marquis of jingan

Chapter 569 Hong Dechao's Big Project!
After digesting the gossip he just heard, Master Shen tidied up his official uniform, then returned to the Deqing Hall, and informed the eunuch at the gate of the Deqing Hall that he wanted to see the emperor.

After the notification, Master Shen obediently waited at the entrance of the main hall.

Firstly, because at this moment, there are probably some ministers inside... Well, the kind of big bosses in the court are reporting to the emperor or asking for instructions, and secondly, because of Shen Yi's level, it is not easy to meet the emperor. Well, if he hadn't said to the eunuch, "See you by order", the eunuch might not have notified him, the fifth-rank official.

Of course, Mr. Shen was often in and out of the palace, and he was familiar with him in the palace, and many eunuchs from the Ministry of Internal Affairs also recognized him.

After waiting at the entrance of the main hall for more than half an hour, the eunuch led him in. Just as Shen Yi walked to the back hall of the Deqing Hall, there happened to be an old man of medium build, about 50 years old, who walked towards him. Shen Yi recognized this person, slightly He lowered his head, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Chen."

Prime Minister Chen Jing.

The leader of Zhongshu.

Chen Jing has a good appearance, with three long beards and a crimson official uniform. He looks very chic and looks like an ancient man. Although he is a bit old and his temples are gray, it can be seen vaguely that he is young. Most of the time he is a handsome man.

It's okay to be good-looking, and he became the prime minister. It can be said that he is the winner of life among the winners in life.

Originally, when a fifth-rank official greeted him, it was enough for Chen Xiang to nod his head slightly. If he was arrogant, he could ignore it and just pass him by. However, when this Chen Xiang saw Shen Yi, he stopped in his tracks. He glanced at Shen Yi up and down, stroked his beard with one hand, and said with a smile: "Master Shen, is this going to face the saint?"

"Yes."

Shen Yi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty has given me a small errand, and I will go to pay the order."

"Youth is promising."

Chen Xiang stretched out his hand, patted Shen Yi's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is calling, I will not delay you. If you are free these few days, you can come to the Zhongshu Province. Several gentlemen in Zhongshu want to Let’s talk to you about the Coastal Capital.”

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "Chen Xiang was joking, how can a low-level official of the fifth rank talk about such important national affairs."

"You are the one involved."

Chen Xiang said with a smile: "Many things, we old men in the court also have darkened eyes and can't see clearly. We need Shen Sidu to explain the situation to us in detail, so that we can share your majesty's worries."

"Yes."

Prime Minister Zhongshu invites you to Zhongshu Province for tea. Basically, it is not much different from the emperor inviting you into the palace for tea. After all, Master Shen is a civil servant, so this face must be given, otherwise it will be more or less "reverse to Tiangang" up.

Chen Xiang nodded in satisfaction: "Since that's the case, Shen Shidu can go to work on his own, and the old man has to go to work."

"Yes."

Shen Yi bowed his head and said yes, then walked past the Prime Minister of Zhongshu and came to the inner hall of Deqing Hall.

At this moment, the emperor should have just received those ministers, and he was sitting in his seat, leaning back and leaning back in his chair, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

Shen Yi stepped forward, kowtowed and saluted: "My minister, Shen Yi..."

He only said three words, and before he finished speaking, the emperor opened his eyes and interrupted him: "Okay, get up."

The emperor turned his head and looked at Eunuch Gao: "Gao Ming, grant me a seat."

Eunuch Gao nodded immediately, moved a chair, and placed it behind Shen Yi.

Shen Yi thanked him, but did not rush to sit down, but took out a memorial book from his sleeve, held it in both hands, and said: "Your Majesty, I have been thinking hard at home for several days, and finally figured out I have drafted a rough charter, please read it Your Majesty."

The emperor didn't seem to be in a good mood, and there wasn't much smile on his face, he was more tired. Hearing this, he just nodded silently, and waved his hand to signal Gao Ming to hand over the memorial.
Eunuch Gao came over and held up the thick memorial book in Shen Yi's hand. After the emperor unfolded it, he saw that there were about twenty or thirty pages of densely packed words on the memorial book.

The emperor gave a "tsk", looked from the top, and said, "Is there a ten thousand word?"

Shen Yi rubbed his forehead, bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are thousands of clues in this, I am afraid that I will not think carefully, so I wrote everything I thought of, as for the words..."

"It has been cut as much as possible."

Most of this memorial is about the specific items of the Shibo Department.

These entries were refined by Shen Yi himself after studying the original regulations of the Shipbuilding Department in the past few days, and added some of his understanding of business, that is, some modern business concepts.

After reading the beginning, the emperor closed the memorial and rubbed his forehead: "It's too long, it's too long..."

"I haven't slept well in the past few days, and now my head is still a little swollen..."

The emperor let out a foul breath, looked at Shen Yi, and squeezed out a smile that seemed embarrassed: "Shen Qing is considerate and considerate of me, so let's talk to me about it."

"I will read this memorial in detail the day after tomorrow after I have a rest."

After all, the emperor was young at the moment, and his face was a bit thin. He felt embarrassed not to read the things written by the courtiers.

Shen Yi got up and was about to speak when the emperor pressed his hands against him: "Sit down and talk, just sit and talk."

Shen Yi sat down again, he sorted out his thoughts, and said: "Your Majesty, these days, I have considered in detail some... um... ways to make money. What can be done as soon as possible at present is to let Xu Fu go through the sea trade route. To transport Dachen’s goods to trade in various countries in Southeast Asia, but it will be difficult to estimate the specific surplus in this way, and it will be difficult to estimate the income for a year only after he has made a trip to the ship and reported the amount.”

"The second way is to re-establish the Shibo Department."

Shen Yi said in a deep voice: "The minister's initial idea is to set up five city shipping departments in the five prefectures of Songjiang, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Guangzhou to manage the incoming and outgoing goods and collect commercial taxes for the imperial court. "

"Yueqing also has a smaller wharf. I once went to Yueqing's wharf to inquire about the number of goods. The amount of goods entering and leaving these large ports should be far more than ten times that of Yueqing. According to this number..."

"As long as the sea routes are unimpeded in the future, the five city ship divisions plus some government-operated cargo ships should be able to generate an additional 500 to 1000 million taels of silver for the imperial court every year."

"many…"

The emperor swallowed and was stunned: "How much?"

Shen Yi blinked, thinking that the emperor didn't hear clearly, so he said it again: "500 million to 1000 million taels."

"but…"

Master Shen said slowly: "The premise of this number is that the sea routes must be unimpeded, and the coastal states, especially the state capitals where the five city ships are located, must not have any more pirates and other bandits making trouble."

"My minister's plan is that one day in the future, if the coastal capital is established, the capital will be divided into five guards, and the five city ships will be stationed separately..."

"The specific rules and regulations have been written in detail in the memorial."

Hearing this, the emperor was stunned for a while, and then hurriedly opened Shen Yi's memorial, but after a few glances, he didn't find this part of the content, so he closed the memorial, rubbed his temple, and said helplessly : "No matter how much money there is, it still has to go into the national treasury, those gangsters..."

Speaking of this, the emperor seemed to be because Shen Yi, a "rotten Confucian", was also present, so he didn't continue talking.

Shen Yi smiled: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Accounting is not willing to spend money because the Ministry of Accounting does not have much money. When the Ministry of Accounting has more money, it will naturally be willing to spend money."

"Besides, if the household department is not willing to spend money..."

Shen Yi lowered his eyebrows and said: "Your Majesty can send eunuchs to manage the Shibo Department, it's nothing more than..."

"It's just a matter of overpayment and underpayment..."

(End of this chapter)