Chapter 159: The Hunter Returns

On the sixth day of November in the 36th year of Kangxi, the waiter of the Criminal Department died mysteriously in the public court, and all the elder brothers present went to their own books, but they all went to the sea like a stone sinking into the sea, and the old man Kangxi did not say a word about this matter, and all the elder brothers involved in the case did not understand what the old man wanted to do, and they were panicked. On the eighth day of February in the 37th year of Kangxi, the old man Kangxi returned to Beijing and did not enter the city, but stayed in Changchun Garden, summoned more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the Fengtai battalion to garrison, and transferred the army of General Langzhang of Gukou Zhenwu in Beigukou to return to Beijing to set up the Xishan Jianrui Camp in Xishan, and summoned the prince and the adult elder brother in Beijing to enter the Changchun Garden.

The prince and the elder brother were not summoned by the old man immediately after entering the garden, and Li Dequan passed on the old man's words and asked the big guy to wait. This wait waited for Shen Shi, a group of brothers were called early in the morning, breakfast was useless, and they were all talking nonsense in front of their heads, and they were so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs, but the old man never paid attention to this brother, and he didn't even send someone to deliver meals and snacks, and the big guy was a little panicked, and he didn't know what the old man wanted to do, they were suspicious, and they didn't even have any interest in chatting, and a group of brothers just sat and waited in silence.

Others don't know, but Yinzuo knows in his heart, the old man is playing psychological warfare, first snub the brothers, and then the big stick will be waved down and the pain will be called terrible, although I don't quite understand how big the old man has prepared, but it is inevitable to be beaten, so Yinzuo is not in a hurry at all, and he is too lazy to talk nonsense with other brothers.

At three o'clock, the sun was a little westward, the old man never summoned the brothers, the big guy really couldn't sit still, but looking at the soldiers of the camp outside who were fully armed and didn't dare to move around casually, just when he was anxious, Li Dequan came with the holy decree in his hand, and the elder brothers hurriedly knelt on the ground, saying long live, ready to receive the order.

Li Dequan's emaciated face tightened, and he slowly unfolded the holy decree, and preached in a sharp voice: "Fengtian carries the emperor's edict ......"

The edict is not long, but the content is very amazing, the old man Kangxi issued an edict and exempted all the envoys of the elder brother, even the prince's original nominal ministers. This edict suddenly shocked all the brothers, only the boss didn't care, anyway, he didn't have a messenger, at this moment seeing the dumbfounded appearance of his younger brothers, he was proud, the prince didn't speak, he took the lead to thank him, which woke up a group of dumbfounded brothers, the big guy thanked him in a mess, and stood up with a look at each other, each of them was desolate.

Depend on! What kind of fame is the old man doing, this hand is too ruthless, one guy will cut the authority in everyone's hands cleanly, ***, what kind of play is it singing? Rao is Yinzuo already knew that he was going to be hit by the board, but he didn't expect this board to be so heavy, standing with a depressed face, he couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, but it was okay, the old man's words were golden mouths, you have to endure the loss, there is no place to be reasonable.

The big guy was confused and weak, and he was in a hurry to go back and convene his henchmen to discuss the matter, but the old man didn't call him away, and no one dared to leave, right? After whispering to the ninth and tenth for a while, the eighth and tenth quietly came to Yinzuo's side and asked with a smile: "Sixth brother, why did you see this thing done like this?" Hey, the junior brother didn't do a good job of the criminal department, and he should be withdrawn, how could you even eat and hang up the sixth brother, or go to Huang Amana to ask? ”

Hey, you're a dead, you're playing with Lao Tzu, and you're really counting on us to come out and hit the wall, damn, you kid can be regarded as insidious at home. Yinzuo naturally understood in his heart that the eighth brother was planning to instigate himself to make trouble, but he replied with a smile on his face: "Ah, okay, just ask the eighth brother to work hard, the sixth brother is waiting here." ”

The eighth brother saw that Yinzuo was not fooled, but he was not in a hurry, he knew that Yinzuo was very good, and he didn't expect to be able to deceive Yinzuo, just a conversation, and said with a smile: "The sixth brother acts in a bright and upright manner, there must be a villain to make trouble, and when the emperor Ama sees the summons later, the younger brother will definitely help the sixth brother speak." ”

Hey, this kid is worried that we'll sue him, and he's all stuck to this, interesting, damn, if Lao Tzu doesn't want to use you to carry the prince, can you help your kid cover up? Hey, the big guy knows what to say. Yinzuo smiled and was about to reply, Li Dequan led a few little eunuchs to announce the decree again: "The emperor has an edict, and Yinzuo, the king of Xuanyi County, is driving." ”

Well? What's going on? It stands to reason that he should see the prince first, how could it be Lao Tzu's turn first, damn, the old man wants to roast us on the stove again, you can't change a new trick when you are old? Yinzuo knew in his heart that the old man was going to make him a target for the brothers' attacks, and he couldn't help but be angry and hateful in his heart, but he didn't have a point, frowned, and walked towards the Yanbo Zhishuang Pavilion in the jealous eyes of a group of brothers.

"Erchen has seen Huang Ama." As soon as Yinzuo saw the old man Kangxi sitting on top with a smile, he immediately fell to his knees.

"Well, get up." The old man Kangxi looked at Yinzuo with interest for a while before letting him calm down.

"Xie Huang Ama." Yinzuo stood up, bowed, neither looked at the minister standing on both sides, nor did he say much, just stood quietly.

The old man Kangxi said with a smile: "Xiao Liu'er's shipping envoy has done a good job, I am very relieved, hmm, what should the emperor reward you?" ”

What's the reward, ***, isn't your old man rewarding, our messenger will be gone after a board is beaten,. Although Yinzuo was angry in his heart, how dare he send it at this time, so he had to reply honestly: "It's all the wise guidance of Huang Amma, and the sons are just running errands, so they don't dare to take credit." ”

"Hahaha......" The old man Kangxi laughed loudly, it seemed that all the authority of the elder brothers had been cut, he was in a good mood, and he laughed for a while before saying: "If you do wrong, you will be punished, and if you do well, you will be rewarded, well......" The old man Kangxi seemed to be thinking about what to reward Yinzuo.

Yinzuo's heart suddenly moved, and he remembered one thing - originally Yinzuo controlled the shipping in his hands, and the matter of engaging in overseas trade had already begun, just waiting for the ship to be on the merchant ship as soon as it was completed, but at this time, the difference was gone, and it would be difficult to engage in overseas trade. Yin Zuo was sure about it, and immediately spoke: "Erchen wants to ask Huang Ama for a reward." ”

"Oh? Tell me about it. "It's the first time that Yinzuo has taken the initiative to ask for a reward, and the old man Kangxi is also interested.

"Huang Ama, the sea ships required for Cao Yun have been completed 20 times, it is expected that by the end of this year, there will be 200 Cao ships in use, which can transfer nearly half of the grain, and the remaining 200 ships can also be put into use in the middle of the next year at the latest, so far the sea transport has completely replaced the inland river transport, if Erchen expands the size of the shipyard again, before the end of this year, the required 400 Cao ships will be completed by the end of this year, but in this way, the shipyard in Erchen's hands will not have much work, if it is closed, once the Cao ship is damaged, It's not easy to make up for it. Yinzuo talked a lot and still didn't say what reward he wanted, and the old man Kangxi was stunned for a while, and he couldn't understand what Yinzuo wanted to do, so he muttered for a while, looked at Yinzuo fixedly, and said: "Little Liu'er, you and I are going around in circles, just say what reward you want." ”

"Yes, Emperor Ama, the retainers want a seal for overseas trade." Yinzuo directly said what he wanted.

"Huh?" The old man Kangxi was stunned for a moment, although it is difficult to get the customs seal, it is not difficult for this brother to get a seal from the General Administration of Customs, but Yinzuo raised this matter so solemnly, there is an article here. The old man thought for a moment and asked, "Tell me the reason." ”

Yinzuo naturally didn't say his true thoughts, paused slightly, and said: "Huang Ama Mingjian, the treasury now only has more than 15 million taels of silver, compared to more than 50 million taels in the 27th year of Kangxi, it is really a lot less, there are still a lot of expenses on the river work and Cao Yun, although there is a method of imperial merchants donating for salt, after all, it is not a long-term solution, now the war in Jungger is peaceful, but the hundred-legged insect is dead and not stiff, once the war resumes, the treasury without silver is always not a way, if the tax is increased and may hurt the people's hearts, Erchen is not talented, and several factories under his command can also pay nearly two million taels of national taxes every year, if Erchen is allowed to open the sea, Erchen can also pay at least five million taels of customs duties every year, although it is not much, but it is not without a small supplement to the country. ”

Yinzuo reported a few numbers in a row, and suddenly shocked the ministers of the study on the gang, everyone knew that Yinzuo was rich, but they didn't expect Yinzuo to be so rich, just the annual tax is already two million taels, so how much money can Yinzuo earn? Although the commercial tax is relatively high at this time, it will not be less than two million taels in Yinzuo's hands, which can really be said to be rich and rival the country.

The big guy was shocked that Yinzuo was rich, but the old man Kangxi didn't think so, in his opinion, Yinzuo was going to defile himself, he was telling himself that he didn't have the heart to fight for the reserve, although he didn't like it in his heart, but he had promised Yinzuo to reward him before he came, and secondly, the old man Kangxi also wanted to see if Yinzuo could really pay the tariff of five million taels of silver every year, which was not a small amount of money, if it really worked, he might as well let Yinzuo try it. The old man Kangxi pondered for a while and said, "In this case, I will let you try." Kneel down. ”

Seeing that the day when the planning for many years is finally coming to fruition, Yinzuo is happy in his heart: as soon as the sea is opened, not only the money is rolling in, but also more important technologies and ideas and other things have come in, although there will be many disputes and setbacks at that time, but as long as the door of the sea is opened, under the general trend, all the resistance will not be worth mentioning, and this is the foreshadowing laid when Yinzuo designed to destroy Yinzhen to clear the deficit - the treasury is empty, and the old man Kangxi has a good face, Not only is he unwilling to raise taxes, but he also likes to exempt taxes from various places from time to time, and there is not much success in paying off the debts, the treasury is naturally not abundant, and the old man will be anxious if he has no money, and Yinzuo wants this effect.

Yinzuo was happy in his heart, and as soon as he returned to the palace, he poured out all today's events like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, but the two strategists were not very interested in overseas trade, but pondered the old man's move to take power, after all, both of them were Confucian disciples and didn't like to talk about money very much, and secondly, the two of them were limited by the times and couldn't see the whole world with their eyes, which was also a helpless thing. Yinzuo saw that the two were not interested in overseas trade, so he didn't say more, thinking that some things still can't be broken, and he has to leave a hole card for himself, right?

"The reason why the saint didn't mention the case of the criminal department is that he has already made a decision in his heart, and the authority of the elder brothers is to rectify the dynasty, and now the elder brothers have become the errand elder brother, not the main elder brother, according to Li He, at least within three or five years, the holy will not delegate power again, so it is okay, the prince should take this opportunity to concentrate on the layout, so as not to be caught off guard when the holy delegates power." Lin Xuanyi thought for a while and then took the lead in opening his mouth.

"Yes, a piece of the way of civil and martial arts, the saint will not delegate power again before the situation is rectified, although the prince proposed overseas trade is suspected of self-staining, but it is also a clever move, at least in the eyes of the saint, the prince will not pose a threat to the status of the saint, if it can really increase the treasury income by sea, it will indeed be of a lot of help to the prince's holy family." Wu Sidao objectively analyzed the situation.

Hehe, Brother will do the errand, we will do what we are handed over, we will rest, and we don't have to be on duty in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry all day long, anyway, there is Liu Siyuan staring at it, and there will be no big mess, let's hurry up and talk about the sea, well, there are really a lot of things to do, the fleet, the source of goods, manpower, well, and the development of new artillery also have to start, this matter is still handed over to the Ministry of Industry to do, saving people to be on the ginseng. Yinzuo's heart was full of thoughts, and he raised his eyes to look at the dark night sky outside the window, as if he seemed to see the ocean-going fleet flying the dragon flag rolling over......

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