Seeing Shi Kefa's face, he was very depressed.

Gao Hongtu smiled slightly, and said to Shi Kefa: "The crown prince is in danger. ”

In a word, it is a sign of Shi Kefa.

Now it seems that the crown prince has done everything smoothly, but the mission is a bit taboo, but the reason is on the prince's side, even if Shi Kefa himself is disgraced, he has never resented the prince in his private intentions.

If you really send a soldier to Yanjing, it will really mislead the country and the people, and also mislead the reputation of your life.

Of course, later generations will know the process of Chen Hongfan's surrender and secretly collusion with Tang Qilong, but the people at that time will not be clear, everyone is rumored to be that he Shi Gebu secretly surrendered to the enemy, this basin of sewage is on his body, how can it be explained clearly?

So Shi Kefa's depression is just because he feels that the power of the cabinet has been encroached upon and the crown prince is too aggressive.

If everything can be discussed, and the prince is gradually getting old, instead of changing the ancestral law at every turn, and people can't keep up with it at all, in fact, Shi Kefa admires the prince's talents in various government affairs and military affairs.

And Gao Hongtu's words, in his opinion, have a sense of pretense and alarmism.

His disapproving appearance naturally fell completely into Gao Hongtu's eyes. At the moment, Gao Hongtu just shook his head, and seeing Shi Kefa's puzzled face, Gao Hongtu had to smile bitterly: "Fire consumption!" ”

"Fire Consumption ......"

Shi Kefa was still a little confused in his eyes, but after all, he was a person who was in charge of the country, and after being shocked, he suddenly realized.

At that moment, he nodded again and again, and sighed: "I don't know what to say!" ”

Gao Hongtu's expression gradually became cold: "For the country, it is a great thing, a great thing!" I don't know how many people want to do this but can't succeed, even with Zhang Jiangling's talent, they only see the benefits of a whip and don't see the disadvantages, how many years have the people of the world relied on this matter to make a fortune? It was completely pinched all of a sudden, the crown prince couldn't get along with ninety percent of the officials and gentry in the world and the silver merchants in the furnace room, and the original matter of the gold had already offended too many people! ”

Even if the crown prince has Chongzhen's trust and protection, but so what?

After a long time, the three of them have become tigers, and everyone in the world is the enemy of them.

In today's situation, unless the crown prince has absolute prestige, and directly holds the power of the world and the strength of the world, he can avoid disasters if he has an unshakable momentum.

Even so, I'm afraid that there will be villains behind him who have been spreading rumors, and Emperor Yin Jian of Shenzong is not far away!

"We can't hold the view of the door at this time, this is a great thing that is beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood!" Shi Kefa's expression also changed from confused to firm, and towards Gao Hongtu, he said word by word: "The household department will also set up a minting department, and the cabinet will discuss this matter to the emperor and support His Royal Highness the Prince's approach." ”

This coinage is not only convenient for the people to pay taxes or use money, but also has a strong positive significance for market circulation and commercial prosperity.

Shi Kefa adheres to national politics, and this layer has been thought of early on.

And the most critical and important thing is also where Gao Hongtu judged that the prince is critical, that is, after the coinage, the political departments, prefectures, counties, governments at all levels, and a number of industrial chains such as money houses and furnaces closely related to them will be affected.

After the coinage, there is no more fire consumption!

Although there will certainly be a considerable amount of fire consumption at the time of minting, this fire consumption is in the central government, in the Mint Bureau of the Ministry of Household or Qingjiang, and has nothing to do with the localities.

And when silver coins are passed all over the world, supplemented by a small number of gold coins and a large number of copper coins, whether it is a large transaction or a small amount of private transactions, it can meet the needs, and at that time, the furnace room and the money exchange pawnshop will be invisibly hit hard.

This is not the point, because the industry can be transformed or upgraded, and it is the officials at all levels who have always been responsible for the fire and the fortunes that have really suffered heavy losses.

Collect a tax of 10,000 taels of silver, and some officials can increase the fire consumption to five cents or even higher. When taxes are collected every year, it is the time when these filthy officials make a fortune.

Naturally, there are many ambitious people who want to reform, but this pool is too deep and deep, deep enough to drown anyone.

Moreover, the situation is different from place to place, and the quality of the scattered silver is different, and there is really no way to formulate a standard that can be put on the whole country.

Therefore, it can only be judged by the conscience and conscience of each official. Within a certain range, including their own income, the cost of raising their masters, etc., are in it, unlike the Han and Tang Dynasties, the "minister's money" of Ming Dynasty officials is a tragedy, and the fire consumption actually includes this part of the cost.

If you have no conscience, you can collect it as you like, and after three years of work by the prefect, it is very easy to get tens of thousands of silver into your pocket.

This money is considered a serious income, not corruption and bribery.

Of course, if the collection is too ruthless, stirring up a popular uprising, or disturbing the local gentry who are not satisfied, and secretly encourage the local officials to participate in the book, it is inevitable to lose the office.

Therefore, how to collect and how to collect it is completely a large karmic chain, sharing profits up and down, and it is a huge unimaginable interest group.

The Donglin Party is just a Jiangnan, and all it has in its hands is some sea trade and mineral vein factories, and Emperor Shenzong made such a big move when he wanted to collect commercial taxes.

The matter of the crown prince's coinage completely avoided the fire consumption levy from the root of the gate to make a fortune.

In addition, the tax is changed to the true color, and the post station is forbidden to receive any officials, and is only responsible for delivering the news of goods, even if it is when the northern mission goes north, it is to spend their own money to eat and live in the hotel, and then it will be reimbursed after accounting for each day.

I don't know how many officials' necks have been stuck in this one. Whether it is the local officials and officials who collect fees, or the officials who pass by and fight the autumn wind, this regulation alone has already made the world look sideways.

The post station system has eroded to this point, and such a one-size-fits-all approach is much better than abolishing it, after all, the post station is still there, the horses and the post man are also there, and the officials will be new in the future, and they can be calmly restored.

There's no way around it.

It's just that in this way, the people offended by the prince are really gone. Moreover, now Shi Kefa is also a little confused, and the restructuring has almost blocked the door for local officials to reach out and make money.

In addition, the "Integrity Division" of the Qingjiang camp is directly under the jurisdiction of the crown prince, and will not be under the control of the cabinet and the military affairs department in the future, and will directly belong to the emperor or ministers appointed by the emperor.

It was originally the responsibility of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate corruption and eliminate it, it was the Metropolitan Court in the court, and it was the patrol in the local area, but after a long time, it was better to talk about the story than nothing.

However, as soon as the Department of Integrity was established, anyone with a discerning eye knew that this department would do things seriously and would never be perfunctory for at least a considerable period of time.

All indications show that during this period of time, the cost of being an official in the Ming Dynasty will be very high, and the income will become extremely low and very low.

"Alas, Your Highness is doing this......"

As the first assistant, Shi Kefa can only support such a good thing as coinage, and the post, tax, and corruption are all impeccable in terms of reason and law.

As the head of the country, he can't say that the officials are corrupt?

"Look!" The unfathomable profundity on Gao Hongtu's face finally disappeared completely, and what was replaced by comfort and ease: "Although we have to follow the prince for a while, it won't last long." Although the old man admired him, he also felt that the prince was still too young, too smart, and too sharp after all. In fact, if these things are done in the past thirty years, the crown prince will be the first saint of the ages. Now...... Hey, it's hard, it's hard. ”

Indeed, as he said, if these major events cannot be persisted in, or they are abandoned halfway, the prince himself will either be stripped of his military power and be punished in the East Palace, so that the prince will be the best result when he ascends the throne after a few years.

What kind of shrewd person is Sejong, at the beginning, the cabinet and the entire center were turned around, and in the end, it wasn't played by Yan Song, Xu Jie, and others?

The emperor prides himself on being shrewd, but in fact, he has lived in the deep palace for a long time, he is deaf and blind, and the prince has been outside for a long time, has a lot of contact, and knows a lot of true information, so he can still do some big things, and after twenty years, I am afraid he can only be at the mercy of others.

For some reason, Shi Kefa only felt desolate in his heart at this time, which was diametrically opposed to Shicai's unwillingness and disobedience.

After a long time, looking at the dancing candle flame, he sighed faintly: "Wait, do your best, let us obey the destiny of heaven." ”

His reaction was also expected by Gao Hongtu, this first assistant, there was no sudden change, no far-sighted thinking, and no responsibility. There are some justices, but they don't help.

With a slight smile at the moment, the matter was revealed. As for the issue of minting coins, it was naturally as Zhu Cihong wished, and the household department in Nanjing also stepped up its efforts, and also tried in many ways to solicit skilled craftsmen, and under the supervision and support of Taixi missionaries and craftsmen, they chose places in Nanjing and other places to set up the mint.

Since the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the silver will no longer be melted into silver treasure official ingots, but all of them are cast and pressed by water power to make silver coins to be issued to the world.

As for the small number of gold coins and the mining of copper ore and the frequent issuance of copper coins, they are also slowly progressing.

At this time, in the past few months, the crown prince has also brought countless changes to this great tomorrow, from the inside to the outside, from the center to the locality, there is almost no place that has not changed.

All kinds of changes are also great changes in people's hearts, everyone thinks that something will happen, but at this time, as soon as the coinage comes out, everyone also understands in their hearts that the crown prince card is here, if there is no solution, there is no further deeper and better way, and it is about to stop at this extent.

It is precisely with everyone's thoughts that Qingjiang's cards seem to be almost the same here.

After all, in the past few months, the crown prince has not innovated, and at this time, it has gradually fallen silent.

(To be continued)