Domineering Daming

Fu Changzong looked at him, and said: "Is there any? You know it in your heart, I don't ask. Mr. Bi Ge is not in good health. The Empress sent two batches of imperial doctors. Didn't you take care of it?"

Seeing that Fu Changzong ignored his question all the time, Zhang Guowei looked a little dignified, and said calmly: "The lower official has let the eldest son go, and the reply said that it is getting better and there is no major problem."

Fu Changzong looked at him, picked up the teacup again, and suddenly said: "In the recruit training camp, I heard that there are quite a few of your disciples, who are promoted a little quickly, and there are quite some complaints from the war zones?"

Zhang Guowei couldn't hold on any longer, stood up, raised his hand, and said solemnly: "Is the elder Ge going to kill me?"

Fu Changzong looked at him and shook his head in his heart.This person who has been caught in the vortex of party struggle can't extricate himself, can't see the general trend clearly, and just stares at his eyes and struggles.

Fu Changzong didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore, put down his teacup, and said, "Well, there are three recruit camps on the Japanese side, one in Kyushu Island and two in Honshu Island. Come back at the end of the year."

Zhang Guowei was startled, and quickly understood what Fu Changzong meant.

If he, the Minister of the Ministry of War, was not in the capital, Sun Chuanting would not be able to push him to surrender even if he forcibly pushed him down. After all, this matter could not be bypassed by his Minister of the Ministry of War.

At the same time, Fu Changzong's meaning is also very clear, he does not support the immediate demotion of the Ministry of War, and is making a move for Zhang Guowei.

Zhang Guowei didn't agree immediately, his face was constantly changing.

If he, Minister of the Ministry of War, was not in the capital, wouldn't the Ministry of War be at the mercy of Sun Chuanting, even if not abolished?

Looking at Zhang Guowei's expression, Fu Changzong naturally knew what he was thinking. He stood up and said, "Don't try to do anything. If you make too many mistakes, everyone will be staring at you."

Seeing that Fu Changzong was about to leave, Zhang Guowei came to his senses and said, "Is this the old man's intention, or the emperor's intention?"

Fu Changzong looked at him, and said: "Before you leave, go and see Elder Bi Ge, there are some things that you should seriously ask."

After finishing speaking, Fu Changzong left without staying for a moment.

Zhang Guowei looked at his back, his expression was as hard as iron, and his heart was full of surprise.

If Fu Changzong's words came from Qianqing Palace, then the crisis in front of him can be regarded as over, but I'm afraid it's only temporary.

Zhang Guowei left Fu's mansion, and went back to discuss with Li Youtang and Xu Jie.

Xu Jie suddenly said after listening, "It should be the emperor's intention."

Li Youtang thought of more, and said: "If the emperor is in Sichuan or Shaanxi, the news will not be so fast, I am afraid that the emperor has left Beijing or has already returned to the palace."

Zhang Guowei's scalp was numb immediately, if the emperor returned to the palace, wouldn't all those memorials have been seen?

Xu Jie looked at him, knew that the matter was serious, and quickly said in a deep voice: "You go to the cabinet to ask the chief assistant for orders tomorrow morning, and leave immediately! We will clean up those tails of yours."

The three of them were in the same breath, even if they didn't want to go into the water, Xu Jie and Li Youtang couldn't escape.

Chapter 1444 Pattern

Zhang Guowei went to the cabinet early in the morning and told Sun Chuanting face to face that he was going to Japan to inspect the situation of the new barracks.

It can be said that Wa Kingdom is now completely in the hands of Dorgon, and the new barracks is one of the means of controlling Dorgon under the control of the Ministry of War.

As Minister of the Ministry of War, it was the right time to go to inspect the incident half a year later, and there was nothing unreasonable about it.

Sun Chuanting sat on a chair and looked at Zhang Guowei in front of him.

Although rumors of Bi Ziyan's return came out repeatedly from the outside world, Sun Chuanting didn't take it seriously at all. First, the general situation would not allow Bi Ziyan to return, and second, the Qianqing Palace would not allow it.

In addition, his power is becoming more and more stable day by day, so he is not worried about Bi Department's rebound at all.

Seeing that Zhang Guowei wanted to "run away" in a hurry, Sun Chuanting felt relieved, and said calmly, "Well, if you want to go, go, I will find someone to represent you in the Ministry of War."

Zhang Guowei's expression was slightly tense, and he said: "Shoufu, I suggest that Li Youtang be transferred to the right servant of the Ministry of War."

Sun Chuanting was noncommittal about this, and said: "Go to Ryukyu, inspect it, and make a suggestion to Shang Lian to move the palace and governor's office to Kagoshima."

After the Wa Kingdom incident, Kagoshima, where the Satsuma Domain originally belonged, was assigned to Ryukyu, and the capital of Ryukyu, Shuri, is in the middle of the Ryukyu Islands.

Seeing that Sun Chuanting did not respond to his words, Zhang Guowei did not continue, saying: "Yes, the lower officials will discuss it with the Shang family."

"When you arrive in the country of Wa, take a look around more, don't be fooled by Dorgon. When necessary, beat Dorgon and tighten the rope. Although it is a free range, but the circle is too big, you can't let him out of the circle... ..." Sun Chuanting said.

Zhang Guowei could only nod his head yes, Sun Chuanting's willingness to let him go was already the biggest concession, and he couldn't ask for more.

After Sun Chuanting explained, he asked the cabinet to draft an edict and appointed Zhang Guowei as the special envoy of the cabinet to go to the country of Wa, that is, Suihai Province.

Zhang Guowei made an explanation at the Ministry of War that day, and then quickly left Beijing for Tianjin, preparing to go to sea by boat.

Not long after Zhang Guowei left the cabinet, Bao Liyou walked in and asked doubtfully, "Shoufu, do you just let Zhang Guowei go?"

Holding a brush, Sun Chuanting wrote vigorously, and said casually, "I didn't intend to demote the Ministry of War immediately."

Bao Liyou was startled for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses, and said, "Shoufu...is this beating some people?"

After Sun Chuanting finished writing, he picked it up and blew it, and said: "Although the brush is used in a habit, it is still not as easy to use as the charcoal pen produced by the workshop in the east of the city. You make an order, in addition to the official documents of the imperial court and yamen at all levels, try to promote charcoal brushes." The pen...is not about knocking, just about hitting the east and the west."

Bao Li answered "Yes", and then came to his senses.

Sun Chuanting deliberately created this trouble, so that those people would stare at him so that he would not have the energy to hinder their policies.

Bao Liyou praised "Shou Fu is brilliant", and after flattering him, he said: "The assessments of this year's disaster situation from various places have come up, and the situation is even worse than last year. The food tax may drop below 700 million."

Sun Chuanting had already read some, but he didn't have a specific analysis. He put down his pen and said, "Let the chief of staff analyze it further and show me the report. What about other aspects."

Bao Liyou opened the small book in his hand, and said: "The harvest of sweet potatoes and corn has increased by more than 5000% compared with last year, and all regions can basically be self-sufficient. They can barely cope with the disaster, and the number of people who starve to death will further decrease. It is worth noting that the commercial Taxes are expected to increase by [-]% compared to the first half of last year, and may exceed [-] million for the whole year. Salt, tea, porcelain, cloth, etc. are still the big ones, as well as the export of firearms. According to the data from the Ministry of War and the Academy of Foreign Affairs, they are only sold. There are as many as a thousand cannons, and other muskets, gunpowder, armor, weapons, etc., are even more numerous..."

Sun Chuanting listened carefully, and naturally knew where these things were sold.

In traditional big countries, such as Spain, Ottoman did not actually buy much, but those countries on the sea route were quite enthusiastic about these advanced weapons of the Ming Dynasty, and bought them one after another to deal with enemies at home and abroad.Coupled with the growing influence of the World Trade Conference in Shenlong Mansion, the business will naturally become more and more prosperous.

Sun Chuanting listened for a while, and said, "Is the grain contract in Spain due to expire this year? It will be renewed later, what does the Royal Commercial Group say?"

Regarding the purchase of grain from Spain, the Netherlands, England, Ottoman and other countries by the Ming Dynasty, all of them have been handed over to the Royal Commercial Group to reduce the political weight and carry out pure commercialization.

Bao Liyou turned a page and said: "The feedback to the cabinet over there is that the contract is still being negotiated. This time, a total of more than 30 countries have been contacted, including Siam, Burma, the Mughals overseas, Persia, and so on. Far away Europe, Spain, the Netherlands, England, etc., plan to purchase more than 1000 million shi of grain every year. If the plan goes well, this number will continue to increase. The first batch of grain will arrive in about a month after the summer harvest. "

Sun Chuanting leaned on the chair, thought for a while, and said, "Well, let's further control the grain price and cooperate with the commercial group to reclaim the land. By the way, are there any problems there?"

Bao Liyou looked solemn, and said: "There are many problems, most of them are unwilling to sell, especially those big households who own a lot of Zhongtian and Shangtian, even if they pay a high price, they are still unwilling. They will not implement the imperial court's regulations on land lease. The minimum rent and other regulations make the life of the tenants quite difficult, and they can only guarantee that they will not starve to death all year round."

Sun Chuanting has seen too much in these years, not surprised, his expression was slightly cold, and he said indifferently: "Tell them, keep these people, and clean them up together when I have free hands!"

Bao Liyou nodded. The imperial court has too many things to deal with right now, and they don't have the energy to take care of them, and then said: "The registration of household registration is also somewhat stagnant, not only the big households are hiding, but ordinary people are also afraid of the poll tax. They don't cooperate, or they report less. Even if you register, I’m afraid there will be a lot of discrepancies.”

Sun Chuanting looked disgusted, and said: "Don't worry, register first, and when the land harvest is almost complete in the future, you will divide the land according to the head. At that time, some of these people worked hard!"

Bao Liyou seemed to think of the beautiful picture of those people running and breaking their legs, proving Hu Ding at home, and couldn't help feeling refreshed, with a smile on his face, he said: "The chief assistant is still brilliant."

Sun Chuanting rested for a while, picked up his pen again, and said, "Go and tell the Ministry of Officials that for important government offices or officials, send a doctor or servant to send them there in person. If necessary, you will go personally on my behalf!"