People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 417 A big gamble! Use the victory of this war to promote the restoration of the prime minister!

To be honest, Chen Han didn't have much hope that Princess Jiangdu could quickly convince the old man to re-establish the prime minister.

This time, he mainly asked Princess Jiangdu to go and test the old man's situation.

Let yourself know how to persuade.

But what he didn't expect was that Princess Jiangdu overfulfilled the task and convinced the old man.

Chen Han was a little surprised, because whether it was the Zhu Yuanzhang in history or the Zhu Yuanzhang he saw, he was a very dignified person who would never let others change his opinion.

Although the old man has retreated behind the scenes now, as if he doesn't care about the things in front of him, once he encounters a real problem, once he encounters such a thing involving a very sensitive topic, it is impossible for the old man not to intervene.

Especially regarding the issue of re-establishing a prime minister, the old man has mentioned it in court more than once. Anyone who dares to raise the issue of establishing a prime minister will be guilty of deceiving the emperor and may have to behead his entire family and destroy the nine clans.

It is precisely because these are such sensitive topics that no minister dares to do so, because anyone who mentions them may die.

Although the ministers all understand that it is a good thing for the court to have a prime minister mediating the relationship between the ministers and the emperor. Even if the old man is very taboo about the prime minister dividing power, now that the old man has retreated behind the scenes Well, now that even Zhu Biao agrees, re-establishing the prime minister is definitely a good thing for the Ming Dynasty.

Although it seems that the prime minister is indeed dividing the emperor's power, for a dynasty, the most important thing is stability. What is stability is that above the court, both civil and military officials can work conscientiously and pursue a goal.

It is estimated that the old man actually wanted to get this, but because of Chen Han's arrival, he saw the problems Chen Han said more clearly. If it is really as Chen Han said, the Ming Dynasty was because it regarded the country as the heir of its own family. The garden became more and more dangerous. In the end, all the descendants of his family were killed by the Qing Dynasty. So it would be better to add someone who can restrain the imperial power and coordinate the officials with Lao Zhu. Do it together.

Because of this thought, the old man is finally relieved now. Although the Prime Minister has always been a thorn in his heart, for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and future generations, he can only pull out this thorn himself.

"By the way, does the old man know that your fourth uncle, King Yan, is about to launch a foreign war?"

Once this impression leaves a favorable impression on the people all over the world, it will prove that the reform has been successful.

The old man also made up his mind at this time, no longer blindly protecting his children and grandchildren. You came from the future and saw too many messy things about the Zhu family's children, which greatly stimulated the old man, and this made him figure it out. "

Chen Han looked at his wife who was smiling like a flower and asked, "How did the old man figure it out? Actually, I didn't have high hopes at the beginning. I just wanted you to test the old man's tone and see if he was willing to let go. I didn’t expect you to give me such a big surprise. You were able to convince the old man to agree to re-establish the prime minister. This is really a very difficult thing. "

Princess Jiangdu thought about it, hugged her son and looked at it, and felt something in her heart, "It's just for the children and grandchildren of the old Zhu family. He said that children and grandchildren will have their own blessings, and let the children and grandchildren be free." Even if I go to the trouble myself, I still want to leave a stable court for the heirs. And how can we make the children and grandchildren more stable? That is to really restrain the imperial power and never allow the emperor's power to be too great. The emperor's relatives will no longer have titles after the fifth generation, which to a certain extent solves the problem of the clan being unable to lose its title. However, once the emperor's authority is restricted, the following ones will no longer exist. The clan will naturally converge, which is a chain reaction.

Ordinary people will believe that Chen Han's reforms are useful.

It is precisely because of this that Princess Jiangdu is now able to agree to her request. In fact, Princess Jiangdu is also very surprised, and at the same time she is more happy. What makes her happy is that the old man is really planning to delegate power now and is really willing to give this Leave the rights to your father.

Officials will also believe that Chen Han's reforms have played such a big role.

Rather than just watching those individuals in Lao Zhu's family make a lot of money into their own homes, eat, drink and have fun, and enjoy the taxes they worked hard to get.

Once the emperor's rights are restricted, then the rights of these princes and clans will also be restricted, which is a chain reaction.

At this time, if Zhu Yuanzhang takes the opportunity of victory to announce the re-establishment of the prime minister, this will not only be a good admission of mistakes, but also strengthen the confidence of civil and military officials and people in the Ming Dynasty.

Princess Jiangdu nodded, "I have already told Grandpa Huang. Grandpa Huang said that father will decide these matters."

After hearing what Princess Jiangdu said, Chen Han felt that it made sense.

It is for these reasons that Zhu Yuanzhang, who has always valued his family very much, finally decided to give up his face and re-establish the position of prime minister, but the timing may have to be delayed a little later.

Princess Jiangdu thought of what Chen Han had told him. His old man was a very stubborn man who valued family ties the most, so he definitely didn't want the opportunity to think about his children and grandchildren to slip away from him.

Chen Han even thought of an opportunity, that is, by gathering a large amount of grain and grass through his own reforms, he could be responsible for this war. Even the court used real money and silver to pay the price of grain and grass, so that he would no longer burden the people of the world and no longer send random hair. Treasure money, secretly plundering people's property.

At the same time, he is willing to sacrifice his old face for the sake of the Ming Dynasty. How can he be stubborn under such circumstances?
This is also a huge surprise for Princess Jiangdu.

Foreign wars can be won, domestic reforms have achieved results, and the emperor has also realized his mistakes. All these are positive signals for the vigorous development of the dynasty. Whether it is civil or military officials or the people, they will all know that it is the promotion of the results of the reforms. All this is also a huge good news for Chen Han.

Chen Han said oh, and the couple got on the carriage and returned to the house.

for the next two months. The imperial court began to actively prepare for the collection of grain and grass and the replenishment of ordnance and equipment.

The news that the war was about to start made both the civil and military officials of the court and the people along the way nervous. Of course, when they saw the Tax Inspection Department, they kept shuttling through it to buy grain.

Even the King of Zhou in Kaifeng began to escort grain and grass to the north, and a large number of officials from the Tax Inspection Department began to purchase grain from the private sector, bringing not only treasure notes but real money and silver.

At first, people were surprised why they suddenly changed from using good treasure banknotes to using real gold and silver.

The answer given by the officials of the Tax Inspection Department was that they were afraid that the people would think that as soon as the court went to war, the court would start printing treasure banknotes to defraud people of their money. Therefore, in order to give the people peace of mind, they were not allowed to use banknotes for transactions, but this time Once the imperial court broke the rules and used gold and silver as food as currency to purchase food and distributed it to the people.

When the people saw that the court had such great determination this time, they were shocked.

At this time, near Taicang in Suzhou, officials from the Tax Inspection Department mobilized more than 100 surrounding grain merchants to purchase one million kilograms of grain.

The news spread throughout Suzhou and surrounding areas in South Zhili. After grain merchants heard about such a large-scale purchase, they began to transfer grain from various places.

I have said before that the current grain merchants no longer have contact with the common people, they act as. The transshipment personnel of the granary collect grain from the people, pay them real money, and then transport it to the big granary for trading.

The price given by the court was a little higher than the private purchase price, so they made a lot of money and were very grateful for the court's gift.

And when they heard that the imperial court was going to fight a war and purchase a large amount of grain and grass, they actively participated in it, which felt like buying horse bones for a thousand dollars.

Because the court did not default on grain merchants in the early days, these grain merchants understood that unlike before, the court used worthless paper money to empty out grain. Now the court has a strong ability to pay. .

They even saw the Tax Inspection Department taking out all the spare silver that was originally stored in the Banknote Withdrawal Department. Also because the Banknote Withdrawal Department would let people visit their huge bank vaults from time to time, so the people We know how much gold and silver there is in the bank and treasury. What we have pulled out now is only one-third, but it has been able to fully pay for the purchase of food.

This stimulated major grain merchants to gather in major grain warehouses, not only in South Zhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Huguang.

Grain merchants began to collect grain in large quantities and began to trade grain.

But ordinary people are not worried that they will have no food to eat after a large amount of grain is purchased. When the shortage comes, food prices will rise.

In fact, a more important reason for the establishment of large granaries in various places is that once there is a shortage of food, these granaries will take the initiative to sell grain to the people and stabilize the price of food on the market, so the people do not worry about food prices at all.

A certain teahouse.

The few members outside who were drinking tea inside had faces full of excitement.

One of the fat officials was even more excited, saying, "Good thing, good thing. We need troops in the north of the imperial court, which requires a lot of grain and grass. Our Dacang in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province alone needs two million kilograms of grain and grass."

One of the members was surprised and said, "It's impossible. There are so many. Are they really transported to Peking? It's so far away?"

The fat man smiled and said, "This is just an excuse. In fact, this is just that our Jiangxi Dacang began to purchase grain and grass on a large scale and store it. It does not necessarily have to be transported to Peking. I heard that a large part of our Jiangxi grain is transferred to the northwest. , it is a problem for ordinary people to eat and drink. Jiangxi is a major grain-producing province, so we will naturally contribute. Now, with the help of the Peiping War, the Jiangxi Tax Inspection Department and the Baochao Tisu Department have joined forces to purchase grain and grass, not only for the purpose of providing food. The transportation of grain and grass in Peiping is more about the storage of grain and grass. This actually gives us grain merchants a good business opportunity. "

However, one member of the staff was a little worried, "Our Majesty uses treasure money to purchase food, not just once or twice. Many of us must have suffered this loss. At that time, the treasure currency depreciated inexplicably, and our hands were damaged." The grain treasure banknotes are no longer valuable after being sold. Now, after a long time, the treasure banknotes have begun to rise to the same price as when they were issued. If we purchase a large amount of grain and grass this time, not only our major grain-producing provinces such as Jiangxi and Zhejiang will Action, does the imperial court have the ability to pay? Is this going to happen again?”

This is indeed a sharp question, but the fat officer is very well-informed. He waved his hand with the fan in his hand and said, "Absolutely not."

An outsider asked, "Shopkeeper Huang, please clear up our doubts and let us know what's going on."

The fat officer said: "It's very simple. This is because both the Tax Inspection Department and the Baochao Dutiji Department have shown their signs, saying that every grain of grain is settled not with treasure banknotes, but with gold and silver. Baochao Dutiji Department This time we will take out the stable silver from the warehouse and pay it together. One stone of grain will be paid for one stone of grain, and one grain of grain will be paid for one grain of grain. There will never be any arrears. From this behavior we can also see Come on, the imperial court is taking big measures at this time, and the imperial court is not afraid of how much food we have.

The fact that the imperial court dared to use real money and silver to purchase it shows that our Ming Dynasty's national power has grown to an unknown level over the years. Even if we can deal with such a large amount of food purchases, there will be no problem.

Let me tell you something that makes me very proud. The reason why we can purchase food in bulk now and pay so much real money not only promotes our national strength, but also shows how powerful this reform is. , not only provides huge business opportunities, but also ensures that our people can eat cheap food.

In previous years, the price of grain fluctuated greatly. This was because the output varied between good and bad years. We grain merchants always hoarded it. This is the only way to do business, but have we ever thought about the common people? Even the previous government failed to achieve this, but now the reform has achieved it.

why?
In fact, we have to admit one thing. The improvement of transportation conditions and the reform of cement roads and rubber tires seem to have nothing to do with the country. However, it can be seen from the transportation of grain and grass. Compared with previous years, we have reduced how much Shipping costs? Especially in our major grain-producing provinces, Jiangxi, South Zhili and other places have been specially approved to build cement roads to facilitate our travel and transportation of grain.

I really feel that our Ming Dynasty is now different from other countries. Which of us has not been to Nanyang to do business? Ask yourself, is there such a good dynasty as ours in the world? "

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(End of this chapter)