Ning Xiang added on the side: "One is charcoal, the other is paint, and the other is lead, mercury, and cats, which are the most important means of harming people in the palace."

Again, it was directly poisoned, and again it was framed.

You are the daughter of the prince of the country, and you are the representative of the interests of the nobles, let the other concubines directly frame you, it is estimated that they will not dare.

But it is completely feasible to rely on public opinion and etiquette to harm you. ”

Lin Xiangyu and Ning Xiang opened the chatterbox, and the five sisters said a word, and I said a word, teaching Xu Qing how to rule the harem.

Zhu Qiyu and Zhu Wenfang, a pair of poor fathers and sons, sat on the side and looked at the girls in a daze, completely dumbfounded.

The five gentle, virtuous, harmonious and friendly imperial concubines on weekdays talked endlessly about the way to compete for favor in the harem, and all kinds of drastic means emerged in an endless stream, and thirty-six plans came at hand, how strange this scene looked.

After a long time, Zhu Qiyu pulled Zhu Wenfang and sighed quietly: "Shentian Bodhisattva, I miss my mother, I want to go home." ”

Zhu Wenfang replied weakly: "I miss my grandmother too." ”

Everyone chatted until the evening, and so far Zhu Qiyu, Zhu Wenfang, father and son no longer dared to mention the matter of concubines.

Nothing was said for days.

May 16, early in the morning.

Huang Pugang returned to the capital after inspecting the Xuanfu and Huailai.

Came to Jingzhao Yin Mansion early, and before the buttocks were hot, Yin Chenjun of Shuntian Mansion and Qiao Yi of Zhizhong came to pay a visit.

The two of them became the new chiefs of Shuntian Mansion, and they would definitely come to report to Jing Zhaoyin. And Shuntianfu Cheng Huang Fu is still in Nanjing, and has not yet arrived.

Huang Pu got up and said with a smile: "Why did Chen Fuyin come so early, the lower officials have lost their welcome, forgive their sins, forgive their sins."

Brother Zhihong, congratulations, my eldest nephew is a high school tanhua, it's really gratifying. ”

After the palace exam, Huang Pu went to Xuanfu, so the first thing he saw when he saw Qiao Yi was to congratulate his son Qiao Feng on his high school exploration.

The three of them were all Jinshi in the same year, and after being polite, they sat down and drank tea.

Chen Jun saw a few pieces of ore and a few pieces of brass on the table, so he approached and fiddled with them to take a closer look.

"Brother Chengji, where did this ore and brass come from? This brass is in really good condition. ”

Huang Pu replied: "This is the newly opened Dexing Copper Mine in Shengshang, this is the latest batch of samples, it is said that the ore mined by the Dexing Copper Mine is all of such a first-class condition, which is easy to mine and easy to smelt."

Our Ming Dynasty has always been short of copper, if the Dexing copper mine is really a super large open-pit copper mine, then the imperial court can mint a lot of money.

There is also a large amount of copper in the newly laid Japan, which will soon be mined, smelted, and then shipped back to Beijing. ”

Chen Jun still had some doubts about the emperor's large-scale mining and replacing the treasure money with coinage: "Brother Chengji, you see, as soon as we take office, the Holy Lord will exempt the capital from these deed taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

After all are exempted, what expenses shall we have? ”

Huang Pu asked rhetorically: "How much tax did you collect in Shuntianfu in previous years?" ”

Chen Jun replied: "Not counting the field tax, not counting the Chongwenmen banknote that has been abolished by the Holy Lord before, it will collect less than 100,000 taels a year." ”

"That's right, in fact, your 100,000 taels are also stubbornly said by the neck. The bulk of the real tax revenue of the imperial court was the land tax, gold and silver, salt tax, banknote tariff, and mining tax.

Like those in your city, what kind of house transaction deed tax, pawnshop pawn tax, door stall tax, wine and vinegar tax, bamboo and wood draw and the like, it sounds like a lot of bluffing, but in fact, there is not much to collect.

And this is also to collect ordinary people, there are so many powerful people in the capital, how much can you collect.

It is possible that the stolen money is more than your taxes. ”

Chen Jun spread his hands: "Then where is the annual income of our Shuntian Mansion?" ”

Huang Pu smiled and said: "Didn't I just come back from Xuanfu and Huailai, and the Holy Lord moved all the guards of the two mansions.

Then the saint put together 10,000 hectares of vacated land and assigned it to the direct jurisdiction of Jingzhao Yin.

Most of this income will be allocated to Suncheon.

What kind of tax you collect can be worth the income of 10,000 hectares of official land? ”

"Ten thousand hectares? Where did the 10,000 hectares of official land come from? ”

Huang Pu said with a smile: "Since the first year of Jingtai, Shengshang has been liquidating the local gentry and heroes of Xuanfu and Huailai, and expropriating land for inclusion in Guantian.

In addition, now that the guards of the two prefectures have been transferred, the vacated arable land will be made up, so will it add 10,000 hectares of official land to Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

In addition, the Holy Lord will also allocate 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 copper coins to Shuntianfu every year.

The Holy Lord has a lot of minerals in his hands now, and if he doesn't have enough to allocate it to you, what are you afraid of? ”

Chen Jun confirmed again: "Is there really so many mines, is there really such a large output? ”

Huang Pu nodded firmly: "Didn't you see that a reserve vault has been built on the original site of the Jinshen Palace, and the silver and copper coins dug up from Japan are circulated, and the gold dug up is stored for future generations to deal with disasters."

This year, the Holy Lord has allocated 300,000 taels of silver from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion from the internal treasury, and you can take someone to the treasury to receive 200,000 taels to go back. ”

Hearing that there was cash, Chen Jun was no longer obsessed with the problem of money. Anyway, this year's income is there, and whether the emperor's mine can be dug up or not, it will be verified next year.

Huang Pu also instructed: "There are more and more craftsmen in Beijing, one is to mint coins, and only Beijing can mint coins in the country, so many craftsmen are needed."

The other is ordnance manufacturing, weapons, armor. In particular, armor was only qualified to be manufactured in the north and south.

Then there are firearms and artillery, which only Beijing is qualified to manufacture.

Just these three items, connected to the craftsmen and their families, more than 100,000 people can't stop.

The most important duty of the Shuncheon Mansion is to manage these workers well, which is also the purpose of the Holy Admiral's replacement of all the officials of the Shuncheon Mansion.

I can remind you that if you can't satisfy the Holy One, the Holy One doesn't mind changing people. ”

Chen Jun and Qiao Yi nodded.

Huang Pu continued to instruct: "One more point, in the next few years, there will be many, many powerful people from the former vassal states and their children to Beijing.

For example, in Korea, Japan, Annam, Burma and other places, the Holy Lord will gather some powerful people to be taken care of in Beijing, and the children of these powerful people will be placed in Beijing as protons in the name of letting them study.

To put it simply, there is a kind of meaning similar to that of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the saint needs Beijing not only to be the first good district, but also to be extremely prosperous and noble. Do not close the door at night, and do not leave the road behind.

As soon as the foreigners arrived in Beijing, they would be deeply impressed by the weather of the Celestial Empire, let them look up to them, and let them worship. ”

Chen Jun nodded thoughtfully: "Oh, I understand." In this case, should the three major halls of Fengtian, Jinshen, and Huacani be rebuilt? There are other palaces, and most of the Forbidden City has burned down.

Let the Gentiles see what kind of system it has become.

and Du Jingtai has been in the past eight years, and we don't have a queen in the saint, which makes it difficult for foreign countries to see it. ”

Huang Pu smiled when he heard this: "Brother Shi Ying, if you have your own views on these matters, you can go to the script alone, and the lower officials can't answer your two questions."

This day's family affairs are not something that Jing Zhaoyin should worry about. ”

Chen Jun just laughed, and didn't dare to really raise the bar with the emperor: "Okay, Brother Chengji, don't scorn me, what kind of subordinate officials, who doesn't know that you are in the emperor's heart, and the future is immeasurable, I don't dare to pretend to be an official." ”

(End of chapter)