The capital, in the Li Mansion.
Li Xian sat in the upper seat, and there were officials below.
Shang Ren and others are all there.
In Li Xian's hand, he held the list of Southern Patrol Offices that had just arrived in his hands.
Even Li Xian, who is top-notch in qi-nurturing skills, could not remain calm after seeing this list.
When he was in the cabinet duty room, he angrily pushed all the official documents and other items on the table to the ground.
Xu Youzhen was nakedly humiliating herself.
As the chief minister of the cabinet, he is a bachelor of Jinshen Palace and a minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
How could he be ranked behind Zhan Yang?
When dealing with this situation again, Xu Youzhen has a better way to deal with it. He can directly remove Li Xian from this list, or directly let Li Xian become the deputy envoy, but he must be in a separate line and cannot be with other deputy envoys. Put them together to highlight the identity of the chief minister of the cabinet.
But none of Xu Youzhen's more reliable methods were of use...
Not only was it useless, it was also an opportunity to ridicule.
Li Xian couldn't stand it, and of course his close disciples couldn't stand it even more.
After the list was announced, many officials spontaneously came to Li Xian's house at night, sat together, and began to criticize Xu Youzhen.
"Master Chief Assistant, Xu Youzhen did this on purpose. He deliberately humiliated Master Chief Assistant. We can't just suffer the loss of being dumb..."
"Yes, Mr. Chief Assistant, let's impeach Xu Youzhen and remove him from the position of Supervisor of the Southern Inspection Patrol. Let's see if he still dares to dominate with five people and six..."
"Yes, Mr. Chief Assistant, you haven't seen him in the past few days. Yesterday, I followed Mr. Zhang from the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Xu Youzhen's residence at night. His arrogant appearance really made him look like he was in the master's house. A dog that waits for benefits is disgusting to look at. It really doesn’t have the character of us scholars..."
After the last person finished speaking, many eyes instantly shifted to him.
This guy ran into Xu Youzhen's house for nothing.
That must be related.
Now that I am so dissatisfied and swearing, it must be because the relationship is not in place...
This is no wonder for him. After Li Xian misjudged and lost the position of Southern Inspection Supervisory Office, his position as the Chief Assistant of the Cabinet also became a bit embarrassing. It is human nature for the officials below to see the wind and situation clearly and make certain adjustments.
Wherever the wind blows and where it falls, at certain moments, it doesn’t just point to the grass...
Li Xian's protégés and former officials were cursing, and of course most of them were scolding Xu Youzhen. They did not dare to mention a word about Zhu Jianshen who approved the plan. ŴŴŴ.BiQuGe.Biz
Shang Ren on the side didn't say a word.
Li Xian, who was sitting in the main seat, also remained silent.
After a while, Li Xian stopped everyone and stood up to see off the guests. However, Shang Ren remained sitting on his chair and did not stand up and follow the many officials away because of Li Xian's words of farewell.
Shang Ren's actions were noticed by many people, but these people also pretended not to see it and bowed and left.
After sending away these disciples and old officials.
Li Xian walked slowly and leisurely for a few steps in the lobby, then stopped and looked at Shang Ren: "Master Shang, tell me, am I going to resign and return home?"
"Master Chief Assistant, you are worrying too much. In my opinion, it has not yet reached that time. Your Majesty has arranged for Xu Youzhen to serve as the Supervisor of the Southern Inspection. This is what I expected. Your Majesty should have had some difficulties before the appointment. , but your moment of hesitation in court made His Majesty decisive."
"The imperial court cannot live without Xu Youzhen, nor can it live without the Chief Assistant..."
"But now, Han Yong hates Xu Youzhen, and you want to defeat him again. This balance has been broken. Your Majesty can only increase the bargaining chip for Xu Youzhen. The Southern Inspection Supervisor is the bargaining chip given to him by Your Majesty..."
Li Xian also knew what Shang Ren said, but he was still a little unwilling in his heart...
After a while, Li Xian walked to his seat, slowly lowered his body, and then sighed: "I think I am capable, and the monarch is capable of using people. What Xu Youzhen can do, I cannot do." , he can have no fear and no reputation, but I can’t..."
Shang Ren nodded and said: "The king cannot do everything himself, he must know how to employ people. Your Majesty has a deep understanding of this. He knows how to use Xu Youzhen, and he also knows that what the chief assistant can do, Xu Youzhen cannot do. In my opinion, this After the list exists for a few days, His Majesty will belatedly issue an order to separate the Chief Assistant from this list. In this way, Xu Youzhen will indeed be happy for a while, and it will not make the Chief Assistant feel cold. …”
When Li Xian heard this, he suddenly turned his head and looked at Shang Ren. The authorities were so confused that he had not considered this until now.
Unless His Majesty the Emperor really wants Li Xian to retire and return to his hometown, it is absolutely impossible for Xu Youzhen to allow this disgusting list of chief ministers of the dynasty to continue to exist.
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On the vast and boundless sea.
More than a dozen huge ships flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty were moving forward at a constant speed.
Among these dozens of large sea-going ships, there are three ships belonging to the Ningbo Navy of the Ming Dynasty, with a total of more than 1,500 officers and soldiers of the Navy.
And there were more than 4,000 people in the ten merchant ships. And every huge sea ship has a lot of cargo on it.
Because it was my first time to go on a long business trip.
No matter Zhu Yi, Pu Ning'er, or businessmen who go overseas, they don't have much confidence in their hearts.
Because they don't have enough confidence, they don't need to invest too much in goods.
Therefore, the goods they hauled seemed very cheap. They were pots, pans, bamboo chopsticks, handicrafts, tea, silk, and precious porcelain.
It can be said that the biggest costs for these merchants are ships and labor costs.
This huge fleet departed from Shanghai County and docked in Ningbo, Quanzhou, and then at a little-known small port.
A place called Hong Kong.
The first fleet docked at Hong Kong Port provided a lot of jobs for local people.
Nearly ten thousand people were eating, drinking and eating, making this small port instantly popular.
The construction of Xiangjiang Port began in the 13th year of Chenghua, and by the end of the 15th year of Chenghua, the port was completed.
The merchants who sailed for the first time were all powerful businessmen. They could spend tens of thousands more taels of silver without blinking an eye.
Among the ten commercial banks, less than four are really interested in doing business and making money. The remaining six are all trying to take this opportunity to gain the title of official merchants.
His Majesty the Emperor wanted to open a seaport and do business on the sea, and he gave the government the status of merchants. From a merchant family to a figure within the system, it was impossible for a large number of merchants to refuse.
Because these people know it.
In front of the court, even if you are as rich as the country, if the local officials want to take advantage of you or the country gentry wants to take advantage of you, there is nothing you can do.
A wise move, if you can't fight, then you can only join.
The reason for using the name of an official and businessman was to obtain the greatest convenience when doing business in the Ming Dynasty, and to improve the social status of his family to a certain extent.
This is also the reason why many Jiangnan merchants are very keen to participate.
These merchants recruit crew members on their own, and the monthly salary is very high, which can reach five taels of silver per month, which is higher than the monthly salary of most officials.
However, certain requirements still need to be met.
First of all, you must be physically strong and have good water properties. Of course, on the sea, no matter how good the water properties are, it is of no use. The most important purpose of this requirement is to make sailors not have so much fear of the sea. Not only that, on the sea Before boarding the ship, a life and death book must be signed. If you return alive, you will be rewarded with twelve taels of silver. If you die at sea, you will be directly compensated with fifty taels of silver...
Because of the slight changes in the imperial court's policy on maritime bans, the fate of many people has changed...
After they left Xiangjiang Port, they crossed directly over Mingzhi Jiaozhi and went straight down. They had detailed charts in their hands...
The sea chart was selected by Zhu Yi from his own records of distant sea charts. He has detailed records of the countries in Southeast Asia...
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