Chapter 388 Dorgon Knows Why Ming Ting Has Been Rich These Years?
In the middle of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the cold was already rising in Shenyang, Liaodong. Dorgon fell into deep thought while studying the new coal stove in the Regent's Palace. In previous years, at this time, they were either preparing to fight or were already fighting. In short
Winter was the time when the Manchu Qing Dynasty engaged in side business and made time through war.
But this year, they seem to be breaking this long-standing habit and ushering in a winter without war. If there is no war in winter, what else can they do? Dorgon has no direction.
Taking advantage of winter operations can not only generate extra income, but also consume excess energy so that people will not have nothing to do in the long winter. This is also a means of eliminating internal instability factors.
"Xueshi Hong, the Ming court sent an edict saying that we are not allowed to use troops against North Korea and give up paying tribute to North Korea. At the same time, because they control Daning, it is difficult for our army to enter the Mongolian territory. This winter is not
It feels better."
"It's a bit difficult. The imperial court has lost a lot of revenue, plus the war losses from last year to this summer. Foreign ministers heard from Fan Shangshu that it is already difficult to support the national economy. This is definitely not a good thing for the imperial court."
"I'm really worried right now! I wonder if the bachelor can solve this problem for me?"
Hong Chengchou felt that he was very unlucky. He was short of money everywhere! When he was in the Ming Dynasty, he was forced to go to Liangshan by money. As a result, after he joined the Qing Dynasty, he heard that there was no longer a shortage of money there, but instead he was starting to be short of money here.
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Lao Hong is not a person who specializes in making money. How can he get money? But when the big boss asked, he had no choice but to find a way.
"Your Majesty, the foreign ministers are trying to come up with a few ideas, please make your decision. The first is to discuss with the Ming Dynasty to open consultation centers in Ningyuan, Haizhou and other places to exchange information. The second is to use war in East Asia. Since North Korea and Mongolia
Neither the people nor the Ming court can use troops. Then use troops to the strangers in the east. Not only can you persuade them to expand the court's military resources, but you can also obtain furs, ginseng, Dongzhu and other items from the Ming court in exchange for goods. The third is to imitate the Ming court.
Print banknotes to solve the temporary internal shortage of money."
Trade, send troops to the east, and print paper money? After hearing these three strategies, Dorgon couldn't help but become interested. These three methods seemed a bit interesting.
"Will the Ming court agree to our discussion?"
"It's rude to come without reciprocating. Since they can make demands on us, why can't we make demands? By directly communicating with merchants, we don't have to use external channels and buy high-priced things from those profiteers. At the same time, the court can also
Imitate their methods, charge high taxes on some luxury items, and exempt some important supplies from taxes, so we can use more political methods."
"How likely is it, the bachelor thinks, that they will agree to open a discussion?"
"Let's open it in May! The current Ming court seems to attach great importance to trade. Let's talk about some of our trade channels. The Ming court seems to be well aware of it and does not interfere too much except for military supplies."
"Okay, I will have people draft documents and send them to Shanhaiguan, and we will also unite them as an army. As for using troops to wipe out the strangers in the east, and let them be organized into households, I will be able to free up some soldiers and horses to do this this year.
Bachelor, I have some doubts about printing banknotes. The banknotes printed by the Ming Dynasty before were nothing more than waste paper. Although the military notes they use now are still decent, I am afraid that our officers and soldiers will complain after we print banknotes. They
You will think that the imperial court is using waste paper to deceive people."
Because they are from a minority tribe, they, including the Manchu nobles, still trust physical metal currencies and are quite conservative in their thinking. This is why after the Qing army entered the customs, they continued to mint large quantities of copper coins and used copper coins as their main currency.
.In fact, since the late Southern Song Dynasty, the amount of copper coins minted in China has not been high. In the Ming Dynasty, the coins minted in each dynasty were not too many. After the Qing Dynasty, it returned to the original starting point and began to use copper coins.
It's the Lord.
In Dorgon's view, the main purpose of printing banknotes is to pay wages, and those who receive wages are all our own people. If you give out paper to others, isn't this an obvious way to deceive your own people?
"Your Majesty, why are the Ming court's treasure banknotes like useless paper? But their military banknotes are very popular among the people. Even our businessmen use Ming court military banknotes as the basis for doing business. The foreign minister believes that there are three reasons: 1.
The first is that their military banknotes can be used as real money to deduct taxes, the second is that they can use military banknotes to buy goods from their supply and marketing cooperatives unimpeded, and the third is that their military banknotes can be exchanged for silver dollars in a fixed currency system."
Hong Chengchou is an official after all. From the limited information that has been circulated, he can accurately see the key to the credibility of military tickets. Although the principle of this kind of thing is very simple, to be honest, not many people in the whole world can do it.
Please understand this matter and explain it clearly. Otherwise, why did the Ming Dynasty sit back and watch its treasure banknotes become waste paper for more than two hundred years? Of course, during these two hundred years, it is not that no one has seen through this problem. It is just that the people at the helm of the Ming Dynasty are issuing treasure banknotes.
When it comes to banknotes, there is bad water at the root, and there is no way to change it even if you want to.
"Sir, what you mean is that the country should also follow their example, use banknotes to offset taxes, mint silver dollars to exchange banknotes, and at the same time open government-run trading companies and let people exchange paper for goods? But in this case, what is the point of printing money?
?And we don’t have that many imperial factories making things.”
Yes! The purpose of printing money is to deal with the problem of insufficient money. According to Ming Ting's operation method, there is a slight difference between printing money and not printing money. How can you save money? You may have to add labor money to it.
Another point is that the Qing court did not have such good production conditions. Most of the industrial products needed to be imported. Where could they find the conditions to open a trading house and let people exchange paper for goods?
"Your Majesty, this matter is not as it seems on the surface. It is a flat transaction. Not all the money sent out will flow back to the court. The people also have to use money to exchange for goods! As long as
Half of it is stranded in the hands of the people, and printing money is a matter of transfer. This is why the Ming Dynasty has become richer and richer in recent years, with more and more money. Letting paper money stay in the hands of the people is definitely better than real gold and silver, and
It's better if the copper coins stay among the people! In addition, although the imperial dynasty cannot open factories as widely as the Ming Dynasty and redeem currency with goods, it also has other ways to open shops and redeem currency."
"Oops! If it hadn't been for the bachelor's reminder, I still couldn't figure out the key. No wonder Ming Ting became rich. It turned out that they made a fuss about this. The talent of the bachelor is indeed extraordinary. Ming Ting's dirty tricks,
Even a bachelor can see through it."
The rainbow farts Dorgon said to Hong Chengchou were really from the bottom of his heart. He really didn’t think there was any profit in paying for the legal notes. After praising Lao Hong, Dorgon continued to ask: "Mr.
, you said that the imperial court could also find a way to open government-run shops, where did this method come from? Please sir, please help me clarify my doubts."
"Actually, the method is to do the two things I mentioned before. Use the furs, ginseng and objects produced in the country to obtain the materials from the Ming Dynasty through the official method, and then increase the price from the Ming Dynasty.