The next morning, there was a sporadic light rain in the sky.

Early in the morning, Zhang Lingyang got up and went to the cafeteria to have some breakfast, then put on a coat and sat by the lake to fish.

Maybe the fish also have to spend the winter, but after an hour passed, Zhang Lingyang didn't even hang a palm-sized fish.

At this time, Xiao Wuzi, the commercial supervisor, hurried over, standing far behind Zhang Lingyang and didn't dare to come over, for fear of disturbing Zhang Lingyang.

After a while, Zhang Lingyang seemed to have lost his patience, so he got up and moved his body.

Glancing at Xiao Wuzi behind him, Zhang Lingyang asked, "Little Wuzi, but is there something to look for?" ”

Xiao Wuzi trotted to Zhang Lingyang's side and chuckled: "Long live the master, the mint has already made qualified silver coins, please ask the servants to take a few and present them to the long live master, to see if there are any changes that need to be made." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Lingyang took the silver coin that Xiao Wu Zilet go, looked at it carefully, and nodded: "Yes, how much does a silver coin weigh?" ”

"One or two!" Xiao Wuzi replied.

Zhang Lingyang nodded and said, "According to these samples, all the internal money and the deposit silver of the Royal Bank will be made into one or two silver coins." ”

Everyone is used to the current monetary unit, and Zhang Lingyang feels that there is no need to change it.

Otherwise, it's just getting into trouble.

Xiao Wuzi also realized this, so he deliberately created one or two silver coins.

Now there are more than 20,000 taels of silver in the royal treasury alone.

And the deposit of the Royal Bank also has no more than 10,000 taels of silver.

Among the internal funds and the Royal Bank, the reason why there are so many deposits is due to the rebellion of the Jiangnan gentry.

After the Jiangnan gentry rebellion was extinguished, Jinyi Wei got 20,000 taels of cash.

Although Zhang Lingyang gave the treasury 30 million taels of silver, if you add the previous deposit of silver, it has already exceeded 20,000 taels.

The reason why the Royal Bank has so much cash is because the bank has a good reputation.

In the winter of the previous year, after Zhang Lingyang copied the ticket numbers of several Jinzhong houses, he did not repay the previous customers, but returned all the deposits of these customers after the official opening of the Royal Bank, so he won a certain reputation.

Later, Zhang Lingyang let the royal family and the imperial merchants exchange money through the royal bank, which attracted these imperial merchants to deposit money in the bank.

What's more, since the Spring Festival last year, the salaries and salaries of officials and soldiers in various parts of the Great Zhou Dynasty began to pass through the Royal Bank, which naturally attracted a large number of customers for the Royal Bank.

Especially those soldiers who are far away, through the bank, they can send their money to their homes.

Although banks charge a fee, the fee is very low.

It is for this reason that Royal Bank attracts a large number of retail investors.

Especially this spring, after the Jiangnan gentry group was exterminated, the Royal Bank had no rivals in finance, and in this case, the bank's cash naturally increased......

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After Xiao Wuzi left, Zhang Lingyang sat back on the shore, although he still had a fishing rod in his hand, his mind had already been thrown out of the clouds.

"Perhaps, it's time for the next reform!" Zhang Lingyang thought to himself.

Now, the largest political group, the Jiangnan gentry clique, has been exterminated.

If Zhang Lingyang does not seize this gap to carry out reforms, he is afraid that a new political bloc will be formed, and it will be somewhat in the way of reform.

The next reform plan in Zhang Lingyang's mind is still aimed at taxation, mainly commercial tax and mining tax.

The merchants of the Great Zhou Dynasty were mainly Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and Zhejiang merchants.

Among them, the Jin merchants are mainly ticket numbers and have the most power, but with the collapse of several of the largest Jin merchants' ticket numbers, the Jin merchants are no longer troubled.

As for the Zhejiang merchants and Hui merchants, most of them are attached to the Jiangnan gentry and are their money bags.

It's like Xie Wuliang of Jiang Ningtai and the firm before.

Without the deliberate support of the gentry group, Xie Wuliang would not have been able to achieve such a big industry at all.

It is also for this reason that with the fall of the Jiangnan gentry, no one in the court, whether it is a Hui merchant or a Zhejiang businessman, dares to speak for them.

Nowadays, although the vast majority of Huizhou and Zhejiang merchants have no loss in money, it is inevitable that their status is as different as before.

Therefore, in the commercial tax and mining tax reform that Zhang Lingyang is brewing, there is no resistance at all.

Thinking of this, Zhang Lingyang instructed Xiao Fuzi on the side: "Xiao Fuzi, send a decree to Zheng Yongji, the first assistant of the cabinet, and order the cabinet to join hands with the household department to draw up a document on the collection of commercial tax and mining tax. ”

"Slaves obey!"

Xiao Fuzi replied, and hurriedly drove to the Donghua Pavilion outside the palace.

"What? You say Your Majesty is going to levy a commercial tax and a mining tax? When Zheng Yongji heard this, he became anxious, "Isn't it a bit too hasty to do this?"

No way! I'm going to see Your Majesty! ”

As he spoke, Zheng Yongji wanted to get up and enter the palace.

Xiao Fuzi said with a smile: "It's better for our family to persuade Zheng Ge Lao not to go."

Now, Banzai Ye is not in the palace, besides, haven't you gone? ”

Although Xiaofuzi's words are very unpleasant, what is it useless for Zheng Yongji to go?

Zheng Yongji was not angry yet, but the other ministers on the side were angry first.

"A little eunuch, dare to speak so painfully to Elder Zheng Ge?"

"Old man, it is His Majesty who is too indulgent to these eunuchs, so they are lawless."

……

For a while, there were all kinds of voices in Donghua Pavilion to crusade against Xiaofuzi, but Xiaofuzi always smiled without the slightest emotion.

When his colleagues criticized Xiaofuzi, Zheng Yongji was not angry, but calmed down and sat back, thinking carefully about the reason why Zhang Lingyang did this.

Zheng Yongji is worthy of being an old fox who has been an official in the court for many years, and after thinking about it, he figured out the bends and bends.

"Colleagues, don't be angry, the big guy will first call the six departments and Jiuqing to discuss together, if it is really not feasible, the old man will enter the palace again to advise His Majesty!"

With that, Zheng Yongji got up again and sent Xiao Fuzi out of Donghua Pavilion.

After coming back, a minister was dissatisfied: "Elder Zheng Ge, as the first assistant of the cabinet, why should you be so respectful to a little eunuch?" It's hard to ......"

Although the minister's words came to an abrupt end, the meaning could not be clearer.

Zheng Yongji didn't think it was a pestle at all, chuckled, and said: "Although these eunuchs are not complete in six, they are the ones who have been with Your Majesty the longest time.

If these eunuchs make any slander in front of His Majesty because they are dissatisfied, I am afraid that we will not be far from the destruction of our family. ”

"Just a eunuch, what's the way?" Some ministers were very dissatisfied with Zheng Yongji's handling method, "If this matter gets out, I'm afraid that Zheng Ge's reputation will be ruined!" ”