Outside the Fengtian Temple, thin snow-white ice covers the tube tiles.

As far as the eye can see, the magnificent palace buildings are all covered by the abrupt first snow, and the weather is cold.

Three or two little eunuchs held the whisk and led Song Jingmian Sheng.

"Song Jing of the Ministry of Ministers, I have seen Your Majesty!"

Emperor Hongzhi thought about the underwater firearms and got straight to the point: "How is the firearm prepared by Song Qing's family?" ”

"The minister is stupid, and it has not been prepared yet."

When the gunpowder is thrown into the firearm, a lead is to be attached.

It is extremely difficult for the lead to be waterproof, which is where the difficulty of preparation lies, and Song Jing has not yet come up with a method that can ignite underwater.

Li Dongyang and several people showed varying degrees of regret.

Firearms are most afraid of moisture, and if the weather is slightly damp, it will be dumb and cause the gunpowder to be unable to ignite.

Several people deeply understood this truth, and even felt that what Yan Chengjin said was purely running to the grave in the middle of the night to tell ghost stories, which was a fantasy.

Song Jing saw that the princes questioned it, and bowed down: "Give the minister some more time, and he will definitely be able to prepare it." ”

Emperor Hongzhi walked back and forth in front of the imperial court, pondering.

Yan Chengjin can understand His Majesty's mood, if you want to set a level for the prosperity level of today's Ming Dynasty, it will probably be in the sixties and seventies in the future.

Still worried about food and clothing, the imperial court tried every means to improve productivity.

If you want to govern the prosperous world, it is not enough to have a diligent heart, you have to know the method.

He knew, but he didn't dare to point out in front of His Majesty.

Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty might as well wait a few more days." ”

……

Outside the noon gate, snow fell.

Xiong Xuan's eyes wandered, and the whole person stood beside the dismounted monument like a stone carving.

Xie Duo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, asked suspiciously, "What is Brother Ru Ming thinking?" ”

The matter is inconvenient to discuss, there are guards on the side, Xiong Qian made a gesture of please, and only worried after walking away: "Yan Chengjin said that the island has a state-owned silver mine, and things are scarce and expensive, and the official is worried." ”

"Brother Naruji is confused, there is a lot of silver, can it still be worth it?!"

This is the same as the sea ban.

When the silver falls into the hands of the imperial court, it has nothing to do with them, and if there is more silver, it will depreciate the value of the silver.

Xie Duo suddenly realized: "Brother Ru Ming, don't you want the imperial court to mine silver?" ”

Xiong Yu was slightly stunned and nodded.

If there is more silver, the fields and properties will not be worth the silver, which is equivalent to swallowing up their family wealth in disguise.

Soon, the news spread in the imperial court.

The Manchu Dynasty had hundreds of civil and military officials, and no one wanted the imperial court to open silver mines.

The next day, officials began to submit sparse recitals, opposing the imperial court to dig up the silver.

Emperor Hongzhi was caught off guard and received more than a dozen books: "I want to go to the mining island to dig for silver, why did the minister suddenly object?" ”

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, someone has let out a rumor, and if there is too much silver, it will make the silver worthless." ”

After a moment, he continued: "Rare things are precious, said Xiong Wei, the secretary of the Criminal Department. ”

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows unhappily, what is the intention of the dignified Shangshu to send such a message?

The news circulated in the palace, and even the East Palace knew about it.

Zhu Houzhao said to Yan Chengjin: "Old Gao, the court dug up the silver back, and the 25,000 taels of silver hidden in the palace are worthless?" ”

"Although His Highness lost 25,000 taels, he got a richer country."

"The money of the country belongs to the people, and even if the palace ascends the throne, it can't be spent."

Yan Chengjin's smile froze, you are really accurate.

Even if you want to spend it, the officials will be like a dead father, and the people will scold you for being a faint king.

"The minister can keep the value of His Highness's silver."

Zhu Houzhao came over and was happy: "What? ”

"Put it into the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce, ten years later, it will still be 25,000 taels."

……

Emperor Hongzhi came to the Fengtian Palace, and hundreds of officials waited for the court.

"I heard that someone said yesterday that the imperial court dug up a silver mine, will the silver be worthless?"

Xiong Wei lowered his head, glanced at Xie Duo, and was silent.

The hall was silent for a moment.

"It's a minister's words!"

If the imperial court doesn't dig silver mines, won't he have no silver?

Zhang Heling jumped out in a rage: "What are you talking nonsense! The old man looks like a human being, and he doesn't understand any reason, how did he become a scholar?

Metropolitan Procuratorate, hurry up and investigate him! The old man thinks that he is an official and has a shady scene! ”

The corners of Li Dongyang's mouth twitched.

Xiong Qi was so angry that his chest rose and fell violently, and he exhaled white air.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing hurriedly ran down and dragged Zhang Heling out.

The main hall suddenly returned to calm.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "Lord Xiong's judgment is good, a large amount of foreign silver will depreciate the value of silver." ”

The gross domestic product of the imperial court remained unchanged.

A large quantity of silver flowed in, but there was no commodity, corresponding to the value of this amount of silver.

It's like a court that prints a lot of money, but the value of the goods produced remains the same.

Xiong Wei looked at Yan Chengjin vigilantly: "What is your intention to help this official speak?" ”

Under what I heard, it was a bit of a dog biting Lu Dongbin, obviously helping you say good things, but you bit back, which is very strange.

But the officials felt that it was reasonable.

He's Yan Chengjin! If you can't avoid it, how can you take the initiative to jump out and bear Your Majesty's anger? As soon as you hear it, you know it's wrong.

Yan Chengjin saw that the momentum was not right, so he stopped talking.

Liu Jian bowed: "Since the imperial court dug back a few boatloads of silver from Manjiara, the price of silver has indeed fluctuated. ”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiong Wei and wondered, "Why is this happening?" ”

"I don't know." Xiong said.

Yan Chengjin's eyes moved slightly, there were very few books on economics in ancient times.

Although the officials know that more silver will depreciate.

But they don't know why it will depreciate and what kind of devastating impact it will bring.

The earliest economic book is The Wealth of Nations a hundred years later.

It was written by Westerners, and in the Ming Dynasty, the basic system was not yet formed.

As a traverser, as long as he is willing, he can make a lot of money when everyone is confused.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang and the three of them, and said meaningfully: "Silver mine, don't you dig it?" ”

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment: "Digging still has to be dug, but a large amount of silver inflow will definitely cause panic in the market, and now, the gentry in the market already know it." ”

……

In the capital, the gentry in the market were panicked.

Di Bao spread in teahouses, restaurants and private houses, and the island country had an inexhaustible silver mine, and after digging it, the silver would be no different from copper plates in the future.

Wang Busui's newspaper spread outside the capital.

Within a month, the whole world will get news like this: silver is depreciating!

The more silver you have, the greater your losses.

Therefore, the people who have the most to lose are the gentry.

It was a crisis, and many of the gentry did not know what to do.

Yan Chengjin sat on the sedan chair and listened to the people on both sides of the street talking.

In the later life, I have encountered such a thing, and this time I can't keep my money, won't it be in vain?

When he returned to the house, he ordered someone to find Wang Busui.

"Young Master Yan, are you looking for a small one?"

Hit by the court's cashiers, Wang Busui's face was not good.

"Exchange all the money in the house for the mansion, fields and doorways in the capital, and hang it in my father's name."

His Majesty is about to blame, and he is also going to cut his father.

Daddy has made great achievements in the trilateral war, Dayan Khan is not dead, His Majesty does not dare to remove Daddy's official position, although Daddy is a rookie......

After following Wang Yue to recover the Hetao, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty thought that Daddy was a rare general in a hundred years.

Only he knew that Daddy was just lucky.

In which war, didn't he send good generals to help behind the scenes, and then deprive him of credit?

However, this secret is only known to him.

Three days later, Wang Busui came to Yanfu with a stack of land deeds.

……

Fengtian Temple,

Unexpectedly, the imperial court digging for silver overseas would cause panic in the market.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Yan Chengjin: "Is there a way to stabilize the price of silver?" ”

Yan Chengjin has a strategy, but he is afraid that His Majesty will beat him to death.

"The minister has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not?"