Chapter 338: The Secret I Learned by Accident

"Xiao Shunzi, how did you do with the tens of millions of silver coins I asked you to make last month?" Yang Gengai asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid should be damned, and did not complete the things assigned by Your Majesty in time, please punish Your Majesty, the slave and maid only made four or five million,...... The slave maid mistook His Majesty's business, damn ......it, damn it...... "Xiao Shunzi heard the emperor ask him about last month, and immediately knelt down and slapped himself in the face, 10 million silver coins, the number is too big, he tried his best to hurry, there are still only four or five million, 10 million from 10 million, there is still a big gap, this 10 million silver coins, not made in time.

Yang Gengai listened, first irritable, and then calculated by himself, a silver coin is seven coins and two cents, and five million silver coins weigh a total of 220,000 catties, if it is used for performance, the effect should be about the same.

"Forget it, it's not easy to have four or five million pieces, and I don't blame you for anything, but, Xiaoshunzi, you have to pay attention next time, people have to learn to use their brains, they have to learn to improve their methods, they can cast five million pieces this month, and next month, they will strive to cast ten million pieces, people must learn to progress, not only in terms of status, but also in terms of doing things, they still have to learn to improve, understand?" Yang reformed quite an unhappy lesson.

Although Xiao Shunzi is a "well-known" figure in Beijing, red and purple, but after being taught a lesson by the emperor, he was drenched in cold sweat, and the emperor was saying that his status had improved, but the speed of doing things had not increased, which was a dangerous signal, and the emperor had opinions about himself.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Longen, the slave must change her mind, work hard to improve, and strive for progress...... "Xiao Shunzi hasn't seen the emperor these days, and his heart is a little floating, and now he has been taught a lesson by the emperor, and his heart has fallen from the sky to the ground and has become "down-to-earth".

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's talk about my plans,...... Are those silver coins in the Treasure Source Bureau now? Yang Gengai asked.

Xiao Shunzi had just eaten the watermelon in his stomach, and with a burst of sweat just now, it came out again. Hearing the emperor ask himself, he hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, they are all here, all of them are here, all of them are there, except for four or five million silver coins, there is still a lot of silver, all of which are in the Baoyuan Bureau, and the slaves and maids have never acted rashly." Xiao Shunzi was taught a lesson by the emperor, he was still a little younger, he was afraid, and when he saw the emperor asking about his silver coins, he thought that the emperor was afraid of his corruption, so he hurriedly explained.

"Oh? And silver? How much? Is it all Li Ruolian's there? Yang Reform asked curiously, Baoyuan Bureau coinage, Yang Reform explained that all the silver in the bank was exchanged for silver coins, where there were six million taels of silver, plus their own internal money, it was possible to mint 10 million silver coins, listening to Xiao Shunzi's tone, it seems that this silver, there is a bit of a problem, Yang Reform asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, the silver that the slave and maid said is not from Master Li, but the silver that is cast for others, someone gives the silver, let the slave and maid cast it on behalf of the slave and maid, and give the slave and maid an extra cent of fire, and the slave and maid have a lot of silver now, and the slave and maid have about two million taels of silver in cash...... "Xiao Shunzi is still too young, the first time he has gained so much power, and he is in charge of so much money in his hands, it is inevitable that he will be weak under his feet, and he will inevitably be a little careless, and now he has been taught a lesson by the emperor, and he is afraid in his heart, Hurriedly poured out everything like a jar.

Yang Gai was surprised and didn't see that there was such a big profit in the coinage industry, not to mention anything else, the two million taels of "liquidity" of the Baoyuan Bureau alone was a very big fortune

Yang Reform never dreamed that there would be this kind of thing others begging the Baoyuan Bureau to mint coins, at the beginning, in order to make some money, Yang Reform was still struggling with how to mint hundreds of millions of silver coins every year, and now, others dare to send millions of taels of silver to the Baoyuan Bureau and let the Baoyuan Bureau mint silver coins...... What's going on? Yang Reform is inexplicable...... the affairs of the Ming Dynasty make Yang Reform a little confused, what kind of person is so kind, send silver to himself to spend?

"Xiao Shunzi, what the hell is going on, you hurry up and make it clear." Yang Reform is also confused now, how can anyone dare to send millions of taels of silver to himself to make money to spend? The bureaucrats and businessmen of the Ming Dynasty were not so generous, right? Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty would not have perished

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter is also a matter of this month, last month, the slave maid received His Majesty's will, began to mint silver coins with all his might, so, stopped exchanging silver coins for the outside, but specifically for His Majesty to gather silver coins, as a result, in the first half of this month, someone found the slave maid, let the slave maid give them a silver coin, they give silver, according to the fineness of the silver coin, as long as the slave and maid cast, the slave and the maid calculated, according to the price they offered, the slave and the maid can earn them an extra cent of fire consumption, so, Originally, the slave and maid thought that hundreds of thousands of silver coins were nothing, and the slave and maid could earn more fire for His Majesty, but they did not expect that after they got the silver coins, within a few days, they found the slave and maid to exchange for more silver coins. ...... minting silver coins for them at the beginning of next month, Your Majesty, slaves and maids should be damned, damned, slaves and maids should not be greedy for the fire consumption of that penny of silver and miss Your Majesty's business, let alone secretly exchange them for those one or two million silver coins...... Your Majesty, the slave should be damned, damned, woo woo woo ......" Xiao Shunzi cried and shook things out. ,

Yang Gai was confused, what kind of person is so obsessed with silver coins? Take a few million taels of silver to exchange for silver coins? This thing is very strange. Also annoyed that this little guy discounted his orders.

"Wait, don't cry yet, tell me carefully, what the hell is going on? How could anyone be willing to take so much silver and mint it into silver coins? You know, I'm here, but I want to make money, and the more I mint, the more I earn, who the hell is minting so many silver coins? Baba's money to me? I don't believe it...... "Yang Reform is really confused, minting a silver coin, he can get two or three points of profit, that is, three percent, one million taels, that is, thirty thousand taels of silver, if those people give themselves an extra penny of silver, that is, they can get four percent, one million taels of silver, get forty thousand taels, two million taels of silver, can get eighty thousand taels of silver, than the original sixty thousand taels, can be 20,000 taels of silver, don't underestimate this profit, if you mint 100 million silver coins, this profit, But that's a million silver coins.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid was also confused at first, thinking that since someone sent silver to the slave and maid, no, to give silver to His Majesty, and then it was, so, I didn't care too much, so I changed it directly to the person, and the person was also generous, not asking the slave and maid if it would float away his silver, and didn't seem to worry that the slave and maid would cheat, and directly invited the slave and maid to see the quality ......of the silver, and then left after setting how many silver coins to exchange, only to say that they would come to get the silver coins in a few days, and later, they took hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, so that the slave and the maid could not bear it, Later, they took more than two million taels of silver, and asked the slave to exchange it for silver coins, and the slave and maid felt that something was wrong, and the slave and maid felt that there was something strange inside, so they found an excuse to hold on, saying that no matter what, it would be next month, and they didn't seem very happy, but they still left the silver with the slave and maid, and only said that it would be minted into silver coins as soon as possible......"

Xiao Shunzi cried and explained the situation to the emperor, explaining that he was in it and there was absolutely no corruption.

"Then you didn't notice anything strange?" Yang Reform wondered, what the hell is this Ming Dynasty person doing? It's so mysterious.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave and maid later became suspicious and began to inquire about their affairs, but they were tight-mouthed, and the slave and maid did not come up with any reliable words, and wanted to report to Your Majesty, but because the slave and maid were afraid that Your Majesty would blame, they did not dare to report it, just thinking that when they found out the details of these people, they would report to Your Majesty ......" Xiao Shunzi cried loudly, a strong explanation, and a jerky child's temperament, which was revealed.

Yang Reform was also troubled, it was a transaction of millions of taels of silver, this guy actually dared to hide it, this was an annoying thing, thought about it, and said, "Then you can touch their details?" Know where they came from? Yang asked dissatisfiedly.

"Woo woo, back to Your Majesty, the slave maid also found out some of their details and origin in the past two days, the quality of the silver coins they gave to the slave and maid is generally not high, and later, the slave and maid followed the silver, probably estimated what they were doing...... "Xiao Shunzi explained.

"What do they do?" Yang asked the reformer.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, they may be merchants who specialize in collecting bad silver in other places, and then exchange it for silver coins, and they exchange these bad silver coins for silver coins in the slave maids, because the silver coins are finely worked, of excellent quality, and can be blown, so they have become more valuable goods than pure silver, except for the north and south of Beijing, there is no place to mint money, so if other places want to make silver coins, they have to go through them,...... When the slave and maid guessed that they were in the field, when they collected these scattered pieces of silver, they were afraid that they would exchange them for silver coins according to the fire consumption of five to one ...... eight, and when they arrived at the slave and maid, they seemed to know that the profit of the slave and the maid in the fire consumption was only two or three cents, so they gave the slave and maid four points of profit, which was one cent higher than the original profit, and a total of seven coins and three cents of silver for one silver coin...... from which they could earn a profit of one to one to four percent, originally, in the past, they did not need to add this profit to the slave and maid, but the slave and maid received the holy decree of His Majesty, concentrate on gathering silver coins for His Majesty, so they stopped exchanging silver coins outside, so they seemed to be in a hurry, and deliberately added a profit to the slave maid, and asked the slave and maid to mint silver coins for them...... slave maid and maid were confused......"

"Wait, you mean, these days, there are merchants who specialize in collecting loose pieces of silver in other places to exchange for silver coins? When they collect the broken silver in the field, they add one to five to eight percent of the fire consumption, and then they add a cent of fire consumption to you and exchange it for silver coins? They're making more than a cent of the profits, aren't they? "Yang Gai didn't understand what was going on, why was there such a big profit in it? ,

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, these people, in the slave and maid, use seven coins and three cents of silver in exchange for a silver coin, and then go to the field, they will add one to five to eight percent of the fire consumption in exchange for silver, of which there is more than one percent of the profit, these are all the ...... speculated by the slave and maid, in fact, maybe not so high, maybe even higher than this......, because Your Majesty's silver coins are very well made, and can be blown and can be used to pay taxes, so, the slave and maid thought, maybe many people want to pay taxes with silver coins, so there is no need to pay fire and silverIf you use His Majesty's silver coins, there may only be one or eight percent of the fire consumption, which is obviously much cheaper,...... Therefore, the slave and maid estimated that they were probably businessmen ......who did this kind of business, and if it weren't for His Majesty's sudden large-scale minting of silver coins, the slaves and maids would not know the secret, and the slaves and maids stopped exchanging silver coins outside, and they had nowhere to get the silver coins, so there was a matter of adding a point of fire consumption......

Yang Reform was even more puzzled and confused. What is this, how can this be, a merchant who specializes in reselling his own silver coins?

"Why, you still have to deal with these merchants? Can't the people exchange their own money for silver? Yang asked puzzled.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, there are only two capitals in the north and south of the world that can mint coins, so if other places want to make silver coins, they must go to the two capitals to change, this road is far away, and the road is not safe, so there are only these merchants, exchange hundreds of thousands of pieces at a time, and transport them to a certain place together, so that you can ask the people of the dart bureau to escort them, so that you are not afraid of problems on the road...... slave maid guessed so......" Xiao Shunzi explained with a sad face.

Yang Reform listened to Xiao Shunzi's speculation and didn't know what to say. After thinking for a while, he said, "They just happened to add a point of fire consumption to you?" In other words, do they know the details of the coin? ”

Although Xiao Shunzi didn't cry, he still had tears in his eyes, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, yes, the slave and maid estimate that there must be someone in the capital division, either the vassal king or the nobles, or the minister of the court, otherwise, they will not know clearly about the slave and the maid making silver coins, when the slave and the maid talk to them, they are told to death, they say, they know everything about the silver coin, in short, they don't do it themselves, one is afraid of trouble; Second, they make their own, and the consumption is higher than that of the slave and maid here, and it is better to make it here in the slave and maid, first, they are not afraid of trouble, and second, they end up easily, and third, everyone has money to make, and the slave and maid listen to their tone, as if they have a clear understanding of the ins and outs of the coinage, and even the recipe of the silver coin, so the slave guesses that there are people in their court......"

Xiao Shunzi's words, let Yang Reform shocked Xiao Shunzi said that those people in the court, absolutely not wrong, the formula of silver coins, Yang Reform told the ministers of the court, and also told the nobles, they know the formula of silver coins, and they also know how much money they can make in coinage, so there will be a matter of adding a penny of silver coinage with Xiao Shunzi. Yang Gai was not angry that these people made more money by reselling silver coins than himself, but he was shocked that the ministers of the court and the central government were involved in this matter. The fact that ministers who are supposed to assist themselves in managing the country and giving advice to themselves will actually take advantage of their own loopholes and use the news that they know the bottom of their silver coins to make money, which makes people very suspicious of these people's ability to govern the country, the attitude of governing the country, the sincerity of governing the country, and the reliability of governing the country.

Yang Reform has no way to face this kind of thing. After thinking for a while, Yang Reform could only ask in a gloomy manner: "That little shunzi, pay taxes with silver coins, and the local government collects silver coins, so it really doesn't collect fire consumption anymore?" If you collect silver coins and then collect fire consumption, isn't it a waste of more than 10% of the fire consumption in exchange for silver coins? ”

"......" Xiao Shunzi no longer cried, seeing the emperor asking, he whispered: "Your Majesty, in the locality, many people are capable, since Your Majesty said that you can pay taxes with silver coins, they can use silver coins to pay taxes, and will not pay up to two or three percent of the fire consumption, between this in and out, you can save a lot of money, even if it is the state and county, there is no way to take them, collect the fire consumption, can only collect those ordinary people, not to mention, the fire consumption of more than one percent, is also guessed by the slaves, perhaps, they only pay a few points of fire consumption... …”

Yang Reform was speechless, this kind of thing is both a good thing and a bad thing, I thought about it for a while, I didn't have a clue, I could only let it go, and it was important to deal with my "business" first.

"Forget it, this matter, don't mention it for the time being, they are willing to give you a point of fire consumption, it's okay, you can cast it for them, and when this period is busy, you will increase the amount of minting, where someone wants to change silver coins, you will not refuse, and strive to make one or two hundred million silver coins every year, so, you will make a great contribution, but this time, you didn't do it right, such a big thing, you didn't report it first, I asked you to make 10 million silver coins, you only made half of it, this, you have to be punished, and you will be busy with things, I went to the outside of the Qianqing Palace to hold on for an hour. "Yang Gengai decided to punish Xiao Shunzi.

"The slave and maid thank Your Majesty for the punishment, and the slave and maid will go outside to support ......" Xiao Shunzi saw that the emperor punished him, and he didn't cry, but laughed, and the emperor punished him, indicating that he still valued him, otherwise, it would not be such a punishment, but he went to work and threw him to a place where no one cared about him for the rest of his life.

Li Ruolian has been quietly watching the conversation between the emperor and Shun Gonggong, lowering his head, not saying a word, seeing the infinite scenery of Shun Gonggong in front of the emperor crying bitterly in front of the emperor to express repentance, Li Ruolian is also touched a lot, the reason why he and Shun Gonggong can succeed and become a hot person, the root cause is here with the emperor, and they are optimistic about the money for the emperor, which is what they have to do.

"Forget it, let's not mention this matter for the time being, let's talk about my plans first." Yang Reform said helplessly, he minted 100 million silver coins by himself, and only earned 3 million silver coins, but others who did resale business could earn 10 million silver coins, Yang Reform felt very uncomfortable.