I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 46 The Way to Make Money
Li Tian kept the six ministers in the hall for discussion, mainly to urge the six ministers to fully support Huang Zhun's household reform.

After receiving the guarantee from Xia Yuanji, Shangshu of the Ministry of Household, Li Qing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and Wu Zhong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Li Tian didn't say any more, got up and sent the six Shangshu out of the hall.

Another six important ministers left, and the seats in the hall were mostly vacant immediately, and asked the little eunuch to remove the extra chairs. Li Tian looked at Yang Shiqi and others with a more casual expression.

In the past dynasties, it is not uncommon for the cabinet and prime ministers to attack and annihilate each other.

But in Li Tian's cabinet, there is no deadly enemy. Although Ren Jin and Yang Rongzheng have disagreements, and Huang Zhun is somewhat displeased with Ren Jin's pretending to be calm, in general, the four of them are He is a loyal royalist.

Sitting carelessly next to the four of them, Li Tian said casually:
"Jin Youde is cautious, Lu Zhen wants to fish in troubled waters, Qian Yi and Li Qing are still waiting to see, only Wu Zhong and Xia Lao Shangshu are determined to support, what do you think of this situation?"

Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong had expected it a long time ago, but Ren Jin was terrified when he heard it. It turns out that His Majesty can see everything clearly.

Huang Zhun bowed his hands and said in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, the law of household reform will last forever and benefit all people. It is the general trend. How can human power stop it? However, Lu Shangshu is indeed in a hurry."

Li Tian nodded slightly, then turned his gaze to Yang Shiqi.

Yang Shiqi noticed Li Tian's eyes, smiled brightly, cupped his hands and said:
"The old minister is most afraid that His Majesty will get carried away by the reform and make major changes, but at present, it seems that the old minister is too worried."

Li Tian laughed loudly when he heard the words, and Yang Rong and the others also showed smiles on their faces. After a while, Li Tian smirked and said:

"It's still Shiqi who understands my thoughts the most. You all put your heart in your stomach and eat food bite by bite. I still understand."

Swallowing a reassurance pill, the four great scholars settled down, Yang Shiqi's complexion changed, and he opened his mouth and said:

"Your Majesty, the minister of the Ministry of Rites recommends Deng Shiyan, the incumbent servant of the Ministry of Rites, to take over. What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Li Tian knew without thinking that Deng Shiyan must have an unusual relationship with Yang Shiqi, but Li Tian has nothing to worry about who can be recommended by Yang Shiqi on this occasion.

"Then according to what Shiqi said, after the cabinet has drafted the imperial decree, let Deng Shiyan come to the imperial study to meet me."

"The old minister obeys the order."

Without saying thanks for the kindness, Yang Shiqi responded respectfully with a slight smile on his old face.

Li Tian nodded slightly, not forgetting the business, turned to look at Huang Zhun and said:

"Zhongchang, you said at the court meeting that there are few poor households in Beijing, but is that true?"

The matter of household reform is now in Huang Zhun's heart, he is closer than his own son, Huang Zhun has kept it in mind in every aspect, and immediately clasped his hands and said firmly:

"That's right, at least in the East City, most of the people have their own workshops, either supply braised food for restaurants in the city, or supply gift boxes for the gold bank in the city."

Nodding his head, Li Tian licked his lips, suppressed a smile and said:

"I have an idea, you give me staff and staff."

Seeing the emperor's expression on the side, Wang Fu shivered like an electric shock. That day when the seven princes of King Jin gave the emperor money outside the Chengtian Gate, the emperor also had the same expression.

It seems that someone is going to be unlucky again, Wang Fu thought secretly.

"Your Majesty please speak."

Yang Shiqi straightened his face, Huang Zhun and the other three also listened attentively.

After coughing twice, Li Tian put his hands behind his back, got up and paced:
"This is what I think, although the iron ID card is strong and durable, it is inevitable that some courtiers and dignitaries do not want to be the same as the common people.

How about making three kinds of ID cards, the first one is made of iron for 120 liters, the second one can be mixed with silver powder and sold for 20 taels, and the third one can be mixed with gold powder and sold for 80 taels. Two sheets. "

"Wonderful, Your Majesty!" Huang Zhun said happily:

"Your Majesty's method is really ingenious. Those nobles and rich people who don't want to be like ordinary people will definitely buy ID cards mixed with gold powder. In this way, the method of household reform will not only not drag down the treasury's finances, but also bring in a lot of money."

Yang Rong and Ren Jin also nodded again and again, echoing endlessly, only Yang Shiqi remained silent.

Seeing this, Li Tian thought that Yang Shiqi had an idea, and said in a deep voice:

"Shi Qi, is there something wrong with my method?"

Yang Shiqi shook his head and said slowly:
"Your Majesty, if the old minister thinks that it is mixed with gold powder, it should be sold for at least 200 taels."

Damn, this old guy Yang Shiqi is actually more ruthless than himself, Li Tian smiled:
"It's because I didn't think carefully, Zhong Chang, as Yi Shiqi said, the ones mixed with gold powder are sold for 200 taels."

Huang Zhun bowed and bowed, with a smile on his face, he said:
"The minister obeys the order."

After a few senior scholars had finished laughing, Li Tian straightened his face and said again:

"I kept all my lovers until now, naturally not just for open source, Wang Fu."

"Here."

Wang Fu bowed in response, ran all the way, and brought a sack from the side hall:
"Your Majesty, the corpse of Ji Mian's old slave has been thrown to the dogs on Zhengyang Street, and now only the head remains."

Ji Mian?

When Yang Rong and the others heard the words, their faces changed suddenly, and Huang Zhun was the most jumpy, pointing to the sack and asking urgently:

"Your Majesty, the head here is Ji Mian's head?"

Li Tian nodded, waved his hand to signal Wang Fu to step back, and said in a deep voice:
"That's right, but I suggest that you don't open it. Ji Mian was drowned in Taiye Pond by Wang Fu."

Huang Zhun was a courageous one, he took a look at the mouth of the sack, and immediately backed away in fright.

Ji Mian choked to death in the water, his death condition was extremely appalling.

Li Tian was afraid to scare the oldest Yang Shiqi, so he asked Wang Fu to take the sack away, and explained to the four bewildered scholars:

"Dongchang has found out that Ji Mian and Lu Gong have ordered Jinyiwei Qianhu in Shandong and Zhejiang to intervene in the salt and iron special transportation for personal gain.

Ji Mian has pleaded guilty in my imperial study, but I haven't released the news yet, because Lu Gong is still on the way, Nanjing is more than [-] miles away from the capital, and it must be a few days before Commander Lu arrives. "

After Li Tian explained, Yang Shiqi and others suddenly understood, no wonder His Majesty suddenly asked the cabinet to draft an order to promote Ji Mian and depose Lu Gong. It turned out that it was because of this reason.

Huang Zhun suddenly thought of something, subconsciously said:

"Maybe His Majesty will be extremely disappointed with the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It turns out that His Majesty already knew about the Shandong Salt Transport."

Li Tian nodded slightly, not caring about Huang Zhun's disrespectful behavior, looked at the four great scholars and said:
"Ji Mian will die when he dies, but what really makes me sad is that according to Ji Mian's confession, there are as many as 42 officials who have colluded with him at the third rank and below the seventh rank."

Hearing that so many officials from the imperial court colluded in, Yang Shiqi, even if the old god was there, also changed his face.

A fourth-rank official is at least involved at the state level. You must know that the official rank of a prefect is exactly the fourth rank!

(End of this chapter)