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Zhu Youzhu is a quick surname, belongs to the kind of things that are said to be done today, early in the morning sent by the political secretary, Zhu Youzhu often has to finish acting before early in the morning, only to eat a bowl of rice porridge, stretched his muscles and bones in the Zhengxin Palace, at this time a ray of sunlight shines into the hall through the paper window, Zhu Youzhu took a deep breath, and then called a attendant eunuch to ask: "Is there anything going on outside the palace recently?" ”

This attendant eunuch is confused, what's the matter? How did he know. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info busy period Ai Ai said: "Your Majesty, the slave doesn't know. ”

Zhu Youzhu pursed his lips, and then said: "What about Liu Chengfeng, has Liu Chengfeng made any trouble recently?" ”

Liu Chengfeng entered Beijing, don't look at everyone looking at him coldly, but his words and deeds, every move is actually quite concerned, this attendant eunuch must have also heard some rumors in the palace, so he smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that nothing has happened, every time the Marquis of Lianzhou is in his own home, he will either meet friends for a while, or he will close the door, but how it is, the slave and maid don't know." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded, couldn't help laughing, and then said: "It's good to be able to calm down, and you can sharpen it well to become a talent, his surname is too hot." ”

After that, Zhu Youzhu didn't say anything anymore, took his hands, walked a few steps, and then said, "Drive Kunning Palace." ”

The attendant eunuch hurriedly went out to pass Zhu Youzhang's message, and soon stopped walking outside the Zhengxin Palace, Zhu Youzhu got on the step and went straight to Kunning Palace with a team of people, Zhu Youzhang's work and rest time is now quite punctual, at this time, most of them are going to Kunning Palace, so Kunning Palace is also prepared, and does not seem panicked, seeing the holy car coming, there are eunuchs and palace people kneeling in two ways to greet them, Zhu Youzhu came down from the step, calmly entered the main palace, but happened to bump into the Zhang brothers.

It is a common thing for the Zhang brothers to enter and leave the palace, after all, they are the brothers-in-law of Queen Zhang, and Zhu Youzhu is also afraid that Queen Zhang will be lonely, so it is not forbidden.

Zhu Youzhu seemed to be in a good mood today, and he helped them and said, "It's all my own family, so I don't need to be polite, get up and talk, when did you enter the palace?" ”

Zhang Heling lowered his head and said: "If you go back to the emperor, you will come in at the time of the hour, and you will say a few words with your mother, and you will go back." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded his head, couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Thank you, the queen is feeling unwell recently, you are the queen's closest family, you must be diligent in entering and leaving the palace in the future, I am busy with the case, and I can't take care of many things." ”

Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling said yes together, their eyes rolled wildly, and they didn't dare to raise their eyes to look at Zhu Youzhang.

Seeing them like this, Zhu Youzhu was not interested in saying anything to them, waved his hand, and said, "That's it, I'm going in first." ”

After that, Zhu Youzhu walked into Kunning Palace, and the Zhang brothers glanced at each other, they all sweated, and they hurriedly left the palace without mentioning it.

Empress Zhang heard the movement outside, and as soon as Zhu Youzhu stepped into the threshold, Empress Zhang came to salute, blessed her body, and said, "Your Majesty is safe." ”

Zhu Youzhu helped her up, and said in a gentle tone: "Didn't you say that you were infected with the wind chill recently?" Don't be polite. What about the Duoduo people? Why aren't you here today? ”

Empress Zhang smiled, let Zhu Youzhu help her to sit down on the couch, and said, "Let Gonggong Zhou take it to supervise the piano." Your Majesty, this concubine has something to say. ”

Empress Zhang looked serious, but it made Zhu Youzhu laugh, moved a brocade pier and sat down, held Queen Zhang's soft hand, and said: "Husband and wife are one, naturally they can say anything, why is the queen so solemn?" It's made me a little uncomfortable. ”

Empress Zhang laughed, and then said: "Your Majesty, the brother of the concubine just entered the palace and said one thing to the concubine, that Liu Chengfeng is going to do business again." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhang suddenly came to the interest, Liu Chengfeng said to do business, this business must be not small, Zhu Youzhang has been impressed by Liu Chengfeng several times, especially the treasure building, it is simply a stroke of genius, in Zhu Youzhang's heart is deeply impressed, the memory is still fresh, a tea house business, now the palace has been able to get millions of taels of silver dividends every month, and this number will increase in the future, this month is initially estimated to have 1.5 million taels, which means that there are nearly 20 million taels of silver dividends a year, which is ten times the grain tax, Now that there is money in the palace, many things are much more convenient to do, and what this emperor has done is really more interesting than before.

In the past, there was a famine, the palace should be worried, not that the famine was not controlled, the Ming Dynasty was established to the present, which year was there no famine? It's just where does the money come from?

There is also the border army, the military salary of the border army has always been in arrears, and it is better in good years, at most three months in arrears, but if the year is not good, it is common to be afraid of being in arrears for half a year. Therefore, there will be mutinies on the border town repeatedly, although it will not hurt the muscles and bones, but it is not a way to go on like this.

Now that he has money, everything is easy to say, even Zhu Youjiao, who has always been saving, has gradually become more generous, and the amount of money in the palace has increased by fifty percent, and he has a wide range of money, and he doesn't have so many worries.

Empress Zhang saw Zhu Youjiao's thoughts, and then pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine also heard that Liu Chengfeng's business this time, I am afraid that the future income will not be under the treasure building." ”

Zhu Youjiao's eyebrows couldn't help jumping, and his face changed slightly, now Jubaolou has added 20 million silver to the inner treasury a year, if there is another business like this, won't the surplus in the palace exceed 40 million? Forty million, that's a lot of money!

Empress Zhang laughed again and continued: "Liu Chengfeng has already let go, half of the shares of this business are still given to Houzhao, and the rest are all dependent on the businessmen to buy shares, look at the people, what they are thinking about is to earn money for the Zhu family, and be loyal to the country to this part, who in the world can do it?" Liu Chengfeng is the lucky star of Houzhao, with him, our Houzhao will be better. ”

This sentence, Zhu Youzhu completely agrees, Zhu Houzhao's son has really been better since he has Liu Chengfeng, think about it, if he Zhu Youzhu once drove the crane west, even if the tax of the imperial court increased to three million, what would happen? Zhu Youzhang has saved to this point, he is still overstretched, Zhu Houzhao's surname, he knows that he is not the kind of person who is willing to be lonely, Zhu Youzhu used to worry that the world was handed over to Zhu Houzhao, and sooner or later something big would happen. But now, Zhu Youzhu is completely relieved, the so-called governance of the country, in other words, can never bypass a word money, money and food are sufficient, if the foreign enemy invades, then the head-on attack is, if there is a famine, local relief is, if there are displaced people to make trouble, it is to seek and appease and use it. On the surface, it seems easy to say, but none of these costs money.

Liu Chengfeng can make money, which is of infinite benefit to this country and society, and Zhu Youzhang has a deep understanding.

"It's just ......" Empress Zhang couldn't help but smile when she saw Zhu Youjiao's intentions, and said, "It's just that this business has a little trouble." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said arrogantly: "What's the trouble, even if it is said, he is loyal to the country, of course I have to be sympathetic to him, will it make him embarrassed?" ”

Empress Zhang glanced at Zhu Youjiao, in her heart, he strongly supported Liu Chengfeng, for no other reason, what Liu Chengfeng is doing now is good for the prince, she is a mother, and she only has such a piece of heart, she doesn't want Zhu Houzhao to be frugal like her father and be a prosperous monarch, but she hopes that Zhu Houzhao can be a carefree monarch.

It was with this thought that she realized that Liu Chengfeng had to do business, and if this business was really done, what else did her children have to worry about?

What's more, whether it is Jubaolou or the business that Liu Chengfeng is preparing to set up, the Zhang family brothers also have a share, after all, the Zhang family is Queen Zhang's mother's family, and naturally hopes that they will live well, and she has to contribute to this matter.

Empress Zhang's eyes glanced at Zhu Youzhu with a discerning look, and then said: "Your Majesty, Liu Chengfeng's business is to open the sea and ban ......."

Forbidden ...... Zhu Youzhu was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately became a little unnatural.

In the second year of Hongzhi, there were ministers who wrote to ask for the sea ban, but soon made the Manchu Dynasty in an uproar, not only the six ministries opposed, the cabinet opposed, and even the governors of various places also wrote one after another, Zhu Youzhu had just ascended the throne, and the first time he saw this kind of posture, he was a little at a loss, and this matter had a great shadow on him, and also made him deeply understand that the opening of the sea ban was absolutely impossible, and there was no room for negotiation in this matter.

Seeing Zhu Youzhang's face darkening, Empress Zhang glanced at Zhu Youzhu with concern and said, "Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ...... I'm fine......"

Zhu Youzhu shook his head and smiled bitterly.

In fact, with his insight, how could he not know the benefits of the sea ban to the imperial court? But he knew that this could never be done, for the simple reason that there were too many interests involved.

In Jiangnan, I don't know how many big families, these big families have a particularly close relationship with the ministers of the DPRK and China, plus the related celebrities and scholars, etc., these people have already organized a huge interest group. It is precisely because of the ban on the sea that ordinary businessmen can not go to the sea, and they can go to the sea to deal with them in order to plot against them, for the businessmen, this is a restriction, but for these families in the south of the Yangtze River, the so-called sea ban is actually an empty talk, what others can't do, they can do it, others can't go to sea, but they can, the cargo ships that go to sea are limited to these families, which also leads to their complete monopoly of the huge profits of shipping, but once the sea is opened, then the world does not know that the merchant ships will be launched. At that time, the competition is fierce, why should they control the price and eat this alone?

These big families are now connected into a huge interest group, and the entire government and the opposition are full of their mouthpieces, especially the officials from Jiangnan, almost all of whom are closely related to them, or rather, their relatives and friends have long been involved and cannot extricate themselves.

At this time, if Zhu Youzhu wants to open the sea ban, he will immediately attract the opposition of the whole world.

(To be continued)