In the capital, a fast horse galloped towards the palace from the most central Suzaku street at a very fast speed, this time it was not the battle report from the border pass, but the good news from Tianjin.

In the brand-new Qianqing Palace of the Imperial Palace, in the study of Emperor Hongzhi, Emperor Hongzhi was discussing the reform of the military system with several ministers.

The reform of the military system is a major event, and although it has been decided to carry out the reform in accordance with the plan submitted by the British Gong Zhang Mao, this kind of major militaristic matter involving the armed forces must not be carried out in a hurry and immediately, and the details of all aspects also need to be discussed and studied again and again.

Then there is the current pilot, and after the pilot effect is obvious, it will be promoted nationwide, which is also Liu Jin's opinion to Zhang Mao's side.

Such a way in the later generations has already been used rotten, first try, see the effect, the effect is OK, then large-scale promotion, so that you can try to stabilize the transition, if there is a problem, you can also stop in time.

"Your Majesty, the minister's opinion is that we can try it out here in Beizhili for the time being, establish a military academy first, and then decide whether to promote it on a large scale."

Zhang Mao said to Emperor Hongzhi and the ministers.

"Well, that's a good idea~"

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and expressed his support, as for Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian, they also nodded slightly, afraid that the kind of one-size-fits-all thing would suddenly promote the new system throughout the Ming Dynasty, so it would be easy to go wrong.

This kind of pilot method is a good method, first see the effect, and then slowly promote the effect.

Emperor Hongzhi has been hesitant about the place, that is, after the reform of the military system, military expenditure will be taken out of the emperor's internal funds, which is what he hesitates the most.

Military expenditure is not a small amount, especially after the reform of the military system, the army of the Ming Dynasty will be completely separated from production, hundreds of thousands of troops a year will be completely separated from production, purely consumed, all of which will be counted on the emperor's head, this expenditure will be very terrifying, far more than the current military household system.

Although Emperor Hongzhi is rich now, and many industries he has invested in are constantly making money for him, who knows if this will last long, and who knows if there will be some great changes in the future?

He hesitated, which is why the reform of the military system has not yet begun.

After this period of discussion, the plan has been made in detail, and the details of all aspects have been fully discussed.

Now Zhang Mao proposed to carry out a pilot first, which is very in line with Emperor Hongzhi's wishes, and the pilot means that there is no need for large-scale promotion, first build an army, build a military academy to try, and it will not cost much silver.

Emperor Hongzhi was still willing to spend this amount of silver, and he smashed a million taels of silver, and Emperor Hongzhi didn't blink his eyes.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi thought about it and asked Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian.

"I think this is indeed a good way, pilot it first, and see the effect."

Liu Jian nodded and expressed his support, the reform of the military system is imperative, and the military household system is indeed rotten.

"The minister also thinks it's okay~"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also answered the same question.

"Since everyone thinks it's okay, let's try it here in Beizhili first and build a military school to see the situation."

Emperor Hongzhi saw that several important ministers had no opinions, and he also finalized the matter.

At this time, a small yellow door hurriedly came to the door, Xiao Jing hurriedly went over, and soon dragged a tray and said with a smile on his face: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Congratulations to Your Majesty, the fleet has returned from the Golden Continent, not only bringing back several high-yield crops, but also bringing back gold and silver worth 30 million taels of silver." ”

Xiao Jing's words were very clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone present.

Everyone looked at each other, wondering if their ears had heard it wrong.

"You mean thirty million taels?"

Zhang Mao asked Xiao Jing.

"Yes, of the gold and silver worth 30 million taels of silver, of which there are 1 million taels of gold and 20 million taels of silver, a total of 30 million taels of silver."

Xiao Jing hurriedly said seriously and carefully again.

"A million taels of gold?"

"Twenty million taels of silver?"

When everyone heard this, they all immediately widened their mouths, even Emperor Hongzhi widened their eyes, this number was so huge that everyone couldn't believe it at all.

"Isn't that a good number?"

Emperor Hongzhi was a little dumbfounded and asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, the numbers will not be wrong, there are tens of thousands of people here in the entire Tianjin port who have seen it on the spot, and it will definitely not be wrong if it is weighed a little bit."

Xiao Jing said affirmatively.

"Thirty million taels~"

Zhang Mao couldn't help but sigh, he Zhang Mao is now an emerging capitalist, and he is very rich, but when he hears the figure of 30 million taels, he still can't be calm.

Not only Zhang Mao, but also Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang couldn't calm down, they were all dumbfounded, and opened their mouths wide, if they hadn't confirmed again and again that this was not a joke, they really couldn't believe this number.

"Haha~"

Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but laugh happily, he was just thinking about sending someone to the Golden Continent to bring back several high-yield crops that Liu Jin said, who knew that he would bring back such a huge fortune.

According to the original agreement, Emperor Hongzhi and Du Mingen each accounted for 30%, Liu Jin accounted for 20%, and the remaining 20% was shared by the crew of the fleet.

Originally, I thought that this military reform was very silver-consuming, but now it is good, as soon as this fleet comes back, it will bring back 9 million taels of silver to Emperor Hongzhi at once, and with this huge amount of silver, there is no problem for the entire Ming Dynasty to implement the new military system.

"What about the high-yield crop, bring it to me and show it~"

After being happy, Emperor Hongzhi remembered that the most important thing was not the silver, but the several high-yield crops that Liu Jin had said.

Although silver is wealth, it cannot be eaten or reconciled.

As an emperor and with his own huge estate, the last thing he is bad for is silver.

For him, the real most important thing is a few high-yield crops, with this high-yield crop, the people of Daming will not starve, as long as the people do not starve, then the position of the old Zhu family is very stable, and this country can be passed down from generation to generation.

This is more important than anything else, and the most important thing is for the people to eat.

"Your Majesty, these are several high-yield crops on his side of the Golden Continent, this is corn, this is sweet potato, and this is potato~"

Xiao Jing hurriedly presented the contents of the tray to Emperor Hongzhi, pointed to the contents and said.

Emperor Hongzhi picked up the corn, looked at it carefully, and then picked up the sweet potatoes and potatoes and looked at them carefully, this thing is indeed not from the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Zhang Mao also looked at it curiously, and the three things were not good-looking, and they couldn't see that they were high-yield crops that could produce dozens of stones per mu.

"Can these three things really produce dozens of stones per mu?"

"I don't know how it tastes, can I satisfy my hunger~"

Emperor Hongzhi looked at it carefully and said.

"Your Majesty, I have already instructed the Imperial Dining Room to do it here, and soon Your Majesty, you will be able to taste the taste of this high-yield crop of the Golden Continent."

Xiao Jing said with a smile.

"Nonsense, this is a good seed that the fleet finally brought back from the Golden Continent, how can you eat it now."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately said sharply.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, the fleet has brought back enough seeds, Your Majesty has no problem at all when you taste it, ten big ships have gone out, and all of them have returned."

Xiao Jing said.

"Well, let's try it, everybody try it."

"If these things can really yield dozens of stones per mu, then there will be no famine in my Ming Dynasty, which is much more important than the 30 million taels of silver."

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he was relieved, and then said to several ministers around him.

"If you can really produce dozens of stones per mu, then there will really be no famine in my Ming Dynasty, which is definitely a major event worth celebrating."

Liu Jian nodded solemnly and said.

"Well, that's a must, I'm going to reward them personally in the Jinluan Palace."

Emperor Hongzhi is not a stingy person, when encountering such a big event, there is no doubt that it must be rewarded, bringing back a huge wealth of 30 million taels of silver, and bringing back several high-yield crops, this is definitely a great joy, and the reward is a must.

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, and Xie Qian looked at each other, and no one objected, such a big event, that is a big event worthy of celebration by the whole world, and Emperor Hongzhi can't reward it too much.

Soon, the chef in the imperial dining room simply cooked the corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes and sent them to Emperor Hongzhi's study.

"Hmm~ This corn is quite fragrant."

Emperor Hongzhi smelled the fragrance of corn, and the whole person couldn't help but smile and said: "Come, come, everyone taste it, we are almost the first to eat crabs." ”

Liu Jian and Zhang Mao were also not polite, and they each began to taste it.

This thing has already been tasted by someone, and it can only be sent to Emperor Hongzhi after making sure that it is not poisonous.

"Well, this corn tastes pretty good."

Just by tasting it, Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but smile and said.

"This sweet potato is also very sweet, and it tastes good."

Liu Jian also nodded with a smile and said with a smile.

"This potato is also good, similar to rice, and it is very suitable for eating with other dishes."

Li Dongyang also commented on the potatoes he ate.

"Haha, at least this taste is still very good, as long as there is no problem with this yield, then my Daming will be famine again."

Emperor Hongji is really happy today, just by listening to the laughter, you can tell it.