Chapter Twelve: Prime Minister Wang Defeats in Maicheng
It's easy for the Eight Tigers to make a lot of money, but if they want to make money that rivals the country's and have money flowing into their pockets, they need to test their IQ and EQ.
Therefore, when Zhu Shou was preparing to establish the Ming Dynasty Royal Donghai Company, everyone knew the tricks involved and knew where to make money, so they were all very anxious.
But to actually put it into practice, to let down neither the emperor nor the smugglers, was a very difficult move, worse than walking a tightrope in later generations.
Therefore, jealousy is jealousy. It is okay to deceive others, but we must not deceive ourselves. We should not get the wealth that we cannot get from others.
Liu Jin Boss Liu's intelligence was one of the best among the eunuchs of the Ming dynasty. It wasn't that he couldn't figure out how to get food from the smugglers, but the cost of this crime was too high to be worthwhile.
From the position of Boss Liu, what kind of money is not easy to make? Why feed the tiger with your body and grab the money that is soaked with blood?
But Luo Xiang doesn't think so. He's not too young anymore. Among the Eight Tigers, he can't squeeze in front of Boss Liu and Admiral Zhang. Even Ma Yongcheng and Gu Dayong can't squeeze in front of them without grabbing these blood money.
, what else can you grab?
Moreover, Eunuch Luo didn't realize at all that these were blood silver. He just stood as a gambler and thought of a way for the emperor to solve the dilemma of having no silver.
You have to forgive Eunuch Luo, after all, he is a veteran illiterate gangster who can't even add or subtract more than ten.
Maybe Eunuch Luo himself didn't realize that the idea he came up with actually gave the Ming court and the smugglers, who had been fighting for more than a hundred years, an opportunity to sit down and negotiate.
The saying goes that if a wise man thinks a lot, he will make a mistake; if a fool thinks a lot, he will gain something. This is the case of Eunuch Luo.
After analysis, the emperor's words still have to be returned, so Eunuch Luo continued: "What the old slave means is to divide the board of directors of the Royal East China Sea Company into several gambling games. Those with more money will play big games; those with less money will play big games.
, just play a small gambling game, no matter where the businessman is, you can take out the money and come in to play a few games, so that the court can play a big gambling game that sweeps the world without spending a tael of silver!"
Having said this, he paused deliberately, as if expecting everyone's admiration, but to his disappointment, all the big guys present frowned, and Boss Liu's face looked as if he was constipated.
Come.
"The money invested in these gambling games can be used to make money on the sea in the name of the imperial court, and the imperial court can give them false titles to all kinds of people participating in the gambling games, so that they don't have to worry about the imperial court crossing the river and burning bridges; at the same time, the imperial court can
The court can also earn an appropriate share of taps from this money, which can not only solve the problem of insufficient taxation, but also raise troops, build ships, and even create a fleet larger than the Sanbao Eunuch and earn more money.
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Following his words, the faces of the big bosses became even more livid, while the otaku Zhu Shou stood up excitedly.
"I understand," the emperor said happily, "these people are not gamblers, but my best people. You old dog is really useful. Go and make a charter. As long as you go out
I can knight anyone with more than 10,000 taels of silver! The more, the better, there is no upper limit. I want to build a huge fleet that is unparalleled in the world and conquer the world!"
Eunuch Luo naturally joined in the fun: "The old slave accepts the order. I am a loyal old dog of the Holy Sage. I will bite whoever the Holy Sage orders me to bite."
Seeing that the best drama of a king and his ministers was about to come to an end, someone nearby was not willing to join in the fun.
"Your Majesty, there is something very wrong with this matter!" The person who stood up was Wang Hao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion.
He had been watching with cold eyes. He originally didn't want to cause trouble, but now Liu Jin was slapped in the face by the emperor, Li Dongyang jumped into the trap he set as an envoy, and Jiao Fang had been protecting himself wisely. Among the cabinet, he was the only one who still had room to speak.
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"What's wrong?" Sure enough, the young emperor's face suddenly sank. The otaku Zhu Shou cursed in his heart: If you don't let me play Age of Discovery, I will kick you out of the cabinet and retire!
"The tail is too big to fall off, Your Majesty!" Wang Hao is a man of erudition and ability in governing the country, so he speaks naturally and eloquently. "The situation in the southeast is volatile. There are corrupt officials and profiteers inside, and there are pirates and Japanese pirates outside. If this hole is opened, the soldiers will be bandits."
, bandits are also soldiers, we can’t tell them apart, this is the scourge of corrupting several southeastern provinces.”
Wang Hao's words seem very reasonable on the surface, but if you think about it carefully, it's just nonsense.
Let’s first look at who Wang Hao is. He is from Wuxian County (Suzhou) in South Zhili. He was Tanhualang in the 11th year of Chenghua. The number one scholar in that year was Xie Qian.
Wang Hao has a very good character. To be honest, out of ten ministers who were highly valued by Emperor Hongzhi, nine out of ten were moral gentlemen. For example, Wang Hao was an upright person and an honest official. He was known as "the poorest man in the world."
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Liu Jin liked to beat the ministers. The doctor Zhang Wei, deputy envoy Yao Xiang, Shang Baoqing Cui Xuan and others were almost beaten to death by Liu Jin. So Wang Hao angrily rebuked Liu Jin: "Senior ministers can be killed, but not humiliated. Now I will kill you for humiliation."
Why should I live here?"
It means: Just kill them, the civil service group will not let you insult me, I will not play with you anymore! You can play with the spoon by yourself.
So he and Han Wen's group, the reactionary group of fifty-three people mentioned above, requested that the Eight Tigers be killed.
Some people may find it strange that fifty-three people were taken down by Boss Liu, including a big boss like Liu Jian. How could Wang Hao survive? And he even entered the cabinet.
In fact, it is very simple. Liu Jian and Xie Qian were wanted by classmate Zhu Houzhao because these two old men were too much trouble.
Wang Hao was just unhappy with Liu Jin, and he did not offend the emperor. Liu Jin originally planned to attack him, but during the court meeting, the vast majority of civil servants recommended Wang Hao to the cabinet, so Boss Liu was forced by public opinion and had to let Wang Hao and Jiao
Fang entered the cabinet together.
Although Wang Hao's character is good, the political group he belongs to determines his stance. Therefore, when looking at a political figure, we must not judge his character, but what kind of group he belongs to.
His political group was the Sea Forbidden Party, among whom famous figures include Liu Jian, Xie Qian, Liu Daxia and others.
This faction has a very strange point of view: the purpose of opening the sea to a limited extent is to better restrict the sea.
It is very similar to the anti-pornography campaigns of later generations. The only achievement of the Haiban Sect was the Chenghua and Zhangzhou smuggling group that began to emerge during the Hongzhi period. This group later grew bigger and bigger, so the court had no choice but to open Yuegang.
Even decades later, the Zhangzhou Gang can be seen in Xu Dong and Wang Zhi Group.
More than a hundred years later, the Fujian smuggling group developed from the Zhangzhou Gang, and outstanding talents such as Li Dan and Zheng Zhilong emerged, bringing the Ming smuggling industry to a historical peak.
Therefore, we can learn from these historical figures that the Ming Dynasty Ban Hai Sect, like some institutions in later generations, was actually good soil for the growth of smuggling groups.
Banning and smuggling at the same time, is there anything more wonderful than this?
Therefore, it is easy to understand the words of the very good Prime Minister Wang Chuan. His focus is: Emperor, stop making trouble, go to bed quickly, there are a large group of concubines and maids waiting for you, otherwise you will
The world is in chaos.
To put it more simply, this is intimidation, a threat without any evidence.
If Wang Hao had met Zhu Houzhao, he might have succeeded in intimidating him, but unfortunately he met the otaku Zhu Shou.
Zhu Zhainan, who was seduced by the Age of Discovery, saw Prime Minister Wang preventing him from competing with Spain and other countries for battleships. He couldn't help but feel evil and angry in his heart: "Shut up! How dare you say that about me?
Our people do not distinguish between soldiers and bandits, where is Liu Jin?”….
This move of the otaku Zhu Shou can be said to be like beating a master to death with random punches, like a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
He knew the conflict between Boss Liu and Prime Minister Wang from Zhu Houzhao's memory, and was ready to release the vicious dog Liu Jin to bite Prime Minister Wang. But he did not understand that he was the biggest boss.
The experiences of Eunuch Wei Zhongxian, Brother Liu Jin and Prime Minister Yan Song all tell us: in front of the Ming Dynasty emperor, any powerful official who was arrogant was a paper tiger.
Before Zhu Shou understood the final boss's killer move, he could only call out his portable grandfather: Liu Jin at any time.
"Your Majesty, I have my own foundation," Mr. Liu lived up to his expectations. With a look, Jiao Fang stood up and said loudly, "Wang Hao built a new house in his hometown in Luxiang, and he acted in an arrogant way."
After saying that, he took out a folding book from his sleeve, looked at Wang Hao whose face was ashen, and proudly handed it to Zhang Yong and handed it to Zhu Shou.
None of the court elders in the Ming Dynasty were vegetarians, and they always carried several murderous weapons on their bodies: memorials.
As long as it reaches a critical moment, these memorials can kill political opponents, such as now.
If we really look into things like housing trespassing, there wouldn't be many people alive in the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Hao was able to escape a disaster some time ago because the emperor was not dissatisfied with him, and classmate Zhu Houzhao was reasonable and knew that the old man was the pillar of the country and would not let Boss Liu do anything to punish him.
But now the situation has changed and the emperor is dissatisfied. Who can decide life and death in the Ming Dynasty? Of course it is the emperor. There are ways to offend Mr. Liu, but if you offend the emperor, you really don’t know how to die.
Wang Hao thought that the emperor was young and ignorant, so he was frightened when he was frightened. Unexpectedly, he was slapped loudly in the face, and was insulted by Jiao Fang. He was so beaten that even his bones could not be found.
Therefore, Prime Minister Wang, who was supposed to be kicked out of the cabinet by Boss Liu two years later, gave the emperor a few days later and two years in advance the terms of his appointment to the official position. At this time, it was less than half a year before he entered the cabinet.
His replacement was Yang Ting and Master Yang who had just returned from Nanjing. Together with Li Dongyang and Jiao Fang, he formed a new cabinet trio.
This incident tells us: If you say more, you will be wrong; if you say less, you will be wrong; if you don't say it, it is good.
This is an afterthought, so let’s not mention it for now. Wang Hao has resigned and still has to go through the process. This long morning is not over yet.