People live in the Ming Dynasty, evil spirits are soaring into the sky

Chapter 277 Civilians break the defense! The emperor throws money at people! One thousand taels is not enough! Then two thousand taels!

Chen Han might not even know that just because of his changes, the Frankies reacted quickly.

They probably couldn't stand Chen Han's method of directly killing their people.

They even cut off their people's heads and placed them on the port to scare all foreigners.

Although they admit that the Ming Dynasty is still relatively powerful today, they absolutely cannot stand the Ming Dynasty treating themselves and others with such a arrogant attitude.

The most important thing is that now the Spaniards have also come to Asia and established a foothold in Manila, Luzon Island.

If you and others do not fight back, the Spaniards may not only laugh at you and others, but may also seize your own market.

So No. 3 began to prepare for a head-on confrontation with Chen Han and the others.

However, considering that the Ming Dynasty could easily destroy Hao Jing's base, they were not in a hurry to attack this time.

Everything seems to have entered silence, but those who are thoughtful understand that it is just the calm before the storm.

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Capital.

Emperor Wanli began to arrange his troops in the court hall.

"Ministry of Industry! How is the construction of the Ming Dynasty's treasure shipyard now?" Emperor Wanli asked.

Although the officials below were not very happy, even at the upper court they felt that this was just to complete basic tasks.

Building treasure ships is a task that Chen Han attaches great importance to.

In today's situation of inconvenient transportation, large battleships are very necessary.

Not only can it be used for colonization, but it can also be used to fight across sea areas.

The newly appointed Minister of Industry came out bravely: "Your Majesty! I have completed everyone's preparations and hired the craftsmen. We are just waiting for the raw materials to enter the factory."

The construction drawings of the treasure ship are in the archives of the Ministry of Industry.

Why have there been no more voyages to the West over the years?

Firstly, it is because starting from Zhu Qizhen of Baozong, the status of generals has been in decline, and there is no talented and strategic commander to lead the fleet.

Secondly, there were gradually Japanese pirate disturbances on the sea, making the sea unsafe.

Thirdly, starting from Baozong, civil servants gradually took control of the court. The civil servants said that the voyages to the West were too expensive and were stopped.

Fourthly, Xia Xiyang at that time was just to promote the country's prestige, or as unofficial historians said, it was to find Zhu Yunwen.

Regardless of the reason, the voyage to the West could not bring substantial benefits to the Ming Dynasty, which was the reason for everyone's opposition.

Of course, when Chen Han arrived, he would not be polite to the neighboring countries and would start fighting directly.

And there's a good excuse.

Now both Portugal and Spain have begun colonization.

Then it is right for me, the Ming Dynasty, to go to the West and destroy Spain and Portugal.

But now when they hear the Minister of Industry say that the basic work has been completed, many officials express disdain.

In their eyes, the Ming Dynasty does not need to build any big ships at all. It is enough to digest the Ming Dynasty itself. Running around casually is simply a waste of time and manpower and material resources.

Even the Minister of Industry himself felt that such a thing was really unnecessary.

But what he didn't expect was that Emperor Wanli was very happy after hearing what he said: "Okay! Although you are very dissatisfied with the reforms made by me and Chen Aiqing. However, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you are guilty, you will be punished. Come and reward the Ministry of Industry Shangshu five hundred taels of silver."

After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, under the shocked eyes of all the officials, the eunuch beside him took out five hundred taels of silver from a large wooden box placed on the steps and placed it on a tray.

Then he held more than 30 kilograms and nearly 40 kilograms of silver with all his strength, walked down the steps, walked to the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and placed ten silver ingots of 50 taels and one ingot at the feet of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry. .

This time it really confused many people.

what is this?
Send money directly?

Are there any other tricks like this?
Is this humiliating us as officials? Of course, some officials are thinking that it would be better to do more of this humiliation.

Emperor Wanli looked at the shocked officials below and said, "I understand that talking to you is useless. You love money and silver. I have plenty of silver here. As long as you use it sincerely, you will have plenty of money."

When the Minister of Industry was an official of this level, he really didn't think this money was money, but he was shocked by Emperor Wanli's attitude towards doing things.

No matter how well you did in the past, you might just get verbal praise.

But now it's not.

Instead, silver is awarded directly.

This operation shocked all officials.

Even Zhang Juzheng who was present was a little confused.

But for a moment, he even felt that this was a coquettish operation that only Chen Han would use.

Then Emperor Wanli asked again: "How is the production of the 10,000 new muskets that Chen Aiqing handed over before leaving Beijing?"

The Minister of Industry immediately shouted back: "Your Majesty! All 10,000 muskets have been built and are being trained!"

I don't know if the money played a role, but his voice actually became much louder.

When the officials who were also in the court heard his words, they all cursed in their hearts: Damn it, we are not deaf, why are you shouting so loudly?
It seems that the money really worked.

No, the expression on his face proved it all.

"Okay! Well done! Give me two thousand taels of silver! The five hundred taels are yours. The remaining one thousand five hundred taels of silver will be rewarded to the officials below. You have the final say on how to distribute them."

After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, he saw the eunuchs taking out the silver from several other boxes and then holding it in front of him.

Then he coded them neatly.

Now there were two thousand five hundred taels of silver piled up at his feet.

The current purchasing power of one tael of silver is 800 yuan, which means that Emperor Wanli has directly rewarded his department with 2 million yuan.

His personal portion reached 800,000 yuan.

Let's put it this way, in movies and TV shows, it feels like anyone can spend hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver.

But the real situation is that if you have one thousand two hundred silver in cash, not to mention how rich you will be, at least you will be considered a wealthy person in a county.

So when these two thousand five hundred taels were released, all the officials were stunned.

Emperor Wanli asked again: "Mr. Zhang Ge, how are the potatoes growing in Liao Dynasty?"

Zhang Juzheng replied: "Report to your Majesty! Everything has been planted according to the instructions of the Duke of Liao, and the harvest will be available in August or September."

Emperor Wanli was very happy: "Okay! Thank you for your hard work, Zhang Ge! All the officials working under me have also worked hard. I will never treat officials who do practical things badly."

He said that he would give money.

However, at this moment, the Minister of Rites suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty! You can't do this?"

Emperor Wanli was a little unhappy when he saw the old man with a gray beard standing up. I reward officials who can do things well and you have to stand up and oppose it?
"Your Majesty! Doing what is within your duty is to fulfill your duties as a minister. How can it be measured by gold and silver? If you are a minister like this, you are not a slave of gold and silver!!"

The good guy extinguished the dreams of many officials with just one sentence.

Especially the Minister of Industry, looking at the two thousand five hundred taels of silver at his feet, he was filled with hatred.

Because if everyone agrees with this, they will not be able to take the money openly.

For a moment, the Minister of Works hated this old bastard: You are the one who has a long mouth, right? !

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First update! !

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