These royal relatives and nobles are very well-informed, seeing that Zhang Zhijie did not interfere, he didn't expect to be stuck here in Emperor Zhengde!

How can this work? These royal nobles also wrote to the emperor one after another, asking the emperor to conform to the will of the people and agree to open the sea! And those princesses, Mrs. Hou, Duchess and so on also ran to the palace, to the leopard room, with only one purpose, to cry poor!

Xu Sanye and they haven't reacted yet, these royal relatives have begun to react first. However, Emperor Zhengde was unmoved, you are poor? What do you care about?

Xu Sanye and the others originally had great expectations for these royal princes and nobles, but as a result, these people jumped up and down for a day and a night, and it was useless. Xu Sanye and they were also dumbfounded, it turned out that not all the royal relatives and nobles were Zhang Zhijie, there was only one Zhang Zhijie in the world!

Originally, Zhang Zhijie did not expect that Emperor Zhengde would shelve these requests to open the sea, because Emperor Zhengde had already promised him.

So Zhang Zhijie didn't care, but after waiting for a day, Zhang Zhijie found that Emperor Zhengde still didn't approve it, so he realized that he really let Xu Sanye guess that Emperor Zhengde really didn't want to open the sea.

How can that work? It's just that the two million taels of silver per year can't solve the fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty at all! Therefore, Zhang Zhijie does not take the two million taels of silver seriously, but he looks at the sea very seriously!

Just when Xu Sanye and the others were also worried, thinking about whether to visit Zhang Zhijie again, Zhang Zhijie finally left the Hou Mansion and went to the leopard room. In fact, even if Zhang Zhijie didn't go to the leopard room, Emperor Zhengde would summon him.

Emperor Zhengde originally intended to refute these twists and turns, but thinking that Zhang Zhijie had agreed to open the sea, and he also agreed to Zhang Zhijie, so he put these twists and turns on hold for the time being, and was ready to discuss with Zhang Zhijie again, whether to open the sea or ban the sea!

Emperor Zhengde pointed to the thick stack of folds and said with a smile: "These are all folds that have been written to request the opening of the sea, so thick!" ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the desire of the people!" ”

Emperor Zhengde snorted: "What do the people want, they are red by our two hundred carts of silver!" I don't know how many people go to the harem to find their mother and cry poor, not only that, but since they also found a leopard room to cry poor to Ji'er! ”

"You don't know how annoying it is! Still crying poor? The children of their family are nostalgic for the Qinglou one by one, spending all day and drinking, and they think I don't know! ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "The minister also has some experience, yesterday the minister's house was also full of people, thanks to the minister's cleverness to hide out." ”

Emperor Zhengde also laughed when he heard this, and after laughing, he muttered: "Zhijie, you proposed to open the sea before!" Now do you think it's good to open the sea? Or is it better to ban the sea? ”

Zhang Zhijie did not answer directly, but said with a smile: "Does the emperor think the sea should be opened or the sea forbidden?" ”

Emperor Zhengde said without hesitation: "Of course it is a forbidden sea, if the sea is opened, then anyone can go to sea, and overseas even gold and silver mountains have also been robbed!" Forbidden sea, only our fleet can go to sea, isn't it very good, we can pull so much silver back every year. ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, there has been trade at sea since ancient times, and it reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. ”

"But our fleet can still bring back so much silver when we go to sea! Because overseas wealth is inexhaustible! So the emperor doesn't have to worry. ”

Emperor Zhengde nodded when he heard this, this is also true, since ancient times, there has been a saying that there is a sea trade, that is, this dynasty has a fleet that goes to sea without permission every year, and it stands to reason that there are gold and silver mountains overseas.

But the overseas gold and silver mountains seem to be really inexhaustible, and Emperor Zhengde suddenly realized: "So, even if the sea ban is lifted, then our fleet will not be affected at all?" ”

Zhang Zhijie shook his head and said: "There must be an impact, if the sea ban is lifted, then the fleet should not be able to bring back so much silver next year!" ”

Emperor Zhengde was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this, since the silver would really be less, then why bother to open the sea?

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you not only have an inner treasury, you also have a treasury!" If the sea is opened and the city is set up to collect taxes, then the increase in the revenue of the treasury will definitely not be less than two million taels! And the income of the fleet will be affected, but it will not be much less! ”

Emperor Zhengde suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Really? Two million taels is almost equal to a year's worth of tax silver! In this case, the income of the treasury will almost double! ”

Zhang Zhizhi nodded and smiled: "True, although the emperor can rest assured, opening the sea is only good for the emperor and the imperial court!" ”

If these words came from someone else's mouth, Emperor Zhengde would not believe it, but since it came from Zhang Zhijie's mouth, he naturally believed it.

Compared to getting one million taels a year, of course he chose to get more than two million taels a year, which is what a fool would choose! Emperor Zhengde smiled: "Since this is the case, it is natural to open the sea!" I can be regarded as conforming to the will of the people! ”

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "The minister thinks that if you set up a city to collect taxes, one of the ten taxes is the most appropriate, and it is a little inappropriate to be high or low!" It is estimated that many officials will definitely ask for thirty taxes, so your loss will be great, Your Majesty! ”

If Zhang Zhijie didn't say it, Emperor Zhengde really didn't know, but since Zhang Zhijie said this, he naturally remembered it, and said with a smile: "Hmph, thirty taxes and one, what they think is quite beautiful!" ”

Emperor Zhengde sighed with emotion: "Zhijie, at that time, you said that going to sea was very profitable, but I didn't expect it to be so rich!" Just one trip to the sea brought back two million taels of silver! ”

"If this is opened to the sea and set up a city to collect taxes, it will be nearly three million taels of silver every year, which is really unimaginable before!"

I still remember that when my father was on the throne, my father often worried about silver. I didn't expect that the income of the treasury could be doubled now, and my inner treasury had more than doubled! ”

Emperor Zhengde really felt very emotional, Hongzhi Dynasty was often troubled by silver, and since he ascended the throne, he was often troubled by the emptiness of the treasury, but he didn't expect that these would soon be solved forever! And all this is the credit of Zhang Zhijie.

Zhang Zhijie said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is just two or three million taels of silver." If you can really develop a powerful firearm, the fleet will grow and grow! Two or three million taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket! ”

Emperor Zhengde's eyes immediately widened when he heard this, two or three million taels of silver was already something he couldn't even think of, but in Zhang Zhijie's mouth, it was just a drop in the bucket!

(End of chapter)