Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 533 Economics and Finance
"First, the eldest son inherits the nobility system. If there is a descendant, there will be a descendant, and if there is no direct descendant, the elder will be established. Brothers will last forever, and they must never be violated."

When this one came out, the group of Mongolians were stunned.

According to the rules on the grassland, strength is king, as long as they are related by blood, they can compete for tribes, as long as they can win.

"I'm afraid this is against the rules of the grassland..."

"There is no such rule!"

"Even if it is Genghis Khan, the third son is appointed to inherit the Khan throne, and Jochi has no chance—"

The leaders talked a lot, designating heirs is an important power, the grassland environment is unpredictable, just like a pack of wolves, only the strongest can become the alpha wolf, if only relying on the order of birth, it does not conform to their rules.

Mediocrity, for a tribe, is death.

But Liu Ting didn't give them a chance at all, and said bluntly: "The emperor's words are the rules. Everyone must obey them, and no one can violate them. But anyone who doesn't obey them can attack and plunder their land and people."

Now, everyone stopped talking and didn't dare to say more.

Logically speaking, the chaos of the heirs is more likely to lead to turmoil in the grassland, which should be profitable for Daming.

But the ass decides the head. Today's Daming is the ruler of the Monan region, and those who slice the cake naturally hope for stability and long-term benefits.

Unrest means a reshuffle of the grassland, which must be resolutely put an end to.

After carefully explaining the first iron law, Liu Tingjie continued:
"Every hundred households must set up a boundary marker, and no tribesmen are allowed to cross it, and they graze without authorization. Killing them is innocent, but they can be cut down."

This is repeating the same old tune, emphasizing it again on land division, also in order to stabilize the order of the grassland.

It is not easy to fight if the scope is delineated, and it is also easy to limit the population of the tribe and restrain the annexation of land tribes.

Population determines the strength and potential of the tribe.

Everyone expressed no objection, but they had opinions on the division of fat and thin pastures, and Liu Tingjie immediately pushed it to the later capital of Monan Xing.

"Article 20, every hundred households must build a temple to support five lamas, and a thousand households must build a large temple with [-] lamas. In addition, a school must be built to learn writing and reading."

Respecting the Yellow Sect means respecting grassland beliefs and winning people's hearts.

In addition, on the second floor, the temple is used to spend money and support five lamas who live without working. This is not a small burden, and offerings have to be made from time to time.

For the [-]-household office with [-] accounts, the pressure is extremely high.

The third floor, the establishment of the temple, is equivalent to throwing an anchor point for the hundred households. After all, nomadic tribes have to relocate all year round, but the temple is reluctant to part with it.

As long as you know the location of the temple, you can determine where the tribe landed.

The school of Qianhusuo is naturally a burden, and at the same time it is also to educate the people. Even if only the children of the nobles can read and write, that is a huge improvement.

The eldest son inheritance system, the limit law, Buddhist temples and Confucian halls, the three iron laws of policy, involving politics, ideology, culture, military, economics, etc., can be described as simple but not simple.

As the supreme arbitrator, Governor Monan started at a high level, handling government affairs in Guihua City, and finalizing matters of various ministries.

For the ministries, apart from the first one, the other two were extremely simple, and they agreed without hesitation.

Abuza personally came to Liu Zongbing and received a letter of appointment and a set of official robes.

As for the official seal, it was too late at all, so it had to be made up later.

After hundreds of tribal officials were conferred, Liu Tingjie heaved a sigh of relief and presented him with a plump carrot:
"Today's merchants in Guihua City, as long as they wear official robes, they can trade with them, and they can get a [-]% discount—"

Alas--

Everyone cheered, only Abuza couldn't help but asked: "Respect the general soldier, our tribe has not had tea for a long time, may we buy more?"

"Hahaha, as long as you have money, you can buy everything, except ironware."

Liu Tingjie laughed loudly.

He clapped his hands, and two large wooden boxes were lifted up. The wooden lids were opened, revealing pieces of silver-gray silver circles.

Picking up a piece casually, Liu Tingjie said: "This silver coin is made of silver, and one coin is equal to one tael of silver."

"The smaller ones are silver cents, and ten are equivalent to one silver dollar."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. You and everyone have a share."

Therefore, a hundred households get 30 yuan in silver dollars, a deputy thousand households get 50 yuan, and a thousand households get 80 yuan.

Everyone is skeptical, but who wouldn't like the benefits for nothing?
Everyone went out to buy things with silver coins.

Liu Tingjie watched him leave with a smile on his face.

The lieutenant at the side was puzzled and asked, "I don't know what the imperial court thinks about rewarding them for no reason."

"who knows?"

Liu Tingjie also opened his mouth and said: "As for the matter assigned by the court, I just need to complete my task, so why bother so much?"

"It's just that Hunyuan is unified. Those Tartars don't know anything else. They can always recognize the four characters of the first year of Shaowu on the silver coins."

The lieutenant general was still puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask again.

Abuza and others left the military tent and came to the market.

Holding a silver coin in his hand, a saddle inlaid with precious stones was placed in front of the door, attracting his attention.

He walked cautiously and fearlessly into a tent set up by a merchant, and looked greedily at everything in front of him.

Hollowed out and beautifully carved saddles, slender and powerful whips, horse combs made of horns, and even horse shawls with beautiful patterns.

He wished he could take everything home, but he was powerless, it was impossible.

"Guest officer, what do you want?"

The apprentice who wiped the dust hurriedly came over and opened his mouth in Mongolian.

"How much is this saddle?"

Abuza couldn't put it down, his eyes seemed to have hooks, and he couldn't leave him no matter what.

"You really know the goods. This saddle belongs to a marquis's mansion in the mainland. I heard that he is related to the emperor. Now he has a relationship with you. You only need [-] sheep, or [-] cows or horses, and you can take it away... ..."

"Five hundred sheep?"

Abuza was shocked, this was worth several big iron pots, it was too expensive.

"Can this be paid?"

Suddenly, he remembered the silver dollar in his hand, handed it over and said.

"silver dollar?"

The guy's eyes lit up, and he said, "Okay, why not."

"How much is that?"

Abuza suddenly put away the silver coins and asked.

"It was supposed to be 50 yuan, but today I have a chance with you. It's the first time I opened, so let's pay 30 yuan!"

"it is good--"

Abuza handed over a bag of silver coins, and ran away holding the saddle.

"Stupid Tartar." The man smiled, 30 yuan silver dollars can buy dozens of saddles!
Along the way, for Abuza, it was simply dizzying.

Porcelain shop, cloth shop, salt shop, tea shop, pottery shop, saddle shop, etc., as well as fur cattle and sheep.

Silver coins are cheap, but the exchange of cattle and sheep is expensive.

He thought too much, and as soon as he gritted his teeth, he directly exchanged all the goods for silver coins, and then swept them in batches.

(End of this chapter)