In the early dynasty, in front of the cultural relics ministers, Emperor Hongzhi proposed to build roads in the world, and this will be used as a national policy for the next few years.

The civil and military officials were still immersed in Fang Cai's overstepping their authority, and when they heard this proposal, they were stunned for a long time, and then the cabinet ministers and ministers of the six ministries were the first to speak out against it, and some people took the lead, and the rest of the people also jumped out and began to oppose fiercely.

The reason for opposition is only one word, poverty.

To carry out such a huge project and build roads under the entire great tomorrow is definitely a high-end bureau and a rich battle.

And the Ming Dynasty simply can't afford to fight such a rich war, and now the treasury is still lying in deficit of millions of taels.

Half of the treasury revenue in the sixteenth year of Hongzhi has been set to stay, and it will be used to fill these shortfalls, where will the money come from to build roads?

What kind of lapis lazuli road is also built, although I don't know what this lapis lazuli is, but just listening to these three words, I know that it is some kind of high-end stone.

It's bound to be expensive.

No matter how beneficial this road construction is, the amount of money and manpower spent is absolutely unimaginably astronomical, which undoubtedly makes the already poor treasury even worse.

Hearing that this lapis lazuli was made by Xia Yuan, the previous Peng Suqing was even more angry, and took the opportunity to make trouble, "Xia Zhan, the old man asked you, the treasury is poor, the years are in danger, you don't want to serve the country, but what lapis lazuli is doing, and even use this to slander Your Majesty, let Your Majesty use your lapis lazuli to build roads, and do such things that cost the people and money, what are your intentions!" ”

Hearing these words, many ministers also directly turned their guns and began to reprimand, "Xia Zhan, who doesn't know that you are doing business." As an official of the imperial court, but he is in charge of a cheap business, where can he make money if he wants to make money? But you are obsessed with money, and you have hit the treasury with this idea of making money, and now the treasury is empty, but you are using it to waste the world's wealth, is it not harboring evil intentions! ”

This can be regarded as a hornet's nest, standing in their position, no matter how useful this road construction is, in short, it can be summed up in four words, and it will cost the people and money.

The clink of the treasury is poor, but the emperor still has to start building roads, this is not only stupid, this is simply stupid!

But in any case, you can't point your nose and scold the emperor for being stupid, you can only scold Xia Yuan.

Your kid made so much money by trading, but your kid was smart and went to partner with the palace, which made it inconvenient for everyone to beak this matter, so they had to be secretly jealous in their hearts.

Now that this lapis lazuli has been made, a dark speculation has risen in his mind, could this be that this dog thing is partnering with the head of the palace again?

Want to earn money from the treasury to fill the treasury in the name of building roads?

The minister who flashed this speculation in his mind was actually shocked, the Holy Son of Heaven, now he has made such a faint act, this is the fault of my generation!

Some people actually whimpered and cried.

Xia Yuan sighed in his heart, the person who stepped on the horse had already told the emperor to let him communicate with the important ministers of the court first, but the dog emperor didn't listen, and now he is all scolding me.

In vain, I was a person who worked for the country and the people, and the heart of Kuang Fu was distorted like this by these dogs.

Emperor Hongzhi was also silent, he pressed the matter to this court meeting, and did not communicate with the ministers in advance, and he had the intention of turning around with this.

When those ministers collectively attack the trouble by means of the incident, they will take advantage of this matter to turn around.

But now the matter is settled.

But he thought that this road construction would attract the opposition of the ministers, but he did not expect to attract such fierce opposition.

Also, what are those people crying about?

It didn't cost you money.

Seeing that the courtiers were opposed, crying, and scolding, Emperor Hongzhi's face became more and more silent, but his heart became more and more helpless.

From a certain point of view, the opposition of these ministers is justified, and the treasury is so poor that it would be a waste of money to build lapis lazuli roads all over the world.

In short, it's still silver.

silver

After a while, waiting for the ministers to stop, taking advantage of this gap, Zhu Youzhu said: "Zhuqing thinks that the road construction costs two silver, why don't I know? But if the whole world is built on this lapis lazuli road, there should be endless benefits.

There are no disadvantages to this matter, and it is for the benefit of the people and the common people, not to mention that I have never been extravagant, this matter should be slow and slow, why should you oppose it like this? ”

After being hammered last time, more than a month has passed now, and the Hangul of the Hubu Shangshu has recovered well, and he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the treasury really has no silver, how can you build this lapis lazuli road?" What's more, my Daming land route is unblocked, and the road is prosperous, so why do I need to build a road? ”

"But after the road is built, it will be smoother, and I and Qing have already said a lot of benefits, and this road repair has not cost as much money and food as Zhu Qing thought."

As he spoke, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xia Yuan, "Xia Qing's family, tell Zhuqing about the contract system you once offered to me." ”

"Yes."

Xia Yuan responded, stood up and said: "The so-called contract system is to subcontract the road construction and hand it over to the businessmen of the world to repair, so that the businessmen of the world can come."

"Merchant?"

"How can a merchant act?"

Just speaking of this, the civil and military ministers immediately became in a commotion, and one knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, how can the matter of building the road be handed over to the merchants, and the affairs of the imperial court involve this businessman's lowly nationality, how can it be so?" How so? Your Majesty, this must not be done! ”

Another person knelt on the ground and said: "Your Majesty, let Shang Jia be involved in the major affairs of the country, as soon as this example is opened, I will not be a country, where is the system of the country?" What is the regulation? His Majesty thinks twice, don't listen to the villain's slander! ”

Then many ministers knelt on the ground and bowed their heads and said: "The ministers are only playing, I hope that Your Majesty will not listen to the villain's slander!" ”

Seeing more than a dozen old horsemen kneeling down, Xia Yuan's face darkened, stepping on the horse, these old men, who are the villains?

He looked around one by one, trying to write down all the old men's appearances, and then asked, "My lords, if you feel that the merchant has failed to act, it is better to leave this road construction to you." ”

"At that time, the imperial court will allocate silver taels, and you will take these silver taels to build roads, and you can repair them as you like, and the court will not interfere."

Allocate silver, you can repair it as you like, and the court will not interfere.

Listening to a few key words, many of the people who knelt down were stunned at first, and then their minds became lively.

And this kind of good thing?

"Hmph"

A minister who was kneeling on the ground snorted, and said: "This road repair is a major event of the imperial court, not that you can hand it over to whoever you want to give Xia Zhan to." This matter depends on His Majesty's holy judgment.

Your Majesty, the minister is valued by His Majesty, and he can be a servant of the Ministry of Works, and there are many large and small projects that have been supervised over the years. ”

Oh, there are really people who are not afraid of death.

Xia Yuan sneered in his heart, but his face was extremely emotional: "Your Majesty, this squire of the Ministry of Industry took the initiative to ask for his life, and his heart for the country was really touching by the minister."

In the opinion of the minister, it is better to hand over the road construction in the west of the city to this lord first, and the minister roughly calculated, if all the roads in the west of the city are paved into lapis lazuli roads, 100,000 taels of silver are enough. ”

"I will allocate 100,000 taels to this adult, set a construction period, and send someone to accept when the road is repaired.

(End of chapter)