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Chapter 971: Showdown with the Emperor

"His Majesty……"

Seeing Zhu Youxiao agreeing, Han Yu, who was standing beside him, became anxious and quickly interrupted him.

"Your Majesty, Luzon's interests are too great, so you can't just give it up."

Zhu Youxiao has a really good temper. He was interrupted by Han Du and was not angry. He asked calmly: "What should he do according to Han Aiqing's opinion?"

Han Yu thought about it and said, "Although I don't know what should be done, if Your Majesty enthroned the Marquis of Jiangning as Governor of Luzon, the court would only get 30% of the income. The old minister thought that it would be appropriate to follow the method of Fujian Customs, and all the income should be distributed to the court at 80%."

After saying that, Han Yu saw Yang Feng looking at him with a look of foolish eyes. Sun Chengzong and Zhu Guozhen also frowned. He also realized that 80% of the interests were indeed exaggerated, so he quickly added: "If 80% are not suitable, 70% are OK."

Looking at Han Du's appearance as a greedy landlord Lao Cai, Yang Feng was both angry and funny, and shook his head and said, "Forget it, since Master Han believes that the court should give you 80% of that."

"What……"

Everyone was stunned. Even the little eunuch who was serving the side understood that if she did this, Yang Feng would lose a lot. The entire garrison of Luzon and all the expenses were paid by Yang Feng, and the annual expenses were astronomical. If the court got 80% of the income and Yang Feng got 20% of it, it would be a loss to grandma's house.

Yang Feng waved his hand: "Since that's the case, I thought the Jiangning army could withdraw from Luzon, and the imperial court sent another army to station it. The Governor of Luzon was also appointed by the imperial court. All the benefits were taken out by the imperial court, and the imperial court only had 20% of the income. How about it?"

"How can this happen? If this is the case, Jiang Ninghou, you will not do anything, why should you get 20% of the profit?" Now it was Han Du's turn to stop doing it.

"You also know that it's not appropriate to do nothing." Yang Feng suddenly got angry and pointed at his nose and cursed: "The court does nothing, just want to get 80% in vain. Are you stupid? You really think that eating is so delicious in vain?

Luzon's troops are stationed, and there is no need for money to resettle the people. It would be fine if the court didn't give a penny, but he still wanted to take the big head. Master Han, are you pretending to be shit in your mind?"

Yang Feng was really unbearable to this unreasonable old man. If he hadn't seen that although he was so "greedy", he was in the court's pursuit of interests, and he would have really beaten people.

After being scolded by Yang Feng, Han Yu realized that his proposal just now was a bit too much, but if he agreed, he was a little unwilling. He always felt that the court had only received 30% of it, which was a bit less. You should know that although the court's tax revenue this year increased from five or six million taels to 15 million taels, it can be said that it has increased by nearly three times.

But the imperial court also spent a lot of money, especially with the large-scale promotion of high-yield seeds and the continued climate of the small glacier, the imperial court spent a lot of money on silver every year to provide disaster relief. The cabinet could receive complaints from various places almost every month. Without exception, the contents were required by the imperial court to reduce taxes or allocate silver to provide disaster relief.

Sun Chengzong, Zhu Guozhen and Han Du, who were responsible for reviewing these notes, are now troubled by seeing the notes that require the issuance of disaster relief silver. Especially since this year, with the bandits in Shaanxi and Shanxi, Lu Xiangsheng led 30,000 new troops to quell the rebellion there. The food and wages spent every day were like flowing water, and the government's finances were almost unable to hold on. Now there is finally a place where wool can be used, so Han Du certainly doesn't want to let it go.

At this time, Sun Chengzong also spoke: "Okay, Lord Han, since the Marquis of Jiangning has agreed to pay 30% of the profits from Luzon in the future, then 30% will be fine."

When Sun Chengzong said this, he turned his attention to Yang Feng: "Marty Jiangning, since Your Majesty has agreed to your conditions, I have no objection. But we must also make an agreement in advance that the court can issue military and political affairs to you, but the court still needs to send officials to station in Luzon to supervise and review the proceeds in various parts of Luzon. Can you agree?"

"No problem!" Yang Feng agreed to have a happy ending.

The meaning of Sun Chengzong's words is very obvious. I can give you both the military power and the regime in Luzon, but I still have to supervise the financial power. Otherwise, what if you deceive the court and make false accounts, you can't even give this benefit to the court, right?

It was because Yang Feng understood what Sun Chengzong said that he agreed to be extremely happy. He only had 30% of the profits. Compared with the benefits that the Yang family will receive in the future, this benefit is simply not worth mentioning.

After the unanimous approval of the current emperor and the cabinet, this also means that all obstacles have been cleared, and the next step is to issue an order to spread the world.

Yang Feng was in a good mood and suddenly asked again: "Your Majesty, my elders, if one day I lead the troops to siege Nanyang, I wonder if there can be dealt with as much as Luzon's affairs."

Sun Chengzong "..."

Zhu Youxiao “…”

Seeing everyone with different expressions, Yang Feng also knew that it was too early to discuss this issue. After a haha, he skipped the topic.

This lunch is not so much a meal as a discussion. When the Luzon matter was settled, Sun Chengzong and the other two didn't care about drinking, so they quickly sued Zhu Youxiao, then said goodbye and left.

Looking at the three people leaving, Zhu Youxiao's original smile slowly calmed down. He sighed and looked at Yang Feng, "Yang Aiqing, do you have to leave the Ming Dynasty and abandon me?"

Yang Feng also sighed and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, I don't want this, but as the stall below grows bigger and bigger, I feel that some things should be handled as soon as possible. Otherwise, if you wait until the future, it may affect the relationship between our monarch and minister."

Seeing what Zhu Youxiao wanted to say, Yang Feng said again: "Your Majesty, the Jiangning Army has now grown to nearly 100,000 people. This army was built by Weichen, and all the soldiers below were promoted by Weichen. I believe Your Majesty also knew the combat power of this army. If such an army is left to the court, would the court dare to use it with confidence?"

Zhu Youxiao thought about it and shook his head with a wry smile: "Even if I dare to use it, the civil servants in the court will not agree."

"yes!"

Yang Feng smiled bitterly. Jiang Ningjun had already been stamped with his mark since the day he was founded. This mark has been engraved in his bones and cannot be erased any of the matter. How dare those officials in the court use it with confidence?

Not to mention anything else, just say that after Qi Jiguang's death, the Qi family army he left behind was thrown aside like a rag by the big bosses in the court. However, for decades, the Qi family army that was originally terrifying the world was weakened to the extreme.

Finally, the army led by Nurhaci at the city of Shenyang was fought to the decisive battle with the army led by Nurhaci. Three thousand Qi family troops fought bloody battles with tens of thousands of Qing Tartars for several days and suffered heavy casualties. However, the Ming army, who was close at hand, was afraid of the enemy and hid behind the Baitapu and stopped moving forward. He watched the Qi family army being wiped out by the Qing Tartars. The Qi family army founded by a famous general Qi Jiguang disappeared into the long river of history.

Yang Feng didn't want to repeat such a tragedy no matter what.
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