Chapter 91: Non-interference

Liu Mingguo had been waiting outside. When he heard the emperor's cry, he ran in quickly. He knelt down and said, "I come to see your majesty. What are your orders?"

"Liu Mingguo accepts the order!" Zhu Carpenter shouted loudly.

"This slave accepts the order."

"I have decided that from now on, the Imperial Engineering Team will be renamed the West Factory. On the one hand, it will still be responsible for the projects assigned by me, and on the other hand, it will assist the East Factory in supervising the world. Liu Mingguo will continue to manage the West Factory and be promoted to the Supervisory Eunuch of the West Factory."

"My slave, thank you for your kindness, long live my emperor!" Hearing the emperor's canonization, Liu Mingguo was so excited that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed uncontrollably. You know, it turns out that the official position of supervising the eunuch of the royal engineering team was just a temporary arrangement.

, reputation, and now the eunuch who oversees the West Factory has a reputation and status, and can even compete with Eunuch Wei.

"You will work hard here in the future and don't let me down my high regard for you." Zhu Carpenter warned.

"I will do my best to share your Majesty's worries, and I will never be ashamed of your Majesty's respect." Liu Minguo kowtowed and said.

"That's good, all right, you go down first. Let's start preparations now. The West Factory is still located at Xihua Gate. What is needed will be drawn up by then. Let me know." Carpenter Zhu said.

"Yes, yes..." Liu Mingguo kowtowed three more times before exiting the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart. This guy was not confused. He knew why happiness came so suddenly. It was all thanks to Lord Yue's support. Otherwise, how could the emperor be fine?

What kind of west factory was established?

Becoming the governor of the West Factory meant that his wealth doubled in one day. Even Liu Mingguo's walking posture was a little different from before. Of course, the news spread quickly, and the eunuchs who usually didn't pay much attention to Liu Mingguo also came up one after another.

There are some people who are trying to flatter each other and want to recognize him as their godfather. These days, whoever has the power has the right to say it. If you follow the eunuch and the admiral of the West Factory, you can get a good job if you enter the West Factory in the future.

Xichang is known as a temporary "temporary" product, but whenever it appears, the governor of Xichang must be a figure who is highly favored by the emperor, just like Wang Zhi and Liu Jin back then.

However, the most popular person in the Forbidden City is of course Wei Zhongxian. Eunuch Wei has the support of the Hakka family. Everyone knows that although Liu Mingguo is popular now, he is still on par with Eunuch Wei. Liu Mingguo also understands this truth. After the imperial edict,

After that, he immediately went to visit Eunuch Wei and expressed in a very low-key manner that he wanted to learn from Eunuch Wei.

On the other side, Yue Su and Zhu Carpenter were still chatting in the Yangxin Hall. What they were talking about now was still the issue of the court's income. Land income only amounted to so much in a year, and there was still room for collection in commercial taxes. After all,

Thirty taxes can be collected once a year for three months to meet the quota. Yue Su immediately put forward two suggestions. First, the tax quota system should be abolished. Luoyang and Hejian Prefecture should be used as pilot projects to collect taxes throughout the year.

Let’s see how much can be collected from the commercial tax of thirty-one tax.

For this reason, Yue Su specially proposed two officials to the emperor and transferred them to them as local officials to carry out special tasks. As the prefect of Luoyang, Yue Su proposed Lu Xiangsheng, and as the prefect of Hejian Prefecture, Yue Su proposed Yang Yishan. Go here

Being the prefect of two places is not only for experience, but also for the support of the two of them. The emperor also felt that the annual tax revenue was really not enough, so it was not very appropriate to cancel the quota all at once. Yue Su's step-by-step approach was also

It's pretty good, and it's ready right now.

The second point raised by Yue Su is about the salt tax. The Lianghuai salt tax is the foundation of the country and the lifeblood of the imperial court. If this place can be defended, the imperial court can earn at least two million taels of silver a year. I heard that it can

With so much extra money, Zhu Carpenter's eyes lit up and he asked Yue Su what to do. Yue Su immediately made suggestions and sent trustworthy people to Lianghuai to manage salt affairs. Yue Su suggested that Fu Guan be promoted to Lianghuai.

Ni Yuanlu was the salt transport envoy to Huaihe and Huaihe, and personnel from the east and west factories were secretly supervising. Zhu Carpenter also approved and asked the Supervisor of Ceremonies to draft the edict.

After the business was finished, Yue Su started carpentry with the emperor and did not leave until lunch.

On this day, the emperor issued several imperial edicts in succession. All the officials in the court understood that this was Lord Yue's idea. The emperor really trusted Lord Yue and was the best at listening to Lord Yue's words, so he joined Lord Yue's disciples.

There are also more and more officials.

But Yue Su is no better than Wei Zhongxian. He will not accept anyone who comes to seek refuge. He will not do anything to hide dirt. The younger brothers he recruits are either honest or capable, like those who have no ability and only want to

He is a no-nonsense person who wants to make a living.

A few days later, the emperor's decree reached Kaifeng, and King Zhou received it tremblingly. When he heard that the emperor had invited him to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, he felt puzzled, but he still followed the decree and rushed to Beijing. King Zhou was not a fool either.

Before entering Beijing, he had to give some advice to the famous people in the capital. The most popular person in Beijing was Yue Su, but he did not dare to touch this brow, so he had to find two other more popular people. These two

They were all eunuchs, one was naturally Wei Zhongxian, and the other eunuch was of course Liu Mingguo, the newly appointed governor of the West Factory.

He did not get any accurate information from Wei Zhongxian, but he did get accurate information from Liu Mingguo. Liu Mingguo's words were very obscure, but even a fool could understand the meaning. The emperor is currently immersed in designing the garden, and he also

I wanted to build it according to my design. But after all, I had limited money and designed many gardens, so I couldn't build every one. So after thinking about it, I decided to ask Uncle Wang for help to build one. Of course, the garden is in Luoyang

After the construction is completed, it belongs to the prince. The emperor will go to see the results of his design after the construction is completed. I plan to ask the prince to pay for the money to repair the garden. I don’t know if the prince is willing. If the prince says he is not willing,

The emperor will definitely be furious, and the prince's life will definitely not be easy. So I ask the prince to be more conscious and follow the emperor's wishes. How much can it cost to build a garden? It's only one to two million taels. For the prince,

It's not a drop in the bucket. If you are reluctant to spend this small amount of money, and the emperor cuts off the vassalage in the future, you can't blame others. This time when the garden is being built, the first thing the emperor thinks of is you, the prince. This shows that the emperor values ​​the prince.

Your Majesty, please don't let the Emperor down.

Liu Mingguo's words were all told to him by Yue Su in advance. Yue Su knew that before entering the capital, the King of Zhou must have wanted to inquire about the situation in Beijing and curry favor with some powerful eunuchs. Liu Mingguo was the new governor of Xichang, so he must be among them.

After King Zhou learned the details, he felt relieved. It was just spending money to buy peace. It was no big deal. He was a prince who had been hereditary for nearly three hundred years. His family had plenty of money, but this was not enough. As long as he did not anger the emperor, he would be cut off from the vassal.

If you go to Jue, you can talk about anything.

After entering the capital and entering the palace to meet the emperor, Carpenter Zhu and Uncle Wang chatted about everyday things, and then talked about repairing the courtyard for King Zhou. Carpenter Zhu said euphemistically, "Uncle Wang, according to common sense, I should be the one to build the courtyard for the King of Zhou."

You are building a garden, but the imperial court cannot make ends meet right now, and there really is not that much money. What do you think you are doing with this money on your own?"

King Zhou hurriedly slapped his chest and said: "Your Majesty, you are out of touch when you say this. You show your full love for Xiao Wang, how can you still let the Emperor pay this money? Xiao Wang's plan for the Emperor has already been

I have been dreaming about it for a long time. In fact, I have long planned to ask the emperor to design a garden for the little king, but I am embarrassed to say it. The emperor said this today, and the little king is flattered. Regarding the money, the emperor can give you orders."

"That's best. Then I'll let the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Affairs Supervisor discuss the cost later. It's almost lunch time, so Uncle Wang will stay and have dinner with me."

"Xiao Wang thanks the Lord for his kindness."

As expected, the King of Zhou readily agreed and provided money to build the garden. Next, other princes were summoned to the capital one after another to discuss the matter of providing money to build the garden. The vassal princes left by Emperor Taizu Hongwu could

There are about twenty, not counting the vassal princes granted by the emperors of the past dynasties. If added together, there would be hundreds of princes. None of these vassal princes has a big family and a big business. There is no need to pay taxes when buying and selling land. There are not many local governments.

If people dare to compete and do business in this way, if they don't make a lot of money, they can blame themselves for being weak-minded.

After each vassal prince came to Beijing, he was willing to be squeezed out of millions of taels of silver by the emperor to ensure safety. The West Factory also became busy. They took the design drawings issued by the emperor and went to various places to recruit people and prepare for construction. For a time, West Factory

The style of the factory completely overshadowed that of the east factory. Liu Mingguo was also a master who did not forget the well digger. He immediately reciprocated the favor and was promoted to Li Haoran to punish thousands of households in the west factory.

The alliance between him and Yue Su was tacit, and all the officials in the imperial court saw it, and everyone knew it. Many people in the market are saying that the current Yue Su is the Zhang Juzheng of the past. With the support of the emperor, he and

If the eunuchs united, they would really dominate the world. And there is another more important point, which is the difference between Yue Su and Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng always suppressed the emperor as a teacher, but Yue Su advised the emperor as playmates.

.So, today the world trusts and values ​​Yue Su more.

In a blink of an eye, at the end of the fourth year of Tianqi, Gu Bingqian, the chief minister of the cabinet, was completely ignored and felt uninterested in this position, so he asked himself to serve. Seeing that he was gone, the cabinet members of the eunuch party also left one after another. Fang Congzhe took office smoothly.

After becoming the first assistant again, according to ranking, Yue Su became the second assistant. All the senior officials who had joined Yue Su were called into the cabinet.

Although Fang Congzhe is called the first assistant, he is also very obedient. He knows that above the temple, he is just a decoration. It is the second assistant behind him who really has the final say.

Wei Zhongxian also had no movement. He ran the East Factory every day and waited quietly. He thought that after Yue Su gained power, he would attack him, and he was ready for a decisive battle at any time. But what he didn't expect was that

Yes, Mr. Yue has been silent all day, busy working for the country and the people all day long. At this time, Eunuch Wei also understood a truth. Yue Su is different from the Donglin Party. He will kill all those who are not our race. Mr. Yue

He just wanted to gain greater power, share the emperor's worries, and realize his own ideals. He was the same type of person as Zhang Juzheng.

As a result, Eunuch Wei stopped looking for trouble with Yue Su, and the whole city of Beijing finally became quiet. Everyone did not interfere with each other and everyone was busy with their own business.

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What a shame. Today I wanted to make up for the chapters I missed yesterday, but there was a power outage. My full attendance was just gone, 5555555555555555555. I must work hard tomorrow and write more. Come on Phoenix Wings! Okay!

Chapter 91: Non-interference
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