Li Rusong hurriedly returned the gift and invited these bureaucrats to sit down. After tea for three rounds, he said with a smile:
"I owe you great blessings to Your Majesty, rely on the officers and men's lives, and have the coordination and cooperation of all the public at home and abroad, so that I can achieve today's achievements. Now, I have achieved the first achievement. I really deserve it. You all come to pay me a visit, which also makes me ashamed. If you have any advice, I am willing to listen attentively."
"I don't dare to teach you. I really admire Tielinghou's demeanor and want to ask about some side affairs and know some side talents, so I came here to bother you."
Wan Shide replied with a smile.
Xiong Tingbi also followed suit: "Exactly, the student also wants to ask how he got to Hanhai. The student also wants to gather a few friends and go on this journey again."
Li Rusong said: "The Hanhai area can be farmed. Because of the large marsh, it is not as cold as other places in Mobei. It is almost the same as Wuzhewei (Harbin). It's just bitter cold along the way, so it's better not to go there easily. It's just a risk for me to go. For this reason, far more people froze to death than died in battle.”
After hearing this, Xiong Tingbi had to calm down his young and restless heart.
And Wan Shide didn't speak anymore, just deep in thought.
Then, Li Rusong chatted with these bureaucrats for a long time, and the atmosphere was harmonious. It seemed that the gap between civil and military officials was not that big.
But when Wan Shide and Xiong Tingbi left, they happened to meet Shi Xing, the minister of Taipu Temple, who was riding in a sedan and lifted the curtain of the sedan to look out.
Wan Shide fell to Shi Xing and bowed his hands.
Shi Xing threw down the curtain of the sedan chair, his eyes were extremely gloomy, and he came directly to Chen Jingbang, the Minister of War, and said: "The trend of worshiping martial arts in the country has become more and more obvious! Even among the civil servants, there are shameless people, and they have begun to wander around in martial arts. Xun Zhimen really doesn’t know how to respect himself and doesn’t have the integrity that a gentleman should have!”
Chen Jingbang could guess that Shi Xing was talking about the civil servants who went to see Li Rusong and said:
"It's not surprising that in the early days of the country, Lan Yu and others made great achievements, and the city of Yemen was like a city; it was inevitable for scholars who wanted to restore the achievements of the Han and Tang Dynasties to worship martial arts;"
"However, since Your Majesty came to the throne, there has been one more hereditary duke, three more marquises, and several earls. Even the military commanders in the Privy Council have been Wu Xun. Wu Xun has begun to regain the power of the court. Now the new The person who has returned to the imperial court has always been in the heart of the emperor, and it is inevitable that he will become a general or a general in the future. Therefore, the era of truly equal emphasis on both civil and military affairs is not far away!"
"You are right, you are right. Nowadays, the military attaches great importance to conquests. Therefore, military ministers are often granted officials and nobility in accordance with their ambitions. In the name of relinquishing their military power, they are transferred to civilian positions and suddenly become ministers. Now they are accompanied by many civil servants and scholars. Then I will go to Chongwu to conquer!"
Shi Xing nodded and couldn't help but slapped his palm on the table and said:
"If this continues, a large amount of the national treasury will still be used for conquest, so how can we levy corvee lightly in the future?! How can we be frugal and save it for our descendants?!"
"Isn't this the mining profit being developed? Once the mining profit is really realized, is there any reason not to take the corvee lightly and underpay the endowment?"
Chen Jingbang asked with a smile.
Shi Xing glanced at him: "You should understand my painstaking efforts. My so-called light corvee and low taxation are not to benefit the common people in the world, but to re-exempt and exempt the gentry from corvee and low taxation, so that they will know and be polite!"
"As for the mining profits, there is no need to take them from outside. We can take them from within, which will save losses and harmonize our friendly countries. We can also use the increased profits to support new people."
"Of course, in order to govern with virtue, we should value justice and not take things that benefit the people. In the end, we should not take advantage of internal and external interests. We should advocate frugality and restrain luxury. Then the country will have long-term peace and stability!"
"As for the common people, if they are not starved to death and filled in the ravines, we can call it the age of Yao and Shun."
Shi Xing added something after that.
"I just asked this on purpose, why should I take it seriously?"
Chen Jingbang smiled and said, "His Majesty has issued an order for Marquis Ningyuan to come to Beijing and serve as Deputy Privy Envoy to take charge of the martial arts of the capital, in order to prepare for the formation of more than 100,000 troops in the future. Those who have won military medals among the northern and southern soldiers will be randomly organized. Join the newly-recruited Beijing camp and serve as an official school in order to take advantage of the strengths of the northern and southern soldiers and blend them into one body to prepare for greater conquests in the future."
"The purpose of carrying out larger conquests is naturally to obtain greater external profits. The imperial court still places more emphasis on profits than on virtue."
After Chen Jingbang said that, he sighed, and then asked Shi Xing: "The subscription tickets have been on sale for almost a year now, right?"
Shi Xing said: "How can I compete with the people for profit?"
Chen Jingbang nodded: "I have heard that Mr. Gong is not good at making money, and his reputation is well-deserved. I bought some, but sold them all at a discount. The main reason is that it has been too long and I haven't seen any profit distribution. My family expenses are high. I really can't wait." No."
Shi Xing then smiled coldly: "I can't even wait for you, let alone the common people? It can be seen that running a country by making profits is not a good strategy. Sooner or later something big will happen."
After chatting with Chen Jingbang, Shi Xing returned to his home and told his eldest son Shi Maolun: "Hurry up and send someone secretly to ask if any officials from the DPRK and China want to resell the subscription coupons at a low price. We will buy as many as there are!"
Shi Maolun was quite puzzled after hearing this: "Everyone is worried that the court will not cash out any more mining profits because they haven't seen it for a long time. They think that the subscription coupons will be just like banknotes, just to make money. Why should my father do this?" Are you buying now?"
"What do you know? The more this happens, the more it will be beneficial to the family business if you buy it."
Shi Xing said, "Go and do this quickly!"
Shi Maolun had no choice but to say yes.
Shi Xing suddenly couldn't help but sneeze, then touched his arm, and couldn't help but glance outside. He saw dense clouds outside and the sky was dark, and said:
“It’s only August and it’s going to snow, isn’t it?”
Since the Wanli Dynasty, the impact of the Little Glacier on the climate has indeed increased.
According to historical records, during the Wanli period, it snowed in September even along the coast of Guangdong.
For example, in the twelfth year of Wanli, due to abnormal weather, the Guangdong and Guangxi areas suddenly became extremely cold, causing a serious reduction in grain production in Guangxi. The disaster relief is still being carried out, so that the issue of sending troops to Annan continues to be shelved.
However, the cold weather and the increasingly affluent people have also caused a surge in coal demand.
Many workers carrying coal can be seen at many intersections and ferries.
Although it was only August, Ye Agui personally carried some coal back because frost began to appear in Huai'an, and said to Ye Xiaocao:
"I didn't buy much this time. The main reason was that there were too many people buying coal. They didn't want to hurt themselves anymore and spent all their money on it."
"So, basically, a ship of coal from the north would be empty within a short time. It is really unexpected that this was only available to our husbands and wives there a few years ago, but now we, ordinary people, can also use it. On."
"It's no wonder that the weather is getting colder. My father and his fellow trackers had to pool their money and buy a lot of them. They can bake them when not pulling, so as not to freeze their feet and make them unable to pull."
Wang Xiaocao hurriedly got a basin of hot water for Ye Agui and said.
…
Xu Zhenming, the Minister of Commerce who was in charge of the operation of the government-run coal mine, quickly washed his face after his servant brought a basin of hot water, and then wiped his face with a dry handkerchief and told his servant:
"Tell Madam, don't wait for me for dinner, I have to go see the chief minister!"
Then, Xu Zhenming came to Shen Shixing soon and said to Shen Shixing:
"The price of coal has been rising, and the supply exceeds demand. Although the newly mined coal was delayed for a long time due to heavy wind and snow, it was only shipped to Jinei this month. However, it was sold short as soon as it arrived in Jinei. Only now has it started to go south. First, The expected profits have come out and can be divided."
Shen Shixing said: "Then the Ministry of Commerce will immediately write a book and ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to audit and distribute the profits. You, the Ministry of Commerce, will make some noise. Except for the inner court and those in power, everyone else's information will be made public to establish the credibility of the court!" "
(End of chapter)
