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Chapter 572

The old emperor deliberately used the military power in the northwest to hang everyone. Ambitious people will definitely be tempted.

However, these have nothing to do with Yuzhu.

Yuzhu was so busy every day that he went back to the Ministry of Households after attending the imperial court hearing in the palace, and fought with officials from all walks of life for money and food.

Today's Ministry of Households, the bulk of the financial resources, has always been the land tax handed over by the provinces, followed by the poll tax, which should have been a lot of business tax, but it is ranked at the bottom.

This is mainly the result of unreasonable taxation.

Although this dynasty emphasizes agriculture and suppresses business, the business tax is only one-twentieth of the ratio.

In addition, due to the existence of tricky officials and subordinate staff, it is actually difficult to collect taxes from profiteers.

Since Qin Shihuang, rulers of all dynasties have attached great importance to making money.

The Kangxi Tongbao of this dynasty has always been cast by the Ministry of Households and the provinces according to the ratio of copper, six, lead and four.

Because long-distance transportation of copper and other materials will definitely cause serious losses.

The imperial court set up Qianfatang in the Ministry of Households, and Qianfatang set up Baoquan Bureau. This Baoquan Bureau was the Mint Bureau.

Then, each province also has money-making institutions. The money-making government in Zhejiang is called Baozhe Bureau, and the money-making government in Shanxi is called Baojin Bureau.

When making money, all copper coins with square holes are made.

Yuzhu has complete household information on hand.After more than a month of careful research, he found that due to the unequal trade, a large amount of silver in overseas trade flowed in, while copper coins were used less and less.

Well, due to the colonization of the Americas, with the mining of the big silver mines in Bohemia and the influx of gold and silver from the Americas into Europe, the actual value of silver has depreciated a lot.

In this era, that is, between the 17th century and the end of the 18th century, the major imperialist countries in the world adopted a currency system in which silver coins were the main currency and gold coins were supplemented.

By the end of the nineteenth century, the great powers all adopted the gold standard system, and the main currency was gold coins.

According to Alice, the current British currency system is mainly shillings and pence.In general, the value of the British pound is too large to exist only as a taxable unit.

Among them, the largest unit of gold coins is the Royal Rose, 1 Royal Rose = 2 pounds = 40 shillings
银币中，1英镑=20先令，1克郎=5先令，1先令=20便士。

As for France, among the silver coins, 1 livre = 1 franc = 20 sous, and 1 piastre = 16 sous.

For the situation in Europe, we mainly look at the situation of these two old imperialisms, which can be used as a reference.

The overseas trade between the Qing Dynasty and foreigners mainly involved foreigners bringing silver in exchange for goods such as silk, tea and porcelain from the Qing Dynasty.

Over time, the Qing Dynasty must have a trade surplus, while Western countries generally have deficits.

However, the Qing Dynasty was not a country with large copper resources, and the main currency was copper, which led to an extremely serious situation.

As soon as the newly issued copper coins show up, they will be snatched up by officials and profiteers.

After these people melt the copper coins, they use the extracted copper materials to make copper utensils, and they can get ten times, or even dozens of times, huge profits by changing hands.

Before the gold standard, silver in the Qing Dynasty actually overflowed, and inflation was very serious.

In today's market, one tael of silver can be exchanged for 650 copper coins at most.

In such a huge empire, the financial system is extremely outdated, and they don't even know how to collect seigniorage. How can such a great Qing not perish at the hands of the great powers?
On the surface, the Qing Dynasty died at the hands of Yuan Xiangcheng.

In fact, if the Western powers had not continuously damaged the prestige and strength of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Datou would not have succeeded.

There is going to be a big battle in the northwest, and it will last for several years. The old emperor will definitely be short of money.

At this juncture, if Yuzhu proposes to mint silver coins, the hope of success is very high.

Moreover, it is enough to just bring pounds, shillings, and pence from Dagu Port, as well as the French livre and sou, as necessary references.

Yuzhu wanted to achieve great things, and he would always look for the right time, that is, when the old emperor was in urgent need of money or troops, he would come up with his golden ideas.

After Yuzhu entered the palace, he took the complete coinage plan and explained it to the old emperor in detail.

It must be admitted that the old emperor was very smart. After listening carefully, he immediately grasped the important point.

"Zhu'er, according to what you said, the current ten taels of silver, after being minted into silver coins, actually only cost five taels of silver?" The old emperor was very interested, staring at Yu Zhu and asked.

Yu Zhu said with a smile: "Khan Ama Shengming." It is impossible to promote the reform of the currency system if the old emperor is not allowed to take advantage of it.

At this time, the bureaucrats of the Qing Dynasty were all spectators, and none of them knew what the world currency system was?

According to Yuzhu's plan, gradually replacing the copper coins that caused the court to lose money gradually with silver coins is nothing short of benevolent.

In terms of financial management, in the bureaucratic system of the Qing Dynasty, Yuzhu ranked second. Who would dare to rank first?

Wanting to spend money, looking for Yu Zhu, has become a conditioned reflex in the old emperor's place.

"Okay, you can arrange it and try to produce some new silver coins." The old emperor agreed to Yu Zhu's proposal without consulting anyone.

After Yuzhu returned, she wrote to Alice, asking her to contact European mints, mainly "Baroque" mints, and strive to introduce a full set of manufacturing techniques and equipment.

In this era of old Europe, there is no complete patent principle. As long as you are willing to give money to foreigners, let alone a spiral coin minting machine, even your own mother would dare to sell it to you.

After the important matter was settled, Yuzhu was in a good mood, so he called Zhou Quan to drink tea and chat together.

It's just that, not long after I had been leisurely, something happened in the household office.

"Bizhongtang, Nanxincang outside the Chaoyang Gate, something serious happened..."

Yuzhu listened carefully, and it was the Eight Banners disciples who, when they went to collect their pay, probably because they disliked Chen Mi, deliberately found trouble and beat up the warehouse doctor.

After the grain from the south was transported to the capital, it was stored in the major granaries in the Gyeonggi area and was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households.

The Ministry of Households appointed a servant in charge of this matter, called the servant of the storehouse.

The Minister of the Warehouse, who is fully responsible for the arrival, acceptance, transportation, storage and distribution of grain, is stationed in Tongzhou New City, and has Langzhong, Yuanwailang and warehouse supervisors under him.

The barnyard servant, that's a super fat vacancies.The entire warehouse system is very independent and forms a system of its own.

If you want to make an analogy, the warehouse assistant is equivalent to the former Soviet Union's Deputy Minister of Finance and Director of the Central Grain Reserve Bureau.

In order to fear that the disciples of the Eight Banners would despise Tongzhou and make trouble deliberately, the warehouse in Tongzhou specially set up Nanxin warehouse outside Chaoyangmen.

Nanxincang has one function, that is, to distribute rations for one of the two hard-core crops of the Eight Banners.

As for the silver in another hard-core crop, you have to go to the Eight Banners Salary Office in the Yamen of the Ministry of Households to collect it.

In the Yamen of the Ministry of Households, there are jade pillars sitting in the town, and no one dares to make trouble.

However, Nanxincang is different.It is said that Liu Beizi, who led the trouble, actually threatened to beat Nanxincang's Cangchang doctor.

"Brother Zhusheng, what do you think?" Yuzhu didn't get angry, but asked Zhou Quan in a leisurely manner.

Zhou Quan shook his folding fan and said with a smile: "When Dong Weng first took charge of the household department, some people dared to make trouble. This obviously didn't take you seriously. However, the students thought that Dong Weng just wait and see what happens. "

"Oh, why?" Yuzhu stared at Zhou Quan and asked, what would he explain?

Zhou Quan said confidently: "As the saying goes, a dog bites a dog, and the hair on the mouth. Let them make a big fuss and alarm the emperor. Hehe, it is time for the Northwest to use troops and food. As long as the emperor is angry, it will be convenient for you to squeeze Pustules!"

Yu Zhu nodded, Zhou Quan's opinion was quite in line with the current situation of the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, even if Yuzhu is the head of the household department, it is inconvenient to check the accounts and grain storage of the Tongzhou warehouse shortly after taking office.

Since ancient times, those who achieve great things are good at following the trend, rather than working hard against the trend.

In the afternoon, after leaving the Yamen, Yu Zhu went to Tong's old house.

Tong Guowei insisted that Longkodo and Yuzhu must go back to the house every ten days to eat with the old man.

When Yuzhu arrived, Tong Guowei was talking with Yuzhu's fifth uncle Qingyuan in the room.

Before Longkodo arrived, after Yuzhu entered the room to greet him, Tong Guowei said with a smile on his beard, "Zhu'er, you are already in the middle hall, and your fifth uncle is still a young minister of Guanglu Temple. How embarrassing to say it?"

As soon as Yuzhu heard it, he knew that the old man was fond of his son, and he committed it again.

In Old Tong's family, the children of Tong Guowei's line, except for the third son Longkodo, the seventh Qingfu, the elder Ba Qingtai, and Yuzhu, the rest are basically eating and waiting to die.

The old emperor is a guy who is very particular about the balance of power. Longkodo's Wenyuange University Bachelor is just a title.

In layman's terms, today's Longkodo is actually an admiral of the nine schools with a bachelor's salary.

This is the same nature as the governors everywhere, almost all have the title of Minister of the Ministry of War, but they are not actual ministers of the Ministry of War.

However, Yuzhu is different. He is a serious scholar of Dongge University and concurrently the Minister of the Household Department.

As we all know, the head of the household department who holds the real power is the head of the household department who is the head of the household department.

"Mafa, it's not convenient for me, a junior, to intervene in the matter of the elders?" Yuzhu deliberately reminded Tong Guowei that there was a deep grievance between the fifth uncle Qingyuan and Longkodo in the past.

Of course Tong Guowei knew the inside story, but Qingyuan just gave him a green agate snuff bottle, and he agreed to help clear it up as soon as his brain got hot, and he was too embarrassed to go back on the spot.

"Haha, Zhu'er, in your capacity, let's say a word for Uncle Wu in private, don't let your Ama know, isn't that all right?" Tong Guowei is playing hooligans.

Yuzhu said calmly, "Mafa, there is no impenetrable wall in the world."

Tong Guowei smiled awkwardly, and was about to appease the disappointed Qingyuan, when he heard a sound coming from outside the door, "Please be safe, the third master."

Hey, Longkodo is here.

Tong Guowei sighed and stared at Yuzhu.

Yuzhu lowered her head on purpose, refusing to look at Tong Guowei.

Alas, the old man at home, seeing the family of the third child, all of them are in a mess, it is inevitable that they want to help the weak, which is completely understandable.

However, if Yuzhu promotes Qingyuan, it will definitely make Long Kedo very unhappy. This is a small loss that makes a big difference!

(PS: The second update has been delivered, the monthly pass is pitifully small, please give me the motivation for the third update, Amen!)
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