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  Chapter 606 603 [Currency Diplomacy]

   Just when the prince was fighting in groups, Russia built the city of Upper Angarask on the shore of Lake Baikal.

  It is the territory of Buryatia Mongolia. It is not that they cannot beat the Cossacks, but the further north they go, the more desolate and cold they become. Buryat Mongolia gathered its troops and went to crusade against the Cossacks in a mighty manner. The Cossacks ran away when they saw the situation was not good, and went to the northernmost end of Lake Baikal to rebuild the city.

  These Cossacks don’t have many cavalry, but they have a lot of ships. Their shipbuilding skills beat the Mongols.

  The boats of the Cossacks can be used for fishing, and they can also be used to settle down and plunder the natives of Western Lia along the river. You can even go ashore and drag it in the snow. Building a city next to Lake Baikal this time is tantamount to gaining a firm foothold. The west and north shores of Lake Baikal are all controlled by Cossack villains.

  In the farther east, the Sauron tribes, Beishan savages, Kamunikan, Daqiur...Because the Manchu Qing lost control, these tribes fell into a big melee.

  The so-called melee means that today you send dozens of people to raid and plunder my territory. Tomorrow I will send hundreds of people to rob you of your property and capture some of your tribe as prisoners. The tribes of Sauron were originally the strongest, but they fell into civil war, because they were not of the same clan, but were forcibly brought together by the Qing Dynasty.

  The tribe that donated Dongzhu to Zhao Hanjin received some food support, and now they are living relatively well.

  Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming soon, Kim Yu, the Minister of North Korea who set off in the summer, fell seriously ill on the way, and finally came to Nanjing to meet the Chinese emperor.

  Jin Yu can be regarded as Jang Juzheng of North Korea.

  Historically, he implemented the "Datong Law" reform in North Korea. The main contents were: standardizing the currency system, apportioning Ding Ding to mu, unifying taxation, and combating corruption.

   Also under Jin Yu’s reforms, the Joseon Dynasty, which was on the verge of collapse, slammed on the brakes and slammed back a mouthful of blood. The king still had money and food to overhaul the palace. Even when the treasury was sufficient, the king became overwhelmed with self-confidence, and planned to form a hundred thousand firearms within ten years, and send troops to the Northern Expedition to help the Ming Dynasty restore its land.

  North Korea in this time and space is worse than in history. A major uprising broke out last year. Although it was successfully suppressed, King Li Hao finally came to his senses and started the "Datong Law" reform several years in advance.

  By the time he fell ill halfway, Jin Yu had finished reading "The Collection of Great Harmony" and regarded the Chinese emperor as his confidant, but at the same time felt that the Chinese emperor was too radical.

  In Jin Yu's view, it is enough to divide the land into acres, and there is really no need to divide the land from landlords.

  As for "Sanyuan Chapter", Jin Yu agrees very much. But dare not take the initiative to spread it, because it will offend the king and cause his subsequent reforms to be abandoned.

   Walking out of the bookstore, witnessing the prosperity of China along the way strengthened Jin Yu's determination to reform.

  The little demon in the temple is strong, and there are more than eight kings in Chiqian. The party struggle in North Korea is more severe than that in Ming Dynasty.

  A hundred years ago, the descendants of the founding heroes and early civil officials of Joseon formed the old and corrupt "Hunjiu School". Officials and scholars from small and medium-sized landlords urgently demanded to break the monopoly of the elites, so they formed the "Scholar School".

  The supremacy of the "Scholar School" led to a struggle between kingship and ministerial power, which turned into a battle between kingship and admonishment power.

  The king first used the Shilin faction to attack the Xunjiu faction who threatened him, and then borrowed the remaining Xunjiu faction to stab the Shilin faction backhand. Finally, the power of the three parties was balanced, and the king sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

  The Shihlin faction, which was hit hard, also had internal problems, so it split into the Eastern People's Party and the Western People's Party using the region as a link.

  At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Xiren Party controlled the government, and then the party struggle resumed. The Xiren Party split into four major factions: the Luo Party, the Yuan Party, the Shan Party, and the Han Party.

   After Li Hao killed his father and usurped power, he first killed a group of Luo Party members, because the Luo Party was the strongest.

   Then the Shandang was used again, because the Shandang were all hermits in the field and had no foundation and backing in the court, which was very convenient for the king to control.

   Unexpectedly, the Shan Party represented the interests of the local gentry and quickly grew into a behemoth. So Li Hao, the king of North Korea, used the Han Party to balance it out, and Jin Yu was the leader of the Han Party!

   "A seat."

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "I heard that Your Excellency is a great Korean Confucian?"

   "I don't dare to be a great Confucianist," Jin Yu hurriedly said modestly, "I just grasped some superficial ideas of Neo-Confucianism (Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism)."

  Jin Yu has just been promoted and reused, and his official position is not very high, but the reform strategy has been set.

After some conversation, Jin Yu explained his intentions for coming: "Your Majesty, my minister's visit to Nanjing this time is because the lower kingdom admires the upper kingdom's political strategy and boldly intends to emulate it. In matters of reform and reform, currency should go first. Please follow The silver and copper of the country are exchanged for the silver and copper coins of the upper country."

   "Exchanging money?" Zhao Han was a little surprised, he didn't expect such a good thing to come to his door.

  North Korea intends to carry out reforms, and the first step seems to be to standardize the currency system, so it wants to take the initiative to introduce Chinese silver and copper coins.

  Historically, Jin Yu exchanged money with Emperor Shunzhi. The first time he exchanged 150,000 Wen coins, and then he exchanged more than 1.3 million Wen coins.

  The second exchange of money was too much, and in the capital area, it all flowed into the market. As a result, inflation was created in the capital area, but the local people did not see the money and could not use it to pay taxes at all. The Korean people complained a lot, and the king had to order to ban the circulation of Chinese copper coins.

  At that time, they planned to use Chinese copper coins as tax currency after the reform. After self-defeating, rice had to be designated as North Korea's only tax product.

Jin Yu said: "China's silver and copper coins have already circulated in the coastal cities of our country. The money of the upper country is exquisite, and the people of the lower country love it, so please exchange for more Chinese coins. In this way, the people have Chinese money, and they will be able to use it in the future. Pay taxes in Chinese money."

  Zhao Han subconsciously felt that something was wrong, and asked: "You exchanged Chinese money, how did you flow the Chinese money into the people, and how did the rural people get the money?"

  Jin Yu said: "Exchange the money to the merchants in Gyeonggi, and the merchants will circulate it."

   What the fuck.

   Zhao Han, who doesn't understand the principles of economics at all, knows that this approach will definitely explode.

  The basis of Zhang Juzheng's tax reform is the money and food shops widely distributed in villages and towns. People in nearby villages and towns can exchange grain for money. Although they are often deceived by landlords, they can eventually be exchanged for silver to pay taxes.

  As for North Korea, the money casting technology is poor, and it loses as much as it makes, so it turns to China for money. North Korea has been collecting taxes in kind, and rural areas are generally in the stage of bartering. If private money and food lines are not spread, no amount of Chinese money will flow into the hands of farmers.

  These money will only circulate near the capital. Once there is too much inflow in the short term, the inflation will explode in minutes.

  Why Zhao Han knew so clearly about the situation in North Korea was because a minister had reported it. Over the years, North Korea has been forced to sell grain, and most of the time the money cannot be used, and it must be exchanged for goods such as cloth.

   And Chinese maritime merchants often barter in North Korea.

   Until after the defeat of the Qing Dynasty, more and more people went from Jiangnan to Liaodong and North Korea to do business. Chinese silver dollars and copper coins were gradually accepted by North Koreans, and they could only be used in Seoul.

   "You can't do it like this," Zhao Han said to the maid, "Call Fei Chun here, and we will take a carriage when we come and go."

  Fei Chun soon entered the palace in a royal chariot, and Zhao Han introduced the situation.

  So, Fei Chun began to explain patiently, and designed a coin circulation framework for North Korea. Still follow the Ming Dynasty's method. After the North Korean government exchanged money, it lent money to merchants and gentry everywhere. Those merchants and gentry lent money to the next level of gentry. The lower-level gentry and landlords opened money and grain shops in villages and towns to exchange grain for money when farmers paid taxes.

   After listening to it, Jin Yu carefully considered the pros and cons. He could fully imagine that farmers eager to exchange grain for money in order to pay taxes would definitely be severely slaughtered by landlords.

   But this method can only be used. The peasants of Ming Dynasty have always paid taxes in exchange for silver. This has always been the way to get here—you can not be ripped off by the money and grain shop, and you can directly transport the grain to the county government, and then be charged by the official for extra fire consumption.

  A bright light flashed across his head, and Jin Yu was suddenly delighted, because he thought of the benefits of doing so.

  He is responsible for coming to China to exchange money, and he must be the one who decides to lend money to local gentry in the future. Whoever lends Chinese money is a kind of power, so as to win over and divide gentry and merchants, which can effectively reduce the resistance to reform. It can also make your own power stronger and completely overwhelm the Shan Party during party struggles.

   "Thank you for your enlightenment!" Jin Yu got up and bowed to Fei Chun.

  As for how to exchange copper and silver for money, Zhao Han doesn't need to deal with such details, just leave it to Datong Bank.

  Anyway, the Chinese government is definitely not losing money, and the North Korean government is also making money. This is the profit brought by the coinage cost of both parties.

   After sending away the North Korean Zhang Juzheng, Fei Chun asked in confusion, "Your Majesty, why do you want to help North Korea stabilize the currency system?"

Zhao Han sighed and said: "North Korea is in a state of decline, and it needs to be revitalized as soon as possible. In a short period of time, it is impossible for China to expand in North Korea. It is only necessary to develop steadily in its border areas. In this case, it is better to use business and Currency, gradually controlling the ruling and opposition parties in North Korea. North Korea’s monarchs and ministers cannot be allowed to mess around. Once they are damaged, Chinese coins will not be accepted by North Korean people, and Chinese merchants will suffer losses at that time.”

   "I see, Your Majesty is wise!" Fei Chun hurriedly cupped his hands.

  Zhao Han said with a smile: "You boy, stop flattering."

  Fei Chun also laughed: "This is not flattery, it's from the bottom of my heart."

  Zhao Han said with emotion: "This year, there have been several major disasters in the provinces, and we have finally survived, thanks to your maneuvering around."

  Fei Chun said helplessly: "I only hope that the weather will be smooth next year, and it is best not to fight a big battle."

   "It's not extravagant to hope that the weather will be smooth, as long as there are not a few major disasters." Zhao Han's expectations for God are not high.

   Today is a happy event. If China’s silver and copper coins can become North Korea’s tax currency, it will be able to earn a lot of money every year from now on.

  The North Korean monarchs and ministers did not realize the benefits and disadvantages at all, but felt that they had taken advantage of it.

   After all, the cost of transporting copper and silver to China for money is lower than directly minting coins in North Korea.

   (Karvin, talk about it tomorrow.)

  (end of this chapter)