After the defeat of the Liukou in Jingshi, the land reform of the Ming Dynasty had begun, and the commercial tax was also carried out simultaneously.

The sea ban has been opened, and the taxation of maritime trade has begun, and Zhu Youzhen knows that this aspect is not very perfect, and there are still problems and loopholes.

It seems that it is necessary to formulate a perfect tax system as soon as possible, with the strong rise of the Ming navy, the maritime trade of the Ming Dynasty will soon enter its heyday, which is a big cake.

Zhu Youzhen retracted his thoughts, looked at Xia Wanchun with very appreciative eyes and asked:

"Xia Wanchun, I have appointed you as the commander of Zhejiang, why do you still want to participate in the scientific examination, tell me what you think in your heart, do you not want to be an official?"

"Back to the emperor, it's not that the minister doesn't want to be an official, since he has to do a good job as an official, he can't be in a position of inaction, he is only fourteen years old this year, he is too young, and his experience is also very lacking, the minister wants to exercise for two years first, and it is best to let the minister start from the county order."

"Oh......"

Xia Wanchun's idea made Zhu Youzhen very surprised, even the two princesses and Chen Yuanyuan looked at Xia Wanchun like fools, there will be such people in the world, they are actually too big! ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't think that Xia Wanchun was stupid, but felt that this child would be a pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and at first thought that he was sixteen years old, but now that he thinks about it, he miscalculated.

Xia Wanchun was sixteen years old when he died in battle, but not at this time, according to historical records, Xia Wanchun should have died in battle two years later.

And now that the history of the Ming Dynasty is hollowed out, there is no such thing as an invasion of Jiangnan, of course Xia Wanchun will not die, he will only be a trump card in Zhu Youzhen's hand.

Zhu Youzhen patted Xia Wanchun's shoulder and laughed:

"Good boy, I will fulfill your wish, give you a holy decree, and send him two master guards, and tomorrow I will leave Jingshi and go to Jiangnan to secretly investigate the smuggling of the Jiangnan Consortium.

You are still a child, no one should pay attention to you, remember the critical moment, do not take out the holy decree at random, try to find out the details of them.

If you encounter danger and go to Li Dakai, after successfully completing the task, I will set up a new department to manage the affairs of maritime trade. ”

Xia Wanchun hurriedly knelt down and thanked him:

"Minister, Xia Wanchun is grateful!"

Zhu Youzhen saw that Xia Wanchun agreed without hesitation, and he was very pleased:

"Pingshen, I hope you don't live up to my expectations, you must be rich and noble, poor and lowly can not be moved, mighty and unyielding, and stick to your bottom line!"

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Xia Wanchun will never disappoint your expectations."

"Okay, White Tiger."

Hearing the emperor call him, the white tiger immediately entered the private room:

"The minister is here!"

Zhu Youzhen raised his head and said to the white tiger:

"Choose two Jinyi guards with good martial arts, let them protect Xia Wanchun from today onwards, and everything must be under Xia Wanchun's command."

"Obey"

The white tiger promised to turn around and go out, and soon brought two brocade guards and hundreds of households, and it was the first time for the two brocade guards to be in close contact with the emperor so closely, and they were very worried.

"See Your Majesty!"

Zhu Youzhen looked at the two of them with burly figures and righteous faces, he was very satisfied, in fact, these two people were also summoned, and there was no need to doubt their loyalty.

"No courtesy, from today on, you are Xia Wanchun's bodyguards, if he has any accidents, I will never spare him."

"Obey, Your Majesty, rest assured, we swear to protect Lord Xia to the death."

Zhu Youzhen nodded, then took out a flintlock pistol, and took out fifty bullets and handed them to Xia Wanchun.

"This is for your self-defense, those people will jump off the wall in a hurry, you must pay attention to safety!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xia Wanchun hurriedly knelt down and took the flintlock pistol and bullets, this thing he saw that the princess had used, it was an absolutely good thing, Xia Wanchun couldn't close his mouth happily, and forgot to think about how this thing came out.

Back in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhen found that the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household were waiting for him, and when he saw the emperor coming back, the two of them immediately stepped forward to give a salute:

"Weichen Meng Zhaoxiang, Ni Yuanlu see Your Majesty."

Zhu Youzhen didn't stop, and walked to the imperial study while talking:

"Excuse yourself from being polite, discuss the affairs of the imperial study!"

"Obey"

The two of them immediately followed the emperor to the imperial study, and immediately a little eunuch brought them a stool, but the two did not dare to sit down, and went directly to the topic.

Meng Zhaoxiang played the game:

"Your Majesty, Weichen has investigated clearly, and at present, Daming has not found anthracite, do you think this heating matter, do you still have to mobilize charcoal from the south?"

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help frowning, don't think it's a trivial matter, many people will freeze to death in the winter of the ice age, this problem must be solved.

He knew that China's anthracite coal reserves amounted to more than 400 billion tons, accounting for 100% of the total coal stocks.10 In that underdeveloped dynasty, it would not be used up for a thousand years.

Recall the location of several anthracite bases in modern times, and say:

"Daming anthracite coal is mainly distributed in Shanxi and Guizhou provinces, as well as Henan and Sichuan, and the resource reserves in these four provinces are the highest.

There is also an anthracite stock in Xishan, a city in Beijing, and a large stock of anthracite in Shanxi, which is closer to Beijing, so I will give them a specific location drawing and process.

The Ministry of Industry immediately went to look for and excavate anthracite coal in accordance with the location marked in the drawings, and it was necessary to ensure that the people in the northern region had a heating problem, and we would never allow anyone to freeze to death this year. ”

Zhu Youzhen said, and took out two drawings from his sleeve, one is the location of anthracite, and the other is the treatment method of anthracite.

Seeing that the emperor wanted to play a trick, Meng Zhaoxiang and Ni Yuanlu were stunned when they took out two drawings at once, but they didn't dare to ask, but they respected the emperor even more in their hearts.

After Zhu Youzhen handed the two drawings to Meng Zhaoxiang, Meng Zhaoxiang looked at the emperor and did not immediately retreat, but looked at Ni Yuanluyou and said:

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry needs silver taels to deal with these things, you see that Weichen has called Lord Ni of the Ministry of Households, can you allocate some silver taels?"

Zhu Youzhen smiled when he heard it:

"No wonder the two of you came to find me together, I originally wanted silver, Lord Ni allocated 50,000 taels of silver to the Ministry of Industry, and tried to cooperate with the work of the Ministry of Industry."

"Obey"

"Your Majesty, Weichen retires."

After the two left, Zhu Youzhen thought about it for a while, and exchanged the production drawings of a coal hammer in the system mall, which was to prepare for the production of honeycomb coal.

Once the anthracite is excavated, it is immediately made into honeycomb coal, which can not only be used for heating, but also for cooking and boiling water, and if you have sweet potatoes at home, you can also roast sweet potatoes.

Two days later, Zhu Youjian sent a report to the Ministry of Industry, and the anthracite from the Xishan of the Beijing Division had been found and had passed the experiment.

After receiving this news, Zhu Youzhen was very relieved, and immediately asked people to send the production drawings of the coal machine to the Ministry of Industry, so that the blacksmiths of the Ministry of Industry could produce as many coal machines as possible.

There are happy events every year, especially today.

As soon as the production drawings of the coal hammer were sent away, two fast horses entered the Beijing Division, and soon the people who came entered the Qianqing Palace, and they were the messengers sent by Qi Jiguang and Qinglong.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guard Commander sent a messenger, and they escorted the entire Confucian family to arrive in Beijing in the afternoon."