Chapter 2490 Grant official

   "What do you want to do? Do you think that I am incompetent and need you to contribute these slander?"

   "The emperor spares his life, and the grassroots are convicted." Lord Zhou knelt and kowtowed, without a word of refutation, and the whole city was humble and honest.

   "You are indeed guilty, but I think you are young and ignorant, and I am willing to give you a chance to make up for your mistakes." Emperor Xuanming said.

   Lord Zhou Zhou still knelt, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Caomin will definitely do his best."

   "Talk about the above method first. You came up with it yourself, or someone pointed it out." Instead, Emperor Xuanming began to discuss with him about the sea transportation that Lord Zhou wrote in the notebook.

In the past, the Great Chu had no technology, even if it opened the sea, it could not go far. Naturally, maritime trade was nothing. Now, it is completely different. Emperor Xuanming had to be cautious about maritime trade. If there is so much money, there will be no In terms of management, I am afraid that there will soon be some wealthy maritime merchants, and the treasury is empty, and his money as the emperor is not enough.

Master Zhou Zhou had a clear mind, but on the surface he looked rejoicing, and seriously talked about the maritime trade, from the overseas situation, to how maritime merchants make money, to how to sell the goods brought back from overseas, etc. , There are so many details, it took a full hour to finish.

  Emperor Xuanming listened, and looked at Master Zhou Zhou a few times: "Yes, I have always appointed people on their merits. If you were a businessman, your talent would be somewhat neglected. Why don't you enter the Jiangnan Commercial and Manufacturing Department to manage customs, tax and silver affairs."

  Even if Master Zhou Zhou had already guessed that Emperor Xuanming asked himself so much, he wanted to use him, but when the other party said it, he couldn't help but get excited, his face glowed, and he knelt down quickly to thank him.

  By the time Lord Wednesday leaves the palace, the news of his appointment has already spread.

The courtyard where the Zhou family temporarily stayed in the capital was filled with visitors. Whether it was people who had business dealings with the Zhou family before or officials in the middle of the capital, those with high status sent people to congratulate them, and those with low status even personally over here.

  Now everyone can see that the shangzai yamen is the emperor's cronies, and Lord Zhou Zhou has no fame.

   What's more, Mr. Zhou is in charge of the maritime tax bank. From the perspective of this responsibility alone, you can know how lucrative an official position is.

   You know, there were many officials in the capital staring at this position before.

  Who knew, it was rewarded to an unknown businessman in the end.

   Didn't it just slap everyone in the face, and it also made Emperor Xuanming's somewhat assertive reputation spread.

   "Third Master, I didn't expect you to be so powerful. You can enter the palace to meet the emperor without being disliked. I'm even envious of being rewarded with such a good official position." Chu Jin came to visit with a gift.

  Although he and Master Zhou didn't go to sea together, they met later on, and they were kind of friendly, especially during the time in the south of the Yangtze River before going to sea, Chu Jin was naturally willing to associate with each other.

  Master Zhou Zhou smiled: "Brother Chu is not bad either. If you can find out what that Western clock is, it will really be a great event that benefits the country and the people."

   "Oh, don't talk about it, it's really difficult." Chu Jin found a place to sit down very naturally, and went to pour tea by himself.

  Rang was entertaining guests from the outside, and when he came in to see Master Zhou's subordinates, he felt a little ashamed in his eyes.

  (end of this chapter)