Zhang Siwei was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Jiajing. He was elected as a Shuji Shi because of his first place. He was also well-known because his uncle Yang Bo was appointed as the Minister of War at the time.

Three years ago, Zhang Siwei was much more famous in the Hanlin Academy than Zhang Juzheng. The latter was unknown at the time and the two were considered to have friendship. Zhang Juzheng even introduced Zhang Siwei to Qian Yuan.

But now, the two of them had a gap. Zhang Juzheng climbed Xu Jie's arm with one hand and Gao Gong's trouser legs with the other.

Zhang Siwei was quite disdainful of this. He didn't say that he was good at everything, but just looked at his posture. He was too powerful!

Alas, in fact, Zhang Siwei is not much better than that... His status in Prince Yu's mansion mainly comes from his uncle Yang Bo.

Of course, my uncle is born and cannot be recognized, but my father-in-law can recognize him, and he can be recognized one by one...just count, Xu Jie is Zhang Juzheng's third father-in-law.

Zhang Siwei looked at the opposite side with a smile, but found that Qian Yuan’s smile was quite strange, “Zhan Cai?”

"Uh, my son Wei will know later." Qian Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth. Liang Sheng came to report just now, and it seemed that Xian Yu swung the turtle punch and gave Zhang Juzheng two times.

After leaving the distracting thoughts behind, Qian Yuan sorted out his thoughts in his mind and said softly: "First, Qian ordered the guards to go south tomorrow and inform the Shanxi merchants could set up shops in Zhenhai and Ninghai, and no one dared to make things difficult for him. Brother Ziwei could let others go."

"Uncle Zhang Xialing and third brother Zhang Sijiao can all get rid of his body." Zhang Siwei was excited, "The Southeast Commercial Bank still needs a few words."

"That's natural, a group of short-sighted people who don't scold them are ignorant!" Qian Yuan squinted his eyes and chuckled, "The more powerful the Shanxi merchants have, they can use the more they can, and they can grab the more shares they can..."

"It would be nice to have a place to stay." Zhang Siwei refused repeatedly, "The people of Jin are not greedy."

"That's Brother Ziwei, I don't know the inside story." Qian Yuanchang smiled and said, "The Ming Dynasty treasures, Tianhua, silk, tea, porcelain... Too many goods, all of which are regarded as treasures by the West. Now there are only two trading ports in Zhenhai and Ninghai. How many goods are there, the maritime merchants can swallow!"

"Just pay taxes and silver, no smuggling and selling goods... Although Jingchuan Gong, Wangzhi Gong, would not issue trade documents at will, Qian can guarantee that the share of Shanxi merchants will not be smaller than that of Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants."

Zhang Siwei thought in his heart that Zhenhai and Ninghai are located in Zhejiang, and Wang Zhi is from Huizhou. Qian Yuan’s promise... has made him unable to believe it, it is really tempting.

But why is the young man on the other side so generous?

Giving gifts is also skillful, especially in the officialdom. No-reason good intentions are more vigilant than no-reason malice. Qian Yuan will naturally not forget this.

Holding a wine pot in hand, Qian Yuan poured a glass of wine, and said seriously: "Brother Shuxiao and Brother Ziwei are familiar with each other, so you should know what Qian wants."

"Qian went south for three years and made many military achievements. He set up a city to trade, but the sea ban has not been opened yet."

"The concession is nothing more than trying to tie the Shanxi merchants to this ship. If someone in the court says he will implement the sea ban in the future, and if Qian suggests to lift the sea ban in the future, he will ask Brother Ziwei to help him."

Zhang Siwei suddenly realized and said with a smile: "Although I have returned home for three years, I have also heard that Zhenhai Taxation Silver has solved the difficulties of the levy in the court. Liaodong, Jimen, Fujian, and Jiangxi, how many people live because of Zhenhai grain silver."

"Brother Ziwei praised it." Qian Yuan picked up the chopsticks and smiled: "Try this potato shredded potato."

Zhang Siwei picked up the chopsticks of potato shredded with shredded pork into his mouth, and chewed them and his eyes lit up, "Tender, smooth and delicious."

Of course, meat in this era has not yet been popularized to thicken before putting it in the pot. Mix the shredded pork with sweet potato flour, add salt and stir evenly, leave it for a quarter of an hour before putting it in the pot. The meat is extremely smooth and tender.

"That's the second." Qian Yuan pointed to the dish, "Sweet potatoes and potatoes are not conducive to the promotion in the northwest. I hope Brother Ziwei will help... Of course, I will wait until the harvest is completed this autumn."

Zhang Siwei has heard Sun Yan more than once or twice. When Sun Piyang talked about this, he asked curiously: "Is it really a yield of twenty stones per mu?"

"No less than fifteen stones." Qian Yuan said solemnly: "The key is that it is drought-resistant and easy to move, and uses less water."

Zhang Siwei's expression became cautious, and water shortage... This is a major problem that cannot be cured in the northwest region. Most of the canals built during the Qin, Han and Tang dynasties are now useless. If such drought-tolerant and high-yield crops are promoted in the northwest, it will have a significant response to the Zhang family, Yang Bo and himself.

Yang Bo was very concerned about this. He once told Zhang Siwei in his letter that if military households plant potatoes and sweet potatoes, even if the Mongols go south to plunder during the harvest season... it would be a hard time and they would have to dig them out of the soil.

"If this is true, Zhang should spare no effort for the country, the people, and the hometown." Zhang Siwei nodded and said, "There are one, the second, and the third."

Qian Yuan lowered his eyes slightly and said slowly: "Donald Yupo has been out of the filial piety for several months. I wonder when he will return to Beijing?"

Zhang Siwei was not surprised that the other party asked about this matter. His uncle Yang Bo was removed from the court at the end of last year, but he is still in Xuanfu's position as Minister of War. This matter has always been the focus of officials in the court.

"I was filial to my uncle, but I didn't expect Altan to invade the south, and the generals were unable to resist, so my uncle had to go to the front line." Zhang Siwei sighed: "At the end of last year, I had a letter exchange, and my uncle said that it was the emperor's imperial handwriting that day, and now..."

Qian Yuan couldn't help but complain in his heart. It seemed that Xu Jie and Yan Song would not decide the outcome completely, so Yang Wei made an appointment and refused to come back to trek in this muddy water!

After pondering for a while, Qian Yuan asked in a low voice: "I heard that Mr. Yu Po and Sui'an had some misunderstandings?"

The so-called "Sui'an" refers to Sui'an County, Zhejiang Province. Of course, Zhang Siwei understood that this was Jiangdong, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War in Sui'an County.

Zhang Siwei's eyes flashed, "Zhan Cai was joking, Young Sima and his uncle have a good relationship."

Qian Yuan laughed and said, "Brother Ziwei is just joking."

In the past three or four years, the six ministries in the central government of Beijing were the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Rites, and Minister of Justice. The Ministry of Justice only changed once. Jia Yingchun, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiajing, retired and Ouyang Bijin took over. The change most frequently was the Ministry of Personnel, from Li Mo to Wu Peng, to now Ouyang Bijin.

The most complicated thing is the Ministry of War, although it has only changed once.

Yang Boyuan was in Xuanfu and was in charge of the Minister of War. The affairs of the Ministry of War were temporarily led by the Left Minister Jiangdong. These two people were actually in the same year, both of whom were Jinshi in the eighth year of Jiajing, but they became mortal enemies.

In the 35th year of Jiajing, Altan went south to surround the Right Guard of Datong for half a year, but he could not escape the siege... Yang Shun, the Governor of Xuanda, abducted Altan's eldest son's concubine!

Emperor Jiajing was anxious. The Japanese turmoil in the south could be tolerated for the time being. After all, he could not kill Beijing, but Altan was close to him. If he came to encircle Beijing again, Emperor Jiajing would have to bow to his ancestors and apologize.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing chose to abolish the Minister of War Xu Lun and ordered Yang Bo to regain his feelings for half a year, and to restore the Minister of War, Governor Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi military affairs.

At the same time, Jiangdong, who was the left minister of the Ministry of War at the time, just led his army to attack and lift the siege of the right guard of Datong... Originally, Xu Lun, the Minister of War, had already left, and it was probably Jiangdong who was promoted to Grand Marshal. Unexpectedly, Yang Bo, who was still in Dingyou, came out of the diagonal assassin.

Since then, the two of them have become enemies. Yang Bo has never been willing to return to Beijing or write a letter to resign. Jiangdong returns to Beijing and continues to serve as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War... Emperor Jiajing dislikes him because once there is a victory, Yan Song will report good news. Once he is defeated, Yan Song shrank his head and pushed Jiangdong to report the funeral.

However, Jiangdong and Suiyuan have a good relationship. Qian Yuan secretly controlled many troops in the southeast, and was promoted to a lieutenant general and transferred to the chief general. This kind of thing cannot be bypassed by Jiangdong, who temporarily led the Ministry of War.

If it weren't for Jiangdong, there would be many generals and schoolmen under Qi Jiguang's command, including Qi Jimei, Lu Bin, Hou Jigao, Lu Peng, Yue Puhe, Zhang Yuanxun, Yang Wen and other generals, so easily promoted.

This is also the thing that Qian Yuan is most worried about.

Jiangdong and Yang Bo made a feud, and Yang Bo returned to Beijing in the future... Qian Yuan didn't remember whether Yang Bo had entered the cabinet, but he would have to survive until the Longqing period. Once he returned to Beijing, he would have to clean up his old subordinates and would also make adjustments to some promotions in Jiangdong.
Chapter completed!