[The author's hand slipped, and these 610 chapters are actually two chapters 610-611. It's better today than the third day. Ha Lu Ha. Celebrate on the eve of the surrender of the devils!! Originally, 611 was prepared to celebrate the surrender of the devil tomorrow for the third watch, so let's release it now]

In addition, Huang Jindong's fan found out some news, it seems that the reason for this taxation is because Yangzhou Hui merchant Zhang Bancheng and Yan Hong took concubines, and Yan Hong's concubine Wang Cuiqiao has an old enmity, so he was retaliated against. It is said that Wang Cuiqiao and the concubine's family have now opened a salt account in Yangzhou, and the business is not small, and it is Yan Hong's power behind it. This is tantamount to a typical communiqué personal vendetta plus enriching private pockets, saying that it is to collect salt taxes for the imperial court, but Wang's salt and Mo's salt are wantonly evading taxes, and they have to give priority to salt. There is also Hu Zongxian as their backer, so that the road is unimpeded, and they make a fortune with their hands, and the unlucky ones are merchants such as Zhang Bancheng.

As for Yan Hong's all-you-can-eat affair and the concubine's second mother, Huang Jin is too lazy to report it, and the emperor doesn't care about this kind of major event, what's the use of reporting this kind of style problem? He can see that the emperor is now all about money, and he only thinks about saving a share of his belongings for his son and grandson, and he cares about the rest.

In the past, the problem of salt tax was from the local government to the household department, and they joined hands to lift the lid, and the emperor always believed that the income of salt merchants was limited, and they were often occupied by nobles, and it was reasonable to be in arrears of taxes. But this time, Yan Hong went to the other extreme, not mentioning all kinds of unfavorable issues, only mentioning the profits and wealth of salt merchants. How luxurious the villa is, how much food and clothing surpasses the prince, and how profitable it is. He also had materials provided by Western Merchants and Wei Zhijie. So the chapter is very informative. Emperor Jiajing decided. The salt merchant was a big fat sheep that was freed by the officials. If you don't slash a few times, you will be the first wronged boss in the world, and you will be sorry for your descendants.

As for the tax evasion of Wang's salt, Huang Jin actually revealed a little to the emperor before. After hearing this, the emperor just laughed and scolded, and he was not angry, probably thinking that Yan Hong had made so much money for the Heavenly Family. It doesn't matter if you're a little corrupt. The boss has such an attitude, and Huang Jin has nothing to do.

After talking about taxation, we talked about the Japanese invaders. Jiajing said: "Then Wang Wufeng's matter, you did a good job, it is better to recruit peace than to fight." If this battle is fought, I don't know how many years it will take to settle it, and I don't know how much military pay will be spent and how many civilians will be killed and wounded before the war can be quelled. It's just that Wang Zhi has been a thief for a long time, and he is known as the king of Hui on the sea. The majesty is the same, whether this return to obedience is sincere. But it's unpredictable. ”

Yan Hong said: "Wang Wufeng has admired the majesty of the Heavenly Dynasty for a long time, and has always wanted to be obedient, but he is suffering from deep sins, so he doesn't dare to vote, but he is afraid of falling into the net." If it weren't for the old man's superbirth, he would have landed now, and even if he wanted to contribute to the country, he wouldn't have been able to do it. As for his sincerity and insincerity, the so-called people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and they don't know what to do. The kid didn't dare to casually play the package ticket, but now that he is recruiting, there will be no accident in a short time, and it is impossible to rebel. And if the imperial court can take advantage of this opportunity to build new ships, train new troops, and cast cannons, then Wang Zhi will want to have two hearts, and his subordinates will not dare to come to die. On the contrary, if the imperial court's armament is lax, it means that Wang Zhi is not double-minded, and it is inevitable that some treacherous people will have evil intentions and make trouble for bandits at sea. The boy brought the ship from overseas, just to use it as a sample ship, so that I can learn some strengths from the Ming Dynasty, rebuild my own ship, and use foreign cannons as a division to cast new cannons. ”

What Yan Hong said is to seek development through struggle and promote peace through war. If he originally had some smug fantasies about recruiting the Japanese and the Emperor, then after the Taizhou War and Xu Wenchang's awakening, he was also more pragmatic. After all, this kind of stable situation cannot be relied on simply appeasement and negotiation. If it weren't for the fact that cattle like Hu Zongxian were sitting in the southeast, and there were famous generals such as Tan Lun, Yu Dayou, and Qi Jiguang, they would have realized that it was not cheap to fight hard, and Wang Zhi and others would not have been able to surrender. If it weren't for the great victories in Ningbo and Taizhou this time, not to mention that Wang Wufeng himself might not have any heart, just those under him would not be honest. It is precisely because of this that Yan Hong believes that these two battles fully demonstrated the strength of the imperial court, and within a few years, most of Wang Zhi and his subordinates did not dare to rebel.

Jiajing smiled and nodded, "This is reasonable. The people in the court have no clear minds. One is to say that I am a country of etiquette, and we should educate all people with virtue, but in the face of stubborn people, what is the use of this virtue? Or to say that you can only fight the Japanese and not recruit them, otherwise you will lose the prestige of the court. But in the final analysis, they still have to reorganize their armaments in order to let them know how powerful they are. Speaking of those foreign cannons, now the governors of the nine sides are all begging for cannons, if the foreign cannons are not used, why should they compete with each other? The few officials you recommended are good, I heard that they all have some skills, and the old man has to reuse them, but how do you want to use them? ”

Yan Hong said: "Old man Rongyu, those officials have the means, but after all, they are one person, the territory of the Ming Dynasty is thousands of miles, and what we need is countless such talents." Therefore, the boy thought that he should send craftsmen to learn his techniques. You can choose a young craftsman, attracted by the official, who will be willing to study seriously, and will learn the long skills of Yi in the future to make up for my shortcomings, and my long skills, Yi people have no way to know, what else do I have to fear? ”

Jiajing said: "Well said. The cannon of the Franc machine, compared with my Daming artillery, is indeed superior; And there are also things worth emulating. If I can really learn from my strengths and make up for my shortcomings, I will be able to worry about it from now on. Go back and give these Yiren to an official first, and then make a calculation. ”

Huang Jindao: "Old man, the preacher has been abolished for many years, if you rashly restore the preacher, I am afraid that the officials will not accept it, and the officials will be chaotic, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Jiajing said: "The official was an old man back then, how can I not know what is involved?" But now the situation is special, even if it really wants to cause a lot of trouble, it has to be up to him. At most, there are just more indiscriminate people, and the court has money, are you still afraid of this? ”

The so-called herald officials refer to officials who are directly appointed by the emperor without going through the official ministry, and without going through the selection process of the officials, court promotion, and ministerial councils. Among them, there are villains who are mixed in through connections, and there are also some technical bureaucrats who cannot be promoted through the imperial examination. Like a carpenter. Its skills are superb. But in the Ming Dynasty, it could not be as a master said. Enjoying the treatment of "equivalent to an intermediate intellectual", then giving him an official position in the form of a preacher is the best placement for him.

This trend began in the eighth year of Tianshun, as soon as it appeared, it was resisted because it violated the interests of the civil official group, and in the contest between the technical officials and the imperial examination officials, the technical officials were completely defeated. Finally, in the early years of Jiajing, the system of preaching officials was completely abolished. In the eyes of a eunuch like Huang Jin. This is also undermining the personnel system of the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Hong said: "Old man, if there are many objections from the officials, those craftsmen can be awarded the official position of brocade clothes, and the civil officials will have nothing to say." ”

Jiajing said: "If those people want to speak, how can they find the beginning of the conversation. Back then, Yang Jisheng said that your Yan family had no military merits and got the shade brocade clothes, and this kind of bastard also said it, so what else can't be said? You are the official of their brocade clothes, and the ministers still have something to say, so they simply confer the position in the form of a passing officer. "Emperor Jiajing also loves the house and Wu. hated the house and Wu, and scolded Yang Jisheng, the iron-boned loyal minister under Jiuquan.

After that, Yiren. The topic is back to the Wakos. Jiajing knows very well that if a robber like Wang Zhi is really a kind citizen, then what is he doing as a pirate? But now that he is willing to accept Zhao'an temporarily, it is also beneficial to use his robber temperament to help the Ming Dynasty clean up the untamed foreign affairs. He also said: "Wang Zhi harmed the southeast and corrupted the place, causing my Ming Dynasty to lose tens of millions of silver, and the people were poisoned by countless people. This time I forgave him for his capital sin, but I actually wronged the people. I only hope that this guy will turn around and deal with the Fusang people, and there will be general means, so it will not be in vain to spare him from dying. Japan set a country for Hong Wuye not to conquer, our court is not good to use troops against it, it will be blind, rampant, just North Korea to the imperial court, saying that the Japanese invaders troubled the peninsula, there are many times. It's long overdue to pack him up. ”

Yan Hongzhi said that the old emperor's mind was still on the gold and silver mountains in Japan. At this time in the Ming Dynasty, the production of gold and silver was very small, and the emperor was full of jealousy for a country like Japan, which had mountains of gold and silver, but it was difficult to grab it because of the ancestral training. It's better to kill people with a knife. And Wang Zhi's identity, now he is a toast, and Japan is also a vassal. This kind of thing is not new, and the attitude of the Ming Dynasty is generally ignorant of this, and it is up to you to hit the dog's head out of the human head, anyway, as long as you call the Ming Dynasty, you can, and the others are too lazy to care. Therefore, even if Wang Zhi wiped out Japan, it would not be considered a violation of the ancestral teachings.

Understanding the emperor's mentality, Yan Hong said: "Back to the old man's words, Wang Wufeng should not be embarrassed to suppress the two oceans and clean up the widows." Of course, in the court, they also have to sell him some military food and equipment to help him be a little more prestigious. With this assistance, I think it shouldn't be a problem for Wang Zhi to pay a tribute of one million silver to the imperial court a year. ”

Jiajing stroked his palm and said with a smile: "It's very good, it's very good, if I can really pay a million silver tributes a year, I will promote Wang Zhi's Yizhou Xuanfu to Yizhou Xuanfu, and it's okay." Of course, the new army has to be trained, and the warships and artillery can't be stopped, as for the people who repair the city in the West, they will be sent to the border to build the city when they turn around. ”

Huang Jin saw that the emperor and Yan Hongjun got along, and he was indescribably angry in his heart. There was nothing fatal in his hand that could knock Yan Hong down with one blow, but he couldn't help but find something from the existing evidence to disgust Yan Hong. Therefore, Huang Gonggong said: "I heard that Yan Xiaoxiang went to Jiangnan and married Qi Jiguang, I don't know if there is anything wrong?" Qi Nantang is the imperial court, and the little minister is also a young hero. When the new army expanded, General Qi led the Zhejiang troops, and he was afraid that the southeastern soldiers and horses would be under his control. Then there are Western Yi women, for Yan Xiaoxiang's internal pet, you are all a family, and the use of armaments by Zhejiang soldiers can be directly dispatched from the firearms workshop, which saves local procedures. ”

Chapter 611: Who's Falling

Huang Jin wanted to come to the imperial court to avoid collusion between inside and outside, if he could bite Yan Hong from colluding with the generals of the foreign domain and plotting against him, it might be an opportunity to bring him down. After all, Xia Yan was the first assistant back then, and Yan Song also used this as a pretext to clean up Xia Yan under the guise of wanting to add crimes. The achievements of the Zhejiang soldiers this time were too big, so big that Huang Jin refused to believe it, and he just took this opportunity to rectify Qi Jiguang. As for the matter of the Western Yi girl, it was the same, he deliberately emphasized the identity of the captain of the Xia Yi girl, just to let the emperor understand that Yan Hong colluded with the overseas soldier woman, and asked to open an artillery workshop for her.

Lu Bing opened his mouth at this time: "Gonggong Huang." Qi Jiguang's matter. Lu is a man of knowledge. Speaking of this sworn brother. It's nothing, when Lu was a teenager, it was good to change posts with others, many of them are now also commanders, left and right governors, Qi Jiguang's official position and Yan Hong's worship are a little too small. "Since Yan Hong has confirmed that it is his uncle, he naturally wants to endorse his uncle, what's wrong with worshipping the son? I pray the same. The worshippers are also military ministers, are you also ready to say that I am unreliable?

Jiajing smiled: "Huang Ban, you are also too careful. It is not unusual for the generals to worship their sons, especially Qi Jiguang, who fought well, and was also a rare pillar of the imperial court, and there were also those who were like-minded with the pure ministers. As long as you don't forget your business because of selfishness, it's not a big deal. As for those wind and snow, the wind lingers on the rhyme, and the young man is lustful and admires Shaoai. It's nothing. In the future, someone will take care of him, why should I be this villain? Firearms workshops. The sooner we build, the better, the more the better, and we will send the craftsmen to learn the craft. "The control of the raw materials of those firearms workshops in the hands of Da Ming is equivalent to choking the life of this workshop. Moreover, the number of Yi people is limited, and a large number of Ming craftsmen are still used, so Jiajing has long been sure that the situation will not be out of control, and it will not be affected by Huang Jin.

And the most important thing is that the essence of Xia Yan's death by Yan Song is not that he really colluded with foreign ministers, but that he will not please the emperor, but will speak out and make Emperor Jiajing unhappy. And now that Yan Hong is following Emperor Jiajing's hair in everything, how can Emperor Jiajing dispose of his loyal dog at will? The most powerful weapon in Huang Jin's hand was useless, and he couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, just thinking that now there was still a thunder on Yan Hong's head, and he was just looking forward to this thunder coming down and beating him to pieces.

Jiajing said again: "Chunchen, you just came back, there was a happy event, I don't know if your grandfather and father told you?" ”

Seeing Yan Hong shaking his head, Jiajing smiled and said: "Speaking of which, your kid is also lucky, Xu Jie, Xu Cifu fell in love with you, and wanted to marry his granddaughter to you." I think that Miss Xu is from a famous family, virtuous and virtuous, and I heard that she is a beautiful woman, and she is a good match with you. If this marriage is successful, the old man will also reward you with something as a gift. ”

Seeing Jiajing's smiling appearance, Yan Hong hurriedly kowtowed: "The kid has already heard from his grandfather, and today I specially asked the old man for a favor." ”

Jiajing said: "Grace? You have made great achievements this time, and you have not yet been rewarded, and you say what you want to beg, and the old man will definitely agree. ”

Yan Hong said: "The kid begged the old man to make an order to reject the matter, the kid really has no intention of marrying the young lady of the Xu family." ”

When Jiajing heard this, he snorted: "What a thing that doesn't know what to do!" What a bastard! There are many Xu Jiehu adults, and he is a dignified second-in-law, so what's wrong with being his grandson-in-law? ”

Yan Hong said: "Back to the old man's words, I don't hide it, the kid and Lu Shibo's daughter, the sea vows and the mountain alliance, fate is destined for three lives, I don't dare to marry the daughter of the Xu family, and I hope the old man will find out." ”

When Jiajing heard this, he snorted coldly again: "Ridiculous, ridiculous." Boy, when you first saw me, you said that you had a deep affection for the female bandit surnamed Sun, and cried and begged me to forgive her. turned around, the old man also let her enter the Yan Mansion in a wedding dress. Now that it has become an alliance with my niece, where are you going to leave the female bandit? ”

Yan Hong kowtowed and said: "My relationship with that Sun family is not fake, and I am even more grateful for the emperor's grace." However, after all, she was born recklessly and couldn't be the wife of the Yan Mansion. I and Lu Shibo's daughter, from acquaintance to acquaintance, I really feel her love, and I hope that the old man will be fulfilled. ”

Jiajing sighed, and was silent for a long time before saying, "You kid, you are really a splash." Why do you also remember my Lanzhen niece? This makes me embarrassed. Xu Zisheng is the second assistant of the imperial court, Wenfu is my brother, and I hold two families in my hands, who is better to be wronged in this matter? ”

After all, Lu Bing and the emperor have been together for many years, and they understand that this is a deliberate play by the emperor's brother, so he hurriedly said: "Everything is at your command, and the courtier brother will never disobey." ”

Jiajing sighed and said, "Wenfu, the old man has no choice but to stop you." Yan Hong, Xu Cifu has worked hard for the country, and his merits are brilliant, even your grandfather, you have to let him have a few points. The marriage he proposed was your mentor Zhang Juzheng's media, no matter what, he couldn't refuse. According to the old man, you still agreed, as long as you should get married, the old man allowed you to be a jinshi, and the number of officials in the six departments, what do you think? ”

Yan Hong is now a student of Guozi Prison and can participate in the imperial examination. Although the imperial examination was very strict at that time, and Yan Hong did not learn or know, it was really if the emperor was willing to support it. In addition, Yan Ge Lao and Xu Ge Lao joined forces. The following cheating in the Jinshi is not a difficult thing to get to the sky. If it's for someone else. This temptation is indeed extraordinary, enough to make people risk their lives to give it a go.

But for Yan Hong, even if this promise is true, it is not attractive to him at all. Jinshi, Tang Guan? If he was going to be able to do this job, he would have done it a long time ago. For Yan Hong, Jinyiwei can cope with this errand. But if you really want to go to the sixth department to work, you will definitely be blind. Therefore, he kowtowed a few times and said: "The old man is gentle, Xu Ge is wrong to love, and the kid is terrified." However, the kid now only has Lu Shibo's beloved daughter in his heart, and he really can't bear to let down the daughter of the Xu family, and he hopes that the old man will investigate clearly. ”

Jiajing suddenly said angrily: "Stop! Do you know that Xu Zisheng has made countless contributions to the imperial court, if the old man can't even do this little thing, how can he face the heroes? Anyway, the old man made a will. Wronged Lan Zhen's niece to be your concubine, let Xu Ge's granddaughter be your wife. Isn't that the best of both worlds? ”

Yan Hong kowtowed again and said, "Old man, slow down." Your kindness, the kid is hard to repay. However, Lu Shibo's daughter is also a famous family, how can she be a concubine? Even if the old man has something to say, I don't dare to wronged the little sister. The kid is willing to use this little bit of future and a little credit in exchange for you to take back your life and fulfill my marriage with Miss Lu. ”

When Jiajing heard this, he said coldly: "You mean, you would rather dismiss the official than marry the granddaughter of the Xu family?" ”

"Exactly."

"Do you know that now above the court, Xu Yan and the two families each hold one side of the bull's ear. If your two families marry and become one with each other, there will be no one in the court who can compete with each other. From now on, your family will be rich and prosperous. And once you refuse to marry, how can Xu Zisheng be the second assistant of the cabinet? I'm afraid that I will have to fight with your grandfather endlessly, and Hugh said that your family has troubles, and even the old man will have a lot of trouble. You can figure out the stakes of this. ”

Yan Hong kowtowed a few more times and said: "Old man, my grandfather and father have said more than once: My Yan family is rich and noble, and I come from long live." Those who ask for it are just sharing worries for long live and being loyal to the court. As for the size of the potential and the number of protégés, I have never thought about it. The kid followed Lu Shibo for several years, but he only knew that Lu Shibo was kind to the kid like a father, loyal to the emperor, and Lu Shimei was affectionate, how could the kid live up? No matter how powerful the Xu family is, it is meaningless to the kid. I only know how to serve the country with loyalty, and long live loyalty. Even if Xu Ge Lao was displeased with the kid because of this, the kid couldn't care about it. Besides, since Xu Ge Lao is also my grandfather's colleague, he must also be able to take national affairs seriously. Even if you really hate the kid and don't give face, it won't ruin the major affairs of the court and disturb the Qing cultivation under His Majesty. ”

After a while, I suddenly heard Jiajing laugh and said, "Get out." Bastard thing, I really don't know what to do. This family business, the whole Jingshi doesn't know how many people are worried about it, you are good, but you are desperate to push it out, it is really a piece of mud. You kid, although you have a good mouth, you make things difficult for the old man, what a bastard! ”

Don't look at Jiajing's scolding, but there was no anger in his tone, Yan Hong said secretly: This level has finally rolled over.

I heard Jiajing say again: "Since you have made up your mind, the old man can't be tied up to marry." However, your marriage must also be handled quickly, don't drag it out this winter. When I wait until next year, I will send you to the south again to preside over the opening of the sea and trade. With these circumstances, those few city divisions should be able to recover first, and you will have to do the rest. You do it very well in Yangzhou, don't care who it is, don't care what his identity is, you can't collect a penny less in taxes, understand? ”

Yan Hong nodded and said, "The kid understands." Long live rest assured, the boy will definitely do his best to do a good job of opening the sea and commerce, and the taxes that should be collected will not let it miss a penny. ”

Jiajing smiled: "That's good, if this thing is done, even your credit this time will be rewarded." As for Xu Ge's affairs, I have to think of a way for you, lest Xu Ge hate you, then it will be difficult to do. You can also rest assured, as long as you do this well, there will be your benefits, just talking about this ship, the old man will give you 150 a year, and you can dispatch it. Besides, I heard that in Yangzhou, your two old friends, one surnamed Wang and the other from the Mo family, have opened salt numbers, and their two families are women's roads, and it is not easy, so this salt tax will be exempted. Young people, show mercy everywhere, it's really a thing! ”

Yan Hong was overjoyed when he heard this. The emperor scolded this sentence the most, it was the laughter and scolding of the elders to the juniors, it was nothing. You must know that the value of a hundred and fifty boat citations is very high. You can't go to sea to trade without a lead, and this ship leads to a hen that lays golden eggs. Moreover, Wang Zhi now occupies absolute force at sea, and if there is no ship to guide the ship to go to sea, I am afraid that eight out of ten ships will be sunk. It is self-evident how many allies Yan Hong's one hundred and fifty freely dispatched ship guides can bring him. (To be continued......)