I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

Two decrees came first in the new year, people who are engaged in scientific research and inventions naturally shout long live.

The first science and technology expo is too important for them. Not only can it be shown to the rich, but it can also get comments from the emperor. This is simply the rhythm of taking off.

Of course, the premise is that there is a good project.

For a time, everyone engaged in scientific research began to work overtime, striving for a blockbuster in February.

Some folk inventors are also preparing to try to turn around by this opportunity.

The rich naturally welcomed this technology expo with both hands, which saved them from looking for projects one by one, and could choose at will at the expo.

Of course, there may also be competition from other rich people.

Overall, the pros outweigh the cons.

Compared with the second decree, the shock caused by the technology fair is smaller.

As soon as the ban on illegal currency circulation was promulgated, some big landlords and big businessmen became angry.

This is a blatant money grab without any cover up.

If the Royal Bank doesn't charge for the fire, then the exchange will be exchanged.

However, the Royal Bank has to collect fire and waste, and the silver content of a dollar coin in the new currency is far less than one or two.

This is equivalent to giving money to the Royal Bank to earn money. The people don't care about this, but their businessmen do.

"If I don't change it, I don't believe it. The court said that it is not allowed to circulate, and the money will not be used."

A landlord surnamed Liu in Xuancheng said angrily that there were 200,000 taels of silver hidden in his cellar.

If all were exchanged, at least 5,000 taels of fire cost would be lost.

Moreover, it will contribute 25,000 yuan in profits to Royal Bank.

He couldn't swallow this breath.

Usually he is jealous when he sees others making one yuan, but now he is required to contribute more than 20,000 profits to the Royal Bank, which is unbearable.

"Master, let's change it. What if no one wants the money in the future?"

Mrs. Liu advised.

"Shut up, woman. As long as it's made of silver, no one will want it. It's really impossible. I'll mint the silver myself into new coins, and I won't let the Royal Bank make this money."

Master Liu said angrily, he is not happy to see anyone now, and he wants to scold when he sees them.

"Minting coins privately is illegal."

Clap, a sound.

Mrs. Liu received a slap before she could finish speaking.

"Don't you understand, Laozi, go back to the back room."

Master Liu continued to vent his anger.

He also said that he had to have the ability to mint coins privately.

The manufacturing technology of standard currency is still very cutting-edge technology, and it is not imitated by the people.

Master Liu was naturally not reconciled to this, he just arranged for the servant to exchange the standard currency for daily use first. The rest, keep going.

At the same time, he also went to see the county magistrate, to exchange his thoughts with the county magistrate, and to express his demands.

If he is the only one doing this, the effect will definitely not be very good.

However, when several landlords gathered in the county government office and shared the decree with the magistrate, the magistrate could no longer ignore their demands.

The county magistrate was also a member of the Donglin party, and he then wrote everyone's demands and ideas into a secret letter and passed it on to his teacher.

And his teacher, after collecting more appeals and opinions, reflected them in the hands of Donglin Party officials serving in the central government.

Facing the interest demands of the interest groups behind them, the Donglin party members in the DPRK and China were very helpless.

It hasn't been long since the previous cleaning storm, and they were more or less worried.

If you jump out against this decree at this time, I am afraid it will not end well.

Of course, it's not okay to say nothing.

If they don't speak up, the interest class behind them will definitely be disappointed with them, and if they want financial assistance in the future, don't count on it.

Moreover, there are some officials who belong to this class themselves, and have countless silver in their families.

In addition to money and class reasons, there are also various factors such as personal accidents, forcing them to express their positions.

An official chose to remonstrate, saying that the Royal Bank should not compete with the people for profits, and that when exchanging new currency, it should not charge that little cost.

The rhetoric in the memorial is much milder than the previous one, with persuasion rather than criticism.

Moreover, it did not say that the decree should be repealed, but only said that the decree should not be used to forcibly earn money from the people.

This memorial expresses the attitude that he has done his best to the interest groups behind him without angering Wu Changqing, which is a helpless move in a special period.

This memorial, Wu Changqing stayed in China and did not pay attention to it.

The meaning in it needs to be understood by the person who wrote the memorial.

In the end is the emperor angry, or does it matter?

Don't guess the emperor's thoughts, guessing is useless.

In a secret house, Qian Qianyi and several Donglin party members got together again to discuss countermeasures.

It can't go on like this, otherwise the gold owners behind will be dissatisfied.

Moreover, they themselves are part of that group, and Wu Changqing's decree also hurt their interests.

"Mr. Qian, we can't go on like this. If we keep compromising, our right to speak will become weaker and weaker in the future. Or should we emphasize the necessary etiquette?"

someone suggested.

Constraining imperial power has always relied on the Ministry of Rites, and their role is the greatest.

The Ministry of Rites can stipulate a series of etiquette for the emperor to abide by, such as greeting the empress dowager every day, when it is necessary to worship ancestors, and what needs to be paid attention to at ordinary times.

Through these miscellaneous things, the emperor's energy is consumed and the emperor's freedom is restrained.

If he really listened to the words of the Ministry of Rites, then the emperor would act like a prisoner.

"No, Your Majesty hates these etiquette rules the most. If we dare to ask for it, he will probably revoke the Ministry of Rites."

Qian Qianyi hurriedly denied it, this was simply playing with fire.

Wu Changqing is the person he has ever seen who hates etiquette restraints the most. Even important things like the enthronement ceremony can easily go through the process.

How could such a person be expected to follow etiquette.

How can a man who started his life by leading soldiers expect him to obey etiquette.

"Then what?"

The rest asked that they had few means of restraining imperial power, and etiquette was the most important one.

"Take your time, I will promote some innocent people to come up, and what can I do in the future to let these people who have no stains on their bodies charge into battle.

As long as there is no handle on him, His Majesty will have a lot of concerns when dealing with them, and those people will be safer. "

Qian Qianyi still wanted to procrastinate until he retired. He didn't want to intensify the conflict with the emperor before he retired, so he would not be able to end well.

Qian Qianyi found that Wu Changqing would still follow some principles when he did things, and would not be like a tyrant.

In the past, Wu Changqing used the excuse of investigating corruption to deal with Wen Junxuan and others.

Although everyone knows that the root cause is not corruption, it is precisely because of corruption that Wu Changqing's handling is legally sound.

Dealing with corrupt officials is reasonable.

And those few officials who had no blemishes on their bodies were not punished for this, because Wu Changqing had to take care of his image.

If so, you can take advantage of this.

Train a few unblemished men to fight against Wu Changqing, and not lose so quickly.