Chapter 181 Win-win

Five million taels of silver, suspended from the salt administration for one year, the court can get a huge sum of money, and the emperor can also get a good reputation for all the people in the world. This cabinet minister is already happy. He feels that the idea he has come up with is really high. The emperor will definitely be jealous of money. You must know that these five million taels are far more than the annual income of any emperor in the Ming Dynasty. The emperor just talks and calculates it by arithmetic, and can get an annual income of any emperor in the Ming Dynasty. I believe that the emperor should be satisfied.

Yang Jing was also making his own calculations. He would cut Shanxi merchants in Shanxi before the wild boar skin entered the pass, and would cut salt merchants by the way. It would only take a year. If this is the case, it would not conflict with his plan. He received five million taels of silver in advance. He could use this silver to build a warship, provide disaster relief, and pay military salaries. After all, his strength would have a greater leap. Within one year, the case of Shanxi merchants selling their country would definitely break out, and the salt merchants would be completely defeated. In this way, he could get five million taels first to solve his urgent needs. In the future, under the name of this salt merchant being suspected of selling his country, being a traitor, and selling his ancestors, he would not admit it. I believe that no one would say anything about him, or he might just take the opportunity to reform the salt administration.

After thinking about it, Yang Jing felt that he could compromise with the "representatives" of these salt merchants, so he said, "What do you think? Can this be done?"

Look at me, I think you are the same. I think this is the case. Isn’t this just a year of halting the salt administration? It’s not permanently cancelled. Anyway, this salt course is on people. At most, the price of a few cents will increase. The salt merchants will not suffer too much. Even if they suffer losses this year, they will make some contributions to the court. Now the court has no money to spend. Several cabinet ministers looked at each other, nodded, and tacitly understood.

The chief minister said: "Your Majesty, I think that this is very good. On the one hand, it can bathe the people of the world and on the other hand, it can increase the annual income of the court. It is a best of both worlds. Your Majesty, I have no objection..." The chief minister said what he agreed with the cabinet.

"Haha, this? Are you all agreeing? Then let the salt merchants pay for the money first, five million taels of silver, and no penny can be lost. When did they collect five million taels of silver, they will start counting the time from when. Before that, the salt administration will be suspended." Yang Jing did not want to deal with the salt merchants directly. Yang Jing did not have so much energy to care about this matter, but just forced the bureaucrats to urge the salt merchants to pay the bank.

Several cabinet ministers thought about it and felt that since they all agreed to give five million taels of silver, the rest were all trivial issues. The salt merchants who were unwilling to pay the money had a hundred ways to "run" salt merchants.

"Report to Your Majesty, there should be no problem." The Prime Minister exchanged ideas with several cabinets and agreed to the emperor's conditions.

"Okay! Come on, let's talk about how to allocate these five million taels. I think so. One million taels of them are used to build warships to defend the southeast coastal provinces and the hometowns. Half of the cost of building this million ship is supervised by the Ministry of Works, and the other half is responsible for my internal officials. Both sides supervise each other and verify each other. Whoever builds the warships is better, more suitable and more affordable? In the future, the warships will be left there. In this way, there will be a fair solution. In this way, it will not be said that I have dominated all my money into my palace. How about?" Yang Jing thought of building ships as soon as possible, to build North Korea, fight Japan, dig gold, engage in overseas trade, and colonize outside. Only then did this million taels of silver be used to build ships. If this is not moved, it will be a storm.

When several cabinets heard that one million dollars were needed to build warships, how many warships would have to be built? But thinking that Japan was always peeking at the wealth of the Central Plains, thinking that its hometown would be plundered and invaded by Japan at any time, and felt that this million tael of shipbuilding was not enough, and I wish I could use five million to build ships to protect my hometown. I also saw that the emperor did not take the entire shipbuilding money, but "fairly" divided it into two halves, half of the Ministry of Works and half of the Inners. In this way, it would not be a loss. In this way, the Ministry of Works' shipbuilding money this year was as high as one million taels of silver. What a huge amount of money it was? It seems that the Minister of Works has to replace him.

"Report to Your Majesty, there is no problem at all." Several cabinets felt that the emperor was quite generous in this matter, so they agreed to this division.

"Well, very good, then next, I think there should be three million taels of silver for disaster relief. This will be temporarily stored in the Ministry of Revenue. In the future, disasters will occur, so I will take it out for emergency response. How about it?" The natural disaster is coming this year. The more money for disaster relief, the better. When several cabinets heard that the three million tons were left in the Ministry of Revenue. This is really a great joy. It seems that this emperor is not stupid? If these 30% of the drifts were gone, they will get nearly one million taels at once. In short, the emperor is really generous. He eats meat himself and does not forget to drink soup with the "brothers". He agrees even more at the moment.

"Okay! Then the last one million taels, I will use this one million tael to pay the army. I want to transfer the elite troops from the world to the capital this year and guard the capital. I have to prepare some money for Yuan Chonghuan to go outside the pass. The remaining one million taels will be considered to be in my name." After dividing the big head meat, Yang Jie took some leftovers himself. Although there was not much, he would definitely not suffer any loss. This million was basically in vain.

Several cabinets were very happy that the big head belonged to the court and the Ministry of Revenue. It was the emperor who should drink soup. Otherwise, the five million taels would still be in the pocket of the salt merchant. Several cabinets agreed happily.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think there is no problem. I want Your Majesty to raise military salaries for the peace of the Ming Dynasty. This million taels should be paid to the army." Several cabinets felt that the emperor's burden was really heavy. Not only the officials in the capital and the soldiers were supported by the emperor, but the promised reissue of two million taels was not heard, but also to raise Mao Wenlong, and to prepare money for Yuan Chonghuan. He also summoned the elite troops from the world to the capital to guard the capital and was still training the new army by himself. In this case, the emperor's pressure was really great, and he should really give the emperor some money, otherwise he would be sorry.

"Okay! That's it. Regarding the suspension of salt administration in this amnesty, you can consider it yourself and write it according to what you just said. By the way, remember to write down my other few of them." The biggest obstacle has been solved, and the rest is not difficult.

The chief minister said: "Your Majesty, how dare you ask Your Majesty what does this 'patent' mean?"

"Patent? Do you know that I gave Bi Maokang. Bi Aiqing every time he made a new musket, he allowed him to draw a certain amount of money from each musket? This is a patent, specifically to reward people who can create new objects. I think that this new musket has been a contribution to our Ming Dynasty and the country. In the future, when fighting with the Donglu, it will definitely give full play to the greater advantages of firearms and lay the foundation for our decisive victory. Of course, I will receive rewards, but if there is less reward, I will not show the importance of this thing. If there is too much, I will not have the spare money to reward, and I am poor! So, I have this compromise.

The method is to spend no penny, but to draw a small amount of money from each item made in the future to reward those who create new items. In this way, it solved my urgent need for money and gave enough rewards to the ministers who have made contributions to the country and the people. This is a good thing that can be achieved in one fell swoop." Yang Jing made a big fool. He wanted to fool this patent law. Once it came out, he would set up a patent office to specifically restrict those who did not have patents, and it would be a treasure to crack down on salt merchants in the future. However, now, Yang Jing deceived this thing very noble and beautiful.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think that this strategy is really a good thing to win multiple goals in one fell swoop. It can help those who have made meritorious rewards, but it doesn't cost you one. The court's part. This is really a good thing to reduce expenses and increase revenue! Your Majesty, I think that this method is feasible and is a good policy!" A minister was fooled by Yang Jing and could not recognize the true face of this patent law. He actually praised this patent law.

After hearing this, Yang Jie smiled.

Although the other cabinets felt that there was something wrong with it, they were already exhausted by the salt class incident and were confused. Can they still think so clearly? They were also blinded by the millions of taels of silver from the Salt Administration, so they did not stop the emperor from passing this method.

Seeing that these ministers used their tired bodies, tired spirits, and exhausted energy to think about problems, Yang Jingai felt that he was really sinister. He first deliberately made the energy of these ministers exhausted, and then used huge surprises to impact their minds, making their minds completely dizzy and completely lacked the ability to think. Then he raised some of his own "small questions", so he successfully passed the test.

In the main hall of the Ganqing Palace, the monarch and ministers were very happy, thinking that their plans succeeded and profited heavily. They were all very happy, which was a rare win-win situation.

A cabinet used a brush to write the content of the amnesty in the church. Yang Jing added some messy things to the amnesty. For example, giving special treatment to the elderly who were older than a few years old, such as allowing them to wear "official uniforms", which can be considered as the emperor caring about the elderly. In addition, he was destined to visit famous scholars, wise men and outstanding abilities in his jurisdiction to report. This is to recruit talents and gather capable and famous wise men in the world. This was not a big deal in ancient times, and the ministers passed it without reading much.

The ministers were not very concerned about these things, but just a matter of one sentence. No one had a lot of meat, and it was worth it for everyone to do it together.

Outside Chengtian Gate, the amnesty that was long late finally arrived. The reader welcomed the cheers of countless people outside Chengtian Gate.

This year's amnesty is very unusual.

There are two things, very unusual. The first thing is that the emperor exchanged the Wei case for five million taels of silver. Finally, as promised, today, he kept his word and decided to make a decision. For the ordinary bureaucrats who suffered unfair treatment from Wei Zhongxian, he would not mention the matter involved in the Wei case in the future. The hundreds of officials involved were relieved when they heard the news. The bureaucrats who were harmed by Wei Zhongxian's group finally got the ordinary news and cried bitterly. The days finally came to an end.

Those who should be beheaded will be reprieve, those who should be exiled for three thousand miles will be exiled to the mainland, those who should be imprisoned can be released on medical parole, and those who lose their official position will be demoted or retired; those who should be praised will be praised, those who should be grateful, those who should be grateful, those who should be restored will be revived, those who should be appointed, those who should be released, those who should be released, those who should be released, those who should be released, those who should be released, those who should be released can be considered as the ending of "great joy".

Another strange news is that the salt administration is suspended for one year. All the seals and guards related to the salt administration are collected from the provincial governors. All the officials, clerks, servants, etc. related to the salt administration have gone home and cultivated for a year. There has never been such a thing that seems to be rewarded, not like rewards, not like favors, not like favors, and not like favors. It makes people confused. No one can guess that this is the origin of the storm in the future.

Yang Jie sat on the throne of the Ganqing Palace and felt that he had won today, but this victory was too tiring. He fought with the ministers for a whole day, but he didn't know how many cups he drank with tea, and even coaxed and deceived him. He wrote down the content of the amnesty according to his own ideas. This is not possible for him. He is the emperor, and he is born with only one emperor. It is impossible for a bunch of emperors to help each other. There are many ministers who can help each other and share the burden. It seems that the government affairs have to be found to be shared by some people for him. The current cabinet is a good helper. Unfortunately, this cabinet is mostly turning outward. He helps himself less often, and he always works from the standpoint of the bureaucratic class. This really has to be decided to change it.

Being an emperor is tired! Yang Jie felt that it would be great if he could clone himself, so that he could have countless energy to deal with countless political affairs across the country. Unfortunately, he did not have superpowers and could not clone himself.

With his exhausted body dragged, Yang Jie still had to do business. He has been wanting to go to the "Royal Arsenal" these days. Unfortunately, he is so busy that he is not stuck in the ground, or is so tired that he falls asleep, and he has no energy to take care of the arsenal. How is the production of this grenade? How is the development of the musket technology? Everyone has to worry about it. These are all the weapons to fight the wild boar skin in the future. If you don't pay attention now, when the wild boar skin comes into the customs, will you fight the wild boar skin with bare hands?

Thinking of this, Yang Jingwei didn't care about his fatigue and barely cheered up.

"My partner, go to the military battle situation and see it. I haven't been to the military battle situation for some days."

"But, Your Majesty...this... obeys the order, Your Majesty."

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor's trance and exhausted look. Although he felt distressed, he had no choice but to take up the military battle. After taking the chariot, Yang Jie fell asleep in a drowsy way.

Wang Chengen repeatedly ordered the chariot to walk slowly, but the Qing Palace was only a little distance away from the military battle. No matter how slow it was, there was still time to walk. Wang Chengen could already see a large number of people kneeling at the military battle gate, knowing that he could no longer delay.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the battle for the war has arrived." Wang Chengen reminded in a low voice.

Yang Jie was dreaming that he was punching Li Zicheng and was stepping on the wild boar skin. He was hitting hard, and he heard someone calling him. As soon as he concentrated, he remembered that it was Wang Chengen's voice, and suddenly he woke up.

Yang Jie rubbed his eyes and moved his joints for a while before he felt better. Sitting on the chariot and sleeping is really not a good place.

"Big companion, this is here." Although Yang Jie's spirit was much better after sleeping for a while. Apart from his red eyes, he could no longer see how tired the emperor was before.

"Go back to Your Majesty, I'm here." Wang Chengen really felt sorry for the emperor. He was not as relaxed and comfortable as he was when he was a prince. Is there such fatigue?

"Well, then go down." Yang Jie moved his hands and feet a little. He didn't notice any numbness in his hands and feet, so he stepped down.

"Long live my husband Fu Mingde kowtowed to the emperor with joy." Fu Mingde kowtowed to the emperor with joy. The emperor attaches importance to the military battle situation. The eunuch of this military battle situation has a status. In the palace, in addition to the Silijian, he is also one of the most numerous figures in the palace. The eunuch of the internal official supervisor Zheng Huaizhong went to Jiangnan to supervise the construction of warships, which caused a stir in the palace. This can be seen as the emperor preparing to re-eve the Western Conference! What a great achievement this is, at which time, the eunuch rode on the heads of civil officials to live a good life! The eunuchs felt that they saw a hope. One became Zheng He's second, third, and even Zheng Huaizhong's second, third. Not only was he extremely majestic, he could even be famous in history, and they all set up a plan for the Western Conference. Even if they could not be a regular envoy, a deputy envoy or a eunuch in charge of the affairs, it would be a glorious thing!

"Get up, Fu Mingde, how are the muskets and grenades I told you to make? The quality is OK, right?" Yang Jingwei was most afraid of this quality problem. As soon as he came up, he asked this quality problem.

This time, Fu Mingde was no longer afraid of the quality of the musket. After the musket was built, in a few days, a group of craftsmen would always be drawn to test the gun with their own muskets. The craftsmen who could make problems with the muskets were basically lying on the bed. The remaining craftsmen were trembling in making muskets, and if they made a slight mistake, they would remade them, for fear of giving themselves a blowout when they tested the muskets.

"Report to Your Majesty, I can guarantee that there will be no quality problems now... Alas, this is 100% problem. Even if there is a problem, it will never explode and will not hurt the shooter. At most, it will be some problems that are not silenced or accurate..." Fu Mingde originally wanted to pat his chest and promise that there will be no more problems. Think about it, this emperor is a shrewd and powerful master. He should not be too full of words. Otherwise, if the emperor makes something wrong, wouldn't he be in trouble? Fu Mingde no longer wants to test the fire with the musket that he didn't know would explode.

"Well, that's good. My partner, I'll call a group of guards, draw a group of guns, and go to the school to supervise the gun test. I can't go there anymore, and I'm waiting for news here." Yang Jingwei was too tired. Although he had slept for a while, he was unwilling to supervise the gun test job personally, so he had to do it for him.

"As for your order, Your Majesty, I will do it now." Wang Chengen immediately ordered a Jinyiwei Qianhu to do what the emperor had assigned.

"Fu Mingde, how was your grenade made? How much was it made? How much was it made? How lethal?" Yang Jing was very concerned about this thing. According to Sun Chengzong's meaning, this thing will become a combat weapon for the defensive side and a weapon to consume the strength of wild boar skin. It is an export product prepared to be exported to North Korea. It is estimated that the first batch of arms export trade will have to be opened from this grenade, and of course we have to pay more attention.
Chapter completed!