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Chapter 220

Open the Yellow River, dam the Jing River, and irrigate the fields.

Yang Reform thinks this is really good. This is much simpler than the one who immigrated to Dongting Lake. The most important thing is that this has a precedent and has been doing it all the time. It only needs to expand the scale. It is much simpler than immigrating to Dongting Lake. .

"Gentlemen, do you have any opinions?" Yang Reform decided to cut the mess quickly. This matter is worth doing, so let's do it.

Courtiers, look at me, I look at you, and no one raised any objections to this matter. If Xu Guangqi hadn’t moved millions of immigrants to the south, then this small immigrant would have opened the embankments of the Yellow River and the Jing River. Guan Yutian's suggestion is worth talking about. This small immigrant may send an imperial envoy, which is worth fighting for. The small immigrants are really not able to do it.

"It's fine if you don't have any opinions. Then, this matter will be settled. When the overall plan for disaster relief and immigration is finalized in the future, let's merge it together." Yang Reform quickly dealt with this matter.

The ministers had no objections, and the matter passed like this.

"Okay, is there something wrong with the Qing family?" Yang Reform felt very annoyed. This has not yet come to the issue of minting rights. Now, it should also come to the issue of minting rights. Make some money to do it.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to report."

"What's the matter, tell me!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that if your Majesty changes his name to ascend the throne, as a rule, it is necessary to mint new money to inform the people of the world and let all people know of His Majesty's kindness. Your Majesty, I propose to issue new money." The minister finally said He told Yang Reform what he wanted to hear.

Yang Reform was delighted, pretending to be indifferent on the surface, and said: "Everyone, let's talk about it."

"I want to report to Your Majesty, I believe that when Your Majesty ascends the throne and changes the Yuan, the new emperor should have a new look and mint new coins. It is only right and proper. It should be done, and I agree." Shi Fenglai was the first one to stand up for the emperor again.

Many other ministers also nodded, this is indeed a great right of the new emperor, this is hardly worth discussing.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that private casting and random casting are very popular in various places. The upside-down copper coins are rough and rotten, and the people complain. I believe that this has seriously damaged the imperial court's principles and laws and ruined the prestige of the imperial court. I believe that, It is necessary to strictly rectify and completely restore the prestige of our imperial coins, and now is the time for Your Majesty to mint new coins, and I think that it is time to rectify and relieve the suffering of our Ming people." A minister also stood up and told It is hoped that the chaos of minting coins in various places in the Ming Dynasty can be completely resolved with the help of the emperor's issuance of new coins.

"I report to Your Majesty, and the minister agrees. Thinking about these years, Wei Ni has been rampant, and the bad things have been issued indiscriminately, which has caused the coinage to be corrupted and cannot be dealt with. His Majesty's sage,... Wei Ni's obedience should be rectified and returned to the people of the world." It's time for justice." A minister came out to speak out, and blamed Wei Zhongxian on the issue of bad coins.

Now, when it comes to Wei Zhongxian, the people in the court can't stop. This Wei Zhongxian has harmed many people. Now, many people have returned to their posts and returned to the court. They hate Wei Zhongxian's party To the bone, when someone mentioned Wei Zhongxian, they were all indignant and came out to scold him.In this court, there are still many people who are related to Wei Zhongxian and should have stepped down. However, Yang Reform specially kept a lot of them in order to balance the court situation.

After a few moments, the coinage chaos turned into the Wei party's troubles, and turned into street rats. Everyone shouted and beat him. Yang Reform looked at it and thought it was funny. This matter is too easy, so many people are trust?
"In that case, the matter of minting coins is indeed of great importance, and there is no delay. It should be rectified, and rectification is urgently needed. Then... the matter of minting coins is the responsibility of that yamen?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the household department is responsible for minting coins. Under the household department, there is Baoquan Bureau, which specializes in minting coins. Every province has a money bureau, which can mint coins." The Minister of the household department stood up and answered the question.

"Since the Ministry of Households is under the jurisdiction and the Baoquan Bureau is responsible, then the Baoquan Bureau will come up with a rectification method and submit it to me after the Ministry of Households reviews it. This matter should be done as soon as possible. I hope to see a solution as soon as possible. The solution. Do you understand? There are mints in every province? Is there too much? No wonder the coins are so poorly made, and the people complain a lot. "Yang Reform took advantage of the trend and preliminarily settled the matter of minting the coin and collecting the right to mint it. Next, he is preparing to issue silver coins.

"I obey." The Secretary of the Household Department agreed.

The matter of minting coins has finally come to an end, Yang Reform heaved a sigh of relief, the next court affairs, there is nothing important, some trivial matters.

After the court, Yang Reform said to Wang Chengen: "Big Companion, go and invite the two masters to the Wenhua Palace, and Bi Ziyan." Today's facts are really bad. Xu Guangqi made a fuss if he didn't communicate with himself in advance. Such a big plan.

After a while, Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi, and Bi Ziyan came to Wenhua Hall.

Yang Reform also just sat down.

After the three people greeted each other.

Yang Reform couldn't wait to ask: "Master Xu, why didn't you talk to me about such a big matter! I'm really passive."

Xu Guangqi also looked helpless, and explained: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that I didn't report to His Majesty in advance, there was really no sign in advance! I don't know why someone proposed to provide disaster relief in advance. This, I am also very upset." Helpless, there are still many imperfections in the minister's disaster relief and emigration strategy. I originally planned to wait for His Majesty's right to mint coins to be clarified before reporting this matter to His Majesty. How did you know that someone proposed to provide disaster relief in advance, and I was caught off guard? Ah!" Xu Guangqi looked aggrieved.

"Ah! Master Xu didn't ask you to do this?" Yang Reform said firmly. Yang Reform had always thought that Xu Guangqi had asked him to do this. Now, Yang Reform was puzzled. Who is this? It's so wicked, it's okay to poke the basket!

Xu Guangqi was very ashamed, and said: "Your Majesty, I didn't plan to talk about this matter now! I originally planned to wait for the coinage of Your Majesty to be recovered, and then talk to Your Majesty about the immigration disaster relief, because I found out that using 20 taels Silver and twenty silver coins can save a lot of money, so I think it's better to discuss this matter with His Majesty after the matter of His Majesty's coinage is settled, how can you know..." Xu Guangqi was quite wronged, this was really being punished by others. This messed up the situation. Originally, Xu Guangqi wanted to wait for the emperor's coinage to be settled, and then directly use the emperor's silver coins as the resettlement fee. In this way, the resettlement fee of 20 taels of silver alone could save a lot.

When Yang Reform heard it, it made sense. That's right, this matter must be arranged after the minting of coins, which can indeed save a lot of money. So, who brought this matter up in court today?coincide?

Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, I think this incident is probably just a coincidence. I am afraid that someone who received reports from various places felt that the matter was urgent. It is a good intention. It is not sincere to hurt His Majesty."

Yang Reform thought for a while, and felt that this incident might really be a coincidence.

Although Xu Guangqi shocked everyone in the court today and created the first fat official in the Chongzhen Dynasty for the court, he was also extremely unhappy in his heart. He had countless grievances to vomit, and said: "...Your Majesty, disaster relief is placed on minting silver coins. Afterwards, turning all the silver into silver coins can save 1000% of the cost. I originally planned to spend 900 million yuan, but if I use silver coins, I only need [-] million yuan. Therefore, I think that the matter of minting coins should be stepped up..."

Xu Guangqi was full of grievances, and spit it out through this statement. This obvious right to mint coins takes precedence over disaster relief, because if silver coins are used for disaster relief, the silver coins can save [-]% of the money. It is impossible for him to let go of this opportunity. On the side, he reiterated that he was not the one who asked him to ask for the early disaster relief in the court. This matter involved his impression in the emperor's mind, so he had to reiterate it repeatedly.

Yang Reform nodded, using silver coins for disaster relief, indeed, can save [-]% of the silver, such a good thing, Xu Guangqiru will not let it go, then, who did the early disaster relief in the court?Make yourself so embarrassed and depressed?
Sun Chengzong said: "Your Majesty, since the matter of disaster relief in advance is a foregone conclusion, then I think it is better to consider how to provide disaster relief in advance." Sun Chengzong came out again to smooth things over. There was a little estrangement between individuals, and Sun Chengzong decided to eliminate this estrangement. Sun Chengzong still liked Xu Guangqi's work.

"Well, indeed, now it's time to discuss how to emigrate and provide disaster relief. It's just right if it's ahead of time. Otherwise, no matter how late, I'm afraid that the edict will take too much time to travel on the road, and it won't be able to catch up with the disaster relief. That would be bad." "Yang Reform didn't pursue this matter any more. Maybe it was just a coincidence. The key to discuss now is the issue of resettlement and disaster relief. This issue involves too many and too big. Yang Reform is now There is no overall consideration.

"I report to Your Majesty, it won't be late. Didn't Your Majesty ask the minister to prepare in advance? The minister has already entrusted someone to spend tens of thousands of taels in the south of the Yangtze River and ordered a lot of food. This, as long as your majesty gives an order, the minister ordered These grains can be shipped to Shaanxi as the first batch of disaster relief grain," Xu Guangqi said.

"Well, very good. Now, I don't worry about it. I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the disaster relief. Now that I have Master Xu, I feel more at ease." Forget it all.

"...Since Master Xu has already made a reservation, let's be lucky." Yang Reform secretly hated himself for miscalculating the time and taking the lunar calendar as the Gregorian calendar. It takes a long time to go to Shaanxi, and the grain harvest is in June, and it takes one and a half months to barely catch up.Yang Reform was extremely anxious.I can't wait for the food in the south of the Yangtze River to be shipped immediately.

"...Your Majesty, I only paid a deposit for the food I ordered. If it is to pick up the food, I'm afraid..." Xu Guangqi said carefully.

Yang Reform lamented, asking for money!A penny is hard for a hero. Without money, even an emperor should not think about doing anything. Those who should eat pickles eat pickles, and those who should drink porridge should drink porridge.The emperor is rich all over the world. In theory, the whole world belongs to the emperor, but money is needed to buy food. This, I have to say, who is so irresponsible to fool the emperor, this obvious reason cannot be explained.

"How much money do you need?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, some ministers gave a [-]% deposit, while others gave as little as [-]%. If the sum totals up, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of thousands of silver..." Xu Guangqi said again in a low voice.

"Then give the money..." Yang Reform didn't think about anything, and said directly, the concept of giving money for buying things has long been deeply rooted in Yang Reform's heart. Countless grains were automatically sent to Shaanxi. That was unrealistic. The emperor had no money, couldn't pay wages, couldn't pay military pay, so he deserved to be hanged in Meishan.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the current batch of ministers is scheduled to use silver coins. However, for the huge payment in the future, I am afraid that these silver coins must be minted as soon as possible! Otherwise, all payments will be made in silver or bank notes. I am afraid that it will cost a lot. Get more." Xu Guangqi was very worried about when he would be able to use the silver coins. One silver coin saved [-]% of the silver.Otherwise, tens of thousands of taels of silver can be saved.

"Oh... yes! I also know that this silver coin should be released as soon as possible to prohibit the direct circulation of silver, but after all, distant water cannot save a nearby fire!..." Yang Reform also knew that paying with silver coins would be much cheaper, However, this first batch of grain may not be able to catch up!There was nothing I could do but lament.

"By the way, Master Xu, does Master Xu have any specific candidates for this immigration plan? How will it be implemented at that time? This involves millions of people, several provinces, dozens of states and counties, the person who will implement it, If it’s less, I’m afraid it won’t work!” Yang Reform is most worried about this, how to implement this kind of project without a reliable execution team?I am afraid that my little money will not be able to get out of the household department, so it will be divided up.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I am willing to take on this important task..." Xu Guangqi was ready to do it himself.

After hearing what Xu Guangqi said, Yang Reform did not make a sound. Yang Reform did not know what reason he used to keep the drafter of the immigration plan with him and prevent him from doing this matter.

"...The minister's idea is to send the supervisors of the Imperial College, or to recruit students from local county schools, state schools, etc., just like the Taizu immigrated back then. Only in this way can we be able to organize and implement such a huge plan." Xu Guangqi briefly said Introduced his own ideas.

The supervisor of the Imperial College?Students from schools all over the place?This, Yang Reform hesitated, and was also depressed. There are many supervisors in the Guozijian, and now I am afraid that it is over a thousand. Organize them to advance the calendar... This, in theory, is feasible, and it can indeed solve the shortage of manpower. It turns out that there are no more than a hundred students in the Guozijian, and even fewer are qualified to go in, and more are those who have borrowed usury these days. If they borrowed usury today, the second To be able to go out to record events in one day... This...Yang Reform himself felt that this was a bit too naked, and selling official porridge is not what he did!Anyway, I have to study in the Imperial College for a few days.

Seeing the melancholy look on the emperor's face, Xu Guangqi said, "Your Majesty, I'm worried that the prison students will gossip about the court just after entering the prison?"

Yang Reform nodded, isn't this obvious?You only pay money to go to prison the first day, and you can go to the prison the next day. Isn't this obvious buying an official with money?Who wouldn't say that after seeing it!

"...Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this matter. Thinking about it, most of the newly recruited prisons are from Juren background. If they are recruited, they can be officials themselves. If today's disaster hits, the imperial court wants to save thousands of people from the fire. Among them, it is the countless meritorious deeds and good governance of living people. When it should be serving the court, this is completely fine." Xu Guangqi expressed his opinion again, and it depends on how you look at this matter. Take money into prison, and you can go through the incident the next day. This is a blatant act of selling an official, but you look at it from a different angle. It is very meaningful for the court to save millions of people, not to mention that others are themselves famous people. , Even if you become an official immediately, there is nothing to say.

After being relieved by Xu Guangqi in this way, the depression in Yang Reform's heart became much better.

Sun Chengzong added another fire to Yang Reform, saying: "Your Majesty, at an extraordinary time, you should do extraordinary things. It is better than anything else to save the people from suffering. This matter should be decided immediately."

"Yes, what the two masters said makes sense. I understand. Let's just call the supervisors of the Imperial Academy and record the events in advance. What kind of treatment will be given when the events are recorded? For example, the treatment of a few rank officials?" Yang Reform has made up his mind, and now he can only do this. Otherwise, where can he find thousands of educated people?
"...Reporting to Your Majesty, as for the remuneration, in the early years, the history of supervising students was all without official rank. They were only dispatched. Only when the history was completed and passed, would they be granted official positions." Xu Guangqi explained again.

"No rank? I thought, could it be possible to give a ninth-rank official treatment to the supervisors who have been in charge of the history? Note that it is only the treatment, and there is no real official position. In this way, the supervisors can work harder. Master Xu thinks How?" Yang Reform knows this history, roughly the same meaning as the post-job training of later generations. The official training in the 21st century has its own level, such as enjoying certain treatment and so on. One enjoys certain treatment.

"...Enjoy the treatment of a ninth-rank official?" Xu Guangqi, Sun Chengzong, and Bi Ziyan were all baffled. They didn't know why the emperor came up with this trick.

Not long after, Xu Guangqi said: "I would like to report to Your Majesty, I think it is not possible. This official is an official. Once your Majesty opens his mouth and gives these events the treatment of a ninth-rank official, if these events happen, he will definitely slack off. Or, once you become an official, if you fail to pass the history, won't you have to withdraw the official rank? Your Majesty, the rules of the history have always been only dispatched, and only those who pass the history will be awarded the official position. Let all the events happen, and do things with peace of mind..." Xu Guangqi is against the emperor's idea. If this is the case, there will be thousands of official positions in the Ming Dynasty, and even thousands of ninth-rank officials. How amazing is this?The reputation of the imperial court as a prostitute is completely confirmed. Of course, I dare not tell the emperor about this.

"Your Majesty, I also think that this method is inappropriate." Sun Chengzong also objected, this matter, really can't speak, wholesale thousands of ninth-rank officials, this history book will probably write them as a typical example of selling officials , becoming a "celebrity" in history, Sun Chengzong didn't want to enjoy this treatment.

Bi Ziyan also saw the trick, and said: "Your Majesty, you must never break the rules. It is better to follow the old rules." Bi Ziyan was also afraid!It's better not to take the matter of wholesale thousands of official hats from yourself, otherwise, if those censors find out, I'm afraid I'm doomed.

(End of this chapter)