Guangdong Maritime Trading Company’s account book?

Except for the three cabinet ministers present, the rest were all major figures at the level of Shangshu and Shigong, and they all looked at the memorial in Yan Shifan's hands.

But many people are confused. Although Guangdong has achieved success in opening the sea, it will definitely not have much harvest. After all, Guangdong is not stable at the moment. Now, Yan Shifan reports to the Guangdong Maritime Bureau harvest, but he doesn't know where to play.

Once out?

A trace of dissatisfaction appeared on Xu Jie's face, but it flashed immediately, regaining his calm and peaceful side, as if nothing had happened.

Huh?

Zhou Yan frowned slightly. Although he didn't understand which Yan Shifan played, he found that his situation was very passive and he felt like he was hitting the cotton with one punch.

Dong...

A crisp and long bell sounded, and Huang Jin immediately understood and presented the memorial.

After a long time, Jiajing read the memorial, and a lazy voice came: "Everyone, please take a look!"

Huang Jin handed the memorial to Yan Song first. Yan Shifan stepped forward to take over for his father. Because he knew the content of the memorial, he handed it directly to Zhou Yan and said, "Look!"

Zhou Yan faced Yan Shifan's provocative gaze, snorted coldly, reached out to take the memorial, but was stunned when he opened it.

Huh?

Following Gao Yao, who was familiar with Zhou Yan, came over and looked solemn on his face immediately.

Zhou Yan reacted and handed the memorial book in his hand to others. The others looked different when they saw the memorial book, but they were all shocked.

Xu Jie's brows frowned. At this moment, he, the Ming Jifu, seemed to have been forgotten by the whole world. In particular, Lu Ben glanced at him proudly.

"Another arguing! Average! None of you can make me un bothered. It would be fine if you can make a good result, but you are just having a fight here!"

But at this moment, Jiajing's resentment voice came, pointing at all the officials present.

"The old minister is frightened!"

Yan Song's butt slipped away from the embroidered dormitory, and immediately bowed to the ground and said with a good attitude of admitting his mistake.

"There are scared!"

Other officials also lay down and put on a good attitude of admitting their mistakes.

Jiajing snorted dissatisfiedly, looking at the court officials who were lying on the ground and said, "Guangdong Maritime Bureau earned 400,000 taels a year. How much was the releasing of the deposit in Guangdong last year?"

Why……

Listening to this number, the officials were really mixed, and the revenue of the Maritime Service had reached an incredible level.

"Reporting to the emperor, it's 390,000 taels!" Although Gao Yao was an old man in the officialdom, he had strong business capabilities and immediately reported an accurate number.

"Haha... A Maritime Bureau will be able to win the taxes of a province in Guangdong. This is the model for ministers!" Jiajing looked at the officials in the hall and praised without hesitation.

Although the officials were very jealous when they heard this, they thought that Lin Wenkui was too out of place, but they had to admit that this man was indeed a genius.

Now that this achievement has been achieved, Guangdong Kaihai has undoubtedly achieved a comprehensive success. At least the Guangdong Maritime Service has no possibility of closing again, and Lin Weiran will become one of the representative figures of the Kaihai School.

Yan Song coughed lightly, and Lu Ben suddenly reported: "The emperor, Guangzhou prefect and Guangdong subcommander of the sea route, Lin Weiran, said that the natives of Nanyang do not know about iron pots, shovels and other iron tools, so they were trafficked in Nanyang several times. However, Guangdong was restricted by refining.

Iron is insufficient, so please allow Guangdong to refine pig iron, so as to strive for the goal of Guangdong Maritime Warehouse next year's annual investment of 800,000 taels!"

Eight hundred thousand taels?

When the officials heard this number, they were shocked again. Lin Wenkui was either a genius or a madman.

Jiajing did not show his attitude, but said lightly: "You all get up? Let's discuss it, is this feasible?"

"This matter must not be done! Guangdong is located in the border and is in a turbulent autumn. Once the pig iron production surges, it will inevitably be used by thieves, which will cause greater disasters!" The Minister of War had a strong sense of crisis and immediately stood up.

Oppose.

"I am discussing it! Iron tools are related to the safety of the Ming Dynasty. How can we stand under the dangerous wall for small profits? Lin Qingran is a theory of killing the heart!" Zhou Yan seemed to be more and more brave as he fought, and stood up and opposed it clearly.

Yan Shifan seemed to be quarreling with him, but snorted coldly: "Mr. Zhou, if you increase the amount of pig iron, you will be afraid of shaking the foundation of the Ming Dynasty. What is the difference between choking and quitting food? As ministers, we should relieve our worries for the emperor, rather than in court.

The church is seeking fame and reputation, and I have done nothing in the whole year!"

But it’s not that he supports Lin Qingran very much. In fact, he still doesn’t care about this person, but raising Lin Qingran can undoubtedly effectively hit Zhou Yan.

But he probably didn't expect that as soon as this remark was made, half of the officials blushed.

"Guangdong pig iron is mainly used to create iron disasters in Nanyang, which can not only increase the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty, but also not cause harm to the Ming Dynasty. I believe that Lin Qingran's request should be approved!" Lu Ben stood up at the right time and expressed his opinion.

"I'm going to discuss it!" Wu Peng, the Minister of Revenue, said in response.

The scene was undoubtedly the Yan Party’s dominance, but everyone understood that it was the emperor’s attitude that really played the decisive role.

Dong...

A long sound of bells and chimes came, and Jiajing said, "Gei-Lao Xu, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on Xu Jie, who was gradually favored by the emperor, and wanted to know how he would express his opinion.

Xu Jie stepped forward, thought for a little while before answering, "I think the concerns of Shangshu Xu and Censor Zhou are not unreasonable. They are also considering the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, but if there is not much pig iron refining, it is not necessary.

Too nervous!”

When Yan Shifan heard this, he rolled his eyes. After wandering around for a long time, he didn't say anything. There was no standard for weighing the amount of the amount.

However, he also knew Xu Jie's style and always had the word "stable" as the first, especially before he could not understand the intentions of the emperor, he would definitely not express his opinion lightly.

Dong...

A long bell and chime sound came, and Jiajing said, "Gei Master Yan, what do you think?"

Yan Song sat on the rust pier, leaned over and listened carefully, but looked up half a beat faster. He knew that it was the emperor asking for his opinion, and thought for a while before he replied tremblingly: "The old minister thinks that pig iron is a matter of pig iron,

We can try it like Guangdong opened its seas in the beginning. If the results are good, our court will support it. If something really goes wrong, we will ban it again!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone nodded and found that it was still more experienced in Ge Ge's handling of things.

Dong...

A long sound of bells and chimes came, and Jiajing said with a final word: "Only this is the great good!"

As soon as these words were said, things were as sure as a matter of fact. No one dared to challenge Jiajing's authority.

Yan Shifan looked at Xu Jie and others proudly like a victorious big rooster, as if everything was in the plan.

Xu Jie looked at Yan Shifan thoughtfully, but his heart sank, feeling like he was being played with.

The pig iron incident ended, and the focus of the debate quickly revolved around the financial expenses next year and the core issue of whether the Ministry of Industry can use the 2 million tael budget.

With the 400,000 taels of input from Guangdong Maritime Service, it was like a delicious fish falling into a cat group, and each department wanted to get a share of the pie.

However, the court has become a precarious situation. Except for the soldiers who have gained some meat, the rest of the money will be requisitioned by the Ministry of Works.

Whether it is the emperor who built the Bagua Formation around Beijing City, the reengineering of the three halls, or the management of the Yellow River and the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, Yan Shifan had too many excuses to eat this fat fish.

Of course, a mere 400,000 taels of silver cannot solve the actual problem of the current financial difficulties of the Ming Dynasty, and at most it can be regarded as a fig leaf.

The meeting ended, some people were happy and some were sad.

Yan Shifan seemed arrogant and helped his father slowly and slowly to leave. Zhou Yan was undoubtedly dejected, and today he was like a clown.

Xu Jie did not return to the Wuyi Palace's duty room, but left Xiyuan directly and returned to the shabby house of Laohuai Hutong.

When he returned home and faced the servants who brought the tea, he suddenly broke out and threw the tea cup to the ground. The maid who sent the tea was shocked by the shock.

"It's too much to deceive others! It's really too much to deceive others!"

Xu Jie's face, which had always been amiable, rarely rose with anger and slapped it on the table with a palm angrily.

In theory, the Guangdong Maritime Control Commission should know about such an important matter as 500,000 taels of silver per year.

However, before Yan Shifan took out the memorial, he knew nothing about this matter. He handed over the memorial to all court officials, but Yan Shifan bypassed him again and completely ignored him. Especially he

This natural action will make the emperor and his colleagues mistakenly think that he is informed.

Yan Shifan was just a little man who came to serve his father, but instead presided over the cabinet, while his dignified Ming Jisuke was marginalized and became a veritable "deaf". How could he not get angry?

Especially at today's meeting, his performance was not very good. Instead, the old guy got the favor of the emperor again.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt extremely depressed at this moment, and he felt even more distant when he replaced Yan Song.

It was because he was angrily trying to go back to the study to read and cultivate his body and mind, but the housekeeper hurried in and said that it was the Minister of Revenue Gao Yao who paid a visit to him.

Huh?

Xu Jie frowned and said softly, "How could he visit me?" But he did not dare to neglect, and immediately said to the butler: "Hurry, take the person to the study and prepare the best Longjing."

Although the Minister of Revenue in recent years is like a quick look and he gets out of the heat before he even sits on a chair, he is optimistic about Gao Yao, who is from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Not only does Gao Yao have a lot of energy, but the most important thing is that this person has the ability.

, but he can put his position very low and look respectful to everyone.

But what puzzled him was that Gao Yao took Yan Shifan's path, so he got the important position of Minister of Revenue. Now that the discussion has just ended, Gao Yao has no reason to come to him, he should have found him.

On the contrary, it was his ally Zhou Yan.

"It is really a sin for the official to disturb Mr. Xu's rest!" Gao Yao walked into the room and immediately accused him.

Gao Yao is about fifty years old and is short and fat, but has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and has a mustache, which makes her smile very contagious.

Although the value of the Minister of Revenue is too low, Gao Yao's ability to obtain this position undoubtedly shows that he has background and ability.

"The visit of Gao Shangshu is a great master. This is to make the humble house shine brightly. What's the crime?" Xu Jie took the initiative to greet him, maintaining his usual amiable attitude and said, "Sir Gao Shang, please sit down quickly!"

Gao Yao naturally knew the etiquette and respectfully replied: "Master Xu, please sit first!"

Both sides took their seats, and the top-level dragon well was sent up, and the fragrance was everywhere.

Gao Yao took a sip of tea, first praised the tea, and then said straight to the point: "Gei Xu, the official is taking the liberty to disturb you. I want to know what you think about the measures to increase the court's fiscal revenue today?"

"Haha... Master Yan Ge is worthy of being far-sighted. Pig iron can be piloted first and then watch the effect!" Xu Jie was stunned at first, and smiled as if he had no grudges.

Although he didn't understand Gao Yao's intention, he naturally couldn't tell what he thought was. Who knew if Gao Yao was sent to find out?

"Not this!" Gao Yao shook his head slowly, looked at Xu Jie deeply and said, "The official wanted to know that Yan Maoqing proposed to increase the salt silver to one million taels and remove all the remaining salt. What does Master Xu think about it?

What about this?"

Daming firmly controlled the production process of salt and introduced the dealers through salt induced storing. After the dealers got the salt induced storing, they went to the salt field to extract the salt.

But there is a problem here. Naturally, salt ingestion cannot be emitted indiscriminately. Every year, the salt production must be verified before the quota of the salt ingestion is issued. This is why errors are inevitable in the data, and residual salt in professional terms appears.

If the official issuance of 100 kilograms of salt, the salt merchants can also buy residual salt at a low price in addition to getting 100 kilograms of salt.

Nowadays, the profit-making groups of salt merchants in various places are making a big deal about "surplus salt", saving astonishing amounts of "surplus salt" every year to obtain high profits.

After the Salt Administration of the Four Salt Transportation Department of Liangzhe, Lianghuai, Changlu and Hedong, Yan Maoqing chose to start with the surplus salt and greatly reduce the proportion of surplus salt, thus promoting the salt curriculum of the four places to reach one million taels.

, This move undoubtedly harmed the interests of salt merchants in the four places.

Xu Jie suddenly realized and finally understood why Gao Yao suddenly came to him, but it was not Gao Yao who wanted to find him, but the salt merchant group behind Gao Yao who wanted to find him.

As soon as he thought of this, Xu Jie shook his head slowly and said with regret: "The increase in the salt curriculum to one million taels has certainly increased the fiscal revenue of the court, but it will inevitably push up the salt price in the four places, which will inevitably be a pain.

The local people. As far as I know, salt households are very poor, and they can barely survive with a little salt, which will cut off their livelihoods. Although it will benefit the court's finances in the short term, it will definitely ruin this policy of salt politics in the long run.

It is really a solution. But now I am a little bit lighter, even if I stand up and oppose it, it will be useless. I am really ashamed!”

As soon as this statement was expressed, it was undoubtedly a very clear attitude, and this Ming Dynasty supported the opposition.

"Gemaster Xu, you must not be so despaired. The Ming Dynasty will hold you honored in the future!" Gao Yao said comfortingly, and said something authentic.

Some people say: God will surely open a window when closing a door.

Xu Jie faced Gao Yao's gaze, knowing that the future is full of infinite sunshine, and said tentatively: "If we don't talk about these disappointing things, it's rare that we will fall into the same place today. How about we have a drink?"
Chapter completed!