eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 153 Mei Kejia's Silver
When Mei Kejia opened his eyes, he thought he was at sea, but after a while, he remembered that he had returned to Hangzhou. In retrospect, when he left, the trees were blooming in spring. At this time, the scenery was already full of dead scenery, and there were fallen leaves all over the road. , which made him feel as if he had been in another world, perhaps the scene at sea was too monotonous.

"Master, where are we going?"

The servants in the mansion waited carefully. Mei Kejia usually spoke very little and was unsmiling. In fact, he was under a lot of pressure, so he really couldn't be happy.

"Go and find Wei Bin, the eunuch in charge of Zhejiang Province."

Mei Kejia Fengdong Gongmi aims to conduct business along the southeast coast. This place has developed commerce, and the silk and tea trade is very prosperous. Because of the official background, after Mei Kejia established Meiji, there is no shortage of supply. On the one hand, he has Zhang Yong, On the other hand, he bought it with silver in all seriousness.So that's fine.

It was nothing more than that after getting the goods, some other merchants ran out of supplies, probably to offend Mei Kejia.However, the background of "father-in-law" is very dreadful.

Of course, people would not think that he belonged to the emperor or the prince, they would only think that some father-in-law was ordering these businessmen.

In fact, in the Ming Dynasty, many civil servants preferred to ban the sea. One of the reasons was that the eunuchs were greedy for money. Therefore, seeing that the sea trade was profitable, most of them would intervene.

The eunuchs of the Shibo Department and the weaving eunuchs of Suzhou are very fat masters.

The purpose of the literati to destroy the big ship is to cut off the eunuch's financial resources, so it is also a kind of political struggle to some extent.

Maritime trade is indeed very profitable in this era. As long as you have capital, buy a few ships and load some goods, you can basically sell the goods without dying at sea, because tea and silk in the Ming Dynasty were very popular.

The same is true for those western navigators, as long as they come here, bring something, and go back to load another cargo, it will be a big seller.

Generally speaking, there is no problem with a profit of more than ten times.That's why there are so many desperadoes flocking to them.

The Ming Dynasty also had a certain degree of silver crisis at this time, but in Japan and other places, silver was still a bit flooded, and the price of silver has never been able to rise.

Later, it was precisely because of the inflow of silver over the years that conditions were created for Zhang Juzheng's whipping method. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the price of silver in Ming Dynasty began to fall.

Mei Kejia went to sea for the first time, and he did not have a lot of money. He only prepared more than [-] taels of goods, but he was surprised by the profit.
Only after going out and walking for such a time did he know why His Royal Highness had to plan years in advance,

Such a huge profit must have supported a large number of wealthy businessmen, and the clan businessmen supported their children to study the imperial examinations, so they were also powerful in the court.

Like Tang Bohu's friend Xu Jing,

He came from a wealthy businessman. Tang Bohu was beaten up and failed the imperial examination. Xu Jing's arm was not broken, but he just failed the exam. He might have to work harder next time.

And the reason why I am going to guard the eunuch's mansion today,

It's because this is a new guardian eunuch from the Eastern Palace.

Wei Bin, one of the later Eight Tigers.

Zhu Houzhao put this person here specifically for Mei Kejia.

From Mei Kejia's point of view, since he is newly appointed and he is a member of the East Palace, he must visit the pier no matter what.

When Wei Bin heard that he was the one who visited the door, he was very pleasantly surprised.
"...Our family has been in Zhejiang for more than four months. We have been waiting for you all day, but you finally showed up!"

Mei Kejia is a businessman, and businessmen are not allowed to wear silk, only gray cloth clothes. This dress always reminds him of the difference in status. Even if Wei Bin treats him like a guest of honor, he is extremely polite. I'm worried, mainly because the time at sea is not good."

"It's good to be back, it's good to be back. You know that His Highness is now in charge of the country, and the court has undergone new changes in many aspects. The biggest change is that the servants are afraid of being missed by His Highness. Our family has been missed, although The scenery in Hangzhou is beautiful, but I have a major event on my shoulders, and this major event is Mei Kejia’s Mei Ji.”

"It's not our family asking for credit with you. When you're away, it's not our family helping you protect this Meiji. When you come back, can everything be quiet?"

"Eunuch is wrong."

"Am I wrong?"

"Mei Ji took my surname, but it was to deceive people. Father-in-law is not protecting Mei Ji for me, but for Your Highness."

Wei Bin was startled for a moment, then he laughed, pointed to Mei Kejia and said, "No wonder His Highness chose you, you are really smart and understand the general situation."

Mei Kejia saluted again, showing humility.

"How's the profit from going to sea this time? Let's settle the score and report it to His Highness."

Mei Kejia said: "It's my first time to go to sea, some unfamiliar places, I have already ordered, about 60 taels of silver. It is also very hard for my father-in-law to take care of Meiji in Hangzhou. It is better to divide the account like this, and 30 taels will be released. The capital belongs to His Highness. Father-in-law, please buy some tea for 10 taels. The rest will be left to me as capital for going to sea again."

When he said these words, he saluted dignifiedly and spoke slowly.

Wei Bin's eyes sparkled when he heard that, he had seen money before, but it was rare to see someone as generous as Mei Kejia.

"Eunuch... do you have any comments?"

"No, no. Everything is arranged by you Mei Kejia!"

"Thank you, Eunuch."

……

Mei Kejia later ate at the eunuch's mansion.

Between the toasts and cups, it was another pale courtesy.

On the carriage back, Mei Kejia leaned his head against the carriage, as if he was resting. After a while, he ordered: "Slow down."

"Yes, sir."

He has not been in the mansion for a long time, and he has no idea who is in the mansion.

In terms of privacy, it might not be as good as this carriage.

"Fuzheng, come in."

"Yes."

Following the order of his master, a strong and capable young man jumped into the carriage.

This is the old man who followed him when he was in the Northwest. Originally, Fu Zheng's father took care of him, but his life was unlucky and he had a serious illness. Now it is his son.

Mei Kejia trusted this man very much.

"You set off for the capital tomorrow, take my letter to my home, and give this letter to Huaigu. Remember, only give it to Huaigu, and then let him pass it to His Highness when he enters the East Palace."

Fuzheng clutched the letter, feeling a little strange, "With Eunuch Wei, why do you still have to pass Young Master Huaigu?"

"Wei Bin doesn't live long enough to have close friendships." Seeing his confusion, Mei Kejia explained what happened just now, "...it's normal for eunuchs to be greedy for money, but they also have time and objects. It's nothing. But our prince must be very careful. The southeast matter is the most important thing in the prince's heart, and the more he will pay attention to it in the future, it is inevitable that there will be omissions."

"Besides..."

"And what?"

"Besides, he even dared to take the crown prince's money, so he must have taken other people's money as well."

Mei Kejia shook his head and left him alone.

"Then, is the boss planning to expose him to the prince?"

Mei Kejia shook his head even more. He put his hands in his cuffs, sat up with his eyes closed, and swayed with the carriage, "That's what a fool did. Since Wei Bin can let the prince send him here to Zhenjiang as a guard eunuch, Presumably His Highness still needs to trust us, if we write down what we just said, will the Crown Prince believe us?"

"These eunuchs often get along with the prince day and night. Your boss and I have only met the prince twice."

"Then the boss' letter..." Fuzheng didn't quite understand.

"This is another 30 taels."

"My boss won't stay?"

"Why do I want so much money? At the beginning Zhang Qian wanted my wealth, but he failed. Donggong called me to the capital. Didn't he know that I was worth millions? But Donggong didn't do anything. I'm still rich One side, why do you need the 30 taels? Maybe you will end up like Wei Bin in the future, besides, I have already reserved the capital for the next time."

"Then why didn't the boss directly hand it over to Wei Bin?"

Mei Kejia opened his eyes, "For things like silver, every time they pass through a pass, a little bit of it will be scraped off and handed over to this kind of person. I don't worry about it. If he gets too greedy and keeps the money from the Eastern Palace, the Eastern Palace will return it to you." I thought it was my incompetence."

He lifted the curtain of the carriage to look outside, everything in Hangzhou was very strange, the businessman was used to wandering, and the businessman hated wandering the most, he already wanted to go back a little.

In this world, life is not easy.

This feeling is the same as Zhang Mian at this time,
That day when Jiang Guan said that Jin Yiwei knocked on your door, you knew what it means to be late.

Now Jin Yiwei is really here,
Zhang Mian was so frightened that he hid in the house and did not dare to come out. He was just a sideline official, how could he stand up to such a situation, he was terrified and terrified for a while,
"Jiang Guan, you are not a fucking human!"

But shouting is useless, this is the Hongzhi Dynasty,
Because Emperor Hongzhi was a kind person, not only was he strict with the eunuchs, but he also had a certain degree of restraint on Jinyiwei's cruel punishments. Zhu Houzhao also didn't like those inhumane punishments, so he didn't ask Beizhen Fusi to resume.

Otherwise, Zhang Mian would have to pee out of fear on the spot.

But even so, his fat man was still so frightened that his lips trembled, and even his nose dripped down.

popping.

Jin Yiwei patted the fat on his face, "It won't take half a month, I will definitely lose this fat for you."

"My lord, don't!" Zhang Mian's face turned pale with fright, and he burst into tears as soon as he spoke, "The guilty minister has nothing to ask for, I just hope that my lord can bring the criminal minister to trial quickly, I must have something to say, please don't Sentence."

"No promise."

But Zhang Mian can't control that much. After being an official for so many years, he doesn't have much hope.Some people in this world like to show off in front of leaders, while others just want to hide in a corner and live comfortably.

This Zhang Mian is the latter.

such a pity.

But because of meeting such a person,

Only Jin Yiwei could quickly sort out the case and send it to the East Palace case.

In front of the crown prince's case, stood Minister of Criminal Affairs Xie Qian, Commander of Jin Yiwei Mou Bin, and Minister of Taipusi Liang Chu.

The prince flipped through the file and suddenly became furious, and threw the file on the ground with a bang.

"In the eyes of these ministers of Ming Dynasty, there is still this prince, my father, and my father?! My father's generation of benevolent monarchs, in their eyes, is a weak person who can be used. Using my father to prevent my father from benefiting the people, this Have all the books of sages and sages been read into the stomach of a dog? And you Mou Bin, you are a pig brain! Father Huang Yuyu for twelve years, worked hard to govern, benevolent and caring for the people, and in the end there was such a kingless man hidden in the court. Father, the minister who despises the holy bow! You take these out, what will the father think? What will the world think? What is the face of the court?!"

Mou Bin was also a little taken by the power of the crown prince, "Your Highness, that Zhang Mian is a weak bone at all, and before the subject can be punished, he resorted to all kinds of crimes. He admits to all these crimes."

"He just wrote it if he recognized you?!" Zhu Houzhao mainly thought that he was exhausted every day, but it turned out that the minister of the court was the one who hindered him, so he couldn't help but get angry, "Mou Bin, go now and write the person mentioned above Catch them all! Liang Chu!"

"The minister is here."

"Bengong..." Zhu Houzhao took a few breaths, and finally his voice softened. He raised his head and said slowly, "I have a month for you to complete the rectification of Taipu Temple. Ma Zheng also has to leave as soon as possible." On the right track. If this kind of joke is still spread, I will ask you!"

"Yes."

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I really want to come back from get off work and watch the game...

(End of this chapter)