Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 856 Chongzhen was dumbfounded, the Daming banknote system collapsed!
"Everyone, do you know how much the imperial court has earned these years?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Cui Chengxiu suddenly asked such a question.

Lu Xiangsheng said: "Naturally there are many."

Wang Wenyan smiled: "Director Lu has served as Minister of the Household Department for many years, and in those years when Daming's financial revenue was the highest, Chief Lu was in charge of the Household Department. Chief Lu is very clear about how much he has earned in the past years."

Cui Chengxiu said: "Not only Chief Lu knows, but who among us is not clear?"

"Last year, the 13th year of the Apocalypse, although the imperial court has experienced ups and downs in the stock market and industry and commerce, the annual revenue still has 7000 million taels of silver."

"The year before last, in the 12th year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court's income was 600 million taels, and before that, in the 11th year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court's annual income was the most, more than [-] million taels!"

Cui Chengxiu said one by one: "Not counting before, from the fifth year of Tianqi to the 13th year of Tianqi, in the nine years, the imperial court's revenue has increased year by year, from more than 9000 million taels to nearly [-] million taels."

"And how much silver is in the Daming Bank, and how much gold and silver is in the imperial treasury, have you ever calculated it?"

"That's more than 15 billion taels of silver, not counting gold!"

"These are all saved by us for the imperial court, as the imperial court's reserves, and the confidence to issue treasure notes."

"How many soldiers and horses can Chongzhen organize with these gold and silver?"

"If we don't strike first, will Chongzhen take the money we have saved so hard to recruit soldiers and then deal with us?"

Zhang Ruitu sighed: "That's right, the wealth we have accumulated for the imperial court over the years is too rich. Chongzhen is a prodigal, and we can't lose it for decades."

Wang Wenyan sneered: "But our emperor is undefeated, not only undefeated, but also very thrifty, and a diligent master. It is rare to be so diligent and thrifty."

Hearing Wang Wenyan's words, Zhang Haogu couldn't help but smile.

Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian was indeed a diligent and frugal person, a diligent emperor, and an emperor who was eager to make a career.

It's a pity that the emperor killed Wei Zhongxian, who was left to him by his brother Emperor Tianqi, as soon as he succeeded to the throne in his previous life, and also abolished the Jinyiwei, making himself a blind and deaf man, the last conscientious operation It even directly put Daming's company on the ground.

To put it bluntly, if Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian followed his brother Tianqi and continued to trust Wei Zhongxian, relying heavily on Jinyiwei, and not having to deal with government affairs, and let those bureaucrats of various factions do things on their own, indulge in their own actions, and enjoy themselves, not only would he be lacking in this emperor? Without money, Daming, a big company, can still survive for many years, at least it won't be unsustainable in just a few decades.

But what Chongzhen is doing now is even more radical than in his previous life. If Chongzhen continues to do this, how many years can Daming last?

Zhang Haogu cleared his throat: "What President Cui said is a problem. Now the imperial court has money, but we saved the money through hard work, for the sake of the imperial court's operation and the development of the world."

"The expansion of industry and commerce, the construction of Chidao, as well as the colleges and medical centers in various provinces, as well as the plan we proposed to educate the elderly and support the elderly, originally required the imperial court to work hard."

"There is also the imperial court's overseas development plan, the construction of military forces, and the research and development of science and technology, all of which require a lot of investment."

"At present, the emperor has stopped business and industry, cut off the road, and all projects such as colleges, medical institutes, and scientific research have also been interrupted. If Jiaozhi and Dongying were not in our hands, these places would also be abandoned by the emperor, and the expenditure on scientific research projects They were also rejected by the emperor."

"Our emperor really wants to restore the ancestral system, and restore the early Ming era when a family of three and five acres of land faced the loess and their backs were facing the sky."

"So much gold and silver are stored in the treasury and banks. I'm not at ease. Even if the emperor doesn't take it, those corrupt officials, those honorable princes, can't help it?"

Lu Xiangsheng also said: "Yes, putting this money there is like letting a greedy cat guard the salted fish. How can those worms bear it! This money belongs to the people of the world, it belongs to our Datong Society, it should not Occupied by those corrupt officials."

Zhu Shunshui said: "There is actually not much gold and silver in the Daming Bank, and most of the gold and silver are stored in the national treasury. If we can seal up or transport these gold and silver away, and then target the imperial court's economy, Chongzhen will definitely be in a state of distress. .”

Zhang Ruitu said with a smile: "This is Chief Cui's idea, isn't it? Seal up the gold and silver in the treasury, and then the precious banknotes will become waste paper."

Cui Chengxiu said: "This alone is not enough, we should also issue more precious notes to speed up the process."

Hearing this, everyone also said a few supplements and opinions to perfect Cui Chengxiu's ideas.

Soon a complete process was constructed by everyone.

After all, they were all former governors of a province and six ministries. Which of them was not a member of the second and third ranks of the dynasty. Their rich experience and broad vision made it easy for them to deal with problems, not to mention that they were originally important ministers of the dynasty, and Daming's apocalypse flourished. The great development of China and the economy happened in the hands of these people, and now it is really easy for them to start with the economy.

"The former president of Daming Bank is one of our people, and the people inside Daming Bank are also our people. It is not a big problem to secretly transport the gold and silver reserves of Daming Bank to Liaodong. These gold and silver reserves can also be used as our development by then." capital." Cui Chengxiu said.

Lu Xiangsheng added: "After I took over the household department, I made many improvements to the treasury for the safety of the imperial court's financial reserves. Transship gold and silver as soon as possible."

"If necessary, the gold and silver in the treasury can be temporarily sealed underground in Shuntian Mansion."

Zhang Haogu looked as usual, and no one showed any surprises. The treasury is in the hands of the Datong party members. For the safety of the treasury, the Datong party members really racked their brains. At the beginning, they strengthened the fire protection, earthquake resistance and moisture resistance. Later, There was an apocalypse explosion, and the explosion protection was immediately increased. Later, considering that Daming himself broke into Shenyang and burned the granaries of the Qing Dynasty, he remodeled the treasury and added secret passages and channels to prevent emergencies, and even hollowed out the treasury underground. Added an underground vault for insurance.

Now it is obviously unrealistic to say that the billions of gold and silver should be transported to Liaodong, but it is really possible for the Datong Party members to send these gold and silver to the ground and seal them up.

Zhang Haogu tapped on the table: "This matter, we should do it separately, contact Daming Bank, let our people evacuate completely, and withdraw from Zhili with templates and gold and silver. At that time, we will establish our Datong Society in Liaodong." The bank, and the Emperor Chongzhen sang a diagonal play."

"As for the gold and silver in the national treasury, let's transfer it to underground reserves, so as to save those corrupt officials from being corrupted, and it will take a lot of effort to recover it when the time comes."

In these words, Zhang Haogu had already mentioned that the Datong Party would return to the Central Plains to rule Daming again in the future, but no one was surprised.

Obviously, everyone agrees that in the future Datong Society will definitely return to rule the world again, and it would be a troublesome thing to go after the stolen goods at that time.

As the center of the Datong Society finalized the idea, the Datong party members in the Daming Bank also received the secret letter very quickly, and everyone immediately began intensive preparations, transferring gold and silver, taking away the templates, taking away the accounts and so on.

In just a few days, the Datong party members in Daming Bank made full preparations, and a large amount of gold and silver was transported from Yongding County, quietly taking advantage of the night.

At this time, Chongzhen was still asleep.

After all, Chongzhen didn't know at all that the Daming Bank in Shuntian Mansion was a good head office, but the real core was in Yongding County.

The real stronghold of the new party, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Haogu's lair, hides things far beyond Chongzhen's imagination.

Ever since Chongzhen announced the restoration of honorary privileges, allowing landlords and gentry to reoccupy local villages and towns, and when big families began to compete with the imperial power for the right to the county government, Chongzhen was no longer the emperor of Ming Dynasty, but the emperor of Zhili.

Even the Son of Heaven of Zhili is praised. After all, what Chongzhen really controls now is only Shuntian Mansion.

In the hands of Chongzhen, the Ming Dynasty was the real emperor and the officials and gentry ruled the world together. As a result, the imperial power was greatly weakened, and the Donglin party members were in full bloom. Know.

Therefore, the Datong party members transferred the core materials and gold and silver reserves of the Daming Bank very smoothly. When Emperor Chongzhen learned that the Daming Bank in Yongding County was empty, he was still wondering: "Is the Daming Bank in Yongding County empty?"

"So what? Isn't it just a bank in Yongding County? How much can it store?"

"Since they are leaving, let them go. Is my Daming still short of such a few people?"

Shi Fenglai, a scholar of the Zhongji Temple, and the secretary of the household department, glanced at Qian Qianyi. When he saw that the chief minister of the cabinet was silent, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "Your Majesty, you don't know something. Daming Bank in Tianfu is just a head office. The real core of Daming Bank, including templates, gold and silver reserves, account information, etc., are all kept in Yongding County."

"In the apocalypse, the first emperor and Zhang Haogu continued to develop Yongding County, making it the heart of Zhili. Moreover, Yongding County not only has the gold and silver reserves of the Daming Bank, but also has many scientific research bases, factories, and many court secrets. It can be said that Yongding County is a small Shuntian Prefecture, the essence of Zhili.”

"Today's Yongding County has become an empty shell!"

"What?!" Zhu Youjian was stunned, why didn't he know that there were so many things in Yongding County? !

Now that Yongding County is empty, wouldn't Daming Bank's gold and silver reserves be gone? !
"Damn Zhang Haogu, he has already arrived in Liaodong and still won't let me survive. The gold and silver in Yongding County must have been transported away by him!" Zhu Youjian directly ignored the factory machinery of the scientific research base, and he only remembered the gold and silver. up.

research?factory?mechanical?

Can these miraculous skills and obscenities be compared to sage poems?

Seeing Zhu Youjian's anger, these cabinet scholars also quickly bent down, waiting quietly for Zhu Youjian to vent his emotions.

"Send troops, send troops, I want to send troops to attack Zhang Haogu, a rebellious official and traitor!" Zhu Youjian shouted angrily.

Shi Fenglai said helplessly: "Your Majesty, sending troops is not an easy task."

Zhu Youjian asked suspiciously: "Oh? Really? But when I read the book of war and the Apocalypse Dynasty, how could it be so easy to send troops? If you say war, you will fight?"

Qian Qianyi was speechless immediately, and Shi Fenglai was also silent.

Zhu Youjian realized that he seemed to have said something wrong, and looked at Liu Hongxun again.

Liu Hongxun is Minister of the Ministry of War, others can keep silent but he can't, so Liu Hongxun can only say: "Returning to Your Majesty, in the previous dynasty, the imperial court often predicted the enemy first and planned in advance."

"The king of Liao is in charge of the government and has a long-term plan. For example, in the battle against Monan, the king of Liao made deployments early. He was preparing cavalry and grassland information more than a year in advance, and preparing food, grass and ordnance half a year in advance. It seemed that he was sending troops when he said he would send troops, but These military preparations started long ago."

"Whether it is fighting against Japan, fighting against Southeast Asia, or fighting against the grassland twice and fighting against Liaodong, this is the case."

"Relying on the intelligence system all over the place and the imperial court's overall control over the local area at that time, the imperial court was often able to deploy early, concentrate its forces, and only send troops when the time came. Now the imperial court is unprepared. If it dispatches troops hastily, I'm afraid it will fail."

Zhu Youjian was not happy. He frowned and asked, "Didn't Zhang Haogu be unprepared when he started the war against Annan? Why did he destroy Annan in three months? Could it be that the Chongzhen Dynasty beat Zhang Haogu? Is it going to take years and months of hard work?"

Qian Qianyi said: "Your Majesty, Liaodong is different from Annan, and Zhang Haogu and those fellow party members are not Annan's savages. They should not be underestimated."

Shi Fenglai also said: "Your Majesty's current imperial court has soldiers and horses, but it cannot easily start a war against Liaodong, otherwise the country will be in turmoil and the people will be uneasy."

Seeing that Qian Qianyi, Shi Fenglai, and Liu Hongxun did not support the war, although Zhu Youjian was not happy, he was not stubborn enough to really want to fight. After all, even he himself was terrified of Zhang Haogu.

At any rate, he is the chief minister who has ruled the world for so many years, and is known as the first prime minister of the Ming Dynasty. He has run the army and the country, and has 20 new army elites under his command, and there are so many heroes of the new party. .

Seeing that Zhu Youjian was not obsessed with beating Zhang Haogu, these cabinet scholars were also secretly relieved. Fortunately, although the emperor was a little naive, he was not really stupid.

Hit Zhang Haogu?

Who can't think of going to meet Zhang Haogu and those elite soldiers of the New Party?
Fang Yunchu, Zhou Yuji, Han Yaowei, Cao Wenzhao, Zhao Yuqi, Huang Degong, Yuan Chonghuan
Which of these generals didn't walk out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and fighting these people, wouldn't that be courting death?

Everyone becomes an official to get rich, not to seek death.

How can fighting with Liaodong be as comfortable as doing business with Liaodong?
After the matter of the war against Liaodong was pressed, Zhu Youjian still couldn't bear it. He was already the emperor, so why was he still being bullied by Zhang Haogu?

So Zhu Youjian found Zhu Chunchen, who was a member of the old Zhu family and was trustworthy. Otherwise, Zhu Youjian would not have allowed Zhu Chunchen to lead the five armies' governor's mansion and the general Beijing camp.

"Cheng Guogong, you give me a good training of soldiers and horses, training soldiers, and I can wait for you to make great achievements."

Hearing Zhu Youjian's encouragement, Zhu Chunchen was very excited: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely train the soldiers of the Beijing camp well for Your Majesty, and die for Your Majesty."

Zhu Youjian was very satisfied, and encouraged Zhu Chunchen a few more words, and after rewarding some jewelry, he let Zhu Chunchen leave.

However, Zhu Youjian didn't know that everything that happened today was secretly sent to Liaodong.

The original Manchu Qing imperial palace, now in the center of Datong Society, Zhang Haogu in Qinzheng Hall looked at the information sent by Shuntian Mansion, and couldn't help laughing: "Our Emperor Chongzhen is still so cute."

"If you don't know the secret, it's not just about losing your minister."

Huang Zongxi said: "Duke Ming, the emperor can't wait to attack us, it's time to resist."

Zhang Haogu nodded, tapped his fingers on the table: "How is the preparation of Datong Bank?"

Huang Zongxi replied: "Datong Bank has been established, and our own Datong Banknote has a template."

Zhang Haogu quickly said: "We don't rush our own templates, let the bank print Daming banknotes, print more. Then let our people use these banknotes to trade wildly in various places, and let the price of Daming banknotes be lowered first. "

"Let the intelligence office disseminate information, saying that the banknotes are worthless. Gold and silver are hard currencies. At that time, the common people and merchants will inevitably rush to exchange gold and silver. Let's see how Zhu Youjian responds."

Huang Zongxi said excitedly: "Students will do it now."

Datong Bank had just been established, and Chen Hongdao was the president of Datong Bank. The first task he received was to issue additional banknotes.

For Datong Bank, which has templates and materials, it is really not difficult to print more banknotes. After all, they were originally printing banknotes, and now they just print more.

Soon, a large number of treasure banknotes were printed by Datong Bank, and then transported to Zhili and various places in the north and south by horse-drawn carriages and large ships. These treasure banknotes will soon flow into the market. The extremely fragile economy of Ming Dynasty was dealt a terrible blow.

Soon, people suddenly discovered that the number of precious banknotes on the market seemed to have increased.

Originally, in the Tianqi Dynasty, the imperial court would only print and distribute some precious banknotes according to the amount of gold and silver it received each year, and the biggest function of the bank was to reserve gold, silver and precious banknotes, so that there would not be too many precious banknotes circulating in the market, plus The imperial court had sufficient gold and silver reserves, which made the banknotes very strong, and all countries were willing to use the Daming banknotes as their common currency.

However, in the first year of Chongzhen, the imperial court’s annual revenue was only small, and there were several times higher than the annual income in the market. With the addition of the precious banknotes originally circulated in the local area, the number of precious banknotes suddenly increased, and the value began to gradually decline.

In the process, there were still people wantonly exchanging large amounts of precious banknotes for gold and silver and purchasing large items. This made the merchants realize something first. These merchants soon exchanged precious banknotes for gold and silver. .

At the beginning, only some people were doing this, and then some small and medium-sized merchants followed suit to exchange gold and silver, and then the big chambers of commerce and big merchants also began to exchange gold and silver. Now the common people panicked and took their own precious banknotes to go. Exchange gold and silver.

In the final analysis, treasure banknotes are just a piece of paper, because they can be exchanged for gold and silver of the same value, and they are only valuable if they are guaranteed by the imperial court’s reputation. A banknote is just a piece of waste paper.

Zhu Youjian has not yet realized that as he abolished the new laws and new policies, he restored the honorary status, supported the landlords and gentry, and abolished the stock market to crack down on industry and commerce, which has made the Ming economy sluggish. loss of trust.

After the loss of trust, the abolition of the new law, and the stagnation of industry and commerce, the value system of Baochao has become more and more fragile.

When someone attacks Baochao, the speed of Baochao system collapse is far beyond people's imagination.

(End of this chapter)