That's a full 200,000 taels of gold, and the Ministry of Industry has made a big windfall.

Another Shangshu Shi Pu of the Ministry of Industry was previously a counselor in military affairs in the Ningyang Hou Army. After Ningyang Hou's class, Shi Pu followed him to Nanjing, and then stayed in Nanjing.

Today's Ministry of Industry is completely in charge of Zhou Chen.

Zhu Qiyu was not only the largest financier of the Ministry of Industry, but also approved the Ministry of Industry to take charge of this batch of gold, which was used exclusively for river control and ordnance.

So every time Zhou Chen looked at the emperor, there was light in his eyes. Such an emperor who only knows how to give, but does not know how to take, is difficult to find throughout the ancient and modern times.

Zhu Qiyu knew why the Ministry of Industry supported him so much, but he was still bitter in his heart: in his entire treasury, there were a total of 400,000 taels of gold, and the construction of the Xinqi Palace, just to build the city wall, mine white marble, and build part of the palace, it had already cost 200,000 taels of gold.

Next, the rest of the palace should be built, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants should be transplanted, and all kinds of family affairs should be added, 100,000 taels of gold cannot be beaten, and a little flower will exceed 150,000 taels.

Previously, Zhu Qiyu handed over Li Jin 30,000 taels of gold and asked him to take them to North Korea to recruit slaves and maids.

There are also Dingguo Gong Xu Yongning, Honglu Temple Zuo Cheng Yu Mountain.

Zhu Qiyu's actions are different from those of the previous emperors in every way.

The previous Ming Emperor also liked concubines, slaves, maids, and eunuchs from North Korea. However, these emperors directly asked the king of Joseon. In particular, Seonjong had to fight the autumn breeze with the king of Korea from time to time.

Although the Korean monarchs and ministers did not dare to say it, they were also the emperors and envoys of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts.

Like Zhu Qiyu, who bought it at a high price, it is still the only one since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu also deliberately sent Yu Shan, who has a relatively gentle and tranquil personality.

The Wenchen who came out of the Mansion now only Yu Shan and Yu Gang are left.

These two people refused to follow the emperor to engage in the dispute between the concubines, and Zhu Qiyu did not reuse and win over the two.

treats Yu Shan and Yu Gang, Zhu Qiyu just wants to get by. As for the arrangement for the two, Zhu Qiyu has already thought about it, let them boil their qualifications, and then go to Nanjing to be a waiter.

Yu Shan and Yu Gang are both lifters, and in the end, they can be servants, even if Zhu Qiyu treats the two of them well.

If you don't have the identity of the old minister of the palace, you want to be a squire with the fame of people? What do you think!

Hai Rui is powerful enough, he is also a person, and he barely became the right attendant of the Nanjing Ministry at the age of seventy-two, and he has no real power, and he died after two years.

Therefore, for courtiers like Yu Shan and Yu Gang, who have old feelings and are not related to the lineage, they are already very worthy of being given the position of squire.

The historical Jingtai was a little too radical. gave Yu Shan the position of the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and gave the position of the left waiter of the Yu Gang Military Department, this nepotism is a bit too obvious, so what do other ministers think.

The grace of the key acquaintance has reached this level, and the two still refuse to give up their lives, and they all died well.

So now Zhu Qiyu can only give the two of them some unimportant tasks, such as this mission to North Korea.

Because of the fiasco of Tumubao, North Korea has a contempt for the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Shan's task was to promote the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty and regain confidence in the Korean monarchs and ministers.

Li Jin's task was to take the gold and buy back 2,000 slaves, maids, and eunuchs. Then the remaining gold is used to buy some mountain specialties and shipped back to Beijing for resale.

The task of Xu Yongning, the Duke of the Kingdom, was to follow the mission around and increase his knowledge.

As for why you have to go thousands of miles to North Korea to buy people, it is mainly the palace of Nuoda, and there are no slaves and maids to call it, so it really can't work.

Especially after many princes and princesses are born, it is definitely not enough to rely on the work of the favorite concubines.

Although Korea is the closest vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, it is after all 3,000 miles away, and the middle road is extremely difficult.

Compared with the local slaves and maids of the Ming Dynasty, if someone wants to buy or blackmail the families of these Korean slaves, the difficulty can be increased by more than an order of magnitude.

Zhu Qiyu wants to increase difficulties for those who want to harm him in every detail.

Moreover, this time to build a new palace, Zhu Qiyu built the West Investigation Factory on the east side of the Qi Palace. It won't be long before the West Factory will be officially established.

The inner factory, the west factory and the east factory stand side by side, and the capital is monitored in all directions without dead ends.

Thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu suddenly opened his mouth and asked Zhou Chen: "Zhou Aiqing, has the Jingtai Tongbao cast by the Ministry of Industry been distributed to the Beijing Army?" ”

Zhou Chen replied: "Your Majesty, the old factory of the Baoyuan Bureau in the inner city and the new factory in the outer city are in full swing, and the copper coins minted are mainly minted in three places, one is to distribute wages to the people who participated in the construction of the outer city, one is to distribute the money to the hundred officials, and the other is to distribute it to the Beijing army as an additional reward.

Now that the three battalions of the Beijing Army have been distributed, even the lowest soldiers have each received five copper coins.

His Majesty's pro-army Sanwei has only distributed a part, and the rest of the Ministry of Works is still in full swing, and it will definitely be completed before the New Year. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and continued to ask: "How is Jingtai Tongbao circulating in the market?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Chen looked at Huang Pu. Signaling that this matter is not under the control of our Ministry of Industry, Your Majesty should listen to the Eight Governors tell you.

Huang Pu replied: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the Jingtai Tongbao you designed is of excellent quality and beautiful appearance, and you did not deliberately mix lead into it, so it is very popular with the people of the capital."

The people all say that this is the treasure of the prosperous era and the symbol of benevolence, which is thousands of times stronger than the Ming treasure banknote. This proposal has become a public opinion, as long as the quality of Jingtai Tongbao has been maintained, it will be able to completely replace the treasure banknote, and become the most important currency of the Ming Dynasty together with silver.

When the time comes, the hearts of the people will be attached, and the saint will surely be able to achieve the name of the benevolent monarch through the ages. ”

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and sighed heavily: "The most difficult thing is how to recover the Daming treasure banknote." It is definitely not possible to invalidate it directly, which is tantamount to joking with the monetary credit that the imperial court does not have much money left.

But if it is recycled in proportion, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty printed so many treasure notes indiscriminately, and how many Jingtai Tongbao must be minted to recover it.

What should you do? ”

When Zhou Chen heard this, he stepped back directly. This secretary of the Ministry of Industry was only interested in the concrete implementation of the emperor's policies, and had not the slightest interest in formulating policies and planning strategic guidelines.

Besides, Zhou Chen is seventy years old, and he will be a master in a few years, so he won't be too lazy to use his brains.

Zhu Qiyu looked at He Wenyuan again, and He Wenyuan also shook his head. He Wenyuan is the secretary of the ministry, and he doesn't want to worry about these problems that have nothing to do with the ministry.

Zhu Qiyu had to look at He Yi, but He Yi also shook his head.

There has been too much limelight in the past year, so He Yi doesn't want to show too much talent in front of people.

Zhu Qiyu finally had to look at Huang Pu, and signaled with firm eyes that he could not shirk.

Huang Pu was also helpless, the pot was thrown around, and finally fell on top of his head.

(End of chapter)