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Chapter 237 Raise Li Zicheng's wages and set up fishery

May sixteenth.

Early in the morning, Yang Reform got up and silently wrote the materials he found last night.Yesterday, I got a lot of information about the fishing industry. I have a good understanding of the fishing industry and I have come up with a good method.

The ministers are now accustomed to the habit of the current emperor. They don’t go to court until eight or nine o’clock. This kind of life is really easy. It’s far from the past, where you have to get up from the warm quilt just after midnight. , It is even more necessary to stay in the snow for several hours, not as comfortable as it is now, and they all fall in love with this kind of work and rest time. Of course, some old antiques must mutter a few words, saying that the emperor is lazy and lazy.

Today is the day of the morning court, and the ministers came to the Supreme Harmony Gate as usual, preparing to participate in the morning court, but the emperor temporarily postponed the time of the morning court.

There is a row of corridors in the square on the west side of the Gate of Supreme Harmony, which were originally used for the "Da Ming Hui Dian", but now a few rooms are secluded, as a place for courtiers to groom before going to court, and it is also a place for temporary rest.

In front of this corridor, there is a large mirror, which is specially used by the ministers to organize their appearance. It is considered to be fashionable in the palace, and it is also the emperor's plan to promote the full-length mirror.

Guo Yunhou is the Minister of the Household Department, but he is such a useless Minister of the Household Department. The emperor doesn't know what to do, he doesn't like to see him, and he doesn't discuss many things with him, but discusses with his own subordinates, which makes him very annoyed. Thinking about the ten million taels of money passed by the household department now, but seeing him leave this position, he felt very unwilling and annoyed.

Guo Yunhou was in a daze in front of the mirror, a minister came over and said with a smile: "Master Guo, the weather is good today!"

Guo Yunhou was troubled in his heart, and replied dryly: "Hehe, it's not bad!"

"Hehe, this mirror is not bad! It's big, bright, and it can illuminate people clearly. It's really a treasure." The official added casually.

"That's right! This big mirror is really a treasure. It is very suitable to use it to organize clothes and appearance." Guo Yunhou also expressed emotion. This mirror is worth several hundred taels. If you don’t have a big mirror like this at home, you’d be embarrassed to go out, and you’ll look decent in front of a big mirror like this.

The chatting official said: "Hehe, I heard that your Majesty's silver coinage this time is quite high in quality, which is close to the fineness of grain silver. Hehe, Your Majesty is so virtuous that it is really convenient for the people of the world to mint coins with pure silver." !It is really a rare kind of good governance to save the people of the world from using scattered silver!..." The official said this without thinking.

Guo Yunhou was thinking about something, when he heard others say this, he said casually: "Hehe, it's all thanks to His Majesty's wisdom..."

The official continued: "Hehe, Mr. Guo is also amazing! I think Mr. Guo called out tens of thousands of taels of silver to the household department with a shout from the court. I really admire it!"

Guo Yunhou was trying his best to ease the relationship between himself and the emperor. When he heard this guy revealing his scars, he was very angry. Two silver coins, I was really annoyed at the time that the emperor only wanted to see his subordinates, and discussed everything with his subordinates, but he didn't want to see himself.

Guo Yunhou couldn't figure out why the emperor didn't want to see him. Guo Yunhou was going to ease the relationship between the emperor and himself. This casting cost was all the household, 20 taels, but he also knew that this effect was not great because the emperor didn't make much money. , but the casting book is very large, even the 20 taels that he got with all his strength, is still a drop in the bucket for the casting book. Guo Yunhou looked at the mirror in a daze, and didn't care about the guy who exposed his scar just now.

The official surnamed Zhao who was chatting with Guo Yunhou felt that the Guo Yunhou he had ridiculed didn't respond, so he felt bored and went away. Everyone in the court knew that the emperor had something to discuss with the servant of the household department, not with the minister, and the minister of the household department When Guo Yunhou was in the early court, he called out 10 taels of silver to the household department, and called the emperor's 10 taels of silver to the household department.Can such a person stay in the court?Everyone is guessing, how long can this Guo Yunhou continue to work?There is a powerful character at the bottom, the emperor above does not want to see him, and even ruins the emperor's wealth. This kind of person can't stay in the position of Shangshu for a few days.

All the ministers only stayed here for a while, and then they received the news that the emperor was coming to the early court, and they all lined up to go to the early court.

Taihe Gate.

Everything was as usual, after the kowtow, the formal discussion began.

There is really no major issue worth discussing today. The major issue today is disaster relief. The imperial envoys for disaster relief have already been settled, and other minor matters do not need to be brought up for discussion in the morning.

Seeing that the crowd was silent, Yang Reform asked himself, "Is the Minister of War here?"

"The minister is here." Liu Yanyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up.

"I ask you, can the station be under the control of the Ministry of War?" Yang Reform asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, that's right." Liu Yanyuan was very surprised. Why did the emperor ask this?
"Oh. Let me ask you, is it hard to be a postman?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's really hard work..." Liu Yanyuan didn't even know what the emperor wanted to do. Isn't this nonsense?The one involved with pawns, which one is not hard?It's refreshing not to see a thing with "pawn" on it.

"Yes! I also find it hard. I have issued a lot of documents in the past few days, and they are all expedited at [-] miles. I think, can this person bear it if he flies [-] miles in one day?" Yang Reformed Said.

The minister below almost laughed out loud, others just ran away to death, what relationship do you have with your emperor, is it possible that your majesty is still going to try how to run out of these seven hundred miles?

Liu Yanyuan is so embarrassed, discussing this kind of thing with the emperor is really a bit-it feels like playing house with a child, why is the emperor's thinking so childish?
"Your Majesty, it is really tiring to run seven hundred miles. However, the seven hundred miles are not run by one person. There are relay stations. Each post station runs a certain distance. There are thirty miles, one to twenty miles, and so on. If you have dozens of people to run for seven hundred miles, you won't be so tired." Liu Yanyuan couldn't say what was wrong with His Majesty the Emperor, so he had to hold back the smile in his heart and explain to the Emperor.

"I know this, but I still don't think it's easy. Although everyone only runs a few dozen miles at a time, if it takes too many runs, it must be very hard work! Liu Aiqing, don't you think so? "

Liu Yanyuan couldn't understand why the emperor told him this, so he said: "Report to Your Majesty, it is like this."

"...In the past few days, I have sent hundreds of letters at once, and it took seven hundred miles to expedite them. I suddenly thought, these postmen must have worked very hard!"

"Return to Your Majesty, that's right." Liu Yanyuan was already unable to answer the emperor's words. What's the difference between this and a child's play house?How did the emperor think that one out is one out!I usually look at the emperor, he is quite a shrewd person!Why are you thinking like a child now?

Yang Reform paused, and said: "Through this incident, I suddenly felt that I am going to do relief and immigration far beyond the previous ones. The number of letters, government affairs, and emergency military information will definitely increase dramatically. I think, should we add some subsidies to the postmen at the post station? Only in this way can we better convey the urgent government and military affairs of the imperial court, so as not to cause mistakes ?” Yang Reform decided to give Li Zicheng a salary increase.

Outsiders will never know what the emperor thinks or what he wants to do, they just feel that the emperor's thoughts are very naive, and they don't know that the emperor is interfering in history to save his own life.

Seeing the emperor's words, everyone felt that it made sense. Originally, some ministers were worried about the trouble of the emperor finding the post station. Now it seems that it should not be the case, but to increase the money. Many ministers thought it was strange that the emperor didn't talk about reducing the cost of the post station. Instead, he said to add money to the post station, no, to add money to the postmen.

Liu Yanyuan's brain is not enough. This station is a black hole. Everyone knows that the emperor wants to add money to it. I have to say that the emperor is still a little immature, and I don't know what the emperor thinks.However, the words came out in another way: "Your Majesty, it is indeed the case. The number of transmissions of emergency government affairs and emergency military information is indeed increasing day by day. If Your Majesty wants to increase the salary of the post station, I agree." Good thing, don’t let it go for nothing, if you can keep some, Liu Yanyuan immediately agrees with the emperor, even though the emperor is very funny and naive on this issue.

"Then I would like to ask you, what is the annual expenditure of this station?" Yang Reform asked.

"Report to Your Majesty, one million taels." Liu Yanyuan said.

"Well, let's add [-]% to it. It's mainly used for fast horse delivery at the post station, not for the past reception, understand?" Yang Reform decided to add [-]% on top of not canceling the post station. I hope that Li Zicheng will not lose his job and love the job of postman even more.

Liu Yanyuan felt that his head was short-circuited. Hearing what the emperor said, Liu Yanyuan felt that the emperor knew that the inn was tricky in terms of reception, and he was not as naive as he understood. However, he still had to add money to the inn. Hit the dog?
"I obey the order." Liu Yanyuan agreed.

Guo Yunhou's troubles came, the emperor wanted to add money to the post station, 10 taels, where did he get 10 taels now?The only 20 taels were all given to the emperor as cast copies.He had no choice but to bite the bullet and come out, saying: "Your Majesty, now that the imperial court is doing a large-scale disaster relief, the household department has no money to allocate!" There is even more trouble. The meaning of the emperor's words is to add money to the post station. Pawns, but here comes the problem, if you add money to post pawns, others won't?I don't know how many people in the world carry the title of "pawn".Where does this money come from?Guo Yunhou felt that his plan to ease the conflict between the emperors might fail, because he had to take money from the emperor's pocket again, and the emperor would definitely not treat him even more.

"I will pay for this money. The money must be allocated immediately without delay." Yang Reform had originally planned to pay for this money himself, and he planned to use this money to stabilize Li Zicheng, hoping that small money could accomplish great things.

"I obey the order." Guo Yunhou agreed, a little dejected.

……

The morning court of this day is basically over.

After the court, Yang Reform said to Wang Cheng'en: "Big Companion, go and invite Master Xu and the two deputy messengers to the Wenhua Palace, and also call Qin Yaozu up. I want to handle the fishery business, so let Qin Yaozu take those boats." So." Yang Reform wants to continue what he didn't finish yesterday.

"Your servant obeys." Wang Chengen agreed to come down, and then went to find someone.

Yang Reform first came to the Wenhua Palace and began to look at his own information.

The first to arrive were Xu Guangqi and other imperial envoys, and then Qin Yaozu, who also brought his large and small boat samples.

Salute.

Yang Reformcai said: "I called you here today to discuss yesterday's matter. Regarding fishing, I already have a preliminary idea. Let me listen to it."

Several people remained silent, listening to what the emperor had to say.

"I synthesized the opinions of several people and came up with such a method. The imperial court funded the construction of various fishing boats and recruited the victims to fish for self-help; one or several large and small fishing boats were organized into a fishing team; local fishermen and victims were mixed; The local fishermen also use their strength and fishing skills to invest in shares, and each takes a certain proportion. The amount depends on the strength and fishing skills; It is necessary to complete the quota of the imperial court, and the excess part will be punished by fishermen and disaster victims according to the shares invested. What do you think?" Yang Reform roughly talked about his plan.

This plan has been thrown out, and several of them have begun to ponder.

Xu Guangqi, a fishery expert among these few people, was the first to ask: "May I ask your Majesty, the disaster victims, fishermen, and the imperial court each own a certain amount of shares. How much do they own? How much do they need to pay to the imperial court? This is a shareholding with strength." It's easy to understand, in the countryside, there are also many people who are able to invest in stocks, whether they are farming or digging mountains. The income, according to the previous agreement, each gets the income. After investing in the shares, he himself is the owner. Only when he works hard can he gain more , This minister can understand, what I don't understand is that His Majesty seems to want these disaster victims to stay in the local area and become fishermen, and he doesn't want them to go around the lake to build fields!" Xu Guangqi asked all the core questions.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter how many shares the imperial court occupies. What is important is that the imperial court needs to catch fish for disaster relief. For this ratio, it is necessary to make a conclusion after understanding the situation locally. It is not good to make a conclusion now. It takes more Yes, fishermen and disaster victims suffer, no one goes fishing, less, the court relief can't keep up, so much money is wasted, this, let's discuss it in detail when we get to the place, I only give a bottom line, I hope the proportion of the court, Not more than half, preferably less than [-]%. Hehe, I really want those fishermen to stay in the local area. Master Xu thought, this natural disaster lasted for several years, and it was hard for those victims to learn to fish. Could it be possible to let them go back? Farming, and then find a group of beginners to learn to fish? Isn’t this a waste? Therefore, my plan is to let the disaster victims who have learned to fish stay in the local area and continue to fish, so that they will have a relatively stable harvest. This disaster relief is more reliable." Yang Reform said his plan.

"I understand." Xu Guangqi replied.

"Let me say something more, the fish caught by fishing boats or fishing teams are handed over to the imperial court. The imperial court is mainly used for disaster relief. It does not need fish with high economic value. It only needs to be able to fill the stomach. It’s the weight, and the victims have no right to be picky. Those with economic value can sell them by themselves, such as shark’s fins. This point must be explained to the fishermen and victims.” Yang Reform also instructed that this is the result of Yang Reform’s overnight labor yesterday.The purpose of buying shares is to mobilize the enthusiasm of the victims. After all, if you have your own boat, you can be regarded as a wealthy class. Allowing local fishermen to buy shares is to ease the antagonism between the victims and local fishermen, and to obtain fishing technology. The imperial court does not take the majority. Most of them are fishermen. The disaster victims have the spirit of being the masters, they are motivated, and they can catch more fish. After all, they are working for themselves. The more they get, the more they earn. As long as you can fill your stomach, you can take what you need.

"Your Majesty is holy." Xu Guangqi had no choice but to say good things about the emperor in front of such a high-minded emperor.There has never been a more generous emperor than the current one.

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Your Majesty Shengming."

The others were not to be outdone, and flattered one after another.

"Hehe, is Master Xu familiar with the cost of fishing boats?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I still know about it, but I haven't been involved in this matter for many years, so it's a bit vague. I vaguely remember that sampans are generally around ten taels, and they are divided into sizes; yellow croakers are much more, and they are also divided into tens. It ranges from one to one hundred taels, no matter how big it is, there are hundreds of them." Xu Guangqi is not too clear about this data, so he can only give a rough idea.

Yang Reform thought about it, and said: "In this way, take the yellow croaker boat as an example. Based on a hundred taels, we will build two thousand ships first, which is only 20 taels of silver. For the sampan, Master Xu decides on his own. The ship, this master Xu can decide by himself, and I won’t interfere too much. The money for building the ship is considered extra, not included in the disaster relief funds. I only have one request, to resettle more victims, catch more fish, and feed more people. I hope that my people will suffer less hunger. I have said that I will never abandon a person. I hope You can remember what I said." Yang Reform checked the ancient shipbuilding records and found that the ancient shipbuilding, especially the imperial court shipbuilding, was also very vigorous. Thousands of ships were built at a time without blinking an eye. Of course, the ships were not big. It is also a tank boat in the inland river.

"Hiss..." After listening to the emperor's words, everyone was silent in their hearts. "It's only 20 taels of silver", and there are two thousand ships at a time. This kind of courage is indeed big enough. The emperor is very straightforward and fits the identity of the emperor.

"Your Majesty's holiness..." Xu Guangqi was completely moved by the emperor, thinking in his heart that he would die in return for His Majesty's kindness and trust.

"Your Majesty's holy virtue..."

"Your Majesty's virtue, don't give up, don't abandon..." Zhou Yanru shouted.

Everyone was also moved by the emperor's straightforwardness, and also by the emperor's attitude towards his people.

(End of this chapter)