Several alleys in the south of the Zangjin Bridge in the east of the city are inhabited by wealthy and noble families. Lin Jian rode a horse in the alley, saw the rows of eaves, and saw that the courtyard walls on both sides were painted snow-white, covered with green tiles, weeping willows were low, bluestone paved streets, and the sound of horses' hooves and cicadas chirped in the alley.

Coming to the door of the house of the Marquis of Yongchang in Swill Lane, Lin Tie dismounted and tied the tethered horse stone on the left side of the house door, so that the guards waited in the awning outside, and he took Ao Canghai over to the door. The porter went in to report, Lin Jian and Ao Canghai waited in the foyer for a while, and then saw a group of people coming out of the hanging flower door. Yuan Jinqiu and Yuan Jinsheng brothers were also in the crowd, the middle-aged man in the middle looked a little similar to the Yuan brothers, with a thin face and narrow eyes, fine wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a dense beard under his chin of almost four or five inches.

Lin Lian didn't think that the Marquis of Yongchang would personally walk out of the weeping flower door to greet him, so he hurriedly walked out of the hallway corridor, bowed in the shade of the tree, and said, "The late Lin Tie will meet the Hou Ye and the prince. Lin Jian had lived in Jiangning for a long time before, and he had never had the opportunity to come to the door to visit, and where it was rude, I hope that the marquis would be more lenient......"

"What a story about the past!" Yuan Guizheng laughed, grabbed Lin Tie's arm, and said with a smile, "If you don't post here, I will also post to see the capital envoy of Yannan Sijie who moved the world......

"Master Hou is making a joke about being born late, Yan Nan's little work, why worry about it?" Lin Jian said with a smile.

"The envoy of the capital is really modest," Yuan Guizheng said with a smile, "The invasion of the Eastern Prisoners, the Lu Dynasty and his family suffered the most, except for the general of Zhenguo who attacked the prince of the county; The county monarch Yuanyan, the queen mother took pity on her experience, so that she walked and lived in the palace, and now she is accepted as a righteous daughter and named Princess Yangxin - Princess Yangxin praised the good name of the envoy in the palace. In the Empress Dowager's edict on returning to the government, the envoys of the capital were also mentioned. If it weren't for the idea of letting the capital eunuch continue to make contributions to the imperial court, the queen mother would even want to be the master and give the eunuch a marriage? Speaking of which, this old rule should really be changed, it is said that 'the rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband', and the children of the clan and relatives cannot serve the court? What did the Governor think? ”

Lin Jian narrowed his eyes slightly, avoiding Yuan Guizheng's gaze, and said with a smile: "Listening to Hou Ye, I feel that everything is reasonable, but I am a late student who has little knowledge, and I feel that the old rules have the benefits of the old rules, and when I go back to the late life, I will think about the pros and cons of them, and then reply to Hou Ye......"

Listening to the hints in Yuan Guizheng's words, Lin Jian felt funny: Give marriage, can't you marry Yuan Yan's little girl to herself? No matter how much you think about it, it doesn't feel funny, and it is not without precedent for a twelve-year-old clan girl to marry and get married. Thinking of this, Lin Jian couldn't help but reach out and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, thinking that it was a blessing that he didn't enter Beijing this time.

If after entering Beijing, Zhang Xie's envoy mentioned the matter of marrying the daughter of the clan, he would really be passive to the extreme.

In the more than 200 years since the founding of the Yue Dynasty, there have rarely been cases of clan relatives and relatives abusing power.

In addition to the institutional factors of suppressing clan relatives and relatives, another major factor is that the emperors had grown up when they succeeded to the throne, and when they checked and balanced the courtiers, they rarely relied on clan relatives and relatives, so the power of clan relatives and relatives did not have the opportunity to expand.

It's not that clan relatives and relatives don't have a chance at all.

When Emperor Delong died of a sudden illness, his sons were young, and his relatives Liang had the opportunity to support the young emperor and control the government. However, the secret edict left by Emperor Delong before his death actually passed the throne to his younger brother, who had grown up, that is, the current Emperor Chongguan, which made the Liang family lose an excellent opportunity to control the government.

However, before the defeat of Chentangyi, the Liang clan almost controlled the border armies of Datong, Xuanhua and Jiliao towns. Even after the defeat of Chen Tangyi, where five out of ten of the border troops were killed, the Liang clan's influence in the border army was still far-reaching, which was an important factor in Yue Lengqiu's reluctance to become the governor of the three towns after the defeat of Chen Tangyi.

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While dealing perfunctorily with Yuan Guizheng, Lin Jian pondered the various hints in his words, and Fan Ding and others led the way in front and walked to the hall of the inner house where the banquet was held.

In addition to the beautiful maid wearing a light shirt holding a fan behind her back, there must be ice cubes in the room to absorb the heat.

Yuan Guizheng invited Lin Jian to sit opposite each other, while Yuan Jinqiu, Yuan Jinsheng, Fan Ding and others stood aside and waited according to the rules, accompanying and talking.

The wine and delicacies were all served by the maids on the side, and only one dish was served at a time, and Lin Jian only had time to take a bite or two to taste it, so he removed it and replaced it with another dish. A table of wine served fifty or sixty dishes, but Lin Jian was only half full.

"Now that Jingzhong and Jiangning are discussing the relocation of the capital, what do the envoys think about this?"

Lin Lian was rinsing his mouth with the green salt brought by the maid, and when he heard Yuan Guizheng mention this matter, he spit out the salt water into the silver bowl, wiped his hands with a snow-white sweat towel, and thought that every word was perfunctory, and it was difficult for Yuan Guizheng to relax in Sumei's affairs, and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages-these words should not have been said by a humble person like Wansheng, but Hou Ye treats his late life very sincerely, and he doesn't need to talk about other things in front of Hou Ye-Yanjing is just the country, and the soldiers who moved the capital to defend the country together are together." Yanshan is lost, from the Yanji Plain to Shandong, and then to the Huai River, there will be no danger to defend. If you are not careful in moving the capital, it is very likely to shake half of the rivers and mountains. I think that today's plan should not be taken lightly. However, there are also various drawbacks to not moving the capital: last autumn, the eastern captives broke the border and entered the Kou, such as entering the courtyard, it was easy, and Yanshan was as if it was unfortified; Yanjing was directly exposed to the threat of the Dongyu Iron Cavalry. There are more than 10,000 officials in Beijing and nearly 100,000 soldiers in the forbidden area, and these two items alone require nearly 3 million stone of grain and straw every year. When the Cao Road was unblocked, in order to ensure that the 3 million Cao grain per year was transported to Beijing in a timely manner, the actual grain consumption in other counties was three to five times the amount of the regular Cao. At this time, the river collapsed, and the water transportation was blocked, only from Shandong and Jinhai bypass - the foot fee for the grain to arrive at Jiaozhou Bay was not reduced at all, even if it was reduced, it only reduced the local burden, but from Jiaozhou Bay to Jinhai through the Wushui River and the Wei River into Gyeonggi, the imperial court also needed to subsidize the foot fee of six coins of silver for each stone of grain at this time. The sum of this figure is shocking, far beyond the scope of the household department can bear - from the actual difficulties, the relocation of the capital is an urgent move......"

Yuan Guizheng squinted at Lin Tie, he also officially paid attention to the swineherd in front of him from the moment the Qu family fell into the trap, and said secretly: He really has his way to rise.

Others discuss moving the capital, but they only say that the Yanshan defense line is full of loopholes, and the imperial capital is exposed to the iron hooves of the eastern captives, which is very dangerous, but they can't see the deeper crisis behind it.

Silver.

To transport grain through the Jinhai Grain Road, the imperial court needed to subsidize an additional six taels of silver for each stone of grain, and three million stone grains entered Beijing every year, and an additional 1.8 million taels of silver were needed to subsidize the foot fee. The key is to really support the Yanshan defense line, and 6 million stone grains are needed to enter Beijing every year, and an additional 3.6 million taels of silver are needed to subsidize the foot expenses.

Such a huge expenditure may barely be able to support a year and a half, and after a long time, the finances of the imperial court will inevitably collapse.

Perhaps, as long as the Yellow River is broken and blocked, and the transportation returns to normal, there will be no need to go through the Jinhai River, which is very expensive. In fact, the Yanshan defense line is full of loopholes, even if the Yellow River can be blocked this year, next year there will be a Dongyu cavalry who will break through and infiltrate Shandong to dig the Yellow River again - the Donghu people have already seen this fatal weakness of the Great Yue Dynasty.

"The envoy of the capital is really looking at the problem more far-reaching than ordinary people, and Ben Hou has been taught...... "Yuan Guizheng said.

"Shallow, Hou Ye is too prestigious." Lin Jian said humbly, but he was wondering in his heart: What is the stake of moving the capital or not moving the capital to the Yuan Guizheng and the Empress Dowager Liang and Guanyun Liang in the palace? In addition, Yue Lengqiu has monopoly power in Jiangdong, and Gu Wuchen is actually not enough to balance him, is the palace completely at ease with Yue Lengqiu?

Lin Jian restrained his thoughts a little, not thinking about things that were too complicated, Su Mei's affairs always had to test Yuan Guizheng's attitude, and chuckled: "The old man of the domain is also here, and in his later life, he remembered that there was a matter of the old man of the domain......"

Fan Ding and Yuan Guizheng glanced at each other, and saluted Lin Lian: "Please give orders to the envoys." ”

"Chongzhou was hit by bandits in April, the city was destroyed and thousands of people were slaughtered. Miss Su Mei took pity on her feelings, and was willing to go to Chongzhou to help the victims with the income from her singing skills, I don't know if Miss Su Mei mentioned this to the old man? Lin Jian said.

"I haven't heard Miss Su mention ......" When Fan Ding said this, his eyes looked at Yuan Guizheng.

"This is a good thing," Yuan Guizheng laughed, "I'm here to donate a thousand taels of silver to help Miss Su Mei's righteous deeds...... The envoy of the capital is also a real man who likes to listen to the wonderful songs of the Sumei girl. There is a lesson from the robbery in Baisha County, for the sake of safety, the feudal mansion does not dare to let Miss Su Mei leave Jiangning to sing in other places. Now that there is a capital envoy in the mouth of the Chongzhou River, Donghai Kou can no longer enter or exit, so there is no need to worry about this anymore. Miss Sumei should also be allowed to go out for a walk more. ”

"Thank you Master Hou for fulfilling this matter, if Miss Sumei goes to Jiangning, I will definitely consider it carefully." Lin Jian said.

"There is no need to worry about safety," Yuan Guizheng said with a smile, "There are also a few merchant ships in our government that want to go to sea from Chongzhou to Beijing, and you can escort Miss Sumei back to Chongzhou ...... by the way."

"That's just right." Lin Jian said. He wondered in his heart: When did the Marquis of Yongchang Mansion own a sea ship? They even had to open a trade route to Gyeonggi one step ahead of them. It seems that there are many secrets in the Yongchang Marquis Mansion that are not known to outsiders.