The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 237
"Five million is enough." Wang Qiushan's eyes shined brightly. The imperial court will always have money to spend. Even if there are mountains of gold and silver, it is not enough to spend. The salt rolls issued by Shangguanqing's organization will become hard currency. The work of the household department is much simpler, and throwing money at people is the most enjoyable.

Shangguan Wenhe also nodded frequently, implying that Shangguanqing supports the work of the household department.

Shangguan Qing didn't follow the two people's ideas, but said: "I need to issue some excessive salt rolls, and I need something from the Ministry of Accounts as collateral. If there is no collateral, the salt rolls will become a pile of waste paper within half a year." .”

"What mortgage do you want?" Wang Qiushan knew Shangguan Qing's way of doing things. Although he was unhappy, he still asked kindly, who let the method of printing salt rolls be in Shangguan Qing's hands.

Shangguan Qing said: "I want the right to manage the post stations from the capital to Lingnan Road, and the proceeds of the post stations along the way will be used as collateral. I can issue 100 million stone salt rolls for the Ministry of Households first."

Wang Qiushan looked at Shangguan Wenhe, he couldn't decide on such a matter.

"Does it have to be a collateral?" Shangguan Wenhe didn't want to care about it either.

Previously, Shangguan Qing proposed to let the clan manage the inn, but there was a lot of trouble. Recently, no one has mentioned it. The clan is still eating and waiting to die. The money Shangguan Qing earns seems to be enough for the clan to consume, but people know in their hearts. The number of clans is increasing, and the golden mountains and silver seas are not enough to spend.

Shangguan Qing once again mentioned the matter of the post station, which was to open up a battlefield alone.

"It's okay to not use a post station, but it must be a business with an annual income of not less than [-] gold, otherwise it will be difficult to guarantee the purchasing power of the salt rolls. At least I have been in the capital for the past three years, and I don't want the salt rolls to become waste paper." Shangguan Qing will She made her own interests clear, and she didn't want to bear the infamy of incompetent people.

"Not at all." Wang Qiushan smiled gently. It was because Shangguan Qing was in charge of the Craftsmanship Division that he hoped to issue as many salt rolls as possible. Volume, no one wants to bear the infamy of incompetence.

It's easy to say.

Wang Qiushan and Shangguan Wenhe exchanged glances and said, "We can use the Jingdong Canal as a mortgage."

"No." Shangguan Qing shook her head.

The turmoil in the Jingdong area has not been a year or two, because where is the place where the Red Scarf Army launched, the imperial court has been meticulously sucking blood in the Jingdong area all the year round, the roads are dilapidated, and the canals are very silted up. Wan is already a lot.

Wang Qiushan frowned, and really wanted to talk to Shangguan Qing about some great truths, but he had taken money from Shangguan Qing too many times, so he couldn't say a lot of great truths.He is not a Confucian who is well-learned in poetry and books, and he has no moral obsession, otherwise he would not have formed an alliance with Shangguan Wenhe.

Shangguan Qing continued: "If the canal is used as a mortgage, I want the Jingnan Canal, and I don't want the North Canal. The evidence there is not stable, which will affect the credit of Yanjuan."

"No." Wang Qiushan shook his head this time.

The Jingnan Canal is an important source of income for the Ministry of Household Affairs. Food and materials from the south must pass through this canal. The Ministry of Household Affairs must hold this canal in its hands.

Both sides were dissatisfied, and the bargaining chip returned to the power of the post station. Shangguan Wenhe agreed to talk to the emperor, and the three reached a tacit agreement.

Shangguan Wenhe didn't act immediately, but waited until the Inner Hall asked the government after the Great Court Meeting before bringing this matter up.

There were many opponents, but Shangguan Wenhe took out military expenditures in the Northwest and clan annual rewards to explain the matter, explaining that the household department had no money and had to mortgage the salt rolls to tide over the difficulties and ensure that the salt rolls would not depreciate.

Now both inside and outside the imperial court use salt rolls to send letters. Everyone present does not want the salt rolls to depreciate, and they all hope that the salt rolls can be printed casually.

Just when Chu Huaitian wanted to agree, another clan stood up to object.Although the clan is unwilling to run the station, in their hearts the station is the clan's territory, and they don't want it, and they don't allow others to intervene.And according to people's understanding of Shangguan Qing, as long as Shangguan Qing likes something, it will bring huge benefits.

"Could it be that the post station can really make money." All the clan bosses thought so.

"Since the salt rolls are going to be issued, why can't they be printed directly, not to mention the trustworthiness of the court, how could the court's trustworthiness be questioned by the common people." Xiang Fei, a senior censor, couldn't help but speak out.The last time he went to see Shangguan Wenhe for the monthly salary of the censors, this made his reputation in Qingliu drop a lot.

When those Qingliu were hungry, they hoped that Xiang Fei would do something to fight for their rights and interests, but when the Qingliu were full, they began to accuse Xiang Fei of flattering the powerful officials, and that he was not qualified to be a censor.

Xiang Fei, who was aggrieved by all kinds of remarks, started to fight against Shangguan Wenhe again. Shangguan Wenhe felt that Xiang Fei's brain was broken, and he wanted to please a group of people who were not good for him and kept watching his position all the time. White-eyed wolf.If it was Shangguan Wenhe, he would rather feed the steamed buns to the dogs than to a group of white-eyed wolves.

Someone from the Ministry of War also stood up to oppose it. Feng Nianqing, the new minister of the Ministry of War, stood silent, and recorded the servant who spoke in his mind that he was going to go back and put on shoes for him.Although the post station is the traditional site of the Ministry of War, Feng Nianqing is Shangguan Qing's diehard, sacrificing the interests of the department will allow him to get more.

People quarreled for more than an hour about whether to hand over the management of the post station to the craftsman. In the end, Chu Huaitian made a decision to hand over the posthouse from the capital to Lingnan Road to the household department for management, and the craftsman to manage it.

Chu Huaitian has calculated that only in this way can he get more profits.

The decree was delivered to Shangguan Qing, and she was not disappointed. The postal service should be in the hands of the state. Even in Ling Ling's era, the postal service was a state enterprise.

The Ministry of War sent the information about the post stations to the Luantai Division. Shangguan Qing simply cleaned them up, and after confirming the number of post stations, post pawns, and horses, re-determined the important cities according to the map that Chu Qianhan had drawn for her. She redistributed the importance of the location of the post stations. She did not cut any post stations, but expanded the key stations.

Because the plan was already in place, Shangguan Qing’s order was issued that night, and the fast horse galloped all the way to Lingnan Road, thousands of miles away. At the same time, it announced the start of postal consignment from the capital to the Jingnan area, and the letterhead was divided into salt rolls. , Freight charges according to the weight of the goods.

As soon as the postal service was opened, it brought hundreds of gold to the craftsman, which was enough for the craftsman to determine the house numbers for the streets and alleys of the capital and the towns and villages in southern Beijing.

The postal service is not Shangguan Qing's ultimate goal. She wants to establish a fast financial express channel between the capital and Qiongya Military Prefecture, so as to seize the financial commanding heights for Qiongya Military Prefecture.

At this time, people still couldn't understand Shangguan Qing's arrangement, and Shangguan Qing's money bag had already been quietly opened to collect money.

(End of this chapter)