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Chapter 1506 Counties and Counties in Taiwan Jisi Luzon

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    Mr. Zhang likes to think about various national affairs in the shroud of smoke.

    After enjoying the pleasure brought by tobacco for a while, he held the pipe and said: "Yes, since the implementation of the Kao Cheng method, it has indeed achieved unexpected results. Now it is like an arm to command the top, bottom and inside, just as a way to change the old cloth  New great time!¡±

    "Yeah, yeah." Mr. Zhao nodded excitedly and agreed, "Then do it!"

    "Alas, it's a pity" Mr. Zhang exhaled a long puff of white smoke and sighed: "It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. Since the Zhengjia period, the Ming Dynasty's finances have become a complete mess. During the period of Gaoge Laobingguo, although his political achievements were outstanding,  Spending money is also fierce - not only using troops in the north and south, but also repairing the Yellow River and opening the Ba River. Spending money is like running water. When I arrived at my father's place, the national treasury was extremely depleted. The Ministry of Household Affairs couldn't even pay the salaries of the officials in the capital, and they had to follow up.  Your Jiangnan Bank loan."

    As he spoke, he became more depressed and said: "Now the Ministry of Accounts is heavily in debt, with a net deficit of two to three million taels every year. My father has been increasing revenue and cutting expenditures in the past two years, and he can barely keep it from going bankrupt. But I want to make a difference.  , but there is nothing we can do.¡±

    "Uh" The corner of Zhao Hao's mouth twitched, feeling bad.  After all, the longest road he has traveled is the routine of his father-in-law.

    In the past two years, Zhang Juzheng has used various reasons to ask the Ministry of Accounts to borrow nearly three million taels of silver from Jiangnan Bank

    ¡°Because he can get money, he doesn¡¯t have to look at anyone¡¯s face, let alone anyone¡¯s threats.

    ¡°That¡¯s it.¡± But it¡¯s hard for Mr. Zhao

    "Look, when it comes to money, you shrink back." Zhang Juzheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Don't think that my father doesn't know that most of the silver notes you print do not need to be cashed. They are not the same as printing paper.  ?"

    As he spoke, Mr. Zhang took a puff of his pipe depressedly.  "It's a shame that the imperial court has no credibility at all. Otherwise, if my father could just print treasure money, why would I need you?"

    "Father-in-law misunderstood. My son-in-law has always supported his father-in-law wholeheartedly." Zhao Hao explained hurriedly: "It's just that these silver notes are not printed just because they want to be printed. The minimum vote-to-silver ratio must be strictly adhered to. This is unacceptable.  The red line has been crossed. If we ignore the additional printing, the fate of the silver notes will be even worse than the treasure notes."

    As he spoke, he smiled bitterly and said: "Because the silver note promises to pay cash."

    "If I had cash, how would I care about your silver notes?!" Zhang Juzheng snorted dissatisfied.

    "Speaking of which, my son-in-law has heard a rumor." Zhao Hao suddenly said mysteriously: "It is said that a large gold mine was discovered on Jiyi Mountain in the Luzon Kingdom in Southeast Asia, and many people flocked to pan for gold. I'm afraid this is also a red mine.  The real reason why the Maogui invaded Luzon."

    "Oh?" Zhang Juzheng thought with a thought: "You mean, let the court send people to dig for gold?"

    With that said, without waiting for Zhao Hao to nod, he shook his head and said, "No, you can't. Why don't you mine it yourself if there is such a good thing?"

    "My father-in-law really looks down on my son-in-law. I have dedicated such a large island of Taiwan to the country, how can I monopolize a small gold mine?" Zhao Hao said hurriedly and righteously.

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    What Zhao Hao meant by dedicating Taiwan to the country was that in August of the sixth year of Longqing, shortly after the new emperor ascended the throne, the governors of Fujian and Guangdong provinces jointly presented a memorial stating that the Nanhai Group and Guangdong Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lin Daoqian cooperated tacitly to eliminate the island of Taiwan.  of Japanese pirates and pirates.

    In view of the fact that Taiwan is the protector of the four provinces, and its area is equivalent to one-third of Zhejiang Province, abandoning it will once again lead to catastrophe. Therefore, the Nanhai Group proposed that the imperial prefectures and counties settle in Taiwan and cultivate it, making it a permanent border of the Ming Dynasty.  , to repel enemies at sea.

    At that time, Mr. Zhang didn¡¯t know that he had become Empress Li¡¯s dream lover. He was racking his brains to strengthen the confidence of the little emperor and Empress Dowager Li in him to consolidate his position.

    ¡°But he still has to change the officialdom first, and he won¡¯t be able to achieve political results for a while.  In fact, even with political achievements, it is estimated that the little emperor and his son may not be able to understand it.  So it is most effective to do something intuitive.

    He heard from Feng Bao that Li Niangniang had never read a book, she was a village girl, and she was extremely superstitious.  So Zhang Xianggong instructed Wang Zhuan, Li Yihe and others to search for auspicious signs such as white lotus and white swallow to deceive the young queen mother.

    For this reason, Xianggong Zhang even presented a white turtle, saying that his original name was Zhang Baigui so it was God's will for him to assist the new king.

    The village girl was convinced of this, and the little emperor loved the white turtle so much that he kept it in the imperial study

    But this kind of trick can only coax the mother and son in the palace and consolidate their status.  But he cannot deceive others outside the palace, so establishing authority over him is not only useless but also harmful.

    At this time, if I can expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty and add a large territory, it will really be a blessing from heaven.  To Mr. ZhangSuccessfully added another territory ten times the size of Taiwan Island to Ming Dynasty!  Zhao Hao hurriedly smiled sincerely and said: "After that, my father-in-law can continue to borrow large amounts of money from Jiangnan Bank by using Luzon's gold mining rights as collateral, without having to worry about affecting the credit of the silver notes!"  "

    "Well, that's it" Zhang Juzheng felt relieved. He thought what Zhao Hao was going to do.

    Even though he is the top politician, his eyes are still inevitably focused on the two capitals and thirteen provinces in China, and he does not even care about the island of Taiwan, let alone the more distant Luzon.

    "But Luzon is too far away, right? If you want to imitate Taiwan's prefecturalization, I'm afraid it will make people laugh." Zhang Juzheng frowned slightly.

    "That's right, so we no longer have prefectures and counties in Luzon. We can just imitate the ancestral system and govern Luzon!" Mr. Zhao said unhurriedly.

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