Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi also looked at each other and smiled.

Li Chengliang took the initiative to spit out the profits of Liaodong trade monopolized by his Li family, which was naturally a thing that made them happy.

Although Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi both reformed with Zhang Juzheng during the Zhang Juzheng era, they are still important ministers of the court who support reform.

But they also knew very well that if the imperial court really wanted to carry out reforms in Liaodong, that is, expand tax sources, and use commercial means to control the Jurchens and Mongol tribes in Liaodong, the Li family was undoubtedly the biggest obstacle.

Because whether it is the powerful gentry in the Guan, or the Jurchen Mongolian nobles outside the Guan, they are all hiding behind the Li family, and the Li family is the middleman.

Therefore, if the imperial court really wants to reform in Liaodong, the first force to be moved is actually the Li clan in Liaodong.

And now that Li Chengliang has taken the initiative to cut the meat, this will naturally make the imperial court's reform in Liaodong much less troublesome.

So, Shen Shixing first said: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Ning Yuan is so well aware of the righteousness, so he asked for the crime of not strictly guarding his nephew and conniving at the disciple's lawlessness. ”

"In addition, for the sake of his Li family's meritorious service to the country in several great victories in Liaodong, he will not be implicated; Only copy Li Rubin's family property and domestic slaves, and only take his head into Beijing and pass it on to the nine sides! ”

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"As for the matter of the opening of the border in Liaodong played by the Marquis of Ningyuan, it should be discussed by the political affairs hall, and the cabinet of the National Taxation Department, the celebrant supervisor, the six sections, the Jinyi Guard, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will each send an official to Liaodong, and discuss the opening of the border and the customs tariff with the governor of Liaodong and the Marquis of Andong Metropolitan Governor's Office to protect Ningyuan, and the tariffs collected will all go to the internal treasury and be used as gold and silver for the Son of Heaven to reward military ministers and soldiers in the future."

"In this way, although the destruction of Myanmar is imminent, there is no need to think about embezzling national funds as a reward of gold and silver."

"The state funds will also be used more to strengthen post roads and build more border cities."

Gold and silver have always been a big expense of the imperial court, and it has to be spent, because to maintain the loyalty and military discipline of officers and soldiers everywhere in the world to the imperial court, in essence, it is maintained by silver.

It's just that the emperor is the commander of the imperial army, so this money is basically paid by the emperor.

Now Shen Shixing also advocates using the increased profits in Liaodong as gold and silver, and avoids the need for state funds to supplement the inner treasury because of the war.

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "Appropriate!" The cabinet branch and the imperial horse supervisor also sent an official to jointly discuss the establishment of the Liaodong Commercial Bank with the Marquis of Ningyuan, and operated the trade of Liaodong with the state, the inner court, and the Marquis of Ningyuan's mansion together, so that the goods of China and foreign countries could be passed through the borders, and the existing merchants under the name of the Marquis of Ningyuan were responsible for the operation, and the profits taken were divided into dividends, and the losses were also compensated according to this. ”

Dividing is the meaning of dividing shares.

Since the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the form of merchant capital partnership has appeared, but the Ming people often called the division of shares as a division.

Therefore, in order to facilitate the understanding of the ministers, Zhu Yijun is also called a division here.

Zhu Yijun did not plan to directly remove the Li family's commercial and trade industry in Liaodong.

It's too ugly to eat like that.

Zhu Yijun also didn't want the people of the world to feel that he took the initiative to give benefits to the imperial court, but it was not beneficial.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun just decided to let the state treasury and the inner court pay to help the Li family in Liaodong grow bigger and make money together.

In this way, it can also let the Liao generals know that maintaining a good business order is also related to their interests, not just maintaining the business order for the court and the emperor.

After hearing this, Shen Shixing said yes, and then said: "Your Majesty, can you give tax exemption to small commercial goods leaving the customs, so as to promote the willingness of small Han traders to go out of the customs and no longer be afraid of the severe cold outside the customs; This not only increases the number of Han people outside the Guan, but also helps to activate trade outside the Guan, and reduces the willingness of ordinary Fanyi to plunder. ”

"Accurate!"

"Your cabinet will discuss the appropriate amount of tax exemption."

"All those who leave the customs, as long as the value of the goods does not exceed a certain amount, can be exempted, especially the daily necessities of the people rather than extravagant things, such as homespun cloth, ceramic utensils, etc., the duty-free quota can be set larger, not only so that the ordinary traders in the country are more willing to go out of the customs for profit, but also let the ordinary people buy these goods at a cost much lower than the cost of looting these goods, so as to achieve the purpose of breaking the hearts of the Jurchen and Mongol tribes."

The customs here refer to Shanhaiguan.

To the east of Shanhaiguan, that is, the northeast area of later generations, what is most needed now is to let a large number of Han people go out of the customs and enrich the border fortress, so as to prepare for the future expansion of Xinjiang to the north.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun agreed to Shen Shixing's proposal to give appropriate tax exemption to ordinary Han traders who left the customs.

After hearing this, Shen Shixing said yes.

Fang Fengshi played here: "Your Majesty, after the Privy Council meeting, it is believed that because Jue Chang'an, Takshi, Li Ruyu and others were originally rebels who rebelled against the imperial court with the rebel Wang Gao in the past, it was only because after Wang Gao's army was defeated and killed in the second year of Wanli, although Wang Gao's remnants became prisoners of the official army, they were taken into slavery by the Marquis of Ningyuan, who was then the commander-in-chief of Liaodong; Therefore, now that they are counted, although they are related, they were killed by Marquis Ning Yuan because they were not rewarded by the imperial court, so they can still only be regarded as the head of the family killing slaves; And because Ning Yuanhou did come up with evidence that they had a rebellion, Ning Yuanhou killed him, which could be regarded as getting rid of thieves for the country, so he would not be held accountable. ”

"But there will be no reward either!"

"The Marquis of Guy Ning Yuan has never made it clear that the former Jianzhou Zuowei Nu chief was a slave in his mansion, which is regarded as knowing but not reporting; Now it's even if it's worth the merits. ”

"Ready!"

Zhu Yijun nodded and asked, "What about the more than 2,000 Jurchen Yiding captured by Marquis Ning Yuan in Gule Village?" ”

Fang Fengshi replied: "Marquis Ning Yuan has asked to set up a regular barracks, led by the guerrilla Cha Dashou, and set off to Yunnan to conquer Burma, and ask Your Majesty to give him a name." ”

"It's called the Green Battalion, and the military pay is the same as that of the Nine-Sided Auxiliaries."

"Those who have great merit can also be awarded military merit medals."

Zhu Yijun said.

Fang Feng said yes at the right time.

"The right guard of Jianzhou and the left guard of Jianzhou no longer exist, and it is necessary to change the land and return to the river in this area, and there is no need to set up a guard station. It is set up as two mansions, one is Xinbin Mansion and the other is Qingyuan Mansion. ”

Zhu Yijun continued to command at this time.

Shen Shixing said yes.

Then, Zhu Yijun asked Fang Fengshi again: "Can Annan receive the order and send troops?" ”

Fang replied at the right time: "There is no reply yet." ”

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked again: "How is the grain and grass transportation for the destruction of Burma?" ”

Fang Fengshi replied: "Yunnan, Sichuan, Liangguang, Huguang, Fujian, Nanzhi, Sanbian and other governors have been ordered to prepare for the preparation of the road, and it is necessary to ensure that the post stations are sufficient, and that there are enough water, grass and food, and at the same time, 5,672 foot posts, 2,064 horsemen, 10,000 and 24 mules, and Yin Gong, the Nanben soldier (Shangshu of the Nanjing Military Department), has mobilized 300,000 stone grain and 200,000 stone forage for the purpose of destroying Burma. ”

Fang Fengshi then said: "Now we are only waiting for Your Majesty to appoint the person who will command the army." ”

"It stands to reason that this is the first crusade since I was in power, and it should be a pro-conquest;"

"But the Jingshi has only eliminated the traitors, and the people's hearts are not stable, not to mention that there is no shortage of commanders in this dynasty now, so it is better to choose a border minister who is familiar with military affairs to lead the six armies, and fight on behalf of the Burmese without a way!"

Zhu Yijun said and asked Fang Fengshi: "Who is your Privy Council talking about?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the Privy Council is discussing the Privy Council's Deputy Envoy and Assistant Secretary of the Ministry of War, Rong Zheng, Liang Gongmenglong, and Nanben Bing, Yin Chengmao."

Fang replied at the right time.

Zhu Yijun said: "Qing needs to be coordinated in Beijing, and Jiguo Gong wants to assist in the military aircraft, neither of which is suitable to go, Yin Zhengmao is well versed in the difficulty of fighting in the southwest, so I need him to sit in the Nanjing Military Department, supervise the transportation of grain and grass, and change others, I am not at ease, just like the governor of the river must be Lingyunyi; Let Liang Qing, who is familiar with maritime affairs and military affairs, go. ”

Liang Menglong got up at this time and arched his hand: "Yes!" ”

"Get the troop card!"

After a short time, Fang handed over the troop transfer card at the right time.

Zhu Yijun handed this over to Liang Menglong.

Liang Menglong knelt down and took the troop transfer card.

Zhu Yijun said: "Passing the decree, Liang Qingqin sent a military affairs through Liangguang, Yunnan-Guizhou, and Sichuan, and was also in charge of the salt management method of the grain roads in the three places, and was also the deputy envoy of the Privy Council. ”