Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 160 Zhu Su's Economic Way

"I heard that you borrowed money from the wealthy merchant Lu's family to run your business. In that auction, you only sold more than [-] items and made a huge profit. Is this true?" Queen Ma asked solemnly.

Zhu Su nodded, and then told Empress Ma in detail about the cooperation with the Lu family, the high price of the glass auction, how the auction would work, and so on.Empress Ma listened carefully, and nodded after Zhu Su finished speaking: "So, you really want to cooperate with the Lu family."

"Do you think it's not decent for me to use my own banner to do business?" Zhu Su asked.

Most of the other noble families used the status of housekeepers to do business in their families, and none of them ended up doing this cheap business in person.

Zhu Su deliberately made a big fanfare, and also because of Ru Taisu's impeachment, he deliberately polluted himself.

In the concept of the early Ming Dynasty, this already belonged to self-willing and depraved.He is still underage, and it is the empress's responsibility to discipline the underage prince on weekdays. Can empress Ma really not allow such mischief?

"Mother is not one of those pedantic noble ladies. She wouldn't say that the nobles of the Tian family would hurt their status if they stooped to do business. In the difficult times of the past, if you did business, your father and your brothers would be able to eat better, mother." I’m also wrapping up a cloth towel to learn from Wen Jun and selling wine.” Seeing Zhu Su’s nervousness, Empress Ma comforted her with a smile.

"As long as you don't steal or rob, you really don't have the intention of stealing and plundering. There is nothing wrong with earning some silver to subsidize Zhuangzi."

Zhu Su breathed a sigh of relief, and Empress Ma continued, "But you need to know that everything must be done in moderation."

"Your glass Buddha is so expensive, and there will be other big business in the future. Isn't there a lot of money that will flow into the treasury of your palace?"

"There are countless wealth in the world! There are only so many silver taels. If our Zhu family has more, the people of Li will be poorer."

"Su'er, don't be too greedy and burden the common people!" Empress Ma earnestly said.

I understand, this is because I feel that it is too fast and easy to collect money at the auction, and I am afraid that my youngest son will try his best to collect money to harm the country and the people after tasting the sweetness.It's no wonder that Empress Ma is an empress but saves food and money on weekdays. She still weaves by herself, and she is often reluctant to light candles at night, preferring to hurt her eyes.The long skirts she wears on weekdays can't even cover her feet.There are so many delicacies in the world, but still only use Xu Xingzu, the inferior guy who cooks big pot meals in the army, and each meal can only have three dishes at most, and it is unpalatable.

There are so many silver taels, is there a lot of wealth in the world?It turned out that this kind of mentality was at work. I was afraid that the royal family would occupy more and the common people would have less.Zhu Su's eyes were a little red.

"Mother, you don't have to worry. Not only will my son do these things without harming the people, but it will also benefit the country and the people. Don't always worry about eating and using and wronging yourself. Do what you should do boldly and spend the money you should spend Spend boldly, don’t hide money in the palace’s treasury, this is truly benefiting the country and the people.”

"Nonsense! I don't know how diligence and thrift are the way to be in charge of the family? People often say 'diligence and thrift will never be poor, and eating mountains will be empty' is the truth. You have mixed knowledge, don't you know Xia Jie, Shang Zhou, and Sui Yang?" Ma The queen raised her eyebrows.

"You have misunderstood me. I am not advocating extravagance. I am just telling you that silver is only silver when it is used and can create wealth. If it has been hidden in Ouchi's treasury, it is just a box of silver. It's just winter melon." Zhu Su explained, seeing that Queen Ma was still puzzled, he tore off a jade pendant from his waist. "Look, mother, this jade pendant is pretended to be silver in the hands of a common people."

"One day the people wanted to use this silver to buy some silk and cut some clothes for their daily wear."

"Then the money must be handed over to the merchant first." Zhu Su pushed the jade pendant to the left as he spoke. "The businessman got the money, and he wanted to pay the master who cut the clothes, and use the money to continue to buy silk from the silk company, and even buy some rice for his family..."

"Silk companies need to return the silver taels to the weaver households, and also use the silver to buy silk from the silkworm households. The silkworm households, weaver households, and tailors all need to use the silver taels in their hands to buy rice. The money should be used to buy rice from the farmers. The farmers can use the money to buy cattle, repair houses, and even buy clothes from merchants..."

As Zhu Su said, he moved the jade pendant around on the table. Every time he moved, he took out a teacup and placed it beside the jade pendant.Empress Ma looked at the jade pendant, as if from the perspective of a silver coin, she experienced a wonderful journey among the people of Ming Dynasty.

"Su'er, are you reminding mother that the money spent will eventually return to the hands of the common people?" Queen Ma asked.

"Yes, but it's not just that." Zhu Su nodded and shook his head again, "I want to ask mother, has my Ming's wealth changed during this process?"

"Change?" Queen Ma frowned.She is also a very intelligent woman, and she knows that this question is very shallow without thinking about it.Although the circulation of money among the people has never decreased, if you just ask how much money there is, why bother to ask?
"What did Su'er mean?"

"I want to say, real wealth is never money." Zhu Su picked up the jade pendant and shook it, then put it away. "The real wealth is the things that appear during the circulation of money."

"Businessmen expand their businesses and buy shops, masters can support the young and old with their salaries, silkworm households can raise more silkworms and produce more silk with money, and farmers with money can buy cattle, repair houses, and cultivate more crops. land." Zhu Su pointed to the teacups placed around the table and said. "These are the real wealth of my Daming."

"Silver money has never been wealth, it has no value, it is we who endow it with value. Only when money is circulated, people will have the motivation to do things that can generate value. Mom, think about it, if everyone gave money Hiding, no one goes to the merchant to buy clothes, the silk households, silkworm households, and peasant households will not get money, but they can still have the motivation to raise silkworms and weave cloth, and they can still have money to buy cattle and cultivate land, and they can support their families with their craftsmanship Make a living?"

Money is not wealth!Empress Ma never thought of this point of view.She lowered her head and thought, intending to refute but didn't know how to defend for a while. "According to what you say, not only is diligence and thrift not a good thing, but it also harms the country and the people?"

"It is like this to a certain extent." Zhu Su nodded. "If money is hidden in the treasury, it has no value. Only circulating money has the ability to serve as a measure of value and activate production and labor."

"Production and labor are the real wealth!"

"The faster the money flows, the more prosperous the people will be to a certain extent!"

"Your way of economics is unheard of, but it's interesting!" Empress Ma looked at Zhu Su and smiled.

"My mother is not one of those great Confucian scholars, and I haven't read a few books. I don't know if what you said makes sense."

"Since you are not greedy for extravagance, then continue to do as usual. Don't worry about those unwarranted rumors."

"Mother only looks at the people in your village, whether there will be a day when they will become more and more prosperous."

"However." Speaking of this, Empress Ma's face straightened. "If you find out that you have done anything harmful to the people, you don't need your father to do it."

"I will call you into the palace and ask you to study hard for a few more years in the main hall, do you understand?"

"Uh... got it." Hearing the words Dabendang, Zhu Su shrank his neck.

This mother-in-law has really found her weakness, this threat is too deterrent.

(End of this chapter)