The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 178 Let Zhu Yuanzhang scold him with his eyes closed, Master Ye will definitely do what he says!
"Why are you talking about His Majesty again?"

"Also, you don't know His Majesty, so why do you say that he has no integrity, why are you so old?"

"Your Majesty is the emperor, the son of heaven who promises everything. You are just talking empty words."

"Also, you are His Majesty's servant, so don't speak nonsense!"

"No, you have to tell us clearly, why do you say that?"

On the not so bumpy carriage,
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on the side, whether it was the sitting posture of the big horse and golden sword, the extremely serious expression, and the obvious scrutiny in his eyes, were enough to show his state of mind at the moment.

He, Ye Qing, slandered the emperor without any basis, this is a serious crime, and this is not something that can be solved with a single education.

If he didn't say that he was ugly, even if he won the battle and retrieved the Chuanguo Yuxi, and even paid enough agricultural taxes, Ye Qing's life would definitely not be easy.

Just when Zhu Yuanzhang wrote down this sum in the account book of 'remembering vengeance' in his heart, Ye Qing, who was sitting in the backseat, only thought that Mr. Guo was a bit interesting, did he really think of himself as General Guo?
If it were another person, the so-called General Guo would be kicked down directly.

But Ye Qing would not do this, because this Master Guo, who is actually also Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and ears, is Ye Qing's special witness!
Before this battle is over, he must be here to witness well that he, Ye Qing, has the ability to command a battle, and he, Ye Qing, has the ability to rebel at any time.

If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to put the words 'the man is not guilty, but he is guilty' on Ye Qing's forehead, he had to rely on this Mr. Guo who could talk to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing not only didn't kick him out, but also prepared to teach him a good lesson.

Actually, Ye Qing didn't plan to say these things, because even if the old Guo conveyed 100% of his words to Zhu Yuanzhang's ears, Zhu Yuanzhang might not listen.

But now that we've talked about it, let's take this lesson!

As for how much Mr. Guo can listen to, whether he will change when he conveys it to Zhu Yuanzhang, and what Zhu Yuanzhang will do after hearing it, it is none of his business as a dying person.

In Ye Qing's opinion, after this battle was over, he had confirmed Zhu Yuanzhang's guilt of 'everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty'.

But he, Ye Qing, won the battle after all, even if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill him, he had to find a reason, and his pitifully small agricultural tax just gave Zhu Yuanzhang a reason to kill him!
"This is the case of being named and killed by Zhu Yuanzhang without harming the country and the people!"

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Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked at Master Guo in front of him, and said very seriously: "Are you interrogating me, or asking me for advice?"

"Interrogate me, you are not qualified, ask me, your attitude is wrong!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard such a sentence, he really had the urge to hack this person to death with his own hands.

Of course, in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, even without weapons, he could easily kill the powerless civil servant in front of him.

It's just that in terms of the current situation, he really can't kill this civil servant who has won the hearts of the people.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang swallowed hard, cupped his fists and said, "Master Ye, please enlighten me."

Seeing Master Guo clasping his fists in front of him, Ye Qing nodded in satisfaction. It doesn't matter if he is sincere or not, as long as his attitude is in place.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Ye Qing actually closed his eyes while raising Erlang's legs.

Ye Qing just closed his eyes and taught: "I am teaching you this, it is the same as closing your eyes and resting your mind."

"I don't need to open my eyes to know. You are widening your eyes now, wishing to strangle me to death, but I want to tell you that before I open my eyes, I will be able to convince you!"

"I will be able to tell you what you said. You think His Majesty is an old man with no integrity at all!"

In Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes, Ye Qing was still half lying with his legs crossed and his eyes closed, looking very relaxed, and there was even such a confident smile at the corner of his mouth.

Under such audio-visual impact, Zhu Yuanzhang also smiled confidently at the corner of his mouth: "Okay!"

"If you can make us feel that His Majesty is an old man who has no integrity at all, we will do our best to fight this general for you. Before this battle is over, if you let us go east, we will absolutely If you don’t go west, if you tell us to stand up, we will never sit down.”

"But if you don't agree with us,"

Speaking of this, although Zhu Yuanzhang hesitated to speak, his voice was extremely low in an instant.

Ye Qing just said lazily: "If I can't convince you, what can you do to me?"

"You, I can't talk today, just talk if you like, don't talk about it!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he turned around and put his feet on the bench beside him, crossing his hands and sulking.

It's so infuriating and so real!

In this three-acre land, even if Ye Qing refuses to convince him, he really can't do anything to Ye Qing!
And at this moment,
Ye Qing opened his eyes slightly, looking at General Guo at this moment.

But he just took a look and then quickly closed his eyes. His eyes are too hot!
What kind of sitting position is this?
This is the sitting posture of the little daughter-in-law who ignores people after being angry.

He is such a strong man in armor, sitting in such a posture is really disgusting to look at, but Ye Qing doesn't blame him, even he himself feels that he is a bit bullying.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing also decided not to bully Master Guo anymore, he closed his eyes and got straight to the point: "You used to be His Majesty's personal soldier, and now you can talk to His Majesty, you should know why His Majesty issued treasure notes, right? "

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately put his previous grievances behind him.

He just found it strange that calling him a dishonest old man had nothing to do with his purpose of issuing precious banknotes?
Driven by curiosity, Zhu Yuanzhang sat up straight again, stared at Ye Qing who still had his eyes closed, and said, "I have been poor in China since ancient times, but the commodity economy has reached an unprecedented level under the development of the Song Dynasty. It has been incapable of ruling for a hundred years, and copper coins have long been insufficient for market circulation."

"There is no other way, His Majesty can only issue an order to promulgate the Banknote Law, set up a Banknote Lifting Department, and issue banknotes 'Daming Treasure Banknotes' in the name of the Ministry of Education."

"The Banknote Law stipulates that gold and silver cannot be traded among the people, let alone barter. For transactions of 99 cash and above, only precious banknotes can be used. For [-] cash and below, copper coins can be used for transactions."

"Your Majesty's move is a good thing for the country and the people. Paper money is so light, you can just take a bunch of paper with you wherever you go."

"Your Majesty has done such a great good deed, why is it that you have no integrity at all?"

Ye Qing closed his eyes and nodded, "Don't worry, I have my own reasons."

"I'll ask you again, what are the denominations when His Majesty issued the treasure banknotes, and what is the stipulated exchange ratio for gold, silver and copper coins?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said bluntly: "The initial amount of banknotes was one guan, five hundred wen, four hundred wen, three hundred wen, two hundred wen, and one hundred wen, which were always equivalent to a thousand copper coins or one tael of silver, and four guan was equivalent to gold. One or two."

Ye Qing nodded in satisfaction and said: "As expected of a businessman, I remember it very clearly. I will ask you again, what is the maximum excess amount now? With the treasure banknotes, can the common people exchange the corresponding gold, silver and copper coins with the government?"

Zhu Yuanzhang still said bluntly: "Last year, we fought a battle and found that the excess amount was too small to spend. Then we issued ten-guan and hundred-guan banknotes."

"The common people exchange the precious banknotes for gold, silver and copper coins?"

"How can the common people exchange gold, silver and copper coins with precious banknotes?"

"This regulation means that the common people can exchange their gold, silver and copper coins with the government for corresponding treasure banknotes, but the common people cannot exchange their treasure banknotes with the government for corresponding gold, silver and copper coins."

"Your Majesty's move is to gather the world's gold, silver and copper in the center."

"In a few years, His Majesty wants to continue to issue gold and silver banknotes, as well as smaller denominations of copper coins and banknotes, to completely abolish the gold, silver and copper coin transactions in the market!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang still had a look of complacency in his eyes.

Yes,

In his opinion, his policy can be said to be very wise. It not only solves the dilemma that copper coins cannot meet the existing market circulation, but also solves the dilemma that the imperial court does not have enough money to spend.

Not only that, but it is also reasonable to gather gold, silver and copper from all over the world in the center!

He really couldn't understand how such a perfect strategy of killing three birds with one stone could be linked to dishonesty?

Ye Qing listened to Master Guo's narration in front of him, only felt that he was very professional.

His remarks are also in line with the identity of the wealthy businessman of this era and the emperor who can talk to Zhu Yuanzhang!

But he is as stupid as Zhu Yuanzhang, completely ignoring the 'reserve system'!
Ye Qing just closed his eyes and said with a faint smile: "He still wants to issue gold and silver banknotes, and even wants to use precious banknotes instead of copper coin transactions under [-] Wen?"

"After eating a big fat pig, even the flies are not spared?"

"It seems that our current emperor, His Majesty, is really the ugliest emperor in history!"

When Ye Qing said such a thing, it was really an evaluation from the bottom of his heart.

As far as he knows the history of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang has not yet issued gold and silver banknotes, but in the late Hongwu period he completely banned the transaction of copper coins.

At first he thought Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have such a big appetite!

Now it seems that it is only because the conditions are not enough that he issued gold and silver banknotes!

In fact, in Ye Qing's view, whether it's the Jiaozi of the Song Dynasty or the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty, they are all good things that can promote social development.

But at the same time, it is also a desire expander full of temptation.

If you don't have enough reserves and reputation, you will be courting death if you rashly issue Daming Banknotes.

According to the historical data that Ye Qing knew, the Ming Dynasty banknotes issued by Zhu Yuanzhang basically withdrew from the stage of history in the middle of Ming Dynasty.

The speed of its depreciation is not a little bit faster than that of Song Jiaozi.

The culprits who caused this evil result were Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's father and son.

For the Northern Expedition, both father and son issued precious banknotes, which directly accelerated the depreciation of the precious banknotes.

Of course, the root cause of the rapid depreciation of the treasure banknotes is that Zhu Yuanzhang's heart in issuing treasure banknotes was not right.

After he exchanged paper for physical gold and silver, he was not prepared to spit out the policy, which is enough to show that he has no concept of 'reserve' and 'reputation' in his heart.

People are not fools. After being exploited for a long time, they naturally don't trust treasures!
Thinking of this, Ye Qing felt that he was underestimating calling Zhu Yuanzhang a dishonest old man, he was simply a humanoid glutton who only eats but doesn't vomit!

And at this moment,
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was scolded for being ugly, was so angry that he wanted to refute.

But at this moment, Ye Qing, who still had his eyes closed, continued to forcefully teach: "Do you know how Jiaozi from the Song Dynasty became waste paper?"

"I tell you, it's because of the flood of distribution!"

"The Song Dynasty was fine. At the beginning, they knew that a certain percentage of reserve funds should be prepared. That is to say, if 100 million coins were issued, the court would prepare hundreds of thousands of coins equivalent to gold and silver."

"At the beginning of the popularization of Jiaozi, the common people didn't trust it very much, but due to the court's laws, they still had to accept it, but they also exchanged banknotes for gold, silver and copper coins to verify whether Jiaozi was really equivalent to gold and silver. "

"In the beginning, paper currency, gold and silver could be exchanged casually, and the people naturally trusted Jiaozi. After building trust, Jiaozi really became 'money'!"

"But at this time, in order to further exploit the people, the emperor of the Song Dynasty issued more and more Jiaozi, but the reserve fund did not increase but shrank!"

"Over time, when the common people find that they can't exchange enough gold and silver, people will block the entrance of the government's bank with jiaozi."

"And the way those officials solve things is often to disperse them with sticks!"

"If you do this, the value of Jiaozi will naturally be devalued, and the court's credibility will be lost!"

"And the court's reputation is lost, and the dynasty's demise is not far away!"

at last,

When Ye Qing mentioned the relationship between the devaluation of Jiaozi and the demise of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a chill down his back.

At this moment, Ye Qing continued: "And the Daming Treasure Banknote issued by our Majesty, as the son of Song Jiaozi, can be said to be 'green out of blue and better than blue'!"

"At least my father prepared some reserve funds at the beginning, and my son didn't even need the reserve funds directly. He also stipulated in the law that only the imperial court was allowed to exchange gold, silver and copper coins in the hands of the common people, but the common people Do not exchange precious banknotes for gold, silver and copper coins in the hands of the court!"

"What kind of behavior is this?"

"This is shameless behavior!"

"This is the behavior of cannibalism without spitting out the bones!"

"It now appears that this officer has also made a mistake in using words improperly!"

"Our Majesty is not a dishonest Lao Lai, but a human-shaped glutton who eats people without spit out bones!"

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Zhu Yuanzhang just looked at Ye Qing with his eyes closed and said witty words, his pair of powerful big hands unconsciously wanted to go to Ye Qing's neck.

He wanted to strangle Ye Qing to death now, and he also wanted to tear up this stinking mouth that scolded the emperor harder than Wei Zheng.

But he also had to admit that the scolding was justified.

He really ignored the two things of reserve funds and the court's reputation. If things go on like this, the Daming treasures will depreciate faster than Song Dynasty Jiaozi.

And his Ming Dynasty will be destroyed faster than the Song Dynasty!
After realizing this, Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger again, and looked at Ye Qing who was still calm with his eyes closed.

In his opinion, since Ye Qing has such an opinion, there must be a way to help him solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang forced a smile again, and said politely: "Master Ye, you are really a genius!"

"But don't put it so harshly. There are gluttons who eat people and don't spit out bones. It won't happen, it won't happen at all."

"At most, it is, His Majesty has done something bad with good intentions!"

"Master Ye, please continue to enlighten us on the remedy. After we go back, we will find a way to remind His Majesty that we will be more talkative in front of His Majesty. Wouldn't it be more beneficial for our future cooperation?"

Finally, Ye Qing opened his eyes.

Ye Qing looked at this smiling face with a good attitude, but said seriously: "Did I just close my eyes and tell you that Your Majesty is an old man with no integrity at all?".
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