Chapter 551: Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition

The Yongle Li Dadian is all-encompassing and is the Great Ming's largest encyclopedia. This is the Great Ming's concrete and realistic cognitive boundary.

Books of the type of Yongle Li Dadian have been compiled in every dynasty. This kind of book is called a "category book," which is to organize and compile past materials by category, and at the same time correct previous cognitive errors, and finally compile them.

This kind of large-scale book of data is not to say that it is a permanent example once compiled, and it will be followed for generations. It needs to be supplemented from time to time. For example, the Yongle Li Dadian was once re-corrected during the Emperor Jiajing years. Lu Kejiao, the libationer of the Nanjing National Academy, requested the court to publish it after the correction.

No money is the reason why the Great Ming could not publish it on a large scale.

After Zhang Zhang Siwei got this job, he didn't do it very seriously. He only thought about dogfights in the court and was not enthusiastic about the publication. After Zhang Zhang Siwei became a specimen, Zhang Zhang Juzheng accepted this job and became the chief editor, taking ten years to publish it.

Even if Zhang Zhang Siwei had done something seriously, he wouldn't have become a specimen.

"Your Majesty, I have submitted the details of the corrections and errors, please look over them." Zhang Zhang Juzheng bowed and said.

"Approved." Zhu Zhu Yijun nodded and said.

A young eunuch brought up a tray with sixteen volumes of books on it. Zhu Zhu Yijun reached out and took these books, asking eagerly: "Is this all that has been corrected?"

"This is the table of contents." Zhang Zhang Juzheng replied in a low voice.

"Ah? It's the table of contents for corrections and errors." Zhu Zhu Yijun smiled and opened it to look. There were many, many corrections and errors.

The first major aspect is mainly concentrated in mathematics and the study of things, such as the natural cycle of water, atmospheric pressure, the relationship between pressure, force, and area, hydraulic principles, steam engines, etc. This is the glorious battle result of the Great Ming Imperial Academy of Things.

The second major aspect is mainly concentrated in agricultural science. In this part, there are a lot of flattering words because the organization, compilation, and annotation of past agricultural books were completed by the young Emperor and the officials of the Baoqi Division through day and night work over more than ten years.

The "Emperor Wanli Agricultural Book" was written by the Emperor himself, recording many new crops.

In the process of correcting and error-checking the agricultural science of the Yongle Li Dadian, the scholars made a heavy stroke on wool. Animal husbandry is still included in the category of agricultural science now and has not been divided into separate subjects.

"Are there too many flattering words in this part?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at those fleshy, sycophantic words and was disgusted. He didn't know how these scholars could write such shameless words, and he, the Emperor, felt ashamed when he saw them.

"Your Majesty, is it possible that this is not slander? I have read it, and it is all true. Your Majesty's contribution to agricultural science is widely recognized by everyone. Even Chief Censor Hai believes that what is said is not excessive, and the evaluation is very conservative." Zhang Zhang Juzheng blinked and said.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng still pulled out Hence Hai Rui, who was good at scolding the Emperor. Hence Hai Rui scolding the Emperor was unprecedented and would have no successor. "Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Jiajing, every family is clean; the Daoist priest seeks longevity, and will never turn over for generations."

In Hence Hai Rui's view, the participants in the correction were conservative in their evaluation of His Majesty, very restrained, without exaggeration, and without flowery words, not even a fair evaluation.

"From the sweet potatoes in the early Emperor Wanli years, to corn, and then to the massive seeds of the New World offered by Antonio, sugarcane, rubber, palm, etc., Baoqi Division breeding, agricultural book compilation and correction, and then to forage grass, and the appearance of water fertilizer, these things, I witnessed them with my own eyes. I think it is not slander." Zhang Zhang Juzheng gave examples directly.

The only Emperor who was close to agriculture and good at farming was the founding Emperor Taizu.

This is also the reason why the Great Ming Emperor is quite fond of Antonio. Antonio brought many seeds. This is indeed a flattery to cater to the Emperor's preferences, in order to get the Emperor's investment.

Give a peach and get a plum in return. Now Antonio has harvested the Portuguese throne.

"It's just that what is said is nice, but I don't know how they scold me in their hearts for not doing their proper work and being moody." Zhu Zhu Yijun waved his hand and continued to look at the details of the corrections.

Zhu Zhu Yijun never let his guard down against the civil officials for a moment. This is a dead knot that can never be untied. It has reached the point of assassinating the king and burning the palace. How can Zhu Zhu Yijun trust them?

Using flowery words to sing praises and weave an information cocoon is the specialty of the pure scholars and famous Confucians.

Zhu Zhu Yijun wouldn't fall for it.

The third major aspect of the correction of the Yongle Li Dadian is concentrated in medicine. The rapid development of dissection has standardized medicine, and many things have clues. In this era when the body, hair, and skin are received from parents, the alien species of the Dissection Institute has indeed injected new vitality into the development of medicine.

Regarding this aspect, the Great Ming literati scolded it on one side and had to go to the People's Pharmacy to see a doctor on the other. It is very typical to put down the bowl and scold the mother, with a mouth that says one thing but a body that does another.

The fourth aspect is the records related to military affairs, mainly detailed records of various fire cannons and fire guns, such as mainstream bird guns, Pingyi guns, flintlock fire guns, cavalry guns, bowl-mouth guns, tiger-crouching cannons, mother-and-child cannons, Great General cannons, various types of ship cannons of six, nine, fifteen, and thirty catties, war seat ships, three-masted horse ships, five-masted ocean-crossing ships, fast sailing ships, etc., all recorded in detail under the "Degree and Thoroughness."

The Great Ming's emphasis on firearms is unprecedentedly high. This is the result of the Great Ming selling a large amount of saltpeter from the West to produce gunpowder on a large scale, and it is also the greatest confidence of the Great Ming's tireless pursuit of the equipping of firearms.

The fifth major category is related to the ocean. The Yongle Li Dadian was completed in the fifth year of Yongle, and Zheng He went to the Western Ocean in the sixth year of Yongle, so there are no overly deep navigation technologies in the Yongle Li Dadian. In the 30th year of Emperor Jiajing, the old cases of Zheng He's voyages were not found, and there were no supplements.

The publication in the Emperor Wanli years can be considered as making up for the defects in this regard. Navigation technology includes the Great Ming's astronomical knowledge, such as precession, etc., which is obscure and difficult to understand. Therefore, the supplementary content, especially related to technology, uses vernacular and common characters, just to express it as clearly and plainly as possible, so as not to cause ambiguity.

"Contradiction theory, public and private theory, production illustrations, class theory, natural selection and survival of the fittest theory?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial, and there were still missing ones. The products of political and economic speculation were not in the correction table of contents of the Yongle Li Dadian.

Mechanical things like steam engines are confidential, so the Yongle Li Dadian does not record them in detail. This is what Zhu Zhu Yijun requested.

Patent technology needs to be gradually opened. At present, the price of a single horse is still too expensive, and it is in the stage of great efforts to create miracles, and it has not reached the point of commercial use.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng hurriedly said: "Er, Your Majesty, these have already been published to the world, and it is more appropriate to put them in the 'Great Ming Collected Statutes'."

"I think it is appropriate to add them to the Yongle Li Dadian." Zhu Zhu Yijun was still a bit stubborn, determined to put these political and economic categories into the Yongle Li Dadian.

In fact, this kind of political and economic speculation is more suitable for the "Great Ming Collected Statutes." The "Great Ming Collected Statutes" is a legal code, and the "Yongle Li Dadian" is a category book.

"I am dull." Zhang Zhang Juzheng didn't understand why His Majesty was so persistent.

"Because it is called 'Yongle Li Dadian', Sir. Yongle, the established constitution of the ancestors." Zhu Zhu Yijun gave the keyword.

In fact, the purpose is very simple: ask the ancestors to help endorse it. As for whether Zhu Di agrees with this problem, Zhu Zhu Yijun will ask when he worships at the ancestral temple at the end of the year. Whether Zhu Di agrees or not, the right of interpretation is in the hands of the Great Ming Emperor. If he doesn't speak, it is default.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng pondered for a moment and said: "I obey the decree."

It is obeying the decree, not agreeing. Compiling books is a very serious matter. Zhang Zhang Juzheng felt that putting political and economic books into the Yongle Li Dadian was a bit incongruous, but after thinking about it, Zhang Zhang Juzheng still obeyed. His Majesty is actually a bit cautious. Now that these are entrusted to the ancestors, the resistance will be greater when flipping the pancakes in the future.

"I have submitted the 'Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition'. The simplified edition is to compile the most important content into a book, totaling thirty-two volumes, presented for Your Majesty's review." Zhang Zhang Juzheng simplified the Yongle Li Dadian. The Emperor Wanli edition of the Yongle Li Dadian totals volumes, 390 million characters. A bookworm, even if he exhausts his life, may not be able to finish reading it.

Roughly flipping through it doesn't count as reading.

The publication of the entire Yongle Li Dadian involved more than 1,400 carpenters from the Three Classics Factory, and the total number of people participating in the publication exceeded 13,000.

No one can finish reading the Yongle Li Dadian, and Zhang Zhang Juzheng hasn't finished reading it either. Therefore, he chose to select the most important aspects and simplify them. For example, the medical health and simple prescriptions; the simple agricultural tool production and application in engineering; astronomy is heliocentric theory, star charts, and navigation; geography is the Great Ming's geography and local customs; agricultural science is the planting and consumption of various crops;

The most important is the "Illustrations of Things," which records the explanations of the Five Classics Doctors on the infinite principles of all things.

The simplified edition has more than 1,600 illustrations, and the "Illustrations of Things" volume alone has 700 illustrations.

If you finish reading the simplified edition and want to continue looking for more detailed content, it is not too late to look for records in the category books. If you just want to understand this world, these thirty-two volumes of the simplified edition are more than enough.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng's set of "Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition" has annotations, which were personally annotated by Zhang Zhang Juzheng. When he encountered places he didn't understand, he would also ask the Five Classics Doctors for advice.

Zhang Zhang Juzheng placed all his hopes on the Emperor, hoping that the Emperor could lead the Great Ming to continue walking, let the Great Ming pull itself out of the quagmire, and at least not head toward destruction in His Majesty's hands.

Zhu Zhu Yijun checked it and said with a smile: "Sir has great talent! Thank you for your hard work, Sir."

Zhang Jizheng pinned all his hopes on the Emperor, hoping that the Emperor could lead the Great Ming to continue walking forward, allowing the Great Ming to pull itself out of the quagmire, at least not to head toward destruction in His Majesty's hands.

Zhu Zhu Yijun planned to print twenty sets first and send one set to each of the four major Governor-General's districts in the fifteen provinces of the Southern Capital for collection, which can be regarded as a reference library for people to borrow. Zhang Zhang Juzheng stopped him from investing in roads and opening the seas, so Zhu Zhu Yijun secretly invested in culture and education. Although it was not much, it could be regarded as a money-scattering behavior.

Promoting culture and education is also a kind of downward distribution. Breaking the monopoly of the wealthy and powerful scholar-official class on knowledge is equivalent to breaking their monopoly on power.

The Emperor Wanli edition of the Yongle Li Dadian totals volumes, and the final pricing is 50,000 silver per set. This price is extremely expensive. For example, "Investiture of the Gods," "Journey to the West," "Water Margin," and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," which total ten volumes, are priced at two taels of silver per set.

But considering the printing volume, even if it is priced at 50,000 silver per set, it is still impossible to recover the cost. After all, the woodblocks spent a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. Just publishing the original Yongle Li Dadian is destined to be a loss-making business.

Zhu Zhu Yijun thought so. In his opinion, this kind of book couldn't be sold at all. What should be really popular should be the "Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition." The reading volume of thirty-two volumes is not large. As a reading material for a preliminary understanding of the world, it is completely enough.

But soon Zhu Zhu Yijun found that he had wrongly predicted the popularity of the Yongle Li Dadian original. As soon as the Three Classics Factory released the news that it could be booked, libraries headed by Tianyige came to the door one after another!

Libraries like Tianyige had been closely following the progress of the publication of the Yongle Li Dadian and had prepared silver long ago.

By the end of June, a total of 147 orders for the Yongle Li Dadian had been received.

Among them, the libraries in the Southern Capital of Zhejiang bought the most, followed by Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, which made Zhu Zhu Yijun very regretful. Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi didn't even have one, which reflected the unfairness of the Great Ming's educational resources from the side.

"The deposit alone collected 2.205 million silver. If the printing is completed smoothly and delivered, the total transaction volume will be 7.35 million silver. The gross profit is about 2 million silver. The Imperial Treasury and the National Treasury will split it 50-50. The Three Classics Factory alone earned 1 million silver this year just by printing the Yongle Li Dadian." Feng Bao reported the annual income of the Three Classics Factory. This publication was completed by the inner office and the outer court together, and the 50-50 split meant the Imperial Treasury had another 1 million in annual income this year.

"It shouldn't be. Why are there so many people who want to collect the original Yongle Li Dadian?" Zhu Zhu Yijun always felt a bit strange.

In order to build a database for various places, Zhu Zhu Yijun sent one to each province, and even the four major overseas Governor-General's districts had one. Zhang Zhang Juzheng stopped him from investing in roads and opening the seas, so Zhu Zhu Yijun secretly invested in culture and education. Although it was not much, it could be regarded as a money-scattering behavior.

Promoting culture and education is also a kind of downward distribution. Breaking the monopoly of the wealthy and powerful scholar-official class on knowledge is equivalent to breaking their monopoly on power.

Feng Bao bowed and said: "The collection of libraries in various places is for copying books."

"This is not just a business, but also human connections. In the words of scholars, it is 'accumulating literary veins for a hundred generations, and continuing the Confucian heart for the four seas'."

"A set of original Yongle Li Dadian is the gathering of literary veins in a prefecture or state, so there is naturally profit to be made, which is why there are so many."

The Great Ming official simplified edition is sold by imperial manors in various places. A set of thirty-two volumes sold for six taels of silver is already very expensive. So, after buying the simplified edition, if you want to understand the details, you either have to borrow it from the provincial capital or go to the libraries in various places. There is no other way.

Money is not important, what is important is feelings. For example, Song Jin Lian, who wrote the "Preface to Sending Ma Sheng to Li Dongyang," was addicted to learning when he was young, but his family was poor and couldn't buy books, so he could only go to the homes of book collectors to borrow and copy books. Even when it was cold in winter and the inkstone was frozen, he didn't dare to slack off.

When Song Jin Lian succeeded, the family that lent him books really wanted Song Jin Lian to help with a little favor, and it was just a matter of saying hello without violating the Great Ming law, so Song Jin Lian definitely had to help.

Therefore, the Emperor is investing in culture and education, and the wealthy and powerful families in various places are not fools. They immediately chose to follow the investment, and they made heavy bets.

Following His Majesty's imperial order to promote the merit of literary and educational teaching is loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, and it is also conducive to the stability of one's own status.

"That's good too." Zhu Zhu Yijun never regarded the wealthy and powerful as enemies, let alone as money bags that could be raided at any time, nor did he say that silver was just deposited there to be taken at any time.

This sounds like a scholar talking, shameless!

Following His Majesty's imperial decree to promote the work of culture and education was being loyal to the Emperor and serving the country, and it was also beneficial to the consolidation of his own position.

"That's also fine." Zhu Zhu Yijun had never regarded the powerful and influential families as enemies, nor had he regarded them as money bags that could be raided at any time, nor was it that silver was just deposited with them to be used whenever needed.

The Penglai Huang family, the Songjiang Sun family, the Guangzhou Dianbai Wan family, and even the Pucheng Wang family of Wang Wang Chonggu were all batches of wealthy and powerful families that emerged during the Emperor Wanli Reform. As long as they abide by the law, they are good and are objects of unity. If they are willing to be loyal to the monarch and work together for the great cause of the Emperor Wanli Reform, they are fellow travelers.

The Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition was also put on the shelves of the imperial manors at the end of June. To promote the publication of the simplified edition, Great Ming Emperor Zhu Zhu Yijun mobilized the propaganda machine of the Ministry of Rites and let the miscellaneous gazettes in the capital publish the shelves of the simplified edition.

On the morning of the same day, a total of 3,000 sets of the simplified edition were sold out immediately. The Three Classics Factory could only work overtime to print more. This is Feng Bao's fault. Feng Bao expected the popularity of the simplified edition, but he didn't expect it to be so popular! This is a full 3,000 sets.

The popularity of the Yongle Li Dadian Simplified Edition was not unexpected, within Zhu Zhu Yijun's expectation. As for the original, led by the Tianyige Library, libraries all over the world responded actively, and orders were still increasing steadily.

On the first day of July, the Great Ming Emperor came to the Wenhuadian in a beautiful mood, continuing the imperial gate hearing that had lasted for ten years. He didn't feel bored, but still enjoyed it.

"The Ministry of Works pleads guilty." Wang Daokun stood at the long table and pleaded guilty after everyone saw the ceremony.

"What is the crime?" Zhu Zhu Yijun asked suspiciously.

Minister of Works Wang Daokun said with a heavy face: "The sea test of the Flying Cloud Ship failed."

"Didn't it return smoothly? I see that the speed of the Flying Cloud Ship is roughly the same as the Dragon-Roaming Ship, and there are no structural problems, and it successfully passed the gunpowder test of the Ministry of War. Even the Luzon Governor-General, the Duke of Great Ming, submitted a memorial to congratulate the court on adding another sharp weapon. Why is it a failure? Isn't this very successful?" Zhu Zhu Yijun was even more puzzled.

According to the memorials of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Songjiang Navy, the sea test of the Flying Cloud Ship was very smooth.

"The Flying Cloud Ship needs to be dismantled. The structure of the propeller needs to be changed. Originally, it was planned to be mass-produced this year, but it can only wait." Wang Daokun explained the technical details. It was mainly that the propeller had problems, and the design had many irrationalities, to the point where it had to be dismantled and reinstalled.

"So, if the expected goal is not fully achieved, it is not a success? Isn't this accumulating rich experience?" Zhu Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Most of the main goals have been completed, especially in terms of reliability, which has been verified. This is already very good."

Wang Daokun shook his head and said: "According to the design of the Ship Design Institute, even when there is no wind, it can travel thirty li every hour. But this sea test, the propeller failed to do so, and it was even entangled by seaweed three times."

Obviously, in the standard of the Ministry of Works, if the predetermined goals were not fully achieved, and only the main goals were completed, and it even needed to be dismantled and modified, it was a failure. Once a ship is dismantled and modified, the fate of this ship is bumpy, and it may even be abandoned directly, starting from scratch.

"I pardon you without crime. Originally, it was agreed that only the Dragon-Roaming Ship would be produced. Since the Dragon-Roaming Ship was completed, you shouldn't be blamed, and you should even be rewarded. This is the clear distinction between rewards and punishments." Zhu Zhu Yijun understood the stubbornness of the Ministry of Works and nodded, saying: "The Sir told me that nothing can be successful at once. If you choose to be discouraged when facing failure, or even give up, it is not perseverance. If you don't achieve the expected goal perfectly, and you go to overcome it when you encounter difficulties, then after a long time, you won't be discouraged."

"A scholar cannot be without ambition and perseverance."

"I obey the teachings." Wang Daokun bowed again.

After taking His Majesty's two million silver, both ships went to sea, but there were still more than 500,000 silver left, which could be used for a long time.

"It hasn't been used up yet." Zhu Zhu Yijun said with some disappointment: "Speak up when you are short of silver."

"I thank His Majesty for his grace." Wang Daokun thanked him again. In many projects, too much money leads to low efficiency. Whether it can be done or not, there is money to take. That is the trouble. The Ministry of Works politely refused His Majesty's plan to add money.

"Great Marshal, is our Ministry of War short of money? I know very well that the capital camp is not short of silver. What about the nine borders? The border military garrison?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Zeng Ceng Shengwu and asked.

"Your Majesty, the nine borders are issued with physical military pay, rice, flour, grain, and oil, with only a small amount of silver and copper coins. At present, each town has enough military supplies. Since the promotion of sweet potatoes, the border towns finally have some savings." Zeng Ceng Shengwu didn't understand why His Majesty was so anxious to scatter money, but he answered honestly.

Since the third year of Emperor Wanli, the Great Ming tried to pay full military pay, and it was not until the sixth year of Emperor Wanli that it was considered a phased success. Since then, there has been no news of mutiny, shouting for pay, or asking for rewards.

Zeng Ceng Shengwu thought carefully and explained: "This is actually thanks to sweet potatoes and national cellar liquor. National cellar liquor is actually sweet potato wine. National cellar liquor is already like this, and every place, in addition to using sweet potatoes to save famine, also uses sweet potatoes to brew wine. This sweet potato wine saves food, so each town finally has some surplus."

In the "Emperor Wanli Agricultural Book," not only Hence Hai Rui and Shen Li sang praises, but the Ministry of War was also on the list, and Zeng Ceng Shengwu was also on the list.

Sweet potato burned wine and sweet potato wine are actually not good to drink. Although they have been distilled, in terms of taste, they are still worse than Shandong Autumn Dew White and Jiangnan Five Fragrance Burned Wine. But because national cellar liquor is also sweet potato wine, the folk can accept this kind of wine.

"Is the Ministry of Revenue short of money? Does the Ministry of Revenue want to borrow some?" Zhu Zhu Yijun looked at Minister of Revenue Zhang Zhang Xueyan and asked about the Ministry of Revenue's thoughts.

Wang Wang Guoguang held down Zhang Zhang Xueyan, who was about to answer, and asked: "Bai Yin coins?"

"Bai Yin." Zhu Zhu Yijun shook his head.

Wang Wang Guoguang immediately said: "Then don't borrow."

Borrow silver and return silver coins? The Ministry of Revenue is not that stupid. Which one is more convenient for circulation, the Ministry of Revenue can still distinguish. Keep the white silver for yourself to play with!

The Imperial Treasury is carrying a giant thunder, which is the giant thunder of silver inflow damming. Regarding the degree of silver accumulation in the Imperial Treasury, with millions of taels of silver piling up like a mountain every year, this giant thunder must be dismantled. The craftsmen of the Bingzhang Bureau must be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, rapidly increasing the quantity of minted silver coins; otherwise, the dam will crush the Great Ming.

This is also the reason for the economic collapse in the late Yongle years. Bai Yin flowed in, but a large amount was accumulated in the Imperial Treasury. The folk did not benefit from the silver inflow but were harmed instead, eventually stopping official ships and official trade.

The debt extension of Antonio for thirty years, with an annual interest rate of 4%, does not look like much, but in this era of currency shortage and general deflation, a 4% interest rate, plus deflation? This debt interest rate is really not low in this era.

The biggest problem with this thunder is that the growth rate of silver inflow is greater than the growth rate of silver coin minting.

Cui Min, the eunuch of the Imperial Treasury, calculated a little, and he was terrified. He hoped that His Majesty could spend some silver and not let the silver accumulate in the Imperial Treasury.

But Zhu Zhu Yijun looked around the court and found that he couldn't spend it at all. The Great Ming is short of silver coins, not silver.

"Even with a hydraulic minting machine, can it only mint 3 million silver a year?" Zhang Zhang Juzheng obviously knew this worry. Bai Yin is like a flood dammed before the Bingzhang Bureau. The upstream water is too big, and there is no water available downstream. This is the biggest problem at present.

The solution is either to take out the paper money law or to put pressure on the Ministry of Works to accelerate technological innovation.

Minister of Revenue Zhang Zhang Xueyan looked at Wang Daokun and said: "At the very least, the growth rate of the Bingzhang Bureau's minting factory must be greater than the growth rate of silver inflow."

"This is really difficult, but I will try my best to urge it." Wang Daokun could only agree. If he didn't agree, it wouldn't work. With the Emperor, the Grand Secretary, and the Ministry of Revenue all putting pressure on him, he could only hurry up and increase the production of imperial silver coins.

At this moment, Wang Daokun wished that one hundred hydraulic minting machines would fall from the sky to complete the Emperor's errand, but the large-scale production of hydraulic minting machines also takes time.

Wang Wang Chonggu smiled and said: "The workshops of the Coal Bureau can also provide some parts to accelerate production."

"Even with a hydraulic rolling press, can it only mint three million silver per year?" Zhang Jizheng obviously knew this worry. Bai Yin was like a flood piling up in front of the Directorate of Weapons. The water upstream was too big, and there was no water to use downstream. This was the biggest problem at present.

The solution was either to bring out the paper currency system or to put pressure on the Ministry of Works to accelerate technological innovation.

The Minister of Revenue, Zhang Zhang Xueyan, looked at Wang Daokun and said, "At the very least, the growth rate of the Directorate of Weapons' minting factory must be greater than the growth rate of silver inflow."

"This is really difficult, but I will try my best to urge them." Wang Daokun had no choice but to agree. He had to agree; with the Emperor, the Chief Grand Secretary, and the Ministry of Revenue all putting pressure on him, he could only hurry up and increase the production of imperial silver coins.

At this moment, Wang Daokun wished that a hundred hydraulic rolling presses would fall from the sky to complete the Emperor's task, but the large-scale production of hydraulic rolling presses also took time.

Wang Wang Chonggu smiled and said, "The workshops of the Coal Bureau can also provide some parts to accelerate production."