Zheng Haizhu took advantage of Zhu Changluo's grumbling and knocking on the lid of the teacup to look at Wang An, who was standing on the side.

Due to the change in the direction of history, Zhu Changluo survived, and his eldest companion, Wang An, a descendant of the East Palace, successfully ushered in the spring of his political career in March of the first year of Taichang - replacing the late Wanli Emperor's confidant and eunuch Lu Shou, and becoming the master of ceremonies.

Due to the system of joint deliberation between the cabinet of the Ming Empire and the celebrant supervisor, the palm seal of the celebrant is a well-deserved "internal minister", and with the support of the emperor, the power is equal to that of the first assistant.

As a result, Wang An became more and more busy.

In addition, he is also old, and the errands that serve Zhu Changluo are basically Zhang Luo by his cronies, Cao Huachun, the head of the Qianqing Palace.

Today, the Son of Heaven summoned Zheng Haizhu, but Wang An was also present at the same time, obviously, Zhu Changluo was not afraid to count Yang Lian and other Donglin factions in front of Wang An.

When Wanli was still in power, Zhu Changluo, as the crown prince who was not treated by his father, had a precarious status. At that time, the Donglin faction and Wang An, the great eunuch of the East Palace, were both "princelings", and their allies were very good.

However, after all, the Donglin faction is a group with stricter circle barriers than the Qichu Zhejiang Party, and these Donglin Wenchen, who were originally opposed to mining taxes and criticized the eunuchs of Quan, how could they really lead eunuchs like Wang An as colleagues?

Therefore, whether it is Cao Huachun's tone revealed between his words, or Wang An's attendants present today, they all taught Zheng Haizhu to judge that in the first half year of his own outing, the Donglin Wenchens who had gained momentum with the wind, even if the first assistant Ye Xianggao was relatively peaceful, Zhao Nanxing and Yang Lian were afraid that they had something to do with the eunuchs who were already in power.

Zheng Haizhu and Wang An looked at each other, sighed softly, and leaned over to Zhu Changluo, the Son of Heaven, and said: "Your Majesty is angry, Yang Zongxian and them, worrying about the security of the Jingshi is also the duty of the people." ”

Zhu Changluo's eyes were calm: "Then you can tell me, can Tianjin be turned on?" ”

"Open, but for the time being," Zheng Haizhu said calmly, "Your Majesty, the minister is not pretending to be generous, but daring to advise Your Majesty, Donglin fought for His Majesty in the matter of the country, and now although he opposes this and opposes that, he is worried about Sheji." They are also His Majesty's ministers, and they also take care of the money bag for His Majesty, and they are staring at the words, so they ......"

She didn't say it directly, Zhu Changluo had already understood.

The middle-aged son of heaven does not have the blood and strength of a young man, but like most men of a certain age in the world, he hates being held by other men the most.

Zhu Changluo turned his head to stare at Wang An: "What Master Zheng said is similar to what you persuaded me." It's all because I attach too much importance to affection, and the current officials of several ministries and courtyards are all under the Donglin Sect. ”

Wang An sighed with him: "Long live the lord, so in the future, we will use money and people, and we still can't just count on the household department and the official department." The old slave felt that Master Zheng went to Chahar at the right time this time. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Changluo turned his head, still looking at Zheng Haizhu, "Yes, look at me, you can talk about the business in Mongolia." ”

Zheng Haizhu's expression, from being calm and peaceful, suddenly became serious.

She took Wang An's words without hesitation, and did not care about the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and said to Zhu Changluo categorically: "The business road from Daning to Chahar can be Your Majesty's new money bag." However, in order for the trade route to prosper, it is necessary to prohibit the attack of the Jianzhou Tartars, therefore, Daning Town and the Xiaoling River should rebuild a number of cities and military forts, and our Ming Dynasty stationed a strong army, and the Mongol soldiers of Lin Dan Khan were connected to the north and south, forming a defense line to block the Nurhachi Eight Banner Army. ”

Zhu Changluo's face was solemn: "How much does it cost?" ”

Zheng Haizhu roughly calculated the cost of building the city and raising troops to the Son of Heaven, and finally gave a plan: "If Yang Zongxian thinks that the Tianjin switch will attract Kou from the sea, then the construction of Tianjin will be suspended, and the silver sent by the household department to the Ministry of Industry will be taken by Huang Zunsu to Daning Town to build a city and fort." Whether it is Ye Ge Lao, or Sun Hanlin, or Yang Zongxian, they all mention that it is necessary to pass the customs outside the customs, and Huang Zunsu is also a subordinate of Donglin, His Majesty will hang a patrol for him to press the imperial history, and send him to supervise the army outside the customs, the bosses of Donglin, there is nothing to say, right? ”

Zhu Changluo's eyes rolled for a moment, and he said, "This discussion is very good." ”

Wang An on the side knew the old things in Songjiang back then. He knew that Ma Xianglin and Huang Zunsu had suffered together in the bandit village, and together they calmed down the turmoil of the people's raid on Dong's house, and at this time, he couldn't help but secretly praise Zheng Haizhu's bright head, and when the prelude to the emperor was right, he would be very good at turning around the disadvantage, and if the purpose of this one thing could not be achieved, he would make up for it in another matter.

In this way, the household department in charge of Donglin pinched the money not to build Tianjin Port for the Ministry of Industry, and finally followed Zheng Haizhu's calculations?

I only heard the Son of Heaven say sincerely: "There is one thing to say, I saw that Huang Zunsu, although he is also Donglin, but he can be regarded as a practical minister, and he will clearly explain the silver of the ship of Songjiang Customs, the silver of the ship tax, and the overcharge of the city tax silver in Shanghai County due to the switch. Looking at his strength to ask the Ministry of Industry for money, he did not object to the Tianjin switch. Hmm, Master Zheng, the people you recommended to me are all good, Lu Juren, in the Wenhua Palace, the eldest son of the emperor and the fifth son of the emperor also like to listen. ”

Zheng Haizhu doesn't expect to become fat in one go, especially when he is facing a saint.

The idea of rebuilding Daning Town, since it has been judged by the Holy Judgment and asked Ma Xianglin to return the Sichuan army, should not be thrown out in a hurry, and it should be put on hold until the next time, and then mentioned when he got the military salary sent to the north.

She didn't continue on the topic of Mongolia, but followed the words of the Son of Heaven and said with a smile: "After half a year, the ministers are quite worried about the princes and princesses. ”

Speaking of his own blood and bones, Zhu Changluo's demeanor softened like most fathers in the world.

"Master Zheng, there is a lecture in the Wenhua Hall today, and you don't want to talk about it here. Wang An, let Cao Huachun lead Master Zheng over. ”

Zheng Haizhu got up and thanked him, and then remembered the matter again, and said: "Your Majesty, Kuachen will be virtuous, and the minister will recommend one more person, Wei Jinzhong of the Salary Division." ”

Zhu Changluo was puzzled: "What did he let him do?" ”

"Go to Henan Mansion and remind King Fu that it's time to offer silver."

Zhu Changluo clapped his palms: "Yes, you and Wang An suggested in the winter moon of the year that you recruit the children of the Daijun clan to pay the money for the side, and the king of Fu will pay for it." Tell me, how much will he let out? ”

Zheng Haizhu said: "The minister heard that more than ten years ago, after the king of Chu was wronged and his bloodline was suspicious and clarified by the imperial court, he once offered 20,000 taels of silver to the inner library to repair the palace of the Forbidden City. The Chu domain is not rich, there are many clans in the domain, and the king of Chu can come up with 20,000 taels. King Fu this time, how can he get 100,000 taels, right? In addition to recruiting new soldiers, there should be a surplus of tens of thousands of taels, and a strong border army can be selected to defend Daning Town. ”

"Well, okay," Zhu Changluo seemed to understand, and smiled narrowly, "Master Zheng, you will indeed help me choose someone." Okay, pass on my message, Wei Jinzhong took the Dongchang service, and went to Luoyang to do business on the same day. ”

Out of the Qianqing Palace, Cao Huachun said to Zheng Haizhu: "Madame's temperament, our family admires." It's okay not to arrange Yang Zongxian in front of the emperor, Wei Jinzhong's vegetable lady has offended you like that, it's good for you, and you have also found a good errand for Lao Wei to be fat. ”

Zheng Haizhu smiled: "It's all to get some silver for the Long Live Lord." The silver is here, and we can repay Jun'en, right? ”

Cao Huachun nodded and gave a thumbs up, but guessed in his heart that what Zheng Haizhu thought must not be as grand as she said.

In the afternoon, when he went to pick up Zheng Haizhu into the Qianqing Palace, Cao Huachun, who had received a lot of furs and ginseng gifts in the palace outside the palace last night, fed Zheng Haizhu all kinds of news from the inner and outer courts more and more considerately.

One of them is that the matter of the eldest son of the emperor canonizing the crown prince is already being handled by the Ministry of Rites. Before the canonization, the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Youxiao, wanted to go to Mount Tai to worship heaven and earth in Dongyue for his father.

Thinking that Zheng Haizhu had inquired about Ke Yinyue's movements again, Cao Huachun suddenly realized that this woman, perhaps in a short period of time, had already figured out how to play chess.

She wanted to prevent Zhu Youxiao from taking his eldest companion Wei Jinzhong to Mount Tai, so as to prevent the Hakka family from taking advantage of this opportunity to get close to Zhu Youxiao again.