Wanli Xinming

Chapter 280
"Mum, Dad, take care of your health, the unfilial son is gone!" Chen Asheng slammed his head on the ground, and big tears flowed down.

A southern woman with a black and thin face covered with ravines and no age, leaned against the door and sobbed in a low voice.And standing in the courtyard inside the door was the head of the family who was bent over by life.

"Sheng!", his throat was also choked, he opened his mouth wide but did not call out his son's name, only a vague grunt sounded.He could only look at the younger generation outside the door, condensing his fatherly love into his expressionless face.Under his knees, there is a half-eldest child, a young child watching this scene curiously, they don't know what their brother and parents are doing.

Chen Asheng stood up, tightened his luggage, turned his head and said to his companion, "Brother Yonglin, let's go."

Chen Yonglin smiled and said to Chen Asheng's mother, "Don't worry, Godmother, I will take good care of Asheng. Many people have made a fortune in Myanmar. When Asheng and I make a fortune, we will come back to honor you."

The woman who was leaning against the door wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand, and said with a smile, "Well, I don't care about it. You don't care about it, Ah Sheng."

When Chen Asheng was about to walk away, the woman said another sentence behind him: "Asheng, go out and do more good things, don't fight with others, and don't do anything wrong."

Chen Asheng didn't turn around, for fear that his determination would be shaken as soon as he turned around, he just nodded vigorously and followed Chen Yonglin away.

Accompanied by the social pain caused by the increase in productivity in the south of the empire, the Burmese immigration work, which was difficult for the local government to promote before, finally saw a turbulent tide in the 12th year of Wanli.Young people like Chen Asheng and Chen Yonglin had no choice but to embark on a journey of survival in a foreign land amid unemployment and hunger.

Like droplets of water, they flowed out from dozens of cities such as Fuzhou, Guizhou, Ningbo, and merged into a rolling stream of people.When uprooted people with accents from all over the world gather in various ports, it has become a jaw-dropping crowd.

"Asheng! Asheng!" Chen Yonglin was swaying around in the crowd, desperately trying to find his relatives.The small Chen Asheng agreed at a distance of ten feet away from him, which made Chen Yonglin feel relieved.

"After eating the porridge, go to the east of the wharf! Do you know? Ah Sheng! Ah Sheng!"

"I know! On the east side of the pier, the Yangon!" On the pier, which was full of people, Chen Asheng, who was sweating profusely, squeezed the porcelain bowl in his hand, and had more confidence in his future life.

The first greeting gift from Guangzhou Customs to Chen Asheng was a white porcelain bowl with two blue lines on the rim, which was much prettier than the sauce-colored sea bowl at home.

This porcelain bowl is used to put porridge for everyone who goes out to sea. Although holding this empty bowl seems to be a beggar, the white porridge that still cannot be poured with chopsticks has given these young people enough hope - the imperial court will Pay for their meals on the road.

The food on the pier is worse than the food at home. There is no dry food, and there is no oil or water in the vegetable leaf pickle soup.But three bowls of thick porridge a day were enough to keep them alive and healthy, and gave them a strong hint that neither the emperor nor the government abandoned them.

It feels good to be noticed.The common people in China can endure all hardships, as long as they are told in an appropriate way that they have not been abandoned by the superiors.On the contrary, if you completely let them fend for themselves, the Chinese people's sense of reverence for theocracy and kingship will also disappear, and their riots will be destroyed.

After Chen Asheng lined up to get the porridge, he ran to the cauldron lined up on the pier and drank two bowls of pickled vegetable soup.Guangzhou in August is extremely hot, and it is necessary to consume enough salt. At this time, the court has no shortage of grain and salt.

Lei Yingzhi looked at the rolling crowd in front of him, and kept wiping the oily sweat off his face.He has served as the head of customs for more than three years, and he has never been given such a difficult task: in the latest month alone, the number of people who have sailed from Guangzhou Port has reached 890.

The entire Guangdong maritime merchants were mobilized, and they would undertake the task of transporting these people to Burma and Annam.The imperial court has issued the latest decree to auction the waterways of North Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. To qualify for the auction, you must obtain the shipping contribution documents issued by the local customs. If you do not have the documents, even if you have Jinshan at home, you are not eligible. Enter the auction.

Of course it's not fair, but there's nothing the sea merchants can do.This auction will be based on the points method, and the contribution of shipping immigrants will account for [-] of the [-] points.It is impossible for any maritime businessman who is interested in maritime trade to score [-] points for his family - every point difference requires more real money to be paid at the auction.

This will be the largest gluttonous feast in the entire history of China's maritime trade. Whether or not they can get [-]% of the shipping shares will determine the honor and disgrace of these maritime merchant families for generations.Families with insufficient strength will either be annexed by sea merchants or change careers: if they fail to obtain a license, even if they are pirates, they will face an indiscriminate attack by the navy.

Guangzhou Port has already stationed a new type of warship, and anyone who has seen the gunboat can't think of continuing smuggling.The giant ship has two rows of densely packed portholes, and behind the portholes are all artillery pieces.

After the merchants saw the slender shape of the octopus and the row upon row of sails, the idea of ​​speeding up their escape was also dispelled.This warship does not need to go out to sea, and these maritime merchants also know that it definitely has a speed far exceeding that of merchant ships.

The desperate "maritime merchants" had to follow the path that the emperor gave them, take out the gold and silver treasures that had been accumulated over the years and stained with blood, and buy the shares of "Daming Sea Trade General Trading Company".With shares, there is a license—with a license, no matter how much you take out now, you can earn it back in the future.

The political affairs hall was speechless at Zhu Yijun's "snatching", because this blatant money grabbing method was packaged by the emperor, and turned out to be somewhat high-sounding: who can say that standardized management is wrong?Who can say it's wrong to fight smuggling?Besides, these gold and silver emperors did not take a penny to their inner pockets, and they all made the reserves of the "Daming Central Bank".

Money again!The mint and the banknote printing factory started construction at the same time, and after the establishment of the Liangjing Bank, the new currency was immediately released to the people.Wang Guoguang calculated the cost of the bank notes - he thought that if it could be circulated on a large scale, the court would never have to worry about money shortages.

Of course there will be voices of opposition. Many people think that Zhu Yijun is addicted to stealing money and is going to copy the routine of Taizu's issuance of treasured banknotes to search for people's wealth.Zhu Yijun ordered a series of reports in the newspapers, claiming that for every one or two silver bills issued, the holder could exchange the same weight of silver at the bank.

This is of course impossible - just spending money on fire can empty the court's finances.However, the psychological shadow of the treasured banknotes on the people of Ming Dynasty was too great. At the beginning, it was only possible to publicize it like this, and control the issuance of banknotes to accept the inspection of the masses, until everyone developed the habit of using banknotes.

Zhu Yijun has studied finance and knows that issuing banknotes within six times the reserve is considered a prudent monetary policy.But at this time of Ming Dynasty, let alone six times, even if it doubled, once there is a large-scale run, the people will be considered light, and they may directly raise the flag and rebel.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yijun decided to issue an decree to apologize to the world's businessmen and recover the folk treasure money - this will be Zhu Yijun's first decree since he ascended the throne.

Guiding oneself is an extremely important political statement in the political life of the feudal dynasty, which will easily resolve the problem of currency issuance faced by the court.The courtiers therefore looked up to Zhu Yijun's character - thinking that he had made a great sacrifice.

In fact, the top politicians knew very well that the emperor's guilt was actually a political reckoning against Taizu, Chengzu and Renzong's indiscriminate issuance of treasure notes.

Public opinion also generally believes that the matter of Baochao has nothing to do with Zhu Yijun. He actually took the blame for Taizu, Chengzu and Renzong, but the descendants of later generations wiped the butt of their ancestors, which is considered filial piety and attention to people.

Wang Guoguang once objected to the emperor's criminal edict to recycle banknotes. He believed that Xuanzong had already abolished the circulation of banknotes, and the imperial court did not have to bear the political burden of 200 years ago.Besides, in the past hundred years, the imperial court has long since given out Lumi and rewards to the princes, and they have long since ceased to use this thing—the current precious banknotes are just waste paper.

Of course Wang Guoguang is right, but Zhu Yijun believes that in order to properly deal with the issue of new currency issuance, it is necessary to punish oneself.In addition, the recycling of treasure banknotes will be conducive to the promotion of new currency. If the imperial court wants to open up the situation of banknotes as soon as possible, it must give a statement to the people of the world on the issue of "treasure banknotes", at least to eliminate the shadow of the people on banknotes.

Facts have proved that this collection of treasured banknotes is definitely a good hand, and the court only paid a small economic price.Because the treasured banknotes recovered by the imperial court are counted by kilograms, each kilogram of treasured banknotes is worth one Wanli silver dollar, regardless of the amount in it. Even if there are tons of treasured banknotes outside, each ton is only two or three thousand Wanli silver dollars. The recycling price is more expensive, and it can be considered to save a little face of the court.

(End of this chapter)