People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 55: If you want to affect the interests of our southeastern provinces, we will invite Japanese pirates in!

As these people thought, Chen Han was indeed purging the three major camps in the capital.

The combat effectiveness of the three major battalions has not been strong since the calamity of Men Tianzi.

And because the capital city has the most nobles, many of their children have been placed in military camps as officers for various reasons.

However, these officers do not fight and only receive military pay.

Perhaps in other dynasties, there is no way to do this, and some benefits must be given to some people who have made meritorious contributions.

But for Chen Han, everything in the game belongs to him.

If you want to pass the level, you have to increase your income and reduce expenditure. Spending an extra point on money that you shouldn't spend may slow down the progress of the game.

So when Chen Han took over the three major battalions, he began to purge those who were eating free money.

These civil servants in the capital are not vegetarians.

After being teased by Chen Han, they quickly reacted and began to lobby the dismissed officers to cause trouble.

And this has been effective to a certain extent.

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Southeast region.

Hangzhou Prefecture.

As the core of the southeast, core family members such as the Qian family in Qiantang, the Cai family in Xihu, the Lin family in Shangban, the Zhang family in Ningbo, and the Zhao family in Zhangzhou began to gather.

They gathered together because they received instructions from the high officials in the capital.

"Everyone, the latest news from the capital is that the new Jinyi Guardsman named Chen Han has proposed to carry out reforms in several provinces in the southeast of our country. The first step is to measure the land, abolish corvees, handymen, and the use of silver. Pay taxes and increase business taxes.

It seems that every aspect of this is difficult for us. What do you think? "The speaker was the head of the Qian family in Qiantang.

After the head of the Qian family finished speaking, everyone present below fell into deep thought.

The head of the Cai family asked: "Is the news accurate?"

"This is a letter from the Minister of the Ministry of Finance in person." the head of the Qian family replied.

"There's no reaction from the capital?" asked the head of the Lin family.

The head of the Qian family replied: "As mentioned in the letter, this Chen Han came out of nowhere and has no access to oil or salt. When he proposed reforms a month ago, some officials raised objections at that time.

It's okay if you don't object. This Chen Han is really a bit evil. He organized people to slander those officials that day.

The deputy Zuodu Censor, Gao Mengde Gao, was so angry that he accidentally knocked over a candlestick and was burned alive. "

The atmosphere in the living room was dull.

"It seems that Chen Han is not easy to deal with!" said the head of the Zhang family in Ningbo.

The head of the Qian family lit the table: "Isn't it difficult to deal with? Any official who dares to impeach him will be included in the Nightmare Town case. Now all the gentlemen in the capital are in danger. The Lord of the Ministry has said that now we have to Let’s find a way to deal with this Chen Han ourselves.”

After being silent for a while, the head of the Zhao family in Zhangzhou said: "What's not easy to do? Someone has already spread the word. As long as he touches several provinces in the southeast, we will let him invade by Japanese pirates.

As long as there are Japanese pirates, the court has to send down the governor of Zhejiang Province. As long as the governor is one of our people, what kind of reform can I see him doing? "

Hahaha……

Everyone laughed when they heard this method.

Because they have used this method to deal with many court reforms. These large families, mainly engaged in the smuggling trade, were very wealthy and had long established relationships with everyone in the court.

Who doesn’t know that the Shanxi merchants in the northwest are not easy to deal with, the warlords in Liaodong are not easy to deal with, and the gentry in the southeast are not easy to deal with.

They will do whatever it takes to touch the interests of these three families.

These people all have the ability to attract foreign enemies to invade.

The Shanxi merchants in the northwest dared to collude with the Mongolian tribes in the north. The warlords in Liaodong raised the Jurchens to support the pirates to respect themselves, while the gentry in several southeastern provinces colluded with the Japanese pirates to loot inland cities at every turn, forcing the court to compromise with them.

The head of the Qian family smiled and said: "This is a good idea. I think that in the first year of Longqing, Fujian governor Tu Zemin wrote a letter to open the switch. He originally wanted to open ports in Ningbo, Hangzhou, Songjiang, Yuegang, Guangzhou and other cities. We can introduce it in our After the large group of Japanese pirates invaded, we had to open only one port in Yuegang, and this was how we preserved our smuggling business.

Now that Chen Han dares to speak out about reform and wants to make trouble for our southeastern provinces, we will use the same method to deal with him.

As long as the governor of Zhejiang Province is our candidate, no, even if he is not, we can let the court know that we are not easy to mess with. "

After the head of the Qian family finished speaking, the Ningbo Zhang family said, "Now we have to talk about the candidate for the governor of Zhejiang Province. Who do you recommend?"

"This person needs to be chosen by someone who listens to us, preferably someone who has some interest in us."

"The selection of generals by the imperial court must have gone through a lot of training. In the current court, which general and commander-in-chief can take on the current position?"

This is a difficult place.

This candidate is not easy to find.

After thinking for a long time, the head of the Qian family finally said it out: "How is Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda?"

"Wang Chonggu?" Everyone felt strange after hearing this.

"This is a person from the Shanxi merchants. This person's fortune is not in the southeast of us. Let's bring him here. Can this person pee in the same pot with us?" Many family heads were very surprised.

"Yes, I heard that this person has deep roots in the Shanxi merchants. He has roots in the Shanxi merchants in the northwest. Even in the court, this person's close nephew Zhang Siwei has served in the cabinet.

He is also related by marriage to Yang Bo, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Logically speaking, such a person does not need to give face to us southeastern gentry.

We also heard that this man has always been quite talented. He is a veteran of three dynasties. When he reaches the position of Governor of Xuanda, he is already a very popular minister and does not necessarily need to curry favor with us. "

Everyone thought so, but the head of the Qian family shook his head: "As the saying goes, once the emperor and one courtier, Wang Chonggu was an important minister in the previous dynasty, but that may not be the case in the current dynasty. He has no more to do, and he has to think about his children and grandchildren. .

Besides, Shanxi merchants have exchanged grain for salt since the Taizu Dynasty began to introduce the Zhongfa. Where does the salt come from? Isn't it from our Lianghuai River?

Most of the salt in Huaihe and Huaihe is in our hands. If we hadn’t given them a mix of salt transported by the Ministry of Household Affairs and private salt, how would they have obtained low-price salt? How did Shanxi merchants develop? Without us, Shanxi merchants would be half poor! It's time for them to repay us. "

After the head of the Qian family finished speaking, the other heads laughed, "Yes, we do need to repay us."

"Okay! Send a reply to the officials in the imperial court. We have already discussed it and recommend that the Governor-General comes to Zhejiang Province."

The head of the Qian family spoke again: "The letter states that we will never treat Wang Chonggu and Shanxi merchants lightly, and we are willing to give 20% of the profit to Shanxi merchants when he comes.

The southeastern part was saved, and the dividends from maritime smuggling were shared with them by 10% more. "

Everyone was stunned after hearing this: "Will this give too much profit?"

The head of the Qian family waved his hand: "Everyone, don't worry about these pots and jars. If we smash them, we can start over. The top priority is to protect Southeast and get rid of the thief Chen Han!"

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(End of this chapter)