Jinyiwei is now Lu Bing's iron bucket, and with him in his way, Yan Hong doesn't want to be the secretary of Shangbei Town. Even if he relies on hard means to forcibly parachute, with Lu Bing's energy, it is enough to make Yan Hong a bare-bones commander, with no soldiers available, no generals to adjust, and no money to make. In the end, he became a clawless crab and a dusty face.

On the other hand, Lu Bing's mention is not unreasonable, since the emperor still wants to use Yan Hong to preside over the opening of the sea, he must make room for promotion for future merits. Moreover, Jiajing is old, Yan Hong is young and strong, and when the new monarch ascends the throne, if there is no official to be promoted, how can he turn this relict into his confidant? From the perspective of a minister, it is not a good thing to be promoted, but because the merit is too great, it will be difficult to reward the merit, and in the end it will either be idle or face a more tragic fate. This is also the reason why many ministers are trying to defile themselves, in order not to let themselves go down this road.

Lu Bing's words in front of Jiajing were unusually weighty, and when the old emperor heard it, he also felt reasonable, so Yan Hong's reward was suppressed. Seeing that Yan Hong finally gave a satisfactory answer today, Lu Bing's mood was a little better, but as soon as he saw Lu Lanzhen's affectionate expression, thinking that the daughter he raised since he was a child was about to become another man's wife, and from then on, his father would have to take a back seat, and this bastard boy was the first important person in his daughter's heart, and there was a burst of pantothenic acid for no reason. Since the father-in-law looks at the uncle and the mother-in-law looks at the daughter-in-law, they are mostly unpleasant.

Therefore, Lu Bing snorted and said: "Chunchen Xian nephew, you have made a great contribution this time, have you ever wanted to find Banzai for some reward later?" ”

Yan Hong said: "Uncle Shi, the little nephew has also thought about it. This small credit is actually nothing. I didn't dare to ask for it. Thunder and rain. It's all Jun's grace, long live what you want, I will want. ”

Lu Bingxin said: Bastard, don't you know that you want to ask my daughter for an identity? Lan Zhen is really blind and picked on such a fool as you. In fact, this is completely caused by psychological factors, no matter how you look at it, how it is not pleasing to the eye, and everything you do is wrong. In a different place, it is impossible for him Lu Wenfu to open his mouth to ask the emperor for a seal. And this marriage is really done, with the relationship between his boss Lu and the emperor, asking for an honorary identity, is that still a matter?

Seeing Lu Bing's unhappy expression, Yan Hong said again: "Uncle Shi, in fact, the little nephew also thought of asking for something." But this is not for me, but for the world, you are now a minister, and you are ready to eat. However, after all, there is a lack of a knighthood. If I ask you for a knighthood. ”

When Lu Bing heard this, he glared and said, "I'm talking about asking for a reward for you." How did it come to the old man's head? Does the old man still use you to ask for a reward for me? Or do you hear some rumors and want to please the old man? ”

Lu Lanzhen said angrily: "Dad, today is a family banquet. You usually say that you are impermanent, why are you so arrogant today? Brother Yan is also well-intentioned, don't you want to ask for a hereditary title for your brother to come back? Didn't you say two days ago that my two brothers are incompetent, and if they don't earn a big family business for them, I'm afraid they won't be able to support themselves in the future. ”

Lu Bingxin said: Silly girl, how do you know the trick of this. Yan Hong won a complete victory this time and made great achievements, but the reward was not too large. For the purpose of suppressing Yan Hong, most of the due rewards were not given, and this part of the reward was deliberately distributed to Lu Bing. It is true that the food is the uncle, and it is transformed into the actual uncle, but this matter is not easy to handle, as mentioned above, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are now full of envy, jealousy and hatred for those who are feudal and feudal (since the difficulty of Jing, it is basically impossible to seal the prince, especially in the Jiajing Dynasty, the living don't want to be the prince of the country). I always hold back to find a mistake with those nobles, so that I can win the title and chase the shadow. is Wang Yangming, because he was born as a literati and is the originator of Xinxue, it is not good to directly engage him, but his descendants are also marginalized by civil officials.

At this time, if you want to have one more uncle, can those civil officials do it? The Eight Achievements will gather all the bad deeds of Lu Bing from childhood to adulthood, use them as black materials, and say to the emperor: Such a guy with sores on his head and pus under his feet should not stay in the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard, let alone be knighted. In this way, it is self-defeating and not good for Lu Bing.

So it's just an agenda, and it's not really being implemented. Yan Hong's family has a special identity, and he brought up this matter, which couldn't help but make Lu Bing wonder if the matter had leaked out, so that the Yan family smelled the smell and took the opportunity to probe his mouth?

Yan Hong saw that Lu Bing reacted so much, and he also knew that this was the old man looking at his uncle, and the more he looked at it, the more awkward it became. He smiled and said, "Shi Bo is angry, but Meng Lang is a little man." It's just that I think that Sister Lan Zhen is the pearl of your palm, and I have to show such a treasure to me. I thought about it, asking for a marquis title for you, which can be regarded as our juniors, do our best. ”

When Lu Bing heard the word Fenghou, his heart couldn't help but move. His two sons have no ability, and they can't keep the family business if they want to. Lu Bing himself is now three dukes and three solitary people, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he is the first and the only one to receive this reward. But these are not hereditary, after his death, his son will not inherit these, if he can ask for a noble title, then at least can protect the descendants of those two little bastards for generations, food and clothing. His idea is nothing more than an earl, but Yan Hong actually opened his mouth to be a marquis, which is already the highest reward of the Ming Dynasty today.

If Yan Song protects his capital and relies on the strength of the Yan Party, maybe it can be done? Lu Bing's mind turned quickly, but after another calculation, Yan Hong married Zhen'er, which can be regarded as marrying the Xu family. Can you stay out of the situation and be as stable as Mount Tai? It must also be remembered by the Xu family, and when the time comes, the Xu family will definitely destroy his title. Anyway, Yan Hong, a bastard, has this filial piety, and he is also comfortable in his heart. nodded and said: "The old man is very pleased that you have this intention, but this matter, just talk about it." Hooray, that doesn't have to be mentioned. Wang Yangming is just a new uncle, how can the old man be able to dare to hope for the marquis? ”

After dinner, the old and young went out to get into the carriage and went straight to Zhiweixuan. Even if this is the third time he has faced the saint, Yan Hong is not as nervous as the first two times. Even if you see immortals, you will get used to seeing them more often, and the emperor is the same.

When he met Jiajing and the ceremony was finished, Yan Hong found that this time was different from the past, in addition to fruit snacks, there was an extra furnace of ambergris. The aroma is pervasive and pleasant.

Jiajing also noticed Yan Hong's expression and said, "Chunchen, this ambergris spice you made is good, and the old man was only willing to use him in the past, and he was reluctant to use it on weekdays." Now that Macao has opened its port, this spice is not as rare as in the past, and the old man will use it lavishly. ”

Yan Hong hurriedly said: "The old man is rich all over the world, and it is the rarest thing in the world, and it should be used by you." This little ambergris was originally nothing, but when the opening of the port started in the future, there were more precious things. ”

Jiajing said: "Rich all over the world? Ha Luha, this is a lie, but the old man himself doesn't believe it. If it is said that the rich people are all over the world, then the salt merchants in Yangzhou are probably richer than the old man. As soon as they asked, those people below said that the salt merchants had traveled thousands of miles and experienced all the bumps, as if they were the first-class sufferers in the world. But after reading your chapter, the old man realized how wrong it was. Yangzhou alone, you can get 9 million taels of silver a year, the enemy's income from the imperial court for two years, and I lost 10 million yuan in salt tax a year. There is also the commercial tax, how many years has the imperial court not been able to collect the commercial tax, but after you arrived at the place, you made a drastic move to collect the commercial tax, with a courtier like you, the old man can be regarded as rich all over the world. ”

Huang Jin frowned secretly: On the matter of salt tax, he and the emperor have different views. Soon after Yan Hong imposed serious taxes on the Hui merchants, some people said to Huang Jin: In this way, the salt merchants will either be unprofitable, and eventually refuse to distribute; Either the salt tax will be added to the common people by raising prices. As a result, the most unlucky ones are the general public. It is said that in the Huaiyan Salt Area in the south, the price of salt per catty has risen by nearly 20%, and the people do not know the taste of food. The Son of Heaven should not compete with the people for profit, the Son of Heaven loves pearls and jade, and the people also admire food and clothing; His Majesty loves his children and grandchildren, and the people also love his wives and children, but His Majesty wants to worship wealth and bribes, but does not let the small people enjoy the need to rise to the fight, and wants to last for thousands of years, but does not make the small people suitable for the joy of the day and night.

According to these literati, it is as if the normal tax collection of Jiajing has become a hell that knocks out the bones and sucks the marrow and makes the common people fall into an unsustainable life. This is not surprising, in the Chongzhen period, Zhejiang did twelve taels of tea tax a year, what else can't be done? The imperial court is doing everything possible to avoid taxes, and tax evasion has always been regarded as the privilege of officials and businessmen, so this serious taxation naturally makes them feel that they are facing the end of the world.

Yan Maoqing rarely did a good thing, and increased the salt tax from 600,000 to 1 million, and was immediately scolded as a cool official.

Although Huang Jin is loyal to the country, his insight is not particularly high, and he does not know that in addition to Hui merchants, there are still Western merchants. If Huizhou businessmen raise prices and boycott expenditures, it is equivalent to giving the market away. The so-called price increase in the Huaiyan area is a disguised demonstration by Huizhou businessmen, and it will not last too long. He believed that these literati friends who had read the articles of the sages believed that Yan Hongyang's tax hike was to poison the people and bribe the Son of Heaven to invite the favor of Xingjin. (To be continued......)