Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 438 How about, let's take the country of Wa first?

The disadvantages of the treasure banknotes are clearly explained, but the current problems of the court are still unresolved.

Zhu Su also fell silent. No matter how capable the traveler is, his vision is only a little higher than these ancients. Could it be possible to conjure money out of thin air?

"Actually... as long as the method of issuance is appropriate, precious banknotes can indeed be used for the country and not harmful to the people." Zhu Su thought for a while and said.Although the Daming Banknotes harm the country and the people, paper currency is the general trend of the future after all, and it is also the most powerful arm for the imperial court to control the country's economy.

It's not good if Lao Zhu's face changes when he talks about treasures from now on.

"Oh? How do you say it?" Old Zhu's eyes lit up, and Zhu Biao and Empress Ma also showed a posture of listening attentively.

So Zhu Su tried to explain the concept of "National Bank" in a simple way.But even so, the many economic principles and market changes involved in this concept also made the three of them confused.

"Use precious banknotes to bring the entire country's economy under control, and at the same time, the country can provide low-interest loans to the people to help them survive the disaster..." Zhu Biao rubbed his chin, he seemed to understand a little, although most of the It is still cloudy, but what is certain is that this method seems to really benefit the country and the people. "It is somewhat similar to Wang Banshan's 'Young Miao Law' of the Song Dynasty. It is indeed a good governance."

Wang Banshan is Wang Anshi who tried reform in the Song Dynasty.With the analogy of the young crop method, Lao Zhu can understand it.However, he still frowned: "Good governance is good governance, but old man, you said that this treasure must be bound to gold and silver?"

"Yes." Zhu Su nodded. "This must be the case. Only in this way can we ensure the stability of the currency value of the treasure banknotes and prevent excessive printing. It can be exchanged for real gold and silver, and it can also directly protect the interests of the people."

"In fact, the convenience of banknotes is far more than that of gold and silver. As long as the common people regard precious banknotes as equal to silver, then ten or twenty years from now, I am afraid that the people of the world will use precious banknotes for transactions."

"Even if [-] to [-] percent of the common people will still exchange banknotes for silver, the silver accumulated in the Imperial Banknote Lifting Department will definitely account for the majority. Some of these accumulated silver can be taken out and borrowed to help The people who are in distress. You only need to ensure that the people who come to collect the silver will not be without money."

"This can actually be seen as the use of the power of the imperial court to integrate all the money in the world, in disguise, to let the people with surplus money help the people who have suffered a sudden disaster to tide over the difficulties. After all, most of the Chinese people are hardworking and brave. Even if there is a disaster for a while, as long as someone is willing to help, life can be prosperous again."

"Chongba, this is a good idea!" Empress Ma said, tugging at Lao Zhu's sleeve. "Wealthy households use precious banknotes, but they don't know how to touch silver. These idle silver can be used as relief from the imperial court."

"Most of the people are hardworking. As long as the interest is not a donkey, they will not sell the field. If they keep the field, they will pay back the money even if they get up late."

"It's like they borrowed their own money in the future to give themselves an emergency... No one will have to suffer losses, but they can save the lives of many people..."

Where is Queen Ma reminded?At this time, Lao Zhu's thoughts have already longed for his parents who died in the calamity year...

If there was such a good government in that year, and the borrowed money was able to survive the disaster...how could the parents die in despair?Why do I bother to put my head on my trouser belt and fight the world?

At that time, if we could borrow ten taels...no, five taels of silver, our father wouldn't have to sell those few acres of hard-earned land at a low price.With Tian, ​​our old Zhu family can survive that catastrophe if they want to.

Our parents are good at growing crops, and the three elder brothers are also young and strong. Although we were young at that time, we were already able to help the rich man in the village herd cattle.The whole family can pay off this life-saving debt after working hard for a year or two.

Then, we grew up, our parents got old, and we and our three older brothers came to take care of the fields at home.At that time, we could save some money to raise a few chickens and ducks. When my brothers and I were hoeing in the fields, my sisters and sister-in-laws would cook the meals at home, lay a few eggs in them, and carry them in our arms. Let's send it to the edge of the field...

When we came home in the evening, we sat on the threshold, chatted with our parents, brother and sister-in-law, and ate noodles at the same time...

That day must have been very comfortable and comfortable, right?

Unfortunately……

"Hmm. It's really good governance!" Lao Zhu withdrew Piaoyuan's thoughts and just nodded.Empress Ma knew what he was thinking of, and hugged his arm calmly.

"Sister, we also want to implement this good governance immediately."

"But the problem is...the treasury has no money now!"

Lao Zhu sighed helplessly, saying that the emperor is the most valuable in the world, but since he ascended the throne, he has been worrying about money almost every day. "The fifth brother also said that the banknotes must be linked to real money... otherwise it will become something that harms the people, but where are we going to get so much real money?"

"Father, I remember that when my fifth brother gave you the map of Kunyu Wanguo, he once said that there are gold mountains and silver mountains... Can we find a way to mine the gold mountains and silver mountains first, and use them as the basis for issuing treasures?" Use?" Zhu Biao said.

"My Ming Dynasty is short of coins and money, and many people are bartering... At this time, investing in gold and silver is just like newly minted copper coins in previous dynasties, and there is no worry about leaving people harming the people."

"The imperial court can still use this to tide over the difficulties, isn't it the best of both worlds?"

"We've thought about this too. It's just that the mountain of gold and silver that Lao Wu mentioned is on Wa Island in the east..." Old Zhu sighed.

"I don't know whether God will bless or not bless our Daming. Say no to bless, but let us know that there are ready-made gold and silver mountains. Say bless, the gold and silver are a little bit crooked, It happened to grow in that tiny place, so we can see it and eat it..."

"Old Wu, didn't you plant a dark hand in the Wa country... When will it be effective? You say, let's go and put the Wa country in the pot right now, is it worth it?" Old Zhu asked.

"..." Zhu Su was speechless.Lao Zhu is so poor that he wants to rob the Japanese country, it can be seen that the treasury is really able to run away rats now.But judging from the current situation, if you want to conquer the Wa Kingdom, you must use the national strength of Ming Dynasty, or Da Ming successfully completed the industrial revolution, and used the absolute advantage of weapons to suppress the entire territory of the Wa Kingdom...

But if you want to take over the country of Japan, you need to realize the exchange of weapons; if you want to realize the exchange of weapons, you need to invest money;

Well, the logic is closed again.

"...now is definitely not the time." Zhu Su could only refuse. "Even if we can take down the Wa country now, it will be costly. Not to mention that the Bei Yuan is not yet destroyed, but even if we succeed in suppressing people with force, our reputation will not be justified. occupy……"

"We still have to find a way to let the Japanese court take the initiative to find us."

"...Master Gao and Monk Yao, I don't know if they are trustworthy, but their movements are too slow." Old Zhu complained.Zhu Su who listened was full of black lines.

However, he also knows that there is no rush to start from the inside, so he can only put this thought back temporarily, and give priority to thinking about what to do now: "It seems that we still have to urge those officials to let them Be sure to find a way for us."

"Nuo Da is a big court, how can we do it without surplus food. Now everything needs money, no matter what, we can't short the money for these important things."

"That's right." Zhu Su suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but cheer up.

"Father, have you ever thought about..."

"Start with the tax system?"

(End of this chapter)