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4948 - Mu Zichuan succeeds

Royal Palace.

Xuanzheng Hall.

A few days ago, Qi Xingyun took off the official hat of Li Sanshao, Minister of the Household, in public, and has not yet appointed a new Minister of the Household.

In the past, one of the six ministers of the household department, an important official of the court, would have been scrambled for such a seat long ago.

But this time the situation is very different, and no one is willing to take up this position.

Daqi's finances are a mess, the treasury is empty, the west has been suffering year after year, and the east is still fighting. The Ministry of Households is a real hot pot. Anyone who jumps into it may be boiled alive.

Li Sanshao could still be called a capable official back then, at least before he was promoted to Minister of the Household Department, but after he was promoted to Minister of the Household Department, he did nothing. Is it really that he is too incompetent?
Or because the problem is too big!

Qi Xingyun sat on the dragon chair, looked around, and sighed inwardly.

Few of the important ministers in the first hall can really entrust important responsibilities and do things well.

Daqi wants ZTE, it is difficult.

"Zhang Aiqing, the candidate for the Household Secretary, what is the constitution of your cabinet?"

Zhang Tingyu, a scholar, came out of the line, and after saluting, he said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the Cabinet Jian Mu Zichuan has taken up the post of Minister of the Household Department."

"Isn't Mu Zichuan your student? I have ordered him to end Ding You ahead of schedule. At a time when the world is in turmoil, the court is short of people."

"Your Majesty, Mu Zichuan has enough qualifications to take up the post of Secretary of the Household Department." Zhang Tingyu said with a bow.

"Mu Zichuan succeeds as Minister of the Household Department, do you have any objections?"

"The minister has no objection."

It was so easy for Mu Zichuan to succeed him as Minister of the Household Department.

The three cabinet scholars all agreed, and the other ministers just didn't have the heart to enter the quagmire of the Ministry of Household Affairs, so this discussion was easily passed.

After retiring from the court, Qi Xingyun was full of exhaustion. He stayed in the upper study, and the maid kneaded and patted his shoulders for a while, but he was still restless.

The country's affairs are difficult, and there is not even a caring person who can entrust things.

He couldn't help thinking of Yang Ruoqing's good fortune, she was the only one who made money for him.

The wool textile industry is now in operation. Wool from the north is transported from the Tuoba family at a very low price, passed through the machine weaving in the capital, and finally formed into a new type of cloth and shipped to the market for sale.

The profits in this can be said to be huge.

Now that the national treasury is out of money, relying on Mu Zichuan alone is not enough, and finding Yang Ruoqing to solve the problem is also an important way.

"Decree to let Mrs. Zhongyong enter the palace to see me." Qi Xingyun issued the order.

The eunuch who delivered the decree hurriedly brought the decree to Uncle Zhongyong's mansion. In the evening, Yang Ruoqing entered the palace to meet Qi Xingyun.

"The imperial court...is short of money. Now the national treasury is empty, and my internal treasury is also out of money. Even the royal family's expenses are stretched. Qing'er, what do you think I should do?"

Qi Xingyun was a little embarrassed, it's fine if we don't meet, but when we met, we talked about how to make money and how to get money.

On the face of it, Yang Ruoqing doesn't have such a big position, so she always finds a woman who is a woman, this emperor deserves it, it's very hypocritical.

"Isn't there any excess money from taxation?" Yang Ruoqing supported her chin with her hands, her sleeves were rolled up, revealing a white jade-like arm, she raised her eyebrows, and there was a little tiredness between them.

These days, there are so many things to do, it is indeed very tiring and exhausting.

"If we can't collect money, I can't raise taxes anymore. Now the people are burdened a lot. If there is another civil uprising, Daqi will be in danger." Qi Xingyun looked gloomy, and there was already a strand of white hair on his temples. It does little harm to the body.

"Isn't Mu Zichuan newly appointed as Minister of the Household Department? Why don't you ask him to solve the trouble?" Yang Ruoqing covered her mouth with her hand, she was afraid that she would yawn in the next moment, and she planned to take a good rest at night.

"He wants to go to the south of the Yangtze River to raise money. The three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, more than half of the tax burden of the imperial court comes from the south of the Yangtze River, and the richest people are the best in the world." Qi Xingyun said.

"Difficult, this matter is extremely difficult, Mu Zichuan can't do it alone."

"I told him not to go for the time being, but to rectify Jiangnan, this is not the time." Qi Xingyun sighed.

"Then issue stocks. The Daxia tribe in the west still belongs to Daqi, and there is a large area of ​​land in the far west..."

"When we raise a large amount of funds, we must first package the Daxia tribe as a whole and go public. First, we must first calculate the approximate amount of money needed, and then we will release the shares of the stock in a targeted manner."

"Moreover, since we want to list them as a whole, we need to paint a moving prospect, and there must be profits. In this, what is the prospect and profit?"

"Of course the land."

"Your Majesty, all the stockholders who invested in silver, on the one hand, fed the barbarians of the Daxia tribe and provided them with good weapons. After they went west, they hunted and killed other tribes. Everything they got The spoils, how to distribute them, the land they obtained, how to make a profit, and how to distribute it, how to protect the interests of shareholders in the future, and how to distribute dividends."

"I have calculated that a lot of land in the west is not useless. A lot of land can be auctioned off. When my science and technology park develops a better car to allow both sides to pass, those seemingly useless land, They can make a lot of money.”

"And once it really enters the Far West, there are still many inexhaustible resources, including minerals, timber, beasts, etc., as well as fields suitable for farming."

"The so-called stocks are just telling a story. If the story is well told, someone will pay for it. People must see the prospect and see the benefits, and then someone will invest money like crazy."

Qi Xingyun's eyes lit up, and he realized that Yang Ruoqing's idea was a bit cruel, she was clearly using an invisible knife to kill people, and those people had to be slaughtered willingly, it was absolutely impossible.

"Is it the wool business of the World Business Alliance, and the joint-stock system is like this?" Qi Xingyun asked, he didn't know much about it.

"It's roughly like this, but the wool business can really make money. Well, maybe it can really make money in the future, but it's hard to say now. The imperial court must release the benefits of westward expansion from time to time, build a station, build a wharf , build a road, and get something, and so on, to set up a Westward Alliance to take care of this kind of thing." Yang Ruoqing explained.

"Okay, I'll take care of it right away, but I have to send someone to contact the people of Daxia in the west, tell them my decision, and deal with this mess." Qi Xingyun said.

"Let Mu Zichuan go. Didn't he just take office as Minister of the Household Department? Getting money for the treasury is what he must do, so let him serve as the president of the Westward Alliance for this matter, and he can handle matters with full authority gone."

Yang Ruoqing threw out Mu Zichuan without hesitation, a dead fellow is not a poor fellow, so don't take it on yourself.

(End of this chapter)