My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 83 Xu Jingchang's Tips

In order to go to the toilet smoothly, Xu Jingchang decisively stopped the discussion with Xia Yuanji.

And he also gradually discovered that officials like Xia Yuanji are quite capable, and they can definitely rest assured when they do things seriously, of course, the premise is that there are enough deterrent figures staring at them.

It is a very good idea to use old banknotes to process and print pulp for new banknotes, which can not only save costs, but also play an anti-counterfeiting role.

Moreover, in order to ensure the value of the new banknotes, Xia Yuanji was very cautious in issuing banknotes, and never dared to increase them rashly.

But soon Xia Yuanji discovered a problem, it seemed that there was not enough money!
How is this going?

The goal of the imperial court is to prevent the sharp depreciation of the treasure banknotes, but now the treasure banknotes are showing signs of slowly appreciating, is this unreasonable?

Could it be that someone is playing tricks behind the scenes?

Are those rich and powerful families who have been hit?

Or a gentry and businessman unwilling to pay taxes?

We must check it out.

Xu Jingchang, who was reminded by Xia Yuanji, also started to act. He didn't have many people who could be used directly. Wang Zhong and Zhu Yong belonged to the ranks of crouching dragons and phoenixes, and they could only arrest people. Since Wu Shan served Xu Jingchang and Yao Guangxiao ate wine and played chess, and he also became Buddhist, and he didn't know what to ask.

There is not a single available talent in the huge General Administration Department?

At this moment, Xu Jingchang realized that the current General Secretary is still a sewing monster...

The cabinet, the six departments, and the tax department have been pieced together, but they have not been truly integrated internally to form a joint force.

Perhaps this is Zhu Di's brilliance, but he still dare not really restore the prime minister's power.Moreover, Xu Jingchang was not the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

After all, the real capital of hundreds of officials is stable and deep, try to cause as little trouble as possible, and avoid trouble.

And a prime minister like Xu Jingchang who is so dedicated to doing things has never appeared since ancient times.

"Master Yao, you have eaten so much vegetarian food from me, can you help me fight for it so that His Majesty can reorganize the General Secretary?"

Yao Guangxiao took the pawns and said calmly: "If the old man talks about this matter, he must first kick someone out of the General Administration... Do you know who the old man is talking about?"

Xu Jingchang's face turned black. He was unwilling to serve Zhu Di, but he was also unwilling to lose his power. In a short time, he experienced the joy of being in power.

Why don't you just support the big fat man and launch the Xuanwu Gate Change?
When this idea came out, Xu Jingchang himself was startled, he was afraid that he was really crazy.

Whoever wanted to come, Fatty Zhu hurried in from outside, followed by Hu Yan.

"Cousin, Xueshi Hu said he found something and wanted to tell you."

Xu Jingchang put down the chess piece, and Yao Guangxiao also turned his gaze.

This kid Hu Yan assisted Zhu Gaochi very well, he is capable.

"Scholar Hu, what have you found?"

Hu Yan bowed to Xu Jingchang, and then said: "Tongzheng, it's like this. Since the capital banknotes have stabilized, all the people around who come to the Jubaomen tax card, they like treasure banknotes more and more."

Xu Jingchang was slightly shocked, "Really?"

"Indeed, in the past, when small merchants and hawkers came to Beijing, they would rather sell a little less money and ask for copper coins. Or simply barter. They really couldn't refuse. When they got the treasure, they would spend it quickly and exchange it for what they needed. .After all, the price of treasure notes is one day, and the value keeps depreciating, and no one can bear it."

Xu Jingchang nodded.

Hu Yan said again: "The situation is different now. Some people specialize in collecting old banknotes to compensate for taxes. The new banknotes have a stable value and can be used to pay taxes. Many farmers are interested. They In exchange for the precious banknotes, I will use them to pay taxes... It is said that there are many ordinary people borrowing money from the king of Han... It's just that many officials who collect taxes are crying, and now they are full of complaints and grievances."

Xu Jingchang asked curiously, "What's going on?"

"It's like this, if it's harvesting grain, big buckets go in and small buckets come out, and there's a saying called Linjian kicking dendrobium, which means kicking with your feet to make the grain in the bucket solid, and the people who fall outside are not allowed to take it back. , which is depletion, and revenue of the tax collector."

Hearing what Hu Yan said, everyone understands that collecting tax in kind is of course beneficial, because there is no need to exchange it for silver, and the common people are exempted from being exploited.

But since he is an ordinary person, he cannot avoid being stabbed.

Officials will try their best to squeeze out more oil and water, and the tipping and kicking of Dendrobium are just one, and all kinds of fire damage will be counted on the common people.

Sometimes these miscellaneous things are higher than the tax itself.

This is the malpractice of all dynasties, and no one can escape from it.

If the tax can be paid with precious banknotes, and the precious banknotes can maintain a stable currency value.

This has a wonderful effect... the fire consumption is gone!
It is indeed gone. How much loss can there be during the transportation of precious banknotes?
There is no problem of smelting gold and silver for precious banknotes... For ordinary people, they would rather spend [-]% interest on loans from Zhu Gaoxu, and then use it to pay taxes.

After all, doing this is much more cost-effective than paying an unknown amount of fire consumption.

Who said ordinary people are numb?

If they see real benefits, they will move faster and more efficiently than anyone else, and they will be unable to stop them...

Xu Jingchang thought for a while, figured out the key point, and suddenly couldn't help laughing bitterly, "Master, Your Highness, something big is going to happen."

Zhu Gaochi trembled in fright, "My dear brother, don't say that, I'm afraid in my heart... Is there something wrong with us, please tell me quickly, let's correct it quickly, now I am worried, trembling, walking on thin ice .”

Xu Jingchang sighed: "Your Highness, it's not that we made mistakes, it's precisely our set of things that we did so well, and this strategy is too powerful."

"what?"

Zhu Gaochi only felt that his common sense had been challenged again.

I've only heard of accidents caused by being too bad, but I haven't heard of troubles caused by doing too well...

"Muxiu will be destroyed by the wind in the forest, and it will be destroyed if it is superior to the crowd. Maybe this is the distress of being too outstanding!" Xu Jingchang lamented.

Yao Guangxiao couldn't see the boy sighing, but the fox's tail kept shaking his complacent face, and coughed: "Without the fire consumption, most of the yamen below will lose most of their money. Those state and county officials are pointing at this breadwinner, they are not sure yet. What are you doing! Xu Tongzheng, when you and Xia Shangshu were planning this matter, didn't you think of this?"

Xu Jingchang's eyes widened, and he asked back: "Why do you think of this? Obviously, His Majesty needs to be responsible for this. He should protect our strategy!"

Yao Guangxiao laughed angrily, "You think of His Majesty now? If that's the case, hurry up and enter the palace with me!"

Xu Jingchang subconsciously stood up, but he said viciously: "Don't let Lao Xia go, call him too... By the way, there is also Jian Yi, if they don't come, Wushamao will be lost."

After finishing speaking, Xu Jingchang followed Yao Guangxiao, Zhu Gaochi and Hu Yan, and faced the king together.

Not long after they arrived, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji also hurried over.

At first, the two of them didn't realize anything, but when Hu Yan introduced the situation and Xu Jingchang analyzed it for a while, the two of them immediately changed their colors.

broken!

It was too much to play at once.

In order to save the precious banknotes, they had to allow new banknotes to offset taxes... Originally they thought they were only touching the interests of wealthy merchants, but they did not expect that local officials would also oppose this strategy because they lost their financial resources.

As we all know, on the chessboard of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court, local officials, big gentry, and ordinary people are constantly pulling quadrilaterals, and the complexity is even better than that of a triangle game.

If the imperial court had the support of the people and the local officials did not object, then the big gentry would be a piece of meat.

But if the big gentry and local officials colluded to form a monolith, no matter how much effort the court made, they might fail.

Now unfortunately, they have offended both forces at the same time.

It can be said that the odds of winning are less than [-]%.

Xia Yuanji's forehead was sweating, and Jian Yi was also worried, "Your Majesty, although fire consumption is a bad habit that cannot be put on the table, if it is abolished rashly, I am afraid that the local officials will not agree. There are many things that they need to do. Something big happened."

Xia Yuanji immediately echoed: "Shangshu Jian is worried, Your Majesty, if things are slow, things will be smooth, can you stop for a while and discuss it separately?"

Instead of being afraid, Zhu Di laughed out loud with high fighting spirit.

"It took me four years, but Jing Nan succeeded and sat on the dragon chair. Now I'm sorting out finances and taxes, and clearing up bad governance. Back then, the emperor's examination was a good governance, and I must continue. What the emperor's examination failed to do, I must also do Yes. Huohao is a bad government that exploits the people, I will not turn a blind eye to it, you advise me to take it easy, you might as well think about how to implement this matter, I need you to do it!"

Several important ministers were stunned together, and they could only say that it was you!
Zhu Laosi's difficulty in serving him is really jaw-dropping.

Xia Yuanji only felt that his back was sweating and his official uniform was soaked.

He has already offended the big gentry because of taxes, and now he has touched fire... Even if he can survive these few years by chance, his future will be bleak in the future. There is no way, and he has offended too many people.

Is it cut to pieces, or cut to pieces?

As long as the lives of the descendants can be saved, it is considered a noble hand from God.

"Xu Tongzheng, what other ideas do you have now?" Xia Yuanji said in a low voice.

Xu Jingchang's face was also not good-looking, because he also realized that when he offended people beyond a certain limit, even if he was the emperor, he would be scolded bloody.

And it is very likely that it will harm his descendants, even though he is not married yet...

"Xia Shangshu, if you want to completely abolish fire consumption in Daming and pay all taxes with precious banknotes, this will not work anyway. After all, the imperial court also needs food. , may not be able to exchange for food and drink. However, if your Majesty must implement it, it can be placed in Nanzhili, and the scope can be narrowed down to the fourth mansion of Susongchang Town. This is a place of wealth, with developed commerce and trade, and needs a lot of money... If it is done , the absolute benefits are huge and limitless.”

Zhu Di showed a smile on his face, "Very well, since that's the case, I'm waiting to hear your good news."

It was the emperor's word again, and the officials broke their legs, and they might even break their heads.

Xu Jingchang now fully understands what it means that things are universally connected.

Fortunately, I still taught Fatty Zhu a lesson, but I was taught a lesson.

A precious note has caused so many troubles.

After coming down from the Golden Palace, he was grabbed by Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji.

"Xu Tongzheng, at this moment, what do you want to say?" Jian Yi said angrily, "Aren't you reconciled to breaking the sky? You think you are the queen's nephew, the Queen of Zhongshan, so you will be unscrupulous and lawless." Isn't it?"

Xu Jingchang was really a little panicked, "I didn't expect this, the three of us have to find a way to keep ourselves no matter what...this time it will be implemented in Su Songchang Town... By the way, I have a way to let the few in the cabinet Go and serve as the magistrate of the four prefectures!"

Xu Jingchang was so blessed that he suddenly came up with an idea.

Xia Yuanji was still hesitating, but Jian Yi let out a sigh of relief, "Xu Tongzheng, you are such a genius!"

Xia Yuanji also understood that those in the cabinet are all from Jiangxi...

(End of this chapter)