marquis of jingan

Chapter 601 The Influence of Terror

The emperor spent so much thought, first let Li Mu and Shen Yi go south, and then forced Shen Yi, a fifth-rank official, to become a southeast official step by step. Of course, part of the reason was the Japanese pirates.

However, from the beginning of the layout of the southeast, the emperor did not fully focus on the southeast.

To be exact, it has been nearly four years since the little emperor Hongde took office for six years. During these four years, the young emperor's eyes have been fixed on the north, except for the first two years. , he spent part of the time consolidating his power, and most of the rest of the time, he never looked away.

And the reason why Shen Yi was so reused by the emperor, to the extent that he moved four times in two years, was largely due to the fact that Master Shen accurately grasped the emperor's needs, and thus obtained from the "customer" of the emperor, his ability at this stage. Almost all resources obtained.

Just because Shen Yi knew very well how he got to this position, he also knew exactly what the emperor wanted to do next.

The pacification of the southeast is not only about pacifying the southeast, but more importantly, while clearing away the troubles, it is necessary to train an additional available army for the emperor, or a usable navy.

The purpose of laying out the city ship division is even simpler.

Make money!

In fact, the current Chen Guo court is not particularly short of money.

This is mainly due to the fact that Zhao Changping, the current head of the household department, has a strong business ability.

Zhao Changping has actually controlled the household department since he was the servant of the household department. Although he has not been the minister of the household department in name for a long time, because the old minister Liu Jizhang is old and unable to handle the affairs of the department, Zhao Changping actually controls the household department. It has been nearly ten years.

In the past ten years, he, the "general accountant" of the imperial court, has done a very good job. Except for Hongde's four years of disasters and the expenditure of the household department exceeded a little in the ten years, in other years, Zhao Changping was able to accurately control Housing expenses, even hundreds of thousands to millions of taels of spare money can be spared every year.

However, it only stops at the level of "balance of payments".

Zhao Changping is not a fairy either, he cannot create something out of nothing.

Therefore, it is not difficult for the imperial court to maintain its own operation with the current income, but it is not easy to fight a big battle with the power of the whole country like the former emperor's dynasty.

After all, when the first emperor came to the throne, Emperor Xianzong left him a good family fortune, but when the current emperor came to the throne, the first emperor left him almost nothing.

As far as "war" needs are concerned, the emperor is in desperate need of additional income.

Therefore, he is very concerned about Shibosi.

To what extent do you care?

As the son of heaven, he would be willing to write a letter to Zhou Yishan, the governor of Zhejiang, so as to put a layer of tiger skin on Shen Yi, so that Shen Yi can do things in Zhejiang easily!

This is actually a very unbelievable thing.

After all, in this era, there is no spirit of pragmatism. The emperor is the son of heaven, and he rarely lowers his status to provide convenience for his subordinates.

In view of all the signs above, Shen Yi already knew very well the plans of the court, or the emperor, in the next few years.

He will be able to finish his errands in the southeast next year.

At that time, if the Shibo Division is well managed, it will bring a lot of income to the imperial court every year, and this money will be the military expenses for the emperor's Northern Expedition in the future!
And in the next two or three years, His Majesty the Emperor will never have any other thoughts!
He can only think of two words!
Northern Expedition!Northern Expedition!
And after Shen Yi returned to Jiankang, if nothing else happened, he would help the little emperor to perfect some of the foundations needed for the Northern Expedition.

That's why he told Xue Wei.

The longest period is five years, and the shortest period is three years.

The coastal defense force in the southeast will be more useful.

……

Because Xue Wei was not in a good mood, he sat in Shen Yi's carriage and kept his head down most of the time.

But not long after, Shen Yi brought him to the place where Sun Jin hosted a banquet.

At the banquet, Shen Yi pulled Xue Wei to sit next to him, and introduced him to three senior officials from the Zhejiang Provincial Government and several officials from the Wenzhou Provincial Government.

In fact, for Xue Wei, it is these officials of Wenzhou Prefecture who need to know more.

Because for a long time to come, there is a high probability that those who will deal with him will be these Wenzhou government officials.

After everyone drank a few glasses of wine, Zhou Futai's face was a little reddish. He looked at Shen Yi and said with a smile: "This time our Zhejiang shipping company can open the market smoothly. Little Mr. Shen can be said to have contributed the most to this."

He picked up the wine glass and offered Shen Yi a glass of wine: "This old man represents the officials of Zhejiang Province, and I would like to offer a glass to Mr. Shen."

It has to be said that these old seniors in the officialdom are indeed very strong psychologically. Two days ago, this Zhou Futai was scared out of his wits by Shen Yi. In just two days, he has fully recovered, as if nothing had happened. thing.

And Zhou Futai, as the chief constitution of Zhejiang, stood up and toasted. Naturally, these officials, big and small, could not embarrass their own leaders, so they stood up one after another and raised their glasses to toast to Shen Yi.

In this regard, Master Shen stood up, picked up the wine glass quite modestly, and after drinking, he shook his head slightly and said: "The Shibo Department is arranged by His Majesty, and the specific arrangements are also made by the people in the palace. At best, Shen It’s just a little manpower, and I really dare not take credit for it.”

He raised his glass to respect Zhou Futai, and said with a smile: "This city's shipbuilding department was first established, and many things require the cooperation of the local government. Thanks to the help of Zhongcheng, Zhejiang officials can work together to help the city's shipbuilding department open."

He raised his wine glass with both hands and said with a smile, "I respect Zhongcheng."

This time, the two of them flattered each other, and it was over.

This can be regarded as the tacit understanding between Master Shen and Zhou Futai, and it is also some whimsical ideas of Zhou Futai himself.

Because he felt that Shen Yi was always watched by inner guards, and would report what he saw to the emperor's desk anytime and anywhere.

So, the night before, he had a breath with Shen Yi and completed this dialogue full of acting flavor.

To put it more bluntly, I just want to gain a sense of presence with the emperor first, so that when I go to Beijing at the end of the year to meet the Holy Spirit, I can talk better.

After the process was over, there were no more disturbances at the banquet, and it went on smoothly.

In the evening, Shen Yi held a banquet in Shen Yuan again, entertaining these Zhejiang officials.

Before Shen Yuan's dinner was half over, Zhou Futai, who was already smelling of alcohol, pulled Shen Yi's sleeve and walked aside.

Master Shen saw that he had something to say to himself, so he took the governor of Zhejiang to his study, poured him a cup of strong tea to soothe his hangover, and said with a smile: "What's the matter with Zhongcheng? You are in such a hurry Find me?"

After Zhou Futai lowered his head and took a sip of the tea, the smell of alcohol on his body immediately dissipated a lot. He was not drunk at all, so he became more sober now.

Zhou Futai took a deep breath, looked up at Shen Yi, and said, "In the past two days, the old man has asked people to stay in Lin'an, and contacted several merchants who often go to sea to do business. In two days, there will be several large ships sailing from Yueqing. , go to Nanyang to sell silk."

good guy...

Master Shen took a deep look at Zhou Futai.

This Zhejiang governor is really a man of action!

In order to make Shiboji's "performance" look better, he even directly brought a few orders to Shiboji!

After Zhou Futai paused, he continued: "There should be many merchant ships going around from other state capitals to Yueqing to go to sea in the future."

He looked at Shen Yi, and then hiccupped: "Young Mr. Shen, don't worry, with this old man around, I won't make your errands ugly."

I have to say that with the full help of this kind of official veteran, the task is indeed much easier.

However, what Zhou Yishan did was not much different from sending money directly to the Shibo Department. It was a bit of "cheating" in a hurry.

However, he used his influence in Zhejiang to let Shibo start the "business" first, which is reasonable.

Shen Yi added half a cup of tea for him, and said with a smile: "If it is other merchant ships that rely on Haizhou Prefecture, they don't have to go to Yueqing to go to sea. Let the Shi Ship Department send someone there to sort out the accounts."

After speaking, he looked at Zhou Yishan and said quite sincerely: "Zhongcheng will do his best for Shibosi, His Majesty will definitely see it."

"Little Mr. Shen, you and I are on the same errand together, so there's no need to say these empty words."

Zhou Futai lowered his head and took another sip of tea, then raised his head to look at Shen Yi, and said slowly: "Mr. Let the old man do the rest."

Master Shen couldn't help but "tsk", looking at the little old man in front of him, he was filled with emotion.

He has seen the energy of this kind of feudal official.

This kind of energy has exceeded his expectations!

"By the end of the year, there are 20 tax credits, which is already considered very good."

Ideally, the five municipal bureaus should be 500 million to 1000 million taels of tax silver per year. Calculated on the basis of 100 million taels a year for each municipal bureau, Wenzhou prefectural bureau will spend the remaining two and a half months Here, as long as the collection is about 20 yuan, it can fully meet the emperor's psychological expectations.

"Of course, the more such things the better, but not too many."

Little Mr. Shen lowered his head, carefully calculated, and then said: "More than 50, it's a bit unreal."

Zhou Futai stood up and cupped his hands at Shen Yi: "I understand."

After saying this, he turned around and left, walking out of Shen Yi's study.

Master Shen sent him all the way out of his study room, and saw that although the little old man was a little wobbly, he walked out quickly.

Obviously, 50 taels of silver is for this Master Futai.It is not difficult.

Thinking of this, Master Shen narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed softly.

"I don't know if this old man has to pay for it himself..."

"If not..."

Shen Yi sighed softly: "Then the big officials in these places are a bit too majestic..."

(End of this chapter)