If the silver issue is not resolved, the One Whip Law is destined to become a malignant policy.
Furthermore, within the Kong Mansion, there are also many hidden silvers, but these are nothing compared to the silver controlled by Southern scholars and aristocratic families.
At present, most of the world's silver passes through maritime trade and ends up in the hands of Southern scholars and aristocratic families.
The Court controls even less silver than the Eastern Yi people on Fusang Island, because they have silver mines. It is precisely because the Eastern Yi people have silver mines that they have a lot of smuggling business with Southern families, and this is also one of the reasons why they are becoming increasingly powerful in Fusang Island.
Clearly, both Eunuch Zhao and Marquis Wuding had received the Emperor's secret order, for they appeared in Yansheng Gong Mansion immediately after the Court had decreed it.
