Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 427 Gold cash out

   Treasure Island?

   I didn’t expect that Dongying, a Japanese country that was thought to be barren and uncivilized, would have the title of Treasure Island. Doesn’t this title mean that our country is full of gold and silver in Dongying? Also, what Zhu Pingan said just now is that our country Dongying used gold to cast Buddha statues more than ten feet long. Tsk tsk, the Buddha statues in Ming Dynasty are at most gold-plated.

  Zhu Ping'an's statement made all the officials in the hall interested in Wa Kingdom.

   "It's nonsense, if the Japanese country is full of gold and silver, then why do they have ragged clothes and starvation, and go to the coast of our country to be bandits and thieves?!" Li Mo didn't believe what Zhu Pingan said.

"It's simple. Japan is rich in gold and silver minerals, but lacks natural resources. It is composed of several large islands, and the land suitable for farming is limited. Natural disasters and earthquakes are frequent, and food is scarce. Food is the most important thing for the people, no matter how much gold and silver there is. If there is not enough food, it is useless." Zhu Pingan explained softly.

  Zhu Ping'an's explanation is very convincing. For example, when a flood occurred, only two people managed to escape on the top of the tree, and there was a flood like a vast ocean below. The two people on the top of the tree, one is a landlord with ten taels of gold, and the other is a beggar with ten steamed buns. It must be that a beggar can live to the end, no matter how much gold he has, it will be useless if he has nothing to eat.

   "Did Zihou mention the exchange of gold and silver in the barbarian and Japanese kingdoms?" an official asked thoughtfully.

   "The price of gold and silver in Japan and Japan is very different from that of Ming Dynasty. The price of gold in Japan is much lower than that of Ming Dynasty. Wouldn't it be a huge profit to get gold from Japan?" Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and replied softly.

  Historically, some time before the Meiji Restoration in Japan, Western countries took advantage of the fact that the price of gold in Japan was much lower than the international price, arbitraged a large number of them, and made huge profits.

  What Europe did, why can’t my Ming Dynasty do it? Why should I leave this opportunity to the European powers hundreds of years later.

   This is probably the roughest financial war.

"It's absurd, how can I use such means to obtain such ill-gotten gains from the Great Ming Dynasty, a country of benevolence and righteousness! After I waited for Confucius, such acts are unacceptable." Zhu Pingan proposed gold cash After speaking, an old official with gray beard and hair stood up and accused Zhu Ping'an.

Uh

  This old minister is really a benchmark in the moral world! The Japanese pirates killed and looted at the door of the house. I just brought it up to the Japanese country to cash in the gold.

   In other words, I really want this old man to go to the coast to give moral lessons to the Japanese pirates. Maybe the Japanese pirates will be so moved that they will cut open their stomachs and apologize?

"What you said can be regarded as a way to fill the treasury, but I don't know if you know that I understand that silver is in short supply. My Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, but it does not produce much silver. It is not easy to support my Ming operation. You can use my Ming’s silver to exchange for gold. My Ming’s people’s livelihood depends on silver, so exchanging silver for gold will lead to unimaginable consequences in the long run.” After weighing the pros and cons, an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs raised a new question.

  In the dynasties before the Ming Dynasty, the currency that circulated in the market was mainly copper coins, and silver and gold were only auxiliary; it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the silver standard system was established. If there is insufficient silver, Ming's economic system will also collapse.

  Although the officials of the Ministry of Households do not understand what is the silver standard system and what is finance, they still have a rough understanding of it.

"What this lord said is very true, but cashing out gold is not just cashing out with silver, there are other methods. My Ming Dynasty is rich in ceramics, tea, cloth and other things, many of which are lacking in the Japanese kingdom of Japan, and sold to the Japanese kingdom. , but it needs to be settled in gold, so it kills two birds with one stone." Zhu Pingan nodded, and then continued.

Zhu Pingan did not intend to exchange silver for gold from the beginning. He said so much, all he wanted was to lengthen the sights of people with lofty ideals in the Ming Dynasty, and stop just staring at the one-acre three-point land of the Ming Dynasty. There are more worlds out there.

  At this time, Europe is already on the way to catch up and surpass China. If the Ming Dynasty starts to look at the world now, there are still many opportunities at this time. The Ming Dynasty is not inferior to the West at this time.

  However, if history continues, it is only a matter of time before sea bans, closed-door closures, and country closures are opened by Western ships and bombardments. The humiliation of modern China, Zhu Ping'an ten thousand does not want it to recur, so Zhu Ping'an will take the opportunity to lengthen the eyes of the people of the country, and try to induce them to look at the world with their eyes as much as possible.

   "Hehe, you have said so much, and you have made such a big circle, you are not talking about relaxing the sea ban! Hmph, the sea ban is an ancestral system, and it is expressly stipulated that sails are not allowed to be like the sea, and the sea ban cannot be loosened."

  Li Mo sneered, looked at Yan Song, Yan Shifan and others who seemed to have expected it long ago, and then looked at Zhu Pingan sarcastically. Obviously, Li Mo attributed Zhu Pingan to the category of Yan Song's henchmen again.

   It is also easy to understand that most of Yan Song's party members, especially Yan Shifan, are the loudest for relaxing the sea ban. In Li Mo's eyes, Zhu Ping'an has gone around such a big circle, such things as doubling the national treasury without increasing taxes, are all nonsense, all are deceitful tricks, and all of them are for one purpose: to relax the sea ban!

  The little thief Zhu Ping'an really worked hard to cheer for Yan Shifan and others, yes, after all, Yan Song helped Zhu Ping'an's promotion and said a lot of good things.

  Li Mo brought the question back to the question of whether the sea ban should be relaxed or not, and the two factions debated again in the hall. Because of what Zhu Pingan said just now, the relaxation faction became more and more courageous in their arguments, and of course the strict prohibition faction was not to be outdone.

But this time, Emperor Jiajing didn't give them more chances to play their role. After listening for a while, Huang Jin stepped down and called out a few names, leaving five people including Yan Song, Li Mo, and Xu Jie, and the rest of the staff were assigned by Xiao Huangmen. He led them out of Xiyuan.

  Zhu Ping'an was also sent out of Xiyuan along with the others. Although Zhu Ping'an's face-to-face performance today was not bad, Zhu Ping'an was not qualified to stay.

When Zhu Pingan walked to the Imperial Academy, everyone in the Imperial Academy already knew the news of Zhu Ping's promotion. Except for Zhang Siwei's heartfelt congratulations, everyone else had expressions of envy, jealousy and hatred, especially Yuan Wei. His face almost fell to the ground, and he felt more resentment towards Zhu Ping'an.

   "Congratulations, Master Zhu."

  Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhu Pingan with a strange look at the beginning, but it disappeared in a flash, and came with a smile to congratulate Zhu Pingan on his promotion.

  (end of this chapter)