"Li Aiqing, what are your plans for the Customs Department?"

After listening to Li Hongyu's words, Emperor Wanli bowed slightly, knowing that the affairs of the new army could not be rushed, and then looked at Li Hongyu and asked in a deep voice.

Compared with the training of the new army, the Wanli Emperor is now more concerned about the affairs of the customs, and the sooner the customs department is established, he can receive the customs duties one day earlier, and subsidize the expenses of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he can now tell the world about the Customs Department."

The most important thing for Li Hongyu to enter the palace this time is to start the relevant matters of the Customs Department, which can be said to be the basis of all his plans and the most important thing, so after hearing this, he bowed to Emperor Wanli and said in an orderly manner:

"In view of the fact that the ministers have no money in their hands, I ask the emperor to decree that all private merchants who want to participate in the overseas trade affairs of the imperial court can spend 200,000 taels of silver to buy a quota each, and they can become suppliers of overseas trade recognized by the Customs Department!"

"Quotas? Suppliers? Emperor Wanli couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, this was the first time he had heard such a new ranking.

"Your Majesty, although overseas trade is dominated by the government, the goods are provided by private merchants, which is also a move to benefit the people, accelerating the circulation of private goods, so that many people can benefit."

Li Hongyu had been prepared and explained to Emperor Wanli in an orderly manner:

"However, the minister now has no money in his hands to set up a customs department and a fleet of sailors to escort the ship, so he raises funds from those merchants who wish to participate in overseas trade, and in order to encourage them to participate in it, he has set up a corresponding quota, that is, a quota, and can only provide goods after obtaining the quota and becoming a supplier."

Li Hongyu is not only a helpless move, but also in line with the trend of the market, by setting quotas to protect the interests of those suppliers who pay for it, which will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm of those suppliers.

"Isn't 200,000 too much?" Emperor Wanli bowed slightly when he heard this, understood what Li Hongyu meant, and then asked after a deep sigh, this is not a small number.

"Your Majesty, Emperor Taizu has formulated a very low commercial tax since the founding of the country, and the Ming market has been prosperous and rich for more than two hundred years, and there are many powerful famous businessmen over time, and 200,000 is not a difficult thing for them."

Li Hongyu shook his head solemnly, and said with a straight face, "Actually, 200,000 taels is just a reserve price, if there are more businessmen involved than expected, then the minister will implement the principle of the highest price, and whoever pays more money will have a quota." ”

"How can the highest bidder get it?" Emperor Wanli suddenly became interested when he heard this, and looked at Li Hongyu with interest, the biggest difference between Li Hongyu and other ministers is that he can always have some strange but feasible ideas, instead of pushing the problem to the imperial court to let him find a way to solve it.

"Your Majesty, the minister is ready to temporarily set a quota of twenty suppliers, eight in the north and twelve in the south, with a reserve price of 200,000 taels."

Seeing this, Li Hongyu smiled slightly, and said to Emperor Wanli in a deep voice, "If there are more than twenty suppliers who want to participate in it, then the method of drawing lots will be used to determine the candidates for the quota, but it is allowed to increase the price based on 10,000 taels of silver. ”

Obviously, Li Hongyu's approach is a copy of the auction in later generations, making those merchants who are interested in overseas trade pay high prices to buy quotas, after all, there is a problem of probability in drawing lots, and no one wants to hand over their fate to the luck of drawing lots.

In this way, the distribution of twenty quotas was fairly solved, and at the same time, Li Hongyu could get more funds, and also forced back those businessmen who were not strong, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

"Haha......"

Emperor Wanli immediately laughed out loud when he heard this, as the saying goes, no businessman is not treacherous, but Li Hongyu, the new champion of the Ming Dynasty, is even more "treacherous" than those businessmen, and it is easy to play with those businessmen by taking advantage of the nature of profit-seeking businessmen.

The chamberlains and palace maids in the house all looked at the scene in front of them in surprise, they hadn't heard such a hearty laugh from Emperor Wanli for a long time.

"Okay, you will draft a holy decree of the Customs Department at that time, and I will let people use the seal to inform the world!"

After laughing for a while, Emperor Wanli said to Li Hongyu in a deep voice, "I hope that you will build a sailor as soon as possible, and go to the West again to promote the prestige of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"The minister obeys the order, and he must do his best and go all out!" Li Hongyu hurriedly stood up, bowed to Emperor Wanli, and replied in a loud voice, secretly relieved in his heart.

The four major affairs of the formation and training of the new army, the Western Expedition, the Customs Department and the Navy Division have all been approved by the Wanli Emperor, and Li Hongyu has already passed the most difficult level, so the remaining thing is to put it into action.

When Li Hongyu left the palace, it was already dusk, he not only met with the Wanli Emperor but also went to meet the emperor's grandson Zhu Youxiao, the Wanli Emperor had removed him from the post of governor of Liaodong, so teaching Zhu Youxiao in the future became his most important task.

Zhu Youxiao had already learned of Li Hongyu's two great victories in Liaodong, forcing the Houjin army to move the capital to avoid the pursuit of the Ming army, so he asked Li Hongyu to tell the story of the battle with the Houjin army in Liaodong.

Compared with Zhao Xin, Li Hongyu's conversation is more funny and knowledgeable, which makes Zhu Youxiao very willing to chat and laugh with Li Hongyu.

Because of the similar age, Zhu Youxiao did not regard Li Hongyu as a Zhan Shi who taught at Zhan Shifu, but more regarded Li Hongyu as a like-minded friend.

Li Hongyu also found in contact with Zhu Youxiao that although Zhu Youxiao likes carpentry, he doesn't just know how to fiddle with woodwork, he pays more attention to how to govern the government, which is the responsibility that he, the imperial grandson, will bear in the future, and carpentry is just a hobby of his.

Imperial City, Daming Gate.

"Li Xiu, my county lord is invited." As soon as the carriage that Li Hongyu was riding had just left the Daming Gate, several big men flashed out from the side of the road and blocked the way of the carriage, and a big man in the lead arched his hand to Li Hongyu in the carriage and said in a deep voice.

"Tell the family that the official has something to do, and he won't go back at night."

Hearing the big man speaking with a Xiangyang accent, the corners of Li Hongyu's mouth in the carriage couldn't help but show a wry smile, he already knew who the "county lord" in the other party's mouth was, needless to say that it must be Zhu Wanting, so he opened the curtain and glanced at the big man who was blocking the road, and after confirming that it was the guard next to Zhu Wanting, he instructed one of the accompanying entourages.

Under the guidance of the big man, Li Hongyu's carriage came to the eight alleys in the outer city, and stopped in front of a green building.

Li Hongyu didn't expect Zhu Wanting to ask him to meet in the Qinglou, but after thinking about it, he was relieved, the Qinglou was an ancient social place, so it was the best place for Zhu Wanting to meet him, otherwise it would inevitably be criticized if a lonely man and a widow were in the same room.

After all, Li Hongyu is no longer the scholar who once fought with Zhu Wanting in Xiangyang Mansion, and now he is the new champion of the Ming Dynasty, and was promoted to the governor of Liaodong by Emperor Wanli, and his words and deeds have attracted the attention of the outside world, so Zhu Wanting naturally does not want Li Hongyu to be criticized because of her, so she chose Qinglou as the place to meet.

Li Hongyu was wearing an official uniform, and if he entered the Qinglou like this, he would definitely be impeached by the Yanguan the next day, but this situation was difficult for him, and a set of civilian clothes had been prepared in the carriage, so he changed into the civilian clothes in the carriage and entered the Qinglou.

The girls in the Qinglou naturally don't know Li Hongyu, and Li Hongyu rushed to Liaodong after the title of the gold list, otherwise a large group of people from Yingying Yanyan will definitely come to see the excitement, and they all want to see the demeanor of the new champion of the Ming Dynasty who has achieved a great victory in Liaodong.

In a private room in the Qinglou, Zhu Wanting, dressed in a white shirt and dressed as a man, was listening with great interest to a young woman holding a pipa in her arms singing Jiangnan songs.

Seeing Li Hongyu enter the door, Zhu Wanting's eyes lit up and beckoned to Li Hongyu, so Li Hongyu walked over and sat on the seat next to her, listening to the woman singing together.

"Good!" When the woman finished singing, Zhu Wanting took the lead in applauding and instructed the entourage on the side, "Look at the reward!" ”

"Gongzi Xie, Gongzi Xie!" When the entourage heard this, he took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels from his waist, stepped forward and put it in the woman's hand, which made the woman thank her again and again, there are not many guests like Zhu Wanting who are so arrogant.

Zhu Wanting waved her hand, the woman bowed down with the pipa and retreated, and the rest of the people also left, Zhu Wanting's subordinates closed the door when they left, and guarded the door to prevent people from approaching, which made the atmosphere in the room suddenly become a little awkward.

"Okay, you Li Hongyu, after becoming the champion, you won't take me as the county lord in your eyes, and you won't tell the county lord when you go to Liaodong!"

Li Hongyu didn't like this kind of atmosphere, just as he was thinking about what to say to break the deadlock on the scene, Zhu Wanting suddenly reached out and slapped the table hard, then got up and walked over, stretched out her hand to grab Li Hongyu's ear and said hatefully, "If it wasn't for Princess Shouning to stop it, the county lord would definitely arrest you, the ungrateful champion, from Liaodong!" ”

As she spoke, Zhu Wanting's eyes flushed with ruddy, and she bit her lip tightly to suppress her excitement.

Zhu Wanting was right, if Princess Shouning hadn't stopped her, she would have almost taken someone to Liaodong to find Li Hongyu, but she didn't go to Xingshi to ask for guilt, but to take Li Hongyu out of danger, after all, the Ming army was defeated in the Salhu War, wouldn't Li Hongyu go to Liaodong to find death at this time?

Princess Shouning can fully understand Zhu Wanting's feelings, but Zhu Wanting and Li Hongyu are not related, if she goes to Liaodong to make a big fuss so rashly, it will not only cause a shock in the court, but also delay Li Hongyu's future.

Therefore, Princess Shouning persuaded and persuaded Zhu Wanting, who insisted on going to Liaodong because she was worried about Li Hongyu's safety, in Zhu Wanting's opinion, Li Hongyu's life was more important, and everything else could be given up.

Facts have proved that Li Hongyu is not only brilliant but also proficient in military affairs, and a great victory in Tieling changed the passive situation of the Ming army in Liaodong, and forced Nurhachi to move the capital to Kaiyuan, which finally made the worried Zhu Wanting breathe a sigh of relief.

This time Li Hongyu came back from Liaodong, of course Zhu Wanting wanted to ask the teacher for the crime, and caught Li Hongyu to vent the worries and grievances in her heart, she didn't care that Li Hongyu was now the new champion of the Ming Dynasty, so she grabbed Li Hongyu's ears fiercely as soon as she came up.

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