Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 718: Go all out to mint coins and tax exemptions, establish new provinces to consolidate rule
  Zhu Qiyu also began to daydream. A prosperous age with the right to mint coins is a truly prosperous age.

I know every day that the people who print waste paper to deceive the people are really unacceptable.

Zhu Qiyu counted on his fingers: "Now that there is no shortage of copper, I will cast it into [-] million copper coins in one breath. Taking advantage of the severe drought in Japan, I can exchange grain for silver and make a lot of money. Then I will forcefully implement copper coins and make Japan A large amount of silver was exchanged for it.

Then open a silver mine and use prisoners of war to mine.

There are big copper mines in the south and big silver mines in the north. I wonder who will dare to oppose me in the future. "

After being happy all day, the important ministers took the initiative to come to Ganquan Palace early the next morning and requested to hold a court meeting.

Zhu Qiyu took Zhu Wenfang to Qingyun Palace and sat on the dragon chair.

The ministers all knelt down and shouted "Long Live" three times, and then "Thousand Lives" three times.

Zhu Qiyu frowned. It was a bit uncomfortable for everyone to be so enthusiastic.

Zhu Qiyu leaned close to Zhu Wenfang's ear and asked quietly: "Guess how sincere they are and how fake they are?"

Zhu Wenfang replied: "Are you seventy or eighty sincere?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "People's hearts are separated from each other, who knows. I just remind you that after you become the emperor, no matter how others flatter you, never be arrogant.

Uncle You just kept winning, kept winning, and finally got lost and didn’t know what his last name was. As a result, Tumu Fort was deceived in one fell swoop. "

Zhu Wenfang asked again: "How did the uncle get tricked in the last moment?"

The ministers were left hanging at the foot of the steps, watching the two gentlemen sitting on the throne muttering there.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the ministers and said loudly: "The prince is also curious about how my eldest brother was deceived in the first place.

It was Sanyang, the great traitor in the court, and Shanxi officials and military generals who specialized in deception and deceived the saints.

What is my eldest brother's understanding of Shanxi? It is impregnable and has well-equipped soldiers.

In fact, most of the Shanxi Guardsmen fled, and Shanxi's treasury was emptied by collusion between officials, gentry, and powerful men. "

Zhu Qiyu paused, then turned to Zhu Wenfang and said earnestly: "Your uncle's personal expedition is indeed a bit hasty, but he is also for the country, the country, and the people.

It’s okay to say that your uncle has great ambitions but little talent, and gives random orders.

However, if your uncle had not been deceived and knew the real situation in Shanxi, he would not be stupid enough to go and conquer it himself.

Therefore, when you become emperor in the future, you must take this as a warning and do not believe what others say. "

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other. At the beginning of the meeting, the emperor gave everyone a beating. These words just now were obviously meant for the ministers.

Wang Wen, the chief assistant, took the lead to stand up and greatly praised the two great events of discovering a huge copper mine and wiping out the main force of the Japanese navy.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "This year is special, so let's mint [-] million taels of copper coins. We will mine silver mines from Japan and mint [-] million taels of copper coins.

Next year, Japan's silver mine output will reach three million taels. We'll see how many copper coins are minted later.

Copper coins should be able to meet people's trading needs, but they should not be excessive. The Ministry of Revenue should pay more attention to see how to form a system to determine the annual amount of coins minted. "

Hearing this, the ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Revenue were very happy.

Shen Yi was the most happy. It was the first time he saw such a good minister of household affairs. One of them destroyed Buddhas and the other opened mines. With these two tricks, he had so much money that he couldn't even spend it all.

With such a huge income, Shen Yi asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, with such a large amount of coins minted, it will be difficult for the craftsmen in Beijing to cast them in the short term.

Can Nanjing and other provinces be allowed to open minting institutions? "

Zhu Qiyu replied categorically: "Absolutely not. In the future, a monument will be erected outside Daming Gate, and it will be written clearly on it that anyone who dares to propose minting coins outside Beijing will be killed immediately.

Who dares to mint coins privately is the Yi tribe. "

The ministers were startled by the emperor's sudden severity. Zhu Qiyu explained: "This is called bad money driving out good money. If you let go of local minting rights, just look at it, everything will be in chaos in less than two generations.

One is that the local government secretly casts and produces goods indiscriminately, and the other is that it cuts corners and materials.

Coins can only be minted in Beijing, with so many pairs of eyes staring at the emperor's feet, so that the quality of the coins can be guaranteed.

If you let local governments mint money, the quality of the coins will only get worse and worse. When the market becomes flooded with bad coins, good coins will be run out of money.

When the outer city of Beijing was built before, such a large minting area was reserved. Your Ministry of Household Affairs will work with the Ministry of Industry to build factories and recruit craftsmen vigorously.

With so many people in the Ming Dynasty and enough copper ore, why are they afraid that they won’t be able to mint money? "

This is the truth, and with Zhu Qiyu's current authority, it has almost become a constitution, and no one dares to object.

Zhu Qiyu smiled at everyone again and said: "We will exempt all commercial taxes, miscellaneous taxes, deed taxes and the like in the capital. From now on, there will be no tax on anything in or around Beijing.

Anyway, these taxes also collect silver coins and copper coins. The imperial court minted coins at will, and the money came out. Let’s give some benefits to the people in the capital. "

The ministers were all stunned when they heard this. The emperor really dared to think and do anything in order to win people's hearts. He can do such cruel things.

Zhu Qiyu continued to mind his own business and said: "Liaodong Dusi and Nuergandusi are too big and have to be split into provinces. I plan to split them into four provinces: Liaodong, Liaoxi, Liaonan and Liaobei.

The original Kingdom of Korea consisted of two provinces, Goryeo and Joseon.

Japan is also divided into four provinces. There are sixty-eight small countries in Japan, which are divided into one. If they are to be merged, each province has about ten prefectures.

Even if these wars in the east are over this year, we can then attack the south and defeat Majapahit, and then we can restart Western trade. "

Shen Yi stood up again and asked, "Your Majesty, are the profits from Western trade really managed and distributed by the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Shen Yi was a little worried and wanted to confirm again.

Zhu Qiyu nodded: "From now on, the entire Ming Dynasty's finances will gradually be placed under the unified management of the Ministry of Household Affairs. All income from Western trade will be given to the imperial court without any internal funds."

The emperor has restrained himself to this extent. What else can everyone say? They can only kneel down and shout for wisdom.

The monarch and his ministers chatted for a long time from east to west, north and south before leaving the court.

After everyone left, Zhu Qiyu leaned back on the dragon chair and sighed to Zhu Wenfang: "Look, it's hard to be the emperor. I fought against everyone's opinions and worked hard to bring down Korea and Japan. The advantage is that I don't have any." How much do you want?

That's it, people don't appreciate it, and they don't know how to scold me. "

Zhu Wenfang asked curiously: "Does our family have enough money now?"

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "What's enough money to spend? Tiance Guard, Duoyan Guard, and Yingzhou Guard are all supported by our internal funds. Each of your fifteen mothers and concubines will be given three thousand taels of pocket money per month."

When people suffer from disasters, we must also use internal funds to provide relief. The rest is daily expenses such as eating, drinking, playing and having fun.

This money alone is not only enough for us to spend, but we can also save a lot of money every year.

The difficult thing is that your younger brothers and sisters will get married, build mansions, and establish feudal vassals in the future. This cost is quite high. "

Zhu Wenfang smiled and said, "Will Daddy still have children in the future?"

Seeing Zhu Wenfang's gloating expression, Zhu Qiyu replied angrily: "What if I don't give birth? If you are willing to accept concubines and use them as fertility tools, then I won't have to give birth.

Those mothers and concubines of yours have already had enough. I am crying and shouting to force them to live.

Just think about it, can the big country of Japan be defended without entrusting four princes to it?
  Without the vassal kings to keep an eye on them and the local civil and military officials and gentry to check and balance each other, everything would be in chaos within a few decades, and everyone would look like a dead man like Shanxi.

Our territory is being conquered more and more, can you just say no to it? "

(End of this chapter)