian Hou want?" ”

Zhang Ru stood up and arched his hand and said: "Actually, the younger generation came to Jinling this time for two purposes, one is to ask the Duke of Guo, whether Sun Changxing is acting on orders; The other is to ask the prince for his views on the ban on opening the sea. ”

There were still two people kneeling on the ground, but the two people who were standing talked without paying any attention to the feelings of the two people with sore knees on the ground.

"My duke doesn't support the ban on opening the sea, if Dingbian Hou is here to persuade my duke, then you can go back." Xu Li said bluntly.

Zhang Ru chuckled and said: "The younger generation knows what the grandfather means, but the younger generation has a word, and I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

"If you have something to say, say it." Xu Li said lightly.

Zhang Ru nodded, sat down slowly, took a sip of tea, and said: "The collusion between the Duke of Wei and the maritime merchants was a few generations ago, and His Majesty now knows about it, but he doesn't ask." First, it is to remember that the ancestors of the country have made indelible contributions to the Ming Dynasty, and the other is that the Wei Guogong has been loyal to the country in these years.

But the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty, I don't need to say it, I think Guogong is also very clear.

Not to mention it from afar, let's just say that the Jinwu avant-garde in Jinling City, a small guard commander dares to eat empty salaries, drink the blood of soldiers, and even directly treat the barracks as a pigsty. In the long run, how long can the Ming Dynasty last?

The relationship between the honorable and the imperial court is one of glory and loss, once the imperial court cannot make ends meet, the life of the noble will not be easy. To put it mildly, the great grandfather was able to win the world back then, God knows who will take the world of the Ming Dynasty in the future?

The fall of dynasties in the past is not an external force, and if there is no internal cause, the once powerful Han and Tang dynasties will not disappear into the dust of history in the end.

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, the younger generations did not find that the Ming Dynasty was stronger than the Han and Tang Dynasties, on the contrary, in some aspects, our Ming Dynasty was even weaker than the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Grandpa Cheng moved the capital to Beiping, not for pleasure, his old man went to Beiping with the original intention of the Son of Heaven to guard the country.

The ban on opening the sea is indeed against the ancestral system, but it is urgent to obey the power, and if you want to get rid of the ills of the Ming Dynasty, you must enrich the country and strengthen the army. Why did the Tatars dare to ride south from time to time to plunder? Why did the Jurchens over there in Liaodong dare to listen to the tune and not listen to the announcement? It's nothing more than that although Da Ming is strong, it is not so strong that it keeps them awake at night.

The wealth of the country is, in the final analysis, the wealth of the people, and only when the people are rich, can the imperial court have so much gold and silver to support so many border troops. Nowadays, the only thing that can make a rich country is to open the sea and ban it. ”

Xu Li said unhappily: "To put it in a high-sounding way, I will not cede land, do not make peace with relatives, do not call ministers, do not pay tribute, and do not pay compensation." Which of these points can be compared to Han Tang? The people of the Song Dynasty were rich! But what about the end? In the Northern Song Dynasty, in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin, there was still a Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures that could not be recovered, and when it came to the Southern Song Dynasty, it was even more peaceful, and finally it was destroyed by the Tartars. ”

Zhang Ru said: "Can the prince not deceive himself, the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty are fundamentally different from those of the Song Dynasty, and the monarchs of the Ming Dynasty are also different from the monarchs of the Song Dynasty." With a benevolent ruler like His Majesty today, there is no need to worry about repeating the mistakes of the Southern Song Dynasty at all. Could it be that Guogong hopes that future generations will be like Guogong now, and must rely on those maritime merchants? Doesn't Guogong want a piece of the pie in shipping? ”

Xu Li said coldly: "Don't make these uncertain wishes to me, even if you say the flowers, my father will not agree to open the sea ban." ”

Although he had been mentally prepared, Zhang Ru really didn't expect Xu Li to be so stubborn.

He stood up and said: "Since the prince of the country insists on going his own way, then Xiaohou has nothing to say, whether the sea ban can be opened or not is not the final say of the prince, nor is it my own decision, Your Majesty has said it." Guogong did not agree to open the sea ban, and when the sea ban brought benefits, I hope Guogong will not regret it. ”

With that, he lifted his leg and left.

In fact, he is very nervous now, the maritime merchants in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang have developed very large power over the years, even if they don't make a stumbling block for the people in Tianjin, with the connections and financial resources they have accumulated over the years, it is really not difficult to defeat the maritime merchants of the imperial court.

In the end, the sandpiper and the clam are competing with each other, and it is only possible to cheapen those countries that produce raw materials overseas.

Zhang Ru's purpose was to dump Daming's tea and porcelain, not to be grabbed by others' necks, so he would never allow such a situation to occur.

As he walked, he counted in his heart, and when he counted to ten, the person had already reached the door, and the disappointment filled his body, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

At the moment when he stepped out of the threshold with one foot, Xu Li's dull voice came from behind him: "How much can you give to my father." ”

is as tough as Xu Li, and in front of the huge political machine of the imperial court, he has to bow his head.

Zhang Ru turned his head and smiled: "Forty percent of the income from shipping goes into the inner warehouse, which is immovable by thunder, I will give one percent to the Duke of Beiping Baoguo, and if the Duke can agree, I will also give one percent." The remaining forty percent, two components to the Ming Xungui, as for the remaining two percent, if those civil officials are interested, I don't mind taking out another one. ”

Xu Li was shocked.

He was surprised not because Zhang Ru promised to give him a percent profit, but because Zhang Ru was so busy that he only needed one percent of his income. You must know that the joint businesses in the coastal areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang can only earn more than 3 million taels of silver every year, even if Zhang Ru has the support of the imperial court behind him, and he can earn 5 million taels of silver every year, he will only get 500,000 taels. Counting the wear and tear, as well as the crew's wages, it's not bad if it's not upside down.

"You took a lot of trouble to make a fuss about opening the sea ban, but in the end you didn't have much in your hands, what do you want." Xu Li spoke slowly.

500,000 taels of silver, much more than the annual filial piety of maritime merchants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Zhang Ru said lightly: "If I say that it is for the ideal, for a prosperous era of the Ming Dynasty, do you believe it?" ”

Xu Li was silent, he didn't expect Zhang Ru to give him such an answer, and besides, this answer made him so satisfied.

After a long time, Xu Li opened his mouth and said, "I believe it." ”

Zhang Ru grinned silently: "Does the Duke of the Kingdom agree?" ”

Xu Li said very simply: "Okay! ”

Now it was Zhang Ru's turn to be surprised, Xu Li would agree so simply? This is completely similar to Xu Li, who resolutely refused before.

Xu Li seemed to see his doubts and explained: "You hairy boy has such great ideals, can I still lose to you!" ”

Xu Huaiyuan, who was kneeling on the ground, was shocked: "Dad, no! ”

Xu Li glared at Xu Huaiyuan on the ground: "You shut up Lao Tzu!" Lao Li, pull the little boy down and lock him up. ”

This sentence made Zhang Ru completely relieved, Xu Li's attitude had already been made, and the next thing was to see how he used his fists and feet.