As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing originally hid Huamanlou's identity from Huamanlou. Apart from some malicious factors, what he was looking forward to most was to let Huamanlou guide the prince on the right path, but by accident After his identity was leaked, his expectations were in vain: With Hua Manlou's awe-inspiring heart, how could he refute the prince's face?

That's right, Emperor Guangxing still thinks that Hua Manlou is in awe, even though Hua Qian always wanted to hit the crown prince on the head several times at the poetry meeting...

Reality is so magical.

Sighing again, Emperor Guangxing picked up a brush and wrote down a copy of the imperial decree and handed it to Xu Dacheng, asking him to deliver it to Huamanlou himself.

Mr. Xu took a look at it and was a little dumbfounded: This... what kind of treatment is it?

There is only one line in the decree, and it is still a frankly plain language: next time if the prince misbehaves, I will allow you to discipline the prince on my behalf, and take it for me if necessary!

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When Hua Manlou received Zhongzhi, he couldn't laugh or cry: "Xu Banban, what kind of play is your Majesty going to play?"

Xu Dacheng himself still wants to ask, teach the prince a lesson, do the servants in Zhan Shifu have the right and courage to talk about it, so Huamanlou can be directly drawn out according to the order?Why don't you just make a crown prince and a young master?

Of course, the slander belongs to the slander. Mr. Xu, who knew Huamanlou's status in Emperor Guangxing's heart, didn't even change his smile on his face: "What is Mr. Qian talking about? Your Majesty has his own reasons. We People, it is absolutely right to do what His Majesty says."

After a pause, Xu Dacheng added: "According to our family, Mr. Qian is young and promising, His Majesty values ​​it for one thing, hoping that you can teach the prince well is another one, and our family should not be rash about the others. From my guess, Boss Qian has accepted the order and acted according to the rules."

The previous paragraph can be said to be quite a eunuch, with a dog-legged temperament, but the latter paragraph...

Well, the last paragraph is also quite eunuch, and he started to play tricks before finishing three sentences.

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows and wanted to laugh: This dead eunuch is really sloppy, and he still acts according to the rules, which really turned Zhao Ren's face. If he becomes the throne in the future, he will still have a way to survive?

"That's true." Putting away the edict casually, Hua Manlou changed the topic: "Does Your Majesty have any other orders?"

Xu Dacheng said with a smile: "Nothing else, Your Majesty asked our family, is there any clue about the matter of the navy?"

"Uh..." Hua Manlou's head suddenly became dizzy, "This matter about the navy..."

Seeing his expression, Xu Dacheng couldn't help but want to pierce his heart: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qian, hurry up, poetry is a small way, but Japanese pirates are a serious problem, so Mr. Qian should focus on this matter, and Mr. Qian It’s not about running to provoke those book bags, is it?”

Hua Manlou was sure that Emperor Guangxing would not speak like this, even if he complained a few words, it would not be so yin and yang, so in this way...

This dead eunuch has to find excitement by himself, right?

So Hua Manlou said: "Your Majesty's criticism is that I actually have some ideas about the naval division, but I just need Xu Banban's help."

"Oh? How can our family help?"

"Extremely busy." Hua Manlou remained unchanged.

222. Banban finally realized

As a servant of the Tian family, although Xu Dacheng's personality is a bit distorted due to the lack of parts on his body, and he also has minor problems of one kind or another, he is still the most loyal dog around Emperor Guangxing.

Moreover, Xu Dacheng is familiar with "Position", knowing that his weight in Emperor Guangxing's heart is not enough to compare with Huamanlou's weight, he didn't even dare to slander him, he only dared to make a little slander Bad, after all...

He was there when Huamanlou chatted with Emperor Guangxing last time, and he knew that Huamanlou's next actions would involve the emperor's mood. If the emperor was in a good mood, wouldn't it be easier for him to be a slave?

So when he heard that Huamanlou had something to help, and it was related to the navy, Xu Dacheng immediately put away his smile and cheered up, waiting for Huamanlou to order.

"Xu Banban, you know the sailor, the biggest problem is the silver, right?" Hua Manlou said with a smile: "But the silver is not brought by the strong wind, so your majesty is urging me, I It's also embarrassing, do you think it makes sense?"

If Zhao Ren had been there, he would probably have known from Hua Manlou's expression that he was out of tune, but Mr. Xu didn't know. He really thought that Hua Manlou was going to discuss the navy issue with him, so he nodded. Said: "Boss Qian said... wait a moment, you ask our family to help, you don't want our family to help you raise money, right? Where can our family find money?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "Where is the money, the companions can go there to find it. Think about it, who is the richest person in the capital? Officials! Just arrest a few officials who committed crimes and search them all. How much money do you get! When the time comes..."

Xu Dacheng's hair was covered with black lines: "This is Mr. Qian's solution?"

Hua Manlou said in a serious tone, "Yes, otherwise, where will Banban find the money? And isn't that what your Dongchang does? Think about it, one corrupt official steals 10 taels, and ten corrupt officials steals 800 million taels. In this way, let’s not talk about one naval division, even if there are ten or eight divisions..."

This is pointing at the monk and scolding the bald donkey. After all, this is what Dongchang is doing. Although Guangxing Chaochang guards are much more gentle, they are still a notorious secret service agency. As it should be...

But Dongchang themselves didn't think so, they still thought that what they were doing was serving the country loyally, so Xu Dacheng almost turned his face on the spot, but when he thought of Huamanlou's position, he desperately suppressed his anger: " Don't Mr. Qian think this matter is too menglang?"

Hua Manlou had a determined face: "For His Majesty's great cause, what's the point of Meng Lang? The companion just said that we have to do what His Majesty wants us to do. Then His Majesty asked me to find a way to pay back just this little." In time, I have no choice but to think of a way first, try to see if it works, what if it works?"

Xu Dacheng wanted to refute, but he couldn't grasp the main point for a while: Is this to refute Huamanlou's bad idea first, or to explain that his loyalty to His Majesty is absolutely reliable?

Opening his mouth, Xu Dacheng really didn't know what to say, and finally he had to say with a sullen face: "In that case, then I will report to His Majesty what Mr. Qian said today, and wait for His Majesty to make a decision."

Seeing that the dead eunuch was furious enough, Hua Manlou was satisfied: Xiao Mian, you still want to pierce my heart?Do you think you are Qin'er?

Xu Dacheng turned around to leave, but Hua Manlou held him back: "Hey, what's the matter, you can't even take a joke? It's just a joke, why take it seriously?"

Xu Dacheng's blood pressure soared again after hearing this: Just kidding?Is our family joking with you?Is our family related to you for the sake of joking?

Immediately, he planned to ignore Hua Manlou and go out, but Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Actually, there is already a solution, and the companion is sure not to listen and then tell His Majesty to make him feel at ease?"

As soon as these words came out, Xu Dacheng stopped on the spot, then turned around and looked at Huamanlou with a gloomy expression: "Say!"

No matter how angry you are, you have to listen to Emperor Guangxing's business, right?

After making the dead eunuch angry enough, Hua Manlou stopped being a monster, and said slowly: "It's still the same thing, money, nothing can be done without money... Don't stare at me, I won't let you go to the head office Right? Sit down first, sit down and talk, okay?"

Xu Dacheng sat down angrily with a cold face, and Hua Manlou continued: "Xu Banban also knows that Qianfan and Wala have signed an agreement, and Estumu has already set off a few days ago. Come back, and this debt is a large amount of money that is enough for the navy to start building."

"However, this silver is considered as His Majesty's private money, but the navy cannot be counted as His Majesty's private soldiers, so it is unreasonable to support the navy with domestic funds, and there is no need to let the group of people in the court think of His Majesty's private funds." , once the mouth is opened, things will be difficult to handle in the future."

Seeing that Hua Manlou began to talk about nonsense, Xu Dacheng suppressed his anger and nodded, "That's the reason. Shan Shuntian Mansion asked for money many times before... But why are you talking about this?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Banban, if you have money, you will have a sailor, so do you think you can have no money if you have a sailor?"

Xu Dacheng squinted at Huamanlou: "What do you mean?"

Hua Manlou didn't answer directly, but asked Xu Dacheng another question: "Xu Banban, you are the owner of the East Factory, and you are also the supervisor of the ceremony, Bingbi, how much money can you make in a year? Well, let me do the math." Ah, the salary is not much, and the people below pay roughly three to four million taels a year, and then embezzle from other places... Cough, ice charcoal, ice charcoal fire consumes 40 million yuan, almost Bar?"

Xu Dacheng glared at Hua Manlou: "Our family has no descendants and no family, why do we need so much money? Our family has nothing to lose, don't you want to spit blood!"

Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Even if it is, but has Banban ever thought that in the eyes of people in some places, Banban's income of one million a year is like a poor beggar! "

Xu Dacheng stared at Huamanlou and was about to yell and curse, but he suddenly realized something, and was shocked immediately: "You...you mean to do business with Ryukyu and Nanyang..."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Banban has finally realized it. With a navy, you have sovereignty over the sea, and with sovereignty over the sea, you have navigation routes..."

Xu Dacheng said decisively: "Impossible! The Taizu established the ancestor's precepts in the past, do you still want to violate the ancestor's precepts and open the sea?"

Hua Manlou blinked: "Opening the sea? Who said it was going to open the sea? And the ancestral precepts... Who do you think is violating the ancestral precepts? As the owner of Dongchang Changchang, you really don't know who are the people who go into the sea? Not to mention, where did the goods from Nanyang and Wa come from in the world of the capital? The tribute from the Wa country has been cut off for at least 80 to 80 years, so it’s unlikely that things from the Wa country were still sold on the streets seven or [-] years ago, right?”

Xu Dacheng was stunned for a moment, but soon shook his head again: "No, no, this matter is of great importance, and our family has nothing to do with it!"

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Let's just listen to my advice first? I won't let you take risks, really!"

223. Poor Mrs. Huaqian, Weak and Helpless

Faced with Xu Dacheng's repeated rejections, Hua Manlou was actually not impatient at all.

As Emperor Guangxing said, it is really what kind of emperor will use what kind of person, so although Xu Dacheng is not a fuel-efficient lamp, but for the person in the position of Chief Supervisor of the past dynasties, he It's kind of gentle and kind.

Leaving aside the ones on Da Zhao’s side, compared with Da Ming, you can generally know what the eunuchs around the emperor are: Wang Zhen personally created the most shameful civil fort change in Ming history; Liu Jin almost collapsed the Zhengde Dynasty ; Wei Zhongxian has become the number one eunuch in ancient and modern times...

Therefore, purely relying on his peers, Xu Dacheng can be regarded as a relatively reliable eunuch.

But eunuchs are eunuchs after all, their physical deficiencies will always cause some changes in their personalities, and their pursuits will naturally tend to be the same. What else do they need besides the emperor's favor?

It's simple, money.

As Xu Dacheng said, he has no wife and no family, so he can't use so much money, and he can't spend a few bucks in the palace. In theory, he should have no interest in money.

But the problem is that people these days pay attention to returning to their roots, and hope to enter the graves of their ancestors after death-if they didn't pursue it when they were alive, it wouldn't mean that they don't worry about what happens after death, right?Is it really a mass grave?

But after cutting, as an incomplete person, the eunuch is not qualified to enter the ancestral grave.

If it was an ordinary eunuch, they would not repay this hope, but eunuchs with high positions and weights are different. Most of them will desperately hug money, and most of the money they get back will be sent to their hometown, and they will repair their parents' graves. It is building bridges and paving roads again, and even opening a philanthropic hall in my hometown, hoping to gain a good reputation and enter the ancestral grave.

In addition, eunuchs love money more than most people. This cannot be attributed entirely to greed. It is mainly due to the psychological changes caused by their physical defects: wine, sex, wealth, and wealth. Let someone make up for it from the side?

Therefore, Xu Dacheng is such a seemingly "honest and honest" eunuch, but in fact he is still an ordinary eunuch, so Hua Manlou is not afraid that he will not be able to convince him-he just talked about maritime merchants, which is enough to prove that he has This idea is just that he is not so courageous and has no ideas and channels, and if he really wanted to refuse, why didn't he leave after Hua Manlou said it for a long time?

Saying no, the body is still very honest!

Sure enough, Xu Dacheng hesitated for a while and then said: "Listen...it's okay to listen..."

"Hey, that's right!" Hua Manlou said with a smile: "Actually, I also know that the ancestor's precepts return to the ancestors' precepts, but in fact this matter is not unmanageable. So my intention is that your majesty will go to Xishanwei." The channel will inject funds into the Tianjin Navy, and then the Tianjin Navy will clean up the Japanese pirates along the way and open up the route to Japan and Ryukyu, and then..."

Hua Manlou lowered his voice: "Then my companions came forward to give a little word to some nobles, and everyone gathered a share to go to the country of Japan to order some things. The navy will take part of the proceeds, your majesty will take a part, and the rest will be divided according to the share. ...Of course, the companion can also join in this role, so that it is not as expensive as you greedy for ink...cough cough, it is much more expensive to use such a little bit of ice and charcoal?"

In fact, Hua Manlou had been thinking about this since he came out of the palace that day, but he was really not interested and went to chat with Emperor Guangxing.

Theoretically speaking, the operability of this matter is actually okay, except for the ancestral precept that stands in front of me.

Because, the Tianjin Marine Division is actually not that big, and it can be started with the part of the funds from the previous sale of stoves. After the money from the Wala Keng arrives, the Tianjin Marine Division can be formed almost as well. up.

But once it was formed, the subsequent expenses of the navy were not small. In addition to the military salary, the cannons equipped with the navy and the repairs of the ships were a lot of money. Emperor Guangxing couldn't keep paying for these things, could he?

Therefore, using the navy to make money for Emperor Guangxing became the only way, but this matter touched the ancestral precepts.

To be honest, the so-called ban on voyages to the West is actually aimed at private maritime trade, but after more than a hundred years, this ancestral precept has become a powerful sword on the head of some officials—that is, What they say is banning the sea, but in fact, except for some nerds, most of the people who insist on the ban are the beneficiaries of shipping.

Yes, you read that right, the beneficiaries of shipping are calling for the sea to be banned.

The reason is very simple, banning the sea is actually a very one-sided matter. The government, especially in the coastal areas such as Fujian, Quanzhou, and Ningbo, under the protection of local officials, some large families often conduct maritime business in the name of the government. This is a monopoly business.

But if they really open the sea, what advantage does this group of people have over serious businessmen?And with competition, wouldn't the huge shipping benefits be shared by others?

Therefore, driven by such huge interests, the seaborne trade has long been divided into cakes for more than a hundred years, with its specific hidden rules. There are not only local wealthy families, local officials, and a large number of agents in the DPRK and China in the interest chain. So in this way, wouldn't they have to shout the forbidden sea every day, and put the ancestor's precepts on their heads?

Seizing people's wealth is like killing their parents, so like Daming, those who call Kaihai in Dazhao basically have no good end, even if everyone knows that this group of people is digging the foundation of Dazhao, but who dares to do so? Touch this mortal line?

So, just looking at the huge energy of this group of people, Hua Manlou is determined not to go and call out to open the sea in a stupid way.

That is to say, because Mr. Hua Qian is weak, weak and helpless, he plans to bring a large group of people to do this with him, including: Emperor Da Zhao, Prince Da Zhao, a certain three unscrupulous The Duke of the State, a group of noble Hou, the commander of the Xuanwu Guard Lu Kun, the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, and Xu Dacheng, the Duke of Dongchangchang.

It's easy to rely on the boss, right?

No matter how powerful and frenzied your civil servants and local wealthy families are, if Huamanlou pulls all the above-mentioned bigwigs together, no matter who comes to make things difficult, he can reply: What do you have to be arrogant?

So why did Huamanlou ask Xu Dacheng to take the lead in this matter?

It's very simple: first, Huamanlou's own weight is still not enough, if he takes the lead, I'm afraid things won't work; second, Xu Dacheng represents the face of Emperor Guangxing, and will also represent Emperor Guangxing in the future Interests——Don’t you have to send an accountant to do business in partnership?Xu Dacheng is a ready-made accountant.

Third, I said earlier that everyone has divided the cakes, and if someone suddenly comes to snatch the food, Huamanlou's small body can't stand it, and Xu Dacheng, the mighty and domineering Dongchangchanggong, is in front. Can you focus on Hua Manlou again?

Well, in short, Xu Dacheng is used to take the blame.

In the end, Hua Manlou always felt that Eunuch Xu's face was very pleasing, and he had the impression of seven voyages to the West, so who would go to sea if he didn't go to sea?You can't let the poor and helpless Mr. Hua Qian go to sea, can you?

As for whether Emperor Guangxing would agree to this kind of self-poaching...

Huamanlou is not worried at all, because, well, he can organize a navy and make money, and he can use it to suppress Japanese pirates, so what if he digs his own corner?It's better than letting someone dig it all the time, right?

224. I am an honest person

Although Huamanlou didn't go into great detail and there were too many details missing, Xu Dacheng was moved after hearing his thoughts.

So, how can a eunuch not love money?

As Hua Manlou guessed, it is impossible for Xu Dacheng not to know how huge the profit of sea freight trade is, and of course he also coveted this.

But the question is, how can an eunuch intervene in shipping?

I said earlier that the game has been formulated and there are unspoken rules, just like the mine tax has always been in the hands of the eunuch, if others want to intervene, he will roll up his sleeves and work hard, not to mention the benefits What about bigger sea freight?

However, if Emperor Guangxing and a large group of nobles also entered the game, this matter would be different.

In Da Zhao, no matter how powerful the civil servants are, who would dare to confront such a group of big shots?

Xu Dacheng knew the importance of Huamanlou in Emperor Guangxing's heart, and also knew that Huamanlou was good at doing some quite unexpected and amazing things, so he had no doubt that Huamanlou could accomplish this thing— —In the end, let’s not talk about Emperor Guangxing, who on Xungui’s side is not envious of the interests of shipping?

But it is one thing to covet, but it is another matter whether to meddle or not. After all, the civil servants are too powerful to be provoked by everyone—or in other words, the disorganized nobles cannot provoke the civil servants at all.

But if a group of dignitaries are twisted into a rope and there is an emperor standing behind him, then who would dare to challenge the civil servants?

Therefore, there is only one question left for Xu Dacheng: "Tell me the truth, what do you mean by asking our family to come forward?"

Xu Dacheng is not stupid. He knows that he has no advantage in front of Huamanlou. After all, the emperor trusts Huamanlou, and Huai'an Bo is more suitable than him for the matter of uniting with nobles. He really can't figure out why Huamanlou To pull him to make a fortune together.

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Of course I like Xu Banban very much, what else can I do?"

Xu Dacheng didn't pay attention to the sugar-coated shells that were all over the building, but sneered and said: "Is it good? You are optimistic that our family can block those civil servants for you, right?"

Hua Manlou laughed and said, "You're right to understand that."