Chapter 621 Heroes Come Out of Young People

Author: Beicheng 2,000

"Your Highness, even though he said so, the officials still don't think the people will buy this item..."

“Whether to buy or not depends on the policy.”

The fifth day after Zhu Youjian finished talking about the national debt, Li Changgeng found Zhu Youjian with an iron scroll.

This iron scroll printed "Tianqi Tongbao" and later printed "Ming Dynasty National Debt".

The iron roll weighs only about two taels and costs only a dozen cents, but its denomination is a full one tael.

It can be said that this object is an iron banknote. Looking at Zhu Youjian's appearance, even though Li Changgeng already knew the meaning of the government bond, he still didn't think that the people would buy government bonds.

He could not deny that the people in some parts of the Ming Dynasty were relatively wealthy, but even so, a tael of silver was a considerable expense for them.

If the people are asked to purchase national debts, according to Daming's current financial situation, if they really want to exempt land taxes, they will have to raise at least 40 million taels of national debts every year.

"The matter of treasury bonds is not a simple issuance. If it is not profitable, then naturally there will not be too many people buying it."

Zhu Youjian took the Chinese debt and then said:

"The local gold and silver produced by the Ming Dynasty every year was more than 9 million taels. The reason why these silver cannot be directly put into the market will lead to inflation."

"However, if the population continues to grow and the issued currency can be in the hands of the people and the average amount of currency held by the people remains unchanged, then there is no need to be afraid of inflation."

"Eighty million taels of national bonds, issued for two years, with an annual interest of 5%. What do you think?"

Zhu Youjian had already implemented Arabic numerals and various mathematical symbols that had not appeared in this era, so he was not afraid that Li Changgeng would not understand it.

As the Minister of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty, he could not read other books, but he dared not read books such as finance and mathematics.

"If this is the case, then two years after the issuance, the dynasty will have to pay back 88 million taels of silver, which is a bit unworthy of the loss for the court..."

Li Changgeng thought from the perspective of the court, but Zhu Youjian held the Chinese debt and smiled: "I think it's worth spending eight million taels to clean up Yanshan."

"Is it that simple?" Li Changgeng couldn't help but feel that things were too simple.

"Is it simple?" Zhu Youjian chuckled and shook his head, asking back:

"Do you think, from ancient times to the present, can anyone bring out more than 200,000 officials in one go?"

"This..." Li Changgeng thought about it, but it seemed that there was no such thing as yet.

"The most important thing to deal with people is to have someone under your command."

Zhu Youjian spoke and continued to go deeper to Li Changgeng:

"Class is the basis for the existence of political parties. Since the Song Dynasty, most officials came from scholarly families, and very few were born in white."

"Even when we reach the national dynasty, most of the temples are like this, but the majority of people in white are considered as white."

"The Yanshan Sect itself is white. Although the suppression of gentry and gentry are incompatible with them, they cannot change their family background."

"As a white-born person, they did not support the people of their own class, but instead fantasized about becoming new scholars and officials and restoring the policy of not being punished in the Song Dynasty."

"The gentry does not support them, the people do not support them, and the emperor and the orphans do not support them. What do you think they will survive?"

Zhu Youjian had thought about the Yanshan issue very early, and even the current issue.

Generally speaking, Yanshan has never grasped the main "pain points" of a political party.

They feel that they are united, so they do not need farmers, workers, gentry, or landlords to rely on them.

They have no class to rely on, but rely entirely on their so-called "Yanshan" literati and official class, which has already destined their defeat.

After all, it is the whole world. As long as the emperor has a steady stream of officials, it will be a matter of time before the Yanshan faction collapses.

Perhaps Cheng De's "mobilization of grassroots" made Zhu Youjian feel a headache, but he only stayed at the level of mobilizing grassroots officials and controlling the taxes of the court.

If he could mobilize the people, it would be worth Zhu Youjian's three-pointer.

Moreover, the internal strife inside Yanshan was too serious, and there was no talent like Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong to clear the inside, which resulted in the Yanshan faction not being able to use any force.

If Yanshan does not divide, Zhu Youjian will have to take some trouble to clean up.

But at present, he only sent Jin Xuan and Yan Yinshao to win over Yanshan's political enemies and united neutral officials, which was enough to compete with the Yanshan faction.

If 280,000 officials from both Shanghai and China are added, the end of the Yanshan School will gradually be drawn.

If you want to achieve a political party, you cannot grasp class contradictions and rely on your class background.

The Yanshan School finally failed to escape the pain of the traditional scholar-official class's "short-sightedness".

However, this is not their problem. After all, they are just quick-reach officials, and many of them are sent to the officialdom without learning.

"If Your Highness wants to deal with Yanshan, where should we start?"

Li Changgeng understood Zhu Youjian's words and knew that Zhu Youjian was already playing Ming cards now, so he boldly asked.

"Discharge land taxes, reform education, and take back the money bag."

Zhu Youjian said his thoughts word by word, among which reform education was placed in the second step, and the money bag was the third step, which shows how much he cared about education.

However, Li Changgeng also raised his own doubts: "But now that the national dynasty has taught a million yuan, it is not so easy to replace it."

"It's really not easy, but it's not very difficult. It takes a few years to do it." Zhu Youjian nodded and admitted, while putting the government bonds in his hand on the table.

Seeing Zhu Youjian put the national debt on the table, Li Changgeng opened his mouth, wanted to speak but stopped, and finally made up his mind to ask;

"Issuing government bonds, reforming education, and changing officials are not something that can be done overnight."

"Is Your Highness ready to extend the time to attend the vassal state? I will finish everything first..."

"No!" Zhu Youjian shook his head firmly and interrupted: "The development of the Ming Dynasty only needs to be done step by step, but it is not possible in Qi State."

Zhu Youjian knew that the Ming Dynasty was like an old man with rigid thinking. Even if he stayed in the Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty, the rigid thinking brain, slowly cleared through the time of a generation.

What to do in the future of the Ming Dynasty is very simple, just follow the example of Qi.

Qi State and the Ming Dynasty may compete for hegemony in the future, but Zhu Youjian is already hard to understand.

That was his thing a hundred years later, one generation did what one generation did and one generation fulfilled the mission of one generation.

It is impossible to say that Zhu Youjian can finish everything he should do in one breath just by staying in the Ming Dynasty.

He has made the body of Ming Dynasty young and strong. As for his thinking, it is something he will never be able to change in his life. This has happened once in history.

"When the national strength is still exhausted, why not even the people?"

Zhu Youjian sighed, which made Li Changgeng sigh.

The two no longer discussed the topic of vassalism, but changed the topic and talked about the national debt.

"At present, more than 50,000 officials from Qi have arrived in Tianjin. In order to promote national debt, the subordinate officials suggested changing the National Report Bureau first, so that the Daming Pao can build momentum for national debt first."

Li Changgeng said, Zhu Youjian nodded slightly to express his approval, and then shouted to a young man in the corner:

"Wanchun, go find Commander Lu Du."

"Okay!" Xia Wanchun, who had just arrived at the Qi Palace for a few days, immediately stood up and walked out of the hall in a blink of an eye.

Looking at his back, Li Changgeng couldn't help but smile and said, "You are young and full of energy, and you will be very excited when doing things."

"There are not so many rules in Qi State, and I don't want to use rules to bind the people of the world." Zhu Youjian smiled when he heard this. In his opinion, etiquette and rules were enough.

Li Changgeng, who heard this, also expressed his approval slightly, and then bowed to Zhu Youjian:

"Since that's the case, the officials will go to the Finance Department and prepare for the stamping of 80 million taels of national debt."

"There are many national debts, one or two for the people, and you have to make some iron rolls of 100 taels, fifty taels, twenty taels, and ten taels."

"Go!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand and signaled that he could leave. Seeing this, Li Changgeng bowed and withdrew from Chengyun Hall.

Shortly after leaving the Qi Palace, Lu Wenzhao and Xia Wanchun walked into Chengyun Hall.

The two bowed and shouted Qiansui at the same time, and then Xia Wanchun returned to his corner.

Many people have sat in this position, among which the longest were Li Dingguo and Zhu Ciran.

Most of them watched Zhu Youjian’s dialogue with ministers as bystanders, discussed national policies, and then asked about their confusion after the discussion was over and the minister left.

However, compared with Li Dingguo and Zhu Ciran, Xia Wanchun had a faster understanding of the Ming Dynasty.

He had seen many tricks from his observations these days, and also saw that the politics of the Ming and Qi countries were different in nature.

"You are here to prepare for the preparation. First kick out the group of people from the Jinyiwei, and then you can start to take action..."

Zhu Youjian picked up the teacup and took a sip, moistening his throat. When he heard this, Lu Wenzhao bowed happily:

"It's Your Highness, I have been waiting for your order for a long time."

There are many Yanshan insiders among the Jinyiwei. If they don’t clean them up, Zhu Youjian dare not worry about dealing with the officials of Yanshan.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youjian also waved his hand: "Go down and do business."

"Give up the job!" Lu Wenzhao bowed and retreated. The brief words of both sides made Xia Wanchun smell a different smell.

But before he could think about it carefully, Zhu Youjian asked, "It has been several days since he arrived in the Ming Dynasty. How do you think it is different from Qi State?"

Zhu Youjian wanted to take the exam for Xia Wanchun, but for his problems, Xia Wanchun, who was always in school for Xia Yunyi, was not afraid at all. He stood up and bowed:

"When you go back to Your Highness, you think that the Ming Dynasty temple is old and everything you talk about is for profit, which really goes against the concept of "people are like water" in the book "Politics" written by Your Highness."

"Compared with the Ming Dynasty, although our Qi State has fewer countries and fewer people, the temple is often pragmatic."

"If you have your highness and your subordinates, there are too many more than the Chief Secretary of Qi State and the Minister of the Six Ministers of Qi State."

Xia Wanchun's words made Cao Huachun, who was sitting aside to deal with the memorial, shocked. He had never seen a young man from another surname who spoke so boldly for many years.
To be continued...