Seeing the queen asking, Feng Xuanzhi hurriedly said: "The concubine means that there is something wrong here, many people must have their own calculations here, but the concubine hasn't figured it out yet." ”

Apocalypse sighed and said, "I understand. ”

Seeing the queen and Feng Xuanzhi looking at him, Tianqi said to Feng Xuanzhi, "Tell me where you feel something is wrong first?" ”

Feng Xuanzhi said: "At the beginning, the total number of people handed over from all over the palace was seven million, of which the real silver was only a few hundred thousand taels and more than 20 boxes were loaded, and the remaining more than 6 million were silver tickets from major money banks, according to Wang Tiqian, it would take about ten days for the major money banks to recover the silver tickets and exchange them for real silver, so if the seven million were all exchanged for silver, they would have to be exchanged for hundreds of boxes. ”

Seeing that the queen's eyes widened, Feng Xuanzhi continued: "According to the emperor, the central money bank that will be established soon will be minted, which means that 50 million taels must be real silver, otherwise how can silver coins be minted?" In this way, it must be tens of thousands of boxes, where did they get so much silver? ”

Tianqi said: "More than ten years ago, when the country of King Fu used about 300,000 yuan to build the palace, it was very magnificent, and now King Xin spent 500,000 yuan to build a palace, which is too far from the palace of King Fu, why?" for the silver is worthless. Why is silver worthless? for the silver was plentiful. ”

Feng Xuanzhi also remembered something and said: "When the concubine was a child, I heard the adults say that in the past, silver was exchanged for gold for jewelry, and one tael of gold could only be exchanged for seven taels or eight taels of silver, but now it is estimated that one tael of gold will be exchanged for more than ten taels of silver, is this the silver that the emperor said is not worth much?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Yes, that's it. In the past ten years, large families have used money to buy land, and when there is more land, they will plant mulberry and raise silkworms, and exchange raw silk for silver from overseas, and even more hateful people will directly use grain to fund the enemy, and exchange silver from the Mongols and Jurchens. As a result, they annexed land faster and faster, their families had more and more grain and silver, and the common people and the court became poorer and poorer. Speaking of this, Apocalypse couldn't help but clench his fists.

The queen then asked, "Why do they have to take out the silver now?" ”

Feng Xuanzhi said: "The concubines want to come because the emperor didn't allow them to grow mulberry at the beginning, only grain, and then forced the major households to return to the fields, and everyone's land will be taxed from this year, and the emperor will take the lead in paying taxes to the court, and they have nothing to say." Especially after King Fu and other royal families began to hang out the fields and sell them to the people, the silver in their hands had no place to use, and they heard that the emperor was going to change the silver ingots to silver coins, so they showed their family wealth and exchanged the money and deposited it justifiably, because they saw the weakness of the emperor's honesty and generosity, and knew that it was okay if the wealth was exposed. ”

Tianqi said: "Yes, I can't lose my trust in the world, after eating, you have a few more people to discuss what to do, the huge amount of silver in their hands will increase in price if they buy anything, it is too terrible, if they are not careful, the country will be in chaos, I can't let them hang their swords on the head of the court all the time." ”

After lunch, Tianqi came to the Military Affairs Yuan, because there was about to be a war, so everyone was there, and after sitting down, he asked Yuan Keli by the way: "Didn't you let Lord Yuan rest for two days?" Why did you come right away? ”

Yuan Keli said: "After seeing the emperor, the minister was pulled over by Lord Sun before he left the palace, and besides, the war ahead was urgent, and the minister couldn't sit still at home." ”

Tianqi nodded and asked Sun Chengzong: "Sir, tomorrow I will let Hou Sui go to the Liaodong front line and Dongjiang Town to pass the decree, first, not to allow the Marine Battalion of the Sailor Division to garrison Juehua Island, and second, to allow Mao Wenlong to freely decide whether to attack and contain him, what other arrangements does Sir?" ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The minister has nothing to say, Lord Yuan has just come to see what new views he has." ”

Yuan Keli said: "The minister just took a look at the layout of the front line, Ningyuan City and Ningyuan Pass should be impregnable, especially the Yuezi Pass between them is very interesting, the army can easily enter and exit freely without the restrictions of the conventional city gate, and the enemy will be attacked in all directions as soon as he comes." Its essence is not to entangle with the enemy, the army hides in the Yuezi Pass City and takes advantage of its unpreparedness to sneak attack, and the enemy counterattacks and retreats, just like ...... It's like ......"

Tianqi said: "Does Lord Yuan want to say that it is like a dog that bites people?" Rush out and take a bite while he's unprepared, and run back as soon as he's done biting and wait for an opportunity? ”

Yuan Keli said: "Although this metaphor is not good, it is appropriate. Everyone laughed.

Tianqi said: "Then I asked Hou Sui to emphasize to them that those who defend the city are not allowed to go out to battle to ensure that the city is not broken, and those who are looking for opportunities to attack are not allowed to fight, and they must leave as soon as they are hit like an eagle, regardless of whether they are hit or not." In addition, in order to ensure that Ningyuan Pass and Ningyuan City were not lost, Zhang Xiang'an, Sun Chuanting and Ni Yuanlu immediately led people to assist in defending the city after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. ”

Zhang Xiang'an, Sun Chuanting, and Ni Yuanlu said in unison when they heard this: "The ministers obey the order." ”

Tianqi suddenly remembered one thing, and said to Sun Chengzong: "The imperial court is short of money, I asked the household department to come forward to set up the Central Money Village and the Road Merchants Bureau, Mr.'s words are majestic, I want to ask Mr. to write a horizontal plaque of 'Daming Road Commerce Bureau', please don't shirk Mr." ”

Seeing that Sun Chengzong agreed, the apocalypse turned to Ni Yuanlu and said to him: "They said that your handwriting is good and ancient, and it can increase trust when used in the bank, so please write a plaque, just write 'Daming Central Bank'." ”

Ni Yuanlu also agreed, and after a while, Sun Chengzong and Ni Yuanlu wrote it, and Tianqi was very satisfied with it, and asked Yang Gongchun to take someone to make a plaque with the words of the two, and asked him to inform King Xin to discuss the opening of the Central Money Village and the Road Merchants Bureau with the representatives of the capital as soon as possible.

After gossiping for a while, the apocalypse returned to the Qianqing Palace to rest, and it was really tiring to think about it every day, and he fell asleep after lying on the bed for a while and dreamed, in the dream he dreamed that he was flying around in the sky, and he would fly high and far away if he kicked a little harder, but he would slowly fall to the ground if he didn't use his strength. There were no people and no animals around, and I couldn't tell if it was day or night, but it was hazy anyway, when suddenly a voice in my ear said, "Haven't you found me yet?" I'm right here! I'm right here! ”

After being startled, he woke up, and he saw that he had slept for more than an hour, when the palace maid outside the door said, "The emperor is awake." ”

After listening to the words of the palace maid, Tan Jing came in and said that the queen was invited. The apocalypse came to Kunning Palace, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the congratulatory voice of the queen, Zhang Chunying, Zhang Xuanzhi, Feng Siqin, and Feng Xuanzhi: "Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor!" ”

Wang Tiqian, Yang Gongchun, Tan Jing and others also knelt down with the eunuchs and said, "Congratulations to the emperor, slaves!" ”

The apocalypse made everyone calm down and asked, "What are you congratulating on?" ”

The queen said: "Zhang Xuanzhi's monthly letter period has not come for five or six days, and the imperial doctor said that he was happy. ”

When Tianqi heard it, he didn't know whether he was happy or worried, Fu Chunying sat down and asked, "Is it a man or a woman?" ”

Chunying said: "The imperial doctor didn't say it, and the concubine didn't know. ”

Tianqi smiled and said, "Then you have to have a good rest, and add a few palace maids and eunuchs to wait." ”

After everyone answered yes, they turned their heads to look at Feng Siqin, and the queen said: "Feng Xuanzhi also didn't come two days late for the monthly letter, but it's still uncertain, if it's really there, it's that the emperor is too accurate." ”

Apocalypse asked in surprise, "How do you know that I have calculated first?" ”

The queen said: "At first, I didn't know what the emperor asked Sanlang to prepare, but then I slowly understood." ”

Apocalypse said, "By the way, what about the three waves? ”

The queen said: "Sanlang is very hard for a while, playing mahjong with a few old ladies every day, and repeatedly talking about the emperor's theory of investment and making money while playing mahjong, so that he can get together enough for seven million so quickly." ”

The Apocalypse said, "Meritorious ministers, you are all meritorious ministers. After speaking, he hugged Chunying and asked Feng Siqin: "What is the result of the discussion in the afternoon?" ”

Feng Xuanzhi said: "After discussing with the queen, the concubines felt that there were too many big families in the country, and they had a lot of money in their hands, since they couldn't stop it, it was better to only prohibit their participation in key places, and other places still allowed them to make money." ”

Apocalypse said: "It makes sense, just like controlling water, it can't be blocked by light, and it needs to be channeled, so what are the places where you discuss? ”

Feng Xuanzhi said: "Not to mention salt and iron, plus grain and cotton, to ensure that the people's food and clothing are not threatened by large households." ”

Apocalypse asked, "What is the specific method of ensurance?" ”

Feng Xuanzhi said: "It is to set the comparative price of gold, silver coins, copper coins, and grain, and deposit a certain amount of silver coins, copper coins, and grain in the treasury and silver treasury of all provinces across the country, and once the price fluctuates, it will be adjusted out of the warehouse, and only by ensuring that the comparison price remains unchanged can the people's hearts be stabilized." ”