Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 718: Limited Compensation
"It's really troublesome to grow flowers and plants. You need to fertilize, water, protect the roots, and cultivate the soil. The key is not to mess up the order. If you mess up, you may make mistakes."

Forbidden City, Imperial Garden.

In a warm room.

Wang Sheng stood with his head bowed, with complicated thoughts in his mind. Listening to what the emperor said, his heart was beating fast, and his hands hidden in his sleeves were shaking slightly uncontrollably.

"No matter how carefully you take care of it, there is no way to prevent dead branches and rotten leaves." Zhu Youxiao stood in front of a wooden rack, pruning a potted plant with scissors in hand. When he saw a dead branch, his brows slightly frowned.

"It would be a shame to cut it. After all, I have taken such good care of it and put so much effort into it that I can't bear to do it. If I don't cut it, this dead branch may lead to more dead branches. By then, it will be too late to regret it."

Click~
A voice was heard in the warm room.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty!!"

Wang Sheng could no longer bear it, his legs softened and he knelt on the ground, "I have failed Your Majesty's grace. Huahui Bank is in my hands, and I was not aware of this beforehand. I..."

Zhu Youxiao held the dead branch and handed the scissors to Fang Zhenghua.

Fang Zhenghua lowered his head and held it.

"It seems you didn't understand what I said."

Zhu Youxiao's expression was calm and he didn't even look at Wang Sheng.

"Chen~"

Wang Sheng was speechless for a moment.

The joint arrest and execution in Beijing took place after a long period of time. Wang Sheng did not sleep well for a single day after learning about this.

"Want to quit?"

Zhu Youxiao walked forward, looking down at Wang Sheng who was kneeling on the ground, holding the dead branch in his hand.

"I dare not!"

Wang Sheng crawled on the ground and said, "I came to the palace this time to apologize to Your Majesty. I will never give up my responsibility. I will get up from where I fell."

"Has the matter of Huahui Bank been dealt with?"

Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

"It's all taken care of."

Wang Sheng hurriedly said, "All those who should be arrested have been arrested. The counterfeit money released from Huahui Bank has been separately registered. The total amount in silver dollars is 197 million yuan."

"It's really a lot. According to the currency system I have designated, this is 197 million taels of pure silver." Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly, with a look of some melancholy.

"So many counterfeit banknotes flowed out from the branches of Huahui Bank. If the imperial court doesn't notice, the hole will only get bigger and bigger."

Wang Sheng broke out in a cold sweat.

In fact, he didn't expect there would be so many!

Wang Sheng originally thought that the counterfeit money in the capital and the capital was the major part of the circulation, but he never expected that the real major part was in the local areas!!
"The expansion of Huahui Bank has obviously not kept up with the pace of construction."

Zhu Youxiao held up the dry branch and stared at it. "Another thing is the currency system. The Huahui Bank has not fully understood it."

"It's my fault. I'm too optimistic."

"The expansion of Huahui Bank will be suspended from now on. I will give Huahui Bank a deadline. During this period, if Huahui Bank does not make any mistakes, we will start expanding again."

"The minister obeys the order!"

Wang Sheng immediately kowtowed in response.

Zhu Youxiao had foreseen that the counterfeit currency case that broke out this time implicated the Shaofu and the Huahui Silver Bank. After all, these two behemoths had encroached on the interests of too many people, and it would be abnormal if they were not targeted.

What Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that when faced with an unexpected situation, both the Shaofu and the Huahui Silver Bank performed so poorly.

To be honest, we can't blame the people who did it.

After all, what they were doing was the first of its kind in the Ming Dynasty. Whether it was the development of intensive handicraft manufacturing or the development of silver banks, these people were crossing the river by feeling the stones. Although there was a clear direction, the direction did not mean that there would be no mistakes.

No trace to be found.

There is no precedent to follow.

You have to grope your way forward when doing anything. To some extent, Zhu Youxiao is also grateful that he has been able to persist until now without any problems. "Get up."

Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Sheng and said, "Uncle, I asked you to build Huahui Bank. Do you remember what I said at the beginning?"

"I remember."

Wang Sheng trembled and climbed up. "Your Majesty said that the bank is the foundation of the country. No matter what we do, we must abide by one thing: credibility!!"

"This is the foundation of the bank and the root of the stability of the country."

“If one day, a bank loses its credibility and people who come to the bank no longer trust it, then the bank will be on the verge of collapse.”

"Huahui Bank is different from the silver banks, money houses, and bill banks that may appear in the future. They can disregard their reputation. If they really cause a big disturbance, the court will come forward to confiscate them and make those who suffer losses get compensation."

"But Huahui Bank is not an option. Huahui Bank is a prelude to the establishment of a central government agency in the future. Now is not the right time. I don't want to be influenced by some bad people in the court, so I am taking over the management."

Wang Sheng dared not forget a single word of what Zhu Youxiao had said before. Compared with those people who held silver shares, Wang Sheng knew one thing: Huahui Silver Bank belonged to the emperor. He could manage it on his behalf, but he could not take it for himself.

"Not even close."

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Zhu Youxiao smiled, looked at Wang Sheng and said, "When this matter is accomplished, the prince's uncle will withdraw from Huahui Bank, and the Wang family will definitely have a hereditary title."

Wang Sheng lowered his head.

In the past, this idea did drive him to do things, and for this reason Wang Sheng did not dare to relax for a moment. However, this time such a big mistake made Wang Sheng scared.

"Don't worry, and keep doing what you should do."

Zhu Youxiao handed the dead branch to Wang Sheng and said, "Everyone makes mistakes. We all make mistakes when doing things. This is an objective reality."

"But we must correct our mistakes and not act rogue. Huahui Bank will take back all the counterfeit coins that were issued and exchange them for real coins for those who suffered from it."

“This is key to maintaining credibility.”

"In addition, Huahui Bank should shoulder the responsibility of popularizing the authenticity of fakes. If nothing else, at least the people who come to Huahui Bank should know how to distinguish them."

"I understand!!"

Wang Sheng took the dead branch with both hands and immediately said, "I will take care of this matter."

"The counterfeit coins that have been exchanged will be handed over to the Mint and Clearing Department."

Zhu Youxiao said calmly: "You have to bear the consequences of your own mistakes, otherwise you won't learn your lesson. Can you understand my difficulties, my uncle?"

"I understand!"

Wang Sheng held the dry branch in his hand, bowed again and said, "I will take care of this matter."

"Ah."

Zhu Youxiao nodded.

Zhu Youxiao's attitude towards counterfeit currency circulating among the people was very clear: all of them would be confiscated, and at the same time, the interests of the grassroots people must not be harmed in any way.

The outflow of funds from Huahui Silver Bank will be borne by Huahui Silver Bank.

Those circulated through the Shaofu will be borne by the Shaofu.

As for other things, we will set a clear limit and have the detective team come forward to count them. All those within the limit will be compensated. For those that exceed the limit, the detective team will register them on the surface and conduct investigations secretly!

The rotten fish and shrimp that have escaped the net must be caught and killed!

Zhu Youxiao knew very well how difficult it was for the lower class to make money. In the current Ming Dynasty, class stratification was serious and promotion channels were blocked, so wealth was not something that the lower class could achieve.

What Zhu Youxiao wants to do is to break these things so that a virtuous cycle can be started again. This is the national destiny that Zhu Youxiao wants to create! !
Outward expansion is one way.

Internal development is one way.

Zhu Youxiao has to use his own way, step by step, to pull the Ming Dynasty back from the tilted track. At the same time, he has to pull the Ming Dynasty towards a new journey!

Reform cannot be separated from people who do things. The essence of reform is the redistribution of benefits, and redistribution requires the formation of specific tasks, which must be done and changed one by one.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's attitude was very clear. As long as the people who did the work did not violate the law and just made mistakes in the process of doing the work, a light punishment and a severe warning would be enough. After all, if these people were severely punished because of some mistakes, then where would he find so many people to replace them in an emergency?
Those who should be killed should be killed, and those who should be protected should be protected. This is the real reform!

(End of this chapter)