Chapter 327 Zhu Di: How could treasure notes become so worthless?
Ming Dynasty: Huddle in Beiping County Magistrate Chapter 327 Zhu Di: How could the treasure become so worthless? Zhu Di frowned and was a little irritated, "How could it be so?"
The shopkeeper also saw that something was wrong, and cautiously asked: "My lord, do you still want to buy sea fish?"
"Shut up!"
Zhu Di rebuked directly.
The shopkeeper's face darkened. As the shopkeeper of Prince Yan's palace, he was not afraid of any noble people in Beiping Mansion.
"My noble man, all the fish shops in Beiping Mansion are shops of Prince Yan's Mansion. If you are not here to buy fish, please don't delay the business of the villain's shop!"
Zhu Di suddenly became furious.
"Your Highness, calm down!"
Seeing this, Guo An hurriedly walked in.
"Your Highness? Guo Changshi?"
When he saw Guo An, the shopkeeper was startled, and then he knelt down towards Zhu Di with a face filled with fear.
Similarly, the shop assistants who were surrounded from both sides also knelt down with horror on their faces.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know that Your Highness was here in person and was blind. Please punish me!"
Zhu Di glanced at the shopkeeper and ignored him.
Guo An quickly waved his hand and said: "Just stand aside and don't disturb His Highness!"
The shopkeeper glanced at Zhu Di cautiously and found that Zhu Di ignored him, so he quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness, and thank you Guo Changshi!"
Immediately, he quickly stood aside,
However, it was still very stiff and I didn’t dare to move.
"Guo Qing, come with us for a walk again!"
After a while, Zhu Di's expression returned to normal.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Immediately, Zhu Di took Guo An and walked out.
The shopkeeper and several shop assistants knelt down to see each other off.
But when Zhu Di left the fish shop, he still didn't say a word and kept walking forward.
Every time I pass a shop or stall, I will ask one by one.
But this time, Zhu Di was not angry.
After visiting dozens of shops and stalls, Zhu Di finally gave up and returned directly to the palace.
"Guo Qing, how could this be? How come the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes carefully printed and issued by my father are so... worthless?
If this continues, won’t the treasure money become less and less valuable, and won’t it become a big harm?”
Guo An smiled and did not answer.
Seeing this, Zhu Di asked again: "Why didn't anyone report this to us?"
"Guo Qing, is there a solution?"
Guo An sighed slightly, "Your Highness, this is extremely difficult! From the time the imperial court started printing and issuing treasure banknotes to now, how many have been printed and distributed throughout the Ming Dynasty?
With the popularity of treasure banknotes, people no longer trust treasure banknotes, and the number of treasure banknotes exchanged for copper coins is becoming less and less...
The court also issued an order prohibiting private trading of silver..."
Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, does the court know about this matter? Does the emperor know about it?"
Guo An said: "Your Majesty, although starting from the 20th year of Hongwu, the imperial court adjusted the two items of lumi and salary notes to one item of lumi, and no longer issued salary notes to officials.
However, those officials will definitely use treasure money in their homes.
The officials in the imperial court must also know that treasure banknotes are becoming less and less valuable!
As for whether His Majesty knows it or not, I don’t know!”
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "Guo Qing, are you saying those rogue officials will conceal this matter?"
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, perhaps those officials who care about treasures dare not report it to Your Majesty.
And those officials who have the courage to report to His Majesty don’t care whether the banknotes are worth anything!”
"This..."
Zhu Di looked stunned.
Immediately, after reacting, he became furious and said, "Those thieves really deserve to be killed!"
"I want to report this matter to my father!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness, I only knew that treasure notes have depreciated before, but I didn't expect such a huge depreciation!
I sincerely request that Your Highness use more rice and meat, or copper coins when paying salaries to the soldiers and officials in the palace in the future."
"We will consider this matter!"
Zhu Di nodded in agreement, but his expression was very bad.
Guo An also understood. He guessed that there were at least two million taels of treasure notes in Prince Zhu Diyan's palace. Every time Zhu Di won a battle, Zhu Yuanzhang would reward Zhu Di with hundreds of thousands or millions of treasure notes.
The most significant one was the capture of Naha Chu, where thousands of nobles of the Northern Yuan Dynasty were captured. Zhu Yuanzhang directly rewarded Zhu Di with two million treasure notes.