Dinghai Hou Mansion.

"Jin Yiwei is so careless that he noticed it?"

Hearing what happened in the court, Guo An couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Master Hou, this matter has already been a bit alarming, what about the Chamber of Commerce?"

On the side, Shen Zhuang, the steward of the Chamber of Commerce, cautiously asked Guo An.

"Go on!"

Guo An smiled faintly, "If you can make those thieves startled, then it will be even better!" ”

"Shopkeeper Shen, please go and find out, when that person was in Yunnan, which gentry and magnates had a good relationship?

Or, what are the rise of the gentry families that have something to do with this? ”

"The villain must do this!"

Shen Zhuang hurriedly responded.

Guo An nodded slightly, and continued: "The waters south of the Yangtze River are well developed in all directions, and the ships of our maritime trade chamber of commerce will inevitably expand to the entire south.

At present, there will be no change in the shareholders of the Chamber of Commerce, but if the ship expands and meets the right merchants and gentry, you can also give them some part, and let those merchants and gentry participate!

There is strength in numbers, as long as they follow the rules of the ship, we are welcome! ”

"Thank you Master Hou, the villain understands!"

Shen Zhuang's face was overjoyed.

"But every ship, the Chamber of Commerce must control its sixty percent!"

"Yes, Master Hou!"

Guo An nodded, and asked again: "What we asked you to investigate, how did you investigate?" ”

Hearing this, Shen Zhuang looked so full of expression that he couldn't help but look up, and then replied in a low voice: "Back to the Hou Ye, the villain has also been investigated!" ”

Guo An's face was happy, "Tell us about it!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!"

Shen Zhuang answered, then took out a booklet from his arms and handed it to Guo An.

"Master Hou, the Jingshi takes the Tianjie Temple as the most, with more than 13,000 acres of production land, all over Gaochun and Lishui; Below it is Linggu Temple, which has more than 9,000 acres of land; Tianxi Temple, with more than 5,000 acres of land;

Qixia Temple, Qingliang Temple, Yongqing Temple, Waguan Temple, Eagle Peak Temple, Cheng'en Temple, Puyuan Temple, Kichijoji Temple, Jinling Temple, Jiashan Temple, Puhui Temple, Hongji Temple, Reception Temple and other 16 temples, with production fields, also range from 5,000 to 3,000 acres......

In Beijing alone, all the fields produced by these temples add up to more than 95,000 acres.

As for Jiangnan and other places, Guoqing Temple, Jingshan Temple, Tiantong Temple, Jingci Temple...... There are at least hundreds of large temples, and these temples have acres of land, most of which are tens of thousands of acres, and some are three or four thousand acres, adding up to at least more than 600,000 acres......"

"So much?"

Guo An's eyes widened, full of surprise.

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said: "Master Hou, these temples not only produce a lot of land, but each temple is friendly with many gentry officials and other powerful families.

If you are angry with the Tianxi Temple, you can only attack the Tianxi Temple.

If so many temples attack together, I am afraid that they will be counterattacked by more than half of the powerful gentry in the world......"

Guo An glanced at Shen Zhuang and said lightly: "We have our own plans for this matter!" ”

Shen Zhuang hurriedly said: "It's the villain who is too talkative!" ”

"Okay, you go and check the affairs of Yunnan first!"

"The villain retires ......"

……

"Who the hell is staring at me from behind? I've never offended anyone, and I don't have much money at home......

Is it the person behind the counterfeit banknotes? Or is it the person behind the dead officials in Jiang Ning? ”

"Or maybe the Tianxi Temple, just a few temples, can have so many forces, so many monks do not pay taxes, do not accept forced labor, and occupy so many acres of land......"

As Shen Zhuang left, Guo An lay on the chair and thought about it boringly.

"Raising such a loyal dead soldier must be a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years! Could it be the remnants of another Pu family?

Or, Zhu Yunwen ......"

"Hiss......"

Thinking of Zhu Yunwen, Guo An couldn't help but take a cold breath and sat up slowly.

Unknowingly, I have offended so many people?

Especially that Zhu Yunwen, as long as he is not stupid, after all the officials of the entire Beiping Yan Palace, he is the only one who is the marquis, and he is rewarded so much? You can come up with something.

Alas!

Even if he has been cautious, but now that he has become the time, how can he still survive?

Guo An shouted: "Guo Ang! ”

"Sir!"

The housekeeper Guo Ang hurriedly ran in.

Guo An said: "Prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, I want to play!" ”

Guo Ang was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said with joy on his face.

"Yes, sir!"

A quarter of an hour later.

A long piece of music appeared in Guo An's pen.

When the ink dried, Guo An sent Xu Yong, with two Yan Shanwei, to send the music into the palace.

……

Inside the Fengtian Temple.

"The piece written by Guo Qing himself?"

Hearing Xu Yong's intention, Zhu Di couldn't help but be puzzled, "Why didn't Guo Qing come in person?" ”

Xu Yong's expression was strange, "Back to Your Majesty, the Jingshi has been a little chaotic these days, and the Hou Ye feels that as soon as he leaves the mansion, he will attract the attention of many people, so it's better to stay in the mansion!" ”

“……”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, "Hmph, he's not afraid, but lazy!" ”

Xu Yong sneered and was silent.

Zhu Di's face darkened, and he said helplessly: "Okay, present the chapter!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xu Yong hurriedly handed the piece to Yishiha.

Immediately, Yizha presented the music to Zhu Di again.

Zhu Di opened it directly and looked at it.

"Weichen Dinghai Marquis Guo An, play Your Majesty.

Wechen is in the house, and the people who have sinned against Wechen have all been brushed up, the first priority, the thief behind the counterfeit banknotes......

Second in line, the remnants of the Pu family...... The third in line, Jiang Ning's Zhang family remnants who were raided...... Fourth, it is Zhu Yunwen, the king of Shouchun County......"

"Zhu Yunwen?"

Seeing this, Zhu Di's brows furrowed directly.

However, he only wrinkled slightly, and then slowly shook his head.

Zhu Yunwen is so weak, how dare he make such a big move? And no one reported it to him!

Zhu Di continued to look down.

Since Jinyiwei suspected the secretary of the ministry, Weichen sent Shen Zhuang, the manager of the Maritime Trade Chamber of Commerce, to Yunnan to investigate.

In addition, Wechen decided to take advantage of this plan to expand the scale of the shipping line. Wherever the waters are developed, there can be a boat line.

In each place, our chamber of commerce only needs to hold 60 parts, and the rest is used to attract the local gentry and wealthy merchants, who will form a shipping company and manage the shipping company......"

In addition, after this incident, Weichen was deeply harmed by the temple and public opinion.

Wechen asked His Majesty to set up a newspaper and distribute newspapers, so that the people of the world can know His Majesty's intentions and the truth of everything through the newspaper, so as to prevent those thieves from being deceived by public opinion and oppressing good people.

……

His Majesty forgave the sin, and Weichen also found a shocking thing...... The temple has become a cancer of the Ming Dynasty.

I don't know if Your Majesty knows that there are only more than ten temples around Jingshi, which have nearly 100,000 acres of land and thousands of monks.

These monks did not pay taxes or accept forced labor, but they occupied so much fertile land.

And those landless poor peasants, not only have to pay taxes, but also have to serve forced labor, but they have no land, and they have to farm for those temples, how unfair is it? How can it not be wrathful?

And the most infuriating thing is that those temples collect countless incense and money every day, but they shout that they have no money, loot the hard-earned money from the people, and even lend usury to the people......

Your Majesty, the capital is like this, and the land south of the Yangtze River, where temples are prevalent, is even more so, and the evil of temples is difficult to write......"

Seeing this, Zhu Di's brows furrowed directly.

Decentralization, Xu Yong couldn't help but feel nervous.

"Someone, summon the prince!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yisha hurriedly walked out.

At this time, Zhu Di also noticed Xu Yong and waved his hand.

"Alright, you go down first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Xu Yongru was amnestied and hurriedly retired.

Soon.

On the other side, when Zhu Gaochi heard Zhu Di summoning him, he put down the music in his hand and hurriedly came to the main hall.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Gaochi asked with some doubts: "Dad, I don't know if I want to call the child over, what's the urgency?" ”

"Look at this piece!"

Zhu Di directly handed the music in his hand to Zhu Gaochi.

"Concerto?"

Zhu Gaochi looked puzzled, every day, all the pieces would be the first to pass through his hands, why didn't he know that there was still this movement?

Zhu Di said: "This is just now, Dinghai Hou sent the escort Xu Yong into the palace!" ”

"Teacher's recital?"

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but be surprised, his teacher actually wrote the opening chapter?

Thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi hurriedly opened the piece and looked at it.

The more he looked, the more solemn Zhu Gaochi's expression became.

After Zhu Gaochi finished reading, Zhu Di asked, "What do you see?" ”

"Back to my father, the teacher was annoyed by the monks of Tianxi Temple, this is a revenge!"

Zhu Gaochi said directly, "However, what the teacher said is also something that those officials of my Ming Dynasty can't see on weekdays!" ”

"yes!"

Zhu Di said with emotion, "This is just the situation of the temples in Jingshi and Jiangnan and other places told by Guo Qing, if the temples in the whole country are combined, wouldn't the land they occupy be more than one million mu?"

In this way, how many landless and poor peasants need to be trapped by forced labor? ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "Dad, these temples are really hateful, they should confiscate their land!" ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and said: "Since this matter is played by your teacher, then he must have come up with a corresponding strategy!" ”

Zhu Gaochi was stunned, "What does dad mean?" ”

Zhu Di said directly: "Let's go, let's go to Dinghai Hou Mansion!" ”

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened, "Dad...... Wise! ”

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Di laughed.

……

In the Dinghai Hou Mansion.

Guo An asked Xu Yong, "What are your majesty's words?" ”

"Your Majesty asks why you don't go in person!"

Xu Yong replied honestly.

"What did you say?"

"According to what Master Hou said!"

"What does Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty said you were lazy!"

"Uh...... Your Majesty finished reading the recital? ”

"Your Majesty frowned, send someone to summon His Royal Highness the Prince!"

"And after that......"

"The last general is back!"

"Hmm!"

Guo An nodded thoughtfully, "At this time, you have worked hard, go down and rest!" ”

"Yes, Master Hou!"

Xu Yong took the order.

And Guo An slowly lay down, thinking about Zhu Di's next moves.

It's just that I haven't been lying down for a while.

Guo An heard a sound of footsteps, approaching him, and couldn't help but slowly open his eyes.

When I saw someone coming, I was shocked.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

…… (End of chapter)