Chapter 334 The Censor of Caoyun Capital, the towering giant tree in the north
Chapter 334: The Censor of the Water Transport Capital, the Giant Tree in the North (First Update)
"Didn't you two profit from border trade in the past?" Mr. Hu twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the two people with a half-smile but not a smile. He felt quite contemptuous of these two people in his heart, but who made them do it every year? Do you have a lot of money to honor yourself?
As an official, you can't follow Tao Yuanming's example of farming and raising a wife? Socializing with colleagues costs money. With my little monthly salary, I'm afraid it won't even be enough to buy a maid. Now, , as the censor of the water transportation capital of Huai'an, who is also in charge of the rivers from Tongzhou to Yizhen, he has gradually established a solid foundation here, but who would have thought that a few days ago, a decree came that Wang Wen, the former deputy minister of the cabinet, He actually wanted to move to Nanjing as the censor of Zuodu. (_《》)
How could he, Hu Yan, not know the name of Wang Wen? This man had long been notorious when he was the censor in the past. Later, with the help of King Xie, he was able to successfully climb up to the position of the censor of Zuodu, and later became the censor of Zuodu. Entered the cabinet and served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
At that time, Hu Yan once wanted to follow the path of his old boss and try to leave Nanjing, a place of retirement, and go to the north, the real political center of the Ming Dynasty, to do a career. However, Wang Wen not only did not help, but instead ridiculed him. How could Hu Yan forget this hatred if he had a meal?
Later, he still followed the path of the eunuchs who were close to King Tan. In the end, King Tan simply let those eunuchs fool him and found a new job, which was to manage the Huai'an water transport capital from Tongzhou to Yizhen. The position of censor.
It's a pity that not long after he took this position, the Ming Dynasty was turned upside down. The abdicated Emperor suddenly used his strength to knock off the King of Tao again, and he returned to his old profession. This made him rely on How could Hu Yan not be anxious and nervous when he just got into this fat position with King Tan?
Hu Yan, who has always been feeling uneasy, has been staring at the troubles in Beijing since the day Zhu Qizhen came to power. At the same time, he ordered his family to transfer the family's assets, for fear that it would be implicated in his head. Well, at least it would be good for my children to be able to become rich people anonymously with their wealth.
But who would have known that after waiting a long time, Zhu Qizhen, who was very legendary among the people, and whose fierce reputation shocked all the people, never raised the butcher's knife, and after that, he even did it A series of trials were held by the Three Law Divisions to examine the remnants of the Taoist kings.
When the news spread to the south of the Yangtze River, the huge stone in Hu Yan's heart finally fell to the ground. The eunuchs he had bribed had been slaughtered. However, more than half a month later, he had not even heard of it. arrive.
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Moreover, those remnants of King Tao's party in the court, except for a few who committed the most serious crimes, were executed according to law. Even the leaders of King Tao's remnant party, Wang Wen and Yu Qian, were all acquitted and even reinstated. In this way Hu Yan finally understood that he didn't want to continue pursuing the case today, so as not to cause any big trouble in the court.
This made Hu Yan breathe a sigh of relief, relax his vigilance, and let the children return to his side, and the hands and feet that had been retracted gradually grew larger again.
But who would have thought that Zhu Qizhen actually sent Wang Wen to Nanjing again, and even became his direct boss. This made Hu Yan's little heart suddenly hang in his throat again, and these two giant businessmen again The news was reported to him, so Hu Yan came here by the way to find out the truth.
But when I came to Nanjing and visited many colleagues, not many people knew why the treasure shipyard reopened. They only knew that it was Zhu Qizhen's order, and that many craftsmen were dispatched from the Xuanfu. Although the Bao Shipyard is managed by the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, these people still don't understand what Tiantian means.
Moreover, Jinyiwei was involved in it. Because of this, Hu Yancai and the two wealthy businessmen came here today to take a look. They asked around to see if they could find any clues.
"... In the past, when the frontier fortress was bitterly cold, merchants like me, the Ming Dynasty, would always be in danger of swordsmanship when trading with those nomadic northern barbarians, and the caravans would be in danger of being annihilated at any time on the grasslands. The merchants like us, who entered Once on the grassland, it means nine lives." The old man with a gloomy face, surnamed Sun, and the old man surnamed Liu, both started by relying on water transportation, and later became a giant businessman, with business covering the north and south of the Yangtze River, up and down the Yellow River. , but in the Jiangnan area, they can be regarded as numerous giant merchants.
"Along the way, we not only had to be careful, we also had to bribe those grassland nobles. We were able to do business successfully once, and the money we earned was only a meager living. Who would have thought that one day the day would force us to collect taxes? Anyone who refuses to accept it will not be allowed to enter the grassland to do business. What is the reason for this? Who knows whether the Xuanfu Trading Co., Ltd. has accepted it?"
"...not only ordinary merchants, but even people with official status, he actually, hum, we have never heard of such a strange thing since the founding of the Ming Dynasty."
Listening to the complaints of these two merchants, Hu Yan was also quite dissatisfied with Zhu Qizhen's attitude towards industry and commerce in Xuanfu. In fact, in addition to the two giant businessmen Sun and Liu, the merchants and gentry in the Jianghuai area , are extremely sensitive to Zhu Qizhen's every move, because Zhu Qizhen not only cut off their financial path in Xuanfu.
It even asked Datong, Gansu and other border towns to follow the rules. Anyone who wants to trade with the grasslands must pay taxes, regardless of whether your backing is an official or a scholar.
This made them all wary, and they even wondered whether Zhu Qizhen's shipbuilding would affect their maritime trade, or maybe they wanted to extend their hands into the business activities in the south.
"It seems that it has nothing to do with our water transportation. In this case, why should I stay here anymore? Is it possible that what your majesty does is something that I, a small censor of the water transportation capital, can control?" Thinking of this, Hu Yan He slowly let out a breath, stood up, and bowed his head to the two wealthy businessmen who were spitting and complaining. "Both of you, it's over here. I have important matters to attend to, so I'll take my leave first."
Seeing Hu Yan's behavior, Sun and Liu couldn't help but be startled, and tried to persuade him to stay. However, Hu Yan insisted and could only send him outside the teahouse. Watching Hu Yan go away in a sedan, the old man surnamed Sun couldn't help but feel cold. He snorted. "This Hu Yushi really has official authority. Haha, as soon as he saw that this matter had nothing to do with water transport, he left like this."
"Yes, it seems that we have really found the wrong person. This person's courage is really not of much use. Anyway, he is just a censor of the water transport capital working in Nanjing. Since he has no courage, let's find other ways.
Yes." The rich old man surnamed Liu stroked his long beard and said with a smile, but the shrewdness in his slit eyes could not be concealed at all.
"That's good, but I can finally see some ways today. Haha, if Long live today wants to imitate Emperor Taizong, that has nothing to do with me and other common people. Moreover, I really hope that Long live master can play Western and Eastern books a few more times.
, so that we can open up more trade routes, so, let me wait..." Even though the old man surnamed Sun mentioned good things, the expression on his face was still as gloomy as a dead face.
Hearing this, the old man surnamed Liu couldn't help but nodded with a smile on his face.
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In the far north, several officials from the Ministry of Industry, accompanied by dozens of officers and soldiers from Liao Town, were constantly shuttling through the dense forests around the snow-covered border fort on the Yalu River. From time to time, an official from the Ministry of Industry would appear.
The official stopped and directed the officers and soldiers to cut off a piece of bark from the trunk of one of the towering trees that could be hugged by several people. Then he used pen and ink to draw a circle on the exposed trunk, and then continued
Looking for the next target.
"General, these guys really want to get wood from us? This is too ridiculous. In the past, didn't they just cut wood directly from the surrounding areas of the capital to build palaces? How come this time, they actually got it to our place in the bitter cold?
Here it is? There is no access road and the journey is long. How much manpower and material resources are needed to build such a huge tree?" A guard of the border fort looked at those who had just arrived at his border fort today and started to get busy.
The official from the Ministry of Works complained in a low voice to the same superior who accompanied these officials.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Hearing the complaints from his subordinates, the Qianhu couldn't help but glared at him and scolded in a low voice: "These are not for building palaces, but for building ships."
"Building a ship?" The guard of the border fort raised his head and looked at the towering ancient trees that were more than ten feet high. He couldn't help but speak loudly: "General, how big of a ship do you need to build? You know, these old trees,
They must be at least several hundred years old and more than ten feet tall..."
"Haha, you don't understand this. Your Majesty is planning to build a treasure ship. Without such a giant tree, can you build a treasure ship like the one the Sanbao eunuch used when he sailed to the West in the past?" The Qianhu Lord stroked his short beard.
Hehe laughed.
"So that's it, eh?" The guard of the border fort nodded with a sudden look on his face, but his eyes widened again. He turned his face and said to the Qianhu: "My lord, are you not the lieutenant?"
Well, the Bao Shipyard is in the south of the Yangtze River. It takes thousands, if not thousands, of miles to transport timber from us. How many years and months will it take to get here?"
Qianhu rolled his eyes with a black look on his face and fiddled with the riding crop in his hand feebly. If this guy hadn't been a friend of his for many years, he might have really wanted to slap this guy on the forehead to make him enlightened. "I
Speaking of Zhao Kui, can you be more discerning? It will take many years for these wood to be sent to the capital. But if it is sent to Jiangnan, are you not afraid that the wood will rot?"
"Let me tell you, His Majesty has ordered the construction of ports in Jinzhou Zhongzuowei, Jinzhou Weiqing Niwa, and the Yalu River south of Zhenjiang Fort. In Qingniwa, a dock will be built.
, dedicated to building treasure ships in the north..." This Qianhu whispered in the ear of the border fort guard.
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