Chapter 4 I have a space-time gate

When it was getting light, thousands of officials in the capital had already set off for the Forbidden City.

Today is the first major court meeting after the new emperor ascends the throne. No one dares to give the new emperor eye drops at such an important time. No one dares to be late.

Because we had to hurry, there was even a traffic jam on the road near the Forbidden City.

Hundreds of officials from the Ming Dynasty flocked to Chengtian Gate, followed by Duanmen, and Meridian Gate. They crossed Wulong Bridge and were led by the Han generals to the square in front of Huangji Hall.

The weather is not too cold at this time of year, and it seems lively when people gather together to chat and chat.

If you have to wait until the twelfth lunar month of winter, you will really suffer the consequences.

‘Dong~dong~dong~’

As the dull drum beat sounded, the generals of the Han Dynasty waved their whips and made loud explosions, and the sounds of conversation gradually disappeared without a trace.

The Prime Minister of Honglu Temple sang the ceremony "Shang~chao~~"

The gate of Huangji Palace opened, and all the officials entered the palace in order of rank.

There were too many people to stand in the hall, and the green-robed officials who were not of high rank could only stand outside the door and watch the fun.

Li Yunze, who was sitting on the dragon chair, didn't feel very excited.

In addition to feeling that the dragon chair was too hard, he felt extremely sleepy.

Last night we found a goldsmith, set up a stove and started melting gold ingots outside the palace. It took us until midnight to complete the work.

I was thinking about how to get rid of this batch of gold when I got back, and I had no idea about making a morning dynasty or anything like that.

Li Yunze yawned one after another and dozed off, and the officials below naturally started to slack off as well.

Not long after the meeting, it was already buzzing.

Wei Zhongxian, who was holding a whisk beside him, instead of reminding Li Yunze, was actually secretly happy.

It would be best if the new emperor slacked off on political affairs.

In the end, it was the people from the Ministry of Rites who stepped forward first to break the noise.

After a lot of nonsense, we finally got to the point: "The posthumous title of the late emperor is proposed to be Datian Chandao, Dunxiao, Duyouzhang, Wenxiang, Wujing, Muzhuang, Qinzhao, Emperor Miaoxi."

This is the job of the Ministry of Rites. It is necessary to give the late emperor a posthumous title and a temple name, which is considered a final decision. It is a necessary process.

Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Industry came forward to talk about the late emperor's mausoleum, and some changes occurred in this regard.

The construction of the Ming Dynasty emperor's mausoleum usually started when he ascended the throne, and it basically took ten or eight years.

Emperor Tianqi was no exception, and he was very young when he ascended the throne, so the construction of the mausoleum was naturally slower.

The problem now is that Emperor Tianqi is dead, but his tomb has not been repaired yet.

The burial of the late emperor must not be delayed. It is not winter now. If it is delayed for a long time, it will smell bad and it will be disrespectful.

The Ministry of Industry kicked the ball directly to Li Yunze.

Li Yunze yawned, "What solution does the Ministry of Industry have?"

"We need to send more manpower and work day and night." The Ministry of Works rambled on a lot, but in the end it was summed up in one sentence: More money is needed.

"Long live the money please."

Li Yunze interrupted him, "Where is the money from the Ministry of Revenue?"

The Minister of Hubu hurriedly came out and said, "The tax has not been paid yet, so the Hubu has no money left."

"Hey."

The income of the Ming Dynasty court, since the death of Zhang Juzheng, was due to Wang Xiaoer's New Year celebrations, which was worse than the previous year.

Up to now, the annual income is only about 20 million taels of various grains, 3 to 4 million taels of field salt and other miscellaneous tax income.

In addition, there is income directly attributed to internal funds.

This money mainly comes from minerals from various places, maritime trade taxes, canal check taxes, etc.

The total is about five to six million taels.

It was the personal money that the Donglin Party, whose interests were affected, and the eunuchs who guarded various places were criticized by, and obtained for the emperor.

In history, Chongzhen was deceived by the Donglin Party and foolishly abolished these guarding eunuchs. After that, the Ming Dynasty's internal money income plummeted.

Li Yunze, who has checked the information, is very clear about the inside story that involves many interests.

It's just that Wei Zhongxian hasn't been killed yet, and it's not time to attack the court yet.

Things should be done one by one, and dogs should be beaten one by one.

You can't drive a group of wild dogs into a panic, all of them jumping over the wall and barking.

"Wei Daban." Li Yunze greeted Wei Zhongxian, "Go and handle this matter."

Wei Zhongxian was secretly happy and immediately saluted, "I obey your order."

Those who are called slaves are called slaves because they are boar skins. Here in the Ming Dynasty, they are called slaves.

Leaving behind a sentence of 'retreat from the court', Li Yunze hurriedly stood up and left the hard, cold and uncomfortable dragon chair.

Wei Zhongxian was very satisfied. The new emperor showed no love for the country at first glance, and his chances of controlling the emperor were greatly increased. As long as he served the emperor well, the power of the government would still be his.

Li Yunze had no intention of paying attention to Wei Zhongxian, so he hurried back and drove everyone around him away.

Open the space-time door and return to the modern world with the reforged gold bar.

Order takeout, take a shower, eat, and call to report that everything is safe.

After finishing his work, Li Yunze took two gold bars weighing almost one kilogram and put them in his travel bag, then took a taxi to a pawn shop.

He was not short of gold, so he went to a pawn shop instead of a gold shop.

The price here is definitely not high. In the end, it was only 280 yuan per gram, which is about one-third lower than the market price.

But it was better because of the high security, and Li Yunze chose to take cash.

It is impossible to have a bank account number. If a large amount of money really goes in, haha~~~

Two kilograms of gold bought him almost 560,000 in cash, which was also the limit of exchange.

If there are more, people will start to pay attention.

Next, Li Yunze quit his job, processed his documents and went directly to the international city of Oriental Pearl.

There are many financially developed banks here, making it very convenient to do anything.

Li Yunze first spent money to get a new identity, and then found a secretarial company to open a handbag company.

Afterwards, the remaining gold was sold at multiple pawn shops, in exchange for over 10 million in liquidity.

With his first tranche of working capital, Li Yunze immediately ordered a ton of 925 industrial silver in the name of his leather bag company.

The so-called 925 industrial silver is silver with a pure silver content of 92.5%, and the other 7.5% is usually copper.

This thing is mainly used in industrial production, and its function matches the name.

The biggest reason why Li Yunze bought 925 industrial silver was that it was cheap.

The price per gram in the futures market is only 3.8 yuan.

Compared to the price of gold, the price difference is a hundred times.

The contrast between gold and silver in the time and space of the Ming Dynasty was one to ten.

In other words, Li Yunze's business of reselling precious metals in time and space would start with a profit of ten times.

Time and space trade, this is really a huge profit!

The logistics and financial system here in Pearl of the Orient is very developed, and the goods he ordered were delivered within a few days.

In the past few days, Li Yunze customized a batch of knives made of modern materials and techniques from a machine processing factory.

The name of the customization is a machine guillotine, but in fact it is a sharp weapon with a handle.

In addition, he also customized a small and sophisticated hand crossbow.

It is directly tied to the wrist, and the finger control mechanism includes one shot and three arrows with amazing penetrating power.

Hidden by the wide sleeves of the dragon robe, no one can see it.

This thing also comes with stab-proof clothing, both for emergencies.

Li Yunze never thought about doing things by himself.

After doing this, Li Yunze opened the time and space door in the office rented by his leather bag company and returned to the Ming Dynasty time and space.

"Wang Cheng'en!"

After Li Yunze came back, he immediately looked for Wang Chengen.

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "My servant is here."

"How's the situation with Jin Yiwei going?"

Wang Chengen immediately lowered his voice and responded, "Replying to the Emperor, Luo Sigong said that he is too old and weak to serve the Emperor."
To be continued...