The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Salim was devastated, dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, unable to tell what he was suffering.

He glared at Yan Song viciously, took the bank note and left.

Sinbad hugged Yan Song's thigh and begged, "I'm finished! Salem will definitely kill me."

Yan Song smiled and said: "I have prepared a fast boat for you at the port, and you should hurry back to Mughal and report to Emperor Akbar. The emperor is the one who decides Moghul, not Salim. You just need to play your best The tongue, to persuade the emperor, pour dirty water on Salim's head, saying that he was arrogant and rude in Ming Dynasty, provoked Ming Dynasty, and caused a diplomatic crisis between the two countries. Naturally, the emperor doesn't like him. I will also take care of the Ministry of Rites and write a letter for the Mughal Empire , to lodge a serious protest against Salim's threat to start a war with Ming. Help you make a move!"

Yan Song never let go of any opportunity to create trouble for the Mughal Empire.

Sinbad is a good jester. Now that he secretly signed the traitorous treaty, he has no other choice but to cooperate closely with Yan Song and continue to entrap Mughal.

Sinbad's eyes lit up, and he nodded abruptly.

Yan Song secretly gave him another 1 taels of gold. Sinbad burst into tears with gratitude, and left overnight, rushing back to Mughal.

As for how he said bad things about Salim when he met Emperor Akbar in Mughal, and how Salim became furious, that is a later story.

Today, Yan Song has perfectly and properly resolved the conflict between Prince Salim of the Mughal Empire, and for the first time pushed Ming's currency overseas, forcing another powerful country to use Ming's bank notes.

This meaning has been highly appraised in the historical circle.

"Oxford World History" commented: "In 1547, Yan Song, the famous prime minister of Jiajing who lived through the ages, used coercion + deception to force the Mughal Empire to accept the bank note of Ming Dynasty, which has been used in the world for 500 years. This is the world In history, one powerful country forced another powerful country to accept the beginning of its own currency, and Yan Song, with a financial vision that transcended the times, started the process of Ming currency dominating the world."

"History of the Ming Dynasty" records: "In the 25th year of Jiajing, the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, and all nations came to the dynasty. Yan Song used the Tianjin Treaty as a basis to force all countries to replace gold and silver with Daming banknotes. Since then, Daming banknotes have been used all over the world. Allow to enter, not to leave, the calamity of the Ming Dynasty's gold and silver shortage has been eased since then."

"Chinese Economic History Research" records: "After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, there was a long-term shortage of gold and silver, which seriously affected economic activities, and was forced to use copper coins as the main currency. Yan Song started with foreign trade and carried out financial and currency reforms. Silver notes replaced copper coins and gold. Silver became the way of Ming's external payment, which greatly improved the Ming's economy. According to statistics, by the time of Yan Song's death, Daming had hoarded 47% of the world's gold and 35% of the world's silver, ranking first in the world."

Seeing Salim leave, Yan Song also secretly let out a sigh of relief.

"The shortage of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty has always been one of the country's chronic diseases. Some people have explained that the demise of the dynasty was rooted in the disaster of silver shortage. The core of Zhang Juzheng's reform was also rooted in the shortage of silver, and the price was extremely high. With the Treaty of Tianjin, coupled with the With the plundering of gold and silver by Japan and Korea, the status of gold and silver in Ming Dynasty should be relieved."

Yan Song has a deep meaning in everything he does.

He made every effort to ruin Japan, Koryo, and Mughal, all of which were fundamentally aimed at improving Ming's economy.

The shortage of gold and silver in the Ming Dynasty has a long history, but with the continuous development of the economy of the Ming Dynasty and the expansion of the economic scale, it has become more and more acute.When the Ming Dynasty fell, in fact, the products of Ming Dynasty were still abundant, but there was no silver in the treasury of the imperial court, so there was no way to form purchasing power. In the end, it was even a last resort to allow various places to pay taxes in kind.On the one hand, the food in the national treasury is rotten, and on the other hand, the soldiers on the front line are not paid, which leads to low morale.

Therefore, the demise of Ming Dynasty and the poor financial and monetary system are definitely one of the culprits behind the scenes.

Yan Song’s [New Year’s Eve Treaty] with Goryeo, the [Arms Agreement] with the Japanese daimyos, and the [Tianjin Treaty] with the 757 Mughals all coincided with the inflow of gold and silver. As an important condition, it is to plunder the gold and silver of various countries and relieve Ming Dynasty. currency crisis.

At the same time, he used Daming's currency, the bank notes, as the embryonic form of issuing world currency to the outside world, and began to promote Ming's acquisition of currency world hegemony!

In future generations, why is Midi so powerful?

Only two points.

One is military and the other is financial.

The two complement each other, the military supports finance, and finance provides blood transfusion for the military, so Midi is invincible.

In addition, technology, immigration, and culture are all floating clouds and auxiliary means.

The court meeting broke up.

However, Jiajing kept the crown prince, Yan Song, Xu Zan and other cabinets.

He didn't reward Yan Song for anything. In fact, both of them knew that Yan Song's credit for signing a series of treaties and creating amazing wealth and advantages for Daming could not be offset by mere rewards.The emperor's first assistant will inevitably follow up with the following agreement.

But Jiajing made it clear and said another thing.

"Everyone, what happened to Mowo today has reminded me. Yan Aiqing and Mowo have agreed that Ming gold and silver are only allowed to enter and not to be exported. This is a very good move!"

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Chapter 850 Discussion on the Yunnan-Guizhou Gold and Silver Mine [1]

Jiajing glanced at Yan Song approvingly, and then changed the subject: "I, Ming, have been suffering from a shortage of gold and silver for a long time. Taxes in various places cannot collect enough silver. Please, dear friends, discuss what should be done?"

Yan Song was taken aback.

This Jiajing is very sharp.

Others thought that Jiajing was just indulging in cultivating immortals and didn't care about anything, but in fact Jiajing's intelligence was far beyond anyone's imagination.

He just watched from the sidelines, and he was able to perceive many acute problems that the so-called famous ministers could not see.

For example, Ming currency.

The crown prince and all the elders looked at each other.

Xu Zan came out and said: "The inflow of foreign trade gold and silver is forbidden, and the outflow is very good. But these gold and silver plunders are limited after all, and Daming still has to rely on its own mining."

Yang Bo also said: "The minister seconded the proposal. The gold and silver mines in the southwest can contribute 300 million taels of silver to Daming every year, which is a more reliable gold and silver supply for Daming."

The prince was triumphant, and hurriedly expressed his merits: "Father, my son has always attached great importance to the mining of gold and silver mines in the Southwest. At the beginning of the year, he made three declarations, asking the chief secretaries of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places to increase gold and silver mining. Strive to contribute 500 million taels of gold and silver this year to alleviate the shortage of gold and silver in Daming."

Jiajing gave the prince a rare approval glance.

The prince's suggestions were quite in line with Jiajing's taste, and Jiajing also ordered that the chief ministers of the three places follow suit.

Yan Song was full of worry, and turned his head to look at Southwest.

Regarding Jiajing and the prince's order to increase gold and silver mining in the Southwest, Yan Song actually held different opinions.