"Your Majesty, it's time for lunch!" Yanhong called again.

"Your Majesty, it's time for lunch!" With the gesture of the bright red eyes, Da Yu'er reluctantly called out the third voice.

How could Zhu Yinglong was not happy because Da Yu'er just opened her mouth and didn't make a sound, and ignored the words of the two of them, but was really in deep thought, not knowing that Yanhong and Da Yu'er came to her.

Yanhong and Da Yu'er looked at each other, quietly brought the food to the imperial desk, gently put it down, and reached out to push Zhu Yinglong's shoulders so gently, immediately woke Zhu Yinglong up, looking at Yanhong standing beside him in surprise and said, "Yanhong, you have been making lunch for me, why are you still here?"

"Your Majesty, it's early afternoon, it's time for you to have a meal." Yanhong handed a pair of silver chopsticks to Zhu Yinglong's hand with a little angry.

"It's past noon?" Zhu Yinglong looked at the Western clock that Xu Yingyuan brought in disbelief. Sure enough, the pointer on it had already passed the Roman numeral twelve long ago.

"Oh, hehe, have meals, eat meals." Zhu Yinglong quickly smiled, grabbed the chopsticks, picked up the rice bowl, took a bite of the rice, and before he could swallow it, he put the bowls and chopsticks down.

"Your Majesty, is there any problem with the rice?" Yanhong asked in surprise.

"Oh, no, the rice you made is very fragrant and soft. I don't have the appetite and don't want to eat it." Zhu Yinglong smiled at her and explained.

"The emperor had a good appetite this morning. Why did he suddenly change now...?" Da Yu asked in confusion.

"How many silver chopsticks like this are in the palace and how many gold and silver utensils are there? Yanhong, please count them for me and report them to me!" Zhu Yinglong did not answer Da Yu'er's question, but grabbed the pair of silver chopsticks and pointed at it and said to Yanhong.

With a delicate and delicate heart, Zhu Yinglong knew her intention as soon as she asked her, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Emperor, the cost in the palace has been reduced again and again, and it is all your expenses. These are essential things for the emperor's daily life, and it is related to the royal face. I dared to ask the emperor to dispel this thought."

"Get up, get up, bright red, I understand your thoughts. The court is waiting to use money now. Although I am struggling to use my food, my use is still so extravagant. Look, these chopsticks are made of silver. How much can a person eat a day? It is only a seven-foot place to lie down. You can do these things quietly. Don't let anyone know. I am not planning to melt them into gold and silver ingots. The rich gentry outside are curious about the things in the palace. Even if it is just my seat cushion, I'm afraid I can buy them at a sky-high price. You know Shen Xi, in his Boguzhai, we sell all the things that are not national treasures in this palace. Let's change them to our own. Do you think I have this idea?" Zhu Yinglong became more and more excited as he spoke. This is a side door to make money, which can solve his temporary difficulties.

"Your Majesty, how can this work? I'm a death sentence when I'm found out!" Yanhong said anxiously.

"It's okay, just do what I said. When you raise enough money, we will stop." Zhu Yinglong said excitedly. He didn't know how many treasures there are in this Forbidden City, but as long as you touch the emperor's use, your value will definitely double. Anyway, the poor will not buy these things. Only those rich officials and gentry and wealthy businessmen like these things, but they can't emptie the Forbidden City. It's particularly valuable, national treasure-type, and unique things that cannot be sold. Ordinary jewelry and jade wares don't matter. Not to mention pots, pans, spoons, and more, they will sell as much as they can. Prosper the cultural relics market in Beijing. Even if people from later generations call themselves a prodigal emperor, it's okay to make money now.

"What if the ministers in the court know about it, then I will do?" Yanhong was extremely worried. This matter must not be done publicly, and she could not even mention it. She wanted the ministers to know that the emperor sold his property just to relocate Wanggong Factory and build a large arsenal. I am afraid they would probably raise money with them. In this way, their lives will be even more tight.

"You are so stupid. Whoever lets you let them know about it? You can do it alone. Don't let anyone know. I will cover you and ensure that you will not be discovered." Zhu Yinglong leaned into Yanhong's ear and whispered.

"Ah, then you, yourselves, aren't you going to do it..." Yanhong looked at Zhu Yinglong in surprise, and didn't dare to say the word "thief".

"I have no choice. Without silver, I can't move to Wanggong Factory, I can't build an arsenal, I can't build an invincible army, I need money now!" Zhu Yinglong didn't want to do this, but he really couldn't think of any better way to make a lot of money!

Originally, he thought that after the peace talks with the Later Jin, he would sell a large amount of luxury goods to the Later Jin and consume the financial resources of the Later Jin. As long as the upper class of the Later Jin is not as ambitious as Huang Taiji and is not enterprising, he may be afraid that Huang Taiji will surrender without fighting. This is just a thought in his mind. It is still unknown whether it can be done. Moreover, the peace talks are still going on. Even if he has hoarded a large amount of luxury goods, he cannot sell them. However, Japan is still calm and can do it, but the cycle is too long. It will take at least three months to go back and forth. Therefore, the above is the fastest way to raise money. He doesn't need too much. The start-up capital for relocating Wang Gong Factory is enough.

Of course, this can only solve the urgent problem for a moment. In the end, Yanhong couldn't resist Zhu Yinglong. Anyway, the emperor himself was involved, what could she do? When it comes to real open source, she had to find another way. Finally, she racked her brains and came up with three things. First, when opening the horse market with Mongolia and Tibet, increasing border trade, the court collected taxes from merchants of ten to thirty percent of the price of goods. Simply put, this is a prototype of the customs. Because Zhu Yinglong was not familiar with how customs operated in later generations, he could only propose a conceptual thing, the content was filled in by the ministers, and the rules were also formulated by them. Second, encourage industry and commerce, and collect more places such as gambling and pornography.

High taxes will crack down on underground casinos and pornographic dens. All such places must be licensed by the court before they can open business. This article is probably to touch the interests of some local gentry and tycoons, but none of the people who do such business are innocent. If the court suppresses these people, it will inevitably receive the support and support of most people. It is estimated that they will be in chaos for a while. After they see the determination of the court, they should know what cooperation is. Third, encourage technological innovation. Anyone who can improve the original production speed and improve production methods, no matter what aspects, as long as they are recognized by the court, can receive material rewards from the court, and can even be hired as a court official in an extraordinary manner.

At present, these three items can only be implemented. If there are too many officials, the people will not be able to digest them. The first one is a little reform. It turns out that the court also had such tax regulations on border horse and city trade, but it was more detailed and concrete. At the same time, in order to prevent the border tax officials from committing favoritism, corruption and bribery, the court independent of the border tax collection function from the border guards, established a tariff department, and assigned it to the court's control. This cut off the border guards' financial resources, and were afraid of causing chaos, especially in the three borders of Shaanxi, where the side was too poor. This was discussed by the cabinet ministers and proposed to suspend the implementation. Zhu Yinglong agreed. The second one showed the means of the court, and obtained the consent of almost half of the ministers. This was a good thing that benefited the country and the people, and the harm of gambling could be seen.

, It is also appropriate for the court to impose high taxes on opening gambling shops. Don’t think that the court will only suppose the people and calm the people, and will not do anything else! The third article was boycotted by some officials from literati and officials. They believed that these strange tricks and tricks should not be encouraged, but should be controlled. They believed that if the people pursued interests and became morally corrupt, how bad the consequences would have. In the long run, the way of the saints for thousands of years would be destroyed. Zhou Tingru, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, opposed the most. He attracted many officials to write letters to Zhu Yinglong and asked that this was abolished. It would be fine if the court did not restrict it. It would definitely not be encouraged. It would be even more inappropriate for any reward. Zhu Yinglong was so annoyed that he almost issued an order to stop his official position and drove him back to his hometown to farm.

There is no way. After all, Zhou Tingru and others still represent the views of these people. These people are still not a small number in the entire country. He has to compromise, so the court cannot come forward. He found a publisher named Mao Jin, a publisher who failed the seventh year of the Tianqi Provincial Examination. He came forward to establish a non-governmental organization and named the Xinghuo Fund. It not only rewards those who make technological innovations, but also provides funds to those who have no money to do research. Then he invests in new technologies from researchers to form a virtuous cycle. Zhu Yinglong asked Tian Shulan to be the honorary chairman of the so-called fund, and Mao Jin was the chairman. This also quietly kicked off the greatest reform of the Ming Dynasty. Although he is not official, everyone knows that behind the fund is the supreme emperor, not so.

Originally, if it was handed over to the official operation, the third one would be a mistake. Now he gave it to the people to do it. He guided it behind the scenes and found that it was more flexible in operation and there were no such constraints. The result of the compromise was that it created the most authoritative award in the world, which covers almost all disciplines, that is, hundreds of years later - Spark.

Of course, these are all later stories.

The fourth article is that Zhu Yinglong had long thought of developing the shipbuilding industry and conducting maritime trade. However, these ministers were short-sighted and believed that doing business with barbarians was a gift from the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom. They should have come to pay tribute to them. None of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom took the initiative to go there. Fortunately, Zheng He was also released in the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, Zhu Yinglong really didn't know how to convince these short-sighted Elm Ministers!

As Zhu Yinglong knew during this period, the overlord of the sea should still be the Netherlands, but he would soon decline in the Battle of Britain and the Netherlands and then be replaced by Britain. The future of the Ming Dynasty should be half on land and half on the ocean. He could not let the Han people make another mistake and passed the national policy of developing maritime trade with a tough attitude.
Chapter completed!