(Recommended reading: Obviously, Li Hongyu does not want King Fu to inherit the throne, King Fu has been cultivated by Emperor Wanli since he was a child, and if he ascends the throne, he will definitely balance the factional disputes in the court like Emperor Wanli and control the chaotic court situation of party disputes.

This is undoubtedly of great benefit to the rule of the Ming Dynasty, with the control of King Fu, there will be no serious party disputes in the Ming Dynasty, and there will be no pattern of a certain faction dominating, the three parties of Qi, Chu and Zhejiang and the Donglin Party will continue to fight to the death in the court, and no one can destroy it.

But the building will be difficult to support, the shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty are not solved by a certain Ming monarch, if you want to get rid of those shortcomings, it will shake the foundation of the Ming Dynasty's rule.

Emperor Wanli must know where the stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty is, but he can do nothing about it, but continue to maintain the status quo, try to reconcile the contradictions within the Ming Dynasty, and the levy of Liao Salary is the most helpless proof, the Wanli Emperor has to compromise with those Ming interest groups who control the country's resources.

Since even Emperor Wanli can't do it, then Li Hongyu doesn't expect King Fu to solve the shortcomings that plague the Ming Dynasty, it will only delay the time of the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and it is the people who suffer like that.

Li Hongyu's time is limited, the so-called long pain is better than short pain, in order to avoid the time to avoid the demise of the Ming Dynasty being delayed, so that he is too old to have the energy to deal with the chaos, he can only support Zhu Changluo.

Only Zhu Changluo ascended the throne and Zhu Youxiao could become the Emperor of the Apocalypse in later generations, and it was precisely because the Emperor of the Apocalypse inherited the throne that this young son of heaven could not control the party struggle in the court, which led to the deterioration of the party struggle in the Ming Dynasty, and then lost the balance of the Wanli Dynasty, which eventually led to the most tragic party struggle in the late Ming Dynasty and accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

No one would have thought that the most important reason for Li Hongyu's support for Zhu Changluo was to avoid delaying the demise of the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't want to wait for him to be seventy or eighty years old before facing the chaos at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Yu, I have already sent the goods transported from Yangzhou to Chief Wang's house in the outer city." Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere at the scene was a little depressing, Qin Yue changed her mind after learning about Li Hongyu's choice, and said after smiling at him.

The "Wang Chief" in her mouth naturally refers to Wang An, the eunuch in charge of the Ning Palace of Qingning Palace, Wang An looked for Li Hongyu before he went to Yangzhou, hoping that Li Hongyu could bring Jiangnan specialties to the prince and the concubines in the palace.

Li Hongyu naturally will not forget this matter, especially the one that Wang An should get, and he was the first to transport it out of Yangzhou, in the past few years before Wei Zhongxian overthrew Wang An, he still needs to rely on Wang An, after Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, it is obvious that Wang An will be in charge of the ceremonial supervisor.

Since the beginning of Emperor Jiajing, there have never been strong eunuchs in the inner court of the Ming Dynasty, whether it is Emperor Jiajing or Emperor Wanli, they can control the government and politics, so they have very strict control over the eunuchs in the inner court.

However, the situation is different now, Zhu Changluo is a weak prince who has no foundation in the court, so he will definitely rely on the close servants around him, and Wang An is a person who is not willing to be lonely, which will inevitably lead to the emergence of a strong eunuch in the inner court.

Therefore, Li Hongyu didn't want to offend Wang An, so he had to be false to him, and no matter how he said it, he couldn't let Wang An drag him back.

"Wang An has been gaining power in recent years, but he is a minister, we must keep our distance from him, and do not contact him unless we have to."

After listening to Qin Yue's words, Li Hongyu bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice, he didn't have a good impression of Wang An, this person was not only greedy but also gradually became arrogant with Emperor Wanli's illness, this kind of person would sooner or later become big.

Although Wang An has not yet entered the eunuch, but his current momentum in the palace has surpassed that of the eunuch who holds the seal, the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, everyone knows that Wang An will become the new eunuch after Zhu Changluo ascends the throne, so the eunuchs in the palace have taken refuge and stammered, and the limelight is flourishing.

It's a pity that Wang An's foundation in the inner court is unstable, as a eunuch, he naturally relies on Zhu Changluo, but Zhu Changluo is a short-lived son of heaven, and with the growth of Zhu Youzhen, he will one day be replaced by Wei Zhongxian by Zhu Youzhen's side, it's just a matter of time.

The most important thing is that Wang An is too arrogant and greedy, Li Hongyu does not like to deal with such people, if Wang An has half of Wei Zhongxian's calm, introverted and loyal, then it will become a big help for Zhu Youzhen in the inner court.

"My lord, Ran Fuma has sent an invitation, please go to the princess's mansion tomorrow night with Miss Qin for a banquet."

Not long after Li Hongyu returned home, when he was chatting with Qin Yue in the hall about the situation in the capital, a subordinate entered the door to report and handed him the invitation sent by Ran Xingrang.

"Well, it looks like we're going to have to work again." Li Hongyu opened the invitation and looked at it, sighed and handed it to Qin Yue, which clearly showed that Concubine Zheng had a Hongmen banquet, and wanted to know whether he supported the prince or the blessed king.

"Brother Yu, how do you reply to Concubine Zheng's temptation?" Qin Yue naturally knew the meaning of Li Hongyu's words, and asked with concern, it was not a wise move to offend Concubine Zheng now.

"Who can inherit the unification is a royal matter, and those of us who are courtiers only obey the part, how can we be involved?" Li Hongyu pondered for a moment when he heard this, and then said in an orderly manner, "If the emperor changes King Fu to be the crown prince, then I will support King Fu!" ”

In fact, the abolition of the prince is the emperor's business, and the courtiers above the court should not get involved on the grounds that this matter is a state matter, otherwise once they are influenced by the courtiers, the "monarch's heavenly gift" will not become a joke.

Throughout history, the abolition of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was most severely restricted by the courtiers, in addition to the founding Hongwu Emperor was able to make a decision, even the Yongle Emperor wanted to change the Han Dynasty when he was opposed by the courtiers, which made the Yongle Emperor have some scruples in his heart and finally gave up this idea.

In the final analysis, the reason why this happened was inseparable from the Ming emperor's kindness and reliance on civil officials, which made the power of ministers play a pivotal role in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty, and even enough to affect the selection of the heir to the throne.

In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor strengthened the centralization of power and had the power to abolish the prince, and the courtiers could only accept it obediently, and whoever dared to intervene in this matter would wait to lose their heads.

"Brother Yu, will Concubine Zheng hate you because of this?" After listening to Li Hongyu's words, Qin Yue couldn't help but be a little worried, Li Hongyu's answer obviously would not satisfy Concubine Zheng.

"There is nothing wrong with being loyal to the emperor, although Zheng Guifei is dissatisfied in her heart, she is helpless, in the final analysis, your brother Yu is the emperor's courtier, not Zheng Guifei's courtier.

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Li Hongyu smiled a little helplessly when he heard this, "This is better than deceiving Zheng Guifei, at least there is a reputation for loyalty, Zheng Guifei can't hate even if she wants to." ”

"I hope so!"

Qin Yue's cheeks suddenly showed a little sorrow, and she said faintly, she didn't know whether it was luck or misfortune, she was actually involved in the grievances and entanglements of the Ming Dynasty, which was not a major matter of the country that ordinary people could intervene in.

In fact, Ran Xingrang is the director of the Customs Department, and the nominal chief officer of the Customs Department, so Li Hongyu will definitely meet with him after returning from Yangzhou to inform him about the bidding of overseas trade suppliers.

So the next morning, Li Hongyu went to the Horse Mansion to meet Ran Xingrang, and the general office of the Customs Department was located in Yangzhou, which meant that Ran Xingrang did not have an office in the capital, and Li Hongyu had to go to the Horse Mansion where he lived to meet him.

Ran Xingrang had already heard about Yangzhou, and he didn't believe the rumors circulating in the market that Li Hongyu had fooled Jiangnan businessmen with six million taels of silver in Yangzhou with his three-inch tongue, and thought that Li Hongyu would not be able to raise so much silver taels anyway, and three million taels would already be up to the sky.

After Li Hongyu personally confirmed that the six million taels of silver were indeed there, Ran Xingrang was stunned and didn't come back to his senses for a while, he couldn't believe that those businessmen would obediently take out so much silver, weren't they afraid of being lost?

Later, Ran Xingrang was relieved when he thought about it, it seems that those businessmen are very optimistic about the prospects of overseas trade, and at the same time they are also very confident in Li Hongyu, otherwise they would spend so much money if they are full.

Li Hongyu and Ran Xingrang have been discussing the affairs of the Customs Department from morning to afternoon, and it is difficult to build a new yamen of the Customs Department.

"My horse, this official wants to relocate the customs office in Ningbo to Shanghai County, which is located at the mouth of the river, has convenient water transportation, and has a natural excellent port, which is suitable for becoming a place for overseas trade goods."

Li Hongyu came to Ran Xingrang this time to have an important matter, he put the topographic map of the south of the Daming River on the table, pointed to an area at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and made his suggestions to Ran Xingrang in a deep voice.

"Shanghai County?" Ran Xingrang's brows furrowed slightly, it was the first time he had heard of such a place, compared to Ningbo, Shanghai was still just an obscure coastal county under Songjiang Prefecture.

"My lord thinks that we can build a city at the mouth of the river to serve as a customs station, and to use it exclusively for maritime trade-related matters, and in time it will become a prosperous and prosperous city."

Li Hongyu smiled and explained to Ran Xingrang, "Although Ningbo is good, it is a pity that the freight is inconvenient, and the port is not as good as Shanghai County. ”

"You want to build a new city?" Ran Xing was taken aback when he heard this, and finally understood Li Hongyu's intentions, you must know that building a city is not a trivial matter, and it takes a lot of manpower, material resources and time.

"The official weighed that once overseas trade is booming, Ningbo Port will not be able to handle the huge volume of cargo, and there will not be enough berths for docking ships, and a large number of buildings will be built around the port, and it will be difficult to expand, so the best choice is Shanghai County."

Li Hongyu bowed slightly when he heard this, took out a drawing again and spread it on the table, pointed to the things on the map and said in a deep voice, "This official has drawn a plan for the new city, please take a look." ”

"What a big city!"

After Ran Xingrang noticed the scale and size on the drawing, he was taken aback again, and couldn't help but look at Li Hongyu in amazement, the scale of this new city has surpassed Yangzhou, and it should be second only to Nanjing City in the south of the Yangtze River.

The corners of Li Hongyu's mouth flashed a subtle smile, if it were not for the avoidance of overstepping the system, the scale of the new city would definitely exceed Nanjing, and the future of the society in the sea will be the link between the economies of the world, so how can the scale of this new city be small?

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