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Chapter 1134 Ku Yi Ku Tianshi, I will not recite the name!
"Eunuch Yang?"

Seeing the tall and thin Yang Jinshui walk into the duty room, except for Yan Song who did not move, Xu Jie and Yan Shifan both took a step forward to show politeness.

This is Lu Fang's godson, and he is capable of handling affairs. Now he is replacing Chen Hong, the senior eunuch who holds a pen. Given his age, his future is limitless, and even Yan Shifan has sold his face.

Yang Jinshui first bowed to Yan Song, then saluted Yan Shifan and Xu Jie, took out the playbook and handed it over: "This is the playbook from Zhejiang, please have a look at it!"

Yan Shifan was impatient, he took it, quickly glanced at it and understood: "Reopen the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau?"

In order to strengthen the management of silk trade, the Ming court once set up three major weaving bureaus in Jiangning, Suzhou and Hangzhou, collectively referred to as Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.

However, the weaving Bureau of the Ming Dynasty in history has been discontinued for a long time and has no sense of existence. Not to mention the Jiajing Dynasty, it was not used until the Ming Dynasty perished. It will be truly rebuilt and restored in the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Compared with the Weaving Bureau in the Qing Dynasty, which was managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it was managed by eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. In other words, after Baozong, the Admiral Construction, Zhuchi, Yinchang, Shibo, Weaving, etc. were all managed by eunuchs. By the Wanli period, the mine supervisors and tax envoys in the world were even served by eunuchs, causing great trouble.

Compared with other periods, the power of the eunuchs in the Jiajing Dynasty was very small, so Yan Shifan was able to argue with the Ministry of Household Affairs. The great eunuch Zhang Yixian has the power to manage household workers and control the state's finances, so officials from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs have nothing to do.

Now, as Yang Jinshui said, this was still an immature suggestion made by the supervisor of ceremonies, and his attitude was modest. After handing over the playbook, he respectfully stood by and waited.

"That's a good idea, it's time to make money!"

Yan Shifan never cared about the life and death of other officials, but the financial situation was so embarrassing that even corruption was inconvenient. He really wanted to open up a new way to raise money, which was very exciting for the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau.

Just seeing the signatures of Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong, the old Xiaoge's eyes flashed sharply.

These two are not members of the strict party, and they sent Zhao Wenhua to the southeast to grab merit before, and they are already veritable political enemies. How can they take the lead in such a major event?
But it doesn't matter, just kick it out, the strict party is best at stealing the fruits of victory.

Yan Shifan immediately expressed grief: "When I came here, I heard from Yang Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs that some provinces have already collected taxes for five years, and I am really worried. This is not enough food!"

"After the food is finished, what else can I eat in the Ming Dynasty? How will the family of the Ministry of Households be managed? How can it be?"

"So reopening the weaving bureau, I think it's imperative, we need to sell Daming's goods overseas as soon as possible to fill the treasury!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Xiaoge's brows showed concern for the country and the people, as if the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty were carried on his shoulders.

Yang Jinshui looked sideways, learning this shamelessness silently.

Xu Jie agreed mildly: "Everything can be established if it is forewarned, and it will be abandoned if it is not forewarned. Xiaoge is always right!"

Just when Yang Jinshui heaved a sigh of relief and felt that the matter had come to fruition, an old but majestic voice sounded: "The Weaving Bureau is concerned with state affairs, how can it be so rash?"

The hall fell silent for a while.

Yan Shifan was stunned, Xu Jie pursed his lips, and Yang Jinshui also showed surprise.

Seeing Yan Song approaching slowly, took the memorial, looked at it, and commented: "The argument is rash, big and useless. The Japanese plague in the southeast has not yet been completely calmed down, and the weaving bureau has opened. How can we ensure the smooth passage of the sea? If it is robbed by the Japanese Wouldn't it make things worse if you go to the goods?"

Yan Shifan's face flushed, he opened his mouth, but finally swallowed the words back.

Xu Jie nodded slightly, agreeing without blushing and heartbeat: "This is a mature and prudent statement for the country, Yan Ge is always reasonable!"

Yang Jinshui still had a humble smile on his face, and he couldn't even see the slightest bit of displeasure at being rejected: "What does Mr. Yan Ge mean?"

Yan Song said: "Eunuch Yang is interested, but about the weaving bureau, let's let it go first."

Yang Jinshui nodded slightly, and saluted again: "Our family is retiring!"

Watching Yang Jinshui leave unhurriedly, Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan and said, "Servant Yan wait here..."

He said to Xu Jie again: "Old Xu Ge, let's go!"

The two elders picked up Qingci and walked towards the Jinshen Abode, leaving only Yan Shifan with his chest heaving violently, his eyes gleaming with anger, and turning around in circles in the room.

"Aren't you afraid of hurting me if you refute my face in front of outsiders? Is there such a father! Damn it!!"

But no matter how surly this man was, he didn't dare to roar in the cabinet after all. After many rounds, he finally calmed down and showed a pensive expression.

After a long wait, Yan Song and Xu Jie, who prayed to the sky with Jiajing, finally returned. Yan Shifan's expression had completely recovered, and he bid farewell to Xu Jie hypocritically, and supported Yan Song all the way out of Xiyuan.

After returning home, the servant girls rushed up and waited for the two of them to enter the main hall, before Yan Shifan asked, "Can the father tell the son the reason?"

Yan Song said slowly in his usual tone: "In many ways, this matter is very risky, so you shouldn't be the one to take the lead... Yang Jinshui is a talent, and he may be the one who will take over Mr. Lu's class in the future. You can Hang out with him a lot."

Yan Shifan frowned: "If you want to make money, there is nothing foolproof. Since my father is optimistic about Yang Jinshui, why don't you sell him? The reconstruction of the Weaving Bureau is related to the influence of the inner court, whether it can be expanded to the public again. of!"

Yan Song said: "Do you think it can?"

Yan Shifan said: "In the early years of this dynasty, Your Majesty removed all the guarding eunuchs and taxation eunuchs from all over the world, and Dongchang was overwhelmed by Jin Yiwei. Looking at my Ming Dynasty, I don't need eunuchs, and my dynasty is the most... "

"But before Chen Hong served as the governor of the East Factory, he was killed in the south of the Yangtze River. In this way, if His Majesty doesn't raise his status as an eunuch, I'm afraid it will really be out of balance..."

"Lv Fang just saw this opportunity and sent Yang Jinshui to come forward. Now that the Rites Supervisor is promoting the weaving bureau, it will not only relieve the crisis of the empty treasury, but also bring the influence of the ministers back to the people. Nothing is more suitable than this." chance!"

Yan Song showed his approval: "If you calm down, you can figure out big things."

"This is indeed Eunuch Lu's plan. When he used Yang Jinshui as the eunuch holding the pen, he should have considered this point. Otherwise, with Eunuch Lu's calmness, he would have pressed Yang Jinshui again, so as not to get ahead too quickly and fall into trouble." somersault..."

Yan Shifan was confused: "Since father knows about Lu Gonggong's arrangement, why should he stop it? Isn't this offending people for nothing?"

Yan Song asked: "Why did the old man refuse just now?"

Yan Shifan frowned: "Father didn't talk about the ancestral system, but criticized Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong's proposal of 'arguing rashly, too big to be justified'..."

It is very simple to oppose the weaving bureau. "No inch boards are allowed to go into the sea" is an ancestral rule, and the ancestral law cannot be changed, and one sentence will push it back!
It is also very simple to agree with the Weaving Bureau. The core of the sea ban is private trade, and the government will not stop it from making money. If you really want to allow the inch board to go to sea, what happened to Zheng He's voyages?

Both official characters can be used to say both positive and negative things, but if you want to start from the ancestral system, it will be difficult to change in the future.

When Yan Shifan said this, he realized that the old man agreed with the Weaving Bureau in his heart: "Father rejected this proposal, but is he going to propose it later? This sutra and Li Tianchong are not worthy of such serious treatment, right? "

Yan Song reminded: "Zhejiang is not only Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong, but also Hu Zongxian."

Yan Shifan even forgot about that petty official: "Just a seventh-rank petty official..."

Yan Song shook his head: "Hu Zongxian is quite prestigious in the army, supported by generals, and recommended by Jin Yiwei. His Majesty has already remembered it in his heart and mentioned it three times."

"Although this person is still inspecting the censor now, it won't be long before he will rise to the top and become the censor of Youqin, governor of Zhejiang, and he may be the governor of Jiangnan military affairs in the future."

"Pity……"

Yan Song sighed, obviously regretting that a talent like Hu Zongxian did not join the strict party.

Yan Shifan's eyes flashed fiercely: "Father has a long-term view. We transferred Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong away from Zhejiang. Hu Zongxian was really going to take over. When the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau reopened, he married him instead. Clothes! Now that the finances are in dire straits, the Weaving Bureau is a source of income, so it must not be controlled by Hu Zongxian!"

Yan Song said: "There is also Fangdun, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. This time the Ministry of Household Affairs can only allocate 30 taels. He still remembers that 'Hunan is exempt from mountain grains, and Hubei is exempt from water grains'. He wants to exempt the people of the two places from taxes..."

Yan Shifan is the servant of the Ministry of Industry, and Ouyang Bijin, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is his uncle, who is the younger brother of Yan Song's wife Ouyang Shi. In his eyes, the Ministry of Industry is undoubtedly the territory of the Yan Party.

As for Fangdu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he is a clear anti-strict party, "respecting thrift and saving money to enrich the world". Praiseful.

But Yan Shifan understood that man's hypocrisy, and knew that since his father mentioned Fang Dun, it meant that this man had lost his favor and reversed the positions of the ruler and the people.

If you missed your father's cultivation, it would not be enough to save many people. The Xiaoge elder immediately sneered: "Replace Zhejiang with our people, push that old man Fang Dun to Nanjing, and restart the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau!"

Yan Song looked over with slightly cloudy eyes: "Can it be done?"

Yan Shifan said proudly, "Of course I can, please wait and see, father, within a year, I will definitely clean up this group of people!"

Yan Song nodded, and closed his eyes when his energy was exhausted.

But Yan Shifan was in a hurry: "Father, I haven't got my money yet. Your Majesty has pointed out the Ministry of Industry. Can you leave me alone?"

Yan Song opened his eyes again, and sighed: "Give me an accurate estimate, how much money does it cost to build the Dragon Temple and the Real Man's Mansion?"

Yan Shifan frowned: "The main reason is that your majesty is in a hurry. If it takes ten or eight years to repair, then 30 taels is not enough. Now, if we try to complete the project within one year, the number of craftsmen will have to be multiplied, and all kinds of building materials will have to be paid." Quickly transport it to the capital..."

"Right now, the Dragon God Temple is located in Longtan in the West Mountain. The required form is still the highest. All the temples must be covered with yellow glazed tiles, and the walls must be made of black and green glazed tiles. It is necessary to build a palace for His Majesty's holy car!"

"The Real Man's Mansion is to be built more magnificently than the vassal king's. Your Majesty is determined to win over Li Shizhen. Last year King Jing and King Yu came out of the palace with the crowning ceremony, and the mansion was not that hardworking!"

Yan Song's eyes showed vigilance, and he murmured: "The more your Majesty pays for Li Shizhen, the more he values ​​him..."

Yan Shifan is still calculating his own account: "Now the many factory warehouses under the Ministry of Industry's Siqing Secretary have been completely exhausted in the large-scale construction projects in these years. The purchase of materials and the collection of craftsmen's service money are being collected from various provinces..."

"Originally, this year's major project was clearly stated in the meeting at the beginning of the year. Who would have expected to add these temporarily, let alone 30 taels, 50 taels is enough!"

"According to my son's estimate, 80 million taels is enough, and 100 million taels can ensure the completion of the project within the construction period and satisfy His Majesty."

When Yan Song heard 100 million taels, his old face changed for the first time: "So much?"

Yan Shifan spread his hands: "There are really so many, I am not exaggerating!"

Yan Song couldn't sleep anymore, his wrinkles were deep, and he sighed: "Last year, there was a severe drought in two provinces and a flood in one province. The Tartars in the north harassed Datong, and the southeast paid full wages to beg for Japanese. There was another fire in the palace. It's not that your majesty thinks that he is the father of all people, and he doesn't know how he got through these days, and now he suddenly has an extra one million taels of expenses..."

Hearing the front, Yan Shifan still had no expression on his face, but at the end, he couldn't hold back any longer. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he emphasized: "Then it is impossible for me to post money, and the Ministry of Industry is not mine!"

Yan Song said: "It's not possible. This opening cannot be opened. You can think about it again and see if you can collect some money from other places. The birth of the Dragon God will benefit all people. You can't just let the court bear the burden..."

Every time an important matter comes up with an idea, but there is no solution, Yan Song asks this talented son to come up with an idea.

Yan Shifan could indeed come up with an idea, his eyes were flickering at this moment, and he suddenly said: "Shouldn't the Dragon Temple and the Real Man's Mansion be counted as part of the expenses of the Daoist sect?"

Yan Song was stunned: "You want to take out this money from Tao Zhongwen? People who practice are not easy to provoke!"

Yan Shifan smiled and said: "Lu Bing hated Tao Zhongwen deeply, and he explicitly invited me to deal with Tao Zhongwen before. I want to win that favor, but so far there is no good opportunity to make a move. Isn't this just in time?"

"For the purpose of cultivating the Immortal Mansion, the Taoist sect's money was intercepted. When the news spread, Tao Zhongwen was the first to hate Li Shizhen. When Tao Zhongwen defeated Li Shizhen, Lu Bing wanted him to die..."

"If this old Taoist is really capable enough to get rid of both Li Shizhen and Lu Bing, the boy will lose face and go to the door to make amends and return all the money this time, isn't it okay?"

Yan Song pondered for a moment, closed his eyes, and said the last sentence: "Let's do it this way, for the sake of cultivating the real mansion, and suffering the heavenly master!"

(End of this chapter)