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

Because he urgently needs money now, the future development of the Ming Dynasty also requires minerals.

As for what coins are minted, wait first.

The current method of coin minting is too backward. Think about the process, take a small mold, put the fine sand in, compact it, then put the mold in, press the hollow copper coins, and then take out the mold. If you accidentally fail to take it well, the sand mold will be scrapped directly and you have to remade it. Even if you stick a little more sand out, you have to repair it. If you don’t repair it well, you have to remade it. Just a sand mold can make people trouble. Moreover, if you don’t cast well, it is also a waste product. Even if you cast it well, you have to clean, trim and polish it. It’s too troublesome.

If there were punches from later generations, it would be different. It would be one at a time. It would be fine if one person made a thousand a day!

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

Of course, this has to be taken slowly. It is impossible to develop technology overnight, and punching machines cannot be made in one day.

Anyway, Wanli Tongbao, Longqing Tongbao, and even Jiajing Tongbao are used the same. It is okay to keep copper coins for hundreds of years, and it should be no problem to use them for a few more years.

The most important thing at this time is to solve the problem of corruption. If the minerals are sold directly, the profit will double, and it will be hundreds of thousands or even millions of taels. Who can not be moved?

So, how to solve the problem of corruption?

This is actually simple, it is supervision and punishment.

Supervise first, it is best if you are not greedy. If you are greedy, then you will be severely punished. If you are afraid of it, you will be honest!

In fact, the Ming Dynasty had already established a supervision system. At that time, no one dared to be greedy. Greeding for more than 60 taels was just a waste of skin!

Who dares to be greedy?

The problem is that the Censorate has become a tool for party struggles now. Not to mention being greedy for 60 taels, even if he is greedy for 600,000 taels, as long as he is his own person, he will not only not be punished, but also be promoted!

What to do?

At this moment, the Censorate in the capital could not move, because Donglin was dealing with the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party. If they seized the power of their Censorate, the knife in their hands would be gone.

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

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

Thinking of this, Taichang said decisively: "Shi Gao, I have decided to increase the intensity of mine opening, and open as much as I can, and sell it out, and solve the problem of empty treasury first."

this!

Bi Maoliang couldn't help but advise: "Your Majesty, this may happen to something big!"

You guys are so stupid.

Taichang said helplessly: "At worst, I can't just mine less iron ore. Keep it for yourself first, okay? I'll mine other copper ores, coal mines, etc.!"

This, OK.

It’s useless for me to nod my head. I’m just a minister of the Ministry of Revenue. There are more officials in the court than me.

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

Hehe, they can't jump for long.

Taichang said confidently: "This is not urgent. We can try it in Nanzhili first. The most important thing now is to eliminate corruption. If all the money for selling the mine is given to those corrupt officials, then we will have a waste of work."

This seems to be a big problem, because there are also six ministries and the Censorate. Although the scope of power and authority is not as large as that of the capital, the matter in Nanzhili can still be decided.

Question, who will do this?

Bi Maoliang couldn't help but frown and said, "It's not a big problem to try here first, but there are not many officials from the six ministries and the Censorate here that can be used!"

Taichang couldn't help but sigh, "Yes, judging from the situation we secretly investigated, most of the officials in Nanzhili are involved in corruption, and they are definitely not available. It seems that you are the only one I can use. If you are in charge of the Nanzhili Censorate and then promote Shi Wancheng and Ni Yuangong to the Minister of Revenue and Minister of Works of Nanjing, this matter will be almost the same. Problem, the Ministry of Works of the Capital also needs someone to control it. I originally wanted you to be the Minister of Works of the Ministry of Works. Alas, there are too few people I can trust."

When Bi Maoliang heard this, he couldn't help but feel excited. He really didn't expect that he would be promoted to the Zuodu Censor of the Nanjing Censorate and even the Minister of Works of the Capital City by accompanying the emperor to Jiangnan for a profit.

You should know that if you don’t participate in party struggles these days, it will be too difficult to be promoted. Especially at the level of the Six Ministers of the Secretariat and the Zuodu Censor of the Censorate, they are the focus of party struggles. If you are not the Donglin or the Qi Chuzhe Party, you will not even think about going up.

The problem is that he really doesn't want to participate in party struggles, because there is no meaning in fighting over and over again. The Ming Dynasty will not only not be strong, but will also decline.

He had already seen through this point, so he would rather be a minister than participate in party struggles for promotion.

Unexpectedly, this opportunity suddenly came.

If he was asked to choose, he would naturally want to be the Minister of the Ministry of Works of the Capital.

He thought about it and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, I can recommend two officials, but I don't know if the emperor wants to use it."

Of course I use what you recommend!

Taichang saw that Bi Maoliang was completely different from Donglin and Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party. This person was a wise minister who truly served the country and the people.

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

Bi Maoliang couldn't help but bowed excitedly: "Thank you for your favor, the person recommended by me actually believed Bi, and they are two brothers. They are Bi Ziyan, the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple, and Bi Zisu, the Right Censor of the Censorate. These two are also rare capable ministers and officials. More importantly, they don't want to participate in the party struggles. They all just want to do something practical for the Ming Dynasty and the people."

Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu?

Such a coincidence!

It is really not common for brothers to pass the imperial examinations these days, because it is too difficult to get the imperial examinations. Millions of students can get about 300 Jinshi in three years, which is simply one in a thousand. It is amazing to be able to get a Jinshi in a family. Two of them are still brothers. This probability is that it is good to be able to get a pair in ten years.

However, it was just so coincidental that two pairs of brothers who passed the imperial examinations, and both of them had surnames Bi. Bi Maoliang and Bi Maokang were double-bi in Huizhou, Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu were double-bi in Jinan, and these two pairs were famous officials who left their names in history.

The brothers of Bi Ziyan and Bi Zisu, Taichang, actually knew that these two brothers were quite famous in the history of the Chongzhen Dynasty.

In the first year of Chongzhen, in Ningyuan, the governor of Liaodong, Bi Zisu was held by the mutiny soldiers. Seeing that Bi Zisu was honest and had no money, these mutiny soldiers could not bear to harm him. However, the Minister of Revenue 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 all the food and wages to redeem the people.

Liaodong Governor Bi Zisu would rather die than follow, and finally went on a hunger strike!

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

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

Wei Zhongxian had been in charge of the Ming Dynasty for less than three years, and the Ming border troops owed more than two years. I wonder how many border towns were in a mutiny.

The most impact among these mutinies was not the Ningyuan mutiny, but the Ganzhou Town mutiny. The Ningyuan mutiny ended up killing a governor, and the Ganzhou Town mutiny eventually killed Chongzhen!

Because Li Zicheng was the leader of the Ganzhou Army at that time. When the Ganzhou Army was in a mutiny, 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!

Also, at that time, the drought in Guanzhong was severe, and peasant uprisings broke out one after another. If the court did not find a way to calm it down, it would be a disaster for the country to be destroyed.

With so many places that require money, how could Bi Ziyan raise millions of taels to save his brother?

So, he just watched his younger brother die on a hunger strike, and never even asked Chongzhen for a single time.

In addition, in the second year of Chongzhen, the Qing army entered the pass and surrounded the capital. The Ming Dynasty's 400,000 troops entered the capital to serve the king. Bi Ziyan did not meet his eyes for more than a month in order to raise food and pay. As a result, the Qing army retreated, but he was so tired that he was as big as a fight and vomited blood.

How can such a brother, such a loyal person, not use it!
Chapter completed!