Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The distance from Luzon was too far. From eight hundred miles, the urgent army reported to Beijing, and then the saint made the decision to send troops on the same day, and sent Hu Shilang from the Ministry of War to go south.Everyone was worried, afraid that the navy would not be able to rescue them in time, but no one dared to say a word.In the past, the imperial censor, who was able to pick bones in the egg and was in charge of discipline, only signaled the courtiers who violated discipline to make corrections, and did not want to throw some fire starters to annoy the saint in this tense and depressing atmosphere.

No one in the Dachao Association dared to criticize, because they were frightened by the war in Luzon.

But the cabinet ministers who watched the sage grow up did not expect that the sage actually used the siege of Manila in Luzon as an excuse, and when he ascended the throne, he would eliminate the Japanese pirates and pirates in the East and South Seas, all the way to Borneo and Pazia. Big place.

Pirates in those places are very rampant. If the ocean-going ships are not assembled in groups and escorted by Dajing's navy, they are basically sending money, goods, and lives to the pirates.

But is it possible to pull such a big battle all at once?

If it's okay, the first assistant will not show his head, the second assistant will not say a word, and others don't want to use themselves to test the new king at this time.It is said that there are three fires for a new official to take office.The saint's fire burning outside is stronger than burning on the heads of the big men in the court.

There are also many quail dressers, who have never had a relationship with the saint in the past.These people really let go after seeing the abdication of the Supreme Being. They were all anxious in their hearts, for fear that if they spoke out, they would be considered a provocation by the sage, and that would be an excuse for the sage to change people.

So the entire court was in a strange silence, waiting for the news from Lu Song.

The news of victory was still rushed to Beijing at eight hundred miles, which made everyone in the court heave a sigh of relief.

Not only because of the defense of Manila, not only because of the rice in Luzon, and the location of Luzon.

The cabinet ministers who have seen the sea chart with the sage know that the sage lingered for too long in Goguryeo, Fusang, and Nanyang.For a long time, Zhang Taifu and Jia Daishan were afraid that the sage would suddenly pour out the power of the whole country, and immediately attacked Goguryeo and Fusang.

Jia Daishan went to see the Supreme Master in private, and said anxiously, "Tai Shang, the saint is afraid that he will use troops against Goguryeo and Fusang."

The Empress laughed loudly: "Okay. This is my good son."

Jia Daishan is a little crazy, he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he is using troops against Fusang?Where did so many troops and silver taels come from? The Western Expedition has just ended.

And is Goguryeo and Fusang so easy to fight?

"The sage is young and energetic, but the current national strength is not enough." Jia Daishan hoped that the emperor could dissuade the sage.

"Old Jia, you are really old. Have you forgotten the wish of me and you when you were young?"

Jia Daishan blushed, "The old minister didn't dare to forget, but the Western Expedition has just led the teacher..." Jia Daishan looked at the embarrassment of the emperor's face, swallowed what he was going to say, and sighed: "Ah, Goguryeo, ah, scabies sores! !"

"Old Jia, you also know that it is a scabies sore. If Zhen and Mingyun are capable now, if you meet a weaker son or grandson, the scabies sore will crawl on your face."

Jia Daishan was very worried. With the attitude of the Supreme Emperor, it seems that it is inevitable to attack Goguryeo.

Seeing him like that, I just can't figure it out.

"Lao Jia, the sage told me that Goguryeo is like a jackal, and from time to time he does something in Liaodong. When confronted head-on, he hides in Jiancheng. If he ignores it, he will harass the Northeast and bring peace. "

The Supreme Commander ordered someone to bring a globe, pointed to the globe and said: "The sage wants to deploy troops here to wipe out Baekje and Silla's aid to Goguryeo, and the important people in Liaodong will restrain Goguryeo and keep them in the fortified city. Reinforcement. Although Jiuying is settled, there is no peace in this corner."

Jia Daishan didn't make any sense with the Supreme Emperor, so he went back and called Jia Amnesty to the study, and asked him if a saint usually read military books.

Jia Amnesty looked at his father, wondering why he asked such a strange question.But I still have to answer honestly when I ask a question.

"Father, in the saint's study room, there is a cabinet full of military books, from "The Art of War of the Eight Fronts of the Wind" to "Ming Jiang Ping Ding Lue", etc., the military books written by some famous generals in various dynasties, my son has read them with the saint .There are also some military experience written by great-grandfather, and my son and the saint have also read it together."

Jia Daishan slapped his face, Jia Amnesty didn't understand, so why should his father be angry?

"What other books have you and the sage read? Besides the Four Books and Five Classics."

"I still read Buddhist scriptures, Taoist scriptures for making alchemy, drawing symbols, meditation, etc., Western geometry, and scriptures written by Westerners about their God."

Jia Daishan was silent for a while, then suddenly asked his son, "Do you know that the saint will use soldiers in Goguryeo?"

Jia Amnesty was taken aback, "It's the Supreme Master and you who want to use troops against Goguryeo. Back then, my son accompanied him, researched a lot of information about Goguryeo, and drew up several strategies. Now my son is a third-rank general and went to Liaodong. You are qualified to contain Goguryeo."

As Jia She said, he became excited, "Father, if a sage wants to use his troops, his son will be the first to call for it. With the current artillery of the Ministry of Industry, they will shrink back into their shells like bastards, and they will retreat when the weather is cold. So easy."

Jia Amnesty, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

In the end, he also concluded, "If you want my son to say, the emperor should not abdicate. He and you are sitting in the capital, and my son will accompany the prince to use this method to use troops in Liaodong. They will definitely be driven to sea."

Jia Daishan could hear his head buzzing, and there was a villain shouting in his heart, it is impossible for Lao Tzu, Minister of the Ministry of War, to have a good death.

It's no wonder that Jia Daishan is so mad, Taishang is a person who likes to use force to solve things, and will never use words.Well, Pingfan and others are forced to do so, and the Western Expedition is also necessary.The few household belongings that were saved up with great difficulty, the Western Expedition also spent about the same amount.

The East Ocean is across the sea, and Goguryeo has been quite honest in recent years.Jia Daishan decided to have a good talk with the sages, since military aggression usually does not end well, and it might lead to exhaustion of the country's strength.

No matter how entangled Jia Daishan was about the Saint's possible use of troops recently, he thought about how to dissuade the Saint, wait a little longer, and save some money later.Today's great victory in Luzon still adds joy to the upcoming Spring Festival.Except for the Emperor Taishang and Prince Fu who were not yet in their filial piety, everyone was happy. Those who should marry a daughter-in-law, those who were going to marry a daughter, were busy using happy events to welcome the upcoming change.

However, the imperial court issued an edict prohibiting anyone from using bronze utensils as a dowry.This news is a bit of a blow to the married couple.In the past two years, due to the substantial tax cuts by the imperial court, every family has saved a little money, and the married daughter can make a show of it. In addition to new clothes and quilts, there is also a bed cabinet, make-up dowry, hairpin ring, and children and grandchildren. A good one, it is also fashionable to use copper basins for dowry.Some people also saved and exchanged, and only then did they collect a lot of copper coins, and then they went to the coppersmith to order them.

Not only are bronze wares not allowed to be dowry, but even the small bronze Buddha statues in temples that have been consecrated and that people can take home to worship have also been taken away by the yamen.There are fewer and fewer copper coins in the market. In an instant, the change you get for shopping is either iron coins or some other sundries.

Lizheng, the village chief and even the officials of the yamen began to spread the word from door to door that the imperial court wanted to use copper to make cannons, and the yamen wanted to recycle copper products.

This is a big event. The role of artillery in the Western Expedition is well known to the common people.Luzon was besieged, and the Fujian Navy and the Guangdong Navy went to the rescue. Fighting at sea had to rely on big artillery.These are also known to everyone through the mouths of well-informed people and storytellers in teahouses.

In response to the imperial edict, many people immediately and voluntarily sent the bronze wares to the Yamen.You can get by with clay basins or wooden basins instead of copper basins.There is no other reason why the people are so active, but the saint's tax cuts in the past few years have given the people a taste of real benefits.Nowadays, it is not the white cadres who bring their own rations, but the imperial court pays money to manage the food. The food is better than at home, and they still have wages.

The common people express their support and gratitude to the imperial court with such simple and direct actions.

The people responded well, the courtiers did things smoothly, and the sage was very happy.He accompanied the Supreme Emperor, sitting in the pavilion in the garden of the Compassionate Ning Palace to enjoy the snow, while Tu Gen took a few servants outside to make snowmen to play.

"Mingyun, have you decided to use that banknote to replace the copper coin?" The Taishang thought that the banknote was Jiaozi, but now he has become the son of a sage, and if he wants to use a new term, let him do as he pleases.

"Yes, Father. I want to print a batch of small-denomination banknotes. The people have no complaints about the inconvenience of daily life caused by the lack of copper coins. But the imperial court has to estimate the feelings of the people."

"What denomination are you going to print? One guan? Ten guan?"

The sage shook his head, "I plan to print only one and two denominations, just to replace copper coins."

The majesty was a little surprised, "The one penny and two pennies, just the paper and printing labor costs, even if it is evened out, it will be almost one penny, right?"

"After a rough calculation, it's close to the cost of two papers. Erchen chose the strongest and most durable paper, printed in color, and the cost is high, so there is no fear of someone coming to fake it."

The Taishang was noncommittal about this matter. With the current strength of the imperial court, it is affordable to spend such a small amount of money to win the trust of the people.

That's what the Supreme Emperor thought. The six ministers and the nine ministers, the well-informed veterans, after some calculations in their hearts, passed the proposal of the sage.

Guo Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry asked: "Saint, how many copies do you want to print?"

"To change the yuan, new money needs to be issued, and the old money must be recycled every year. The amount printed is the sum of the two. Then, do the government offices in various places use the same recycling system as the original copper and iron coins for the damaged banknotes? Negotiate with the Ministry of Industry. Iron money will not be made in the future.”

"Is the iron money recovered?"

"Not recycling for the time being, lest the people panic."