(Chapter 611 and Chapter 610 are pasted together, and the VIP chapter cannot be modified, forgive me)

(Celebrate Japan's surrender, today's three watches!) ）

Emperor Jiajing's salt tax exemption is to reduce the income of nearly 200,000 taels of silver a year to the national treasury, which is not a small favor. After all, Yan Hongli advocates collecting salt taxes and cracking down on leakage, but his two own women opened salt accounts in Yangzhou but are blatant tax evasion, although this matter is not too serious in officialdom, after all, it is a braid. Now the emperor Chrysostom said that he gave the green light to his woman's salt number and directly ordered tax exemption. This can be regarded as a reward for him.

Yan Hong said: "Thank you for the grace of the old man, how to dispatch this one hundred and fifty boat guides, the kid is at your disposal." ”

Jiajing was even happier when he saw that this kid knew how good he was. "The one hundred and fifty quotations are for you, and you will only use them. It's just that the old man and I have some poor relatives, and I want to help them on weekdays, but it's not very convenient, so I just use this boat to find some money for them to spend. There are 30 citations in it, just keep them for them, and the other 120 are up to you. There is also the red list of shipbuilding, the old man only believes you, who can build a big ship, who can't, you are in charge. ”

After Yan Hong thanked him again, Jiajing said: "Actually, you have made great contributions this time, but you are too young and suddenly occupy a high position, which may not be a good thing." However, it is not rewarding for meritorious service, and it is unreasonable, so I have to open your reward: add the title of your grandfather's Grand Master, and give the silver seal of loyalty and diligence; Add your father to the rank of doctor and confer the right rule; Your brothers, Yan Hu Jiaxun Xiao Cavalry Captain and Yan Shaoqing, were admitted to study in the country. You have to be wronged, wait a few years, and then upgrade the reward. ”

This method of rewarding. It's similar to splitting a three-bedroom apartment into three one-bedroom units. If you do the math carefully. It's worth more than a three-bedroom home. For example, Yan Song, he was only a young master and a young prince and a young master before, but now he has been rewarded by the three dukes, a civil official of the Ming Dynasty, born to a Jin Taifu, and a dead man, which is the highest pursuit. Yan Song was promoted to Taishi, and he was a big step closer to Taifu. Yan Shifan was born with a disability. According to the regulations of the dynasty, it is already the limit to be the left servant of the third-grade Ministry of Industry, but the rank and honor of the loose official who was added to him can only be enjoyed from the second-grade master, which can be regarded as a half-level increase, and Yan Hu, a shadow official, has also been awarded; Yan Shaoqing also directly entered the Guozijian and was exempted from taking the Xiucai exam, so he could directly take the exam. Relatively speaking, these two brothers are far inferior to Yan Hong. If it weren't for Yan Hong's support, I am afraid that it would not be so easy to ascend.

The so-called clans. It is at this time that it is manifested. If your official position is not good, then it is easy to do, I will let your clan benefit, and in turn, your clan will benefit, will you not get the benefit?

After listening to the reward of 10,000 years old, Yan Hong hurriedly kowtowed again and said: "The boy's slight merit is all thanks to the blessing of the Son of Heaven that he succeeded by luck, and I really dare not say the word credit." On the vast sea, wind and rain, if it weren't for the magic power of the Son of Heaven, the kid would have already encountered no top, how dare he ask for a reward? ”

Jiajing said: "Needless to say, I will kowtow to you tonight with hundreds of heads, and this reward will also be given." As long as you can work for the old man, you will be indispensable. But like the one you went to explore the desert island alone, you are not allowed to do it again in the future, the son of a daughter, you can't sit down, your life is not only your own, but also the old man's. If you dare to put yourself in danger, I will punish you severely. ”

Yan Hong didn't dare at first, and then said: "The kid has a reluctant request, and I hope to fold the credit for this time and the merit of opening the sea to Lu Shibo." ”

Jiajing listened to the joy and said with a smile: "You cunning, you are really calculating, you are your own uncle, but you refuse to pay." Instead, I want the old man to treat your father-in-law for you, there is no such reason in the world, get out, Wenfu's affairs, the old man has his own arrangements. ”

Lu Bing also said: "Don't mess around. ”

Yan Hong said this, Jiajing even more convinced that he was on Lu Bing's side, and he was determined to be Lu Bing's son-in-law, so he was willing to sacrifice such a big benefit to change his father-in-law's title. And this kind of occasion is not a particularly solemn monarch and minister, so there are not so many rules in speaking. Lu Bing was called the Lonely Crown by Jiajing, and he had no doubts about him. Yan Hong's request is also natural from the perspective of relatives, even Huang Jin can't say anything wrong, is it wrong to ask for a seal for his old father-in-law? You must know that even in the court, it is nothing new for ministers to ask for titles for their relatives and nobles to reward themselves.

Therefore, Jiajing just laughed and scolded twice, did not reprimand, and comforted: "Wenfu's matter, if it is not handled well, it is easy to lead to a big mess. Originally, the old man also wanted to marry Xu Jie's granddaughter, and I will be the lord of Jin Wenfu, and the two will facilitate each other. But now, this matter has to be pressed even more. ”

Jiajing asked some details of going to sea, customs and customs, at this time, it was the old and young chatting, Yan Hong was less restrained, and he spread his strengths, agitated his lips and tongue, and interpreted what he saw. Hearing how Yan Hong scolded the Yi people, and how the Yi people looked forward to the opening of the sea like the stars and the moon, Jiajing Ha Luha smiled and said: "The opening of the port is in line with the will of heaven and the people's will. ”

Huang Jindao: "The slaves and maids are worried that the people are poor, and they are not as rich as our Celestial Empire, and it is difficult to make a profit by trading with them. Moreover, things are always scarce, if there are many merchants, can this thing still be sold at a high price? ”

Yan Hong said: "Huang Lao, the Yi people are indeed not as rich as my Celestial Empire, so they want to purchase our goods." But the Yi people also have produce, one is that the ships are strong and the cannons are very many, and the other is gold and silver, and their ships go far, from thousands of miles away, trade and plunder, and they have a lot of money. Why is it not profitable to do business with them? Moreover, our ship guidance is to prevent those merchants from selling goods casually and destroying prices. And the Yi people have a large population, which is comparable to our Celestial Empire. Our goods arrived at Yiren and were quite popular. What's more, the sea route is bumpy, the risk is very great, ten ships come to my Daming, and only half of those who can return to China. So in fact, it is still in short supply, and it is unlikely that the supply will exceed demand, so Huang Lao can only rest assured. ”

Although he did not do market research, according to Yan Hong's memory, it seems that one of the triggers of the Opium War in 1840 was that the British could not make a profit in China except opium, but would instead make a lot of silver from China. Even if the memory is not accurate, it will not deviate too much. There is no reason that the Ming Dynasty will lose money and cannot sell at a high price. Just looking at the appearance of Chrissy seeing candied fruit and seeing his father, he knew that there would be no phenomenon of oversupply of commodities as Huang Jin said.

Jiajing said: "You go on." Now that the matter of opening the sea trade has been decided, there is no reason to change it. Those Yi people, I heard that there is a very good way to get silver, so Lao Huang doesn't have to worry too much. ”

Yan Hong went on to talk about the Taizhou War. Jiajing heard Yan Hong talk about the majesty of the Zhejiang soldiers, with a team of 100 people, he broke Geng Shaoquan's chaotic army by thousands, and then broke the real Japanese army with a battalion of troops, and his own casualties were less than 100 people, so he couldn't help but be interested. After all, there are many troops in the Ming Dynasty now, but in addition to the few border troops who can fight, at least in the recitals of civilian officials, you can only see the merits of killing the good, falsely reporting the merits of war, and so on.

But listening to Yan Hongyi's words, it turned out that the Ming Dynasty still had such capable troops, and the old emperor also felt relieved, and said: "It seems that the old man allowed him to expand the ten battalions, but it is still less." If such a strong army is like this, it should be expanded by thirty or fifty battalions, and when the time comes, it will be all within the scope of Eastern and Western Mongolia. ”

Yan Hongkou was like a river, gushing endlessly, Emperor Jiajing listened so engrossed that he even forgot the time, and when it came to the second watch, the old emperor yawned. Seeing this, Lu Bing blinked and said, "Brother, it's not early, my brother is a little sleepy." ”

Emperor Jiajing said with a smile: "Okay, it's really not early, then let's disperse and talk about it another day." ”

Yan Hong knelt down again and said: "Tell the old immortal, the old man met the kid three times, and the kid was grateful." Thinking about the old man's longevity, there is nothing to be honored. I specially prepared a little small profit, and I wanted to ask the old man to transfer it to two masters, a young master. This is a little filial piety of the kid, and I hope that the old man will be fulfilled. ”

When Emperor Jiajing heard that Yan Hong was going to give gifts to his son and grandson, he smiled and said, "But what do you have to send?" ”

Yan Hong said to Lu Bing: "Lu Shibo? Lu Bing nodded and called downstairs: "Bring up the gift that Yan Xiaoxiang gave to the old immortal!" ”

Suddenly, a few men came up, brought up three boxes, and went down silently. Yan Hong got up and said, "Dare to be brave, please ask the old fairy to appreciate it." "Open the box and demonstrate them one by one. What was given to King Yu and King Jing was nothing more than some pearl agate, gold ingots, and jade horses, and each box was worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. What was given to the emperor and grandson was some fine things made by the West, such as a beautiful clock, a small piano, and a two-wheeled carriage, all of which were gilded with diamonds and magnificent. Emperor Jiajing looked at Long Yan with great joy, and said with a smile: "Okay, boy, you think so thoughtfully, the old man accepted it on behalf of my children and grandchildren." ”

Yan Hong saw Jiajing accept the gift, and then he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. I thought that my father would support King Jing, if King Yu succeeded to the throne, there would be a lot of trouble in the future. I hope that I can give this gift as a gesture of goodwill and be able to redeem some of the negative effects a little.

When Yan Hong returned to the mansion, and the Yan family was on duty in Xiyuan again, he went straight to Sun Yuerong's room to stay. Hua Geng's second daughter hurriedly brought hot water and waited for Yan Hong to change his clothes, Yan Hong said: "My wife will accompany me tonight, you can go and rest." So he let the two of them stay outside.

Sun Yuerong felt sorry for the late mother, and wanted to drive him back to the late mother's courtyard, but Yan Hong refused to leave, but said with a straight face: "Why, you and I have been separated for so long, and you don't want me in your heart?" Yuerong couldn't, so she had to go crazy with his temperament, and then she snuggled up together and said goodbye.

Listening to Sun Yuerong talk about slashing Fang Jie with a knife and making a big fuss at Dongbianmen Wharf, Yan Hong said: "You are also a little bolder, Fang Yu is also the main hall of the household department, and the second-rank official of the imperial court." That's also a dignified magistrate. Slowly, if you say yes, even if my grandfather sees him, he must also tolerate three points, and you should use him as a meat ticket to tie up. If it weren't for the long live protection, he himself would be discouraged and go away, and you would have suffered from this matter. Next time you do something, you have to use your brains more, and don't be so reckless. We're not afraid to cause trouble, but I need to cause trouble again when I'm at home, so I can carry it for you, otherwise you won't even find someone to fight the disaster. (To be continued......)