In addition to Wang Cheng, Shu Liang, Zhang Yong, and Wang Qin, it is determined that there is no doubt that Zhu Qiyu is the person. The remaining seven great eunuchs changed back and forth.

Even the Empress Dowager Sun, who has been in charge of the harem for many years, can't understand who of these seven great eunuchs is neutral, who is the heart of the emperor, who is sincere to the new emperor, and who is still swaying from side to side?

It's hard to say, even if it was someone who was loyal to the Emperor Taishang before, he may have secretly voted for his name and quietly changed his court.

So Empress Dowager Sun suddenly discovered that the entire harem had become untrustworthy.

This is too ironic, originally the harem was the territory of the Empress Dowager Sun, which scared the emperor so much that he didn't dare to set foot in the Forbidden City for half a step.

Now that it's okay, Empress Dowager Sun is also starting to be suspicious and restless.

This has become a hemp rod beating a wolf again, and both ends are afraid.

But the problem is that Zhu Qiyu is afraid, but he doesn't have to live in the Forbidden City.

Empress Dowager Sun is different, if you can't trust the eunuchs and palace maids in the harem, and think that anyone may have defected to the emperor, then what else can you do, won't the manpower she has cultivated for decades be wasted?

And the most important thing is that a fire burned all the belongings, and the Empress Dowager Sun now has no gold and silver treasures to buy people's hearts.

In the inner court, a place full of reality, without rice, I can't even coax a chicken.

……

At noon the next day, the twenty-third day of the first month.

Zhu Qiyu convened the court meeting again.

In order to retire in time after being emperor for more than 20 years, Zhu Qiyu is still very concerned about reform.

At this court meeting, Zhu Qiyu was concerned about one issue: coinage.

Now the shameless method of grabbing money in Daming Bao was forcibly stopped by Zhu Qiyu.

This led to a sharp increase in the financial pressure on the imperial court.

In the past, six or seven percent of the courtiers' money was offset by treasure money.

For example, if a minister earns 100 stones a year, he only needs to issue 40 stones, and the remaining 60 stones are offset by waste paper, which is equivalent to not having to send them.

Now, starting from the first year of Jingtai, not only will all the actual hair, but also the amount of Yulu will increase by 20%.

The minister who is also a minister who earns 100 stone a year will pay 120 stone this year.

In other words, the total amount of money distributed today is about three times that of last year.

After this account was calculated, Zhu Qiyu scratched his head.

Zhu Qiyu came up with two solutions: one was to completely eliminate the collusion smuggling group raised by Xuanzong and Sanyang.

The other is coinage.

Large-scale casting of Jingtai Tongbao, as long as there is a copper mine, the energy will continue to make copper coins to exchange for food. Or directly take the copper money to give the hundred officials.

In the eyes of hundreds of officials, an emperor like Zhu Qiyu is really a bit stupid and cute, he can obviously print treasure money to rob easily, but he is there to mint copper coins solidly.

However, the hundred officials will never oppose the emperor because of this, after all, the amount of money that everyone got has really doubled and skyrocketed.

As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing one's parents.

Now Zhu Qiyu, on the other hand, has doubled the income of all officials, and has really become the food and clothing parents of civil and military officials.

In this regard, Zhu Qiyu was not satisfied, Emperor Jingtai, who was determined to prosper the Ming Dynasty, would be the food and clothing parents of all the people in Shuntianfu next, so Zhu Qiyu asked everyone:

"Jingtai Tongbao has begun to be cast, and I plan to distribute it to the army of Beizhili and the people of Shuntianfu first, which can be regarded as a reward for all the soldiers and people who have contributed to the defense of the capital.

But you all tell me, how can we really distribute these copper coins to the people?

I want to make sure that all the people get their money smoothly and that no one is in their pockets. ”

Chen Xun replied when he heard this: "Enlighten Your Majesty, send money to the people and benefit all the people, this is Your Majesty's holy virtue." It's just that this has never happened before, and there is no precedent. Why don't we issue it according to the household registration registered in Shuncheonfu? ”

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "The household registration is not accurate. Hundreds of thousands of people in Shuntianfu are messed up with their hair. ”

After that, Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhou Chen again.

Zhou Chen shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Industry is in charge of coinage and various projects, and we are already busy. Don't let our Ministry of Industry find a way to do these things.

Your Majesty has formulated a strategy, and our Ministry of Industry can only implement it. ”

Zhu Qiyu also knew the difficulties of the Ministry of Industry, so he no longer continued to entangle. looked at them one by one, and as a result, Jiang Yuan, He Wenyuan, and Luo Tong all shook their heads again and again.

When he arrived, he still shook his head. Recently, He Yi stared at the military newspapers in the south and was dizzy, and he didn't want to bother thinking about these things in the capital.

Finally, Huang Pu, Zhu Qiyu reluctantly emphasized: "Chengji, you are now also the envoy of the Northern Zhili, and the affairs involving Shuntianfu are also within the scope of your duties, and you can't shirk it anymore." ”

Huang Pu heard the words and replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he can mobilize the people of Shuntianfu to participate in the construction of the outer city of Beijing.

Let's let them work less and pay more. And as long as someone comes, they will receive it, even if it is a beggar, as long as they come to participate in the repair of the city, they will be paid; Even if it is a frail woman, who comes to help cook and clean, we will pay the wages; Even if it is a farmer outside the city, to provide food and vegetables, it will also be sent to Jingtai Tongbao.

If you give the money directly to the people, they will not cherish it. If we let the people participate in the construction of the outer city, we will provide generous wages, and we can make the people more grateful.

At the same time, the cast Jingtai Tongbao can also be sent to the people.

Moreover, when the people saw that Jingtai Tongbao could be used to pay wages and buy materials, they could naturally have trust in the newly made copper coins. It won't be long before Jingtai Tongbao can be completely circulated in the capital. ”

When Zhu Qiyu heard this, he nodded again and again: "Cash-for-work is a good way to distribute Jingtai Tongbao." Let's take Shuntianfu as a practice first, and if the effect is good, then promote it to the entire Beizhili. ”

Huang Pu continued: "Your Majesty's substitution of copper coins for treasure money is a great sign of good governance. Our people in the Ming Dynasty usually have to carry scales and scissors with them when they go out.

When buying and selling goods, it is extremely inconvenient to cut off pieces of loose silver from the whole piece of silver ingot, weigh them with a scale, and complete the transaction.

In order to promote treasure money, the imperial court rarely minted copper coins.

As a result, the copper coins could not be circulated, the treasure money depreciated sharply, and the imperial court gained real benefits, but the people were overwhelmed.

Your Majesty harms his own interests in order to benefit the people, and this is what the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch does. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Let's suffer ourselves first, this is the pain that reform must endure." In three or five years, when the world is calm and the government is on the right track, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will soon flourish and become strong again.

Then we will not sit here every day worrying about money, and our children and grandchildren will not curse us. ”

Hearing the emperor's last words, everyone present laughed tacitly.

Everyone knows that the emperor constantly curses the former emperor who misled the country and the people.

In fact, not only Zhu Qiyu scolded in his heart, but the ministers present also buried the previous rulers in their hearts.

Xuanzong and Sanyang, Zhengzheng and Wang Zhen are all typical examples of the harmony between monarchs and ministers and the common misconduct of the country.

And the monarchs and ministers of the Jingtai Dynasty here had to wipe their predecessors' butts endlessly, and they couldn't live in peace for a moment.

Sure enough, Zhu Qiyu just took a sip of tea, and then continued to ask: "What's going on over there in Warat, can you send an envoy to sue for peace first?"

What about the Miao Rebellion in the south, is the newly sent 100,000 troops sent by the imperial court in place, and can Jing Yuanbo have the latest war reports from there? ”

(End of chapter)