Chapter 209: Customs (I)

Ordered someone to inquire about the news. Look at the reason for summoning ugliness. ,

In the palace, the smoke is filled, and the faint aroma in the air makes people feel refreshed. Song Xinyou paced lightly in the palace, thought for a moment, and said to the attendant who came in to deliver the news.

This person is one of her henchmen in the palace, and she has connections in major palaces, so she can get the news if she inquires, and this degree is not a cross-line, and it is not an exaggeration for the queen to have her own sources.

"Nuo ......" The waiter received the order, responded respectfully, slowly retreated, turned around and walked out.

"Wait!. , the chamberlain turned around and just left. Song Xinyou repented and called him back again.

"Forget it...... Song Xinyou stared at the chamberlain with a complicated expression, hesitated, and made the opposite decision.

Bound by her identity, she has a lot of scruples.

Although he and Wang Hongyi have only been married for many years, the relationship between the two is quite good, and it is a matter of political affairs. It is necessary to avoid suspicion, and now it is spying. It would be nice to ask afterwards.

Although there are some doubts in his heart, Song Xinyou still understands rationally what things can be interfered in. What not to meddle in.

Although I don't know whether this matter is good or bad, it is related to my own family, and my family is a family, but this cannot be interfered with.

"When my father and uncle go back, I will inquire from them again. ", waving his hand. Song Xinyou said decisively.

"Nuo ......" The chamberlain answered again, and Shi retreated.

Zheng Xinzai was still standing aside, and then asked a little puzzled: "Niangniang, you are worried, why don't you send someone to inquire early? If there is something, you can make a decision as soon as possible, why do you have to wait for them to go back before making an inquiry?"

In the past, when they inquired about information, Niangniang had never hesitated so much.

Song Xinyou turned around and walked in the hall, but the expression on his face was faint.

"This thing is different from anything else...... If it's just a general matter, it's not too much for the palace to manage the inner palace and send some people to inquire about the news. But if this matter is related to political affairs, even if it is the main palace, it must be treated with caution and not take a wrong step......"

"Niangniang thinks about it. Thinking of the secret affairs in the palace, Zheng Xin's face became solemn.

She has been with Song Xinyou for many years, and she is the son of the family who married her, and she was born smart. Literacy and hyphenation, so he has some affection in front of Song Xinyou.

It is precisely because of this that Song Xinyou has some things. She knows something.

I know that the queen and the king have a good relationship. But in words and deeds, he didn't dare to make the slightest mistake, which was not only for identity reasons, but also for the sake of the Song family.

If other women spoke for their own family, it would not necessarily arouse the king's suspicion.

For example, Zhao Wan was originally a poor family, and no matter how she was promoted, it was impossible to get on the stage, she said to speak and get a small official position, which is normal.

As a big family in Shuzhong and a main family, he has a son-in-law under his knees, and he has to pay attention to his words and deeds.

Sometimes I can't help but feel that such a life is hard, but Song Xinyou feels that she is already extremely lucky.

The daughter of a family is originally used for marriage. She can have her current situation, which is stronger than all the daughters in the family.

"Let's not mention this matter, no matter what it is, the king has his own decision, and there is no need to worry too much about this palace...... Song Xinyou said this and turned to the left and right people and ordered: "Go and get the piano from the palace, the palace has not touched the piano for a long time, and today I have nothing to do to investigate a few songs." ”,

......At the same time, two carriages outside the palace, under the protection of several guards, came to the palace gate.

Someone went to the pan-fried to check.

The two people who got out of the car were not young, and they were very well maintained, and one of them had a white face and a long beard. One man has a yellow face and a short beard, and looks to be about forty years old.

These are the two brothers Song Han and Song Heng, because they have no official status. Therefore, although they are relatives, the clothes worn by the two of them are not only in the tomb, but they use ordinary but very high-quality materials.

Song Han and Song Heng didn't speak after getting out of the car, and the chamberlain sent to invite them over had already spoken, and said to the forbidden army who came to investigate: "What, don't you know the Sprinkle family? These two are the closest relatives of the mother, this is the token issued by the king, let them go quickly after reading it!

As he spoke, he handed over a token.

The patrolling forbidden army looked at it carefully and made sure that it was true, the person who was frying was the chamberlain in the palace, and they naturally did not dare to offend such a person, so they made way for them.

"Two adults, please!" said the chamberlain with a smile.

The Song brothers nodded at each other and entered together.

On foot, the two of them followed the chamberlain and walked inside.

Although there are a lot of carved railings and columns along the way, it is smaller than the Shu Palace, and the two know that this is the same site reconstruction, and there are some restrictions in scale.

But for now, it's more than enough to live in.

There were not many people in the palace in the past, but there were many forbidden troops, presumably because this is an outer city, and there are not many people in and out of the inner palace.

"Two adults, you can slow down, time is in a hurry!" knew that the two of them were not young. The waiter who led the way took care of the two of them all the way, and deliberately slowed down.

Although the Song brothers did not hold an official position. But just because they are the queen's closest relatives, the chamberlain will never dare to be embarrassed.

The Song brothers naturally did not offend anyone, and when they came to the palace to fry and wait to see the driver, Song Han took out a sharp bag, handed it over, and rewarded it to the other party.

The inner servant passed his hand and pinched his hand. The weight was really not light, and suddenly the smile on his face became more and more prosperous, and he thanked him again and again.

"Big brother, someone has come out. Song Heng kept watching, and when he saw someone coming out of it, he reminded his brother in a low voice.

So Song Han stopped talking to the waiter. Stand there. Looking at the people who came out inside, they came to fry themselves and their brothers.

"The king is already waiting for the two of you inside, so please go in with the slave and maid. The person who came was also an attendant, but his rank was higher than that of the person who brought them. It's the same, it's all a smile.

The man saluted them and let them go into the temple, and when they saw this, their hearts settled down a little.

The two went up the stairs and followed the chamberlain into the palace.

The place where Wang Hongyi summoned them was in a side hall at the back of this palace.

I saw that the light in the side hall was slightly dim, the fragrance was lingering, and the environment was quite quiet.

Song Han and Song Heng were under the guidance of the chamberlain. I walked in here all the time, because of the poor light, I couldn't see anyone for a while, and the chamberlain said to one of the people inside: "King, the person has been brought." ”

"Stand down.

"No......" the chamberlain withdrew.

Song Han and Song Heng saw that one person was standing on a wall, looking at the wall, and walked a few steps closer, but saw that there was a map on the wall.

And it's a seaside drag map, the drag map is very large, occupying the entire wall, and it looks very clear.

The two didn't dare to look at it more, so Lian Shi bowed and bowed.

"Sit down, you are Lone's dearest relatives, you don't need to be so polite, Lone summoned you this time. I have something to discuss with you...... Wang Hongyi turned around and looked at them and said.

He was still very polite to the Song family in terms of etiquette, and his tone was soft.

Song Han Song Dan dared to be presumptuous, saluted according to the courtesy, and after thanking him, he respectfully sat down in the side position.

Song Han leaned over again and asked, "I don't know why the king summoned us?"

"I'm sure you've seen this map. Wang Hongyi didn't answer straight, stood up, pointed to the huge map on the wall, looked at the two and said.

Song Han and Song Heng were both slightly stunned. I don't know what the king means when he says this, but he can't help but answer, so he quickly got up and said, "I see."

"Frying on the lonely side, you don't have to be unfamiliar, it's all your own family. It is also a private summons, which is no more common than gossip in the palace. Wang Hongyi saw that the two of them were a little restrained in front of him, and said comfortingly.

That's right, the Song brothers relaxed a little on the surface, and Wan became more cautious.

"Even if you see it, you don't have to go around in circles to say it. This will summon you both. It's a big deal. It has to be handed over to the Song family to do. Seeing that the two insisted on this, Wang Hongyi didn't say anything more. Instead, he said to the two.

"Please instruct the king, whatever the Song family can do, the Song family will do their best. "Song Han is the head of the Song family. After listening to Wang Hongyi's words, he immediately spoke.

"Tell the king to come down." Song Heng said.

Wang Hongyi nodded: "This matter has to do with Haicai." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the map on the wall.

"There is already a large sea area under the rule of Lone...... Many people do not pay attention to the sea area, thinking that the drag of the sea area is not important, but Gu does not think so. ”

Wang Hongyi pointed to the ground and said: "The sea area can not only be used for defense, but also for trade. Extremely heavy-handed. ”

He also pointed to several rivers in the territory: "These rivers are the frequent drag of trade and trade, and because there is no one to manage them on weekdays, many lawless people enter through these tows, which brings a lot of disasters to the rule of Lone." If you want to build a level on these tow sides. It will definitely be able to suppress the bandits, and return the land to a piece of land. ”

"Moreover, Lone decided to take a tax from the well at the same time in these places, and at the same time, you are afraid that you are better at these things than Lone? You can take a look at how the commercial tax on the land tow is extracted. Maritime trade can be exemplified by these. ”

This is actually the river customs and customs, although it is still early. But after the capture of Jiaozhou. It can be established, and Jiangnan will be captured later. You can make a big deal about these two.

The early years of the Southern Song Dynasty in history. The annual income is not enough. Customs revenue of 1.5 million cycles. Later, it increased to 3 million, which greatly supported the finances.

A thousand dollars is called a hooligan, a month, quite a tael of silver taro, this is a very large amount of money. It is said that the Ming Dynasty's finances were only three million taels of income.

As for inviting Chao Yongzheng to open the customs in order to increase financial revenue after he ascended the throne, Qianlong earned 30,000 taels a year, and it is said that the customs had 40,000 taels a year at the peak. Later, overseas trade was banned and four customs offices were closed, and only trade was allowed in the port of Yimu in Guangzhou, and Qianlong's annual customs income was persuaded to be 10,000 taels.

And now this world. According to Wang Hongyi's estimates, at least the level of the Song Dynasty, so the customs has at least three million silver in the scale of income, and maybe even more than five million.

This greatly strengthens the regime. (To be continued.)