"The emperor just let go of the flowers, minister...... Know where there is a silver mine, a big silver mine! Liu Hong gradually lowered his head, and said in shock.

Hiss - the Qianqing Palace instantly remembered the inhalation sounds of several people.

"Is this true?" Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household, stood up suddenly.

Although several old ministers knew that Liu Hongjian never joked about major matters, the news of the silver mine was shocking, which really surprised them.

At present, there are only two silver mines in Yunnan and Huguang, and they are all extremely difficult to mine and transport because of the high mountains and deep forests.

If the Ming Dynasty really discovers new silver mines, it will be a great blessing for the imperial court!

"Where's the silver mine?" Chongzhen's hands trembled, and he also asked Liu Hongjian with a hopeful face.

"There is a big silver mine in our newly established Menggu Province!" Liu Hong gradually knew that it was inconvenient to joke at this time, so he had to say seriously.

The heart said that there is a shortage of minerals, looking for me? Lao Tzu has a map of the distribution of minerals in the world, and I am afraid that it will scare you when I take it out.

Liu Hong, who had been busy with the war before, gradually didn't have time to think about these, such as Chengping today, and there are many idle people in the Ming Dynasty, and it is a good time to mine.

Don't talk about overseas, don't say that the sixteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, just Menggu, there are nearly 200 silver mines discovered in later generations, and it is the first silver mining province in China.

But Liu Hong is gradually afraid of telling the truth, and he is regarded as a fool by this group of uncles and uncles.

After all, in the past three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has only found these two silver mines that can be mined, and they are all regarded as treasures and have to be guarded by heavy troops, lest they go to the poor pool.

Now you tell them that our Daming is full of silver mines, and there are nearly 200 in one province alone, are you stupid, or are they stupid?

If it is a sin to know more, then it is even more uncomfortable to know that you can't say it.

"Guanwai ......" Chongzhen's eyes lit up, and he believed it when he talked about Guanwai.

In the trust of the Ministry of Industry, Chongzhen actually does not believe that there are silver mines in Daming Pass, after all, the Ministry of Industry has 100 officials who are specifically going around to explore mineral deposits.

But it was different outside the gates, which was a place that Daming had almost never set foot in.

"Yes, Your Majesty, Menggu Province is located in the plain at a glance, and it is extremely convenient to mine." Liu Hong said with a slight smile.

We have a mine at home, so you can be a strong wave, afraid of a hair?

Even if his family's mines were exhausted, he knew that on the other side of the strait, there was a world-class mine in the Wa Kingdom, and its silver reserves were enough to support the whole of Asia for half a century.

If that's not enough, then build a ship, Australia also has a silver mine with large reserves, and on the other side of the distant Pacific Ocean, there is a treasure that has been dug for 300 years and still can't be dug - the silver capital of Potosí.

"How did Liu Qing know, why didn't he say it before?" Chongzhen glared at Liu Hongjian and felt unhappy again, the meaning was very clear, you erector, why didn't you tell me such important news earlier?

"Hehe, the minister only got the news recently, isn't this busy with the Engineering College and the Lecture Hall, thinking that I will talk about it when I have time in the future." Liu Hong gradually scratched his head and said.

"Hmph, I really don't know what to say about you, this is a major event of the country, and you can't tell the difference!" Although Chongzhen was unhappy on his face, he was so happy in his heart that he couldn't do it.

For more than two years, he has been surprised by the various extraordinary abilities that Liu Hong has gradually displayed, and the right is that the ancestor gave him this shaft to help Daming.

"The mine is there, and I can't run, the emperor, the ministers guarantee that the Ming Dynasty will not be short of silver in the future, and the courtiers are working hard, so they should raise their salaries." Liu Hong gradually swore to the truth.

The reason why he didn't announce the location of more mines was that there was another reason why he was worried, deflation was not good, but it was not good to go through expansion!

Now Daming does not have an expert in the field of economics to control, and even he is a half-ass, if he really lets go of his hands and feet to find and mine.

In a few years, I'm afraid that if I buy a stone of rice, I will have to pull half a cart of silver to exchange.

This is more than worth the loss, and he does not dare to mess around until he understands the rules and regulations of economics.

Again, the mine can't run, it's buried in the ground, as long as the ship is strong and the guns are sharp, it's not as long as you want to dig when you want, maybe the miners don't need to do it at that time.

Thinking about the grand occasion of the completion of the sailor and the opening of the battleship to transport silver around, Liu Hongjian still had a little expectation in his heart.

"What do you think? Let's all share my opinions. Chongzhen suppressed the excitement in his heart, raised his eyebrows and said to the other few pavilion elders who were also excited.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, took the lead in speaking.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Li Banghua, the first assistant to the cabinet, also expressed his position.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Several other cabinet elders also raised their hands in favor, after all, who would refuse to increase their salary?

"In this way, it just so happens that the ministers are here, now let's discuss the matter of adjusting the salary of officials of all grades!" Chongzhen then led to a new topic.

Since his worries have disappeared, and he is not a miser, he naturally wants to ease his relationship with the officials by promoting him.

After all, his relationship with the courtiers was too stiff during this time.

The head of the household department is in charge of the distribution of the salaries of officials in the world, and Ni Yuanlu naturally took the lead in speaking.

The officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty have only been adjusted once since Emperor Taizu set it to the present.

For the first-grade officials, the monthly salary is ninety taels, the monthly salary from the first product is seventy-five taels, the monthly salary of the Shangshu of the second grade of each department is sixty taels, and the monthly salary of the waiter of the third grade is forty-eight taels.

Under the decreasing order, the monthly salary of the county order of the seventh grade is only 7.5 taels, and the salary is staggeringly low.

Zhu Yuanzhang has suffered from poverty since he was a child, and the most hated thing in his life is corrupt officials, and the salaries he set for officials after inheriting the throne have never been high.

But even though Liu Hong gradually knew that the salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were low, he still didn't expect it to be so low.

The heart said that your old Zhu Ke is really ruthless, not only want the horse to run, but also want the horse not to eat grass.

Moreover, the salaries of the local officials are not only for their own families, and all the employees such as the master recruited by the county order need to be supported by his own money.

In addition, most of the salaries are converted in kind, and the silver that really comes to hand is even less, so the Ming Dynasty gave birth to an unwritten term - fire consumption.

To put it bluntly, it is to withhold a part of the tax for funds, but the amount of tax withheld depends entirely on the ability and conscience of officials, and corruption breeds even more.

Why bother?

"Add two?" Ni Yuanlu summed it up and said softly.

He was worried that Chongzhen would be unhappy if he added too much, after all, the stakes were very high, and there were nearly 20,000 officials at all levels in the imperial court.

"Twenty percent? How is 20% enough? Liu Hong gradually laughed when he heard it, and said in his heart that a dignified seven-grade county order is not as much as a craftsman in his ordnance office, is it really a big joke in the world?