People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 474: For the first time in history, the feudal court recognized the contributions of the people
No one would have thought that Crown Prince Zhu Biao would have such courage and generosity.

I even immediately understood what Chen Han meant by national awakening.

The reason why national awakening needs to be awakened.

On the one hand, after awakening, ordinary people will feel that all major events in the world are closely related to them.

This is not just a matter for your Zhu family.

By then, everyone will be able to work together.

Of course, if people become overly awakened, some scholars or even rebels might want to do this.

Since the world belongs to all of us, why do you, the Zhu family, insist on occupying such good resources?

Why can't you share it with us?
If it comes to this, then we have to restrain ourselves.

However, Chen Han knew that it would take dozens or even hundreds of years to achieve that level of results.

Now it just makes the people feel a sense of honor and even pride.

Where does the sense of pride come from?

It is to tell the whole world that the taxes you pay can help the Ming Dynasty court win great victories.

You have contributed to every victory.

Since you have made a contribution, naturally the spoils of victory should be shared with you.

So Crown Prince Zhu Biao immediately understood Chen Han’s idea and told him to give money directly to the people all over the world.

On the one hand, after distributing the money, everyone will have money in their hands, which will stimulate consumption.

On the other hand, since the price of Ming Baochao is the same as when it was first issued, it means that the economic strength of the court has now fully recovered.

It can allow ordinary people to think about and enjoy the benefits together.

Even if tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver in treasure notes were issued, it would not be a big deal for the Ming Dynasty at that time.

But Chen Han was surprised that Crown Prince Zhu Biao was so heroic.

What was spent was not 10 or 20 million taels of silver, but 30 or 40 million or even hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

But now for the Ming Dynasty, hundreds of millions of taels of silver are just printing money.

Chen Han finally understood why the United States used to like to link the dollar with oil and gold, because it was so cool.

Just by printing money, you can create unlimited wealth, and those who pay the bill are not just the people of the Ming Dynasty, but more importantly, other people.

First, the money printing plan was put on the agenda.

After the cabinet has discussed, it will consult with the officials of the court, who will then express their support for any policy of the court.

Especially when you hear that money can be distributed and everyone can have money to spend, who wouldn’t be happy?

Moreover, after listening to Chen Han's explanation of the key word "national awakening", many officials felt their eyes brightened.

I never thought that I could do this before, but now I realize that it is indeed the case.

Let the people feel involved.

Let the common people join in.

Let the people get real rewards in this process.

How could the common people not support such a court?

And at this time, as Crown Prince Zhu Biao said, if there was good news from Nanyang, he would definitely implement this reward policy.

It was like I had telepathy from him.

After traveling across the sea for several months, the good news finally reached the court. Lan Yu and his men reported that they had captured Srivijaya and Majapahit.

When this news reached the court, the whole world was shocked.

Because the reform had been going on for two or three years, the imperial army had already occupied a large amount of territory in Japan.

However, it did not directly destroy the country, nor did it directly occupy the entire country.

So this time, the news that the two small countries of Srivijaya and Majapahit were occupied and colonized was a groundbreaking news.

So the whole world was celebrating and even partying for this news.

After the imperial court received this good news, it immediately arranged for newspapers all over the world to start printing this news.

It is true that even though there was no so-called national awakening in the Ming Dynasty at that time, for some reason, people all over the world seemed to have a sense of honor.

This sense of glory is even more profound when facing Gentiles.

When we were conquering Japan, everyone started celebrating as soon as they heard about the achievements made in Japan.

Now they have directly occupied some countries in the South Seas. In particular, the article mentioned that these countries in the South Seas have long had collusion with pirates who once robbed in the Ming Dynasty waters, so they sent troops to conquer them.

The purpose of conquering them was to destroy the countries that had colluded with those pirates. After such a righteous name was given, now that these two countries have been occupied, the people's sense of identity has skyrocketed.

Even at the end of the article, the court's move was announced.

In order to celebrate the victory over the Mongolian Tartars in the north and the establishment of two colonial countries in the South China Sea, ten taels of silver are provided to all people as a discretionary celebration.

What it means is that the people should take the ten taels of silver and celebrate this rare victory together.

Although the amount of silver is small, the people know that the court is really rich now. Each person gets ten taels of silver. Now the people of the Ming Dynasty have at least 70 or 80 million. That means 700 or 800 million taels of silver are spent.

For the current Ming Dynasty court, 700 to 800 million taels of silver are not a lot.

There is no need to even give out money directly.

After the treasure banknotes are printed directly, they are extracted by the treasure bank in various places and distributed to the people in each place.

This is also quite convenient, because now there is a Baochao Extraction Office in every province that can print and issue Baochao.

All they had to do was print the banknotes according to the requirements of the General Office of the Banknote Withdrawal Department, and then deposit the silver, or reserve funds, in the various Banknote Withdrawal Departments as required.

So this work was quickly put on the agenda and put into action.

At first I thought it might take some time.

But no one expected that when the entire court and the whole world were in a state of jubilation, everyone started working at full capacity.

The treasure banknote supervisors of the thirteen provinces worked overtime day and night to print the treasure banknotes.

At this time, ordinary people were not worried about the impact of printing so many banknotes on their lives.

Many people even discuss it after dinner.

"The imperial court is now really powerful, countless times more powerful than before. They said they would give out 700 to 800 million taels of silver, and they gave it away. Now we are going to enjoy the blessings of the imperial court."

"Isn't it? For many ordinary farmers, ten taels of silver is enough to cover their expenses for a year, or even two or three years.

The imperial court gives it to us as soon as it says so. It is so blessed to be a citizen of the Ming Dynasty."

"With ten taels of silver, my family won't have to work too hard for the next two years." When many poor people heard about this good thing, they knelt on the ground to express their gratitude to the court.

Ten taels of silver is life-saving money for them.

With these ten taels of silver, I can use them to treat my illness or pay off my loan sharking debt.

They can also buy more food for the winter, and even with this money, they can raise their children to become scholars.

This move by the imperial court instantly made countless people feel grateful to the imperial court.

For a moment, the people's desire to submit became stronger.

It’s true that just this small move has allowed the people of the world to see how powerful the current imperial court is.

It even made the common people have a better understanding of the soldiers fighting outside.

At the same time, he was more concerned about the major and minor affairs of the court.

Many people even discussed the situation described in the newspaper.

"The article makes it clear that we ordinary people have made some contributions."

As soon as these words were spoken, many people who were watching the fun raised questions to the storyteller who was analyzing the newspaper at that time.

"What do you mean, sir? We ordinary people haven't done anything."

"The court won a great victory. That was due to the good command of the emperor and local generals. What does it have to do with us?"

"Yes, what does this have to do with us? We are just ordinary people. How can we help the battlefield thousands or tens of thousands of miles away?"

"I don't think I can be of any help on the battlefield. I just farm at home."

"Yes, I am just a businessman. What can I do for the soldiers at the front? Sir, you can't fool us like this."

The storyteller was not in a hurry, and pointed at the newspaper and said, "This is not nonsense, this is what the article says.

Do you know who wrote this article? It was written by the current Crown Prince."

When the mention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up, the people instinctively fell to their knees and kowtowed to the newspaper to express their gratitude.

But the storyteller quickly asked everyone to get up.

“His Royal Highness made it very clear in this article that he does not want people to kneel down and kowtow after hearing his name.

He hopes that everyone can treat this article calmly.

The reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wrote this article is to tell the people of the world that the reason why we ordinary people can have an impact on the battlefield thousands of miles away is not because we directly participate in the war.

Instead, we worked hard to grow crops and produce grain, and we businessmen sold the grain to the imperial court's storage granaries.

We merchants paid taxes, we ordinary people wove cloth, we forged copper and iron to make weapons, and we participated in transporting food and fodder.

These are the big things done by us ordinary people.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that we ordinary people may seem weak and seem to have nothing to do with the battlefield thousands of miles away, but what the soldiers at the front eat, drink, use and even the weapons in their hands are all dug out from the ground and the mountains by us ordinary people bit by bit.

The hard work of all of us has become the clothes the soldiers wear, the food they eat, and the weapons they hold."

When the onlookers heard this, they were extremely surprised.

They never dreamed that they would be so great.

Even after listening to the Crown Prince's remarks in this article, I suddenly felt that this seemed to be the case.

But they are more grateful to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and even admire him more.

If it weren't for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's remarks, they would never have known that they had such abilities.

Some ordinary people's eyes turned red.

"I never thought that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would understand us so well. We, the common people, have always thought that we are useless.

But what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said in this article is right. Although it seems that we ordinary people have no effect,

But if it weren't for the common people like us who produced food, wove cloth, and dug out copper and iron ores in the rear.

The imperial court also had no way to transport food and fodder to the front line.

What the soldiers ate, drank, and used were what they used to defeat the small countries that colluded with the pirates.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the soldiers charging in the front also have our share of credit.”

When these words were spoken, many people felt very honored.

The storyteller said directly at this time, "That's right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince emphasized this in the article.

Whether it was the soldiers fighting in Southeast Asia, the soldiers fighting in Japan, or even those fighting in the north, the reason why they were able to achieve such a great victory.

Firstly, it is because of their good command, secondly, it is because of the bravery of the soldiers, and of course, it is because we, the people all over the world, support them.

Everyone is willing to contribute their efforts. If it weren't for the hard work of us ordinary people in weaving, producing grain and mining iron ore, they would not have been able to achieve these great victories.

So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince explained that the reason for issuing these ten taels of silver is not only because the court won a great victory, but also to reward every little bit of contribution from us ordinary people. "

After hearing this, the people suddenly felt as if something in their hearts was touched.

For many years, or perhaps since the establishment of the imperial court, no one has remembered their contributions.

All imperial courts exploit the common people.

To them, ordinary people are slaves, like cows that produce endless milk.

There has never been a time when the imperial court would thank the people for their contributions after a victory in a battle.

People have always said that the emperor knows how to use people, the commander gives proper commands, and the soldiers fight bravely.

But how many people can remember the contributions made by these ordinary people behind the scenes?

The common people themselves are unaware of their contributions, but the food and supplies, as well as the weapons, that the soldiers use, aren’t these all produced bit by bit by the common people?
However, no one ever cares about the contributions of ordinary people when it comes to the achievements on the battlefield.

Only this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty actually remembered the contributions of these ordinary people.

Not only did he personally write an article in the largest newspaper to encourage the people, he even took direct action by giving the people ten taels of silver as encouragement.

Ten taels of silver may not be a big deal to many wealthy people.

But for most people, this is a huge sum of money.

The court was willing to spend such a huge sum of money to reward the people, which not only affirmed the people's contributions.

It is also a great spiritual encouragement to the people.

The common people finally realized that the important affairs of the court are closely related to us all.

Every time the imperial court uses military force, it is closely related to us.

Every victory of the imperial court is closely related to us...

(End of this chapter)