Malicious Medical Princess of the Marquis House

The Shaofu family order and the Shaofu Tongcheng walked into the palace stepping on the snow, with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

The snow wasn't cleared in time! the Shaofu Jialing muttered.

Gu Zhixin, Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, said: The snow is falling too much, and there is no time to clean it up. My lord, I will help you.

No need! Don't look at the old man, his body is still very strong.

The family order of the Shaofu refused the help of Mr. Gu Zhixin, Tong Cheng of the Shaofu.

After entering the palace, the closer to Xingqing Palace, the less snow accumulated.

When we arrived at Xingqing Palace, there were only a few freshly fallen snowflakes left on the ground, and there was no snow at all.

There are palace people holding brooms to keep the ground clean at all times to ensure that there will be no snow on the ground.

After being notified, the two finally walked into the warm Zhengyang Palace.

My minister sees Your Majesty!

Free gift!

The Shaofu family order pointed to the account books in the basket, All the accounts that His Majesty wants are here.

Emperor Wende hummed, and his eyes stayed on the face of Gu Zhixin, the Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, for two seconds before he said: Submit the account book of the bank first!

A stack of ledgers was placed in front of Emperor Wende.

Emperor Wende flipped through the ledger, and soon found the final ledger.

Oh, 30 million copper coins were recovered in the last month alone? That much?

The Shaofu family order hurriedly said: This is still a small amount. There are more people saving money this month. In less than half a month, the copper coins recovered have exceeded last month. Wei Chen estimated that this month, at least five thousand coins can be recovered. Thousands of coins.

Mr. Gu Zhixin, Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, was as quiet as a chicken.

He thought in his heart that the amount of copper coins recovered this month was definitely more than 50 million. There are twelve months in a year, and the twelfth lunar month is the most prosperous. If only 50 million copper coins were recovered in the entire twelfth lunar month, then the system of depositing money for interest can only be regarded as quite satisfactory, and it is definitely not a magic stroke.

He thought so, but didn't say a word.

It is also for the good of everyone that the Shaofu family order suppresses the data.

Everyone knows how to magnify words, but I am afraid that if the mission cannot be completed, His Majesty will blame him afterwards.

Therefore, the practice of Shaofu's family order,

That's the real maturity.

Emperor Wende asked: How many new coins can be minted from these copper coins that have been recycled?

Emperor Wende's eyes fell on Gu Zhixin's face.

The Shaofu family order gave Gu Zhixin a wink.

Gu Zhixin made up his mind and stood up, Reporting to Your Majesty, as a rule, copper coins will be recycled and recast, and there will be a loss of about 30%. However, after the transformation of the casting process by the supervisor, the loss can basically be controlled at about 25%. .”

When Emperor Wende heard this, he frowned, With such a huge loss, wouldn't the imperial court suffer a heavy loss?

Your Majesty, rest assured, once the newly minted coins are put into the folks, they will be doubled.

How to make money, you and I will talk about it carefully.

Emperor Wende really didn't know how to make money in the coin minting operation.

Gu Zhixin looked at the Shaofu family order, so this question should be answered by the Shaofu family order.

The Shaofu's order deliberated for a while, and then said: Your Majesty, the reason for the proliferation of privately minted coins among the people is that the number of coins minted by the imperial court officials is scarce, and secondly, privately minted coins are huge profits.

Let’s say a small copper coin can be bought in the market for a penny and can buy goods for a penny. But in fact, the brass contained in this copper coin is not worth a penny...

The Shaofu Jialing talked eloquently, and briefly explained the concept of coins to Emperor Wende. The country has always made money without losing money.

Even the copper coins with the highest brass content cast during the Taizu period were still profitable.

Why once the supply of official coins falls short of demand, there will be a flood of privately minted coins, because there are really huge profits in it.

All copper coins, regardless of whether they are officially minted or privately minted, are actually copper alloys.

Copper coins cast by officials contain about 70% copper.

Privately minted coins can contain 50% or 50% copper, which is a great conscience.

What's more, a privately minted copper coin contains only 30% copper. What kind of copper coin is this? It is called lead coin, and zinc coin is more suitable.

According to the method of minting coins by the imperial court, one catty of brass, taking into account the damage, can cast about two hundred and five copper coins. Get two hundred and five pennies.

Privately minted coins, powerful, one catty of brass can cast three hundred copper coins.

In the market, unrefined brass mined costs about 50 to 70 yuan a catty, and transportation costs must be taken into account.

After refining, including all kinds of losses, it will not exceed one hundred and twenty coins a catty.

A catty of brass is used to mint coins, and the price is two hundred and five cash, which is still the official price.

This is not profiteering what is it?

Privately coined coins are more profitable.

From ancient times to the present, whoever controls the right to issue coins controls the money bag.

In the past, the imperial court suffered from insufficient reserves of brass and the folk tradition of hiding money, so the supply of coins minted by the imperial court was simply in short supply.

The coin market was gradually occupied by private minted coins.

A large part of the profits in this market have flowed to various banks.

The Ministry of Household Affairs once calculated an account in private. In the coin market, the amount of official coins minted by the imperial court accounted for less than 20%. At least millions of taels are lost every year.

However, various interest groups are involved here.

Even the Ministry of Household Affairs did not dare to lift the lid.

It wasn't until the Shaofu Bank deposited money to pay interest that the lid was lifted off the tip of the iceberg.

Do you really think that banks rely on usury to make money?

These days, most of the bank's profits come from the private minting of coins.

Even at the foot of the emperor, the root of the imperial city, if you go out to the market, you can come across privately minted coins of various sizes, styles and weights.

Not to mention the south where private coins are flooded.

The south, especially the Jiangnan border, seems to have become the base camp for private coins. There are almost no official coins minted in the local area.

It is conceivable that the imperial court's losses in the coin market are huge.

After the in-depth explanation of Shaofu Jialing, Emperor Wende realized the importance of official coins for the first time.

There is also a vague awareness of the saying that whoever holds the right to mint coins will hold the money bag.

Emperor Wende put his hands behind his back with a dignified expression.

So, every year, the imperial court will lose millions of taels just for coins?

The Shaofu family order lowered his head, This humble minister is incompetent.

Emperor Wende waved his hand, It has nothing to do with you. This is a stubborn disease accumulated by the court for decades and hundreds of years. After all, the late emperor lacked a real financial manager. He failed to realize that a small copper coin is also a big There is such a huge profit hidden behind the article.

If the first emperor had realized this problem early, now I would not have to worry about money every day.

In the past, courtiers blindly suppressed business, only saying that businessmen were inferior. Now it seems that the courtiers' suppression of business is not necessarily because the merchants are lowly, but because they want to monopolize the market and do exclusive business.

Once the imperial court suppresses them, there will be no way for ordinary businessmen to survive. Only those big merchants, those big business houses backed by aristocratic families, can continue to be active in the market.

However, the imperial court is in trouble, and these big merchants have never seen these big merchants take out money, but instead poach my corners.

The courtiers only know how to increase taxes to the common people all over the world, forcing the common people's families to be ruined, turned into bandits, and killed officials to rebel.

Hehe...Thinking about these things together, sitting in this position, I am simply the biggest fool in the world, deaf, blind, and poor.

Now that I think about it, the problems that someone always says can be solved with money are not big problems. This is really true. The point is, I have no money!

Grandma has a leg.

As an emperor, he is rich all over the world, but he cannot make ends meet every year.

The household department has collected more taxes this year, but still has no balance. To make up for the shortfalls of previous years, to make up for the salaries of officials, and to make up for the monthly salaries of big soldiers.

If you don't check, you don't know, but after checking, you will find out that the big soldiers in some places have not received a penny of monthly salary for five full years.

In other words, the imperial court owed Datoubing money and food for five full years.

The accumulation of five years is an astronomical figure.

Not to mention that I haven't changed my clothes or changed my ordnance for five years.

Relying on the household department's deductions, I don't know which year or month to make up for the past deficit. Only then can the whole army change their equipment.

If you don't have money to raise soldiers, how can you expect the army to have combat effectiveness.

Emperor Wende is worried!

After counting and counting, there are really only a handful of troops in Dazhou that have real combat effectiveness.

The Shaofu Jialing and the Shaofu Tongcheng Gu Zhixin all lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

The Shaofu family order guessed that the person mentioned by Emperor Wende should be Gu Jiu.

Only Gu Jiu can say that the problems that can be solved with money are not problems.

Snapped!

Emperor Wende slapped the table with a slap.

Are you both dumb? I don't have any money, so tell me what to do!

Shaofu Tongcheng Gu Zhixin: ... The emperor is also called poor, and the minister, the minister can't help it.

The Shaofu family order coughed lightly, Your Majesty, the income will increase next year, and the situation will be even better.

I know the situation will be better, but it's not enough. The money is still not enough! This year, the salary of the Beijing officials hasn't been paid yet. Do you still owe two months' salary?

The Shaofu family order nodded, It's snowing heavily this year, and many places have suffered from snow disasters. The household department can't afford money for salary for the time being.

Emperor Wende snorted coldly, So I said, the speed of your young mansion is really too slow. Private coining is a violation of national law. Isn't there a better way to suppress private private coining? If it doesn't work, I will let you The Jinwu Guards are dispatched.

Think twice, Your Majesty! You must not dispatch the Jinwu Guards! As soon as the Jinwu Guards move, the people will be completely in chaos. The old minister still said in the past, this matter has to be figured out slowly.

Snapped!

Emperor Wende slapped the table heavily, I can't wait. At least I have to drive out all the private coins in the capital first. What good ideas do you two have?

Gu Zhixin, the Copper Chancellor of the Shaofu, thought about it and said: The only way is to increase the number of coins minted by officials. However, the amount of coins mined by the imperial court is not enough to completely drive private coins out of Gyeonggi.

Emperor Wende asked angrily: Where do the brass used in the folk coins come from? Why are there so many of them, and the imperial court can't compare with the folk brass reserves?

The Shaofu family order hastily said: Your Majesty does not know. Since the Zhongzong Dynasty, private mine mining has gradually flooded. Most of them are from well-known families. To tell you the truth, many ministers in the court have Mining secretly.

In addition, royal family members, honorable military generals, and many other families are also secretly mining. Most of the copper mines they mined flowed into private banks.

As a court official, why not sell copper mines to the court?

The Shaofu family order gave a wry smile, One is because he is afraid of leaving a clue and being settled by Qiuhou. Second, the private purchase price is often higher than the imperial court.

Ridiculous! These bastards, moths, don't forget who is supporting them. They don't want to share their worries for the court, share their worries for me, and even dare to secretly poach my corners. Damn them all, damn them!

Emperor Wende kicked over the stool, smashed the teacup, and threw the inkstone.

The hall was in a mess.

The palace people all held their breath, not daring to take a breath.

The Shaofu Jialing was nervous, but his face was calm.

Gu Zhixin, Tong Cheng of the Shaofu, saw Emperor Wende angry for the first time, and couldn't help trembling with fright.

Damn!

The position of Shaofu Tongcheng looks resplendent and has a bright future. Who would have thought that he would have to bear the wrath of Emperor Wende all the time.

The courtiers also said that Emperor Wende had a good temper.

That's the way he has never seen Emperor Wende get angry.

After Emperor Wende vented, he asked angrily, Is there no way to cure them?

The Shaofu family order gave a wry smile. He is the brother of Emperor Zhongzong, he came from that era, and he is very clear about the situation at that time.

He said: Your Majesty, calm down! The old minister said something rebellious. The reason why private mining has become uncontrollable is entirely on Zhongzong's responsibility.

Back then, Emperor Zhongzong favored the noble concubine named Su in his harem, so he allowed his father and brother to open mines, and allowed him to choose a mine, with the full cooperation of the local government. This is the beginning of the publicization of private mines.

Later, when the first emperor ascended the throne, although the Su family was ransacked and beheaded, Concubine Su Gui was also imprisoned in the Ganye Temple. However, the trend of opening mines privately has spread, and the late emperor failed to curb this trend in the first place. Over the past few decades, it has become the current situation.

Emperor Wende: ...

I want to cry!

How to do?

Other families are all sons cheating on their fathers.

If you come to him, it will be Lao Tzu cheating his son, and the son cheating his grandson.

He is the grandson who was cheated!

MMP, the ancestor of shit.

At this moment, Emperor Wende even had an urge to move Zhongzong's tablet out of Fengxian Hall and smash it to pieces!

Emperor Wende is so rebellious, there is nothing wrong with it!