my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 15 Shaking the government and the opposition
Zhang Boyan couldn't hold back any longer, he shook the five-guan banknote in his hand: "When Emperor Taizu Gao made this rule, the five-guan banknote could be exchanged for five thousand copper coins, but now? Now the five-guan banknote, I can't even exchange five hundred coins. In the past few days, His Majesty has decreed to put an end to silver coins. As a result...you know, now in the East City and West City of Nanjing City...the value of precious banknotes has plummeted, and monks and common people have panicked. They exchanged the treasure banknotes for real gold and silver one after another, and now...the five-pass treasure banknotes are on the market, but they can't even exchange two hundred copper coins. Two hundred copper coins, my family is here. Shall we drink 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, and they all lived on their salaries. Before Zhu Di issued a decree to ban money, Changyingcang still issued real money.

However, the value of the usual treasure banknotes has shrunk by more than ten times immediately after being put outside, especially in the past few days, the price of treasure banknotes has plummeted. Just say that this Boyan, a dignified seventh-rank official, has converted his monthly salary into a mere two hundred Copper coins, isn't this a joke?
"It's unreasonable to ask the master to come out and speak."

"Isn't this going to starve us to death?"

"We want to issue silver coins, not precious notes."

The clerk was also a little panicked, and said with a wry smile: "This...it has nothing to do with us. You are all ministers, so don't you know His Majesty's will? Money is banned, so of course we can only issue treasure notes. The Ministry of Households In and out of accounts, editor Zhang has a monthly salary of [-] guan, it's... nothing to say."

Zhang Boyan's face was bleak, and he stared at the clerk through gritted teeth: "What... what is this? We have studied hard for ten years in the poor window, and carp leaped over the dragon gate. Do we live on this salary worth two hundred copper coins every month? It’s not easy to live in Nanjing. My family can only eat yellow rice on weekdays. Just like this... I still owe a lot of money and food on credit outside. Now... you are even worse, and you even use precious money to perfuse me Wait, are you trying to kill me?"

The scribe panicked: "Quiet your anger, calm your anger."

Zhang Boyan threw down the treasure in his hand, and said in grief and indignation: "The dignified ministers are not as good as the ordinary people in the market. The ordinary people can still have enough food and clothing. How can they humiliate me like this? The scholars can be killed and cannot be humiliated. I have had enough!"

Without further ado, he overturned the long table in front of the scribe, and with a bang, Zhang Boyan shouted: "Do you still want to swallow your anger?"

This group of poor officials became agitated all of a sudden, and when Changyingcang issued treasure notes, they realized that this matter could not be tolerated, that this would cause people to starve to death, so they shouted one by one: "Tell the chief here to come out. "

Another person said: "How can a mere head of the district be the master? Ask the servant of the household department to come out and speak."

Someone even yelled: "The traitor is in the court, your majesty mistakenly believes the treacherous words, gentlemen, Qingjun..."

This person obviously wanted to yell Qing Jun's side, but soon he realized that these words seemed to violate some taboo, so he swallowed them back abruptly.

All of a sudden, Changying Warehouse was in chaos, and the clerks and paid officials in the warehouse fought.

A moment later, Jin Yiwei galloped into the palace, arrived at the Meridian Gate, and delivered a report to the palace.

In the palace city at this time, Zhu Di had already gone to the Huagai Hall to meet Yao Guangxiao and several cabinet ministers.

Zhu Di was in a good mood, and he opened his mouth and said, "I heard that there is an elixir in the market, which has a miraculous effect on malignant sores. In the past few days... After taking the medicine, Zhang Fu has gradually recovered. My dear friends, this is a remarkable thing."

"Soldiers, the important affairs of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of life and death. I have been in the battlefield for a long time, and I know best that on the battlefield, once there is an trauma, if it is not cured, it will inevitably breed malignant sores. Jing Nan did not know how many soldiers , died because of this, hey... I think about it now, but I regret it so far. 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 who is an expert who has such a technique of bringing the dead back to life."

Zhu Di smiled: "This person is a doll."

"baby?"

"I can't think of it, and I can't think of it either." Zhu Di seemed very satisfied with everyone's surprised expressions: "But the truth is right in front of us. I still remember that Xie Qing's family was also a prodigy when they were young."

Xie Jin hurriedly said: "The villagers speak falsely, which makes the minister get this false name and feel ashamed."

Zhu Di said: "They are all the same dolls, some are like Xie Jin, others are like Guo Degan, and some...but they are like Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu. By the way, Zhang Anshi, a dude, is also included. The difference between people is really bigger than between people and dogs.”

After Zhu Di sighed, he suddenly thought of something: "However, Guo Degan is good at curing diseases and saving lives, but he is careless and dares to criticize the country's affairs. After all, he is still too young to know the heights of heaven and earth."

What a smart person Xie Jin is, he immediately understood who the young man His Majesty was talking about last time, so he said: "What Your Majesty said is very true."

Just as he was talking, an eunuch hurried in from outside, stumbled and said: "Your Majesty..."

Zhu Di originally had a smile on his face, and seemed to be in a good mood, but now his expression changed slightly, and he said calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, Changyingcang...something happened."

As soon as these words came out, there was a complete silence in the hall.

Changying Warehouse is one of the most important warehouses of the national treasury. I don't know how much food has been saved, and it has a great relationship.

Zhu Di jumped up suddenly: "What happened?"

The eunuch said: "Today, hundreds of officials are receiving their salaries, but some officials are very dissatisfied. They even... actually formed a group and made a big disturbance in Changying warehouse, injuring many people. Jin Yiwei has dispatched people to suppress it." , it’s just that it’s a big deal…”

Zhu Di was furious: "You are so courageous, are the court ministers going to rebel?"

The eunuch hesitated and got up.

Zhu Di stared at him and said, "Speak!"

The eunuch said: "The cause of the incident is that Changyingcang used precious banknotes as official salaries. The officials said that relying on precious banknotes would not be able to support the family at all..."

Zhu Di sternly said: "Hundreds of dollars a year, still can't support them, are they greedy to this extent?"

"They said...they said...precious banknotes are not worth a penny, and if the monthly salary goes to the market to buy it, it will not even be able to support the whole family. There is also a seventh-rank official who claims that his monthly salary is The daily necessities, rice, oil and salt that can be purchased are only worth a few hundred cash."

As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was shocked.

Especially Zhu Di, Zhu Di was speechless for a while, and he quickly realized what was going on: "How is this possible? Even if the value of the treasure banknotes has dropped a bit, ten pennies of treasure banknotes can always buy daily necessities, rice, oil and salt." Bar."

The eunuch said: "Slaves...slaves don't know either...but...the troublemaker seems to be saying...that the price of precious banknotes has plummeted in the past few days, and now even [-] pieces of precious banknotes may not be able to exchange for a consistent amount of money. He also said... since His Majesty made the decree, the price of the precious banknotes has dropped every day, shaking the world, and the people are terrified..."

Zhu Di trembled: "Why did no one report to me before?"

Xie Jin and the others also turned miserable. Obviously they didn't realize that the imperial court had promulgated a decree, but instead of stabilizing the treasure banknotes, they would plummet sharply.

The eunuch said: "As for what happened in the past few days, after learning about this, Jin Yiwei has also dispatched Tiqi to investigate... Since yesterday, the treasure note has changed from the original ten pennies to seven hundred coins, and today... ...It is even more terrifying, there are only five hundred wen left, and the common people know that money cannot be used for transactions, but everyone is hoarding money, and there is no way to stop it."

Zhu Di took a deep breath: "What's the reason?"

"The slave does not know."

Zhu Di immediately looked at Xie Jinren and others: "What about you? You are all well-educated people, and you are the pillars of the court. Come and tell me, why is this so?"

Xie Jin's face was very ugly. In fact, he didn't know what to ask. He originally thought that the regulations for prohibiting money could be described as impeccable, but how could he know that...it had the opposite effect.

So he quickly bowed down and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, is there someone who is obstructing this?"

Zhu Di sneered and said, "Help me? Haha... are all the monks and common people all over the world trying to get me in the way?"

"This……"

In fact, the consequences caused now are far beyond the cognition of Xie Jin. After all, he has read the sage books for more than ten years. He has won the favor of the palace and has been on the rise. How does he know about the daily necessities?
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