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Chapter 411

The early winter sun also shone on the capital of Daming.

Although the weather in early winter was a bit cold and shrouded in fog, the nearest capital city was exceptionally "hot".

"Extra, extra! Great news... Liulizhai will issue 400% more shares, and the dividend will be increased to [-] million taels by the end of the year..." The little newsboy blushed and ran hard. This is already the third time I went to pick up the mansion report. Similarly, as soon as I came out, it was thrown away and sold out immediately.

"Extra, extra! Great news... Liulizhai's dividend will increase to 400 million taels at the end of the year..." The people on the whole street fell into a kind of madness. Small merchants selling deep-fried dough sticks are floating clouds in the sky, but they can't stop their enthusiasm for gossip.Anyone who meets them, without exception, is always talking about how much they have raised, and how much someone has earned.

It was another person who came out of home in a hurry, bought a mansion newspaper on the street, and hurried up to the teahouse.

In the past, if someone went to the teahouse in the morning, he would probably be called a lunatic, but now morning tea in the north has gradually become a habit.Without him, the Di Bao was issued in the morning. After the Di Bao came out, it was a very "necessary" thing to inquire about each other's news at morning tea, figure out the content of the Di Bao, inquire about gossip, and brag and fart.

"400 million taels!" A middle-aged rich man with a mournful face shouted sadly, as if the 400 million taels distributed were his family property.The sound overwhelmed the entire teahouse, and everyone in the teahouse looked sideways.

The tall and thin man who came up from downstairs quickly boarded the teahouse and came straight up.

"Brother Zhang, Brother Ma, Brother Lu, I'm sorry, I slept a little longer, I'm late..." The tall and thin man clasped his fists and bowed to the people at the table.

"Brother Wang, there's no need to be like this, we just arrived not long ago..." said the tall and thin man called Brother Zhang.

The thin and tall man surnamed Wang didn't bother with these things, and immediately opened the mansion newspaper in his hand, saying: "Several, today is great news! 400 million taels of silver are just taken out and divided, Your Majesty is so generous!" The handwriting is so bold! Take a look, is this true?" After hearing the rumors heard by his servants on the street, the tall and thin man immediately jumped out of the house and went straight to the teahouse If you want to inquire and try to figure out the news in the mansion newspaper, this is undoubtedly a good place.

The few people at this table are all dressed in silk and satin, and from the appearance of their clothes, they are also people of status and status.Therefore, the space occupied by this table is quite wide, which is completely different from the situation where the tables in the distance are next to each other.

"Cough... Your Majesty's handwriting is naturally big. If it weren't for His Majesty's handwriting, which family would be willing to spend 400 million taels of silver for dividends?... How could this be fake? Don't forget, what is the Dibao? Something? That's the yamen under the Secretary of General Administration, can you talk nonsense?" A person called Brother Lu immediately responded.

"That's right, if Fan Weicheng dares to talk nonsense, His Majesty will not spare him the first one. Four million taels is silver, not paper money. He dares to talk nonsense. When the time comes, he will divide his flesh and fill up the hole. Tsk tsk, four million taels Ah! Thinking of my son, how much is the gold flower and silver in a year? Tsk tsk, the world has changed now!" The man called Brother Ma followed suit with an expression that I could see through.

The tall and thin man pondered for a moment, and said: "This world is indeed about to change!... Tsk tsk, 400 million taels... Is this money becoming less and less valuable?"

Today's Ming Dynasty has indeed become powerful. Among other things, there is no other emperor in the world who dares to spend 1000 million taels of silver for disaster relief?No, but now His Majesty wants to do this, and it has been done.In previous years, it wasn't the Mongol invasion to harass the side wall to attack Daming's idea, but now the frontier army actually transported sheep, horses, and spoils from the grassland to the side wall. How many years has this been a new thing?

In the past, the emperor fought with his ministers not for money, but for some money, and even beat the tax supervisor to death, but now, the emperor has spent tens of millions of taels without making a fuss. Silver, the speed at which it is spent is not only jaw-dropping, but also jaw-dropping.Among other things, just the news in the mansion newspaper today that the dividend will be 400 million taels at the end of the year, this alone is enough to make people dumbfounded.

"Well, how many people! I think it's better not to be dazed. It's useless to just sigh. Naturally, I look up to His Majesty's means... Let's talk about how many stocks everyone has. The 400 At two ten thousand points, one stock may get a lot of money, which is real money!" The man surnamed Zhang suggested first.

"Cough, Wang admires His Majesty's method, hehe, now, I just think that I can earn a few silver coins with Your Majesty, and that's enough... Unfortunately, I sold the few stocks I got early, otherwise, I will stay By the time of the Chinese New Year, I will be able to receive dividends of several thousand taels of silver... Now I don't have much left..." the tall and thin man surnamed Wang said with regret.

"Oh, it's a pity. If I had known this earlier, I shouldn't have sold my stocks! Those few of mine were obtained through a relationship,...there are not many in hand now..." This person also Same.

Several people regretted selling stocks in the first place.

"Hey, if you want to talk about stocks, Mr. Bi has a lot of them!" A person said sourly.

"Don't talk about it, Mr. Bi is His Majesty's confidant, and he naturally follows His Majesty's lead in doing things...it's different from us..."

"That's..., everyone, now the stock price has risen to 800 taels, and it is still rising. Maybe it will reach 2000 taels one day... Tsk tsk, when I first came out, it was just 1000 taels, how long is it, but doubling it... tsk tsk, if you talk about your majesty's means of making money... I can't wait for it, hehe..." The man surnamed Zhang threw out a topic.

"... I, Lu, am convinced, and I plan to earn some money with His Majesty. In these days, no one can compare with His Majesty's means of making money..." The man surnamed Lu immediately expressed his opinion.

"I, Zhang, also hold the same opinion. To say something disrespectful, back then, I saw in the newspaper that the businessman surnamed Wang who bought shares in Liulizhai would get [-]% of the stocks he sold in the future. I thought it was just a joke, but looking at it now, this is exactly what makes His Majesty so powerful, so you can practice what you say! With such a strong reputation, you can rest assured..."

"Hey, Brother Zhang, don't talk about that businessman surnamed Wang. A lot of that guy's stock is taken from me. That guy is making money now..." The man surnamed Lu said. A look of regret.

"... Cough, he! At the beginning, it cost only 40 taels of silver, but now? One stock is worth 800 taels, and one stock made a full 500 taels of silver! 500 taels..." The man who spoke, while exaggerating, stretched out five fingers, regretting very much.

"One thousand 850 taels of stocks, everyone here, do you sell stocks? Next, you can buy them directly with bank notes..." A voice resounded loudly in the teahouse.

However, no one responded to his words, and even heard a lot of contempt secretly.

"Cut, sell it to you..."

"I bother……"

"...Are we all fools?..."

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Today is also an early day, and the ministers have already gathered in the Forbidden City, waiting for the emperor's summons.

Many ministers held the mansion papers, and they gathered in groups of three and five from one party to talk. Except for some current affairs, most of the conversations were about the 400 million taels of silver, because the number was too huge.

Bi Ziyan blushed alone, and stayed in a corner in shame, unable to hold back his face.The reason why he can't hold back is very simple. The news in the mansion newspaper today clearly compares his household department. Now his household department is just an empty shell, and he can't get any money at all. However, this mansion newspaper According to the news on the Internet, 400 million taels were allotted at once. Comparing the two, it seems that his household department is incompetent.

"Master Bi, congratulations, congratulations!" A bureaucrat cupped his fists to congratulate Bi Ziyan.

"There, there." Bi Ziyan's face was very red. A businessman can distribute 400 million taels to others casually, but his household department racks his brains every year to save tens of thousands of taels, exhausting his brain , I tried my best to compare goods, and I really had to throw them away. As the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, he felt ashamed.

"I heard that Mr. Bi bought a lot of stocks before? His eyes are like torches, his eyes are like torches! I admire you, I admire you!" The bureaucrat praised Bi Ziyan in a low voice. He also laughed at the imperialists who used up their wealth to give the emperor a platform. Now, other people's stocks are making a lot of money.

"Where there..." Bi Ziyan was depressed, he was not doing a good job as the secretary of the Ministry of Accounting, and mice could run in the warehouse of the Ministry of Accounting, but he was bankrupt, and the stocks he originally received were now worth a lot... At the beginning, he bought the stock with all his strength, but he bought it with the "consciousness" of an imperial party. He never thought that this stock could make money. Sending two silver coins to the emperor, who expected that in less than two months, the situation would change suddenly, and his "stupid action" that he had risked at first had now achieved his reputation of being good at making money. Zi Yan felt that he couldn't understand.

Among the ministers waiting to go to court, some were happy, some were frowning, some were indifferent, some were gnashing their teeth, and some were excited.

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Taihe Gate.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live..." All the ministers saluted in a grand manner, and today's morning court officially began.

The eyes of the ministers looking at the emperor were more envious and joyful, while others were contemptuous, even disgusted, even disdainful, and heartbroken.

……

"Report to Your Majesty, I have something to say." A minister couldn't wait, and immediately said.

"Oh, what's the matter with the Qing family?" Yang Reform was in a good mood. After careful preparations, the nobles bought shares in Liulizhai and issued an additional 300% of the stock. Undoubtedly, it is quite a happy thing to get nearly [-] million taels of silver for nothing.

"Your Majesty, it was reported in the mansion today that Liuli Zhai will distribute a bonus of 400 million taels. Is there such a thing?" The official looked distressed.

"There is something to this." Yang Reform admitted without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, I thought, why not take the 400 million taels of money back to the treasury? Now that disasters continue today, the people are displaced, and there are wars outside the border wall. Your Majesty, with this 400 million taels of money, why worry about the war? , the natural disaster is not fair?" The minister appealed heartbroken.

Before he finished speaking, before Yang Reform could get angry, someone from below had already stood up for Yang Reform.

"I want to report to Your Majesty, I think it's impossible. The dividends of Liulizhai's stock are legitimate profits for the merchants. How can they just accept it? This is undoubtedly a competition between the court and the people...Your Majesty, absolutely not!" The official said it with a straight face.

Yang Reform wanted to get angry at first, but when he heard some officials justify themselves by "competing with the people for profit", he laughed in his heart. This competition for profit with the people has always been used by ministers to deal with the emperor, and now it is actually used Defend yourself as the emperor.

"But, Your Majesty, this Liulizhai is clearly His Majesty's property. Since it is His Majesty's property, and there are so many prospects every year, why can't it be stored in the treasury? Your Majesty is raised by the people of the world. Now the Ming Dynasty is fighting internally and externally. There is so much money used, the household department is already dilapidated, and it is in urgent need of a sum of money to make up for it. Your Majesty, Liulizhai should be filled into the national treasury! In this way, it is true that we will not compete with the people for profit..." The one who just planned to put Liulizhai 400 The officials who collected tens of thousands of taels of silver into the national treasury were even more swearing, with an expression that I was right.

Yang Reform's originally good mood was completely shattered by such bizarre remarks.How can this be justified?Yang Reform has become delirious and at a loss.

Not only Yang Reform stared at this minister, but other people in the court also stared at this minister. The minister's remarks have offended the public, and most people, like the emperor, don't know where to go for such remarks. Arguing, I can only stare at this guy.

It’s true that Liulizhai is the emperor’s property, but it’s an open secret, and everyone who knows it knows it. However, the emperor is also doing things according to the "rules". Things, if according to what you said, the imperial court confiscated the bonuses of Liulizhai due to lack of money, and confiscated Liulizhai, does that mean that our shops can also be confiscated on the grounds of lack of money?The imperial court confiscated other people's shops when they had no money. Does that mean that the imperial court can also collect taxes from shops when they have no money?Don't you want our old life?Nowadays, which one of the shops does not have a few people standing behind it?Can an unrelated shop survive in the capital?The most hateful thing is that the dividends of Liulizhai are coming soon, and you have confiscated them in one sentence, so what will we share in the dividends at the end of the year?Sub-northwest wind ah?What's more, the capital was lost by you with one word?That's real money.

There are not a few people who bought stocks in the court, and there are not a few who make money through stocks, and there are not a few who are counting on Liulizhai's dividends at the end of the year. Regarding the minister's remarks and rhetoric, a strange scene appeared in the court. The emperor and the ministers all praised this minister with glaring eyes.

The minister who made the strange remarks was stared at by dozens of eyes in the hall, and only then did he feel hot all over. Being roasted by these angry eyes, the minister became more and more uncomfortable, and suddenly closed his eyes and passed out.

"Come here! Call the imperial physician and send it down..." Yang Reform yelled. Although this person ruined today's good mood, he was quite happy to see that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty did not approve of the confiscation of Liulizhai.

The minister who proposed to confiscate Liulizhai was carried out. What he said just now, the emperor and everyone thought he was a fart and let him go. No one mentioned it again.

"Today, there is another matter. The Minister of War is here..." Yang Reform said.

"Report to Your Majesty, the minister is here." Liu Yanyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came out and replied immediately.

"People often tell me about the difficulties and hardships of the frontier army. They say that in the cold winter months, they still wear thin and tattered clothes to guard my country. I often feel that I can't bear it. Therefore, I decided to buy a cotton coat for each of the frontier soldiers. , to show my heart, to reward them for their hard work in guarding our Daming country. For this reason, I built a garment factory and made 80 sets of cotton clothes for the frontier soldiers, and prepared to send them to every frontier soldier. Now It is already October, and the farthest towns of Ningxia and Gansu are thousands of miles away. I want to send them to every officer and soldier before the year, so that every officer and soldier can feel my care ...So, the first batch of cotton coats is ready to be shipped, and I want to hold a shipping ceremony, Ministry of War, do you understand what I mean?" Yang Reform suddenly announced this in the morning court.

It is already early October, and only two months away from the Chinese New Year. The towns of Ningxia and Gansu, the furthest towns in the Ming Dynasty, are quite far from the capital. The cotton-padded clothes should be delivered before the Chinese New Year, and they can already be shipped.

The ministers below whispered, 80 sets of cotton clothes, the emperor is really generous.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I understand that this ceremony must be held in a beautiful and proper manner." Liu Yanyuan agreed without thinking too much. Isn't this just a way of giving money, things, and rewards? Good job for someone else.

"I would like to report to Your Majesty, I think this matter is a bit inappropriate. There have always been regulations on the purchase of clothing materials, and they are all released and cotton. Your Majesty's direct distribution of cotton clothes seems to be..." For things that do not comply with the rules, Someone came out to criticize, what a huge sum of money it was, and it was not passed through the Ministry of Households or the Ministry of War. It was directly turned into cotton clothes and was going to be distributed to soldiers.

"Why not? Don't your Majesty even have the right to give things? The frontier officers and soldiers should be grateful for His Majesty's love. They will do their best to guard the border for His Majesty and guard the country of Daming in order to repay His Majesty's kindness." Why is it inappropriate to say that?" Liu Yanyuan got such a good job, there is a reason for people to break it, so he immediately quarreled with the broken official, and asked the minister if the emperor gave him anything s right?

The minister was speechless for a moment. Of course, the emperor has the right to bestow anyone and anything. That is a supreme honor. Naturally, he also has the right to bestow cotton-padded clothes to the frontier soldiers. Set of cotton clothes.

"Okay, let's do it this way. They are all my people. It is right for me to care and love more." Yang Reform made a conclusion, not wanting to get too entangled in this issue.I understand why I want to distribute so many cotton clothes. It is not something that can be changed with a few words or a few words. In addition to buying the hearts of the bottom soldiers of the frontier army, it is also to promote the development of the textile industry.Increase the number of employed people and give birth to the transformation of the textile industry.

The officials didn't say anything more. If in the past, so many cotton-padded clothes were sent out at one time, the ministers in the court would have to talk a lot. They must talk a lot about saving money and difficult state affairs, but now Well, the emperor has a bonus of 400 million taels of silver. In this comparison, the hundreds of thousands of cotton-padded clothes are nothing.

If you compare goods, you have to throw them away.

(End of this chapter)