PS: I went out and just came back. During the period outside, the problem of sleeping in bed at night is really terrible, and I arrived home at more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and I just got up from sleep, two cups of coffee and my stomach, and I was rejuvenated! Eat something and start writing, this is the first chapter, and then continue, pay off the debt!

Chapter 786: From Friends to Opponents

Yang Tinglin could feel that Chen Xie's gaze did not have the slightest emotional color, and he said it politely, but in fact, he was dealing with an opponent who had nothing to do with it. This feeling made him very uncomfortable, how to say that the two are related. Soon Yang Tinglin found the crux of the problem, from the first time he saw Chen Xie, it seemed that the father-in-law in front of him had been cheated a lot of times. Although in terms of results, Chen Xie did not have much loss, but it was enough to make people remember.

People are just such fucked up, they just forget about pit people once, and they still expect others to continue to be cheated without defense.

"Well, who are you going to hand over to the cancellation of the Ship Division and the establishment of customs? You can't let the court lose face at all, right? The implication is that the cabinet still hopes to have a nominal statement, but unfortunately, Chen Xie did not intend to compromise at all this time, and asked rhetorically with an extremely tough attitude: "Why, do you still plan to leave a room for infiltration and even countermeasures in the future?" ”

Looking at the unchanged expression on the other side, without even frowning, Yang Tinglin knew that this was a red line and could not be touched. It's hard to say how he felt at this time, when he first met Chen Xie, he was still a good man who valued love and righteousness. After being tempered by political compromise again and again, Chen Xie now has a strong momentum when he sits there, and he can make people feel afraid of nothing without saying anything.

Picking up the teacup, Yang Tinglin took a sip unhurriedly, adjusted his mood and said with a wry smile: "I can understand Sihua's mood, being an official to the level of a cabinet minister, personal emotions will naturally be put aside." 1. The supremacy of national interests ....... Chen Xie interrupted him very unceremoniously when he heard this: "These words come out of your mouths, how can you listen to nonsense." Since the first emperor levied commercial tax, tell me for yourself, in addition to the four provinces of Liao, Shandong, Suzhou, and Min, how much commercial tax can other provinces collect every year? ”

One sentence made Yang Tinglin dumb and talked about this matter. The key point is that the phenomenon of officials doing business with their families is very common. Government business is always the best thing to do, and it is normal to have power in your hands to facilitate your own business. Therefore, this commercial tax is being collected, but it is too far from the real figure, and even this point has been decreasing since the founding of the New Year. Who thinks that there is little silver, it is always good to pay less or even not at all, right? Everyone knows this kind of thing, after Yang Tinglin was pointed out. Naturally, I am embarrassed to continue to sing high-pitched, even if I say that my family does not evade taxes, I have no confidence. Not to mention talking about others? In the entire Ming Dynasty, how many provinces did the entire Eight Classics go to pay commercial taxes? It's all on Chen Xie's territory, even Fujian, a province with a good appearance, can only collect a lot of taxes because of the Zheng family, Chen Xie's doglegs.

Since Chen Xie opened his mouth, he didn't plan to leave room for him when his strength was insufficient before. was cheated by someone, and I can only endure it. Now Chen Xie. Once you do it, it's the rhythm of going to the end of the road.

"How else can you people be brazen? One by one, they opened their mouths and closed their mouths for the country and the world, and they were righteous. If there is really something wrong with the country, how many people can break the family and make the country? It's not okay to feel good about yourself, it seems that the whole world should be yours. Do you really think that you have taken control of the pen and smeared others in the annals of history, and later generations will not understand? Do you really think that latecomers are fools? Anything in this world. In the end, there will be a result, and it is not difficult for a person with a little brain to deduce the truth of history as long as he looks at the result. Don't talk about it from afar, just say Wei Zhongxian,......。 ”

"Sihua. Lip service! Yang Tinglin couldn't resist it, the more he knew, the more empty his heart became. It's okay to face others, but when facing Chen Xie, many things that seem to be natural have been torn off the veil of hypocrisy.

"Okay, let's not talk about it." Chen Xie let this guy go, took a negotiated product on the table, and said a few times: "According to what I said, the customs, as an independent agency, is not subject to the constraints of the cabinet." Including Liaodong, the coastal provinces of Daming set up customs, Huating, Liaodong customs tax sharing method unchanged, the rest of the provinces customs revenue, 50 years 37 shares, 50 years after 28 shares. Well, let's leave it to the parliament to be established in the form of legislation. ”

Yang Tinglin saw that this meaning was wrong, and hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Sihua, the cabinet should always have the right to interrogate, right?" ”

Chen Xie crooked his mouth disdainfully: "You can send someone to supervise the finances, don't mention anything else, this is the bottom line." Don't say any more, don't make me look down on you. This was too poisonous, Yang Tinglin's face was hot, but there was no room for refutation. What people say is the truth, and the Shipping Department is in the hands of the cabinet and the internal supervisors, and it is engaged in a miasma. Looking at this issue from the perspective of the imperial court and the cabinet, it is really possible to do without making any changes, and the risk of breaking a system is not small. The problem is that Yang Tinglin knows very well that once Chen Xie decides something, even if the cabinet does not agree, he has the means to force the cabinet to comply. To put it mildly, the maritime power of the overseas alliance, even if it can't be leaky, can make the Ming Dynasty's ship division useless. This is not the most fatal, what is even more terrible is the route of maritime trade, Chen Xie wants to cut off eating alone, isn't it the same as playing? Now it's Chen Xie who takes everyone to play together, which annoys him, everyone doesn't have to play, and Chen Xie continues to play alone.

In the final analysis, it is a matter of strength and interests, and a cabinet without strength will not be able to play at all without Chen Xie's cooperation. Once Chen Xie turned his head to support Zhu Cihong and returned to the situation in the early years of the Ming Dynasty in minutes, Chen Xie was still able to hold his hands overseas and watch the excitement. If it weren't for Chen Xie's desire to limit the monarchy's power, there would be no basis for cooperation between them.

In the face of the cruel reality, Yang Tinglin could only choose to bow his head, but he refused to admit defeat, and still said a cruel sentence: "I understand this matter, the cabinet is afraid that it will turn the sky upside down, and above the government and the opposition, Yang's infamy is condemned." ”

Chen Xie's eyes rounded, Yang Tinglin hurriedly laughed, stood up and said, "Okay, that's it." ”

It's really weak-hearted, and for an opponent who sees through a qiē, he can't be tough at all. This cooperation is not just as simple as increasing customs revenue, but actually a redistribution and reshuffle of benefits. These people play this skillfully and affirm that public opinion will open the way, then the Independent Commission Against Corruption will come forward, and finally the judiciary will intervene. Although Chen Xie seems to have taken a share and left first, in fact, the future setting of customs agencies and so on are all Chen Xie's work, and they just sit back and enjoy the results. In other words, these powerful people in the Ming Dynasty have been eating ready-made.

Chen Xie's appearance is very tough, Yang Tinglin knows that there is nothing to talk about, at most he deducts a little bit in some details, and obediently obeys in the general direction. It is said that the person who knows you best must be the opponent, which is reflected in Yang Tinglin's understanding of Chen Xie. Years of friendship, to say that Yan zhòng is a lifelong friendship. Why not someone else!

At that time, the relationship between the two was very good, and the temper was also on the right path, as time went by, the change of position led to a change in the relationship between the two, which used to be a combination of good friends and partners, and with the day Yang Tinglin entered the cabinet, the change in the relationship between the two became an inevitability. It is precisely because of this change that the date of the family affair has been postponed again and again.

In the final analysis, people are still interest creatures! No matter where you are, you can't avoid it. When I was young, I would be enthusiastic and irritated regardless of interests, and when I reached a certain age and position, I must start with interests when considering problems. How else to say that in this life, only on campus can you make confidants and friends? It was because at that time that there were few interest factors in the friendship between classmates. The friendship of this section is precious! Because when you go into society, it is difficult to make a confidant.

Yang Tinglin's heart is also infinitely regretful, Chen Xie's opportunity to sit down as a friend to drink tea and chat together after Dongying ascended the throne may be the last time. From today on, Yang Tinglin will stand on the opposite side of Chen Xie for the interests of the Ming Dynasty and the interests of a class. In the past, you could operate behind the scenes, but now it's not possible.

Drinking the tea made by Chen Xie's own hands, Yang Tinglin suddenly had a faint sentimentality in his heart, staring at the turquoise tea leaves sleeping quietly at the bottom of the glass, and said for a long time: "I don't know when I can sit opposite Sihua again, sniffing the tea so quietly, looking at the scenery outside the window." ”

Chen Xie glanced out the window, the train station is not a quiet place, if it weren't for the current martial law in the army, it would definitely be a crowded scene. "The love of children who suffer from gains and losses is not suitable for you and me, since you have embarked on this road, don't leave yourself a way out, and don't expect me to be soft-hearted." Chen Xie ruthlessly interrupted the brewing of this young and petty bourgeoisie, and asked him to return to reality and seriously face the next series of battles.

The process from a friend to an opponent certainly has an evocative story, but at this moment, Yang Tinglin is facing Chen Xie's calm expression and firm will in his eyes. "Salt! What to do? Yang Tinglin still spoke, this question cannot be avoided. The matter of salt, not to mention this era, even in modern China, is a state-owned business. The magnitude of the benefits is evident by looking at the position of salt merchants in history. In China's history, there was only one stage when salt prices were low for a long time, and that was New China.

The current price of salt in the Ming Dynasty is a triangle, Chen Xie's sphere of influence, the price of salt is controlled at a low level, the price of coarse salt has stabilized at five cents a catty, and with the emergence of the railway, the price of coarse salt in Liaodong has directly fallen below five cents, and now according to the current price, it is equivalent to five cents of Huayuan, and it is also a few postures that continue to decline. (To be continued......)