However, to Sun Chuanting's surprise, this Jingshi, who had been absent for several years, was unfamiliar with it, and there were many scenes that made him a little embarrassed.

For example, when he went to a restaurant for dinner, the guy asked him for the banknotes, but he thought it was a treasure banknote, and there was a big misunderstanding.

Also, there are storytellers in the restaurant, Sun Chuanting originally introduced to Liu Guoneng that these are "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Three Words and Two Beats" and the like, and the people in Beijing are used to hearing it, but when there is a lively meal during the meal, they leave after eating.

But who knew that those diners not only didn't leave after finishing their meals, but even applauded loudly, and rewarded them on the spot. The excitement and fascination of the audience made Sun Chuanting and both of them dumbfounded.

This is not over, the storyteller is halfway through, and he will even explain the current national policy, and he is talking about what kind of bank, so that Sun Chuanting is confused, what is this?

He took Liu Guoneng and walked out of the restaurant a little embarrassed. Liu Guoneng curiously pointed to some buildings, and humbly asked Sun Chuanting, what kind of house is it, built of wood is not wood, stone is not stone, what is it?

"......" Sun Chuanting couldn't recognize it as a cement building, so he had to talk about him left and right. Fortunately, Liu Guoneng didn't dare to ask him, otherwise he would have made a fool of himself on the spot.

"Let's go, go and see the Loyal Martyrs' Hall, when you get to Jingshi, this is a must-see." Sun Chuanting found an excuse, he finally heard about it, and when he had a reason, he hurried away with Liu Guoneng.

Before they reached their destination, they were found by the officials and told the two of them that the emperor had summoned them and asked them to meet immediately.

This was another unexpected thing, which made Sun Chuanting a little in a hurry, and hurriedly went back to put on his official uniform, tidy up his appearance, and hurried to the Forbidden City.

Sun Chuanting was summoned first, and under the leadership of the chamberlain, he entered the Wenhua Hall and met Emperor Chongzhen for the first time. After Shanhu Long Live Thanksgiving, he looked at the young emperor with some curiosity who he had never met.

It is indeed very young, and from the outside, it is still very immature. But the emperor's body has a calm and majestic demeanor, which makes people respect and dare not underestimate it, which feels very strange!

Emperor Chongzhen is also looking at this bull, although there is a chat group connection, but as a civil official, he can lead more than 300 miscellaneous soldiers, and he will attack the camp of tens of thousands of thieves, which is also fat enough. Judging from the situation when he calmly guarded Dai County before, he is indeed a capable person.

Such a person, judging from his appearance, can't tell it, he thinks he is just a handsome guy!

When Emperor Chongzhen thought of this, he couldn't help but have a sentence in his heart: The sea water cannot be measured, and people cannot be disguised!

Pressing these thoughts, he smiled and said to Sun Chuanting: "Open the sea and ban sparseness, has Sun Qing ever seen it?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister has seen it!" Sun Chuanting replied, slightly surprised by the emperor's straightforward question.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he nodded and said: "I have decided to appoint He Qiaoyuan as the left attendant of the household department and the imperial history of the left capital, sitting in Fujian, the governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong, and opening the sea full-time. But he is very old, and I am afraid that he will not be able to do it. Therefore, let Qing go to Fujian, just to assist Governor He to do a good job of opening the sea, can Sun Qing be confident? ”

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. He immediately understood a little meaning from the emperor's words. At this time, he was the governor of Fujian, and he had to assist Governor He in doing this. But Governor Ho is old, and if he retires, who better to succeed than himself?

That is to say, his future career is to be the governor of Fujian, and then the official position is likely to be the military and political governor of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting immediately bowed down and replied solemnly: "The king has an order, and the minister obeys his order." Bow down and die! ”

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen was very happy to hear it, and he didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "There are two difficulties in opening the sea ban this time......

As soon as he heard this, Sun Chuanting looked up at him and listened carefully.

"First, the opening of the sea is likely to hinder the interests of some people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty, especially those who have heavy troops in their hands." Emperor Chongzhen said solemnly, "Sun Qing should be careful in this aspect, I will also solve the trouble for you." The transfer of Liu Guoneng to Fujian with Sun Qing was also based on this consideration. Sun Qing must know this! ”

This is already a clear indication of who the enemy is, and it is obviously much better than going to the local area and then getting to know it. Sun Chuanting listened, and responded with the same seriousness and seriousness: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister knows!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and then said the second point: "Governor He once said in the ban on opening the sea that he could earn more than 100,000 taels of silver for the imperial court a year. Hehe, this is too little! ”

When Sun Chuanting heard this, he couldn't help but be a little surprised, he didn't know if the emperor said that this was too little, how much did it take to not feel less?

I saw Emperor Chongzhen stretch out a finger, and then said to Sun Chuanting: "I have investigated, and after the matter of opening the sea ban is on the right track, should I have this amount of income in a year?" ”

"A million taels?" When Sun Chuanting saw it, he couldn't help but be a little surprised. From 100,000 taels to 1 million taels, that's ten times more income!

He has been a langzhong, and he has been in Beijing for so many years, and he also knows that the annual silver income of the imperial court's treasury is only three or four million taels!

He was surprised, but saw Emperor Chongzhen shake his head and said, "It's not one million taels, but ten million taels!" ”

"......" Sun Chuanting forgot the etiquette in front of the emperor when he heard it, and opened his mouth wide, thinking that he had heard it wrong.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't see it, and explained to Sun Chuanting: "I am not whimsical, nor am I talking out of thin air, I have reached a conclusion after investigation. In the future, after I adjust the national policy and encourage maritime trade, this number is only a lot more! ”

Sun Chuanting came back to his senses at this time, although he still didn't believe it in his heart, but at least he had returned to normal on the surface.

"The second difficulty I want to talk about is to ensure that taxes are received, and taxes are collected in strict accordance with the national policy, and anyone who dares to evade taxes will be severely punished! There is a cabinet, and I support Sun Qing, just let it go! When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he stared at Sun Chuanting and asked solemnly, "Does Sun Qing dare to accept this errand that offends people?" ”

According to the Ming Law, there is no such thing as tax exemption, and if you want to be exempted, it is only exempt from military service. But in this era, who doesn't evade taxes? If this is strictly enforced, it is tantamount to offending everyone, even the powerful.

By this time, Sun Chuanting had completely understood. The difficulty of opening the sea ban is not just the opening of the sea ban, but whether all the taxes can be collected after the sea ban is opened, which is the key.

Thinking of this, he also knew why the emperor wanted to meet him in person so soon, and he laid the bait in advance, it was the bait of the governors of the three provinces.

Sun Chuanting raised his head and looked at Emperor Chongzhen, and when he saw him staring at him, he knew that he was waiting for his answer.