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

Chapter 549
"Isn't this treating humans as animals..." Ru Taisu seemed a little intolerant when he heard that he wanted to buy Japanese serfs.

"During the Yuan Dynasty BC, didn't the people of China live like livestock? Since the Japanese people didn't take the people seriously, let's see, it would be good to buy them to farm the land for our Ming Dynasty." Lao Zhu said. . "Didn't our Ming Dynasty also have countless tenants? They just have nicer names, but what they do is not the same as this serf?"

"Wouldn't it be better to be a slave in our Ming Dynasty than to be a commoner in the desolate land of Japan?"

Ru Taisu bowed: "Yes, I am pedantic. But Your Majesty, if you keep these Japanese slaves for many lifetimes and suffer oppression, I am afraid things will change over time."

"As a veteran, I should focus on education."

"Then disperse these Japanese people and place them in various places so that they cannot connect with each other. They also strictly prohibit the people from buying and selling Han people as slaves. Instead, private merchants are allowed to buy and sell Japanese slaves. These people have stayed in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and they will naturally receive the enlightenment of our Ming Dynasty. In this way After three generations, you can leave your slave status, and after five generations, you are allowed to take the imperial examination and become an official." Lao Zhu said.

After a few generations, one can become a member of the Ming Dynasty. Such a policy will undoubtedly greatly alleviate the resistance of the Japanese. Ru Taisu thought about it for a while and finally said in admiration: "This is a benevolent government, your majesty is wise."

After all, he didn't really pity the Japanese people.

Zhu Su, on the other hand, was secretly shocked: Although Lao Zhu's method apparently filled up the loopholes in the Japanese slave policy, it was praised as "benevolent government" by an old-fashioned scholar-bureaucrat like Ru Taisu.But the sentence "allowing private merchants to buy and sell Japanese slaves" will definitely set off a frightening slave trade in the Japanese country.From then on, merchants from the Ming Dynasty will flock to Japan to capture and buy Japanese slaves. It can be said that Japan will never have peace again.

But...what does this have to do with me?Zhu Su shrugged in his mind.

"It's just that your highness, I have something unclear. If you want to capture Japanese slaves...can't you use real gold and silver? Why do you have to use treasure notes?" Song Lian asked Zhu Sudao.He came from the troubled times of the former Yuan Dynasty and had a deep understanding of the negative impact caused by the corruption of the banknote law in the former Yuan Dynasty.Previously, Li Shanchang suggested that the court issue banknotes to alleviate the financial shortage, but he had some objections. At this time, due to commercial taxes, the government's national funds were gradually sufficient. Now he still had Yingzhou's gold and silver mountains in hand. If he wanted to issue banknotes again, he subconsciously Some worries.

"Of course, real gold and silver can also be used to buy Japanese slaves. But in this case, the gold and silver mined by our Ming Dynasty will inevitably flow into the hands of Japanese dignitaries and others." Zhu Su said. "In this way, if the power of the Japanese Daimyo grows, it is inevitable that he will have second thoughts in the future."

"It is safer to issue treasure banknotes based on gold and silver, and order the Ming Dynasty to use Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes when trading with surrounding vassals and foreign countries. This is more secure. First, it can prevent the Ming Dynasty's gold and silver from flowing to foreign countries in large quantities, and second, Then, when all countries use my Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes for transactions, I, Ming Dynasty, are equivalent to holding the economic lifeline of all countries."

"Master Song, just imagine, if a certain country goes to war with our Ming Dynasty in the future, our Ming Dynasty can directly cut off contact with it. In this way, the treasures held by this country will no longer be useful, and the country's neutrality will fall into turmoil. Even if it is If you temporarily switch to gold and silver, you will definitely face a run on a large number of businessmen and dignitaries holding precious banknotes."

"Even if they hold their noses and still admit the treasure banknotes, the number of banknotes in their country is limited after all. Our Ming Dynasty will no longer continue to supply them. Their country is short of banknotes, and the country will still be in turmoil. Both the left and the right will be in turmoil."

"So if you want the stability of the country, you must not go against me, the Ming Dynasty."

"This is called surrendering the enemy's troops before fighting."

The benefits of building banks and promoting treasure banknotes in this era naturally go beyond that. Zhu Su just said this, and Song Lian, Zhu Biao, and even Lao Zhu were all moved.

How had they ever thought that a mere piece of treasure banknote could have such wonderful uses? "If it can be used for this purpose, this treasure note must be issued." Liu Bowen stroked his beard and said.Treasure banknotes do have disadvantages, but if they can be used to suppress other countries, then the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

"We have already discussed this matter with Boss Lao Wu. This treasure banknote has many benefits and must be issued. Our Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes are different from those of the former Yuan Dynasty. They are linked to them with real gold and silver, so there will be no indiscriminate issuance. However, how to operate the banknote method needs to be carefully considered. And Lao Wu, do you really have to spend a lot of money to buy Japanese slaves? The money from Sado Jinshan and Iwami Ginzan is not enough for us..." Speaking of flowers Money, Lao Zhu feels a little distressed.

"Dad, I have told you before what wealth is. Having more real money does not mean that the Ming Dynasty has truly become rich. If such a large amount of money is spent domestically, it will inevitably cause inflation. To When the goods were discounted, it was actually the people of Ming Dynasty who were harmed."

"It will be good to use this money in the Japanese country. Exchanging gold and silver for labor is the most calculated transaction. We can use this labor to produce real wealth for the Ming Dynasty. That is the real prosperity. The Ming Dynasty is making rapid progress. , now is not the time to pick at Suosuo..."

"You hozen, who are you talking about picking up the suosuo? In that case, it's up to you. First establish the banknote method and this bank called the bank... Jiujiang, we are going to leave the establishment of the bank account to you. Is that possible?"

Li Jinglong was shocked, and then he realized why these ministers asked him to stay together during the discussion.Hearing this, he hurriedly kowtowed and said, "Yes, I will live up to your majesty's high expectations!"

Li Jiujiang is good at calculations and has dabbled in all kinds of religions. It is perfect for him to be the president of the Royal Bank.

"It's a pity that our gold has just been put into the warehouse, and now it has to be used to issue banknotes." Lao Zhu still couldn't hide the pain on his face. "Lao Wu, if we want to issue banknotes, the few ships of gold that were previously transported into the treasury may not be enough."

"When will Lan Yu's rear army return? By then, how much gold will be transported back?"

"General Lanyu is wiping out the remnants of the Japanese forces. After all, it will only be in February this year. The Sado Gold Mine has already taken more than [-] prisoners of war to mine gold. Rough calculation, hundreds of thousands more should be transported... …”

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More than forty days later, Lan Yu led 1 rear troops back to Yingtian.This time, the army had no cover and marched straight into Yingtian.In order to show the great power of Ming Dynasty, Lan Yu also took dozens of Japanese nobles as prisoners, preparing to sacrifice them to the Ancestral Temple.This series of Japanese prisoners and the dazzling gold made the people of Yingtian Mansion burst into unimaginable enthusiasm.

"Are these Japanese? Oh, they are so evil and evil. They are not tall, but they all look like evil ghosts."

"So what about the evil ghosts? Why don't we, our Ming Dynasty soldiers, come all the way to capture them all? Let's see how they can bring trouble to our Ming Dynasty's sea territory!"

"Look at that gold! It's really dazzling! How could there be so much gold in such a small place like Japan!"

The common people lined the streets to watch. At this moment, the achievements of Xinxue's "pioneering and enterprising" were undoubtedly revealed in front of the common people.

(End of this chapter)