I, Jiajing, Emperor Longevity

Chapter 13 Mr. Yan Ge is still a good comrade

In Daming, I worked hard to make money.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, I want to be a hero.

It's fun to spend money for a while, and it's always fun to spend money all the time.

The advanced military concepts that Zhu Houcong had grasped had basically been hollowed out now, and he didn't move anymore. After all, he was only half a bottle of water dangling around.

Thinking about the future direction of development, we can only use money to throw out a fanatic.

Unfortunately, he is poor.

Anti-gold is also a bottomless pit.

Daming was almost financially bankrupt, and this year he may not even be able to pay the salary of the Beijing officials.

Jiajing really wanted to say "hard work again", and let me clear the first game first.

After a one-day trip to Zhongnan Mountain in the Southern Song Dynasty, Jiajing became more and more eager for money.

After driving the body of Wang Chongyang's top expert, this old car with half of his body buried in the ground, he really disliked it.

Not to mention the three thousand maids, it must be able to come to an average level of half an hour!
"Lu Fang, why haven't the cabinet's regulations on opening the sea been released yet?"

"Go again!"

"Lu Fang, has Hu Zongxian come to give a memorial? When will the Southeast Japanese pirates be defeated?"

"The construction of warships is about to start. If you want to open the sea, you must first practice the navy... Hu Zongxian is the minister of the Ministry of War. What suggestions does he have for opening the sea?"

"Money! Money! Money! It's all about money!"

Jiajing only urged Lu Fang in Yuxi Palace, this is a tool man, let him represent himself to fight against the group of old bastards, and it would be good for Xiao Pacai to be a riddle behind the scenes.

Just as the emperor reminded him every day, the proposal on opening the sea was submitted after many discussions by the cabinet.

Although Xiao Zhu is just an ordinary second-year science graduate, after all, he has hundreds of years of experience. After sketching out the proposal, he filled in some loopholes.

The opening of the sea this time can only be regarded as a timid reform. It is only going to open a small gap in maritime trade, draw a circle in the southeast, and do an experiment.

You can't take big steps, because if you take big steps, it is easy to pull the egg.

Therefore, for the time being, Zhejiang Customs is only set up in Ningbo as the only open "special zone".

All merchant ships for foreign trade along the coast must go through the formalities here, and load and leave the port from here, and enter the port for inspection.All ships must apply for "ship certificate (certificate of registry)" and "commercial reference (business license)" before they can go to sea.

In Jiajing's heart, the blueprint for opening the sea has already been drawn up in his heart. After Ningbo Port, there are Xiamen Port, Guangdong Port, Qingdao Port and so on.

There is no need to be in a hurry, so I first used a mirror to search for the rich and powerful in the country, barely maintaining the appearance of spending.

Rare things are more expensive. With a large number of mirrors flowing into the market, one mirror cannot be sold for 10 taels, and continuous depreciation is inevitable.

Still have to think about what the next piece of luxury is.

After receiving the emperor's endorsement, the cabinet met for another two days to discuss.

Whether it was Yan Song and his son, or Qingliu Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng, they were all joyful and frightened.

Joy is the emperor's unprecedented wisdom in this year's national policy.

Whether it is the five-year period of changing rice to mulberry, or opening up the sea to trade, it hits the nail on the head.

Corrupt official, he also wants to leave his name in history!
Yan Shifan is greedy, why are you greedy?Is it okay not to be greedy?How can you make money for the emperor if you are not greedy?He is the emperor's white gloves.

And fear, no one is not afraid of doing things under the wiser emperor.

It is no exaggeration to say that among the sixteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and even the 5000 years of China, Emperor Jiajing should be regarded as one of the smartest emperors.

His intelligence is reflected in ruling the country with extremely high political talent and strong political skills.

He ascended the throne at the age of 15. Not long after he ascended the throne, he was able to single-handedly fight against the entire civil servant group headed by Yang Tinghe, the chief assistant of the imperial court, without losing the slightest advantage.

In the end, he achieved an overall victory in the "Great Discussion" incident, and forced Yang Tinghe to leave the venue sadly (returning to his official post), and since then he has completely withdrawn from the political stage and the center of power.

Emperor Jiajing seemed to have an innate talent for politics. He was able to fully absorb the lessons of the previous eunuchs' meddling in politics, and strictly controlled the eunuchs. During his 45 years of rule, there was no famous eunuch, and the eunuchs were completely eradicated. It is the soil for the breeding of political interference and chaos.

He was able to make full use of Jinyiwei, a secret service agency, to strictly monitor all civil and military officials, and everything inside and outside the court.

Therefore, during his reign, especially in the later period, although he didn't go to court very much, he was always able to grasp the big and small things that happened inside and outside the court in a timely and accurate manner, so as to firmly hold the power of the country in his hands.

Yan Mansion and Yan Ge are always pacing back and forth, while Yan Shifan sits firmly in the chair drinking Mingqian new tea.

"Father, now Yan Maoqing has been arranged for Yan Maoqing to go. There is no rush to change the rice to mulberry. The regulations for opening the sea have been confirmed. What's the matter with you?"

Yan Song sighed deeply, glanced at Hao Da'er, and said, "Next, don't make any trouble."

"Father, why am I making trouble? There are so many vassals and so many people in the middle palace, and half of the annual expenditure is taken up. Last year, the palace was built, and another third was taken up. The treasury was empty, but we left behind. Now The emperor wants to open the sea, father, Hu Zongxian has written a book, it seems that he is not of one mind with us! You should always write a letter to Hu Zongxian..."

Since the 35th year of Jiajing, that is, after Yan Song passed the age of 75, except for going to Yuxi Palace to meet Jiajing for about half an hour every day at Maoshi, he always went back to the mansion directly, and almost never went to the cabinet to be on duty. They were all sent to Yan's mansion, and Yan Song discussed all military and state affairs at home, and then sent them to the emperor in the name of the cabinet.

Just like the rumors outside: the cabinet is not in the palace, but in Yanfu.

But when he arrived at the Yan Mansion, Yan Shifan read almost all the official documents first, and then told Yan Song after reading them.

This day, Hu Zongxian's memorial was demolished by Yan Shifan as usual, and after reading it, he roared like thunder. First, he immediately sent someone to call Luo Longwen, the envoy in charge of the administration. Then they came to see Yan Song with the memorial.

Yan Song was also quite surprised when they finished reading Hu Zongxian's memorial. He stood there motionless, but it could be seen that he was lost in thought.

"It's very important to open the sea. Hu Ruzhen is so embarrassing that he only wants to wipe out the Japanese pirates! He's so grandiose and alarmist!" Yan Shifan couldn't stand the old father's silence anymore, and waved the memorial in front of his father: "I think it's him Hu Zongxian is afraid of losing his future, and wants to give himself a way out!"

"I think so too." Luo Longwen, the elegant-looking General Secretary and General Political Envoy, answered, "I reminded that Tan Lun went to Zhejiang. Tan Lun has friendship with Hu Ruzhen, and now he is King Yu's confidant. Hu Ruzhen looked at him It is expected that King Yu will take over, and the old man is getting old. It is expected that such a memorial will not be sent to the general secretary, but will be sent directly to the cabinet, which is clearly a gesture of goodwill to Xu Jie and the others."

"Send it directly to the cabinet Xu Jie and dare not dismantle it without authorization. Hu Ruzhen did this just to get rid of you and directly speak to me and the emperor."

Yan Song still didn't move, but his eyes had moved to look at the two from a distance: "I dare not say to others, Hu Ruzhen is by no means an ungrateful person, but sometimes he thinks differently from you. You have to judge people and things. Put yourself in the shoes. What would you do if you were in Hu Zongxian's situation?"

The two thought that a single fire could annoy the old man Hu Zongxian, but they didn't expect the old man to see through both sides at a glance.

Yan Shifan and Luo Longwen were taken aback at the same time, but they were stopped by his question. They looked at each other with the same meaning in their eyes: they are both 81, why are they not confused at all?
If you should pretend to be confused, you have to pretend to be confused. Yan Song didn't seem to see their reaction at this time, and said slowly: "Instead of you, you can only do this. If Tan Lun doesn't go, he is easy to do; if Tan Lun goes, behind him is Yu." Wang, behind King Yu is the emperor, think for me, he can't be unscrupulous."

At this time, Yan Song seemed to think of something: "By the way, Shi Fan, you can buy some glass mirrors produced by Liulichang. Let's order 50 taels first! The specific amount will be given at the current price."

"50 taels? Or futures? Dad, are you crazy?"

Yan Shifan's eyes widened, 50 taels, how long will it take to get it!

Facing Yan Song's staring gaze back, Yan Shifan said angrily: "Father, that's 50 taels. If you take it out at one time, what will the emperor think of us? And the mirror has been depreciating. Now it is only worth 3 taels. In the future, it will only be worth [-] taels." lower."

"Humph!"

Yan Song sneered: "You can do whatever you want, and you won't lose money. If you succeed in opening the sea, you can also earn a fortune by selling it in the West."

……

"Old Yan Ge is still a good comrade!"

With 50 taels of silver in hand, Jiajing became more and more fond of Yan Song.

As for Qingliu, Xu Jie, who owns half of Songjiang Mansion, is reluctant to buy a mirror.

(End of this chapter)