Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 589
The power struggle in the temple has always been superimposed and borrowed from the situation. Wen Tiren and Min Hongxue's faction want to bring down Han Yu, and it is not something that can be done overnight, especially the words passed by Emperor Chongzhen. Criticizing Donglin party members and putting pressure on Han Yu, Emperor Chongzhen would not intervene.

Wen Tiren is such a shrewd person, he does have a way of figuring out the holy will, and after trying to figure out some of the holy will, he makes timely adjustments accordingly.

"Bi Qing, you are a minister of the cabinet, and you are also the minister of the household department. There are indeed some turmoil in the court, but this is a normal phenomenon."

Emperor Chongzhen walked forward slowly with a smile on his face, and said to Bi Ziyan who was accompanying him, "This man, it is inevitable that there will be times when political opinions disagree, so it is normal to have some differences.

At present, there are many things to be done by the imperial court, especially the casting and circulation of new money, which involves many levels, so extra attention must be paid. "

"Your Majesty is right."

Bi Ziyan bowed slightly and said, "The casting and circulation of the newly minted money will benefit the imperial court a lot, and it will also benefit the local people a lot.

For the "seigniorage" that comes with it, the imperial court successively obtained more than 300 million taels of silver. Of course, this batch of silver was allocated to other purposes by His Majesty after it was minted into new coins.

However, in Chen's view, with the gradual circulation of the new money, more groups are willing to accept it, and the bad governance that has always existed before will be gradually eliminated. "

The Minister of Finance of Ming Dynasty was not happy.

Emperor Chongzhen showed a faint smile, obviously he was clear about the deep meaning of the seigniorage mentioned by Bi Ziyan.

In fact, what Bi Ziyan didn't know was that the additional seigniorage was not more than 300 million taels, but more, including Zhu Chunchen and the others. Seeing that the United Maritime Trade did have a head start, the additional total amount was 1000 million. Two kinds of silver.

The 1000 million taels of silver of various colors, after being handed over to the supervisor of ceremonies for counting, was converted into 1000 million silver dollars, which included a considerable amount of seigniorage.

"Qing Family, I know that it is not easy for you, the Minister of Finance of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Chongzhen stopped, looked at Bi Ziyan and said, "But what the Qing family saw was different from what I saw. The reason I embezzled the money now is to allow the disaster relief agencies in various places to reduce as much as possible." Local disasters to avoid rebellion by thieves.

The account of suppressing the thieves and the rebellion is more clearly calculated by the Qing family than mine. Over the years, how much money has the imperial court spent in suppressing the rebellion in Shanshan and Shaanxi?
If it weren't for the strong troops of the Yongwei Battalion and the Shenji Battalion, who rushed to the front line to suppress the rebellion, following my will, and gradually squeezed the rogues from all over the place, I am afraid that the rebellion in Shaanxi would not have been suppressed to such a small extent category. "

"minister……"

Bi Ziyan was at a loss for words.

The reason why he specifically mentioned these is that if the seigniorage silver is not used for other purposes, the war bonds issued by the Ministry of Households will not be more troublesome in the future.

But what Emperor Chongzhen said made Bi Ziyan very clear in his heart that compared with the pressure on the household department, if the disaster relief offices set up in Shanshan, Zhili, Shandong and other places can rely on these It is indeed beneficial to the court to use money to gather bankrupt groups so that they can earn food to support their families through hard work.

"Your family, don't just focus on the coins, look at the customs that have been opened, and the banknotes that have been rectified. There have been no fewer tariffs in the past year, right?"

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "I didn't withhold a tael of the tax money collected, not to mention that there is a lot of money in the treasury now, right?
At least it is several million taels more than when I was in Yuji.

In the current situation, as long as the Ministry of Accounts can keep an eye on the various places to ensure that there will be no more problems with these cleared tax items, then the due war bonds will not encounter any problems. "

"Your Majesty taught me the right thing."

Bi Ziyan sighed softly in his heart, cupped his hands and said: "It is true that I am thinking too superficially, you can't just think about the difficulties of the household department, but ignore the difficulties of your majesty.

Speaking of which, the pressure on the war bonds issued by the Ministry of Households and the war bonds issued by the internal funds is still much lower.

His Majesty wants to rectify the imperial court, the minister shouldn't..."

This Bi Ziyan, there are calculations inside and outside the words,
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and shook his head. He just wanted to silence me. The money stored in the national treasury cannot be used as internal funds.

Bi Ziyan is very serious about the distinction between public and private. When he first learned about Emperor Chongzhen, he sold 3000 million taels of war bonds in the name of internal funds.

Bi Ziyan went to the table to remonstrate with the memorial.

The scale is too big.

What's more, it's hard to say whether the people can absorb such a large amount of silver.

However, Emperor Chongzhen didn't pay attention to it. He knew better than anyone else how huge the silver hoarded under the Ming Dynasty was.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to gather the silver hoarded in the northern provinces through attractive interest rates and a favorable environment.

First, through the casting of new coins, intercept a batch of seigniorage taxes, and then use these new coins to solve the corresponding problems and speed up the circulation efficiency of the Ming Dynasty.

"Don't worry, the Qing family. I will be very pleased if you are the treasurer of the country."

Emperor Chongzhen calmed down, looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "As for the treasurer of the internal money, I have someone to choose, so there is no need for the Qing family to worry too much.

No matter how the internal money situation is, no matter good or bad, I will not tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and embezzle money from the national treasury.

However, the Henan Disaster Relief Office has recently been established. It is imminent to control the drought in many places and repair water conservancy. Should the Ministry of Households allocate some? "

"The minister cannot be arbitrary in this matter, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has initially formed a resolution."

Bi Ziyan bowed slightly and said: "In view of the memorial submitted by Sun Chuanting, the governor of Henan, the imperial court really wants to allocate food and salaries so that the Henan Disaster Relief Office can carry out corresponding matters.

However, 300 taels of silver is too much, and the preliminary resolution of the Ministry of Household Affairs can only take out 150 million new coins. After all, not long ago, Shandong and other places also submitted some memorials, which need..."

The treasurer of the Ming Dynasty is not that easy to do. He opens his eyes every day, thinking about where the money comes from and where the money goes. Governing this huge territory is by no means as simple as talking about it.

"I will let Sun Chuanting and the others find a way to raise the remaining shares that are missing."

Seeing Bi Ziyan like this, Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "If it can't be solved, then I will allocate another sum from the internal funds, but there are some things that the Ministry of Households will also start to deal with, such as checking local fire consumption and checking disaster relief over the years. Wait, after all, it can't be carried out only in the northern provinces, it should also be extended to other places when the time is right."

"The minister obeys the order."

Bi Ziyan bowed immediately.

(End of this chapter)