Daming Military Empire

Chapter 366 Final Goal

Just when everyone was thinking hard, thinking about what kind of goods to speculate to make a lot of money, Zhu Cijiong suddenly interrupted: "This is just a trivial way, you don't need to be so concerned, I haven't said the real way to make big money yet."

When everyone heard the words, they were so shocked that they almost fell under the table. It's just a trivial way to make a few million taels casually, so how much can you make by the real way to make money?Tens of millions of taels?Hundreds of millions of taels!
Seeing everyone's shocked expressions, Zhu Cijiong said quite complacently: "Didn't I just say that I can set an ultimate goal for Daming Royal Nikko Bank? This ultimate goal is the most profitable way!"

When Luo Yangxing heard the words, he couldn't help but eagerly said: "Your Majesty, what is the solution?"

Zhu Cijiong said wisely: "Issuing banknotes, replacing gold coins, silver coins and copper coins with banknotes, banknotes have almost no cost. As long as Ming's banknotes can be circulated in all countries, the money earned will be more than hundreds of millions."

Everyone's face darkened when they heard the words, Luo Yangxing carefully reminded: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being bold. This is very unlikely. The Ming Dynasty wanted to promote paper money at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, but it ended within a few years." It’s over. It’s impossible to promote banknotes in Ming Dynasty, so how can it be possible for all other countries to use Ming’s banknotes?”

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "I know that it was impossible at that time because there was no foundation. Without a foundation, it is impossible to build a castle in the air. However, now the foundation has taken shape. As long as we continue to work hard, this foundation will be slow. Slow forming."

The crowd couldn't understand again, Luo Yangxing couldn't help asking: "Foundation? What kind of foundation? Your Majesty, please forgive me for being dull."

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while and explained: "This foundation is actually not a real thing, but a feeling. To put it bluntly, it makes everyone feel that the banknotes issued by the Ming Empire can be used as money."

People's thinking is the most difficult to change, especially the inertial thinking that has lasted for thousands of years. For thousands of years, everyone believes that gold, silver and copper coins can be used as money. Now you have to give people a piece of paper and say this It can also be used as money, the difficulty can be imagined.

Seeing everyone's puzzled expressions, Zhu Cijiong continued to explain: "How can everyone feel this way? It depends on reputation, to put it bluntly, it depends on the reputation of Daming Royal Nikko Bank, and now Daming Royal Bank Nikko already has a certain degree of credibility, so the foundation is already there.”

Seeing that everyone seems to have understood a bit, Zhu Cijiong continued to guide: "For example, banknotes are actually a kind of banknotes. Hasn't the Royal Nikko Bank of Ming Dynasty issued banknotes worth 9000 million taels in total? Why are there so many banknotes?" How many people use the bank notes of the Royal Nikko Bank of Ming Dynasty?”

Speaking of this, Zhu Cijiong turned his encouraging eyes to Luo Yangxing, and Luo Yangxing immediately understood: "Because they know that the banknotes issued by Daming Rixing Bank can be exchanged for real gold and silver in any state capital of Daming, and they can also be used Banknotes are used to purchase things at all branches of the Daming Royal Xinglong Company."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "This is the credibility. It proves that the Daming Royal Nikko Bank already has a certain reputation. What we need to consider now is how to expand this reputation so that more people can use the bank notes issued by the Daming Royal Nikko Bank."

Having said that, he felt his throat was a bit dry, so he stopped and took a sip of tea.

Everyone in the room thought that the emperor asked them to find a way. They scratched their heads and scratched their heads. It was so uncomfortable. There must be a way. Daming soon promoted paper money, and they scratched their cheeks and couldn't think of a way!
Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help laughing and said: "What's wrong with you, are there any mosquitoes?"

Everyone didn't have the face to answer, all of them sat there with red faces, as if they really scratched their faces.

Zhu Cijiong shook his head with a smile, and continued: "There are many ways to promote it. Let me introduce one first. I have decided that starting next month, the salaries of all court officials will increase by another [-]%, but this new [-]% The salary will be issued in bank notes."

Everyone was delighted when they heard the words. That's right, you can start promoting it with your own subordinates first. In this way, it will be spread slowly. Just when everyone was about to speak enthusiastically, Zhu Cijiong directly raised his hand Said: "Okay, you can think about this promotion issue slowly when you go back, so I won't discuss it here. Let me talk about the new bank note. Who has the bank note?"

As soon as he said this, everyone present, including Zhu Youjian, took it into their arms. These people are all super rich masters, and it would be troublesome for them to bring gold coins and silver coins, so they all brought silver coins. ticket.

Zhu Cijiong was also not polite, and directly stretched out his hand and said: "Everyone, remember how much money you have brought, and now all the bank notes are handed in, and I will analyze it for you."

What the emperor wants to analyze, the people present really don't know, but the emperor is Jinkouyuyan and they all know, everyone feels that they handed the bank notes to the person in front, and a stack of bank notes was quickly handed over to Zhu Cijiong.

Except for Zhu Cijiong, there were a total of six people present, and each of them brought about ten silver bills, a total of about sixty. As Zhu Cijiong expected, most of them were in denominations of 50 taels and 100 taels, and 500 taels were rarely 500 taels. There are basically no more than two. Zhu Cijiong roughly looked through it, then shook the bank note in his hand, and commented: "There are many problems with this bank note!"

When everyone heard the words, their faces were blank again. Aren't all bank notes like this?What can be wrong!
Zhu Cijiong didn't explain right away, but got up to get a pen, ink, paper and inkstone from the desk next to him, and then drew a sketch of the banknotes of later generations on the paper, then held it up and explained: "As a currency in circulation, it must be durable, easy to carry, Beautiful, not easy to imitate and other characteristics.”

When he said this, Luo Yangxing who was next to him suddenly asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for offending me, can I borrow the Four Treasures of the Study?"

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong pushed the writing brush and the remaining white paper towards him, and continued: "When it comes to durability, the old bank notes are fine, basically the best paper is used, but it's not enough. It is necessary to develop a paper that is wear-resistant, rub-resistant, and water-resistant. Because currency is used for transactions, it is brought around, handed back and forth, how can it be non-wear-resistant, rub-resistant, and in case it gets wet when it rains What should I do? Be careful when you carry it on your body, for fear of breaking it, how can you use it with confidence?"

Everyone has a deep understanding of this point, and they all nodded in agreement when they heard the words, but Luo Yangxing just remembered it, for fear that he would not remember it.

Zhu Cijiong took a breath and continued: "Speaking of being easy to carry, the banknotes used to be made very badly. Such a big one, I always fold it and I'm afraid it will be broken. It's not easy to put it on my body if I don't fold it, so , to make this kind of long strip that is narrower than the palm, so it is convenient to carry."

Having said that, he picked up the stack of banknotes and raised them again, and continued: "Why do they have to be beautiful? Look at these old banknotes, do they look like money? It's just a few numbers and a few big seals. It’s a bit like an IOU! To make everyone willing to use it, it must first be attractive enough in appearance. How do you use an IOU to attract people? I don’t need to say more about anti-imitation, if others can imitate it , that money is not all earned by others, what else do we earn!"

He seemed to want to make a joke when he said this. The emperor wanted to make a joke, so he had to laugh. Everyone showed a smile in a face-saving way, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly relaxed.

(End of this chapter)