Chapter 422 Summoning the Order
The ministers in the palace were still arguing over whether it was better to relax or tighten the sea ban. Emperor Jiajing, who was sitting on the dragon throne, turned a blind eye and looked through the books in his hands. The sentence just cited by the ministers in the debate below.
Huang Jin, who was waiting at the side, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the anger of the Holy Emperor gradually subsided.
Soon Emperor Jiajing flipped through the pages that the ministers had just quoted. After reading it, he seemed to have a disdainful expression, then he closed the book and looked at the ministers in the audience with interest. argue.
Fight well. If you don’t fight, how can I control you?
Under the gaze of Emperor Jiajing, these ministers were even more excited, blushing and citing various supporting materials for the strict prohibition or relaxation of the prohibition they advocated.
“Nowadays, whether it is border troubles in our country or Japanese rebellion, or the recent unruly people in Shandong and other places gathering bandits to rebel, the reasons are actually related to the word “money”. Without money, the frontier army’s food and salary Logistics are tight and the Mongolian army cannot resist; without money, the coastal army If we are too prepared, we cannot exterminate the Japanese pirates; if we have no money, we cannot provide relief when there are floods, droughts, and locust disasters. If our country has abundant money and food, but we are plagued by Japanese rebellion and other minor diseases, under the wise leadership of the Holy Spirit, we can easily get relief. The world is at peace," an official from Yan Song's camp said loudly.
"What do you think?" An official from Li Mo answered.
“Reopening the shipping industry, the tax system will be determined by the government.”
The official from Yan Song’s camp said categorically, and then became more and more excited as he spoke, “The tax revenue from the shipping industry will be twice as much As far as the Southern Song Dynasty is concerned, the Southern Song Dynasty was in a corner, and the fertile land in the north was occupied by barbarians. But why did the Southern Song Dynasty It can last for more than a hundred years because of the huge tax revenue generated by the shipping industry. According to my knowledge, during the Southern Song Dynasty, the shipping companies in Fujian and Guangzhou alone earned two million dollars in interest per year. If all the merchants come in, they can earn tens of millions in interest every year. The income of the merchants alone can double our tax revenue."
"It's ridiculous. The Japanese pirates brought disaster to Shibo. It has been publicized for a long time. No matter how beautiful things are, for the sake of our safety, Shibo must not be reopened." Li Mo flicked his sleeves and accused with a dark face.
When Li Mo got angry, some people on Yan Song's side couldn't help but feel a little scared. Li Mo is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and has the power to promote officials. Mr. Yan Ge gave him three points of courtesy, let alone us. .
"The profit from trading ships is the greatest. If the measures are taken properly, the proceeds can be worth millions. Wouldn't it be worth taking them from the people? The Southern Song Dynasty was relatively weak, and trading ships did not harm the security of the country, let alone the military strength of our dynasty. "It's great."
Others are afraid of Li Mo, but Yan Shifan is not afraid at all. As soon as Li Mo finished speaking, he retorted with a sneer.
Emperor Jiajing listened carefully at this moment. Emperor Jiajing was very interested in the shipping income of the Song Dynasty mentioned by the minister just now. The annual income of the Ming Dynasty was only more than 20 million yuan. He did not expect that the Southern Dynasty was only The Pian'an dynasty that occupied the south could earn tens of millions of dollars a year from its shipping department alone, which is almost equal to all the taxes I paid in the Ming Dynasty for the entire year. What if our dynasty also opened a shipping department?
Thinking of this, Emperor Jiajing couldn't help but light up his eyes. If taxes were doubled, let alone doubled, it would be much easier to manage the country by himself. In addition, if taxes are increased, more money will be available for alchemy.
Ever since, the more Emperor Jiajing thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. In order to obtain more accurate data from the Shipping Department of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Jiajing wrote another small note and asked Huang Jin to send it to the Hanlin Academy. Let the Hanlin Academy prepare and submit relevant books on the Southern Song Dynasty's shipping department's income and the Southern Song Dynasty's annual income.
It was Xiao Huangmen who had just delivered the note. This time he hurried to the Hanlin Academy again with a small note written by Emperor Jiajing.
When Xiao Huangmen returned to the Hanlin Academy with the small note, Yuan Wei's eyes were crooked.
In Yuan Wei's opinion, this little note must be like the one written by Emperor Jiajing last time, "Sweet and sour fish is better with rice." It is another little note praising Zhu Pingan, so fast I found the book the emperor was looking for, and it was natural to receive praise.
However, when Yuan Wei actually saw the words on the small note, he couldn't help but laugh.
Good
The note said, "Looking for information on the Ship Division of the Southern Song Dynasty."
This is another time to look for classics.
Okay, just now Zhu Ping'an had great luck. He happened to see the two books that the Lord was looking for. Not only did he escape, but he also secretly made great achievements.
Huh, this time we are looking for information about the Ship Bureau of the Southern Song Dynasty. It is not that simple. There are so many books in the library. I don’t believe you, Zhu Pingan, have ever seen such information!
What will you do, Zhu Pingan, this time? ! This time, the holy books didn't specify it. It's up to you, Zhu Ping'an, what you can do.
Looking at the words on the small note, Yuan Wei finally felt relieved. His depression was swept away, replaced by a deep sense of relief.
Like last time, Yuan Wei once again followed Xiao Huangmen to the library where Zhu Ping'an was. Along with him, many Hanlin officials came. Almost all the Hanlin officials who had done well last time came this time. .
"Shibosi, let me think about it, it seems that there is a book called "Haitu Kanyu" recorded in it, but I don't know where this book is now in the corner of the library." You Hanlin After the official gave Zhu Pingan a small note at Xiaohuang Gate, he suggested to Zhu Pingan.
"I also remember that there is a bound volume of "Taxation Brief of the Southern Song Dynasty" that seems to have records of the taxation of the shipping department..."
"There is also a book called "Food and Goods Chronicles of the Southern Song Dynasty". In my early years, I seem to have seen it on the second floor of the library, but it has been a long time and I can’t remember which bookshelf it is on. , I just remember it was on the bookshelf on the east side of the second floor."
From time to time, someone gave advice to Zhu Pingan, and after a while, he recommended more than N classics. However, although many classics were recommended, they were all I don’t know that the classics they recommended are lying in that corner of the library.
Yuan Wei looked at this scene and smiled secretly, yes, that’s right, that’s it.
"Thank you, dear friends. If you don't mind, please sit down in the pavilion and have a cup of tea." Zhu Ping'an interrupted the voices of the scholars recommending books and invited them to have a drink in the library pavilion. cup of tea.
Have tea?
Think of us as stupid. If you treat us to tea now, you will definitely ask us to help you find books later. No, no.
As a result, the Hanlin officials declined one after another.
Seeing this, the corners of Yuan Wei's raised lips blossomed even more brilliantly.
However, before Yuan Wei's good mood lasted, he saw Zhu Ping'an repeating his last words and actions. He cupped his hands and said thank you before entering the library again.
This time I also heard Zhu Pingan's footsteps going upstairs.
"Ahem, guess, Master Zhu happened to have seen similar classics again?"
The Hanlin officials looked at each other and couldn't accept it for a while. One Hanlin official couldn't help it. Hongbai said with a face.
Impossible, it can’t be such a coincidence every time, it’s a fluke every time, how can you be lucky every time, everyone agrees with this, I think Zhu Ping'an probably won't be able to do it this time, to be fair.
However, not long after, Zhu Pingan came out holding a thick big book.
Crow's mouth!
So, all the Hanlin officials looked at the Hanlin officer who had just spoken. They did not expect that Zhu Pingan could find the book so easily as he said.
"This volume of Yongle Dadian contains detailed information about the Shipping Company of the Southern Song Dynasty. I put a bookmark here. The bookmark begins with the records of the Shipping Company of the Southern Song Dynasty. Thank you, Mr. Zhu Ping'an." Dian Shu handed it to Xiao Huangmen with both hands, and pointed at a bookmark with a pearl in the thick book to remind Xiao Huangmen.
"Master Zhu is too polite, so our family will go back to life." Xiao Huangmen said politely after receiving the classics from Zhu Ping'an, and then carefully hugged the thick classics and left. .
"Oh, I guessed that there must be a record of Shibosi in the Yongle Canon, so I tried to search for it according to the Hongwu rhyme and the picture, and I really found it. There happened to be a record of Shibosi in the Yongle Canon. Records include everything from institutional setup to annual income.”
Zhu Pingan explained this to the curious Hanlin officials outside the door.
Uh, Yongle Grand Ceremony, yes, Yongle Grand Ceremony covers all things, so how could there be no Shibosi?
After hearing this, all the Hanlin officials suddenly realized that it could still be like this, and they were somewhat convinced by Zhu Ping'an's quick response.
Yuan Wei once again had a gloomy face and walked back to his position, his face so heavy that water dripped from his face. Such a boy can no longer stay in the Hanlin Academy!
If Emperor Jiajing was a little surprised when he just found the book, then when Xiao Huangmen returned to the Xiyuan Hall to resume his life this time holding this volume of Yongle Ceremony, Emperor Jiajing was very surprised. He did not expect the Hanlin Academy at all. The efficiency has become so outstanding, it is completely different from before.
If the book search last time only aroused Emperor Jiajing's heartstrings, then the book search this time was enough to arouse Emperor Jiajing's interest. After reading this volume of Yongle Dadian's records about the annual income of Shibosi, Emperor Jiajing became curious. Huang Jin was asked to call the little Huangmen to ask a few questions.
Faced with Emperor Jiajing's inquiry, Xiao Huangmen did not hide anything and told Emperor Jiajing everything he saw and heard in the Hanlin Academy, the Library, and Zhu Ping'an.
"Interesting, interesting, he turned out to be my number one scholar. Huang Ban sent an edict and summoned Zhu Ping'an to visit him. I will give him a good reward." After hearing this, Emperor Jiajing smiled and opened his mouth. (End of this chapter)