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If I act in accordance with the Emperor's regulations, I will no longer be disliked by others, but will be the object of many people's fawning! This job will be the envy of many people!

With a result in his mind, Liu Mao was suddenly pleasantly surprised. His energy suddenly became more abundant than before, as if he had just done something evil and had sucked the semen of many people. General energy.

"Your Majesty is so talented that I can't even match the talent of ten thousand horses!" Liu Mao bowed deeply and said sincerely.

If it were in the past, he would not believe that such an idea would be thought up by the emperor himself. This is really a whimsical but very effective method.

But at this time, after the emperor successively created the Ming Central Bank, Ming Banknotes, and Ming Royal Cement Company, it seemed logical that he would come up with such a Ming Road and Bridge Company. Except for the emperor, it is really impossible for anyone else to think of it.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but chuckle after hearing about his ten thousand horses. He accepted this calmly. He believed that he had more than four hundred years of experience than the natives like them. In terms of talent, not to mention poetry and painting, he must be much better than them.

After feeling a little proud, Emperor Chongzhen explained again: "After Liu Qing returns, he will investigate and see where it will be easiest to start construction. Then the road planning must be done well, based on the flow of people and the estimate of the possible flow of people in the future. , and are separated from each other from the south to the north. I have a sketch here. Please take a look at it and make changes according to the actual situation. "

After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of rice paper from the royal table and handed it to the eunuch beside him, asking him to pass it to Liu Mao.

Liu Mao took it and saw that there seemed to be two roads running side by side with arrows on them, one in the south and one in the north. Carriages, trees, inns, fences, etc. are also painted on the road.

During the Ming Dynasty, trees were planted on both sides of the official road, so passers-by would not be so exposed to the sun in the summer. However, many things in this picture are still missing. Liu Mao looked at it curiously and carefully.

After a while, after Liu Mao fully understood the meaning of the sketch, he couldn't help but bow and said: "Your Majesty has already made thorough preparations. I will build it according to this drawing without any deviation!"

After a pause, he said with admiration: "I really didn't expect that the post station could be able to make money for the court like this. It's really amazing!"

"I don't intend to earn this money!" After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said to Liu Mao's surprise, "Although the fees collected are divided between the local government and the imperial court, a certain proportion of the money must be used for the construction of other local roads. My intention is that the main roads should be built according to this method, and those roads with fewer large vehicles and more people should also be repaired, but there will be no tolls and they can be built normally to benefit the local people."

Having said this, he immediately added: "What I mean is that before the road is built in the local area, it must be announced and let everyone know."

Communicate in advance and all parties will know and understand the benefits. Naturally, the work will become more active and the road construction project will go much smoother.

Liu Mao understood this and nodded immediately. He was a little excited and wanted to start doing this now.

Seeing that he understood, Emperor Chongzhen finally explained: "If you want to be rich, build roads first. If people are united, Mount Tai will move."

When Liu Mao heard this, he thought about it and couldn't help but praise it. These twelve words revealed the key to today's discussion. He bowed again and looked up at the emperor, his eyes full of reverence: "Having your majesty in my Ming Dynasty is really a blessing for the people!"

Emperor Chongzhen just smiled after hearing this. In today's era, it is still very simple to do some things under power. For example, for the manpower required to build roads, the government only needs a piece of official documents.

For now, road construction can basically only be carried out on the original official roads. The so-called building a road over mountains and building a bridge over water is a project that is too huge and hard to carry out. It has to be moved backwards, easy first and then difficult.

Seeing Liu Mao exiting the palace with a look of joy on his face, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but turn his attention to the ongoing share auction. I wonder how it went?

This is actually a demonstration meeting, and many things in the future will be based on this. This model can try to bind as many powerful people as possible, which is why the shares come one by one. In addition, being able to mobilize private funds was, at least for Ming Dynasty at this time, an easy way to get things done.

He turned to look at the sky. Two hours had passed and it was time for lunch. There should be some news, right?

Just as he was thinking this, he saw a chamberlain enter the palace excitedly and report: "Your Majesty, only 10,000 shares were sold at the auction, and we have already received 300,000 taels of silver, nearly 30 taels per share."

The words were full of surprises, thirty taels per share, so valuable!

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately shook his head and said dissatisfied: "Why is it only thirty taels? How many people bought those 10,000 shares?"

When the chamberlain heard this, he was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, there are about twenty people."

That is to say, if one person bought 500 shares, how did they achieve the upper limit of personal holdings stipulated at that time?

Suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen understood that this first auction was a mistake! The most powerful people in the Ming Dynasty sat there and looked at each other. Who dares not to show face to them?

This is a cheap sale of state-owned assets!

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt a little unhappy! You use your power to take advantage. Come on, in this Ming Dynasty, is there anyone more powerful than myself?

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered: "The edict and the auction of shares are a major matter of the country, how can we be so hasty. Responsible for the Ministry of Accounts to reorganize and auction it according to my regulations!"

In fact, for the previous auction, Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, had already come to request an order. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think too much and just followed the private auction method that Bi Ziyan had heard about, without any interference.

Now he refuses to admit his account and issued a new decree, leaving the blame to the Ministry of Revenue. No one can say anything. After all, there was no explicit decree before and it was all handled by the Ministry of Revenue.

Just like that, with this decree, everyone at the auction was dumbfounded. Especially those dignitaries who were satisfied and had already bought the shares first were a little anxious. They did not dare to scold the emperor, so they shouted at the people in the Ministry of Revenue.

Bi Ziyan, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was annoyed by their yelling, so he directly responded: "Those who don't want the shares can leave at any time, and those who want the shares can wait quietly. I will go to the palace immediately to ask for orders, and I will come according to His Majesty's orders. Who? If you have any objections, just go to His Majesty and you can impeach me, but I won’t accompany you now!”

After saying that, he threw away his hands and left on the spot, leaving behind a group of dignitaries looking at each other.

Thanks to Sun Time and Space, and dhb for the reward!