Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 311 The Qi Mansion’s Gold Exhaustion Monarchs Discuss Currency Policy
That's a full 20 taels of gold, and the Ministry of Industry has made a huge windfall.

Another minister of the Ministry of Industry, Shi Pu, was previously a military counselor in the Ningyang Hou army.After Ningyang Hou's class teacher, Shi Pu went to Nanjing, and then stayed in Nanjing.

Today's Ministry of Industry is entirely in charge of Zhou Chen.

Zhu Qiyu is not only the largest gold owner of the Ministry of Industry, but also approves the Ministry of Industry to take charge of this batch of gold, which is specially used for river governance and forging of ordnance.

So every time Zhou Chen looked at the emperor, there was light in his eyes.Such an emperor who only knows how to give but doesn't know how to take, is hard to find throughout the past and present.

Zhu Qiyu knew why the Ministry of Industry supported him so much, but his heart was still bitter: there was a total of 40 taels of gold in his entire warehouse, and the construction of the Xinqi Palace had already been spent on building the city walls, mining white marble materials, and building some palaces. 20 taels of gold.

Next, we need to build the rest of the palace, transplant all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, and add all kinds of housework. 10 taels of gold can't beat it, and it will cost more than 15 taels.

Before that, Zhu Qiyu gave Li Jin 3 taels of gold and asked him to take it to North Korea to recruit slaves.

Accompanying him were Xu Yongning, Duke of Dingguo, and Yushan, Zuo Cheng of Honglu Temple.

Zhu Qiyu's actions are different from those of the previous emperors in every way.

The previous Ming emperors also liked concubines, slaves, maids, and eunuchs from North Korea.However, these emperors all directly discussed with the Korean king.Especially Xuanzong, from time to time he had to fight the autumn wind with the King of Korea.

Although the North Korean monarchs and ministers did not dare to say it out of their mouths, they really cared about the emperor and envoys of the Ming Dynasty in their hearts.

The one who paid a high price like Zhu Qiyu was the only one since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhu Qiyu specially dispatched Yu Shan who had a milder personality.

Of the civil servants who came out of the mansion, only Yu Shan and Yu Gang were left.

These two people were unwilling to follow the emperor to engage in the dispute between the concubine and concubines, and Zhu Qiyu did not reuse or win over the two of them.

When dealing with Yu Shan and Yu Gang, Zhu Qiyu only wanted to save face.As for the arrangement for the two of them, Zhu Qiyu had already thought about it, let them work through their qualifications, and then go to Nanjing to be servants.

Yu Shan and Yu Gang are both candidates, and if they can become servants in the end, it means that Zhu Qiyu treats them well.

If you don't have the status of an old minister in the mansion, do you want to be a servant in the name of Juren?What are you thinking!

Hai Rui was powerful enough, and he was also a juren. He barely became the right servant of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials at the age of 72, and he had no real power. He passed away two years later.

Therefore, for Yu Shan and Yu Gang, who have old feelings and are not direct descendants, it is very worthy of them to be given the position of minister.

Jingtai in history was a bit too radical.Yu Shan was given the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, and Yu Gang was given the position of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War. This cronyism is a bit too obvious. What do other ministers think?

The key point is that the kindness of Zhiyu reached this level, the two of them still refused to risk their lives, and they all died safely.

So now Zhu Qiyu can only give them some unimportant tasks, such as this mission to North Korea.

Because of the fiasco of Tumubao, North Korea has become contemptuous of Daming.

Yu Shan's task is to publicize the prestige of the Ming Dynasty and restore confidence in the Ming Dynasty.

Li Jin's task was to buy back [-] slaves, maids, and eunuchs with gold.Then the remaining gold is used to buy some mountain delicacies and specialties, which are transported back to Beijing for resale.

The task of Ding Guogong Xu Yongning is to wander around with the mission to increase his knowledge.

As for why it is necessary to travel thousands of miles to North Korea to buy people, the main reason is that Nuo Da's palace does not work without servants.

Especially after many princes and princesses are born, it is definitely not enough to rely on the concubines to work.

Although North Korea is the closest vassal state of Ming Dynasty, it is three thousand miles away after all, and the road in the middle is extremely difficult.

Compared with the native slaves of Ming Dynasty, if someone wanted to buy or blackmail the families of these North Korean slaves, the difficulty would increase by more than an order of magnitude.

Zhu Qiyu wants to make it difficult for those who want to harm him in every detail.

And this time when the new palace was built, Zhu Qiyu took the opportunity to build the West Police Factory on the east side of Qiwangfu.It won't be long before the West Factory will be formally established.

The inner factory, the west factory, and the east factory stand side by side, monitoring the capital in all directions without dead ends.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu suddenly opened his mouth and asked Zhou Chen: "Zhou Aiqing, have you finished distributing the Jingtai Tongbao made by the Ministry of Industry to the Beijing Army?"

Zhou Chen replied: "Your Majesty, the Baoyuan Bureau is fully operating the old factory in the inner city and the new factory in the outer city. The copper coins cast mainly go to three places, one is to pay wages to the people who participated in the construction of the outer city, and the other One is to distribute salaries to hundreds of officials, and the other is to distribute salaries to the Beijing army as an additional reward.

Now that the third battalion of the Beijing Army has been distributed, even the lowest-level soldiers have each received five copper coins.

His Majesty's pro-military three guards have only distributed a part, and the Ministry of Industry is still working hard to make the rest, and it will definitely be completed before the Chinese New Year. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and continued to ask: "How is the circulation of Jingtai Tongbao in the market?"

Zhou Chen looked at Huang Pu when he heard the words.Indicating that this matter is not under the control of the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Your Majesty should listen to the eight government inspectors tell you.

Huang Pu replied: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Jingtai Tongbao you designed is of high quality and beautiful appearance, and you didn't intentionally add lead to it, so it is very popular among the people in the capital.

The common people say that this is the treasure of prosperity and the symbol of benevolent government, and it is more than a thousand times stronger than the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty.This discussion has become a public opinion. As long as the casting quality of Jingtai Tongbao is maintained, it will be able to completely replace the banknotes and become the most important currency of the Ming Dynasty together with silver.

When the time comes, the hearts of the people will be united, and the Holy One will surely achieve the reputation of being a benevolent king through the ages. "

Zhu Qiyu nodded, and sighed heavily: "The most difficult thing is how to recycle the Daming banknotes. It is definitely not possible to invalidate them directly. It is tantamount to making fun of the little currency credit left by the imperial court.

But if it is recycled in proportion, the emperors of the Ming Dynasty printed so many precious banknotes indiscriminately before, how many Jingtai Tongbao would have to be minted to get them back.

You all said what should be done? "

Hearing this, Zhou Chen stepped back directly.The minister of the Ministry of Industry is only interested in implementing the emperor's policies, and has no interest in formulating policies or planning strategic guidelines.

Besides, Zhou Chen is already in his seventies, and he will be retired in a few years, so he doesn't bother to use his brain.

Zhu Qiyu looked at He Wenyuan again, and He Wenyuan also shook his head.He Wenyuan is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and he doesn't want to worry about these problems that have nothing to do with the Ministry of Officials.

Zhu Qiyu could only look at He Yi, but He Yi also shook his head unexpectedly.

There has been too much limelight in the past year, so He Yi doesn't want to show too much talent in front of others.

Zhu Qiyu had no choice but to look at Huang Pu in the end, and indicated with firm eyes that he could not evade.

Huang Pu was also helpless, the pot was thrown back and forth, and finally it fell on top of his own head.

(End of this chapter)