"Second uncle, what will I do if I don't become the vassal king? I have to ask Grandpa Huang."
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and felt a little guilty: "You kid will file a complaint. Just treat what I just said as if I didn't say it."
"Second uncle, if you say anything, you will throw water out."
Zhu Gaoxu felt a little panicked. According to common sense, it was impossible for an emperor's grandson to say such things to the outside world, but the child in front of him did not act according to common sense. If he got into trouble with the emperor, he would inevitably be scolded.
I blamed myself for talking too much, and I wanted to provoke the elder brother's child, but this child is different from ordinary children, and he is a fool.
Zhu Gaoxu said hurriedly: "Second uncle didn't say anything just now."
"Second uncle told me that I don't need to be the vassal king."
Zhu Gaoxu was helpless: "Where did you learn these rogue methods, but you are still a child and you can't beat them."
"Second uncle, it's okay if I don't tell you." Zhu Zhanchen chuckled.
Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "What conditions."
"Second uncle, I think it's reasonable for my uncle to give his nephew some money."
Zhu Gaoxu rolled his eyes at Zhu Zhanzhen: "You must be obsessed with money. If you dare to raise money with me, you can raise money with me."
"When I become a vassal king in the future, I feel that just marrying two or three wives is not enough. I need to save more."
"Bringing this up again." Zhu Gaoxu said as he took out the banknotes in his bag, looked at them all and gave them to Zhu Zhanyi.
Zhu Zhanzhen took the treasure note and put some saliva on his fingers: "Ten, twenty, why is the denomination of the treasure note so small, uncle?"
"Today I brought three hundred taels of treasure notes with me, and I didn't have to spend any money to enter the palace. I can't say a word about what happened today."
"What did the second uncle say today?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly, turned and left.
After taking a few steps, he looked back at Zhu Zhanxi, who was immersed in counting the treasures, but in his heart, he thought that it would be great if Zhu Zhanxi was his son.
Although my eldest brother is obese and has trouble with his legs and feet, he is really able to give birth.
I don’t know if it is true that the Feng Shui of the East Palace is good, and the noble and upright grandson Zhu Zhanji was born. Although the second child is not as good as Zhu Zhanji in appearance, he is diligent and has no other problems except being irritable. Now the fifth child also shows
Although he is a bit eccentric when he shows up, his brain is really good.
Thinking of my two sons, I couldn't help but lament that the quantity could not keep up with that of my elder brother, and the quality was also far behind.
He made up his mind to go back home and work hard immediately. If he could not control the quality, he would pursue quantity. Quantitative changes would lead to qualitative changes.
As he strode forward, he heard Zhu Zhanzhen's voice suddenly coming from behind: "Second uncle, the treasure note is only 280 taels, not 300 taels."
Zhu Gaoxu almost stumbled: "I'll give it to you next time."
With an income of 280 taels, Zhu Zhanzhen felt very happy, but he fell into deep thought when he looked at the humble banknotes in his hand.
The treasure banknotes of this era were paper money, but they had little actual value and not many people used them. The actual value of these 280 taels of banknotes may be less than 200 taels.
There are two biggest reasons. First, it is not difficult to make treasure banknotes, and there will be fake ones. At that time, Zhu Bai, the king of Hunan, was cut off from his vassal by Emperor Jianwen in the name of privately printing treasure banknotes. He could not bear the humiliation and burned himself to death.
The second is the issuance of treasure banknotes. The imperial court did not formulate rules for the issuance of treasure banknotes. There was no economics in this era, so inflation was not known.
The current Minister of Household Affairs is Xia Yuanji, who is already a top-notch smart man. He and Zhu Gaochi are in charge of the finances, and it is already very good to do so. The imperial court wants to promote Baobao, but the implementation has not been smooth.
Baobao can be circulated in a few big cities, but it cannot be circulated outside big cities.
Private printing of treasure banknotes happens from time to time. Although the control is very strict and it is basically a death penalty if caught by civilians, it is difficult to suppress because there is no business and the cost of counterfeiting is low and difficult to identify.
Paper currency itself has no value. Its value comes from the value given to it by the national government and depends on what it is linked to.
Although Zhu Zhanzhen has not studied economics much, he knows the most famous currency, the US dollar. The petrodollar system determines the strength of the US dollar and its strong liquidity.
The United States used its strong national power to require international oil transactions to be settled in U.S. dollars and linked the U.S. dollar to oil, making the U.S. dollar the most valuable currency in the early 21st century. The foreign exchange reserves of all countries are U.S. dollars.
Because oil is an energy resource necessary for the production and development of various countries, monopolizing the U.S. dollar will link the value of the U.S. dollar to this necessity.
The first is national strength, and the second is the value of linked items, of which national strength is the basis of everything.
There was no oil in this era, and it was impossible to link oil to treasure banknotes. But Zhu Zhanchen thought about it again, and a smile gradually appeared.
"It's time to copy homework again."
The most critical resource in this era is not oil. What is it? It is food. How to link food with treasure?
Don't think about it, just copy the homework, it's the food stamps.
Although food stamps have withdrawn from the stage of history and Zhu Zhanzhen has never used them, his grandfather was a collector of food stamps and often told the story that he would use a hundred kilograms of food stamps to marry his wife.
每每讲一次都会被他奶奶揍一次,因为一百斤面额的粮票娶的不是他奶奶而是爷爷的初恋,所以他记忆犹新.
In this era, if treasure banknotes can be linked to grain, then treasure banknotes will surely become the currency in circulation. When the court can issue currency, then the country's government will make a great leap forward.
With this idea, there was only one obstacle left in front of Zhu Zhanzhen, and that was anti-counterfeiting. It is difficult to prevent counterfeiting of banknotes with the technology of this era. As long as the anti-counterfeiting technology is not up to the standard, forged private seals will definitely appear.
There is currently no good solution for anti-counterfeiting. The technology of this era has only reached this point. Rapid improvement in this matter requires the cooperation of all walks of life, and it is unlikely to be possible in a short time.
After returning to the room, the emperor sent an order, saying that Zhu Zhanzhen should take up a position in the newly built Security Department. The position was assigned to Sicheng, who was the leader's assistant. Because he was young, he didn't have to go to work, but he had no rank and no salary. It all depends on him.
The boss will give him as much money as he likes.
Zhu Zhanzhen was troubled. His second uncle would definitely give him little shoes to wear. He would not have a dime of salary at that time, but he would have 3% of the shares. For this share, he would have to find ways to give him advice.
As soon as the imperial edict left, my fat father came.
"Mr. Chu'er, you go out first." Seeing that the fat father had left the eunuch outside because he had something to say to himself, he ordered his servants to go out first and closed the door.
He was very satisfied with his son's ability to observe words and emotions.
"Zhan Ming, the imperial edict to serve in the Security Department has arrived. This is your first job, so you must do your best."
"Father, don't worry, your son will do it wholeheartedly."
Zhu Gaochi was quite pleased, but he hesitated and hesitated for a while before saying: "Zhan Ming, you and your eldest brother are brothers from the same mother. As a father, I hope that you can be brothers and respect each other, and don't get anything from your imperial grandfather."
Appreciation breeds arrogance."
Zhu Zhanchen finally understood that Zhu Gaochi was here to beat him up. It would be sad if a son born in the royal family was useless, and it would be sad if all his sons were capable.
Zhu Gaochi himself knows this very well. The second brother and the third brother are all capable people. He and the eldest brother have to guard against the two of them every day. If it were not for the support of their childhood brotherhood, they would have fallen out with each other long ago.
Zhu Zhanzhen stood up and saluted seriously: "Father will always be the father of his children, and his eldest brother will always be his eldest brother."
"Okay, okay." Zhu Gaochi was delighted.
"But father, why do you want me to serve under my second uncle? What should I do if my second uncle gives me little shoes?"
Zhu Gaochi laughed awkwardly at Zhu Zhanzhen's question. Just as he was about to speak, the door was forcefully opened.
Standing at the door was none other than his good brother Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Zhanji was furious at this moment, his face full of panic.
"Father, it's not good, Grandpa Huang is going to kill someone."