"Your Majesty, the ministers have come to ask Your Majesty to withdraw the will to close the Baoquan Bureaus in various places. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Ye Xiang returned to the Yangxin Palace, and before he could ask the celebrant to summon Mao Yuanyi and others into Beijing, Wang An, Fang Congzhe and others entered without announcing it, and Ye Xiang was very dissatisfied with the guarding eunuchs of Zunyi Gate.

After returning to the throne of the main hall and taking his seat, he ignored a few old men and instructed Wang An, "You go, punish the eunuchs who guard the door to do a thousand squats like Shen Yin and them did last time, is it very troublesome to pass it on?" And then they learn the rules. ”

Wang Chengen took the order and left, Fang Congzhe and the others were embarrassed, originally there were still some people who relied on the dragon's work, but now it seems that the Son of Heaven is beginning to be dissatisfied with himself, standing in the hall and retreating. Ye Xiang didn't answer their words, and took care of himself with a handmade gold pen made by the silver bureau and dipped it in red ink to write and draw on the blank paper on the table.

The craftsmanship of the silver bureau is indeed not covered, and the exquisite gold and silver jewelry created is lifelike, and it is not a problem to polish a few pen nibs. Ye Xiang wants to record what happened to me today, inspiration is the most unpredictable and fleeting.

Fang Congzhe saw that the young son of heaven was unmoved, glanced at Liu Yixiao and Han Yi, and then knelt down together and said long live.

"Let's be even, I have been thinking about this coinage right for a long time to return to the imperial court, didn't the companion convey the meaning clearly?" Ye Xiang didn't look up, so he wrote and said, and touched his forehead from time to time, for fear of missing something.

"Your Majesty, the temple has exhausted Taicang's savings for many years, making the treasury unable to make ends meet for a long time, so the temple in the fourth year of Wanli let the world play Wanli Tongbao, so far there are more than 450 Baoquan Bureaus around the country, and the annual interest alone is 820,000 taels, so that they can barely survive, and the emperor has increased troops in Liaodong, and the grain and grass are important preparations, and the emperor can come out from the inside; Second, tens of thousands of ambassadors, stoves, craftsmen, book soaps, and doormen in various places will deprive them of their livelihood at once, and they may be in chaos. ”

The financial crisis brought about by war is a general rule of human history, and it is almost impossible to get the government not to over-issue money when it is short of money, but this is tantamount to drinking water to quench thirst.

"Is that the reason for the opposition?" Ye Xiang was a little helpless, put down the pen, and turned out the previous copper coins, "How did I hear that coins are now widely minted in various places, so that the price of copper has risen?" If you look at dozens of copper coins, the copper coins should be yellow, and these are miserable white, and they are silver and lead, right? And these coins are of different weights, but they are of the same face value, who will give a reasonable explanation? ”

"The old system, coin-making copper seven lead three, now because of the decentralization of coinage, resulting in the rise of copper prices, Longquan Bureaus around the country are trying to make a profit from it. Some copper-lead ratios are halved; Some only attach 90 catties of money to 100 catties of copper, and the remaining 10 catties of accounts are paid with copper coins; Some reduced their weight to only five catties and four taels per thousand; The most hateful thing is that because of the scarcity of silver nowadays, the distribution of military rations to make money was originally 1 tael of silver for 12 wen, and there is a division that uses the excuse of copper to give only 11 wen to military rations and only 10 wen to merchants...... "Ye Xiang told the cabinet the information of the Dongchang detective in one breath, "Some of you don't want to say that as an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, you only stare at a mere 800,000 taels of silver, and let the subordinates act indiscriminately, is this an auxiliary government?" Nowadays, Liaodong is not peaceful, and you are adding fuel to the fire. ”

Ye Xiang remembered Kissinger's cybernetics: 'Whoever controls oil controls all countries; Whoever controls the grain controls the human race; Whoever holds the right to mint money controls the world'. In order to control the coinage rights and let the factory and the guards link, he quickly figured out the actual situation below.

Ye Xiang was speechless when he saw them in surprise, and continued, "Every year, the Ministry of Industry also mints a lot of money, why do you see it in the market?" Companion, you have both a cloth village and a house for rent outside, how much money has you received from the Ministry of Industry over the years? ”

Wang An saw Ye Xiang winking at him quietly, understood in his heart, suppressed his smile, bowed down and said, "Back to Long Live Lord, the ministers don't know the specifics, but compared with fine money, it should be less than one in ten." ”

No matter how much money Wang Anbu stores received from the Ministry of Industry, Ye Xiang wanted to tell everyone a basic theory of economics -- bad money drives out good money, which means that the "good money" with higher actual value is gradually stored by people and leaves the circulation market, so that the "bad money" with lower actual value floods the market.

Seeing that Wang An understood what he meant, Ye Xiang was secretly happy in his heart, "I won't repeat the truth, you can figure it out for yourselves." What I want to say is that if this continues, let the money be issued indiscriminately, although the imperial court can get a short period of minting, but it will hurt the entire private trading market, and it will be the Ming Dynasty that will suffer in the end. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers may be old, and the truth of this still needs to be pondered in detail."

Ye Xiang nodded, got up and walked in front of them, "Whether you can figure it out or not, or for your own selfish interests, this Baoquan Bureau, I have decided." Give you two days, and if you don't vote, I will bypass your lordship's decree. I want to see who eats the bear's heart and leopard gall and dares to openly resist the decree. ”

Fang Congzhe and the others seemed to feel a faint pressure, and looked at each other again, all speculating about the emperor's attitude towards the cabinet, "The ministers obey the order." ”

What Ye Xiang wanted was their attitude, since the discussion was not proper, he no longer discussed, and directly ordered, "The Ministry of Industry moved to the Baoyuan Bureau in Shida Hutong outside the city, so as to expand production." The cabinet selected officials who knew how to pay attention to economics and casting from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, and promoted the Baoyuan Bureau to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the cabinet also discussed the title and name. ”

Shi Daren Hutong is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Street in later generations, at this time the Baoyuan Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is here, and the Yamen is the original internal official supervisor to Shi Heng (?) -1460), there are 386 rooms, after cultivating the henchmen were imprisoned to death, his mansion was fined and confiscated, and later Jiajing gave it to Qiu Luan (?) -1552), Qiu Luan was reported for his misdeeds, and the house was once again fined and confiscated into the palace, perhaps because of feng shui problems, so it was changed to the Baoyuan Bureau Mint.

If it weren't for the fear of rebellion, Liu Yixiao and Han Yi's hearts would have collapsed, and they all had one thought, they had already said that the Baoyuan Bureau would be returned to the household department, why should we people come to find it uncomfortable.

He was about to retire, but Fang Congzhe spoke, he took a step forward, bowed and saluted, stared at Ye Xiang with burning eyes, and said, "Your Majesty, there are still a few things to decide, one of which is to worship the Holy Doctrine and restore the Holy Rule, please Your Majesty choose a date to hold a sutra feast, and carefully choose the day speaker." ”

"Oh, the Quasi-Secretary played, the Cabinet Check the Cabinet and choose the auspicious to hold it. Sun Chengzong, counting the days is also on the way back, the speaker counts him as one. Ye Xiang saw that he was cautious, and thought that it was a big deal, anyway, he had a lot of things to learn, so he couldn't be an ignorant troll, so he listened.

"The second is that Liaodong Jinglu wrote a letter to resign a few days ago, and the cabinet vote is not allowed, I don't know why His Majesty didn't approve it?"

"Oh, I just came back." Ye Xiang looked at Wang An, "Companion, take Xiong Tingbi's fold, and I will approve it." ”

Fang Congzhe was a little relieved, and his smile made the wrinkles on his face seem to bloom like flowers, and he seemed to be a lot younger in an instant, "Your Majesty, Xiong Tingbi is old and does not enter in person, which is similar to His Majesty's intention of sticking to the city before." This time, Jiannu invaded Shenyang Zhongwei, he was not at fault, please ask Your Majesty to speak out to appease. ”

Ye Xiang nodded, Liaodong now only has a strong wall and clear the field is the best policy, and the road is so far away that it can only be conveyed by a reliable person, so he said, "Tengxiang Siwei is about to be drawn up, and the cabinet is going to see it, let Li Shi read it." ”

"Your Majesty," Fang Congzhe suddenly knelt down, "Your Majesty, please allow the ministers to pay respects, the ministers have been in the cabinet for more than seven years since the forty-first year of Wanli, and now they are rare. The minister did not dare to say that he had succeeded in retiring, but in the past seven years, the temple and the first emperor were loyal, although there were mistakes, but he had a clear conscience. Please choose another good minister to achieve the immortal imperial cause. ”

Ye Xiang didn't expect him to come out like this, he was indeed a little panicked, he held him up when he knelt down, and didn't speak until he finished speaking, "Your Excellency Fang, what are you doing here!" Do you still think that the abolition of the Baoquan Bureau is inappropriate? I can tell you more about it, don't let it go. It's cold on the ground, get up and talk about it. ”

Fang Congzhe finally couldn't get stubborn, got up and replied, "Your Majesty, remember what happened to Li Kezhuo, it's hard for the minister to take the blame." ”

"Didn't I say it, the matter of Cui Wensheng and Li Kezhuo has been decided, is it that the Taoist official has handed over the fold again?" Ye Xiang saw that Fang Congzhe was silent, so he had a bottom in his heart, "Companion, plan the will, explain the reasons for the two things clearly, tell the internal and external ministers, and if there are any more vain discussions about the palace in the future, they will be killed." ”

After Wang An received the order, Ye Xiang looked at Liu Yixiao and Han Yi who were watching the play on the side, and said, "Our Lady has passed away for more than a year, the emperor and the emperor have also passed away, Zigong is in Bin, and I have no one to rely on." Your Excellency Fang, Your Excellency Beard, and Your Excellency Han are all ministers who care for their lives, and they should assist me in achieving great causes, and we must not have emotions because of political disagreements. I know that everyone's starting point is to let the Ming Dynasty pass on the torch, so why don't I often panic...... Your Excellency Fang, the cabinet is still inseparable from you. ”

Liu Yixiao and Han Yi saw that the Son of Heaven was retaining, and they also echoed, "Yes, Pavilion Elder, I have just entered the Pavilion, and everything has to rely on you. ”

Ye Xiang doesn't know much about the foreign dynasty now, there is no suitable replacement, he can grasp the general direction with his extra experience, and he is blind when he wants to deal with government affairs. Therefore, he played the bitter card, hoping to keep Fang Congzhe.

The cabinet has no decision-making power, so if Fang Congzhe has been inappropriate before, it is mostly Wanli's problem, he is just a competent backstabber. Fortunately, Ye Xiang's retention was his acquiescence.

In the end, Ye Xiang also rewarded the three of them with 100 horses of silk and cloth, anyway, there are many of these things in the library, looking at the previous records, I found that these were specially used for rewards, and he also learned the same.