According to the system, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to wear vegetables from Guanglu Temple, but by the time of the Jiajing period, it had become the responsibility of the inner cook, because the Jiajing Emperor did not trust the ministers of the outer court.

The small dining room of the Qianqing Palace was supervised by eunuchs, which was an errand close to the emperor, and was usually handled by the eunuchs of the celebrant Zhangyin, the eunuchs of Dongchang and the eunuchs of the Qianqing Palace.

Feng Bao had just done something wrong, and this errand in the small dining room in the Qianqing Palace belonged to Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong heard the emperor ask what the dish was, and hurriedly said: "If you go back to Your Majesty, it is a tribute sent by Yuegang, saying that it is something to be eaten overseas, if Your Majesty doesn't like it, the minister will not do it in the future." ”

"Eat without speaking, sleep without speaking." Empress Dowager Li did not conform to the etiquette of the little emperor, and said the law during the meal, and admonished her with a little anger.

Zhu Yijun turned his head and stared at Zhang Hong tightly, with a little fierceness in his eyes, even if he read Wang Zhanglong's case, His Majesty's smile was still sunny and cheerful, but at this moment, His Majesty, it seems that Zhang Hong has a wrong answer, and he will be thrown into the solution courtyard with a thousand cuts.

The emperor's tone asked with strong anticipation and trembling, "Is there anything left?" ”

"Yes, there are many more." Zhang Hong replied a little weakly, the Queen Mother has already admonished, but His Majesty is questioning, Zhang Hong is also very embarrassed, he doesn't want to enter the Liberation Courtyard, in comparison, the Queen Mother will only send him to Langxia's house.

As soon as he heard that there was more, Zhu Yijun immediately relaxed.

"Emperor." Empress Dowager Li's tone was a little heavier, with sternness.

Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Hong: "Take it and let me take a look." ”

"Emperor!" Empress Dowager Li finally got angry, just eat well, and see what tribute!

"The child is just curious." Zhu Yijun showed a sunny and cheerful smile and said with a smile.

But thinking that the emperor has been doing very well recently, he also pressed the idea of admonishment, the child is rare, which child is not a little curious?

This is the Qianqing Palace, not in the Wenhua Palace, nor in front of the ministers of the outer court, the constraints are too strict, but it is not conducive to the growth of the emperor.

Before the Empress Dowager Li's restraints were extremely strict, the reason was extremely simple, Feng Bao's middle and bottom traps were only a small aspect, and the most important thing was that the little emperor studied for six months, and he was never recognized by the foreign ministers, which made the Empress Dowager Li so eager.

What Empress Dowager Li is most afraid of is that her children will not be able to take over the Ming Dynasty smoothly, and her biggest expectation is that Zhu Yijun can be a stable pro-government.

Shoufu Zhang Juzheng recognized the little emperor very much, so he could relax appropriately.

Three or four round yellow tubers appeared in front of Zhu Yijun, each of which was only about the size of Zhu Yijun's fist, and there were a little black spots on it, but they did not sprout, and they did not turn blue.

"It tastes a bit like water chestnuts, what's the name?" Empress Dowager Li looked at Zhang Hong and asked.

Zhang Hong hurriedly replied: "The people call him a potato, because it looks like a horse bell, the Min people call it a potato, that is, the beans grown in the soil, if Your Majesty does not like it, the minister will send this dish to the vegetable camp." ”

"Do you know what this crop will be?" Zhu Yijun's excited heart slowly calmed down when he saw this lump of dirt.

Isn't it just potatoes? It's not like I haven't seen it.

"It was presented by Luo Gongchen, the owner of the Metropolitan Salary Pavilion and the Tongzhi of Haiphong, saying that planting one acre in Nanyang can produce twenty or thirty stones, and most of the ministers of the DPRK and China did not believe it, and they were sent last year. Zhang Hong actually doesn't believe it, this lump of soil can produce more than 20 stones a year, one stone is 120 catties, and this mu of land can produce more than 2,000 catties, who believes this?

Zhang Hong thought for a while and added: "There are also sweet potatoes sent together, which were brought by the merchant ships in Luzon, and they haven't had time to do it yet." ”

"Good, don't do it." Zhu Yijun looked at Empress Dowager Li and asked, "Metropolitan Salary Hall?" ”

Empress Dowager Li looked at the little emperor's puzzled eyes, and said with great relief: "In the thirtieth year of Jiajing, Fujian made a disturbance of the Japanese and set up the Jinghai Pavilion in Yuegang. ”

"In the forty-second year of Jiajing, Tan Lun, the current secretary of the Ministry of War, was the governor of Fujian before, and changed the Yuegang Jinghai Pavilion to the Coastal Defense Pavilion, and last year the Coastal Defense Pavilion was moved from Chenghai County to the port, and the Coastal Defense Pavilion was renamed the Metropolitan Salary Pavilion."

"The capital salary hall, the superintendent of the salary, is to collect taxes, six for every hundred, discounted silver, and escorted to the Beijing Division."

Empress Dowager Li said that the head is the way, the potato chips taste better, the children were not good at reading before, and they were not very interested in these court politics, Empress Dowager Li said to the little emperor, the little emperor was impatient, and took the initiative to ask today.

Zhu Yijun understood what the Metropolitan Salary Hall was, in fact, it was the customs, which was responsible for collecting taxes.

Empress Dowager Li continued: "Luo Gongchen is a scholar, and he didn't get into the Jinshi after taking the exam. ”

"When there was a Japanese invasion in the southeast, thousands of miles of Haijiang were in an emergency, wolf smoke was everywhere, and the government and the opposition were shaken inside and outside, Luo Gongchen organized the army and the people to resist, and he was able to take a lone army as a strong enemy.

Luo Gongchen is a scholar, but in the matter of resisting the Japanese, he has repeatedly made military achievements, and the Japanese were fierce at that time.

The gap between the reader and the reader is indeed huge.

"Last year, he returned to Beijing to report on his work and met a lot of people, but what he wanted to do was not done." When Empress Dowager Li talked about this, she lost much appetite, put down her chopsticks, and looked a little worried.

The battle to open the sea in the southeast and set up the Moon Port can be described as frightening step by step, this Luo Gongchen's original intention is that no matter how good it is, there is no one to help in the court, and it is also in vain.

This Luo Gongchen was first recommended by his old boss Tan Lun to go to the Ministry of Shangshu Yang Bo's Mansion to meet him, Tan Lun went home to keep filial piety because of his parents' funeral, and then he was recommended by Yang Bo, which is the grace of recommendation, in the Ming officialdom, this is a great kindness.

Tan Lun felt that Luo Gongchen's idea was good, so he introduced Luo Gongchen to Yang Bo.

Why did he impeach Tan Lun in the matter?

Because Tan Lun was born in the Zhejiang Army and is a comrade-in-arms with Qi Jiguang, influenced by Qi Jiguang and Liang Menglong, Tan Lun is too close to Zhang Juzheng now.

Yang Bo, as the leader of the Jin Party, was already angry with Tan Lun for repaying virtue with grievances, and directly let Luo Gongchen eat a closed door, and all the worship posts were confiscated.

Luo Gongchen left Qi Jiguang's relationship again, and asked Qi Jiguang to introduce him to Zhang Juzheng, but Zhang Juzheng heard Luo Gongchen's idea and agreed with it, so he sewed his own book on Luo Gongchen's recital and sent it to the General Political Department.

In the end, the deadline for Luo Gongchen to return to Beijing to report on his work was up, so he had to go back to Yuegang, Fujian, and wait for news.

These potatoes and sweet potatoes are the gifts that Luo Gongchen brought back to Beijing at that time, they are in the palace, Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Hall is also available, and Yang Bo should have had them, but Yang Bo didn't see Luo Gongchen, so he didn't have them.

In the first year of Wanli, potatoes were still rare in Beijing, but in the south, they had already been introduced in the Jiajing period.

"What happened to this coastal defense Tongzhi Luo Gongchen entering Beijing?" Zhu Yijun searched his memory, but there was no relevant content.

Emperor Wanli himself did not like government affairs, and the Empress Dowager Li was extremely strict in restraint, so under this rebellious psychology, he was mostly indifferent to state affairs, and his left ear went in and out of his right ear.

Empress Dowager Li leaned back in her chair and said with a little distraction: "Luo Gongchen wants to collect taxes, to be precise, set up a tax to collect foreign ship tax, draw points, draw six percent of the tax, and collect the tax of those red-haired foreign ships." ”

"Foreign ships? Luo Gongchen wants to collect taxes on foreign ships? ”

Empress Dowager Li said quite accurately: "To foreign ships." ”

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate's constitution opposes tax increases, and the reasons are quite good."

Ge Shouli said: The state has regulations on taxation, in all directions, where traders are scattered, there are banknote customs taxes, and there are also tax departments in various provinces, which are responsible for collecting taxes and silver. The tax is already so heavy, and now the sudden increase in tax is competing with the people for profit. ”

"Lu Shusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also objected, saying that it was the law of the ancestors, which has not been changed for two hundred years, and the opening of the sea to establish the Yuegang trade has violated the ancestral system, and will it continue to be violated?"

"The Ministry of Rites also said that the size of the Francophone red hair, even the number of etiquette can not be learned, let the kneeling crooked, there is a faux rude, if the foreign ship is taxed, it is not only a violation of the "Mean", the country in the world has the nine classics of the Rouyuan people, but also violates the law of the ancestors, I am afraid of causing trouble again."

"The matter was dismissed."

"Zhang Yuanfu still intends to implement it, leaving Luo Gongchen's recital, and asking him to go back and wait for news."

Empress Dowager Li has only read the female ring, and it is a little difficult to read this crepe recital, but Feng Bao has read the book, and she has trusted Feng Bao before, which is also due to this reason.

Luo Gongchen voted for Yang Bo first, Yang Bo didn't accept it, Zhang Juzheng was good-tempered, and he also gave Qi Jiguang face, put people into the Quanchu Hall, and also on Luo Gongchen's recital, the book was charged and sealed.

What kind of person is Zhang Ju? People who like him and hate him will probably admit that this person is talented, and in the same way, everyone in the world knows that Zhang Ju is a master who must repay him.

Luo Gongchen wanted to collect taxes on foreign ships, the Ministry of Rites and the General Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate opposed it, and Zhang Juzheng wanted to carry it out, which involved the issue of authoritarianism.

Zhang Juzheng is the Yuan Auxiliary, he has only been in power for a few months, and the tax on foreign ships does not involve the interests of the ministers of the DPRK and China, which will not be allowed, Zhang Juzheng is just for the sake of prestige, and he will also carry out this matter.

And Lu Shusheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was recommended by Zhang Juzheng to enter the court to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and before Lu Shusheng sat down in the chair, he began to hold the etiquette law and oppose Zhang Juzheng's decree.

If you ask Zhu Yijun what is his attitude towards collecting taxes on foreign ships?

Does this need to be discussed? Collect, be sure to collect! Customs doesn't collect taxes, like words? Like words!

You must know that part of the tax collected by the national treasury will be taken away from the national treasury, and some will go into the internal treasury.

That's my money!

Whoever doesn't let him be charged with a crime, and send people to Yongning Temple at the mouth of Heilongjiang to dig ice and get fish.

"Mother, the child wants to try to grow this potato and sweet potato." Zhu Yijun finished eating without saying a word, and then said solemnly to Empress Dowager Li.

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she looked at the little emperor with disbelief on her face, and asked in a daze: "The emperor said that he wants to farm?" Is it to observe the agricultural situation? Let Zhang Yuanfu arrange one or two. ”

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "It's not to observe the agricultural situation, nor to worship the spring god Jumang, but to plant the land, dig pits and bury seeds, sprinkle water and fertilizer, and do agricultural mulberry." ”

"Wait, does the emperor mean to go down to the ground himself?" Empress Dowager Li couldn't laugh or cry, even if her son didn't study before, now he actually wants to do farming, is that what the emperor should do?

It's really not a business.

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun said quite precisely: "Just plant potatoes." ”

Put aside the tax collection for the time being, he is not in charge of the government now, just leave it to Zhang Juzheng to charge.

But this potato must be planted.

The people regard food as the sky, and food is a matter greater than the sky.

What is Grain? Food is the indestructible imperial power.