On the fourth day of the fourth month of April, Manjushri was born. Tianjin Wei everywhere can see the bald monks, this day, many people fast, because the eighth day of the first month is the birthday of the Buddha, that is, the Buddha's birthday, the Buddha's birthday is April 15, and the Esoteric religion is still very common in the north, the custom of the people of the Celestial Dynasty is to see the temple to burn incense, so from the fourth to the fifteenth day of the first month, it is very lively, those who are stingy, but also pick these days to worship a Buddha, fast, donate some sesame oil money, not for anything else, ask for peace of mind.

In the past six months, Tianjin Wei has expanded suddenly, and it is particularly prosperous, why? The cabinet was ready to carry it before, but then Cao Bang said that the help of the public plummeted, and he was unable to undertake the imperial court's grain transportation to the north, and he only took small business in the future, which was naturally the reason why the Luo Sect Yin Sect Master and the Holy Maiden Yin Susu contributed behind it. This is also the reason why Xu Guo Xu Ge deeply hates the obedient officials, a canal, how many Hui merchants have been fattened, Xu Ge's hometown is a Hui businessman, stopped the transportation, changed to sea transportation, the loss of the Hui businessman is not big? Do you want to hate Uncle Zheng Guo? Those corrupt officials who rely on the canal to eat the canal hate it even more to the core.

But sometimes, the general trend of the world is like this, in the tone of later generations of online novels, the wheels of history are rolling down, who can resist it? Xu Ge Lao is not successful, the East India Company is now said to be bigger, the entire Tianjin Wei, at least two-thirds of the people do business related to the East India Company, the shipping is fast, the throughput is also huge, and the goods from the north and south are exchanged through the ships of the East India Company.

It's not that no one has been red-eyed, but, since the former Cao Gang Daxiangtou, the current director of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry Camp and the chief assistant officer of the East India Company's internal executive cabinet (referred to as the cabinet chief, this long name was specially thought up by Jing Daguan, and no one cares about him, Da Ming, there is no text prison) Jing Guan is very arrogant to play the name of the eunuch Zhang Hong, the eunuch Zhang Cheng, and the eunuch Zhang Cheng, no one dares to come to be verbose, the two big bosses of the master of ceremonies are standing behind, you go to knock on the bamboo? If you want to die, it's not like that.

Jingguan is still very good at doing business, last year's New Year, he gave an excerpt to the imperial court, don't forget, he is an official of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, although he is a Taoist official, that is to say, he is not a formal official from the imperial examination, but he has a formal official to the Ministry of Justice, when he gave an excerpt to the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Bi Qiang was scared almost to pee, this Grandpa Bi is not young, the prostate has not been very good.

Why? This excerpt is to say, to whom should the East India Company's taxes be paid? Because this Ministry of Industry Shangshu Bi Qiang is Hai Rui Hai Gangfeng's friend, many years ago when he was Ying Tianfu Yin, when Hai Rui was [to the right to supervise the imperial history of the governor of Ying Tian Shifu], Hai Rui appreciated this Bi Qiang Bi Songpo, so he recommended him to do Nanjing Household Shangshu, this kindness, not a big one, you can imagine how the relationship between the two is, last year Hai Rui went out of the mountain, when the imperial court's household book was Bi Qiang, however, Bi Qiang was affected by Hai Rui, was arched to the Ministry of Industry, and this time, apparently, it was specially to promote Bi Shangshu, It's time to make a face for Bi Shangshu.

Later scholars around the world who studied the Ming Dynasty agreed that the trade difference between the Ming Dynasty and various countries in the world at that time was 500 million taels of silver, so it also gave a very vivid word, suction pump, and the Ming Dynasty sucked away two-thirds of the world's silver at that time.

This so-called 500 million taels of silver only proves one thing, how vigorous the commercial capital of the people was at that time, but it had nothing to do with the imperial court.

The sudden rise of the East India Company, as a huge trading group, and a huge trading group of the Ming Dynasty, can be imagined, how much profit he will generate, and because of the tax generated by this profit, it almost scared the former household secretary of the Ming Dynasty, and now the Ministry of Industry Bi Qiang scared the pee, the small official of the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court, the first assistant of the cabinet of the East India Company, strongly demanded that the imperial court charge one-tenth of the tax on the East India Company, and asked the imperial court to send household officials to check the accounts.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, have you ever seen such a stupid businessman? Have you ever seen a businessman with such a high level of consciousness? No, only this quiet officer.

This one-tenth of the tax is close to three million taels of silver, can Bi Qiang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, not be scared to pee, how much silver does the Ming Dynasty get in a year? As a result, such an East India Company, the annual payment of taxes is close to the silver of the household department, seeing the real money, there are also faint voices in the court, thinking that Emperor Muzong wanted to engage in the shipping of grain, which is obviously far-sighted, but unfortunately, the day is not a holiday.

Even, the cabinet had to promote Jingguan, from the fifth grade, the Ministry of Works, Iijima Ai also got the order, it was really red and purple.

This is also the reason why the obedient officials are so tossed in Liaodong, and the voices of the court are very small, the hands of people are short, and the mouth of eating people is soft!

At that time, more than a dozen Wei Xuemaocai who visited the obedient officials in Tianjin Weidengmen are now all developed, not to mention anything else, at the beginning of the secret reminder, this first cheaply ate a batch of land, build a house, the East India Company entered Tianjin Wei, businessmen gathered, and then rent out the house, it is a huge profit, and can be passed on to children and grandchildren, as for a person like Gongsun Nie, who was originally a big businessman in the family, it is directly linked to the name of the East India Company, which is really a sea of gold and silver.

Sometimes, the original batch of talents, but also to get together, the location is selected in the original Yuelai Inn, this Yuelai Inn is now bigger, not to mention anything else, the door half of the couplet [Yuelai Inn Kelaiyue] but the country uncle personally wrote, so these days, stunned is no one can come out, that is really a living signboard, the owner of the Yuelai Inn laughed so much that his teeth are gone, often boasting, this is the most worthwhile business I have done in my life.

They happened to be gathering today, more than a dozen people sighed for a while, and then they heard someone on the street shouting, Chu Yunnuo, the head of the case back then, is now also the head of everyone, not for anything else, still maintaining the ranking when he met the uncle and the governor, hearing the movement outside, he couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper to go out and watch, and all of a sudden, the shopkeeper came in with excitement, "So that you Maocai master knows that the commander of the Jingying Xiangcheng Bo and the uncle of the country have killed a lot of Tartars outside the pass, saying that they have defeated 500,000, beheaded 15,000, and sacrificed 2,000 prisoners, Uncle Xiangcheng deliberately went to Beijing to win a great victory, and now the news has spread all over the ......"

As he was talking, there was the sound of firecrackers being set off outside, and the shopkeeper said, "Look, it must be the firecrackers set off by our shopkeeper himself." ”

This bunch of talented people rewarded the shopkeeper and let him out, Chu Yunnuo sighed, "Fellow virtuous brothers, this Xiangcheng Bo has a great victory, do you believe it?" ”

Jun Xiaodrunk pursed his lips, "Forget it!" What is the current situation of the three major battalions of the Beijing Division, who doesn't know, presumably, it is Fengzhang again...... The credit of the Metropolitan Governor's share of profits. ”

Everyone looked at each other, for a while, Yixing Yanshan, when he befriended Zheng Guofan, who could have known that the thirteen-year-old celebrity could actually run to this point, and even lifted everyone, sometimes think about it, hey! There is really a gap, and it is not okay to be unconvinced.

The tall Gongsun Nie suddenly said: "Everyone said, this time, can you be knighted?" Jun Xiao was drunk and unfolded the Goryeo folding fan, shook it, and said: "I think it's suspenseful, the Metropolitan Governor is still the most disadvantaged in his age!" However, I guess, I can't say, I can seal the country as an earl or something, this is also the means that the West Garden blossoms and the East Garden is fragrant, and the court bigwigs are used to it. ”

When they were discussing, in Yanjing City, the celebrant and the cabinet were also discussing this matter, and the chief eunuch Zhang Hong took off his glasses, rubbed his hands warmly, closed his eyes and ironed, and then said slowly: "Shen Ge Lao, Wang Ge Lao, Xu Ge Lao, your cabinet, do you take a charter?" This time Xiangcheng Bo played a great victory, if he didn't give a reward, wouldn't it chill the soldiers' hearts to serve the court......"

"Rong Zhaigong." Xu Guo preemptively said: "It's not that our cabinet doesn't give rewards, it's really the emperor's longevity palace that has a problem, it has been seeping water, and if you want to repair it, you have to spend a lot of money, last year, although the imperial court was more comfortable, but before we ate grain, we owed too many debts, so we took advantage of this east wind, but the accounts were smoothed out, and the household department was still short of money!" ”

For a while, everyone was silent, in fact, they all knew that Xu Guo and Xu Ge were not willing to give that uncle Guo a long face.

At this time, Zhang Cheng, the celebrant and supervisor, snorted coldly, "Don't you buckle the basin on the head of the long-lived lord at every turn, last year, the long-lived lord said, repair the longevity palace, do not add silver, do not add the master, no time limit, do not pursue the Qin Tianjian, the long-lived lord is benevolent, you still have to talk about the long-lived lord at every turn, and your conscience has been taken away by the wolf?" Elder Xu Ge, don't you just want to give Uncle Zheng Guo a long face, why do you have to go around in such a big circle...... Hey! ”

Xu Guo's face turned purple when Zhang Cheng said it, and he stood up suddenly, "Grandpa Zhang, what do you mean?" I promise that the country will serve the court wholeheartedly, one will not be corrupt, and the other will not be ......."

"Come on." Zhang Cheng interrupted him with impatience on his face, "Who doesn't know that your Xu Ge's hometown is a sea of gold and silver, and you are still corrupt, and the Bodhisattva will not allow you, besides, hey!" Although it is said that it is not corrupt, it is the strongest opponent of the shipping of grain! ”

Zhang Cheng's yin and yang weirdness is simply sucking Xu Guo's face, how much can he be greedy for corruption? Cao Yun, how much can you earn by making money in a grand way?

That's why capital isn't corrupt, is it needed? How much money is embezzlement? As soon as the policy is tilted, there are mountains of gold and silver, do you need to be corrupt to get a bad name?

Xu Guo was so angry that he trembled, and after a while, he cried to Zhang Hong: "Rong Zhaigong, you can say a fair word for me!" ”

Zhang Hong, the eunuch in charge of the seal, is even commonly known as the [real prime minister], in terms of the right to speak on some things, he even exceeds the head of the cabinet Shen Shixing, of course, Zhang Hong has always been very low-key, not an arrogant eunuch, he sighed at this time, "Xu Ge Lao, some things, stop, after all, it can't be stopped, two days ago, the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital said that Concubine De is pregnant with a dragon again...... Shen Ge Lao, what do you see? ”

As he spoke, his eyes looked at Shen Shixing, Shen Shixing got up and motioned to Zhang Hong, thought about it for a while, and then said: "Uncle Zheng Guo earned so much silver for the imperial court last year, and this year he and Ning Yuanbo set off a bloody storm outside the gate, if you don't add a knight, it is indeed unreasonable, but Uncle Zheng Guo is too young and the reward is too generous, it may not be a blessing, you must always leave a little room for Uncle Guo!" Rong Zhaigong, you said that Concubine De was pregnant with the dragon seed again, are you sure? ”

"It's Li Shizhen and Imperial Doctor Li, if you think about it, you can't be wrong." Zhang Hong said slowly.

"In that case, it's easy to do." Shen Shixing said slowly: "Concubine De Niangniang is a long live bad dragon species, and she also has a lot of hard work, should we add a knight to Zheng Guozhang?" How is Jinghaihou? ”

The hearts of everyone in the room suddenly suddenly, Zhang Cheng squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but think: The dog that can bite people doesn't bark, and it's true, this trick hits the west, and it really makes it amazing!

Everyone had their own thoughts, and for a while, they didn't speak, Zhang Hong frowned slightly, what does Jinghaihou mean? Does it mean that Uncle Zheng Guo should be driven to the south quickly?

The policy of the Ming Dynasty is that the Son of Heaven guards the country, to make meritorious contributions, the north has the greatest credit, as for the south, when Emperor Jiajing was the son, the Japanese invaded several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou made so much merit, beheaded so many heads, and did not rely on military merits to knight, now Jiangnan is stable, let alone think about it, this is the Marquis of Jinghai, and the obedient official is the Marquis of Jinghai, commonly known as the little Marquis, where is the reason for the little Marquis to be crowned again? It's really an idea to go home without virtue.

"What do you think? If there is no opinion, the cabinet will make an article on this matter, and our celebrant will approve this matter, and I will also go and report to Banzai Ye, so that Banzai will be happy. Zhang Hong looked at everyone.

Wanli more than once vaguely mentioned the words of the abolition, but first, Shen Shixing pretended not to understand, second, Wanli's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, has been covering Wang Xi's sister, third, although Zhang Hong is the eunuch of the master of ceremonies, but he is a Confucian disciple to the letter, and his character has nothing to say, the only time he spent money for himself was to buy a cemetery in the temple, ready to use it after his death, usually when he has silver, he is to do good deeds, and he has a very high reputation in the court, and he is called a living Bodhisattva. True and good people, of course, good people may not be people who follow good officials all the way, in Zhang Hong's opinion, Uncle Zheng Guo is too good at causing trouble, and it is not enough to take it.

Without the support of the cabinet, without the support of the celebrant and the celebrant supervisor, without the support of the queen mother, Wanli wants to divorce? Want to pursue true love? Dream on!

Since there is no way to abolish the queen for a while, then you can only comfort the concubine by adding an official to the concubine's family, Wanli thinks so.

However, this kind of thing is not what the emperor said, you Wanli is a marquis, and once the cabinet rejects it, it can't take effect at all, so Zhang Hong said, let everyone have no opinion and hurry up to do it, so he can make Banzai happy.

(To be continued)