After Sun Xian finished speaking, he stood up in a red robe, which was very conspicuous in the hall.

Wanli thought for a while, smiled softly and said, "I'm afraid that Siming Gong also thinks so."

Sun Xian also laughed, then stood up and said, "When the Siming Gong was in court, I was afraid of him. Although I have returned to my hometown, I am still afraid of him. I am not afraid of Siming Gong's other things, but I am afraid of his husband being too smart. So, I thought, Siming Gong was building a plank road openly and crossing Chencang secretly."

"Build a plank road openly and cross the Chencang secretly?" Wanli savored this.

Sun Xian bowed and said, "The Emperor, except for Chengzu, this dynasty who went to the West, then repeatedly opened up maritime affairs. Although the Emperor has now opened a ban on maritime affairs, most of the maritime affairs are not under the control of the court, so the Emperor sent Wei to the south. Only this time, the Siming Gong suddenly got involved and suggested to the Emperor that the expansion of the sea in the southeast was not the inner court. The old slave thought that according to the Siming Gong's intention, gathering the strength of the sea in several southeast provinces would be a major event that was united inside and outside, and the civil and military forces together, which shocked the court. Therefore, such a major event should be presided over by important officials with both reputation and status. However, the old slave said it was unpleasant. The emperor really decided that the important officials were responsible for this matter, and that the Siming Gong came out of the mountain, afraid that it would be difficult to accomplish."

After hearing this, Wanli refused to say anything, but his expression on his face admitted that what Sun Xian, the old slave, said was true. Even if he was the emperor, it would be difficult to promote the expansion of the southeast.

"Shen Yiguan did not come out of the mountain by himself, nor did he recommend other ministers to the emperor. Instead, he recommended Wei, the inner minister to preside over the presidency. This is where Mr. Shen's wisdom lies."

“Why?”

"The emperor thinks, if the inner court presided over the Southeast Expohai, and was a person with shallow experience, the outer court would think it was a big joke, and it was completely inappropriate. It was just that our inner court was trying to make the emperor happy. In that case, the outer court would look at the Southeast Expohai with the purpose of watching jokes, and would not object to it. In this way, the southeast Expohai would not encounter resistance from the outside court, at least, the court would not pay too much attention to this matter." Sun Xian expressed his opinion, and he believed that Shen Yiguan recommended Wei Liangchen to come out for this purpose.

Wanli nodded in hearing this and signaled Sun Xian to continue.

"As long as the southeast can be opened, it is okay for our inner court to win this name. If it succeeds, it is the inner court's credit. If it fails, it is Wei Liangchen's fault, and it has nothing to do with the emperor. Mr. Shen has no influence, and the Southeast gentry will not be dissatisfied with the emperor."

Sun Xian understood what he said very well. He could have asked Wei Liangchen to take charge of the matter, but if he didn't do it well, he would take the blame.

Wanli wanted to let Wei Liangchen go south to do maritime affairs and promote him to the garrison eunuch, which seemed to mean to let him take the blame.

The emperor wants the benefits.

The disadvantage is that the emperor cannot ask for.

If you fail, someone will come out to take the blame.

Sun Xian continued: "Besides, we should recommend Wei Liangchen to take charge of this matter with the eyes of the Siming Gonggong. The power of several provincial and military offices in the southeast is not something that Wei Liangchen can do. If the Siming Gonggong is behind the scenes, he will not be able to make any mistakes. After all, in Fujian and Zhejiang, the Siming Gonggong still keeps his word."

"Shen Yiguan can suppress people."

Wanli said in a muffled voice, and the implication was that with Shen Yichang's usual prestige and the influence of the Zhejiang Party, local snakes in Zhejiang, Fujian and even Guangdong did not dare to destroy the major event of expanding the sea in the southeast.

Wanli was also very smart. He had a premonition that Chen Yipin would not come forward to him for no reason. The interests behind the Southeast Expand Sea were afraid that this Siming Gong would have a large share.

But as long as he could get one for the emperor, Wanli wouldn't mind that Chen Yiguan would be divided into one. Because it's better than nothing.

Wei Liangchen wrote a memorial in the previous article that Zhejiang maritime merchants obstructed the opening of the sea, and even bribed officers and soldiers to attack the military and civilians of the Special Administrative Region. In fact, Shen Yichang came forward to suppress him, so Zhejiang maritime merchants should be more restrained.

Even though he lives in the deep palace, Wanli still knows everything about the world.

Isn’t Chen Yiguan the spokesperson of Fujian and Zhejiang Maritime Business?

No matter how you look at it, it is a good thing. Wei Liangchen's solemn development of maritime affairs is not as good as the help of local forces in Fujian and Zhejiang. Just pointing at Wei Liangchen's opening of the sea, Wanli thought that no matter how smooth it was, it would take three or two years to see the silver from the ship transported to the capital.

His old man now has a big appetite, and he is no longer able to coax him to write inscriptions at the time when he was five hundred taels.

"Chen Yiguan has never disappointed me."

Wanli was moved. He knew that Chen Yiguan had a very accurate view of things. He gave him a secret disclosure with his seventy-year-old body and proposed to expand the sea in the southeast, so this matter would be 80% feasible.

As for Wei Liangchen's ability, Wanli was not suspicious. This kid was able to run to Jianzhou Guard alone, which made his son jump back alive, which was enough to show the problem. As for the Wuxi incident, although he withstood Ye Xianggao's pressure, the kid himself was also hard and took the military power of the Wusong Shui Camp empty-handed and was invincible. If he had not been so successful, how long could he protect the emperor?

Wei Liangchen gave the silver to Wanli, and Wanli was certainly happy. But the thing that made him happiest was the establishment of the Royal Navy. The word "royal" gave the navy a certain nature. When Wanli thought of having an imperial guard outside the palace and naval army making money for him on the sea, Wanli was particularly comfortable. As for the death of a guerrilla general during the seizure of power, Wanli turned a blind eye.

"You old slave is right. If I let the foreign court take charge of this matter, they will definitely be irresponsible. Those censors are idle and have nothing to do, so it would be strange if they don't come to scold me. The Siming Gong is a big deal, but after all, he is old and cannot be too busy. Expanding the sea in the southeast is a big deal, and it complements the maritime affairs. I dare not give it to others casually, so I can just let Wei Liangchen take a false reputation to deal with it. Didn't I just ask him to be the guard of Jiangnan and do it in this name. If Wei Liangchen is really unbearable, it will not be too late for me to replace people at that time."

Wanli made the decision, and the Jiangnan Guards were given away. It would be fine if they gave Wei Liangchen the power to preside over the Southeast Expanding Sea. Anyway, the original intention of establishing the Jiangnan Guards was to allow Wei Liangchen to better handle maritime affairs. The two were originally one.

Sun Xian was also happy to see the emperor listen to his words. He had to call Li Jinzhong to say a few words when he had the chance to let him know what he did for his nephew. When the grandson came to pay his respects to his grandfather in the future, he would have a lot to say.

"The emperor, the old slave agrees to Wei Liangchen as the presidency of the Southeast Expansion of the Sea. There is another important reason, but it is that we must tell the emperor." Sun Xian thought of an important thing and had to say.
Chapter completed!