The emperor's question left Yang Tinghe and Jiang Mian speechless. Is your little emperor really stupid or are you just pretending to be stupid?
Now even if we have the ability, we will not help you solve the problem. Besides...the court's expenses have always been unclear and confusing. Whenever something happens to the Ming Dynasty, it is normal for the treasury to be tight. The Ministry of Household Affairs has
There are various gaps waiting to be filled, so why fill this hole?
Jiang Mian said: "Your Majesty, the expenditure of coastal defense is really difficult to meet the turnover of the Household Department." Zhu Si frowned: "You asked Sun Shangshu of the Household Transfer Department in advance for his opinion?" Jiang Mian choked back.
He is not the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, but he is answering these questions for the Ministry of Hubu, as if he, a cabinet bachelor, can command and dispatch the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu... Although this is normal, Sun Jiao is indeed under the control of the cabinet, but
Even if it is the truth, it cannot be admitted in front of the emperor.
Fortunately, Zhu Si did not dwell on this issue and continued to ask: "If the turnover of the household department cannot be opened, is there no other way?" Jiang Mian was about to deny it, but Yang Tinghe heard some clues and immediately stopped Jiang Mian from speaking out.
"His Majesty."
Yang Tinghe personally stood up and said, "If we want to make a temporary turnover, we may have to wait until the spring famine is over next year, or we can transfer some from the nearby expenditure budget."
Zhu Si asked puzzledly: "What about the expenditure budget? Does that mean that we should put aside other things in advance and use the money and food to strengthen coastal defense? But can we ensure that it can be filled in time after the spring famine next year without delaying the business?"
Also, what would be a more appropriate thing to put down first?”
Although the little emperor has no solution, he is still very serious.
Yang Tinghe said: "If there is another way, your Majesty can come forward and let the ministers go and make arrangements."
Zhu Si shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Mr. Yangge, I have contributed a lot to the northwest expenditure, right? Why do you need me to fill the gaps in the court in the future? I said before that I would build a temple for my father, but now the project has not been completed.
It is in stagnation and the money cannot be transferred."
Yang Ting and Xin said that it was just right to stop work. It would leave you with no money and the internal treasury would be empty. If you were to be an emperor in name only, nothing would be accomplished.
If I really give you a large sum of money, I don't know what you will do. "Your Majesty..."
Jiang Mian heard what Yang Tinghe meant. Now he couldn't say that it couldn't be solved, but he wanted to talk about the "overall situation". The previous situation where the emperor raised money and food on his own and left the civil servants aside could not happen again.
Overall.
We raise difficulties with you to show that things are difficult to handle, but as long as the overall situation is taken into account, we can still fix the problem for you, but you have to listen to us.
But just as Jiang Mian came out, he was interrupted again by Zhu Si: "Needless to say, Mr. Jiang Ge, I actually have another way. Maybe I can raise money and food worth 200,000 taels of silver."
Jiang Mian was about to continue talking, but when he heard this, he looked at Yang Tinghe in surprise.
I was still saying before that this little emperor shouldn't be able to make silver by himself. Could it be that we are all wrong and he can really make it?
Yang Tinghe sneered in his heart. You, the little emperor, really don’t know the heights of heaven and earth. Hey... aren’t you willing to take on this job? You can do it!
If you can transfer two hundred thousand taels of silver to the imperial court, we will be happy and free. If you handle it this time, we will ask for it from you next time... until we drain you dry.
Yang Tinghe bowed and said, "I would like to hear the details."
Zhu Sidao: "That's right. Someone told me before that in the middle of Zhengde period, iron ore was discovered around the capital, but it was not exploited properly. What I want is to find someone to mine this batch of iron ore and cast it into weapons, so that the southeast coast can be defended.
We have the ordnance. As for the food shortage... I heard that there are some coal mines around the capital that have not been mined, and I want to hand them over to others to take care of them. The sale of coal can fill the gap."
The history of using coal in China is very early, with mining records dating back to the Warring States Period. The name coal began in the Ming Dynasty, and northerners still mostly call it "coal".
The "Hefen Yanxian Lu" written by the current political figure Lu Shen mentions coal in detail: "...People in the Northeast call it Yuanzhao, people in the South call it coal, and people in Shanxi call it coal."
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he immediately objected: "Your Majesty, coal and iron are the pillars of our Ming Dynasty. They cannot be left to outsiders."
Zhu Si frowned: "Mr. Yang Ge, what do you mean? Do you think I want to hand over the mining of coal and iron ore to market traders? (This chapter is not finished, click on the next page to continue)
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Jia? Then wouldn’t I be handing over my family property to others?”
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he was puzzled, is that not what you meant?
Zhu Si stood up and said: "Two pavilion elders, it is you who have proposed that the Ming Dynasty lacks military pay and ordnance in the southeastern coastal defense. Now I am here to find a way, just to make some coal and iron mines that have not been mined before be well developed.
, I will find someone from the North Korean technical secondary school to take charge... Do you think I want to sell these things to merchants in the market?"
Originally, Yang Tinghe thought that this was what the emperor meant, but now that the emperor is educating them sternly, it seems that he, Yang Tinghe, has a villain's heart and a gentleman's heart.
Jiang Mian couldn't stand listening anymore and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, mining coal and iron requires a huge amount of manpower and material resources.
Moreover, the iron ore and coal mines that have not yet been mined are not enough to solve the long-standing shortcomings of southeastern coastal defense. Please consider the overall situation and find other ways."
Zhu Sidao: "I also know that it will definitely cost a certain amount of money and food to mine these things buried deep in the ground, but the figures are still acceptable to me... I just want to use my small to make a big difference, otherwise I will just rely on the imperial treasury.
Turnaround, I don’t know how long it will take.”
Jiang Mian continued: "Even if we go to make preparations immediately and everything goes as planned, it will take several years before we can achieve results."
"Two pavilion elders, you are too conservative! As long as I find people from the court to mine, I can sell iron and coal first and let the merchants contribute money and efforts. If they make a profit, I will give them certain benefits. If they lose money, it will be them.
Come and bear it, I won't suffer any loss." Zhu Si followed Zhu Hao's suggestion and finally revealed the plan.
When Yang Tinghe heard this, he said he didn't want to sell off the mining rights? He asked the merchants for money. Does that mean that the merchants are allowed to contribute money and effort to the mining, and the merchants are responsible for the profits and losses?
Yang Tinghe looked very angry: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"
Zhu Sidao: "I know what Mr. Yang Ge means. Yang Ge always thinks that since I have taken money from those merchants, I will share the mining benefits with them. In fact, this is not the case. I only raise funds from them.
...It means that if they invest money, I can sell the mined ore to them to make up for their initial investment, but if it is not mined... they will admit defeat."
"Your Majesty!" Yang Tinghe was annoyed.
Are you not only treating our two cabinet ministers as bastards, but also the businessmen of the world?
Jiang Mian immediately came out and admonished: "Your Majesty, merchants will never put their money in unprofitable places. If your Majesty asks someone from the court to mine, it will only cost money. Please take it back!"
Zhu Si squinted his eyes and looked at the two of them: "I have no success, I am just discussing with you whether this is okay. If you have a better idea, it is up to you to propose it... Now I will put forward my idea
When I say it, you just deny it, but the question is...have you asked those merchants? How do you know that after I made this matter public, no merchants were willing to invest money?"
Jiang Mian was very anxious when he heard this. Has this emperor never seen the world?
Why do you think that merchants would throw tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels of silver into the sea? Do you think that merchants would believe that the court could dig some places where ore has never been mined, and there must be something to gain?
Yang Tinghe seemed to have thought of something, and raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, if this matter really needs to be carried out, who should be in charge?"
Zhu Si sighed: "This is also a big problem. This matter involves too much. I don't know who will be responsible. But... the head of the Household Department, Tang Qing's family, is in line with my wishes. It's a pity that he has been taking care of the imperial village."
.....Oh no, it should be called official land now."
Yang Tinghe said calmly: "If His Majesty really wants to push forward, you can let Tang Yin put down the management of the official land and let him concentrate on this matter."
Jiang Mian looked at Yang Tinghe in surprise, as if to say, what do you mean? Do you agree with the little emperor's absurd proposal?
Zhu Si was also a little surprised and asked: "Does Mr. Yang Ge support my idea?"
Yang Tinghe sighed: "There is no better way now, not to mention that the New Year is about to change, and there are many affairs in the DPRK. If it is postponed to the next year, I am afraid it will be more troublesome to solve the matter."
"OK."
Zhu Si smiled and said, "It's rare that Mr. Yang and I thought of going together. If the two elders have no objection, then I will be there tomorrow. (This chapter is not finished, click on the next page to continue)
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This matter was brought up in court, but since the Tang Qing family has put aside the official land affairs and is only handling the matter as the head of the household department, I am afraid that this official position... is somewhat inappropriate."
Yang Tinghe said: "You can adjust Yu Heng, the head of the Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Industry."
In fact, the Ming Dynasty did not have official positions directly in charge of mining iron ore and coal mines. Even the so-called salt and iron official camp, after the Tang Dynasty, only formed a situation of salt official camp and iron taxation.
Just like the Ming Dynasty had a Salt Class Promotion Department and a Salt Transport Department, but there were no full-time yamen for iron, coal and other minerals. Relatively speaking, because the Yu Heng Qing Li Department of the Ministry of Industry had responsibilities such as purchasing metals and saltpeter, Yang Tinghe thought that it could be satisfied
Zhu Si's demand was at least to remove Tang Yin from the position of managing the imperial village first, because this matter would have a great impact on the court's regulations.
Zhu Sidao: "How can a director of the Ministry of Works be responsible for such a big thing? At least he should be a doctor of the Ministry of Works." Jiang Mian came out and said: "Your Majesty, Yu Heng, a doctor of the Ministry of Works, is responsible for too many things, and the person who presides over it may be
It’s difficult to be distracted from things like supervising mining operations.”
"Then set up a special mining doctor..." Zhu Siyi was angry. The less you want Tang Yin to be the doctor of the Ministry of Industry, the more I must insist.
When Yang Tinghe saw it, the little emperor became angry again.
He took the initiative to take a step back and said: "Your Majesty, it is better for Tang Yin to take charge of this matter as Yu Heng, the official secretary of the Ministry of Industry."
Zhu Si thought that after all, Yuan Wai Lang was a fifth-rank servant, at least one level higher than the chief. He immediately nodded and said: "Then this matter is settled. After it is discussed in court tomorrow, it will be implemented."
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