However, to make money, Zhu Youzhen has more methods.

For example, the emergence of royal commerce, the original appearance of the royal auction house of Daming, can be regarded as the beginning of the royal business, but in order to make the development of the Royal Bank of Daming more able to land, the Royal Auction House of Daming has been restructured as a whole and all of them have been merged into the Royal Bank of Daming.

The original commercial trade has also been greatly reduced, and the main business has become the wool trade with the tribes of western Mongolia.

But this is not the kind of royal trade that Zhu Youzhen wants to see and expect.

The real royal commercial trade should be all over the lives of the people, after all, many of today's Ming merchants do not have the slightest consciousness of dedicating to the people and taking from the people and using them for the people.

Most of the time it's just businessmen who do anything to make money.

Naturally, private commerce still needs to be encouraged, but Zhu Youzhen is still ready to control it.

"Your Majesty, the tobacco you ordered earlier has been found.."

Xu Guangqi's arrival made Zhu Youzhen a little surprised, and he casually mentioned it when he was bored late at night.

But Xu Guangqi remembered it in his heart, and mobilized the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture to look for this kind of magical leaf that would smoke after being roasted and dried, and Zhu Youzhen was also a little surprised when he heard such news.

You know, the profits of tobacco trade can be said to be huge.

This is especially true when a monopoly is formed at the national level, where all the tobacco trade is firmly in its own hands.

Even if you make less money in it, the taxes are endless.

What's more, Zhu Youzhen is not ready to sell tobacco leaves widely in the Ming Dynasty, but is ready to export a wave of reverse exports.

"Where did you find it?"

Xu Guangqi opened his mouth and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not difficult to find this thing, in fact, as early as a few years ago, there were people in Zhangzhou, Fujian Province in the Ming Dynasty, and there is a large area of cultivation in Taiwan Province. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that in history at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen in history has repeatedly issued decrees to prohibit people from planting tobacco and smoking it privately throughout the country.

But Zhu Youzhen knew that in fact, the addiction of tobacco was still controllable, and it was already a small thing compared to the things that the Taixi countries prepared for the Tatar Qing during the war of aggression against China in later generations.

Zhu Youzhen then said.

"If this thing is used well, it will be a great help to my Ming Dynasty, but if it is allowed to develop wildly, it will bring an unprecedented crisis to my Ming Dynasty, so I decided to list a separate law for the cultivation of this thing, and all the production, planting, and sales of this thing will be nationalized."

Xu Guangqi was stunned, after all, in his eyes, this kind of so-called leaf that smokes.

It doesn't have any effect, if you have to say that you have to have it, it's just that some Jianghu Langzhong will grind it and add water to make pills to relieve pain and calm the nerves.

If the people smoked it, they did not hear of any harm.

But Xu Guangqi still didn't have the slightest doubt, bowed down and said: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

After Xu Guangqi retired, Zhu Youzhen immediately found Bi Ziyan.

The director of the Daming Royal Taxation Bureau is now playing an important role in the territory of Daming, not only representing the royal tax authorities, but also controlling Zhu Youzhen's money bag to a large extent.

Bi Ziyan soon came.

The first thing Zhu Youzhen said when he saw people was: "Does Bi Aiqing know about tobacco leaves?" ”

Bi Ziyan was a little stunned, so he still said: "I heard that the Fujian Taxation Bureau reported on this matter, saying that this thing does not know whether it is included in agriculture or general commodities. The minister was also puzzled, and was ready to hand over the matter to the Royal Academy of Sciences for judgment.."

Nodding, Zhu Youzhen said: "This thing is called tobacco, and it has a short-term special effect after being dried and roasted by people, and I just told Xu Guangqi that from now on, all the things related to this tobacco will be collected by the Ming Dynasty..."

Although Bi Ziyan had doubts, he probably understood and nodded slightly.

said: "Then how should taxes be calculated." ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "It is calculated according to ten taxes and six taxes. ”

"Ten taxes and six?" Bi Ziyan was a little surprised, could such a small tobacco leaf really have such a huge profit, and it could reach sixty percent to pay taxes.

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said: "Not only that, but I will also set up the Royal Tobacco Control Bureau of Daming to cooperate with the upcoming Daming Tobacco Company, and this tobacco trade will be another great gift prepared by Daming to the Taixi countries in the future!" ”

...

In addition to this, Zhu Youzhen has another thing that he is preparing to see.

That's Nanjing!

After Zhu Youzhen told Wang Chengen the news that he was going to leave Beijing, he was dissuaded.

"The Emperor.. Now.. Or still.."

Wang Chengen, who wanted to stop talking, really couldn't find a reason to stop Zhu Youzhen, and finally stubbornly expressed his attitude that as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he should not leave the capital at will.

But Zhu Youzhen made up his mind in his heart and said: "I can never only be an emperor in the Forbidden City, I am the emperor of this great tomorrow, I can only walk out of the palace, out of the Shuntian Mansion, and out of the capital to see the Ming Dynasty, I know what I should do, do you understand?" Wang Companion. ”

That's it.

Wang Chengen dared to say anything more, so he had to hurry down to arrange it as soon as possible.

Since ancient times, the emperor's travel is not a trivial matter.

Generally speaking, it is necessary to show the royal dignity through a large number of honor guards, and the most important thing is to do a good job in security, and Wang Chengen, who was embarrassed for this, also found Wei Zhongxian for the first time.

However, as soon as the news came out, Wei Zhongxian's expression froze.

said: "Now that my Ming Dynasty is at war with Houjin, when the two countries are at war, any means may be used. The emperor is traveling to Nanjing at this time.."

Wang Chengen also looked embarrassed, and said on the side: "I'm also afraid of this... You said.. Alas! ”

How could Wei Zhongxian not know what Wang Chengen was thinking in his heart, that is, the current emperor, that is, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, did not leave an heir, which means that the current Ming Dynasty is still in a situation where there is no prince.

Although many officials are secretly worried about this situation, this is after all a private matter of the royal family.

Even if you have more ideas, you can't pass Zhu Youzhen's level.

... After some discussion, the two decided that this matter still had to be properly arranged.

As a result, the road from Beijing to Nanjing City of the Ming Dynasty began to be protected on a large scale almost overnight.

Many people exclaimed, "Hasn't this road just been built?" How come again! ”