The officials dispersed and left the Qian Mansion, and the only one who did not leave was Li Zhan, the imperial history of the left capital.

"Mu Zhaigong, you have to have an idea about this." Li Zhan sighed.

Qian Qianyi smiled bitterly: "Do I still have a choice?" Do we still have a choice? ”

Li Zhan was silent for a moment, and sighed faintly, "There is really no choice." King Qi's strength is too strong, and it is no longer something we can compete with. ”

"In that case, let's go our separate ways, it's better to make a choice early than late. King Qi He is right, without privileges, we are still the upper class of the Ming Dynasty, and we still have an absolute advantage in the face of ordinary people, and what we lose is just some money. Qian Qianyi muttered, not only to persuade Li Zhan, but also to convince himself.

On the second day, the Imperial History of the Left Capital, Li Zhan, went to President Shuda, counted the deformities and disadvantages of commercial development in various places, and suggested that the imperial court set up a Ministry of Commerce to manage the country's commercial trade in a unified manner.

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Since the founding of the country, countless southeastern merchants have ventured to the sea, east to the Wa Kingdom, south to the West, countless silver into the Ming Dynasty, but the imperial court has not received any taxes, and the treasury has no income from sea trade. The sea trade was out of control, not to mention that the imperial court could not increase taxes, but also bred many unstable factors, resulting in pirates running rampant, causing chaos along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and then there was a rebellion in the Jiajing period. Imagine if the imperial court could set up a Ministry of Commerce, set up a city shipping department in various ports, manage maritime trade in a unified manner, build a sailor division with the income from tariffs, and cruise the coast of the Ming Dynasty, where would there still be pirates? Not to mention the increase in national treasury revenues, the localities can also be peaceful.

Speaking of the north, as we all know, although the imperial court forbade trade with the Mongol Jurchens, there were still countless Shanxi merchants who violated the law and the Tatar trade, transported iron tools and grain and other urgently needed materials in the grassland, and made huge profits from them.

The trend of profit is not prohibited by the harsh law, and the collusion of the local guards' offices and merchants has reduced the law to empty talk. If the imperial court can set up a Ministry of Commerce to manage the Tartar trade outside the counterpart and the customs. Control the outflow of iron and gunpowder, and sell more luxury goods such as silk and porcelain in exchange for cattle, sheep and horses on the grassland. In this way, the grassland can get the much-needed living materials, and there is no need to risk your life to come to Daming to rob. For the Ming Dynasty, getting a large number of war horses made the military stronger, and the taxes obtained from trade could repair the Great Wall and could be used to support the border army.

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I have to say that Li Zhan still has two brushes, and one of them elaborated on the various benefits of setting up a Ministry of Commerce, and his views were extremely much in line with Chen Yue's thoughts.

"Li Zhan is an extraordinary person, I always thought that the officials of the Donglin family were pedantic people who were crippled and inadequate, but I didn't expect that there were also people with good knowledge." Looking at the music in his hand, Chen Yue smiled.

Zhang Huangyan on the side smiled bitterly and shook his head, he had naturally seen it. What kind of people are so knowledgeable that they can fight all the way out of the cruel imperial examinations, and how many of them are stupid? What's more, Li Zhan is a person who can be a member of the imperial history of the left capital.

KnowledgeEveryone has insight, and they can see all kinds of situations clearly, and they see whether it is in their own interests. It is not in their own interests, even if it is the right thing, they can say the reasons for opposing it, and they absolutely quote scriptures to occupy the moral high ground.

For things that are in your own interests, you can also say countless reasons to express your support, and this is the ability of a scholar to look after the house!

Sure enough, as Zhang Huangyan expected, after Li Zhan's recital was sent to the Great Presidential Palace, it was ordered by Chen Yue to be published for discussion. Immediately, it attracted the opposition of countless officials in the imperial court, and many civil officials scolded Li Zhan and attacked him en masse, and the reasons for opposition were equally upright and impeccable.

Seeing that Li Zhan was scolded, the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who supported him stopped doing it, and they all went up to express their support for Li Zhan.

The entire court officials were divided into two groups and attacked each other, and basically most of the officials were involved. The Donglin Party, which unified the court, was completely split.

Although the party struggle has resumed, the current court is not what it used to be. First of all, Chen Yue canceled the early dynasty, and the officials could not scold and argue with each other face-to-face. And can only use the situation of the song to criticize each other, and the control of the song is here in the presidential palace, Chen Yue can choose which pieces can be made public, and which ones can be suppressed from being seen, so as to control the development of the situation.

Secondly, Chen Yue ordered that the officials should discuss and discuss, not to slack off their duties, and not to delay their business. Shi Kefa's Inspectorate sent a large number of imperial historians to begin to supervise various departments, and found that the officials who neglected their administration were immediately dealt with, and those who were demoted were demoted and dismissed, forcing the officials to put more attention on their official duties.

After several days of arguing, under Chen Yue's control, the voices of the court in favor of the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce completely overshadowed the opponents. So after Chen Yue reported to Emperor Chongzhen, he ordered the establishment of a Ministry of Commerce to manage the world's trade. Lu Zhenfei, the head of the Government Council, is responsible for the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, as well as branches to various provinces and localities.

Although many opposition officials were very unwilling, they were helpless. The power of the great president is simply too great for them to oppose. And in front of Chen Yue, it is useless to say nonsense such as competing with the people for profit, and it is useless to say that the words of a saint of benevolence, righteousness and morality are useless, and this is the case when Xiucai meets soldiers.

In the face of absolute force, the advantage of the tongue is not useful at all. What's more, now that Chen Yue has found an ally, there are also a lot of civil officials who support the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce.

Since the objection is invalid, it can only be accepted. There were hundreds of thousands of strong troops in shock, and the officials who opposed it and the squires from all over the country did not dare to move.

Since the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce has become an unobjectionable fact, it is better to try to seek some benefits than to oppose it with words.

Although the results of the Government Council have not yet been released, it is conceivable that the newly established Ministry of Commerce will inevitably be an extremely large institution. Because the Ministry of Commerce not only existed in the court, but also ruled over the branches in the provinces and regions.

If he can become the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, his power is unimaginable. As a result, in the midst of the quarrel, many officials were also secretly planning to obtain a position in the newly established Ministry of Commerce. And the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce was even more coveted by the high-ranking officials of the imperial court.

"Brother Li, the president is very satisfied with your performance, and has already told me that you are the only one who is the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce." Privately, Qian Qianyi said to Li Zhan.

"Thank you President for your appreciation, and thank you Mu Zhai Gong for your support." Li Zhan was overjoyed, although the quality of the imperial history of the left capital is extremely high, but after the establishment of the new inspectorate, there is also Shi Kefa on top of the imperial history of the left and right capitals, where is the first head of the Ministry of Commerce to come to the comfort!