Yue Su was extremely shocked by Li Yuanchen's vision and the Li family's financial resources, and admired him even more. Yue Su was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and when he was in Hangzhou, he once saw that handicrafts were developing there, and there were many small private workshops. This kind of private factory should be supported by the imperial court, so that it can get rid of the people's dependence on land and increase the employment environment. Li Yuanchen thought of everything he hadn't thought of, and it seemed that if the imperial court wanted to be more prosperous and powerful, it would have to cooperate with more chaebols and prosper.

However, Yue Su was still very disgusted by the excessive development of commerce, and he always believed that a strong agriculture and industry are truly strong. Of course, commerce cannot be ignored, and the status of agriculture, industry, and commerce remains unchanged and cannot be reversed when they develop. As a result, Yue Su suddenly remembered one thing, that is, some foreign crops, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, could not be seen at that time, and if there were these crops during the great drought, there would not be such a big famine. As soon as he thought of this, Yue Su had an idea, now that the Ming Dynasty has a powerful navy, it is not very good to imitate Zheng He when he went to the Western Ocean to conduct maritime trade and purchase more foreign grain types.

Seeing that his brother-in-law only said the word "fair", he didn't say much, Li Yuanchen waited for a long time and said: "Since you have already said that it is fair, do you think this matter is feasible?" ”

"It's feasible, it's feasible, brother Xian, tomorrow the foolish brother will invite the emperor, I think it's nine out of ten." Only then did Yue Su react.

With the words of my brother-in-law, the younger brother is relieved. By the way, brother-in-law, the younger brother came this time, and there is one more thing I want to discuss with my brother-in-law. ”

"What's the matter?" Yue Su said with a smile.

"Something about the sea ban. Brother-in-law, although the Ming Dynasty has always banned the sea, before you became the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, everyone was sneaky and had a lot of benefits. But since you have strengthened the sailors, the merchants did not even dare to go to the sea, and invisibly, it was a loss to the merchants and the imperial court. If the sea can be opened, the merchants can make a profit, and the imperial court can also collect customs duties, which is a happy thing. A few years ago, my brother-in-law was busy suppressing bandits, and my younger brother couldn't say anything, but now it's different, the court is recuperating, the Ming Dynasty is rich in the south and poor in the north, and the north is in the baptism of war, so it is more difficult, self-sufficiency, it may not be possible, and the court will make up for it. Yes, brother-in-law, you opened a bank and earned a lot of silver for the court, but the younger brother thinks that the court will not be afraid of silver. If you can suggest to the emperor that you open the sea, brother-in-law, the younger brother guarantees that the tariff for one year is definitely not a small amount. Also, brother-in-law, you are an ambitious person, you want to prosper Daming, and if you want Zhongxing, you must at least have silver. Especially now, the land annexation is serious, although the brother-in-law uses the ...... Solved some, but others...... In his hands, there is still a large amount of land, and the imperial court will continue to divide it in the future, and in another hundred years, it will not be like this. Now, the younger brother has a way to solve the problem of land annexation, which can be regarded as an exchange condition with his brother-in-law. ”

Yue Su really didn't expect that what he thought of, Li Yuanchen also thought of it, even if Li Yuanchen didn't mention it, it wouldn't take long for him to open the sea. Now it's a good thing, Li Yuanchen also sent a way to solve the land annexation. To solve the land annexation, the most important thing is to recover the land from the vassal king, and he has thought of some methods, such as cutting the feudal domain, imitating the Song Dynasty, and not giving the vassal king land. But this matter is easy to say, if it is proposed, it will inevitably cause an uproar, Yue Su just thought about it, and he has not dared to take action. Now that Li Yuanchen said that there is a way, then listen to it.

"Brother Xian, I don't know if you have any good ideas, if it is really feasible, Brother Fool will ask the emperor to open the sea tomorrow." Yue Su said solemnly. …,

"My method is actually very simple, the court will pay for the purchase of the land of the vassal king according to the market price. Wouldn't it be enough to buy back the land of the vassal king. Li Yuanchen said with a smile.

"Brother Xian, what you said is really simple, pay for it, not to mention that the vassal kings have a lot of land, spend money to buy, where does the money come from, just say that these vassal kings, whether they are willing to agree or not, are still two different things." Yue Su couldn't help but shake his head.

"Brother-in-law, you only know one and don't know the other, looking at the past dynasties, only Da Ming is not allowed to leave the fiefdom. And not only is it not allowed to leave the fiefdom, but even the city to which it belongs, and even when you go out of the city to worship your ancestors, you have to go to the court for approval. If the imperial court buys back the feudal king's fief, then the feudal king will have no fief, and the prohibition of leaving the fief can also be canceled, and the feudal king will be allowed to go out and play at will. In exchange for silver and freedom for their fiefdoms, I think many feudal lords would agree. As a vassal king, the picture is not just a wealth, the wife is peaceful, peaceful, and happy, and there is no shortage of silver, that is. Moreover, the imperial court opened the sea, allowed the vassal kings to conduct overseas trade, and did not collect tariffs, which is really not possible, and then talk about the conditions, these vassal kings should be able to agree. Moreover, this matter can also be brought forward by the emperor, this rhetoric, the younger brother has thought about it for his brother-in-law. The reason is very simple, the drought in the north caused the people to rebel, the reason is that the court has no food, can not be relieved, the grain is in whose hands, are in the hands of the emperor's relatives, those vassal kings, the most land, the most food at home, but they don't take it out, the court has no relief of grain and rice. But when the rogues entered the palace, how much grain they copied out, like the grain on the house, piled up like a mountain, it was already moldy. If he had taken out food to help the people, he would have ended up being eaten by the rogues. As a lesson from the past, the imperial court should have a piece of its own land, and all the grain collected from this land should be handed over to the state treasury in case of emergency. This point has not been achieved by the imperial court so far, and it is also thanks to the brother-in-law's ability to manage Zhong and Le Yi that he was able to eliminate the liukou and restore peace to the world. The lessons of the past are vivid, doesn't the emperor want to set things right? Only if the emperor is willing, the brother-in-law will use some more means, and it is expected that those vassal kings will definitely agree to sell the land. As long as the court is willing, my Li family is willing to cooperate with the court to carry out shipping together, and the court allocates the money to the younger brother of the warship, and the younger brother pays the money, and the younger brother dares to guarantee that within a few years, the silver for the purchase of land will be earned by the imperial court. In the end, Li Yuanchen's voice was also a little louder, and he seemed so confident.

For Li Yuanchen's self-confidence, Yue Su is convinced, if you want to make money, who can compare to the Li family. The imperial court sent out a warship, with the current sailors of the Ming Dynasty, and they didn't dare to say that they swept the world, at least on the sea, and no one dared to provoke it, which could completely guarantee the safety issue.

As for the silver for buying land, Yue Su also simply calculated it in his heart, usually the fief of the vassal king is 10,000 yuan, and only the Fu King is relatively high, which is 20,000. One hectare of land in the Ming Dynasty was equal to fifty acres, a little more than a word, one hectare in modern times is equal to one hundred acres, and hectares and hectares should not be confused, one hectare of land is equivalent to fifteen acres.

Fifty acres of land, 10,000 acres of land is fifty acres, the price of land at that time varied, the general land was more than ten taels, and the fertile land could reach twenty taels. Most of the land given by the imperial court to the vassal king was fertile, and it could basically be counted as twenty taels and one acres. This is amazing, the price of 10,000 hectares of land is 10 million taels of silver. If it is purchased by the emperor, the vassal king may not really buy it, but at this price, it is really difficult for the imperial court to take out so much silver and recover so much land at once. …,

Besides, how many princes are there in the Ming Dynasty now, they have been erased, and the reigning ones are Taiyuan Jin King, Wuchang Chu King, Kaifeng Zhou King, Yanzhou Lu King, Taiyuan Dynasty King, Jingzhou Liao King, Wugang Min King, Pingliang Han King, Pingliang An Wang, An Lu Ying Wang, Guilin Jingjiang King, Xiangyang Xiang Wang, Qizhou Jing Wang, Raozhou Huai Wang, Jinan De Wang, Runing Chongwang, Changsha Ji Wang, Jianchang Yi Wang, Qingzhou Heng Wang, Changde Rong Wang, Jingzhou Hui Wang, Hengzhou Gui Wang, Dengzhou Xin Wang.

There are a total of twenty-three princes, but because of the limited land, not everyone meets the standard, and they can divide 10,000 hectares of land, and some can be less, for example, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, who is not treated by Zhang Yan, has more than 5,000 hectares of land. Of course, he is not the only one who is not welcomed, there are several brothers, so I won't talk about it here.

There are a lot of people who have no heirs, get rid of the feudal country, and have not been killed by the rogue, but the twenty-three princes are really enough. If the imperial court wants to buy back these lands, it will cost at least 200 million taels of silver, even if it makes a lot of money by opening a bank, but if it is taken out now, it will be enough for the imperial court to bear it.

However, there is no loss when you buy it back, and one acre of land can produce nearly three stones of grain a year, after all, the land of the vassal king is all good land. Removing the odds as a fee, one acre of land can be used to earn two stones of grain, according to the most stable grain price, one stone of rice is sold for one or two silver, and it will return to the capital in ten years.

This deal has to be done, Yue Su nodded, and said: "Brother Xian's words are indeed reasonable, if they can be implemented, it will definitely be a good thing for the court and even the world." It's just that this silver is too much, and it is definitely impossible to take it out at once, but if you buy it one by one, the vassal king will definitely feel unfair. In this way, the imperial court could only save enough silver to buy all the land from the vassal king at one time. Such a large amount, even if it is open to shipping, may not be able to get it in a short time. ”

"Brother-in-law, you don't want to eat a fat man, do you? However, my brother-in-law really wants to be fast, and it is not impossible, and when the bank business develops for a period of time, it will be okay for the people to deposit and withdraw silver. At that time, when the imperial court traded with those vassal kings, it was not necessary to give silver directly, but to give a certificate of deposit. I don't believe that those vassal kings can take all the money at once. In the end, Li Yuanchen smiled.

"Brother Gaoming, okay, this matter is decided. The matter of the joint venture to build the Anmin Bank and lift the sea ban, I will go to the Queen Mother tomorrow. But ......" Speaking of this, Yue Su suddenly hesitated, because he remembered something.

"Brother-in-law? How did you? ”

Seeing Yue Su's hesitation, Li Yuanchen asked in confusion.

Half a year later, my brother intended to raise troops to attack Liaodong, during which he had to advance by land and water, and the task shared by the sailor was very heavy. At present, although the Daming Naval Division has become a scale, after the expedition, it is no longer able to maintain order in the southern seas, and if the sea is opened at this time, there may be chaos. Moreover, it is absolutely impossible to lend the warship to your Li family. In addition, there is another important point, the war between the imperial court and the Jurchens is by no means an overnight battle, which needs to compress the supply of the Jurchens, once the sea route is opened, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be unscrupulous businessmen in order to make huge profits, secretly resource the Jurchens. In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, Brother Wei plans to wait until the Jurchens are pacified before opening the sea. It turned out that Yue Su was thinking of this.

"Brother-in-law, your concerns are not unreasonable, the coastline in Liaodong is indeed very long, and there will be illegal profiteers who sell resources to the Jurchens by sea for their own selfish interests. But brother-in-law, you also know that the extermination of the Jurchens for a year or two, if the opening of the sea is postponed just because of the extermination of the Jurchens, in the past few years, it will reduce the income of the Ming Dynasty a lot, and at this moment the Ming Dynasty needs the most money. Putting this aside, brother-in-law, have you ever thought that the current emperor is no longer a child, and in another four years, he will be able to govern himself. At that time, brother-in-law, can you still say anything? While he is in power, he can do some things that benefit the world and get the recognition of the people of the world. I know you, brother-in-law, you have always wanted to repay the first emperor for his kindness to you, and you want to prosper the Ming Dynasty. At present, the liukou has been pacified, the emperor is young, and the time when his brother-in-law can show his strength, maybe it is the past few years, if you don't grasp it well, after pacifying Liaodong, you may regret it. Li Yuanchen said with a smile. …,

"This ......." Yue Su was dumbfounded for a moment. Li Yuanchen's words can be said to be right to the point, he is indeed strong now, and he can say one thing or another, but when the emperor is in power, everything will be difficult to say. Although, after the emperor was in power, he could suppress the emperor with his own strength, but this was the last thing Yue Su wanted to do. And there is no shortage of villains in this world, these people are currently impressed by their own momentum, and they dare not talk nonsense, but God knows if these people will come out after the emperor is in power. Especially Shoufu Han Yi, who has been in Taoguang to cultivate obscurity, Yue Su knows this person, if he doesn't move, he will inevitably bite himself hard.

Now I am indeed in power, but I still can't be arrogant and despise my political enemies. Being in a high position, you have to walk on thin ice all the time, and if you are not careful, you are likely to be plotted by the villain.

Seeing that Yue Su was speechless for a long time, Li Yuanchen waited for a while before he said: "Brother-in-law, in fact, the younger brother thinks that it is not impossible to open the sea now. The younger brother doesn't know how many sailor warships there are in the imperial court, but as long as the brother-in-law can allocate fifty warships, it will be enough. ”

"Fifty ships, how can it be enough?" Yue Su couldn't help but laugh.

"If the brother-in-law doesn't believe it, then let the younger brother help you analyze it, and then talk about the younger brother's plan. Although the brother-in-law transferred most of the warships in Fujian and Zhejiang to the north, he still left the warships to maintain the order of the local sea areas, and most of the generals in command were from the sea. The imperial court opened the sea this time, and the brother-in-law did not have to open too many ports, and the younger brother thought that it would be enough to open only one at present. A fort was set up on the coast, and more than 30 large and small warships were used as defense around the perimeter, which should be enough. In the interior of the coast, a city port is opened, and trade and sea are allowed here. However, all ships that want to go to sea and land are only allowed to stop here, and no other places are allowed. When going to sea, the imperial court sent fifty warships as protection, and the protection fee could be charged, and the warships of the imperial court could also do some business on their own. Taxes and fees may be collected for entering and leaving the port, and shipping is a huge profit, and the imperial court does not need to be polite in taxes and fees, and the goods that go to sea are charged 100 percent of the taxes and fees, and the goods entering the port are charged 15 to 200 percent of the taxes and fees. The younger brother dares to guarantee that within two years, this port will be extremely prosperous, and the income of the imperial court will also increase a lot. Not only that, after the opening of the sea, the younger brother also dared to guarantee that there would be more business opportunities. Li Yuanchen said with an oath.

"What do you mean...... But it's not bad...... "Yue Su really made Li Yuanchen a little tempted, Yue Su's historical level is indeed not high, but when he was studying, he still learned history textbooks, small events are not clear, big events, he knows. Li Zicheng's peasant uprising, Yue Su knew, the Qing Dynasty overthrew the Ming Dynasty, Yue Su also knew, and Yue Su also knew one thing, that is, the foreign industrial revolution, the invention of the steam engine, although the age is forgotten, in which country it arose, he can't remember clearly, but, when the sea is opened, he will definitely know, and the technology will be introduced. Moreover, after the opening of the sea, many foreign grain crops can also be introduced. As long as the sea is not fully opened, even if the main naval division goes to war, it will still be able to deal with it, and the key is where to choose this port that will be the first to open the port.

"Yuan Chen, only one port is opened, and the sailor can definitely handle it. It's just that the choice of where this port is located is very crucial. I wonder where do you think it's better to choose? ”

"There are many places to choose, if in terms of the current situation, it is most appropriate to choose to open a port in Tianjin, after all, it is close to Beijing, and my brother-in-law can control it freely. But there is one point, there are too many warships moored in Tianjin now, and it is close to Liaodong, so my brother-in-law should not be willing. ”…,

"That's right, it's really out of place to open a port in Tianjin now." Yue Su nodded.

"The second thing to retreat is Dengzhou, but the sea area of Dengzhou is also close to Liaodong, and it is where Liaodong's supply goes to sea, which is not suitable. Further south, Rizhao County, the easternmost county under Qingzhou Prefecture, is by the sea, which can be said to be the most suitable. Li Yuanchen said with certainty.

"Rizhao!" This port city, Yue Su had naturally heard of it in his previous life, and if he opened a port in this place, it should be a good choice.

After a pause, Yue Su stood up, stopped eating or drinking, and said directly: "Brother Xian will go to the study with me." ”

"Little brother obeys."

Yue Su told his subordinates to continue eating and drinking, and only took Li Yuanchen to the study, turned out the map, and checked the location of Rizhao County. Rizhao is on the seaside, south of Dengzhou, the easternmost part of Qingzhou, if the port is opened here, at present, it should be regarded as the most suitable place. It extends in all directions, you can go to Beijing in the north, and Nanjing in the south, which is the middle of the north and south. For merchants, it is very convenient, very selective, and for the imperial court, it is also very good, it is not particularly far from Beijing, it is not too difficult to control, and it does not belong to the war preparation zone, and the ships will not affect the war against Liaodong. It is also close to Dengzhou, and if the police are dispatched, Dengzhou sailors can rush to help in the shortest possible time.

"Brother Xian is really proficient in geography, and he can choose such a good place, okay, it's here in Rizhao. When the foolish brother faces the saint tomorrow, he will discuss the matter with His Majesty. ”

This can't be said that Li Yuanchen's geography is good, and he knows the geography of the world well, but when he came, Li Yuanchen did his homework, where to open a port, it is beneficial to the imperial court, and to be able to get Yue Su's support, he must think about it first. After all, it was too far away from Beijing, Yue Su might not agree, and it was too close to Liaodong, so Yue Su would not agree, and after pondering for several days, he chose this position.

Cooperative banking and opening the sea, Li Yuanchen is worth the trip, and the two goals are all achieved.

A good businessman is to do business with the country, so that he can only make money and not lose money, and in the same way, he cannot only take care of his own interests, but also give benefits to the country, so that the country can promise you and achieve a win-win situation. Li Yuanchen did it, and he thought it was actually fun to do business with someone like his brother-in-law. The brother-in-law doesn't care how much benefit he will get, only how much benefit the court will get, the brother-in-law is different from all the officials in the world, and this is also where Li Yuanchen admires Yue Su.

In the evening, Mu Tianjiao and Li Qiongying returned home with their two children. The two children were jumping and jumping, very happy, and when they entered the palace for the first time, they were impressed by the grandeur of the Forbidden City and deeply infected. Especially her daughter Yue Meng, who was also considered a goddaughter by the Queen Mother, became a princess all of a sudden, and she was even more pleased. Of course, Zhang Yan's ability to recognize Yue Meng as her goddaughter is also for Yue Su's sake.

I didn't say much to my children during the day, but now that I have my children by my side, Yue Su is also happy, and he called Zheng Chenggong to tell stories to the three children. Zheng Chenggong and Yue Meng were very interested in the story told by Yue Su, but their son was absent-minded and dozed off. Yue Su finished the story and asked the children to go back to the room to rest, while he went to Mu Tianjiao's room. The husband and wife have been separated for many years, and the so-called small farewell is better than the newlywed, let alone this big farewell, and they must not linger since they were young.

Early the next morning, Mu Tianjiao dressed Yue Su neatly and went to work in the cabinet. After handling some official business, Yue Su handed over the sign to the palace at two o'clock.

His brand, no one dared to slack off, the little eunuch hurriedly went to the Queen Mother to spread the word, the Queen Mother passed the decree, and the imperial study saw the driver.

Yue Su rushed to the imperial study, when he arrived, Zhang Yan and Zhu Ciyan were already sitting there, Yue Su greeted him first, and as usual, without waiting to kneel, Zhu Ciyan asked him to be flat and give him a seat. Then, Yue Su thanked the Queen Mother again, thanking the Queen Mother for her hospitality to her family and accepting her daughter as a righteous daughter.

Zhang Yan had to be polite, and after some gossip, Yue Su got to the point.

"The emperor and the queen mother, in recent days, many courtiers have proposed, saying that banks only exchange currency, and now the people have exchanged not far from ten, many banks, in a month, can not exchange much silver, their income is not as good as Lu, it is recommended that the imperial court will abolish some banks. His words are also reasonable, Weichen thought about it for many days, and suddenly yesterday Li Yuanchen, the son of Shancheng Boshi, escorted the minister's family into Beijing, held a banquet at night, and talked about the bank during the banquet. Shancheng Boshizi believed that the bank would be of great benefit to the imperial court and should be greatly developed, and then it would get a lot of benefits, and put forward some personal opinions. The minister thought it was reasonable, and he came to meet him today, and the matter was clarified, and the emperor decided it. ”