It's not that there is anything wrong with the implementation of the multi-head system in the household department, and now there is often not only one person in the six books, and there are many six books in the cabinet who add the title of secretary.

The reason why the ministers were excited was mainly because they heard that Chongzhen's task to Liu Ximing was to be specifically responsible for finding money.

At this moment, a group of ministers were as if they had been stepped on by their tails, and they were all vigilant.

The ministers, who had experienced the style of scraping money everywhere in the Wanli and Apocalypse dynasties, were opposed to such a plan by the emperor from the bottom of their hearts.

Wang Daozhi, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, immediately went out to hold the wat and said: "Your Majesty, if the reason why the sky is boiling today, the root cause is that the country plunders the wealth of the people, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, and the taxes are several times that of the world. ”

"That's right, please think twice, Your Majesty."

……

Wang Daozhi basically represents the thoughts of most officials, and they have no intention of asking for the people's lives.

In fact, the rich people in the world are all gentry at present, and when the poor people can't scrape oil and water, the imperial court wants to increase its financial revenue, so naturally it can only start from them, so these people are just vaccinated in advance.

On the throne, Chongzhen couldn't help but snort coldly, and his face suddenly became gloomy.

Fortunately, at this time, Li Zhiwen, who was still a dying old man, stood up and said a fair word, he stood in front of the courtiers with his eyes closed, and his tone of voice was neither salty nor light.

"According to your words, then the imperial court had better not levy taxes, the soldiers and horses on the nine sides don't need to be raised, let the Jianyu come in directly, and the soldiers in the Central Plains don't need to be paid, and the rogue will naturally subside, doesn't that mean?"

Li waited to ask the elders of the Three Dynasties, who had profound qualifications, and what he said suddenly choked Wang Daozhi and the others very uncomfortable.

However, after a while, Wang Daozhi still straightened his waist and continued to sing in the opposite tone:

"The people of the world have already paid off their taxes, if there is no peace today, it is a problem for the local ministers of civil and military affairs, cabinet ministers, and big Sima, how can the people suffer again, Your Majesty should first clarify the relationship between them."

your grandma's Donglin, the first assistant Fan Fucui and a group of ministers almost didn't stare out the old eyes.

The old man is almost dead in a handful of bones, and you still throw the pot on our heads, do you still have a conscience?

Fan Fucui coughed twice and said: "It's true that the imperial court has its own laws, but the problems of these years cannot be blamed on the cabinet and the military department. ”

Fan Fucui was the leader of the Qi Party, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the people of the Qi Party followed one after another to reprimand the people in Donglin led by Wang Daozhi, and there was chaos in the court.

Liu Ximing stared at his innocent little eyes and looked at everything that happened in the court, and he hated the party strife in the Ming Dynasty even more in his heart.

Seeing that the content of the court's attacks had begun to change from throwing the pot at each other to personal attacks, Liu Ximing finally couldn't help it.

"Ahem, everyone, please listen to this official."

Liu Ximing was young and strong, and his voice was not as soft-spoken as Fan Fucui and other old people, and as soon as he opened his mouth, the audience was immediately shocked.

Glancing back at the ministers behind him expressionlessly, Liu Ximing calmly spoke with his hands in his hands:

"You don't have to quarrel anymore, I am loved by Your Majesty, appreciated by the ministers, and promoted me to the head of the household department, specializing in the way of increasing income. Wealth is the most important weapon of the country, and it has always involved a wide range of things, such as today's turmoil, and the official also thinks that he can no longer make ideas from this. ”

The people in Donglin led by Wang Daozhi were happy, and this new Amber was really half of his own people.

Liu Ximing ignored the snickering joy of these people, and continued to explain: "As the so-called governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, now my Ming Dynasty can no longer withstand the wind and waves, so this official has an idea at the beginning, starting from the Baoquan Bureau, and then working the matter of coinage." ”

"Eh, I think I'm going to do something."

"It's rare to see the new Amber deflated, which is interesting."

……

As soon as Liu Ximing's words fell, a whisper immediately came from behind him.

Fan Fucui, who was also in the forefront, frowned and said: "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the copper ban has been abolished, and the Baoquan Bureau has been working day and night, casting more than 60,000 copper coins a year, but if there is less copper today, the people are rampant in private casting, so that bad money is flooding the world, and copper coins are also cheap with the sun, I don't know what good strategy can Xinamber have?" ”

In the Imperial Palace, hundreds of people, including Chongzhen, all looked at Liu Ximing in unison.

The dusty sunlight shone in from the gate of the Imperial Palace, hitting Liu Ximing to form a bright spot of light, making him look like a celestial being.

Liu Ximing's well-defined, young and handsome face showed a confident smile, and he arched his hand towards Chongzhen and smiled:

"The first assistant is clear in political affairs, and the minister is ashamed."

"As Shoufu said, at present, bad money is flooding the world, so that the price of copper coins is getting lower day by day, and the minister calls this bad money driving out good money."

In front of a group of Ming ministers who don't understand the economy, Liu Ximing can simply pretend to be forced at will.

He stretched out a finger and said: "The root cause of bad money driving out good money is that the actual value of bad money and good money is different, but in the process of use, it can be exchanged for the same value as good money. ”

"But if the imperial court can mint high-quality copper coins and allow the people to set their own exchange ratios, then the good coins will inevitably drive out the bad coins, and the court will be able to profit from them."

"The fundamental purpose of coinage is to make a profit from the difference in the price of copper by smelting it into coins, which is known as seigniorage. This tax was supposed to belong to the imperial court, but now it is being stolen by the people. ”

"As far as the minister knows, only the Song Dynasty can collect hundreds of thousands of seigniorage taxes every year. If the Baoquan Bureau can increase the number of coins, the minister thinks that this piece should be able to increase the treasury by at least 100,000 taels of silver every year. ”

"Hey, so much!"

Chongzhen's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately leaned forward to hear more clearly.

Liu Ximing smiled in his heart, how do I know, this is not bragging.

However, according to the Song Dynasty's peak annual mintage of more than 3 million guan, this seigniorage is estimated to be about the same.

Li Beiwen looked at Liu Ximing, "Xin Amber hasn't said where the copper comes from, even if the imperial court vigorously mints money, it is a fact that there is a shortage of copper in this dynasty." ”

Liu Ximing stood with a smile, and pointed his right hand to the southern sky outside the Imperial Palace.

"It is true that there is a shortage of copper in this dynasty, but there is nothing strange in this world, and there are many copper mines in Japan and other places outside this dynasty.

A group of ministers were stunned again, can this matter be as light as you say?

Li Zhiwen's hand barely tore off a few of his beards, and he had been a household secretary for a few years, and he used to spend every day like a year.

Who knew that as soon as this new Amber took office, he dared to pat his chest and promise to find money to spend, which caused a huge gap in his heart.

"How can the matter of sea trade be so light, Xinamber still has to think about it more, in addition, it also costs money to buy copper, where can the household department find it now."

"Yes, yes."

……

Looking at the expressions of everyone in the Imperial Palace, Liu Ximing was secretly proud in his heart.

Not to mention, I'm afraid this matter will be able to do it today.

Now that the Luzon General's Mansion has firmly sat in Luzon, and after the occupation of Taiwan and the opening of the Southeast Sea Road, it was organized by Han and Yuan firms, and immigrants from Huguang and Guangdong began to migrate to Luzon in a steady stream.

At present, the population of the Han people in Luzon has reached 320,000, and with such an influx of people, the human resources that the Luzon general's office can mobilize have also greatly increased, and the control over the natives on the main island of Luzon has also been greatly enhanced.

Under these conditions, a large amount of Luzon's minerals were produced.

According to the news from Luzon, Luzon currently produces 170,000 taels of gold and 760,000 taels of silver every year, and the output of copper and iron ore has reached 8 million catties (4,000 tons).

Not to mention that Luzon is also deeply involved in Japanese trade, and can import at least 10,000 catties of copper ore from Japan every year.

Therefore, as soon as Li asked this question at this time, Liu Ximing replied with a confident smile:

"Da Situ doesn't have to worry, since this official dares to boast about Haikou, he has naturally considered this, if this matter can really be done, then the imperial court will undoubtedly have an additional source of wealth, and this law does not need to go through the place, and it is harmless to the people."

"As for the purchase of copper, I think the only way to see if it can be credited, and then deduct it with copper coins when the coinage is successful. The imperial court now mints more than 60,000 guan of coins every year, and the income is only about 10,000 guan, and the left and right will not be less than that. ”

Chongzhen nodded again and again on the throne, and when he saw Liu Ximing talking eloquently, he hurriedly opened his mouth to condemn the matter to death:

"Since Aiqing is confident, then you will take the lead in this matter and promote this matter as soon as possible."

Liu Ximing immediately put forward a request on the snake, "Your Majesty, if you want to implement this matter, you must need the help of the Baoquan Bureau and the Yamen under the Ministry of Industry, and please ask Your Majesty Xu Chen to grant permission to this matter." ”

Chongzhen's eyes are full of silver now, where do he care about these little things, he waved his hand at the moment, "You are now the head of the household, you can manage these things, and if anyone dares to obstruct it, you can watch it." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, Liaodong has something to do......"

After finally finishing Liu Ximing's matter, the officials of other ministries played and stated their respective affairs, and the sound of debate and quarrel sounded again in the imperial palace.