Ding Liu, the Minister of Rites, seemed to understand what he said, but he didn't seem to understand.
At this time, I saw the figure of the second young master Ding Yongchang walking towards this side.
"Prime Minister Zuo, father." The second young master Ding Yongchang greeted.
"Sit down." Ding Liu said.
For some reason, as soon as Ding Liu saw his second son, the tension in his heart seemed to disappear.
Seeing that his father and the Prime Minister Zuo had not said what was going on, Ding Yongchang asked curiously: "The Prime Minister Zuo is here, but what do you want to discuss with us?"
After hearing Ding Yongchang's words, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, hurriedly said: "Just now, I have received a letter from the governor of Nanyu Province. The letter said that the governor of Yu'an Prefecture used this sea ban to cooperate with him. All the magistrates and magistrates in the counties under my jurisdiction worked together to make money, but fortunately some people discovered it, and the governor knew about it and hurriedly reported it to the court."
After listening, Ding Yongchang asked in detail: "How on earth are you using the sea ban to make money?"
Seeing that Ding Yongchang still didn't understand, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, explained: "Last year, in order to allow General Xia Shaoyuan and others to spend less time fighting Japanese pirates, the imperial court issued a sea ban to keep them. There are only a few Japanese pirates. Among them, the rules of the sea ban are as follows: No matter the people, businessmen or officials are allowed to go to the sea to fish, they are not allowed to go to the sea to do business, and they are not allowed to do business with foreign merchants. Anyone who violates it will be punished with imprisonment. All persons will be hanged, and their property will be confiscated by the government."
"I think it may be because of this provision that the local officials on the coast did not want to cut off their financial resources due to the lifting of the sea ban, so they wanted to change the fact that the sea ban was lifted to not having been lifted. This is a mistake. With the sea ban, they will have the opportunity to search the property, and in this way, won’t they make more money?”
"Perhaps, after the prefect of Yu'an Prefecture posted the news about the lifting of the sea ban, he only remembered the benefits of the sea ban in the next few days and wanted to change the sea ban to have not been lifted. So Once the ban is lifted, those businessmen and people will be guilty of violating the ban."
After listening to what Zuo Xiang said, Ding Yongchang understood now: "Zuo Xiang meant that those officials did not want to cut off their financial resources because of the lifting of the sea ban, so they suddenly took back the ban a few days after the news was released. Is there any news that the order has not been lifted?”
Left Prime Minister Su Yun nodded: "Exactly."
Seeing that Ding Yongchang had not said anything and was still thinking, Su Yunqi, the left prime minister, picked up the tea on the small table beside him and drank it. After drinking, after thinking for a while, he said: "I am worried. , the local officials have not implemented the lifting of the sea ban." After sighing, Su Yunqi continued: "It is very possible that after so many days, the local officials in many places in this country have not implemented the plan. The news of the lifting of the sea ban was released, but the sea ban continued to exist.”
At this time, Ding Yongchang expressed his opinion: "Prime Minister Zuo, there is indeed some truth in what you said. The sea ban has not been lifted yet."
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For those local officials, that was a huge amount of income. "
Suddenly, Su Yunqi felt that Ding Yongchang's previous method of lifting the sea ban was better. If it hadn't been for his idea, he probably wouldn't have known how many local officials in this country had taken advantage of the sea ban to make money. To get silver.
"If it hadn't been for your method, I guess no one would have known that such a practice existed in this great Mo." Su Yunqi said.
"Prime Minister Left, I think some officials should be allowed to conduct on-the-spot inspections to find out which local officials have not implemented the regulations truthfully. Officials who have not implemented the regulations should be treated as dereliction of duty."
Su Yun nodded: "What you said is that this idea also exists. Today I am here to ask you something."
"Left Prime Minister, please tell me."
"Is the lifting of the sea ban good for our country?" Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi asked.
Ding Yongchang nodded confidently: "Lifting the sea ban will definitely be good for the Mo Dynasty. Once the sea ban is lifted, coastal people can go fishing to make a living, and businessmen can do business with overseas, which will make the businessmen make a lot of money. Silver, in this way, when the court collects taxes, the people will have money to pay."
Ding Yongchang's words made Left Prime Minister Su Yunqi nod in conviction: "That's what you said. In that case, let's do what you said." After saying this, Su Yunqi stood up.
"In that case, we have discussed this important matter. It is getting late, so I will leave first." Su Yunqi said.
After hearing this, Ding Liu smiled broadly and looked at his second son, Ding Yongchang: "Chang'er, send me off to the left prime minister."
"Okay." The second young master Ding Yongchang responded and walked out with Zuo Xiang.
Seeing him walking away, Ding Liu shouted outside: "Feng Liang!"
After hearing the sound, the housekeeper Feng Liang hurried over and looked at the mess in the study. Then looking at the expressionless look on the master's face, Feng Liang asked: "Is the Zuo Xiang gone?"
Ding Liuxiao sighed, picked up the tea, took a sip of tea, and said: "Let's go. This old fox always looks for Chang'er when he's looking for him, but he wants to look for our father and son. I'm so sorry for the bites. And there’s this vase that’s broken all over the floor.”
After listening to the master's words, the housekeeper Feng Liang suppressed his laughter.
Looking at the appearance of housekeeper Feng Liang and thinking about the actions of left prime minister Su Yunqi, Ding Liu became more and more angry. Seeing Feng Liang standing on the ground without saying anything or doing anything, Ding Liu shouted: " What are you doing standing there in a daze? Why don't you help me clean up this place quickly?"
"Yes." Feng Liang responded.
Looking at the bites on his hands, Ding Liu said to himself: "I need to find some medicine to rub it, it's really itchy." Then he walked out of the study.
Seeing the master walking away, the butler Feng Liang's face showed a smile, and he was still smiling while cleaning up the corner of his mouth.
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The news that the magistrate of Yu'an Prefecture, together with the magistrates of several counties under his jurisdiction, wanted to make money from the sea ban, soon spread to nearby provinces.
This caused those prefects, prefects and even county magistrates who had also behaved in this way to panic. Knowing that the matter had alarmed the court, thinking that the court would strictly investigate the matter, those officials who had not yet been exposed hurriedly lifted the sea ban. The news is made public.
If you lose money, you can make money again. If you lose your official position, it will be difficult to make money. If you lose your life, it will be even harder.
On one side, the court had put most of its energy into raising money and food, while on the other side, Chunxu and the others continued to attack the city.
The two men named Han Muxin and Cen Rong were no longer in Jiao County, but in Angao County next door.
Compared to Jiao County, An'gao County has a larger city and more population and resources than Jiao County.
In addition, the two of them had no money, so they were able to beg like beggars who could be seen everywhere. When they saw something falling from the stall, they competed with the beggars. It can be said that they were no different from beggars. .
Angao County.
On a street with few people in the city.
Not yet.
"Miss, there is only one steamed bun. You can eat it." Cen Rong refused the bun handed over by Miss Han Muxin.
Seeing Cen Rong not eating, how could Han Muxin eat alone.
Seeing this, Han Muxin separated the half of the steamed bun, handed it to Cen Rong who was standing aside, and said domineeringly: "Eat! If you don't eat it, then I won't eat it either. We're both going to be hungry like this."
Looking at the young lady's appearance, and then looking at the only steamed bun that had been divided into half and half, the maid Cen Rong still couldn't bear to eat it.
Although the hand accepted it, it was reluctant to put it in the mouth.
Seeing that his maid Cen Rong had not eaten, Han Muxin asked, "Why don't you eat?"
Cen Rong smiled slightly: "Miss, I'm not hungry yet. I'll eat later. You eat first."
Seeing Cen Rong's appearance, Miss Han Mu didn't ask any more questions. She sat on the stone ridge and ate the half-sized steamed bun.
Looking back on this period of time, it seems that it was quite difficult, even more difficult than returning to the mainland from Qiongzhou.
When we were on the sea, sitting on this small boat, although there was not much food, we didn't see any crowds on the sea. After all, the sea ban had not been lifted at that time, and it could be said that there were almost no merchant ships coming and going.
There are no merchant ships coming and going. You can talk as much as you want on the sea, and you don't have to care about what others think.
But during this period of time back on land, it seems that I have to care about other people's eyes every day, for fear of being discovered by others.
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