Chapter 447: Zhao'an Zheng Zhilong

These days, one bō after another to meet with people from all walks of life, promises of promises, persuasion of persuasion, Yang Reform is busy with dizziness, fortunately these days the heavy snow continues, but there is no need to go to court, but you can concentrate on doing this, no need to be distracted to do other things.

In order to hide people's eyes, Yang Reform met with a few of his own imperial party or people who needed to be wooed, and then met with a few ministers who were not familiar with or did not rely on. This emperor is really not easy to be, especially to be a good emperor, it is even more difficult to be, not to mention that it is not difficult to be an emperor who changes the sky and disobeys his fate. Who needs to be wooed, who is worth wooing, who is more important, who needs what rhetoric, this is all considered clearly one by one, the words can't be too white, and they have to beat around the bush, which is even more brain-consuming, Yang Reform only feels that his head is about to explode, but obviously, the days are no longer waiting for people, and they are getting more and more anxious, and they can't take a break if they want to.

Just sent off a minister, Wang Chengen reported again, Li Ruolian arrived.

"See you!" Yang reformed his forehead and said with a headache.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wang Chengen saw that the emperor had a headache, and wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything, since the emperor had already said that he had met, it would be wrong for him to stop him again, and he shouldn't be happy, but this Li Ruolian is not an ordinary person, holding the emperor's money bag, and it is not okay to press it and not report it.

"Minister Li Ruolian knocks to see Your Majesty!" Li Ruolian kowtowed when he came in.

Yang Gengai was lying on the warm chuáng for a short rest, and when he saw Li Ruolian kowtowing, he opened his eyes and said, "Get up." Yang Gengai took a sip of strong tea, and the jīng god was slightly better, and these days, relying on strong tea to refresh the mind is getting worse and worse.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Longen!"

Yang Gai looked at Li Ruolian, his qi was ruddy, much more capable than a few days ago, and he did not develop towards a big belly, and at a glance, he knew that he had been exercising regularly these days, nodded and said, "Look at Ruolian's qi, yes, these days should be often boiled, right?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, these days, I get up early every day to work hard, do not forget Your Majesty's teachings, and be a person who does not forget my roots." Li Ruolian hurriedly said, a few days ago, I reprimanded the emperor, and these days, I have only resumed and increased the level of training, and the warning that does not forget the original can hang on my head all the time.

"Not bad! If Lian can do this, the achievements of this life, I dare to assert, will be limitless! Yang reformed and stared.

"Your Majesty Xie cultivates, and Your Majesty Xie knows." Li Ruolian hurriedly said.

"What's going on in the bank?" Yang reformed.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is fine, Nanjing, Shaanxi, and Liaodong have opened several branches." Li Ruolian hurriedly replied.

"How much money do you store?" How much was loaned out? How profitable is it? Yang asked carefully.

"Back to Your Majesty, as of yesterday, a total of about ** million taels of silver have been collected and stored in various places, and the loan is around four million taels of silver, excluding various expenses, and by the end of this year, it will be possible to make a profit of about 400,000 taels of silver." Li Ruolian replied quietly.

"Yes, in the future, this scale will continue to expand, and in the future, there will be branches in various places, and I promised in the first half of the year to make up for the lack of sound over the years, and the remaining two million taels will also be sent to all sides by the way of the bank, so as to avoid the pain of military suppression, and I require that it be distributed to the soldiers on all sides at the latest at the beginning of the month, this matter, you must be more careful, it is really remote, it can be a little later, such as Gansu Town, etc., but it must also be sent before the year." Yang Reform said again.

"Commandment." Li Ruolian hurriedly agreed.

"In addition, I summoned you today to tell you that at the end of the year, this silver must be tightened, and the accounts that should be recovered must be recovered, and this year's accounts will be done well, so that next year will be able to do greater business,...... I will have a few big businesses next year, and I will take the way of the bank, take money from the bank, and no longer take money directly from my internal funds, and take money from me, but if I get through your bank, it will allow you to make some money, so in your bank, you must collect more silver, otherwise, you can't do it, but don't blame me for not taking care of you! Yang Reform said with a smile, this kind of plausible right and wrong, guessing riddles, weaving is really a headache, speaking half of the words, the second half has to rely on people to understand, this really hurts Yang Reform's brain.

"The minister's decree ......, this, the minister dares to ask, the big deal that Your Majesty refers to is where the minister, but what about the carriage yard?" Li Ruolian agreed, and hurriedly asked, the latest news is that the emperor intends to list the carriage yard separately as a workshop, and also make it into a share like Liulizhai, sell the shares to make the carriage yard bigger, and sell the carriage to the south, so there is Li Ruolian's question. ,

"Hehe, yes, it seems that you are still attentive, although the stock is not directly related to the bank, but it has something to do with silver, and it is also a matter of your industry, you can pay attention to this, it means that you are doing it with your heart, this matter is indeed like this, I plan to list the carriage yard separately, and then make it into shares, and then sell the shares of the stock Jiāo Yi to raise funds, maybe the silver is not enough, so it may still be borrowed in your bank...... Yang Gai explained with a smile.

"I understand." Li Ruolian after a little explanation by the emperor, he understood, this is the emperor to pull business for him, in fact, whether it is a carriage field, other fields, there is no need to borrow money from the bank, if you want to be bigger, the emperor can directly take money from the inner money, but now it has become a joint-stock system, and it is not appropriate to take money from the internal money, because now it is everyone's, no longer the emperor's alone, if the emperor is alone, to expand the field and borrow money from the bank, it is obviously hypocritical, but if it is everyone's, It is understandable to take everyone's field to the bank to borrow money, and even if you sell stocks and make the field bigger, it may not be enough, so it is logical to borrow money from the bank, and by the way, you can also make a profit from the bank.

"It's good to understand, this is just one of them, there are bigger deals, and more silver is required, so I asked you to tighten the money and prepare for next year's big deal, these silver, don't make money in vain." Yang Reform said with a smile, in fact, Yang Reform asked Li Ruolian to prepare silver, and he was even more prepared to be afraid of the eventuality, so that he still had millions of taels of silver in his hands, so that he would not face unpredictable things empty-handed.

"The minister understands, the minister commands!" Li Ruolian happily agreed, the emperor's business has always been a "high-quality" business, basically making money without losing money, and it is naturally much easier to make money from these businesses than usury.

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Li Ruolian left, and Yang Gai felt that he had a headache, and he had reached the point where he couldn't even drink strong tea to refresh himself.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go out for a walk, I haven't been out for a walk these days, it's unbearable!" Wang Chengen saw that the emperor looked uncomfortable and said.

"Who's next?" Yang Gengai wiped his forehead and asked again. I don't think that at such a critical moment, when I want to probe the bottom of the people from all walks of life, make a wish, and win over, I know that an emperor is really powerless in the face of the entire bureaucracy, and he is only to meet with the ministers in the court, and those who can't come to the table are not counted, and they have already made themselves unbearable, let alone facing the entire bureaucracy, a person's jīng power is always limited, and the limited jīng power to face many bureaucrats and ministers, in addition to hard work, It's powerless, it's a job that will tire people to death.

"Back to Your Majesty, it is Zheng Zhilong who Your Majesty wants to surrender." Wang Chengen said distressedly, His Majesty's body is obviously unbearable, but this Zheng Zhilong is indeed a very important person, and he is a must-see, and it is not easy to arrange even excuses and pressure.

"Well, in this way, it is indeed not a matter for me to stay in this warm pavilion all the time, and this person has become godless, in this way, I sleep for half an hour, and after half an hour, I will go out of the palace, and in addition, I will see Zheng Zhilong in the carriage......" Yang Reform thought for a while and ordered.

"This ......, Your Majesty, that Zheng Zhilong is ......, Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is ......" Wang Chengen has no opinion on the emperor leaving the palace, but he does have an opinion on the emperor receiving Zheng Zhilong in the carriage, then Zheng Zhilong is a pirate, what if something happens?

"It's okay, the eldest companion will do it, I will sleep......" Yang Reform finished commanding, and fell asleep, not in the mood to care so much.

Wang Chengen had no choice but to go out to make arrangements.

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When he woke up again, Yang Gengai was already a jīng god, drank a sip of hot tea, rinsed his mouth, added a piece of clothing, and left the Qianqing Palace, which he had not been out of these days.

Zheng Zhilong had been waiting in the palace for a long time, but he had not been summoned by the emperor, and was sitting there waiting for the emperor's summons, but was led out of the palace by the eunuch xiǎo.

"Feihuang has seen his father-in-law!" Zheng Zhilong hurriedly greeted and saluted.

"An official doesn't need to be polite, it's not in the palace, just call our family Wang Butler, just come with our family." Wang Chengen said. ,

Zheng Zhilong followed Wang Chengen, turned a corner, and saw several large four-wheeled carriages placed there, and was even more puzzled. Wang Chengen opened one of the carriages and said, "Childe, Feihuang has arrived." ”

Yang Gai was drinking tea in this carriage, and when he saw Wang Chengen say, he nodded.

"Yiguan, Childe let you in." Wang Chengen said to Zheng Zhilong.

Zheng Zhilong got into the carriage in surprise, and was surprised to see the emperor sitting there in civilian clothes, without hesitation, he immediately knelt down and said, "Long live the grass people, long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"An official! This is outside the palace, there is no need to do this big gift, just be casual, sit down, I have been staying in the palace recently, I feel bored and panicked, and I want to go out for a walk. Yang Gai said casually with a smile.

Although the emperor claimed to be casual, Zheng Zhilong, who was afraid of imperial power, was still very xiǎo, for fear of something.

"The grass people obey!" Zheng Zhilong's heart was beating wildly, he actually met the emperor on a patrol, and the emperor also invited him to take a carriage together, saying that he would go to the capital together, this kind of undreaming thing happened, Zheng Zhilong felt that he was not dreaming, why was it so unreal?

"Butler, you can go!" Yang reformed.

"Yes, Childe." Out of consideration for the emperor's safety, Wang Chengen insisted on sitting in the carriage, adding a curtain in the carriage to separate the emperor from himself, in case of an accident to the emperor, he would be the first to rush up to protect the emperor, fortunately, the carriage is very large, the four-wheeled one and the two-wheeled one are very different at this point, plus a curtain, the inside still seems spacious, hearing the emperor's call, he agreed, and drove the mén to urge the "bodyguards" outside, and the carriage began to run forward.

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The jingling bell of the carriage kept ringing, and the glass on the carriage was thick with moisture, reminding that it was winter outside. Yang Gai wiped the glass and wiped away the water vapor, and the outside world immediately came into view, and the scene of ordinary people running for life appeared.

It was warm in the carriage, and it was a different world from the outside world. Yang Gengai pushed the window of the carriage open, and a cold air immediately rushed into the carriage, and the hustle and bustle outside also entered the carriage.

Yang Gai didn't speak, just kept looking at the situation outside the window, watching the people busy. Zheng Zhilong sat there anxiously with the emperor, the emperor didn't ask, he didn't dare to speak rashly, and when he saw the emperor looking out of the window, he didn't dare to breathe.

The cold air had already blown the heat in the carriage almost to the ground, and Yang Gengai felt a little cold, so he closed the window and said with a smile: "It's a little cold." "Immediately shut out the hustle and bustle outside.

"The grass people are not cold!" It was rare for the emperor to say a word, and Zheng Zhilong hurriedly agreed.

"Hehe, look at the life of the people outside this window, do you have any feelings?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"Back to Your Majesty, the people under Your Majesty's rule live a healthy and prosperous life, and they are all living well." Zheng Zhilong tried to speak decently.

"Hehehe, huh? But I don't think so! Yang Gai said with a smile, looking at Zheng Zhilong, who was a little cramped.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to answer, so he could only keep his head down and not speak.

"The people under my rule, not only this Jingshi, but also Liaodong, Shaanxi, Fujian, Sichuan, Henan, Shanxi, etc., are all under my rule, and the first official just said the ...... of the capital," Yang Gaiai said with a smile.

Zheng Zhilong didn't know what to say, outside the Liaodong Pass, it was a place where he fought and died with the Dongyu, Shaanxi was a million immigrants, and he encountered a drought that was rare in a century, and Fujian probably said that he was a pirate attacking the city and plundering the land, not to mention other places, there were more or less problems, this was the emperor's dissatisfaction with himself!

“…… Yiguan thinks, what can be done to make the people under my rule live a better life, not to starve, not to be cold, and to have books to read? Yang continued to ask.

"Back to Your Majesty, the grass people are stupid, and the grass people don't know." Zheng Zhilong didn't dare to breathe, was the emperor questioning him?

"Actually, I can understand why a single official can easily emigrate tens of thousands of people under my rule to Ryukyu." Yang Gengai continued, staring at Zheng Zhilong with a smile.

"The grass people are guilty, the grass people deserve to die!" Zheng Zhilong hurriedly changed his sitting to kneeling, kneeling in front of the emperor, the emperor asked him about his crime.

"Hehehe, I don't blame you, get up, I'm actually very ashamed, I didn't give my people a peaceful environment to live and work in, my people abandoned me, I don't blame them." Yang Gai said with a smile, the atmosphere in the carriage was very dull and depressing. The clanging carriage is even more intense to this oppressive atmosphere. ,

"The grass people deserve death...... Zheng Zhilong kowtowed again and again, not daring to get up.

"I invited an official carriage to travel with me today, but I have no intention of pursuing your guilt, get up, Yiguan." Yang Gai said again.

Zheng Zhilong got up at this time.

"What do you think of the immigrants from Shaanxi?" Yang Gengai saw that Zheng Zhilong was up, and asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, this move is an unprecedented move, which is enough to demonstrate Your Majesty's holy virtues, and will surely be praised by all the people of the world, and the good name will be passed on for eternity, and the people of the world will all feel Your Majesty." Zheng Zhilong faced the emperor's millions of immigrants, in the face of this kind of handwriting, he was also amazed and admired, the emperor has this ability, this kind of means, but also made him afraid, the emperor can take 10 million taels of silver to immigrate, can't he take 10 million taels of silver to operate a sailor? Previously, the emperor only said that one million taels of silver would build a warship every year, Zheng Zhilong felt more and more that the emperor was saying that it was too little, once the emperor made up his mind, it was not a million taels of silver, Zheng He's fleet could be reproduced back then, and there was no difficulty in dominating the ocean.

"Hehehe, although outsiders say that I have done a good job, in fact, I also have suffering! An official can know that 10 million taels of silver can only immigrate a million, and this natural disaster will last for more than ten years, and the number of immigrants every year may be more and more, but it is not known, and now I have immigrated them to Dòng Ting Lake and Poyang Lake, which are big lakes, and there is still a place to settle down, but these northern provinces need more than one million immigrants? Where shall I find them a place to settle down? I can't sleep day and night! It was the actions of an official that inspired me and opened my eyes, and with a lot of land overseas, I am no longer afraid that immigrants will have nowhere to settle, and I have solved the great trouble in my heart! "Yang Reform poured bitter water on Zheng Zhilong.

"Whatever Your Majesty says, the grass people will do it, and the grass people will only obey Your Majesty." Zheng Zhilong breathed a sigh of relief, the emperor originally took a fancy to the Great Ryukyu and wanted to immigrate to the past, if this is the case, he has now figured it out, the emperor is determined to emigrate, and the emperor of the Great Ryukyu is also ironclad, conflict with the emperor, against it, he is now no longer confident at all, according to the emperor's temper and means, maybe he will take 10 million taels of silver to run a sailor and build a warship, if he dares to say half a word, I am afraid that he will be beaten and even the scum will not be found.

“…… I want to emigrate, naturally I have to ensure the safety of the sea, I heard that the pirates on the sea, the Yi people are quite rampant, if you want to emigrate, I will definitely run the sailor, the official thinks it is right or wrong? Is it necessary? Yang Gai asked deliberately, isn't it intentional to say pirates in front of pirates?

"The grass people ......, the grass people feel that His Majesty has done the right thing and it is necessary." Zheng Zhilong is already sweating, isn't he a pirate leader? When the emperor said this, was he warning himself? Or is it to take yourself out of the range of pirates? Zhao'an?

"Yiguan is right, I plan to clean up all the pirates and people on the sea, I not only want to immigrate to Ryukyu, but also to immigrate to the South Seas, Australia, and even the Americas, and even the wider land, I plan to fight it down and use it to settle my people, otherwise, the tens of millions of people under my rule have no place to live, and it is always my fault...... "Yang Gai raised his head and said with a sigh.

Zheng Zhilong's head exploded, it seems that the emperor really knows no less about the ocean and overseas affairs than him, and he has made such a big wish, isn't the emperor joking?

"Do you think I can do it?" Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"This, maybe, should, must be." Zheng Zhilong changed a few words, and finally chose a certainty, no matter what, today's saint speaks and does things, not boasting, what to do, what to do, everything has been done, although what he just said is a bit big, but Zheng Zhilong still believes that there are some possibilities.

"I use warships to seek land, and I don't hide it from an official, I will definitely do this, I will definitely exterminate the pirates along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and those Yi people in the South Seas will definitely drive them away, I am now lacking someone to do this for me, is the official willing to go?"

"The grass people are willing! Willing to share your Majesty's worries! Zheng Zhilong hurriedly agreed, in fact, he had been waiting for this day for a long time, before coming to Zhao'an, there were a lot of strange thoughts, but after arriving in the capital, he was recruited by the emperor's super high standard, and all kinds of encounters made Zheng Zhilong understand that his abacus could not be beaten, and his future was all in the hands of the emperor. didn't say anything about recruiting him, just let him follow Lin Zhu everywhere, and now that he finally has a letter, Zheng Zhilong is no longer ready to let go.

"Okay, Yiguan is still very familiar with current affairs, however, I can say that I can say in the front, do things for me, I will naturally protect your Zheng family and wealth, Feihuang Tengda will naturally no longer talk about it, and it may not be impossible to be a marquis in the future, but, after becoming my general, I can't do trade anymore, I don't want to have a general who holds military power, and then the rich and invincible country appears, what I mean, does Yiguan understand?" Yang reformed.

"The grass people understand that the grass people swear to follow His Majesty to the death, and the Zheng family swears to serve the Ming Dynasty." Zheng Zhilong's previous abacus was like this, while doing the "official government" of the Ming Dynasty, while doing trade, the benefits of both ends, now it seems that it is obviously impossible, the emperor knows much more about the sea than he imagined, his little trick, naturally no need to put it out, in this world, there can be no money, but there must be no power, no power, how much money is fake, a seven-grade county order can break the family, since the emperor has promised him that the Zheng family is prosperous, according to the emperor's good reputation, This is naturally not a lie, it is naturally worth following, Zheng Zhilong happily agreed immediately.