My life skills in Daming Liver

After sending Li Zhi and Liang Ruyuan out of the city, Lu Er waited until dawn before entering the city in a grand manner.

Sure enough, the atmosphere in the city became more tense. Lu Er returned to the printing workshop, bought two catties of good meat from the market, and went to the home of Zhu Su, a former colleague of Jinyiwei.

Zhu Su, who was originally called Li Su, was given the national surname Zhu because he did things properly and made contributions in a major case in the 20th year of Jiajing.

Zhu Su was originally the same as Lu Er, also Lu Bing's confidant and beloved general. After Lu Bing's sudden death, Zhu Su quickly cut off with Lu Bing, which saved his life.

However, Zhu Su also transferred from a key position to an insignificant position. His current position is the admiral, that is, the guard of the prison.

When Lu Er entered the capital this time, the task Su Ze gave him was to "burn the cold stove".

The people Lu Er made friends with in the factory guards were all capable but marginalized Jinyiwei. These people lost their power, and their days have long since lost their glory. Hard to say no.

Zhu Su worked as a job overnight and only came home early this morning. When he saw the pork in Lu's second-hand store, he welcomed him into the house enthusiastically.

"Second Master Lu is here as soon as he comes. What else do you bring?"

Lu Er handed the pork to Zhu Su's mother-in-law. Looking at her smiling face, he also knew that Zhu Su had lost power and his family was already in ruins.

Jin Yiwei is also a military officer, hereditary hereditary hundreds of households sounds majestic, and his annual salary is less than eight taels of silver.

Relying on this salary alone, there is no way to survive in the capital, not to mention that the imperial court has been in arrears of wages every now and then over the years.

Zhu Su was considered to be in better condition among the Jinyiwei guards, and the guards in the prison were still a little oily, and those who were assigned to more marginal departments were really hard to get rid of.

Lu Er and Zhu Su exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then Zhu Su began to talk about what happened last night.

"Second Master Lu, something big happened yesterday."

Lu Er made an expression of listening.

Zhu Su said slowly, "Does Lan Shenxian know? Lan Shenxian is in prison."

Lu Er pretended to be surprised. He covered his mouth and said, "Blue Immortal? Isn't Lan Immortal the emperor's most favored priest?"

Zhu Su nodded and said: "I heard that Lan Shenxian said in front of the emperor that Yan Ge was always a traitor, this time it was the strength of Yan Ge's old envoy to go to prison."

Then, Zhu Su said: "Last night, Xiaoge went to the jail and met the blue god."

"This Lan Shenxian is also tough. Xiao Ge always said that as long as he tells the person behind it, he can spare his life, but Lan Shenxian is stubborn, saying that no one ordered him, and insisted that the Yan family and his son are traitors. What a backbone!"

Lu Er immediately pulled Zhu Su and said, "Old Zhu, be careful!"

Zhu Su immediately said: "I know, I know, isn't this my brother?"

Zhu Su quickly said downcastly again: "After Xiaoge left, Lan Shenxian suffered a crime. If the old commander is still there, he will definitely be safe in prison."

Speaking of Lu Bing, both of them fell silent.

When Lu Bing was in Jinyiwei, although he was in front of Jinyiwei, Lu Bing was an upright person. Although what Jinyiwei did was the same as now, everyone felt that he was serving the country, serving the emperor as a minion, and even had a sense of pride .

However, after Lu Bing's death, Jin Yiwei became a tool to kill Zhongliang. Many innocent ministers were arrested and tortured in prison. Jin Yiwei.

People are also moral, no matter how shameless a villain is, they will be afraid of being judged by thousands of people. Jin Yiwei's errands are also human, and they know better than others whether what they are doing is right or wrong.

After Lan Daoxing was imprisoned like this, Jin Yiwei also respected Lan Daoxing's hard bone that he refused to bite.

If Lu Bing was around, he would definitely protect him.

But now the governor in charge of the factory guards is Chen Hong, a vicious and cunning eunuch who is good at catering to his wishes and flattering his superiors and inferiors.

Lan Daoxing suffered a lot of inhuman torture as soon as he entered the imperial prison, and was tortured before the trial. Even Jin Yiwei, who used torture to extract a confession, couldn't stand it anymore.

Both Zhu Su and Lu Er sighed, Lan Daoxing was doomed.

Sure enough, three days later, Lan Daoxing died in the imperial prison without biting anyone.

When things got to this point, even the flaming strict party couldn't continue to bite, and could only vent their anger on Lan Daoxing's disciples and grandchildren.

Lan Daoxing was defined as a "monster", and his apprentices and grandchildren were also defined as the remnant party of monsters, all of whom were sent to Guangxi.

The arrogance of the strict party was high, but Qingliu dared not speak out.

Yan Shifan, who always felt that his father was weak, saw the veteran Yan Song go out and kill the popular Taoist official next to the emperor, and once again felt the power of the old Yan Ge who overshadowed the sky with one hand. Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy! Yan Shifan, who had already moved out of the mansion, also moved back to the mansion and began to serve his old father again.

But Yan Song, who got rid of his political opponent, didn't show any joy on his old face covered with age spots.

Yan Shifan helped his father tidy up the study, while Yan Song was lying on the recliner with half-closed eyes.

"Father, what's wrong with you? Aren't you happy that Lan Daoxing is dead?"

Yan Song squinted his eyes, looked at this son, and finally let out a long sigh.

"Prosperity comes down, Donglou, you still don't understand the truth. This time tripping Lan Daoxing went so smoothly, it went so smoothly that Dad felt scared."

Yan Shifan stopped. Although he had no achievements in the imperial examination, he was also very smart.

Yan Shifan's memory is amazing, except for Yan Song, only Yan Shifan can remember which book is placed on Yan Song's bookshelf.

When he was still living in Yan Song's mansion, Yan Shifan helped him clean up the bookshelves. Since Yan Shifan moved out, Yan Song's bookshelves were completely messed up.

Yan Shifan asked: "Did His Majesty do it on purpose?"

Yan Song didn't answer this question, but closed his eyes and said: "You and my father and son will not fall, just look at two things."

"Which two things?"

"One is whether this year's change of rice to mulberry can be done well, and whether it can get money for His Majesty."

"The second is Hu Zongxian's resistance to the Japanese."

Yan Shifan smiled and said: "Zhejiang has done a good job of changing rice to mulberry, and has started to raise silkworms."

"Hu Ruzhen's fight against the Japanese also won three battles and three victories in Taizhou. The newly trained soldiers in Zhejiang are good!"

Yan Song sighed again, his son is really smart, but Yan Shifan's smartness is quick wit, it is still too shallow depending on the situation.

At the same time, Eunuch Tao and Su Ze were having a similar conversation in the Fuzhou Bosi Yamen.

"Su Xianggong, Yan Maoqing, the inspector censor, will arrive in Fuzhou tomorrow. The Yan Party is now in power. I'm afraid the Fuzhou Shipping Department is about to bleed!"

Eunuch Tao paced back and forth, and said anxiously: "The palace has long been dissatisfied with me for occupying this fat job, especially Chen Hong, the factory owner, who has become more and more powerful. He has colluded with the strict party, and he has long been dissatisfied with my godfather. I don’t know if I can keep this position!”

Eunuch Tao got angry in a hurry, and bubbles grew at the corners of his mouth, but Su Ze was drinking tea at ease.

"Su Xianggong, you should say something!"

Su Ze put down the teacup and said:

"You don't have to worry, my father. There is no problem with our Shi Ship Company's accounts."

During this period of time, Su Ze led the students to deal with the account book of the Shibo Department inside and out. Su Ze's [Accounting Room] skill rose to Lv6.

When upgrading to Lv5, Su Ze specially chose such a [Fake Account Expert] skill among the three blue skills.

The three blue abilities are:

[Audit expert: When checking the books made by others, accountant skills +2]

[Financial Expert: Accounting skills +2 when specifying your own financial system and conducting internal inspections]

[Fake account expert: When writing fake accounts, accounting skills +2]

Su Ze used the [False Account Expert] skill to "organize" the account books of Shibo, which can be said to be flawless.

But the ledger is the ledger, and Yan Maoqing, as the leading financial expert in the strict party, naturally couldn't just look at the ledger.

Eunuch Tao naturally understood this truth, Su Ze said again:

"The Yan Party is about to fall."

Eunuch Tao stopped suddenly, and he looked at Su Ze suspiciously.

Eunuch Tao has connections in the palace, and the news he received showed no sign that the strict party was about to fall.

Su Ze raised his finger and said, "How long has it been since Mr. Yan Ge became the chief assistant of the cabinet?"

Eunuch Tao thought for a while and said: "Yan Ge has always been in the cabinet for 21 years, and now it has been 20 years."

Su Ze said: "There is no prince of thirty years in the world, nor is there a elder of twenty years."

"Your Majesty has many things that must be entrusted to the Yan Party, such as changing rice to mulberry, such as Zhejiang Straight to fight against the Japanese. But the more people in the Yan Party, and the more things the Yan Party does, the more His Majesty cannot tolerate them. Wang Jufan, it is because His Majesty has already seen that if King Jing really has the full support of the strict party, he can really take the position, so he has decided on the position of the crown prince."

"The balance of power has been broken. According to that character, the day to attack the Yan Party is near."

Eunuch Tao hurriedly asked, "When?"

Su Ze raised his finger and said, "Two things, change rice to mulberry, and Zhejiang straight to fight Japanese."

Eunuch Tao said: "I heard that it is very good in Zhejiang to change rice to mulberry farming? Governor Hu also won three battles and three victories in Taizhou, Zhejiang, repelling the Japanese pirates' offensive in spring. Doesn't that mean that the strict party is still in power?"

Su Ze shook his head and said, "As long as the Yan Party accomplishes one of these two things, it will not be far from falling. If both things are accomplished, the Yan Party's collapse will be in sight."

"ah?"

Eunuch Tao looked at Su Ze suspiciously, but Su Ze didn't explain, but looked into the distance and said:

"Eunuch Tao, there is no problem with the accounts, and there is no problem with the money handed in. Your seat is secure."

"If you voted for the strict party, this is the biggest problem."

Eunuch Tao also had the idea of ​​sending a large sum of money to make friends with Yan Maoqing, but after hearing Su Ze's words, he immediately extinguished his thoughts.

Since he entered Fujian, everything Su Ze said and did was correct, and he had established a firm trust in Tao Gonggong for a long time.

Since Su Ze said that the strict party is about to collapse, he should treat Yan Maoqing in a formal manner.

Moreover, Eunuch Tao actually knew that the imprint of Li Fang's party was too deep on him, and he might not end well if he joined the strict party.

After stabilizing Eunuch Tao's heart, Su Ze said again:

"Yan Maoqing came here this time, the most important thing is to change rice into mulberry."

Eunuch Tao asked suspiciously, "Why?"

"To change rice into mulberry, we still have to change it into silver in the end. The reason why the Yan Party sent people to the Fuzhou Shipping Department is to grasp the last link."

"Yan Maoqing will definitely increase the price of silk when he comes this time, and will force the Ryukyu tributary envoys to buy more silk."

"This matter is the bargaining chip for the father-in-law and Yan Maoqing to negotiate. We must hold on tightly. Yan Maoqing will not be able to find any money in the Fuzhou Shipping Department."

Eunuch Tao immediately understood Su Ze's meaning. Yan Maoqing came here to exchange rice for Sang Duo's silver, and checking accounts and extorting money were only secondary tasks.

As long as he stands in the way of Yan Maoqing, he can only let go of checking accounts and blackmailing, and dare not go deep into trouble with Tao Gonggong.

When Yan Maoqing's conditions are met in the end, then Yan Maoqing will definitely compromise and no longer conduct an in-depth audit.

"High!"

Coming out of the Shibosi Yamen, Su Ze only felt tired.

That's why he felt that the Ming Dynasty's reforms were difficult to save. In order to accomplish a simple matter, the entire system was in constant internal friction, constant calculations, and the coordination of multiple interests.

The interests of those in power increased, but the interests of the common people decreased. Ming Dynasty reformed again and again, but the benefits were eaten into the mouths of interest groups, and it was nothing more than passing from one mouth to another.

When everyone is full of food, the people who can't eat will rise up, and the Ming Dynasty will be gone.

When the Fuzhou Shipping Department first started, it gave the court a lot of money, but in a blink of an eye, other forces came to pick peaches.

The same is true for Fang Wanghai's Banknote Customs Office. The banknote tariff law has only been implemented for a long time, and now it is about to be abolished.

When Su Ze returned to the mansion, his father-in-law Fang Wanghai was reading in the yard.

After the year, Fang Wanghai simply wrote a memorial, saying that he was sick in Fuzhou and refused to go to Nanzhili.

Fang Wanghai didn't care what the court said, anyway, he didn't want to go to the Nanjing household department anymore.

"Ru Lin, you are back, what does Shibo Si say?"

"Eunuch Tao is like a frightened bird."

"Hahaha!"

After Fang Wanghai finished laughing, he said with something hurtful: "I'm pretty much the same."

Then Fang Wanghai held it and said, "Ru Lin, what's the difference between the 'mercantilism' mentioned in your book and Lord Hong Wu's policy of banning the sea?"

This "Mercantilist" is a draft of Su Ze's new book. Fang Wanghai happened to have nothing to do, so Su Ze asked him to proofread it first.

The mercantilism proposed by Su Ze is a kind of fundamentalist mercantilism. The focus is to strengthen the earning of foreign gold and silver currencies by dumping overseas.

After being in charge of the Banknote Customs Department for a period of time, Fang Wanghai's financial ability has been greatly improved. He can see the value of mercantilism at a glance, which is a good way to solve the current shortage of money in the Ming Dynasty.

But Fang Wanghai still had some doubts, he asked.