Listening to such a long list of bills, Yang Reform was helpless, his scalp was numb, this is not all, there are many that have not been listed, for example, I want to increase the salary of the post soldiers, this has not been added, and many things are just given to a previous part, and they need to be added in the future, such as building warships, such as hiring foreigners' fleets, for example, and sending troops to North Korea and Mongolia, these have not been counted, no matter how small the war is, once the war starts, the money will be spent like flowing water.

Wang Chengen saw that the emperor's face was pale, and he knew that these things he reported were not a good thing, so he decided to report something good and said, "...... Your Majesty, not all of them are expenses, but there is also income, and the money that the household department has sent to the internal prison of the Guozi Supervisor is 500,000 taels; If all of this year's salt class is collected, His Majesty can earn one million taels except for disaster relief; Li Ruolian's monthly profit is not small; Miss Sun's glass yard has a considerable income; In addition, there are also various imperial villages, imperial merchants, towns, supervisors, and divisions in various places, and their monthly income is tens of thousands of taels; There is also a lot of money that should be released to the household this year, but it is still early to ......."

After listening to Wang Chengen's income, Yang Gai felt a little better. Otherwise, there is no way to get by. In my heart, I kept telling myself: work hard, work hard, work hard, life is endless, mortgage is not stopped, and making money must not stop...... "Okay, I know, the 200,000 taels of the household department, Erxizi and Xiaoshunzi, one and a half, don't send it for the time being, wait for two days, and the money for shipbuilding will be sent to Jiangnan together." Yang reformed a sentence.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

…… Shanxi, Datong, Daiwangfu.

Zhu Dingwei is the current acting king, and now, just after a year of acting king, he feels that he is afraid that there will not be many more times, not that he is afraid that others will harm him, the reason is that he is a very good son Lao Tzu, he Lao Tzu died when he was almost eighty years old, during the period, he survived his brother, it was his turn to be the son of the world, the contemporary king, and now, he is also almost sixty years old, this health is not good, and he feels that his life may not be long.

Today, he received two very special letters, addressed to him by the emperor.

Acting King Zhu Dingwei felt strange, the emperor either sent a holy decree down, or, is to send ministers to proclaim the message, however, the emperor wrote two private letters to him, which made him scratch his head, turned over and turned over the envelope, looked at the seal on the envelope, indeed, it is definitely the seal of the current emperor, the person who sent the letter also sent someone to ask, it is indeed a fast horse sent by the emperor, from Beijing to here, more than 700 miles, it arrived in one day, it can be described as a flying delivery.

Tear open the letter, the old eyes are very dizzy, however, I still read the content of the letter, the first letter, is for him to donate money, the emperor said that now the treasury is empty, the internal money is exhausted, and the disaster relief project is huge, I hope to donate a little money on behalf of the king to the court to help the people of the world, so, for the Zhu family to do a little bit of effort, the emperor is grateful.

Zhu Dingwei read it, ignored it, and then tore open the second envelope, this one, Zhu Dingwei read it, felt a little interesting, the emperor asked him to save some money to the emperor's bank, and said that he would give a certain interest every year, and give half of the interest if he saved a year, and the letter also gave an example, saying that if he deposited one hundred taels, and when it expired in one year, he would give five taels of silver interest, and the principal and interest would add up, and there would be one hundred and fifty taels. Zhu Dingwei only calculated for a while, and then felt that his brain was not enough, so he called the long history of the palace to come over, planning to let people refer to him in detail.

...... "Ziquan! You see, what do these two letters mean? "Acting King Zhu Dingwei called the long history of his palace, this long history is surnamed Xu Mingheng, the word Ziquan.

"Lord Wang, I heard that it was a letter from His Majesty to the Lord Wang?" The emperor sent a fast horse to deliver the letter, this kind of strange thing soon spread in the palace, and he also felt strange in his long history, when did the emperor remember his own prince? How many years has this emperor and the prince not been in touch?

"Well, exactly, this letter is kind of interesting, you can take a look at it first, and then talk about it." Acting Wang Zhu Dingwei handed over the letter, Xu Ziquan took it, looked through it, at first, his brows were still tightly locked, and when he saw the second letter, a strange expression appeared on his face.

Zhu Dingwei saw that after reading the letter for his long history, he had an expression that he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, and said: "What do you think, Ziquan, you calculate it for this king, give half of the interest this year, save one hundred taels, and the interest of five taels a year, this king is not wrong, right?" ”

Zhu Dingwei is old, this account is no longer understood, how can this be calculated, and I feel that I have miscalculated, there are still such good things in the world?

"Back to the prince, indeed, the prince is not wrong, Your Majesty said in this letter, save for one year, the annual interest is half percent, save one hundred taels, that is, five taels of interest, Your Majesty wants the prince to save 15,000 taels of silver, this year, the interest alone is 750 taels......tsk, tsk, Your Majesty also said that if you save for ten years, give the annual interest of 10%, so calculated, the interest of one year, is 1,500 taels,...... Tsk, my God, save for ten years, isn't that a turnover? ...... "In the end, this palace chief Shi himself was frightened.

Xu Ziquan had a very strange face, lowered his head, and looked at his own prince, and the acting king Zhu Dingwei also had a strange face, what does this emperor want to do? Is there such a high interest rate on money deposited in the bank? This thing is strange and strange.

"Therefore, this king also thinks it is strange, from ancient times to the present, saving money is to pay a premium to the money bank, where the money is saved and the interest is poured, and the interest is so high? This ......, Ziquan, tell me, is there something going on here? "Acting King Zhu Dingwei really can't figure out what the emperor wants to do.

Xu Ziquan saw his prince asking, so he started his brain and thought about the problem. After pondering for a while, he said: "Back to the prince, this, I'm afraid that the emperor is really short of money, so I want the prince to take some money out for disaster relief, but I am afraid that the prince will not take the money, all, and I thought of a way, let the prince lend money to His Majesty, and give the prince your interest, this is probably Your Majesty asked the prince to choose one from the middle, this letter also said that if you save money, you don't need to donate money, and saving money should be done for the Zhu family's world." ”

"This king knows, this king is saying, is this matter of saving money reliable or not? Half of the interest will be given for one year, and one percent will be given for ten years. When the time comes, what will Your Majesty take to repay the money? "Acting King Zhu Dingwei is very concerned about the interest on this money, you know, the interest given by the emperor is terrifying, save for ten years, the principal and interest will be turned over, this is much higher than the harvest in the field, planting crops, there is a bumper harvest in three years, it is called a good year! But this saving money, that's drought and flood to ensure income!

Xu Ziquan couldn't make up his mind, this matter was really strange and mysterious. How can the emperor be so confident that he can give you the capital in ten years? What will you pay back when the time comes? If you just cheat your prince of a little money, you don't have to say saving money, just donating money, and there is no need to write a letter sealing the money.

"Back to the prince, this matter, according to Ziquan to see, Xuanhu, the prince is still cautious, although His Majesty said in the letter to save 15,000 taels, but did not say that it must be saved so much, according to Ziquan, Your Majesty is now newly enthroned, it is clear of Wei Wei, it can be described as a young man, is in the limelight, the prince must not disobey His Majesty's will, folded His Majesty's face, or save a little, see if this saving money is reliable or unreliable, if it is reliable, it is not too late to save more, according to Ziquan, it is better to save two thousand taels first, so, There is not much money, even if this money is really lost, it is only two thousand taels, what does the prince mean? Xu Ziquan's idea was to compromise.

Acting King Zhu Dingwei thought for a while and said, "Well, Ziquan! Your method is good, just do as you say, give Your Majesty's money bank, save two thousand taels, now the natural disasters in Shaanxi, Your Majesty is not easy, it is said, the Beijing Division is brewing a big move for disaster relief, this king is the blood of the Zhu family, and he should indeed do something to the Zhu family's world, Your Majesty's face, or have to give! Your Majesty urged in the letter, saying that after receiving the letter, you must make a decision immediately, and you must not delay, and this king is not good to violate Your Majesty's will, you will go to the treasury to get two thousand taels, send someone to send it to Beijing immediately, save it for a year, and then say, remember to bring back the voucher, just say that this king is not rich, and it is also a little silver scraped together, not much, and this king has also tried his best......"

Zhu Dingwei agreed with his idea of a long history, two thousand taels is not much, that is, he takes care of the emperor's face, and he can test the truth of the money bank, even if it is a loss, he can afford to lose.

"Xiaguan, let's go ,......" Xu Ziquan was going to do what the prince had explained.

Just as he was about to go out, Xu Ziquan suddenly looked at an artifact, and suddenly his soul was blessed, he felt that he understood something, and stopped again.

The acting king was old and lacked energy, so he dealt with this matter and was about to go to rest, when he saw that his long history stopped, and asked again: "Ziquan, what's wrong?" But is there anything else? ”

Xu Ziquan looked at the artifact for a long time, and felt that he had figured out a lot of things, so he said: "Lord Qiqi, when Ziquan saw something, he suddenly felt that he thought of something, and he didn't know whether to say it or not." ”

"Say whatever you want." Acting King Zhu Dingwei said.

"Returning to the prince, Ziquan suddenly found that the prince's large glass mirror seems to have been bought by the prince from the Jingshi." Xu Ziquan asked.

Speaking of this mirror, Zhu Dingwei became energetic, and said: "Hehe, Ziquan has good eyesight, this treasure is the king entrusted to the people, from the Beijing division of the glass Zhai bought, it is said that this kind of thing, grab the gun, it has no relationship, the trust can not buy it, but it cost the king four hundred taels of silver!" Such a big mirror, the light can be seen, can see the body, it is really a rare treasure, the previous bronze mirror, and this is really incomparable! This king lived to be almost sixty years old, which can be regarded as an eye-opener......" Speaking of this mirror, Zhu Dingwei stroked his beard, very happy, and the whole person smiled.

"Lord Wang, the lower officials also know that this is from Jingshi Liulizhai, but does the prince know who is behind this Liulizhai?" Xu Ziquan asked.

"The backstage of Liulizhai? Hehe, doing such a big business in Jingshi, without a little backstage, can you continue to do it? It's not a nobleman, it's just that big official......" Zhu Dingwei disdainfully replied to this kind of common sense thing.

"No, Lord Wang, Ziquan heard that this Liulizhai has a close relationship with the emperor, and this Liulizhai is still His Majesty's industry!" Xu Ziquan said.

"Your Majesty's estate? No wonder no one dares to mess with it...... Ziquan, do you mean that this Liulizhai is the property of His Majesty the Emperor? Zhu Dingwei suddenly thought about what the starting point was, and asked in surprise.

"Exactly, Lord Wang, the proprietor in this Liuli Zhai, it is said that they are two brothers and sisters, and the person actually in charge is a woman, who seems to be surnamed Sun, according to the grapevine, this woman is His Majesty's woman......" In the end, this Xu Ziquan's voice was only a little.

"Your Majesty's woman? What's all the fuss about...... "Although Zhu Dingwei thinks this gossip is very powerful, but it doesn't have anything to do with it, it's nothing more than this Liulizhai has found the biggest backstage of the Ming Dynasty, what else?"

“…… My lord, think about it carefully, this Liuli Zhai, the whole is an endless mountain of gold and silver, this is Your Majesty's, you say, Your Majesty is so rich, why do you want to save money from the prince? Xu Ziquan felt that he had figured it out, so he began to unravel his own prince.

"Hmm...... Oh, yes! Your Majesty is so rich, why do you still ask this king to save money? …… This ...... "Zhu Dingwei is old, and his thinking is not bright, and he can't figure out why."

"Lord Wang, think about it again, with this golden mountain of Liulizhai, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not pay out your two thousand taels of silver, two thousand taels of silver, that is, the money of four or five large mirrors, tell me, is this the reason?" Xu Ziquan continued to explain.

"Hmm...... Oh, yes! When you say this, this king understands, this mirror, it cost this king four hundred taels of silver, two thousand taels, but the money of five mirrors, this ......, so to speak, Your Majesty is not bad money? Why do you still ask the king to borrow money? Zhu Dingwei was even more puzzled.

"Lord Wang, now it seems that His Majesty is not short of money, guarding such a mountain of gold, do you think Your Majesty will be short of money? Therefore, His Majesty wants to borrow money from the prince, I am afraid that it is to save the emergency, I heard that the imperial court is going to make a big move recently, it is about disaster relief, Ziquan thinks, Your Majesty is afraid that it is to borrow some money to turn over, and when this relief thing passes, Your Majesty's money can be turned over, so Your Majesty will urge such a hurry, and will give such a high interest, according to Ziquan, saving money, reliable, and very reliable, this opportunity is rare, according to Ziquan, the prince still saves more money in His Majesty's money bank, after this village, I'm afraid that there will be no such shop, and when His Majesty turns over, I'm afraid that this money bank will not give such a high interest, Lord Wang, the opportunity is rare! Xu Ziquan felt that he had figured out the key to it, and thought that saving money was worth investing.

Acting King Zhu Dingwei was fooled by his own long history, and also felt that this should be like this, thinking about the emperor's Liulizhai, a mirror asked for four hundred taels of silver, to say that the emperor has no money, who believes it? If you have money, why urge yourself to save money? and the recent government pair, immediately clear, the court is ready to carry out disaster relief, it is estimated that it has something to do with this, I am afraid that it is really the same as the history of the family, the emperor is a turnover of one or two years, and when the strength comes, I am afraid that the good thing of giving half of the interest will not be found.

Zhu Dingwei's heart was tickled by the emperor's half-percent interest.

The more Zhu Dingwei thought about it, the more he felt that this was really the case, after this village, there would be no such shop, he had to add money, he had to add money, his own silver was stored in the cellar and moldy, stored in the emperor's money village, that can make money, I don't want the interest of one and a half percent, and the interest of this deposit for one and a half years is high enough.

Zhu Dingwei slapped the table and shouted, "Add money, add money, save four thousand taels and try it,...... No, save 10,000 taels to try, this king will not believe it, Your Majesty still dares to wipe the king's silver, if Your Majesty dares to wipe the king's silver, this king will send someone to smash Liulizhai to see what Your Majesty can do to this king. Hmph, it's just a businessman, does Your Majesty dare to do anything to this king because of a businessman? Zhu Dingwei originally looked shriveled, but when it came to silver, he became vigorous when he said that he could make a living with silver.

The loud sound of the acting king slapping the table startled Xu Ziquan, calmed down, and said, "Lord Wang, really save 10,000 taels?" According to the interest rate of half a year of saving, it should be five hundred taels of silver this year, which can be worth one or two thousand acres of land, lord, this is a good deal! ”

"Hey, yes! What could be a better deal? Ziquan immediately went to the treasury to get the silver, and immediately sent someone to Jingshi. Acting King Zhu Dingwei is very proud, fortunately his long history has seen through the "mystery", otherwise, such a good thing, where to find it? Now the field is not easy to get, surrounded by the eunuchs, the clan family's fields, if you want to buy the field there is nowhere to buy, even if there is, it is limited, besides, today's field, the yield is really not high, this acre of land, more than only four cents of silver, less, it would be good to have a penny of silver, in the event of a famine, there is not a penny of silver, there is a good way to save money in the emperor's money bank, drought and flood to ensure income, of course, save too much Zhu Dingwei and quit, but also afraid that the emperor is black-hearted, really black his money, he can not do anything except scatter fire.

…… Taiyuan, Shanxi, Jin Wangfu.

Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, is in his thirties, but he has been hollowed out by the perennial wine, and he looks almost fifty years old. The pot-bellied poop sat on the mat and watched the song and dance performance, holding two kabuki in his hands, hugging left and right, very happy.

Shi Zhang Jingsheng, the governor of the palace, cautiously came to the side of Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, and reported: "Qi Yu Prince, Your Majesty's fast horse is flying, seven hundred miles is urgent, and if you have just arrived, please take a look at the prince." ”

Suddenly, I heard that it was His Majesty the Emperor's seven hundred miles of urgency, and Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, was also stunned, and the emperor wrote a letter to himself? Strange, but also a little curious, took it, opened it and looked at it, looked at the first one, his face turned dark, and then looked at the second one, and before he finished reading it, he threw it on the ground and said, "Want the king's money?" No way, the king's money is thrown into the water, and he won't donate a penny, the affairs of the court, and the king has a fart relationship, and save money? I think this king is a fool! No money...... I will call the messenger immediately. Jin King Zhu Qiugui roared.

Shi Zhang Jingsheng, the head of the palace, picked up the letter on the ground, looked at it, and saw that this was a letter from the emperor who wanted to donate silver, and smiled bitterly in his heart, is the silver of the Jin royal family so good? Looking at the second letter again, I smiled even more wryly, I don't know who gave the emperor the idea, is there a difference between saving money and donating money? In the eyes of King Jin, this is a fraud of silver.

However, the responsibility of the long history of the palace is to educate and assist the vassal king, Zhang Jingsheng still has to fulfill the responsibility of a long history, smiled bitterly, and said: "Lord, Your Majesty has recently ascended the throne, and he has brought down Wei Wei, and he is in the limelight, the prince still don't refute His Majesty's face, even if you don't save 15,000 taels, it's good to save one or two thousand taels, at least let Your Majesty know that the prince also cares about the world of the Zhu family, so Your Majesty will not blame the prince's head, even if it is to explain the past, not to mention, just save, not donate, after the queen." , you can also get it back, otherwise, Your Majesty's face is afraid that it will not look good. ”

Zhu Qiugui, the king of Jin, was hugging left and right happily, and when he saw his own patriarch Shi Zhang Jingsheng say this, he thought about it and said, "Face? Then save five hundred taels, which can be regarded as a face for His Majesty by this king......"

(To be continued)