Chapter 435: Touching Jiangnan

Return to the glorious Forbidden City of the Golden Wall, change into clothes, and become another emperor who ruled the world.

Ganqing Palace, Donghunting Pavilion.

Li Ruolian received the summons from the emperor and immediately rushed straight to the Forbidden City without delaying for a moment.

"Long live my emperor when I was bowing to Li Ruolian." Li Ruolian entered the East Warehouse and saw the emperor, and immediately knelt down to salute.

"Get up." Yang Jingwei said lightly.

"Thank you for your kindness." Li Ruolian stood up, lowered his head, and waited for the emperor's inquiry.

Yang Jie looked at Li Ruolian and must have lived a life without a loss. His face was flushed, as if he had become fatter than before. He smiled and said, "Li Ruolian! He has been fat lately!"

Li Ruolian quickly lowered his head, knelt down in fear and fear, and said, "I am guilty, guilty..."

Looking at Yang Jie, who was already scared, laughed and said, "You are from a martial arts scholar. Don't treat knowledge as a stepping stone like those corrupt scholars. When you knock on the door, you will throw knowledge behind your head. So, don't hold back what you should exercise every day, and don't hold back." Yang Jie said with a smile. Recently, there has been some chaos in the banking sector, and you have to knock on Li Ruolian.

"I received the order, and I understand... I am guilty. I should not have given you the guilt to Lord Li. Lord Cao and the others borrowed money. Please forgive me..." Li Ruolian's face was covered in sweat.

"Your bank rules are established for yourself. Who can borrow, who cannot borrow, who has risks, who borrows money, who has no ability to repay, who borrows money, who borrows money to my heart, who borrows money will ruin my affairs, don't need to teach you these, right? I asked you to open a bank for profit and to make money. Don't care about you, just relax yourself. Once others say good things and flatter you, throw away the principles and rules behind your head. I hope you remember this. If you need me to guard you like this every day, I don't have that much thought." Yang Jing said half-smiling and half-angry. It is said that recently, the banking side has become a little confused. Some powerful people are close to Li Ruolian and borrow money from the bank to "specify" stocks. They do not follow the formal path. They have no mortgage to borrow money, and they have no expectation to repay the money. They just rely on their faces, words, and the number is particularly large. This makes Yang Jing very unhappy. If they don't follow the formal path, they will have big problems sooner or later. There are even borrowing money in the name of the yamen, saying that the yamen cannot survive, so they borrow some money to help them. When they have money in the future, this is even a big problem. Some people regard their bank as the bank treasury of the Ministry of Revenue, and this sign is not good.

Li Ruolian had already knelt on the ground again, kowtowed constantly, and did not dare to look up, and said, "I am guilty." Recently, Li Ruolian was indeed a little proud, and all the powerful people were close to him and borrowed money from him. Some rules were useless because of his nod.

Yang Jie looked at Li Ruolian who kept kowtowing on the ground and shouted "Crime", without saying a word. Until Li Ruolian shouted a little hoarsely, Yang Jie let out a sigh and said, "Okay, get up."

"Thank you for your kindness!" Li Ruolian heard the emperor's words and was as if he had received a general amnesty. Then he got up. His face was covered in pig liver, and his sweat rolled over, and he was frightened and frightened.

"The bank's rules, after you go back, you must set them up again. Don't let others take advantage of loopholes. You must control yourself and always reflect on yourself. Remember, some things are not knocking on the ground, and you can throw them away when you knock on the door. Some things, such as human nature, cannot be thrown away, otherwise, they will not be this person." Yang Jie knocked on it again.

"I obey the order!" Li Ruolian said with lingering fear.

"By the way, I'm asking you to come today, and there's one thing you want to do." Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Yang Jingwei turned to the important thing.

"I respect Your Majesty's instructions." Li Ruolian said.

"Liulizhai is preparing to open a stock exchange. In the future, there will be a gold and silver nest. If your bank wants to follow up, it is best to enter the stock exchange or approach it to facilitate stock trading. Nowadays, stock trading is not cash, but all of them are bank not. Only when your bank is close can business be done. Business must always follow the bank to make a profit." Yang Jingwei said.

"I received the order." Li Ruolian did not dare to make any distinction, but just agreed.

"The stock exchange is just starting out. Your bank needs to support the stock exchange more. It is okay to cooperate with the stock exchange and temporarily post some money. I don't need to teach you these things. After you go back, think about it carefully." Yang Jingwei asked again.

"I received the order!" Li Ruolian's face was full of pig liver, which scared the emperor. When he heard that the emperor was still full of his teachings, his heart was a little more stable. Then he became afraid. How much money was in the bank? It was more than the money he had managed to keep in the minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although his position was not high, it was definitely a weight. I don't know how many people were thinking about this position. As long as there were a little mistake and the emperor was unhappy, his position would be gone. I don't know how many people wanted to climb to this position. Although he had no losses to the bank, he violated the emperor's rules.

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In the water town of Jiangnan, countless literati and poets praised him with poems and recorded him with pens and ink. The beauty of things is beautiful and is a rare paradise on earth.

Nanjing is the center of the Ming Dynasty in the south, and is located in the water town of Jiangnan.

Nanjing Taxation Supervision has now become a lively place.

Previously, this place and the yamen were just a joke, and they were the subject of ridicule of the entire Jiangnan. Who would have enough to eat and be full, and go to the tax supervisor to pay the tax himself? There are only a handful of people who pay the tax, but now, the emperor's 20% subsidy is clear, and the mansion report said that there is an invoice issued by the tax supervisor to get the money. So, in an instant, this place became a major land in Jiangnan, and countless merchants in shipyards began to visit.

Nowadays, although it is only to help transport disaster victims to give 20% subsidies, this one is obviously very loose. No one cares about what you will do in the future and whether you will transport disaster victims. Therefore, in disguise, all ships are subsidized. Suddenly, people who think they have found loopholes flocked to them, hoping that invoices can be issued and invoices can be issued, so that people will build ships. Otherwise, who will pay for the 20% subsidy?

Nowadays, the tax bureau is under the jurisdiction of the Grandpa Xi, who was originally in charge of the coins minted by Baoyuan Bureau. The silver coins in his hand were worth millions. In Jiangnan, he was also a powerful eunuch. Therefore, in front of his yamen, no one dared to be arrogant. The one who could manage Grandpa Xi was the Da Nei, who was far away in Beijing. Therefore, although many people had a lot of opinions about Grandpa Xi's practice of not registering them and not giving invoices, they had no choice.

"Father-in-law, there are many people coming outside to see you, all of whom are coming to our tax bureau to register and invoice." The little eunuch served Eunuch Xi to rest in the house, and said while serving.

Eunuch Xi didn't say anything, but opened the stack of prayer posts, flipped through them for a while, and then finished reading.

"I didn't see you, I said that the family was tired. When the family had time, they would talk about it. If they didn't leave them alone for a few days, they wouldn't take our tax supervisor seriously. They used to laugh at us. This time, the family wanted them to know the power of the tax supervisor." Eunuch Xi refused without hesitation. Among these visits, none of them were favored by Eunuch Xi. They were all people who were crazy about money and didn't look at the situation and the world. They directly refused to meet these people. Eunuch Xi now holds several positions, and the emperor asked him to take care of the tax supervisor more. So he also ran to the tax supervisor every day. Originally, it would have been only once or twice a month, but now, he regards the tax supervisor as a fixed residence, and the Baoyuan Bureau gradually let go.

"I will take the order, and I will go back to them now." The eunuch said immediately.

The little eunuch went out, and Eunuch Xi sat down and recalled this question. After receiving the emperor's letter, he began to pay attention to the tax surveillance. Later, Zheng Huaizhong came to him again and discussed the tax surveillance and invoices with him. This matter was related to the subsidy for 20% of the money. Zheng Huaizhong wanted Eunuch Xi to issue invoices a few days later so that he could take more business. When he received it, he would register and issue invoices for those people.

Eunuch Xi didn't think much about it, but agreed. When he first came to Nanjing and couldn't find silver to mint coins, Zheng Huaizhong helped him a lot. Besides, they were all people around the emperor, so try to help if they could. Besides, the emperor also mentioned in the letter that he should not register all cats and dogs, and choose some reputable and reliable merchants to collect taxes in the future. Therefore, Eunuch Xi was very straightforward and left those who wanted to register aside.

A group of people who wanted to register and received the invoice had to go out of the tax supervision department.

At the door, a person who came to register said, "There is a strange thing now. I've given money to others, but others won't accept it. Oh... what kind of world is this..." After that, the person who came to register took a sedan chair and left.

Others looked sideways, drooped their faces, and got into their own sedan chairs and left. Now that this strange thing has happened, I have sent some money to someone else, but others have to take it away. If you want to let it go, who will believe it? They all sighed in disgrace.

The Jiangnan Shipyard is also very lively now, and there are suddenly more people coming to build ships. Many people who originally built ships in other places, heard that the emperor subsidized 20% of the subsidies, immediately changed their families, and they all rely on their relationships to find ways to build them at the Jiangnan Shipyard.

Zheng Huaizhong was also happy that someone built ships here. The emperor told him that being able to accommodate more people is a good thing. If the disaster is endless today, if the people can be given a place to work and find food, it is good governance and great virtue. Therefore, Zheng Huaizhong's shipyard has been expanding and recruiting more and more craftsmen and personnel, and his business has never been picky, from warships, strangers to Western warships, to a large number of fishing boats, and even today's merchant ships. As long as he has money, he will not refuse anyone. This time, he asked Eunuch Xi to help him and let him temporarily register for others for a few days, so that he could recruit more shipbuilding business. Zheng Huaizhong only hoped that he could accommodate more people in his shipyard and give the emperor a little more worries.

A group of sedans from the tax surveillance stopped in front of the Nanjing Shipyard. Looking at the busy traffic at the door of the shipyard, everyone looked unlucky. Many of the people entering and leaving the shipyard were their old customers, but now they all went to the official place of Nanjing Shipyard to build ships.

Apart from bad luck, you can only be bad luck. Who said the emperor's conditions are so strange? If you don't have an invoice, you won't expect to take on the shipbuilding business.

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Qinhuai River, on the fragrant boat.

A group of people dressed in luxury sat around the table and enjoyed the taste of rouge on the Qinhuai River.

After three rounds of wine.

"Everyone, now the emperor has issued a clear order to subsidize merchants in Jiangnan. That 20% of the silver subsidy has caused quite a stir in Jinling City! What do you think?" The old man in gorgeous clothes, sitting on the head, took off his singing and dancing, and put the main business on the table. At this time, the Qinhuai River was the waves of pleasure boats, the sound of oars, the shadow of lights, and the prosperous golden powder.

"Brother Wang, this is a good thing. Your Majesty is kind and virtuous. He does not want the people of the world to suffer. Therefore, he is willing to pay 20% of the money to help merchants in Jiangnan build ships to help transport victims. I think my ancestors of the Chen family have a lesson. When they encounter famine, they need to do it spontaneously. Now Your Majesty has given 20% of the subsidies to help the people. In this way, even if my Chen family has no big connection with water business, they are still preparing to build a few ships..." This person who claims to be the Chen family first expressed his attitude.

"The Chen family is worthy of being the best family! The Chen family's kind deeds are also famous in this Nanjing city. I admire them, admire them!" The old man known as Brother Wang said with a smile.

"Hmph, what's despicable is that now the eunuch does not register, issue licenses, issue invoices, and do not issue invoices. How can we get the 20% of the silver? This business is called by the eunuchs himself, which is obviously a fake public service for personal gain. In the capital, it finally won the 20% of the silver through Lord Wang, but it was all taken away by those eunuchs..." A young young man shouted.

"Brother Yang, listen to me, there is no need to slander those internal officials like this. Those internal officials are now just pretending to raise their value. Fortunately, we set rules for others in the future. How did we laugh at the tax supervisor in Nanjing before? You don't know? Now that the tax supervisor is in power and has become a hot commodity, we naturally have to grasp the value. Don't worry, it won't take long to register, issue licenses, and issue invoices for us. We are now half of the imperial party. Don't worry, those internal officials will not make things difficult for us..." The old man named Wang said with a smile.

"Boy is too verbally speaking. Thank you for your lesson." This young man named Yang dared to admit his mistake.

Another hot drink.

The old man surnamed Wang said again: "Now, I advise you to build a ship if you have some extra money at home. The business on the sea will be limitless in the future!" The old man surnamed Wang suddenly raised a topic.

"Oh, what do you mean?" someone asked immediately with interest.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that the southeast coast is now going to calm down. Once the sea calms down and the business is easy to do, I don't need to say whether it's easy to do?" said the old man surnamed Wang.

"Brother Wang, what do you mean? The sea is not peaceful now! I won't say that the pirates have all hit the ashore and can attack cities and plunder the land. Is this called peace? How can I do this business? Could it be that Brother Wang has any tricks?" A person sitting asked immediately.

The old man surnamed Wang stroked his beard and deliberately showed off: "You only see the current uneasy, do you know that the sea will soon be peaceful?"

"Brother Wang, please give me advice!" Everyone immediately bowed and asked, looking at what inside information this person said. The sea is not peaceful now. Pirates of all sizes, as well as barbarians, have settled this end, and the other end is raised again. It is really lifeless to make money but not life to enjoy it.

"Hehe, do you know what the warships built by Nanjing Shipyard are for?" The old man surnamed Wang said mysteriously.

"Isn't that a ship block? Isn't it guarding against Japanese pirates?" someone said immediately.

"Yes, this is one of them. Now, in order to prevent the Japanese from invading our seas again, Your Majesty has built many warships to deal with the Japanese. Do you know that now, will the pirates on the sea be wiped out?" The old man said mysteriously.

Everyone gathered up again. This was big news. Nowadays, the sea was really bad. If you pay the bank, you have to pay two and a half portions, one to the pirates, and one to the barbarians, and half portions to buy the government. Otherwise, you will never be able to go to the sea. However, this is not safe. The barbarians are not just one group. If you pay this group of barbarians and another group, if you go to Southeast Asia, you have to prepare for a few more portions. The pirates have to depend on the situation. If you pay this group of pirates, you have to pay that group of people. If you don’t have luck, you will be empty. Only the half portion of the government does not need to be repeated. This is the current situation at sea. All families and merchants who have some connections with the sea have headaches. No one can even submit to each other. There is no place to buy peace at the sea. Naturally, I hope that the sea can be peaceful as soon as possible.

"Brother Wang, although Your Majesty is building warships, it may not necessarily be peaceful on the sea. Now, everyone knows the power of the government on the water. Even if they build warships, they are afraid they are not the opponent of the barbarians and pirates. If they want peace on the sea, they still don't know that it will be that month!" Although the man who claimed to be the Chen family has nodded in the sea, he often heard about the things at sea. He did not think that pirates and barbarians could be pacified quickly. After hearing this, the other people on the table nodded. How many years did the Japanese pirates endanger the Southeast that year? Even if there was a talent like Qi Shuai, who was rare in a century, to suppress the Japanese disaster, it took many years to suppress the Japanese disaster. Pointing to the warships in the shipyard to pacify the sea disasters, it was difficult for everyone to convince.

"...Your Majesty is now recruiting the pirate Zheng Zhilong. Have you heard of it?" The old man surnamed Wang didn't care and said mysteriously.

One of them said: "Brother Wang, is it Zheng Zhilong? This is a tough guy. Didn't he fight ashore last year? He sieges the city and plunder the land, and defeats the government army."

"It's him. Now that others are in the capital, can you tell that Your Majesty attaches great importance to him. Will he be so generous to him?" said the old man surnamed Wang mysteriously.

Many people know about this news. They know that Zheng Zhilong has been recruited in Beijing and is said to be quite valued by the emperor. The emperor's extra standard of policing him is not very new.

The old man surnamed Wang continued, "Think about it, when the Master has recruited Zheng Zhilong, with Zheng Zhilong's power at the sea, there are a large number of new warships. With His Majesty's strong support, isn't it Yiru's hand to wipe out other pirates on the sea? With the Master's support, isn't Zheng Zhilong going to deal with the barbarians? Let's not talk about Nanyang for now. In the East China Sea alone, there are many businesses in Japan. Once we wipe out the pirates on the East China Sea, we will be able to enjoy it all..."

"Sir, are you saying that Zheng Zhilong will give up the business of Japan and let us interfere?" The young man surnamed Yang immediately woke up and asked. This was huge news. Nowadays, most of the trade in Japan is occupied by Zheng Zhilong. Without Zheng Zhilong's permission, others are not allowed to trade in Japan. However, according to the old man surnamed Wang, he may be able to trade in Japan in the future, which is definitely a big news.

The old man surnamed Wang said with a smile: "It is said that Monkey King cannot jump out of the palm of Tathagata Buddha, so how can Zheng Zhilong jump out of the palm of the saint?" The old man surnamed Wang said with a smile. This is the latest news he got from the capital. Zheng Zhilong may be unreliable. He was controlled by the emperor. The emperor's methods are higher than their imagination. The emperor's understanding of everything at sea is far beyond their understanding. It is impossible to deceive the emperor. They want to carry Zheng Zhilong out. The result may be that Zheng Zhilong completely surrendered to the emperor. Since he had no support at that time, it would be better to turn to the emperor now and have a support in the future.

After hearing his words, everyone's minds were filled with the image of a wise and powerful emperor. Everyone here also knew some of the emperor's various means, so they would not talk about disaster relief. The tax supervision incident alone made many people feel the emperor's means.

"Can you explain in detail by your elder brother?" The young man surnamed Yang immediately asked. If it was really as the old man said, then there was no doubt that there was great potential for the sea, and then shipbuilding must be stepped up.

"Haha, you have also seen the methods of the saints today. Haoran is very arrogant. I won't say much. Today's saints must intervene in the affairs of the sea. With the methods of the saints today, once they intervene, think about it, how can you tolerate Zheng Zhilong's business of monopolizing the Japanese? How can you let Zheng Zhilong become a big shot? How can you let the barbarians check cash at sea? At that time, the affairs of the sea must be decided by the saints. Now we will join the command of the saints today. How can we not lose any benefits in the future?" The old man named Wang analyzed.

Several people were in a stir again, and the news was indeed somewhat unexpected. Although the emperor was building warships and recruiting pirates, the emperor had never received any silver at sea for many years. It was a tradition for many years. Many people did not think that the emperor could settle many ministers in the court and receive silver at sea. Now, after hearing the old man surnamed Wang, it seems that the emperor would unify the sea, and it would not be long. So, it is naturally worth a try to place bet on the emperor's side.

"Brother Wang, do you take this seriously?" The man who claimed to be the Chen family asked anxiously.

"This is only out of my words, and it is a few of you. Don't spread this words. Now the saint's wise wisdom is not something you and I can guess. The saint is even better than us. Naturally, the saint knows how much profit the maritime trade is. Naturally, they will not let the money not be made. Otherwise, they will not be able to recruit Zheng Zhilong with such high standards. Look, it won't take long to see the result. When the saint works, the saint has always been a great means. Therefore, with the action, the sea will be quickly calm. At that time, as we are half an imperial party, if we want to do maritime trade, we will definitely be protected by the saint. It is natural that it is possible to do business in Japan. The saint will definitely not let Zheng Zhilong occupy the business of Japan. Have you ever seen a leading general who can be rich and can compete with the country?..." The old man surnamed Wang lowered his voice and said.

After saying that, the old man named Wang muttered again: "However, if you join the priest, you will have to pay taxes to the priest in the future. In this regard, the priest is afraid that no one will be able to make trouble, so there is an invoice. I, Wang, will I remind you in advance that the priest is so generous now that he is interested in this tax. Your Majesty has a long-term plan. Do you understand?"

"As long as we can get peace at sea, as long as we can earn money, we will pay taxes. Don't we have to buy peace for the barbarians and pirates' silver? Now that we have to pay the silver, we may not be able to make peace. If the emperor unified the world and could make peace, I will also accept the money..." On the table, a person compared and felt that paying several pieces of silver may not necessarily save a life. It is better to support the emperor to collect taxes. At least his life will not be gone. As for what else, who can care about those? Some people have meat to eat and money to take, and they yelled not to let the emperor collect taxes, but who cares about their lives?

The old man surnamed Wang was one of the group who turned to the emperor after seeing no hope for the matter at sea. After Zheng Zhilong was recruited by the emperor with high standards, they knew that something was wrong and their plan would be lost. The emperor who knew everything at sea would naturally interfere in the matter at sea. Then they would pick up a pirate to shelter them from the wind and rain, and they would completely fail. It would be better to take the initiative to surrender to the emperor in advance, and although they had to pay the bank to the emperor, as long as it was peaceful, and relying on the identity of taking the lead in joining the emperor, it would be quite beneficial to take the advantage of maritime trade.

People at the table were talking about it. This was indeed amazing news. According to what the Wang brother said, it would not take long for the sea to be calm. Then, it is just right to build ships now. Shipbuilding cannot be built in one or two days, at least half a year, or as long as a year. If the preparation materials are added, the time may be longer. If the emperor handled Zheng Zhilong, then the business of Japan will no longer be Zheng Zhilong. Then it is natural to intervene in the business of Japan with their half-imperial party. This alone is enough to make a lot of money. As for the emperor to collect taxes, they believe that the emperor will naturally not let the people of his Imperial party suffer losses.

"Thank you for your advice, you have received the teachings!" The young man surnamed Yang finally understood something, and immediately thanked the old man surnamed Wang excitedly.

"Brother Yang, this is not necessary. Remember, we are all imperial party and the priest. Following the priest is enough." The old man said with a smile.

"I thank the old man for his advice. I will go to the tax supervisor tomorrow... Uncles and seniors, please take care of the boy's business. The boy's boat yard will be relied on the food for the uncles and uncles to eat." The young master immediately smiled and bowed to the people present. After the old man surnamed Wang, the young master surnamed Yang had already understood a lot of things. I believe that if I go to the tax supervisor, I should be able to register and get the invoice.

The people on the table bowed and said they would take care of them.

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The next day.
To be continued...