I'm really not doing business

Chapter 19 The emperor wants to farm the land himself?

According to the system, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to bring vegetables from Guanglu Temple, but in the Jiajing period, it had become the responsibility of the inner cook, because the Jiajing emperor did not trust the ministers of the outer court.

The small dining room of the Qianqing Palace was supervised by eunuchs, which was a job close to the emperor, and was usually in charge of the eunuchs of the Sili Supervisor, the Dongchang Eunuch, and the Qianqing Palace eunuchs.

Feng Bao did something wrong just now, and Zhang Hong was assigned to work in the small dining room in the Qing palace.

When Zhang Hong heard the emperor asked what the dish was, he hurriedly said: "If you return to your majesty, it is a tribute from Yuegang, and it is said to be eaten overseas. If your majesty doesn't like it, I will not cook it in the future."

"Don't talk when you eat, don't talk when you sleep." Empress Dowager Li admonished the little emperor a little angrily when he didn't conform to the etiquette and said something during the meal.

Zhu Yijun turned his head and stared at Zhang Hong closely, with a bit of ferocity in his eyes. Even when he was reading about Wang Zhanglong's cases, His Majesty's smile was still bright and cheerful, but at this moment, His Majesty, it seems that if Zhang Hong answered incorrectly, he would It was like being thrown into the Xieyuan courtyard.

The emperor asked with strong anticipation and trembling: "Are there any left?"

"Yes, there are many more." Zhang Hong replied a little weakly. The queen mother had already admonished him, but his majesty was asking questions, and Zhang Hong was also very embarrassed. He didn't want to enter Jieyuan. Sent to the corridor home.

As soon as he heard that there were more, Zhu Yijun immediately relaxed.

"Emperor." Empress Dowager Li's tone became a little harsher.

Zhu Yijun said to Zhang Hong: "Bring it to me to see."

"Emperor!" Empress Dowager Li finally got angry, eat well when you eat, what kind of tribute are you looking at!
"My child is just curious to see." Zhu Yijun said with a sunny and cheerful smile.

But thinking about the emperor's excellent performance recently, he pressed the idea of ​​admonition, the child looks at it rare, which child is not curious?

This is the Qianqing Palace, not in the Wenhua Palace, nor in front of the ministers of the foreign court. The restrictions are too strict, which is not good for the growth of the emperor.

Before, Empress Dowager Li was extremely strict, and the reason was very simple. It was only a small aspect of Feng Bao's playing tricks. The most important thing was that the little emperor had been studying for six months, but he still could not get the approval of his foreign ministers, which made Empress Dowager Li so eager.

What Empress Dowager Li is most afraid of is that her children will not be able to take over Daming smoothly. Her greatest expectation is that Zhu Yijun can take over the government in a stable manner.

The chief assistant Zhang Juzheng recognized the little emperor very much, so he could relax properly.

Three or four round yellow tubers appeared in front of Zhu Yijun, each about the size of Zhu Yijun's fist, with some black spots on them, no buds, let alone green, the food for the emperor could not be spoiled at all. Entering the small dining room, these are the leftovers after selection, and they were originally intended to be a rare meal for His Majesty.

"This thing tastes a bit like water chestnuts, what's its name?" Queen Mother Li asked while looking at Zhang Hong.

Zhang Hong hurriedly replied: "Fans call him Potato, because it looks like a potato. Fujian people call it Potato, which means beans grown in the soil. If Your Majesty doesn't like it, I will send this dish to Caihuying." .”

"Do you know how much this thing will be harvested?" Zhu Yijun's excited heart slowly calmed down when he saw this yellowish lump of soil.

Isn't it just potatoes?It's not that I haven't seen it.

"It was presented by Luo Gongchen, the owner of the Metropolitan Salary Office and the co-prefect of Haiphong. He said that one mu of Nanyang planted can produce 20 to 120 stones. Most of the ministers in the court and China did not believe it. They sent it last year. The capital has not planted it yet. However, I heard that there are people living in Yuegang.” Zhang Hong actually doesn’t quite believe it, this lump of soil can produce more than 2000 stones a year, [-] kilograms per stone, and more than [-] kilograms per mu of land, who would believe that?

Zhang Hong thought for a while and added: "Sweet potatoes were also sent together. They were brought by merchant ships from Luzon, and I haven't had time to make them yet."

"Very good, don't do it." Zhu Yijun looked at Queen Mother Li and asked, "The Capital Office?"

Empress Dowager Li looked at the doubtful eyes of the little emperor, and said with great relief: "In the 30th year of Jiajing, there was a riot of Japanese pirates in Fujian, and the Jinghai Museum was established in Yuegang. "

"In the 42nd year of Jiajing, the current Secretary of the Ministry of War Tan Lun, who was the governor of Fujian before, changed the Yuegang Jinghai Pavilion to the Coastal Defense Pavilion. Last year, the Coastal Defense Pavilion was moved from Chenghai County to the port, and the Coastal Defense Pavilion was renamed the Capital Salary Pavilion."

"The capital's salary office, the governor's salary, is to collect taxes, and every hundred will draw six, which will be converted into silver and escorted to the capital."

Empress Dowager Li said clearly that the potato chips tasted better. The child did not study well before and was not very interested in these government affairs. Empress Dowager Li told the little emperor that the little emperor was busy and impatient, so he took the initiative to ask today.

Zhu Yijun understood what the Metropolitan Salary Office was, and it was actually the customs office responsible for collecting taxes.

Empress Dowager Li continued: "Luo Gongchen is a scholar. He passed the Juren examination but failed to pass the Jinshi examination."

"When the Japanese pirates broke out in the southeast, tens of thousands of miles across the sea were in a hurry, the smoke was everywhere, and the court and the field were shaken. Luo Gongchen organized the army and the people to rebel, and he was able to be a strong enemy with a single army. Later, the Japanese pirates invaded Songjiang Mansion. Luo Gongchen led the crowd to help Songjiang Mansion starry night , From Zhejiang Province, he was promoted to Haiphong Tongzhi."

Luo Gongchen is a scholar, but he has repeatedly made military achievements in the fight against the Japanese. At that time, the Japanese pirates made a scene. This Luo Gongchen, a scholar, fought against the Japanese with his sword and gained a great reputation.

There is indeed a big gap between scholars and scholars.

"Last year, when he returned to Beijing to report on his work, he met many people, but what he wanted to do, he couldn't get it done." When Empress Dowager Li mentioned this, she lost much appetite, put down her chopsticks, and looked a little worried .

The struggle to open the sea to the southeast and establish the Moon Harbor is a frightening step by step. No matter how good Luo Gongchen's original intention is, it would be a waste of effort if there is no one to help him in the court.

This Luo Gongchen was first recommended by his old boss Tan Lun to the residence of Yang Bo, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. Tan Lun went home to observe his filial piety because of the funeral of his parents, and then he was recommended by Yang Bo when he became an official. In officialdom, this is a great kindness.

Tan Lun felt that Luo Gongchen's idea was good, so he recommended Luo Gongchen to Yang Bo.

Why did the officials impeach Tan Lun?
Because Tan Lun was born in the Zhejiang Army and was a comrade-in-arms with Qi Jiguang, influenced by Qi Jiguang and Liang Menglong's background in the Zhejiang Army, Tan Lun is too close to Zhang Juzheng now.

As the leader of the Jin Party, Yang Bo was already annoyed at Tan Lun's repayment of virtue with grudges, so Luo Gongchen was shut out, and the invitations were confiscated.

Luo Gongchen left Qi Jiguang's relationship again and asked Qi Jiguang to recommend him to Zhang Juzheng. As a result, Zhang Juzheng agreed with Luo Gongchen's idea, so he sewed his own book on Luo Gongchen's memorial and sent it to Tong After the cabinet drafted the bill, the Secretary of State failed to pass it in two court meetings.

In the end, the deadline for Luo Gongchen to return to Beijing to report on his duties was up, so he had to go back to Yuegang, Fujian, and wait for news.

These potatoes and sweet potatoes were the gifts that Luo Gongchen brought back to Beijing at that time. They were in the palace, and Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall also had them. Originally, Yang Bo should have them too, but Yang Bo didn't see Luo Gongchen, so they disappeared.

In the first year of Wanli, potatoes were still a rare item in the capital, but in the south, they had been introduced as early as the Jiajing period.

"Why did this Haiphong Tongzhi Luo Gongchen come to Beijing?" Zhu Yijun searched his memory, but there was no relevant content.

Emperor Wanli himself didn't like government affairs, and Empress Dowager Li was extremely restrictive. Under this rebellious mentality, he was mostly indifferent to state affairs, and his left ear went in and his right ear went out.

Empress Dowager Li leaned on the back of her chair, and said a little disturbedly: "Luo Gongchen wants to collect taxes, to be precise, set up a tax to collect foreign boats, draw points, six out of a hundred, and collect those red-haired horses. tax on foreign ships."

"Foreign ships? Luo Gongchen wants to collect taxes for foreign ships?"

Empress Dowager Li said quite precisely: "For foreign ships."

"The chief constitution of the Metropolitan Prosecutor's Office opposes tax increases, and there are good reasons for that."

"Ge Shouli said: The state has regulations on taxation. In places extending in all directions and where traders converge, there are customs taxation bureaus. There are also taxation departments in each government to collect tax money. Land. The tax is already so heavy, and now the sudden tax increase is to compete with the people for profit.”

"Lu Shusheng, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, also objected, saying that it is the law of the ancestors, which has not been changed for 200 years. The opening of the sea and the establishment of Yuegang trade have violated the ancestral system. Do you want to continue to violate it?"

"The Ministry of Rites also said that the big and small Frangji Hongmao couldn't even learn the etiquette. It is disrespectful to make them kneel crookedly. If they tax foreign ships, they violate the "Doctrine of the Mean". Among them, the Rouyuan people have also violated the law of the ancestors, and they are afraid of causing Japanese troubles again."

"The matter is over."

"Zhang Yuanfu still intends to carry it out, so he left Luo Gongchen's memorial and asked him to go back and wait for news."

Empress Dowager Li has only read the Women's Rings, and it may be a bit difficult to read this literary memorial, but Feng Bao has read the book, and she had a lot of trust in Feng Bao before, and there is also a reason for this.

Luo Gongchen voted for Yang Bo first, but Yang Bo didn't accept it. Zhang Juzheng had a good temper, and he put Qi Jiguang in the Quanchu Guild Hall because of his good temper.

What kind of person is Zhang Juzheng?People who like him or hate him will probably admit that he is a great talent. Similarly, everyone in the world knows that Zhang Ju is a master who must take revenge.

Luo Gongchen wanted to collect taxes on foreign ships, but the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the Chief Constitution of the Metropolitan Procuratorate opposed it, and Zhang Juzheng wanted to carry it out, which involved the issue of authority.

Zhang Juzheng is Yuanfu, and he has only been in power for a few months, and the tax collection of foreign ships does not involve the interests of the ministers in the DPRK and China. This will not be allowed. Zhang Juzheng will continue to promote this matter just to establish his prestige. .

As for Lu Shusheng, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Juzheng recommended him to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Before Lu Shusheng could secure his seat, he began to embrace the etiquette and oppose Zhang Juzheng's decree.

If you ask Zhu Yijun what is his attitude towards tax collection of foreign ships?

This needs to be discussed?Accept, must accept!Customs doesn't collect taxes, is it true?Is it plausible!
You must know that the taxes collected by Yuegang, part of the national funds will be taken away, and part will go into the domestic funds.

That's my money!

Whoever refuses to let him go will be charged with a general crime and sent to Yongning Temple at the mouth of Heilongjiang to dig ice for fish.

"Mother, I want to try growing these potatoes and sweet potatoes." Zhu Yijun said solemnly to Empress Dowager Li after finishing his meal without saying a word.

Upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Li looked at the little emperor with disbelief written all over her face, and asked in a daze, "The emperor said he wanted to farm? Did he want to observe the farming situation? Let Zhang Yuanfu arrange one or two."

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, "It's not about observing the farming situation, nor offering sacrifices to the God of Spring, Jumang, but about planting the land, digging pits and planting seeds, sprinkling water and fertilizing, and getting married with farming and mulberry."

"Wait, does the emperor mean to go to the fields in person?" The Empress Dowager Li was a little dumbfounded. It's fine that her son didn't study before, but now he actually wants to marry a farmer. Is that what the emperor should do?

Really not doing business properly.

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun said quite accurately, "I just grow potatoes."

Putting aside the matter of tax collection for the time being, he is not in charge now, so just leave it to Zhang Juzheng to charge forward.

But this potato must be planted.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and food is more important than the sky.

What is food?Food is the indestructible imperial power.

　It is very important to follow up!Wu Xiang who Lin Yu and sister-in-law Gui repeat.Woohoo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! (づ￣ 3￣)づ

　　
　
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