Clear Wear and Lie to Win

Chapter 53
Fortunately, Yunrong's research results in the past few years are not bad. Some of the research results have not been used on a large scale due to various reasons. It will take time to promote these things.

It's okay for Yun Rong to be lazy.

It's been three months since Bobo, although Yunrong is very happy to play with her son every day, but she can't go on forever, she will pay attention to her son, but she doesn't want to give up her career.

Besides, as Bobo got bigger and bigger, Yun Rong felt that she could make some educational toys.

For example, building blocks.

For example, some exquisite mechanism toys.

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The principle of these things is not difficult. Yun Rong also has a golden finger laboratory that is slightly flawed but still practical. The equipment and the like inside cannot be brought out, but the data drawings can indeed be brought out.

It was really a lot more convenient, and it also saved Yunrong a lot of trouble.

Then Yunrong started to work hard so that her son could play with toys one after another.

At the same time, Yinzhen is making people start building roads. There is a saying that is very correct. If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Once the roads are clear, goods can flow, and the economy will naturally develop.

Not just roads, but also railways.

Nowadays, electricity is still difficult to popularize. It is very rare to be able to use electricity in the palace. Therefore, Yinzhen plans to use the principle of steam to let craftsmen make steam engines first, and use the power generated by steam to drive trains on the railway.

But it will take time.

Yinzhen got a cement formula from Yunrong and asked people to build a cement road first. At the same time, Yinzhen deliberately asked people to build a ten-mile-long railway in a deserted place.

Road construction should also be carried out step by step. As the capital of the Qing Dynasty, the capital city should naturally be at the top. Shengjing, as the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, would naturally not be left behind, and the area around the south of the Yangtze River would also be included.

Jiangnan has outstanding people and rich products. Grain, aquatic products, and textiles are all major production areas. Because of the extensive waterways in the south of the Yangtze River, Jiangnan is not only the largest granary in the world, but also an important source of national treasury.

However, where waterways are not accessible, the economy is somewhat backward.

Therefore, the roads around Jiangnan must be open.

But road construction sounds good, everyone knows that it is a project that benefits the country and the people, but it needs money!

It stands to reason that the people in corvee can be used to contribute, but there are many roads to be built, and it is impossible to always requisition the people.

Just like Emperor Sui Yang built the Grand Canal, wouldn't the Grand Canal benefit the people?
Can benefit the people!
However, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty increased the corvee labor in order to build the Grand Canal, which finally made the people miserable, and the people moaned and resented, and finally the country was not destroyed.

When the people of later generations mentioned Sui Yang Emperor, the first thing that came to mind was his enslavement to the people and his inhumanity to the people. Who could remember that the Grand Canal, a network of waterways extending in all directions, was the work of Emperor Sui Yang!
The courtiers did not object to road construction, but Yinzhen said that the money for road construction comes from the national treasury, and road construction does not increase corvee labor, that is to say, the national treasury not only needs to pay for road construction materials, but also pay Give wages.

The courtiers felt that the emperor was really crazy. Although the national treasury still had a surplus, it was because of Yinzhen's good management over the years, but no matter how much money was invested in such a national project, the treasury would not be able to afford it.

Of course, the most important thing is that the emperor allows the courtiers who are in urgent need of money to borrow money from the treasury. The treasury is not enough. If they are not greedy, their lives will be very tight. It is related to their own interests, and no one is willing to agree.

Of course, there were a few more active minds who immediately agreed with Yinzhen's proposal. These people didn't have any good ideas. They just wanted to use this errand to make some extra money. After all, the treasury has a lot of money. It has to be used by human hands, as long as it is used by human hands, it will naturally get benefits, isn't it!

Seeing ghosts, ghosts and ghosts, and everyone, Xu Zhen became impatient: "Shangshu of the Household Department."

Mi Sihan, Minister of the Household Department: "The servant is here."

Yinzhen: "How much money is there in the treasury now?"

Mi Sihan: "My Majesty, there are still 500 million taels of silver on the books of the treasury, but the real amount is only 2000 million taels."

Yinzhen's face darkened, his courtiers in the Qing Dynasty were really poor, and they borrowed a total of 500 million taels of silver.

Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "Oh! Please explain to me, where did the 500 million taels of silver on the book go?"

Mi Sihan said truthfully: "Go back to the emperor, I was borrowed."

After Mi Sihan's voice fell, Yinzhen's face became even more uneasy.

Yinzhen didn't speak, and the people below didn't dare to speak. After a while, Yinzhen said: "Five million taels! Liang Jiugong, how many objects are there among the people today?"

Yinzhen sent Liang Jiugong to check the prices of goods among the people. It was originally to punish corrupt officials and bun slaves in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but now it is just right.

Liang Jiugong's voice was a little squeaky: "Eggs cost a penny, pork twenty cents a catty, chicken twenty five cents a catty, fine cotton cloth twenty cents a foot, silk and satin prices vary, ordinary cabbage costs a penny and two catties, the most expensive Vegetables are only ten yuan a catty..."

Liang Jiugong stood behind the emperor, so he dared to speak, and he spoke in such detail that everyone felt terrible.

After Liang Jiugong finished speaking, Yinzhen said, "Why don't you talk anymore?"

Still no one spoke.

Yinzhen: "The good minister I raised, in just a few years, I have borrowed 500 million taels of silver. Mi Sihan, tell me how many people have borrowed silver from the treasury, and can someone return the silver during this period."

Mi Sihan: "Back to the emperor, there were less than a hundred people who borrowed money, and only two people returned the money during the period."

Yinzhen: "There are less than a hundred people. On average, each of you borrowed 5 taels of silver. Tell me, what did you do with the money? Also, only two people paid back the money. What's the matter, I didn't dare to take it." The state treasury is used for private treasury, but you put money into the treasury from time to time, you are more patient than me, is this using the treasury as a private treasury?"

The hundred or so people who had borrowed money and hadn't paid it back were frightened immediately, and knelt down on the ground: "I'm terrified, I don't dare, so I ask the emperor to appease my anger."

Yinzhen: "I see that you are very brave. How can I appease my anger? After I finished talking about building roads, you said that the treasury has no money. What's the matter? That 500 million taels is not silver?"

The Hesheli family, the former queen's natal family, borrowed a lot of money, and seeing that the situation was wrong, they quickly admitted their mistake.

As the patriarch of the Hesheli family, Suo'etu immediately said: "Your Majesty, the slave's family has become more prosperous recently, and is planning to return the money owed to the treasury. When the slave returns, he will have the money carried to the treasury."

Yinzhen looked at Suo'etu and felt that this person was not that stupid. The reason why he was like that in his previous life was probably because he was fascinated by the crown prince's halo.

Without the arrogance of the capital, he is indeed a lot smarter, and he will judge the situation. In his previous life, let alone paying back the money, he could borrow more money from the treasury.

Yinzhen likes smart people, and Suo'etu has become a lot smarter, so he naturally has to say something: "Since Mr. Suo'etu said so, then, Mi Sihan, you and Suo'etu will meet."

When everyone saw Suo'etu, they all gave up, and they could only say to return it immediately.

When Xu Zhen saw that he wanted to pay back the money he owed, he was happy, and then said: "The five million taels of silver will be used for road construction costs, and the rest will come from my private treasury."

The courtiers said in unison: "The emperor is wise."

(End of this chapter)