Chongzhen Undergraduates

However, the simple return of fire consumption to the public is just to pass on the cost of fire consumption to the official. To reduce fire consumption and prevent corruption, of course, it is necessary to issue good money. Yongzheng did not issue good money, so it can only be regarded as half the success.

Silver is the currency of Ming Dynasty, but it is not the official currency of Ming Dynasty.There was only one kind of official currency in the Chongzhen Dynasty—one penny: Chongzhen Tongbao.

Zhu Youjian's issuance of new silver and gold coins is tantamount to issuing two officially designated currencies with large denominations at once.

Everyone was used to using silver before, and no one felt the need to issue large-denomination currency. Anyway, silver is very good to use, and you can cut a small piece with scissors and use it as change.

This is a typical problem of consumption habits, which has been formed for thousands of years.

"Your Majesty, how can I get change for this new coin?" Fang Yuegong immediately saw the problem, and it was no surprise that he was the Minister of the Household Department.

Zhu Youjian smiled, and with a wave of his hand, Wang Chengen took out another tray, which contained several different copper coins.They are denominations of ten, twenty and fifty respectively, and the style is the same as the silver coin, but the size is different.

"The new silver coins are called silver dollars. One weighs five cents, and the face value is one silver dollar. The gold coin is five cents of pure gold, and the exchange rate is still ten to one." Zhu Youjian did not adopt the weight of six cents and two in later generations, but used Five coins and seven coins is more than the normal five coins.

But the extra silver can't be lost in vain. Zhu Youjian adopted Song Yingxing's latest smelting technology, adding copper to the silver dollar and tinning the outside to make the silver dollar blow loud and vigorous.Not only can the manufacturing cost be maintained, but also there is a slight surplus.

This is how to identify silver dollars: the sound of silver dollars with tin is sharp, the sound of lead is very small, and only the sound of copper is loud and deep.

If someone wants to make a fake, first of all, they must have casting technology, and second, they must have a formula.If someone is stupid enough to use sterling silver, he will suffer.If he is adulterated, the silver dollar is easy to identify after all.With the technology of this era, it is difficult for ordinary people to figure it out.

The copper coin is a supplement to the silver coin. It is used as change on the market, and its value itself is not high. The maximum is only fifty cash, and the cost of counterfeiting is also high.

According to this face value, a soldier's monthly military pay is four silver dollars.If there is a large amount of transaction needs, you can also use small pieces of gold coins to conduct transactions, and the amount is clear at a glance.No longer need to cut a small piece with scissors, and then use that kind of small copper scale to weigh the weight.

While issuing premium copper coins, it also saved a large amount of copper circulation among the people. Daming is a country short of copper, so it is of course good to save a little.After all, if you want to develop, you cannot do without copper. For example, if Zhu Youjian wants to make a bullet.

Of course, if you buy vegetables, you can continue to use Chongzhen Tongbao for a penny, and it is not worthwhile to make a copper plate with a face value of one penny.

Issuing currency is something that every emperor will do, and no one can find a reason to directly oppose it.The remaining key issue is how to put it on the market in a large area.

Zhu Youjian opened a 50 taels imperial procurement plan, planning to purchase from the entire Jiangnan.

After Shi Kefa and Fang Yuegong left, Zhu Youjian called Wang Chengen to him and said:

"This matter is of great importance. It can be said that it is equivalent to a war. How the people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs control their hands and feet depends on you."

"Long live, look at it! The servant promises to make them honest. Whoever dares to stretch out his hand will cut off his paw, and whoever stretches out his foot will cut off his thigh."

The current Wang Chengen can be said to be the most honest person in Ming Dynasty, even more honest than Bao Zheng.He almost licks the bowl when he eats now, and he definitely only eats half a bowl of rice and a plate of green vegetables in a meal, and he is still a pure vegetarian.

This guy already regarded himself as one with Daming, the kind of true rest with the country, even Zhu Youjian sighed.

"What are you going to do?" Zhu Youjian was very curious about what method Wang Chengen was going to use to manage the most greedy eunuchs.

"The servant is going to borrow every piece of meat from Gao Qiqian's thigh." Wang Chengen said it easily, but the murderous look in his eyes was too heavy.

"Why the thigh meat?"

"Because he has no flesh anywhere else on his body."

"Ouch!" Zhu Youjian had already guessed what Wang Chengen was going to do.

He deserved Gao Qiqian's bad luck, this kid was tortured half to death by Wang Chengen for half a year, and he confessed everything about him, including how many wives he raised as a dead eunuch outside.

Just by copying Gao Qiqian's home, he got 30 taels of silver in Jiangnan. Wang Chengen himself doesn't have such a family property in Jiangnan, so can you not hate him?

"Let Tang Wang Zhu Yujian lead the team to set up exchange points in various places in the name of the inner government. Your people are only responsible for receiving the goods, and they will pay the money, so that the money and goods are settled separately."

"Long live, I'm afraid there won't be so many people all of a sudden."

If you want to spread out such a large business in the whole Jiangnan, it will definitely not be done all at once.Wang Chengen reminded Zhu Youjian, especially in some remote areas, it is impossible to have so many people in such a wide area.

"It doesn't matter. Just start the pilot project in the three provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. The southwestern provinces have no money, so don't worry too much."

Obviously, Ming's money is concentrated in the core areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui. Zhu Youjian in Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi does not plan to reach out for the time being, and it is enough to mainly worry about the three provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.

The core commodities of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huizhou are grain and cloth. If 50 taels of silver are thrown down, the people in these three provinces will only thank Zhu Youjian.Even the previous education program was mainly carried out in these three provinces, which clearly showed that they were competing with the gentry for popular support.

A few days later, in a large courtyard inside the Nanjing Imperial Palace, hundreds of eunuchs stationed in the south of the Yangtze River gathered here.

A skinny man was dragged onto a desk by his limbs. This man was wearing thick shackles, his eyes drifted away, and he looked like he was unlovable.

A bucket of cold water was poured down, and the man writhed and looked alive.

Wang Chengen performed the knife himself, came to Gao Qiqian, glanced at him and said lightly: "Do you know why you died?"

"My lord, it's not our family who insisted on killing Lu Xiangsheng. It's the emperor who wants peace talks. Although the emperor didn't say anything, our family understands what Long Live Lord means."

Gao Qiqian felt that he was particularly wronged. When Chongzhen wanted peace talks, Lu Xiangsheng insisted on fighting, which was completely contrary to the emperor, so he moved his mind to trip Lu Xiangsheng.

"It seems that you still haven't realized it until now. You are not wronged at all. Our family tells you: You can do what Long Live God tells you to do. Don't be smart to do what Long Live God didn't ask you to do." thing.

Let everyone take a look today, what happens to a servant who secretly decides for the Lord Long Live.Also, you made so much money behind the back of the Lord Long Live, you should have your hands chopped off.Is that rewarded by Long Live God? No.

You can only take what Long Live God rewards you; if Long Live God doesn't reward you, you can't get a penny.understand? "

Wang Chengen obviously asked Gao Qiqian, but turned around and looked around gloomyly.All the eunuchs lowered their heads, and no one dared to meet Wang Chengen's terrifying eyes.

Wang Chengen first went up and down Gao Qiqian's thigh, cutting little by little, Gao Qiqian screamed like killing a pig in pain, his voice seemed to tear the air, and he screamed until he was completely silent.

The group of standing eunuchs trembled with fright, as long as the eunuchs stationed outside, no one's buttocks are clean, and no one is as favored as they were back then.

What was the result?

After Wang Chengen cleaned up Gao Qiqian, he turned to look at the eunuchs and said, "Our family will not investigate your past affairs, but this time, if anyone of you dares to use a penny of crooked thinking, I promise to investigate all his affairs in his life." come out.

At that time, some people will end up worse than this person. "

The eunuchs shuddered, looking at Gao Qiqian's thick and white thigh bones, several of them collapsed on the ground in fright.

These people are the office staff sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to various places for procurement all the year round, and they know the local products best.Because in this era, as long as there is the best thing in every place, it must first be offered to the emperor.

The so-called royal tribute was sent to the capital in this way.

This is a complete procurement team in itself, and Zhu Youjian doesn't need to set up another team at all, just take it out and use it.

There is no need for such a large expenditure in the palace. Keeping these people in vain will only increase the burden on the local area. Taking this opportunity now can be regarded as doing some practical things for the local area.

The entire inner palace is in charge of tens of thousands of staff, which is a huge waste of manpower. Tens of thousands of people serve the emperor's family, which is a real luxury.

Chapter 228: Nephew Jin Shengtan

In mid-August, it rained for several days in a row in Nanjing. After the light rain, the weather suddenly became cooler. The season changed from hot to autumn, as if it happened in an instant.

The mansion of Qian Qianyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites has been very lively recently, and students from all over the south of the Yangtze River have come here admiringly. Whether they are Qian Qianyi's students or not, they will specially want to visit.

Of course, Master Qian's door is not open to anyone, and most scholars cannot even send a letter of greeting.