Wanli Xinming

Chapter 320 Starfall ([-])

In the early spring and February of the 13th year of Wanli, Annan's strategy came to an end.Emperor Guangxing of the Li Dynasty fled to Champa and Xinzhou and fled into the mountains. Gong Xian, Duke of Pingnan, had transferred the three chieftains of Wen Champa and ordered them to hand over Emperor Guangxing and Zheng Song immediately.The Xu Guangqi Mission, which is far away in Europe, has already set foot on the land of Rome before the Spring Festival and is about to meet the Pope.

In the Ming Dynasty on the Central Continent, after experiencing the first wave of reforms, the embryonic form of the market economy has begun to emerge.

With the issuance of the silver coin "Dragon Yuan" and small-value silver notes, the Daming market has moved from stagnant to sufficient liquidity; with the in-depth development of large immigration in the northeast and southwest, the salary of handicraft apprentices and the first generation of "workers" The tide has risen; with the massive planting of rice in Myanmar, soybeans and corn in Northeast China, as well as potatoes and sweet potatoes, which have been popularized by the government, the fear of large-scale hunger has not reappeared in the world.

Since the ninth year of Wanli, the image of the prosperous age has been affirmed by the court and the public - "Wanli prosperous age" has no doubt, at least in the word of mouth of the people, at this time, the world has been far away from the country's "rule of benevolence and propaganda" ".

On February 25, the Bureau of Internal Statistics released the "Review of the Second Five-Year Plan" and widely advertised it in newspapers, proving the prosperity of today's prosperity with irrefutable data:

In the 12th year of Wanli, the steel output has reached 120 million tons, which is five times that of the seventh year of Wanli, ten times that of the third year of Wanli, 25 times that of the sixth year of Longqing, and eight times that of Spain and the United Kingdom.

The "plan" that was formulated in the second year of Wanli was just a red and green chart hanging in the Emperor's Hall. Zhu Yijun's initial purpose was to let the ministers develop a "plan-implementation-feedback-improvement". "Planning" awareness and work habits.

However, after the addition of "Zhang Juzheng's test method" and "Zhu Yijun's enhanced version test method", this plan has begun to have all the elements of top-level design since the third year of Wanli. These years, especially after the great reform, gradually It became a programmatic document guiding the administration of the imperial court.

The 12th year of Wanli was the final year of the second "plan". The imperial court also spent a lot of manpower and material resources to investigate the implementation of the plan in various places, and drafted a new plan based on the research results. During this period, the government and the public were widely solicited.

By the time the latest plan was promulgated, it had become a development outline with clear goals, clear paths, and powerful measures. If we talk about the biggest politics in the 13th year of Wanli, it is that this year is the first year of the new plan.

On February 26, Zhang Juzheng left his home in Hufangqiao, first took a carriage to Xiyuan, and then changed to Jianyu outside the door to go to work. With Luo Gai and other guards of honor, Zhang Juzheng was able to enter the political affairs hall in a small sedan chair for two people.

It seems that the spring in Xiyuan comes earlier than Hufang Bridge, and the light yellow on the ginkgo tree seems to be heavier than its own.Zhang Juzheng came out of the sedan chair, and when he was surrounded by Zhang Siwei, Pan Sheng and others, he looked up tremblingly.

He stopped, pointed to the tree and smiled at Pan Sheng: "Brother Shui Lian, I heard that this tree was planted by Wynn by Ping Zhong, and it is more than a hundred years old now."

Pan Sheng felt that the old man beside him was as light as a handful of bones, and with a smile on his face, he said, "The old gentleman is right—you have had a good year this year." After speaking, he was afraid of himself. With red eyes, he looked up at the canopy of the ginkgo tree, and said in a rush to say, "Every autumn, there are many ginkgo trees, and this tree seems to be a female."

Zhang Juzheng laughed and said: "I heard that this tree only bears fruit for 40 years, and then the male and female can be separated. Because of its longevity, famous mountains and ancient temples, there are many kinds of this ping, and there is only one male in front of the mountain gate of many Buddhist temples." The first mother, when separated, cannot be sawed or chopped—but it fits the nature of those Taoist priests in robes."

Pan Sheng listened to his every sentence as if there was an overtone in it, so he just kept his mouth shut.Wang Guoguang, Chen Ju and the others just smiled, as if they understood Zhang Juzheng's sarcasm.

Zhang Siwei said with a smile: "Old sir, the predecessors planted it and the future generations will eat the fruit. This is also called the 'gongsun'. Although Wynn is an eunuch, but he protects Zhou Quan's filial piety and wins the honor of 'Xianzhong' in the temple. I'm facing the first." He emphasized the pronunciation of the word "first", intentionally or unintentionally.

Hearing this, Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "What Feng Pan said is that Xiaozong Longfei, Wynn should be the first meritorious deed, Qin Chang is the second, and all the thorns in the inner stage should also be rewarded. It can also collect feathers." After speaking, he looked at the people around him, if there was a deep meaning in his eyes.

While speaking, several people crossed the yard and entered the prime minister's signing room.Although Zhang Juzheng hadn't come for more than three months, the room was still clean and spotless.With the help of everyone, Zhang Juzheng sat down in the middle of the Luohan bed behind the big case. Zhang Siwei took two more cushions on the side and let Zhang Juzheng lean on it.

Zhang Juzheng took two breaths and tapped the table twice.Pan Sheng hurriedly opened the thick memorial on the major case, pointed to the blank space at the end, and said, "The plan has been drawn up.

Zhang Juzheng picked up the brush and repeatedly licked the tip of the pen on the inkstone platform, Zhang Siwei said, "Why do you need to come here to sign, old man, the same is true for us to send it to you."

Zhang Juzheng's already cloudy eyes seemed to have flashes of electricity, but when he looked closely, his old eyes became dizzy.Hearing him sigh, "It's more appropriate to do such a big policy in the Political Office." After speaking, he gently patted the armrest of the Arhat bed, his regret was beyond words.

Wang Guoguang suddenly followed up: "What the old gentleman said is that one of the important reasons for the emperor to build the Political Affairs Hall is so that people in the Political Affairs Hall do not have to take documents home, so as not to lose secrets and so on."

Zhang Siwei was secretly annoyed, but he didn't show anything on his face.After Zhang Juzheng signed the most important report, he picked out a few outstanding reports from the government affairs he was in charge of. Zhang Juzheng nodded and said, "Fengpan does everything flawlessly. I have nothing to worry about." Kingdom Light.

Wang Guoguang scratched his head and said, "I wasn't on duty yesterday. I didn't know the old gentleman was coming today—no one notified me after that, and I didn't make any preparations." Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, just talk about it."

Wang Guoguang thought for a while, then raised his finger and said, "The most important thing right now is the issue of bank notes. I don't know what's going on. Suzhou, Taicang, Fuzhou, Linqing and other places, as soon as the bank notes go out. He immediately returned to the bank and was exchanged for Long Yuan—now these places have less and less silver reserves, and the imperial court is transporting silver from north to south, which is really weird. What the hell!"

Zhang Juzheng asked: "The folks don't like to use silver notes, but Long Yuan is okay?" Wang Guowei shook his head and said, "It's not like this among the people, except that people in these places just don't like to use silver notes, other places are still willing to use them. Duo—Long Yuan looks good, but he’s still weird.”

Zhang Juzheng closed his eyes and pondered for a while, Fang said: "There must be some profit from Long Yuan in these places, but the court has not yet figured out how to make a profit. This matter needs to be transferred to Wen Guoan's internal information, etc., and let them find out." Wang Guoguang nodded. should be down.

Zhang Siwei laughed aside and said, "If you take Long Yuan and re-melt it into silver ingots, you will have to lose your old capital. It shouldn't be the same reason as the 'copper shortage'."

Wang Guoguang raised his brows when he heard his interjection, and said in a wicked voice: "Feng Pan, I am reporting to the Prime Minister, why did you interject and presume your position? - You are not yet the Deputy Prime Minister!"

With a buzzing sound in Zhang Siwei's head, he wondered what happened to Wang Guoguang.Previously, several senior scholars from the Political Affairs Hall exchanged and discussed work. There were more times than this, every day.Do you still have the will to reach the top?Just your reputation and reputation? !

Oh, because no one notified him that Zhang Juzheng came over today, so he's arguing?Who am I to reason with, I just found out today!Fortunately, I have come to work on time for the past few months, otherwise I will not be able to pick up Zhang Juzheng!
(End of this chapter)