Outside Fengtian Hall, snow-white thin ice covered the cylinder tiles.

Looking around, the magnificent palace and building groups were covered with the sudden first snow, and it was getting cold.

Three or two little eunuchs held the whisk and led Song Jing to the face of the saint.

"Song Jing, the doctor of the Ministry of Works, has met Your Majesty!"

Emperor Hongzhi was thinking about the underwater firearm and straightforwardly: "How is the progress of the firearm prepared by Song Qing's family?"

"I am stupid and not prepared yet."

If the gunpowder material is thrown into the firearm, a lead should be connected.

The lead wire is extremely difficult to waterproof, and it is precisely the difficulty of preparation. Song Jing has not yet come up with a way to ignite underwater.

Li Dongyang and others showed varying degrees of regret.

Firearms are most afraid of getting damp. If the sky is a little wet, it will silence, causing the gunpowder to be unable to ignite.

Several people understood this truth deeply, and felt that what Yan Chengjin said was purely a dream when he ran to the grave to tell ghost stories in the middle of the night.

Seeing the public question, Song Jing bowed and firmly said: "Give me some time to prepare it."

Emperor Hongzhi walked a few steps back and forth in front of the emperor, pondering and thinking hard.

Yan Chengjin could understand Your Majesty's mood. If he wanted to set a level of prosperity for the current Ming Dynasty, it would probably be in the 1960s and 1970s.

Still worried about food and clothing, the court tried every means to improve productivity.

If you want to manage a prosperous era, it is not enough to have a diligent heart, you have to know the method.

He knew it, but he did not dare to give advice to the country before His Majesty.

Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty may as well wait for a few more days."

...

Outside the Meridian Gate, broken snow fell.

The bear was distracted with eyes, and his whole body was like a stone sculpture, standing next to the horse-drawn monument.

Xie Duo, the Minister of Rites, asked in confusion: "What are Brother Ruming thinking?"

It was inconvenient to talk about things, and there was an imperial guard on the side. Xiong Shun made a gesture of invitation and only worried after walking away: "Yan Chengjin said that the island has a silver mine, and the material is rare and the official is worried."

"Brother Naruji is confused. If you have too much money, can you still be valuable?!"

This is the same as the sea ban.

If the silver falls into the hands of the court, it has nothing to do with them. If the silver is too much, it will depreciate the silver.

Xie Duo suddenly realized: "Brother Ruming, don't you want the court to mine silver?"

Xiong Lun was slightly surprised and nodded.

With more money, the land and industry are no longer worth the money, which is equivalent to swallowing their wealth in disguise.

Soon, the news spread in the court.

All the civil and military officials in the court, no one hoped that the court would open a silver mine.

The next day, officials began to submit memorials, opposing the court to dig up silver.

Emperor Hongzhi was caught off guard and received more than a dozen memorials: "I am going to dig for silver on the mine island, why did the minister suddenly object?"

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, someone has released the news. If there is too much money, it will make the money worthless."

After a moment, he continued: "Scarcity is precious," said Xiong Shun, the Minister of Justice."

Emperor Hongzhi raised his eyebrows unhappily. What was the intention of the Grand Secretary of State to send such a message?

The news was circulating in the palace, and even the East Palace knew about it.

Zhu Houzhao said to Yan Chengjin: "Old Gao, the imperial court dug back the silver. Is the 25,000 taels of silver hidden in this palace worthless?"

"Although your highness lost 25,000 taels, he gained a richer country."

"The money of the country belongs to the people. Even if I ascend the throne, I cannot spend it."

Yan Chengjin's smile froze, you are really accurate.

Even if you want to spend money, all officials will be like their parents who have died, and the people will still call you a fool.

"I can keep your highness's money worth."

Zhu Houzhao came over and was amused: "What?"

"After ten years, it will be 25,000 taels."

...

Emperor Hongzhi came to Fengtian Hall, and all the officials were waiting to attend court.

"I heard that someone said yesterday that if the imperial court dug a silver mine, would the silver be worthless?"

Xiong bowed his head, glanced at Xie Duo, and said nothing.

The hall was silent for a moment.

"It's my fault!"

If the imperial court does not dig silver mines, wouldn’t he have no money?

Zhang Heling jumped out in anger and said, "What are you talking about nonsense? I don't know any truth at all, so how could I become the Minister of the Shangshu?

Censorate, hurry up and investigate him! I think he is a shady person!”

Li Dongyang and the others pulled the corners of their mouths.

Xiong Feng was so angry that his chest was fluctuating violently, and he exhaled white breath.

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing hurriedly ran down and dragged Zhang Heling out.

The hall suddenly returned to peace.

Yan Chengjin bowed slightly: "Mr. Xiong's judgment is good. A large amount of foreign silver flows in will depreciate the silver."

The GDP of the court remained unchanged.

A large amount of silver flowed in, but there was no commodity, which corresponds to the value of this batch of silver.

This is like a court where a large amount of money was printed, but the value of the goods produced did not change.

Xiong Shuan looked at Yan Chengjin with caution: "What's your intention to speak for me?"

At first glance, it was a bit like a dog bit Lu Dongbin. It was strange that you bite him back and said something nice to you.

But all officials felt that it was reasonable.

He is Yan Chengjin! He couldn't avoid it, so how could he take the initiative to jump out and bear His Majesty's anger? He knew it was wrong as soon as he heard it.

Seeing that the momentum was wrong, Yan Chengjin stopped talking.

Liu Jian nodded: "Since the imperial court dug up several ships of silver from the Mangala Kingdom, the price of silver has indeed fluctuated."

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Xiong Shuo and wondered: "Why is this happening?"

"I don't know either." Xiong said.

Yan Cheng's eyes moved slightly, and there were very few ancient books on economics.

Although all officials know that too much money will depreciate.

But they don’t know why it depreciates and what kind of collapse impact it will bring.

The earliest economic book was the theory of wealth of the country a hundred years later.

It was written by Westerners. In the Ming Dynasty, the basic system was not formed.

As a time traveler, as long as he is willing, he can make a fortune when everyone is confused.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Li Dongyang and the other two, meaningful: "Silver mine, can't you dig it?"

Li Dongyang pondered for a moment: "Digging still requires digging, but a large amount of silver flowing in will inevitably cause panic among the people. Now, all the gentry in the people already know."

...

In the capital, the gentry in the market was in a panic.

The newspapers spread in teahouses, restaurants and private houses. The island country has an inexhaustible silver mine. If it is dug, the silver will be no different from copper coins in the future.

Wang Busui's residence spread to places outside the capital.

Within a month, you will get such news all over the world: silver depreciates!

The more silver you have, the greater the loss.

Therefore, the person who suffered the greatest losses was the gentry.

This is a crisis, and many gentry don't know what to do.

Yan Chengjin sat in the sedan chair and listened to the people on both sides of the streets.

In later generations, I encountered such a thing. This time I can’t save my money, wouldn’t it be in vain to travel through time?
To be continued...