Zhao Ming frowned slightly and looked at the many gentry and merchants in the hall. It seemed that they thought the Lone King was coming to beg for food.

Zhao Ming felt a little unhappy, but he couldn't blame them.

After all, he is here to attract investment, and others are unwilling to do so, and they cannot force others.

Zhao Ming glanced at everyone and fell on Cheng Bi, but found that this old friend had no intention of taking the lead in supporting him.

This is a very bad sign. Although Zhao Ming has always encouraged industry and commerce and indulged the gentry and merchants in Jiangnan, he does not want them to lose control.

The path that the Lone King wants to take is state capitalism under centralization, and important industries need to be controlled by the court, and they do not want the businessman's power to lose control.

After all, merchants are seeking profit. If they cannot control them, they will evolve into a group that is just for their own interests during the Donglin Party period, becoming a cancer of the imperial court.

Although he can't even claim to fight Mien to promote Mie hatred now, Zhao Ming felt that he was a little indulging in these old guys.

Zhao Ming suddenly stood up, "Since you are unwilling to participate in the development of Huainan coal mine, then the Gu Wang will not force you! The court will accept your support to the people of Jiangbei. I will replace the people of Jiangbei. Thank you for your generous donation!"

Since they are unwilling to invest, they don’t have any opportunities to make money when they come to their doors and insist on sponsoring for free, then Lord Han Wang has no choice.

It is rare to see such generous and careless gentry and merchants.

Everyone felt a little embarrassed when they saw this.

To be honest, the King of Han opened the sea and made everyone make a lot of money. Now the King of Han is here to find everyone and start a company. What if he loses money?

Just for a few stinky money, I just fooled it like this, and it didn't seem very authentic.

The big merchant Shen Changnian hurriedly smiled and said, "The Regent will definitely take part in the next time he needs it!"

Zhao Ming waved his hand, "Forget it! Let's stop here!"

After saying that, Zhao Ming got up and left.

I originally wanted to bring them rich, but they didn't want to, so what's the point of forcing them?

When everyone saw Zhao Ming leaving directly, they couldn't help but feel scared.

"Aren't the Regent angry?" a merchant said worriedly.

"We donated a total of 200,000 taels, which is a lot!" said a gentleman.

"But, after all, we have received a lot of favor from Your Highness!" said another merchant.

"You can't say that. We will pay more taxes than before!" said the old gentry Wang Feng.

This duke was originally the Minister of the Hongguang Dynasty and joined Qian Qianyi in Qing Dynasty.

"Yes, now there are ten taxes and one in ten! The tax is too heavy!"

The merchants are still a little brave. After all, scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have been suppressed for thousands of years and cannot be strong. They are inevitably nervous, but the gentry is obviously more courageous.

People's hearts are always insufficient. They support the King of Han and become the Regent. They inevitably hope that the Regent can seek more benefits for them.

...

Zhao Ming did not stay in Songjiang, and left the county government and left the city directly without taking a bite of lunch.

"Regent, Jiangdong merchants are unwilling to join the coal mine in Huainan?" Chen Mingyu asked after catching up with Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming slowed down a little and said in a deep voice: "Let the young and strong among the refugees carry out mining first and clear the river."

Although Ajige took away hundreds of thousands of young and strong people in Jiangbei, there were still 20,000 to 30,000 of the 50,000 and 600,000 refugees.

Chen Mingyu actually didn't quite understand why Zhao Ming had to mine coal.

After all, Jiangnan is not as cold as the north, and winter is not that cold. People cut some firewood, prepare some platycodon, and deal with it casually, and winter will pass.

"The regent, among the refugees, there are few young and strong people. Now they are asked to mine and clear the canal. What should I do if the land in Jiangbei?" Chen Mingyu couldn't help but question.

Zhao Ming had an idea in his mind, "The Ministry of Revenue will count wasteland and uninhabited land, then purchase a batch of land, conduct a shareholding, form several manors, and all grow cotton. In this way, women, the elderly, and even children can help pick cotton. However, one thing must be noted is that the court must occupy more than 50% of the shares and participate in the formulation of employee treatment. However, the court does not interfere in the operation and can leave it to the people for management."

"This matter is kept confidential for the time being, and do not disclose it to avoid someone raising the land price!" Zhao Ming instructed.

Chen Ming's eyes lit up, this is indeed a solution.

"Mr. Chen, after returning to Nanjing, he released news to the Guwang that the court would establish a Ming mining company, led by Guwang, the emperor and the court to offer shares to the private sector! Similarly, the government shares would account for more than 50%!" Zhao Ming said, and then he grabbed the horse's belly and galloped away.

Chen Mingyu shook his head and knew that the Regent was angry.

Nanjing.

Zhao Ming returned to Nanjing and sent the cabinet, stamped the backlog of memorials, and then sent it to the cabinet, which was sent to the six departments, which were copied by the staff, reviewed and sent to the corresponding officials for their work.

Zhao Ming has not changed the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty now. The evolution of the Chinese system has actually been relatively complete.

If the cabinet gives opinions on state affairs and proposes solutions, the Regent has the power to make decisions, control the seal, and decide whether to implement the solutions given by the cabinet.

If it is not implemented, then it will be returned to the cabinet and re-discussed. If it is implemented, then stamp it and send it back to the cabinet.

At this time, the Six Departments will copy the plans to be implemented. If a loophole is found during the period and it is not feasible, it can also be "banned" back to the cabinet. If there is no problem, it will be sent to the corresponding yamen. Executors such as the Six Departments and the Local Three Departments will implement the strategy in detail.

Suggestions, decisions, reviews, and implementation are all available, and at least temporarily, this system is not out of date.

In this system, Zhao Ming, the regent, actually replaced the inner court's literati, and combined the power of holding a pen, hand-written seal, and using seals to completely replace the emperor.

After handling the accumulated affairs, Zhao Ming ordered the cabinet to take advantage of the power he gained to expel the Qing army in Jiangbei and issue an order to allow local vassal lords to come to Nanjing to pay homage.

Zhao Ming mentioned this matter before, and this time, the old matter was mentioned again, and Du Yinxi, Jiang Yueguang, and Yang Weizhi did not object.

Then one thing is about convening the imperial examination next year and conducting the imperial examination to win the imperial examination.

Generally speaking, after the new emperor ascended the throne, a term of imperial examinations would be held, commonly known as Enke.

Because the imperial examination time has passed this year, it is scheduled to be held next year.

After finishing these two things, Zhao Ming threw the government affairs to the cabinet and went to the Ministry of Works. He spent every day with the craftsmen. He didn't know what he was doing, but when he came back at night, he hurriedly stamped the seal.

This made the court and the public somewhat criticized. The emperor played women in the harem all day long, and the regent stayed in the Ministry of Works all day long, hanging with a group of craftsmen, which made many rumors irritated to death.
Chapter completed!