Zhang Boyan couldn't hold himself any longer, and shook the five-guan treasure note in his hand: "When Emperor Taizu Gao made this rule, the five-guan treasure note could be exchanged for five thousand copper coins, but what about now? Nowadays, the five-guan treasure note,
You can't even redeem five hundred coins. In the past few days, His Majesty has decreed to put an end to money. The result... Do you know that now in the East and West markets of Nanjing... the value of treasure notes has plummeted, and the monks and the common people are panicking?
They all took the treasure notes and exchanged them for real gold and silver. Now... the five-string treasure notes are on the market, but they can't even exchange them for two hundred copper coins. Two hundred copper coins, my whole family is here, you let me
Shall we drink the northwest wind?"
Behind him, the officials who came with Zhang Boyan were also in an uproar.
Most of the people who came to receive their salaries in person were poor officials who lived by their salaries. Before Zhu Di issued the edict banning money, Changyingcang still issued real gold and silver. Now it is better and directly issues treasure notes.
But the value of the usual treasure banknotes will immediately shrink by more than ten times when placed outside. Especially in the past few days, the price of treasure banknotes has plummeted. Take this Boyan, a dignified seventh-rank official, and his monthly salary is reduced to a mere two hundred.
Copper coins, isn't this a joke?
"It makes no sense to ask the boss to come out and speak."
"Isn't this going to starve us to death?"
"We want to distribute silver coins, not precious notes."
The clerk was also a little panicked and said with a wry smile: "This... this has nothing to do with us. All the princes are ministers. How could they not know His Majesty's will? Money is prohibited. Of course, only treasure notes can be issued. The Ministry of Household Affairs
Editor Zhang's monthly salary is sixty guan to account for the incoming and outgoing accounts, so...it's useless to say anything."
Zhang Boyan looked miserable and lost his mind. He gritted his teeth and glared at the clerk: "What... what are these words? We have studied hard for ten years in a humble window, and the carp jumped over the dragon's gate. Do we live on this salary worth two hundred copper coins a month?"
?Living in Nanjing is not easy. My family can only eat yellow rice on weekdays. That's it...I owe a lot of money and food on credit outside. Now...you have gone even worse and even used precious money to deal with me.
Wait, are you telling me to die?"
The scribe panicked: "Calm down, calm down."
Zhang Boyan threw down the treasure banknotes in his hand and said angrily: "The great ministers are not as good as the ordinary people in the city. The ordinary people can still have enough food and clothing. How can they humiliate me like this? Scholars can be killed but not humiliated. I have endured enough!"
Without saying a word, he overturned the long table in front of the scribe, and with a bang, Zhang Boyan shouted in his mouth: "Do you still want to swallow your anger?"
This group of poor officials suddenly became agitated. When Chang Yingcang handed out treasure notes, they realized that this matter could not be tolerated anymore. This was going to starve people to death, so they all shouted: "Call the boss here to come out."
"
Another person said: "How can the chief of the district make the decision? Ask the Minister of Household Affairs to come out and speak."
Some people even shouted: "There is a traitor in the court, and your Majesty mistakenly believes in the traitorous words. Lords, please be honest..."
This man obviously wanted to yell at Mr. Qing, but he soon realized that his words seemed to violate some taboo, and he swallowed them hard.
All of a sudden, Changying Cang was in a state of chaos. The scribes and officials with salaries in the warehouse started fighting, and everything was in a mess.
After a while, a guard in gilded clothes quickly entered the palace, arrived at the Meridian Gate, and delivered a report to the palace.
At this time, in the palace, Zhu Di had gone to the Huagai Hall to meet with Yao Guangxiao and several cabinet ministers.
Zhu Di was in a good mood and said: "I heard that there is a magical medicine in the market that has a miraculous effect on sores. In the past few days... Zhang Fu has gradually recovered after taking the medicine. Dear gentlemen, this is an incredible thing."
"Soldiers are a major event of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of life and death. I have been on the battlefield for a long time, and I know best that on the battlefield, once there is an external injury, if it is not treated quickly, it will inevitably breed poisonous sores. I don't know how many soldiers were in trouble at the time.
, died because of this, hey... I think about it now, and I still regret it. If they had this elixir back then, how could they have lost their lives."
Yao Guangxiao seemed to be deeply touched and said: "Oh? But I don't know which master has such a skill of bringing the dead back to life."
Zhu Di smiled: "This person is a doll."
"baby?"
"You can't think of it, I can't think of it either." Zhu Di seemed to be very satisfied with everyone's surprised expressions: "But the fact is right in front of you. I still remember that when Jie Qing's family was young, they were also child prodigies."
Xie Jin hurriedly said: "The people in the country talked nonsense, so I got this false reputation. I am so ashamed."
Zhu Di said: "They are all the same dolls. Some are like Jie Jin, others are like Guo Degan, and some are... But there are also people like Zhu Yong, Zhang Fu, and by the way, there is also the dandy Zhang Anshi. People and
The difference between people is really greater than that between humans and dogs.”
After Zhu Di sighed with emotion, he suddenly remembered something: "But Guo Degan is good at treating diseases and saving people, but he is careless and dares to criticize the country's political affairs. After all, he is still too young and does not know how high the sky is."
Xie Jin is such a smart man. He immediately understood who the young man His Majesty was talking about last time, so he said: "What Your Majesty said is absolutely true."
Just as he was talking, a eunuch hurried in from outside and stumbled: "Your Majesty..."
Zhu Di originally had a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood. But now his face changed slightly and he said calmly: "What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, something happened in Changyingcang..."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence in the palace.
Changying warehouse is one of the most important warehouses of the national treasury. It is important to know how much grain is saved.
Zhu Di suddenly asked: "What happened?"
The eunuch said: "Today hundreds of officials are receiving their salaries, but some officials are very dissatisfied. They actually... turned out in groups and made a fuss in Changyingcang, injuring many people. The Jin Yiwei had deployed bombs to suppress them.
, It’s just that the matter is serious…”
Zhu Di was furious: "How brave are you? Do the ministers of the imperial court still want to rebel?"
The eunuch hesitated.
Zhu Di stared at him and said, "Say!"
The eunuch said: "The cause of the matter is that Changyingcang used treasure money to pay for his official salary. The officials said that the treasure money could not support the family at all..."
Zhu Di said sternly: "You can't support them with hundreds of dollars a year. Are they so greedy?"
"They said... they said... treasure notes are worthless. If you go to the market to buy them with your monthly salary, you won't even be able to support your family. There is also a seventh-rank official who claims that his monthly official salary is,
The firewood, rice, oil and salt that can be purchased are only worth a few hundred yuan."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the palace was shocked.
Especially Zhu Di. Zhu Di was speechless for a moment. He quickly understood what was happening: "How is this possible? Even if the value of the treasure banknotes has depreciated a little, ten coins of treasure coins can still buy the same amount of firewood, rice, oil and salt."
Bar."
The eunuch said: "My slave...I don't know...but...the troublemaker seems to be saying...that the price of treasure notes has plummeted in the past few days. Now even twenty coins of treasure notes may not be exchangeable for one dollar."
Yes. He also said that... since His Majesty issued the decree, the price of treasure notes has been falling day by day, the world is shaken, and the people are terrified..."
Zhu Di's tiger body trembled: "Why didn't anyone report to me before?"
Xie Jin and others also had sad expressions on their faces. Apparently they did not realize that the imperial court had issued a decree, but instead of being stable, the treasure banknotes would plummet sharply.
The eunuch said: "As for what happened in the past few days, after learning about this matter, the Jin Yiwei has also sent Tiqi to investigate... Since yesterday, the treasure note has changed from the original ten coins to seven hundred coins, and today...
…It was even more terrifying, as there were only 500 coins left, and the people learned that they could not use money to trade. Instead, everyone was hoarding money, and there was no way to stop it."
Zhu Di took a breath: "What's the reason?"
"This slave doesn't know."
Zhu Di then looked at Xie Jinren and others: "What about you? You are all well-educated people and pillars of the imperial court. Come tell me, why is this so?"
Xie Jin's face was very ugly. In fact, he didn't know anything about it. He originally thought that the regulations prohibiting money were impeccable, but little did he know...it had the opposite consequences.
So he hurriedly bowed down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, is there someone obstructing this?"
Zhu Di sneered and said: "Making trouble? Haha...Are all the monks and laypeople in the world trying to obstruct it?"
"this……"
In fact, the consequences now are far beyond the scope of understanding Jin. After all, he has read the books of sages for more than ten years. Even if he is an official, he is still a scholar. Moreover, he is very lucky, and he will soon get it.
He has gained the favor of the palace and has risen to prominence. How does he know about this matter?