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Chapter 154

Yang Ling leaned on the bed, Gao Wenxin sat beside the bed, and wiped his face indiscriminately with a hot towel. After all, he had just taken a shower, and his face was white and rosy, and his look was so good. It was n’t like the breath, so I pretended to just clean the noodles with a hot towel.

Jiao Fang sat at the table, twisting his beard in a hurry, and the smiling face was very kind, if not a little ridiculous occasionally. This man is 71 years old, but he is not deaf and has no eyes, and he is very healthy, with white hair and white beard.

Yang Ling pondered the candidates for the University of Columbia along the way back to Beijing, and had considered this literary minister who had a relatively good relationship with himself. This servant Jiao Lang Tianshun has been a jinshi for eight years. He has served as a scholar, editor, assistant lecturer, and bachelor. Right assistant, now he is the official assistant.

It can be said that he has gone from low to high in technical titles and administrative positions, and his political experience and seniority are the best choices. When the three college graduates entered the cabinet today, their official positions were smaller than him. He was considered to be one of those who qualified for the position of a college graduate.

Moreover, Yang Ling helped him, because Yang Ling also said good things to Yang Ling when he was imprisoned in the case of Emperor Ling, so Yang Ling liked him very much and listed him as a possible candidate, so he asked Wu Jie to investigate him secretly. In the circumstances, he didn’t think he had decided whether or not to contact him. He came to the door first.

Yang Ling waved his hands weakly and said, “Wen Xin, please step back first. I want to talk to Master Jiao.”

Gao Wenxin looked at the dead virtue he had pretended, and couldn’t help but scornfully whiten him. Then he stood up and said softly, “Yes, the old man is weak, don’t be overworked. The maid resigns.”

He said that he took two steps back and gave Jiao Fang a salute before quietly retreating out and closing the door.

Jiao Fang took a sip of tea and twisted his beard and said: “I heard that my adult was being calculated on the way back to Beijing, and I was seriously injured. I couldn’t get up when I saw the driver today. The official was worried after hearing that the officials had heard. It ’s difficult to sit still. So I hurriedly took leave and brought three thousand-year-old ginseng to visit. “

Yang Ling couldn’t understand his true intentions, so he pretended to admit: “The troubled old man is concerned, some skin injuries, it’s okay.”

Jiao Fang suddenly sniffed his nose, and said meaningfully: “Well, it’s good to see the grown-ups now, so the official is relieved.”

Yang Ling saw him move. Secretly said: “If it’s broken, if the golden sore medicine is put on the body, how can it be tasteless? This old man is smart enough.” He smiled and said: “Adult is busy with his business, he must come to see him. The official is very grateful.”

Jiao Fang sighed: “Adults are the pillars of the country. Nowadays, there is only one Li Xuebao left in the Dingzhu, and the hearts of the people are floating. At this time, it is necessary to turn the tide and calm the hearts of the people. So the old man really hopes that the adults will recover soon.”

Yang Ling smiled, took a cup of tea from a few stools beside the couch and took a sip of tea, secretly thinking about it by taking the opportunity to drink tea: With the qualifications and official positions of this Master Jiao, I came to visit myself at this time, and said so flattering. , Apparently intentionally settled.

But I pretended to be injured and quit the storm circle to protect myself, and the old guy could actually see it. Smart and terrible, will this person become my political ally?

He thought about it thoughtfully, sipping the cup of tea, and raised his head to just put the cup back into the tray. Jiao Fang had greeted him, and took the cup with both hands, and filled him with a cup of tea. , Gently pushed in front of him.

See the courteous attitude of this grey-haired clerk of the third grade. Yang Ling has made a decision. He thought for a while and said with a deep smile: “The boss is over-reputed. The speed of Yang’s official career is staggering, but he has always been on the sidelines and has never participated in the major events of the court. It is incomparable in terms of knowledge and experience. Sir, you are much worse than many courtiers. “

He pondered for a while, and said slowly: “The emperor is beloved, and the courtier of course wants to worry about the emperor. This time, when he paid taxes to the south, what Yang saw and heard, there are some ways in his heart, but I do n’t know whether it is superficial and ridiculous. Dare to admonish to the emperor, since the boss is here, the officer just asks for some advice. How about asking the adult to discuss the details? “

Jiao Fang raised his eyebrows, and there was a surprise in his eyes. Yang Ling’s remarks were intended to accept him. This person said a lot in front of the emperor, and now the eunuchs who have the power of the inner court also obey him, as long as he is willing to bring him Do you still need to be as popular as Ma Wensheng?

However, the man in front of him was very young. When he went on a southern tour, he cleaned up the eunuchs and returned to Beijing to calm down the appeals of the internal and foreign ministers. They were all deliberate, they moved, and the methods were very old-fashioned. This is not an ordinary person. I do n’t know if he wants to test me. What?

I have to have some unique insights that can be appreciated by him, but the general policy must be consistent with him. The opportunity is rare, and I have to deal with it carefully. Jiao Fang thought of it as if he had gone to Beijing to take the exam. He lifted Jindeng’s spirit and moved Jindun forward. He leaned slightly and concentrated, saying: “I don’t know what your opinion is. The old man would like to hear the details.”

Yang Lingdao: “This official went to the south of the Yangtze River, and most of his experience was in the coastal area, where piracy was rampant. According to this official, the seafarers and merchants were smuggled and pirated due to sea bans. This situation has been forbidden. I can’t figure it out. The so-called blocking is worse than sparseness. Why can’t the court lift the sea ban and encourage non-governmental trade? In terms of taxation alone, there is more than ten million in annual revenue.

When the officer returned to Beijing, he passed the Longjiang Shipyard and saw that it was already barren. The grand occasion of the three treasures eunuchs going to the Western Ocean was no longer visible. It is said that the trip to the Western Ocean was costly and the national power was unbearable, so the official thought .. ….. “.

Yang Ling looked at Jiao Fang’s wrinkled face and said, “Since the imperial court mainly promotes the national prestige of shipping, it is not worth the loss, and it is not necessary to prohibit private trade. Although the imperial court is based on agriculture, it should not be too restrictive. Isn’t the Zhongbai official seeing the benefits of communicating with other countries? This official is puzzled, can the adults help me? “.

Jiao Fang frowned and gave him a deep look. He said: “It turns out that Master Yang is not willing to be lonely. Does he want to choose to lift the ban on trading as a political achievement? Is this difficult?”

Yang Ling saw that he was twisting his beard for a long while, and his expression was a little impatient. Jiao Fang said quickly: “The old man and the adult are very close to each other. Therefore, some of them are willing to tell the adult. Well, there are some things … Although everyone knows it well, it is really inconvenient to get them on the table to discuss. “

Yang Ling’s spirit revived and said: “That is, this is the younger generation’s request for advice from the boss. Naturally, you and I will not let the third person know.”

Jiao Fang listened to settle down. After a moment of pondering, he slowly said: “Is the adult really thinking that the scholars are stupid in reading, don’t you see the benefits of trading places? Ha ha, those are just scenes. Not to mention the great benefits of folk trading, even when Zheng He went to the west, even though The cost is huge, and the rewards for the countries are not worth the loss. “

Yang Ling has always heard the argument that it is the Ming Dynasty’s voyage to the West to promote the national prestige. The Treasury paid a lot, but did not have the corresponding income, which led to the opposition of the hundred officials. Upon hearing Jiao Fang’s remarks, he couldn’t help but be surprised. He quickly asked, “Why do you say this?”

Jiao Fang said with a smile: “When the old man was serving in the rites department. I had read through the cultural spy of the various countries in Yongle. I still remember some things vaguely. My Ming Dynasty does not trade with foreign countries, it does not mean that the court does not need us to have no place. Things are only traded in the form of tributes from various countries.

Many of these goods vary by region. In short supply, it is expensive. An old man, for example, we obviously need pepper, but we do n’t produce it locally, and we make tribute from overseas countries. Its price is equivalent to gold, which is 20 times that of the country of origin.

In Yongle, Zheng He returned to the West for the first time in five years, and the market price of one kilogram of pepper in Daming dropped tenfold. Nine years to Xuande. The last time Zheng He returned from Western China, the price of pepper fell to 100 yuan per catty. I needed more than 10,000 catties of pepper in a year. The price difference was staggering. At that time, there were as many as 10,000 kinds of goods exchanged between China and the West. The amount of money saved is incalculable. After deducting the cost of rewarding the nations and sailing to the Western countries, it is still very profitable … “.

Yang Lingqi said: “But how did the official hear that … The imperial court banned Western countries because of financial constraints. So the hundred officials only opposed it?”

Jiao Fang smiled deeply. His eyes flickered: “During the Yongle period, Beijing City was built internally. The external expeditions south to Jiaozhi and the northern expeditions to Mengyuan used troops everywhere and spent money everywhere. However, the people were enriched and the houses were overflowing. Jiangnan Silk Industry, porcelain in Jingdezhen, and even printing, tea, shipping and logging are all prosperous, so how can it be stretched?

But after stopping the Western Ocean, the treasury was in trouble. During Emperor Yingzong’s years, there was a little flood and drought, and it was difficult to recruit people. It was more than enough to build a city when using troops abroad. Nowadays, it takes more than half of the annual revenue to build a mausoleum. How can this be explained? “

“As far as promoting business and damaging agriculture is even more nonsense. In the Song Dynasty, the amount of land was less than that of Daming, and the yield per acre was less than Daming. The people’s taxes were heavier than those of Daming’s people. Richer than Daming.

Nowadays, Daming ’s annual revenue is only 4 million two, only one-tenth of that in the Southern Song Dynasty. It is based on a thin tax to support the people, but people ’s lives are still unsustainable. In addition to the drawbacks of the tax itself, the ban on sea and business Isn’t it a culprit? “

Yang Ling was dumbfounded, yeah, how had these things never been thought about before, just by accusing the flowers and articles, and then derogating the Western move to nothing, but I was deeply aware of the powerful pens in the hands of those civilians Yes, if he was killed by the Dong Factory this time when he returned to Beijing, he hasn’t settled his coffin yet. Is there another reason?

Yang Ling almost sat up in excitement, and owed her body before reacting. He lay back on the bed and said sincerely and excitedly: “Do not hide the boss, in my opinion, shutting down the country is a mistake for the country and the people. 1. Eliminate the pirates-derived sources from the roots, which can enrich the country and the people, and can clarify the borders of the sea, and let me understand the overseas countries, not to sit in the sky and watch the sky. This is really a lot of benefits. But I still ca n’t figure it out, can adults tell me more? ”

Jiao Fang was excited to see him, almost forgot to wear a serious wound on the bed, and he was also a little funny. Although he was not very optimistic about lifting the ban on trade, he could show his own unique insights and catered to Yang Ling ’s thoughts. Row. Yang Ling will also lead him to be a confidant, so Jiao Fang is also full of spirits, and slowly speaks out what he knows.

Since Zheng He ’s voyages to the West, the initial imports were mostly luxury goods, and as exchanges increased, a large number of items were imported, prices continued to fall, and daily necessities began to increase. Yang Ling understands that at the beginning of later reforms and opening up, initially imported high-value-added products from foreign countries were in short supply.

However, the most advanced at that time was Daming. Most of the so-called luxury goods imported were rare. After more, they began to import a large amount of raw materials, but the output was exquisite satin, porcelain and other things, which also stimulated the development of domestic handicrafts. Heavy industries such as shipbuilding and cast iron have also developed due to increased demand. It can be said that there are so many benefits, how can it be put to death in the face of opposition?

Jiao Fang’s answer surprised Yang Ling. He thought that the small peasant thought of the scholars in the Ming Dynasty made them depreciate and suppress business, and underestimated the role of commerce. It seems that the original strategy for emperor Zhengde must be revised.

Yang Ling was really grateful for coming. If he had the original understanding, he refuted the shortsightedness of Baiguan in Chaotang. To promote the benefits of lifting the ban on trade, I am afraid I will come back with a nose.

Jiao Fang got the suggestion that Yang Ling would recommend him to the cabinet, and also felt that the trip was true. He repeatedly said that once he entered the cabinet, he would help Yang Ling to watch over the DPRK, and he was grateful to leave.

Han Youniang, Gao Wenxin, Yu Tangchun, and Xue Limei were waiting in the outer hall. When Yang Ling walked slowly to welcome him, Han Youniang saw that Xiang Gong had some concerns. Can’t help worryingly said: “Xiang Gong, are you busy with business?”

Yang Ling didn’t want to worry her, temporarily put down her mind and laughed: “How can there be so many things? The noodles are still hot. Come, Xianggong eats a few bites of the good wife to personally serve the noodles for me.”

He went to the table and hurriedly drank a bowl of fragrant noodles, wiped his mouth and said: “Okay, Xiang Gong eats well. I will go for a walk in the garden first.”

Gao Wenxin opened his mouth to call him. After thinking about it and stopping, you sighed: “Forget it. It has stopped for a few days, not bad at this moment.”

Han Youniang saved another important matter, and couldn’t help but ask: “Sister, Xiang Gong, he and you entered Beijing separately. I’m afraid that there will be a difference of ten days? There will be no acupuncture in these ten days. What’s the big deal? “

Gao Wenxin Renjun said: “It should be okay. In fact, it has to be treated for so long before and after. It must have been better. It is just that my sister treated this disease for the first time. In case of emergency, I said it for a while.”

The first three of them were all Yang Ling’s wives and concubines, all of whom were sisters themselves, and they didn’t have so many scruples. She couldn’t help but smiled: “I can watch the master’s tolerance back and forth for more than two months. Oh, after my treatment, there will be more rejuvenation, maybe ……. “.

She said slyly: “Hey, maybe you can do it tonight to make you pregnant with Yang’s flesh.”

Han Youniang suddenly blushed with a blush, and she gave a gentle blow on the shoulders of Gao Wen heart in shame. Suddenly, she remembered that Xianggong had all kinds of tricks in her boudoir, and she jumped lightly.

“Xianggong’s flesh, me and Xianggong’s baby …”, she couldn’t help but caress her lower abdomen, biting her lips lightly, and her face was full of spring light, and her dark eyes let out the fascinating light.

Gao Wen smiled, and suddenly turned his head, seeing Yu Tangchun and Xue Limei quizzically looking behind him, he couldn’t help but touch his hips, and then looked at his shoulder, suspiciously: “What’s wrong? What is there?”

Yu Tangchun and Xue Limei shook their heads with a smile, looking at each other, biting their lips and not looking away, Gao Wenxin was inexplicable, how could they know what they thought.

Yu Tangchun suddenly thought that if the husband was healed, he might be the one with the first beaded baby when he was beloved by him. This is by luck, the younger sister may not be able to grab the first, and she can’t help but be moved.

She turned her head around and glanced at Xue Limei. She saw that the little girl seemed to think of something. She lowered her head in frustration, frowning, and couldn’t express her annoyance. Arrived, could not help but frown.

Although the four people worshiped and sympathized with each other, but this kind of thing was always a little selfish, how could Yu Tangchun be generous to that extent?

Yang Ling slowly walked to the inner study, and Cheng Qiyun was sitting at the table boring through the ancient books. She has dressed up neatly, for no reason. She changed the blouse and wore a men’s white robe with purple patterns on the collar sleeves. After the bath, the skin was moist like clear white jade, the nose was like dangling, red lips and white teeth. If she was a man, That elegant and elegant temperament can compare Yang Ling.

She seemed to know that Yang Ling had met Jiao Shilang and would come to see her again. He smiled and put down the book and said: “The book of Chinese medicine in the adult study room is twice as many as that of the classics of the classics. Look at these places where you have annotated the notes. In fact, there are many pretense mysteries … Unfortunately, three days later If you want to go back to Jinling, otherwise there will be a yin and yang technique handed down from Sun Simiao here, which can keep you healthy and practise Qi. “

Yang Ling was taken aback for a while, and then she returned to Weier, knowing what Yin-Yang technique she said implicitly, actually referring to Fang Zhongshu. Can not help but frown, said: “I think you are your talent, why should I attribute myself to alchemist warlock?”

Cheng Qiyun was stunned, but suddenly stood up and said: “Adults are taught. The humble job is wrong.”

Cheng Qiyun’s figure was slim, with a white robe of the son, a purple bandana, and a bright and bright bamboo branch. It looks so elegant, just like the jade tree facing the wind. Yang Ling snorted, knowing that she pretends to be like a **** and pretends to be a ghost, and she can’t believe her expression.

He sat at the table and frowned slightly: “I’m afraid that within three days, you can’t go back to Jinling. The officer originally thought the reason for the sea ban was too simple. Today I heard the words of Jiao Shilang. I know that it is intricate and complex, and it is difficult to say it all. “

Cheng Qiyun raised her eyebrows and said in surprise: “What’s the reason? I think that the adult must be a first-class person. I see that you are the master behind the resolution of the emperor of the inner court and the outer court, so I am willing to turn to me. Is it? For your appreciation, deliberately alarmist? “

Yang Ling shook his head and said, “It turned out that I saw the ancients …. Uh … the readers under the teachings of the ancients made it simple. Most of them are not the sages I hold in my imagination. A nerd who does n’t teach. At least those who become officials and have mixed in the officialdom. Most of them are not such people. “

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said: “That is natural. Even if the self-proclaimed and unrestrained scholar enters the officialdom, it will not be long before it is bound to be like a big wave, and finally it will be forced into the wind and the moon. , How can the readers who stay here are so simple, why are adults feeling this way? “

Yang Ling sighed softly: “Daming forbids the sea, there are many reasons, not for a simple reason. If we can’t take the right medicine, you can’t necessarily respond to the hundred officials of the DPRK and China only by your tricks.”

Cheng Qiyun looked dignified. She turned over two cups and lifted the pot to pour a cup of tea for Yang Ling, saying: “Fortunately, there is a big change in the DPRK and China today, and they are afraid of their personal future.

What’s more, the inner court is in your hands, and the emperor is so convinced that you have mastered most of the power. The outer court will install a few more powerful people to separate them, and things are very promising. Adults, please speak slowly. What are the reasons? Let’s take care of them and deal with them one by one. “

Yang Ling nodded and smiled dumbly: “The official always likes to think about things without thinking about them, thinking about defeat first, being too cautious, but you are more optimistic than me.”

He pondered for a while before saying slowly: “The first reason for the ban on the sea is due to the Korean-Chinese party struggle.”

He smiled bitterly: “This party is a dispute between the civil party and the **** party. The **** master is in charge of shipping. There are soldiers and money, and the power is very great.

They believe that the heavenly kingdom can be self-sufficient, and it is not important to communicate with other countries. It is even less likely that a foreign country will be able to destroy the Daming Rivers and Mountains, but the eunuch’s power may cause chaos in the world. … they won. “

Yang Ling sighed: “Feng Shui turns, and now I want to lift the sea ban, it seems that I still have to rely on the assistance of the inner court, how would the outer court officials feel?”

Cheng Qiyun Daimei raised her eyebrows, then stopped, and asked, “What about this second one?”

Yang Lingdao: “This second rule is due to the emperor’s checks and balances. What do the civil leaders, military departments, and five military governors do to check and balance each other? To prevent the generals from holding their own weight, if you want to open a sea merchant, you must have a strong sailor. What should I do if a huge sailor is like a country on the sea, and the tail is too big?

Therefore, with the courage of Yongle the Great, he also insisted that the **** led the fleet, and the **** had no descendants. There is no heart for cracking the earth, and it is difficult to establish absolute authority between the soldiers, and they can only use them to rest assured, but the bureaucrats just do n’t worry about them. “

He sipped the tea ceremony: “The third reason is my original view. Confucian scholars are concerned about what ‘parents are not traveling far away’, ‘only the small people value profits’, and the merchants do not have much use. . And I think that the heaven is in the earth, and foreign barbarians are not good enough. They are not willing to trade, and they are unwilling to. “

“The fourth reason …” Cheng Qiyun said in surprise: “What, there is a reason?”

Yang Linggan laughed: “The last one, the last one, for this reason. Even I hadn’t thought of it in advance.”

He thought for a while and said: “Overseas trade, the great benefits are coveted, and the people are secretly smuggling for profit. Although Zheng He ’s voyages are widely traded, um …. Monopoly understand? Is it that the interests are concentrated in the court .

The noble officials and officials in coastal cities and towns are incapable of competing with the huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty. They naturally found various reasons for the various relations between the officials and the lands in the DPRK and China, and the attitude of asking the people to attract the courts to deceive more courtiers to prevent them.

The land of the coastal official eunuchs was already poor, and they all started by means of commercial shipping, since the sea was banned. In fact, it is forbidden and not stopped. They do n’t even have to pay taxes, they get even more profit, so the pirates are fierce. They are more excited than anyone. Will open his eyes and close his eyes, dragging his legs in the middle. The sea ban has become a means for their families to profit. “

Cheng Qiyun was also dumbfounded. She thought about it. She took a snow-white letterhead, took the wolf on the shelf, opened the ink box and dipped it. The reason was briefly written down, and then frowned and groaned.

Yang Ling said four reasons on one side. While thinking about countermeasures accordingly. I had some plans in my mind and thought about it a little. Since the 100 officials of the DPRK and China had such differentiation, they made their own plans. If they act properly, it seems that it is easier to convince a group of officials whose ideas and ideas are completely conservative.

He had some ideas in his heart and couldn’t help but be very happy. He turned to see Cheng Qiyun looking attentively, and could not help smiling slightly. Cheng Qiyun was frowning and contemplating. He heard a soft laugh and raised his head in amazement: “What’s wrong, Master? ? “

Yang Ling smiled and said: “I think you are just like taking the exam in the science field.

Cheng Qiyun’s eyes flicked and she smiled, “Yeah, take the first test, come to the court to worship, and serve the adults better.”

Yang Ling snorted: “I’m afraid that Cheng Niu really became prime minister, Yang Mou won’t be seen in your eyes.”

Cheng Qiyun rarely saw him joking with herself, she couldn’t help but rejoice very much, she just wanted to blurt out and said: “I want to be an emperor, I will put you in my harem as an empress, see if you dare to despise my existence” Speaking of his mouth, he felt that this was too irresponsible. Yang Ling was a member of the imperial court. Maybe he was annoyed after hearing this and shut his mouth.

Yang Ling stopped seeing her, and asked, “Why? Anything to say?”

Cheng Qiyun smiled and said: “Since everything has not been considered for victory, first consider defeat, now knowing the reasons for the prohibition of the sea is complicated, but still have the heart to laugh, but is it already in the chest?

Yang Ling smiled happily: “Haha, Sure enough, Bingxue is clever, not concealing the girl. If the hundreds of officials in the DPRK and CCP are really a group of corrupt Confucians, only knowing to stick to the saint’s legacy, Yang is really at a loss. Why can’t you say that?

I’m just afraid of the vomiting blood I said, they still think I’m a demon. Since most of the words are profitable, whether it is for the benefit of the court or the family, it is not a monolith. “

Cheng Qiyun’s eyes lit up, and couldn’t wait to say authentically: “What’s the good plan for adults?”

Yang Ling stood up, turned around, Shi Shiran walked out, and said, “I just came home today, but I’m going to try my own food, please be a girl. As for the countermeasures? I still need to find a few people to come, Discuss with us again at that time. “

Cheng Qiyun was very angry, and Gu Gu blamed at his back: “What’s the spirit? When I come up with an idea again, I’ll tell you if I tell you.”

When she said it, she suddenly felt a heat on her cheek: “I used to be so angry and angry, I pretended to make people happy, but now what’s going on? How can I be more and more sullen in front of myself?”