"Is this silver really donated by the Bai family?"

Zhu Houcon obviously didn't believe it. Looking at the incense burner in front of him, he was originally using the Jiulong Xiangyun Cauldron. The production process outside the tripod was indeed not very good, but the material was very good. You should know that the original material of the Jiulong Xiangyun Cauldron was cold jade. For the hot north, this can bring a hint of coolness!

However, the Nine Dragon Xiangyun Cauldron has been taken away by Zhao Yuan, so the cauldron has been replaced with an incense burner, with good spices burning inside, and the whole room has a lingering fragrance.

At this moment, he was sitting upright on the cushion, while Lu Bin sat upright in front of him!

Although Gu Yan said so, the money was indeed placed here, but Zhu Houcong was still skeptical about saying that the money was donated by the Bai family!

Lu Bing was also very clear about the whole thing. Originally, Zhu Houxuan didn't ask, and he didn't need to say it, but now that he asked, he smiled and said, "There should be nothing wrong with the Bai family. The key is whether the silver was voluntarily given by the Bai family. This is up to be discussed!"

Zhu Houcong said in confusion: "Isn't it the Bai family's voluntary?"

All the money has been sent. Is there any reason for voluntary or involuntary?

Lu Bing said: "The Bai family is not an official in the palace, and he is a sect in the world, and no one in his family wants to enter the official career or something. Why do you have to give silver to the court?"

Zhu Houcong thought about it carefully and said, "Well, this is true, it is true. So why did they want to give the imperial court a silver? 400,000 taels is definitely not a small amount!"

Lu Bing said: "This gift is not a gift. I guess there are so many people who are unwilling to do so. The people I arranged in Jinling have heard news that some time ago, the Bai family was a little troubled by a foreign sect called the Tianpo Sect!"

Zhu Houcong suddenly thought and said, "What you mean is the Tianpo Sect that Yang Kai asked for the Jiulong Xiangyun Cauldron. This tripod was not given to him. Why did the Tianpo Sect not only fail to retreat, but also struggle with the Bai family!"

Lu Bing immediately explained the information received from Jinling in detail. He didn't know some of the things even the spies. Now they could inquire about them, just like a pan-viewer, and Zhao Yuan and Tang Huai Shang were very secretive in their actions. If they were unwilling, even the Jinyiwei would not be able to find any trace of them. Zhao Yuan took the initiative to appear, and naturally he was discovered by the Jinyiwei. Zhao Yuan changed his appearance, but he could not change his figure, so he was also judged by the Jinyiwei to have his true identity. For another reason, Zhao Yuan did not intend to prevent the Jinyiwei from discovering himself.

Zhu Houcong was extremely surprised and said, "What do you mean is that the person who traded with the Bai family before was Yang Kai?"

Lu Bing smiled and said, "It should be Yang Kai. Otherwise, he would not go to Gu Yan and ask Gu Yan to send the money back. Ordinary martial arts people actually disdain to contact our Jinyiwei!"

Zhu Houxiang said: "In this way, Yang Kai made great contributions again. Together with these contributions, I feel that even if I reward him with a fourth-rank official, it would be a little bit small!"

Lu Bing said: "But a pity, this person doesn't like the court, so he can go."

Zhu Houcan nodded and said, "By the way, there is another thing. I want to know, what is Wang Zhi's attitude now?"

Lu Bing said: "What does the emperor mean?"

Zhu Houxiang said: "The news came from Hu Zongxian that Wang Zhi actually intended to surrender, but he had the conditions!"

Lu Bing thought for a moment and said, "Open the sea ban?"

Zhu Houxuan said: "Yes, open the sea ban!"

Lu Bing said: "This Wang Zhi is the nature of a businessman in pursuit of interests, and there is no doubt about this! I heard that he is doing business with the Japanese pirates now, and those Japanese pirates follow him!"

Zhu Houxian said: "A wise man, and he also asked those Japanese pirates to follow his leader. This matter sounds a bit ridiculous. Well, what are Hu Zongxian's plans now?"

Lu Bing said: "Peace talk!"

Zhu Houcan frowned and said, "Peace talk?"

Lu Bing nodded and said, "Yes, peace talks! Or, recruitment! And some results have been achieved now. The last time Yang Kai and others designed to encircle and suppress the people of the Brahma Zuo Sect, the group of pirates killed at the same time were actually another relatively large pirate, that is Xu Hai, Wang Zhi and Xu Hai are now hostile! In addition, there is another person!"

Zhu Houcong thought for a while and said, "Are you talking about the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Haidao?"

Lu Bing said: "Yes!"

After a moment of pause, Lu Bing continued: "Now Wang Zhi is moving to Chaoliegang. With the acquiescence of the deputy envoy of Zhejiang Haidao, Wang Zhi has gained a period of freedom of trade and has a close relationship with the people in the government!"

Speaking of this, Lu Bing paused for a moment and said, "But please rest assured that all the officials who have close contacts are in our control. Everything they do, or every word they say, is recorded. If they dare to have any evil, I will deal with it according to the national law!"

What is the Jinyiwei? The Jinyiwei is the emperor's eyes, the emperor's ears, and the sharpest knife in the emperor's hand. It not only helps the emperor see the world and listen to the world, but also waves mercilessly towards those who violate the holy will!

Zhu Houcon nodded slightly and said, "Switch on!"

Lu Bing continued: "Now Wang Zhi has gradually determined his maritime power, and it can be seen that he is working very hard now, trying to rebuild the prosperity of Shuangyu Port in Zhoushan Li Port."

Zhu Houyan snorted coldly and said, "Try to rebuild the prosperity of Shuangyu Port in Zhoushan Li Port? In this way, is this Wang Zhi still a hero of our dynasty?"

Lu Bing said: "He is by no means a hero. The reason why he works so hard is actually just a fortune. However, Wang Zhi's subordinates are indeed full of talents and his subordinates are divided into several major ships. The representative ship commanders include Mao Haifeng from Zhejiang, Xu Yuanliang from Anhui, Xu Weixue from Anhui, and Ye Zongman from Fujian. Due to the acquiescence of local officials, Wang Zhi's subordinates can even trade with the people on the streets of Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places, and the people are rushing to send their children to Wang Zhi's fleet."

Seeing this, Lu Bing looked at Zhu Houguang, and saw that he did not speak, then said: "Subordinates think that Wang Zhi and Wang Zhi still have great expectations for the court. With the suggestion of local officials acquiescing the "private market", he took the initiative to cooperate with the government and worked very hard to calm down Chen Sipan and other pirates who burned, killed and plundered, and maintain coastal order. Now there are fewer scattered Japanese pirates on the coast!"

After listening quietly, Zhu Houxiang looked at the lingering smoke burning in the incense burner and slowly said: "The sea ban is the ancestral system established by Emperor Chengzu, and it cannot be abolished!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and signaled Lu Bing to go down.

Seeing this, Lu Bing had no choice but to take a break and slowly leave Nanyuan.

Compared to Emperor Jiajing, Lu Bing is actually more aware of the situation in front of him. After leaving Nanyuan, he felt a little difficult to calm down, and what reminded him of was a memorial from Hu Zongxian!

This kind of memorial is very long. In the memorial, Hu Zongxian explained in detail the most fundamental reason why so many Japanese pirates appeared along the coast. In addition, among so many Japanese pirates, there were actually less than 30% of the real Japanese people. The rest of the Japanese pirates were all people of the Ming Dynasty. They may have been merchants, people, or some people who were relying on the sea!

However, since the beginning of Chengzu, it has been hundreds of years since the emperor has changed a few, but the only thing that has not changed is the sea ban.

Hesitating about the relationship between the sea ban, the things in the country cannot be exported, and the things outside cannot be exported. Many things can actually be exchanged for huge profits as soon as they are released. However, these things can be exchanged for large sums of silver at a very small price, but they can only be transported out by walking through the Hexi Corridor at a great risk.

There is a saying that officials force the people to rebel. If the people eat and drink enough, who will rebel? In order to obtain high profits, the merchants on the coast had to survive and began to smuggle. Later, they joined the Japanese and eventually became Japanese pirates.

To eliminate the Japanese pirates, Hu Zongxian also mentioned this in his memorial. At least he didn't think it was difficult, that is, opening up the maritime ban, setting up a special maritime jail, levying taxes on goods entering and leaving, etc., so that the court can have sufficient tax revenue. When those merchants see the court open the maritime ban, who is willing to risk their lives to rob? Without these merchants and the people, the remaining Japanese pirates are not at all trouble.

Seeing this memorial, Lu Bing was actually a little moved, but in the end he silently suppressed the memorial and did not let the memorial be handed over. Otherwise, once the memorial is handed over, Hu Zongxian, who is the one who wrote this memorial, would definitely be criticized by those censors, and the worst result would be dismissal from office and imprisonment!

Hu Zongxian cannot be dismissed from office now.

He sighed slightly in his heart, and Lu Bing slowly walked towards the yamen.

On the other hand, Gu Yan's gift of money quickly spread throughout the court, after all, he praised it in front of the civil and military officials of the court!

In Yan's mansion, as soon as Yan Song came back, Yan Shifan came over and said, "Father, I heard that Gu Yan escorted a sum of money back to the capital?"

Yan Song picked up the tea, took a sip, and said, "No, there are a lot of them, a total of 400,000 taels! I heard that the Bai family in Jinling was guarded, and the other gentry agreed, so they collected a total of 400,000 taels! The purpose was to support the court and use it as military pay!"

Yan Shifan said: "Father believes it?"

Yan Song put down the teacup in his hand and said, "So what if I don't believe it, the emperor believes it, and the ministers in the court believe it too. Besides, even if the silver is not from the Bai family voluntarily donated it, so what? Now the court will not achieve how this silver comes from. Anyway, the silver has already entered the treasury!"

Yan Shifan said: "But the child heard the news and said that the silver was caused by Yang Kai's stinky brat!"

Yan Shifan also hated Yang Kai to the core. One of the main reasons was that Zhao Yuan destroyed his plan, even threatened him, and also took Wu Jin away!

You should know who dares to provoke Yan's house in the capital? In addition to Lu Bing, who else in the court dares to look at him and others squintedly? But Zhao Yuan, a desperate person in the world, dares to repeatedly cause trouble for himself and others, so that he can lose all his face!

It’s a pity that Lu Bing is behind him. This big backer will not fall for a day, so he will not be able to complete it if he wants to get rid of Zhao Yuan. Now no matter what means Zhao Yuan has used, the Bai family has made 400,000 taels of silver. In addition, Zhu Yunwen’s treasure that he sent back not long ago was also found by him. Considering all the contributions she had made before, if he was an official in the current dynasty, he would probably have been an important official in the court!

These made Yan Shi even more popular!

Yan Song glanced at his son and said, "You'd better put away your thoughts. Yang Kai can't move yet. Also, I would like to instruct those who are smart and not to make things boring. If something goes wrong, don't expect me to cure them for the aftermath!"

Yan Shifan said: "But if Yang Kai doesn't take the opportunity to get rid of this, sooner or later he will climb onto our heads!"

Yan Song said: "What are you afraid of?"

Yan Shi's face warmed up slightly and said, "The child is not afraid of anything!"

Yan Song said: "Are you afraid of Yang Kai?"

Yan Shifan said: "At least, the fourth rank of official position, why are you afraid of him as a rural villager? Besides, when the colleagues in the court said that the emperor originally wanted to give him an official position, but others had no intention of becoming an official, so it was left unresolved in the end!"

Yan Song saw this and said, "Since you are not afraid, why should you be so nervous? Besides, there are few people in the court now? Even if Yang Kai comes to court as an official, he can beat us? In fact, this is also Yang Kai's cleverness. He knows very well that if he is an official in court, even if Lu Bing supports him, he will be the target of public criticism and will not be much glorious. On the contrary, if he does not come to be an official, he will still be a rural villager. Even if he has no eyesight, he will not be able to argue with a rural villager. Wouldn't that lose his own value? In fact, Lu Bing protects him? Lu Bing controls the Jinyiwei, and the officials of the court are actually not very afraid of being a minister. But do you see if someone has submitted memorials now? Of course not, because in addition to Lu Bing, there are also the current emperors who protect Yang Kai, who are going to provoke Lu Nongyan for an inconspicuous rural villager. He has to be so stupid that he can do such a thing!"

Yan Shifan said: "I know the father's words, but I can't swallow this in my heart!"
Chapter completed!