"Ah......h

A loud sneeze sounded in the study.

Zhu Youxiao put down the fold in his hand and rubbed his nose, then stretched his waist and took a sip of the teacup on the dragon case.

Well, it's not hot or cold, and the temperature is just right.

After closing his eyes and recuperating for a while, Zhu Youxiao asked lazily, "Are there any other excerpts?" ”

"Back to the emperor, that's all there is to it today, but Grandpa Wei has been waiting outside for more than half an hour." Sandezi, who had been standing next to him in costume, hurriedly replied.

"Wei Zhongxian is here?" Zhu Youxiao's expression moved, "Hurry up and let him come over, I have something to ask him." ”

"Whoa!"

Soon, the door of the imperial study was pushed open, and Wei Zhongxian, who was dressed in red and blue chief eunuch clothes, walked up to Zhu Youxiao and knelt down: "Slave Wei Zhongxian has seen the emperor. ”

Zhu Youxiao sat on the chair and asked with a smile: "Wei Zhongxian, why don't you be an errand boy in your celebrant supervisor, why did you come to me?" ”

Wei Zhongxian, who has served Zhu Youxiao for many years, knew that Zhu Youxiao was in a good mood today, otherwise he wouldn't joke with him.

Although he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was still panicked on the surface: "The emperor, you have tormented the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid don't deserve such a compliment from you, as long as you can do a good job of the envoy assigned by the emperor, it will be the greatest praise for the slave and the maid." ”

"Huh...... You can speak, get up! Zhu Youxiao laughed, and said to the eunuch on the side: "Come on, give Wei Zhongxian a seat!" ”

"The slave has thanked the emperor!"

Wei Zhongxian thanked him first, and then walked to the side of the stool and sat down cautiously.

"Okay, Wei Zhongxian, do you have something to report to me when you came here today?"

"Yes, the Emperor."

Wei Zhongxian took out a fold from his sleeve and held it above his head respectfully.

This is an excerpt sent by Fujian Governor Xia Dayan, which says that in the past two years, Taiwan's prefect Jia Shilong has successively abducted more than 300,000 people from Fujian, not to mention, Jiang Ningjun has moved more than 100,000 people from Fujian to Luzon...... He also said......"

Zhu Youxiao frowned slightly: "What else did he say?" ”

"He also said that even the wool of the mattress can't catch a strong mattress!"

"Hahaha......"

Zhu Youxiao was amused by the last sentence and couldn't help laughing.

"This Xia Dayan, not only learned to complain, but now he can actually tell jokes, which is rare...... It's rare! ”

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao was amused, Wei Zhongxian also smiled and said: "Emperor, although what Xia Dayan said is funny, it is not unreasonable. The population of Fujian is not large, and if the population is migrated from Fujian without any scruples, I am afraid that there will be no one in the whole of Fujian in a few years. ”

"Eh, that's too much." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand, "How can there be no one in Fujian." In the past two years, Fujian's customs have done a good job and prospered, and last year alone, the tax paid to the imperial court reached more than 8 million taels. The reason why Xia Dayan said this was just to complain to the imperial court.

However, what he said is not unreasonable, Xin Guogong also said that the richer the place, the more attractive it is, and the same is true of Fujian. In the past, Fujian was just poor, and the dog ignored the cat, but now it has become a fragrant nest, and there are naturally more people who fight it.

No, two days ago, someone went to the fold, saying that Xia Dayan had served as the governor of Fujian for five years and had good political achievements, so he could be transferred to the capital to take up a post. ”

"Emperor, this is someone who has pink eye and wants Xia Dayan to move his nest." Wei Zhongxian sneered on the side.

"Yes, as the so-called world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, Fujian now has tens of millions of taels of silver every year, as long as you sit in the position of governor, you don't know how much every year, Xia Dayan has been in Fujian for so many years, I don't know how much, now it's time to change people.

But they don't want to think about it, Xia Dayan can now pay more than 8 million taels of silver for the imperial court every year, and this amount is still increasing, if he rashly changes his past, I am afraid that it will not take a few years, and the Fujian customs tax will be reduced to the tea tax of the past. ”

Wei Zhongxian thought that during the Hongwu and Yongle years of the Ming Dynasty, the annual tea tax paid by the Ming Dynasty was never less than one million taels of silver, but it became less and less after the late Ming Dynasty. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Zhejiang's tea tax was only 16 taels, and Yunnan's was 17 taels.

This is simply slapping Zhu Youxiao in the face of the emperor, if it weren't for the fact that it was not the time, Zhu Youxiao would almost want to clean up the officialdom in these places.

It is no exaggeration to say that today's Fujian is supporting half of the Ming Empire's taxes, and Zhu Youxiao will never allow anyone to destroy the customs that Fujian has developed with great difficulty.

Wei Zhongxian took out a fold from his sleeve and held it above his head: "Emperor, the cabinet also sent a fold this morning, which was written by Lang Lanmin, the left attendant of the household department. Lan Min said in the excerpt that since Fujian Customs has proven its ability, it should also open customs in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong. ”

Sandezi hurriedly took the excerpt and respectfully put it on the dragon case, Zhu Youxiao did not look at the excerpt, but said quietly: "What do you think of this matter?" ”

Wei Zhongxian said without thinking: "Lan Min's excerpt seems to make sense at first glance, but it is not so simple to actually sit up. Everything has a degree, although you can receive a lot of silver by opening customs, but it also depends on who will do it, to be honest, for the gang of officials in Jiangnan, the slaves and maids are not very trustworthy. ”

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Well, Zhongxian, you are to the point." Before, the gang of people in Jiangnan desperately prevented the imperial court from lifting the sea ban and opening customs, wasn't it because they were afraid that the imperial court would rob them of their business, and now seeing that Fujian's customs were successfully opened, many ships and merchants who originally went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang went to Fujian, and they began to be anxious, so they came up with this method and wanted to regain this right.

Look at it, if I agree to their request, it won't take two years, and the customs of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong will eventually be reduced to what is called the tea tax, and I will be sent away with a dozen taels of silver every year. ”

Listening to the killing intent that couldn't be concealed in Zhu Youxiao's voice, Wei Zhongxian secretly sneered in his heart, these gentry officials in Jiangnan still look at the emperor with the same eyes as before, but they don't know that the emperor at this time is no longer what it used to be, and it is too simple for the emperor with hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers to deal with those fools in Jiangnan.

What's more, there is also the fierce man Xin Guogong, when Xin Guogong exterminates the rogue in Shaanxi, it will be their turn next......