Chapter 387 The Complete Dragon Slaying Technique, the Wheel of History
This was not the first time that Ming Dynasty issued national bonds. So far, Tang Shunzhi had done it once in Xuanda and Zhang Feng had done it once in Yunnan.
After two experiences, Yang Shen was no stranger to national debt. However, he always thought that it was only due to special needs during the war, and it was also an insurance policy to prevent the war from continuing for too long.
But now it is actually to assist the promotion of new money?
"People like to buy land and gold and silver." Zhang Fujing has been an official since he started, and all his experiences are based on the new law. He studied more deeply, "Marrying and inheriting the family, gold and silver are endless. However, as His Majesty said, money is just
Because everyone thought it was good, it became money. Gold, silver, and copper were scarce, so they were made with money; treasure notes were issued in abundance, so their value was low. Nowadays, if we want to make new treasures, even if they are copper coins and silver coins of good quality, they are still in the market.
A large amount of new money has been issued to the people, and they are afraid that things will be expensive and money will be cheap, and the people will suffer."
Zhu Houcong reminded Yang Shen: "The most important thing here is data. How much money is in circulation in the Ming Dynasty today? Can Yong Xiu give an accurate estimate? The Ming Dynasty's fields, workshops, factories, sea trade, and various goods are sold in a year
Generally speaking, how many are in circulation? Can Yong Xiu give an accurate figure? New money can no longer be treated like treasure banknotes. From now on, only new money will be issued. However, how much new money can be issued without causing prices to skyrocket? Does Yong Xiu have an idea?
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The purpose of issuing national bonds this time is not to temporarily raise money to support military supplies and the court's financial planning, but to kill two birds with one stone. At the same time, we must first try to collect the spare money and old money of wealthy people.
"Start with one-year, three-year terms, and the court will establish credibility, and then set up three-year terms, five-year terms, or even ten-year terms." Zhu Houcong said, "Only the old money that still exists among the people has been reduced to a small enough proportion.
Only by how much new money has been issued can the court roughly know the total amount of private wealth. At the same time, based on the scale of goods circulation, it also knows what range the total amount of new money should be controlled within, so as to stabilize prices.
It’s about stabilizing people’s livelihood.”
Ming Dynasty's "finance minister" must start to have a broader vision and more professional financial knowledge. In this class, Zhu Houcong is the teacher who does his best.
Naturally, there are still a large number of people who smuggle and evade customs and customs taxes, but at least they can no longer be as completely scheming as before. They are powerless to privately mint currency, and they only print treasure banknotes indiscriminately according to the needs of the court and the emperor.
The purpose of everything is to control currency issuance and establish currency credit.
"In addition to grain taxes that cannot be exchanged for silver because farmers are extremely short of money, many taxes can be exchanged for treasure notes and old money can be paid. There is only this window period. In the future, not only will the government only recognize new money, but the people will also regard using old money as a violation.
Money Law. You don’t need to take care of the heirlooms you make by casting them in a gold and silverware shop. It’s a crime to use them for buying and selling.”
Zhang Fujing's words are very intimidating. After all, he is "Zhang Beheaded."
Yang Shen felt that this was too strong. People used broken silver to buy and sell things in private. Is this a crime?
"Don't take it for granted." Zhu Houcong took advantage of his confusion to increase his educational efforts. "What the government wants is authority and management efficiency. When it comes to new money, prestige is more important. It has both authority and credibility.
!I only want to say two points."
Yang Shen looked at him, and Zhu Houcong stretched out a finger: "First, copper is really useful, but now because there is no other way, a large amount of copper needs to be used to make money. But money is clearly meant to be recognized by the people, and it can
Just buy what you need. Once the prestige is established, if the technology of papermaking and printing is improved, or if a cheaper formula is found in the future, why can't we use other coins or even banknotes to replace copper coins?"
"...Isn't that a treasure note?" Yang Shen had heard related discussions before, but still found it too difficult. "There is always a treasure note first, but ordinary people have not had the financial resources to see it in these years. In the future,
If you see paper money, you will just think it is a new treasure banknote and you will not dare to use it."
"So we must prepare these years in advance so that everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows that the new money is trustworthy." Zhu Houcong stretched out a finger again, "Secondly, money is used to buy things. No matter how rich the Ming Dynasty is, if it only piles up
In the treasury, it is like someone digging a hole deep among the people. Often ten or twenty years means that there is no money to spend. As far as the court is concerned, in the past, it printed treasure banknotes when it needed money, and then the clan, officials, etc.
If you fold banknotes and distribute salaries, eventually both the officials and the people will suffer. Yong Xiu, you need to think about it, what would happen if it was a Ming Dynasty vassal state, and the vassal clans also believed in Ming Dynasty money, but Ming Dynasty only recognized Ming Dynasty money?"
Yang Shen had a smart mind. Once he got out of the restricted area of the people of the Ming Dynasty, he suddenly became enlightened after thinking for a while, and then opened his mouth wide.
Zhu Houcong laughed: "In fact, many people went to the vassal state against the ban to buy goods with Ming Tongbao and silver treasures. The dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in that country liked Ming Dynasty money, because it was more convenient to use it to buy Ming Dynasty good things.
If the new money is promoted well, credit will be improved and convenience will be enhanced. In the future, there will be foreign caravans coming and going in many border markets, and customs clearance and settlement will only recognize the new money of the Ming Dynasty, so they will need a large amount of the new money of the Ming Dynasty. These national debts can be bought by foreign countries in the future.
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It is not necessary or appropriate to start proposing the concepts of bonds and securities right now. We only need to first lay the foundation for a more standardized and systematic monetary and fiscal policy.
Once he accepted the concepts that currency is only a general equivalent, and that currency must circulate to be converted into real value, Yang Shen immediately felt quite shocked by the future financial situation.
Then there is another heavyweight method that has the same principle as the national debt will pay interest: Daming Bank, as the only bank in the first phase, will promote interest-bearing storage. It will not only establish another channel to absorb old private money, but also make loans such as
Business has also been standardized.
The Song Dynasty once provided green crop loans to stimulate agricultural production, but now the first phase of loans does not need to touch this field at all. To increase the income of farmers, the Ming Dynasty has its own iron tools, water conservancy, seedlings and even fertilizer industries to build a relatively good industry.
Some of the above environments.
As for the loan business of Daming Bank, it includes temporary loans secured by taxes from the imperial court, commercial entities led by many state-owned enterprises, and a broader future after industrial and commercial enterprises lay a solid foundation. Although in the short term, Daming Bank is still relatively
It is difficult to realize the profit after deducting interest from loan income, but it will also go in the right direction.
"The most important thing is turnover. As long as there is interest, the money will be deposited in the bank when not in use, and when it is used, it is generally not taken out all at once." Zhu Houcong joked, "As for the mystery of money turnover, Yong Xiu is naturally the best
No stranger to it. Don’t worry, as long as there is interest, the first to take the lead in opening an account and depositing a large amount of money are the many companies under the Assets Bureau."
Yang Shen began to pick his head to absorb more new knowledge, while Cui Yuanze had been itching his scalp for a long time.
Ming Dynasty still has a long time to understand, get used to, and accept new money, banks, and national bonds. Cui Yuan is worried about one thing.
At the Marquis of Jing'an's house, Cui Yuan sadly showed Sun Jiao three treasure tickets: "Old Guo Zhang, can you tell me what will happen in the future? The portraits of Taizu, Taizong and His Majesty are actually printed on
On this treasure ticket, His Majesty insists on this."
Yang Tinghe and Yang Yiqing were already standing in the Yingjie Hall. Although Gu Shilong was the Duke of the new dynasty, he had made contributions in suppressing internal rebellions and was crossed out by the emperor from the list submitted by the Ministry of Rites. He was not included in the list of statues in the Yingjie Hall.
Just erect a monument and place it under Yanchi Tower.
But Sun Jiao, who is seventy-nine, is still in good spirits.
He looked at the imperial portraits of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, and Zhu Houhuang on the treasure ticket, and let out a long sigh: "It is already uneasy to see the face of heaven without bowing."
"That's right!" Cui Yuan was very confused, "You are the father-in-law of the country and I am the consort. There is no one else here, so I will tell you straight away. This is a courtesy exchange. If you ask someone to do something, you don't have two or five taels of silver, so you probably can't do it.
?It is very appropriate to hand over such a treasure ticket, which does not reveal the mountains and rivers. But now that the emperor's edict is printed, do you think the person who receives the money is worried when Taizu stares at him like this?"
Sun Jiao thought that it was probably because the skin all over his body was numb and itchy, as if he was about to be separated from his flesh and blood.
But he knew why Cui Yuan came to him to talk about this.
"...I will take whatever I want, there are many ways." Sun Jiao shook his head, "Your Majesty does not want to use this to warn officials to be honest. As long as things are done well, Your Majesty will always be generous with rewards.
Naturally, if someone commits a crime in the future, he will be charged with another crime."
A person has lived to be seventy-nine, what has he not seen? There is no good way to deal with corruption. This is human nature.
"Oops!" Cui Yuan was anxious, "Old Guozhang, you and I have been friends for eleven years, why do you have to avoid the important and take the easy? I am beating my heart, but I still accept it. Since the treasure ticket has been printed, it must be passed. This pass
The wider the territory, where will the majesty of the emperor be after many years? Since it is money, or a large amount of money, traveling all over the country, how can it be carried out while holding a tribute? Nowadays, even broken pieces of silver are trying to hide it. I am afraid that someone will hide this treasure ticket under the soles of their shoes.
Only by holding on can you be at ease!"
The two natural imperialists did not understand why the emperor would associate the emperor's imperial statue with the smell of pickled copper. Although it had the advantage of alerting people to crime, it also undermined the emperor's majesty.
Just think about it, what were the methods used to hide money when going out in the past? Some of them were hidden in the crotch!
What kind of money was used in the past? There were also those who threw money into Jiao'e's arms from the bars of brothels!
What about the future? Taizu is hidden in the crotch, and Taizong is sprinkled on the beautiful body?
Cui Yuan thought about the possibility that His Majesty would be chased and beaten by these two ancestors a hundred years later. He couldn't help but trembled and shook his head: "The emperor's majesty is getting smaller and smaller. This is not a good thing! Once the respect is lost, it will be difficult to deal with!"
"...Could it be that you want me to ask His Majesty?"
"Old Guozhang, who else would you be?"
"...This is something that has been agreed upon at the national policy meeting, and His Majesty the National Assembly has also approved it with his eloquent words."
"It's not too late! After all, the denomination of this treasure ticket is not small. You can just exchange it for silver coins first."
Sun Jiao sighed: "Then I'll go and ask."
He served as the Minister of Household Affairs, worked as a counselor, and was the Queen's biological father. He lived to be seventy-nine.
Facing Lao Taishan's questions, Zhu Houcong couldn't laugh or cry.
He has been giving lessons these days. There are the boys in the Zhongyuan Hall, the new counselors in the National Policy Hall, and now he has to face the seventy-nine-year-old comrade.
Sun Jiao and Cui Yuan's concerns were simple and real: If you don't take the imperial authority seriously, it may be inconvenient for your descendants in the future.
This incident has antecedents: the prime minister was re-established, power was delegated, and now the treasury is unified. The emperor can only make "applications" in addition to the annual quota if he wants to use money.
Yes, in the eyes of Sun Jiao and Cui Yuan, it is an application, not a requirement. After all, additional expenditures need to be discussed at the national policy meeting.
Of course there is no problem now, you are Jiajing Niubi. The requirements you put forward must be reasonable and well-founded, and you can also grasp the suggestions.
But what about your son, my grandson in the future? Where about your grandson?
Now if you can hold on to the money bag of the Assets Bureau, you can also hold on to the military power.
But the General Staff of the Military Affairs Council is also a civil servant. What will happen in the future?
If the clan and ministers are now willing to accept being demoted to a higher rank, will their descendants still be able to obey them in the future?
Even the status of the Supervisor of Ceremonies has been squeezed out by the Royal Study Room!
If we say that these are just to recreate the Ming Dynasty and create a prosperous era, then that's it. But even the face of the emperor and the royal family is printed on the money, and it has become vulgar since then. Why is this?
"...It turns out that Cui Yuan was talking about this in a roundabout way."
So Sun Jiao was shocked: "Your Majesty, have you never thought about this from the bottom of your heart?"
Zhu Houcong's expression was complicated: "I really haven't thought about it."
This is a completely different thinking and concept. Zhu Houcong has actually seen a lot of situations where people's heads are printed on money, and he doesn't have much attachment to the sacredness of imperial power. In his opinion, there are many benefits to doing this, so why not do it?
Now being directly mentioned by Sun Jiao, he thought for a while and said: "The people no longer feel so mysterious about the Tianjia, and whether the imperial power will be stable in the future is two different things. I tell the truth, the current central restructuring is more beneficial to the country, and it is more beneficial to the country.
The emperor is indeed not as beneficial as before. In other words, if the emperor is mediocre, it will not cause too much harm to the country. If the emperor wants to make a difference, then the emperor's ability will be higher."
He designed a more complex system, and it will definitely be more difficult for future emperors to break it.
Under the current system, it will gradually move towards the stage of becoming a virtual monarch in the future. The national policy conference will gradually become a parliament, and the prime minister and ministers of state will become the actual monarch.
The military power, financial power, personnel power, decision-making power, and supervision system under today's system will also bring many constraints. Whether the emperor wants to break it and return to the past, or some careerists want to break it and reintegrate, they will face new extremes.
Big resistance.
After all, the current system was obtained by the emperor's willingness to give up part of his imperial power. Anyone who wants to obtain greater substantive imperial power will face counterattacks from others who are unwilling to have their power taken back.
This is what Sun Jiao doesn't understand. His mentality is very complicated. If it weren't for the fact that his grandson is a prince, his mood would not be so complicated.
Zhu Houcong said resolutely: "There has never been a dynasty in the world that lasted for thousands of generations. If you want to inherit it for a long time, you should take some new measures. Only when you give up can you gain something. Of course, I am not unconcerned about future generations. Although it is difficult for a hero to lead a hero.
There are probably more mediocre people out there, but I still have a way."
"...I dare to ask for advice."
"That's nothing more than education." Zhu Houcong laughed, "Taizu once had ancestral precepts, but generations have changed, the Ming Dynasty is developing, and the internal and external situations are often different. My practical studies and dialectics are exactly what I want to teach my descendants.
Future generations will understand this point clearly and practice it, so it will not be any worse in the end. For example, for Zai'an, I asked him to go to Yunnan, just to let him take a look first. It will be the same for Zai'an in the future, and I will let him
He also visited prefectures and counties first."
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely impossible!" Sun Jiao was shocked, "The King of Yue is going to Yunnan, and I know your Majesty's intention. But how can it be a small matter for the Crown Prince to leave Beijing?"
In the blink of an eye, Sun Jiao seizes the legitimate sons from this generation's harem, thinking of the future generations of harems seizing the legitimate sons. When you are away from home, accidents are very easy to happen if there is no accident. For the sake of high status, anything can happen.
"I said, I can let Zai Yi do this. As for whether Zai Yi will be able to do it in the future, and whether he dares to let his son do this, that is a matter of the future." Zhu Houcong did not take it seriously, "The prince does not know the actual practice, in the future
After succeeding to the throne, I will not be able to control the government from the perspective of state affairs. It will not be so early. I still have many things to teach him before letting him go out to experience."
"...Can your majesty's education ensure that the princes of all generations are wise?" Sun Jiao always disagreed and frowned, "Why not change the central system again in the future when the Ming Dynasty becomes rich and powerful and the prosperity is restored, at least to let the prince
It will be easier for me to have more power in the future."
Zhu Houcong was silent.
Unknowingly, he began to face the problem of whether his heirs could securely sit on the throne in the future.
Everyone seems to have no doubts about his ability to recreate the Ming Dynasty. Now only the relatives who are closely connected with the imperial power are beginning to worry about the future situation.
After a while, Zhu Houcong laughed again: "Why should I be anxious, sir? I am only twenty-seven years old."
"...I am old!"
Sun Jiao had something in his mind that he didn't know whether to say or not: Emperor Zhu, except for the Taizu you printed on the treasure ticket, one of the two Taizongs lived to be seventy-one and the other to sixty-five.
Renzong and Xianzong in the 41st century, all those who were under 40 were gone.
In terms of reign time, the Yongle reign lasted for twenty-two years, the Chenghua reign lasted for twenty-three years, and the remaining reigns lasted for more than ten years or even a few years.
Did you know that the Jiajing era name has been used for eleven years, and it is actually a middle-aged and elderly person?
But the emperor was only twenty-seven after all. If he couldn't be cursed, he might not live to be forty. Sun Jiao could only say that he was already old and didn't care that Gu Shilong had something to say in the underworld.
People cannot feel the same way about history that has not yet happened, and Zhu Houcong only felt helpless.
But can he really live longer than Mr. Dao? Zhu Houcong could only sigh: "Forget it, I will give the abbot a few volumes to read first. This is what I have done in the past three years after An Bin passed away.
I wrote it slowly over time. I will read it first and then talk to me about this topic later, okay?"
Sun Jiao was puzzled, and saw that the emperor actually took out a locked box, opened it, took out five scrolls and handed them to him.
"Don't show it to others. I just wrote a draft now. In the future, the book will also be different from inside and outside. This inner edition is only for educating the prince. For the outer edition, I can only select a part and entrust it to the novel.
Of."
Hearing the emperor's solemn words, Sun Jiao said: "Then please give your Majesty another book box and a lock. I will read it carefully when I return home."
"That's it." Zhu Houcong gave him the box and the key, and watched him resign and return home.
History has its own inevitable development. Zhu Houcong believed that Sun Jiao had enough experience and knowledge to understand his understanding that transcended the current era.
After all, imperial power is the product of standing at the top to seize the supreme power and wealth in the world. Sooner or later, it will have to find a new way out to adapt to the historical trends that will inevitably appear in the future.
By the time like the Ming Dynasty, the imperial power had actually reached the peak of its degree of centralization, or at least it was very close to the peak. Going any higher would only grab more benefits, stimulate the counterattack of the people who were the foundation of the empire, and hinder the country's development.
develop.
Instead of doing this, it is better to take the initiative to go downhill.
In his position, Zhu Houcong also had his own position and his own concerns for future generations. How could he think clearly about what to do that would be more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and this land?
Reserve some room for future changes, and at least let your descendants have the mindset to proactively change. What is even more important is to understand why we need to change that way.
The arrangement for Zhu Zaiyan and other future princes is also a kind of branching out, leaving more possibilities.
Sun Jiao returned to his house, went into the study alone, opened the box and picked up the first volume.
From that day on, the shock in his heart was no less than that of Yang Shen and Cui Yuan. It should be said that it was much greater.
This is the complete "Dragon Slaying Art" that Zhu Houcong remembers, knows, and is familiar with.
Only after you have a thorough understanding of historical materialism can you truly see the wheel of history.
In the face of the wheel of history, all the imperial power can do is hide, build roads, and try to still enjoy some benefits instead of being crushed.
But what shocked Sun Jiao was not just this, but Zhu Houcong's description, or "judgment," of the future.
For him, it was as shocking as seeing Zhu Houcong’s predecessor in the 21st century, Water Drops and Two-Way Foil.
In the early 1630s, the seventy-nine-year-old old man was watching a true science fiction epic. Atchara Kamara saw the eunuchs bringing in new glass windows. Although she did not know the word science fiction, she had this feeling.
"This is too dangerous!" Sun Ming worried, "What if I accidentally break it and get hurt?"
Zhu Houcong laughed: "This is the Forbidden Palace, the Palace of Cultivation of the Heart! Those who can afford this now are all dignitaries. I will change this place first. When the ministers who come to see me see it, they will probably use it when they go back."
First use. If few people buy it, how can the glass get better and better? Speaking of which, there is another wonderful effect. If double layers are used and some space is left in the middle, it will be very warm..."
It was the emperor's private time, and the concubines of the harem came to Yangxin Hall to see the renovation of the windows here.
Acharakamala only came to Beijing and entered the palace in October last year. She came here with the mentality of a family, but in the end she felt like she had entered the Grand View Garden, and her mood was often unstable.
The one with the most new items is the backyard of the Yangxin Palace. Apart from the newly renovated volleyball court, badminton court and table tennis court in the Royal Garden, her favorite place to go is the backyard of the Yangxin Palace.
Seeing her surprised look now, Zhu Houcong smiled at her again, so Acharakamara felt timid and lowered his head and looked aside.
"Let them pretend, Huang Jin, get the racket, you have gained some weight."
Huang Jin reluctantly picked up the badminton and racket sewn with leather and feathers, and followed the emperor, the concubine and the eager prince to the imperial garden.
Developing more sports and entertainment methods to kill time and energy will be beneficial to the harmony of Zhu Houcong's harem, and also beneficial to the physical health of the emperor himself and his princes and princesses.
Can Zhu Houcon not understand the look in Sun Jiao's eyes? He doubts that he will survive forty!
Of course, Zhu Houcong also admired him for being able to give birth to a sister-in-law for himself at the age of seventy.
Sports and entertainment activities involving the emperor were the favorite of the concubines in the harem. Now that it is spring, it is more suitable to go to the park for entertainment.
Among the warblings and swallows, Zhu Houcong is very happy and combines work and rest.
He can't blame people for being nostalgic for the imperial power, so it's normal for some people to feel incomprehensible about him appropriately weakening the imperial power.
In the spring, His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty finally decided on the situation in Jiaozhi, and Weng Wanda set off southward with the supreme authority of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
At least for now, the imperial power of His Majesty Zhu Houcong, the Emperor of Heaven, is as powerful as a mountain and as majestic as a mountain.
At this moment, for Jiaozhi, the Ming Dynasty is a concrete historical wheel.