Domineering Daming

Liu Shimin thought through his mind, and without saying a word, stepped back slowly.

Zhu Xu sat on the soft bed, continued to look at his playbook, and replied one by one, as if nothing had happened just now.

The supervisor of ceremonies drafted Zhu Xu's meaning and passed it to the cabinet, asking the cabinet to formulate the purpose as soon as possible.

This is equivalent to conveying to the cabinet. Sun Chuanting and others knew what Zhu Xu meant, but there was no surprise. They wrote the imperial decree and sent it back to the Supervisor of Ceremonies. After Zhu Xu sealed it, angels began to go out of Beijing to deliver the decree.

Not to mention the current and future influence of Zhu Xu's two edicts, Sun Chuanting is now facing problems again.

This problem is one word: money; two words: lack of money.

The reform was followed by a large amount of money and food. The Ming Dynasty was so big, and the problems were so serious and deep. Not to mention other things, the purchase of land alone exceeded 5000 million taels of silver in the blink of an eye.

With such a large sum, no matter how much Sun Chuanting can move around, it is still not enough to fill this bottomless pit.

Instead of staring at the Royal Bank, he approached the famous silver mines and gold mines in the country of Wa. Even before that, he had ordered people to explore, prepare to take over, and dig.

Chapter 1449 Transferring the Crisis

Sun Chuanting's every move is in Zhu Xu's eyes. The Mining Bureau established by the cabinet is not only targeting the mainland, but North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu are all under investigation.

Especially in the country of Wa, the rich gold and silver of the country has long been spread throughout the country, and there have been quarrels at the beginning of the war, not to mention Sun Chuanting who is now extremely short of money.

Under the confession of the old ministers of the Japanese shogunate and some officials who surrendered, the Mining Bureau delineated six gold mines and [-] silver mines in the Japanese country, and mining was already underway.

These silver cannot be used directly, they need to be exchanged for new coins at the Royal Bank, and then they can be used as currency in circulation and released through the channels of the Royal Bank.

The first batch of ships arrived, the Royal Bank carried out casting and evaluation, and got 600 million taels, but this did not conform to the Royal Bank’s new coin circulation plan, and could not be exchanged to the cabinet suddenly, so as not to cause inflation and disrupt the established rhythm .

Fu Tao couldn't refuse Sun Chuanting, so the secret lawsuit came to Zhu Xu's court.

It was already the end of August, the weather was as hot as a furnace, and the whole capital city was scorched to the point of burning. Looking at it, it looked like a trembling mirror, and the whole world was distorted.

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Xingzi was wearing a loose silk kimono, with long hair hanging down, and she was pressing Zhu Xu's shoulders. She was three months pregnant, and she had the beauty of a pregnant woman.

Hearing that Fu Tao was reported from outside, Zhu Xu patted Xingzi's hand and said, "Trouble is coming, take a break."

Xingzi's Chinese is very smooth now, he blinked and said, "Yes."

As soon as Xingzi left, Fu Tao walked in quickly, and after saluting, he said eagerly: "Your Majesty, the chief assistant has really created a big problem for the minister..."

Zhu Xu sat at the table, poured a cup of herbal tea, and said, "Tell me the specifics."

Fu Tao stood opposite Zhu Xu, with an anxious expression on his face, and said, "The first batch from the Bureau of Mines is more than 600 million, and I can barely pay, but I heard from the Bureau of Mines that this is only the first batch. The second batch will arrive in October, and the third batch will arrive before the year. In addition, the gold and silver handed over by Dorgon in the Wa Kingdom are as high as more than 1000 million taels, and this year there may be an additional nearly 3000 million silver... According to Shoufu’s intention, All will be used for the 'New Deal', I am worried that such a large-scale release of new currency will drastically disrupt the market and impact the price of goods across the country, which is not conducive to reform..."

Fu Tao's Royal Bank has been committed to establishing a stable currency market and controlling the price balance. Therefore, it is cautious in exchanging old and new currency and issuing new currency.

Sun Chuanting didn't know if he was aware of this, or if the reform was too hasty, he was asking the Royal Bank to quickly exchange it to the cabinet.

Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and didn't express his opinion immediately.

It's not that Sun Chuanting doesn't know the importance of currency stability, but the cabinet thinks that the new coins in circulation are far from meeting the circulation needs of the entire Ming market. Let alone 3000 million, one or two hundred million is fine. It's just a rhythm. Time, the grasp of the digestive process.

In Zhu Xu’s view, the emergence of this phenomenon is due to the small natural demand for currency circulation under the inherent small-scale peasant economy, and the second is that under the circumstances of natural disasters, everyone is tight on food and clothing, business development is not smooth, and the new Currency circulation is restricted.The third reason is that the people still attach great importance to "cash silver" and hide too much. The new currency is only a necessity for circulation, not an asset, and will not be truly owned or accumulated.

In the case of low internal demand, it makes sense for Fu Tao not to want the cabinet to disrupt the Royal Bank's plan.

Zhu Xu needs to balance the different needs of these two, and also meet their requirements.

After pondering for a while, Zhu Xu looked at Zhu Xu and said, "The Royal Bank needs to learn how to transfer the domestic crisis. Since the 600 million cannot be digested at home, then go abroad. For example, you use the 600 million cash to buy things abroad. Return to the country, give it to Sun Shoufu, and ask Shoufu to realize it... This is just an example, how to do it specifically, you can study it carefully before doing it, do you understand what I mean?"

Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu, and said thoughtfully: "Yes, I understand. In this way, not only will there be no danger of inflation in the country, but it can also increase wealth, expand currency circulation, and ease inflation... In contrast, many foreign countries The inflow of gold and silver, the reduction of wealth, will form rapid inflation..."

The most important thing is to let Fu Tao get rid of the pressure of Sun Chuanting.

Listening to Fu Tao's words, Zhu Xu shook his head secretly. Fu Tao may not understand these things, or in other words, there must have been discussions with the Royal Bank.But this is playing tricks on Shoufu, without Zhu Xu's approval, how could they dare.

Zhu Xu's words are like Shang Fang's sword, Fu Tao can do things with his hands free, and Sun Chuanting will be harsh in the future, so he can have the sacred teachings to prevent disasters.

Fu Tao reported some other things, especially the land purchase plan involving the Royal Commercial Group.

"emperor."

Fu Tao looked serious, and said: "The land purchased by the commercial group is rapidly expanding, and it has reached 3000 million mu, but it is mainly in some severely disaster-stricken, relatively remote places, and some rich lands, it is difficult to buy, even so, it has been Draining the circulating cash of the business group... The business group didn't dare to disturb the imperial concubine, and kept urging the ministers to find a way..."

Zhu Xu is naturally very clear about these things. Strictly speaking, the Royal Commercial Group does not need to do this level, it is nothing more than Zhu Xu's factors in it.In addition, without Bumbutai, they can't bear the pressure of the cabinet. Many things are beyond their ability, and they are doing it bravely.

Zhu Xu said: "This matter, the chief minister was in a hurry, and he didn't read enough. When you go to the cabinet later, mention it to the chief minister. The cabinet can't do the land purchase, and the local government can't do it. The establishment of a trade organization is to connect with the Royal Commercial Group and promote the development of local commerce, and secondly, to join the land purchase plan and assign task lines to them... In terms of locality, you should be able to trust them now, and the cabinet can't rush everything In the front, shouldering the pressure alone...Reform is the concentrated will of the imperial court, and local governments cannot hide or avoid it, let alone watch the fire from the other side like an outsider!"

Fu Tao understood immediately, and said with a little surprise: "Yes, I understand."

Zhu Xu then told Fu Tao: "The implementation of the new currency must be accelerated, not only on land, but also in North Korea, Ryukyu, Suihai, Annan, etc. This is a necessary step for the unification of the world, and we cannot slack off."

The so-called "books with the same text, cars with the same track", Zhu Xu has been constantly assimilating these surrounding places.

Fu Tao nodded in response, and reported to Zhu Xu for a while, then left Qianqing Palace and returned to the cabinet.

Fu Tao knew how to use what he had learned, and directly agreed to exchange 600 million taels for Sun Chuanting, which would be credited to the cabinet within ten days.

Before Fu Tao's money went to the Ministry of Household Affairs, the next day a reminder letter from the business group arrived at the cabinet, asking for 300 million to make up for the shortfall in the land purchase.

On the third day, the second batch of overseas grain that arrived this year had landed in Guangzhou, amounting to 500 million shi. It was sold to all parts of the country through the sales network of the Royal Commercial Group in the first place. 300 million shi were allocated for disaster relief and projects of the Ministry of Industry.

In other words, the 600 million that Sun Chuanting hadn't received yet had already been used up within three days.

Without waiting for Sun Chuanting to speak, Fu Tao began to distribute a lot of silver through the various channels of the Royal Bank's branch, the United Fleet, the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and the Royal Commercial Group. The 1000 million silver was sent out in different ways, and a shipload of goods lined up to go out to sea , Jiang Guang returned with a full load soon after.

After Zhu Xu's approval, the Royal Bank is using a large amount of currency and trade to divert the threat of domestic inflation while vigorously developing sea trade.In this case, the crisis of natural disasters in Ming Dynasty was continuously transferred out in a rather subtle but also brutal way.

Chapter 1450 Straighten out the imperial court

Sun Chuanting was short of money and tried his best, but Daming was exhausted by natural disasters. Although he held unprecedented power, the money he could raise was extremely limited.

However, Sun Chuanting also showed his extraordinary means, strongly stabilizing the situation in the court and promoting the "New Deal", no big troubles appeared again, and there were signs of further stabilization.

On this day, Sun Chuanting braved the scorching heat to go outside the city to check this year's farming.

The weather is hotter than last year, and there is widespread drought in the north. It is difficult to grow traditional grains. It is conceivable that this year will inevitably reduce production, and the number of victims will further increase.

Qianqing Palace, Dongnuan Pavilion.

Fu Changzong, Zhou Yingqiu, Zhao Han, and Shen Xun, the four court elders, were called into the palace by Zhu Xu at the same time.

There is ice charcoal here, although it is humid, it is indeed much cooler than outside.

After drinking tea with the four of them, Zhu Xu said with a smile, "I heard that the cabinet set up a bureau of ice and charcoal, which earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in just half a month?"