Alien King

Chapter 16 The Royal Household Office

In the court hall, Ye Tian yawned again and again, his eyes slightly bloodshot.

For more than a month, I learned to gather herbs every night, no matter how good the tonic is, my body can't bear such a toss.

The emperor and ministers were discussing the military situation and the people's sentiments in various places.There was another drought in the west, and there were some problems in food distribution; a typhoon in the East China Sea caused hundreds of fishermen to disappear;

They were all matters that had nothing to do with the Royal Household Department. Except for a few matters related to the transfer of troops, Ye Tian listened carefully. The ministers of the military and government departments had to worry about other matters, and Ye Tian didn't have so much energy left to deal with them. focus on.

Seeing Ye Tian's appearance, Song Yuzhe was a little disturbed, and quietly pulled Ye Tian's sleeve, and said softly: "I heard that you bought a stunning woman from Huajie?"

Ye Tian was stunned, thinking of Mei Rou's appearance, it was not too much to call her stunning, so he nodded.

Song Yuzhe raised his eyebrows, and said earnestly: "Since ancient times, men have been saddened by beauty, but it must be done in moderation. You must not be greedy for bed brothers and ruin your body."

Ye Tian was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: I want to be greedy, but I have the heart but not the guts.

Smiling helplessly at Song Yuzhe, Ye Tian didn't know what to say, so he simply didn't answer.

After the court meeting, the ministers walked out of the Hall of Qinzheng one after another.

As soon as Ye Tian walked to the gate, he was dragged back by Song Yuzhe.

"You go to the House of Internal Affairs with me today." Song Yuzhe walked out while pulling Ye Tian's sleeve.

Ye Tian didn't say much, and let Song Yuzhe drag him away.

Sitting in Song Yuzhe's carriage, he drove along the Zijin Avenue to the southern suburbs of the capital.

A mansion with a unique shape is located directly in front of Tianyuan Square in the southern suburbs.

Royal Household Office.

The five bronzing characters pierced Ye Tian's eyes slightly astringent.

"Do you know how the Royal House of Internal Affairs came to be?" Song Yuzhe asked.

Ye Tian thought for a while, then shook his head again.

"When the empire was first established, the ancestor emperor made a decree that the royal family's finances and the empire's finances must be separated. The royal family's various expenses and expenses must not be transferred to the state's finances, but must be resolved by themselves."

Ye Tian was surprised and said: "There are so many people in the palace, and the daily expenses of food and clothing are not a small number. The royal family must solve it by themselves?"

Song Yuzhe nodded: "The main purpose of our Royal Household Office is to manage the royal property, increase income, and solve the daily expenses of the royal family. Therefore, at that time, the emperor and the ministers divided several monopolistic industries, such as weapons , Coins, chariots, medicinal materials, etc., are assigned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for management, and other than the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no other individuals or chambers of commerce are allowed to get involved in these industries."

Ye Tian was thoughtful.

Song Yuzhe looked at Ye Tian, ​​and said in a heavy tone: "No matter what kind of storm the court experiences, no matter how factional the ministers are, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will always stand behind the emperor, do you understand?"

Ye Tian didn't quite understand the meaning of these words, so he just nodded and said, "Of course we should stand with the emperor."

"Okay, you are already familiar with the Royal Trade Union, follow me today, and I will introduce you to several other industries of the Royal House of Internal Affairs." Song Yuzhe said while leading Ye Tian into a row in the middle of the House of Internal Affairs. Long compound courtyard.

When Song Yuzhe handed over the Royal Trade Union to Ye Tian, ​​Ye Tian felt that the old man had a feeling of dying.Today the old man clamored to introduce several other industries, and Ye Tian secretly prayed in his heart: Please don't let me be the head of the Laoshizi's Royal Household Department.

Ye Tian is a technical streamer, and his management ability is really lackluster.The Royal Trade Union has been handed over to Ruan Ji and Qu Shu to take full control of the management. If he is allowed to take over so many industries, I am afraid it will be a big headache.

But the old man's kindness cannot be rejected abruptly.

With a bitter face, Ye Tian followed Song Yuzhe and first visited the Royal Mint.Workers at the Mint were in full swing.Ye Tian couldn't open his eyes because of the gold-plated coupons.

The currency system of Tiangong Empire is basically divided into two categories and five types.

The two major categories are metal currency and paper currency.Metal coins are divided into gold coins, silver dollars, and copper plates.One gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver dollars, and one silver dollar can be exchanged for one thousand copper plates.

Ordinary people are accustomed to using a few taels of silver as the value unit of goods transactions, so the Mint uses one tael as the standard for gold coins and silver dollars. A silver dollar is one tael of silver, and a gold coin is one tael of gold.

Paper currency is divided into gold ticket and silver ticket. One gold ticket is equivalent to ten gold coins, and one silver ticket is equivalent to ten silver dollars.Ye Tian's monthly salary is three silver bills, which is 30 taels of silver.

At this time, Song Yuzhe was eloquently introducing the history and current situation of the Mint.

While listening to Song Yuzhe's introduction, and getting used to the golden color in his eyes, Ye Tian suddenly had a question in his mind: If the Royal Mint casts coins by itself, if it is not restrained, won't it have an impact on the empire's finances and economy?
Thinking of this, Ye Tian asked: "What's the standard for the coinage?"

Song Yuzhe smiled slightly, with a look of appreciation on his face.

Unexpectedly, Ye Tian only took a few glances, and then asked the core question of the Royal Mint: the amount of coinage must not be without restraint, and there must be a lever and principle for adjustment.

Song Yuzhe sighed, and said: "The Royal Mint has almost no say in the amount of coinage. It mints coins entirely according to the monthly quota sent by the Taxation Department of the Government Council. The Government Council only pays the corresponding gold, silver and copper plates. The Mint has almost no other sources of income other than trying to reduce costs when refining gold, silver and copper from the mines.”

Ye Tian said: "The amount of coinage should match the total amount of goods in circulation in the empire. When the total amount of goods and goods increases, the amount of coinage should increase accordingly, and coins cannot be minted blindly."

"Master Ye is not only a craftsman, but also has a lot of experience in coin trading?" Song Yuzhe said with a smile.

Ye Tian waved his hands modestly. Although he didn't know much about the detailed rules of the empire's currency issuance, he already understood in his heart that the Royal Mint was responsible for both the printing house and the central bank.

After watching the Mint, Song Yuzhe took Ye Tian to a long compound courtyard on the west side of the House of Internal Affairs.

As soon as he entered, Ye Tian saw a huge racetrack surrounded by various carriages.

The Royal Chariot and Horse Company is in charge of post stations in all administrative counties, states, and counties within the empire.

Anything involving letter delivery, item transportation, and personnel escort must go through post stations in various places, hire chariots, horses and postmen, and transfer between different states and counties.

After listening to Song Yuzhe's brief introduction, Ye Tian gave a definition to the Royal Carriage and Horse Company: it is clearly the Ministry of Postal Service of the People's Republic of China, plus a logistics company at most.

But this is a national monopoly logistics company without any competition.Although there are also some underground chambers of commerce that deliver letters and items for a fee, they are all local, and they can't achieve much in the entire empire.Moreover, the reputation of the Royal Chariot and Horse Company is unmatched by private chambers of commerce.

Ye Tian secretly thought: For such a large monopoly central enterprise, its profit return should be quite considerable.

After watching the car and horse trip, Song Yuzhe took Ye Tian to a compound courtyard at the southernmost end of the House of Internal Affairs.

Before entering the gate, Ye Tian smelled the fragrance of herbs.

Outside the gate, there are patches of flower gardens, green grass everywhere, surrounding the long courtyard wall, planted with patches of various flowers and plants.

When Ye Tian saw those flowers and plants, he was immediately stunned.

More than a month of hard work has paid off now.Although he didn't make a sound, Ye Tian had already recognized the flowers and plants one by one in his heart.

Amaranth, Huafeiguo, Lanwu, long ginseng...

Ye Tian's heart lit up one by one, like countless treasures.

Seeing Ye Tian froze and refused to leave, Song Yuzhe pulled Ye Tian's sleeve hard and said, "Go, the gate is ahead."

Ye Tian looked up, and saw the five big characters of the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau, shining against the backdrop of the setting sun.

The two walked into the gate of the Royal Pharmaceutical Bureau side by side, but they heard a burst of crying from the wing room inside.

Song Yuzhe frowned and sighed softly.

Ye Tian didn't understand, so when he was about to open his mouth to ask, he heard Song Yuzhe say: "Let's go, you'll understand when you go inside."

Bypassing the flower garden in the center of the courtyard, Ye Tian followed Song Yuzhe into the wing room in the middle.

As soon as he entered the room, Ye Tian smelled a strong smell of herbs.

Firewood was stacked in the middle of the room, and a small iron stove was placed on top of it. Several workers from the pharmaceutical bureau were fanning the fire with fans.A few other workers, on the table in front of the window, were vigorously pounding some herbs.

Ye Tian raised his head. On the inside of the suite, a woman with a haggard face, but could not hide her beauty at all, was leaning against the bed.

When Ye Tian saw the woman at a glance, he felt a little familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

The maids surrounded the woman, holding bowls of medicine, begging her to drink it.

Seeing Ye Tian and Song Yuzhe come in, the woman raised her head slightly, and smiled slightly on her haggard and beautiful face.

Song Yuzhe saluted, and was about to speak, but heard the woman say weakly: "Director Song, there is no need to be too polite, there are not enough medicinal materials in the palace, and the imperial physicians know the prescriptions, but they can't prepare them properly, so I have to come here to bother you." gone."

Song Yuzhe hurried back: "The eldest princess is sick, all I need to do is order the medicinal materials to be sent to the palace, how can I go around without authorization and let the emperor know, I'm afraid I will be greatly worried."

Ye Tian's heart moved, besides the little princess Chu Yu, there was actually an eldest princess.

I felt familiar just now, and now I am even more sure that the eyebrows, the pretty nose, the thin lips, and the cheeks, the two princesses really look alike.

At this moment, one of the maids standing next to her suddenly walked out, squatted down, held the hand of the eldest princess, and began to cry, and said while crying: "Sister, it was better when the spring began. , how come Xia has suddenly become powerful again."

Ye Tian's eyes widened, and only then did he see clearly that it was not a maid at all.It's just that when Ye Tian first entered the room, there were so many people in chaos, he didn't even notice that there was a very different person standing in the group of Chu maids.

She was wearing a royal robe, and the crying heard outside just now came from her mouth.

(End of this chapter)