Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 31
Taichang has decided to vigorously mine, sell it, and make money!

Because he urgently needs money now, the future development of Daming also needs minerals.

As for what coin to be minted, we'll have to wait.

The current coinage method is really outdated, think about the process, take a small mold, put fine sand in it, compact it, put the mold in again, press a hollow copper coin impression, and then take out the mold, if If you don’t take it properly, the sand mold will be useless and you have to redo it. Even if there is a little more sand sticking out, you have to repair it. , and the casting is not good, it is also a waste product. Even if the casting is good, it has to be cleaned, trimmed and polished, which is too troublesome.

If there are punch presses of later generations, it will be different. One bang is one, and one person can make a thousand punches a day without any problem!

This is the importance of technological development. As long as there is technology, it is not a problem to increase the efficiency by a hundred times.

Of course, this has to be done slowly. It is impossible to develop technology overnight, and punching cannot be done in a day.

Anyway, Wanli Tongbao, Longqing Tongbao, and even Jiajing Tongbao are all used in the same way. There is no problem in keeping copper coins for hundreds of years, and it should be no problem to use them for a few more years.

At this time, the most important thing is to solve the problem of corruption. If the minerals are directly sold, the profit will double, and it will cost tens of thousands of taels or even millions of taels. Who can not be tempted?
So, how to solve the problem of corruption?
This is actually quite simple to say, it is supervision and punishment.

Supervise first, it is best if you are not greedy;
In fact, the Ming Dynasty had already established a monitoring system. At the time of the Hongwu Dynasty, no one dared to be greedy. To be greedy for more than 60 taels was to steal the skin!

Who dares to be greedy?
The problem is that the procuratorate has become a tool for party struggle at the moment, let alone 60 taels of corruption, even if it is 60 taels of greed, as long as it is one of its own people, not only will it not be punished, but it will also be promoted!

How to do it?

At this moment, the capital's Supreme Court can't move, because Donglin is cleaning up the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang parties. If they seize the power of their Supreme Court, then their swords will be gone.

It seems that we can only try it in Nanzhili first.

If you try a successful model here, it will be easy to promote it in the future.

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Shi Gao, I have decided to increase mining efforts. I can open as many mines as I can, and sell them. Let's solve the problem of the emptiness of the treasury first."

This!
Bi Maoliang couldn't help but persuaded him, "Your Majesty, if you don't do it this way, something big will happen!"

You fools.

Taichang said helplessly: "It's a big deal to mine less iron ore, so keep it for yourself first, okay? Other copper mines, coal mines, and so on, give me the hard work to mine!"

This, all right.

It’s useless for me to nod my head. I’m just a servant of the household, and there are many officials who are older than me in the courtroom.

Bi Maoliang also said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's useless for you to tell Wei Chen, Donglin in the court will definitely not agree."

Hey, they won't be able to jump around for long.

Taichang confidently said: "This is not urgent, we can try it in Nanzhili first, the most important thing now is to put an end to corruption, if all the money from selling mines is given to those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, then we will be busy for a while. field."

This does not seem to be a big problem, because Nanzhili also has six ministries and the Supreme Court. Although the scope of power is not as large as that of the capital, Nanzhili can still decide.

Question, who will do this?
Bi Maoliang couldn't help frowning and said: "It's not a big problem to try it here first, but there are not many officials from the Sixth Division and the Metropolitan Police who can use it!"

Taichang couldn't help sighing and said, "Yes, from our secret investigation, most of the officials in Nanzhili are probably involved in corruption. They must not be able to use them. It seems that you are the only one who can use them. Now, if you are in charge of the Nanzhili Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, and then you promote Shi Wancheng and Ni Yuangong to the ministers of households and the ministers of work in Nanjing, then it will be almost the same. The problem is that the work department in the capital also needs to be controlled by someone. I originally I want you to be the Minister of Works, alas, there are too few people I can trust."

When Bi Maoliang heard the words, he couldn't help but get excited. He really didn't expect that he could be promoted to the Censor of Zuodu of Nanjing Metropolitan Court and even the Minister of Works of the capital if he accompanies the emperor to Jiangnan and earns a lap.

You know, if you don't participate in the party struggle these days, it's too difficult to get promoted, especially at the level of the Six Ministers and the Zuodu Censor of the Ducha Yuan, those are the focus of the party struggle, not the Donglin or Qi Chuzhe party, you simply Don't even think about it.

The problem is that he really does not want to participate in the party struggle, because it is meaningless to fight back and forth, and the Ming Dynasty will not only not be strong, but will also decline.

He has already seen this through, so he would rather be a servant than participate in a party fight for promotion.

Unexpectedly, this opportunity came suddenly.

If let him choose, he naturally wants to be the minister of the Ministry of Industry of Beijing.

He thought about it for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen can recommend two officials, but I don't know if the Emperor wants to use them."

Of course I use what you recommend!

Taichang could see that Bi Maoliang was completely different from Donglin and the Qi Chu Zhe Party. This person was a worthy minister who truly served the country and the people.

He nodded without hesitation: "You said, can I still not believe you?"

Bi Maoliang couldn't help but cupped his hands excitedly and said: "Thank you for your favor, the person recommended by Wei Chen has actually believed it, and they are also two brothers, they are Bi Ziyan, the young minister of the Taipu Temple, and Bi Zisu, the imperial censor of the Duchayuan. These two are also rare capable officials and officials, and more importantly, they don’t want to participate in party disputes, they just want to do something practical for the Ming Dynasty and the common people.”

Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu?
Such a coincidence!
It’s really rare for brothers to be admitted to the same university these days, because the imperial examinations are really difficult. Millions of students get about [-] jinshi in three years. Two, or brothers, this probability, ten years can be a good pair.

However, it was such a coincidence that there were two pairs of jinshi who had the same brothers and were both surnamed Bi. Bi Maoliang and Bi Maokang were Huizhou Shuangbi, and Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu were Jinan Shuangbi. Moreover, these two For his brothers, he is also a famous official who has left his name in the history.

Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu's brother Taichang actually knew, because these two brothers were quite famous in the history of Chongzhen Dynasty.

In the first year of Chongzhen, Ningyuan mutiny, and the governor of Liaodong, Bi Zisu, was held by the mutiny soldiers. These mutiny soldiers saw that Bi Zisu had no money left, and could not bear to harm him. However, the minister of the household at that time happened to be his brother Bi Ziyan, so, They forced Bi Zisu to write a letter to ask Bi Ziyan to collect food and salaries to redeem the people.

The governor of Liaodong, Bi Zisu, would rather die than die, and finally died on a hunger strike!

The Minister of the Household, Bi Ziyan, knew that his own younger brother was in the hands of the mutiny soldiers, and also knew that they wanted food and salaries to redeem people, but he did nothing.

Because at that time the court really had no money, and there were many places to spend money.

Wei Zhongxian had been in control of the Daming court for less than three years, and the Daming frontier army owed more than two years.

The most influential of these mutinies was not the Ningyuan mutiny, but the Ganzhou town mutiny. In the end, the Ningyuan mutiny only killed a governor, but the Ganzhou town mutiny ended up killing Chongzhen!
Because Li Zicheng was the commander-in-chief of the Ganzhou army at that time, the Ganzhou army was mutiny, and he had nowhere to live. In desperation, he could only follow his uncle Gao Yingxiang on the road of rebellion. In the end, he conquered the capital and forced Chongzhen to hang himself. This Li Zicheng!

Also, at that time, the drought in Guanzhong was severe, and the peasant uprisings continued one after another.

With so many places needing money, how could Bi Ziyan raise millions of taels to save his brother.

Therefore, he just watched his younger brother die on hunger strike without even going to Chongzhen once.

Also, in the second year of Chongzhen, the Qing army entered the customs and surrounded the capital, and the 40 troops of the Ming Dynasty entered Jingqin Wang. Bi Ziyan did not sleep for more than a month in order to raise food and pay. As a result, the Qing army retreated, but his head was as big as a bucket , vomiting blood.

Such a brother, such a loyal and good person, how can we not use it!

Taichang nodded without hesitation: "Okay, then I will promote Bi Ziyan as the minister of household in Nanjing, and Bi Zizhen as the censor of the left capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Inspection Yuan. Originally, I still have a headache, so I will promote a magistrate to the minister. It's too outrageous, now it's good, with Jinan Shuangbi, Nanzhili will be worry-free."

(End of this chapter)