Gu Huaiqing stood on the city tower and looked at the condescending Fourth Prince, slowly hooking his lips.
"Your Majesty, let the last general, will be able to beat the shit out of that kid!" The generals around him were all shaking their fists and looking at the fourth prince like wolves seeing fat meat.
"Hush," Gu Huaiqing stretched out a long and slender index finger on his light-colored lips, "This is a prince, you can't say such vulgar words."
"Your Majesty, what should I say?" The general blinked.
Gu Huaiqing glanced at him and slapped him on the head: "What are you talking about? If you don't win, you won't have dinner tonight."
"Yes!" That the general beautifully got a slap, a smoke ran down.
Jiangnan's war report has not yet had time to send to the capital, the court these days busy discussing the matter of maritime commerce.
"The sea business has a long history, the previous dynasty has a ban on the sea, but repeatedly prohibited, only because the merchants heavy profit, the sea business profits thick, to be willing to risk their lives," Mu Huanzhang stood in the center of the hall, the voice is not big, but the words are clear, not urgent and not slow, in the quiet can be heard in the sound of the sound of falling pins of the auditorium, word by word, a clear message to everyone's ears, "I think, blocking is not as good as sparing. "I think, blocking is better than sparing."
Marquis Wen Yuan's charter has been copied a few points, the important ministers in the court have also read it, which listed in detail the price of the gold coin of the people and the products of Dachen, and the most exciting is the establishment of the sea merchant tax. With such a huge profit, the court only needs to set up ports and maintain order, and then it can collect a huge amount of tax. In this way, the annual tax revenue of the state treasury can be increased by at least 10%.
"I think this law is feasible," the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was the first to come forward to reconsider, as the management of the treasury books, naturally know how much benefit this can bring to the Tatsuo Dynasty, "nearly ten years of successive wars, the treasury urgently need to fill, the sea merchant tax is just the solution to the urgent need."
"The establishment of a harbor will inevitably attract the prying eyes of the foreigners, and the need to increase the number of troops along the coast to protect seafarers is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and I think that this matter is open to question." The Secretary of the Ministry of War did not quite agree.
"If you want to allow maritime commerce, you must set up corresponding laws and regulations, these are also mentioned in the statute of Marquis Wen Yuan, but I think it is not detailed enough." The Ministry of Justice said.
"In order to open the port, we need to set up the corresponding government offices, and the rank and salary of the officials need to be reset." The Minister of the Ministry of Justice didn't say that he was against or in favor of it, but only raised the corresponding issues for which he was responsible.
Only the most irrelevant Minister of Rites did not intervene and stood silently in his original position.
Mu Hanzhang listened to the crowd's discussion, still with a light expression, not because of the many obstacles to give birth to any retreat.
Emperor Hongzheng listened quietly and turned to the only two remaining imperial sons, "Jingrong, what do you think?"
The eldest prince's body has recovered as before, at this time the eyes burning, waiting for the opportunity to speak, heard immediately out of the column said: "Wen Yuan Hou's statute children's court also carefully studied, I thought, Wen Yuan Hou a bookish man said about these ways of doing business is no different from the paper talk. The reason why there was a sea ban in the previous dynasty, there must be a certain reason, and I am afraid that opening a harbor will cause trouble."
Mu Han Zhang heard, ask frowned, the big prince said this is clearly against, and many of the old ministers in the court is certainly also stored in this kind of mind, he said this can be said to have a lot of old ministers heart.
As expected, after the Grand Prince spoke, many old ministers from the conservative faction came out to speak.
Emperor Hongzheng still did not say a word, and asked King Rui's opinion.
Jing Chen out of the column, pause for a moment, said: "I thought, if this law is feasible, to my big Chen is a good thing, but the paper to get the end of the shallow, it would be better to the adults of the matter proposed by the proposed a temporary regulations, first open a port to try, if not and then banned is."
This matter has been debated in the dynasty for several days, Jing Chen this statement is considered to be the whole of the two sides of the people, feel that the natural natural wait and see, feel that not on the waiting to see the joke.
"The second brother of the emperor is right, but the person in charge of the harbor must be detailed note down all the things that are missing, my son thought that when assigned to a person who knows the most about this matter." The eldest prince hung his head, but the corner of his eye glanced at Mu Hanzhang.
Mu Huan Zhang but do not speak, just quietly standing, he naturally understand what the great prince means, this matter is also suitable for him, just is not the time.
Sure enough, Emperor Hongzheng did not take the words of the eldest prince: "Jing Chen said reasonable, the ministries according to their own said within seven days to draw up a constitution to me through."
After the court, Mu Hanzhang also do not say much with the people, directly on the carriage back into the King's House.
"Your Highness." Marquis Dingnan took a few quick steps to catch up with Jing Chen, who was dressed in a moonlight-white Prince's uniform.
"Marquis." Jing Chen responded politely.
Dingnan Marquis see Jing Chen still a deep and steady look, the expression on his face is also light, without the slightest warmth, can not help but be more enthusiastic for a few points: "I heard that Wangfei recently some discomfort, her mother is very worried, want to Wangfu to see, will be noisy to ask the king, Wangfei when to be free."
Usually the female family members to come and go is not required to this kind of report, Dingnan Marquis because he knows his own daughter was Rui Wang grounded, this kind of statement is naturally a euphemism for polite words.
Thinking of Xiao, Jing Chen resisted the urge to frown, said faintly: "Today can be, Wangfei recently thought too much, but also please Mrs. help to persuade two sentences."
Marquis Dingnan smiled and said, "That's natural."
Mu Hanyang face some bad, last night Jing Shao tossed some late, today's morning court and delayed for a long time, stood for nearly two hours, feel everywhere not sore. Just drilled into the carriage, was a pair of strong hands tightly hooped.
The carriage with curtains, very dark, Mu Hanzhang startled, and then was embraced into a familiar warm embrace, and then slowly relaxed: "How did you come?"
Jing Shao to hold people well, ordered the driver to drive the car, by the way in that show tired face kissed: "I see you a long time do not come back, I think that today's early morning will be delayed, for fear that you are tired to come to pick up you."
Mu Hanyang moved, in his arms to find a comfortable position, yawned a little: "You know I'm tired, last night should be restrained."
Jing Shao reached out to him to rub the sore waist, grunted: "This can not rely on me, who let you scoop that kind of eyes look at me, obviously begging for the husband to come back to the meaning." Thinking of last night Junqing was bullied eyes watery, feel a burst of dry mouth.
"You ......" Mu Hanyang want to raise his head to stare at him, but the car is not much effect in the darkness, lazy to care about him, turn around and bury his face in his chest, out of sight, out of mind, intend to sleep for a while.
Jing Shao continue to knead and pinch everywhere, while massaging and eating tofu: "Today's halogen bird's letter came, said Pingjiang's mansion has been well organized."
"Uh-huh." Mu Hanzhang answered vaguely.
"Jing Yu just arrived was Gu Huaiqing severely cleaned up, just do not know how his war report will write." Jing Shao think of Lu Zhanpeng in the letter that gloating tone, can not help but want to laugh, "how is the matter of the sea merchant?"
"Brother has mentioned, father let the ministries to write the constitution, set to where not yet said." Mu Hanyang sleepy can't open his eyes, while clearly organized should be, while unconsciously in Jing Shao chest rubbed.
Jing Shao was rubbing the heart itchy, but held back did not move. Know that he is really sleepy, then also no longer speak, so that the people in his arms to rest assured that they will sleep for a while.
"King Cheng is no longer able to succeed the throne, pulling him together is a help to the king, why bother to make things difficult with him?" Mrs. Dingnan Marquis looked at the pale Rui Wangfei lying on the bed and sighed. These are the marquis let her with words, she is not Rui wangfei's biological mother, just married after the filling room, many words are not convenient to say, but the marquis let with words must be said.
"The concubine son to live in another yard, my little four or no." Rui Wangfei said here, eyes again flooded with tears, "the master has calculated, in addition to that cheap ...... concubine son, the match is only into the king!" So said, eyes have overflowed a few hate, I heard that the child is not full month was held by the King of Cheng, he is always on the battlefield to kill, body full of manic hostility, so the weak child stained, but not on the short-lived it?
"Aigoo!" Mrs. Dingnan Marquis exclaimed, looked around, got up and drove the maid outside the door farther away, before coming back to sit down, "These words can not be said indiscriminately, carefully to the king of Rui heard."