Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 503 Jianzhou Old Slave V's Ancestor Encounters Fateful Enemy at the City Gate
Ruan Xi chatted with the businessman, and then led him to Zhu Qiyu.

The businessman bowed his hands and saluted: "I have met my brother, Tian Huiqing."

Zhu Qiyu returned the courtesy with a smile: "Little brother Liu Yu, it's rude to invite you here."

The tax officials and the defenders put some sets of tables and chairs at the gate of the city to rest. Zhu Qiyu said some polite words and invited Tian Huiqing to sit down and chat in detail.He Yi, Lian Gang, Wang Yue, Gao Yao, Ruan Xi, and Shu Liang sat at the same table.

Zhu Qiyu was the first to ask: "Dare to ask, brother, how much business tax do you have to pay in total for transporting goods from the south to Beijing?"

Tian Huiqing said with a wry smile: "Don't mention it, there are seven bill gates on the Grand Canal, I transported the goods, and paid ten taels of merchant tax and one tael of boat tax at Shangxinhe Chaoguan.

After the remaining six banknote gates, there is no need to pay the merchant tax repeatedly, but the ship tax has to be paid every time one banknote gate passes, and I pay one tael each time.

You also saw the 21 taels of business tax just now.

The total cost of collecting silk from Suzhou is 80 taels; and transporting it to Beijing requires a total toll tax of 38 taels.

These shredded silk, I sold them for four taels of silver each and I lost money.After working hard for a long time, the court earned all the money. "

He Yi asked curiously: "Shouldn't the commercial tax of Shangxinhe Chaoguan be one for thirty taxes?"

Tian Huiqing asked back: "The banknotes in the capital should also be taxed at [-] yuan, but how do they actually collect it?

Since the Tumu Fortress Incident, the court situation has been in chaos. There are either Tartar invasions or civil uprisings in the interior.

To say something taboo, if you think about it, the capital is like this, and the current emperor may have lost control of the place. "

Ruan Xi hurriedly persuaded: "Brother, be careful what you say, this may be a taboo, if someone with a heart reports it, won't it cause trouble for you, brother?"

Tian Huiqing smiled and said: "That's not true, in fact, I have been to the capital in March, but I have been staying with relatives outside the city.

From the respectful return of the emperor to Beijing, to the mutiny last month, I have heard about the major events that have happened in the past few months.

Not to mention anything else, I think I know a thing or two about the temperament of the current emperor, but just discussing current affairs like this, the emperor will not trouble me, a poor commoner. "

Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Brother Tian has been in Beijing for several months, so why did you choose to sell silk in the city today?"

Tian Huiqing said with a smile: "No way, I can't stand it after waiting for a few months, so sell it at a loss. If I don't sell it, I will have to pay 17 taels of toll on the way; 21 Two business taxes.

For the price difference of four taels, there is no need to go all over the place. "

"Brother Tian chose to pay taxes with the newly minted silver coins of the imperial court. Has this silver coin been used so widely?"

Tian Huiqing replied: "Recently, I always go for a stroll in the city, especially the Jietianlou in Mingyufang, which is a well-deserved source of news in the capital, and I often sit there for a whole day.

These silver coins are all exchanged in Jietianlou, let alone this Jietianlou is really well-connected and powerful, no matter how much gold, silver and jewelry you have, he can exchange them for equivalent silver coins for you.

The silver coins in his treasury seemed endless. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded as if he had realized something, I understand, the person in front of me is sitting in Jietianlou for a whole day, he is obviously a rich man with a lot of money, as for selling silk, it is either to experience life, or to investigate the market, It is also possible that he just found a reason and went to Beijing to learn about the changes in the court situation.

So Zhu Qiyu asked again: "Dare to ask Brother Tian, ​​what do you think of today's court situation? What do you think of the current emperor?"

Tian Huiqing shook her head: "It can be seen that the current emperor obviously really wants to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, which is completely different from Xuanmiao's dawdling and muddling along.

There is a world of difference from Emperor Gongrang, who is ambitious but lacks talent.

But how difficult it is to reform, and how difficult it is to expand territory!

I was in a hurry to sell the silk in my hands and go home, but I was also sure that the reform was coming and the sea ban would be lifted.

The opportunity to make a fortune has come, and I have to start making preparations to participate in overseas trade. "

"Brother, are you going back to Nanjing to make preparations, and then go to Hangzhou and Fujian to develop business?"

Tian Huiqing shook her head: "No, no, my brother lives in Nanjing, but his family roots are in Qingzhou, Shandong. What I want to do is Shandong's maritime trade."

"Oh? Brother, why are you more optimistic about Shandong?"

Tian Huiqing said with a smile: "Now the Holy Majesty will definitely choose a place in the north to build a basic plate. But the Shanxi people have been offended by the Holy Majesty.

In the land of Gyeonggi, Renmiao, Xuanmiao, and Emperor Gongrang have been operating for decades, and the forces have become intricate and pervasive.The Holy One wants to completely control Gyeonggi, and it is definitely not something that can be done in three to five years.

There is only Shandong, and there is only one king of Lu.Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the kings of the past dynasties have not valued Shandong very much, let alone given any preferential treatment.

Shandong Province can be said to be a land without one.

Why did the current sage have to promote himself from the king of Qi to the king of Qi before he ascended the throne? Apart from the fact that the king of Qi is a first-class title, which sounds a hundred times better than that of the king of Qi, there is another most important reason.

That is, the Holy Majesty had already fallen in love with Shandong before he ascended the throne, and he was preparing in advance to make Shandong a basic market. "

Zhu Qiyu looked at Tian Huiqing in surprise, as expected, opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared.

Soon He Yi, Lian Gang, Wang Yue, Gao Yao and others also joined the discussion. The chatter became more heated, and Tian Huiqing became more frightened.

The knowledge and conversation of the four young people in front of them are obviously many times higher than those of their peers. They are brilliant talents that can be seen by the blind.

Tian Huiqing made a brief summary in his mind: a handsome young master led four talented young men who were not inferior to those in the Imperial Academy, and two eunuchs who at least had worked in the palace.

There is no young feudal king in the capital now.

Just as the few people were chatting all over the world, the tax official started yelling again.

Everyone followed the prestige, but they saw more than 30 rough men pulling dozens of handsome horses and wanted to enter the city, but they were stopped by the tax officials.

The youngest Wang Xian sighed: "What a handsome horse, I don't know how much tax I have to pay."

He Yi smiled and said: "Not necessarily, maybe foreigners came to pay tribute to horses. Under normal circumstances, tribute horses don't need to pay taxes."

Sure enough, as soon as He Yi finished speaking, the tax official shouted loudly: "What kind of tribute horses, you belong to Jianzhou Wei, not a kingdom like North Korea and Annan.

I only know that those kingdoms conferred by the Ming Dynasty are eligible to pay tribute. You two commanders, what kind of horses are you in the tribute, are you eligible?
Besides, where Jianzhouwei is, I have never heard of it. "

The others didn't react when they heard Jianzhou Wei, only Zhu Qiyu stood up, took a few steps closer and looked at it carefully.

Just now the tax official mentioned two commanders, so it seems that they should be Li Manzhu, the commander of Jianzhou Guard, and Dong Shan, the commander of Jianzhou Left Guard.

Dong Shan is not a peaceful master. This guy once secretly attached himself to North Korea and accepted the position of central secret envoy conferred by North Korea.Forget it, they also gathered tens of thousands of Jurchen tribes and attacked Liaodong many times.

The fifth-generation ancestor of this old slave Nurhachi, in the Zhengtong and Jingtai dynasties, was already a big wild boar with rebellious bones on the back of his head, abnormal jumping, and rampage everywhere.

Zhu Qiyu was about to distinguish which of the two leaders was Dong Shan, when he saw one of the rough and strong men stepping forward and shouting at the tax official:
"I, Dong Shan, is the governor and acquaintance of the Great Ming Dynasty, the commander of the Jianzhou Zuowei, and has guarded Liaodong for generations. This time, I came to Beijing to contribute a handsome horse, and thank the orthodox emperor in person for mediating the internal disputes of the Jianzhou Zuowei.

You little tax official, if you block it, it will not hinder the sanctity of His Majesty the orthodox emperor.

I advise you to get out of the way quickly, otherwise you will get into a lawsuit and you will be unable to afford it. "

When the tax collector heard this, he said angrily: "Which Tatar came out of the deep mountains and old forests. Now Emperor Jingtai is reigning. Your orthodox emperor has abdicated long ago."

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: Is this Dong Shan deliberately looking for trouble? He really can't even tell the difference between Zhengtong and Jingtai?But it is not necessarily true. It is clearly recorded in the history books that at least many Mongolians cannot distinguish between the era names of Zhengtong and Jingtai.

But it doesn't matter anymore, neither Dong Shan nor his descendants can live.I want an enhanced version of Liting Sweeping Acupoints, Dong Shan, Li Manzhu, and Fancha all have to die.

There is no need for Nurhachi, Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong to come to this world again.

As for Jianzhou Guard, Jianzhou Left Guard, and Jianzhou Right Guard, the original Jurchens naturally wanted all of them, and then all the top and bottom were replaced by Han generals, and each of the three princes led a guard to jointly rule the Jurchens various ministries.

(End of this chapter)