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Chapter 235 Happy Eunuch

Yang Reform doesn't expect to make money from copper coins. To make money, he depends entirely on silver coins. However, the silver coin's original is really an astronomical figure, one or two million. Yang Reform still doesn't know where to find it. .

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the matter of casting the book..." Bi Ziyan didn't open the pot and lifted which pot. The emperor was worrying about the casting of the book, but Bi Ziyan still brought up the casting of the book. , Don't even think about making this silver coin.

"How much is the casting cost of the Ministry of Households?" Yang Reform scratched his head.

"Return to Your Majesty, to mint copper coins, the mint of the household department is nearly 8 taels, and to mint silver coins, this, there is no precedent, I don't know..." Bi Ziyan didn't know who produced the 200 million mint, anyway, the household department has no money.

"There are copper coin mints. How much of this silver coin mint can the Ministry of Household take out?" Yang Reform asked.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, if the mint of this silver coin is to meet His Majesty's requirements, there will be 200 million pieces per year, and the mint is probably 20 million taels of silver. It's already the limit." Bi Ziyan carefully explained that according to the current intention of the household department, the household department will get 20% of the fire consumption of silver coins, and only 20% of the minted money can be paid out, so [-] taels is the upper limit , Bi Ziyan is just the servant of the household department, and there is still a book on it, so it is not easy to add this casting book by himself. Moreover, the household department really has no money. The [-] yuan is still obtained by the emperor. There is only this little money from the many incomes, and if it is stored in the warehouse of the household department in the past, it will be starved to death.

"20? Just 20. I'll find a way to mint coins. In the future, I will keep them in the northern and southern capitals. Let the rest be withdrawn. By the way, this Baoquan Bureau specializes in minting coins. Now it is minting silver coins. The matter is very important. I remember that the grade of the Baoquan Bureau is only the ninth grade. Let me mention it, let me mention it. What is the name of the ambassador of the Baoquan Bureau? Let him do a good job of minting coins Now, you can also improve his grade." Yang Reformed.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the ambassador of Baoquan Bureau is Ma Zhide." Bi Ziyan replied.

"Okay, it's him, this person, he still has some ability, let him do a good job." Yang Reform remembered that there was such a number one person, although the official was small, but he had a lot of connections.Ability, there is also a point. He minted silver coins for himself overnight, and he is a person worth cultivating.

"Your Majesty obeys the order. Is there a Baoquan Bureau in Nanjing? What is the grade? Your Majesty please decide." Bi Ziyan agreed and asked again.Bi Ziyan thought to himself that this Ma Zhide didn't know that the blessings he cultivated in that life were actually taken by the emperor. You must know that the coins and the silver coins in his hands are hundreds of millions. How many people have this idea, even In the cabinet, some people reached out to the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs, hoping to get a hand in the Baoquan Bureau. They thought that Ma Zhide's seat might not be stable. How did they know that Ma Zhide had already climbed up to it? The emperor, registered with the emperor, this person is even more stable.In the future, I will have to help him a bit, anyway, he is also my own.

"Over there in Nanjing? Well, let's also set up a Baoquan Bureau, under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Baoquan Bureau. Minting silver coins is really too hot, I am afraid that a small eighth-rank official will not be able to see the situation..." Yang Reform said.

The emperor sent his internal ministers to supervise the local area. This is definitely not news, and foreign ministers like them shouldn't be in charge. Bi Ziyan didn't say anything.

Yang Reform was halfway through, so he didn't talk about it. The two guys who were considered confidantes, Erxizi and Xiaoshunzi, were sent out by Pai, but they were given 10 taels of silver each. Including those from the household department, each person is only 20 taels of silver. This amount of silver is less than [-]% of the casting cost. The reform has set a deadly goal. Within a year, they will not be able to achieve the goal of [-] million coins. They will come to see them and they will be completed. In the future, they will be Zhu Youjian's absolute confidant. Yes, when they die in the future, find a place for them in the imperial mausoleum to enjoy sacrifices forever. Yang Reform was also forced by money. He has no choice but to force his own eunuch, hoping that these two little eunuchs will create miracles for him .

Seeing that the emperor had finished speaking, Bi Ziyan went on to report on his work.

"Report to Your Majesty, the time limit for the use of the newly minted money is three years. In the future, the court will only be allowed to use the newly minted money to pay taxes. After three years, it will not be allowed to use silver to pay. Your Majesty, look at this time." , enough?" Bi Ziyan asked again.

"A three-year transition period?" Yang Reform didn't have a mint, and he still doesn't know if he can complete the minting of [-] million coins a year. Even if there are hundreds of millions of minting, the silver coins may not be enough. The total economic volume of North Korea will never be only [-] million yuan.

"Three years, let's say three years. However, the proportion of use must be gradually increased. In the first year, [-]% of the tax must be paid with the imperial money. In the second year, [-]% must be paid. There must be [-]%, and in the fourth year, the direct circulation of silver will be prohibited." Yang Reform thought for a while and formulated laws and regulations.

"I obey the order." Bi Ziyan responded again.

It's cool to say the law casually.However, it doesn't bring any joy.Yang Reform, the emperor, was also depressed. He was dizzy all day long because of these messy things, and he was stuck in deep thinking all day long.

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Erxizi is Erxizi's nickname in the palace. Not many people dare to call this name now. In the past, when I was a young eunuch, people often called it. A few people called him, such as the emperor, who likes to call him Erxizi. Now, he is also named as a young prisoner, a celebrity in front of the emperor.

Erxizi was "driven" out of the imperial palace by the emperor yesterday, rushed to Tongzhou overnight, went on the canal, and was about to go straight down to the south of the Yangtze River to make preparations and supervise the casting of silver coins.This path was chosen by Er Xizi himself. What he and Xiao Shunzi promised the emperor was to mint 10 million silver coins every year. This matter, in terms of the minting capacity of the Ming Dynasty, was no problem. However, The difficulty is that there are not many castings. The emperor gave only [-] taels of castings, which is not all of the castings. The Baoquan Bureau has to be reopened in Nanjing, which requires silver. Therefore, the actual casting It would be less. It stands to reason that it is more difficult to mint coins in the south than in the north. However, Er Xizi still chose the south. Er Xizi believed that he made the right choice.

Those who came on the same boat were only two confidant eunuchs, they said they were eunuchs, but in fact, Er Xizi was only a year or two older than them.

In addition, it is Jin Yiwei who is responsible for protecting the safety of Yin Zi.

Arriving at Tongzhou overnight and boarding the boat, Er Xizi didn't get up until noon the next day, because she was terribly tired last night.

Zhu Dali is the head of the guards responsible for escorting this batch of money safely. He has a bearded face, and he looks like a martial artist. There is no time, it is said that there are 10 taels, and at the same time, there is a celebrity in front of the emperor, Xi Gonggong, Zhu Dali has been a deputy Qianhu for a while, and has always wanted to become a full-time Qianhu, a pity Firstly, there is no money in hand, and secondly, this person is limited, and there are three or four deputy thousand households in one thousand households, so it is difficult for him to get ahead.However, he feels that this business trip is an opportunity. This father-in-law is a celebrity in front of the emperor. It is said that he is very good at making money. He got two or three million taels of silver for the emperor. Those who are involved in the Wei case The officials and eunuchs fawned on him, all they had to do was call him father, in order to pay less money.

"Yo... Eunuch Xi, you are really strong! The sun is just right, you old man is here to bask in the sun! Sit, sit, sit..." Zhu Dali had been guarding outside the door of Eunuch Xi for a long time, ready to have a chat with him. The celebrities around the emperor should make good contact with each other.

Erxizi is the current Eunuch Xi, and his status has changed as his status has grown. In the past, others called him Erxizi, but now, others call him Eunuch Xi.

"Hehe, General Zhu! It's early too! Come, come, come, let's sit together." Eunuch Xi also greeted with a smile.

This ship is an official ship with two floors and a platform on it, which is specially for enjoying the scenery along the coast from the platform.There is a table and some stools on it.

"Hehe, Eunuch Xi is on a job, and the younger one is just a small deputy from the fifth rank. How can he be qualified to sit in front of Eunuch Xi? It's better for the lower officials to stand." Zhu Dali said flatteringly. It looks like, this father-in-law, hangs the sign of the young prison, and the young prison is a high-ranking official from the fourth rank. He is a deputy Qianhu, and he is a long way away from others.What's more, others are celebrities in front of the emperor, and they are "imperial envoys" who work for the emperor, which is even more incomparable.

"Hehe, General Zhu is really polite, so our family will not be polite." Eunuch Xi didn't say much, and sat on the chair on the second floor of the boat, admiring the scenery along the coast.

Zhu Dali stood aside, waiting with his hands down.

"Hehe, I'm taking the liberty to ask Eunuch Xi, what is your majesty sending Eunuch Xi to Jiangnan this time?" Zhu Dali began to type.

"...an errand?..." Xi Gonggong said with a blank face, and after two words, there was no more to say.Speaking of errands, Er Xizi is also gambling, and now the emperor is in a state of distress over the matter of money, and just needs someone to step forward, so, in the eyes of the emperor, eunuchs like them are only useful, and will be seen by the emperor. In front of others, he was looked down upon by others. Therefore, Er Xizi chose such a seemingly impossible task. He wanted to improve his status in the eyes of the emperor by proving his worth. After that, I started to think about how to handle this matter, and I didn't have a clue.

"Hehe, what's so difficult about my eunuch? If there is a place for me to be an official, I will definitely do my best. If my eunuch doesn't dislike it, I have some relatives in the south who I know well, so I can recommend them to my eunuch. It will definitely get twice the result with half the effort..." Zhu Dali didn't care about his image, a bearded old man flattered and flattered a 20-year-old eunuch, no matter how you looked at it, it was disgusting, but Zhu Dali felt that this was a good opportunity, now Those who can climb the line of the emperor are all developed.For example, Mr. Xu Guangqi and Mr. Xu Ge have now become the living Buddha of Wanjia with tens of millions of taels of silver in their hands.If this thing is done, you will definitely become a great benevolent person who will be famous through the ages!It made many people drool with envy.He, Zhu Dali, has made up his mind that he must climb the line of the emperor when he finds an opportunity. Now a huge opportunity is in front of him, and he must never miss it.

Eunuch Xi became interested in this guy when he heard that he had connections to the south, and said, "Oh? Hehe, General Zhu, tell me, what do you know well in the south of the Yangtze River?" The matter is really unclear, and now I heard this guy said that there is something to do with Jiangnan, and I am going to see if I can help myself.

"Hehe, father-in-law, the uncle of Xiaguan's wife is in charge of the Ministry of War in Nanjing, and one of Xiaguan's acquaintances has experience in Nanjing..." Zhu Dali flatteringly introduced his network in the south.

Zhu Dali talked for a long time, but seeing that Eunuch Xi didn't show any expression, he didn't say anything. It was obvious that Eunuch Xi didn't like his relationship, so he said a few meaningless words, and left embarrassingly.

After Zhu Dali left, the little eunuch next to Eunuch Xi said: "Eunuch, this person is too ignorant, even a first-class person in charge dares to show off, and he doesn't even look at my father-in-law's identity, when will it be his turn?" Get in touch with a master."

"That's right, that's right, this man has really lost his eyesight. My father-in-law is a celebrity around the emperor, and he does big things for the emperor. He talks about trivial things, and he can't touch the little people around him. He's really blind. Pooh... ..." Another little eunuch didn't bother to deal with this kind of person.

Eunuch Xi sat on the chair, staring at both sides of the river, fascinated, and said: "Hehe, don't underestimate people! Our family is going to the south of the Yangtze River to do business, and we must ask people to help Meng. Now we can make more friends, maybe , I will use it in the future, the errand that our family is doing now is difficult! Difficult..." After finishing speaking, Eunuch Xi sighed, the emperor's business is very difficult.Although it is very tricky, the reward is quite high. You know, it is the dream of so many eunuchs to be the consolation envoy in the West. You know, it is such an honor to be buried in the imperial mausoleum after death.

A little eunuch said: "Eunuch, I feel that even if we want to find someone, we should look for our own family members. This Jiangnan is not controlled by our eunuchs, who are guarding and guarding everywhere. He didn't ask his own family for help, when will it be his turn to introduce a shit master? What can the master do? I'm not afraid of losing our father-in-law's status..." The little eunuch's voice was very sharp, and when he spoke, Like firing a cannon, there are a lot of crackling.

Hearing this, Eunuch Xi relaxed his brows a little, and said: "Little Yizi, I love to hear what you said, Eunuch, and you are right. Although our family's business this time is indeed difficult, but our family in Jiangnan I also have a lot of family members, when the time comes, I will visit various places, maybe, this matter will have a clue..." Xi Gonggong felt a little bit in his heart when he heard the little eunuch named Xiao Yizi speak. Bottom, yeah!The internal officials sent to various places in the south of the Yangtze River to guard, guard, and weaving. There are so many of them. They are all the emperor's internal ministers, and they all work for the emperor. Silver, presumably, there is no need to be too anxious about the matter of silver. Thinking of this, Eunuch Xi's heart can be regarded as settled down.So, he praised Xiao Yizi a few times.

On the Grand Canal, an official ship, carrying an eunuch named Xi Gonggong, rushed towards Nanjing quickly, which also brought Yang's hope of reform.

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In the Wenhua Palace.

Yang Reform sullenly set the rules for the use of money, and Bi Ziyan also resigned.

"Big companion, how much money do I still have in my internal funds?" Yang Reform was unhappy if he had no money.Recently, I have spent too much money, there are holes everywhere, and I need to fill it with my own money, and my money is probably going to bottom out.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is not much money in the internal treasury now, excluding the money from Li Ruolian, now, there are only more than 200 million taels in the internal treasury of Your Majesty." Wang Chengen is the chief executive, managing the emperor's property , It is very clear how much money the emperor has.

"hiss……"

More than 200 million taels?Wasn't there five or six million taels a while ago?How did you get this little money all of a sudden?Yang Reform was very distressed. This year, he had a lot of places to spend his own money.

"Tell me, those places are used." Yang Reform only felt that he used money like running water.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, recently, the barbarian that His Majesty promised today will need 35 taels of silver to build the fleet; yesterday, His Majesty sent Er Xizi and Xiao Shunzi to supervise the construction, each with 10 taels, which is 20 taels. Two; Master Xu ordered the grain in the south of the Yangtze River, and he had no money to ship it. His Majesty gave 10,000+ taels; Li Ruolian's place was 120 million taels; He paid 10 taels; His Majesty recruited elites from all over the world to guard the capital, and the previous payment was 40 taels; Dongjiang Town paid 24 taels a month; recruiting and training new troops cost tens of thousands of dollars a month, and gradually increased; building firearms cost tens of thousands of dollars a month. Thousands of taels are gradually increasing; Sun Yuanhua makes cannons; the expenses of the palace, the salaries of hundreds of officials and soldiers, and food; the Mongolian Imperial Army, thousands of taels a month; More than 8 million taels; besides, Your Majesty, Master Xu’s disaster relief has not yet been collected, so before, Your Majesty was afraid to prepare some money for Master Xu’s expenses; today, Your Majesty intends to fish and needs to build a boat, so I’m afraid it will still be necessary. Additional expenses, and, Your Majesty, His Majesty’s reserve silver has not been settled yet, and the silver of the vassal kings has not yet been deposited in His Majesty’s bank. I am afraid that Your Majesty will have to prepare some silver; Your Majesty is not only building a barbarian fleet, this, maybe I still have to spend 320 taels... In addition, Your Majesty, there is still 10 million taels promised to all parties in the second half of the year; and, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is going to let Yuan Chonghuan go to Liaodong, and you have to prepare a sum of money; , Your Majesty, the elite guards of the capital will soon enter the capital, and there must be additional expenses; also, your majesty intends to clean up Mongolia and start a war in Korea, which will require additional military expenses, and..."

Wang Chengen's mouth was like a printer, and it typed out Yang Reform's bill in a snap.

(End of this chapter)