I want to be a grandson

Chapter 510 Zhu Yuanzhang's Avatar
"In addition to old money, I also discovered a kind of money..."

Glancing over the courtiers, Zhu Yunxi said, "Wang Zhong and Zhang Fu, let's talk about it."

Regarding Zhu Yunxi asking the eunuch Wang Zhong to speak, although the courtiers looked sideways, they didn't say anything.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang set up a sign saying that eunuchs cannot interfere in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to break this rule.
During the Hongwu period, many eunuchs were in charge of major affairs in the imperial court. The eunuchs could supervise the army, represent the imperial court and Uzang, and conduct tea horse trade with various ministries of Xirong.
There were also eunuchs as envoys to the vassal states of Ming Dynasty, so the eunuchs did not have as much power as "Nine Thousand Years" at this time, but their status was not as low as imagined.

Wang Zhong raised his eyes to observe Zhu Yunxi's expression, and in fact, he already understood in his heart the clothes that looked like strong clothes.
Then he said: "A few days ago, the slaves accompanied the emperor out of the palace, and when they were buying cloth, they found that someone was using privately minted copper coins for transactions..."

Hearing this, Yang Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, felt surprised, and quickly interrupted Wang Zhong's words: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has a heavy responsibility for the country and society, so how can you leave the palace so easily? What should you do if something happens to you?" it is good……"

Ren Hengtai, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, leaving the palace is a major event. Even if you don't order the Qin Tianjian to ask for divination, it should be arranged by the Ministry of Rites. Your Majesty hastily left the palace, and there is no guard of honor around you. How can you show your majesty?" the majesty of..."

Zhu Yunxi immediately raised his hand to interrupt the two people's remonstrance, and said straightforwardly: "I am the lord of the world, the father of the people in the world, and the capital is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. The gathering of kind people,
How did it become a den of wolves and a cave of poisonous snakes when it came to your mouth?
As a father, I visit the people and understand the sufferings of the people, so that I can better benefit the people, and the policies and measures introduced can be more in line with the public's wishes, so I will not talk about this matter in the future! "

A censor from the Inspectorate came out and said: "Your Majesty's going out of the palace without permission is not in harmony with the etiquette, and His Majesty's safety is of great importance. I also think that what the two ministers said is very true. Your Majesty should really be kind..."

Zhu Yunxi stared at him, and said with an unfriendly expression: "Leaving the palace privately? Does it mean that I will inform you when I leave the palace, and I can't report it to you?
This is really strange, don't you, the Inspectorate still control my actions!Then I review the memorials and deal with military and state affairs, do I need your approval? ! "

"I dare not, please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

As soon as the censor saw Zhu Yunxi getting angry, he lost his composure just now, fell to his knees on the ground with a plop, and pleaded guilty again and again.

The point is that this hat is too big, no matter how powerful the Inspectorate is, the Yushi can impeach others at will, but he can't control the emperor!

Moreover, what Zhu Yunxi said really meant to kill someone!
It's almost like saying that those who obstructed him were plotting to override the imperial power!
If that's the case, it's either a power minister who doesn't take the emperor seriously, or a conspiracy!
So how dare he admit it!

As the censor of the Inspectorate, Lian Zining hurriedly bowed and pleaded guilty: "Your Majesty, Chen Yushi made a mistake in his words, but he didn't mean anything else. The Inspectorate is His Majesty's eyes and ears, and His Majesty's orders are for you. Your Majesty is aware of..."

Lian Zining had to remove the Inspectorate, otherwise His Majesty would think that it was the Inspectorate's intention, that the Inspectorate wanted to restrict His Majesty, that would be bad!

He made a mistake alone, and the Procuratorate will not take the blame for him!

Then he turned to the censor and said, "Chen Yushi, you have lost your dignity in front of you, and your words are indiscriminate. Hurry up and plead guilty to your majesty!"

Chen Yushi was not stupid, he quickly knelt down on the ground, "I am rude, please punish me..."

Zhu Yunxi was not so easy to talk at this time, he didn't even look at him, and ordered: "Take him down! Continue to discuss!"

At this time, the courtiers in the Hall of Martial Heroes shook their heads involuntarily as they looked at the cannon fodder who was about to faint on the ground.

And in my heart, I also began to be cautious.

It seems that whether to leave the palace or not is His Majesty's own business, and he will not allow others to intervene...

Since that Chen Yushi was taken down, there must be follow-up punishments, and such punishments would be like shaking mountains and shaking tigers!

Zhu Yunxi swept his eyes across the group of officials, he didn't care whether this censor was for the limelight or to show off his presence, such a courtier who didn't wink would never be reused!
I have expressed my displeasure before, and said that there is no need to talk about this matter again, but he still wants to show his head. Isn't this giving him a chance to shoot the bird.

He didn't look at the other courtiers and didn't say a word, even the ministers didn't say anything, he is a little censor, where did he have the courage!
If you don't show off well, it will bring disaster!

This censor was downgraded by three ranks because of his disrespect, and was sent to a local office. Since then, he has not had the opportunity to set foot in the capital for more than ten years...

Of course, this is something.

The reason why Zhu Yunxi is so serious is to tell everyone that he is not good at women's hands, not trapped in the deep palace,
The small palace gate can't stop me!
Anyone who interferes with the emperor going out of the palace to observe the people's sentiments must be prepared to pay the price!
How can the emperor be controlled by others!
With today's incident, I just set up a rule for the future, when I go out of the palace again, no one will chatter in my ears.

Wang Zhong shrank his neck, swallowed a mouthful of spittle, and continued to follow the instructions: "The shopkeeper who sells cloth clearly knows that it is private money and counterfeit money, but still accepts it as real money. Besides, the situation encountered, It's pretty much the same..."

He told the general situation of going out of the palace that day, how to buy cloth, and how to pay for tea.

Zhang Fu took it over and said: "In the future, under the orders of His Majesty, I will carry the price of the private coin and trade it hundreds of times in various parts of the capital, just to see how the private coin and fake money are circulating among the people.

Among the hundreds of transactions, only two were rejected, and four times because of the relatively large number of transactions, the privately minted fake money was converted at [-]%.

The rest of the time, they were all pocketed by them, and they didn't care about the authenticity of the coins at all..."

"According to the general's observation, even if all of them are calculated at [-]% discount, private money still has at least [-]% to [-]% profit. It can be seen that privately minted fake money is very profitable..."

After hearing this, Hubu Langzhong Baozhao said with emotion: "Before, I also knew that privately minted money circulated widely, but I didn't expect it to be so..."

After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty ordered me to be familiar with the affairs of the Ministry of Accounts before. According to my estimate, at least [-]% of the coins used by the common people should be privately minted money..."

What Bao Zhao said was not alarmist or exaggerated, but the real situation of Daming copper coins!
Because Zhu Yuanzhang issued Daming treasure banknotes, gold and silver transactions were banned before. In the original history, Zhu Yuanzhang started a new round of "banning money" in the 27th year of Hongwu, even copper coins were not allowed to be used!
Such decrees and measures were simply difficult for the people to implement, and they did not conform to the situation at the time.

At this time, the private coining of fake money came into being!

Although privately minted counterfeit money is thinner and contains less copper, it is still money and can still be circulated as currency, so someone wants it!
For example, a farmer’s family sells grain, but the other party does not have so much good money minted by the government to give him, and he does not need to use other things to offset the debt.

At this time, the store gave him fake money, and the fake money can be paid freely. Do you think he wants it?

When a small number of people use fake money, there will be no market for fake money and it will not be accepted by people, and the result can only be withdrawn gradually.

But if almost everyone is using counterfeit money, then the counterfeit will become real!
Minister of the Ministry of War, Ru Yu frowned, and said involuntarily, "Since there is so much privately minted counterfeit money, it really needs to be rectified... Daming also minted copper coins before, why is there still such a shortage, resulting in insufficient use?"

Bao Zhao replied: "The use of copper coins is to match the treasure banknotes. After all, the face value of treasure banknotes is too large, and copper coins are needed to supplement them, so the amount of copper coins is not considered plentiful..."

Where there is not ample, it is simply not enough!
But because of Zhu Yunxi's face, Bao Zhao didn't speak directly.

"Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, a large number of copper coins have flowed out and become important currencies in neighboring countries. When Western countries pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty, they regard the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty as treasures.

So they took away a lot of copper coins and used them as their own currency, which made the copper coins increasingly scarce...

When the western countries came to the Ming Dynasty to congratulate them, they also requested that the Hongwu Tongbao of the Ming Dynasty be bestowed on them, and let them take it back to the country to use..."

The scale of minting money in the Ming Dynasty was far smaller than that of previous generations of countries. Coupled with the prevalence of the tributary system, a large amount of copper coins in the Ming Dynasty flowed out of the city and became foreign currencies of other countries.

At the same time as the Ming Dynasty, the mining technology of Western countries was not as good as that of the Ming Dynasty, and the demand for copper coins,
Not only is there a great demand for copper as a material, but also because the minting technology of various countries is also very immature, and almost all the coins minted are unusable, so Ming copper coins can be used in Western countries!
From this point of view, as long as Ming Dynasty has a sufficient and sound financial system, it can control the lifeblood of Western countries!
But it's a pity that my own country is not enough!

"The business of the people is based on money and goods. The reason why private casting is rampant is because the price of copper in the market is 81 coins per catty. Private casting is thin, and one catty of copper can cast hundreds of pieces.

If you add a lot of lead and tin to it, you can even cast 150 pieces..."

"There are even despicable people who take back Daming's copper coins and return them to the furnace for recasting. One copper coin can be cast into two... Under the temptation of such interests, some criminals will take risks.
It's just that the quality of the coins they minted is really too poor, too fragile, and they will break if you pull them hard, and some of them will not sink even if they are placed on the water..."

After discussing this matter for a long time, the courtiers felt that Daming's copper coins were indeed too little, and they were not enough to use.

Everyone agrees on this matter.

Therefore, it has become a consensus to cast a large number of copper coins.

Zhu Yunxie ordered: "Since all your lovers feel that copper coins should be minted, then proceed accordingly, Ministry of Households, you must check the items over the years to determine the number of copper coins to be minted, and be sure to be accurate.

Ministry of Industry, you are responsible for mining copper and minting coins! "

"Yes, I will obey!"

Qin Kui, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, asked again: "Your Majesty, there are only two copper mines in Jiangxi, Dexing and Qianshan. If a large number of castings are needed, it may not be enough. However, the copper mines in the Song Dynasty were easy to mine in these copper mines. The rich ore bodies have been depleted,

Even mining is very inconvenient and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, making it unsustainable. "

"Where there are copper pits for hardware, those for use in the Ming Dynasty today are most prosperous from Sichuan and Guizhou in the west, and imported from the sea in the southeast. Wuchang in Huguang and Guangxin in Jiangxi all have copper pits, and the counties such as Heng and Rui are of the lowest quality.

I invite you to mine the copper mines in Yunnan and transport them from Sichuan to the Yangtze River. Along the Yangtze River waterway, you can enter the capital, and there are also copper mines in Tongling and Dexing in Jiangxi..."

"Prelude!"

Zhu Yunxi had seen the distribution map of copper mines, and knew that the geographical distribution of copper mine production in the past dynasties should be mainly in the south.

Before the Tang Dynasty, although large-scale copper mines such as Xuzhou and Zhongtiaoshan appeared in the north, there were more large-scale copper mines in the south.

After the Song Dynasty, with the further development of southern copper mines and the subsequent rise of the mining economy, the proportion of northern copper mines in the economy became smaller and smaller.

Later, the copper mines in the Qing Dynasty were mainly distributed in Yunnan Province, followed by western Sichuan, and Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces also had a certain amount of output.

The heyday of the Yunnan Copper Mine was roughly from the beginning of Yongzheng to the middle of Jiaqing. The copper factories developed from the first 37 factories to the 46 factories in the [-]th year of Qianlong.

Therefore, the copper mines in Yunnan and Sichuan are still very rich.

Zhu Yunxie also ordered: "From now on, when Western countries come to Daming to pay tribute, they cannot get Daming copper coins with goods. If they want it, they can exchange it with copper ore and copper ingots. This is a rule!"

"Your Majesty is wise, and I will obey the order!"

Copper mines are not easy to mine, especially those buried deep and not superficial. In this era where everything depends on manpower, the difficulty can be imagined.

And the Western countries want to take away Daming's copper coins just by using some goods, it is wishful thinking!
If you want it, you can exchange it for copper!

Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, while Li Fu brought over a tray and came to the courtiers.

"Dear dears, this is a silver coin specially minted by my order, please take a look..."

When everyone saw the silver coins on the tray, their eyes lit up!
The whole body of this silver coin is white, which is really the true color of silver. Taking one out of the tray and putting it in the palm of your hand, you can immediately feel its heavy weight.

The outer ring of the coin has a circle of straight teeth, and each small tooth is flat and smooth. The pattern on the back is two intersecting rice ears, with the words "one or two" in the middle.

As for the pattern on the front of the silver coin, the words "Made in the First Year of Xuanwu" are cast on the top, indicating the coin's minting time.

In the middle is a bust of an emperor wearing a crown, and the image is also very clear.
Everyone looked at Zhu Yunxi in surprise, because the image on the silver coin was Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)