Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 94 Who is the idiot (first update)
"It sounds like you can lead troops!" Zhu Biao didn't know what his psychology was, but he actually interrupted and choked Zhang Yifan.

"..." After hearing this, Zhang Yifan looked at the father and son, a little dumbfounded.

My son-in-law is an outsider, are you collaborating to bully others?
"No, I have never led a soldier, but I know more about other things!" Zhang Yifan still wanted to try harder and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Just like that cement, my father really has to treat it like an ordinary national treasure. In fact, it is There is a problem. This cement is the most basic building material and should be used on a large scale!"

When he saw him saying this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and quickly added: "As I heard about the use of cement now, does the imperial court have so much money to independently bear the cost of cement?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he looked at Zhang Yifan like an idiot, and then said to him: "Why do I have no money? If there is not enough, just print more!"

His sons also looked at Zhang Yifan and gloated about his misfortune.You thought you were smart, but ended up being taught a lesson by your father, right?

To be honest, at this time, Zhang Yifan looked at them like idiots, at least that's what he thought in his heart.

It was also at this time that Zhang Yifan understood why Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed business, especially externally, and didn't want to take advantage of it. The root cause of the high probability is here.

Therefore, he had no choice but to seriously say to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Father, I have always wanted to say about this Daming treasure. You have a very big misunderstanding in this understanding!"

"What misunderstanding?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he frowned and asked a little puzzled.

Others didn't understand either, but Zhu Di suddenly remembered something and interrupted and asked: "You think that the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes will become less and less valuable?"

He remembered that Zhang Yifan had reminded him when he saw the Ming Dynasty treasure note.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, he immediately snorted coldly and said, "Who dares me? Who dares to disobey the rules I set?"

When he said this, he really had the domineering air of the founding emperor.

However, sometimes, so what if he is the founding emperor?

Zhang Yifan was speechless for a while, and then he had to say: "Father, brothers, let's do a simple logical reasoning. What I said will happen in the future, you see, does it make sense, and what will it be in the end? What’s the result?”

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was a little surprised when he heard this, because he felt that Zhang Yifan seemed to be very confident, so he immediately demanded, "Say!"

The others didn't speak, just looked at Zhang Yifan.

Zhang Yifan glanced at them, and then asked: "The cost of this Ming Dynasty treasure note is actually very low, and the price is based on the denomination printed on it. For example, if the face value of ten guan is ten guan, right?"

This was the most basic thing. Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even bother to answer. He just gestured with his eyes to let him continue.

When Zhang Yifan saw it, he continued: "Then let's make an assumption. To be more extreme, if the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are printed with a face value of 9000 million yuan, can we buy everything in the Ming Dynasty at once? However, this cost is very low. Is it reasonable to do something like this at a cost of [-]%? Isn’t this robbery? If so, does that mean that this face value cannot be printed casually?”

"This is impossible, and I won't do it!" Zhu Yuanzhang replied without hesitation.

When his sons heard this, they found that Zhang Yifan asked idiotic questions, and they all looked down upon him.

Zhang Yifan did not feel any frustration and continued to guide: "Okay, let's give another opposite example. For example, in the ninth year of Hongwu, the imperial court only printed the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes with consistent money, and the imperial court stipulated that they must be approved by the Ming Dynasty. Is it true that this amount of money can still only buy the things that the amount of money can buy, or can it buy more things than the amount of money, or even much more things? If so, does this mean that, Is there actually a connection between how many Ming Dynasty banknotes are printed and how many things it can ultimately buy?"

Sometimes, extreme situations can often make the unreasonable side of things more prominent; if Zhang Yifan’s first example was still considered outrageous by them, as soon as this second extreme example was cited, a smart person like Zhu Yuanzhang would discover Something is wrong.

It's just a matter of his vision, not that he's unintelligent, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to achieve such great achievements.

However, some people still disagreed and heard King Qin say: "None of this can happen!"

Zhang Yifan glanced at him, ignored him, turned back to Zhu Yuanzhang, and continued to give an example: "To give another example, let's set the scope in Liujia Village. If the villagers of Liujia Village only created , or in other words, if one hundred shi of grain is grown, it is assumed that it is worth one hundred guan of Ming Dynasty treasure notes. If there happens to be one hundred guan of Ming Dynasty treasure notes to buy this grain, that is the contrast between one hundred and one hundred."

At this point, he paused, raised his voice and emphasized: "But if you have two hundred Ming Dynasty treasure notes, then you only spend one hundred guan to buy the grain in Liujia Village, and the remaining one hundred guan If you can't buy food at all, it means that a hundred guan that can't buy food is just a piece of paper. In summary, it takes [-] guan to buy a hundred guan of food?"

"No, I still have the remaining one hundred guan in my hand. I can still buy more!" Zhu Di also couldn't understand and asked immediately.After hearing this, Zhang Yifan asked him: "I only have one hundred shi of grain, where else can you buy it? A Ming Dynasty treasure note that cannot buy grain is just a piece of waste paper!"

"You are stupid, I can go to the next village to buy it!" King Qin laughed at Zhang Yifan after hearing this.

After hearing this, Zhang Yifan thought to himself that he didn't know who was stupid, and he really didn't want to pay attention to him.

But at this time, Zhu Biao opened his mouth to explain for Zhang Yifan: "Just now Yifan said that it was assumed to be within the Liujia Village!"

Yes, Zhu Biao is smarter.

Zhang Yifan commented in his mind and then said: "Expanding it, this Liujia Village is actually the Ming Dynasty. If you want to say you don't buy it from the Ming Dynasty, then you have to go to other countries to buy it. But the key problem is that other countries will not recognize you as the Ming Dynasty. Treasure banknotes. So, your extra Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes still won’t be able to buy the food you should have!”

At this point, he thought for a moment and then simply said: "This example is very simple. If we put it into reality, within the Ming Dynasty, there are still differences between people and regions. When things are produced, For example, if valuable things such as grain do not match the total value of the Ming Dynasty banknotes, they will not be measured according to the face value on the Ming Dynasty banknotes. The relationship here is very complicated, but if you think about it carefully, you should be able to understand it. !”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he suddenly said: "If this is the truth, then the same problem exists with copper coins and other money that are not Ming Dynasty treasures!"

Zhang Yifan heard this and turned to look at him with a hint of admiration.

At least Zhu Yuanzhang's sons haven't figured it out yet, but under his own guidance, Zhu Yuanzhang was able to think of the essence of currency, not just the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

So, he immediately replied: "What my father said is absolutely true. As long as it is money, this problem exists. But if it is replaced by Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, because you can print as much as you want, this problem will be even more serious." protrude."

The meaning of this statement is actually a response to the previous question: saying that money is not a problem and printing if you don’t have it is definitely not acceptable!

Among the few people in front of him, at least Zhu Yuanzhang already understood this. He frowned and looked like he was constipated.

Thinking about it, in the past, I didn’t worry about money. Anyway, when I ran out of money, I just printed money. Is that comfortable?

Unexpectedly, it turns out that money cannot be printed casually.In this way, a lot of problems that were originally thought to be solved with money have become problems!

Zhu Biao was second only to Zhu Yuanzhang and understood Zhang Yifan's explanations faster.He also frowned, looking like he was thinking hard.

The other princes just looked confused.But even though they couldn't figure it out, looking at the looks of their father and eldest brother, they knew there was something going on.

Yeah, it feels like I'm in school again, I have a headache!
After Zhang Yifan glanced at them, he said again: "Actually, money is money only when you can buy the things you want to buy. In other words, no matter what the money is, it may be Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes or copper coins. , or gold and silver, it must be able to measure the value of something before it can be considered money..."

Hearing his words, Qin Wang and others immediately lowered their heads, with a headache-like expression on their faces, not wanting to listen.

Seeing them like this, Zhang Yifan spoke more enthusiastically: "We can think about it, where does the money come from? At the beginning, it was exchanging things for things, but it was inconvenient, so we had this intermediate thing. Everyone uses it first." It is convenient to exchange things for money, and then use money to exchange for other things. This money is just such a thing. If it is separated from this, money is no longer money!"

After he finished speaking, everything inside and outside the pavilion became quiet again.There are still some people who are thinking hard and some who are deserting.

So, Zhang Yifan continued to add: "Whether the money will become less and less valuable or become more and more valuable depends on the amount of money and the items being bought and sold. If this correspondence is lost, no matter Whether money becomes less valuable or becomes more valuable will have a serious impact on the transactions between people. To the extreme, or to be serious, it may endanger the safety of the imperial court!"

This time, he sounded a little serious.

When it came to the stability of the country, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately spoke.I saw him staring at Zhang Yifan and immediately asked: "How do you say this?"

Seeing his serious look, whether it was the prince who was making soy sauce or the prince who was thinking hard, they all raised their heads and looked at Zhang Yifan.

That is to say, what Zhang Yifan said before sounds reasonable, otherwise some people may say that Zhang Yifan is alarmist.

After all, in their opinion, just a matter of money can endanger the country, how is it possible!

(End of this chapter)