He stood up, looked directly at Li Shanchang and said, "Don't I know how big the trouble caused by the former Yuan Dynasty Banknote Law?"
"The failure of the Yuan Dynasty was partly due to the Kaihe and the banknote laws. Even we have heard that folk song. 'The great Yuan Dynasty was dominated by traitors and sycophants. The Kaihe became the source of the banknote disaster and caused thousands of red scarves. The official law was abused, and the criminal law
Heavy, the people are resentful. People eat people, money buys money, how have you ever seen it? A thief becomes an official, an official becomes a thief, and the virtuous and foolish are mixed up. What a pity.'"
Lao Zhu recited the ballad of the late Yuan Dynasty with compassion on his face. At that moment, he seemed to no longer deny the Hongwu Emperor, but turned back to the common man Zhu Chongba who had suffered so much. After reciting, his face became solemn and he looked like Li Shanchang.
Said: "I beg you to issue money, do you want us to suffer the same disaster as Yuanting?"
"Your Majesty." The other officials were already trembling with fear, but Li Shanchang was not afraid. After spending so many years with Lao Zhu, he had already figured out the emperor's temperament.
"It is true that Kaihe and Chaofa were to blame for the defeat of Yuan Ting during his reign. However, it does not mean that these two are necessarily the reasons for the harm to the country and the people."
"The wise kings of all dynasties have also built rivers. If left unchecked, the harm will not be limited to the people. This shows that building the river itself has no interference with the disaster. Otherwise, Yuanting is full of ills, so building the river has turned into a bad thing."
After hearing this, Lao Zhu was no longer angry, but turned thoughtful.
"Let's talk about changing banknotes. In fact, in the pre-Song Dynasty, there was 'Jiaozi', and it was not Yuanting who issued banknotes." Li Shanchang talked eloquently.
"Since the Qin Dynasty, various dynasties have minted coins, and the number of copper coins in Tiandong Yue has gradually decreased. If the Ming Dynasty had not minted more copper coins, the money would not be enough, and the situation would be ruined. If the money is insufficient, the country will be insufficient, and if the country is insufficient, the country will be weak.
.This shows that changing coins is no longer necessary."
"The chaos in Yuan Ting's banknote law was all due to the incompetence of the Yuan leader and the reckless behavior of the officials. Just like the construction of the river, it was not supposed to be a good governance, but it was left to Yuan Ting to do it, but it also became the bane of chaos."
"And the officials of the Ming Dynasty govern the Qingming Dynasty. With the Holy Emperor on the throne, why should the emperor be afraid of the disaster caused by the banknote law?"
"Don't flatter us!" Lao Zhu waved his sleeves, but he was also doubtful by Li Shanchang's words. He was confident that the Ming Dynasty must be more clear than the Yuan Dynasty. Could it be that Chao Chao
Is the abuse of law really due to the misfortune of official administration?
"What does our household department say?"
The officials of the Ministry of Hubu cast their eyes on the head of the new Shangshu Yan Xizhe. Lao Zhu also turned his head and looked at the young Shangshu.
Yan Xizhe is a junior in the officialdom who came to replace him after the former Minister of Revenue Haiyuan mistakenly set up an external cabinet and was dismissed. Because he has little experience as an official and is young, he is already in the wrong position.
The old officials had no binding force and were only pushed out when the emperor criticized them.
At this moment, he was suddenly under so much pressure. Yan Xizhe suddenly broke into a cold sweat and had to bite the bullet and said: "Bi Dong, is it true what the Korean Minister said?"
He tried hard to turn his brain and searched for the records in Xuan's history books. "In the nearly hundred years since the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, there was not only one type of Zhizheng banknote issued that harmed the country and the people."
"Before, there were Zhongtong banknotes and Zhiyuan banknotes. After their issuance, they did not harm the people. They also successfully solved several financial problems for the Yuan Dynasty."
"Really?" Lao Zhu was doubtful and thought over and over again.
"That's all, you will retreat to the east when the moon is bright. Let's think about it carefully."
"no."
When Yan Xizhe, Li Shanchang and others heard this, they all bowed and stepped back. Before leaving Jinshen Hall, Li Shanchang secretly glanced back at Lao Zhu, who was still hesitating.
"It seems that there are many people in the government and the public who need me." He thought rather proudly. He was unable to handle the economy while he was in power, and he also dismissed Hu Weiyong and others. Now Ruming encountered a problem of money, food, gold and silver, and Li Shanchang could not rely on him.
Who can you trust?
Although his disciple Hu Weiyong, who took over the power of the prime minister, was dismissed, it is not far away that he will come back at an advanced age and resume the power of the government and the opposition in a few months.
Without power in his legs, how can he be willing to sleep peacefully even if he has a long life?
…
Not to mention that Lao Zhu was worrying about the shortage of the Ming treasury, over there, Zhu Su, Fang Xiaoru, Xu Yungong and others were carrying out rectification activities in the Imperial College.
Previously, Zhu Su was involved in poaching the corner of Neo-Confucianism. Although Zhu Su was serving as the imperial eunuch, he dismissed Huan Huan and promoted Jiao Zijian to the post of Mao.
After refuting Huang Zicheng and the hot-air balloon launch, the foundation of Neo-Confucianism was shaken, and Zhu Su could finally let go and make large-scale changes in the Imperial College.
First of all, it is necessary to abolish the old way of learning. In the compulsory studies for Guozijian students, many general and pragmatic contents should be deleted, the time for studying various complicated Confucian classics should be greatly reduced, and arithmetic and agriculture should be added at the same time.
Politics and other more practical courses.
Many teachers in the Imperial College complained about this mistake, and some warriors even approached Zhu Su and said, "The classics of saints cannot be ignored. Now the Ming Dynasty has reduced the time for studying the classics of saints, and instead teaches students to learn the humble way."
.Wouldn’t that be misleading?”
This person Zhu Su didn't have a good look on his face and bluntly rebuked him: "What is the purpose of the Imperial College? Is it to educate the country's talents? After completing their studies, most of those students asked to be officials of the Ming Dynasty and to shepherd the common people."
"After the month of Bufang, will he be a small official and county magistrate? Will Yi Wan be appointed as a minister? Practical talents such as mathematics and agriculture will be what he really lacks in the Ming Dynasty."
"If the Imperial College doesn't teach those things, will it teach a group of officials who only know how to talk and talk, and waste national money to support them, so that they can become officials and have nothing to do with their affairs?"
After saying that, he turned around and fired the outspoken warrior.
This incident caused an uproar in the Imperial College. Countless tutors blocked Zhu Su at the entrance of the Imperial College. They called it admonishment, but in fact they wanted to use the power of many people to force Zhu Su to change his mind. However, Zhu Laowu was not false at all. How could he?
Even if he is not a prince, do those old scholars really dare to imitate Confucius and kill Shaozhengmao, and come to assassinate the king and kill the driver, so as to bleed blood in the streets?
Whether that was true or not, he was wrong. Those old Confucians looked at him with admiration.
But Zhu Su turned around and taught all those who knew how to do it.
At that time in East Africa, not only the students in the Imperial College were shocked, but also the entire scholarly community was talking about it. Although the students in the Imperial College were silent because of this and did not dare to defy Zhu Su anymore, many of them had the heart to rejoice in disaster: without learning,
See how I can play around with the many students in the Imperial College.
He can turn into a hot air balloon that can fly into the sky. Could it be that with a wave of his thigh, he can turn into many Su Confucian gentlemen who are good enough to preach and teach?
…
"Brother, don't worry, he has already made a plan." In the Prince's Mansion, Zhu Su looked like an old man when faced with the question from Prince Zhu Biao.
"Sir, is it forbidden to be a student? Among the many students in the Imperial College, there are many who are stubborn and stick to Cheng and Zhu."
"This is not inevitable. After all, Cheng-Zhu's teachings have been deeply ingrained for hundreds of years. Even if these students stay in the Imperial College, it will not waste their teaching resources in the Ming Dynasty. If they do not become officials in a few months, they will not know how to talk.
He's just a cowardly official."
"By directly expelling them from the Imperial College and streamlining the number of people in the Imperial College, it is possible to correct the academic style and avoid the uneven distribution of good and bad students in the Imperial College."