Qing Dynasty: Pampering The Queen

"I don't know if Huang Ama is in Hangzhou City, and if I can see his old man this trip." Fourth Master said.

Mu Jin smiled: "The emperor's southern tour is well known in the world. Whether the Supreme Emperor is in Hangzhou or not, he must have heard the news. The emperor just waits. Even if the Supreme Emperor does not come to meet the emperor, it also means that the Supreme Emperor is very serious about the emperor's governance of the world. If you are satisfied, it is considered a good thing!"

The fourth master laughed happily, his eyes were soft and doting: "Jin'er's words make me very happy."

Hearing Mu Jin's words, Fourth Master thought that this was indeed the case, so he stopped worrying about whether the Supreme Emperor would happen or not.

Now that I have arrived in Hangzhou, I can do whatever I want with peace of mind, and by the way, I have to have some fun.

And this time going south, his purpose was not only to meet Huang Ama, but also to deal with the salt merchants in Yangzhou.

Now that the Guozihao firm has started, this matter must definitely continue.

The glass workshop and the cement workshop were restructured and started to be built. The more the fourth master looked at the salt merchants, the more unhappy they became. These people have made a lot of money all these years ago with the salt in their hands. , Rich as hell, since the silver could have been returned to the treasury, of course he wanted to do it.

However, there is a lot involved in it. After all, salt merchants cannot cover the sky with one hand, and there must be someone in the court, which is the "collusion between government and businessmen" that he extremely dislikes.

He won't make a move without first figuring out the doorways here.

So this time, he had already brought his confidants to the south together, and had already deployed manpower in Yangzhou to carefully investigate and visit. It happened that the queen stayed in Yangzhou to recuperate, and left a lot of people in Yangzhou openly.

Another thing is to select some people from Suzhou Weaving and Jiangning Weaving to form a new firm and belong to the imperial court.

Suzhou weaving and Jiangning weaving are completely serving the imperial palace, occupying the best resources and having the best craftsmen, which is too wasteful.

Wouldn't it be good to set up another firm to earn more money for the treasury?

The difficulty of this matter is not very big, everyone has gone to the south of the Yangtze River, and the two weaving offices can only follow the order even if they are not happy in their hearts.

Mu Jian'an and his wife had to assist in this matter, and it happened that he and his wife had arrived in Nanjing ahead of schedule, so this matter could start soon.

In addition, there is one more important thing, which is about the sea ban.

For the time being, he didn't plan to move on this matter, he just wanted to see how the situation was going.

There is much more water here than in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

If it was in the past, he wouldn't take it too seriously, but after hearing what Lao Jiu said and talking with Mu Jian'an and his wife, he knew what the sea ban in the Qing Dynasty actually was.

It is the imperial court that bans the sea, but it is the rich and powerful along the south coast of the Yangtze River who make it happen.

Rich people along the coast rely on shipping to smuggle, which one is not rich? They are the biggest supporters of the sea ban policy, and the reason is self-evident.

In the past, Huang Ama also tried to pass the sea ban twice, but in the end, both of them ended in failure.

I used to think that this was because the Qing Dynasty was not suitable and should not open the sea ban, and there were many disadvantages, so the ministers opposed it, and the local chaos was caused by it.

Thinking about it now, it was nothing more than a premeditated attack.

Once the imperial court lifts the sea ban, the maritime monopoly of the rich families along the coast will be broken immediately. How can they be willing to spit out the fat in their mouths?

In addition, the coast is too far away from the capital, beyond reach, everything has to rely on the local.

Since there was a lot of opposition in the local area, the ministers in the court did not support it, and the emperor Ama was always gentle with his ministers, so he let it go when he saw it.