please make me king

Chapter 1732 Jackal, Tiger and Leopard
"Your Highness, I want to recommend someone!" Ruan Dacheng saw that Bo Jue won Zhang Shun's favor with his "extraordinary skill and ingenuity", so he couldn't help but hastily said.

"Oh?" Zhang Shun asked Bo Jue to wait for him, and then said seriously, "Sir, please tell me!"

To be honest, due to the rapid expansion of the rebel army, Zhang Shun's management personnel are extremely lacking.

Originally, after entering Beijing, they were gathered together, but now that Jiangnan has been conquered, many positions have been vacated.

This is also the fundamental reason why Zhang Shun still holds his nose and retains the remnants of the former dynasty like Zhang Guowei.

Now that he heard that Ruan Dacheng had recommended another person, he couldn't help being quite happy.

"This man's surname is Ma, his name is Shiying, and his style name is Yaocao. He is from Guiyang, Guizhou. He used to be the governor of Xuanfu." Ruan Dacheng laughed quickly.

"So it's him?" Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, and then he couldn't help looking at Ruan Dacheng, it turned out to be you!

It turned out that it was good not to mention Ma Shiying, but when Ma Shiying was mentioned, Zhang Shun realized that this Ruan Dacheng was the Ruan Dayue he had misidentified in his previous life.

Good guy, the "treacherous ministers" and "second ministers" from the previous life have all voted for me.

There were Hong Chengchou, Feng Quan, and Xue Guoguan in the front, and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng in the back, which is really wonderful!

However, when he thought about Li Zicheng, Fatty Zhang, Dang Shousu and others under his command, which of them came from a good background?

If we really talk about it carefully, I am afraid that except for a very few good people, the rest are all wolves, tigers and leopards.

Of course, after experiencing so many things, Zhang Shun has already realized deeply: good people may not be able to do good things, and bad people may not necessarily do bad things, the key is how you control it.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "In this case, why don't you write a letter from me, asking him to come over, and give him an official position according to his talent?"

Ruan Dayue was overjoyed when he heard the words, and quickly thanked Zhang Shun.

"Report, General Li has sent an envoy!" Just as the two were discussing, Wukong suddenly came in to report.

"Ah, the grassroots will leave first!" Ruan Dayue bid farewell when he saw this scene.

"In that case, sir, please cultivate for a few days first, and then work on behalf of the king after your health improves!" Zhang Shun said a few words politely, and then promised.

"Ah, thank you for your grace!" Ruan Dacheng was overjoyed when he heard Zhang Shun's words.

This time he ran from Nanjing to Suzhou, and from Suzhou to Hangzhou, so why?
Isn't it just for this scarlet robe!

Not long after, Ruan Dacheng went out, and Li Zicheng's envoy hurried in under Wukong's guidance.

"Qizou Your Highness, Li Shuai went up against the current, killed his defenders and seized his city. Now that Anqing is completely occupied, please His Highness give you further instructions!" The envoy reported respectfully after seeing the ceremony.

"Okay, very good!" Zhang Shun couldn't help laughing when he heard the words.

Now that Zheng Zhilong has descended and Anqing has descended again, the city of Nanjing can rest easy.

The city of Nanjing is safe and sound, so the entire southeast front has temporarily stabilized.

Therefore, he ordered, "Let the officials and the people stay in Anqing with 5000 troops under their command, and Li Zicheng will lead his army to Hangzhou to handle the 'assassination' case for me!"

"Your Highness is wrong." As soon as Zhang Shun finished speaking, Gu Tinglin quickly reminded, "The key person in this case, Zhang Guowei, is originally in Nanjing, so he should be based in Nanjing."

"Nanjing? I don't think so!" Unexpectedly, Zhang Shun shook his head and explained with a smile, "Why do you think they didn't do it earlier or later, but why did they do it at this time?"

"Why is this?" Gu Tinglin was taken aback when he heard the words, and thought: Don't some people miss the previous dynasty?

"Cutting one's fortune is like killing one's parents!" Zhang Shun shook his head, pointing to Dongmian and explained.

"In the past few days, our Maritime Trade Conference has been booming, and the country has collected a lot of money. Some people may feel heartache!"

"This shouldn't be?" Gu Tinglin couldn't help but wondered, "Although it's a little less, but with His Highness as the guarantee, the income is much more stable!"

"You still don't understand!" Zhang Shun laughed, "This sea trade is very profitable."

"When Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty was in power, the royal family ruled it all. Therefore, in just a few years, they were able to use troops in Mongolia without damaging the country."

"By the time of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor's prestige was insufficient, so the voyages to the West stopped, and the gentry in the southeast took advantage of it."

"In the Jiajing period, Japanese pirates and pirates were rampant, and the southeastern gentry suffered a lot from them, and their interests were transferred to the hands of maritime merchants."

"Although Zheng Zhilong is the biggest sea merchant now, and he is relying on this king, but the other sea merchants are submissive but not convinced, and they are willing to wait."

"If what I expected is correct, this matter should be the result of some maritime merchants colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty!"

As soon as Zhang Shun said this, Gu Tinglin was taken aback for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

It turned out that Gu's family was a big family in Suzhou, and his family had also run these two embroidery villages and a sea-going ship, so he was well aware of the power of this.

If it weren't for this time, they "invested" in Zhang Shun, I am afraid that his family would not participate in this sea trade conference.

What a joke, but once you go to sea, you will have to collect 2000 taels of shipping tax, and other goods will also have to pay a heavy tax of [-]. Who will do it?

However, no one expected that the Rebel Army would send warships to patrol the Zhoushan area as soon as the Maritime Trade Conference was held. When they saw smuggling ships, they just caught them and issued heavy fines to their owners.

Anyone who dares to refuse to pay will have their ships and cargo confiscated, and all crew members and accompanying persons on board will be imprisoned and sentenced to one and a half years in prison.

Not to mention, the sentence of one and a half years is absolutely perfect.

According to the law of trade winds and ocean currents, the time to go to sea is only a few months each year.

Once they are caught and locked up for a year and a half, it is equivalent to missing a full two years of maritime trade, and the handling is vicious. Why don't you tell these people not to be annoyed?
It just so happened that these people were all outlaws who were licking blood with knife edge and drifting at sea all year round.

If it is said that they will be honest and not do anything, I am afraid they will not believe it themselves.

If we get back to the three Western guns that originated in the West, maybe Franji and Hongmaofan were also involved, so it is unknown.

"Then what does His Highness mean?" Gu Tinglin couldn't help asking when he thought of this.

"Make a rule for them!" Zhang Shun said with a sneer, "It's fine if I don't eat alone in this matter, but if they dare to eat my own food, could it be that they are tired of work?"

Counting the previous history, in terms of overseas trade, first the royal family ate alone, then the southeast gentry ate alone, and now the sea merchants ate alone. It can be said that it all depends on skill.

However, it was precisely because of this exclusive and disgusting competition that the imperial court was ultimately unprofitable, and then it was banned.

In the original history, although this ban was once and for all, it meant that the entire country had withdrawn from the "Great Navigation Era".

But when the Westerners come again next time, they will bring strong ships and guns and a large number of cheap industrial products to break open the country. At that time, it will be too late to resist.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shun became more determined to crack down on the smuggling and monopoly of some maritime merchants, and completely established a triangular alliance including the imperial court, merchants and maritime merchants.

In this alliance, the imperial court can collect a large amount of taxes, and then build a powerful navy to escort its maritime trade.

The merchants are responsible for adjusting their handicraft industry according to changes in overseas markets, producing raw silk, silk, porcelain, tea and other trade products, and earning overseas profits.

Maritime merchants are responsible for transporting domestically in short supply commodities and marketing them overseas.

In this way, each of the three parties has its own benefits and its own place, so that the sea trade can last long and the country can be prosperous and strong.

(End of this chapter)