Zhu Song looked at these relatives, and really responded to that sentence, the emperor also has poor relatives, and even himself, the prince, can't escape.

Zhu Song said helplessly: "Go in and drink saliva." ”

Everyone entered the main hall of the palace, and Zhu Song drank tea for almost a while, and drank a full water.

After drinking happily, Zhu Song wiped the water from the corner of his mouth with satisfaction and looked at the relatives present.

"You're here for customs and trade, aren't you?"

Li Rang smiled.

"Uncle Twenty, we are here for this matter, this overseas trade is a lot of money, we are all your loyal supporters, you have to help!"

Princess Xianning's concubine Song Ying also echoed on the side.

"Yes, Uncle Twenty, this thing can make more money than transporting goods, and our things in the Ming Dynasty are sold in other countries, and the price and profit are doubled!"

Zhu Song looked at the two horses and said slowly: "It's useless for you to come to me for this matter of customs, because I am not responsible for it at all, and I will not be involved." ”

Li Rang and Song Ying glanced at each other, and then Li Rang asked, "Twenty uncle, although the Customs Department handed it over to the inner court, you came up with this idea after all?" It's easy for you to talk to your father, but if you want to get involved, isn't it quite easy? ”

Song Ying also said: "Yes, Uncle Twenty, why are you giving such a good opportunity to those businessmen?" Wouldn't it be nice for us to do it as a family? It's better for us to earn money than for outsiders to earn it! ”

Zhu Song looked at these people, and the others didn't speak, so it seems that the idea of today's incident was the two of them.

"Let me ask you two, why do you say that the imperial court has this customs department to open up maritime trade?"

Li Rang replied, "Do you need to talk about it?" Earn money! The treasury has always been empty, we all know this, we don't have the ability of our uncle, and we have done a lot of things within our ability, such as the problem of empty salary, we have been urging our father not to take advantage of the court. ”

Zhu Song nodded: "You two are doing a good job, do you know why the imperial court wants to open customs to trade with other countries?" It is because the imperial court wants to change the tax system, and merchants sell goods through the customs, and the imperial court has to collect taxes! ”

"How many merchants are there in Daming? And how many of our own people? Even if you count the meritorious heroes, compared with the size of the merchants, it is also a small thing, you also said that the imperial court is to make money, customs and taxes, this is a big deal, the more our people mix, the more losses for the country, your father has to do so much, you need silver to do things, you say, can your father agree? ”

Several people were stunned after hearing this, but Li Rang was still a little unrelenting.

"Uncle, this volume is so big, just a few of us with this bit of silver, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Zhu Song smiled helplessly: "If your father really has the heart of others to get a piece of the pie, he will not hand this matter over to the inner court to do, your annual salary, as well as the money and wealth opening plan that I did with me this time, the money earned is enough for you to be happy, you can't be too greedy, you don't know what kind of temper your husband has, if you really provoke him, not only will you not be allowed to interfere in the customs, but even the money and the plan to open the way will not let you participate!" ”

Talking to these people, you can't just talk about it, you have to talk about it, you have to talk about it, otherwise they really don't understand Zhu Song's good intentions.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Song's words, several people began to hesitate.

Zhu Song continued to strike while the iron was hot.

"The days are still long, why are you in such a hurry, the money will never be earned, and after all, we are the emperor's relatives, we must always help when it is time to help, if there is still a chance to make money in the future, I will not forget you!"

These people are still very important to Zhu Song, without them, Zhu Song's money and wealth opening plan will be hindered, and the relationship network in various places will also be affected, although Zhu Song has now initially mastered the relationship network of each of them and each family in the local area, but Zhu Song can't do this kind of thing, and maybe someone else will need to help in the future.

Zhu Song wanted to keep them for a meal and a drink, but everyone present knew how much Zhu Song had drunk, and if he stayed today, he was afraid that he would not be able to drink until he vomited bile, so several people quickly found an excuse to leave.

Zhu Song looked at the gifts sent by these people, cheesy, too cheesy, all gold, silver and jade, not a single antique calligraphy and painting.

Princess Han came to Zhu Song and tidied up Zhu Song's somewhat messy collar.

"If you don't come back, I think these juniors really have the heart to stay and wait for you."

Zhu Song sighed: "At the beginning, I needed their help, and I knew that one day these guys were afraid that they would be dissatisfied, but fortunately, these guys didn't dare to go to the emperor for trouble, so that's fine." ”

Princess Han nodded, then poked Zhu Song with her back to Xu Miaojin, gave Zhu Song a look, and then left with Concubine Zhao.

Zhu Song understood what the princess meant, and Xu Miaojin now took the initiative to come forward to help, which means that she has taken this as her home, and it seems that the time for her to capture Eagle Fort is not far away.

Zhu Song walked to Xu Miaojin and thanked: "Thank you so much today, without you, the two of them are afraid that they will not be able to resist." ”

Xu Miaojin still has the same expression, but Zhu Song's eyes are not as sharp as before.

"His Royal Highness was forced to choose them at the beginning, and now the imperial court is going to get some customs department, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will be in trouble again, and those adults in the court are only afraid that they will find trouble with you again."

Zhu Song smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "This is also something that can't be helped, it is not easy to change the minds of these adults." ”

Xu Miaojin sighed.

"Actually, I don't understand, why do you do this, businessmen are treacherous and cunning, if you give them too many benefits, I'm afraid that it will be the collusion of officials and businessmen, and the world will be in chaos."

"Even if there is no Customs Department, there will still be collusion between officials and businessmen!" Zhu Song said: "It's better to be blocked, let them out, it's also beneficial, just like I just said, I want to change the tax system of the Ming Dynasty, not only the taxes of farmers, but also the taxes of these merchants, and they have to be big, if you want people to pay money, you have to let people earn money, you have to create benefits, there will be more taxes." ”

"Of course, I still have a lot of plans for the future, such as merchants can appropriately improve their status, but the imperial court must also have a yamen dedicated to supervising merchants."