Early the next morning, a roster fell on Chen Kaizhi's desk.

Most of Chen Kaizhi has an impression of this dazzling array of names.

If you combine some of the information of Jinyiwei, almost everyone in it can feel the details clearly.

After Chen Kaizhi roughly saw it, he had a plan in his heart, that the King of Ruyang was already gone, and all he could do was to contact these people and make the final preparations.

Chen Kaizhi ate breakfast and hurried to the palace.

There was no court meeting and discussion today, but Chen Kaizhi was told that today's discussion was actually held in the Zhengde Palace.

Chen Kai walked to the Zhengde Palace, and found that there were many ministers who came, there were dozens of them, Chen Kaizhi nodded with them, and sat down elegantly.

Before Chen Wuji and the Empress Dowager arrived, Chen Kaizhi simply squinted his eyes and looked like he was napping.

After a long time, I heard someone singing.

"The Empress Dowager has arrived."

His Majesty didn't come, Chen Kaizhi opened his eyes, and saw the Empress Dowager slowly coming, and everyone saluted.

The Empress Dowager ascended to the throne, looked left and right, and then spoke to everyone.

"Your Majesty is sick today, so you don't have to wait, King Beijing......"

She looked at Chen Kaizhi first.

Chen Kaizhi felt faintly uneasy in his heart, this Wuji must have been controlled by her, but at this moment he didn't show any expression, but nodded calmly: "The minister is here." ”

The Empress Dowager looked at him, her eyes were cold, but her face was smiling.

"How is the trial of Wang Shijie's rebellion?"

In the face of such a queen mother, Chen Kaizhi was used to it, and he didn't feel strange, but said lightly to her.

"So far, there are no eyebrows, but the minister believes that it will soon be revealed, if the mother is concerned, once the minister has any eyebrows, he will order someone to play, so as not to worry about the queen mother."

The meaning of these words has a deep meaning.

Don't worry about this, he can do it, and if there is anything, he will tell her.

This is a superficial polite remark.

The Empress Dowager knew very well what Chen Kaizhi meant, she was not annoyed, but she smiled and said with a look of disbelief: "Mourning family, you must have found out something." ”

Chen Kaizhi's face was expressionless, he didn't know what the Empress Dowager knew, or if she was deliberately testing herself. This woman can play with King Ruyang, Emperor Xian and others in the palm of her hand, and naturally she has a lot of means.

Therefore, Chen Kaizhi must be calm, and must not show a surprised appearance, so that he will show his feet.

The Empress Dowager immediately smiled again, with a faint expression: "The mourning family remembers that there is a saying that Confucius is called the Spring and Autumn Period, and the rebellious ministers and thieves are afraid; Today, it is the king of Beijing who is judging Wang Shijie, and I am afraid that it will also worry the rebellious ministers and thieves. However, the only thing the mourning family is worried about is that if the king of Beijing finds out something, such as this Wang Shijie, who else is involved, and it is precisely this person who the king of Beijing cannot afford to provoke, this is ...... But it's very bad, His Royal Highness King Beijing, do you dare to let the truth of this case come out? ”

Chen Kaizhi's face was expressionless: "The minister acts according to the order, not to mention, rebellion is a heinous crime, no matter who it is, if there is any involvement, the minister will dare to take people." ”

"That's good." The Empress Dowager showed a pleased smile and looked very satisfied: "The mourning family listened to the words of King Beijing, but they were relieved. Okay, it's time to discuss it, Yao Qing's family, you can talk about it. ”

Yao Wenzhi stepped forward and said: "Niangniang, recently, in Jeju, Dengzhou, Laizhou and other places, someone came to report, saying that it was in the nearby sea area, there were Japanese invaders, and the Japanese invaders attacked several villages and towns in Dengzhou, and then they went away, stationed in Denglai and other places, and was the king of Beihai County. This time, there were 739 soldiers and civilians who were killed, of which more than 400 women were captured by the Japanese people. ”

"Is there such a thing?" The Empress Dowager looked indifferent, her brows furrowed deeply, and she said sharply: "It's really unreasonable, I ordered the king of Beihai County to let him strengthen his precautions, and all the prefectures in Shandong have gone to the sea, and this is worth it." ”

"If you leave it alone, these Dengju, Laizhou, Jibei, Jeju and other places will not be peaceful for a day. But then again, haven't the Japanese been attacking Beiyan all along? Why did all of a sudden, it actually attack the Shandong Mansions? ”

Yao Wenzhi was silent for a moment, and then said: "The old minister thinks that it may have something to do with Jibei?" ”

Although Chen Kaizhi has never been to Jibei, he has been planning for Jibei over the years, and the most trustworthy people around him have gradually moved to Jibei, because of the intrigue within the Beijing Division, even Xunya people have moved to Jibei.

Although Chen Kaizhi's face was expressionless, at this time, his face was gloomy and terrifying, what did this evil woman want to do, she actually started from his fiefdom.

"How can it have anything to do with Jibei?" The Empress Dowager said with a smile.

Yao Wenzhi did report carefully.

"The news came last night, the old man overnight, and the military department discussed with the princes, and finally came to the conclusion that in recent years, the rise of Jibei has become more and more prosperous. This place of Jibei, no more than other places, since the king of Beijing got the fief, there was originally becoming more and more barren, because the Yan people migrated a large number of people, so that Jibei ten rooms and nine empty, but subsequently, the king of Beijing moved many workshops to Jibei, with workshops, there are many craftsmen, not to mention, there are special refined salt, and produced a large number of cloth, as well as steel, now it is said that the kiln began to be built, firing ceramics, became a thoroughfare, Yan people, Wu Yue, Chu people's merchants, all Yang Fan, from the waterway and sea road to Jibei interchange, The grain yield there is not high, but the daily transaction of silver money, is shocking, it is said that Jibei is not a grain tax, is directly taken is a silver tax, because of this, now Jibei has spread many rumors, saying that Jibei is full of gold and silver, rich in the world. ”

Yao Wenzhi said, paused, glanced at Chen Kai, and then continued; "King Beijing, what the old man said, is not wrong, it is reported that the silver tax in Jibei is more than 20 million taels, and there are more and more of them, and all the silver money in the world has flowed into Jibei."

There is nothing to deny this, so Chen Kaizhi nodded.

The situation in Jibei is different from all countries in the world, other places, all taxes in kind, such as for farmers, the imperial court generally collects grain as a tax, if it is a cloth merchant, then take the method of one out of ten, use cloth as a tax, in addition, there are places in the form of tribute, tea, ceramics, all as taxes.

Because of this, in Da Chen's taxes, the real silver income is only millions of taels, but the grain, cloth, ceramics and tea are countless.

The reason why Chen Kaizhi collects cashier tax, which is the first in the world, is essentially for the needs of business-oriented.

But because of this, this laid the prosperity of Jibei, after all, the merchants who came and went traded with goods, which made the circulation begin to become faster.

Yao Wenzhi then said: "It is now reported that Jibei has accumulated a large amount of silver and gold, right?" ”

Chen Kaizhi still nodded and admitted that these were all facts, and he couldn't deny them.

Because of the monopoly of refined salt and steel, coupled with the rise of countless derivative workshops, countless silver flowed into Jibei.

Now the gold and silver owned by Jibei is a huge amount, even more than the treasury of various countries.

Even if Jibei does not have such countless barns as Da Chen, nor has there been countless cattle and horses like Beiyan, and there are no mountains of grain and silk in Wu Yue's treasury, Jibei can be called the best in the world in terms of silver storage.

It can be said that in this era, no country or place has been so rich.

Yao Wenzhi sighed again and swallowed a mouthful of saliva before continuing.

"Because of this, the old minister also heard that Jibei took this opportunity to establish a money village, the mountain of gold and silver, as a reserve, and then began to sell treasure banknotes, Jibei's treasure banknotes, now has already begun to circulate, many businessmen, are willing to use, and even many Luoyang businessmen, from Jibei trading, with treasure money, in the market in Luoyang, and other businessmen, are willing to accept?"

Chen Kaizhi did not evade, and nodded as usual.

Yao Wenzhi said: "The credit of the treasure banknote comes from the gold and silver reserves, that is to say, how much His Royal Highness has issued, it has been promised, as long as the merchants are willing, they can go to the money bank at any time to withdraw the silver, and the points are exactly the same, and because of this, this treasure banknote is extremely convenient to exercise, the merchants had doubts at first, but gradually found that the new use of Jibei money is excellent, and even began to gradually open a semicolon, which can be cashed at any time, and they are happy to use it." ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled slightly: "Even if the businessmen still trust this king, although this treasure has not yet flowed into the homes of ordinary people, it is still popular among the merchants." ”

Yao Wenzhi nodded, and smiled again: "The crux of the problem is here, His Royal Highness has stored so much gold and silver, as a reserve for treasure money, in order to let the merchants cash in at any time, the so-called puff is not guilty of his crimes, the world is all over the world, who doesn't know that in the head office of Jibei's money bank, thousands of catties of gold are stored, and there are more than 10 million taels of silver. Just such a plunder, the return obtained, but than the previous robbery of the Northern Yan people, I don't know how many times richer, not to mention, this gold and silver looting, it is also more convenient, Jibei there, and did not hoard many soldiers and horses, enough to cause the Japanese people to take risks. So if the old man guessed correctly, I'm afraid that the Japanese have already assembled in the sea off Shandong, and these few small fights and attacks on Denglai and other states are just a temptation, and their real target can only be Jibei. ”