The emperors of the Ming Dynasty all liked silver, especially during the Chongzhen period, Zhu Youjian was worried about silver almost every day. Now when he heard Yueyang talking about how to make money, his attention was immediately attracted. Now when he heard that 300 million taels of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty from Longqing to Wanli, his mouth almost couldn't close.

Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty plus the taxes paid by Shanxi are only five million taels of silver a year. According to this algorithm, the court will take at least sixty years to raise the 300 million taels of silver. If Zhu Youjian had 300 million in his hands at this moment... no... as long as he had 100 million taels of silver, he could pat his chest to ensure that the bandits spread throughout the heartland of the Central Plains would be wiped out within two years and return peace to the world.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian felt a kind of resentment surged from his heart. These greedy merchants had greedy for the Ming Dynasty! Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian felt that he was a little bad. He said in a muffled voice: "Okay, I already know this matter of sea ban, but what happened to your officials and gentry as one who worked as one to pay for food, and the fire was consumed by the public and the public and the public were invested in the acres?"

Yue Yang smiled slightly and said, "When the emperor said, it seems that officials and gentry are working together to pay grain, and the taxes are distributed to the acres, and the fire consumption is returned to the public. In fact, it is just one thing. In summary, it is to let those officials and gentry perform labor service like ordinary people, so that they can pay taxes and food like ordinary people. Moreover, the originally chaotic fire consumption in various places must be decided and paid uniformly to the court, and then the court will be allocated to the government offices in various places in the name of supporting the integrity. In this way, the court can benefit, and local officials do not have to worry about being greedy for ink."

After listening to Yueyang's words, Chongzhen was silent. Yueyang's words caused huge waves in his heart. Any of the words Yueyang said today could cause huge waves in the court and the country. Even as the emperor, he dared not say these things casually, because these things are too sensitive, and one thing is bad.

After a long time, Chongzhen said slowly: "Do you know that the things you are talking about are too big, and once the Ming Dynasty cannot be handled well, the Ming Dynasty will fall apart in a blink of an eye."

Yue Yang sneered disdainfully, "Your Majesty, to be disrespectful, the Ming Dynasty is just a stagnant life. If you don't change and develop according to the current situation, how many years do you think this Ming Dynasty can last?"

Queen Zhou, who was standing aside, was shocked when she saw Yue Yang saying such rebellious words, and immediately shouted: "Bold! Yue Yang, why are you so ruthless!"

Unlike Empress Zhou's "fainted beauty", Chongzhen was miraculously unhappy. A strong look of fatigue appeared on his face and waved his hand powerlessly: "Zi Tong, don't scold Zhenghong. He is right. Now Daming is really surviving. Although I don't want to admit it, this is indeed true."

No one knows better than Chongzhen, who is the ruler of the Ming Empire, how bad the situation in the Ming Dynasty is now. The Ming Dynasty is like a terminally ill patient, and he may take his last breath at any time. Zhu Youjian is like a helpless doctor, carefully trying every means to maintain the patient's life.

Seeing Chongzhen showing a rare look of weakness, Yueyang stood up and said softly, "Your Majesty, maybe what I said is ugly, but it is true. Of course, you naturally need to consider such a major matter carefully. Just now, Weichen is just providing you with a suggestion. Whether it will succeed or not depends entirely on your decision. I will take my leave first."

After saying that, Yueyang stood up and bowed to Chongzhen and Empress Zhou and was about to leave.

"stop!"

Chongzhen's impatient voice began to remember again. He glared at Yue Yang and said hatefully: "Since I ascended the throne, no one has ever been in a hurry to leave in front of me again and again. Could it be that I can eat people?"

“￥￥…※”

Yueyang was also speechless. I'm giving you time to think, but you don't appreciate it.

Chongzhen asked as if gritting his teeth, "Since you have told me about the various disadvantages of my Ming Dynasty, let me talk about how you would solve these things if you handed over to you."

"I want to play really!" Yue Yang looked at Chongzhen in surprise and then said, "It is unlikely to implement what I just said in the country, and the obstacles encountered are too great. Therefore, I think it is better to choose a province in the sea to implement it first. We can call this "pilot". In this way, even if things change, it will not affect the overall situation. If it proves that it is indeed effective, then implement the national implementation slowly."

"Pilot?" Chongzhen slowly chewed the word in his mouth, "Then do you think it's better to carry out the pilot?"

"Shandong!" Yue Yang blurted out without hesitation.

"Yes!" Chongzhen also nodded: "If I appoint you as the governor of Shandong, how long will it take to see Shandong governing as rich as the North Road in Shanxi."

After pondering for a while, Yue Yang said slowly: "If the emperor gives me full power to deal with things in Shandong, I think that in five years, Shandong will be able to look brand new."

"Five years..." Chongzhen sighed in a low voice, "Do you know that someone once said the five-year period in front of me, but later this person was killed by me."

"I will know." Yue Yang naturally knew that this person was talking about Yuan Chonghuan. The debate about whether Yuan Chonghuan was wronged had no result until hundreds of years later. Yue Yang didn't know what to say. He could only say lightly: "I dare not assure you anything like him, I can only say that I can do my best."

"Forget it!"

Chongzhen also stood up and started pacing, and finally stopped and said to Yueyang, "Yueyang!"

"I am here!" Yue Yang bowed to Chongzhen.

"I have also appointed you as the Grand Secretary of Dongyang Pavilion, the Governor of Shandong, and the Governor of Shandong's Grain Transportation. I will give you a month to prepare and go to Shandong to take office immediately. No matter what method you use, Shandong will pay taxes and land taxes to the court starting next year. Can you do it?"

As if he had expected it, there was no surprise on Yue Yang's face. He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "That Wei-Minist's mission in Shanxi..."

"The capable ones work harder, you can do both first, that's it!" Chongzhen interrupted his words and made a decisive conclusion.

Seeing that Comrade Zhu threw Shandong to him without saying anything, Yue Yang couldn't help but smile helplessly and bitterly. It seemed that Comrade Zhu was really anxious. He couldn't help but ask curiously: "Your Majesty, is there really no money in the court now?"

Hearing this, Chongzhen's old face turned red with a rare moment, and then sighed: "Yes, although you have taken over the Liaodong border defense, there are too many places where the imperial court needs to spend money now. The three troops of Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting alone require a large amount of food and salary every month. In addition, refugees from all over the country are everywhere, but the local officials' uniforms are powerless to do nothing and will only ask the imperial court for silver. But where did the imperial court get so much money? Now I wish I could demolish the Forbidden City as well."

"Yes!" Queen Zhou, who was standing beside him, also said at the right time: "The emperor hasn't slept peacefully for several days for money. Now that we are already a family, Zhenghong, please help the emperor."

"Hey... these two male and female couples are still singing together, and they are trying to get my pockets!" Yue Yang couldn't help but feel a little amused. The meal today is not delicious.

Although Chongzhen and Empress Zhou both looked at him with a sincere look, Yueyang would not make any promises easily. Even though the couple had just betrothed their daughter to him, Yueyang is not the one who sold him out after a few good words. He had to carefully consider before doing anything. After pondering for a while, he said, "The Queen is right. I should do my best to assist the emperor. Let me do my best to assist the emperor... After I return to Shanxi, I will discuss with officials from all over the country and then make a charter, and then send it to the emperor for a visit."

Seeing that he had not received Yue Yang's promise, Chongzhen sighed slightly and said with a forced smile: "That's right, then my dear, please go back first. By the way, before you go back, you can also meet my dear first. You must know that if you want to meet again today, you will have to wait until next year."

"Damn, this old man who is not practicing actually uses the beauty trick!" Yue Yang couldn't help but cursed in his heart, but it can be seen from this that this guy is really anxious. Whether from history books or based on current observations, it shows that Comrade Xiao Zhu is a strong man. Now he has even used the beauty trick. This can prove that he is really a little desperate, so he is willing to take a gamble. But does my brother look so much like the principal...

Let’s talk about Zhu Mei, who had just taken the palace maid to Kunning Palace, peeked at Yueyang and ran back to her residence Fengyang Pavilion. After coming to her dormitory, she threw herself on her show bed. At this time, she only felt that her face was so hot that she was a little chaotic.

"Princess...Princess..." After a while, the voice of the palace maid Ziying came from next to him.

"Ziying, is there anything wrong?" Zhu Ma's muffled voice came from the quilt.

"Princess, the Queen is here to see you!"

"Ah... why is the mother here?" Zhu Mi, who was startled, jumped up from the bed and tidied up her clothes in a hurry. She was about to go out to greet her, but she saw Empress Zhou walking in with a smile.

Seeing Empress Zhou coming in, Zhu Mei said with a nervous look on her face: "My mother... why are you... you are here?" After that, she lowered her head.

After Empress Zhou came in, she saw Zhu Mai who was almost hanging her little head to her chest. She couldn't help but feel funny and pity. Empress Zhou grabbed Zhu Mai's hand and said softly: "My mother, I think you know too. The emperor wants to betroth you to Marquis Zhongyong. After the imperial guards have watched the almanac, they will marry you next year. Because Marquis Zhongyong's identity is extraordinary, you cannot live in the capital with the princess like an ordinary princess, but want to marry you. Moreover, Marquis Zhongyong has already married, so you can only feel wronged and be on par with Marquis Zhongyong's official wife. Can you understand your father's painstaking efforts?"

Looking at Queen Zhou's expression of pity, Zhu Mai couldn't help but throw herself into her arms and cried: "My mother, I...I don't want to get married, I want to accompany you and your father!"

Empress Zhou stroked Zhu Mai's hair and gently advised: "A girl always wants to get married when she grows up. When her mother married your father, she was only fourteen years old. You are already twelve this year and you are at the age of getting married next year."

Zhu Mai blinked her big eyes and said aggrievedly: "But... I can't bear to leave you."

"Silly child." Empress Zhou patted Zhu Ma's delicate little hands and said lovingly: "You are marrying Zhongyong Hou, not marrying to a foreign country. If you miss your father and mother, you can come to the palace to see us often. Could someone stop you? Besides, Zhongyong Hou is young and promising and has made many military achievements. He is a rare pillar of the Ming Dynasty. He is a good match with you!"

"oh!"

Zhu Mai lowered her head and said nothing. Although she was still young, she knew that women's marriages were always the decision of their parents, and she had no right to be picky. She had just seen the loyal and brave marquis secretly in the side hall. Although she was not very handsome, she looked quite upright, but she didn't know how good his temper was. Thinking of this, Zhu Mai couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

Seeing her daughter in a daze, Queen Zhou sighed lightly. Her daughter looked sentimental and didn't know whether it would be a blessing or a disaster to marry Zhongyong Hou in the future. However, the emperor decided on this matter himself, and even if she was the queen, she had no right to object.

"Okay, daughter, don't act so coquettishly with your mother. Zhongyong Hou is still outside. After meeting you, you will be back to Shanxi. You can go out to see him now."

"yes!"

After hearing Empress Zhou say this, Zhu Mai left Empress Zhou's arms and was about to run outside, but was stopped by Empress Zhou. She scolded her angrily and amusedly: "You are the princess of the Ming Dynasty, how can you run out regardless of your demeanor?"

"oh!"

Zhu Mei's face couldn't help but blush, and then she stood up straight and walked slowly outside. When he walked to the hall, he saw a strong figure standing beside him admiring the calligraphy and paintings on the wall. She coughed gently.

The person who admired calligraphy and paintings in the hall was naturally Yueyang. At this time, he looked at the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, thinking about how much it would cost if they were sold to modern society. Suddenly, he heard a gentle cough sound from behind, and then turned around and saw a little girl standing behind him looking at him shyly.

The little girl was wearing a tender green palace skirt and a pair of cute green embroidered shoes on her feet. In Yueyang's eyes, she looked so cute. She had picturesque eyebrows and eyes, bright eyes and white teeth, and was as beautiful as a little fairy in the New Year painting. Yueyang felt that if she gave her a schoolbag at this moment, she would be a primary school student who was about to go to junior high school.

"Oh my God, this is Comrade Xiao Zhu's wife whom he is preparing to give to him?" Although he was prepared in his heart, Yue Yang still felt that there were ten thousand grass mud horses whizzing by in his heart.

Looking at this cute and beautiful little girl, Yueyang remembered her sister Yue Ying. This little girl is so similar to Yue Ying five years ago.

Looking at the Yueyang in front of him who looked at him with a strange look on his face, Zhu Mai bit her lips and asked childishly, "Are you the Zhongyong Hou Yueyang?"

"That's right!" Yueyang bowed to Zhu Ma: "You must be Princess Kunxing, my loyal and brave Hou Yueyang has seen the princess!"

"No gift!" Zhu Mai tried hard to maintain the princess's demeanor, and raised her hand lightly to signal Yueyang to stand up straight.

Yue Yang felt funny when he saw Zhu Mei trying hard to pretend to be a little adult. He couldn't help but tease him. He took out something from his pocket and handed it to her, "Princess, this is a little gadget that I have given you. Do you like it?"

Zhu Niu took it and found that it was a small box made of something. She looked at it for a while but didn't know what it was, so she looked at Yueyang. Yueyang smiled and reached out to press it next to the small box. The box opened with a snap, and a shiny little mirror immediately appeared inside. Zhu Niu looked at it curiously, and a cute little girl immediately appeared on the mirror.

Zhu Niu immediately covered her mouth and said in surprise: "This...is this me?"

Yue Yang smiled and said, "Of course, this is a small mirror that you can carry with you. Do you like it?"

"Well... I like it!" Zhu Niu grabbed the exquisite dressing box tightly and nodded vigorously. Her big eyes narrowed into a slit, showing the innocence of a little girl.

Zhu Nishi, who got this dressing box, was like a child who got the most beloved toy. She looked at the dressing box with her and obviously liked the gifts given by Yueyang. Finally, she walked to Yueyang and tiptoed, grabbed Yueyang's clothes and pulled it down hard, then kissed Yueyang's face, and said in his ear: "Thank you for your gift, I like it very much."

After saying that, Zhu Ma was suddenly stunned, and then she realized that she was a little bit unlucky. She actually kissed a man she had known for less than a while. She couldn't help but feel embarrassed for a moment, her little face was immediately covered with red clouds. She immediately ran inside without looking back and never came out again.

Looking at the petite expression jumping, Yue Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head. Comrade Zhu was too anxious to give him such a small little point...

The next day, when Chongzhen announced in the morning court that he would be betrothed Princess Kunxing to Yueyang, everyone's first thought was that Chongzhen would compromise with Yueyang. Many guys who claimed to be loyal ministers immediately jumped out to impeach Yueyang, but they were all blocked by Chongzhen. They scolded these ministers. Faced with Chongzhen with a firm attitude, the ministers had no choice. After all, this was the emperor's family affairs, and they didn't interrupt much, so they had to watch it as a foregone conclusion...r1152
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