In the third year of the little emperor's reign, the political communication people were not in harmony.

On this day, since the death of Jia's mother, the king of Leshan County, Shijiao, rarely visited Rongguo Mansion in person, ordered the steward to lead the way, and sat in the main hall of Rongxi Hall.

After a while, Jia Lian turned around and came out of the back hall. When he saw the ceremony, he asked someone to serve tea and speak.

The king of Leshan County immediately asked, "I wonder if the Taishi has heard the news about the Qiantang River?"

Jia Lian said: "I haven't heard the news, I only received the long history of coming back to my life for days, worrying about the new deal in the southeast, and I had no choice but to listen to any Qiantang affairs."

The king of Leshan County said with a smile: "The people on the edge of the Qiantang River resisted the new fish tax, and the local government arrested the righteous people led by them and beat them to death, which almost caused the people to rebel against the government, didn't the Taishi see it?"

Jia Lian said: "I've heard this thing in a trance, but don't say it nicely, it makes me a heinous person. My parent Shi Zhenjue has just returned from Southern Province, can't he see it better than we can in the capital? It is clear that the fishing market of the local clan refuses to pay taxes, so it is to deceive the people into making trouble, and now I have sent orders to imprison that family."

While talking, Jia Lian asked someone to pass on Zhen Jue to come over and speak.

King Leshan said: "It is also because of the friendship between the two worlds, and the friendship is continuous, so I came to persuade you. The troops in the south of the Yangtze River caused public resentment everywhere, and the road was in sight, and there was almost a rebellion in front of him. There is a mess all over the south of the Yangtze River, but the increase in the imperial court's tax and silver is only a few, and if it continues like this, the good country will be lost, how can it be done?"

Jia Lian said, "I can't listen to this bitter talk. Originally, you said that you wanted people to focus on overseas, so I started to change the government, and I remembered how many mistakes the ancients had made in too much hurry to reform, but it was already slow and slow. I'm only halfway through my thirties this year, so why not take one or two decades to do a good job in this new policy? Since ancient times, there has been no minister like me who is so good at doing things."

King Leshan smiled and said, "You have found a good excuse, this is my business again?"

Jia Lian said: "It can be seen that you scholars and nobles have overdone the conservative rules, although you have a lot of knowledge, and you know that the new policy is good, but after only a year, you have been frightened by something and want to come and retract your words."

Seeing that Jia Lian was serious, the king of Leshan County was dumbfounded for a while.

has been in a high position for many years, Jia Lian has been self-cultivation a lot, if he is called when he is just an official, where to hold his temperament and debate with the king of Leshan County.

At this time, Shi Zhenjue, the chief of the Taishi, listened to the letter and came in from the outside, and leaned over to salute.

Jia Lian said: "You came well, the old prince dislikes that the court didn't charge any more money last year, and he wants to come to fight with the Sprinkle family, you talk to him."

Zhen Jue followed the words and came to Tongleshan County King to ask for instructions: "The lower officials have just come back from Southern Province, and they have just written a recital to be presented, and they are about to appease the hearts of the hundred officials. I don't want to see that the prince came to visit first, thinking that the prince and the prince are originally one family, and let the officials do it one by one."

King Leshan said, "You say."

Zhen Jue said: "There are many gentry in Jiangnan, and the imperial power cannot go to the countryside, so it is understandable that the progress of commercial taxation has not been progressed for a long time. Since the beginning of this year, the tariffs in Songjiang, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and other places have increased by a large margin, without harming the people a dime, and the income by this month is already comparable to that of the whole year last year. In particular, Songjiang Province is extremely remarkable, with an estimated total tax of 6 million taels this year, which is far more than last year."

The king of Leshan County was surprised for a while, and said, "Guangzhou Mansion is a thousand-year-old commercial port, so how can Songjiang Mansion come here?"

Zhen Jue said: "Pudong (Shanghai) in Songjiang Prefecture has an excellent geographical location, it is the mouth of the Yangtze River, and the sea water is so calm that it can accommodate large ships to dock, and the weather is suitable, not worrying about malaria, there is nothing like that on the southeast coast. When Xiaguan built a wharf last year, foreign businessmen had been trapped by malaria and supplies for a long time, and when they suddenly heard that Pudong was opening up, they naturally flocked to it, unwilling to blow the wind in Yizhou, Macao and other places. This year, the total tax of Songjiang Prefecture is 6 million taels, and it will definitely reach 10 million taels in the next two years!"

Throwing out 10 million taels of silver will inevitably make people dizzy for a while.

The annual income of the imperial court is only this amount.

Facts speak louder than words, and the king of Leshan County asked Zhen Jue to copy a copy of Jiangnan matters from the truth to him and bring it back to the palace for study.

Zhen Jue sent away the king of Leshan County, turned around, and couldn't help but wonder: "The imperial court collects such taxes

In the past, how can the prince still have sorrow on his face?"

Jia Lian was relieved because he sent away the king of Leshan County, and he heard Zhen Jue come to ask, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "You have less knowledge in the official face of the capital, and there is a hidden danger in the landing of the imperial court's quasi-Hongyi ships. At present, Pudong, which is located at the mouth of the river, is open to the outside world, and it is convenient for foreign businessmen to do business, and when there is turmoil for a day, it is only convenient to sweep the inland, and the king of Leshan County is also a conservative person, so he is naturally worried behind his back."

Since it was said that the Franc Robot was entrenched in the south, Zhen Jue hurriedly asked: "At the beginning of the year, the Taishi ordered the Franc Robot to relocate, and the leaders of the leaders found the lower officials, saying that their homeland had changed hands, and they just begged to be taken in, and they were willing to offer 500 spears to assist the imperial court in building sea ships, so as to ask for a serious seal. Xia Guan thought about it and thought that this business could be done."

Jia Lian couldn't help but be happy, and said with a smile: "I never thought that I could also have a meritorious leader who educates barbarians?"

Zhen Jue said: "This heaven is a great responsibility for the Taishi."

Jia Lian waved his hand and said: "Then the court will do it by itself, as for the sea boat, when the ancients built the building boat, they haven't seen Xiyi appear anywhere, so they might as well get some rear-loading magic guns, this gun was mentioned by the king of Leshan County before, and there must be one." After doing this, I asked the Francophone to change his clothes and speak official language, and I divided Macao into Zhili Prefecture, and the leader was Zhizhou and Uncle Feng. This is better than the treatment of the Southwest Toast, and the Franc Robot should be content."

Zhen Jue promised to go, and he would also know the language and writing, and communication would be no problem.

Jia Lian saw that Zhen Yu was gone, so he went to the Jinhuang Yugui Hall to find another document, and wrote a will to seal the Buddha Lang Jiren and sent it to the cabinet for printing.

After doing this, when Jia Lian came out of the hall, he saw Lin Chong coming in a panic, and he couldn't help but stop.

Lin Chong stepped forward and said, "Master, woe to you! The Yizhou soldiers sent troops to attack Song Jiang because the grain ship under their control was robbed, but the Taoist garrison on the island was broken!"

The stakes are serious, and soon after Lin Chong's report, an urgent excerpt from the south was delivered.

The news is correct, Song Jiang did move his troops to land first.

Jia Lian thought about the origin of the gang of thieves with Song Jiang, and secondly, in order to implement the new policy nearby, so he made a decision in his heart and went to the palace to convene the auxiliary ministers.

In the Linjing Palace, Jia Lian had already decided to leave south to Jiangnan to preside over the matter of dealing with Song Jiang.

At this time, Gao Chen, the lieutenant of the court, had already gone to the northwest to patrol the border, and the military affairs of the court were dominated by Jia Lian.

It was Prince Zhongshun and Wen Shiqi who couldn't persuade him to stop the empty treasury, so he could only let Jia Lian take the decree and bid farewell to the little emperor and go south.