Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 66: Follow the rules

this moment.

As Su Xian's words fell.

below.

Jin King Zhu Xi, Yan King Zhu Di and others who had not yet left had excited expressions.

They were teenagers, and all of them felt their blood boiling at this moment.

Children such as Lao Ten and Lao Eleven, Chang Sen, Fu Zhong, and others were even more excited and howling.

Behind.

Song Lian and Fang Xiaoru looked at each other with hidden worries in their eyes.

The intelligence of this son is a good talent who can pass on Confucianism. He will be cultivated into a great talent in the future. In the future, he should rule the world with culture and let the people rest in peace!
  This is what he will do in the future.

How can you talk about war?

But the child is very active and needs to be polished later.

On the other hand.

Empress Ma looked stunned, but immediately laughed out loud at this kid's shameless words.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said:

"Okay, the little brat has a lot of talk. Go back and eat quickly. The palace needs to save some money."

With that said, he prepared to return to the palace, and he had to think carefully about today's affairs.

How to build credibility!

How to implement it after that is the first thing to consider.

Su Xian looked down.

Although he shouted with passion just now, he really had his own intention.

While thinking about it.

He looked down...

"That's it. As our first stop out of the palace, on the 26th, my father will hold a promotion banquet. You must come and participate."

"At that time, we will plan how to play in the capital next."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately turned his head.

What do you mean? Wasn’t that a big statement just now? Do you really want to leave the palace and enter the capital?

"These little monkey heads!"

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, but didn't take it to heart.

The most urgent thing at the moment was to think about this treasure, but he didn't have the heart to stay around these children all day long...

What he heard and saw today was enough for him to spend a lot of thought and planning.

……

Kunning Palace.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang sat down, he picked up his pen.

First, I wrote two huge "reputations" on rice paper!
  Then I didn’t know what came to mind, so I wrote two words again – “Push”!
  Build credibility.

Continue to implement it?
  But our method of promoting treasure money has always been to issue annual salaries, rewards, disaster relief and pensions... and we have not spread money to the people on a large scale. Which of these is not credibility?

Again.

The Ming Dynasty had such a vast land, and now many remote places still use money from the former Yuan. If your prohibition is strict, they won't need money and will simply go back to the barter method.

This is what makes Zhu Yuanzhang feel most helpless.

Exchange of things for things is very common among people. In the land of Western Shu, Shu Brocade is more like money than money.

After the Hongwu Tongbao was cast, it was indeed popular among the people for a short time because it was made of copper.

But the problem is that this thing consumes copper, where can there be so much copper ore?
  But as soon as the banknotes come out, everyone will fight against us...

"This kid probably has a lot of things he hasn't said, but we're not sure. Does he really know so much at this young age?"

"We still have to worry about it."

Seeing Queen Ma approaching, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed bitterly, but he felt extremely troubled.

"Okay, don't think about it anymore. The more you think about it, the harder it will be to get out."

"Perhaps the child did this on purpose, or he said not to invite. After all, there are some things that cannot be explained clearly with words? Especially the matter of treasure money! On the contrary, in this imitation game, we can see, Small things that you don’t notice on a daily basis.”

When he mentioned this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, "Sister, you are right. We asked the second and third sons to come over today just to cause trouble. Let's see how Xiongying and the others push the treasure money into the old hands."

"Don't talk about this process. If you force Lao Er and the others, they must forcefully use treasure money."

"If they don't use it, they will suffer losses!"

"But if you use it, you will be completely assimilated. We really need to think carefully about this move."

Empress Ma said helplessly: "Okay, then you continue to use your brain. Alas, when you think about it, you always feel that you have covered everything, but when you actually do it, there are loopholes everywhere. Things in the world are like this. Only in practice can you make a step forward. You can see clearly step by step.”

"It's Su Guiyuan's two million dollars..." Queen Ma reminded.

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang looked complicated, but this time, he was really troubled.

"We understand the truth, but can't we take it slow? The armies of Mu Ying and Deng Yu are about to leave. Before and after the departure, you have to reward them no matter what, right?"

"There are many ways to use money like this. You have to say that we were in a daze before and just printed and distributed them. Now that we have figured it out, doesn't this make us even more entangled?"

"Well, it would be even better if the civil and military officials below could be considerate of the imperial court, and if the wealthy merchants, nobles and the like could lend us money!"

As he talked, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have a sweet dream.

But Queen Ma also smiled, and then became worried.

I understand!

But the problem is even harder!
  It's not a good answer if it doesn't solve the problem... She sighed softly, but she also felt helpless because of this national matter.

……

at the same time.

After Su Xian returned home.

But he found his father, Su Guiyuan, writing and drawing something.

He took a closer look and found that the brush his father used was very thin and the patterns drawn were extremely complex. He boasted that he had good eyesight and his eyesight was dazzled.

"What are you doing?"

"Xian'er is back."

When Su Guiyuan saw his son, he said: "In the past few days, your father and I have been involved in the errands of the treasure banknote lifting department." "But I found that the treasure banknote is still wrong."

Su Xian was stunned.

But Su Gui said with his eyes: "It's too crude. You don't know that the treasure banknotes are made of mulberry bark. This material is harder than ordinary paper, but unfortunately it will mold and rot within two years at most!"

"And the most important thing is... after it was printed, my father took a look and saw that there were too many treasure notes that were not up to standard, but in order to speed up, all of them had to be used helplessly."

"If the common people use such treasure banknotes, they will become moldy and old within two years. Although the court has rules that can be exchanged, this business uses the treasury. When my father took a look, the locks were covered with eight layers of dust. .”

"As soon as I ask, there are rules, but in the past two years, hey, it hasn't happened once!"

Su Guiyuan smiled helplessly.

"Being a father has opened my eyes. When I was in the Ministry of Household Affairs, I thought that many seemingly strict laws were ignored, but now they seem to be insignificant."

Shaking his head, Su Guiyuan continued to immerse himself in it.

"Then what are you doing now?"

"I'm thinking about improving it, how to strengthen the material of the banknotes and make the patterns on them more difficult to imitate. Don't you know, it's not that His Majesty does not allow exchange, but there are many people in the private sector who forge banknotes. That's It’s really a huge profit!”

"When my father was in the Ministry of Household Affairs, I heard that countless people were beheaded for counterfeiting banknotes... Some of them even involved local officials. Those were all major cases handled by Dali Temple! "

"Think about it, there are so many counterfeit banknotes among the people. If the banknote bureaus in various places cannot recognize them and exchange them for new banknotes, it will be a big trouble!"

"So, the imperial court simply stopped the exchange! But there is no reason to ban all these things."

"For making iron, you have to be strong. You must at least improve the material and craftsmanship of this treasure banknote, so that people will think it is valuable at a glance!"

Su Xian watched his father continue to be immersed in it, and he was also fascinated by it.

Do what you do and love what you do.

My father actually practiced it physically.

But at this moment, I saw my mother coming back in a hurry.

"But I'm exhausted. I've sent out all the invitations to the neighbors. Look at your colleagues and the brothers you once had. Do you still have any invitations to send out?"

"What invitation?" Su Guiyuan was still busy and didn't seem to react when he heard the words.

"Ah?" Wu Xiu said blankly: "What else could it be? An invitation to your promotion banquet."

Su Guiyuan raised his head, obviously embarrassed, "No, no need to make such a big show of it?"

"If I hadn't said anything before, I would have heard about it when I went to Xi'anmen to pick up the children. The people who arrested you that day in the Imperial Guard's Mansion were shouting about your promotion banquet..."

Hear the words.

Su Guiyuan stood up and said, "It's troublesome."

To be fair, he really didn't want to do it, but what he heard about this matter was that the old minister said it, and the people who arrested him a few days ago also shouted it as if to "persuad" him. .

"That's all, you don't need to invite your colleagues. They don't dare to come anyway, so they can just work together at home..."

With that said, Su Guiyuan squatted down and continued his research.

Wu Xiu was stunned.

But she also thought of her own situation. She went out a lot these days, and a lot of news couldn't be hidden from her.

Not only did the new appointment of Baochao Tiju offend the Prime Minister, but he also seemed to be violating the holy will?
  Thinking of these, she felt worried.

"Then at home..."

"No!" Su Xian said, "What are you afraid of? It has to be done well, and it has to be done in a big way..."

Su Guiyuan said helplessly: "Xian'er, please stop joking. As a father, in this officialdom, how can any friends dare to come? Now, as a father, it is not an exaggeration to say that everyone dislikes him. That is, the old minister... "

Thinking of this, Su Guiyuan remembered how glorious it was when he first took office?
  As a result, now, if he offends the Prime Minister and the Holy One, those two million strings are like a knife hanging over his head.

He is really neither above nor below. It's like walking on a tightrope. If you don't pay attention, it will fall off.

There is simply no place to stand!
  When he mentioned these, he waved his hand again, "That's all, they are just polite words."

"No, it must be done." Su Xian firmly disagreed.

The words have been released, how can they be taken back?

What's more, Su Xian also has his own plans.

What he said in the palace was really not a joke.

Besides, the new entry that Su Xian was looking forward to has not appeared yet. Eighty percent of it is that the two million yuan will not be enough, making his father's official position unstable...

Take this opportunity to eat three fish!
  Thinking of this, Su Xian once again persuaded that the invitations could be sent slowly, but the news must be released as soon as possible!
  ……

"You mean, he still wants to hold a banquet?"

It's getting dark.

Zhang Mansion.

After returning from Zhongshu Province, Zhang Guance returned home. Although he was in the seventh rank, he was still under the Prime Minister's sect, and there was an endless stream of visitors on weekdays.

And today...

He looked at the fifth-grade doctor in front of him, who had a higher official position than him.

Showing a friendly smile, "Brother Guo, since you have been invited, just go."

"What did Sheren say? I missed his son's important event, so how can I have the dignity to attend the banquet? This is not to ask what the Prime Minister thinks..."

"Hmph! A mere eighth-grade promotion cannot enter the Prime Minister's field of vision!" Zhang Guance puffed up his sleeves in annoyance.

"However, if you don't do business, you'll focus on private matters."

"In this case...if you don't obey the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister is aloof and doesn't care about an ant like him, how can I let him hold the banquet safely?"

"Isn't he following the rules?"

"In the past, the Prime Minister gave instructions, and he was quite sure about his promotion to the eighth rank. Previously, the Holy Emperor sent troops from the Duwei Mansion to support the army, but they left for unknown reasons."

"Let's just say his life is good!"

"But since he talks about rules and procedures..."

"That's fine! I will also take this opportunity to let him see what the rules of the Ming Dynasty are!"

　Let the protagonist speak alone in the palace. This is not the way to write this book.

　　The positioning of this book from the beginning was to be integrated with the plot.

　　For example, the first blank printing case.

　　The second Bao Chao, Bao Chao has so much foreshadowing, it’s impossible to just pick up the plot and be done with it.

　　This is linked to many plots later...

　　So when you read the article, some places are long-winded, and some places seem unclear, but they are all left to lead to the plot...

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)