Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 147 Collusion!

"Your Majesty, I have something to say to Your Majesty face to face."

"You say, no matter what you say, I promise you."

"No, Your Majesty, I feel happy if Your Majesty is happy. This kind of happiness comes from the bottom of my heart."

"Is this your truth?"

"Yes, if this happened in the past, His Majesty must have thought that this was a sycophantic sycophant, but today, His Majesty gave me a written order to avenge my father's grievances. Of course, Jing'er spoke the truth."

"If you can be considered a flatterer here, then no one in the palace or outside the palace will be able to speak. The people in the cabinet are like this, Cao Zhengchun is like this. You can also say nice things to me, and I will be very useful."

"Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"Your Majesty, Silver."

Ouyang Jing spoke directly to Zhu Houzhao.

"As expected of a descendant of an official of the Ministry of Household Affairs, if you ask me to come to the real product, well, come here, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver."

"A thousand taels of silver?"

Ouyang Jing was a little confused, this was the first time she received such a big reward, and it was from the emperor.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After Ouyang Jing finished speaking, she took out a notebook from her pocket and recorded the income on it.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Ouyang Jing carefully, making her feel uncomfortable.

Ouyang Jing twisted her waist and said, "Your Majesty, do you want me to serve you?" Ouyang Jing blushed a little, but still boldly expressed her thoughts.

"You are getting more and more courageous, you dare to make such a joke with me?"

"Your Majesty, serving you is what I want to do most in my life."

"That's not okay, you just become my female officer, once you have that level of relationship, it will be bad."

In fact, there are many beautiful women who still want to be favored by Zhu Houzhao, including them who are female officials. After all, after being favored, they will become the emperor's concubine, at least for the rest of their lives, they can sit back and relax.

"Then if I earn enough money in the future and leave the palace, Jing'er will become someone else's woman. At that time, even if His Majesty wants me, I will not be able to serve His Majesty."

"Well, what you said makes sense. Come here and issue an imperial decree not to allow Ouyang Jing to leave the palace."

"Is that not possible?" Ouyang Jing muttered and said something.

"Well, yes, but it can be changed to not allow Ouyang Jing to marry."

"what?"

This made Ouyang Jing even more speechless. In the palace, she couldn't serve His Majesty to sleep, and couldn't get married. Then...
Ouyang Jing was overjoyed immediately, her face became much rosier, and her heart was disheveled.

"Your Majesty, you are not joking!"

"Yes! You cooperate with me to earn money, you get [-]%, and I share [-]%. In this way, you not only earn money, but also serve me, which is the best of both worlds,"

"However, I can't share a house with you for no reason. You are responsible for making money, and I am responsible for finding projects for you."

"Looking for a project?"

In this era, the word project has not been used yet, so Ouyang Jing feels very strange.

"In this way, in the southeast coastal area, there is collusion between government and businessmen, foreign bandits, and serious tax evasion. How do you think it will be resolved?"

"Um"

Ouyang Jing thought for a while, and said, "Then we can only crack down on the collusion between government and businessmen, ban the sea in reality, and then crack down on fornicating foreign bandits."

"You are just a bad idea. If you ban the sea, how will you earn money in the end? Obviously not advisable."

"There is another strategy."

"This day the Son of Heaven does not compete with the common people, but the state can manage the goods at sea. In this way, it is bound to be able to control the wealth of most of the sea goods."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and took a booklet from the table, and handed it to Ouyang Jing.

Ouyang Jing took the booklet, opened it, and was shocked.

This is the coastal policy prepared by the Son of Heaven. What he said coincides with what is written in this booklet, but the records in this booklet are more detailed, and there is simply no fault to be found.

Zhu Houzhao wants to establish a state-controlled HNA to manage all maritime transactions.

"However, before that, I want to build the most powerful Ming navy."

"This is the only kind of navy I want. When the iron-clad warships appear, they are full of power, and there are also various cannons and firearms, as well as a general who is civilized and military-minded. By then, my Ming Dynasty will be invincible in the world. .”

Ouyang Jing looked at Zhu Houzhao carefully, secretly admired in her heart: "This emperor is indeed a great talent!"

"This navy of mine is not only good at collecting money, but also has more uses. I want to surpass the feat of seven voyages to the West during Emperor Yongle's time, and let more people know about my Ming Dynasty's national prestige."

Ouyang Jing listened carefully to Zhu Houzhao's words, her heart was full of admiration.After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, Ouyang Jing couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, you only said so much, but you didn't say who you want to serve tonight?"

Zhu Houzhao stopped talking, glanced at Ouyang Jing and said, "Go down, I'm really tired today. I want to rest!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Ouyang Jing withdrew from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The waning moon hung high in the sky, and Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

The major affairs of the navy have been put on the agenda. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, it is his duty to share the worries of His Majesty.

Simply pinning hopes on the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty is simply unrealistic.

After all, this matter was taught to him by the emperor himself, if he can't even do such a thing well, then he will lose His Majesty's trust in him.

The chief minister of the cabinet is not easy to do!The so-called high places are too cold, this is the truth, Li Dongyang now has a deep understanding.

"Is there really no good way? Or are all the ways I thought of not feasible?" Amidst the lament, Li Dongyang's brows showed a hint of deep thought.

Liaodong.

Wang Shouren and Jianzhou Nuzhen were fighting fiercely. They shelled continuously for three days and three nights. The officers and soldiers in the three guards of Jianzhou were killed and injured countless times, and a large area of ​​the city wall also collapsed.

The Jurchen tribe has already led people to flee after hearing the news.

On the fourth day, Wang Shouren led people into the three guards of Jianzhou, occupied all three cities, and wiped out the [-] defenders left by Jurchen in Jianzhou.Next came the suppression of various tribes throughout Liaodong.

The Jianzhou Sanwei are just the three cities of the Jianzhou Jurchens. Without these three cities, the Jianzhou Jurchens can only flee deep into the mountains.

The real battlefield begins when entering the mountains. Wang Shouren knew this very well, so he was very cautious in this battle.

On the Golden Temple, Zhu Houzhao is dealing with various national affairs, from the political level to the economic level, to technology, culture, and military affairs.

It was not until the afternoon that all kinds of things were dealt with. In the court hall, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were reported. This was the first time Zhu Houzhao had to work without sleep and food.

Xie Qian was also furious, but this matter was entrusted to the cabinet, and he had an unshirkable responsibility.

Early in the morning, he got up early and ran to find Li Dongyang to discuss countermeasures.

This matter is no small matter, if it is not handled properly, His Majesty will be angry in the future, and his life may be lost.

(End of this chapter)