Chapter 166: Fighting in the Court again (Part 1)

In March of the 38th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi, five sea ships voyages from North Korea returned first with local specialties and a large amount of silver; in May, six sea ships voyages from Japan returned; in early June, nine sea ships voyages from Batavia, Java were also returned with copper, iron, rice, and other supplies; the goods brought back from three routes were converted into silver, with a total profit of nearly four million taels, and the tariffs were paid totally more than 2.2 million taels, and the first time the ocean was successful.

The small trial of Niu Dao made a huge profit, which made Yinzuo even more happy that a large number of sailors were trained, and facts also proved that the new type of sea ship was enough to withstand the wind and waves on the ocean, and that the loss of twenty sea ships was proof of that. With a large number of sailors who had been tested by the sea, Yinzuo had a clear idea of ​​his heart and was hesitating to prepare for the second long-range operation. This time the scale was much larger than the first, and nearly 100 large sea ships were expected to be invested, which was the largest since the Qing Dynasty began. Unexpectedly, things were not as smooth as Yinzuo thought. According to the "Honghu", a storm against Yinzuo was brewing in the court, and the finger was directed at overseas trade. This news made Yinzuo very angry and had to summon Wu and Lin to discuss countermeasures.

"The two gentlemen have read this joint draft. Let me tell you how to deal with this matter?" Yinzuo threw a note in his hand on the table with a little anger and amused. This note was naturally not the original, but a copy made by "Honghu". However, the signature above was not much different from the real one. There were all kinds of figures above, including several princes, and many old Mr. Donghan. The first one was the current Minister of Rites Miao Tong, Mr. Miao, and more than 200 ministers jointly submitted the report. It was not a trivial matter.

The whole piece is a quote from a saint, very old-fashioned, all of which are so-called gentlemen who do not speak of profit. The prince takes the lead in doing business and violates the education of the saints. He proposes that the so-called profit-seeking action hinders the way of the saints, advocates the implementation of the sea ban again and abolishes the strange and erotic tricks, and points directly at the steel projects that Yinzuo has been engaged in in Zhili Province. These Zi Dongban openly and keeps talking about the rule of Yao and Shun, and what is the nonsense. If Yinzuo was the emperor, he would have driven these Zi Dongban home to eat his own. Unfortunately, he is not the emperor. Mr. Kangxi has always loved face and has always regarded himself as a disciple of a saint. If Yinzuo could not refute everyone in the court and the princes attacked again, I am afraid that the initial shipping would be in danger of being deposed. This consequence is not something that Yinzuo can afford.

Wu and Lin did not agree with Yinzuo's overseas trade. Of course, this is not because the two lacked talent. The two were limited by the times and could not see the huge changes that overseas trade could bring. Their eyes were limited to China, and Yinzuo could not tell the two of them about the future they knew. Secondly, both of them were scheming and scheming. Even if overseas trade was launched, there would inevitably be such a situation where conservative court officials jointly submitted a report. Naturally, there was also the contribution of the princes to fuel the fire. If they were not careful in handling it, they would lose all the money. Both of them did not rush to speak, and they were thinking silently.

Yinzuo gritted his teeth and said, "I refuted Shen Zhengwen when I was young. At worst, I can just do it again, and it's no big deal. Those who memorize scriptures and retell allusions are not afraid of anyone." Yinzuo's words were not false. With his somewhat perverted memory, no one could compare to those court officials who memorized scriptures.

"I'm afraid that the emperor will not give the prince this opportunity at all. Everyone's words can make money. Even if the emperor doesn't want to seal the sea, he will have to do it." Lin Xuanyi sighed.

Wu Sidao nodded slightly and said, "Brother Li He's words are reasonable. If this connection trend is too great, even if the emperor can see the benefits of overseas trade, he will definitely attack the prince in order to prevent matters. If this is the case, it would be a trivial matter. The prince's plan is probably difficult. Now, in Yulu's opinion, the only way to counter-attack can stop this unhealthy trend."

"Counter?" Yinzuo pondered for a moment, wondering what this countermeasure said - Yinzuo has always had no private contact with important officials in the court. Although he was also a few slaves, most of them were local officials. There were only a few intermediate officials in the court. The only one who could be considered a senior was Liu Siyuan, the Minister of Works. Even if Yinzuo wanted to counter, he had to have that power, right?

"Yes, counter-attack!" Wu Sidao nodded and said, "Yu Lu found out that there must be a prince behind this bill. However, the brothers were not in harmony, so it was not difficult to separate and transform. As for the old masters such as Miao Tong, they don't have to pay too much attention. Prince Don't forget that Shi Shilun and Fan Shijie and other newcomers are all people who do practical things. If they take the lead, things will not be difficult to do."

"Okay, Mr. Wu's words are very consistent with the king's intention." Yinzuo nodded, picked up the pen, and waved the pen, and wrote a memorial that sprinkled thousands of words. Taking Guan Zhong's rise to Qi, the shipping in the Song Dynasty was prosperous and the ethics remained unchanged as an example, he refuted the memorial written by Miao Tong one by one. The witty words in the text are like pearls, and the use of allusions and quotations of saints is extremely refreshing.

"Okay!" Lin Xuanyi read the article, shouted OK, polished the memorable remarks, and described some extreme words in a tactful tone, and copied them neatly, allowing Wu Sidao to read them, and then handed them over to Yinzuo for review again.

Hey, yes, Lin Xuanyi is very careful. If someone knows that this is from our work, I am afraid it is really inappropriate. This polish, modification, and not our handwriting, will not be visible to others. Yinzuo nodded and said, "I will let Shi Shilun mobilize this matter, and I will send someone to send it to you. By the way, I will tell you what I mean. He should know what to do."

Wu Sidao thought for a while and said, "It's not appropriate, it's better for the prince to go there in person. If this matter is accidentally leaked out, there will be a lot of trouble."

Well, too, there are so many people, and the hat of colluding with court officials is very heavy. Well, let's go for a trip. Yinzuo smiled and said, "It's true, I will go to meet the third brother first. After the business is over, I'll just go to the Shi Mansion to take a walk." It's already three hours now. Although the sun in summer is long, it will be dark when Yinzuo meets the third brother Yinzhi. The so-called visit to the Shi Mansion is just a casual and secret investigation. Wu and Lin naturally understand that Yinzuo wants to play the trick of walking in black at night, and each shook his head and laughed.

The third brothers of Yinzuo are the weakest and have little energy. However, there is one thing that Yinzuo values ​​very much - the pen, the third brother and his group of men are all day long, and they have a lot of bamboo strips, and they have produced a lot of nonsense collections of poems, collections and other things, and they are still famous in the capital. Moreover, although Yinzhi has no mission from the Ministry of Rites, most of the officials in the Ministry of Rites are his servants. If you can handle Yinzhi, at least you don't need to

I was worried that the Ministry of Rites would jump out and sing a stage show with him. If it could give Yinzhi enough benefits and let him stand up and join forces with him, it would be great. However, Yinzuo himself understood that it would be easy to let the third brother stand aside and watch the fun, but it would be difficult to let him jump out and speak for himself, unless the benefits were too great that the third brother would fight for it. But then again, it would not be worth it to give up too much profit to buy the third brother. After all, the third brother actually doesn't have much energy, so everything still needs to be spoken by strength, right?

The third mansion was not far from Yinzuo's palace, just a few streets away. However, Yinzuo still rode a sedan chair with great fanfare and led a group of guards to the third mansion. The third man, the fifth man and the fifth mansion were all there, and they were busy learning literature. When he heard that Yinzuo had arrived outside the mansion, Yinzhi hurriedly came out. Before the people arrived, he laughed and said, "Haha... Oh, how could the sixth brother have time to come to my brother here today? Haha, it's just right. Today, the older brother is good at writing. The sixth brother has to leave some calligraphy, right?"

Nonsense, you see your kid's smile that you must know what I'm doing, mom, and Mo Bao, you kid is afraid that you will leave money to buy a road. Although Yinzuo kept muttering in his heart, he had good acting skills and smiled brightly on his face, and he said happily: "The third brother is very talented, Wen Mo is good at this world. How dare I show my ugly appearance? Haha, isn't the third brother force me to show my good deeds?"

"Haha, what do you say to me? Let's go and sit in the room." Yinzhi was not tall and thin. He was really frustrated by his side. He hurriedly led the way and welcomed Yinzuo into the hall with a smile, and made the guests and let the servants serve tea. He smiled and said with a smile: "Sixth brother has always been to my brother's place. I don't know what to do today, just talk."

Damn! This guy is really impatient, damn, this guy is not as poor as the Ministry of Rites, hey, you're anxious, we're not in a hurry. Yinzuo despised Yinzhi in his heart and replied with a smile: "How can you have anything to do? You just come to my third brother to stroll around in my bored place, just look at my eldest nephews, hehe, I heard that these third brother are all talented and can do things at a young age. It's amazing. In the future, I will definitely take over my third brother's mansion. Haha, it really makes me envious. The two little brats in my family can do nothing except knowing how to roll on the ground. It really hurts my mind."

When Yinzhi saw Yinzuo's serious business, he talked about his sons. He couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said, "Sixth brother is a little bit blamed. How old are your two princes? Could it be that you can be both literary and martial at the age of two? Ah, my brother heard about Hai..."

Yinzhi wanted to turn the topic into overseas trade, but Yinzuo did not give him a chance. He interrupted with a smile: "I don't agree with this third brother. As the saying goes: I should look at the old age of three. This child's education must be started from childhood. If it is not difficult, this small tree can be carved, and a big tree can be twisted..." Yinzuo opened his mouth and said a lot of parenting lessons. He heard Yinzhi muttered in his heart. He couldn't understand what Yinzuo wanted to do. He wouldn't have come to ask for educational knowledge, that's too ridiculous. After finally, Yinzuo was tired, he stopped and quickly interrupted: "The third brother heard that someone in the court was very dissatisfied with the sixth brother. He was trying to give the sixth brother a little color. I wonder if it was true or not?"

"Oh? Really?" Yinzuo deliberately pretended to be surprised and asked, "How could that be? I have always been kind to others. The third brother knows the most. Alas, how could anyone treat me like this? Where did this start?"

Yinzhi naturally understood that Yinzuo was pretending to be confused, but he had no choice. There was no time to do so and the expenses were huge. The old man was very concerned about the treasury. It was really not easy to borrow silver from the treasury as before. He had long been counting on Yinzuo's share of the pie. Seeing Yinzuo's surprised look, Yinzhi had to patiently reveal his "what he heard" a little, and patted his chest and said that it was impossible to get along with Yinzuo, which was like he could not get along with him.

Damn, little girl, isn’t you the one who can’t get along with us? Hey, money is really a good thing. Don’t look at a person who is hypocritical in front of him, even his own father can betrayed when he sees money privately. Yinzuo’s eyes rolled and frowned and said, “Oh, it’s all my fault, why are you doing shipping? Is this a matter of things done.”

"Oh, those people are just jealous of the sixth brother who can save money. They are purely jealous. Why should I take the sixth brother to heart?" Yinzhi said with a smile.

"Haha, the third brother is right, but it's not a big deal to always make everyone jealous. I'm also wondering if it should..." Yinzuo stopped deliberately, and the smile on Yinzhi's face froze, then he slowly said: "If you have money, you should make money? Isn't you a one-on-one person? I'm not a person who eats alone. The shipyard has just completed some big ships. If the third brother doesn't dislike me, I'll just assign a few to the third brother's envoy?"

"Oh, that's good, but there is no one around me who knows it. If so, haha, if it's convenient for the sixth brother, why not let the sixth brother help me?" Yinzhi said with a shy face.

Yinzuo looked at Yinzhi, deliberately pretending to be thinking, pondered for a moment, "Sure, I will help the third brother manage the three boats, but the emperor..." Yinzuo said halfway again. When Yinzhi heard that he had money and had no effort, he quickly planned it in his heart, and said happily, "The sixth brother's business is my brother's business, and my brother will definitely not stand by and watch this matter. Hahaha..."

The two brothers looked at each other with scheming and laughed...
Chapter completed!