Bai Minghe wiped the sweat from his forehead, he was really nervous just now.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty laughed heartily a few times: "Bai Minghe, tell me about it." Your biggest expenses should only be small talk, whether or not to allow the court to discuss it or not. ”

"Long live, the first huge expenditure, Chen wants to build a steel mill in Tangshan, with the goal of producing millions of stone steel per year. The second is to expand the sailors, at the moment the ships of the sailors are simply not enough, several commanders of the sailors believe that the expansion of the army can barely be handled, and the ministers think, ten times more ships may not be enough. The last big expenditure, the minister dared to popularize education for all, and hoped that everyone in the Ming Dynasty would be literate and able to write and calculate. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded with satisfaction, Bai Minghe was nervous about the silver, but he was really doing something big.

Bai Minghe can bring back so much gold and silver with the current strength of the sailor, even if half of it is owed to the merchants, it can be regarded as an increase of 20 million taels of treasury income for Daming a year, and the development of the sailor Zhu Qiyu has already recognized it in his heart. This matter, no one has the in-depth understanding of the white crane,

Steel is a good thing, and Zhu Qiyu can be regarded as acknowledging, but it needs to be discussed in detail.

"Since I began, you are afraid that the clan will open its mouth to increase supplies, right?" Zhu Qiyu brought the topic back to the clan again.

"Long live the wise!"

"Tell me about your third strategy, if it's really good for Da Ming, I don't care about being ruthless once!" Zhu Qiyu also made up his mind.

Bai Minghe nodded solemnly: "Long live, this last strategy is also the most suitable strategy in the minister's heart." It is to let the clan come out to do things and earn money for themselves, instead of relying only on the treasury supply. But if the clan is in business, the power of the clan will inevitably affect the business environment of the entire Ming Dynasty, which must be a wrong thing. ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Long live, only those who pay for the Ming are qualified to become nobles. This is for the honorable. As a descendant of the Ming clan, do you just eat at home and wait for death? Let them come out and do things, and exchange their merits and profits for profit. But it cannot intervene in the military, civil administration, state governance, and business at the moment. Chen's idea is. Let them contract the territory! ”

Bai Minghe also thought about it, and the countless clans are in the army or politics, which is terrifying.

However, they can do something interesting, both at home and abroad.

"Hooray, like right now. King Chu Kang, the family has a population of one hundred and ninety-seven ding, if you add the princess, the county lord, the county lord, etc. As well as the concubines and concubines, they can't figure it out, but they just know that King Chukang's family needs nearly two million stone rice every year, more than 100 million yuan, 100,000 silver, and cloth ......" Bai Minghe didn't finish speaking, and Zhu Qiyu didn't let him say it.

Just a prince consumes such a huge amount of national power. made Zhu Qiyu feel uncomfortable.

"In other words, the king of Chu's fief is very poor. Half of the revenue of the treasury was not enough for the king of Chu. The minister stayed in the Zongren Mansion for a few days and checked the files. Among them, the king of Chu wrote to him and asked to make up for his supply. ”

Zhu Qiyu is really laughing.

You are really not a fuel-efficient lamp, you have only been in the Zongren Mansion for a few days, and you have checked so much, I am afraid that you will have these thoughts at that time.

Bai Minghe also smiled awkwardly: "The minister plans to build a fief of the king of Chu." First, ninety percent of the fields were reduced. Leave some and let the king of Chu plant this melon and fruit or something. Then, the minister has a business that can be given to the king of Chu, which is a contract, and the king of Chu does this business and pays a certain amount of silver to Banzai every year. The rest belongs to him, and all the goods cannot be sold privately, but must be purchased by the royal family. ”

"Say, how much is the right amount to turn in?" Zhu Qiyu asked half-jokingly.

"The minister thinks that it is at least ten million taels. Of course, the minister can also not tell the king of Chu how much he handed over, anyway, the minister accepted it on behalf of the minister, and then returned two or three million taels of silver to him, and the king of Chu should be very happy. ”

"Well, I've got your back this time. I am making an order today, asking the kings from all over the country to enter Beijing. ”

"Long live, it won't work in Nanjing. Long live also go down to Jiangnan to relax, and the minister does not dare to hide long live. The minister in Jiangnan has a plan, and Hu Lao has already reprimanded the minister in this matter, and the minister should be in charge of the master. Shirana Crane immediately pulled out a notebook about Wajima raw silk.

After reading it, Zhu Qiyu was even more satisfied: "Okay, I depend on you." In May next year, Nanjing will add Enke once, and by the way, let the kings come to Nanjing once. This time, Enke, the prince of Fan, is allowed to enter the test, but he can't be an official in the court, as for how to use it, it's your white name crane's business. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu stood up: "Bai Minghe, I am very satisfied with what you have done, listen to the seal!" ”

Bai Minghe quickly knelt down and looked at his bag again, and there were still some notebooks that had not been handed over.

But I heard Zhu Qiyu say: "Bai Minghe, I named you the first-class founding father." To tell you the truth, I was afraid that I would not be able to seal you in the future, so I originally planned to seal it directly. However, you will be crowned as the captain of the light car, and you will be given a title for your unborn child, the male is the lieutenant of Fengtian, and the female is the guest of honor. The two princesses add one more level, and your parents also have a reward. Your official position was promoted to the secretary of the Zhengliupin Cabinet, acting as the governor of Dongchang, leading the general Wude, and acting as the superintendent of the Daming Water Division. Collar ......"

Zhu Qiyu said a lot.

Don't say it's a head note, it's just to give Bai Minghe a notebook, and Bai Minghe didn't figure out what kind of official, what knight, what rank, what title.

It seems that his official position has a knighthood, a martial arts rank (honorary rank), a literary rank, and a part-time job in what department, etc.

After sealing the white crane, Zhu Qiyu asked a question, and the white crane broke out in a cold sweat.

"White Crane, I ask you. All the salt envoys and salt divisions are promoted, and how many people may be imprisoned. ”

Bai Minghe really trembled, and said in his heart that this kind of thing should be done by Hu Hu or Qingliu, or those crazy people in Yashi, and it is about his own bird business.

But when Emperor Daming asked, he couldn't help but answer.

Gritted his teeth: "Long live, it is possible to kill them all, and maybe a few of them are wronged." If you stand in a row and kill one by one, it is estimated that there are definitely fewer people who should die or not than those who are wronged by all of them. ”

"The market value of more than 100 million taels of silver is less than one percent of the money handed over to the state treasury. The salt tax is the country's most important tax, and they are really greedy! ”

After Emperor Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he shook the rattle bell to indicate that the person who was surprised could come in.

"According to my decree, I will hand it over to the cabinet and give the white crane a reward tomorrow morning. Then notify the hundred officials, and the court meeting will be held for three consecutive days. He then ordered the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to transfer 20,000 people to assist Bai Minghe to transfer materials from Tianjin Wei to the capital, and the required warehouse Bai Minghe was the master of himself. Go for it. ”

The chief eunuch went to do his errands.

And Shira-Natsuru can finally go home, and those unused notebooks are asked to keep all of them.

Bai Minghe left the south study, Zhu Qiyu sat on a chair and flipped through Bai Minghe's book, and Jin Ying walked out behind the screen.

"You say, should I order Bai Minghe to dedicate the set of books he wrote?"

"Banzai wants to ask, what kind of courtier is the white crane!" Jin Ying walked up to Zhu Qiyu and responded softly.

Zhu Qiyu nodded slightly.

"Long live, what the old slave wants to say is that Fang Xiaoru is a loyal minister, because he is loyal to the emperor as a courtier, and he is a loyal minister. Such loyal ministers can have so many three or two in each dynasty, and more will be harmful. And a courtier like Bai Minghe, the old slave thought that he was truly loyal to the Han people. ”

Jin Ying couldn't say anything about Chinese civilization, or anything else, he represented Chinese civilization with the Han nationality.

Zhu Qiyu gently closed the notebook: "Then what do you mean that he is not loyal to me, the emperor?" ”

"Hooray, the old slave is presumptuous. Whoever sits on the throne of the white crane, he is loyal to the emperor after being loyal to the Han people. A hundred years ago, in the Yuan Dynasty, whoever dared to rebel and restore the Han nationality would be loyal to whom? But he will not be loyal to the Yuan Emperor! "Jin Ying is so old, what dare you not say.

Zhu Qiyu sighed, very curious: "A hundred years ago, the white crane didn't dare to set himself up as a king?" ”

"He won't, because his personality is too loose. The old slave dared to gamble with his life and long live, and when the great cause was about to be accomplished, the white crane would definitely retreat. Of course, he will also bring his red face to know him! ”

Hearing Jin Ying say this, Zhu Qiyu laughed loudly: "It's a good sentence, you know it!" ”

"The old slave still has a few words, a courtier like the white crane is enough, one of the three dynasties is enough. The sky is full of talents, once in a century. If there were one in every dynasty, it would be unstable. Shira-naka Crane is a loyal minister, but such a loyal minister is powerless in the face of some problems. ”

"For example?" Zhu Qiyu seemed to realize what Jin Ying was saying.

"Long live, the old slave doesn't dare to say this!" Although Jin Ying has no scruples, there are some things he still dare not say.

Zhu Qiyu smiled coldly: "Bai Minghe is a loyal minister, but when he encounters Shuanglong competing for pearls, under his cleverness and wisdom, I am afraid that he will retire early." On the other hand, if I don't trust him, I will also go into hiding. Be a rich man. With his red face! ”

Zhu Qiyu also said a word of confidant.

Jin Ying bowed: "Long live the wise." There is a clear lord, and there are famous ministers. This is a principle that has been immutable for the ages. ”

Zhu Qiyu lowered his head and thought for a long time, and slowly raised his head: "You go and do something for me, except for you and Xing'an, don't let people know about this matter anymore, especially keep it a secret." ”

Jin Ying moved closer at Zhu Qiyu's signal, and after listening to Zhu Qiyu's words, her face changed greatly.

But after his face changed a few times, Jin Ying knelt down: "The old slave thinks that there is another person who is more suitable to handle this matter?" ”

"Who?"

"Princess Huaqing!" Jin Ying also gave the answer after deep thought.

"It seems that your proposal is reasonable, according to what you say. But do you think I'm playing with fire? Zhu Qiyu asked with a little nervousness.

Jin Ying was still kneeling: "Long live, the old slave thought." The current situation is that the flying dragon is in the sky, so the result of this matter will develop in an excellent direction no matter what, no matter how bad it is, it will only maintain the status quo! (To be continued......)