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Chapter 697 Influence

Looking at the memorial in hand, Xu Wei was a little stunned. Such a big thing... Why didn’t Zhan Cai explain it in advance?

"I don't know about this." Xu Wei was confused and hesitated. "He didn't like Suiyuan back then... Zhan Cai still had him..."

Emperor Jiajing was also a little puzzled. Although the name Qian Yuan was not in the memorial, he could conclude that Qian Yuan must have made a move... Otherwise, even if the spring farming in Fujian was difficult to do, the person who wrote the letter should be Wu Baipeng, the governor of Fujian, who happened to be Qian Yuan's person.

What's more, Qian Yuan and Li Mo have always been disagreeable. Li Mo is arrogant and Qian Yuan... He will retaliate against the grudges. It would be nice not to ask Li Mo for trouble!

When he was elected, Li Mo was the only one who tried to defeat Qian Yuan. He once openly criticized Suiyuan scholars, and even Sun Ying, the son of Sun Sheng, the deputy minister of the Ministry of Personnel, did not escape.

All the superiors have diseases and suspicious diseases. The suspicious diseases of being an emperor are much worse than those of ordinary people.

Among them, Emperor Jiajing is a deep patient, which is based on his personality, and on the other hand, he has not been in court for more than ten years.

Emperor Jiajing thought in his mind that this was a bit strange, and it happened to happen when Yan Song's wife was critically ill...

"He's the only thing!" Xu Wei had a headache about Qian Yuan's move, "Your Majesty, just call him back to Beijing and put him in the Ministry of Revenue, or stay in the Censorate..."

Emperor Jiajing looked at Xu Wei with his eyes narrowed, and then shook his head, "Wait a minute... By the way, the Ministry of Revenue has reported that Zhenhai has collected a total of 1.12 million taels of silver in taxes last year. At the end of last year, Ninghai will be selected for trading again. This year may it be doubled?"

Xu Wei thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, there should be an increase, but it is difficult to double it. After all, sea ships are limited. Some sea ships were originally going to sea in Zhenhai, but now they may move to Ninghai."

"But Zhancai..."

"Um?"

Xu Wei laughed dryly, "Shaosiong and his group went south and returned north and set off. Zhancai built the canal, Xiachaoguansong, south, let go..."

Emperor Jiajing was also a smart person. After thinking for a moment, he understood and laughed and scolded: "He has a good plan!"

"Anyway, the meat is stuck in the pot." Xu Wei muttered. The North and South Canals are the main arteries of this empire, and a large amount of goods flowed south into Zhejiang through the canal.

There was Wu Baipeng at the beginning, and now there was Tan Lun. Qian Yuan could control Beixin Pass in Hangzhou and Hushu Pass in Suzhou. In the north, Yangzhou, Huai'an, and Linqing, there was no chance of Qian Yuan at all.

Qian Yuan tried to lower the tax rate for cargo ships to travel south to attract more goods to gather in the southeast. For the Ministry of Revenue... Ningbo Qinglisi was naturally willing, but Qinglisisi, which was originally responsible for the Eight Great Banks, would definitely not do it.

So Huang Maoguan was in a dilemma, and he was all in his own palm, so Xu Wei only stabbed Emperor Jiajing today.

But Emperor Jiajing ignored all these nonsense and pointed at Huang Jin and said, "You tell Huang Fan to go, he's willing!"

Huang Jin laughed and said nothing,

Starting from Yangzhou, Huai'an, Linqing and Hexiwu were all intervened by internal officials. The eunuchs with black eyes could only see white silver, and the eunuchs who could only see white silver were willing to let the silver slip through their hands. You must know that these eunuchs can get fat and lack it, so they also have to give filial piety layer by layer.

"Then wait for the first month...after February, look at the account book sent to Beijing." Emperor Jiajing made a decision, "If there is any increase, transfer it back to Beijing."

Xu Wei asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, go back to the Censorate?"

"Then go back and patrol other provinces and go to make a big comeback?" Emperor Jiajing laughed and scolded: "Wen Chang, you are worried about the Japanese in Fujian... You have to use your strength to leverage the power of the Japanese invasion in Fujian. The Ministry of War wrote a letter, please send the Zhejiang Navy to attack the Japanese."

Xu Wei chuckled and turned to Qingci. He was an insider. Qian Yuanxiu's warships were basically transferred to the commander of Taizhou commander Ge Hao, and Ge Hao was the confidant general promoted by Zhejiang Governor Tan Lun.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Wei, Qian Zheng and everyone in Suiyuan hope that Qian Yuan will return to Beijing as soon as possible. As the inspector, Qian Yuan used his many connections and business matters to inject his influence into all parts of the southeast coast.

From the allocation of troops, the construction of military ordnance, to the construction of trade and taxation, Qian Yuan's figure is everywhere, and even many civil and military officials of the three prefectures of Ningshaotai were planted by Qian Yuan.

For example, Tang Shunzhi, the governor of Ningbo, Song Jizu, the governor of Taizhou, and Zhao Dahe, the governor of Ninghai County, were the most typical of the governor of Zhenhai. From Sun Piyang to Sun Ying, they were all members of Suiyuan.

Zhejiang Governor Tan Lun is Qian Yuan’s uncle, and he has helped Qian Yuan with many personnel arrangements... especially in the allocation of troops.

If the size of the territory is not considered, the three prefectures of Ning Shaotai have become Qian Yuan's independent kingdom... This is what no one in the court wants to see, and it is also the unconscious rejection of the civil service system.

But in fact, this is what Qian Yuan wants to do.

Once you return to Beijing, you will not be able to go to the southeast for a short period of time and you will not be able to build your foundation. If something happens in the future, it will not be too late.

After spending lunch with Emperor Jiajing, Xu Wei left the hall. After thinking about it, he called Huang Jin and went straight back to Suiyuan.

Emperor Jiajing leaned slanted on the couch, and after a while he was silent, he looked at Huang Jin, "Call Lu Binglai."

Huang Jin bowed and responded, went out to instruct his subordinates, and then went to Zhilu and handed Yan Shifan the memorial to commend the redemption.

"Old Huang, what about Li Shiyan's seal?" Yan Shifan was not very concerned about the others.

Huang Jin smiled and said, "Your Majesty is staying."

Xu Jie, who was beside him, was happy and he was really unwilling to say anything... It seems that His Majesty is hesitant about whether to revive Li Mo.

Xu Wei returned to Suiyuan and immediately handed over a message, asking Qian Zheng to return home, and then asked someone to call Sun Jing.

"Your Majesty is intended to revive Li Mo, why did Zhan Cai do this?" Xu Wei pulled his face and said, "It's all fishy!"

In fact, Xu Wei was wrong, but Xu Jie guessed correctly. Emperor Jiajing was hesitant about whether to revive Li Mo. Li Mo was too chaotic. Once he returned to the court, he would either have a chaotic relationship with Yan Song or Xu Jie.

Qian Yuan, who was thousands of miles away, could not be sure whether Li Mo could recover, but he was willing to give Li Mo an opportunity. If Emperor Jiajing intends to recover Li Mo, this time would be an opportunity.

Originally, Qian Yuan had no such plan, but the sudden appearance of Lin Heng and the relationship between Lin Tingji and his son and Li Mo made Qian Yuan make this decision.

Qian Zheng hesitated and whispered: "Although Li Shiyan is not in line with Suiyuan, he is open-minded and capable of doing things."

Xu Wei shook his head, "Once Yan Song gets out, Xu Jie is the only one who can compete with the cabinet... Li Shiyan is the most suitable, but now His Majesty is suspicious of Li Shiyan's connection and talent, so he keeps the memorials and will not be posted."

Sun Jian, who had been silent all the time, suddenly said: "It is not so unwise to show off his talents and think deeply. There must be arrangements for this matter, so wait first."

"You can only wait." Xu Wei sighed, "Today, His Majesty mentioned Zhan Cai's return to Beijing. When Zhenhai, Ninghai's February tax and silver accounts will be in Beijing, about mid-to-late March."

"It's more than a month or three years away." Sun Yan smiled and said, "It just happened to be able to enter Beijing at the same time as Brother Duanfu."

Zhu Dashou returned to his hometown to maintain filial piety for twenty-seven months, which was the first three months to get rid of the clothes.

At this time, a rhythmic knock on the door suddenly rang out.

Liang Sheng stepped in and blinked, "Yan's mansion is white."

"What?"

"Ouyang died of illness!"

Xu Wei jumped up, clenched his fists, and looked solemn. Finally, this day has passed!
Chapter completed!
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