Chapter 472 T-shaped roll involved, variables

  The old man rested his head on the pillow and remained silent.

  This is a difficult problem, which is very complicated and involves too many aspects.

  No one expected that Lin Hai would suddenly become seriously ill. Seeing that his life span was short, it would be troublesome to change someone.

  Six years ago, Lin Hai took office as the transfer salt envoy of the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, and served as the inspector of salt. It was because he and the fourth child reached a tacit agreement that the imperial court would not take care of the affairs of this yamen.

Lin Hai is also a reliable person, and he has gained his trust in the past few years. He has handled many complicated and difficult problems left over from the previous ten or twenty years very properly. came out and caused chaos.

   But now the situation has changed suddenly. If Lin Hai passes away, who will take over the position of the Xunyan Yushi?

   It is very troublesome to find a suitable candidate again.

   Now that I am not the emperor, knowing that this cannot be a long-term solution, who would easily give up my current position and invest in myself?

  This is a problem, and this must be a scholar with an imperial examination background, even a Juren background is not suitable, and you must be a Jinshi to be eligible to serve as a censor.

   The point is that this also has to be trustworthy.

   This is too difficult.

   Let it go? This is unacceptable to him.

He is very clear that there are too many invisible things here. If the fourth child takes them away, even if they will not explode for a while, those people will no longer obey him, and they may even retaliate. He cannot tolerate this. The emergence of a situation.

  Maybe I should have let go of everything? As soon as this idea came up, he was quickly vetoed. With the vicious temperament of the fourth child, I'm afraid it would be bloody.

  The only regret is why I lost my head at that time, and suddenly wanted to pass the throne to the fourth child?

Emperor Yuanxi couldn't figure it out himself. After being an emperor for forty years, why did he get confused at the last moment? Tiredness is certainly one reason, and there is also despair and sadness, but the more important thing is that he is worried about unspeakable things happening. , I will make such a decision in advance, right?

  But who knew how his body could recover?

   It's just that some things can't be repeated.

   I can’t let go, it’s troublesome to replace with someone I like, not to mention that the fourth child may not agree, the reasoning should be handed over to him, but what should I do if I leave it to him?

  Emperor Yuanxi heaved a long sigh, regretting his mistakes, but what can he do?

   "Let's take a look for now." Emperor Yuanxi said after a long time.

   "Your Majesty,..." Gu Cheng hesitated to speak.

   "Huh?" Emperor Yuanxi finally turned his head, "Let's talk."

   "The urgent report said that after Feng Keng followed Cui Jingrong and his party to Yangzhou, he also frequently appeared in the capital transfer salt envoy's yamen, and met with Master Lin." Gu Cheng lowered his head and said softly.

"Oh?!" Of course Emperor Yuanxi knew who this Feng Keng was, the son of the martial arts general Feng Tang. Marquis Hulun of Feng Qin, this is obviously trying to win over Feng Tang and Feng Keng and his son.

Of course, Feng Keng is indeed worth wooing. It is said that his strategy of opening up the sea to raise debt has also been unanimously approved by scholars from both the north and the south. Although there must be some differences, it has generally been unanimously approved. But extremely rare.

   "Why is this?" Emperor Yuanxi was very puzzled.

  Feng Keng is a leading figure among the northern scholars, and he is also the favorite student of the leaders of the northern scholars Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia. How could he get involved with Lin Hai?

  Lin Hai is a typical Jiangnan scholar, um, but he also became estranged from Jiangnan scholars later.

"It seems that Feng Keng intends to marry Master Lin's daughter." Gu Cheng can only report based on the information he has, "But as far as I know, Qiao Gong has already made a marriage appointment for Feng Keng, the daughter of Shen Tiao, the prefect of Dongchang Prefecture, Shandong Province." , but it should be the one with the head of the house, so maybe Feng Keng intends to marry the daughter of the Lin family as his main house, that is, the third house as his first wife."

  The old man realized that it was the fourth son who allowed him to be a nobleman, so that Feng's family could continue the incense and title of his heirs.

   This move can be described as powerful.

The two sons of the Feng family both died in office, one died in the battle of Hulun Sai, and the other died of illness in the office of Datong General Soldier. It made the Feng family very angry.

  Later, Feng Tang only succeeded as the chief soldier of Datong Town, and then gave a miscellaneous name to the general of Shenwu Xujue, but now the fourth brother is generously waving his hand, posthumously named Hulunhou, and then agreed to concurrently serve as Xijue.

   This move was so beautifully played that even Emperor Yuanxi had to admit that his son was better than the boss (Prince Yizhong).

   And the point is that Feng Tang was bribed. Feng Keng wanted to become a nobleman, so he would naturally benefit, and Feng Keng was the favorite student of Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, two famous scholars in the north.

  If you think about it, even if you can't say that you can pull the scholars and civil officials from the north, it can at least alleviate the dissatisfaction among the scholars that the fourth child doesn't like poetry and poetry.

   "Why did Feng Keng want to marry Lin Hai's daughter?" Emperor Yuanxi was a little puzzled.

"Feng Keng happened to save Master Lin's daughter during the civil uprising in Linqing. This may be due to this factor. In addition, the Feng family and the Jia family of Ning Rong's second son are family friends and have always been close. After going to Beijing, Master Lin's daughter has been living in Jia. family, Feng Keng often went to the Jia family, and he was close to the children of the Jia family, so there may be this factor in it,..."

  Emperor Yuanxi remained silent.

  If this Feng Keng is also involved in the transportation of salt envoys, it will be a little troublesome. I don’t know if he really wants to marry Lin Hai’s daughter, or has other intentions?

  Emperor Yuanxi is more inclined to be the latter. If it is true, then whose intention is he with?

  Qi Yongtai, Qiao Yingjia and the others represent the northern scholars, or the cabinet? Or the fourth?

No one would not know that what Lin Hai holds in his hand is transferred to the Salt Envoy Siyamen, Yanke, and Yanyin. Except for the fixed part of the salt section paid to the Ministry of Households every year, the rest of the surplus is transferred to the Salt Envoy Siyamen. Keep it for yourself for special expenses.

  Then there is the license fee for the qualification of the nest merchants every year. This sum is collected by the Siyamen of the capital transfer salt envoy.

  The transfer of the salt envoy Siyamen in the past few years has mainly made up for the huge deficit left over from previous years, and the source of the deficit is naturally well known to Emperor Yuanxi.

The holes brought about by going to the south of the Yangtze River six times are simply not what the local government can afford. He knows how much he has spent on his wanton absurdity in those years, and how many of his favorite people have benefited from it. In the past few years, these holes have been slowly filled, which is already quite good.

"Gu Cheng, this matter should not be alarmed for the time being. You tell Lieutenant Long Jin to keep an eye on it. Lin Hai hasn't sent me a letter yet, and I think it will be soon. This matter still needs to have a result. Although Lin Hai has worked hard for me these years, but in the accounts But you have to give me an explanation." Emperor Yuanxi showed a cold look on his face, "I will also say hello to the fourth brother, I am not dead yet, and he has to wait for some things..."

At this time, Emperor Yuanxi finally showed his decisive side, "I am very interested in this Feng Keng. I didn't expect that a son of martial arts would be able to take the imperial examination, and he would also choose a good scholar. Hmph, The fourth child is generous, the Imperial Academy will give it if it is written,... By the way, I remember that the second son of the Feng family died of illness while serving as the commander-in-chief of Datong Town.

After Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, he thought for a while and said, "It is true. The three sons of the Feng family, Feng Qin, Feng Han, Feng Tang, and Feng Han died of illness. Feng Tang succeeds, he gave Feng Tang Shenwu General Xu Jue, there is no other consolation for Feng Han,..."

  Emperor Yuanxi nodded, and a strange look flashed across his old eyes, "I see."

  *****

"In the past two days, Mr. Feng and Master Cui and their team have been visiting and investigating the handling capacity of Yangzhou wharf, the number and scale of ships, as well as the production status of silk workshops and incense workshops. Collect the number of shops in various industries, such as the number and scale of timber shops, rice shops, cloth shops, money shops, and silver shops, etc...."

Wang Wenyan whispered to Lin Ruhai who was lying in the easy chair, reporting the situation he had learned through the channel of the transfer salt envoy Siyamen in the past two days. The transfer salt envoy Siyamen is the first-class existence in Yangzhou City He has contacts with various channels and has his own personal connections. It is not difficult to find out what's going on.

"They understand it very carefully. On the one hand, the government office and the county office are required to provide the quantity and operating conditions of the past years, and then they have to conduct spot checks and checks on their own. The two political scholars and a group of officials have been running around the streets and alleys in the past two days. And on the pier, the check is almost done according to the ratio of one out of ten, and they also specially printed a survey form, setting a few questions, which is very detailed, and many questions have not even been thought of in classical Chinese, such as making a living. Seasonal ups and downs, such as the borrowing situation in the past three years and the ups and downs of entry and exit prices,…”

   "In classical Chinese, what do you think they want to do in this business? Is this for opening the sea?" Lin Ruhai was also a little puzzled.

Wang Wenyan hesitated for a moment, and finally shook his head, "I don't know about Wenyan, but Wenyan feels that they may have gone too far in this investigation, and this is Yangzhou, not Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, or Ningbo, and Kaihai is not a choice. Here, here is the inland shipping terminal, what's the point of investigating all these industries one by one and getting to the bottom of it? What does the court want for this?"

   "If they didn't come here to open the sea, why are they making such a big fuss here? Cui Jingrong is not someone who is waiting for idleness, nor is he waiting for boring people." Lin Ruhai shook his head.

  (end of this chapter)