Imperial.

Chongzhen invited Zhang Yun here for a while, and just when Zhang Yun was waiting a little impatiently, Chongzhen also got rid of the difficult ministers and hurried over!

"Haha......"

As soon as they met Chongzhen, he laughed heartily, and then said: "This time Zhang Daochang can be regarded as a great help to me, and the taxes of more than ten years are enough for me to revive the Ming Dynasty and create glory again......"

Seeing Zhang Yun smiling and not speaking, Chongzhen laughed for a while before reining in his laughter, and said in a deep voice: "In the past, those powerful people cried poor in front of me, but I still believe in them a little. ”

"But this time, as soon as Zhang Daochang made a move, he just copied dozens of powerful families, and he got it, which is equivalent to the tax income of the Ming Dynasty for more than ten years."

"Thinking of this, I've been itching my teeth with hatred for the past two days, these thieves!"

Seeing that Chongzhen had finally changed his previous mind, Zhang Yun was also a little happy.

I'm not afraid that you're greedy for money, I'm afraid that you're not greedy for money!

As long as you Chongzhen have an idea about the homes of those ministers, then the next thing will be easy to do, or rob or steal, Lao Tzu has many means.

And looking at Chongzhen's current appearance, it doesn't seem to be as good as before, which is definitely a good thing for himself!

So at that moment, Zhang Yun decided to strike while the iron was hot, "Your Majesty, such a little silver makes you excited like this, your goal is too small." ”

"The ten-year tax of the Ming Dynasty is only forty or fifty million taels, which is really not a lot of money, you must know that the silver in some maritime merchants is all cast into gold and silver mountains and stored."

"If Your Majesty sees the real backstage of the Donglin Party, the silver in the homes of the maritime merchants who are responsible for smuggling at sea, then you can't be dumbfounded?"

Looking at Zhang Yun's expression that didn't seem to be laughing, Chongzhen said in disbelief: "What? Zhang Daochang, aren't you joking! ”

"How can a mere businessman have tens of millions of taels of silver at home? It's incredible! ”

Zhang Yun smiled and said nothing, limited by the problem of knowledge, Chongzhen did not know a lot of common sense, and at the same time did not understand the huge interests of sea trade, just like his ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang, he was fooled and banned from the sea......

The most terrible thing is that Chongzhen is arrogant and arrogant, and there should be such a smell of the center of the world!

Therefore, Zhang Yun still decided to take Wang Chengen to a certain sea merchant in person in the future, of course, at night.

Zhang Yun knew that Chongzhen didn't believe his words, but Wang Chengen's words Chongzhen always had to believe it, so as long as Wang Chengen saw the huge benefits of sea trade!

Zhang Yun believes that Chongzhen's thoughts will definitely change at that time, even if he can't open the sea ban from now on, at least he will have to bury such a nail in Chongzhen's heart.

So Zhang Yun waved his hand and said: "There is no basis for what you say, seeing is believing, and when you have a chance in the future, let Your Majesty go and take a look in person, and Your Majesty will know how rich those maritime merchants are." ”

Although Chongzhen was still a little incredulous in his heart, he heard a message from Zhang Yun's mouth, so he hurriedly asked, "Those smugglers that Zhang Daochang said are the real backstage of the Donglin Party?" ”

"Then the issue of the Donglin Party will be put aside, I remember that the ancestors have already banned the sea, how can anyone dare to sail out to sea, isn't this ignoring the laws of the imperial court?"

"Hey......

Hearing Chongzhen's words, Zhang Yun sneered, but did not speak.

Chongzhen frowned and said, "Does the Dao Chief have anything to say to me?" ”

Zhang Yun raised his head and looked at Chongzhen seriously, and when Chongzhen looked a little inexplicable, he said: "The huge benefits of maritime trade, if Your Majesty doesn't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely not believe it, no matter what Poor Dao says to Your Majesty?" In the end, the result is still the same! ”

"So here, the poor road will not waste more saliva......"

It's good that Zhang Yun didn't say this, as soon as this sentence came out, Chongzhen's brows wrinkled even tighter, Zhang Yun's attitude made Chongzhen a little annoyed, if it was replaced by another minister, Chongzhen would have had a seizure a long time ago!

It's a pity that this is Zhang Yun!

So Chongzhen, who wanted to know the twists and turns in the middle, had to speak patiently again, "Whether I believe it or not?" At least the Taoist leader should make it clear to me......"

Zhang Yun sighed, looking at Chongzhen's unrelenting appearance, he was also a little helpless, if he didn't tell him about the cat in the middle today, I was afraid he wouldn't be able to get out.

After thinking about it, Zhang Yun finally spoke, "There are some things that Your Majesty will not believe even if Poor Dao says it, for example, Poor Dao said that those maritime merchants are rich and rival countries, but helplessly, Your Majesty doesn't believe it." ”

"Then Poor Dao can tell Your Majesty about the eight traitorous merchants in Shanxi who are somewhat similar to maritime merchants, if Your Majesty doesn't believe it, then treat Poor Dao as a story."

"Your Majesty should know about the Eight Great Emperors of the Manchu Dynasty, right?"

After Zhang Yun finished speaking, he didn't wait for Chongzhen to answer, and continued to talk to himself.

"Originally, the border policy of the Ming Dynasty was actually very good, such as the limited export of salt, iron, weapons and other materials to the grassland peoples, I have to say that this policy is very good."

"It's a pity that the people who go to implement it are not very reliable, so this policy has not been implemented at all."

"Even if you don't forget it, the key is that the soldiers at the border pass collude with some big businessmen near the border pass to sell iron tools and other strategic materials to the grassland people."

"Among them, the eight businessmen, especially the surname Fan of Shanxi, are the most excessive, and others may still have a little scruples, and they dare not sell salt and iron and other things to the grassland people, but these eight businessmen ignore this rule!"

"Not only that, but they even took on the inglorious role of selling dirty boar skins, wild boar skins entered the Central Plains several times, and the gold and silver treasures obtained were basically handled for them through these eight merchants, for example, the gold and silver treasures that were snatched from the wild boar skins were transported back to the Central Plains, and then exchanged for war materials, and smuggled to the grassland to hand over to the wild boar skins, and in this process, they can be said to have made great contributions to the wild boar skins."

"Of course, they are also in the middle of this, and they have made huge profits, so that as soon as the wild boar skin enters the customs, they can't wait to seal their eight families as the eight imperial merchants, of course, this is a digression, let's not talk about this today......"

"So how did they get such a big profit? To put it bluntly, it is two words of smuggling! ”

"That is to say, some items prohibited by the imperial court from trading, as a network of connections throughout all the border armies, they can find a relationship, and easily transport those contraband to the outside of the customs with the items prohibited by the imperial court with a network of relationships that are simply difficult for ordinary businessmen to achieve."

"And because the imperial court has banned it on the surface, the trade of certain items, such as iron, is actually not very expensive in the Central Plains, but after it is transported to the grassland, its price may increase several times, or even dozens of times!"

"The huge benefits in the middle are enough for these eight traitorous merchants to trample all the laws of the Ming Dynasty under their feet......"

"According to the law, their behavior would be disgraceful, if the court declared that all the trade with the boar skins was legal, no matter what was sold."

"Then Your Majesty, do you think they can still earn such a rich family fund?"

"So the same is true of those maritime merchants, on the one hand, they are shouting that the sea will be forbidden, and on the other hand, they themselves are making a fortune in silence!"

"In other words, only Your Majesty, you still take this sea ban seriously, and their merchants who smuggle on the sea don't pay any attention to the sea ban at all."

Zhang Yun's tirade, Chongzhen was speechless for a long time after listening to it, although he didn't want to admit it, but Chongzhen faintly felt in his heart that what Zhang Yun said was true.

And seeing Chongzhen finally a little moved, Zhang Yun was moved in his heart, it seemed that he could pull the Donglin Party and Haimao together, anyway, there was a relationship between the two, and he was not a blame!