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Chapter 196: Grand occasion(1/2)

What!

Divide evenly after the house is searched!

Shameless, so shameless!

"Why don't you leave the Jinyiwei to search the house?" Chongzhen asked naively. Zhao Yan couldn't help but laugh and said to Chongzhen: "If the Jinyiwei is asked to do it, even if I don't want to pay any money, I'm afraid that it's less than half of it for you."

"Dare they?" Chongzhen said angrily.

"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is already rotten to its core, and the taxes may not be collected. This is the case with the same family search. It is already good to have half of the money spent by the court. It is probably less than half of the money spent by the court to be practical." Zhao Yan said with a smile.

Chongzhen's face turned red and white when Zhao Yan said, and he said to Zhao Yan angrily: "Will you embezzle these Shanxi merchants?"

"I am different, I am a person." Zhao Yan said seriously, and Chongzhen scolded this guy again in his heart.

"If Your Majesty is worried, then this is better. You can send the Jinyiwei with you and both sides will supervise each other." Zhao Yan suggested.

"I'm afraid this division is inappropriate!" Chongzhen heard this good idea, but then he felt that one-third was too small. His grandfather, Emperor Wanli, had all the income from the house search that year.

"Your Majesty think too much? Oh! Then do that! I and Your Majesty each take one quarter and the other half to the cabinet. Now the Ming Dynasty is full of famines and water conservancy is disrepair everywhere, which is indeed necessary for money. Your Majesty is really a wise ruler for the ages." Zhao Yan said quickly as if he was slapping his horse. When Chongzhen reacted, Zhao Yan said firmly: "That's it! Your Majesty is wise."

Chongzhen had a dark face!

His face is very bad.

The cabinet accounted for half of the proceeds from the house confiscation, and this half of the money still had to be managed by Zhao Yan. After talking for a long time, he said it was a loss. Chongzhen could see that Zhao Yan didn't want to waste his talk with him. If he didn't know the truth, there would be no one-quarter of it.

The phoenix with hair falling from the ground is really inferior to the chicken. At this time, Chongzhen had to swallow his anger and said coldly: "That's it!"

Then the monarch and ministers were in a mess again.

The guests around were all curiously paying attention to the conversation between Chongzhen and Zhao Yan, but they did not dare to be too blatant. They just raised their ears and vaguely heard something that was scouting the house... Jinyiwei and others were shocked, who would be in trouble?

Just then, a group of people came to the outside.

The group of people were wearing Japanese kimonos, and each of them held a wooden plate in his hand. On the wooden plate was a letter. The Japanese behind each held various objects in their hands, and behind them were ten girls wearing straw hats and white gauze curtains.

The person in charge is Tokugawa Ieki, son of Tokugawa Ieki.

When Zhao Quan saw these people coming, he stood up and proclaimed:

"The Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the eldest son of Tokugawa Iemitsu, presented a letter to the Tokugawa Shogunate. I wish to surrender to the Great General Jianwei for generations and never have any other ambitions. To wish General Jianwei a wedding, I would like to offer a gift of thirty Japanese pearls, a painting by Su Shi, 10,000 taels of gold, and ten beauties."

Ten beauties!

When Zhao Yan heard this, he immediately glanced at the ten girls behind him. His height was very frustrated, none of them were over 1.7 meters tall. He couldn't see clearly, and he lost interest for a moment. Zhao Yan had always been no longer interested in Japanese women, and later generations have changed to European and American action movies. Japanese action movies are too routine and too violent.

Japan in later generations was the most open nation in the world. They played reproductive worship. Women took off their clothes when they were in school to eliminate their shame. Women would give their husbands a sum of money every month after marriage, so the money was naturally obtained. Women made action movies to promote or something.

In later Japan, men chatting with women were everywhere on the streets. Both sides said they would go on a while and then go to check in directly. Some perverted websites even installed cameras in hotels, and then played live broadcasts one by one... This nation is so perverted.

This time, the mixed brigade of Honshu arrested a large number of Japanese slaves in the Kanto region. Japan's population is expected to have some crises again. It is estimated that it will take not long to make the woman carry a pillow with her, so that the man can do it on the street as he wants. Then a lot of people who don't know who his father is, and use the birthplace as his name... The guests around him were uproared when they heard Zhao Quan's words, and Japan actually offered a surrender book.

"Tokugawa Shogunate? General of the Conquest? Just a Japanese general, what's the point of making a fuss?" asked a guest.

"If you don't understand, don't talk. Although Tokugawa Iemitsu is just a general, the entire Japan is under his control. The Japanese emperor is just a false reputation." A person next to him said contempt.

"ah!"

"Congratulations to the general, the general is invincible, the world is pacified, the Japanese pirates surrender..." Suddenly, a guest knelt down and bowed to Zhao Yan, and arrogance filled the audience.

"Congratulations to the General..."

"Congratulations to the General..."

After a while, the audience knelt down, Tokugawa Izunomiya knelt in front of Zhao Yan with a surrender letter.

Chongzhen stared at the scene in front of him blankly. At this time, Tokugawa's family who was kneeling on the ground said a word. Everyone was confused. They quickly translated the matter and said, "General, he said he would ask the general to accept the surrender letter."

Japan has actually dropped?

Chongzhen looked at Tokugawa's family in disbelief. Zhao Yan actually defeated Japan?

A stream of jealousy surged from the heart.

Zhao Yan ignored Chongzhen's jealous eyes and stood up to take the surrendered book.

At this time, Tokugawa Ietsunobu said a few more words and continued to translate: "General, he said Tokugawa Ietsuki asked you to send additional Japanese troops to assist the shogunate in suppressing the rioters. It is best to send 30,000 royal troops. The shogunate is willing to increase the tribute of 300,000 taels per year."

"Let me suppress the rioters for him? 300,000 taels of military expenditure are not enough." Zhao Yan said disdainfully, "Tell him that there are only 10,000 soldiers at most."

The news was translated immediately.

"Hayi~!" Tokugawa Izuno nodded heavily.

"General, he said that 10,000 royal divisions are OK."

"Yeah! Let him go!"

"Hayi!" Tokugawa's Izunobu achieved his goal and retreated.

Ten thousand soldiers are also OK. The Shandong Army has strong combat power and ten thousand people are enough to suppress any restless rioters. Tokugawa Iemitsu's task was completed.

For 300,000 taels, the military expenditure is not enough for ten thousand soldiers.

But Zhao Yan must have someone to come to Japan to capture Japanese slaves! Once there is any rebellion, it is a good time to capture Japanese slaves. At the same time, this 10,000 troops can also maintain the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate was very stable, so Zhao Yan did not need to support other forces. A relatively stable Japan would have a larger market.

After Tokugawa's family tumult went down, the guests present were talking.

Chongzhen sat aside with great jealousy. Zhao Yan said to him with a surrender book: "Your Majesty, North Korea has been destroyed, Japan has been subdued, and Jianlu has been destroyed. My fortune in the Ming Dynasty is getting stronger and stronger!"

Chongzhen responded without a smile, stopped talking, and his ambition to work hard became stronger and stronger.

This time I came to Shandong, I saw a huge gap in strength between him and Zhao Yan. Military, Zhao Yan destroyed the Qing Dynasty, North Korea, and conquered Japan. The bandits were suppressed by him so hard that they dared not emerge.

And the imperial government army achieved nothing!

...The wedding banquet at noon began, Chongzhen was arranged to sit in the seat, while Zhao Yan toasted everywhere.

The thousands of banquets placed on the school ground were all full of seats. The weather was very good today, and the bright sunshine shone on his head, but the shed had been set up on the school ground.

Most of them are Zhao Yan's subordinates, while the others are officials, merchants, and squire.

Zhao Yan's toast was casual. Every time he just took a small sip, no one dared to persuade him, but the people on the table would definitely kill him in one cup. Only those guests with deep feelings would Zhao Yan drink it in one sip.

The dishes at the banquet were very rich and exquisite. Zhao Yan rarely spent a lot of extravagance this time, and famous chefs from all over the country invited a large number of tickets.

The area where the officers were located was drinking so enthusiastically. They were dressed in costumes and medals hung on their chests, and they were playing with wine.

Zhao Yan walked over with a wine glass and shouted to them, "Don't let me drink less, Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, Wang Wenyue, Li Ran, Wu Yongliang, Su Buheng, Wen Bangliang, you guys toast me."

"Hey, here we come."

"Here you come."

Those who clicked the name quickly ran over with their glasses, and then followed the staff responsible for receiving the guests to toast.

In contrast, Zhang Buyun, Liu Heng, Mao Yuanyi and others realized that they were much more self-conscious and went to toast the guests with their glasses.

Zhao Yan and Zhao Quan came to the area where a group of businessmen were. As soon as Zhao Yan walked over, the merchants had already stood up.

These tables of merchants are all big merchants from all over the world, while those small merchants are seated in another seat. The small merchants Zhao Yan naturally cannot take care of them, so others have to help him to toast.

As soon as Zhao Yan came, the big merchants showed humble smiles. After greetings between the two sides, Zhao Yan said: "All the merchants from all provinces and all famous merchants. This time, this general invited everyone to Shandong not just to invite everyone to attend the wedding banquet, but also wanted to discuss business matters with everyone. Especially friends from Fujian and Guangdong, they were very happy to be able to come to Shandong. Now Japan has surrendered to the Celestial Empire and said that in the future, the ships registered in Shandong will not enter Nagasaki. If you come to Shandong to register, you can sail in Japan without any obstacles..."

The maritime merchants from Fujian and Guangdong provinces came with a large amount of money, and when they heard Zhao Yan's words, they were stunned.

It is said that trade is the most profitable place in maritime trade.

Zhao Yan said this time that the ship that had not been registered in Shandong could not enter Nagasaki. How could they not believe it? Just now, Tokugawa's family summoned the letter of surrender and asked Zhao Yan to send troops to Japan to help suppress the rioters. It was reasonable to say that the trade was controlled by Zhao Yan.

"I am the first general to be a Ming Dynasty maritime warrior. If a man who runs the maritime trader comes to my general to register, it must be no big deal!"

"What the general said is very true. This is just a trivial matter. After the villain returns to Fujian, he will definitely bring a ship to Shandong to register."

"What the General said is not bad..."

After hearing Zhao Yan's words, the maritime merchants quickly flattered him.

"Then let's dry this glass of wine." Zhao Yan picked up the wine glass and said, merchant ships from Fujian and Guangdong went to sea without applying for a certificate. How can this be done!

Since you have already been angry and whoever doesn’t cooperate, then please clean up slowly.

Chongzhen felt very unhappy when he saw him holding a manuscript in the distance holding a "scam"! At the same time, he also saw some shadows of the imperial merchants inside, and was worried that these people would be attracted by Zhao Yan.

But Zhao Yan really had nothing to win over them.

The privileges cannot be given to them, and they will also charge their taxes. Zhao Yan just wants these businessmen to invest in Shandong to drive the development of industry and commerce.

Then say hello to the maritime merchants, and I will collect import and export taxes. There is nothing else. After the wedding, I will introduce them to some support projects that can make money but not lose money.

Zhao Yan toasted a lot, and Zhang also came out to toast with his maid, and only took a small sip of wine each time. However, Zhang's alcohol capacity was obviously good. After drinking more than a dozen glasses of Shaoxing rice wine, it was nothing.

Chongzhen took the two princes to attend today, but the banquet was only halfway through, so Chongzhen left, leaving the two princes on the table, and went back to the guild hall in advance.

The guests were very lively toasted by the enthusiastic toasts of Zhao Yan’s senior staff.

"This is Wang Wenyue, the commander of the Mixed Brigade of the Honzhou Province who was surrendered to Japan. The Japanese were killed by him and called him Wang Guangguang. It was so easy to stop the children from crying at night." Liu Heng took Wang Wenyue to toast, and introduced to the guests.

"It turned out to be the Brigade Commander Wang Guangguang, I admire him for a long time!"

Wang Wenyue: “…”
To be continued...
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