The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 110

"Student Wei Jin, I have met my emperor."

"student…"

After being brought into the imperial study room, more than a dozen supervising students prayed excitedly, but none of them bowed down.

In fact, except for ceremonies in the Emperor's Palace or important occasions, civil servants and generals in the Ming Dynasty did not need to kneel. Of course, it is another matter if you insist on kneeling to show loyalty.

"You don't need to be too polite, just sit down. Today is an academic exchange, so you don't have to be restrained!" Zhu Cihong waved his hands and smiled.

These dozen or so students were all following civil servants such as Li Banghua and Ni Yuanlu, and took the initiative to raise their swords to escort and kill thieves, so Zhu Cihong had a good impression of them. Although he had never met them, he secretly wrote down their names one by one. .

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing what His Majesty said, all the supervisors relaxed a lot and took their seats one after another, acting neither humble nor overbearing.

"You are all rare young talents in my Ming Dynasty, and they are loyal to me and Daming. Now that the country is in ruins, and the imperial court is in the midst of employing people, I originally wanted to use you again, but the imperial court has its own selection system. I can't make an exception, I want to open Enke next year, are you all sure?"

Zhu Cihong looked at them and said slowly, compared to those civil servants, he finally saw some vigor and ambition in this group of people.

"Your Majesty favors me, and the students will definitely go all out to strive for high school, and I have served Your Majesty!"

"Students must also do their best..."

When everyone heard what His Majesty said, they became even more excited, and they all stood up to express their determination, vowing to go to high school.

Zhu Cihong poured cold water on it.

"So, I'm not sure? What should I do?"

Everyone immediately lowered their heads in embarrassment, thinking to themselves, Your Majesty, shouldn't you encourage me at this time?Why do you say such insulting words instead?
"Well, how about this, I will personally send the imperial conquest to attack the traitors and thieves in Datong and Xuanfu in the near future. If you are willing, you can go with me and gain military merits. If you fail the ranking, I will also arrange a meeting for you." How's your military job?"

Zhu Cihong said after thinking about it.

"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike us for being powerless, we are naturally willing to follow Shengjia to the death."

"However, there is no need for a military position. If a student fails the exam, he will study hard and wait for his next grade. Even if he spends his whole life, he must go to high school and serve His Majesty!"

"Students also swear..."

Except for one or two people, almost no one else is willing to give up literature to pursue military or military positions.

Obviously, even now that Zhu Cihong puts more emphasis on military personnel and despises civil servants, the more than 100-year-old culture has penetrated into the bone marrow, and it cannot be changed in a short time.

What's more, although His Majesty is using warriors now, but after the world is settled, he will definitely suppress warriors and continue to use civil servants.

And everyone knows their own abilities, and the Jinshi can still fight hard, but it is almost impossible to confer a title and worship a general based on military merits.

Zhu Cihong also frowned when he saw that they were so repulsive to join the military. After cleaning up the demons and monsters of the Xuanfu in Datong this time, he planned to implement the New Deal in the two places, check for omissions and make up for omissions, so as to prepare for the future.

Soldiers and generals alone cannot do it, and a large number of literati who can read and write must be assisted, so he aimed at the supervisors of the Imperial College.

After all, these people have not been polluted by the officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty, and most of them still have ideals and ambitions in their hearts, but they are often used as gunmen by civil officials.

"How about this, I'm going to do something special to allow you to continue to study for the imperial examination after you have a military position, and once you are in high school, the grade will not change, and you will be directly sent to the local government to be an official, at most you can be a magistrate!"

"But it will take three years before you can take the imperial examination. Anyway, you are not sure. It is better to study and do things at the same time."

Although Zhu Cihong can let them do things without giving them military positions, but after all, the name is not right, and he can also force them to give up the imperial examination to do things for him, but the effect is not as good as voluntary?

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone looked at each other, they were all overjoyed, they didn't understand, this is simply a great grace.

It's easy to be a fifth- and sixth-rank military officer in three years, and once you're in high school, you can go directly to the county magistrate, and if you're lucky, you can even become the magistrate directly.

"Then you go back and tell your classmates that you can sign up as long as you want, Wei Jin, and you will be in charge of the statisticians."

"It's Your Majesty!"

Wei Jin replied excitedly, while the others looked envious.

After everyone left, Zhu Cihong was just about to draw up a pen to continue to improve the New Deal between the two places, when Princess Kunxing unexpectedly came to see her.

"Greetings to the emperor, I beg the emperor to be the master for my sister!" Kunxing Princess Zhu Yu immediately knelt down as soon as she entered.

"Hurry up, imperial sister, it's really against the sky, saying, whoever bullies you, I will have to take his skin off."

Zhu Cihong was furious, and quickly helped her up.

"It's the queen mother..." Aunt Zhu lowered her head and whispered.

"What? Queen Mother?"

Zhu Cihong looked embarrassed, and then reprimanded: "Nonsense, how could the queen mother bully you? You must be naughty and disobedient, and made the queen angry, so you were punished, right?"

"Brother Huang, my sister is an adult, how can you still be naughty? It's the queen mother who wants to find a son-in-law for my sister..."

Princess Kunxing lowered her head after speaking.

"This...isn't this a good thing? The imperial sister seems to be fourteen, right?"

Zhu Cihong was taken aback, and then took a look, only to find that this imperial girl was already slim and graceful, and she had indeed reached the age to leave the court in ancient times.

"But my sister still doesn't want to find a son-in-law, but still wants to continue to help the emperor. Brother, you love my son-in-law the most. Can you go and talk to the queen mother?"

Princess Kunxing looked at Zhu Cihong pleadingly.

Since the reform of the inner court, although Zhu Cihong allowed Empress Zhou to continue to supervise the finances, Empress Zhou kept in mind that the harem would not interfere in politics.

The same is true for Zhang Yan, but Princess Kunxing, who is helping behind them, is addicted to it, and still goes to the warehouse every day to count the money and check the account books from time to time.

"Since the imperial sister doesn't want to find a son-in-law now, then wait another two years."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, he only went to high school at the age of 14 in his previous life, and his sister was unwilling, so of course he had to support her.

In his opinion, it's not too bad for a woman to get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, but it doesn't matter for a man.

"Brother Huang, my younger sister knows that you love me the most. Can my younger sister continue to go to the warehouse to check the accounts in the future?"

Princess Kunxing was immediately overjoyed. Fortunately, she kept the royal etiquette since she was a child, and she just showed surprise on her face.

"Young sister can go whenever she wants, but how does Huangxiong feel that you have a special liking for money?"

Zhu Cihong looked at her a little strangely, her own imperial sister counted the money almost every day, and she was extraordinarily serious, she was simply a little money fan.

"No, brother, it's just that my father used to worry about money every day, and my sister thought that it would be great if one day I could have countless silver, so that my father wouldn't have to worry about it, and my mother wouldn't have to sell jewelry... "

Princess Kunxing lowered her voice at the end, knowing that her father and brother were not getting along, she was worried that her words would make him angry.

"I see!"

Zhu Cihong also came to his senses. This girl was obviously affected by Chongzhen's bitter face that worried about money all day long, and she had obsessive-compulsive disorder towards money. Thinking of this, her eyes suddenly lit up and said: "Since the imperial sister likes counting silver so much, brother Huang There is really a good job about money here, and there is an urgent need for trustworthy people to manage it."

"Oh! What is the errand? Can my sister be competent?" Princess Kunxing's eyes lit up.

"Sister Huang, have you ever heard of Qianzhuang Bank?"

"Well, I heard the eunuch and the maid mentioned it, but I don't know much about it. Can the emperor talk to the younger sister?"

Princess Kunxing nodded, then looked curious.

"Of course you can..."

Zhu Cilang smiled, and then explained the specific operation methods of the bank in this era.

He had wanted to open a bank for a long time, and money made money, but there was no suitable candidate.

After all, the bank is too important, and he doesn't feel at ease about entrusting it to anyone except his closest relatives.

And the empress dowagers of the two palaces are definitely inappropriate as opening the imperial store, Liu Xinlan is too busy, and he doesn't want to sell his body anymore, now that he heard that the imperial sister doesn't want to find a son-in-law so early, and likes to count money, he immediately moved his mind.

Because the cost is too great.

The monthly salary of the inner court staff alone is hundreds of thousands, of which artisan households account for half, plus the funds for the three factories and one guard, the monthly salary is nearly one million.

The military salaries of the Fifth Army and the Royal Forest Army also add up to 50 a month, which is because the salaries of civilian officials have not been paid.

Otherwise, the monthly wages and military pay alone would cost upwards of 200 million.

Although he got nearly 2000 million taels of silver in total by ransacking his home, he had already spent nearly half of the half-year military salary plus the Jinyi Weidong factory salary, and he didn't know how to spend it.

If Queen Zhou and Zhang Yan hadn't been in charge of money and food in person, he would have wondered if he had been embezzled again.

It wasn't until this time that he understood Chongzhen's difficulties at the beginning.

In the future, whether it is to build a college, run a lecture hall, build an outer city, or develop the textile industry, a lot of money will be needed.

There is no need to think about collecting taxes for the time being, and the imperial store also does not want to make money in a short time, so it can only continue to attack the remaining nobles. After all, they can add up to at least 4000 to [-] million taels.

But from time to time, it will definitely not work to directly raid the house like before.

That's why he wanted to set up a bank and let those nobles deposit all their money or let them buy shares.

Then use these silver as the principal, and then issue treasure notes, so that it will be revitalized.

He doesn't need to care about those nobles who are all as rich as the enemy. After all, there will always be poor and rich. This is unavoidable.

But he couldn't tolerate them burying the silver in the cellar to mold, and even if it wasn't used, it had to be deposited in the bank.

"Brother Huang, those nobles regard money as their life, and my sister is worried that they will not easily deposit money in our bank!"

Apparently even Princess Kunxing could figure it out, this is the emperor's brother asking for money from those nobles.

"Hehe, Brother Huang is not Emperor Father, they will save it." Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

"Brother Huang, do you want to drive it now?" Seeing him, Princess Kunxing didn't say anything, and didn't ask in detail, but was a little eager to try.

"Don't worry, go to Aunt Liu and ask her for a hundred maids, and then learn the ten numbers and the bookkeeping method with them. Brother Huang will give you one month. If you fail the assessment, the emperor will Brother is about to change."

Zhu Cilang took out a hand-painted booklet and handed it to her. On it was the correspondence table of ten Arabic numerals, as well as some modern bookkeeping methods and illustration text explanations.

It was originally prepared for the supervisors, but now it can only be given to her first.

As long as he has a cultural background, a good memory, and is willing to work hard, he believes that he will be able to master it very quickly.

After all, ten Arabic numerals are too simple.

"Okay! It's not too late, sister Chen will leave now and go find Aunt Liu."

Princess Kunxing flipped through it and said confidently, saluted, and left in a hurry.

Seeing that she was in such a hurry, Zhu Cihong just smiled wryly, then got up and went to the Baochao Department and Banking Bureau, ready to make some arrangements first.

(End of this chapter)