Bright Spring

Ouchisheng said: "You take the initiative to go and take Qiuyue

He sent it to the camp of the Ming army, saying that he would dedicate it to the Ming emperor.With the relationship between Qiu Yueshi and Mao Lijun, is the general of the Ming army still willing to treat you as a sinner? "

The Maori chicken nodded like pecking at rice, and said, "My lord is wise. However, I still need to discuss this matter with the lord Qiuyue first."

Ouchi Shengjian said: "That's what it should be, but Qiuyue's master will definitely agree. The Qiuyue clan married the royal family of the Ming Dynasty, and Mr. Mao Li has no objection. The Qiuyue Clan can take advantage of the situation; even if the power of the Ming Dynasty ceases to exist in the future, the Qiuyue Clan will not suffer any adverse effects because the matter is presided over by the inner family."

Mao Li immediately began to think of ways to evade for himself: "I said that the meaning of receiving Qian Xili and his party that day came from a certain retainer of the Guardian Dynasty of the Chikuqian Kingdom, and blamed this matter on a person who deserved to die."

The two hit it off immediately, and immediately sent someone to contact the Lord Qiuyue.As for the person involved, Akizuki Kaori, don't worry about it. The marriage of Japanese aristocratic women is the same as the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and the children themselves cannot decide.

... When Mao Li Zhenchang and his party went to Hakata Bay, the Ming army did not become too attached to his crimes; Sheng Yong still received Mao Li Zhenchang with the etiquette of envoys for the time being, and was willing to reach a cooperation with the Ouchi family as soon as possible.

As for the matter of the Qiuyue clan, the general of the Ming Dynasty didn't seem to want to pay attention to it.They planned to let Mao Li Zhenchang be the envoy of the Ouchi clan to go to the capital of the Ming Dynasty to pay homage, and they happened to send the beauty there.

There is an eunuch named Zhou Quan, who is more concerned about Qiuyue's affairs.While repeatedly questioning the accompanying people, Zhou Quan sent a group of people to Fengqian Country and Guchu Mountain City to find out the identity of Qiu Yueshi.

Sheng Yong, a general of the Ming Dynasty, is willing to repair the relationship with the Da Nei family.It was promised that most of the former country would be managed by the Ouchi family, and the Ming army only built a fortress in Hakata Bay.And set up the Japanese Governor's Mansion, Hakata Wei and other yamen.

Sheng Yong proposed that since the Muromachi Hall had agreed that Iwami and Izumo should be placed under the territory of the Ouchi clan, the Ouchi clan should cooperate with the Ming army as soon as possible to take over Ishimi; Shi Jianguo guarded the generation, and asked Tao Jing to lead his troops to Boduo Bay as soon as possible, and go to Shi Jianguo with the Ming army warships.

The Central Army of the Ming Army also promised that as long as the Da Nei family helped the Ming Army to successfully fulfill the terms of the "peace treaty", they would release all the soldiers of the Da Nei Army who returned the captives in the future.If the captives can be rescued, the Ouchi family will definitely be able to greatly recover some vitality.

The situation has come to this point, and the conditions of the Ming army are not considered harsh, at least the three kingdoms of Fengzen, Shufang, and Nagato of the Ouchi family have been completely preserved, and the Ming army will not participate in the affairs of these places.In name, the Ouchi family also expanded the territory of the two countries, Iwami and Izumo.Therefore, the agreement between the two parties was quickly negotiated.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty also wanted to use the power of the Ouchi clan.Muromachiden admitted the conditions for the Ming army to enter Iwami country and other places, but if the Ming army rashly sent troops there, unnecessary conflicts with local forces might occur.But with the soldiers and horses of the Ouchi family, things changed completely.

The local forces in Shi Jian Kingdom must not dare to resist. Once they go to war, they will not only have to deal with the Ming army alone, but also have to fight against the neighboring Da Nei family.

After being weakened by the two major forces of the Muromachiden and the Ming Army, the Ouchi Clan is still an overlord in the Western Kingdom, and its strength surpasses those weak guardian daimyos.

Chapter 824 Xia Butang asks for money

The capital of Daming in early autumn is still hot.People stood by the big river, blowing the wind from the river, and finally felt a little bit of coolness.

Gao Xianning, Minister of Dali Temple, and a group of people are waiting at the dock of Longjiang Port, waiting for the boxes on a large ship to be unloaded one after another.People carefully lifted out six improved six-wheeled hourglasses from boxes covered with cotton.On the pier, there were already two hourglasses.

This large ship also departed from Longjiang Port before, sailed along the river to the chief envoy of Sichuan, and then traveled north along the Tuojiang River to observe the sun shadow in Zizhou; then sailed the same way and returned to the capital.

When Gao Xianning stepped forward to observe, he found that the scales of the six hourglasses were all different; compared with the two hourglasses placed in Longjiang Port, none of them were the same.

A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on his face.In this situation, there is no need to ask about the results of the sun shadow observation; since the observation time cannot be synchronized, the result is meaningless.

The experiment presided over by Gao Xianning was once cited as an anecdote among scholars in the capital, but now I am afraid it is only a joke.

This kind of thing seems to have entered the scope of Jin Yiwei's spying.Because the next day, when Gao Xianning went to Dongnuange to face the saint, Emperor Zhu Gaoxu even took the initiative to comfort him.

Zhu Gaoxu said without raising his head, "Many things have nothing to do with methods, they are purely technical issues. It is really difficult to find accurate timing technology at present. You don't have to be too persistent, just keep it as a family. Next time the fleet sails to the west, I will Call the eunuch who is sent out to look for the rumored 'Euclidean Geometry Original' in the Arabian region; then cooperate with the astronomical observations of the Qin Tianjian to see if it can be verified by other methods."

While talking, he was still "crackling" thinking about his calculations, and then writing and drawing on paper.

The scene is a bit funny.Originally a burly emperor who led troops to fight, now he was serious about making calculations there, as if he had become a treasurer.

Gao Xianning bowed solemnly and said, "Your Majesty's words are justified."

After a while, Xia Yuanji, Qi Tai, Ru Yu, Jian Yi, Song Li and other civil servants also arrived one after another, and they all saluted the emperor behind the imperial case.

"Stay flat." Zhu Gaoxu put down his abacus and writing brush, and raised his hand.

He then glanced at the paper in front of him, and said directly, "The mint in the south of the outer city has sufficient raw materials such as copper materials, coking coal, etc., and has been fully prepared for various matters. It starts working day and night, and produces coins every year. About [-] million pieces. In addition, there are two mints on the Qinhuai River and two other mints under construction in Ma'anshan, Taiping Prefecture. In the future, the annual coinage can reach [-] million pieces.

Since the opening of the First Mint, the copper coins of one penny, five pennies, and ten pennies minted in ten months are worth only 16 guan;This little currency is just a drop in the bucket for my overall wealth in Ming Dynasty.Minting silver coins is imperative. "

Xia Yuanji clasped his fists and said, "Master please play, since there are [-] new copper coins in the central bank warehouse of the treasure bank, it is better to hand them over to the Bank of the Ministry of Households as soon as possible."

Zhu Gaoxu said, "I have already received Xia Butang's memorial, but I haven't made a reply. It is the matter to be discussed today. When I first established the central bank office, I made it clear that the central bank is in charge of currency, not in charge of minting coins. Xia There is no direct subordinate relationship between the department hall and Song Tiju."

Xia Yuanji said, "There is indeed a difference in the difference of one word. However, the military expenditure is allocated by the Ministry of Households, and the national treasury is very tight this year; 16 new money can be used to offset [-] yuan of old money, and it can also slightly reduce the pressing needs of the Ministry of Households."

Zhu Gaoxu took a look at Xia Yuanji, and then buried his head in looking at the things on the paper, "One piece of silver coin is currently worth sixty times that of a new copper coin. In the future, the five major mints will start working at the same time, and they can mint tens of millions of coins per year, which can fully satisfy The need for currency issuance.

However, if the money is kept in this way and delivered to the household department indefinitely, there will be too much currency in circulation, and the result will be a vicious depreciation of the currency.This is not the purpose of setting up the central bank.

The rate of currency depreciation, that is, inflation, should be related to the total amount of goods and wealth on the national market, and maintain a certain relationship.Neither can the currency be circulated enough, nor can inflation be too fast. "

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and then said, "Under normal circumstances, the central bank and the Ministry of Household Affairs are independent offices. The income of the Ministry of Accounting should mainly come from taxes, not directly from the mint. If Xiabutang is really short of money, you can Submit a report to the imperial court and then borrow from the central bank.

In recent years, borrowing in blue characters does not need to be repaid, because the new money has just circulated in the market, and a certain amount is needed to meet the needs of the market.But in the future, the Ministry of Households will borrow money, and it must be recorded as a deficit and repaid with tax revenue.

The situation where the imperial court directly subsidized the household department with government orders should be at special times.For example, if a natural disaster occurs in a certain place, the imperial court should subsidize it by increasing currency inflation.It is not a simple relief, but using the money from the treasury to hire local disaster victims and build water conservancy and road facilities.

In order to unify the power of taxation, I will issue an edict that the Ministry of Households has the right to control all taxes in all parts of the country;You have to figure out your own way to increase income and reduce expenditure from sea trade tariffs and local taxes and expenses. "

After Xia Yuanji heard this, he had no choice but to say, "Since the Holy Majesty has made a rule, after returning to the Yamen, I will submit a memorial to ask for an order, sign it in blue letters, and borrow coins from the central bank warehouse of the treasure bank."

Zhu Gaoxu patted his forehead, and found Hu Guang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy from the crowd, and said, "Scholar Hu will write an imperial decree in a short while, and let the Shibo Lifting Department be placed directly under the Ministry of Households. From now on, the power of the Ministry of Households will be in charge of the whole country Everywhere, every taxation."

Hu Guang said, "Your minister leads the decree."

Zhu Gaoxu said to Xia Yuanji, "I hope that the Ministry of Household Affairs will take over the control of the central finance. Xia Butang encourages it."

Xia Yuanji cupped his hands in obeisance with a solemn expression, and responded with a sound.

Zhu Gaoxu said again, "In the past year, I have decreed to stop issuing Daming banknotes and mint coins. This national policy is not simply to replace banknotes with silver coins and copper coins. My wish is to solve the problem of the imperial court for many years through monetary and financial strategies. some of the disadvantages.

First, deflation, that is, there is a long-term shortage of money and insufficient currency in the market.With the peace of the country, the actual prices of various goods such as grains have been falling, and some officials congratulated them, thinking that it was a sign of material abundance.

There is nothing wrong with this statement, but I don't think it is a good thing.Because the currency cannot keep up with the economic level, the price of goods decreases year by year, and the output is difficult to sell; this will inhibit the continued increase of food and goods, which is extremely unfavorable to wealth growth.

Wealthy wealthy households must hoard coins, gold and silver instead of using them for business.The reason is simple. You can buy two stones of rice this year with regular money, but you can buy two stones of rice next year.

When buying three stones, it is best to store coins instead of spending them.A large amount of gold and silver coins stagnated in the vaults, which will cause more severe deflation.

Therefore, the central bank must strictly prohibit private gold and silver collections, limit the weight of private gold and silver jewelry, and maintain a certain slow depreciation rate of currency so that production can develop. "

He paused for a while and said, "Secondly, the land was merged, and the arable land was concentrated to a few wealthy households year by year. There were more and more people in extreme poverty, which affected the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty and the collection of agricultural taxes, causing financial difficulties for the court.

I sent many people to make unannounced visits, and the reason for the land annexation is very complicated.But there is one big item that can be alleviated through monetary policy, and that is to curb high | interest rates.

In addition to hoarding coins, the wealthy households in the local area make a living by lending usury.Generally, the bitter master mortgages the land, and if the interest cannot be repaid, it is easy to lose the land.Therefore, the central bank needs to support state-owned banks and big business banks to lend at reasonable interest rates to provide sources of funds for those who are short of money.In short, when it is possible to use capital means to adjust national policies, try not to use brutal government orders to restore the court's reputation. "

Zhu Gaoxu went on to say, "The third is the problem of the decentralized supply system of the military and government offices in various places. Under the decentralized supply system, a county sometimes has to supply supplies to more than a dozen places. It is neither sufficient nor guaranteed; and causes local The burden on the people is huge, and they often have to borrow money to survive.

The imperial court needs sufficient fiscal revenue and currency circulation, and centrally coordinates production, orders, and transportation matters.Reduce the burden on the people, improve the efficiency of the military | government, and at the same time boost industry and commerce. "

After listening, everyone discussed for a while.

At this time, Jian Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said, "The Holy One is making great efforts to govern, and intends to make drastic reforms. However, everything is against the constitution made by the ancestors. If the upper and lower levels cannot abide by it, the etiquette and law will be shaken. The law is still the same as before, and it is difficult to change it temporarily. Coins Repeatedly dealing with various yamen, or there are traitors seeking profit, until corruption becomes common, then the government will collapse, and we must investigate."