My Daming New Empire

Wang Yan said with a smile: "The fleet brought back gold and silver worth 2000 million silver this time. Dongzhou has now become a big piece of fat!"

Not to mention others, even Wang Yan was shocked by the huge wealth brought back by the fleet.

Three years ago, Taisun brought back so much wealth and traded with dozens of countries, and only half of it was gold and silver, and the rest were all kinds of materials.

But this time, it is said that almost all of them were brought back gold and silver, and the amount of gold was more than silver.

Dongzhou, which is so rich, is not Nanzhou where the minerals are still in the soil. How can it not be exciting!

A few days ago, Zhu Di saw the secret letter sent by the fleet. He saw that the fleet brought back nearly 200 million taels of gold and 600 million taels of silver. He was so shocked that he couldn't restrain himself.

He had never seen such a huge sum of gold and silver. Even Samarkand, which boasted that it was an incomparably rich country, only harvested less than 20 taels of gold.

He has already prepared that when the fleet returns, he must go and see for himself how big the pile of gold is.

For Zhu Zhanji, less than 200 million taels of gold, but 12 catties, [-] kilograms, or [-] tons.

Compared with an individual, this wealth is already quite a lot.But compared to Daming who used gold and silver as currency, it was still pitifully small.

Even if all the gold in the world is added up, it is not enough to be used as currency.

With gold as currency, there will only be a shortage of money, and there will never be inflation.

If the economy really wants to develop, it is far from enough to rely on gold. It must be supplemented by silver. As long as the output of silver does not increase significantly in the short term and does not depreciate, Daming's finances are stable.

Now, the silver in Japan, the silver in Mexico, and the silver-producing areas in South America are all in their own hands, so there is no such worry.

Silver is used for circulation and gold is used for stability. Within one to two hundred years, there is no need to worry about rising prices due to the proliferation of money.

The trade circulation of the whole world is currently in a state of currency shortage.

Because of the lack of gold and silver in Daming, bartering is still very common nowadays, let alone other places.

Especially in Europe, after several times of trade, I am afraid that they can only survive by working for the Ming people if they are poor.

These gold and silver harvests have long been in Zhu Zhanji's plan. He is not going to pay all the rewards for the fleet with gold and silver. You know, titles are more popular than gold and silver nowadays.

Then there is the land.

There is still a lot of land in Daming that can be developed, and there are countless lands in Nanzhou and Dongzhou.

The soldiers of these fleets were the first group of people to go to Dongzhou. Among them, there must be many who would like to go to Dongzhou to become a master, enclose a large manor, raise hundreds of slaves to farm, or mining.

As long as he is willing to go, Zhu Zhanji will definitely reward him generously.

The saved gold and silver will naturally be put into the bank. Now the bank is short of gold and silver, and the construction of many projects has slowed down.

What's more, there is also the railway that consumes the most money, and I want to build it early.

Even if the workers only need half of their wages, and the other half is made up in kind and food, a lot of gold and silver are needed.

Zhu Zhanji was afraid that Zhu Di, a prodigal son, would lose gold and silver again, so he naturally wanted to take control.

The young eunuch Changsheng and four eunuchs supported Zhu Zhanji. He had been with Zhu Zhanji for a while, so he was naturally very familiar with Zhu Zhanji.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanji's face was sweating for a while, he handed over an unused handkerchief, and said softly: "Your Highness, Your Majesty really loves you. As soon as you kneel down, we will be sent out to take care of you." .”

July is the hottest month in Yingtian Mansion, even though two young eunuchs fanned him, kneeling outside was not pleasant at all.

However, this program must go, acting in a full set!

After kneeling for half an hour, Zhu Di asked Wang Yan to write the edict for the third Zen position in the main hall, and then drew it with his own handwriting and stamped it with a big seal.

After finishing all this work, he sighed and said, "Let the grandson come in!"

The possibility of the third edict being rejected is very small. Judging from the reaction during this period of time, his Zen throne and Zhan Ji's succession to the throne can be said to be expected by everyone.

The issuance of the edict this time meant that he was far away from the throne.

But this is also good, Zhu Youdun has made up a lot of plays in the past few years, watching plays in the palace, and wandering around Yingtian Mansion when bored is more pleasant.

He planned to go to the south by sea in winter, where it was summer all year round, and the rheumatism and cold legs would not torture him too much.

As for the major affairs of the country, he doesn't have to worry about it now.

Even if Zhanji did something wrong, he should still listen to what his grandfather said.

Wang Yan didn't dare to be negligent, and he personally took the edict of the Zen position and left the palace city, the imperial city, and came to the second mansion on the left outside the Chengtian gate.

The first mansion was the clan mansion, the head of the civil servants in honor, but now even the clan's order is concurrently held by Jian Yi, and his status is not the same as that of the official department.

And Jian Yi, who has been paying attention to the palace, got the news before Wang Yan arrived.He asked someone to call the assistant minister and others in the yamen, and personally greeted him at the gate of the second courtyard.

The outer front yard is the office of low-level officials. Their big actions naturally attracted the attention of many people. Seeing that it was Wang Yan who came with the seven-color imperial decree, everyone knew what it was.

Seeing Jian Yi, Wang Yan smiled softly and said, "Our Lord is sorry for waiting for a long time. Let's accept the order..."

Jian Yi knelt down with several subordinate officials, and Wang Yan finished reading the formatted edict in an orderly manner.

This time, Jian Yi did not directly refuse to accept the order, but just asked Wang Yan to wait, because this matter required the joint resolution of Jiuqing.

He sent people to call for them, and the other yamen had already seen Wang Yan and his party, knowing that the emperor's third Zen edict had come down, and everyone quickly gathered in the Second Court of the Ministry of Officials.

The imperial decree was placed on the table among the people, and the six chief officials and the nine ministers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Minister of Dali Temple, and the Tongzheng Envoy sat at the table, and no one was willing to be the first to speak.

Wang Yan, who was still standing on the side, couldn't help but said: "My lords, Your Majesty is here sincerely this time. For the past few days, I have been chatting with our family about the warm winter in the south... You... you should go according to the procedure!"

Everyone's eyes were on Jian Yi, he was the head of all officials now, and he was the first to speak.

Jian Yi stared at the seven-color imperial decree, his eyes gradually turned red, and finally couldn't help crying bitterly. "The old minister has been following His Majesty since the first year of Yongle. He has been favored by His Majesty and ranks first among the officials. Over the years, he has worked hard and dared not neglect. Now, His Majesty is old, and the minister is over sixty years old. He should go with His Majesty... "

When he cried, everyone except the young Gu Zuo also started to cry.

Everyone got up one after another, knelt facing the imperial decree, and performed a scene of harmony between the monarch and his subjects in front of Wang Yan.

Even though he knew they were just playing, Wang Yan had no intention of laughing at them.Zhu Di's Zen position, he is actually the one who has the greatest influence!

These ministers, whoever becomes the emperor will not affect their positions.

But he, the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies, naturally still has to serve the emperor before him.

He is really unwilling to be excluded from the center of power from the chief eunuch who holds great power.

Moreover, he is not very old, he is only 45 years old this year, and he is not yet old enough to retire.

Even if Zhu Di died at that time, after he came back, he would no longer be able to sit in the position of the eunuch as the supervisor of ceremonies.

Unless Zhu Di Enxu, or His Royal Highness Taisun Enzhun, asked the emperor to ask for himself, he could still stay in this position for a few years.