Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 666 Qin Guifei's Invitation

This is a big deal, it's really important to go out and play traffic.

At this time, there are no cars or planes, and even a carriage is hard on the hard ground. Sitting in a carriage for a few days without getting sick can make your stomach droop.

It has been almost a year since the new concrete official road was built, and Liu Hongjian has never had time to ask about it.

"A few days before the new official path, Fan Daren, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, told me that the cabinet meant...to suspend the renovation of the official path." Zhu Cihong said a little embarrassed.

Since he said this, he must agree with the cabinet's opinion, but it is not easy to say it directly. After all, the new cement official road was built with his approval.

The problem is that he underestimated the cost of building cement roads. Since last year, the northern section of the Xinguan Road has been built from Beijing to Kaifeng, Henan, and the southern section has been built from Wuchang to Ji'an. Two-fifths of the progress has been completed, and a total cost of more than 890 million yuan has been spent. two.

This is not counting other material expenditures of the Ministry of Industry. If the official road from the capital to Guangzhou is repaired according to the original plan, it will cost at least [-] million taels of silver.

And according to Liu Hongjian's previous plan, except for the Yellow River and the Great River, other rivers should be bridged. At least one-third of the silver in it will be consumed.

In addition to the great earthquake in Henan, the court accumulated more than 110 million shi of uncle's disaster relief food, countless cotton clothes and bedding, and the thick and thick in the early stage cost several million taels.

He, Zhu Cihong... feels distressed!

Just like his father Chongzhen, this kid didn't have a good life when he was a child, knowing that money is hard to come by, he wished he could live like his father Chongzhen, breaking a tael of silver into two petals.

So, he wanted to break his promise.

"A sage named Lu once said that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads. The emperor must not be short-sighted!" Liu Hongjian remonstrated.

At the beginning, he told Zhu Cihong that the cost of repairing the cement official road would be very high. He originally wanted to win this unprecedented large-scale project in the name of Xishan Commercial Cooperation, and then collect tolls.

However, the imperial court still didn't agree, and insisted on repairing it by himself. Now, all his money has been used to open Fuming Banks in various parts of Daming, so there is no working capital for road construction.

What kind of thing is it to throw away half of the repair, is all previous work wasted?
After a good meal, Liu Hongjian talked over the benefits of road construction with Xiao Zhu again, and suggested that he set up checkpoints on the repaired roads to charge high-speed tolls in order to get back the funds, which dispelled this guy's idea of ​​​​stopping road construction.

But judging from Zhu Cihong's complexion, it was still very painful.

Liu Hongjian couldn't get angry when he saw this guy acting like a miser, and he didn't even think about where all the money in the treasury came from, he snatched it box by box!

Keeping this king's sweat for you to spend money on, why don't you give up, at worst, this king will go to sea to grab some.

The Chinese descendants are good everywhere, but there is only one thing that people criticize, that is, they like to hoard money when they have money, either depositing it in a bank or buying real estate, but they don't know that money has value only when it is in circulation.

Fortunately for future generations, after all, with the country's macro-control, the country has the ability to mobilize domestic demand and revitalize the market.

But it’s different now, if he hadn’t been tossing back and forth like a dung stick, now four-fifths of Daming’s silver is held in the hands of nobles, corrupt officials, landlords, and profiteers. To throw in the cellar.

As a result, there is too little currency in circulation on the market, and it is the people who suffer in the end.

According to Liu Hongjian's original plan, the money in the national treasury was originally to be spent, whether it was road construction or large-scale workshops, to stimulate people's production and at the same time scatter the money.

Only when people have silver can they be able to buy things, right?In this way, Xishan Shanghe is the only merchant that has business, isn't it?If merchants have business, the court can collect business taxes, right?

Little Zhu doesn't understand such a simple principle of economics, and those courtiers who have lived most of their lives don't understand?

He didn't believe it, but he didn't bother to care about it.

After returning from the palace, Liu Hongjian still stayed in Xishan to accompany his wife and children, so much so that he didn't go to Zhu Cihong's feast for the officials in the palace.

On the contrary, Uncle Han, the second assistant, came to Xishan after he went to court, which meant that he could not be so independent, and the relationship with the courtiers still had to be maintained.

Liu Hongjian didn't take it seriously either, he wouldn't be him if he didn't act out of his own way, what is being out of the ordinary, like that Dongxie Huang Yaoshi?
It's just that people don't like to follow the crowd, and they have to mix with a group of people who don't know each other, so that they can be called gregarious?

It's just that he also knows that Uncle Han is doing it for his own good. After all, the memorials to impeach him have never stopped. It seems that if this group of people have nothing to do, impeachment is not enough to show their sense of existence.

However, Liu Hung-chien just wanted to tell them that the Lord didn't care about such behaviors like flying pigeons jumping into the fire.

Compared with other powerful ministers in Ming Dynasty, such as Yan Song, Zhang Juzheng, and even Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian, etc., whether they are internal or external ministers, they are all powerful ministers with one person under ten thousand.

But Liu Hongjian was different from them in that he never interacted with his courtiers, and even Uncle Han never saw him once a month. All his proposals were based on the benefit of the people.

It's also because of his character that he is rich but not greedy, and has power but not love. This is also the reason why Lao Zhu and Xiao Zhu regard him as their absolute reliance.

Almost at the same time, six days later, Empress Chen gave birth to a daughter, named Zhu Heke.

Immediately after hearing the news, Liu Hongjian realized a problem, and maybe something was going to happen again.

If Empress Chen gave birth to a son, even if it was the second son, it didn't matter, the courtiers would definitely agree to have a son, but it was unlucky for the Chen family to give birth to a daughter.

Liu Hongjian could almost imagine Zhu Cihuang's embarrassment in the harem. The imperial concubine Qin was favored and gave birth to an eldest son, so the queen's situation was difficult.

In line with the principle of not making trouble for himself, he didn't bother to take care of the affairs of Zhu Cihong's harem when his own harem hadn't been settled yet.

However, he didn't want to look for trouble, but the trouble found him. On the fourth day after Empress Chen gave birth to the eldest princess, an unexpected visitor came to Xishan Bieyuan.

"My lord, the imperial concubine is here to invite you." A middle-aged eunuch stood at the door holding a whisk in his hand and said, his tone could not tell good or evil, but there was not much respect.

Liu Hongjian was making arrangements for his son to ride a big horse in the yard, while Qi Qige, Ling Yu, and Ling Xue were escorted by Yang Xue and other women, applauding. Seeing a eunuch approaching the door, Liu Hongjian frowned.

"Which one are you?" Liu Hongjian stood up with a sullen expression, and motioned for Fat Hu to play with his son.

Even when the new East Factory Superintendent and Eunuch Pang Dahai came here, he had to smile and greet him with kind words. Liu Hongjian was surprisingly disgusted with this beardless eunuch who was a little faceless in front of him.

"Our family is Wang Yuan, the supervisor and eunuch. The imperial concubine sent our family to invite the prince into the palace." Seeing Liu Hongjian's sullen expression, Wang Yuan immediately said with a smile.

Relying on Concubine Chen's momentum in the palace, Wang Yuanxiao was used to being carefree, and when he was out of the palace, he even forgot that he was a slave.

Perhaps in the eyes of foreign ministers, the Anguo County King is an unassailable existence, but in his eyes it is not the case. He knows the ability of the imperial concubine.

"No time, please go back!" Liu Hongjian waved his hands without even looking at Wang Yuan.

PS: I recommend a book "Ode to the North". Kou Jihun passed through the Northern Song Dynasty and became the grandson of Kou Zhun, a famous prime minister through the ages. As a standard official of the third generation, he should have lived the most arrogant life of a dandy.

However, when he entered Beijing with a letter from his cheap father inviting him to enter Bianjing to enjoy wealth, he discovered that...

Grandfather Kou Zhun seems to be getting cold!
Those who are interested can read it.

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