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Chapter 9 The Two Great Bulls

Qian Yuan's performance ended, and the scene became silent for a moment, and only the waiter's shouts came from time to time.

After a while, the scholar in blue robe put down the teacup and looked at Qian Yuan with a strange expression, "Do you know? I guessed just now that you were from Hangzhou Weaving Mansion..."

The genus face couldn't help but laugh and nodded repeatedly, "If the Maritime Bureau is reset, the eunuch in Hangzhou Weaving Mansion will be happiest."

The scholar in the blue robe reached out to his hand and pointed Qian Yuan, "Do you know why?"

Qian Yuan stood up in confusion and shook his head.

The national face explained in detail: "Before the deposed Marine Office, the civil servants were controlled by the internal officials. At that time, the eunuch of the Ningbo Marine Office, Lai En, received bribes and dealt unfairly, led to the tribute battle. Later, Xia Guixi took the opportunity to impeach and abolish Marine Office."

The scholar in the blue robe smiled and said, "So the entry of the civil service tax into the internal treasury has nothing to do with the Ministry of Revenue."

Qian Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth, who would have thought it would be so complicated? It seems that Zhu Wan's suicide was not just the Fujian people, but the eunuch probably also made a fuss. By the way, Xia Yan's death is probably related to this matter, and there are no eunuchs in the world who do not hold grudges.

Some people in the court proposed to reset the Maritime Bureau, so the later tragic Japanese riots in the southeast were caused?

It is possible, because the civil service tax and civil service group are irrelevant, and in their opinion, it is the eunuchs who grab money from their own pockets!

It’s really dark eyes that can’t stand the silver!

Don’t have to do the Maritime Bureau. As long as you don’t do it too much, those Japanese pirates rarely rob the rich merchants’ families even if they rob, and it doesn’t matter if the sea is banned. Anyway, the profits of smuggling are high, so they are just making plans.

But these people's wishful thinking was quickly broken.

No one expected that after the imperial court again banned the sea, although the smuggling trade did not stop, the Japanese pirates invaded the inland became more and more crazy, and eventually led to the southeast Japanese riot.

Qian Yuan's mind was a little confused, and the facts were too different from those in historical books. He vaguely remembered the description in "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" that this was a war between the budding of bourgeoisie and the evolution of conservative forces, but he did not expect that there was a close connection with the party struggles in the court, and it was not just an internal struggle among the civil servants.

The Chinese-character face looked at Qian Yuan's face with interest, and then he whispered: "Have you asked for advice yet?"

"Qian Yuan, a student at Huating in Songjiang, is in the lowlands."

"This is Wang Fengzhou, a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing." The national face pointed at the blue robe scholar and introduced.

"Ah, it turns out to be the Duke of Fengzhou!" Qian Yuan was shocked and stood up to salute. Now Wang Shizhen has become famous all over the world. He and Li Panlong and others are collectively known as the Seven Sons because they advocate the imitation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Wang Shizhen smiled and nodded. Since leaving Beijing at the end of last year, she has seen many similar scenes. If this little guy looks calm and unsuspecting, it will be strange.

After a rainbow fart with a gentle breeze but drizzle, Qian Yuan looked at the national face. It shouldn't be an ordinary character who can be friends with Wang Shizhen, right?

Wang Shizhen smiled and reached out and said, "This is my same year, Zhang Juzheng, a Jinshi in the 26th year of Jiajing."

Qian Yuan hiccupped without warning, his mouth twitched continuously, and suddenly saw the top politician of this era without any preparation, which made his heart stop beating.

However, Qian Yuan quickly reacted and bowed his hand and said, Senior Zhang and then focused his attention on Wang Shizhen.

Zhang Juzheng is very awesome, but for Qian Yuan at present, Wang Shizhen is the target person he needs to focus on.

After carefully introducing the situation at home and not hiding that his father and brother had also participated in maritime trade, Wang Shizhen began to carefully inquire about the inside story from Qian Yuan.

For a scholar with a great reputation in the literary world, these are considered civil affairs, but for a son of a governor of Zhejiang who also serves as the governor of the military affairs of Zhejiang, this is a matter of course.

In this era, it is common for sons to join the father's shogunate to take charge of the maintenance service, such as Yan Song's son Yan Shifan and Xu Jie's son Xu Fan are typical.

Wang Shizhen's father Wang Jun was a Jinshi in the 20th year of Jiajing. He first went to Shandong to pacify. Later, because Japanese pirates frequently came ashore to plunder, the court ordered Wang Jun to be the governor of the military affairs of Zhejiang.

This is the second Zhejiang governor appointed by the court three years after the first governor Zhu Wan committed suicide. This also shows the court's attitude towards the current robbery and maritime trade of Japanese pirates, but not everyone can react to these.

For example, the owner of the Wufeng ship who was still trying to go up a new floor in Zhoushan, did not react. Historical books record that if it were not for a strong gust of wind, the so-called King Hui would probably have disappeared.

Of course, this is related to Wang Jun's efforts to eliminate the Japanese pirates on the ashore for more than half a year after he took office and ignored the maritime trade.

After a long talk, Qian Yuan left. The moment he walked out of the restaurant, he felt unknown excitement in his heart. Although the plan he made had changed, it was not a big problem in general.

When he arrived in Hangzhou more than a month ago, Qian Yuan had someone stared at the governor's yamen. The reason was very simple. He remembered it very clearly that the famous Wang Zhi was beaten by Wang Jun and fled to Japan.

However, I thought about how to get along with Wang Jun, but instead waited for his son, the famous Wang Shizhen.

Wang Shizhen was sentenced to Luzhou, Yangzhou, Fengyang and Huai'an as an envoy last year as a mission by the Ministry of Justice. He went south from Yangzhou on his way back to Beijing and hoped to meet his father.

Wang Shizhen was so famous that he attracted a lot of discussion when he arrived in Hangzhou, which attracted Qian Yuan's attention.

Qian Yuan did not expect to be able to climb Wang Jun, but only wanted to find a way to hand over the two famous posts at critical moments. Qian Yuan did not expect to be able to get along with Wang Shizhen, but he hoped to have some intersections. To be clear, he hoped to reveal this intersection to some people.

Zhang Juzheng, who was still lingering on the second floor of the restaurant, smiled and whispered: "I can't tell that I have the intention to cling to you."

Wang Shizhen nodded in agreement, "The Qian family in Songjiang is also considered a famous family, and this kind of thing cannot be done."

Originally, both of them guessed that Qian Yuan was hoping to climb to the backing of Zhejiang Governor Wang Jun, but the three of them said the words were dry and irritating. Qian Yuan did not reveal this thought.

Well, even if Qian Yuan had this idea, he would not be so anxious to show it. When did he say something? Qian Yuan, who had been tempered by the business world in his previous life, was very experienced. He is currently just trying to use Wang Shizhen as the governor, to get rid of possible dangers, such as that Zhang Siwei.

"Yes, the first case test in Songjiang Prefecture is the difficulty of taking a Jinshi exam," Wang Shizhen smiled and said, "When will you set off for a trip back to Beijing?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Juzheng said, "I want to wait and see... The maritime trade in Hangzhou and Ningbo is so strong. If the Maritime Trade Department can be taken to the Ministry of Revenue, it may not be a way out.

After Zhang Juzheng resigned from office and returned home, he went south from Jingzhou at the beginning of this year. What he saw and heard was shocking. The trend of land annexation was very prosperous. As Qian Yuan said, agricultural taxes were getting less and less, and the imperial court's financial leeway was getting smaller and smaller. It is said that the Hanlin Academy has issued treasure money for several months."

Now Zhang Juzheng has initially shown his political vision. Three years ago, he wrote the "Commentary on Current Affairs" and clearly pointed out the five biggest problems of the court at present, one of which is the huge shortage of money.

The Ming Dynasty may be the worst fiscal dynasty in Chinese feudal history. From the beginning of the country to the final demise of the country, the financial problems have always been very serious and there are basically no good changes.

But Zhang Juzheng also knew very well that land annexation is a big pot, and once it is broken, it is light. Can we solve the financial problem in other ways...

Wang Shizhen frowned and sighed, "Then let's go separately. I will set off in five days and hope to enter Beijing as soon as possible. It is said that Jiaoshan is seriously ill in prison."
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