Yang Gai felt that Wang Chengen was reasonable, and on the one hand, he sent a letter to those vassal kings, asking them to donate, and on the other hand, he wrote a letter and asked them to save money to their own bank.

But as soon as the pen was lifted, Yang Reform made a difficulty, this ancient brush character Yang Reform is not written well, not to say, just how many are there in this vassal king, Yang Reform can't figure it out, how many letters do you have to write? A prince writes two letters, isn't this his own life?

"Companion, you say, isn't this letter too much, and isn't it too difficult for me to write it alone." Yang Gai felt that he should not be too diligent, he couldn't handle this calligraphy, and his uncle, uncle, brother, and younger brother would laugh at him when he saw it.

“…… Your Majesty, Your Majesty still let the pens write on your behalf, and Your Majesty can just use the seal. Wang Chengen thought about it and felt that it was a bit difficult for the emperor to write alone, so it was better to leave this matter to the celebrant to write.

"By the way, Otomo, how many vassal kings are there in my dynasty now? Can you get a million silver? "Yang Gengai decided to ask how many princes there are, and he is also ready to see if Wang Chengen can get money in this way, if the prince is too small, then the amount of money that everyone has to save will be very large, this, the difficulty will become greater, on the contrary, if the number of vassal kings is large, then, the number of people spread to each person is very small, relatively easy.

Wang Chengen thought for a long time before he said: "Back to Your Majesty, now that my Ming Dynasty has gone through more than 200 years, there are more than 40 princes who have been hereditary, and there are county kings under the princes, which are innumerable....... 】

"What, two hundred away? Did I hear me right? "Yang Reform's mouth can be stuffed with an egg, I used to only hear that the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty were fat, and they were called the parasites of the Ming Dynasty, but now when I heard Wang Chengen, I felt that this was indeed a bit much. Just now, Yang Reform was worried that the number of the vassal kings was too small, and it was a little difficult for him to raise a million taels of silver, Yang Reform was ready to mobilize the virtuous princes among these princes, and was ready to let him save a little more, so he was ready to write a letter by himself, in order to be sincere, and now it seems that this vassal king is really too much. More than 200 vassal kings, large and small, each get a few thousand taels, and this million is drizzle. There is also a famous prince in history, explain the situation, I am afraid that tens of thousands of taels, or even hundreds of thousands of taels, may not be able to get it, so that this million is not difficult at all. No wonder Wang Chengen has a great grasp of his idea.

"Back to Your Majesty, I can't remember the details of the slave and maid, but the general situation can't be wrong, this, you have to check the relevant copywriting to know." Wang Chengen told the truth.

"Otomo, the one you just said, the one that asked for donations, how much are you going to ask each vassal king to donate? Save money, how much are you going to let them save? ”

“…… Returning to Your Majesty, the slave maid means to ask Your Majesty to write a little more donated silver and less money to save money, so that the vassal kings will definitely be happy to save money. ”

"Specifically, how many?"

“…… Your Majesty, in terms of donations, the slave means eight thousand taels for the prince and five thousand taels for the prince of the county; If you save money, the prince will be 15,000 taels, and the prince will be 8,000 taels......" Wang Chengen said the "more" and "less" in his mind.

Yang Reform is confused, fifteen thousand is "less" than eight thousand taels?

“…… There are also several princes who have always had good names, Your Majesty can write a letter alone, write the number a little higher, and only need to have a letter to save money......" Wang Chengen added.

Yang Reform was dumbfounded when he heard this, this old Zhu family's child is too much, no wonder Wang Chengen, an "honest man", dares to boast that he will be able to absorb the success of the reserve, it turns out that each prince is only a few thousand taels of the level, far from Yang Reform began to estimate, the blood of the kings is different, a few thousand taels is nothing to a prince, this is not a donation, just the money saved, to be calculated in this way, it is reasonable, basically there is no difficulty, even if it excludes some princes who are extraordinarily stingy, and are unwilling to save money to their own money, However, this million is still not difficult, as Wang Chengen said, maybe just those virtuous princes, I am afraid that they can get a lot of money, plus the fragments of silver from other vassal kings, one million is really not difficult...... Yang Reform now does not doubt the idea of this "honest man" Wang Chengen, according to Wang Chengen's thinking, this can definitely absorb a lot of money.

Wang Chengen was talking and talking, seeing that the emperor was alone in a daze, he didn't seem to listen to himself, so he had to remind him, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......"

"Hmm...... I'm listening, by the way, the transportation of my Ming Dynasty is inconvenient, although the number of vassal kings is large, I am afraid that the prince of this distant place, even if he receives my letter and is willing to give money, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time to come and go! What is the best way to do it? "Yang Reform thinks about it, the traffic of the Ming Dynasty is really scum, from Beijing to the south, ordinary people can't get to the border for a month or two, even if there are horses, there is no month, don't think about it, and then transport the silver from the local area to Beijing, the time is a bit unreliable.

“…… Your Majesty, this, it is indeed a bit difficult, the slave maid thinks that His Majesty can first persuade the princes close to the Gyeonggi area to let them deposit the silver first, and the slave and maid estimate that within about a month, the silver will be able to enter Beijing; A little farther away, the northern provinces, this, I am afraid that there will be silver in Beijing within two or three months; If it is the south, the slaves and maids are afraid that it will take longer, and it will take three months to half a year before the silver will enter Beijing......"

Wang Chengen's words, Yang Reform is another basin of cold water poured from head to toe, and it takes half a year at most to get the reserves, which is really too long.

"Can't we shorten the time a little more? That's a long time! Yang Reform was speechless, he really ignored the traffic situation of the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Chengen lowered his head and thought carefully, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, it can only be rushed with seven hundred miles, so that in one day, the vassal kings within seven hundred miles can receive the letter, and Your Majesty can order them to make a decision within one or two days, so, the slave and maid calculated, the fastest, within ten years, the vassal kings within a thousand li will send the silver to the capital division, if there is a month, the northern provinces, basically can send the silver to the Beijing division on time, there is a canal in the south, close to the river, the transportation is convenient for the vassal king, I am afraid that within two months, can send the silver to the capital division, in this way, it is almost the fastest......" Wang Chengen gave the emperor another trick.

Seven hundred miles expedited? Yang Reform suddenly remembered the post station, and thought of the terminator of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng. This guy is the post guard of the post station, remembering that it was he who overthrew the Ming Dynasty and forced "himself" to die in the coal mountain, Yang Reform's face turned pale for a while. What should I do with him? So far, no one has proposed to themselves to abandon the post stations in various places and save money. I am still vigorously using these post stations, using the post station's 700 miles expedited this ancient highest-standard express service, perhaps, I should give the post station a better treatment, perhaps, this Li Zicheng has a good treatment, and he will not rebel, of course, it is not excluded that there is another "Li Zicheng" rebellion...... Wang Chengen found that the emperor was in a daze again, his face was still white, red, and terrifying, and asked with concern: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......?"

"Uh...... I'm okay......" Yang Reform was pulled back to reality by Wang Chengen from the world of "fantasy". He is still the emperor, still in a luxurious palace.

“…… That's right...... Otomo, according to Otomo, it is necessary to use the fast horse delivery of the post station on a large scale, I am afraid that this long-term use will reduce the transmission speed and ability of this post station, I mean, is it to add some money or something to this post station, so that they can do things better for me? This perennial use of 700 miles of urgency, I also feel that I am afraid that I will be tired of these post guards! Yang reformed and wanted to give the post station a salary increase.

"......" Wang Chengen didn't understand what the emperor meant, the court and the emperor used the post station, used the urgency, and needed extra silver? If this is the case, will the soldiers on this side also be added? Do you want to add these hundred officials? So, how much does this cost extra per year?

"What kind of addition is Your Majesty going to make? How much are you going to add? Wang Chengen could only follow the emperor.

Yang Reform was stupid for a long time, and there was no specific implementation plan at all, and he said a little decadently: "Big companion, this matter, let's send it down for the time being, and then I'll talk about it later, if you are free, ask someone to sort out the situation of my Daming Station, I want to see it." "Yang Reform doesn't want to hang up by himself, give the post station a salary increase or something, ready to go up anyway, but also on the journey, as for how much effect, this, can only be known after the day, but even if there is no Li Zicheng this factor, this post station also needs extra care, this Ming Dynasty is turbulent, military, people's livelihood needs to be urgent more and more, this, will inevitably increase the burden of the post station, add money, this, is a must. There is also a big reason, Yang Reform really can't stand the traffic of the Ming Dynasty, there are 700 miles to expedite and never use 500 miles, in order to better enjoy 700 miles, he is ready to pay more.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed.

was interrupted for a while by the matter between this post station and Li Zicheng, and the matter still returned to the track of discussing how to absorb reserves and how to get silver reserves.

"This reserve, the matter of absorbing the reserve, probably can only be like this, it really can't work, first take some emergency from my internal funds, and then get it back when the money of those vassal kings arrives." Yang Reform no longer bothered with the matter of this reserve, and under such traffic conditions in ancient times, it could only be like this, and there was no better way.

"The slave obeys." Wang Chengen agreed again.

"Alas...... I'm finally done, let's go back to the palace, I'm tired." These words are really busy enough, and people are tired enough, as soon as the matter is done, Yang Reform relaxes and feels tired.

"Your Majesty, don't you summon the people from the Baoquan Bureau?" Wang Chengen wondered how the emperor had forgotten about the summoning of the Baoquan Bureau, and he also felt sorry for the emperor, what had tired the emperor of.

Yang Reform himself confused himself, this is another matter of borrowing money and absorbing savings, and thinking about the post station problem, considering Li Zicheng's problem, he has already forgotten all about the Baoquan Bureau, not that he can't remember his surname well, but he is really tired today, and this Li Zicheng is too lethal to himself.

"Uh...... Don't say it, I almost forgot, but the people from the Baoquan Bureau have arrived? See you when you arrive...... By the way, Omemo, I almost forgot, Ming said that I am going to discuss disaster relief and immigration here, and you send someone to notify the relevant personnel. ”

"The slave and maid have written it down, and the people from the Baoquan Bureau estimate that it should also arrive." Wang Chengen agreed.

"Hmm,...... In addition, it is basically a foregone conclusion that you send someone to tell Li Ruolian and ask him to step up lending, just say, this loan can be recorded in advance, and it will take a certain amount of time in the future, and if the evaluation of the calendar is qualified, it can be directly turned into an official, understand? "Yang Reform is worried about this usury again, no matter what, this usury is his own business, this use of power to take care of his own business, this is not taken care of in vain, since it is a traitor, then sell it more simply.

"The slave and maid understand, the slave and maid go to urge, see if the people from the Baoquan Bureau have arrived." Wang Chenen found that the emperor's face was not very good, and he seemed to be very tired, so he only hoped that this business would be dealt with quickly and that he could go to rest.

…… Yang Gai leaned on the chair and was about to take a nap, when Wang Chenen came back from outside and reported: "Your Majesty, the people from the Baoquan Bureau have arrived, do you want to see Your Majesty?" ”

Yang Reform, who was about to take a nap, barely bothered to deal with affairs, if the matter of this silver coin is not handled well today, it will be difficult to talk about things tomorrow, and he must be energetic.

"See you." Yang Gai took a few deep breaths, shook his arms, and shook his head.

…… A green-robed official trembled and kowtowed: "Ma Zhide, the ambassador of the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Household Affairs, kowtows to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." ”

Yang Gengai cheered up and looked at it, the green robe, this level is low enough, how can this Baoquan Bureau be equivalent to the director of the banknote printing factory, not even a righteous place, this ancient time, also looked down on this bureaucrat with a technical surname.

"Horses... Is Zhide right? How many rank are you? Yang Gengai asked, this guy, the level is really low enough, not to mention in the capital, even if it is in a provincial city, or a capital city, I am afraid that the status is not good.

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen is Ma Zhide, the ambassador of the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Households, and he is the ninth product." Ma Zhide said cautiously, it is still rare for this nine-rank official to see the emperor, not to mention that he is a bureaucrat with a technical surname, and he is even more unpopular.

Positive nine products? This level is low enough, and it is not a little bit worse than the main level of the seventh-grade official!

Yang Gai didn't intend to be verbose about this sesame-sized official, and said, "Ma Zhide, I ask you, what does the Baoquan Bureau do?" ”

Ma Zhide was depressed when he heard it, what is this Baoquan Bureau for? It is specialized in making money, and replied: "Your Majesty, the Baoquan Bureau specializes in coinage. ”

"Well, it's good, I've recently ascended the throne, changed the yuan, and need to mint new money, is it difficult?" Yang asked Gengai.

“…… Back to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty decrees, how much Weichen needs to cast, Weichen will cast as much, there is no problem. "Ma Zhide is inexplicable, is it still difficult to mint money? Could it be that the emperor wants to mix something more in the money? Used as a subsidy?

"Very well, Mazhide, have you seen the silver coins?" Yang asked Gengai.

"Silver? ...... "Ma Zhide didn't turn the corner for a while, what is this silver coin?"

"Silver coins, that is, money made of silver, about the same size as copper coins, Amabet, take a few silver coins and show them to him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen took a few silver coins and showed them to this guy who didn't know what was a silver coin.

Ma Zhide looked at it for a while, and then said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen understands that it is money made of silver." ”

"Very good, I thought, since this copper can be made into copper coins and made into money, then why not use silver to make silver coins, but also to make money, my new emperor will ascend the throne, and he needs to have a new atmosphere, so if you want to mint silver coins, is this difficult?"

Ma Zhide is under a lot of pressure, he has never heard of casting copper coins, he has never heard of casting silver coins, this silver has always been cast into an ingot, that is fifty taels, if they are all minted to the size of copper coins, this ......"...... Back to Your Majesty, can, can cast. Ma Zhide hurriedly said that although he had never minted silver coins, he also knew something about this minting, and knew that this silver was softer than copper and easier to mint, so if he was asked to cast steel coins, I am afraid that he would not agree so quickly.

"Well, it's good, it's good to be able to mint, you first cast some samples, the same as the silver coins you see, about the same size, there is no need to leave a hole in the middle, each silver coin weighs about seven coins and two cents, of which silver accounts for eighty into nine, copper accounts for one into one, one side is written with the name of my year, and the outline of Chengtianmen is printed in the middle; On the other side, the place where the coinage was minted is written, and the word 'One Yuan' is written in the middle. Do you understand? Yang Gengai took Yuan Datou, a model of successful hairstyle, and prepared to draw a scoop according to the gourd and issue silver coins.

Ma Zhide was confused and surprised when he heard it below! Even the weight and proportion of the silver have been calculated, and even the style of casting and the words that need to be written, they have all thought about it, and the rest will be cast by themselves.

"Ma Zhide, do you understand?"

Ma Zhide faced the emperor, he was already under a lot of pressure, very nervous, and was even more flustered by this series of data, and after listening to the second half, he only remembered the first half of the ...... "Weichen, understand, uh...... No, it's kind of ...... Uh, understood...... "Ma Zhide was confused, and he didn't know what to say.

Yang Gai looked at this poor fellow and decided to help him, and said, "Big companion, copy down what I said on paper and give it to him, so that he won't forget it." ”

Wang Chengen said obediently, and then wrote it down with a pen and handed it to this green-robed petty official, thinking, the emperor is really good to this guy, enough to pity this guy, this guy is lucky! If it was another emperor, I was afraid that it would be a beating and thrown out.

Ma Zhide got the paper given by the emperor, he didn't know what to say, he was very moved, the emperor is really a good emperor! I really love me, a sesame officer.

"Ma Zhide, since you can mint it, I need to use these silver coins tomorrow morning, I hope you can mint them in one night, understand?" Yang Gai just took pity on these guys, and in the blink of an eye, he took these pity back.

Ma Zhide felt that he was going crazy, and in one night, he had to mint silver coins...... Yang Gengai looked at this poor fellow and felt that he might be too strict with him, and said: "Ma Zhide, if you give me money, you are naturally allowed to use your financial, material, and human resources in my name, if you can't do it, what use do I want from you?" If you do it well, the benefits will naturally be indispensable to you, and after the Baoquan Bureau is upgraded, you, a nine-grade official, don't want to be an eight-grade, seven-grade or something? Yang Gengai took out the carrot again, he had just thrown the whip in the back, it was time to feed it with the carrot.

Sure enough, Ma Zhide, who was still stunned just now, heard the emperor's promise, and immediately came back to his senses, and immediately shouted thanks, saying that he would definitely be able to handle this matter well.

"Well, let's go back quickly, tomorrow morning, time is running out, go back early, start work early, finish early, remember, this matter needs to be kept secret, understand?" Yang Gengai instructed again.

(To be continued)