Chapter 460 I suddenly heard that there is a fairy mountain on the sea
Xiyuan.
After three years, the new Longevity Palace was finally rebuilt.
Emperor Jiajing's mood became much brighter in an instant. At night, when the palace lanterns were first hung, Emperor Jiajing also changed into a black robe, and also wore a mink fur cloak with gold lines. , quietly took Huang Jin to walk on the garden path outside the Wanshou Palace, admiring the new palace that Yan Shifan spent nearly three million taels to rebuild.
This rebuilt Wanshou New Palace is more majestic and splendid than the original Wanshou Palace. The large pillars on the top are also giant trees cut down from the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou. It took two years to be transported from Yunnan and Guizhou. The capital can be said to be extremely difficult.
"Yan Shifan is determined."
Emperor Jiajing looked at the Wanshou New Palace, which was even more majestic than before, and did not hesitate to praise Yan Shifan. It can be seen that Yan Shifan's life this time really impressed Emperor Jiajing eyes.
Huang Jin also followed Emperor Jiajing, carefully holding a lantern for Emperor Jiajing and lighting the path under his feet.
Huang Jin replied with a smile: "This is the filial piety that Yan Shifan should fulfill. The emperor has lived in Yuxi Palace for several years, and he always does a beautiful thing for the emperor."< br>
Emperor Jiajing laughed and said, "That's true. Thinking about it, he seems to have done a good job in this matter in the past few years. What is the Yan Maoqing he has been doing during this time?"
Huang Jindao: "Yan Maoqing is now the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment. He has been running to Prince Jing's house recently, and he seems to be very attentive."
Emperor Jiajing said hoarsely: "He has no business?"
In fact, Emperor Jiajing had already known about Yan Maoqing's escape to Prince Jing's Mansion, and he also acquiesced and indulged in it. However, when he heard Huang Jin say that Yan Maoqing was still insisting, he felt slightly unhappy. .
After all, Yan Maoqing is still a third-rank official in the imperial court. It is still very disgusting to spend all day doing nothing but just speculating.
You must know that since Yan Maoqing’s ability in the salt administration was highlighted, Emperor Jiajing also developed a certain love for money towards him, so he promoted him to the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, thinking that he would be more clear-headed and understand his position. Who gave it to me?
As a result, Yan Maoqing seemed to have misunderstood Emperor Jiajing's intentions, thinking that everything he had now was given by Yan Song, Yan Shifan and his son, and this time he actually sank to the point of being a stepping stone for Yan Shifan, and kept trying to pry King Jing's power every day. Door, isn’t this just looking for death?
Huang Jin also heard Emperor Jiajing's displeasure, but he had no feelings for Yan Maoqing in the first place, so when Emperor Jiajing talked about Yan Maoqing, Huang Jin also spoke the truth with great language skills.
Huang Jin said: "In addition to being more diligent in going to Prince Jing's house recently, Yan Maoqing is also urging Dongchang to hand over an imperial prisoner who has been specially cared for by Prince Yu as soon as possible."
< br>After Emperor Jiajing heard this sentence, he immediately became interested.
Emperor Jiajing asked: "What kind of imperial prisoner can San'er take special care of?"
Huang Jin said: "Emperor, have you forgotten? It's Wang Zhi, the great pirate who established himself as king at sea. Didn't you specifically tell Prince Yu to handle this case personally?"
Emperor Jiajing heard Huang Jin's words After saying this, I suddenly remembered what Huang Jin said.
Emperor Jiajing said: "I remembered, it is the Wang Zhi who was ordered to be safe by Hu Zongxian, right? Why did he become an imperial prisoner again?"
Huang Jindao: "I heard that this Wang Zhi was originally He had been persuaded by Hu Zongxian to go ashore and prepare to surrender and accept the imperial decree. However, he was not very lucky. When he went to Hangzhou to visit Wang Bengu, he was trapped by Wang Bengu. "
"Furthermore, Wang Bengu still listed Wang Zhi's crimes and wanted to deny Wang Zhi's surrender to Zhao'an. However, after Prince Yu learned about this, he felt that there might be other hidden stories, so he asked Hu Zongxian to personally escort Wang Zhi to Zhao'an. Prison interrogation ”
"Now that Wang Zhiren is in the imperial prison, the Ministry of Punishment has given up his job. They send people to Chen Hong every day to take Wang Zhi away. But Chen Hong can't make the decision in this matter, so there is a stalemate. "
Emperor Jiajing sighed after hearing Huang Jin's words, and asked again: "Do you know what San'er thinks is the secret?"
Huang Jin replied: "Prince Yu and me. The slave said once that it seemed to be because of the smuggling interests at sea. Wang Zhi said that the place where Wang Zhi used to occupy the sea was Shuangyu Port off the coast of Ningbo, which controlled the trade between dozens of small foreign countries outside the Ming Dynasty. There is also a monopoly on the red-haired fan business from the West, which generates huge profits of no less than millions every year."
"So Prince Yu thinks that the reason why so many people want to die is probably because of this. He once again divided up the huge profits at sea, so Prince Yu sent him to prison to be imprisoned first, and then made a decision after verifying the real information about sea."
Emperor Jiajing heard that there was actually only a few years at sea. With a huge profit of one million, he couldn't help but turn around and look at Huang Jin in surprise. You must know that the Guangzhou Shipping Department is the only shipping department in the Ming Dynasty that is open to the outside world. The customs duties they pay in a year are only tens of thousands of taels. There is not even a moment of time.
Therefore, Emperor Jiajing never had an accurate understanding of the interests of the sea, and ignored matters at sea like the previous emperors. Even though he always wanted to compare himself to Emperor Chengzu, he did not treat Zheng He of Yongle Dynasty. Have any interest in Western things.
After all, these documents have been hundreds of years old. Except for the few words that record the coming of all nations and the auspiciousness and spices and fragrant woods that Zheng He brought back from overseas, there seems to be nothing special about them.
But now Huang Jin actually said that Wang Zhi monopolized a hugely profitable business of millions of taels of silver a year at sea. At this moment, Emperor Jiajing's eyes also changed.
Emperor Jiajing asked: "Is there really such a huge profit in the sea?"
Huang Jin was not sure. What he said was also told to him by Zhu Zaijing, so in this At that time, Huang Jin was also a little unsure and said: "There should be, otherwise why would those red-haired fans have to travel thousands of miles and wander at sea for several years to come to my country to do business in the Ming Dynasty?"
"Furthermore, I heard from Prince Yu that those red-haired fans seem to have discovered an unclaimed land on the sea that is several times larger than our Daming Dynasty. Now the silver and gold they come to Daming Flower are dug from there. Yes, the slave girl was very surprised when she heard it. Did those red-haired fans discover overseas fairy mountains? "
Originally, Emperor Jiajing was already very interested in the millions of profits, but then he heard about it again. Huang Jin said that those red-haired tribesmen actually discovered an unclaimed land on the sea that was several times larger than the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and it was also rich in gold and silver. Isn't this an overseas fairyland?
You must know that Emperor Jiajing spent his whole life cultivating immortality, wasn’t it just the mythical legend of immortals?
Now I heard that someone actually discovered an unclaimed land rich in gold and silver overseas. According to Emperor Jiajing's knowledge, wouldn't that be the legendary immortal ashram?
Emperor Jiajing suddenly became excited, and he quickly said: "You have to confirm this with San'er again. If this is true, then Wang Zhi can be kept."
"When the time comes, I might as well reward Wang Zhi with a mission to the West, and let him follow those red-haired men to find that unclaimed overseas land! If he can really find it, then I will not be stingy with any reward. !”
Obviously, Emperor Jiajing’s brain circuit is very strange at this moment. He cares about the word overseas fairy mountains far more than “huge profits of millions”!
After the excitement, Emperor Jiajing felt even better when he looked at the newly built Longevity Palace.
Emperor Jiajing said to Huang Jin again: "Tomorrow, you will send an order to the cabinet and ask them to summon all the officials in the capital to write a congratulatory note for me on my move-in. Remember, no one can be missing!"
Huang Jin quickly replied: "Yes, I obey the order." After accompanying Emperor Jiajing for a walk outside the Wanshou Palace, Emperor Jiajing finally felt a little tired and couldn't help but want to go back to rest.
The next day, Huang Jinxian went to the cabinet to announce the happy news that Emperor Jiajing was moving to a new home, and asked the cabinet to notify the officials in the capital to prepare congratulatory forms to celebrate Emperor Jiajing's move.
Then Huang Jin went to Prince Yu's mansion again.
Zhu Zaijing felt happy when he looked at the eunuch who came to his house every now and then. After all, the relationship between the two of them has been very harmonious over the years.
And during the battle to defend the capital, the two of them were comrades who carried guns together. This kind of friendship is also very important.
"My servant pays homage to the prince."
Huang Jin smiled and saluted when he saw Zhu Zaijing.
Zhu Zaijing also replied happily: "My father-in-law, please take a seat. This is Pu'er tea sold by the caravan from Yunnan. It is rare to see it in the capital!"
Huang Jin I was slightly surprised when I heard the name of Pu'er tea. With the establishment of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve and the emergence of banks in various places in recent years, many local gadgets that I have never seen before have begun to appear in the capital.
For example, the Fujian mango, which was very popular in the past few years, appeared in this way. It is said that the caravan that brought the mango to the capital was supported by the Fujian Mazu Bank.
When Zhu Zaijing first heard that the name of the new bank jointly established in Fujian was actually called "Mazu Bank", he was stunned for a few seconds.
Although Zhu Zaijing was not from Fujian in his past and present lives, Zhu Zaijing has still heard about the legend of Mazu.
Later, Zhu Zaijing learned more about it and found out that this new bank run by Fujianese was originally jointly founded by several local large businessmen in Fujian.
After knowing this background, Zhu Zaijing suddenly seemed to understand something.
Although the Ming Dynasty has always implemented a maritime ban policy, the binding force on places like Fujian and Guangdong, where the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, is still very small.
Anyone with any ability there likes to sail boats and do business, so the people there believe very deeply in Mazu and think that Mazu can bless them all.
So it seems reasonable for them to name the new bank "Mazu Bank". After all, Mazu's belief there is deeply rooted in the bones. With Mazu's name, who would worry about the existence of their own money? Will there be problems in Mazu's bank?
So, after only a few years of development, Mazu Bank in Fujian broke through the barriers of Fujian. Not only did it open branches in neighboring Zhejiang and Guangdong, it even had their branch headquarters in Beijing.
Many Fujian officials are now surprisingly united and even asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to distribute the salaries of Fujian officials to them through Mazu Bank.
But the officials certainly did not agree to such a nonsense request. They even ridiculed them that now that their salaries had been paid in a timely manner, there were actually more requests.
You must know that before the emergence of the Ming Dynasty Federal Reserve, the imperial court was so poor that it was almost impossible to reveal the blame. Especially for the officials in the capital, it was commonplace for their salaries to be in arrears for three and a half months.
Now that the imperial treasury is slightly fuller and salaries are paid out in a timely manner, how can these people still behave like this? How could the officials control them?
You must know that if you agree to the request of these Fujian guys, officials from other provinces will do the same in the future. Wouldn't it cause chaos?
So no matter how much these Fujian guys worship Mazu, their salary can only be distributed by Daming Bank on behalf of them. As for which bank they want to save after the distribution, that is their freedom.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I have heard about Pu'er tea but haven't tried it yet. This time I am really in luck."
Huang Jin thanked Zhu Zaijing, then lifted up the tea cup and took a sip of the Pu'er tea soup that was as red as jade, and then quickly praised: "Good tea, good tea!"
Zhu Zai Jing chuckled, "If you like it, father-in-law, then take a few pieces back to help me honor your majesty, and then keep some for yourself."
Huang Jin said: "How can this be embarrassing? The prince just needs to be filial to the emperor, it's just for the slaves. I don’t want rewards.”
Zhu Zaijing said: “How can this be accomplished? My father-in-law has worked hard to serve your majesty. I don’t have anything else except these gadgets, so my father-in-law doesn’t want anything else.” "I declined."
Huang Jin said: "That's done, then I will thank you for your grace."
After Zhu Zaijing drank a glass of Pu'er with Huang Jin, Huang Jin also talked about business.
Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty, the emperor is interested in things overseas. He wants his slave to ask the prince, did the red-haired fan really discover the unclaimed land overseas?"
Of course, Zhu Zaijing knew better than anyone else about the so-called unclaimed land overseas. However, in this era, even if Zhu Zaijing knew where the land was, he could not tell it directly and could only pretend that it was there. Talk about the Europeans who carried out the Age of Discovery.
Zhu Zaijing said: "This matter has yet to be confirmed, but I feel that it is inseparable. You must know that before, whether it was the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, or Zheng He during the Chengzu period, In fact, the news we have learned about the West is that overseas is barren, and only our land of China is the essence of the world."
"But according to Wang Zhi's confession, and the Hongmao District in Macau, Fujian. From the information feedback, I noticed that these red-haired people are richer than before, and they seem to have endless gold and silver in their hands.”
"So I have pieced together the clues from various sources of information. It is very likely that these red-haired gangsters made a fortune somewhere overseas and obtained a huge amount of gold and silver. Moreover, it can be judged from the information about their dealings that they The gold and silver are definitely not produced in their local area."
"So I conclude that these red-haired people may have really gotten lucky and discovered the legendary overseas fairy mountains. And this Wang Zhi also has some abilities at sea. If he can be tamed by Zhao'an, he might be able to be used as the second Zheng He."
Zhu Zaijing is also bragging! To raise taxes, they directly promoted unseen overseas places as overseas fairy mountains to seduce Emperor Jiajing's desire to cultivate immortality and let him resume Taizong's old affairs and sail to the West!
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