After Lin Chunhong came out of Jingzhou, he couldn't help but feel excited and rode his horse and headed towards Zhijiang.

After the "Patent Regulations" spread, they were appreciated by many knowledgeable people and went to Zhijiang to find out. This included Qian Bingding. He was deeply immersed in the method of money and banknotes. After seeing Lin Chunhong, he had a deep conversation and both sides felt that they met too late. Lin Chunhong exchanged with him the financial knowledge of later generations and directly opened a door for Qian Bingding. However, Lin Chunhong lacked understanding of the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty. Although Qian Bingding was only twenty years old, he traveled everywhere and had a good understanding of the economic situation of the Ming Dynasty. Without saying a word, Lin Chunhong directly appointed Qian Bingding as the general manager of Bangtai Money House, responsible for bill affairs.

Notes can solve the shortage of silver faced by bulk transactions within a certain range. In fact, notes are equivalent to more stringent banknotes, which can effectively reduce the risks and manpower consumption of silver transportation and increase the market's money supply.

But general transactions still require silver, which is Phyllis' silver coin minting plan. In general transactions, it is not convenient to use silver coin. Not only does it require division, but it also needs to carry the wait. There is a need to mint silver coins. According to Phyllis' idea, it is to directly add 10% of copper to the silver coins, and this plan was rejected by Lin Chunhong. The silver coins have not been accepted by the people, and it will only lead to a dead end. When the people accept Bangtai's silver coins, it is not too late to add copper. However, silver coins in minting sterling silver will face the problem of losing money in the early stage. Lin Chunhong doesn't care, and the money will be earned sooner or later.

So Phyllis was appointed as the deputy general manager of Bangtai Money House, responsible for the minting of coins.

According to the idea of ​​Bangtai Trading Company, it is best to use copper coins for transactions in the terminal market. This problem cannot be ignored. The depression in the terminal market will eventually affect production. However, Lin Chunhong cannot get a copper mine, and the acquisition of copper minting copper coins was a serious loss. During the Jiajing period, a large number of copper coins were minted, resulting in serious losses, resulting in no copper coins for a hundred years. In the early years of Chongzhen, the minting of copper coins in Nanjing was also a serious loss, and the court had to stop minting coins.

Lin Chunhong swore that he must get a copper mine to solve this problem, otherwise the entire monetary measures will be incomplete, and three feet will be stable, and two feet will fall to the ground sooner or later.

Gao Doushu is an economic layman. He did not realize the rich profits and ability to make trouble. Not to mention building a city wall, Lin Chunhong was willing to buy it even if he spent a million taels of silver to buy it. One hand was about to reach the center of the Ming Dynasty, slowly eroding the Ming Dynasty's financial control.

It was late at night, and the huge Qianqing Palace seemed quiet and deep. Emperor Chongzhen was still at his desk to review memorials, and the eunuch Cao Huachun stood by the side without moving.

Suddenly, Cao Huachun heard a crackling sound, and quickly took the wooden cutters and cut the lamp flowers, alarming Chongzhen. He raised his head, looked at Cao Huachun, shook his head left and right, and sootheed the muscles of his neck.

"Hua Chun, when is it time?"

"It's been two minutes since I was back!" Cao Huachun bowed and replied.

Emperor Chongzhen lowered his head and flipped the memorial, saying to himself: "There are more than ten copies left and it's over!"

After saying that, he looked at the memorial at hand again. Cao Huachun did not dare to speak at all and still stood there.

This memorial was a memorial by Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Revenue. The whole article was a matter of breaking the Yellow River in Mengjin, Henan, drowning countless people and animals, and urgently needed relief. Otherwise, once the civil war changes, it will be as unscathed as Shanxi and Shaanxi. Bi Ziyan also mentioned that the court's treasury was empty, and in order to raise funds, it is urgent to expand salt to help. The memorial also mentioned that no taxes should be increased, otherwise the public will be resentful, which is not a blessing for the court.

Chongzhen was extremely depressed. Shaanxi had been drought for years and the civil unrest was getting worse. Fortunately, Hong Chengchou and Cao Wenzhao worked together to drive the bandits out of the country. Unexpectedly, after the bandits entered Shanxi, they caused a mess of Shanxi. The local officials in Shanxi were helpless in the face of the bandits, which led to the bandits becoming overwhelming. Now they are openly attacking the county town, which is very uncontrollable.

Now the Yellow River in Henan has broken its doors, and the majority of people have no place to live, waiting for the court's relief, but where is the court rich now? If the people are bewitched by Shaanxi and Shanxi bandits and become rebels, the Ming Dynasty's confidant will be finished!

Chongzhen sighed, picked up the red pen, and criticized the red one: "Authentication!"

It was all caused by silver. If the court had silver, the civil unrest in Shaanxi would have been forced to suppress it. That would have allowed them to go back and forth and cause trouble in Shanxi? Where did the silver come from in the three major battles in Wanli? Alas, it was the foundation laid by Zhang Taiyue. The country was in trouble and thought of good ministers. Chongzhen had long been dissatisfied with the chief minister Zhou Yanru. In the past few years, the government's government had not improved at all, but became more and more chaotic.

Alas, silver!

Emperor Chongzhen put down Bi Ziyan's memorial and picked up another one. This one was reported by He Zhiyuan, deputy envoy of the Southern Zhili Censor. He said that when he was the prefect of Jingzhou in the first half of this year, a merchant on the Yangtze River built a three-masted sailboat, swept up the local goods from Yiling and Jingzhou, and transported them to Yangzhou for sale. The ship paid 2,200 taels of silver when he was in Jingzhou. Later, he arrived in Yangzhou and sold goods and paid 3,200 taels of silver, totaling 5,400 taels of silver. Given the current financial difficulties of the court, it is better to encourage merchants to build a three-masted sailboat and collect taxes to alleviate the temporary urgent needs. The proposed opinion of the cabinet ticket was to support it to alleviate financial difficulties.

Chongzhen closed the memorial and looked up and pondered, but did not deal with it for a while. When Cao Huachun saw it, he felt very nervous and stared at Chongzhen's expression, thinking about the way to respond.

After pondering for a moment, Chongzhen asked, "Can a three-masted sailboat walk on the Yangtze River?"

Cao Huachun hurriedly bowed and replied, "I don't know, I have never seen you!"

Chongzhen seemed not to hear Cao Huachun's answer. Perhaps he didn't ask Cao Huachun at all just now, but was talking to himself.

What can I do if the ancestral system is like this? Chongzhen was very confused and put the memorial aside and picked up the next memorial. This memorial was a memorial written by the governor of Southern Zhili who claimed that a three-masted sailboat appeared in Yangzhou and asked the emperor how to deal with it, whether it was forbidden or supported.

Emperor Chongzhen did not deal with it, and put it together with the memorial just now. Cao Huachun breathed a sigh of relief, and Chongzhen stayed there, saying that the matter was not supported and it was not prohibited.

Emperor Chongzhen then picked up the following memorial. Feng Yuanbiao impeached Min Hongxue, the Minister of Personnel, and said that Lin Chunhong, a Dianshi of Zhijiang County, Jingzhou Prefecture, was aware of military affairs and had laws in training archers. He had the merits of expelling the water bandit Zhang Zhao in the past, and later he had the merits of extermination of the bandits of Dangyang, and the Ministry of Personnel was negligent in his duties and did not reward him. As a result, Lin Chunhong held the position of Dianshi for three years. Although he was awarded the honors every year, his official position was not promoted and he could not serve the court.

Emperor Chongzhen turned up the two memorials in front, frowned slightly, his face becoming more and more severe, and the anger of thunder was extraordinary. Emperor Chongzhen looked over and over again several times, turned his head and stared at Cao Huachun, and shouted sternly: "Why are they all in Jingzhou?"

Cao Huachun was so scared that he trembled, and quickly knelt on the ground and said, "For the sake of the emperor's handling, I have placed several memorials together!"

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Cao Huachun suspiciously and said for a long time: "If I find out that you are colluding with your internal and external forces, be careful with your skin!"

"I don't dare!" Cao Huachun's forehead was knocking on the ground.

"Get up, you don't dare to measure it!" Emperor Chongzhen didn't look at Cao Huachun, picked up Feng Yuanbiao's memorial again, read it again, and left it to the point.

However, Lin Chunhong's name came into his mind. Now Shanxi has mobilized heavy troops to encircle and intercept the bandits, and there is no need to transfer a small official to Shanxi. Besides, Feng Yuanbiao impeached the Minister of Personnel. If the report is approved, Min Hongxue has no choice but to resign.

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the following memorials and continued to check them. Cao Huachun's heart fell into his stomach. These memorials were deliberately put together by Cao Huachun, and the order of the memorials was carefully considered. It is necessary to ensure that Emperor Chongzhen did not stop the three-masted sailboat and left a deep impression on Lin Chunhong.

All of this is the result of Qu Shisi's operation. Cao Huachunsu was close to Qian Qianyi and Qu Shisi, and it was naturally no problem for Qu Shisi's request.

A group of people pondered about Emperor Chongzhen, how could the effect be compared with the ministers alone? Since ancient times, the Tang and Song Zu, who were extremely experienced and intelligent, have been obsessed with the ministers' words, let alone the young Chongzhen?

According to the result of the discussion between Lin Chunhong and Zhang Daohan, it is: as a ruler, you should hold on to the financial power and personnel power, and then focus on improving the system. If you take care of everything, you can't take care of everything well. Emperor Chongzhen is the best example! Sitting in the Forbidden City all day long, can your understanding of the outside world surpass the ministers?

Alas, poor Emperor Chongzhen, another sleepless night!

On this night, the sleepless people also have Wen Tiren!

Wen Tiren, whose courtesy name is Changqing, was from Wucheng, Zhejiang. At this time, Wen Tiren was sitting upright in the study, writing and painting. He wrote a few words, picked up the brush, frowned slightly, and fell into deep thought.

It clearly stated on the paper:

"Form a clan!"

"Greedy!"

...

After pondering for a moment, Wen Tiren picked up the paper and placed it under the lamp to check it carefully. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The two most taboo things Emperor Chongzhen was to form cliques and be greedy. Wen Tiren entered the cabinet for many years and knew this. Zhou Yanru tried to attract the Donglin Party and the Fushe as aid. In the fourth year of Chongzhen, he blatantly violated the rules and served as the chief examiner, and listed Wu Weiye and Zhang Fu as the top scholar and the Jinshi respectively. According to the rules, the chief examiner of the examination was the second assistant of the cabinet. Zhou Yanru did this, which was equivalent to snatching food in Wen Tiren's job.

The conflict between the two suddenly intensified, and there was no possibility of mediation. Wen Tiren certainly would not sit idly by and seized the suspicion of Zhou Yanru's formation of a cliché, instructed his followers to create public opinion and reveal the hidden truth of the test. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yanru was also a cunning person and presented Wu Weiye's answer to Chongzhen first. Chongzhen was very satisfied with Wu Weiye's test paper. With a big stroke, the test was "righteous, elegant, and weird", which made Zhou Yanru escape this disaster.

"Hey, want to attract help? You have to see if the Forbidden City agrees!" Wen Tiren's eyes could not help but narrowed when he thought of this festival. Although Zhou Yanru escaped this disaster, the suspicion of forming a clique was finally left behind and became a time bomb.

Emperor Chongzhen hated his ministers most, so Wen Tiren showed his integrity as an image, and kept all the gifts out of the door. Everyone in the capital knew it, and even Emperor Chongzhen knew it very well and praised it very much. Wen Tiren knew it many political enemies, and if he was a little mistake, he would be caught by his opponents. Reality forced him to be honest. Integrity not only protected himself, but also shot at his political enemies. At the beginning, Wang Yongguang, the Minister of Personnel, followed Zhou Yanru's advice, and was captured by Wen Tiren, and instructed his followers to impeach him for selling official positions. Emperor Chongzhen was furious and dismissed Wang Yongguang, and the Minister of History was replaced by his fellow villager Min Hongxue. Since then, the Ministry of Personnel has become its own forbidden property!

Wen Tiren thought of these past events and showed a smug look on his face. These two strokes are masterpieces, not to mention that Zhou Yanru's pain is constantly exposed, just like a peacock revealing his ugly butt after he spreads his tail.

"I want to protect Sun Yuanhua? I sell my favors to the Donglin Party? I have no way!" Sun Yuanhua has abandoned the market, and the efforts of Zhou Yanru and Xu Guangqi for more than half a year have finally been in vain. The fall of Governor Denglai is like a sound of Zhou Yanru's death knives, making Zhou Yanru busy putting fires all day long and having no time to pay attention to Wen Tiren, a threat that is close at hand.

Wen Tiren thought about it, licked the ink on the inkstone, lowered his head and wrote a few words on the paper:

"Stubborn!"

"arrogant!"

"Impossible!"

"suspicious!"

...

After writing these words, the smile on Wen Tiren's face disappeared immediately, making it difficult for such a monarch to accompany him!

Alas, only a young man in his twenties and rarely comes out of the Forbidden City. Only when he sees his excellent governing ability is a ghost! However, Emperor Chongzhen has excellent governing ability, which is not the blessing of these ministers. The ideal emperor of his ministers should be ruled with his back. Emperor Chongzhen not only lacks skills, but is just anxious when encountering problems, and the whole court is in chaos.

However, Wen Tiren was confident that he could grasp Chongzhen's weaknesses, attack political enemies, and satisfy his long-cherished wishes.

"It's also young people, but it's unusual to have experienced it..." Wen Tiren thought of several votes from the cabinet these days, and Lin Chunhong entered his mind. He was as clear as the small actions of Qu Shisi and Feng Yuanbiao, but he was not going to take any action. In Chongzhen's mind, the Donglin Party had become a cross-border rat, and it was as easy to deal with them as if he was pinching a caterpillar to death.

Moreover, the Donglin Party has not learned the lesson and is still following their dead end of forming a party, and is even more fantasizing about gaining military power to expand its own power. Wen Tiren sniffed at the Donglin Party's approach and despised it very much.

Wen Tiren looked at the words written on the paper and couldn't help but pick up the brush and circle it on "arrogance". Emperor Chongzhen could not tolerate his ministers pointing out his faults to the ministers. Even if there was any mistake, he would still blame him. Yang He was the proof of the past. Yang He was in charge of the tutor and followed Emperor Chongzhen's instructions. After his failure, he became the scapegoat for Emperor Chongzhen.

"Well, it's right, this is just for dealing with Master Zhou... Master Zhou dares to say 'Master Fuxi', where is my emperor?" Wen Tiren became more and more proud of himself as he thought about it, and put two pieces of paper on the lamp.

A wisp of blue smoke rose and instantly turned into flames, and two pieces of paper turned into ashes...
Chapter completed!