Zhou Zheng's time is very tight now, and when he came back from Tianjin Wei, he didn't rest, and he was walking around various departments.

Zhou Zheng's first yamen was the household department.

Gao Hongtu, the head of the household, had already left Beijing, and Hu Jianghe, the left waiter, was holding a pile of paperwork and said to Zhou Zheng: "My lord, the matter is much more serious than we estimated. These princes, even if they hid a lot of family property, it is unimaginable that they copied it on the surface. There are currently 23 million in silver, and it is expected that it may eventually reach around 40 million. Courtyard shops and so on are also innumerable, and when converted, there are millions to say the least. All kinds of treasures are difficult to estimate for a while. As for the acres of land, the lower officials estimate that it is expected to be more than 3 million hectares......"

One hectare is a hundred acres, three million, is 300 million acres!

Forty million silver!

Zhou Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he said to himself, "Enough." ”

Hu Jianghe was stunned and said, "My lord, what is enough?" ”

Zhou Zheng laughed and said, "I will order all departments to cooperate with you." You must make it clear to me, and if someone is secretly doing something, don't blame me for being harsh. ”

Hu Jianghe hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Lord Gao and the lower officials have taken strict precautions to ensure that no one will get in the way!" ”

With such a large number, no one will reach out, inside and outside, you can't stop it!

Zhou Zheng waved his hand and said, "Hurry up, there are not enough people, I will find a way to deploy it for you again." ”

Hu Jianghe said: "Yes." Rest assured, the lower officials and others are working overtime to complete the liquidation within three months. ”

Zhou Zheng nodded, worked in the household department for a long time, and went to Zhou's ticket number in the afternoon.

Cheng Economy, Shangguan Xun and others have been busy recently, and they have been sleeping at night.

Cheng Economy took Zhou Zheng to turn around in the ticket number, and said at the same time: "The owner, at present, the ticket number has received eight million silver from all over the country, and other shops, courtyards, gold, silver and jewelry are also trying to convert them, because the amount is relatively large, it will not be able to be completely sold for a while......

Zhou Zheng put his hands behind his back, paced slowly, and said: "Well, the imperial court has made a big move this time, and I didn't expect that there would be so many, you will do your best to help and complete the established plan easily." ”

Cheng Economic Response, said: "The ticket number is expanding rapidly, and it is expected that by the end of next year, each province will set up a branch to connect the world." At the same time, we also integrated the post stations that were originally cut off by the imperial court, and prepared to use them as a transit for transporting goods, and also opened inns, restaurants and other businesses......"

Zhou Zheng listened, raised his eyebrows, nodded quietly, and did not comment.

Shangguan Xun followed aside, and then said: "The ticket number has taken over the task of minting coins in the household department, and the new coins are constantly being printed, and it is expected that 30 million ...... will be issued next year."

Zhou Zheng spoke this time and said: "This matter must be grasped quickly, the imperial court is expected to officially abolish the old currency in the year after tomorrow, including copper coins, loose silver, treasure banknotes, etc., you must lay a good foundation and strive for 50 million ......."

Cheng Economy and Shangguan Xun hurriedly responded and said, "Yes." Rest assured, we will do our best. ”

Zhou Zheng hummed, walked a few steps, and said: "Father-in-law, after the year, I will give you the identity of a special envoy of the imperial court, you are in the capital, in Nanzhili, calling on major businessmen and big households to form a joint chamber of commerce." This chamber of commerce has several purposes, first, it is a civil restraint body for merchants, and it can also draft commercial regulations for the imperial court's reference and assist the imperial court in doing something. Second, it is to unite to develop maritime trade, there are many people and great strength, and next year the imperial court will open the sea ban to encourage going to sea, and there will also be official caravans. Third, the president of this chamber of commerce, the imperial court will give a false title of a third-grade official and set up seven directors. ”

What Zhou Zheng said seems to be clear, but in fact it is vague, but these three are touching enough!

Shangguan Xun groaned: "If this is the case, in the future, we will borrow money from the world and replace the old currency, which will also get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhou Zheng smiled and said, "Well, there are many benefits, and you will find them slowly." ”

Shangguan Xun hurriedly responded and said, "I set off a year ago, I went through all the places, and then set up a threshold for joining, and those who don't have money can't enter." ”

Zhou Zheng's expression moved slightly, and he glanced at Shangguanxun, this old man reacted quickly, he hadn't thought of this before, and this 'membership fee' alone was not a lot of income.

For a long time, Zhou Zheng came out of Zhou's ticket number and went to the Ministry of Industry.

Zhou Fang is headache, the huge Ministry of Engineering is simply a mess.

Not to mention the various palaces in the two capitals are in disrepair, there are many fires and thunderbolts, other imperial tombs, sacrificial places, and various official offices, plus local official roads, canals, bridges and pavilions, etc., look carefully, you can simply rebuild!

Zhou Fang took a sip of tea, rubbed his stiff face, and said, "I can see it, the great Ming is almost smashed to rebuild the ......."

Zhou Zheng knew that Zhou Fang hadn't slept all night, and said, "What are you going to do?" ”

Zhou Fang had a terrible headache and said: "What can I do, ask the court for money, pick up important things, and wait for the treasury to get better." ”

It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and Zhou Fang is in charge of the house, so he knows how difficult things are.

Zhou Zheng took a sip of tea, no nonsense, and said: "This reverse case, the three divisions, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang have confiscated a large number of assets, not to mention tens of millions, I will ask the household department to allocate three million to you." ”

Zhou Fang's eyes widened, his surprise was inexplicable, and he said, "Really, there are three million?" ”

Three million, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is so much.

Zhou Zheng nodded and said, "The palace, the official office should not be repaired first, you can wait." The official roads and rivers are focused, and there are so many people who have been affected by the disaster, and they are relieved by work. ”

Zhou Fang listened to the words 'cash for work', his eyes lit up, and he said, "Okay." It's a good idea! Where do I get my money? ”

Zhou Zheng shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Okay, go to the household department to go through the process first, and then go to Zhou's ticket number to get it, in batches, it won't be all given to you at once." ”

Zhou Fang hurriedly said: "Don't say three million batches, it's two hundred thousand batches, which is enough for me to wake up from sleep and laugh." I'll go! ”

Zhou Zheng couldn't stop him, there were still a lot of things to say, so he could only save it when he would return home.

Zhou Zheng was wandering around the sixth department, and just as he was about to turn around his class, Fan Wenjing greeted him with a smile on his face, raised his hand and said, "Zheng Xibo, can the lower officials take a step to speak?" ”

This is Zhou Yanru's personal secret, Zhou Zheng has to give some face, and said with a smile: "Okay." ”

Fan Wenjing and Zhou Zheng came to a remote place, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Zheng Xibo, the lower officials heard that this time they raided the house, and they got a lot of money, did they go to the treasury?" ”

Zhou Zheng didn't know what Fan Wenjing meant, and said directly: "Before, I agreed with Yuanfu that the income should be demarcated, and each one should rely on his ability. ”

Fan Wenjing immediately laughed with him and said, "The next official is here, and Yuanfu doesn't know about it." Zheng Xibo also knew that now that the treasury was empty, and the northwest was in urgent need of relief, the pressure on Yuanfu was extremely great, no matter what, he also asked Zheng Xibo to alleviate one or two. ”