Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 299: Mountains of Gold and Silver Are Displayed, Daming Shocked!

One hundred million taels of silver.

This number is too big, enough to keep Zhu Youxiao awake at night.

Before Zhang Haogu tossed about the New Deal, Daming could have 1000 million taels of silver a year, which was quite remarkable.

During this time, even Empress Zhang didn't care that much, all she cared about was the wealth of Shanxi Shanxi merchants.

In addition to silver, the most important thing is actually gold. A large amount of gold was mined from the gold mines here in Liaodong. Now, all of them were transported to the capital by Zhang Haogu.

When seeing the truckloads of gold and the truckloads of silver coming in, Zhu Youxiao admitted that he was really shocked.

This money is too much!

Then, Zhu Youxiao began to think about it again, wondering when Zhang Haogu would come back.

All the gold and silver have been transported to the capital, but Zhang Haogu still has no intention of coming back, mainly during this period of time, Zhang Haogu also wants to have a good chat with these Shanxi businessmen.

Again, it is easy to break the rules, but it is very difficult to establish a new rule that everyone can accept.

The same is true of Zhang Haogu's mind, to do well, to be meticulous, and to always make repairs according to the loopholes that appear.

In order to make business operations more law-based and rules-based, the imperial court had to collect taxes.

When Zhang Haogu came back, he had already sorted out a lot of materials.

In addition to the materials of Shanxi Jin merchants, there are also materials of many Mongolian tribes. Daming's understanding of Mongolia can actually be described as ignorance.

Many tribes gather together, and you don't know which tribe is which tribe. There will always be misunderstandings. People come to invade the border, and misidentification often happens.

What Zhang Haogu has to do is to clarify these Mongolian tribes, understand the contradictions between them, and even, in the future, completely turn Mongolia into the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Fortunately, these Shanxi businessmen are used to smuggling, and they are very familiar with Mongolian tribes.

This is also very important information for Zhang Haogu.

Jingshi
When Zhang Haogu came back, Zhu Youxiao almost couldn't move the officials of the capital to go out of the city to greet him.

The number one favorite of the Apocalypse Dynasty can be seen from this.

Then, Zhu Youxiao simply set up a family banquet, but this family banquet was not in the capital, but in Yongding County.

Nowadays, for the dog emperor, holding a banquet in the palace is too solemn, and there is still a bit of a gap between the monarch and his ministers, but holding a banquet in Yongding County is a pure family banquet, and everyone can speak freely .

Now, being able to have dinner with the dog emperor in the palace is not considered awesome. What is really awesome is that the dog emperor pulls you to eat in Yongding County. For some officials, this is an opportunity for the emperor to reuse him, and this is an opportunity for promotion.

Not many people came to the family banquet, the dog emperor Zhu Youxiao, the empress Zhang Yan, the dead eunuch Wei Zhongxian, Zhu Qiqi, and Zhang Haogu.

The chef is also from Yongding County.

The food is still delicious.

"Master, during this period of time, I have lost a lot of weight!"

Zhu Youxiao sighed sincerely: "If there is no master in the imperial court, I am afraid that I will have to owe money to the frontier army this year. In the past two years, even Liaodong has stopped a lot. I have heard that Nurhachi in Liaodong Checking was poisoned to death by the master, and Nurhachi's son Huang Taiji was also sent to prison directly!"

"Oh?" Zhang Haogu was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but said: "Then Huang Taiji was executed?"

As for the Jiannu group, Zhang Haogu really doesn’t pay much attention to them. It’s not that they look down on them. This group of people is a group of saboteurs. They can be said to be bandits, or a group of tribes. It’s an exaggeration to say they are primitive people. , but it is relatively close.

Only Huang Taiji is different. He is a builder who advocates studying Sinicization and eliminating ethnic conflicts. He really established a system here in the Jurchens.

Without Huang Taiji, the Qing Dynasty would not be a question of whether to enter the customs or not, but a question of whether the interior would become angry and collapse on its own.

Zhang Haogu cared about Huang Taiji more than he cared about Jiannu and others.

"No!" Zhu Youxiao shook his head: "Huang Taiji was only severely punished by Nurhachi, depriving him of his Baylor status. Nurhachi, an old man, still attaches great importance to Huang Taiji!"

"It doesn't matter if you don't pay attention to it. They are all a group of people who only know how to rob. Huang Taiji is already outstanding among this group of people. It is really impossible for Nurhachi to leave Huang Taiji!" Zhang Haogu murmured a few times in his heart.

Zhang Haogu also smiled: "It's a pity that Nurhachi and Huang Taiji were not poisoned to death together!"

"It's already very good!" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "This year, many people died on Jiannu's side. The master's salt and tea also caused the death of many high-ranking generals in Jiannu. Their soldiers, hmph, I see, if they come here a few more times, Jiannu will collapse without a fight!"

Wei Zhongxian on the side immediately said: "It's all thanks to the emperor's great blessings, hehe, Master Zhang planned the strategy, hehe, our family just didn't expect that there is such a trick as poisoning!"

"Smuggling by Shanxi merchants!" Zhang Haogu said slowly: "They have established a long-term business with Jiannu, so that they can gain trust. If they want to continue poisoning like this next time, I'm afraid it will not be so easy Already!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded, looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "Master, I have also read your memorial. In the memorial, you proposed to establish a Datong mutual market?"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Exactly, I think it would be better if the mutual market starts to open, so that these merchants can do business in a serious manner!"

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "But in this case, wouldn't the tea and salt still flow into Jiannu's hands?"

"Your Majesty, smuggling this thing is unstoppable!"

Zhang Haogu pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "No matter what, Jiannu will get salt and tea. The more the imperial court orders, the greater the profit will be. The money is exciting. Let me ask, in The imperial court only needs one tael of silver, but if you sell it to Jiannu, you can get five taels of silver, these people must form a group to smuggle it!"

"The more the imperial court prohibits, the greater the profits will be, and the more people will take risks. In this way, Shanxi merchants will still appear. Moreover, at that time, they must be more cunning, more treacherous, and more difficult. It was discovered, so the imperial court might as well open up the mutual market generously, do business when it is time to do business, collect their taxes, let them do business honestly, and the imperial court will pay more taxes, isn't that bad?"

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, then nodded and said: "Master's statement is not bad, and I also think it is a little bit okay, so that's good. Tomorrow, we will discuss it in the internal affairs department!"

Zhang Haogu nodded: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Put it in the internal affairs department for discussion, and it is basically passed.

The group of people in the Internal Affairs Office, Zhang Haogu, Zhang Ruitu, Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Guangqi, can basically be regarded as Zhang Haogu's own people, and they dare not disobey Zhang Haogu's suggestions.

Zhu Youxiao also wants money now.

After all, that's just too much, and it's a long-running tax bill.

"Besides, Your Majesty, I have another idea!" Zhang Haogu pondered for a while, and continued: "If it succeeds, I, Ming, can still get a bigger tax!"

"Say it!" Zhu Youxiao pondered for a moment, and then said slowly.

"Issuing Daming Treasure Banknotes!" Zhang Haogu said slowly: "As long as Daming Treasure Banknotes can be circulated, then Daming can get more profits!"

"The Daming Treasure Banknote?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smiled: "Master, does anyone still use this thing?"

This Daming Treasure Banknote was originally produced by Lao Zhu. At the beginning, it was endorsed by official credit. Naturally, this Daming Treasure Banknote is also very valuable. The economy of the Ming Dynasty has grown tremendously. Whether it needs money or materials for internal development, the effect is very good.

It's just that Lao Zhu probably doesn't know what currency depreciation is, nor does he know what gold-dollar coupons are, and he doesn't know Zimbabwe. Then, Lao Zhu is surprised to find that if he prints money infinitely, then does Ming Dynasty have infinite currency? .

Then, the rapid depreciation of the "Great Ming Banknote" directly caused the collapse of Daming's economic and monetary system.

Not enough security deposit.

Coupled with Lao Zhu's crazy printing of banknotes, it directly led to the bloodshed of Daming's precious banknotes.

During the process of issuance and circulation, the Daming banknotes continued to depreciate. Although measures were taken to maintain the purchasing power of the banknotes during the 30 to [-] years from Emperor Chengzuwen to Xuanzong, they failed to keep them from withdrawing from the stage of history.

By the Hongzhi period, banknotes were meaningless in the commodity currency economy, and the folks only used silver and money for transactions.After the middle of Ming Dynasty, no one used the treasure banknotes.

As for now, Zhang Haogu proposed the Daming treasure to Zhu Youxiao, and Zhu Youxiao couldn't help recalling it. It turned out that Daming really had such a thing.

"Your Majesty, we need to re-establish the credit of Daming Banknotes!" Zhang Haogu said seriously: "To set the denomination of Daming Banknotes and the amount of money itself, the credit of Daming Banknotes must be established! "

"Your Majesty, the economy belongs to a virtuous circle of entry and exit, just like the circulation of water, to ensure their normal circulation, to ensure their currency value, to ensure that they can be used, so that the treasure banknotes will not depreciate and collapse."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but said, "What does the master mean?"

"Let the Daming banknotes be bound to some special items. For example, food, the imperial court must stipulate it. For example, if we have a Daming banknote of 100 yuan in our hands, the imperial court must make regulations. The value of this treasure banknote How much silver has gone to the bank, can I exchange the treasure bills for silver?"

Zhang Haogu said quickly: "As long as the court's credit is in place, this precious banknote can bring us a steady stream of income. For example, how much thought do we need to print a Daming treasure banknote? It is nothing more than a few pieces of paper , printed ink, but we can use these papers to exchange Mongolian cattle and sheep, to replace Mongolian cotton!"

"We can use this paper to get everything we want, even in Liaodong, when we start using our Daming banknotes, the emperor, the court will never be short of money!"

"This time, I got a lot of silver in Shanxi. My plan is to merge all of it into Daming Bank. Then, Daming Bank will issue Daming Treasure Banknotes. The denominations can be divided into 100 yuan, 50 yuan, Twenty yuan, ten yuan, five yuan, two yuan, one yuan, fifty cents, one cent, one penny!"

"From then on, the imperial court no longer issued silver to officials at all levels, but issued Daming banknotes. Officials took the lead in using them, and others could follow suit. In addition, Daming banks were set up in various provinces across the country to encourage people to hold silver and gold in their hands. It can be freely exchanged for Daming Treasure Banknotes, but if you want to exchange large amounts, you must go to the capital or Nanjing to conduct large-scale exchanges!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help taking a deep breath, looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "Is it really not short of money?"

"Of course it's not short of money!" Zhang Haogu said with a smile: "Besides, I still want to ask the emperor to do one more thing!"

"What's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

Zhang Haogu smiled slightly, and continued: "Show all the assets we got from the Shanxi merchants' house raids and put them in the capital, so that all the people in the capital can take a good look at them, and let these nobles and officials take good care of them." Let’s take a look and tell them that the imperial court is not short of money now, and I will send you Daming treasure notes in the future, so don’t worry that the imperial court has no money to exchange for you!”

Zhu Youxiao was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but said, "Master, is he going to show all the gold and silver?"

"Correct!"

Zhang Haogu continued: "In addition, I still have another opinion, Your Majesty, now we have confiscated 600 million taels of silver, but is it announced to the public?"

"No!" Zhu Youxiao shook his head: "Master repeatedly told me, how could I announce it to the outside world?"

"It's great over there!" Zhang Haogu said slowly: "The imperial court can announce to the outside world that the proceeds from this raid are not 600 million taels, but 12 billion taels. Gotta bleed!"

"This!" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help being stunned, looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "But, master, the imperial court doesn't have that much money at all!"

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu smiled, and slowly said: "This mountain of gold and silver is thrown out, who can go there and count it in person, how much silver is there? No, they saw the mountain of gold and silver The first thought I had was shocking, the imperial court has really made a lot of money this time, and the imperial court is really not short of money now!"

Hearing the words, Zhu Youxiao also fell into deep thought. He looked at Zhang Haogu and said, "I understand what Master means. If we announce to the public that we only have an income of 600 million taels, then we will print money in the future." At that time, we could only print 600 million taels, but if we announced that there were 12 billion taels, then we can issue the same banknotes of 6000 billion taels?"

"exactly!"

Zhang Haogu nodded quickly: "Your Majesty, as long as this banknote becomes popular, the wealth of the imperial court will increase tenfold out of thin air. As long as the people approve, as long as this banknote of Ming Dynasty circulates, we can generate a lot more money." How to play!"

Zhu Youxiao slapped his thigh and praised: "Master is really a good strategy. In this way, how can the court be short of money!"

Eunuch Wei on the side said enviously, "Master Zhang, you really have ideas!"

"Your Majesty, every step of a thousand miles begins with a single step. This is only the first step. In the future, the imperial court will still need a lot of policy support, but no matter what, we have to take this first step!" Zhang Haogu smiled. opened the mouth and said.

"No matter what, I'm going to try it!" Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing: "Anyway, I'm a fool!"

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The imperial court wants to announce the money seized from Shanxi this time.

This action naturally aroused the opposition of the courtiers, you dog emperor, you are too ostentatious.

Bringing out the mountains of gold and silver for the people to see directly, this move will definitely cause a trend of extravagance, and a group of people can't help but want to talk to you about the Western Jin Dynasty back then.

However, for Zhu Youxiao, he really doesn't care about these things.

According to Zhang Haogu's statement, the government's finances will increase tenfold. If so, why not do it?

Show!

In an instant, the entire capital became red.

The [-] new army, ready to fight, surrounded the entire exhibition site. At the same time, there were special staff who piled up boxes of silver and gold to form a mountain of gold and silver.

This is specially shown for people to see, so that they can feel what a huge wealth this is.

From the outside, it is all yellow, golden, and silvery.

This kind of battle, let alone Zhu Youxiao, even the entire Ming Dynasty, no, even if you look at it for 5000 years, there are not many people who put up this kind of battle.

Doufu doesn't bring such a doufu.

Where are the mountains of gold and silver displayed?

However, I have to say that this scene was really shocking, and many people even came up with ideas. If they go in and grab it once, but seeing the new army waiting in full force, and looking at the barbed wire that has already been laid, a This one also honestly gave up the idea.

This is courting death!

Of course, for the vast majority of ordinary people, and for outsiders, they don't know that there are quite a lot of boxes filled with stones, and these boxes are marked.

At least, it seems that there are 12 billion silver.

Every commoner was shocked, every official of the Ming Dynasty was shocked, and every nobleman of the Ming Dynasty was also shocked.

How much wealth did the Shanxi merchants accumulate?
How much wealth has this dog emperor accumulated over the years?
How could there be so much silver?

(End of this chapter)