Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 583
"The benefits really touch people's hearts."

Looking at the memorabilia in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen said with a half-smile: "When the treasury was short of money, I wanted them to help the court solve its problems, and they all cried poorly to me.

Now, after seeing the tangible benefits of the United Maritime Trade, everyone is rushing to send money. This world is really ridiculous. "

Wang Chengen leaned slightly and said, "Your Majesty, after this batch of additional silver is exchanged for the corresponding new money, will the extra share be stored in the internal treasury, or transferred out?"

"Call out."

Emperor Chongzhen closed the memorial, threw it on the imperial case, and stretched out his hand: "Allocate all to the disaster relief offices in Shanxi and Shaanxi, and ask Chen Qiyu and Liu Hong to train them to speed up the construction of roads and water conservancy reconstruction in Shanxi and Shanxi.

By the way, convey an oral order to the people of Huangming Maritime Trade Association, let them start planning to build the shipyard, and speed up the speed of raising the scale of the sea-going ships under their command. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed hurriedly.

Regarding the joint maritime trade, as Zhu Chunchen and the others had speculated, Emperor Chongzhen attached great importance to it. After all, it could earn a lot of money from internal funds.

As the construction of the northern provinces progressed in an orderly manner, Emperor Chongzhen's demand for silver was also increasing.

Regardless of whether it is disaster relief offices in various places or large-scale chemical workshops, a large amount of money is needed to support them, so that they can see corresponding results.

With the addition of a large amount of silver, the clear new money circulation is also increasing, and the proportion is constantly increasing, which in turn drives the circulation efficiency of the northern provinces.

"If the 5000 million taels of silver can be included in the Huangming Maritime Trade Association under the names of Zhu Chunchen and others around the fifth year of Chongzhen, then the scale of opening up the sea will inevitably enter a new stage."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up a memorial and said with a smile on his face: "At that time, it will be even more difficult for those civil officials in the outer court, including the people standing behind them, to oppose the opening of the sea. Now, relying on this batch of silver to exchange for new money, I can do a lot of things."

The dividends brought by the seigniorage must be firmly in the hands of the Emperor Chongzhen. With the silver materials that have been 'taken out', they can be circulated with internal funds and tilted to various fields, which can help the continuous development of Ming Dynasty.

By that time, the bankrupt group formed by Daming will be settled accordingly, so that they can move forward to the next stage of reform.

Looking at the contents of the memorial, Emperor Chongzhen restrained his smile, frowned and said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Banban, send someone to call Zhang Zhiji here."

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed hurriedly.

Inherited from the Duke of England, Zhang Zhiji, led the Lifan Academy, which revolved around extorting suzerains and vassals from all over the world, and summoned the heirs of various suzerains to Beijing to study Zongxue. It can be said to be very busy.

At present, the Zongxue that is being established in Xishan has a large number of heirs of the Zong and vassals. They are not only free labor, but also pioneers in the future.

Allowing them to accept transformation in their labor, and letting these heirs of the vassal clan get rid of low-level interests and live collectively is the core idea finalized by Emperor Chongzhen.

When all the princes and county kings under the Ming Dynasty were blackmailed by the Li Fan Yuan and concentrated their children in the capital, then the matter of stripping off the land under the name could be followed by Sun Chuanting in Henan to rule the Zong Fan. The progress made has been gradually promoted.

"It's getting more and more interesting."

Looking at the memorandum in his hand, Emperor Chongzhen showed a smile: "North Korea wants to do business with Daming. It needs to be carefully planned. If it can drive the development of workshops in the northern provinces, it will be beneficial to Daming. .”

After Emperor Chongzhen strengthened the power of Dongjiang Town, Dongjiang’s anti-insurgency commander dispatched by the Military Aircraft Department was affected by the current situation in Liaodong, and secretly went to North Korea many times to talk with high-level officials in North Korea. This also caused some changes in Ming Dynasty to gradually begin. circulated in Korea.

After all, the status of the suzerain of the Ming Dynasty has not yet completely expired in North Korea, and the Dongjiang Army led by Liu Xingzuo fought several beautiful battles in Liaodong, so that the people on the North Korean side began to stop being so timid and want to repair it secretly. The relationship with Daming, in order to get rid of the threat of Jianlu.

"Chen... Zhang Zhiji, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Excuse me."

Looking at Zhang Zhiji bowing and saluting, Emperor Chongzhen smiled. He was very satisfied with the lineage of the British Duke, which was loyal to Daming.

In particular, Zhang Zhiji's only son, Zhang Shize, also granted the hereditary title of Earl of Zhongyong. When Zhang Zhiji dies, Zhang Shize will inherit the title of Duke of England, and the title of Earl of Zhongyong will be selected from among Zhang Shize's heirs. bit to inherit.

Emperor Chongzhen's attitude towards groups loyal to the Ming Dynasty was clear, and he would never treat them badly, and he would have everything he should have.

"Zhang Qing, I intend to ask you to go to North Korea in the name of Li Fanyuan to represent me and the imperial court."

Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while, looked at Zhang Zhiji and said: "The North Korean passed through Dongjiang Town, and handed me a secret report, begging us, Ming, to do business with them. This is not a trivial matter.

I will assign some manpower for you to conduct detailed discussions and clarifications on the opening of trade between the two countries, with the intention of helping North Korea get out of the predicament and allowing Ming to obtain the corresponding needs. "

Zhang Zhiji: "..."

Regarding what the emperor said, Zhang Zhiji felt a little complicated. Two days ago, Zhu Chunchen and the others wanted to add more money, and they also followed suit.

After all, the United Maritime Trade business can indeed earn a corresponding amount of money, even if it is added, it is nothing, but Zhang Zhiji is still busy with the affairs of the Fanyuan, which makes him not think about other things.

Now he was busy with the affairs of the Lifan Academy, so he was asked to leave Beijing to go to Chaoxiang. Zhang Zhiji felt his scalp tingling just thinking about the sea trip.

"If this matter is negotiated, I plan to let the Huangming Maritime Trade Association be in charge of all matters related to North Korea's maritime trade." Seeing Zhang Zhiji like this, Emperor Chongzhen continued.

"I am in urgent need of young people, mineral deposits, timber, etc. in North Korea. If this matter can be done well, I believe it will solve many troubles for the court, and let Zhu Chunchen and Xu Yunzhen follow you. Go ahead, something must be done to make it happen."

"The minister obeys the order."

Zhang Zhiji hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Zhang Zhiji, who originally felt his scalp was numb, changed his mind instantly when he heard that the emperor was going to hand over the business affairs with North Korea to the special director of Huangming Maritime Trade Association.

If this can really be achieved, the money that Huangming Maritime Trade Association can earn in the future will increase correspondingly a lot.

Thinking of such a good thing, Zhang Zhiji began to think in his heart, how he should properly extort some benefits from Zhu Chunchen, Xu Yunzhen and the others.

(End of this chapter)