The conditions offered by the emperor sound good, but they sound almost nonsense to the orthodox civil officials.

On the condition that the Xishan Coal Mine be handed over to the household department to take care of, in exchange for the emperor's financing of the society.

For Yang Tinghe, the conditions were acceptable, but he didn't want to break the rules, and he naturally thought of the previous emperor's reaction to the fact that he used merchant capital to open coal mines.

He could have agreed first, and then stopped when the matter reached the critical point.

When the emperor wants to make a promise, but he doesn't say that he wants to be a minister, he has a word, anyway, as long as I Yang someone feels uncomfortable, then I will fight with reason and let you take back your life.

Zhu Si also seemed to realize this, and reminded: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have said ugly things ahead, but you can't agree today, and then go back and regret it. And I don't want to delay this indefinitely, so it's better to make a decision now, and if the funds are not enough, I'll borrow some from somewhere else, and the train and railroad should be built as soon as possible. In short, you don't need the court to pay for it."

The emperor's attitude was resolute, and there was a bit of coercion in his tone.

If you don't agree, I will still build, and now is a chance for you to put my money bag back in the hands of the household.

In this kind of major event, neither Sun Jiao, Zhao Huang, nor Jiang Mian on the side have the right to express their position.

Only Yang Tinghe was qualified to answer the emperor's questions.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty wants to build something that has never been done since ancient times, have you ever thought that if it doesn't work, it will cost a huge amount of money and food, and these should be used on the people?"

Zhu Si said, "Does Yang Ge always want to talk to me about righteousness? Everything I do is for the people, but also for the stability of the Ming Dynasty, think about the Ming Dynasty now, military transportation, all rely on the canal, there is no canal in the north, by land, the cost is quite large, if this train can really come in handy, wouldn't it benefit the court and the people?

"Besides, now that I haven't let the imperial court contribute money and efforts, a few ministers might as well ask those who helped mine and build railways to see if they are owed wages, I now want to use the money of the merchants to help the Ming Dynasty complete a cross-era feat, why in the eyes of some ministers, it is harming the interests of the people?"

Yang Tinghe wanted to refute the emperor's words.

But there are some things that there are obviously many reasons to refute, but they cannot be resorted to.

The contradiction between the monarch and the minister was originally very big, and gradually became apparent, and now the emperor is so stubborn that he wants to build a railway and build a train, and the funds do not need to be paid by the imperial court.

Sun Jiao reminded: "Elder Yang Ge, if you have an opinion, just say it, even if you don't agree."

Yang Tinghe said: "When it comes to capital scheduling, it is still up to Sun Shangshu to make the decision."

For Yang Tinghe, he didn't want to show this state, knowing that the little emperor was messing around, but now there was no better choice, and someone else had to make this decision for him.

Jiang Mian is the person who wants to be the first assistant in the future, so naturally he can't easily come out to express his position, so he can only use Sun Jiao as a gun again, do you Sun Jiao still care about reputation?

The task of being scolded by civil officials and Confucian scholars will be handed over to you.

Sun Jiao listened, okay, you Yang Jiefu, this is addiction to using me as a gun, stab it out and take it back and stab it out again, do you want to use me to prick a few holes in the little emperor's body?

Or is it that the person you are pointing at is myself, and I am stabbing myself?

Sun Jiao turned his heart and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that this matter is impossible!"

You want to use me as a gunman, but my grandson still doesn't agree.

Didn't you let me decide? Then I will follow the wishes of your civil officials and disagree with this matter.

Zhu Si shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Okay, that's the case, then in the future, you don't want to talk about the Xishan Coal Mine again, as for whether the mine will be opened in the future, let's talk about it!"

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Even if things have a result, they can also be regarded as inconclusive.

Zhu Si originally made a condition, as long as Yang Tinghe agreed, the monarch and ministers would be able to reach a unity of opinion, and in the future, any mining and mining taxes would be controlled by the household department, and the emperor's private purse would be tightened.

But in Yang Tinghe's view, there are some things that cannot be opened, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Sun Jiao and Zhao Huang left the palace, while Yang Ting and Yu Jiang Mian returned to the cabinet duty.

Only Jiang Mian was left alone with Yang Tinghe, and Jiang Mian asked directly, "You should be able to expect Zhitong to be unwilling to cooperate, right?" It seems to me that you should be more inclined to agree to Your Majesty's conditions."

Yang Tinghe said, "You want to ask me, why didn't you directly promise Your Majesty?"

Jiang Mian smiled bitterly, he just wanted to ask this, but he was embarrassed to speak.

As orthodox civil officials, when they reach their current status, where can they be so willful and reckless as ordinary people? Even if the conditions of both sides are negotiated and both parties are satisfied, they can't be too direct, and now Sun Jiao has violated Yang Tinghe's intentions and did not agree, in fact, in another way, he rejected the emperor for Yang Tinghe.

For Yang Tinghe, it is okay to accept it, and it is okay not to accept it, anyway, there is a chance to prevent the emperor from opening mines in the future, and the Xishan Coal Mine will sooner or later fall under the control of the imperial court.

Yang Tinghe sighed: "I'm afraid, these things are increasing, and I have negotiated one thing with Your Majesty today, so will Your Majesty set out corresponding conditions for everything, and treat the court as a place for the market?" Shouldn't the rules of the past be followed?"

Jiang Mian nodded, accepting Yang Tinghe's statement.

If it was previously accepted, it was because the terms of the two parties had been negotiated; If you don't accept it, it means that you can't set this precedent and let the emperor continue to bargain in the future.

Over and over again, it seems to make sense.

Isn't that all the things in this world?

The gains and losses of interests should also be distinguished from different angles.

Jiang Mian said, "But what if Your Majesty insists on promoting the construction of any trains and railways?"

Yang Tinghe shook his head and said, "I have asked people who know how to do it, and I learned that the cost of steel alone is extremely huge, and relying on the iron ore of Yongping Mansion alone is definitely not enough. Perhaps His Majesty wants to hand over the iron ore and coal mines to the household department at the same time, just to extract materials from the household warehouse to help build the train, and the emperor's intention is not simple."

Jiang Mian asked, "You mean, Your Majesty is small and big?"

Yang Tinghe did not answer this question directly.

After all, the emperor did not do this openly, so speculation was somewhat disrespectful to the emperor.

What a courtier thinks in his heart does not mean that he has to say it.

Yang Tinghe also had some precautions against Jiang Mian.

"Then let Jingdao preside over the mining affairs of Yongping Mansion, will it ...... What's the difference?"

Jiang Mian no longer asked about the coal mine.

It can be negotiated now, but it has not been negotiated, and it may not be discussed again in the future, so let's talk about what has been negotiated.

Yang Tinghe shook his head: "The mine in Yongping Mansion is actually given the right to manage the household department, depending on how the household department dispatches, I hope that this mine will not be able to open, so I will cut off His Majesty's idea of opening a mine!"

Jiang Mian bowed his head.

He understands Yang Tinghe's "realm" and thinking.

Even if the emperor can earn a lot of silver by opening mines, which can greatly alleviate the financial pressure faced by the Ming court, he cannot let the emperor continue to open the mines, but to maintain the original order of the court step by step, which sounds very unreasonable, but in the minds of conservative ministers, this is the best solution.

"Jingdao doesn't know about mining, so I guess it won't last long. Alas!"

Jiang Mian sighed heavily when he said this.

It's so tiring to be a second-level assistant scholar, if you really become a first-aided university in the future, will you still use it in this day?

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As soon as the procedure went quickly, Zhu Hao was still in the mine, and the government had received the imperial decree and the official document of the household department, Zhu Hao suddenly changed from an ignorant prefect who opened the mine privately and called the Jinyi Wei to the big shopkeeper of the Yongping Mansion Iron Mine to help the court take care of the iron mine.

For Zhu Hao, this makes no difference, anyway, the iron mine is originally his master.

However, this news caused an uproar among the local gentry.

It's only been a few days?

When Zhu Hao asked them to open a mine together

Wait, everyone thinks that Zhu Hao is doing nonsense, and is still speculating when Zhu Hao will be cleaned up by Jinyiwei and flee back to the capital, but as soon as he turns his face, Jinyiwei will withdraw from Yongping Mansion, and the prefect of Yongping Mansion will be upgraded to preside over the mining business?

The change of the imperial court is too fast, right?

How can it feel like it's unexpected?

After Mu Dazhi heard the news, he hurriedly ran to find Jiang Shantong, but learned that Jiang Shantong had a lot of gentry here early in the morning, and they seemed to want to make up a ticket so that they could board the big ship of mining with the prefect's yamen.

After Jiang Shantong sent the people away, Mu Dazhi entered the house and asked, "Lord Tongzhi, you won't agree to the request of that group of people, will you?"

Jiang Shantong said disdainfully: "What do you think of Lao Tzu? Promise them? Don't say that Lao Tzu is not qualified to promise anything for the prefect, even if there is, Lao Tzu will not agree! What did you do earlier? Whoever wants to say yes early, the mine will definitely make a lot of money...... Let's say the two of us! They're only now lost, it's too late!"

Mu Dazhi complimented: "It's still Jiang Tongzhi who knows that you are far-sighted."

"Okay, let's go with Lao Tzu to see the prefect!"

Jiang Shantong dragged Mu Dazhi and went to the prefect's yamen.

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In the palace, Jiang Shantong and Mu Dazhi met Lou Suzhen.

"I wonder how the prefect is doing? If there is anything inconvenient for him, it is better to leave the matter to the subordinate and others to deal with. These people from the prefect's yamen will not be a problem to help take care of the mine." Jiang Shantong took the initiative to ask.

In the past, he opened a mine for the new prefect, and he did all manual work, and he didn't see any results, at most, he got some money from the money allocated by Zhu Hao, so he naturally didn't have to go to the mine to supervise the work in person.

But now it's a different story.

The mine opened by Jinyi Wei is under the jurisdiction of Zhu Hao, and they have heard of the output of the mine, who doesn't want to get some benefits from it?

Lou Suzhen said with a smile: "This kind of matter, the adults will entrust it to deal with it."

Jiang Shan was stunned.

Only then did I remember that Zhu Hao's head horse was not him Jiang Shantong, but the Mi Jingde in front of him.

If it is said that Mi Jingde wants to eat meat, it would be good for him Jiang Shantong to drink soup with him.

"Yes, yes, all at Mr. Mi's orders, what should we do next?" Jiang Shantong's expression was also full of compliments for Lou Suzhen.