"Mom, dad, take care of yourself, the unfilial son is gone!" Chen Asheng knocked his head to the ground, and tears flowed down his face.
A southern woman with a dark and thin face, whose age was indistinguishable, leaned against the door and sobbed softly. Standing in the yard inside the door was the head of the family who was bent over by life.
"...Sheng!", his throat was also choked, and he opened his mouth wide but did not call out his son's name, only an indistinct grunt. He could only look out the door.
The young man, who was full of fatherly love, had restrained his expressionless face. Under his knees, there was a half-grown boy and a toddler looking at this scene curiously. They didn't know what their brother and parents were doing.
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Chen Asheng stood up, tightened his luggage tightly, turned to his companion and said, "Brother Yong Lin, let's go."
Chen Yonglin smiled and said to Chen Asheng's mother: "Godmother, don't worry, I will take good care of Aseng. Many people have made a fortune in Myanmar. When Aseng and I make a fortune, we will come back to honor you."
The woman standing leaning against the door wiped the tears on her face with the back of her hand and said with a smile: "Well, I don't miss you. Don't miss her either, Ah Sheng."
When Chen Asheng was about to walk away, the woman said something behind him: "Asheng, do good things when you go out, don't fight with others, and don't do evil."
Chen Asheng did not turn around, as if he was afraid that his determination would be shaken if he turned around. He just nodded vigorously and followed Chen Yonglin.
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With the social pain caused by the increase in productivity in the southern part of the empire, the Burmese immigration work that had been difficult to promote in the local area finally appeared in the twelfth year of Wanli. Young people like Chen Asheng and Chen Yonglin faced unemployment and hunger.
, he had to embark on a journey of survival in a foreign land.
Like drops of water, they flowed out in dozens of cities such as Fuzhou, Guizhou, Ningbo, etc., forming a rolling flow of people. By the time the displaced people with accents from various places gathered at various ports, the crowds had become jaw-dropping.
of crowds.
"Ah Sheng! Ah Sheng!" Chen Yonglin was swayed here and there in the crowd, desperately trying to find his relatives. The little Chen Ah Sheng agreed a few feet away from him, which made Chen Yonglin feel relieved.
Come.
"After finishing the porridge, go to the east side of the pier! Do you know? Ah Sheng! Ah Sheng!"
"I know! To the east of the pier, the Rangoon!" On the bustling pier, Chen Asheng, who was crowded and sweating profusely, squeezed the porcelain bowl in his hand, feeling more confident about his future life.
The first greeting gift given to Chen Asheng by Guangzhou Customs was a white porcelain bowl with two blue lines on the rim, which was much more beautiful than the sauce-colored sea bowl he used at home.
This porcelain bowl is for everyone who goes to sea to put porridge. Although holding this empty bowl seems like a beggar, the white porridge that still does not pour after inserting chopsticks has given these young people enough hope - the imperial court will
Pay for their meals on the road.
The food on the dock is worse than what they eat at home. There is no dry food, and there is no oil or water in the vegetable leaf and pickle soup. But three bowls of thick porridge a day is enough to keep them alive and healthy, and gives them a strong hint that the emperor and the government
Neither of them abandoned them.
This feeling of being noticed is good. Chinese people can endure all kinds of suffering, as long as they are told in an appropriate way that they have not been abandoned by their superiors. On the contrary, if you completely let them fend for themselves, the Chinese people will
The awe of divine power and royal power will also disappear, and their riots will destroy everything.
After Chen Asheng queued up to receive the porridge, he ran to the large pots lined up on the pier and drank two bowls of pickle soup. It was very hot in Guangzhou in August, so he had to take in enough salt. At this time, the court, food and
There is no shortage of salt.
Lei Yingzhi looked at the flow of people in front of him and kept wiping the oily sweat on his face. He has been the director of customs for more than three years, and he has never received such an arduous task: only in the past two months, from Guangzhou
The number of people going to sea in Hong Kong has reached 67,893.
Maritime merchants throughout Guangdong have been mobilized, and they will be tasked with transporting these people to Haiphong Port. The imperial court has issued the latest order to auction waterways in North Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. To qualify for the auction, you must obtain
Go to the shipping contribution documents issued by the customs in various places. Maritime merchants without documents are not eligible to enter the auction house even if they have gold at home.
This is of course unfair, but there is nothing the maritime merchants can do. This auction will be based on a points method, and the contribution of transporting immigrants will account for 20 points out of 100. Any maritime merchant who is interested in maritime trade cannot let his family get ten points.
Nine points - every one point difference requires more real money to be paid at the auction.
This will be the largest gluttonous feast in the history of China's maritime trade. Whether or not they can obtain 1% of the shipping shares will determine the honor and disgrace of these maritime merchant families for generations. Families with insufficient strength will either be annexed by maritime merchants or change careers.
: If you don’t get a license, you will become a pirate and you will face indiscriminate attacks from the navy.
A new warship has been stationed in Guangzhou Port. Anyone who has seen the gunboat cannot think of continuing to smuggle. The giant ship has two rows of densely packed portholes, and behind the portholes are all artillery. Even if a ship with two thousand pieces of material encounters a large sea,
When they arrived, they would only be bombarded into pieces of wood.
After the merchants saw the slender shape of the ship and the rows of sails, they gave up the idea of escaping. This warship did not need to go to sea, and these merchants also knew that it was definitely faster than a merchant ship.
The desperate "maritime merchants" had no choice but to follow the instructions given to them by the emperor, take out the blood-stained gold and silver treasures they had accumulated over the years, and buy shares of the "Da Ming Maritime Trading Company". With the shares, they could
Have a license - With a license, no matter how much you take out now, you can earn it back in the future.
The Zhengshitang was speechless about Zhu Yijun's "snatching and plundering", because this naked money-grabbing method turned out to be a bit high-sounding after being packaged by the emperor: Who can say that it is wrong to standardize management? Who can say that it is wrong to combat smuggling? Besides, these gold and silver emperors also
Not a penny was taken into internal funds, but all was used as a reserve fund for the "Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty".
There was money again! The mint and banknote printing factory started construction at the same time. After the establishment of the Bank of Beijing and Beijing, new currency was immediately released. Wang Guangguang calculated the cost of banknotes - thinking that if they could be circulated on a large scale, the imperial court would never have money.
The worry of desolation.
Of course there will be objections. Many people think that Zhu Yijun is addicted to stealing money and is preparing to copy Taizu's routine of issuing treasure banknotes to plunder people's wealth. Zhu Yijun ordered newspapers to publish a series of reports, claiming that every time one tael of banknotes is issued, the holder can buy it in the bank
Substitute an equal weight of silver.
This is of course impossible - just spending money on fire can empty out the imperial government's finances. But the psychological shadow of the treasure banknotes on the people of the Ming Dynasty was too great. At the beginning, the only way to publicize it was to control the circulation of banknotes and accept public inspection.
Until everyone develops the habit of using banknotes, more money can be issued.
Zhu Yijun has studied finance and knows that issuing banknotes with a reserve requirement of less than six times is considered a sound monetary policy. But at this time, the Ming Dynasty, let alone six times, even if the over-issuance was doubled, once a large-scale run occurred, the people's civil unrest was considered to be light.
, maybe just raise the flag and start a rebellion.
After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yijun decided to issue an edict to apologize to the business people all over the world and collect private treasure banknotes - this will be Zhu Yijun's first self-incriminating edict since he ascended the throne.
The Sin Ji Zhao was an extremely important political statement in the political life of the feudal dynasty, and it would easily resolve the currency issuance problem faced by the court. The courtiers therefore highly admired Zhu Yijun's character and believed that he had made a great sacrifice.
In fact, politicians above the level of minister knew very well that the emperor's edict of guilt was actually a political settlement against Taizu, Chengzu and Renzong for their excessive issuance of treasures.
Public opinion generally believes that the issue of Baochao has nothing to do with Zhu Yijun. He actually took the blame for Taizu, Chengzu and Renzong. However, future generations will wipe their ancestors' butts, which can be regarded as filial piety and respect for people.
Wang Guoguang once opposed the emperor's edict to recycle treasure banknotes. He believed that Xuanzong had already abolished the circulation of treasure banknotes, and the court did not have to bear the political burden of two hundred years ago. Besides, in the past hundred years, the court had not only paid out rice and rewards to the princes, but also
Don't use this thing anymore - today's treasure money is just waste paper.
Of course Wang Guoguang is right, but Zhu Yijun believes that in order to properly handle the issue of new currency, it is necessary to issue an edict. In addition, recycling treasure banknotes will be conducive to the promotion of new coins-the court wants to open up the situation of banknotes as soon as possible
, we must give the people of the world an explanation on the issue of "treasure banknotes", and at least eliminate the shadow of the people on banknotes.
Facts have proved that this recycling of treasure banknotes is definitely a good move, and the court only paid a small economic price. Because the treasure banknotes recycled by the court are calculated by the pound, each pound of treasure banknotes is worth one Wanli silver dollar, regardless of the amount.
There are tons of treasure banknotes outside, and each ton is only two to three thousand Wanli silver coins. It is more expensive than the recycling price of waste paper, but it also saves the court's face.