Lin Yan asked the emperor: "Does that mean that the opening of the port can be implemented?" ”

The emperor said: "How can it be so fast, the court and the central government have to quarrel for a while." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Lin Yan nodded.

The emperor stroked his forehead a little tiredly, then leaned sideways and rested his head on Lin Yan's knees.

Lin Yan looked at his forehead wrinkled like a little old man, and felt a little distressed for him.

It is the emperor who is high, rich from all over the world, and subjugated from all over the world, but it may not be easier than ordinary people.

Lin Yan put her hand on his temple and gently rubbed it.

The emperor closed his eyes and said softly, "Press a little." ”

Lin Yan moved her fingers up a little and continued to rub them, but she was thinking in her heart that she would ask Mu Ye tomorrow to learn how to help people massage with both hands.

The Emperor breathed a sigh of relief, and his brow soothed a lot.

After a while, he asked casually: "I want to build a straight road connecting the north and the south, from the south of the Yangtze River to the northwest, but now the treasury does not have enough silver, Yuan Yuan, do you think I can solve this problem?" ”

Lin Yan couldn't help but smile and said: "The matter of opening the port is still noisy in the DPRK and China, and if the matter of building a straight road is proposed, the DPRK and China will not explode the pot yet." Your Majesty, will you be in too much of a hurry? What's more, to build such a long straight road, the cost is not ordinary silver, the emperor, you want to force your household book to beg for the ashes. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "It's not that I'm in a hurry, I hope to do all these things in my lifetime, and when the crown prince succeeds to the throne, I don't need to worry about these things anymore." ”

The emperor still wants to be a Ming monarch, a Ming monarch like the first emperor.

In the later years of the first emperor, the sons competed for the prince, although the court was a little chaotic, but the first emperor reigned for more than 30 years, governed the government diligently, reused good ministers, rectified the rule of officials, and left indelible achievements in the history books.

Opening the port, building a straight road, driving the Northwest Hu people out of Zhangye Mountain, making the four seas surrender, and the country strong and prosperous, this is what the emperor wants to accomplish in his lifetime.

The emperor paused, and then said, "I want to leave a peaceful and prosperous world to the crown prince. ”

Lin Yan persuaded: "The emperor is in the prime of life, and there is time, take your time." ”

The emperor said: "I am almost old, even the crown prince is so old. ”

Lin Yan glared at him and said, "The emperor is only thirty-six years old!" ”

Now the emperor doesn't grow a beard and is well-maintained, and he looks like a man who is just thirty, how can he say that he is old now, Jun'er is only half a year old.

The emperor said: "The first emperor lived to be fifty-four years old, if I lived as long as the first emperor, then I only have more than ten years to live." Whether it is the construction of a straight road or the use of troops against the Hu people, it is not possible to achieve it in three or five years. ”

Lin Yan hurriedly "Bah, Bah, Bah", and said, "The emperor is the Son of Heaven, and his longevity is the same as that of Tianqi, and he will have a long life." If you feel old, look at Ruier and Jun'er. As he spoke, he held his face again, looked down at him with a smile on his eyebrows, with tenderness on his face, and said: "If the concubine doesn't give you another child, the emperor will feel that he is still in the prime of life." ”

The Emperor smiled, took her hand, and shook it gently.

After a while, he spoke again: "Give birth, have more children, I like children." In the future, I will definitely go one step ahead of you, and it is good to have children with you. ”

Speaking of the back, there was even some emotion in the tone.

He doesn't know what the prince's sex will be like in the future, the princess looks good now, but in the future, with the crown prince ascending the throne, she will become the queen, who knows if she will be filial to Yuan Yuan, the queen mother.

Rui'er and Jun'er are princesses after all, and there are few things they can do, and Yuan Yuan still has to have a biological prince.

Lin Yan was a little dissatisfied and said: "What's wrong with the emperor today, why do you keep talking about this?" ”

In order to divert the emperor's attention from this topic, he said: "Didn't the emperor ask his concubines what to do if they cultivate a straight path but the court has no silver?" Actually, it's not completely impossible. ”

The emperor was really attracted by this topic, and with an "oh" sound, he asked, "Come and listen, what do you think?" ”

He knew that Lin Yan was smart and sensitive, and he also had his own unique thoughts about political affairs, but he was very willing to hear about it.

Lin Yan smiled and said, "The emperor doesn't have any silver, but your people do." For example, some big businessmen, concubines heard that the famous businessmen in Jiangnan have an annual income of no less than one million taels of silver. Ask them if they can borrow some silver. ”

The Emperor said, "Merchants are the most astute of all, and it is more difficult to take silver from them than to ascend to heaven." ”

Lin Yan said: "But don't forget, the emperor doesn't forget that businessmen also value the most interests, as long as they promise heavy profits, businessmen will obediently take the initiative to send silver." ”

The emperor said, "If you want them to come up with this large sum of silver, then this profit will not be ordinarily small." ”

Lin Yan said: "Then the emperor thinks about it, what does this businessman want most." Shinong businessmen, businessmen are the last class, and what they want most is to elevate their status. The emperor promised them that they would be willing to give their silver. Of course, this may not be enough for them to give such a large sum of silver, so can the emperor use the way of doing business to let the court cooperate with them? ”

The emperor moved his eyebrows and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Lin Yan said with a smile: "In the past, when the concubines read the script or listened to the play, whenever they encountered thieves robbing money, there must be a sentence 'I opened this road, this tree was planted by me, if you pass by from here, leave to buy road money', although there are some robbers, but the concubine feels that there is indeed a little truth." ”

The Emperor continued to raise an eyebrow, waiting for her to continue.

Lin Yan continued: "After the straight road is opened, there will be travelers passing through it, and a certain amount of passing silver will be collected from the passers-by. The emperor asked the merchant to invest money to build this straight road, and then promised the right to benefit from a certain period of time after the straight road was repaired. This turned the construction of the straight road into a business, although the profit was slow, but it was a business that would definitely make money, and the merchants were afraid that they would rush to pay the money. ”

The emperor frowned, shook his head, and said, "The lives of ordinary people are poor, and if they have to pay silver when they pass by, it will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the people. ”

Lin Yan said: "Then the emperor made a rule to only collect silver from wealthy families such as merchants and squires passing by. In particular, merchants calculate the transit silver by the number of goods, and merchants are most likely to take this straight road when they go south and north. For example, only those who ride a horse need to pay silver, and those who walk are free. Those who can ride a horse and sit in a carriage will generally not be poor at home. ”

The emperor pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed, and said to Lin Yan: "I said a long time ago that if you were born as a man, Yuan Yuan, you would definitely be my minister. ”

The method that Yuan Yuan came up with may not be mature, and there are still many incomplete points, but it is indeed a very good method.

Sometimes he thinks that Yuan Yuan is a treasure, obviously he opened the door of this treasure, thinking that he can see the treasure inside, but a few steps inside, he can always find a new treasure, which is pleasantly surprised.

Lin Yan stroked the emperor's face, and said with a smile: "The concubine is not willing to be the emperor's minister, and the concubine is more willing to be the emperor's queen." (To be continued.) )