Chapter Fifty-Eight: If You Have Money, You Can Say Anything!
"The emperor has a decree, Emperor Xuan's master Wei Chengmo will meet you!" With the shout of the deacon and eunuch, the palace door of the upper study was slowly pushed open, and Wei Chengmo, who was dressed in court clothes, bowed down, walked in quickly, knelt on the ground near the dragon case, and bowed deeply to Wu Yue.
"Minister Wei Chengmo has seen the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live!" Wei Chengmo's voice at this moment was full of excitement.
Wu Yue chuckled and nodded, raised his hand slightly towards Wei Chengmo, and said, "Flatten!" ”
"Thank you, Lord Longne!" Wei Chengmo responded in a deep voice and slowly stood up.
At this time, Wu Yue's emotions finally calmed down completely, slowly stood up, came to Wei Chengmo's side, and said with a chuckle, "Lord Wei, you don't want me to rest for a quarter of an hour." ”
Wei Chengmo's face was solemn, and he bowed down and responded, "Your Majesty, you are already the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, and the Qing Dynasty is yours." If there is not enough knowledge reserve, it will definitely be even more difficult to govern the government in the future. ”
The concept of governing the Chinese dynasties mentioned in the book can also provide you with some knowledge support for governing the government in the future. These are all things that you will have to master in the future. ”
When Wu Yue heard this, his head was bigger than two in an instant, and he raised his hand and shook it lightly.
"Gotta get it, you just wait." Wu Yue said, turned around and sat down on the seat next to him. Wei Chengmo stepped forward slowly, came to the opposite side of Wu Yue, bowed again, and said, "Your Majesty, you must not be bored with learning, you must start now." We don't have any time to waste. The Qing Dynasty cannot wait, let alone the subjects of the world. ”
Wu Yue frowned, turned around and picked up the teacup on the tea table next to him, and lowered his head.
"Your Majesty, you can't! ......" Wei Chengmo saw Wu Yue's expression at this moment, and his face suddenly became impatient.
Wu Yue raised his hand to stop him from continuing. Raising his eyes to look at Wei Chengmo, he put down the teacup in his hand and motioned to him to sit on the seat next to him.
Wei Chengmo's face was full of eagerness, turned around, sat on the seat next to him, and looked at Wu Yue sideways.
Wu Yue pondered for a moment, slowly turned around, looked at Wei Chengmo, and said softly, "Say a thousand, say 10,000, no money, everything is in vain!" ”
"If you have money, you can solve anything! For example, the problem of fighting a war is easy to solve. Sufficient military attrition, full military pay. Who wouldn't want to join the army to protect their family's happy life and last forever? If there is money, the imperial court will reduce the taxes of the common people, so that the people are well fed and warmly clothed, which common people are full of food and support, and carry their heads to fight for others? Those remnants of the former dynasty, even if they want to rebel, I'm afraid they won't be able to gather enough troops. In order to keep that kind of life for a long time, the common people will also help the court and destroy the rebel forces, right? ”
Wu Yue's words made Wei Chengmo stand there stunned on the spot. The brain seems to have been short-circuited for a while, and it can't come back to its senses for a while.
A few minutes later, Wei Chengmo looked excited, slowly bowed down, and responded to Wu Yuezuo, "The emperor's words are not unreasonable. But judging from the current situation, will the situation facing the imperial court give you so much time? Governing the government is not an overnight thing. Besides, you are not in power yet, so it is too early to talk about this. What national policy did the emperors of the past dynasties use to make the government achieve the goal of enriching the people and strengthening the people, and we can also accumulate some experience through reading. ”
Wu Yue nodded, "What you said makes sense. But right now, I don't have that much time to think about it. First, my throne has just been finalized, and the other Manchu nobles led by the Eight Kings are suspicious, and I must deal with it with my heart, so as not to be pushed off the throne by others, and there will be no bones left. Second, although I am pro-government, there are some things that must be arranged at this time. After all, I don't have a lot of time left. ”
"So, today, even this month, let's suspend our lectures first." Wu Yue said with a serious face.
Wei Chengmo looked puzzled, and it was obvious that he had doubts about Wu Yue's proposal.
And at this time, the deacon and eunuch gently pushed open the palace door, walked in quickly, bowed slightly towards Wu Yue, and said, "Master, Lord Wei Dongting has arrived. ”
"Xuan!" Wu Yue responded, stood up and sat down on the dragon chair.
The deacon and eunuch quickly turned back and walked out of the palace gate.
With the shouts of the deacon eunuch, Wei Dongting quickly walked into the upper study, and after kneeling to Wu Yue to say goodbye, he stood up, bowed to Wei Chengmo, and looked at Wu Yue.
"Master, what do you command?"
Wu Yue pointed to his body, picked up a folding fan with a jade seal on the dragon case, and handed it to Su Malagu next to him.
Su Malagu took it with both hands, walked quickly to Wei Dongting's side, and handed it to him.
Wu Yue looked at Wei Dongting with a serious face, and said in a deep voice, "You take this imperial fan, go to Jiangnan, and hand it over to Shantu, the governor of Liangjiang." Shantu is the hidden slave of the first emperor and is loyal to the royal family. Subsequently, I will issue a secret decree to him, so that he has the right to assist you. ”
"Your task is to find suitable local merchants, form a sea caravan, and through the assistance of the governor of Liangjiang, load the silk, porcelain, and all kinds of goods that can be sold in the south of the Yangtze River on ships, and transport them by sea to the surrounding countries to open up maritime trade!"
"Maritime trade?" Wei Dongting's face was clouded, and he didn't know what the word meant.
Wu Yue hurriedly explained, "It's just trading." However, your trading is different from that of ordinary businessmen. When necessary, you will come forward to reach an agreement with the kings of the neighboring countries on behalf of the Qing Dynasty to establish a trade agreement. In addition to weapons of war, what they need, as long as we can provide them in the Qing Dynasty, can be included in the content of the agreement. It was made by our Qing Dynasty and transported by sea to send them over. ”
"And they must provide adequate remuneration to pay. Let's not pick anything. Silver, grain, all kinds of novelties, things that are beneficial to our Qing Dynasty, you can exchange them back if you think it is appropriate! ”
"You can also have a more active brain, we don't need it in the Qing Dynasty, and other countries need things, we can also resell them to people in other countries through acquisition."
"In short, I have only one purpose, to give you five years, and I want you to build ten such sea caravans! Creation of a secret treasury. The deposit of silver in the secret treasury should at least be ten times the tax revenue of the Qing treasury in the past five years! ”
Wu Yue's series of words, Wei Dongting's face did not change much, but Wei Chengmo next to him couldn't accept it. His body shook vigorously, if it wasn't for Wei Dongting's timely support, maybe he would have sat on the ground by now.