My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 69: The King of Han is Benevolent!
I remember the last time I ate Zhu Di's meal, it was the last time.

Today's ministers are very happy, father and son are in harmony, monarch and minister are in harmony, the spring breeze turns into rain, the Ming court is in harmony, and the smoked wind blows slightly, it must be another good year.

"I am enthroned to change the Yuan Dynasty, and the world is looking forward to governance. Within this year, I must have great achievements, so that I can comfort the emperor's soul in the sky. Your family must be of one heart and one mind with me."

After Zhu Di finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu again, and said with a smile, "How much money is my son planning to release? Is there any strategy?"

"no!"

King Zhu Gaoxu of the Han Dynasty replied simply, "Father, my son dare not promise casually. After all, business matters are not just an order. If someone is willing to borrow money, he must have the ability to repay the loan, otherwise the money will be in vain. .The child still has to make money."

Hearing this, Zhu Di was somewhat hesitant. As an emperor, he only wanted to spend money, and it was a bit embarrassing for him to plan carefully.

But he wanted to get results as soon as possible, so he could only say: "How about this, let your cousin Xu Jingchang, Xia Qing's family from the household department, and Zheng Qing's family from the criminal department discuss this matter together, so that it can be completed quickly and live up to my expectations. "

Those who were named could only take orders together. After the imperial banquet was over, the big guys came out together. Xu Jingchang walked up to Xia Yuanji, and took the opportunity to whisper: "How much money have you paid?"

Xia Yuanji widened his eyes and said, "Why are you so innocent?"

Xu Jingchang chuckled, "What's so innocent? A few days ago, I saw someone using banknotes to paste windows, saying that it was cheaper than window paper."

"You're talking nonsense!" Xia Yuanji argued with red eyes, "How can it be cheaper than window paper? No, it won't happen at all."

Xu Jingchang smiled lightly: "Xia Shangshu, even if it is more expensive than window paper, we won't show our face!"

Xia Yuanji's old face turned black, and he let this bastard play tricks. He said helplessly: "Xu Tongzheng, last time we made an appointment as a comrade, but you got a good deal and made me miserable. If you still play tricks this time, and I'm not of one mind, so don't blame me for dying, let's die together!"

This threat, somewhat timid and guilty, can only be regarded as incompetent rage.

"All right, all right." Xu Jingchang waved his hand, "Don't worry, I'm more concerned than you this time! After all, I'm still burdened with tax collection. Whether I can enrich the treasury and meet His Majesty depends on this time. "

Xia Yuanji pondered for a while, and he also understood that although Xu Jingchang Lai could not come out of the prison not long ago, forcing the six departments and nine ministers to make a promise, the matter of tax collection is still in the hands of the Secretary of the General Administration. , Xu Jingchang is in trouble.

"At this point, we have no way out, and we have no choice but to fight to the death. Tomorrow, everyone will gather at the household department to discuss matters together."

Xu Jingchang nodded, and on the second day, the four of them gathered in the household department early.

Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu and Minister of Justice Zheng Ci were both relatively relaxed. Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu first said: "I follow the rules of doing business, how much I release, how much I take back, and I pay the interest tax, and the rest is mine. I don't think the court will blackmail me. , you can’t steal from the rich and give to the poor, right?”

Xu Jingchang smiled faintly, "Yes, His Royal Highness, it seems that your burden is the lightest, but I can remind you that if the value of the treasure depreciates three times within a month, from one hundred to twenty or thirty, you What should I do? Is there any way to make money?"

"What?" Zhu Gaoxu's face changed suddenly, and he was completely panicked. He exchanged the treasure banknotes from the court and gave them to the common people. He knew that the treasure banknotes would depreciate, but he had a way to cover the depreciation by [-] to [-] percent, and he could get enough profit.

But once the value of the treasure suddenly depreciated several times, even if he has the ability to reach heaven and earth, he can't even think about filling the hole.

"If the court does this, it will definitely lose the hearts of the people, and there will be endless troubles!"

Even Zhu Gaoxu knows how to speak from the hearts of the people, which shows the horror behind this.

Xu Jingchang didn't continue talking to him, but glanced at Zheng Ci.

"Zheng Shangshu, I know that you have the courage to fight desperately, which is very good. But I want to remind you, similarly, when the banknotes plummeted, the common people would definitely reject the banknotes and still borrow money from the gentry and wealthy families. The gentry is powerful, and even chopped off a bunch of heads, but you really committed public anger, and you will be dead by then."

Zheng Ci was also frightened at this moment, he really wanted to fight, the gentry couldn't spare him, so he leaned on the King of Han's side, at least he was a second-lord party and a lone minister, maybe he could still have a chance.

But when Xu Jingchang said, why did he feel that the pit here is even bigger!
He got on a big boat that looked luxurious but didn't even have a bottom!

"Xu Tongzheng, Xia Shangshu, don't be dumb, tell me quickly, what happened to the treasure banknotes, and how much money there is in it!" Zheng Ci also heard a lot of news in the court, and he stared at Xia Yuanji, " I heard that you printed half of the banknotes too much, is there such a thing?"

Xia Yuanji rolled his eyelids, and said lightly: "Who do you look down on! I don't care about half of it!"

Zheng Ci was stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, "Okay, how many times did you print more? You want to kill us!" He bared his teeth and claws, and rushed towards Xia Yuanji, intending to strangle this guy to death!

Xia Yuanji snorted and said, "I won't do that. Where do so many vassals' salaries and your allowances come from? I won't hide it anymore. From the next year onwards, I'll be using new treasure notes. Quietly recycle old banknotes. But it won’t be long before the current new banknotes will still become old banknotes, and the number of issuances will increase, and the common people will notice sooner or later.”

When Zheng Ci heard this, he screamed and was about to pass out.

Zhu Gaoxu started the loan business and understood the reason behind it.From the very beginning, there was a problem of over-issued banknotes of the Ming Dynasty. During the Jianwen period, the banknotes with a face value of 150 Wen could only be exchanged for [-] Wen copper coins. This is still the official price. When it comes to the market, it will be even worse.

When Zhu Di came to the throne, the treasure banknotes depreciated further, and the usual treasure banknotes were exchanged for fifty or sixty cash, and due to depreciation problems, the depreciation was faster. The old treasure banknotes might only be ten or twenty cash.

Zhu Gaoxu's little money-making trick is that he can exchange the latest treasure banknotes from the household department. When lending money, as long as the old and new treasure banknotes are matched, there will be huge profits.

As for Xia Yuanji, he also found that there were too many precious banknotes on the market, which were in danger of collapse, so he had to use a small amount of new banknotes to withdraw the old banknotes.

But the problem is that this trick won't last long, and there will be a risk of collapse. At that time, the fiscal and taxation system will definitely suffer heavy losses. Xia Yuanji is hard to say what the consequences will be.

But the Yuan Dynasty perished because of the change of banknotes.

Xia Yuanji didn't know what would happen to the Ming Dynasty, but his life was probably at an end.

The four of them got together, and after communicating with each other, Zheng Ci directly put down the pick, "Now I beg Your Majesty to cut him to pieces, can we still save the Nine Clans?"

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Xu Jingchang quietly, and said with a wry smile: "Cousin, you still helped the boss after all!"

Xu Jingchang snorted, "If you don't want to die together, be honest with me."

Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyelids, feeling dissatisfied, he finally suppressed it and shut up obediently.

Zheng Ci said: "Xu Tongzheng, now that the matter has come to an end, you should hurry up and tell us what to do. If there is no proper solution, not only the scholars in the world, but even the common people will not appreciate us."

Xu Jingchang took a deep breath, "Up to now, there is only one way, that is, the Ministry of Household Affairs must recognize the value of precious banknotes. Of course, when our Department of General Administration collects commercial taxes, we cannot refuse to accept precious banknotes. We must let the precious banknotes circulate. And it circulates at a stable currency value.”

Xia Yuanji snorted and said, "You pretend I haven't thought about it? The court's expenditure is so high, and His Majesty's persecution is too tight. There is nothing I can do about it. When the time comes, a pile of waste paper will be collected. What do you want me to do?"

"That's why we need the King of Han's help!" Xu Jingchang suddenly said sharply: "We are now using the reputation of the King of Han to lend money to the people in the countryside... In the past, these people used grain to pay their taxes, and they borrowed money from big gentry families. There are many places that do not recognize precious banknotes, and still use gold, silver, copper, and even grain. The imperial court can’t control it at all. If we can grab the rural areas, we will have the support of farmers who account for [-]% of the total population, and use the rural areas as water storage It will absorb several times of precious banknotes. At that time, transactions between urban and rural areas can also use precious banknotes, which will be more than ten times the amount of precious banknotes. Xia Shangshu, are you still afraid that precious banknotes will become waste paper by then? "

Xia Yuanji was stunned, he is an expert in financial management, how can he not understand these things, just want to extend the hand of the imperial court to the countryside, it is really too difficult.

"Xu Tongzheng, are you sure enough?"

"No more than [-]%." Xu Jingchang said honestly: "I plan to try it in Yingtian first, and then implement it in Susongchang Town. Even if only the south of the Yangtze River can accept the treasure banknotes, we will win. This matter can't be done only by the government's decree. , must take the King of Han as the vanguard, the Ministry of Households as the backing, and the Ministry of Punishment as the escort, so that we can move forward indomitable.”

Xia Yuanji nodded subconsciously, but quickly asked: "We are all busy, what are you doing? You don't want to get out, do you?"

Xu Jingchang snorted angrily, "I want to get away, where can I go? You are busy with your own work, and you don't need to coordinate in the middle? Can you do it without waving flags and shouting at the Dibao? Don't worry, we are grasshoppers on a rope, I can't run away of."

The four of them finally reached an agreement, and everyone knew that the situation was urgent, so they didn't dare to be negligent... First of all, Hanwang sent a new message, the loan remained the same, and the interest rate remained the same, still [-]%!

People who heard the news all sighed: Han Wang is benevolent and righteous!

(End of this chapter)