Chapter 971: Showdown with the Emperor
"Your Majesty......"
Seeing that Zhu Youxiao agreed, Han Yi on the side was anxious and hurriedly interrupted him.
"Your Majesty, the interests of Luzon are too great, so you can't just let it out."
Zhu Youxiao's temper was really good, and he was not angry when Han Yi interrupted him, he asked calmly: "Then what should be done according to Han Aiqing's opinion?" ”
Han Yi pondered for a moment before saying: "Although Weichen doesn't know what to do, if His Majesty canonizes the Marquis of Jiangning as the governor of Luzon, and the imperial court can only get thirty percent of the income, it is really too little, and the old minister thinks that he should follow the method of Fujian Customs, and it is more appropriate that all the income should be distributed to the imperial court." ”
After finishing speaking, Han Yi saw Yang Feng looking at him with a foolish look, Sun Chengzong and Zhu Guozhen also frowned, he also realized that eighty percent of the interests were indeed a bit exaggerated, and hurriedly added: "If eighty percent is not suitable, seventy percent is also okay." ”
Looking at Han Yi's appearance of a greedy landlord and old wealth, Yang Feng was angry and funny, shook his head and said: "That's it, since Han Ge thinks that the imperial court should be eighty percent, then give you eighty percent." ”
"What ......"
Everyone was stunned, and even the little eunuch who was waiting on the side understood that if Yang Feng did this, he would lose a lot. The entire garrison of Luzon and all the expenses are Yang Feng's money, and the annual expenses are an astronomical amount, if the imperial court takes eighty percent of all the revenues and Yang Feng takes two percent, it will be a loss to his grandmother's family.
Yang Feng waved his hand: "In this case, Ben Hou thinks that the Jiang Ning army can withdraw from Luzon, and the imperial court will send another army to garrison it, and the governor of Luzon will also be appointed by the imperial court. ”
"How can this be done, if this is the case, Jiang Ninghou, you don't do anything, why do you take 20% of the profits." Now it's Han Yi's turn to quit.
"You also know that it's not appropriate to do anything and take 20%." Yang Feng suddenly became angry, pointed at his nose and scolded: "The court doesn't do anything, just want to take eighty percent for nothing, are you stupid, do you really think that white food is so delicious?"
The Luzon garrison and the resettlement of the people don't want any silver, and the court doesn't give a penny, and you still want to take the big head, Han Ge Lao, are you all in your head? ”
I really can't stand this messy old man Yang Feng, if it weren't for seeing that although he is so "greedy", after all, for the sake of fighting for the interests of the ruling court, he would really start beating people.
Being scolded by Yang Feng like this, Han Yi also realized that his proposal just now was really a bit excessive, but if he agreed like this, he was a little unwilling, and he always felt that the imperial court only took thirty percent It was really a little less, you must know that although the tax revenue of the imperial court this year has increased from five or six million taels to fifteen million taels, it can be said that it has increased nearly three times.
But the imperial court's expenses are also large, especially with the large-scale promotion of high-yield seeds, the continuation of the Xiaoice climate, the imperial court has to spend a large amount of silver every year for disaster relief, and the cabinet can receive folds from all over the country almost every month, without exception, the content is to ask the imperial court to reduce taxes or allocate silver two for disaster relief.
Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen and Han Yi, who were responsible for reviewing these excerpts, now have a headache when they see the excerpts that require the allocation of disaster relief silver, especially since the beginning of this year, with the rebellion in Shaanxi and Shanxi, Lu Xiangsheng led 30,000 new troops to quell the rebellion there, and the food and salary spent every day are like flowing water, seeing that the finances of the imperial court are almost unable to hold on, and now there is finally a place where he can bed wool, of course Han Yi does not want to let go.
At this time, Sun Chengzong also spoke: "Okay, Lord Han, since the Marquis of Jiang Ning has promised to hand over thirty percent of Luzon's income in the future, then thirty percent is good." ”
When Sun Chengzong said this, he turned his gaze to Yang Feng: "Marquis Jiangning, since Your Majesty has agreed to your conditions, this official has no objections. But let's also say in advance that the imperial court can send military and political affairs to you, but the imperial court still has to send officials to be stationed in Luzon to supervise and review the revenues of various parts of Luzon, can you agree? ”
"No problem!" Yang Feng promised to have a good time.
The meaning of Sun Chengzong's words is obvious, I can give you all the military power and political power of Luzon, but I still have to supervise the financial power, otherwise what if you deceive the court and make false accounts, you can't even give this benefit to the court, right?
Yang Feng understood Sun Chengzong's words, so he agreed unusually happily. Thirty percent of the income is only worth mentioning compared to the benefits that the Yang family's children and grandchildren will receive in the future.
After the unanimous approval of the current emperor and the cabinet, this also means that all obstacles have been removed, and the next step is to issue an order to pass the world.
Yang Feng, who was in a good mood, suddenly asked again: "Your Majesty, elders, if one day I lead the troops to pacify Nanyang, I don't know if it can be handled according to the Luzon matter." ”
Sun Chengzong "......"
Zhu Youxiao "......"
Seeing the people with different expressions, Yang Feng also knew that it was too early to discuss this issue, so he skipped the topic after a haha.
When the matter in Luzon was settled, Sun Chengzong and the three of them didn't care about drinking, and soon confessed to Zhu Youxiao, and then left.
Looking at the three people who left, Zhu Youxiao's originally smiling face slowly retracted, only to see him sigh lightly and look at Yang Feng, "Yang Aiqing, do you have to leave Daming and abandon me?" ”
Yang Feng also sighed, and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't want to do this, but as the stall below gets bigger and bigger, the minister feels more and more that some things are better to deal with as soon as possible, otherwise if we wait until the future to deal with it, it will affect the relationship between our monarch and minister." ”
Seeing what Zhu Youxiao wanted to say, Yang Feng said again: "Your Majesty, now the Jiangning Army has grown to nearly 100,000 people. This army was created by Wechen, and the soldiers below were all raised by Wechen, and the combat power of this army must be known to His Majesty, if such an army is left by Wechen to the court, can the court dare to use it with confidence? ”
Zhu Youxiao thought about it and shook his head with a wry smile: "Even if I dare to use it, those civil officials in the DPRK will not agree." ”
"yes!"
Yang Feng smiled bitterly, Jiang Ningjun has been branded with him since the day it was founded, and this brand has been engraved into his bones, and it can't be erased no matter what, how can those officials in the DPRK and China dare to use it with confidence?
Not to mention anything else, let's just say that after Qi Jiguang's death, the Qi family army he left behind was thrown aside like a rag by those bigwigs in the court and ignored it, but in a few decades, the original Qi family army that was powerful in the world was weakened to the point that it was not visible.
Finally, under the city of Shenyang, the army led by Nurhachi fought a decisive battle, 3,000 Qi family troops and tens of thousands of Manchu Qing Tartars fought bloodily for several days, and suffered heavy casualties, but the Ming army close at hand was afraid of the enemy like a tiger and hid behind the white tower shop and stopped, watching the Qi family army being annihilated by the Manchu Qing Tartars, and the Qi family army created by a generation of famous generals Qi Jiguang disappeared in the long river of history.
Yang Feng did not want to repeat such a tragedy no matter what.