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There was nothing strange in Bianjing City, except for Shang Shulang's sudden death in Zhengdemen Cave, after a few discussions, and then everyone began to feel bored, and there was no need to talk about it all day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

At this time, it can be regarded as the most relaxed time for the courtiers, Shen was stunned and went to Quanzhou, although it was still a toss, at least the battlefield was transferred, "Everyone is out of sight, and even the mood is happy."

Of course, there are also anxious people, surnamed Shen in Quanzhou to make a fuss, "the family's income has suddenly decreased a lot, and I have to swallow my anger, I don't dare to say anything, my relatives are miserable and sad, and I sent that Shang Shulang to simply withdraw his hand."

Some people are happy and some are worried, a large amount of silver money is transported into the Beijing Division, "the palace is like the New Year, Zhao Ji's shot has gradually become more generous, no matter how big the palace is, it can't be spent, so there is no need to save in the harem, and the picture is happy."

There is no restraint in the palace, "Of course, there are also people who are psychologically unbalanced" The province of Menxia received a few notes, saying that the heavenly family and the people were fighting for profit, Zhao Ji made a will, vigorously refuted it, and angrily read and asked what kind of people the merchant who had a collection of billions of yuan? Its extravagance is compared to the heavenly family, which door is the people? As soon as it was so true, the other party immediately became dumbfounded, where would he say anything more? Every few days, Shen Ao's recital will hand over a copy of "Shen Ao's recital, the province of Menxia doesn't dare to keep it, and sends it directly to the palace" Zhao Ji also saw it for the first time no matter what time it was, most of the notes were some strange ideas, Zhao Ji was sometimes confused, and finally agreed. Anyway, in his opinion, "Little Quanzhou, just let Shen Ao toss, and it doesn't matter much if something happens" is a good thing.

On the ninth day of the first month of April, there was news that Quanzhou merchant ships were going to sea, and Shen Ao's song said that the grand occasion at that time, but it was a pity that "the ministers of the court, regardless of the new party and the old party, disagreed, and the businessman went out to his sea to do your stupid, he was really energetic, and he became more and more addicted."

Zhao Ji looked at the music, but he was relishing, after all, the world is his surname Zhao, as Shen Ao said, every time he goes to sea, the imperial court can get a large amount of tax silver, a Quanzhou, the tax is more than the tax per acre of land along the way, if you can only clean up and standardize the ports everywhere, the income must not be turned over.

In ancient times, the standard of the prosperous era was mainly reflected in the annual income and population household registration, and the large increase in annual income "without disturbing the people" must be great for Zhao Ji's attraction. An emperor like Zhao Ji wants to enjoy "good and great joy, why not do it with the best of both worlds?"

Zhao Ji looked at the song Shu and was in a good mood, "I went to the harem to see the Queen Mother, and it happened that the Queen Mother was also in the palace to talk to the Queen Mother.

Zhao Ji greeted An, moved Jindun and sat down, the Queen Mother saw that his face was good, and said with a slight smile: "The official family looks so good, did you bump into something festive?" Let's hear it. ”

Not to be outdone, the Queen Mother said: "It must be news from Quanzhou." ”

Zhao Ji smiled and nodded, although he is now the father of dozens of children, but in front of the two queen mothers, "he is a child again."

When Zhao Ji told the matter of Quanzhou with a smile, the Queen Mother frowned and said: "The mourning family knows about this, Shen Ao is too Meng Lang this time, and he killed so many people who don't know, and I thought that the official family instructed him to make such nonsense." ”

Zhao Ji explained with a smile: "If you don't kill people, how can you clean up the maritime affairs?" Will they spit out what they have eaten? After hearing this, the Queen Mother sighed before she said: "I think those maritime merchants are also pitiful, and they will be killed, after all, they are still the people, not "officials kill the people", which is a big taboo. ”

The Empress Dowager was muttering at the moment: "These maritime merchants are not people, and there are ordinary people in this world who are worth hundreds of millions?" ”

The Queen Mother was stunned: "What's the matter with their own money?" ”

Zhao Ji said with a smile: "What the Empress Dowager said is that although the net worth of 100 million yuan can also be called the people, it can only be called the people. These people rely on their wealth, make friends with the government, and raise up the dead! ”

Zhao Ji paused for a moment and said: "Queen Mother, Erchen is still afraid when he thinks about it now, the four great maritime merchants" are rich and rival the country, and they have more than 10,000 people who dare to die, and there are more ships under their names than the Xinghua Naval Army, if they really want to cause chaos, the entire Fujian Road will be eroded in an instant, if it weren't for Shen Ao's trip to brave the clear stream of criticism and cut it first, who knows what these four surnames will become in the future. Since the heroic and prosperous and the world is chaotic, all dynasties and dynasties are like this, I sit in the palace, I don't know what it looks like outside, that Quanzhou is the border and the sea, far away in the sky, making trouble, it is a big thing. ”

The Queen Mother listened and took a deep breath. cooled down, and muttered: "It's just a few maritime merchants, can the disaster be so big?" "It seems a little unbelievable, in the past, Shang Shulang and Quanzhou over there, occasionally would offer some things into the palace, the Empress Dowager Qinci had a good impression of the maritime merchants in Quanzhou, and at this time I listened to it, only to know that the situation was so serious.

The Empress Dowager said: "The rebellion of Zhang Jiao at the end of the Han Dynasty, that Zhang Jiao is not a demagogic Taoist, and the heroes of the late Tang Dynasty do not necessarily have any background, this kind of thing, the Queen Mother, who has always preferred to kill rather than indulge, thought about it, and no longer insisted" said with a smile: "So Shen Ao really did a good thing without intention." ”

Zhao Ji corrected: "How can this kind of thing be unintentional? ”

The Queen Mother laughed: "Don't you all say that he is stunned?" Unintentionally, of course. After that, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "The mourning family is joking!" ”

Zhao Ji was also sunburned" and suddenly said: "An Ning's side, I want to go to Weifu, I don't know if she is used to it in the Shen Mansion, does the queen mother want to go?" The two queen dowagers both shook their heads: "It's already nonsense for the official family to go" and then call us, but I don't know what will happen. ”

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Quanzhou's "fleet has been out to sea for half a month, every morning, Shen Ao still went to Wangyuan Lou to drink morning tea, and then returned to the transfer department to act on official business, now many things are on the right track, especially the Nanyang Naval Division, there is Xinghua Navy as a shelf, Quanzhou's people are strong and brave and ruthless, recruit in, practice well, and ensure that it is a strong army.

Now 30,000 people have been recruited into the militia group, first trained for half a year, and then eliminated a batch, and the rest are all incorporated into the Nanyang Naval Division. The taxes at the ports have risen sharply, and some of the surplus taxes are injected into the sailors every year, which is also completely sufficient for maintenance.

This can be regarded as taking from commercial use and abandoning it, with the sailor here, the businessmen have a little more security to do business.

Quanzhou here, Haijiang Jingping, monopoly of seafood officials and businessmen have also been cleared, businessmen around the future also see the future of maritime trade will be prosperous, so a lot of workshops have also been built, kiln factory, silk imitation, and a lot of exquisite copper tripod utensils, these are popular overseas goods, Suzhou and Hangzhou over there the largest trade is silk, Quanzhou here must not be compared, the best-selling mainly ceramics and some iron utensils, but also some handicrafts, so the kiln factory to do more, the market price of clay has also risen, and there is a lot of recruitment of apprentices, In today's Quanzhou, sailors, apprentices, and porters are in short supply, and "recruitment is being carried out everywhere, and the nearby villagers see the opportunity and are willing to come to Quanzhou to find some livelihood and be tenants" and "no different from being porters and apprentices" but have more monthly money in Quanzhou, and can receive a lot of money.

This side of Fujian Road is mountainous, and it is difficult to find a livelihood on the land alone, so there are many young people who have nothing to do. It's just that for the Suzhou and Hangzhou side, "Shen Ao immediately made a note to let people curb this trend, although the merchants and workmen made profits faster, but once the fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River was wasted, once there was a food shortage, no matter how much gold and silver was empty. The loss of manpower is still second, "the more serious problem in Suzhou and Hangzhou is that the waste field is planted mulberry, and the large trade in silk makes the landlords on the Jiangnan West Road plant mulberry trees on a large scale, and there is only one reason, mulberry silkworm raising" raises silkworms, and the price of raw silk is rising day by day, and I don't know how much more profit I make than that kind of land. But if this trend is triggered, the consequences can be serious.

Shen Ao's method is that the Wuyi field mulberry system "is supervised by the government, and the acres of land under anyone's name" can only leave 20% of the land to be planted with mulberry trees, and the rest must produce rice.

These are actually precautionary measures, Shen Ao has implemented many new laws and regulations in Quanzhou, "I didn't encounter much resistance, but at this time, a piece of news surprised everyone."

Quanzhou Port Sanzai Wharf, outside the bay "a fast boat is coming quickly, this kind of fast boat is an important communication tool for sailors, the hull is light, but there are two sails, and there are oars poking out from the body of the ship to "go all out" The speed is extremely fast.

This ship "is under the banner of the Nanyang Naval Division, and at a glance it is known that it is the sailor who is escorting the fleet, and the news has come back, as soon as this ship appears" The messenger on this side of the dock immediately guided the rest of the ships that were going to enter the port to avoid temporarily, and let the Taoist Clipper enter the port first, and wait for the fast ship to stop steadily at the trestle and the sampan was set up" Several captains with bronze faces came down with cold faces: "There is an urgent report, hurry, immediately prepare the fast horse" The news of the day is to be reported to the king of Penglai County. ”

As soon as he said this, the servants of the Department of Commerce did not dare to slack off, and immediately led them to the dock, and brought the horses, "These people did not hesitate to get on the horses" and went straight to the Pegasus of the Transshipment Division.

Suddenly such a ship appeared in the harbor, and said that it was an urgent report, coupled with the indifferent appearance of the captain, which inevitably caused many people to be uneasy, and many nearby merchants came to inquire, and the messenger was also strange, and said a few words casually, and immediately someone said with a black face: "Could it be that the fleet has encountered a storm in the open sea...... If so, it's all over. ”

(To be continued.)