After coming out of Cining Palace, Kangxi, who was on the carriage, was in a good mood and smiled and ordered Yuzhu: "How good is it to accompany Mama to have dinner?"

OK, the old emperor asked this, what can Yuzhu say?

“Wait.”

When it was hot, the old emperor liked to eat in the Zhai Palace on the east side of the Ganqing Palace...

After arriving at the Zhai Palace, the old emperor gave instructions and specially prepared a small table for Yuzhu, which was on the left side of the emperor.

There were several long tables on both sides of the Zhai Palace, and the tables were filled with imperial meals.

As usual, the emperor and the empress dowager's regular meals were 108 dishes.

Of course it is impossible to eat so many dishes, but the problem is that the Tian family’s cards must be held.

It was cold last time, and when the dishes were served, they were all cold, so Yuzhu naturally didn't have enough food.

This time, the old emperor took special care of Yuzhu and ordered someone to add a few stir-fried vegetables to Yuzhu's small table from time to time.

To be honest, the cooking skills of the imperial chef in the palace are still very good.

However, there are too many greasy fish and meat, which is very unfavorable to the health of the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular system.

After the meal, the old emperor took Yuzhu to the Yangxin Hall to have tea.

Yuzhu drank a few sips of tea and waited for the old emperor to speak.

The longer I spent with the old emperor, the more Yu Zhu understood that the old emperor was extremely deep and he was the one who took one step and counted ten steps.

Today, the emperor took Yuzhu to meet the Empress Dowager again, gave him a meal and invited him to have tea, which obviously had a purpose.

"Liang Jiugong, come and read it to Yuzhu."

The old emperor also knew Yuzhu's character very well. Even in private, Yuzhu could not read unreviewed memorials.

This child is very wise and knows how to behave. He is not a domineering person who is arrogant and arrogant!

After listening to the memorial of Guangdong Customs Supervision, Kangxi didn't need to say a word, Yuzhu had already understood it in seconds.

Hehe, the emperor dislikes Guangdong Customs for making too little money!

The huge Guangdong Customs only collects more than 100,000 taels of silver a year. Those borers are really crazy!

Today, the Qing Dynasty has four customs, namely Jiang Customs, Guangdong Customs, Fujian Customs and Zhejiang Customs.

Fujian Customs is also under the jurisdiction of the General of Fuzhou, and Jiang Customs and Zhejiang Customs are under the jurisdiction of the governor of the province.

The most special thing is Guangdong Customs!

Guangdong Customs Supervision, in fact, is the same as Chongwenmen Supervision, who is the emperor's confidant who is the imperial envoy to collect money.

In name, Guangdong Customs is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue. In fact, it was also an official from the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Emperor Jian who was in charge of foreign taxes in Guangzhou.

Because the imperial court values ​​scholars and neglects business, Guangdong Customs did not directly deal with foreign merchants, but instead indirectly received foreign taxes through the Thirteen Corps in Guangzhou.

The year after Nalan Xingde's death, that is, the 24th year of Kangxi, the Thirteen Tours in Guangzhou were officially born.

Guangzhou Thirteen Travel, commonly known as the Emperor Nanku, is a foreign goods store with the right to franchise import and export trade, and a foreign trade monopoly organization with a semi-official and semi-business nature.

In the Qing Dynasty, salt merchants from Lianghuai, merchants from the Thirteenth Street in Guangzhou and merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi, these three major businessmen groups were the richest group of businessmen.

In a nutshell, like the nature of the supervision of Chongwenmen, Guangdong Customs is the imperial tax customs that makes money for the emperor.

When raiding houses to make money, the old emperor also understood that this actually belongs to the category of killing chickens and retrieving eggs, and it cannot last for a long time.

But the problem is that after Yuzhu took advantage of the monopoly of the city gate and opened a rice shop and a vegetable shop, the Chongwen Gate Supervision Office could collect more than 8,000 taels of silver in living money every day.

This is amazing!

There are more than 8,000 taels a day, and nearly 3 million taels a year!

What is this concept?

Well, the expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs last year, including the money for the garden repair, were only more than two million taels.

Hi, the old emperor put down the trap early, gave full benefits in advance, and gave decent rewards.

If Yu Zhu dares to pretend to be stupid now, he will definitely be in trouble.

"Old man, if I were the Guangdong Customs Supervisor, it would be the same rule, and I would have the final say."

Since he was the supervisor of Chongwenmen, Yuzhu has been bargaining with the emperor, subtly allowing the emperor to adapt to his rules and regulations.

I will help you earn money, but I must give it to me the power I monopolize. Otherwise, I really can't do it!

"Okay, two million taels of silver a year, one tael cannot be reduced. If you can do it, I will rely on you." Kangxi was also used to the lion opening his mouth to ask Yuzhu for money.

To be honest, Kangxi was very smart. A mere Chongwenmen Supervisory Office could get so much money, let alone do monopoly transactions with foreign merchants?

Yuzhu shook his head and said seriously: "If you can't control the smuggling at sea and want to collect so much money, you will definitely not be able to do it."

Kangxi's eyes flashed slightly. When Yuzhu mentioned the word smuggling, he thought of the Guangdong Navy who had been removed.

At present, the established Guangdong Navy no longer exists.

However, on the Shanghengzhang Island in Humen, there was also a smuggling naval camp stationed. The commander in charge of the naval camp was a general of the green camp, and was controlled by the Guangdong Admiral.

Before the First Opium War, two forts were built on the Shangshan Island and Yong'an Island.

Unfortunately, when the British army attacked, the Qing army officers and soldiers from the two forts fled and collapsed without fighting. Guan Tianpei, a national hero who was the admiral of the Guangdong Navy, died heroically for his country.

Nowadays, there are only a thousand people and only twenty wooden boats in the Humen Navy Camp. Compared with the more than 2 million taels of silver a year that Kangxi is reluctant to let go?

If Yu Zhu was a Han official in the south, Kangxi would have hesitated for a while.

The problem is that Yu Zhu is a serious Manchu nobleman under the Xianghuang Banner. What are you worried about in the Qing Dynasty?

The garrison generals from all over the country, with the Eight Banners soldiers, were nearby to monitor Han officials, which had long been customized by the court.

"It's up to you. After you preside over the provincial examination, you will also serve as the supervisor of Guangdong Customs. At that time, the Humen Naval Army Camp will also be subject to your control." Kangxi happily agreed to Yuzhu's bargaining.

"Wei Zhu, go and bring my order." With Kangxi's orders, Wei Zhu brought in a secret decree that had been drafted long ago.

Yuzhu opened the secret order and saw that he was shocked and sweating all over his body.

Obviously, Kangxi had long expected that Yuzhu would ask for military power from the Humen Naval Army Camp. Therefore, the secret decree that had been drafted long ago had given Yuzhu the power to control the Humen Naval Army Camp.

The old emperor is definitely not an ordinary person, and his thoughts are unfathomable!

Being with the king is like being with a tiger, and I will never deceive you!

From Oboi to Soetu, they suffered a great loss of despising Kangxi. As a result, one was killed by the circle and the other was starved to death, and they were all retribution.

Yuzhu suppressed the shock in his heart and shouted deliberately: "Old man, you know everything I am thinking."

"Little Monkey, you can eat a few bowls of dry rice, you, Mama, I know all."

Yuzhu's flattery was so good that Kangxi couldn't help but stroke his beard and chuckled.

Wei Zhu, who was beside him, had a different thought in his heart.

Except for the Crown Prince Yinreng, the Emperor Longsheng treats Yuzhu much closer than the other princes and princes.

Today's old emperor is really inseparable from Liang Jiugong and Wei Zhu.

However, Wei Zhu neither could help Master Long made money, nor could she have the ability to play chess with Master Long played.

More importantly, Yuzhu can help Long Live and suppress the growing ambitions and power of the eighth and the prince.

Wei Zhu couldn't do anything about these things. He could only watch Yu Zhu rise up in front of the emperor's leadership.

"Old man, I thought that if I want to earn two million taels of silver every year, I would still have to buy a large Western ship and form a caravan to go to the West to do business." Yuzhu deliberately tried and discussed with Kangxi, but he didn't even dare to mention shipbuilding.

Kangxi waved his hand and smiled, "My Heavenly Dynasty's cotton cloth, linen cloth, silk, tea and porcelain are in short supply in the West, so why should I send someone to the West to do business?"

Yuzhu knew it in his mind that this was a typical British conservative trade thinking.

In addition to Churchill's prodigal son, more importantly, the closed and monopoly colonial market led to a long-term stagnation in production technology.

Because the big British businessmen make a lot of money by lying down, where can they get the motivation to innovate technologically?

The essence of World War I was actually Germany's high-quality industrial products and could not enter the colonial market controlled by Britain.

The old emperor said so, and most people would definitely not dare to say anything else.

But the problem is, Yuzhu is not an ordinary person.

Yuzhu said with a smile: "I'm going to tell you, you said, I also want to build a few boats and make some pocket money by voyage to the West."

"Oh, that's it." Kangxi was not the mean Yongzheng. The logic he believed in was that when the water was clear, there would be no fish, and when the people were observant, there would be no disciples.

Most people make money by secretly, for fear that the emperor will find out.

Yuzhu is different from everyone. He blatantly asked the old emperor to go to sea to build a ship.

In this era, the merchant ships of the Qing Dynasty were at best nearly a hundred tons.

Kangxi thought that Yuzhu built this kind of merchant ship, so he nodded and agreed.

There is no way, Kangxi is a human or not a god, and he has never seen what a real Western sail battleship looks like.

The blanks and faults in thinking made Kangxi invisibly fall into Yuzhu's plot.

"At most, there are three boats, there can be no more." Kangxi also drew a circle for Yuzhu that he was not allowed to go over, just like before.
To be continued...