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Early the next morning, Qin Mu came to the Xuanzheng Hall in a black gown, wearing a crown of twelve crowns, and a spring breeze on his face.

Today is the day of the Chang Dynasty, after the three drums, two classes of civil and military ministers entered the hall under the guidance of the ceremonial officials.

"Your Majesty has arrived!" In the voice of the eunuch, Qin Mu turned out of the apse, stretched his sleeves, and sat down on the throne.

The two ministers immediately stepped forward and bowed to pay respects: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

In the Chang Dynasty held in the Xuanzheng Palace, the minister did not need to kneel, as long as he bowed and bowed.

After the prostration, the ministers from the third rank and above sit on the left and right, and those from the third rank and below have no seats, so they can only stand on the sides.

For those officials who do not have seats from the third rank down, in a word: the revolution has not yet succeeded, and the comrades still have to work hard.

When you have enough credit and have been promoted to the third grade, you will naturally have a place for you.

Qin Mu first asked Han Zanzhou to read Zhao Han's urgent recital in the palace, and after listening to it, most of the ministers couldn't help but look at each other and exchange glances with each other.

Didn't the navy protect Eneng by sea to conquer the two Guangzhous? How did you get to Luzon?

Most of the ministers in the palace did not know about the navy sending troops to Luzon, but now Zhao Han was playing, and the two fleets defeated the Spaniards, captured 1,200 Xiyi and 400 family members, and captured 19 Western warships, more than 700 guns of various types, and nearly 2 million taels worth of property.

What's going on? We haven't even heard of it, the navy has opened up thousands of miles of territory and transported back nearly two million taels of silver, which is unbelievable, this is equivalent to half of the income in the early Ming Dynasty.

In the main hall, many ministers couldn't help but talk in whispers.

"Silence!" The palace attendant Yushi shouted loudly, and the Xuanzheng Hall finally quieted down again.

Qin Mu said: "Luzon Island has been occupied by Xiyi for nearly a hundred years, and this time the Royal Navy defeated Xiyi and took the main island of Luzon. Its area is equivalent to the size of Fujian Province, and how to govern it, please let the ministers express their opinions. ”

Qin Mu asked, the expression on the face of the minister in the palace was really wonderful, although this Luzon had heard of it closely, but what it looked like, no one had ever seen it.

Besides, everyone didn't even have some preparations, and Your Majesty suddenly announced that Daqin had one more province overseas. Then ask how to govern. If you don't have investigation and research, you don't have the right to speak, this is what your majesty often says, we haven't even figured out how many monkeys there are on Luzon Island, you immediately want everyone to give a treatment plan, this is not easy to make people embarrassed!

No matter what, He Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up first and congratulated loudly: "Congratulations to my emperor, congratulations to my emperor, and add overseas Xinjiang territory." ”

The minister of the full palace then came out of the mountain and shouted: "Congratulations to my emperor." Congratulations to the Emperor! ”

Qin Mu was expressionless, glanced at He Liang and said, "Why does He Shangshu emphasize the word overseas?" ”

"This"

He Liang didn't expect the emperor to react like this, and secretly complained in his heart, is this congratulations also wrong?

The ministers of the full hall also looked at each other. No one can figure out what is wrong with He Liang's words.

Qin Mu coughed lightly twice and said in a deep voice: "In my eyes, the South China Sea is like a bath in my imperial garden. He does not have to deliberately emphasize that Luzon is located overseas. ”

"Your Majesty's lesson is that the minister knows that he is wrong."

"Huang Zhenlin."

"The minister is here."

"Tomorrow, you are responsible for asking the Ministry of Industry to make a two-meter-high and diameter globe for each of the yamen of the central and central ministries, and stand outside the yamen of each ministry. There is also one outside the noon gate. ”

"Your Honor."

"I often ask the ministers to look at the world, and it seems that everyone doesn't hear it, so let everyone see how big the world is when they go to court every day."

A change in concept needs to be subtle, and it is not a good idea to set up a globe outside the yamen of various ministries.

Let the minister take a look at it every day when he goes to court, ah! There is such a big land, it is not included in the rule of Great Qin, it turns out that my Heavenly Empire only occupies a corner of the land, this is not good!

Lest it be like the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu monarchs and ministers only knew about China, and knew nothing about overseas, and even thought that foreigners' knees were inherently inbent, so they could not kneel. Such a joke, Daqin can't repeat the mistakes of the past.

Qin Mu then said to Huang Zhenlin: "Huang Qing, when you rush to make the globe tomorrow, don't forget to mark Luzon as the land of my Great Qin. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Ministers, the Royal Navy has added a new province to my Great Qin, but how to govern it, I seem that the ministers are still a little at a loss, which makes me very disappointed, very disappointed! Among my ministers, none of them have ever thought about the world outside of Great Qin? ”

Qin Mu said with emotion, "Am I a reckless soldier? This time to open up Luzon, it did not allow the household department to allocate an extra tael of silver, nor did it make the people of Daqin pay an extra penny in taxes. On the contrary, the Royal Navy not only opened up a province for Daqin this time, but also added two million taels of revenue to the national treasury. ”

"Your Majesty is wise and martial, this is naturally not considered a reckless force." The three giants of the household department, Shangshu Liu Boquan, Xu Yingjie on the left, and Yang Chao on the right, all went out of class and marched in unison, and the sound was as crisp and pleasant as silver colliding with each other.

"It's not like it's a reckless force, what I want to tell you today is that if the Royal Navy comes back next time that another province has been opened, I hope that the ministers will not be as helpless as they are today, and you must be ready to take over a new province at any time."

"The ministers respectfully follow His Majesty's instructions."

"Since none of the ministers are prepared this time, then Luzon will choose to let the South China Sea Fleet take charge."

Qin Mu didn't think about sending civil officials to govern Luzon immediately, let Zheng Sihai and Hai Rufeng toss them first, and when the natives on Luzon Island were tossed clean, it would not be too late to send civil officials over at that time.

When he said this today, he was just taking the opportunity to knock on the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Undoubtedly, this incident has also caused a great impact on the ministers of the DPRK and China.

In all dynasties, the expansion of territory is all about raising a large army, spending huge sums of money, and working the people and losing money. Who has ever heard that the army has opened up thousands of miles of territory outside and brought back huge wealth, and the ministers of the DPRK and China still know nothing?

Qin Mu took advantage of the fact that the ministers were still in a daze, and asked Gu Yanwu, a scholar of Hanlin, to draft an edict to discuss the country, and then use the seal to promulgate the world.

Of course, he will not immediately send troops to attack the Cave Country. It's just that the tone of dealing with Donggo Country is set first.

Just like when the Northern Expedition was issued, the edict against Zhu Youlang was promulgated, first characterizing the matter, and as for when to attack, it depends on when Daqin will free his hands.

At the invitation of Mu Tianbo, Ta Long, the king of Dongwu, sent 20,000 troops into Yunnan to help in the war, which was tantamount to making enemies of Great Qin first. Now that the Great Qin Emperor wants to denounce the Dongwu Kingdom, the ministers are actually not surprised.

Everyone was still immersed in the matter of Daqin's sudden addition of a province, and it was difficult to extricate themselves, until the next dynasty, and the ministers talked about Luzon.

As for the crusade against Donggo. It wasn't to send troops immediately, maybe after the edict was issued, King Dongwu obediently came to ask for guilt, and the matter passed, so everyone didn't talk much.

After the early dynasty, Qin Mu built a palace, and after a hurried lunch, he immediately summoned the Hubu Shangshu and two waiters.

When Liu Boquan, Xu Yingjie, and Yang Chao entered the temple to pay respects, they all had joy on their faces. Seeing that the treasury was becoming empty, and the navy suddenly got back so much silver, the life of the household department was much better.

The three of them are typical "money-eyed" guys, so they don't care how you get the money in the Navy. Anyway, just go into the treasury.

"Sit down."

"Thank you."

Qin Mu immediately cut to the chase: "I summoned you today, mainly for the matter of currency, Xu Qing's recital I have seen it, and the court has put so much effort into it. The Great Qin treasure banknote is still depreciated;

If the circulation is increased, it will not only damage the common people, but also cause huge losses to the imperial court. It is only the profiteers who benefit;

By the way, has Xu Qing investigated the depreciation of the Great Qin treasure banknotes, are there any unscrupulous businessmen behind the scenes, specifically spreading some rumors to shake the confidence of the people? ”

Xu Yingjie replied: "Your Majesty, there are indeed a lot of rumors, but it is almost impossible to find out the source of the rumors. Although Huitong Bank has been cashing huàn in the same amount, but after all, it is difficult for the outlets to cover the rural areas, many villagers do not know what to do, listen to the rumors, refuse to accept the treasure money, and the people who get the treasure banknotes, sometimes because of the difficulty of going back and forth, and the local merchants exchange huàn into silver at a low price. ”

Qin Mu listened, and his heart was quite helpless.

Rumors can spread easily, although the imperial court has an order to allow the use of paper money to pay taxes, but if the people in the countryside suddenly hear that the imperial court does not collect paper money for taxes, what will they do?

Who did they go to verify, many of them have never been out of the countryside in their lives, and for such people, it must be a cheap price to huàn, so as not to leave the paper money in their hands and become waste paper.

This kind of thing has been repeated in the Ming Dynasty.

Ming Taizu, the emperor who was full of small peasant consciousness, reigned for 30 years, and the banknote law changed again and again, and as a result, the good treasure money was like waste paper, and hundreds of people had no place to cry.

There is such a precedent, and the people still have lingering palpitations, and if there are any rumors, they must be in the heart of believing that they have it rather than believing it, and they will exchange the Daqin treasure banknotes in their hands into huàn, which will give illegal businessmen an opportunity to take advantage of.

They will be more active in creating rumors and causing greater panic so that ordinary villagers will be more eager to exchange huàn banknotes, which is similar to snatching money directly from the common people.

Qin Mu suddenly thought that the Jiaozi in the Song Dynasty was to regulate the circulation field, for example, the Jiaozi issued by Gyeonggi could only be circulated in Gyeonggi, and it could not be used when it went out of this area, could it be to prevent the loss of control caused by rumors?

For example, if Daqin issued a kind of banknote, stipulating that it would only circulate in the city of Nanjing, it would be useless for profiteers to create any rumors, because the people could directly take the banknotes to the bank for exchange, and it would not take much time.

In this way, the banknotes are not easily depreciated.

In this way, after the credibility of the banknotes is slowly established, the area of circulation will be gradually expanded, from Gyeonggi to nearby states, from point to area, and finally the goal of nationwide circulation will be achieved.

Thinking of this, Qin Mu immediately said his thoughts and repeatedly discussed the feasibility with Liu Boquan, Xu Yingjie, and Yang Chao.

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(To be continued......)