The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"But the emperor wants money. Besides, Yan Song's opponent this time is the crown prince! The crown prince has already ordered that anyone from the southeast who dares to get involved will have trouble with him!" The head of the Ruan family said with a sly smile:

"The crown prince also sent someone here to secretly communicate with our seven masters, instructing us to destroy Kaihai together!"

When the news came, Sha Rui was excited.

"The prince also asks us? Now it's easy!"

The Patriarch of the Ruan family said proudly: "We control the sea routes of Fujian and Taiwan, we have tens of thousands of pirates, and we have a close relationship with the old ship owner and General Ping Hai. They are probably cursing Yan Song right now, planning to sabotage Kaihai. It is most suitable for the crown prince to find us."

The old captain is Wang Zhi, and the general of Pinghai is Xu Hai.

"Contact the old ship owner and General Pinghai immediately." Sha Rui made a final decision: "Discuss how to destroy Daming Kaihai! Our business must not be ruined by Yan Song."

The old ship owner and general Pinghai they were talking about was also cursing Yan Song at this time.

Xu Hai cursed loudly, and the moment he heard the news, he was in extreme anger.

As a leader of the Japanese pirates, he knew very well that Daming closed the country and it was in the best interests of the Japanese pirates.In this way, if Dongying Japan wants to obtain Ming's goods, it must go through robbery, and their status as Japanese pirates and pirates is very stable.

But once the sea is opened, the Japanese daimyo can openly trade with Daming.Japan has a lot of gold and silver. These big names are not short of money, but they lack war materials such as weapons, war horses, and food. They also like the porcelain and silk of the Ming Dynasty to enjoy luxury goods.They have official channels, how can there be living space for Japanese pirates?

A Japanese pirate is a dog. Once the daimyo is no longer needed, he must be kicked away.

In the past, the previous generation of Ashikaga general Yoshiharu Ashikaga openly hunted and killed Japanese pirates because Ming Dynasty allowed tribute, prohibited ronin from joining Japanese pirates, and suppressed the power of Japanese pirates.

Xu Zhi was a little depressed, but his senior colleague Wang Zhi was in hesitation at this moment.

Unlike Xu Zhi, a martial artist, Wang Zhi is essentially a businessman. He prefers to obtain wealth through trade as the main means. Force is also very important, but it is only a backing.

Now, with the court's decision to open the sea, Wang Zhi is a little tempted.

Unlike Xu Zhi, who is in his prime, Wang Zhi is now old, and his leaves have returned to his roots, and he also misses his ancestral hall of his hometown.But with his current status as the leader of the Japanese pirates and a wanted criminal by the court, he can't go ashore.

Once the Ming Dynasty opens the sea and he changes his job to become a businessman, he can go ashore with nothing.

Wang Zhi fell into deep thought.

In this way, the great Ming opened the sea, and all walks of life rejoiced, but there were also many Taoists and even conspirators planning to destroy it.

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Yan Song took care of Bao Zheng and Hai Rui, returned to the Yan Mansion, and began to think about the next plan.

As far as he knew, there was only one fortress, Tianjin Wei, in Tianjin at this time, and it was desolate with nothing.

Jiajing was very anxious. This year, the Tianjin Municipal Shipbuilding Department will open the sea, and the New Year is still counting on the Municipal Shipping Department's tax bank to celebrate the New Year.

This person, if he has no money all the time and doesn't think much about money, once he has money and is poor again, he will pay more attention to money.

Jiajing is now a big money fanatic, urging Yan Song to find a way to find money for him (Zhao Dehao), to help him practice immortality and enjoy life.

Not only Yan Song was worried about this matter, Prince Gao Gong Xu Jie and others were also worried about Tianjin Kaihai.

It's just that they are not sharing worries for the country, but gloating.

In the East Palace Mansion.

The prince laughed out loud, extremely proud: ".〃 I heard that the emperor urged Yan Song three times a day to appoint Yan Song as the Minister of Kaihai, and asked Yan Song to work out Tianjin New City and the Shibo Department as soon as possible. He also said that he would pay 100 million tax silver this year. The lonely king wants to see how Yan Song can conjure up a new city and a pier within a few months in that place where the birds don't shit? Hahaha!"

Xu Jie was full of the pleasure of revenge and said: "Exactly! With the emperor's overjoyed personality, the construction of Tianjin's new city and the port can't be too bad. This time, the old thief Yan Song is in a cocoon! I want to see how he ends up!"

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Chapter 449 Full of confidence [6]

Gao Gong also rarely agreed, nodded and said: "If it were me, it would take three years to build Tianjin New City and the port."

Gao Gong's eyes are usually higher than the top, and he believes that only the world can be the first. To be able to say such words is also extremely pessimistic about Yan Song's prospects for Tianjin's construction.

Zhang Juzheng's eyes flashed, and he suggested: "Prince, we should take this opportunity to tell the emperor more about the benefits of opening the sea, and raise the emperor's expectations, such as promoting the smuggling trade of the great nobles in the southeast, and making money every day. In this way, if Yan Song can't If the sea opening is completed on time, the emperor will be greatly disappointed, and even take his anger out on him. This is called flattery!"

The prince's eyes lit up, and he slapped the table suddenly: "That's right! Before Yan Song dealt with us, he used flattery to kill us. He deliberately exaggerated the strength of my princelings, causing the emperor to be jealous. This time we used his own way to counter him body."

Xu Jie also brightened his eyes: "Uncle Da, this is a good idea. Let's mobilize our forces and add fuel to the flames, helping Yan Song to promote his Tianjin Shipping Department. Not only does it attract the attention of the emperor, but also the attention of all walks of life. Once Yan Song fails, or 570 If the harvest fails to meet expectations, it will inevitably lead to dissatisfaction and ridicule from all walks of life. This kind of flattery is so easy to use!"

The prince nodded: "Excellent. Then use our power to stir up Yan Song's Tianjin Kaihai, making it hard for him to get off a tiger, and he will fall hard if he climbs high! In addition."

He said lightly: "The lonely king is not a vegetarian either. The lonely king has secretly contacted the princeling forces in Jiangnan and the capital, and asked them to warn their respective families and nobles, as well as businessmen from all parties, to prohibit them from participating in sea and city ships. Si Jianshe! Whoever dares to go is against the lonely king!"

Gao Gong, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, horrified.

Unexpectedly, the prince was really angry this time, and kept his face, he wanted to cut off Yan Song's business resources.

Everyone knows that opening the sea is an act of trade. Whether it is the construction of a new city or a port, it needs a lot of financial support. Think twice, and dare not go to Yan Song for cooperation.

The prince laughed loudly and said: "The lonely king (bfaj) wants to see this time. Yan Song has no money, no one, and no business roads. How can he build Tianjin New City with his bare hands? This time, the lonely king wants Yan Song to mess up the job. !"

Gao Gong, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng became excited.

It turned out that the prince used a combination of punches this time.

On the one hand, he advocated the importance of opening the sea for Yan Song on the surface, and raised the expectations of the emperor and the government and the public for opening the sea. On the other hand, he secretly ordered the nobles of the capital and the big businessmen not to allow them to participate in the construction of the new city port, cutting off Yan Song's source of income. manpower.

With two prongs, it is very difficult for Yan Song not to die.

The crown prince looked at Gao Gong, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng's admiring eyes, and he was very happy, and couldn't help showing off: "The lonely king has a more ruthless trick, which is to secretly fight with those few in northern Fujian." Let them communicate with the family, let them mobilize pirates, even recruit Japanese pirates, and sabotage secretly! The lonely king does not believe that Yan Song can successfully open the sea!"