After seven or eight days of busy work, I finally finished the model of the silver ticket with Xing Zhiwei and Liu Taoran, and the denominations of the silver ticket were one, two, five, twenty, one hundred, two hundred and twenty-two, and one thousand and twenty-six, but in the end, it was decided that there were several denominations, and I still had to go to the palace to ask the emperor

The printing craftsmen from the Baoyuan Bureau have also done the screening of those who are not good in technology, all of them have done the internal service, because I have increased their wages, everyone has not shown dissatisfaction, a few old craftsmen with good craftsmanship are three times the salary than in the Ministry of Industry, and those who have family members are also arranged in the ya'men' room on errands, it can be said that it took much effort to get this most important link, and those students finally learned the screening of silver tickets under the teaching of Liu Taoran, and the calculation of silver taels

In the morning, I was busy in Xiao Cai's Mansion for a while, and now I am on the right track, there are a few of them in the ya' 'gate' staring at me and not being the same, in the afternoon I took the sample of the silver ticket to the palace, Donghua 'gate' is still so strict, and waited for more than half an hour to come to the Qianqing Palace

Several cabinet ministers in the Qianqing Palace are here, and they don't know what national affairs to discuss, and they all stopped when they saw me coming, and the ceremony was over, and the emperor did not sit down this time, which was unprecedented, and said lightly: "What did Lord Lan see me?"

"Qiqi Emperor's ministers came to ask the emperor to see the model of the silver ticket," I said respectfully, looking at the emperor's appearance, I also do business

"Okay, you stand there first, and when we're done discussing, you can talk about it, and then you can go on," and then he left me alone, and I had to stand there awkwardly and listen to them

"The emperor and the minister just said that this commercial tax is still not collected, you see that the people's grievances are boiling, although this strike did not succeed, the climate is difficult to guarantee that it will not happen, the second time there are also ministers who asked to release those who were arrested, our Ming Dynasty has always been to govern the country with compassion and filial piety, how can we be violent and violent, which violates the will of the ancestors, so the old minister still insisted on letting them go."

I now know why the emperor is unhappy, this is discussing this matter, this matter is the emperor's strong 'support' of the high arch, so saying that he is slapping the emperor's face, can the emperor be happy

"Lord Gao, I don't agree with your statement, what is the use of violence to counter violence, this is Diao Min, who took the lead in opposing the imperial court, should be severely punished, such an example can not be repeated, I still insist on my opinion, these people must be distributed, outside the customs, can not stay in the capital," Zhang Juzheng refuted Gao Gong in words

"Master Zhang, you are also a scholar, why don't you have a little kindness from a saint, so many people also have parents, wives and children, you can't bear to let their flesh and bones separate, and if you are an official and not for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes," Gao Gong said angrily

"Lord Gao, you've said that's it, I'm in charge of good people, do you want me to make decisions for those who oppose the court, I just go to sell sweet potatoes, and I won't let go of these Diao people who are not good for my Ming Dynasty, but you, Lord Gao, have been speaking for them, is there any relatives in it," Zhang Juzheng said more ruthlessly than Gao Gong

At this moment, Gao Gong couldn't hold his breath, and the two tigers on his 'lips' trembled, stood up, pointed at Zhang Juzheng and said: "Zhang Juzheng, you ..... you" The words behind it can no longer be said

"Shut up, as a cabinet minister, how can you be so attacked, sit down, Lord Li, you can talk about how to deal with this matter," the emperor reprimanded Gao Gong without a good face, and turned the topic to Li 'Chun' Fang, who had been sitting on the side without speaking

"The emperor's statement in this matter makes sense," Li 'Chun' Fang paused, looked at Gao Gong, and continued: "What Lord Zhang said also makes sense."

"Shut up, I don't want you to please both sides, you just say how to deal with this matter, I don't have the time to talk to you here."

"The emperor and the ministers have not finished speaking, according to the way the Gao people deal with it, it is a little too merciful, so if it continues, those Diao people will be more arrogant in the future, so they must be severely punished, but according to Lord Zhang, it is too harsh, and it also makes them think that my Ming Dynasty is too violent, and the ministers want to compromise and 'pay' the fines for those accomplices, and the 'pay' fines are enough, and let them go home, and go to the government to register every month, and those who 'pay' not enough fines will go to the customs and distribute the important prisoners outside the customs, the emperor, you see if the old minister's method is feasible."

"Li Ai, this method is also feasible, what do you two think?"

Li 'Chun' Fang's disposal method is acceptable to Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Gao Gong at least kept a group of people, Zhang Juzheng is also very satisfied, the most satisfied is that the emperor has so many people 'paying' fines, and can add a batch of income to the imperial court, but now the treasury is empty, and even the salaries of officials have been in arrears for a month, and the people's hearts must be dispersed

"Emperor Qi, the old minister thinks that Lord Li's strategy is feasible," Gao Gong replied first, because he was the first assistant, so he replied first, don't care how Zhang Juzheng quarrels with him, this is still to be respectful and humble

"The emperor Weichen also thinks that what Lord Li said is feasible, but how to determine the amount of this fine silver must not be easily let go, let them remember the 'sex' for a long time, and the first evil of this matter has not been found, the court should increase efforts to investigate this matter, Weichen feels that there must be the participation of officials in the court, otherwise those small people who are fighting can be so bold"

"Your Majesty, this matter has been investigated, it is the Wen 'waiter' Lang who took the lead, and now the Wen 'waiter' Lang has committed suicide in fear of crime, and the old minister feels that this matter is not suitable for further expansion, and the Lan family's rebellion case has not ended, and then it will set off a wind of investigation in the court, then the officials of our court are not in danger, how can they have the heart to do bad things, so the old minister feels that this matter should be turned into a big matter, and it can not become a tool for some officials to retaliate and eliminate dissidents," Gao Gong finished speaking, and glanced at Zhang Juzheng

"If Lord Gao wants to say that it is clear, it can also be found out, because some of our ministers are covering up and suppressing this matter, a small 'waiter' Lang dares to confront the court to forgive him, and he does not have the courage to ask the emperor to let Dongchang investigate this case thoroughly."

"Okay, this matter will end like this, as for the fine, I feel that it can't be less, less can not play the role of a warning, the amount of the three of you go down to discuss, and then report to me that it's okay, Lord Gao said that the commercial tax can't be levied, then I ask you, this businessman is not a citizen of my Ming Dynasty, do they have the obligation to 'pay' taxes, this matter has been decided, there is no possibility of changing, you can just go to implement it, this matter is not allowed to be mentioned in the future." The emperor dispelled Gao Gong's desire to argue in a few words, no matter how powerful the minister is, he is also a servant of the emperor, and the slave cannot but listen to the master's orders, even if it is wrong

Look at the emperor, the matter has been almost resolved, where are the several cabinet ministers, sullen and silent, there is no winner, Gao Gong has not fulfilled his wish, Zhang Juzheng has not sent all the people who participated in the trouble, only Li 'Chun' Fang is not humble or arrogant, the two bigwigs are fighting, he is now the most popular, but Li ' Chun'Fang has always been upright, although he is a little afraid to take responsibility, but on the whole, the cabinet still plays a role in reconciling contradictions, the emperor wants to use Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, so that the two of them are in the same situation, so that they will not condense into a rope, and they can control themselves

I saw that several people were silent, and the emperor didn't speak, so he had to open his mouth to be afraid of this embarrassing situation

"Your Majesty, now the sample and sample tickets have been ready, and Wechen has brought them, and just a few cabinet lords are also here, so let's see how it goes, if we use them, Wechen will start printing."

"Okay, I'll see how you 'get' this new silver bill, if it's better than our original treasure banknote," I stepped forward and put the sample and sample on the dragon case

The emperor first picked up the sample ticket, looked at it, and said: "Yes, it is better than the treasure banknote, but I have a suggestion to you, this silver ticket should be of different sizes, and it can't be as big as one or two denominations and one thousand taels, so it's easy to make a mistake, when you open, you must make a bigger momentum, and the tall Lord Zhang and Lord Li, you put down your errands that day and go to Lan Yunjie to cheer for you."

When the emperor said this, how dare they not agree to stand up together and say, "Okay"

After reading the silver tickets of six denominations, the emperor picked up the silver tickets and said to Gao Gong: "Lord Gao, you can also see if there is anything that needs to be added, and say it now, don't wait until they are issued."

Gao Gong got up and went to the dragon case, took the silver ticket, looked at it several times, and said: "Your Majesty, this silver ticket is good, but the denomination is too large, there is no anti-counterfeiting mark, it is easy to be forged, and the old minister thinks if this silver ticket can not be a thousand taels, as long as a hundred taels."

"What Lord Gao said is reasonable, Lan Yunjie, do you see if this matter is done according to what Lord Gao said?"

"Your Majesty, this silver ticket is marked with anti-counterfeiting, you see this is our special." The anti-counterfeiting mark designed by the door can not be prevented outside, it took several days for a few of our old craftsmen to design it, the tall man said that the denomination of the silver ticket is not good, that Weichen can say so, these large-denomination silver tickets not only have anti-counterfeiting marks, but also number registration, we have a record, only issued to those large merchants, not in the private circulation, but also to facilitate the use of merchants when buying a large number of goods, you can also go to our silver number to exchange for a small denomination, so the concerns of the tall adults are redundant, Weichen has been designed with a few craftsmen, this will not be a problem, but the emperor said, we did not consider going back to immediately revise the size, and please ask the emperor to show it”

I went against Gao Gong to make Zhang Juzheng angry, so I said politely