Domineering Daming

Fu Tao followed Zhu Xu, walked slowly, and said: "The minister has already written to the cabinet to carry out a large-scale currency exchange next year, to recover the scattered old silver and copper coins, and to complete the replacement and unification of currencies as soon as possible..."

Zhu Xu thought while listening, the cabinet has more and more government affairs now, and the matter of the Royal Bank cannot be delayed, and it needs to be completed as soon as possible.

——Daming has a lot to do next year.

"Akabane Trading Company has notified Wei Chen that there is a great demand for sea trade, and a large amount of silver dollars and banknotes are needed. It is estimated that next year it may exceed 3000 million..."

Fu Tao said: "Jiugang, as many as nine branches are being built in Luzon, Ryukyu, Kagoshima, etc. are all under construction, and the demand for new currency will be even greater next year..."

Hearing this, Zhu Xu said: "For the issuance of coins, you must estimate the approximate capacity of the market, and you must control it. Now my Ming Dynasty is not in a good situation. Once there is a situation of price fluctuations, it will be a big problem for my Ming Dynasty. It is a great harm, this point, we must be cautious, not only the approval of the cabinet, but also the personal approval of the government, to allow..."

"I understand." Fu Tao said hastily.In this matter, he has always been extra careful.

But right now, there is no inflation in Ming Dynasty, but Zhu Xu, the court and others don't have a number in their minds about how much money the people in Ming Dynasty have as a whole, and they can't estimate it.

Chapter 890

The currency of the Ming Dynasty has always been chaotic, and the chaos has never been worse. The only currency is a necessary condition for the development of a commodity economy.

After Fu Tao finished speaking, Zhu Xu took a few steps, and said: "It is not mature enough to completely ban scattered silver and copper coins. We need to take our time. The value of new coins must be stable, and bad coins cannot drive out good coins." Phenomena, local banks and affiliated banks must be prepared, even if there are fewer banknotes, or even exchange at a loss, they must ensure that the new currency becomes a new, unified, and irreplaceable currency as soon as possible! I think it will take ten years at most. Currency must be formalized and unified, and in the future, those scraps of silver, copper coins, and precious banknotes of different colors will disappear, and bartering will not happen..."

Fu Tao followed Zhu Xu, listening quietly, answering from time to time.

"How about this, you write a detailed memorial for me to see."

Zhu Xu walked a few steps, looked at the city gate not far away, squinted his eyes, and suddenly said: "By the way, you have to say a few words at the next year's conference, prepare the manuscript, and think about what you want to say , if you are worried, show it to me."

Fu Tao's face changed slightly, he looked at Zhu Xu's side face, then raised his hand and said, "I obey the order."

Zhu Xu waved to Cao Huachun who was not far away, and said, "Dali Temple is about to start the trial of Qian Qianyi, do you want to go and have a look together?"

Fu Tao thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I still have some things to do, so I won't join in the fun."

Zhu Xu smiled, waited for the carriage to come to the side, and said: "Well, then go back early, if there is anything at home, tell me as soon as possible."

Fu Tao raised his hand and said, "My humble minister, thank the emperor for his concern."

Zhu Xu glanced at him again, turned around and got into the carriage.

The carriage walked slowly, running towards the city gate.

Fu Tao watched Zhu Xu walk away, got into another carriage, and followed Zhu Xu into the city not too far away.

Dali Temple has been relocated outside the Daming Gate, and you need to go through the Chang'an Gate to enter. The horse-drawn carriage shuttles slowly on the bustling streets.

Zhu Xu leaned against the wall of the room, smelling the fragrance coming in, opened the curtain and looked to both sides.I saw people coming and going, small businesses and hawkers everywhere, and it was very lively early in the morning.

Zhu Xu's heart moved, and he looked at Cao Huachun and said, "What's the price in the capital now?"

Cao Huachun immediately reacted, thought for a while, and said: "The price of rice and noodles is relatively low, because the spread of sweet potatoes has been relatively fast in recent years, and ordinary people in the capital eat sweet potato rice in the morning, rice at noon, and sweet potato cakes at night. Relatively not much.”

Zhu Xu nodded slightly. Prices will have a response to the overall situation of a society. If the capital can be stable without the intervention of the imperial court, it means that the situation of the entire Ming Dynasty is still stable.

Cao Huachun glanced outside and said, "Your Majesty, Shuntian Mansion has recently written to the cabinet, saying that there are more people flooding into the capital in recent years, and asked if it should be controlled."

Zhu Xu's eyes flashed strangely, and he immediately understood.What Shuntian Mansion was talking about was not the capacity of the capital, but the issue of safety. After pondering, he said: "No, there are so many dangers, let Shuntian Mansion do a good job of planning. The capital is the best place in the world. Mind, to build an unprecedented prosperous city is..."

Cao Huachun leaned forward and said: "Yes, the servants will relay the information to the Shuntian Mansion."

Zhu Xu said "hmm", and opened the curtain again to look outside.

The capital city still doesn't see any changes from the outside, but the people are more active than in the days of Tianqi, with more smiles, and more "casual" behavior and doing things, not so much lifeless, and there is a sense of clarity.

Zhu Xu smiled at the corner of his mouth and heaved a sigh of relief.The people's clearing away the haze and becoming more confident indicates that the morale of the people is improving.This is also the reason why without the threat of Liaodong, everyone in the Ming Dynasty removed a big stone from their hearts.

"By the way, how much is the sown area of ​​sweet potatoes now?" Zhu Xu suddenly lowered the curtains and asked Cao Huachun.

Cao Huachun thought about it for a while, and said: "The specific provinces did not report, but according to the cabinet's calculations, there are hundreds of thousands of hectares. Among them, the six provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, and Liaodong should have the most. Fujian, Jian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan also have quite a few. Others There may not be many."

Except for Liaodong, the other places were the most severely affected places.

Zhu Xu nodded and didn't say much.

The carriage turned in several directions and arrived not far from Dali Temple.

Cao Huachun lifted the curtain of the car and looked at it, said: "Your Majesty, there are quite a lot of people, shall we go in?"

Zhu Xu opened the curtains and squinted, sure enough!

Not far in front of Dali Temple was a sea of ​​people, and some messy sounds could be heard from a distance, one after another.

"There are quite a lot of people. It seems that the cabinet is really serious this time." Zhu Xu smiled slightly.

Cao Huachun also showed a smile. Qian Qianyi not only slapped the emperor in the face, but also the cabinet. The cabinet wants to seize power and promote the "New Deal". Qian Qianyi is the best target and will definitely go all out. Do it, kill chickens and scare monkeys!

"Let's go, let's go inside and have a look." Zhu Xu stood up.For this trial, it will be the beginning of "case law", and Zhu Xu wants to watch it personally.

Cao Huachun followed Zhu Xu out of the carriage and said, "Your Majesty, we can enter through the back door and listen at the side door without disturbing others."

Zhu Xu glanced at the gate of Dali Temple again. Not far away were the Governor's Court and the Ministry of Punishment. His eyes flashed deeply, and he turned around to the back door of Dali Temple.

Before Zhu Xu arrived, Wang Qiaonian was already waiting. When he saw Zhu Xu, he hurriedly saluted and said, "I will see you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Xu waved his hands with a smile, strode inside, and said, "Are you all ready?"

Wang Qiaonian followed Zhu Xu, and said: "Go back to the emperor, everything is ready, everything is ready, there will be no accidents, the emperor is relieved."

Zhu Xu walked and said: "That's good, this matter is very important, especially for the 'Nine Prohibition', the gate of Dali Temple must be guarded!"

"Yes." Wang Qiaonian responded, and led Zhu Xu to a classroom for a rest.There is still some time to leave the hall, and the others have not come yet.

Qian Qianyi is still being detained in the Governor's Court, and has not been sent. Everything is prepared to be Dali Temple.

Outside the gate, I don't know how many officials and people gathered, making noise and saying anything.

"It's a bit quick to start the trial. Is the court so impatient?"

"That's right, I was escorted to Beijing yesterday, and I'm in a hurry for an interrogation today..."

"Yeah, I heard that today's scene is not small. The adults from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Punishment are all here to hear the trial. By the way, the presiding judge is Mr. Wang Ge. Isn't this standard the first of its kind?"

"Well, it's true, after all, Qian Qianyi used to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites. In the past, he was going to be the minister of the Ministry of Rites to become an official. The standard is not high..."

"Guess, how will this sentence be judged? Qian Qianyi's reputation is there, the court should not go too far, and not give him any dignity?"

"It's hard to say, you see such a big movement in the court, I guess it can't be taken lightly..."

"I don't think it's possible. With Qian Qianyi's prestige, if the sentence is really severe, I'm afraid Jiangnan will have to rebel, and Qian Qianyi is not alone in the court. I heard that he and Sun Ge are always in-laws?"