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Chapter 509
Yang Reform threw out his own plan, which is to pay wages with banknotes. Due to the poor record of banknotes, he can raise the salaries of those officials who receive banknotes in disguise. This is a relatively hidden thing with additional benefits. Yang Reform pondered over the night, and then figured out this method. As for whether this method will work, Yang Reform doesn't know. Hearing Bi Ziyan's wage policy in the Ming Dynasty today, the whole person is even more confused. A few henchmen to judge.

Paper money to pay salaries?

Several confidantes stared at the emperor. Is this idea good or bad?
Sun Chengzong quickly calculated the emperor's idea in his own mind. This salary increase is definitely a bad thing, and the impact and consequences are extremely serious. It is a bad thing that cannot be worse. But it is not a good thing to issue paper money to officials. , is also a bad thing that is hated and punished by the majority of officials and even ordinary people. When these two things are added together, the effect is another matter. It opened the door to the root problem of the Ming Dynasty for 200 years, and it also increased in disguise. The salaries of officials solve the problem of difficulty in raising salaries. From this point of view, it is definitely a "good thing". Could it be that this is "good or bad"?
Bi Ziyan also came to his senses, this idea, at first glance, was an out-of-the-ordinary idea, but after careful thought, it made sense, and it was said that the salary was raised, but it was paper money issued again. Nowadays, the color discount in the imperial salary is equivalent to [-] guan notes for one tael of silver. If you want to tell the officials to use paper notes to pay salaries, everyone will probably yell at them. Who will think this is an increase in salary?But according to the strength of the emperor's military ticket, it is no different from real gold and silver. Those who lead the military ticket get [-]% or [-]% more salary. This is a real increase in salary. After thinking about it, Bi Ziyan's eyes became " "Ambiguous", look at Sun Chengzong, then look at the emperor, this idea can only be called "wonderful".

Shi Fenglai saw that the other two people had the original appearance, and he seemed to understand the mystery, but he was still hazy, and he hadn't fully understood what the mystery was. However, looking at the other two Everyone looked awakened, and he also became "understandable", looking like "so it was".

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that your Majesty's method is a way to get the best of both worlds. Your Majesty's plan is really extraordinary. In this way, the military ticket can be transformed into a new currency that can be circulated. It is the first good place. Once the officials and people in the capital accept the military tickets, it will not be difficult to do the same in other places. Large-scale issuance of military tickets in the future will come naturally. This is really a good idea..." Sun Chengzong has already figured it out Knowing the key point here, he immediately supported the emperor. He knew the reason and intention of the emperor to get the military ticket. It is supported, and now it is undoubtedly a very cost-effective thing to use paper money to open an opening for the 200-year-old root problem of the Ming Dynasty. It will greatly expand the use of military tickets, and it can actually solve the problem of increasing the salary of officials.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I also think this method is quite good. There are also some Qingshui yamen in the capital. It would be a good thing if the salary can be substantially increased. I think it is a good idea to give it a try." Bi Ziyan also agreed with the emperor's approach. If you get scolded now, just be scolded. When those people eat the sweetness, they will naturally understand the "reason". One silver is a good thing for two silver. Of course, the premise is that it is not dismantled. The military ticket must have enough silver to exchange, that is, the reserve silver must be sufficient. Thinking of the more than 3000 yuan that the emperor just got in his hand. With tens of thousands of taels of silver, Bi Ziyan was even more ambitious. He felt that during his tenure, he would not have to worry about banknotes and no money to deal with, and he was even less worried about the emperor's methods of handling money. The more than 3000 million taels of silver could be regarded as More than 6000 million silver flowers, thinking that the imperial court has so much money, it must be able to support the imperial court to do a lot of things, such as calming down the Eastern captives, solving natural disasters, these are all trivial things, Bi Ziyan became ambitious...

Seeing that the other two people supported and seemed very happy, Shi Fenglai quickly stood up and supported.

"Report to Your Majesty, the minister also supports..."

What Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan said, Yang Reform still nodded, but what Shi Feng said was completely out of tune, but Yang Reform also frowned and listened to it.

"Well, Bi Aiqing, when is the day when the salary is usually paid? When can I try the effect? ​​I think the sooner the better." Yang Reform said after listening.

Sun Chengzong nodded at the side. He is now gradually understanding the emperor's intentions. It seems to be good, and the effect must be tried immediately. Only by opening an opening for the root problem of 200 years, can we further seize the sea power, otherwise, just It is to push the bureaucrats into a corner without giving them a way out. The pressure they will suffer must be enormous, and the backlash will also be enormous. There will definitely be an explosion in the future. Now let’s open an opening for this 200-year-old root problem. Even if it is squeezed, he is not afraid of too much rebound. If he opens an opening, there will naturally be a place for the pressure to be relieved. In the future, he only needs to gradually expand this opening. Sun Chengzong now believes in the emperor more and more.

"Return to Your Majesty, you can do it at any time. If your Majesty wants to hurry up, I can change my salary to a military ticket today, but it is best for me to write a memorial first, and your Majesty will approve it later." Bi Ziyan was quite confident. Said.

"Oh,...can it be today? Could it be that today is the day when the salary will be paid?" For changing the policy, you need to go through the necessary procedures. Yang Reform can understand it, but he is still a little surprised that the change can be made today. Could it be that today is the day? Pay day?If that's the case, you have to hurry up, otherwise, you will have to delay for a month, because according to later generations, wages are paid once a month.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the day for the salary payment is not limited to one day. Each department in the capital is different, and they are divided into shifts every month. If your Majesty wants to change the salary distribution, you only need to issue an order, and the minister can adjust it immediately." Bi Ziyan said.

"Well, I understand, let's do it as soon as possible. I'm afraid it won't work today, so let's do it tomorrow, and change the payment of this salary into a military ticket as soon as possible." Yang Reform doesn't care whether the salary is paid every day or every day, as long as he can As soon as possible.

"The minister receives the decree!" Bi Ziyan said.

"Your Majesty, there is one more matter. I don't know whether to talk about it or not." Sun Chengzong said again.

"Oh, what's the matter, Master Sun?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that even if the military ticket is changed, it should not be too hasty. It should be done slowly and not too abruptly, so as not to cause a rebound. I think that the military ticket and the silver should be issued at the same time. Those who are willing to receive the silver should be issued accordingly." Silver, those who are willing to receive military tickets will be issued military tickets, and an additional [-] to [-]% will be issued on the basis of this military ticket, so that is the best, Your Majesty should be safe in this matter, and not fast forward..." Sun Chengzong said again .

"Well, this is true. I'm afraid that there will be problems if I make too much noise. If that's the case, then follow what Master Sun said. Get the money and the military ticket at the same time. You can get what you want, and I won't force it." Yang After thinking about it for a while, Reform accepted the proposal.

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It is said that it is convenient to have the imperial party. Not long after, Bi Ziyan wrote a memorandum on the reform of salary distribution and uploaded it. After going through formal channels, he soon arrived at Yang Reform, and from Yang Reform, he quickly arrived at the Supervisor of Rites. There, the procedure for changing the method of salary distribution was quickly completed.

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the next day.

Many servants who went to collect their lord's salary found that the lord's salary had suddenly changed. They heard that papers would be issued, but they had to take a pile of papers back. How could this be done?The master is not beaten to death?As a result, the news that the emperor used "paper money" to pay his salary spread all over Beijing's large and small yamen.

Although this salary is small, officials in the Ming Dynasty basically did not rely on it to survive, but it is also an indispensable thing for some relatively ordinary yamen and small officials. It's all over, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat.

Some officials of all kinds rushed to the household department immediately.

Those who came to the Ministry of Households were all small officials in green robes, that is, some ordinary officials in the yamen would only care about the few taels of silver. Although the military ticket is quite strong, the military ticket is still paper, not as reliable as the money , although today is quite strong, but if you go back to the old path of Baochao, this will cut off your salary!Therefore, many officials gathered around the household department to discuss.

A small official in green robes hurried to the household department, and heard from his servant that he was given a few papers for today's salary, which made him quite angry. His family is completely ruined, and the child's milk powder money is gone.

When the green-robed official arrived at the place where the salary was paid, some green-green officials like him had already gathered here, and they were all talking about it.

"Oh, Mr. Zhang, you are here too, but for the salary?" Someone greeted immediately.

"Lord Li, I didn't hear that His Majesty is going to issue some banknotes, so I came here to have a look..." The green-robed official immediately cupped his hands in return.

"Hehe, the news from Mr. Zhang is quite fast! No, everyone is talking about it now. Mr. Hu went to inquire just now. He heard that it is His Majesty's New Deal. His Majesty intends to use military tickets to pay his salary. They came here only after hearing the news." The little official surnamed Li immediately introduced the situation.

"Payment of military tickets? His Majesty's New Deal? No wonder the old servant at home said that His Majesty changed the issuance of papers. So that's what happened..." Hearing that it was a military ticket, the petty official was relieved. Although the military ticket was paper, But at any rate, they can still be exchanged for silver, which is not the kind of precious banknotes like waste paper.

"How, Mr. Zhang, is he going to receive military tickets or silver?" The petty official surnamed Li asked again. Now, they are all discussing this matter here. They know that military tickets can be turned into silver, but what they are afraid of is that they will change in the future. Not into silver.

"Oh, is there any difference in feelings? I want to ask Mr. Li." The green-robed official who hurried over hurriedly inquired about the inside story. As for the specific situation, he didn't know.

"I don't dare to ask for advice. Master Hu just inquired. The amount of silver received is still the same as before, and it has not changed. However, if you receive military tickets, you can get [-]% more. Therefore, I will ask Master Zhang whether to receive silver or military tickets." The little official surnamed Li explained the inside story.

"Oh, there is another point, so why is this? Why is the military ticket [-]% more?...Since you can receive silver, why don't you all receive silver?" The green-robed official asked quickly, although a few taels There is not much money, but it is money anyway, if there is [-]% more money, then you can eat several good meals.

"Hey, that's not the case. Now, I'm afraid His Majesty will frame us. If we all change to receive military tickets, then only military tickets will be issued in the future. If the military tickets can't be exchanged for silver in the future, then what's the matter?" What should we do? Our salary is already very little, if it is reduced further, it will be gone!" The little official surnamed Li explained again.

"That's right, this true salary is not enough. If we lose this true salary, then we will all have to drink the northwest wind." There are also many who sing the opposite, thinking that the emperor has a conspiracy in this matter.

"Oh, so that's the case, everyone is worried about this! Well, this is a problem!" The green-robed officer also fell into deep thought. Folded into banknotes and other things, the thirty or so tenths of rice have been folded up to now, and there are only a few coins in silver. This is all caused by precious banknotes. Now the emperor has changed the silver in their real salary into banknotes, that is to say , in the future, it is very likely that the same as the discounted salary will be lost. This worry is not unreasonable.

"Hehe, I think you are worrying unnecessarily. Thinking that His Majesty holds tens of millions of silver in his hands, how much money will he steal from us? Don't underestimate Your Majesty too much. When did His Majesty become short of money? According to me Look, we don't need to fight anymore, those who should get the silver get the silver, and those who want to get the army ticket, they always gather in this household department, if you are caught by the secretary, I'm afraid they will be punished again." Another green robe The little official was quite open-minded, with a southern Hokkien accent, he supported the emperor's policies.

"Your Majesty Hu is right. In my opinion, you guys should leave. Why should you go? Anyway, you can get money and military tickets. It's really inappropriate to talk about right and wrong here all the time, Your Majesty." It’s not limited to only receiving military tickets, in my opinion, this military ticket is pretty good, it’s not impossible to use it, and it can be exchanged for Wenyin in full...” Another small official also echoed the small official with a southern Hokkien accent, Applaud the emperor's policy.

The situation is already clear, some people echo and sing praises, and some people have various worries, and each has its own reasons.Many people still choose to receive military tickets. They are all officials, big or small. They all know about the military ticket. The strength of the military ticket is not a day or two. It is a real deal to exchange the full amount into silver coins. As for the future, although many people feel that it is indeed a trouble, they can't handle it that much. Anyway, the salary is small enough now, so they still don't believe it. The emperor can still give it all. It's gone.

"Then I would like to thank the adults for their guidance. I still have something to do at home, so I have to go ahead and say goodbye!" , it’s less than three taels of silver, if there is an extra [-]%, it’s four or five taels of silver, although four or five taels of silver is not much, it’s enough for him to buy some new clothes for his family, isn’t that the end? ?Isn't this a salary increase?This is a good thing!However, when he thought of the [-]-odd stone rice that had been broken off, his heart ached again. It would be great if the emperor could pay their salaries in full. He absolutely admitted that the emperor is an emperor through the ages No matter what happens in the future, I will definitely stand by the emperor's side, and follow the emperor in everything.

After the petty official left, he went straight to the household department, and quickly received the military ticket as his salary. When he came out again, there were still many people gathered outside, still discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the military ticket.

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Today's sudden change of salary to military tickets also made the bigwigs in the court realize that the current emperor is already a very powerful emperor. If he makes up his mind today, it can be implemented tomorrow, and there is no need to worry about it. Discuss with them, the emperor's subordinates, from the great scholars to the ministers, and then down to the lower levels, there are people. If there is a memorial here, the higher ups can approve it.

This situation has made many bigwigs realize that the emperor is different. Now this emperor is no longer the original emperor. Since the emperor brought down the salt merchants, his power has really increased!In addition to the original team of the imperial party, it has gathered many followers, and many people have "fancy" the money in the hands of the emperor, thinking that the emperor has so much money, what else can the emperor not do? arrived?

To pacify the Eastern captives?At that time, 10,000+ people of the ancestors went to Korea to fight against the Japanese, and it only cost 800 million taels of silver, but now His Majesty holds 4000 to [-] million taels of silver in his hands. Forget it, if the emperor said that he wanted to pacify the Donglu, is there any doubt about it?Speaking of which, it is absolutely not a lie that the emperor is as rich as a country. If you follow the emperor now, as long as you persevere, won't you want your name to go down in history?With the support of the emperor's money, it's hard not to leave a name!
Xu Guangqi's immigration used tens of millions of taels of silver. Is this considered a major event in the past and present?Can you not write it in the history books?Can you not leave a good name?
Bi Ziyan received 500 million taels of salt in one sentence. Should this sentence be recorded in history?Is it difficult to leave a name in history?
Even Shi Fenglai, a wimpy fellow, the emperor spends a lot of money on his political achievements every year. Even if he is not as good as the first two, his sum is indispensable in the history books.

Not to mention the other things, the imperial party that followed the emperor, isn't that now fully motivated and ready to do a big job?Make a name in history?Now that the path has been established, and a lot of successes have been achieved, of course we must move towards this path.

(End of this chapter)