Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 70 Theory of Basic National Policy!

Zhu Yuanzhang walked in with great strides, and said with a smile, "Da Sun, that's a good speech!"

"grandfather!"

Huang Xiongying said with a smile: "The grandson is just teaching Tong to finish his homework, and he just said it casually."

"Hey! Let's see, even if there are six ministers, none of our eldest grandsons dare to say it, and will say it!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

"Grandpa, you're going to spoil your grandson. How can your grandson compare with the six books!"

Huang Xiongying smiled, and didn't want to get entangled in this issue, but looked at the person behind the old man whom he had never seen before, and asked, "Grandpa, who is this?"

"Oh, this is your Grandpa Song!"

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and pointed to Feng Sheng behind him.

Feng Sheng was already stunned, and his heart was full of turmoil.

This boy was called the emperor's grandfather, and the emperor called him his grandson. In an instant, the emperor's happy appearance of holding his beloved grandson, Zhu Xiongying, more than ten years ago appeared in his mind.

It's like a lifetime away.

The young man in front of him could vaguely see the appearance of the prince back then, if he was on the road, he would never dare to recognize him, but now the emperor called it out like this, so he had to accept it.

And when he saw the Third Highness following the young man, Feng Sheng was even more certain that the young man should be Zhu Xiongying, the eldest grandson of the emperor who had been dead for ten years.

He didn't know why a person who had been dead for ten years would appear again.

But he knew that if the young man in front of him was the grandson of the emperor back then, it meant that many things in Daming would change for him.

At the same time, he also understood why the emperor didn't directly introduce his name. This was related to the things the emperor ordered along the way, that is, not to reveal his identity. He was Song Guogong, and it was appropriate to call him Grandpa Song.

"Grandpa Song is good!"

Huang Xiongying bowed to Feng Sheng.

Although Feng Sheng was in his sixtieth year, his reaction was quite fast, and he quickly helped Huang Xiongying up: "My lord, don't be too polite!"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang wrinkled his nose: "Well, it smells so good, grandson, you are having lunch!"

Huang Xiongying smiled and said: "Grandpa, I didn't know you brought so many people here, you sit down first, I'll let Old Xu cook two more dishes and serve them up."

With that said, Huang Xiongying turned around and went to the kitchen to order Lao Xu to go, Xiao Bao was still not used to seeing strangers, so he followed them.

"Chen, I have seen Your Highness!"

Huang Xiongying was not there, so Feng Sheng and Fu Youde took the opportunity to salute Zhu Yunxie.

"You two don't need to be too polite!"

Zhu Yunxi was much calmer than before, and responded with a smile.

If it was before, Zhu Yunxi would have blushed a little and would have tied up his words.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw it in his eyes, and his face was full of relief.

After sitting down again, Feng Sheng hesitated again and again, and finally couldn't help but ask Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, that Mr. Huang is really..."

Before Feng Sheng finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

Really are!
Feng Sheng's breathing stopped slightly, and the emperor said that it must be, Feng Sheng never doubted this, especially on the key issue of heirs.

"Then it was the grandson of the emperor who helped solve the disaster relief problem not long ago? And this time, it was the grandson of the emperor who sent King Qi to suppress the bandits..."

Feng Sheng thought of many things at once.

After Zhu Yuanzhang gave a positive nod, Feng Sheng looked shocked.

"Then...Old Fu already knew?"

Feng Sheng glanced at the calm Fu Youde.

Fu Youde stroked his beard, smiled without saying a word, but there was a somewhat proud look on his face.

Old boy, you are so proud, you are not your grandson!
Feng Sheng couldn't help but slander.

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Zong Yi, I brought you here this time because our eldest grandson said that he has a good set of formations. Aren't you the best at these? We want you to help observe and emulate."

"My lord, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Feng Sheng replied respectfully, his face was full of gratitude.

This is a trivial matter, but Feng Sheng is grateful, because the current Feng Sheng is no longer the high-spirited Song Guogong back then.

Five years ago, that is, the 20th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang appointed Feng Sheng as the general who conquered the captives, commanded the army, and conquered Naha, the Taiwei of the Yuan Dynasty. Naha's wives drank wine one by one in order to seek great jewels and treasures. The prince married his daughter forcibly within two days of his death, thus losing his heart to surrender and attachment, and losing Puying's three thousand cavalry and other crimes.

His son-in-law Chang Mao also took the opportunity to criticize his fault because he had conflicts with him during the war.

As a result, Longyan was furious. Not only were the soldiers who returned from the great victory not rewarded, but his General Seal was also confiscated. Since then, he has not commanded an army.

So at this time, Feng Sheng's position is actually very embarrassing.

But this time, the emperor actually brought him to meet the grandson of the emperor whose identity has not been disclosed, and asked him to help observe the formation. What is this?This is trust!

How could Feng Sheng not be grateful?

The crown prince is dead, the emperor's grandson is young and ignorant, and the emperor is old, so he will inevitably have a lot of suspicions. The smart Feng Sheng has figured out a lot since he was punished that time, so in the past few years, he has been clamping up the tail.

But at this moment, he keenly felt that the whole situation seemed to have turned around...

While thinking about it, Huang Xiongying had asked Lao Xu to add some dishes and a few pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

"Grandpas, eat!"

Huang Xiongying greeted him.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have returned to his own home, and he picked up the bowls and chopsticks with a smile and started to eat.

"Thank you, son!"

Seeing the emperor move their chopsticks, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde followed suit, but they did not forget to thank Huang Xiongying.

"Brother Jiang, let's eat together!"

Huang Xiongying looked at Jiang Yu who was standing at the door with a smile, and yelled.

"Ah? No... no!"

Jiang Yu was taken aback, and quickly shook his head like a rattle, and replied: "Little... I have already eaten just now, so I won't bother you and the master to eat, hehe..."

Thinking of the last experience of eating in a restaurant, Jiang Yu still has lingering fears.

He discovered that eating with the emperor is actually a state.

For someone like him, just sitting on an equal footing with the emperor will start to feel dizzy, let alone what to eat, it is simply a kind of torture.

Why?The limit has not been reached!
Jiang Yu also began to understand why some princes were afraid of the emperor to death.

Take Tan Wang Zhu Zi as an example. Because Yu Hu, the younger brother of Tan Wang's concubine, was involved in Hu Weiyong's case, the emperor just asked him to call Tan Wang into the palace to understand the situation. They set themselves on fire together and died, even though the old emperor never used a knife on any of his descendants in his whole life.

You can see the power of the old emperor!

So since the last time I had dinner, Jiang Yu has become even more respectful to the grandson of the emperor...

Huang Xiongying didn't force others, returned to his seat and sat down.

"Da Sun, we just heard you talk about the four major policies that led to the demise of the Mongolian Yuan, ethnicity, land, taxation, and currency, right?"

While eating, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Then do you think there are any problems with the four major policies of Ming Dynasty compared with Meng Yuan?"

After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Fu Youde and Feng Sheng stopped their chopsticks unconsciously and looked at Huang Xiongying together.

This question is far more complicated and far-reaching than the schoolwork question Zhu Yunxie raised before.

Because these are basic national policies!

Any one of them will have a profound impact on the entire Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Huang Xiongying quietly, he hoped that his eldest grandson would give him a different answer instead of cliché.

Huang Xiongying glanced at the old man, smiled wryly and said: "Grandpa, you are really embarrassing your grandson. This is a major issue of state affairs. How dare your grandson make unreasonable comments?"

"Hey! Just treat it as our grandpa talking about family affairs, and say whatever you want. If you make a mistake, grandpa won't blame you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand with an encouraging look on his face.

"Ah."

Huang Xiongying nodded, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "Our Daming is a multi-ethnic dynasty, and most of those ethnic minorities gather in the border areas, so our Daming is facing multiple problems such as a large number of ethnic minorities, different ethnic cultural customs, etc. How to adopt an ethnic policy that can be recognized by the majority of ethnic groups and can consolidate the rule of the Ming Dynasty is very important."

"However, on this point, our Ming Dynasty has done a very good job. For the ethnic minorities in the four main regions of the northeast, north, northwest, and southwest, we have adopted similarities and differences in handling ethnic relations and implementing ethnic policies. In short, the peaceful and stable situation has been maintained, and my grandson thinks it is very successful!"

After listening, Zhu Yuanzhang showed his big white teeth, and said proudly to Fu Youde and Feng Sheng beside him: "Listen, listen, how well our grandson speaks, you deserve to be... our grandson, haha——"

Fu Youde and Feng Sheng also nodded in agreement.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying with a smile, he liked to hear his eldest grandson praise himself.

"anything else?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked forward to it.

Huang Xiongying continued: "As for the monetary policy, although our Ming Dynasty has improved compared with the Mongolian Yuan, my grandson thinks that there are still quite big problems in it."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's smiling face froze slightly, and he said, "Tell me, speak boldly."

Huang Xiongying nodded, and said: "Paper banknotes have been around for many years. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, Sichuan has issued paper banknotes for Jiaozi. In Mongolian Yuan, paper banknotes were circulated all over the world. However, the rulers of the Song and Yuan dynasties The excessive issuance of banknotes, especially at the end of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, made banknotes even more dishonest to the people."

"In the eighth year of Hongwu, Emperor Hongwu restored the banknote system in order to make the private transactions more smooth, and published the Daming treasure banknotes to make them passable. At the same time, he prohibited private gold and silver goods transactions. A currency circulation system in which banknotes are the mainstay and banknotes are parallel.”

"This is an excellent system, and it has brought good results, but there are great hidden dangers buried in it."

Having said that, all the people present looked at Huang Xiongying with bated breath.

Huang Xiongying continued: "There is no plan for the publication of Daming treasure banknotes, mainly through the emperor's rewards, court expenditures and relief, as the main distribution channel, but whether it is the emperor's rewards, relief, or foreign tributes Either way, there is no control, and how much you want to print depends entirely on the country's financial needs."

"What kind of consequences will this lead to? There will be a flood of precious money, and the credibility will become less and less."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly, showing a thoughtful expression.

"Furthermore, there is still a loophole in the printing of treasure banknotes, that is, they only go out but not in. The imperial court only pays attention to releasing treasure banknotes to the people, but when it comes to actual taxation, it only collects a small amount of new banknotes or does not collect banknotes at all. Come on, where is the stability of Baochao? Where is the credibility?"

"The stability and credibility of treasure banknotes are getting lower and lower, even when the country collects taxes, who is willing to collect and store them?"

"If you are an ordinary person, would you like to keep ten taels of silver or ten taels of treasure notes?"

Huang Xiongying's series of rhetorical questions directly stopped Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang is not unaware of this, because during the years when the treasure banknotes were issued, there has been a significant depreciation phenomenon. In the 18th year of Hongwu, he also stopped printing because he was also afraid that the price of treasure banknotes would continue to fall.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, one meter per stone was the standard of treasure banknotes, and in the year of Hongwu [-]th, every banknote was [-] pennies with [-] liters per meter per stone. That is to say, treasure banknotes fell by [-]% in less than ten years.

But Fu Youde and Feng Sheng did not dare to take a breath, openly denying the policy of the old emperor, I am afraid that this is the only one in front of them in this world.

a long time.

Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed, moistened his dry throat, and said slowly:

"Da Sun, listen to us and talk about our views!"

"It was a helpless move for the imperial court to publish treasure notes. At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of waste was waiting to be rebuilt. The previous Mongolian Yuan collapsed quickly, but it ran fast. Before the defeat in Mobei, all valuable things were swept away. , especially the gold and silver in the treasuries in the north, almost nothing is left, they ran happily, but it was difficult for the Ming Dynasty!"

"The old emperor Hongwu also took into account the lessons of Meng Yuan and cast two copper coins, Dazhong Tongbao and Hongwu Tongbao, as currency. But where did we get the copper in Ming Dynasty? There is a shortage of people to farm the land, so how can anyone open mines? Without copper, what to use to make it?" money?"

"But our Ming Dynasty is waiting to use money everywhere, and is anxious to use money in everything. If the money matter is not resolved, the newly founded Ming Dynasty will either die poor or die in chaos!"

"Do you know how many people were saved by the old emperor Hongwu with this Ming Dynasty banknote? During the most intense years of the war against Beiyuan, the Ming Dynasty's military expenditures, supplies, money and food were almost all paid for by treasure banknotes. It propped up the Ming Dynasty chasing Yuan and chasing north, and finally created a peaceful environment!"

"Also, in the 25 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, more than 5000 water conservancy dams and more than 4 ponds and weirs have been built. There are countless people's livelihood constructions of various sizes, from the dilapidated mountains and rivers full of wasteland and ruins. , to the point where most of the common people can live and work in peace and contentment today is also supported by this precious banknote!"

"Do you know all of this?"

After hearing the old man's words, Huang Xiongying was deeply shocked.

As a traveler who came from later generations, he has richer knowledge, more advanced vision, and can judge history from the perspective of later generations.

For the people of this era, Huang Xiongying always upholds a heart of awe.

Especially the old man, who has benefited him a lot as a time traveler several times.

Including this time now.

Huang Xiongying realized that his thoughts were dry, simple and rude about this Daming Banknote, which carried such great significance. Of course, what he said was correct, but he ignored the importance of Daming Banknotes in this aspect. The situation is notoriously difficult for the great Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, it is impossible for Emperor Hongwu, who knew how to save the country by printing banknotes, to be unaware of the problems he just mentioned.

At this moment, he also had to say with emotion: "Emperor Hongwu Shengming, grandson has been taught!"

It was said that Zhu Yuanzhang did not show a complacent look on his face this time, because he also knew that the problems Huang Xiongying mentioned just now existed.

"Precious banknotes certainly have the function of precious banknotes, but the problem is exactly as you said just now. We have also discussed with the old emperor Hongwu, but there is no good solution. Grandson, what do you think about the problem of precious banknotes? "

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he looked at Huang Xiongying quietly. He knew that this question was indeed too difficult.

The Baochao Lifting Department has discussed countless times, and I and a group of ministers have also discussed the problem of Baochao countless times. They have spent countless efforts, but they have not been able to completely solve the problem of Baochao.

Sure enough, Huang Xiongying also frowned and began to think.

If it was in the past, he would definitely use the so-called economic theory of later generations to make a big talk, but now he knows that if he does not think from the environment he is in, everything is just talk on paper.

Those theories sound plausible, but they are difficult to implement in practice.

"Okay, this problem is really too difficult. Don't think about it if you can't figure it out. It's already amazing to be able to see these problems! You know, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including the old emperor Hongwu, can't do anything about it."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying who was frowning and thinking, and knew that this problem was really embarrassing for his grandson.

But at this moment, Huang Xiongying shook his head and said slowly: "Grandson thinks that there is no way but a good way!"

(End of this chapter)