Chapter 166: Fighting the Court Again (I)

In March of the 38th year of Kangxi's reign, five seagoing ships sailing to Korea returned first loaded with local specialties and a large amount of silver; In May, six seagoing ships sailed to Japan; At the beginning of June, nine sea-going ships sailing to Batavia, Java, also returned laden with supplies such as copper, iron, rice, and chiming bells; The goods brought back by the three-way sea were converted into silver, with a total profit of nearly 4 million taels and a total of more than 2.2 million taels of customs duties.

It is gratifying to make a small test of cattle knives, and it is gratifying to make Yinzuo even happier that a large number of sailors have been trained, and the facts have also proved that the new type of sea ships are enough to withstand the wind and waves on the ocean, as evidenced by the fact that there is no loss of twenty sea ships. With a large number of sailors who have withstood the test of the sea, Yinzuo has the bottom in his heart, and is hesitating to prepare for the second ocean-going operation, this time the scale is far greater than the first time, and it is expected to put into nearly 100 large sea ships, the largest scale since the opening of the Qing Dynasty, but things are not as smooth as Yinzuo thought - according to the "Honghu" news, a storm is brewing in the court against Yinzuo, and the spearhead is directed at overseas trade. This news made Yinzuo very angry, and he had to immediately convene Wu and Lin to discuss countermeasures.

"The two gentlemen have already seen this joint excerpt, let's talk about it, how to deal with this matter?" Yinzuo was a little angry and funny and threw a fold in his hand on the table, this fold is naturally not the original, but a copy of "Honghu", but the signature on the top is not much different from the real book, there are all kinds of characters on it, there are several elder brothers' disciples, and there are also a lot of old Mr. Dongyan - the first one is the current Ministry of Rites Shangshu Miao Tong, Old Man Miao, full of more than 200 ministers jointly played, it is not a trivial matter.

The whole excerpt is a sage's quotations, very old-fashioned, full of so-called gentlemen do not speak for profit, and the elder brother takes the lead in business to violate the sage's education, and so on, proposing that the so-called profit-seeking behavior hinders the way of the sage, advocating the implementation of the sea ban again, abolishing the way of obscenity and ingenuity, and pointing the finger directly at the steel project that Yinzuo engaged in in Zhili Province. If Yinzuo was the emperor, he would have driven this group of Zi Dongyan home to eat himself, but unfortunately he is not the emperor, and the old man Kangxi has always loved face, and has always regarded himself as a saint disciple, if Yinzuo can't refute everyone above the court, and the brothers attack in groups, I'm afraid that the sea at the beginning is really in danger of being abolished, and this kind of consequence is not something that Yinzuo can afford.

Wu and Lin were not very in favor of Yinzuo engaging in overseas trade, of course, this is not because the two of them are not knowledgeable, but because they are limited by the times, they can't see the huge changes that overseas trade can bring, and their eyes are only limited to the land of China, and Yinzuo can't tell the two of them about the future he knows; Secondly, both of them are old and calculating, and they have long thought that once overseas trade is launched, there will inevitably be a situation where the old conservative courtiers will play together, which naturally has the credit of the elder brothers, once they are not careful, they will lose all the plates, neither of them is in a hurry to speak, and they are silently pondering.

Yinzuo gritted his teeth and said: "This king once refuted Shen Zhengwen when he was young, it's a big deal to do it again, and it's not a big deal." Those who have the ability to memorize scriptures and translate allusions, Ben Wang is not afraid of anyone. Yinzuo's words are not false, with his somewhat perverted memory, compared to memorizing scriptures, no one in those courtiers can compare with him at all.

"I'm afraid that the saint won't give the prince this opportunity at all, and everyone will be golden, even if the saint doesn't want to seal the sea, he has to do it." Lin Xuanyi sighed and said.

Wu Sidao nodded slightly and said: "Brother Lihe's words are reasonable, if this wind of tandem is too much, even if the saint can see the benefits of overseas trade, in order to prevent material discussions, he will definitely take the prince to fight, if this is the case, it is a trivial matter to abandon the previous achievements, and the prince's plan is only afraid that it will be difficult to do, and now Yi Yulu seems that only countermeasures can stop this unhealthy trend." ”

"Countermeasures?" Yinzuo pondered for a while, and was a little puzzled by what this countermeasure was said - Yinzuo has always had no private dealings with important ministers in the court, although there are some minions under him, but most of them are local officials, and there are only a few middle-level officials in the court, and the only one who can be regarded as a big member is Liu Siyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, even if Yinzuo wants to counteract, he must have that power, right?

"Not bad, counteract!" Wu Sidao nodded and said: "Yulu is sure that there must be a brother behind this fold, but the brother is not in the same heart, and it is not difficult to divide and dissolve, as for Miao Tong and other old masters, they don't have to care too much, don't forget that Shi Shilun, Fan Shijie and other cutting-edge people are all people who do practical things, if they take the lead, things are not difficult to do." ”

"Okay, Mr. Wu's words are very much in line with the king's intentions." Yinzuo nodded, picked up the pen, waved the pen, and sprinkled thousands of words with an excerpt has been written, taking Guan Zhong Xingqi, the Song Dynasty shipping flourishing and etiquette as an example to refute the excerpt written by Miao Tong one by one.

"Good!" Lin Xuanyi read the article again, said hello, polished the excerpt again, described some radical words in a euphemistic tone, and recopied them neatly, so that after Wu Sidao read it, he handed it over to Yinzuo again.

Hey, yes, Lin Xuanyi is very careful, if people know that this fold is our own handwriting, I'm afraid it's really a little inappropriate, this polishing, retouching, and not our handwriting, others can't see it at all. Yinzuo nodded and said: "This king will let Shi Shilun start this matter, send someone to send it, and by the way, tell me what this king means, he should know what to do." ”

Wu Sidao thought for a while and said: "It's not appropriate, it's better for the prince to go in person, if this matter accidentally leaks out, the turmoil is not small." ”

Well, yes, there are a lot of people, and the hat of colluding with the courtiers is very heavy, so let's just take a trip. Yinzuo smiled and said: "Yes, this king will go to meet the third child first, and then go to Shifu for a walk." "It's already three o'clock at this time, although the summer days are longer, and when Yinzuo finishes the third Yinzhi, it's dark in the morning, and the so-called walking to Shifu is just a secret visit in plain clothes. Wu and Lin naturally understood that Yinzuo wanted to play the trick of the black-clothed night walk again, so they each shook their heads and laughed.

Pinching the lion naturally has to pick the soft one first, the strength of the third faction of Yinzuo's brothers is the weakest, and there is not much energy, but there is one thing that Yinzuo values very much - the pen, the old three and the gang dance and ink all day long, and they have a lot of shitty poetry collections, anthologies and other things, and they are still somewhat famous in Beijing; Moreover, although Yinzhi is now no longer the messenger of the Ministry of Rites, most of the officials in the Ministry of Rites are still his subordinates, and he can get Yinzhi, at least he doesn't have to worry about the Ministry of Rites jumping out to sing against himself, if he can give Yinzhi enough benefits, it would be great if he stood up and joined forces with himself, but Yinzuo himself also understands that it is easy to let the third child stand aside and watch the excitement, and it is difficult for him to jump out and speak for himself, unless the interests are big enough for the third child to work hard. But then again, it's not worth giving too much profit to buy the third child, after all, the third child actually doesn't have much energy, and everything still has to rely on strength to speak, right?

The third man's mansion is not far from Yinzuo's palace, just a few streets away, but Yinzuo still took a big sedan chair with great fanfare, leading a group of guards and long-term followers to the third man's mansion. The third and fifth men are all there, and they are busy meeting the text, as soon as they heard that Yinzuo has arrived outside the house, Yinzhi hurriedly greeted him, and before anyone arrived, laughter came first: "Haha...... Yo, how can the sixth brother have time to come to my brother today, haha, it's just right, my brother is writing today, the sixth brother has a good article, why do you have to leave some ink treasures? ”

, looking at the virtue of your kid's smile, you must know what Lao Tzu is doing, damn, return Mobao, you kid is afraid that he said that he left the money to buy the road. Although Yinzuo muttered endlessly in his heart, his acting skills were good, his face was extremely bright, and he said happily: "The third brother is talented, Wenmo is in the world, how dare the younger brother be ugly, hehe, isn't the third brother forcing the younger brother to show his beyond?" ”

"Haha, what did the sixth brother say, go, sit in the house." Yinzhi is not tall, and he is also emaciated, and he is really a little aggrieved and panicked when he walks around Yinzuo, so he hurriedly leads the way, and welcomes Yinzuo into the hall with a smile. ”

Depend on! This kid really can't wait, damn, this guy has no envoy from the Ministry of Rites, I'm afraid he's been poor and crazy lately. Hey, you're in a hurry, so we're not in a hurry. Yinzuo despised Yinzhi fiercely in his heart, and replied with the same smile: "How can the little brother have anything, that is, I am idle and bored to come to the third brother's place to wander, just look at my eldest nephews, hehe, I heard that the third brother's children are all talented, and they can dance and write at a young age, which is amazing, and they will definitely be able to take over the mantle of the third brother in the future, hehe, it really makes the little brother envious to death, the two stinky boys in the little brother's family don't know anything except how to roll on the ground, it really hurts the little brother's brain." ”

When Yinzhi saw that Yinzuo didn't talk about his business, but talked about his sons, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment before saying: "Sixth brother, this is a bit blameful, how old are your two sons, can it be that you can be literate and martial arts at the age of two?" Ah, my brother heard that the sea ......"

Yinzhi wanted to turn the topic to overseas trade, but Yinzuo didn't give him a chance, and interrupted with a smile: "The third brother doesn't agree with this, as the saying goes: three years old to see the old, this child's education can be grasped from an early age, if it is not difficult, this small tree can be carved, and the big tree is difficult to twist......" Yinzuo opened his mouth is a large set of parenting scriptures, listening to Yinzhi's heart is a big set of parenting scriptures, I can't understand what Yinzuo wants to do, it will not be a special trip to ask for education knowledge, it is too ridiculous, it is easy to wait for Yinzuo to say that he is tired and stops, and quickly interjected: "The third brother heard that someone in the court is very dissatisfied with the sixth brother, and he is trying to give the sixth brother a little color to see, I don't know if it's true or not?" ”

"Oh? Are you sure? Yinzuo deliberately pretended to be surprised and asked, "How come?" This king has always been kind to others, and the third brother knows this best, alas, how can anyone treat the younger brother like this, and where does this start? ”

Yinzhi naturally understands that Yinzuo is pretending to be confused, but there is no way, there is no errand during this time, the expenses are large, the old man is close to the treasury, and then it is not easy to borrow silver from the treasury as before, and he has long been counting on being able to get a piece of the pie from Yinzuo, seeing Yinzuo's surprised look, Yinzhi had to patiently reveal a little bit of the news he "heard", and patted his chest and said that if he can't get along with Yinzuo, he can't get along with him or something nonsense.

Damn, sample, aren't you the only one who can't get along with us? Hey, money is really a good thing, don't look at a person's preciousness, and even his father can sell his own father when he sees money in private. Yinzuo's eyes rolled, and he frowned and said: "Alas, it's all the little brother who is not good, what kind of shipping is it, no, the matter is out." ”

"Alas, those people are just jealous that the sixth brother can save money, it's just jealousy, why should the sixth brother take it to heart." Yinzhi said with a smile.

"Hehe, the third brother is reasonable, but it's not a matter to always make everyone's eyes red, and the younger brother is also wondering if it should be ......" Yinzuo deliberately stopped, so anxious that the smile on Yinzhi's face stiffened a little, and then said slowly: "Everyone should make money if they have money, right?" The younger brother is not a master of eating alone, the younger brother's shipyard has just completed some big ships, if the third brother does not dislike the younger brother, how about allocating a few to the third brother? ”

"Oh, that's a good dare, but there is no one around my brother who knows how to do it, if it is, hehe, if it's convenient for the sixth brother, why don't you let the sixth brother help the brother?" Yinzhi said with a shy face.

Yinzuo looked at Yinzhi, deliberately pretended to think, and said in a deep voice: "Cheng, the younger brother will help the third brother take care of the three boats, but Huang Ama ......" Yinzuo only said half of his words, Yinzhi heard that there was money to be made, and he didn't need to spend any effort, so he quickly calculated in his heart, and said happily: "The matter of the sixth brother is the matter of the elder brother, and the elder brother will not stand idly by in this matter." Hahaha......"

The brothers looked at each other whimfully and laughed......

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