Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 148 Reform
New banknotes are finally issued!
It's already May, and the weather in early summer is already feeling a bit scorching. Human instinct is not to join in the crowd at this time.

However, for the people in the capital, after the banks began to be able to exchange money last year, and the country had dealt with so many people, they joined forces with the nobles to open a bank.

The "new currency" has been mentioned since last year, and now it is finally available. For a while, the thirteen banks that have been opened in the capital have been overcrowded since early morning.

At a glance, people were lined up. Some were carrying cloth bags and hugging them tightly with both hands, and some simply let their servants carry wooden boxes.

Of course, most of these people are wealthy businessmen, and they all contain "copper coins" and "broken silver" that are heavy enough. However, most of the common people followed the team with their sleeves covered and beaming with joy.

Finally, as the first sound sounded...

This means that the exchange of treasure notes has finally begun!
"Zhao Dafu? Where is Zhao Dafu?"

"here!"

"Three hundred taels of silver, the purchase price is three hundred and three Guan Ming Dynasty treasure notes, and your old banknotes, after exchanging them, the total is five hundred and thirty-seven Guan treasure notes, take it."

"In addition, since you are the first to come to our Changming Bank, I will give you a commemorative coin from our bank. Our Changming Bank is currently located in Kaifeng Prefecture, Xuzhou Prefecture, Beiping Prefecture, and of course there are two more in Shanxi and Shaanxi. A bank."

"Of course, but it must be less than 10,000 yuan."

Zhao Su first congratulated him, then looked confused.

"Welcome to cooperate with our Changming Bank. What I said today are all those who have a background in Chaojingyuan, so don't worry!"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd was in an uproar!

"With this commemorative coin, you can deposit and withdraw treasure banknotes for free within the next year, without any loss fee... After one year, the loss fee will be converted to one percent."

Right now, it’s clear that he’s going to change into a salty person!

As soon as these words came out, the man named Zhao Dafu immediately opened his eyes wide and accepted this unexpected joy, "Really?"

"In this way, won't I be able to get rich quickly? You won't lie to me, right?"

"The one in front has a commemorative coin, do we have any?"

Su Guiyuan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this was proposed by Quanzi. Quanzi said that the imperial banks are facing the people all over the world. They are fundamentally different from private merchants who specialize in making money. They should benefit everyone. Only the merchants from all walks of life who benefit from the bank will become more prosperous, and in this way they can feed back the people."

This matter is no longer a secret. One month has passed, and salt farms in various places have begun to trial the "new method." I heard that the new salt is much better than the previous ones, and the production of sea salt is increasing exponentially!
The wind in the court has now begun to blow that "salt prices are going to come down".

"Don't worry, how could it be gold thread? Other means must have been used..."

But it is precisely because of knowing that it feels thrilling.

Everyone knows that Yanyin is the heel of Hu Xiang's line, and how many ministers stand out from it.

Opposite Changming Bank, in the three-story attic, Zhu Yuanzhang took Prince Zhu Biao, followed by some ministers, including Li Wentai, Minister of Household Affairs, Zhao Su, Minister of Industry, Chang Mao and Su Guiyuan, Chang's eldest son... …

The crowd was talking a lot, and the people behind were even more impatient and crowded forward.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This guy always talks about the same thing. He also said the same thing when he told us about Yan Yin..."

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know. My second aunt's son is a craftsman. He has disappeared since last year. I heard he was transferred to the Mint Department. There is really gold powder in his house!"

"Your Majesty, this Su Yuan envoy is doing a good job. I guess other banks in the capital are the same as here. But for deposits and withdrawals, the bank only takes 1%... other private banks and pawn shops, at least It’s 10%, and even 30% silver shop!”

"Hehe...okay!"

……

"Is this the usual new money? Gold! Isn't the imperial court really bleeding a lot?"

"Haha, how can I have so much money? Okay! Okay! This is good! I have traveled between Peiping and eastern Zhejiang. The banks in the southeast want to share 30% of the profits, even if they are bad, they still have to pay 20%... You give me 100% One." Zhao Dafu couldn't control himself with joy.

Gokuyuan became famous through this battle!
No one dares to underestimate it anymore. On the contrary, "Gewu Daily" has also attracted much attention from the official circles. Fortunately, the last issue was not a hot topic, but an article "Analysis of Force" also made many people say it was wonderful.

"I'm sorry that only the first one has it, but if you come to our Changming Bank today to store treasure banknotes, or exchange them with silver or gold, you can exchange them for a commemorative banknote ranging from 100 yuan to 100 yuan, depending on the amount. From then on, all places can access and store it. Same one percent!”

As Zhao Dafu couldn't help but run out, the people who were already behind him heard envy.

"I'm coming too! I'm coming too!"

This feeling made them extremely uneasy, but they couldn't tell where the uneasiness lay.

It seems to have no influence on the officialdom, but some elite civil servants always feel that this "Analysis of Force" seems to have the effect of opening up the people's wisdom and really starting to study the laws of heaven and earth and record them.

Several officials present couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.

His exclamation immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally got the news about the issuance of new banknotes today, and on a whim, he came to Changming Bank, also a bank opened by Chang Mansion, to watch.

And some time ago, His Majesty asked the Ministry of Industry to allocate three million guanbao in the name of flood control, specifically responsible for building the North-South Canal...

"Ah? Compared with this, the old treasure notes are not tatters, right..."

Seeing the latter squeeze out of the crowd, he deliberately took out a new banknote. The dark yellow ink on it was smeared like a bright sun, and there seemed to be a golden thread running around the edge...

"Who came up with this idea? Su Guiyuan, you did a good job!"

"Mom! Is there really gold?"

Which of the central officials in the government doesn't know this?

I thought it was a normal exchange, and then I used this to see the reaction of the people. Who knew that the result was unexpected, and there were so-called commemorative coins?
And looking at the reactions below, it’s clear that the new banknotes are unexpectedly popular!

I heard "Su Xian" again.

And this Su Guiyuan also controls Chao Jingyuan. As soon as the new money comes out today, I am afraid that the Holy Family will become even stronger.

At this moment, the relationship between father and son seems to have become more and more stable!

Nowadays, the situation in officialdom has changed again.

After "Liu Lian went to Beijing", ""Yin Yin Lun"" and other events, they seemed to be hiding. They were not as domineering as before. Even Hu Weiyong himself seemed to be hiding in Zhongshu Province. Even today's new banknote issuance , didn’t come.

Many ministers have already begun to take the initiative to make friends with Su Guiyuan and win him over to fight against Prime Minister Hu.

The wind direction changed, and even the situation in the court seemed to be stable.

Zhu Yuanzhang was of course very pleased with this.

He originally asked Wang Guangyang to confront Hu Weiyong, but the latter pretended to be deaf and dumb and failed to seal the case. Instead, the Su family and his son gave themselves a lot of unexpected surprises.

Just...there's one more thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked: "That boy of yours deceived our eldest grandson into becoming the head of the Gewu Academy. Now he is obsessed with making money."

"The dog is naughty." Although Su Guiyuan said this, there was a hint of pride on his face.

"He is naughty and bold enough. Whose store makes the most money now?"

After hearing that Zhu Yuanzhang started talking about this topic after looking at the new banknotes below, all the courtiers were helpless.

They also know this...

The "MSG" that suddenly appeared in Beijing made money at an enviable speed, but for a while no one dared to imitate it. The fundamental reason was that a few "domineering people" and "dandy boys" had been watching over their own MSG.

Moreover, these children are extremely domineering. I heard that they are still competing with each other to expand their industries and purchase various raw materials.

Those who are interested have figured out the formula through the raw materials, but under this "war", although the Gokuyuan has not ordered others to imitate, no one dares to take the lead.

"Your Majesty, now it's Xu Yingxu, the second son of the Xu family, Fu Zhong, the youngest son of Duke Ying, and Mu Sheng, the eldest son of the Marquis of Xiping. The three of them earn the most."

His son comes home every day and talks about "data changes" and other words. Of course Su Guiyuan is well-versed.

"Then who will pay more?" Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Su Xian was using this to show him the faults of the "People's Compensation and People's Liberation", but it had been almost a month.

On the contrary, these children are making more and more money. Even his grandma was shocked when her precious grandson received the family's treasure money.

I’ve earned almost 10,000 yuan from this!
Even if the capital is large and the people have many wealthy households, and some people still engage in wholesale business, who wouldn't be tempted by such huge profits?
Zhu Yuanzhang only confirmed one thing:
The more the grandson earns, the more Su Xian's purpose will fail.

After all, my grandson is me, I don’t have to worry about anything, I just let the people below me take responsibility, and I can still make so much money, how can there be so many good things in the world?
"Chang Sen, the eldest son of Marquis Changxing Geng Xuan, and the Ninth Prince suffered the most compensation..."

"Hahaha!" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately laughed, "Look, only those who can use their brains can make money. Those who spend all their time talking and stealing can't make a fortune even if they are given a fortune. This kid Chang Sen should Take care of it.”

"The eighth and eleventh princes, as well as Chang Sheng, Feng Cheng, and Xu Yingxu, are responsible for supervision, right?"

Su Guiyuan said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, that's right. They are small in number and there are only three corps commanders..."

After a pause, he continued:
"Although these children are making money, they also have their own measurement points. At first, each of them was five points. Although MSG makes a lot more, the capital is only so big. Almost a month has passed, and the people in the capital have bought everything they should buy. …”

"According to Quanzi, during the expansion period in the past, food was incremented, but now the people have bought what they should buy and tasted what they should taste. In a circle limited to the capital, food is in stock."

"Actually, seven days ago, I heard that Chang Sen, Geng Xuan, and Xu Zengshou were all losing points. Chang Sen saved the most in the early stage, but now he can't sell it, and he can't make a profit to the emperor's grandson. Now he's even lost three points... …”

Zhu Yuanzhang knew that everyone initially had five points, and one point was an opportunity to "open a shop." In other words, Chang Sen has lost money in his shop three times.

Behind him, the mouth corners of all the ministers twitched.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang said with a look of astonishment: "Why does this kid pay so quickly?"

"Uh..." Su Guiyuan was speechless, "Your Majesty, this kid just took the entire store's belongings to buy all the materials. In the middle, he saw that there were many sales, and the price increased again, and no one bought from him. After that, he ran to other shops to advertise his big sales. Along the way, he lost money on both sides. In addition, the emperor's grandson's share started to increase..."

"He couldn't hold it anymore."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "This kid has the most fun, is praised the most, and loses the fastest! Humph... If nothing happens, he will definitely be the first to go bankrupt, right?"

Su Guiyuan smiled and said: "Exactly!"

On the side, Chang Mao grinned when he heard this, why didn't his younger brother understand?

……

"Ah!"

Night, Chang Mansion.

Chang Sen looked at the remaining two thousand Three Kingdoms banknotes in his hand.

"Only two points left."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but grimace.

"Third Young Master, it's time to eat."

Just at this moment, the servant who had been waiting on him came to urge him. Thinking of his mother's stern eyes, Chang Sen couldn't help but nodded, "Let's go now!"

When I came to the dinner table, I saw the snickering face of my second brother Chang Sheng. I also saw that my eldest brother kept looking at him with a frown, while my mother didn't care. Recently, the "Changming Bank" in charge of the Chang Mansion was managed by my mother. .

"The Holy Father praised our family a lot today. This bank is really good. I have to thank the child again and invite him to come and play at home another day."

Chang Sen pouted and nodded, becoming increasingly depressed.

In the end, Chang Mao couldn't stand it anymore, "After all, you are a descendant of the Duke's family, the brother of the Crown Princess, and the uncle of the emperor's eldest grandson. Why are you so stupid? Today, the Holy Spirit said that you will definitely go bankrupt."

Chang Sen became more and more aggrieved, "What can I do!"

Lan also knew what his two youngest sons were busy with. Seeing their sad faces at this moment, he couldn't help but comfort him: "It's all just for fun, it doesn't matter even if they go bankrupt."

"No!" Chang Sen shook his head firmly.

"Ahem..." Chang Mao didn't know what he was thinking of, and suddenly asked abruptly: "When Su Xian asked you to play this, didn't he give you any guidance?"

"What guidance? When we play games, we always play freely. Except for the framework of the capital, which is based on points, there are no rules at all."

"That's it..." Chang Mao nodded.

He asked casually, "Isn't your second brother your little corps leader?"

"Eat your food!" When Lan heard this, she already knew what the eldest son was planning to do. The name of Mr. Mao, the most famous playboy in the capital, came from his childhood.

The younger son must have had some credit for being led astray.

She was about to remind her, but when she saw that her youngest son had already thought of something, he blinked and looked at her second brother.

broken!

Lan sighed in his heart and was about to say something, but in the blink of an eye he thought that Su Xian had deliberately not set any rules. Is this maybe intentional?

Thinking of this, she also pretended not to know.

And soon, the meal was finished.

Chang Sen couldn't bear it anymore and hurried to Chang Sheng's room.

"Second brother, we really have to cooperate."

"You and I join forces, brothers have the same heart, and their sharpness can cut through gold!"

"Kill them to death without leaving any trace behind!"

Chang Sheng, as the "little corps commander", was also a supervisor. When he heard this, he immediately frowned.

"No, we have to be fair..."

"What's fair? Second brother, look at what you have under your control, me, Geng Xuan, Feng Cheng, Mu Sheng, plus you."

Chang Sen said angrily: "Five of us, three of us will pay. If this continues, you, the little corps leader, won't be able to stay for long!"

"Look at Xu Yingxu...if you don't work hard, he will be promoted!"

The previous paragraph was not a big blow to Chang Sheng.

But after hearing the second half of the sentence, Chang Sheng frowned, "But this... is just unfair!"

"What's fair and unfair? Shopping malls are like battlefields! Sun Tzu's Art of War also emphasizes that a soldier never tires of deceit! Su Xian didn't set any rules, so this is the content of the game we came up with!"

"Called... swordsmanship!"

"And what else... walking on the plank road is also an idiom for crossing over."

Chang Sen talked for a long time, but unfortunately his vocabulary was insufficient, but Chang Sheng finally understood.

"You really don't want to make progress?"

"Since we have decided on the position of corps commander and the left and right squadrons...are you willing to stay as corps commander for the rest of your life?"

"As you progress up the ladder, if you work on the left and on the right, the sky will be brighter, isn't it? Our eldest brother is right, he is also the hero's uncle after all. If we don't move up, the elders will have no dignity!"

Listening to the third brother's words of advice.

Chang Sheng stood up and said with a grimace like a young adult: "But we have supervisors above us..."

"Then classes on the left and classes on the right also have to compete."

Seeing that his second brother was interested in being persuaded, Chang Sen hurriedly said: "Although Lao Eleven is young, this kid is taking Xu Yingxu with him. The two of them are shameless. How can they play tricks!"

"Lao Ba's Zuoban is almost in danger, can't you see clearly the situation? Let's make more money and give it to Lao Ba, so that Lao Ba can give Xiongying a little more profit..."

As Chang Sen talked, he laughed excitedly.

"Not long ago, didn't the storyteller at home talk about distant friendship and close attack?"

"We call this the Art of War... It doesn't matter that we lost some of the limelight some time ago. The storyteller said, didn't Great Qin also come up with reforms early and later?"

"This is also a reform of ours!"

Chang Sheng said helplessly: "You don't call this a reform! You call this a change."

Chang Sen said anxiously: "Even if the emperor comes and changes the method, it is still a change!"

"you listen to me……"

"Let's establish a good relationship with Lao Ba and give him a sweet spot first. He is now in Zuo Ban. Let's stand together first. Then, we don't have to pay profits to Xiongying next time. Instead, you can quietly change the numbers so that Others pay more.”

"Let's join forces first and annex other stores."

"Just like that sentence..."

Talking and talking.

Chang Sen frowned and thought for a long time, but seemed unable to say anything.

Just when he gave up, he quickly patted his head, put his left hand behind his back, and scolded Fang Qiu with his right hand!

"First get rid of the weak ones, such as Xu Zengshou, Geng Xuan and others! Then get rid of the powerful ones, such as Feng Cheng, Xu Yingxu and others."

"As for those who are neither strong nor weak..."

He took back his left hand and clenched his fist, "I will be under control!"

"Just get points."

Chang Sen turned his head and patted Chang Sheng on the shoulder excitedly, "Second brother, the position of chief and right class is waiting for you!"

"Come tomorrow, if you go any further, I won't even call you second brother..."

"I'll just call you Chang Zuoban!"

(End of this chapter)