Chapter 1297 Interest Groups
Wei Zhongxian looked at the name of the note in his hand and felt that his legs were a little weak, and a heat came out of his forehead. The title of this note was "Request to immediately try to work together in Jiangnan, pay food together, and return to the public."
Wei Zhongxian felt that his hands were trembling. This was not a memorial. It was simply a enemy of thousands of people. Maybe it would blow people to pieces.
What is the one who serves as a whole and pays food? It means that whether it is an official, landlord or a scholar, they must pay taxes, which means that they must abolish their tax exemption privileges.
After a moment of stagnation, Wei Zhongxian threw the note on Yang Feng as if he had taken a red-hot iron. "Duke Xinguo, you should hand it over to Your Majesty yourself. Our family won't mix it."
Yang Feng stared at him and said slowly, "What, I just said that I would come to help me with the order of Your Majesty. Now I don't even have the courage to hand over a memorial?"
Wei Zhongxian said furiously: "Are you a memorial? You put a ignited ten thousand people in our hands. If our family read this memorial in front of the civil and military officials in the court, those people's spits would not have cursed our family to death!"
"What are they scolding you? This memorial did not sign your name."
"Hey..." Wei Zhongxian smiled angrily: "So many people have been scolding our family over the years, and now they should let them see it. I feel that you, the Ming Dynasty God of War, who is known as the pillar of the Ming Dynasty and the contemporary champion Hou, is the most shameless. If our family thought of this memorial in the Golden Palace, even without our signature, do you think our family can still get rid of it?"
"So what if you can't get rid of it?" Yang Feng stared at him and said solemnly: "Eunuch Wei, now the sea ships with the banner of a business travel between the Ming Dynasty and Nanyang every month, between Japan. I dare not say that the money you earn every month is worth a mountain of gold and silver, but at least it's the sea, right?
But you ask yourself, why can your ship sail safely without pirates harassing you? It is because our Fujian navy is escorting you, otherwise you really think that money is so easy to make?
Since you have made so much money, it’s time for you to work hard? Otherwise, you really think that I am a bad guy, and I’m working for you for nothing, but I don’t have any benefits?”
"we……"
Wei Zhongxian opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything, because the truth was the hardest to refute.
Since Yang Feng rebuilt the Fujian Navy, the Ming Dynasty's maritime power has entered the expansion fast lane, and there are no less than 60 new warships added every year. Except for the second-level and third-level war sail ships, the Ming Dynasty can now build all warships below level 4, and even begin to try to cast bronze cannons. This shows that the influence of the Ming Dynasty has begun to expand to further distances.
Thanks to the strength of the Fujian Navy, coupled with the destruction of Zheng Zhilong's group and the Dutch, the Spaniards' power had been expelled from Taiwan and Nanyang by Su Tong. Today, the Ming merchant ships can sail in these waters at will, and no maritime power dared to emerge, which also made the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade more and more prosperous.
Taking the eunuch group led by Wei Zhongxian as an example, every time their sea boats go to sea, they pull out silk, porcelain, tea and other things, while the ones they pull back are precious metals such as gold, silver, and bronze. It can be said that they make a fortune.
Why did Yang Feng repeatedly squeeze Wei Zhongxian in his words, but this guy could swallow his anger? It was not because Yang Feng's turtle arrogance, but because of the money. After all, no one would be unable to get along with the money. It would not be a big deal if he offended others. If he offended Yang Feng, would they still want to go out to sea to make money in the future?
"All right."
Wei Zhongxian's expression was particularly uncomfortable as if he was punched. He gritted his teeth and said, "Tomorrow, we will read this memorial for you."
"Okay, thank you, Lao Wei, you are righteous!" Yang Feng patted Wei Zhongxian's shoulder happily, which made him grin and glared at Yang Feng. Who are you calling Lao Wei? This is what you can call him?
Yang Feng didn't care what Wei Zhongxian thought. With the support of this nine thousand years old, the possibility of this proposal being passed was at least 30%.
Don’t underestimate these three levels. If this proposal is proposed by someone else, let alone grasp it, it would be fine if you don’t get beaten to death on the spot. Even with Yang Feng’s strength and Zhu Youxiao’s support, the possibility of passing this day is less than 30%. However, with Wei Zhongxian’s support, at least this possibility has exceeded 50%. What a great progress is this.
People in later generations have always had little impression of Wei Zhongxian when they read Ming Dynasty history, and they thought that he was just a eunuch who could only slander and pretend to be a good person. In fact, to be fair, Wei Zhongxian was actually a very capable person.
During the period when Wei Zhongxian was in power, although the Later Jin Dynasty often made trouble in Liaodong, the situation in Liaodong was generally stable. Whether Sun Chengzong or Xiong Tingbi was guarding Liaodong, Wei Zhongxian could raise enough food and money to deliver it to Liaodong in time.
Not only that, when Wei Zhongxian was there, Wu Sangui, Zu Dashou and other Liaodong generals were relatively honest and did not dare to act evil. Moreover, when he was in power, he tried his best to suppress the Donglin Party and prevent the Donglin Party from taking power. Therefore, even if there were natural disasters and man-made disasters in the Ming Dynasty during the Tianqi period, life could still be passed.
However, when Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian died, the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian, who succeeded to the throne, was deceived by the Donglin Party and abandoned the Dongchang, and stayed away from the Jinyiwei. He also promoted the Donglin Party, the idiots who only knew how to talk big and only knew how to shirke the responsibility when encountering problems. In addition, he was a hard-working idiot, and finally ruined the Ming Dynasty.
The reason why Wei Zhongxian was able to force the Donglin Party to retreat step by step was not because of him. He said nonsense, with eight gangs of heroes, Wei Zhongxian had a large group of thugs to do his job. Whether it was the Taifu Shaoqing Zhu Tongmeng, Guo Yunhou, Dali Temple Chief Lu Pengyun, Sun Jiewei, or Xu Zhaokui, Wang Shaohui, Qiao Yingjia, Xu Shaoji, Ruan Dacheng, Chen Eryi, Zhang Yangsu, Li Yingjian, Li Song, Yang Chunmao, and even the Minister of War Cui Chengxiu, they were all his capable subordinates.
With these people waving flags and shouting for him and doing things, Wei Zhongxian was able to beat the Donglin Party in the court to retreat step by step. If Yang Feng wants to pass this note, he must rely on the help of these people. This is also the reason why Yang Feng has always opened the door to overseas business for the business headed by Wei Zhongxian.
Chapter completed!