The beginning of the 37th year of Jiajing made Emperor Jiajing very annoyed.

The Japanese tide in Zhejiang gradually subsided, but there was a big quarrel in Fujian.

In the north, Altan Khan went south and beat Jimen's defense line to a mess. Several cities were lost. The Governor of Ji Liao and Jimen were all imprisoned for crimes, and the Ministry of Revenue could not provide any money, grain and pensions to rebuild.

But after being secretly reported by Qian Yuan in early April, Emperor Jiajing felt relieved and might be... No, it was the responsibility of being impeached in the future, but at a critical moment, the worries of the king and father were relieved. Which emperor would not like such a minister?

"Is this the golden rod?" Emperor Jiajing looked at the small piece of corn in the bowl curiously, "It is said that the Qian Family Restaurant is quite expensive?"

Huang Jin, who served on the side, said, "Emperor, just one or two silver coins!"

"I want money!" Xu Wei on the opposite side couldn't help but complain: "Mr. Li'an said a few days ago that it's really time for Zhan to be a senior farmer!"

Emperor Jiajing couldn't help laughing, pointing at Xu Wei and laughing, "I heard from Huang Fan that Wen Chang suffered a lot this time?"

Xu Wei had a dark face and was speechless.

"It's good to learn a lesson. The court and China are talking about things in a circumstantial manner, and they are all working hard. They are better than you in this regard." Emperor Jiajing turned his head and asked, "How many times have you been entrusted to Taicang warehouse now?"

"135,000 taels of silver and 25,000 stones of rice." Huang Jin said with a smile.

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Wei with a funny look on his face, "How to divide it?"

"Ningbo Prefecture has 20% of its profits, and the remaining 80% are released into Taicang every three months and will not stay in Nanjing." Huang Jin smiled and said, "I think... I have been planning for a long time."

"Of course, he was obsessed with opening the sea ban in front of me a few years ago." Emperor Jiajing paused, "I really made him do it... I actually got a fleet!"

As early as the 34th year of Jiajing, Qian Yuan proposed this plan in front of Emperor Jiajing, and delivered the trading and tax bank to the Ministry of Revenue, and formed a fleet to serve the royal family... Of course, this royal family included those eunuchs.

Huang Jin tsk twice, "Eight sea boats, Zhan Cai is a little stingy."

Xu Wei looked over and said, "A round trip once a month and a half, excluding fleet expenses, the profit each time is about 40,000 taels of silver. This time, the deposit was released into the internal transportation warehouse, which totaled more than 236,000 taels of silver? There are also many overseas treasures... This is also called stinginess?"

When he heard the number of more than 236,000 taels? Emperor Jiajing's eyes were so smiling that he narrowed into a slit... Just a few days ago, the fairy Lan was still complaining that the raw materials for alchemy were insufficient? The quality was also poor? The concubine of the new concubine last year was still disliked the pearls not being round enough...

You should know that the commercial tax collected by the Bada Bank of the Canal last year was only 460,000 taels!

"There are really a lot of eight sea boats, except for Wang Zhi's fleet? There are not many fleets that can have eight sea boats." Xu Wei explained: "Rosan ships can only sail near the sea and go to the South China Ocean? Need a large sea boat? Often, several or even dozens of people gather a ship of cargo to sea."

Huang Jin asked curiously: "Where did Zhancai get eight sea boats?"

"Uh... the one who stayed after Xu Hai was killed." Xu Wei sneered and said, "That day Zhan Cai went to Ligang to recruit Wang Zhi to seek pacification, and the secret talk came out."

Emperor Jiajing laughed and scolded: "What a bandit. He is really a bandit. He also takes the initiative to ask for bribes. By the way, Zhan Cai is also reckless in his work? It is said that those eight sea boats have to pay taxes when going to sea?"

Huang Jin immediately interrogated: "This sea ship is also considered a royal shop, a royal shop, and it is actually a tax and silver?"

Xu Wei blinked, "Zhan Cai insisted on his own..."

Emperor Jiajing and Huang Jin knew it in their hearts that Qian Yuan deliberately did it.

If the Royal Fleet does not need to pay taxes or silver to go to sea, do you believe that eunuchs will lower the price? Let a large number of ships be attached to the Royal Fleet, which is almost no different from smuggling? So this opening must not be opened.

It is hard to say what will it look like in the future, but at least at the beginning? Qian Yuan would not let the eunuchs get in. In the Jiajing Dynasty, where the eunuchs have weakened power, he is still sure.

After chatting for a while, Emperor Jiajing asked about the serious matter? "Since July last year, Zhenhai has collected a total of 370,000 taels of tax silver, which should be sent to Taicang warehouse for nearly 300,000 taels. Why did Zhancai intercept it?"

Xu Wei said seriously: "First, Ningbo Prefect Tang Jingchuan was afraid that the commercial business would flourish and food shortages, so he asked sea merchants to go out to sea to buy grain from all over the Nanyang area to offset the tax.

Ningbo Prefecture uses 20% of the tax and silver to purchase a large amount of grain at a moderate price. It can not only provide the price of grain in Zhejiang that is not suitable for the Qinghuang and Huang, but also transport it to Fujian for military use. This is how the 25,000 stone of rice sent to Beijing came from this time."

"I collected too much, and there was not enough money?" Huang Jin asked.

"Yes, Jingchuan Gong was afraid of food shortage. There were more than ten granaries built in Zhenhai, Cixi, Yinxian and Dinghai counties alone." Xu Wei smiled bitterly and said, "The so-called "no farming is unstable. Jingchuan Gong would rather suffer some losses than food shortage..."

Huang Jin nodded repeatedly, and Emperor Jiajing beside him rubbed the lion cat and scolded, "Huang Fan really believes... They are afraid of food shortage, so the censors in the court must bury them with memorials. By then, I will have no shame to say that the sea ban will be lifted!"

Xu Wei laughed a few times and then said, "Secondly, Zhancai allocated a large amount of silver to build a ship."

Huang Jin's eyes lit up, "This is a good thing, there are too few eight ships!"

"It's a military ship." Xu Wei grinned, "Eunuch Huang doesn't know that the Japanese storm in the two Zhejiangs are gradually subsided, but the sea is still not peaceful, and pirates often appear. There are not merchant ships going out to sea every day, but go out to sea every ten days, just to fear that pirates will attack."

"So Zhan Cai wanted to form a fleet to escort. If there were no military ships to guard it, merchant ships would be in danger... Only this year, the merchant ships that went to sea in Zhenhai lost six and sank five."

After looking at Emperor Jiajing, Xu Wei carefully added: "Now, the Japanese in Fujian are suffering from heavy Japanese disasters. Form a fleet to attack Japanese... It can also be used in the war in Fujian."

Emperor Jiajing did not say anything, and calculated silently in his heart, and asked expressionlessly at the end: "How many have he intercepted?"

Xu Wei's eyes moved and replied, "Fifty thousand taels of silver, of which a small part helps Ningbo Prefecture buy grain, and most of them are used for shipbuilding. This is the case, the commander of the Zhejiang Governor General's Office, Prime Minister Ge Hao, is in charge of Taizhou."

"Nine months, at least more than 10,000 taels per month..." Emperor Jiajing sighed, "It's really a waste... and he said he could serve as the Grand Secretary. He took office as the Minister of Revenue, and he was afraid that he would starve to death in the court!"

Xu Wei was silent and no longer defended anything. In fact, Qian Yuan mentioned this in the letter. Since the maritime merchants who went to sea to sell goods should have the awareness of seeking wealth and danger in danger. The fleet had only one task for a long time to crack down on smuggling.

After leaving Xiyuan, Xu Wei did not go back to Suiyuan directly, but went to Hanlin Academy to make a move.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Wei heard a cheerful voice inside... It is said that Hanlin is poor and is really endless. After all, if you pass the imperial examination, you can accept the land contribution. However, in Beijing, the cost is extremely high. You have no money and no money. You can't get a salary for several months or even half a year. It's really hard to bear!

As soon as he saw Xu Wei enter the door, Sun Qi pulled him to the corner, "The Ministry of Revenue released news and would make up for his salary last year tomorrow... Is it Zhan Cai?"

"Well, it's just because Su Song paid the owed money and grain, and the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue's deposit and color discount." Xu Wei whispered: "This matter cannot be concealed by many people, but there is no need to be publicized."

Sun Yan responded, seeing Xu Wei's face was not very happy, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

Xu Wei sighed and shook his head. He originally wanted to take out the money at the critical moment when the censor Kedao impeached Qian Yuan... but the Ministry of Revenue could not hold on anymore.

If the censor Kedao impeached Qian Yuan and set up a city to trade, but the salary paid by the Ministry of Revenue was the tax and silver sent by Zhenhai... that would be interesting.

But Qian Yuan said in his letter that this plan was not optimistic, the conditions required were too harsh, the timing was difficult to grasp, and the effect could be limited, and those censors were more polite than the other!

However, man's calculation is not as good as God's calculation.
Chapter completed!