Then, the emperor set his eyes on Marshal Cai Guogong Shi Manqiang, and then looked at his sturdy but dark face, revealing some weather, and sighed with emotion.

"Man Qiang, I haven't seen you for so long, you're a lot darker than before...... You've worked really hard in Sichuan. ”

"Serving the emperor, what is not hard." Shi Man straightened his waist and replied in a stiff voice, "I just hate that I didn't do my best for the emperor and wipe out all the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, and the ministers are ashamed!" ”

"Shame on what? You have fought well enough, I heard the report a while ago, you have driven all the remnants of the former Ming out of Sichuan, and even the chaos in the local Tusi has calmed down a lot. It's too late for me to be happy to have made such a contribution in just a few years, what should you be ashamed of? The emperor smiled again, "The remnants of the former Ming Dynasty are like that now, they are just hiding between the mountains and wilderness to survive, and they can be defeated at any time, I am not in a hurry, and you don't have to be in a hurry!" ”

"Now those remnants of the former Ming Dynasty are vulnerable in front of the imperial army, and they can only run to the wolves, and they can never defeat the soldiers of our army. After many vigorous purges by the ministers, most of them have now taken refuge in Yunnan, headed by the former Ming Qianguo Duke Mu Jia, who has been guarding Yunnan for generations, and supported Zhu Youlang, the puppet king of Ming Gui, as the puppet emperor, in a vain attempt to resist stubbornly. Shi Manqiang's voice was respectful and solemn as a general, "The minister asks the emperor to allocate some more grain, so that the minister can prepare for another year, and next year he can enter Yunnan and wipe out the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty!" ”

The marshal's bold words suddenly suppressed the other voices in the room, and for a while the other two important ministers stopped making a sound, but looked at the emperor, wanting to know what the emperor was thinking now.

"It's for sure, but ...... There's no need to rush it. The emperor smiled, "Those remnants of the former Ming Dynasty will not be able to make the climate anyway, so it doesn't matter if you put them there first." ”

"Put?" Shi Manqiang was a little surprised. "Does the emperor mean to hold the troops first?"

"Yes, let's hold the soldiers first, and let those former Ming remnants spend a few days in peace." The emperor nodded, "The mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou are continuous, the terrain of Sichuan is also quite complicated, and the transportation conditions are extremely inconvenient. ”

"Are you going to fight Mongolia?" Shi Manqiang finally understood.

The emperor is right, compared with the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty, the Mongols are indeed a greater disaster, and they can cause more trouble, and they should indeed give priority to dealing with the Mongols. Moreover, there are many mountains in Yunnan-Guichuan, and the terrain is rugged and complex, and he also has his own pain.

But...... And what commander wants the war zone for which he is responsible to be calm? If the wind is calm, it means that he has less and less right to speak in the army, and it also means that the opportunities for his sons and daughters to make meritorious contributions and be promoted to knighthood are getting fewer and fewer.

"The emperor really knows everything, and the ministers can't wait." Shi Manqiang first flattered the emperor, and then euphemistically put forward his opinion again, "But...... Although the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty are not strong in combat, they still need to be more vigilant, they have the orthodoxy of the Zhu family in their hands, and they are quite demagogic, if they are allowed to do so, I am afraid that they will inevitably cause trouble......

"You...... This also learned to talk around the bend? The emperor laughed half angrily and half amusedly, "What orthodoxy?" What is the legitimacy of their Zhu family? Orthodoxy is here now! In the hearts of all the people! ”

He pointed around him, "I have made all the people in the world less exploited by the government, less forced labor, and less taxes, so that all the people in the world can look forward to a peaceful day, so orthodoxy is here, and it has always been here!" Zhu Youlang is a young man, immoral and incompetent, and has no kindness to the world, what orthodoxy does he have? He relied on his surname Zhu and was Wanli's grandson? Who in the world would want to go back to those days? I see that you are afraid that your sons and daughters will not be able to be idle, and you want to find more things for them to do, right? ”

"Please forgive the emperor......" Seeing the emperor's reprimand, Shi Manqiang hurriedly confessed.

"Forgive what? It's good that you and your men want to fight, but if you cower at the sight of the battle, then you're guilty. The emperor still smiled slightly, "If you want to wipe out those remnants of the former Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, why don't you let the soldiers there help repair the road for a while, the more you build, the faster the day of entering the army, and the greater the chance for the sons and daughters to make contributions, understand?" ”

That is, sooner or later this battle will be fought, and as long as you prepare as soon as possible, it will be fought as soon as possible? Shi Manqiang was secretly happy in his heart.

"The minister understands, thank the emperor for a lesson." He bowed honestly to the emperor.

"Good things will always happen, don't rush it. Other than that...... Even if it's not Yunnan, your subordinates won't have no place to make meritorious contributions. The emperor added, "The world is very big." ”

How big is the world?

Shi Manqiang was stunned again, not understanding what this meant, but he now had a vague premonition, which should be the reason why the emperor summoned him and the prime minister and the two ministers together.

So, Shi Manqiang didn't say much, just turned his head slightly and looked at Wang Zhaojing, who had been silent.

Wang Zhaojing understood.

"The emperor summoned me and others to discuss matters today, so there must be something important to announce, right? Please let the emperor make it clear, so that I can prepare as soon as possible. ”

Because he contributed greatly to the process of the emperor's beginning, his prestige was also the highest after the establishment of the new dynasty, and he sometimes did not pay special attention to the emperor's words, but was much more direct. Compared with other people's submissiveness, the emperor likes his attitude more.

"It's really important, but I'll talk about it later." The emperor's hand shook for a moment, asking the prime minister not to ask first, and then turned his head to look at the Minister of Finance Pingyuan Hou Chen Hong, "Chen Hong, how are the preparations for Dahan Bank?" What's the difficulty? ”

When he heard the emperor's inquiry, Chen Hong, the Marquis of Pingyuan, who was originally very serious, now became even more serious.

"Back to the emperor, the preparations are still going well, and the minting of new coins has been finalized, and I am preparing to let the emperor see it."

"Did you bring it? If you bring it, take it out for everyone to see. The emperor nodded, "They are all important ministers of the court, so it's good to see them early." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Chen Hong responded, then picked up a small box he brought from the seat next to him, and then opened the box.

The emperor soon saw the gold and silver coins lying quietly on the brocade inside.

Before he could signal, the prime minister, who was closer to him, had already moved the small box in front of him.

The emperor leaned down slightly, looked at the coins, and then reached out and gently picked up a few and put them in his hand to play.

This carefully processed gold and silver coin, according to the different values of the coin, the diameter and size are slightly different, but the same is that they are very bright in color, the value of the coin is printed on the obverse, the pattern is different patterns, and the words "five years of the Han Dynasty" are printed at the same time, and the back of the coin is also engraved with a unified dragon pattern, which has a distinct sense of penetration.

The face value of silver coins is smaller, there are more types, according to the size of the coin and fineness, there are several denominations of "one yuan", "two yuan", "Wu yuan" and "pick up the circle", the patterns behind them are several kinds of flowers such as azaleas, pomegranates, lilacs and guilan, etc., the silver yuan of these currencies will be the main currency circulating in the market in the future, and the people have the most contact with their daily lives.

There are very few types of gold coins, only "fifty yuan" and "one hundred yuan" face value, the production level of these two gold coins is particularly high, the moon season and peony pattern on the back are bright and bright, and the golden glow is emitted on his hand.

"Yes, it's pretty good, you guys can have fun too." After playing for a while, the emperor put the gold coins back into the small box, and then gently pushed the box on the table, pushing the box in front of Prime Minister Wang Zhaojing, and then looked at Chen Hong again, "It's so beautiful, is there no problem with mass production?" ”

"It did take some effort to mold, but fortunately, there are many skilled craftsmen, and it has finally been done, and now the mold has been done, and it will be convenient to mint coins in the future, even if it is not as beautiful as the pattern, but it will not be bad." Chen Hong smiled with relief, "The minister thinks it's a good thing to make the coin beautiful, so that even if someone wants to imitate it, it is not so easy." ”

"It's really good, it's good, you've put your mind to it." The emperor nodded in approval, "However, if you want to prevent people with intentions from copying, it is not enough to just be beautiful, and you have to rely on severe punishment to deter those people!" ”

"It is necessary to punish harshly and harshly enforce the law, and it is best to promulgate a law to show that those who dare to forge coins in the world will not be forgiven, so as to warn the world." At this time, the prime minister who was fiddling with these patterns on the side spoke, "Pingyuan Hou, since the pattern coins have been ready, let's step up, now there are many places that need to spend money, and next year I plan to pay the salaries of the yamen in various places with this new currency, test the reaction of various places, and if there is no problem, I will implement it as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, Prime Minister, I'll let them step up a little more." Chen Hong immediately responded. "If the pattern is okay, I'll let them hurry up the minting, and by next summer it should be possible to make a few million."

At this time, Cai Guogong Shi Manqiang had already obtained these pattern coins, and after he played with them carefully, he was also quite satisfied.

"These gold and silver coins are really good, and my sons will definitely like them. Pingyuan Hou, hurry up, hurry up and give us these as pay! ”

"It's nature." Chen Hong smiled, "However, Cai Guogong, I recently asked you to keep it a secret from your subordinates......"

"Then I'll take care of it!" Shi Manqiang laughed.

With his smile, the atmosphere in the council hall suddenly softened a lot, and several people looked at each other and smiled.

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