Villager of Daming

Chapter 1107 Public lectures to know the state

In the afternoon, we walked around and took a break. The headmaster gave a one-hour class to the princes, mainly on financial knowledge.

Others can listen if they are willing to listen. Anyway, they are not learning from the beginning, which lacks the continuity of knowledge.

The four brothers listened to the lectures very seriously. This was not a reform issue of the previous dynasties.

When the Ming Dynasty was first established, someone in the court gave the idea of ​​issuing treasure banknotes.

Now we know that there are several types of currency. The safest and least easy one is naturally the mortgage currency, which has equivalent goods.

At present, Ming Dynasty adopts this measure. When the national strength increases in the future, it will start to use credit currency. Credit currency must also provide collateral, otherwise it will be troublesome if it cannot cope with special situations.

“The most important basis for currency’s survival is circulation. Uncirculated currency is things grown at home that cannot be exchanged.

If the food grown cannot be exchanged, there will naturally be no salt to eat, no clothing to wear, and no medicinal uses.

The circulation channel of money has always been the flow of people. If people don't go to other places, finance will be static.

Fang Dachuan felt his head was buzzing, which was not much different from when he was told about it before. He regretted not taking a rest.

We need to control the leverage ratio in finance, that is, increase the margin ratio, so that when we encounter special disasters, like smallpox.

Now that merchants are circulating, people will be able to go wherever they want without restriction. The road guide will eventually be abolished, and soon.

When encountering smallpox, we suddenly reinstate road control and reduce people's circulation. After currency circulation is affected, we must ensure that there is no collapse-like economic sinking.

We do not pursue economic growth. Ming Dynasty must focus on stability. Just like fighting a war, taking risks is a dangerous move. It is only done when there is no other way.

When the road guide is abolished, currency circulation will naturally increase, so what we need to look at is financial leverage, that is, margin and deposit.

"So that's it! Your Highnesses are learning skills that we don't understand. Well, our village has His Highness King Yan, so it's safe!"

This was the first time they saw the headmaster giving a lecture to their highnesses. Before, the headmaster gave lectures in the camp, but it was too stuffy in the camp today.

After the leverage is increased, the circulation of currency increases. If the movement of people is suddenly restricted again, many businessmen will inevitably go bankrupt.

The chief concluded with this, stand up and bow!
"Thank you for your hard work, Chief!" The four princes stood up and bowed together.

Moreover, this class is deliberately taught to local officials, and the content can be taken out individually.

Uh... we don't have to worry about smallpox now, we will start vaccination for all the people soon, that's what I mean!

As a politician, you don’t need to consider the skills in using financial tools. Does the prefect still need to know what tools craftsmen use to do what work?
Your Highnesses must understand that the most important thing is to convert production technology into productivity. Finance is only a supplement. If finance is the mainstay, the depreciation of the currency will accelerate.

Before problems arise, we have to hold on to the banking industry. We talked about the banking operations last time, and next time we will talk about the crisis that exists in the Ming Dynasty Bank.

"I don't understand, but I know the words behind the words. Putting them together makes me..."

other people:"……"

Thank you, Your Highnesses, for listening carefully! "

Chief Hu Xiaojiang didn't care about the content at all. He wanted Zhu Di to learn what he wanted, and he was most afraid that the prince of the fiefdom wouldn't understand the important national affairs.

In the future, if the King of Yan becomes a vassal, how will the people live if he doesn’t understand anything and just messes around!

"Alas!" The prefect sighed and whispered to his colleagues: "Our hard days have begun. We must learn from it." "It is best to have a book and not to spread it out. How can people outside know these skills! It must not be taught. Now there are people from Japan and Korea who don’t teach.”

First of all, the Tongzhi was xenophobic. Like other official families, he had his own method of educating his children, which he would never pass on to others.

"Is the teaching in the main hall different?" Tongpan was very sorry. He still wanted to hear it, and he could understand it.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The person who teaches the princes in the main hall is not as capable as Zhu Lizhang. An expert is indeed an expert." The judge followed up with his conclusion.

The governor looked around and felt that it would be bad if he didn't say something. He thought about it and said, "The books we are being given now should actually start to be restricted."

"Where are the brochures and teaching contents that the sergeants carry?" Teruma took the initiative to stand up without being reminded: "I feel that these are all good things and should be popularized by all the people.

How powerful do you think Xiaqiu Village's abilities are? Is the vertical and horizontal strategy of use to Xiaqiu Village? "

"It's useless! We can't move like a mountain. What we can't get on the battlefield, we can't get at the negotiation table."

The jingle bell rang suddenly, startling the officials.

Ling'er smiled and said: "Zongheng and Hehe are just cheating, asking this person to fight that one, asking that person to restrict this one, and tell you what you should do.

According to the saying in the village, it is called diplomacy. Especially for small countries, it is necessary to know how to survive.

It is enough to read Han Feizi about these things. If the country is small but does not feel inferior, if the power is small but does not fear the strong, if you are rude and insult your neighbors, if you are greedy and have poor friends, you will die! "

"This is indeed what Han Feizi says." The prefect admitted that he could easily memorize Han Feizi, including the annotations.

Class was over over there, and the princes discussed what to eat for dinner. They could no longer eat dumplings. After some discussion, they decided to eat pie, a pie stuffed with gourd, eggs, and dried shrimps.

So the person in charge of cooking started to mix the noodles. It couldn't be made with a machine. The noodles had to be thinner and fermented a little at the same time.

This kind of pie consumes a lot of oil. Grab a little thin dough, pat it on your hands, put the filling in, pat it again, and fry it in the pan.

There is also a kind of pie that uses dumpling wrappers, large dumpling wrappers or bun wrappers, which are wrapped according to the method of making buns. After wrapping, roll them into cakes, which are relatively thick.

According to the theory, the buns are made from leavened dough, while the dumplings are naturally made from dead dough.

The ones I make at night are somewhere in between, just like the pancakes made with fruit. The noodles are fermented. Over time, the pancakes will become sour unless alkali is added to them.

Usually that state can only last up to three hours. If you want to extend the time, you have to refrigerate the noodles. If someone wants to eat them, you can take them out and spread them out at any time.

At the moment, the pie dough is fermenting first, and it will be used up after a while. If there is any leftover...or will it be white flour for sour soup tomorrow? Northeastern pasta is generally made with cornmeal.

Or mix some more noodles, steam the steamed buns, cut them into slices and fry them tomorrow. This steamed bun is delicious, but you need to be careful not to break the roof of your mouth when eating it.

"Your Highness, someone is coming from the other side. Du Luze, the magistrate of Zhuozhou, has brought his team and asked to see him."

A steward from Prince Yan's Mansion ran over to report to Zhu Di. Zhu Di was helping to make noodles. He was bored! The key thing is that he knows how to show off what he learned in Xiaqiu Village!

"Ask the officials in the palace to receive him." Zhu Di didn't want to move. There was a group of officials in every prince's palace.

For example, Xie Cheng, the father-in-law of King Zhu Fan of Jin Dynasty, was the Zuozhuan, Prime Minister, and second-rank official of the Jin Dynasty!

Zhu Di's father-in-law Xu Da is not the case. Who has the courage to want him to be an official in Prince Yan's palace? He is the right prime minister who does not hold any actual position.

(End of this chapter)