I Am the Grandson of the Second Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Earning 100 Million Taels at the Beginn

"Your Highness, can you tell me what you want to do?"

At the end of the court meeting, Zhu Zhangui returned to Shang's study with the support of his father.

The two had just sat down and hadn't chatted a few words when Yang Shiqi asked to come in.

The first sentence this old man came in was to ask Zhu Zhangui what kind of result he wanted to be satisfied.

Zhu Zhangui frowned, and looked at Yang Shiqi with a serious expression.

"What does Xueshi Yang mean by this? What do I want to do? Shouldn't you ask them what they want to do?"

"Your Highness, forgive me for being rude!"

"Isn't the treasure banknote a trap you set up?"

Zhu Zhangui's face turned cold all of a sudden, and he saw Yang Shiqi flashing a murderous intent in his eyes.

Zhu Pangpang, who had been paying attention to his son's expression, quickly slapped the table and shouted angrily:
"Yang Shiqi, what you said is too much!"

For Yang Shiqi, Zhu Pangpang is very important, and he plans to reuse him in the future, but he doesn't want him to fall into his son's hands like this.

Zhu Zhangui glanced at his father, and under the signal of his eyes, he said indifferently to Yang Shiqi.

"I can't understand the trap that Xueshi Yang said."

"Are you lying? Did the imperial court purchase the precious banknotes at a price of 2:1? Now all banks are purchasing them. Am I lying?"

Yang Shiqi opened his mouth, feeling speechless for a while.

It seems to be the case.

The imperial court set a purchase price of 2:1, which was exactly the same as the information received by those second generations, and there was no fraud at all.

The imperial court did not intentionally quote a price to trick those guys into being fooled. They stepped into this trap voluntarily.

Moreover, the court followed up with repeated orders, prohibiting private individuals from buying precious banknotes without permission.

Putting this matter on the bright side, those second generations really broke the law.

"If you're a dandy, just be a dandy, what kind of entrepreneurial struggle!"

"If they engage in a serious business, I will absolutely support them. Even if they have no money, I can lend them no interest!"

"But look at what they have done. They are digging the roots of the imperial court and want to move the imperial court's money to their own home!"

"The imperial court is bleeding heavily. What is the purpose of exchanging the 2:1 price for the precious banknotes? It is to keep the people from suffering losses, to appease the people's resentment towards the precious banknotes, and to make the people regain their trust in the currency issued by the court."

"But these guys, they took this opportunity to move the money from the court back to their homes."

Zhu Zhangui's scolding made Yang Shiqi bow his head in shame.

This policy of the imperial court can be said to be digging its own flesh and blood to supply the people. This kind of policy for the people may not necessarily encounter such a policy in the past 800 years.

But there are some moths who think this is an opportunity to make money, and want to take the opportunity to make money for the court.

If the imperial court did not issue a follow-up serious order, these people would collect treasure notes to earn the imperial court's money, and the imperial court would have nothing to say.

But the problem is that after the emperor has issued an order, these people still ignore it. This is indeed a bit of disregard for the court law.

Looking at the silent Yang Shiqi, Zhu Zhangui picked up the teacup next to him and said calmly.

"The north is still at war. As Minister of the Ministry of War, you should focus on the north instead of caring about these things that have nothing to do with you."…

Yang Shiqi opened his mouth, and under Zhu Pangpang's continuous winks, he had no choice but to leave with his fists in his hands.

Looking at Yang Shiqi who walked out of the upper study, Zhu Zhangui began to think in his heart that it was time to call Yu Qian back.Zhu Zhangui is always a little worried that such an important office of the Ministry of War will be handed over to someone who has a grudge against him.

"Son, don't overthink it. In fact, Yang Shiqi is still very capable, but his thinking is a little different from yours!"

Knowing son Moruo father.

Zhu Pangpang could see the thoughts expressed in Zhu Zhangui's eyes at a glance.

Thinking of Yang Shiqi serving him for so many years, Zhu Pangpang felt that he should persuade him.

It's a pity that Zhu Zhangui didn't listen.

"Yang Shiqi doesn't know much about the military, and the position of minister of the Ministry of War is a bit inappropriate. I think it's good for him to concentrate on being in charge of the cabinet!"

The corner of Zhu Pangpang's mouth twitched.

Well... what I said just now was in vain.

But he didn't say much about it, and acquiesced to Zhu Zhangui's idea.

The child has his own ideas when he grows up, and his body is not as good as a year. It is hard to say whether he can survive the old man. If the child wants to choose the person he wants, he can choose, and he can support him behind.

"I'm also curious, how do you plan to arrange those people, you don't really plan to kill them?"

Zhu Zhangui, who was considering who to replace Yang Shiqi, smiled and shook his head when he heard this.

"How could it be possible to kill them all, I didn't even intend to kill one!"

Now Zhu Pangpang became interested.

The sun came out from the west, and his son didn't want to kill anyone.

Just now he was thinking, if Zhu Zhangui planned to kill, should he stop him.

But he didn't expect that his son, who was very similar to his grandfather, would show kindness and not kill anyone.

It's really weird.

"Father, what kind of eyes are you looking at?"

Noticing the surprised look in his father's eyes, Zhu Zhangui asked suspiciously.

"It's not like your style. Why did you come back from a walk in the north and become a kind person with no blood on your hands?"

Zhu Zhangui rolled his eyes angrily, "Could it be that in your eyes, I am a violent and murderous person?"

Zhu Pangpang smiled, "To be honest, it's a bit like that. When you murdered a brat, you were just like my grandpa. The look in your eyes is scary."

"I looked at you several times, just like seeing your great-grandfather is still alive, I was scared awake at night when I slept and dreamed!"

Zhu Zhangui: "..."

"Okay, tell me quickly, what are you going to do?"

Zhu Zhangui curled his lips speechlessly, and spoke out his thoughts.

"Actually, my initial idea was to find the leaders and kill a batch of warnings to the rest, then confiscate all the treasures they collected, and drive them all to the artisan camp, and work hard for a few years to atone for their sins!"

"Your uncle is the leader! If we cut it off, we won't be able to explain to your mother!" Zhu Pangpang reminded him kindly.

Zhu Zhangui spread his hands.

"So I changed the punishment method!"

"How do you say it?" Zhu Pangpang became more interested.

"My idea is this, first lock them up for a few days to scare them, confiscate all the treasures they bought, and then set a time for labor reform according to the amount of treasures they collected!"...

"As for the money they owed to the bank, I've decided to have their family pay it back on a 2:1 basis."

"No, isn't this a loss of money for our family!" Hearing the price, Zhu Pangpang quit.

The family finally managed to save this little wealth, and Zhu Pangpang also recognized the money distributed to the common people.

As Zhu Zhangui said, the wrong things done by the old Zhu family must be admitted. Even if the royal family eats chaff and swallows vegetables, they can't lose money to the common people.

But these second generations are different, Zhu Pangpang is not willing to give them money.

"Can you listen to me first?" Zhu Zhangui reminded quickly when his father interrupted him.

"You say, you say."

Zhu Pangpang quickly shut up, pretending to be all ears.

"My two-to-one ratio is not to let them repay only half of the loan, but to let them repay half of the loan, and then exchange the other half for our newly minted currency."

"In this way, not only can we get the money back, but we can also use the new currency!"

After Zhu Pangpang listened, his eyes gradually lit up.

This is a good way.

Not only can the loan be returned, but also the new currency can be circulated.

These officials, petty bourgeois families, were the main force of consumption in the Ming Dynasty.

As long as these people are the first to use the new currency, the people at the bottom can only accept these new currencies whether they like it or not.

In the future, as long as the imperial court maintains the value of the new currency, the currency of Ming Dynasty will be officially stabilized.

As long as the court does not mess around, there will be no risk of currency reputation collapse in the future.

In the afternoon, the courtiers gathered again.

It's just that the state of the courtiers is divided into two types, one is mental exhaustion from a busy morning, and the other is physical exhaustion.

Those who were mentally exhausted were those whose nephews did not participate in Baochao's work, while those who were physically exhausted had just returned from Jinyiwei Prison.

According to Zhu Zhangui's report from his subordinates.

These guys are all ruthless.

He ran to Jin Yiwei and rushed directly into the imperial prison. When he found his nephew, it was a slamming hammer.

It's called a ruthless one.

Those who are whipped are whipped with a whip, and those who are smashed with torture tools are smashed with torture tools.

The second generations were like sandbags, laying on the ground and howling and screaming non-stop. The brutal scene made many old Jin Yiwei feel terrified.

So brutal.

It is said that a lot of blood flowed to the beams of the house, and Zhang Kejian, who was the only one not beaten, was so frightened that he peed his pants again.

"Have you asked the matter clearly?"

Thinking about the scene at that time in his mind, Zhu Zhangui smiled, and looked at Liu Shilang, who looked like a dead father.

Liu Shilang nodded with a bitter face.

When beating his own son, he had already asked clearly.

It is true that he borrowed 10 taels, using his own property as collateral. Later, if he couldn't borrow it anymore, this bastard even planned to borrow another sum.

Hearing this sentence at the time, if it wasn't for Jin Yiwei's desperate pull, Liu Shilang would have beaten this traitor to death.

As the so-called repayment of debts is justified.

Ordinary folks are like this, not to mention the money owed to the imperial government.

It was written there in black and white, and he couldn't refuse even if he wanted to.

What made him even more depressed was that the precious banknotes bought by his son's gang of bastards were also confiscated by the Imperial Court Jinyiwei. …

In the words of Jin Yiwei, your sons and nephews have all pleaded guilty, and these treasures are stolen money and will be confiscated.

He didn't make any money, and he still owed a lot of debts. Liu Shilang was getting more and more angry when he thought about it.

If I knew this bastard was such a cheater, he should have drowned in that cesspit when he was born.

"Now that we know, let's talk about how to deal with it!"

Seeing Liu Shilang and others nodding, Zhu Zhangui leaned back slightly, with a look of sympathy on his face, and proposed to discuss how to deal with it.

"Your Highness, those precious notes..."

"That means the stolen money has been confiscated."

Before Liu Shilang finished speaking, Zhu Zhangui understood what the other party wanted to fight.It was nothing more than wanting to use those precious notes to cover the debts their son owed to the bank.

Just take a pile of waste paper and want to wipe the account, what a joke, just as the bank is open to charity.

"But Your Highness, those precious notes..." Liu Shilang and the others were a little unwilling to give up.

Those precious banknotes were bought by their own bastards with real money. If they didn't owe a lot of foreign debts, the court would just take them away.

But now those bastards still owe a lot of foreign debts. If they don't take these treasures to bear it, the family will have to pay for it themselves.

Liu Shilang of others doesn't know.

But asking his family to take out 10 taels of silver is forcing the whole family to beg for food.

So no matter what you say, even if you can't repay the debt, you have to reduce it, otherwise their family will really go bankrupt.

He has an old lady, and a lot of wives and concubines. Without money, how can he support so many people.

Others also hold this idea.

On the way to the court, they had already discussed it.

The money these bastards owed to the bank cannot be denied. After all, most of the money in the bank was provided by the emperor's grandson and the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Putting the emperor's grandson aside, if anyone dared to owe money to the household department, that bastard Xia Yuanjin would definitely block the door and swear.

So they have to take some of this money, but how much they pay depends on their own struggle.

"You don't have to think too much about the precious banknotes. The emperor has issued repeated orders to prohibit the exchange of precious banknotes among the people."

"The children in your family, knowing that there is such an imperial decree, but still blatantly buying treasures, this is not paying attention to the court and the emperor. If His Royal Highness hadn't pleaded hard for you, you Now you are not discussing with me how to deal with things, but going home to have funerals with your nephews."

In order to stop these guys from making money, Zhu Zhangui blocked the conversation directly.

All the people present.

They heard the meaning from Zhu Zhangui's words.

The emperor intends to take back those treasures and use them in exchange for their son's life.

But their lives are saved, but there are still punishments that should be given in the later stage. The specific punishment depends on their performance.

After thinking about this, they breathed a sigh of relief.

If money is gone, you can earn it again. If the child’s life is gone, then it’s really gone.

The whole family is waiting. If the child's life is lost, they don't know how to go back and face their family.

"Your Highness, about the loan?"...

The main thing is settled, and the next thing is to deal with those loans.

Liu Shilang and others wondered if they could reduce the loan amount.

How could Zhu Zhangui not know what these people were thinking, and looked at everyone with a stern face and said coldly.

"It's only natural to pay off debts. If you don't think it's appropriate, I can ask Xia Yuanji to come back and talk to you."

Everyone's face darkened.

Forget it Xia Yuanji, that guy has a dark heart when it comes to money.

In the end, the two sides engaged in verbal confrontation, confronted secretly, played with their minds, and finally settled on the result.

The family members of the prisoners will exchange the new currency at a ratio of 2:1, declaring to the outside world that they support state affairs.

The reason for looking for this reason is nothing more than wanting to look better.

Zhu Zhangui didn't bother to pay attention to these people's ghost thoughts.

As long as the money can be returned and the new currency issued, everything else is a small problem.

There is no need to mention the treasure note, it was directly confiscated by Zhu Zhangui in the name of the old man.

The officials didn't say anything, after all, the money was to buy their own children's lives.

Finally, it is the punishment for those who buy treasure banknotes privately.

After everyone's discussion, it was decided to send everyone to the artisan camp to help the artisans build railways, open up wasteland and other things.

How long it takes can be determined according to the number of treasure notes purchased.

1 treasure notes are punished for one year, and those less than 1 are rounded up.

Also in order to reflect the benevolence of the court, the family members of the prisoners can use gold and silver to buy new currency to commute their sentences.

If you buy 1 new currency, you can reduce your sentence by one year.

At the same time, I added a sentence at the end, all those who have a reputation will be eliminated, and those who have an official position will be dismissed. From then on, such people will never be hired by the court.

If you know the law and break the law, the crime will be aggravated.

As an official of the imperial court, a well-known literati, if he dares to covet the imperial court's money today, he can raise the flag and rebel tomorrow.

When the final result was finalized, many people looked at Zhu Zhangui as if they were looking at a black-hearted businessman.

As expected of the grandson of the emperor who started a business, he has a set of methods to make money from doing business.

With so many people arrested across the country, the money for loan repayment and commutation of sentences can almost make up for the money that the imperial court exchanged for precious banknotes from the people.

So it counts.

The imperial court withdrew the precious banknotes, and issued a new currency, which won a group of laborers for nothing, warned the official family, and enriched the people at the bottom, without losing much money.

This method of arrow six withering is really clever.

The next step was the edict written by the Ministry of Rites, and the big seals were affixed by the yamen of all ministries. Zhu Zhangui raised the jade seal that the old man asked him to bring back, and buckled it heavily. This edict came into effect officially.

"Tsk tsk tsk, good boy, you have the ability to fight, and this scheming method is not bad!"

Eastern Palace in the evening.

With the end of the court meeting, Zhu Pangpang, who was in a very good mood, didn't deal with the wrinkled stamps anymore. He took his son back to the East Palace and prepared to have a few drinks to celebrate the upcoming issuance of the new currency by the court.

Except for the two of you and Zhu Pangpang's personal eunuch, the entire East Palace was quiet everywhere.

When Mrs. Zhang went to Peiping, she took away all the people in the Eastern Palace, leaving only Zhu Pangpang and a few close friends who she liked to take care of Zhu Pangpang. …

Mrs. Zhang planned not to come back after leaving.

After all, it has only been two years since the capital was moved, and it is too troublesome for a large family to run back and forth.

This was the first time Zhu Pangpang came back since his family left.

There is no way, the grandson and concubines are all taken away by his wife, and it is not interesting for him to stay in the empty East Palace when he comes back, so he has been living in Shangshufang.

The eldest grandson is at home with him, but the problem is that the eldest grandson lives in the new school and only comes back every 10 days.

The two of them didn't want to stay in the empty East Palace either, so they made do in the Shang Study Room.

In the garden of the East Palace, the two of you are sitting opposite each other by a stove. Zhu Pangpang originally wanted the imperial dining room to prepare some side dishes, so that the father and son can have a good meal, chat and drink a few cups.

But Zhu Zhangui hated the taste of the dishes in the imperial dining room, so he directly rejected his father, then set up the stove, took some canned food, and the two of them sat by the fire, chatting while eating the canned food.

"Have you heard of Zheng He's return from Fujian?"

Passing a can of cooked braised pork to Zhu Pangpang, Zhu Zhangui inquired about Zheng He's news.

According to the agreement between the two, Zheng He should have returned in the early spring of last year.

But now it has been so long, and there is not even a shadow of Zheng He.

Zhu Zhangui is now a little worried, whether Zheng He, who was in the deep sea for the first time, encountered some troubles and had an unknown accident.

When they went out to sea last time, they all walked close to the coastline and did not go deep.

The only time the Ming Navy sailed across the sea was to the country of Wa.

Fortunately that time, there was no strong wind, and the navy arrived in Wa country safely.

But Zheng He was different.

They have been away for several years, and Zhu Zhangui is very worried about them, facing all kinds of harsh environments throughout the year. He is afraid that Zheng He, a sea navigator, will accidentally die in the sea.

The two had fought side by side at sea for many years, and Zhu Zhangui was still young at the time.The two said they were partners, but in Zhu Zhangui's mind, Zheng He was more like an older brother who took good care of him.

Zhu Pangpang, who was happily eating braised canned food, shook his head.

"Haven't heard anything, hopefully they won't be in trouble."

After speaking, the two fell into silence, wondering where Zheng He had gone, and why there was no news for so long?