Let the Military Affairs Council discuss how to rearrange the personnel according to the new requirements, and the reward rules must be determined before that, once the soldiers return triumphantly, they will have to compare, and then it will not be a problem that can be solved by just talking, so Apocalypse hurriedly returned to the palace to discuss the matter of silver with the queen.

There were originally 7 million taels of silver in the treasury, but when the account was reconciled a while ago, the 10 million share of the household department was only 5 million cash, and President Li of the Shanxi Chamber of Commerce expressed his willingness to buy the 5 million shares with 6 million on the spot.

There are still two million left, and the queen said that one million can't be moved, because as soon as the palace is built, he will marry a relative, although the house and things are available, but no one dares to guarantee that there will not be something to ask for silver halfway. I am still doing things for myself while studying, and I have no reason to stand idly by, not to mention that it is only the beginning of February, and it is still a long time before the New Year, and it is also necessary to leave some money for emergencies.

Tianqi asked Tan Jing to propose 600,000 yuan from the remaining 1 million to be sent directly to the Military Affairs Yuan as a reward, and the remaining 400,000 taels needed to be carefully calculated. The food shop outside the Dong'an Gate, the garment shop and jewelry shop outside the left and right gates of Chang'an, and the branch of the Tai Hospital, the construction cost of these three houses needs to be kept to a minimum. Apocalypse means that there is no need to repair much exquisitely, as long as it is beautiful and practical, the three houses must be built into two floors, and each house has a family and a start-up capital to be controlled within 100,000 taels, which makes Tan Jing feel very embarrassed, because his people are complaining.

In the evening, I still ordered to spend the night in Sanlang's room, and Sanlang was very happy to see the apocalypse coming, pursing his lips and laughing while asking Tianlang to eat more of the dishes she prepared. Tianqi stopped eating for a while, washed his hands and wiped his face, and said, "I haven't seen you so happy last night, why are you happy today?" ”

Sanlang said: "The concubine wants to surprise the emperor." ”

Apocalypse said, "What surprise? Can you split three bricks? ”

Sanlang said: "Why does the emperor talk about old things? I saw that the emperor had something on my mind last night, and today I went to tell Sister Siqin and Sister Chunying, and they said that they knew what the emperor was thinking, and asked someone to bring a letter to the emperor in the evening, saying that they could make the emperor happy. ”

As soon as Tianqi heard that it was Zhang Chunying and Feng Siqin's letter, they took it and looked at it, it turned out that they had already known that Tianqi was worried about the problem of building three houses, so they deliberately made a comparison list between the market price and the quotation in the palace, indicating that the construction of the house and the preparation of cloth, gold and silver, medicine, etc. can be controlled within 100,000 taels, and the eunuchs in the palace have falsely reported that there are 20%, so it is not enough. However, this is already considered good, and it was at least double the offer before.

In order to make these people no longer consider profiting from the construction, Feng Siqin suggested increasing the income of the eunuchs, and the previous increase was changed to a three-seven split, because the salary was dead, and it was the same to do more and less work, and after it became a share, the eunuchs had the motivation to repair the house as soon as possible and make money as soon as possible. Moreover, the division of Sanqi is modeled on Wei Zhongxian's example, so that the regulations will make everyone feel fair and reasonable.

Feng Siqin's suggestion Tianqi felt very reasonable, and saw that Tian had already asked the little eunuch to tell Tan Jing that he would inform the people related to the opening of the store that the emperor would only contribute money and land, and they would only contribute to the last three or seven shares, and if there were still difficulties, they would not do it for the time being, repair the house, and rent it to others to do business. If you really want to do it, you must understand that you must rely on high quality, low price, and good reputation to make money in the future, and the previous idea of not opening for three years and eating for three years must be completely abandoned.

After finishing the order, he was in a good mood for a while, and when he turned his head and saw Sanlang looking at him affectionately beside him, Tianqi was startled and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Sick? ”

Sanlang said, "No." ”

Apocalypse said, "Isn't it scary to be sick and do this weird look?" ”

Sanlang said aggrievedly: "This is what Sister Siqin said, saying that the emperor likes Sister Chunying because Sister Chunying often looks at the emperor like this, so she wants her concubines to learn from it." ”

Apocalypse laughed and said, "Three waves, each has its own characteristics, if everyone is the same, do you think I will like it?" ”

Sanlang thought for a while and said, "That's right, you have to eat a mouthful of food." ”

Tianqi said: "That's right, don't care how others maintain their true colors, first show your claws to scratch my back, and then give me a son, grow up and lead troops to the front line to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions." ”

The next morning, Tan Jing talked back and forth, saying that everyone had recalculated again, and felt that 100,000 taels and 300,000 taels were just right for each place, and if it was done quickly, it could be opened in May. Tianqi knew that everyone's enthusiasm for labor was successfully stimulated by the imaginary silver, and nodded approvingly and asked Tan Jing to quickly direct people to do it, and at the same time pay close attention to the progress of the construction of Qianzhuang and the Road Merchants Bureau.

Three days later, in the afternoon, Mao Wenlong, the chief officer of the Pingliao Army, came to Beijing, because the Apocalypse would meet the heroes of the Nanguan Battle the next day. This time, Mao Wenlong's 20,000 people belonged to the main force in the Battle of Nanguan, and cooperated with Zu Dashou and Zhao Shujiao to annihilate 20,000 Jurchen soldiers, although these 20,000 people were not the main force of the Jurchens, but such a big victory still made the court ecstatic from top to bottom.

Mao Wenlong listened to the words of praise and virtue along the way, and he didn't feel anything at first, but after listening to it for a long time, he was a little fluttering, and occasionally looked at his mighty appearance from the bronze mirror, and felt that he was almost the same as the ancient grandson Wu. In terms of treating military generals, the Ming Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty are almost the same, and when you want to use you, you dare to seal one product and two products, and you don't need a cat or a dog to dare to come over and bully you, so Mao Wenlong returned to reality after a while, and went to the palace of the Marquis of Yushi to ask for greetings and ask for advice the first night.

Hou Sui did not participate in the Battle of Nanguan, and after returning to Beijing from Phi Dao in the second half of the first month, Tianqi gave him a task to ponder the relationship between Wenchen and military generals. The reason why he was asked to think about this question was because Tianqi felt that he had vision, second, his eloquence was good, and he could get rid of Mao Wenlong, who gave many people a headache, in three or two clicks, and third, because everyone else had something to do, but he was the only one who was very idle.

Seeing that Mao Wenlong humbly came to ask Hou Sui for advice, Hou Sui was very happy, and after the two sat down, Hou Sui first congratulated Mao Wenlong on the joy of his victory, and then said: "Although Xia Guan and General Mao have not met a few times, they are very close to each other. ”

Mao Wenlong said: "Lord Hou don't say that, although Wenlong is a rough person, he understands that the ministers of the DPRK and China are not really good to me, and Lord Hou is one of them." This time I came to ask for advice, please ask Lord Hou for guidance. ”

Hou Sui nodded and said, "I don't dare to give advice, but there are a few heartfelt words to say and ask General Mao to refer to them carefully." We are all the emperor's courtiers, as the so-called food of the king's Lu loyal to the king, this time it is better to face General Shengmao less of his own merits and more for the Son of Heaven, so as to ensure the general's long-term peace. ”

Mao Wenlong said: "Wenlong has been taught, but I don't know what the emperor is worried about? ”

Hou Sui said: "There are many places where the Son of Heaven has the world in mind and worries about governing all directions, but as a military general, you should not intervene in government affairs, and you can only talk about military affairs." At this time, the emperor is ordering the lower officials to think carefully about the relationship between the civil servants and the generals, and the lower officials are clueless and don't know how to help you, but the emperor is a straightforward person, and a few days ago, he even dared to take out such heart-wrenching words as 'all the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden' and said publicly, General Mao can follow the holy will when the time comes. ”

Early the next morning, Mao Wenlong went to the palace to hand over the card and wait for the emperor's edict, until near noon, two little eunuchs came to lead him in, and when he arrived at the Yangxin Palace, he saw the apocalypse to worship, and the apocalypse asked: "General Mao has made a great contribution this time is the blessing of the imperial court, but this time there is no other reward except for the silver taels, General Mao will not have complaints, right?" ”

Mao Wenlong was startled when he heard the apocalypse say this, because if a courtier was said to have a grudge against the emperor, then this courtier would not be far from the unlucky day, Mao Wenlong hurriedly said: "The courtier has received too much favor from the emperor, how dare he still think about it?" As for complaining, it is not what a minister should have, please let the emperor know! ”

Tianqi smiled when he heard this: "I am relieved when Mr. Mao says this, I am thinking about how to adjust the level of officials, but I am afraid that someone will complain that I am mean and unkind, since Mr. Mao has this high profile, I will set an example and take the lead in demotion, I don't know if Mr. Mao is willing?" ”