"Wei Laoyan."

When Choi Chengxiu heard this title for the first time, he was not angry, but almost squirted the wine in his mouth.

I don't know how many people have heard that the bigwig of the inner court has changed, and the nine-thousand-year-old Wei Zhongxian, who has changed people's color, is actually called Wei Laoyan one day, if it is heard by the officials outside, I am afraid that they can contract their laughter for a year.

But after all, it's an old fritter, and Cui Chengxiu still has some impatience, so he quickly shifted the topic elsewhere.

"Grandpa Guo, you were assassinated last night and killed so many people, have you ever found a clue?"

Yang Feng glanced at him, this guy's ability to change the topic is quite good.

After eating a piece of beef, Yang Feng said casually: "I didn't get any clues, there are no identification marks on the corpses of those people, but the crossbows they use are quite rare, Lord Cui must know something, right?" ”

Cui Chengxiu, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, is in charge of this mess, and Yang Feng has already decided in his heart that if this guy dares to shake his head and say that he doesn't know, he will turn his face with this guy.

Fortunately, Cui Chengxiu was not stupid enough to be so stupid, he nodded: "I know this bit of despicability." Before the adult's firearm was not equipped with the Beijing camp, the crossbow was a sharp weapon in the Beijing camp, except for the Liaodong Army, only a few troops in the Beijing camp and Jiangnan were equipped, and the number was not large.

After all, this kind of crossbow is not easy to build, and the cost is also very amazing, so ordinary troops cannot afford to equip it.

Last night, after Grandpa Guo sent some of the captured bows and crossbows to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, he took a look at them and found that these bows and crossbows were not from the War Bureau, but were made privately. ”

"Private?"

Yang Feng was slightly surprised, "Who is so bold that they dare to create such a sharp weapon privately, if it is discovered by the imperial court, it will punish the three clans!" ”

The status of the crossbow in ancient times is equivalent to Barrett's status in modern time and space, and it is a weapon of mass destruction.

Imagine, if in the modern society of China, a Barrett military sniper rifle is suddenly found from somewhere, I am afraid that even the Ministry of Public Security will be shaken.

But now Cui Chengxiu actually told him that this thing was not produced by the imperial court's military warfare bureau, but belonged to a private product, which undoubtedly subverted some of Yang Feng's three views.

"Why can't private people build their own."

Cui Chengxiu sneered: "What is the military battle bureau like, Grandpa Guo knows better than the lower officials, and the firecrackers they made can only be used as burning sticks by the officers and soldiers at the border gates, otherwise the Liaodong Army will not leave them to buy firecrackers with you." ”

The War Bureau is the weapon manufacturing point officially designated by the Ming Dynasty, but today's War Bureau has long been reduced to a place where some people collect money.

The quality of the firecrackers and weapons created is extremely different, except for the troops who really have no way, but any army with some ability will not use the weapons they produce, otherwise Sun Chengzong and the generals of the Liaodong Army would not have bought firearms, artillery and armor from him.

Yang Feng picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass in front of Cui Chengxiu: "Then does Master Cui know where these crossbows come from?" ”

Cui Chengxiu looked at Yang Feng's eyes and said, "If the lower officials expected it to be good, there is a good chance that those crossbows should come from the south." ”

"South, you mean Jiangnan?"

"Right...... It's Gangnam. ”

Looking at Cui Chengxiu's meaningful eyes, Yang Feng immediately understood that now throughout the Ming Dynasty, the people who most wanted to die were probably those landlords and gentry in Jiangnan.

Yang Feng opened the sea ban, where is the most impactful place? Even a three-year-old child knows this, and it is undoubtedly those sea merchants in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was undoubtedly a man of great talent, although he set some policies that were very conservative and backward in the eyes of later generations, but that was also limited by the times.

In modern times, even high school students know that no matter how good a policy is, it cannot remain the same forever, but must change with the times.

Taking the sea ban as an example, Comrade Lao Zhu originally set this policy because the national strength was barren at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the Ming Dynasty wanted to concentrate on dealing with the Mongolian remnants in the north, so it was natural to adopt a conservative and prudent strategy in dealing with the problem of the south, and the sea ban was only a last resort at that time.

This policy changed after his son Zhu Di ascended to the throne, and Zhu Di began to assemble the largest fleet in the world at that time, as evidenced by Zheng He's seven voyages to the West.

Some people in later generations criticized Zheng He's trip to the West as a waste of people's and financial resources, and it was not beneficial to the country, so this policy was stopped after Zhu Di's death.

In fact, Zheng He not only did not lose money when he went to the West, but made a lot of money. After all, Zhu Di is not a fool, if he can't make money in the West, why would he send Zheng He to sea again and again, isn't this a fool?

It's just that at that time, all the money earned by Zheng He flowed into the palace, that is, in Zhu Di's hands, and the officials below did not reap the benefits, so they were naturally angry.

It's just that they are dissatisfied, they don't even dare to fart in the face of the Yongle Emperor, the killer star, you must know that this person has grown up with Zhu Yuanzhang since he was a child, and he will not be soft at all when he kills people, and the word Zhu Shi was invented by him.

But after Zhu Di's death, his children and grandchildren who grew up in the deep palace will not be good.

has been brainwashed by those who read since childhood, and when he grows up, he will naturally be fooled and lame.

As a result, Zhu Yuanzhang's ban on the sea was turned out of the garbage heap by those scholars, and it was re-implemented in a grand manner.

The huge interests of shipping were thus divided between the Jiangnan gentry group and the civil official group.

It can be seen from this that the ancestral teachings and ancestral laws are all false, and the important thing is whether there are benefits, otherwise why don't the ancestral laws set by Comrade Lao Zhu who are greedy for ink and 50 taels of silver have to be stripped of skin and filled with grass?

Now, with the continuous expansion of the scale of Fujian's naval division, and since the lifting of the ban on the sea, Fujian's customs have provided more than 10 million taels of taxes for the imperial court in just two years.

This result frightened countless people, and everyone knew that as long as Fujian Customs was not closed for a day. It will be like a whip to the officials who preach the forbidden sea all day long.

But now that the sea ban has begun to be lifted, it is not so easy to close this gate again.

Especially everyone understands that as long as Yang Feng is still in the sky, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to want to ban the sea again.

Since this is the case, the only way to do this is to eliminate Yang Feng physically.

"I see."

Yang Feng let out a long breath, and his gaze at Cui Chengxiu also carried a hint of kindness, "Old Cui, thank you for coming to tell me the news, I have received this favor." ”

Cui Chengxiu laughed, "Grandpa Guo must not be like this, Grandpa Wei said." In the past two years, we have made a lot of money under the banner of Grandpa Guo, and even those nobles in the capital have also stained a lot of light, and when we heard that Grandpa Guo was assassinated last night, Grandpa Wei was also furious, and after learning the result, he asked the lower officials to rush to inform Grandpa Guo, so do you want to thank Grandpa Wei or thank Grandpa Wei! ”

"Yo he......"

Yang Feng looked at Cui Chengxiu with some surprise, people in later generations said that Cui Chengxiu was insidious, vicious and greedy for money, and was willing to kill Zhongliang for Wei Zhongxian's lackey, but he didn't expect this guy to be quite loyal to Wei Zhongxian.

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records his dying situation: "Shi Zhongxian is dead, Cheng Xiu knows that it is inevitable, the concubines, Luo Zhu strange treasures, drink wine, throw it as soon as it is broken, and drink it has hanged himself." ”

In other words, after learning of Wei Zhongxian's death, this guy hanged himself without saying a word and a glass of wine.

From this point of view, Cui Chengxiu is not only loyal to Wei Zhongxian, but also a ruthless person, ruthless to others and ruthless to himself.

It's also very interesting to say, people in later generations will show disdain when they mention Cui Chengxiu, after all, this guy's reputation is really bad.

But after coming to this time and space, Yang Feng understood a truth, you can't read dead books when you read, you must learn to distinguish the people who wrote this book, as well as their motives, and make a specific analysis in combination with the historical situation at that time.

is like Choi Chengxiu, although he loves money very much, he is never soft when fighting political opponents, and he can be called a cool official in this regard.

But one thing is that he is a capable man, and he is attentive when he handles state affairs.

Not to mention anything else, during his tenure as the secretary of the Ministry of War, the Ministry of War never dragged its feet on the issue of dealing with the war situation in Liaodong and Fujian and Lu Xiangsheng's extermination of the Liukou, and it could be replenished in a timely manner in terms of material supplies and soldiers.

"Old Cui, you are very good."

After two glasses of wine, Yang Feng slapped Cui Chengxiu's shoulder with a bang.

"Lao Wei and you have a heart, and my father-in-law can't be white-collar.

You also know that a few days ago, my father just occupied Cebu Island in Luzon and caught a group of red-haired devils, among which a few girls are not bad, I know that Lao Cui you like this, and when you go back, you will take two by the way, which is my return gift. As for Grandpa Wei...... I guess he won't need it, so let's do it, I'll pick a few things later, and you can help bring them back to Lao Wei. ”

Cui Chengxiu showed a look on his face that he didn't know whether it was bitter or smiling, but he couldn't refuse, so he could only arch his hand: "Then the lower official will thank Grandpa Guo for his generous gift." ”

"You're welcome, who is with whom." Yang Feng put his arms around his shoulders and looked like he was out of sight.

Seeing that Yang Feng always changed the topic, Cui Chengxiu asked again: "Grandpa Guo, I don't know how you plan to pay tribute to those people?" ”

Yang Feng asked rhetorically, "What about Lord Cui's opinion?" ”

Cui Chengxiu asked tentatively: "Grandpa Guo, since those people are so afraid that the imperial court will lift the sea ban, then the next step is to ask the emperor to let Jiangnan also start to lift the sea ban?" ”

Yang Feng looked at him with a smile: "Oh...... Is this what you mean or does Wei Laoyan mean? ”

Cui Chengxiu looked away a little unnaturally: "This ...... Naturally, it is the meaning of the lower official. ”

"Fart!"