"Minister Xu Huizu / Chang Sheng......, I have seen Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live!"

"Ladies and gentlemen, please get up." Yun Xi stood up and said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xu Huizu and the others saluted again and stood up. Yun Xi gave them to sit again, and they thanked them again before they sat down.

"I have called you Aiqing here today because I have three things to tell you." Yun Xi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly: "First, I have appointed Chen Ji as the secretary of the Five Cities Academy, in charge of the school's general affairs. This school is a private school by analogy, but the students are all from your noble families. ”

"So this school is like a general business, and it has a joint-stock system. I have 20% of the shares, each of you has half of the shares, and the rest of the princes and uncles who have children studying in school will share the rest of the shares equally. ”

"Since this is a private school, all the people in the Five Cities School are just ordinary people, and Chen Ji will also resign as a member of the Middle School."

"Yes, Your Majesty." No matter what you think in your heart, since you can't change it, everyone's reaction on the surface is the same.

Yun Xi also knew that this would be the case, so he didn't say much, and immediately began to order the next thing. "How is the transformation of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion from the Five Armies to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion now?"

"Your Majesty," since Geng Bingwen was not there, Xu Huizu stood up and said as a matter of course: "All the functions have been established, and after the ministers have consulted with their colleagues, the officials of the various departments appointed by the Wuxuan Division have also taken up their posts. However, some errands are still not straightened out, so they can only be done in accordance with the original charter for the time being. ”

"Jiangnan Command is also making slow progress. However, Ying Tianxing has already started to run errands, and all the guards in the capital have been changed to be in charge of Ying Tianxing. ”

"That's normal, too." Yun Xi said. The reform of the yamen is still such a big change, and I am afraid that it will not be smooth in two or three months. As for Ying Tianxing, the yamen is in the capital, and the guards under its jurisdiction are also in the capital, so it is normal that the restructuring is easier. The Ministry of Land and Resources was changed to the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the central ministries and commissions changed their brands after two months, and the merger of the local yamen was still far away.

"There is no need to rush this matter. The Ming Dynasty will not fight a big war in the near future, and the barbarian rebellion in some places is enough to pacify the local guards, and there is no need to send a large army. Just straighten out the errands by May. ”

Yun Xi said a few more words, and suddenly asked, "How are Zhang Lun and Yu Yu doing on their errand?" "These two men were appointed as squires from the third rank.

"Your Majesty, Yu Shilang is very serious and meticulous in his errands, but perhaps because he has been serving as a commander in the local area before, some errands are not neat enough. However, the minister thought that as he became more familiar with the errands of the staff headquarters, he would get better and better. As Yu Yao's leader, Lan Zhen said.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Shilang is very good in the General Logistics Department. The errand is better than the minister. Chang Sheng said with a smile.

"That's good." Yun Xi first praised Zhang Lun's situation, and then said to Lan Zhen: "After all, Yu Yao has been in the place for many years, and it is normal that he is not familiar enough with errands. He has shortcomings, and you, as his superior, should correct him a lot and let him get familiar with the errand as soon as possible. But he performed very well in the last battle of Lanzhou, and I think he is very suitable for serving in the General Staff Headquarters. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lan Zhen agreed.

Yun Xi asked again what the current situation of the yamen in charge of Li Jinglong and others was, and the answers were almost the same.

"Ahem." After asking the question, Yun Xi suddenly coughed twice, raised the teacup in his hand and took a sip of tea, and Lu Yi hurriedly walked over to refill the water.

The man, who had already been a little lax, immediately tensed up again and sat upright. Every time Yun Xi suddenly stopped, and when he drank water or coughed, it meant that he was about to say something important, and everyone didn't dare to slack off.

Of course, as they expected, Yun Xi did say something very important. But even though they were mentally prepared, none of them guessed correctly.

"At present, there are two iron and steel factories under the control of the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Governor, as well as many iron workshops. A while ago, when the Ministry of Industry allocated the workshop for making weapons to the General Armament Department, I by the way assigned the iron and steel plant and the workshop to the name of the internal official supervisor. ”

"I will decree that from now on, the imperial court will completely abolish the iron monopoly system. Any Ming common man can hire craftsmen to operate an iron-making workshop. ”

"As for the workshops and factories that now belong to the internal official supervisors, I plan to order the internal official and eunuch workshops to be sold to your Aiqing's family members at market prices. The two iron and steel mills, which were also separated from the internal officials and supervisors, belonged directly to me and set up separate management personnel; The factory was changed to be jointly operated by me and all of you. ”

"From now on, all official craftsmen will be abolished and become ordinary people, and if the imperial court needs to recruit them to make iron or weapons, they will be hired and paid according to the market price. However," Yun Xi said with a smile: "From now on, in addition to making weapons, the imperial court may not use too many craftsmen." ”

"Your Majesty!" Everyone present was very surprised. They didn't care about the abolition of the official craftsmen later, and they didn't have time to think about what Yun Xi said. They only paid attention to Yun Xi's first paragraph: 'Ordered the officials and supervisors to sell all these workshops to your Aiqing's family at the market price', and 'The factory was changed to be jointly operated by me and your Aiqing'.

It's really shocking. Since the invention of the salt and iron monopoly system by Guan Zhong of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period, there have only been two times when China has loosened the salt and iron franchise, one is the early Han Dynasty, from the Han Gaozu to the early Han Wu Emperor; The second is the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, from Tang Gaozu to Tang Suzong's accession to the throne. All the rest of the time, the imperial court firmly controlled these two profiteering industries as one of its pillars of income, from ancient times to the present, without exception. In the 04 iron case, more than 10 billion yuan of investment has been invested, claiming to build a private steel group that surpasses Baosteel, but the state suddenly stopped, and arrested the chairman in prison, and finally sentenced to prison for false invoicing; Of the local officials, four department-level officials were dismissed, and two department-level officials were placed on probation within the party. Moreover, after repeated verification, there was no corruption at all in this case. In the end, Tieben's plant, machinery and land were sold to a state-owned steel factory at a low price.

So the first reaction of Xu Huizu and others was not joy, but fear. Xu Huizu immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, steel is the most important weapon of the country, how can it be controlled by the ministers, even if the ministers only own a part of the shares. I also ask Your Majesty to retract the order. ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to take back your order." The others also stood up and spoke.

"Haha," Yun Xi glanced at them and said, "Do you think that I will lead the snake out of the hole?" ”

He said in an accentuated tone: "I have made up my mind, you have to ask for the shares of these workshops and steel mills, and you have to ask for them if you don't want them!" ”

Xu Huizu and the rest of the people looked at each other: What is Your Majesty going to do? Xu Huizu glanced at Lan Zhen. Lan Zhen was helpless, so she could only say: "Your Majesty, the minister took the liberty to ask Your Majesty, but do you want to open the ministers to do business?" "According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, neither the nobles nor the officials themselves can do business, nor can relatives who are particularly close to each other, such as parents, children, brothers, and the like.

"To say that you are allowed to do business is counted, but I only want to allow you to invest in a few trades, not all of them. And after that," Yun Xi glanced at them again: "Those things that I don't allow you to invest in, don't invest again, and I will definitely punish those who violate it!" "These nobles in front of him, except for Xue Ning, secretly sent their clansmen or subordinates to do business.

'If you can enter the steel industry with peace of mind, who wants to invest in those industries that make less money?' It's just that this is not guaranteed? The crowd murmured. Because Chang Sheng is the emperor's own uncle, he is considered to have the closest relationship with the emperor, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are stupid, and please make it clear to Your Majesty." ”

"You've all read history books, haven't you?" Yoon-hee asked.

Everyone nodded. As a top noble, even if he is a military general, he will not not study like ordinary military generals.

"Have you read the paragraph about Prime Minister Zhao Pu in the section of "Song Hui Yao"?"

Most people shook their heads blankly. It's good that they can read "Yuan History" and "Zizhi Tongjian", don't say that they have read such things as "Song Huiyao", they haven't even heard of it.

But someone still reads it. "Your Majesty, the minister has read it." Li Jinglong said. He called himself a Confucian general, and he read many books in his spare time, and happened to see the paragraph "Song Hui Yao".

"Listen to it on your back."

"Your Majesty, the minister only remembers this sentence: Puguang Lidi Store is profitable, Taizu knows what is going on, and every one is tolerant."

"That's enough." Yun Xi smiled and said to all the ministers present: "Do you Aiqing understand? ”

"Your Majesty's intention is to follow the example of Song Taizu and allow the ministers to accumulate wealth?" Geng Xuan said with a little excitement.

Yun Xi nodded, stood up and said as he walked: "All of you Aiqing ancestors are people who have made great contributions to my Ming Dynasty, even if they are Commander Xue's envoys, my brother has also made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty." These emperors and I have them all in my heart. The Ming Dynasty will never treat meritorious people badly. ”

"When the first emperor was established, the steel industry was controlled by the imperial court so that it could develop rapidly. Now the Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 30 years, if it is from the first emperor called King Wu, it has been 40 years. The land south of the river has recovered and become rich again. At this time, it is also time for all meritorious people to enjoy the wealth. ”

"Not only all of you, but all the nobles, can devote themselves to the steel industry and hire craftsmen to open workshops, but I have not transferred the workshops to them. If you have enough money, you can also open a steel plant. It's just that the investment in opening a steel plant is huge, and the money of one family may not be enough, so several can join forces. Yun Xi kept saying.