Smuggling Daming

Zhengde has a temperament of coming to whatever he thinks. After seeing Zhang Yong's Journey to the West, he immediately grabbed it and read it, regardless of the fact that everyone was drinking.But Liu Jin and the others had long been used to Zhu Houzhao's temperament, and they didn't dare to disturb him, so they sat there and waited, and no one dared to leave without authorization.

It's a pity that Zhu Houzhao is born to be very repulsive to reading. Even if he likes the content of Journey to the West, he feels uncomfortable after reading it for a while. He pointed to one of the eight tigers and said, "Dayong, come and give it to me." Reading makes my eyes hurt."

"Your servant obeys!" Gu Dayong saw Zhu Houzhao called him to read, and immediately stepped forward to pick up the book with a smile and began to read. This made Liu Jin and others very dissatisfied, and Zhang Yong was even more ruthless. He glared at Gu Dayong, obviously he was the one who found Journey to the West, but the job of studying fell to Gu Dayong, and he took advantage of it for nothing.

Zhengde sat there and listened to Gu Dayong's reading. From time to time, he picked up the wine glass to taste the fine wine, his eyes narrowed, and he seemed to be enjoying it. Fortunately, he didn't forget Liu Jin and others in the end. He raised his hand to After waving their hands, Liu Jin, Zhang Yong and others understood, stood up one by one and left the hall backwards, leaving only the sound of Gu Dayong's reading echoing in the hall.

Liu Jin strode out of the hall, but at this moment, he suddenly found that Zhang Yong, who was following him, suddenly took a few steps, and then walked out of the hall with him, which made Liu Jin very angry, turned his head fiercely He gave Zhang Yong a few glances.The hierarchy in the imperial palace is strict, especially among the eunuchs and maids, every word and deed can show their status.Now Zhang Yong is walking side by side with him, which is obviously a challenge to his position as the leader of the Eight Tigers.

Compared with Liu Jin's anger, Zhang Yong was very relaxed. He even took a bigger step when he walked out of the hall, so that he walked out of the hall before Liu Jin, and then smiled proudly at Liu Jin. Turning around and leaving without looking back, this made Liu Jin tremble with anger.

Regarding the small actions of Liu Jin and Zhang Yong in front.Gao Feng and the other five people who followed behind also saw it, but they all looked at each other and smiled tacitly, and no one said a word.It's true that Liu Jin was the leader of the eight of them before, but since Liu Jin came to power, he has become a lot more domineering, taking all the benefits on himself.But they can only eat leftovers, they are both members of the Eight Tigers, Zhang Yong and Gao Feng are naturally unconvinced, now Zhang Yong jumped out to fight with Liu Jin, the rest of the people are happy to watch the joke.

Liu Jin looked at Zhang Yong who was leaving quickly in front of him, and then turned around to look at him even though he lowered his head.But Gao Feng and the others with obvious smiles on the corners of their mouths made Liu Jin even more angry.He flicked his sleeves, turned around and left with a cold snort.

"Wow! Zhang Yong, a warrior, dares to humiliate the miscellaneous family like this today, and he will pay back a hundred times in the future!" In a luxurious mansion in Xizhimen, Beijing, Liu Jin, who had just returned from the palace, slapped the table angrily and cursed.

Although Liu Jin was an eunuch, he didn't usually live in the palace, but built a mansion outside the palace.Now Emperor Zhengde doesn't care.Hand over all government affairs to Liu Jin, even when he occasionally goes to court.The ministers saluted the emperor first, and then saluted Liu Jin, so both the court and the public called him "Emperor Lidi", and the mansion where he lived was called "Emperor Lidi Mansion" by good people.

In the hall of Lidi Emperor's Mansion, besides Liu Jin who was losing his temper, there was a middle-aged man in his 40s sitting on the chair next to him. This middle-aged man had a white face and black beard, and he looked very elegant. But as the saying goes, people should not be judged by their appearance. This elegant-looking middle-aged man is the real murderer behind the frame of Wang Lun, Sun Cong. He is also Liu Jin's brother-in-law and Liu Jin's most capable assistant.

Seeing that Liu Jin had almost vented his anger, Sun Cong said with a smile, "Brother, Zhang Yong is just a warrior, and he just took advantage of His Majesty's favor to become arrogant and domineering. He has nothing to do with such a person." What are you so angry about?"

Hearing what his brother-in-law Sun Cong said, Liu Jin sat down angrily, picked up his teacup and drank it down, then panted and said: "You haven't seen Zhang Yong's arrogant appearance today, isn't it just a set Broken book, almost made him stick his tail up to the sky, but unfortunately the work of reading in the end was cheaper than Gu Dayong, hahaha~"

When Liu Jin said the above words, the expression on his face was completely like a resentful woman who was abandoned by others, but when it came to Zhang Yong's offering a book, but was taken away by Gu Dayong. Turned anger into joy, and even laughed gloatingly.

Sun Cong has long been used to the relationship between people like Liu Jin and Zhengde. In fact, although the Eight Tigers are mighty, their power all comes from His Majesty the Emperor behind them. After all, whoever can win the favor of His Majesty will have more power in his hands, so the Eight Tigers and the concubines in the harem are actually similar.

After Liu Jin laughed for a while, he suddenly said to Sun Cong: "Sun Cong, I have paid too much attention to the affairs of the court during this period, which has caused His Majesty to be a little alienated from me. Please help the miscellaneous family to think of something that will please His Majesty." way!"

Sun Cong is now playing the role of the number one counselor around Liu Jin, and Liu Jin is willing to listen to this brother-in-law whether it is in the court or in the palace. Speaking of which, after Liu Jin came to power, he arranged for some of his relatives to be officials , but among these relatives, only Sun Cong, the brother-in-law, is the material for an official. It was only because Sun Cong felt that his qualifications were too shallow, so he didn't let Liu Jin arrange for him an important position, and he was still working as the director of the Ministry of Etiquette. Anyway, to him, the size of the official position doesn't matter at all.

Sun Cong thought for a moment after hearing Liu Jin's words, and then smiled confidently: "Although your Majesty is already twenty years old, he is still a child at heart. He likes new and interesting things, such as Journey to the West. Mythology and strange novels. With His Majesty's disposition, it is not difficult to please him, it is nothing more than finding some new gadgets for him to play with."

When Sun Cong said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "Some time ago, I accidentally saw someone in Guangzhou area reporting that the Farang Robot from the Far West landed there, but they were driven out. I think it's better to send someone to find a few Francines, preferably eloquent, and ask him to tell His Majesty the customs and customs of the Far West, I'm sure His Majesty will like it very much!"

When Liu Jin heard this, he was also overjoyed and said: "Good way, I know His Majesty's temperament best, as long as that Frangji man exaggerates the things in the Far West, he will definitely be interested!"

But when he said this, Liu Jin seemed to think of something again, paused for a moment, and then said: "The other Zhou Zhong who wrote Journey to the West must not be let go, you go and tell the people in Jinyiwei to find this person, since he can write If you write a Journey to the West that interests His Majesty so much, you will definitely be able to write a second book that will interest Your Majesty. I don’t care what method Jin Yiwei uses. I must let Zhou Zhong write another novel that can be comparable to Journey to the West !"

Although Liu Jin had studied in the palace, it was not a formal education after all, so he didn't know much about many things. For example, writing novels, in his opinion, was nothing more than making up a story. Since Zhou Zhong could make up the first One, then surely the second can be made up, no difficulty at all.

Sun Cong, who was sitting on the chair, heard Liu Jin's layman's words, and just wanted to explain to him the difficulty of writing a book, but he soon thought of the news he got some time ago, it is said that Zhou Zhong who wrote Journey to the West is his The prospective son-in-law of the old enemy Wang Lun, what does this kind of person do for him?

Thinking of this, Sun Cong nodded with a smile and wrote it down.However, he soon thought of the business of looking for Liu Jin today, frowned and said: "Brother, judging from the current situation, our previous plan to completely get rid of Xie Qian and others is impossible. It is to get rid of the less important people like Wang Lun and Xie Qian who are not dead, and we can only watch the huge benefits of overseas smuggling, thinking about it is really reconciled!"

Hearing Sun Cong's words, Liu Jin's face showed a bit of frustration. Overseas trade is a huge profiteering industry. This matter has long been known to everyone in the court. If the sea ban is lifted, it will definitely bring huge tax revenue to the court, but no one has ever dared to really open the sea ban.

This is mainly because of the existence of the smuggling industry, and behind the smuggling merchants there are a large number of smuggling interest groups, most of whom are wealthy gentry along the southern coast, and most of the officials in the DPRK and China are composed of these southerners. Most of them come from those wealthy gentry, who are inextricably linked with smuggling interest groups. Xie Qian is the representative of smuggling interest groups in the court. He also dared not rashly make enemies of all southern officials.

It is precisely because of the existence of smuggling interest groups that if the sea ban is lifted, the interests of these people will be touched, so even if everyone knows that the sea ban policy is out of date, no one dares to mention the opening of the sea ban. exception.What's more, he doesn't care much about serving the country and the people. Now Liu Jin just wants to take the lucrative smuggling industry into his own hands and become a tool to make huge profits for himself.

It's a pity that because of Xie Qian's existence, it is impossible for Liu Jin to master smuggling for his own profit. This is the real reason why he wants to get rid of Xie Qian time and time again.It's a pity that because the officials of the southern department are too powerful, and because Li Dongyang, an old and cunning guy, is dealing with them in the court, he tried to deal with Xie Qian several times but failed. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)