Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 592 Governor Qian has a plan long ago, and the greedy and despicable people are blinded by profit

"You mean, someone is secretly buying and hoarding Zhaowu Tongbao?" Ma Shiying said, looking at the young woman in front of him.

This woman's name is Yuchi Xueyan, and she is the imperial envoy transferred from the internal supervisor to the Superintendent of Qian, and she is also one of the three principals of the Superintendent of Qian.

Although Yuchi Xueyan looked obviously under 20 years old and had never been to foreign courts before, Ma Shiying did not dare to underestimate him - as the second assistant who was completely attached to the emperor, he would not underestimate any imperial envoy.

"That's right." Yuchi Xueyan was wearing a slim-fitting women's history suit and a black gauze hat with an earless variant (low in front and high in the back), with a cold look on her face. "Currently, the imperial court has issued a total of [-] million Zhaowu Tongbao, of which the southern Zhili should Tianfu issued the most.

However, according to our estimates, there are only tens of thousands of Zhaowu Tongbao in circulation in Yingtianfu market, which is probably less than [-] pieces.

It should be noted that the Zhaowu Tongbao issued by the imperial court this time is mostly purchased by departments, and basically circulated directly to the market, but a small part is used as salaries for officials.

As the most benevolent place in the Ming Dynasty, Yingtianfu has a large population, prosperous commerce, and many officials. The Zhaowu Tongbao on the market should at least reach a million pieces. "

A million pieces sounds like a lot, but if each piece is worth one penny, it is only 2000 taels of silver. (Zhaowu Tongbao customization: five hundred Wen is exchanged for one silver dollar, that is, one tael. Because in the past, the normal copper coins of the Ming Dynasty were basically six or seven hundred Wen for one tael of silver.)
Yi Yingchang who was on the side heard the words: "Zhaowu Tongbao is exquisitely made. It's normal for the people in the early days to accept it and be reluctant to use it. Will your Governor Qian make a fuss?"

"There are indeed common people's collections, but we have verified that someone secretly bought them."

The person who spoke was another head of the Duqian Division, Yu Xueyan from Jinyiwei's deputy Qianhu.

He continued: "In Nanjing City alone, there are more than ten forces secretly acquiring Zhaowu Tongbao!"

After hearing this, Ma Shiying and Yi Yingchang looked at each other and finally realized the seriousness of the problem.

"We'll report to His Majesty right now." After Ma Shiying said something, he got up and went to the Hall of Martial Arts.

"Ma Ge is old and slow." Yuchi Xueyan stopped Ma Shiying and said, "Our money supervision department was established to solve problems such as abnormal coin circulation, and this kind of private private purchase of new money has long been in the hands of His Majesty and My supervisor, Qian Si, was as expected.

If I can't solve such an expected problem, and instead ask His Majesty, what use is His Majesty asking me to wait? "

Hearing this, Ma Shiying and Yi Yingchang's expressions changed slightly, and they were both a little ugly.

Because Yuchi Xueyan used "we wait", most of them also alluded to these ministers.

But Ma Shiying has already practiced thick-skinned now, so he asked without changing his face: "Then what are you going to do, Supervisor Qian? Or, why did you come to me and Yi Shilang?"

Yuchi Xueyan said: "We are going to use the first preliminary plan - since someone secretly buys new money, let them accept it. The Ministry of Finance and other departments need to cooperate to release more new money to the market as soon as possible.

Taking the situation in Nanjing City as an example, those people are currently exchanging at least five Wen Chongzhen Tongbao for one Wen Zhaowu Tongbao, and a dozen or even dozens of bad money is needed; as for Shiwen Daqian, the exchange rate is even higher.

Most of these people used private money and bad money to exchange. According to the cost of minting coins by the imperial court in the past, they made money.But according to the new minting cost, they are actually exchanging at a loss.

That being the case, it's best to let them exchange as much as they want-our Du Qiansi is even going to send someone to pretend to be a businessman to deal with them exclusively.

No matter how big their capital is, there will always be a day when they can't exchange it.

In addition, during this process, I, Director Qian, will also follow clues to find out those people who deliberately exchange and hoard new money or even mint private money, and look for opportunities to bring them to justice! "

After hearing this, Ma Shiying couldn't help but look at Yi Yingchang.

On the contrary, Yi Yingchang had more experience in finance, he thought for a while, and said, "If you deal with it like this, is the court's new money enough?"

Hearing this, both Yuchi Xueyan and Yu Xueyan couldn't help smiling.

Yuchi Xueyan said: "Is it possible that Yi Shilang doesn't know? With sufficient raw materials, the Nanjing Mint under the Mint can now mint tens of millions of copper coins every day, and hundreds of millions of coins every month!

The largest type of raw material for minting coins is copper. However, isn’t the inferior money such as Chongzhen Tongbao exchanged by those people the best source of copper? "

The Mint is directly under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, not the Ministry of Finance, so Ma Shiying and Yi Yingchang, as the second and senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, really don't know how strong the Mint's ability to "print money" is.

Yuchi Xueyan and other important officials of the Superintendent of Money went to the Nanjing Mint to observe it on the spot.

There are not only many large steam engines providing power, but also punching machines, sanding machines and other machines that transcend the times, and are produced in an assembly line.

Mint workers usually work in two shifts, but if necessary, they can be turned into three shifts to produce silver dollars and Zhaowu Tongbao 24 hours a day.

Yuchi Xueyan said again: "What's more, since I, Supervisor Qian, have anticipated the situation of people exchanging and hoarding new money, why didn't I prepare for it earlier?

Therefore, although the imperial court sent out more than 1 million Zhaowu Tongbao at the end of last month, there are actually more than 2 million in the possession.

Those people with ulterior motives who exchange and hoard new money and mint private money may not be able to spend hundreds of millions or even over one billion copper coins in a short period of time, even if they are invincible. "

Hearing this, both Ma Shiying and Yi Yingchang couldn't help showing expressions of surprise and shock.

Indeed, those with ulterior motives may not lack real gold and silver, but it really takes casting ability and time to turn real gold and silver into copper coins.

How could their casting ability be compared with the court's mint?
As for the time, the imperial court has already reserved more than 2 million new money, which naturally has the advantage.

However, after learning about it, Yi Yingchang was slightly displeased and said: "Since you have made a detailed plan, just go ahead and do it. Why come to us?"

Ma Shiying was afraid of offending the imperial envoy, but he was not afraid of Yi Yingchang.

Yu Chi Xueyan was not angry, and said with an unchanged expression: "One thing, after all, the Superintendent of Money is affiliated with the Ministry of Finance, so it is natural to report such a big action to the superior.

Second, if we do business with those people, we will need a lot of money—Shilang Yi needs to know that my Superintendent Qian Division has no right to directly withdraw new money from the Mint, and has to be transferred by the Ministry of Finance. "

Yi Yingchang was embarrassed.

Because of what Yuchi Xueyan said, he didn't understand it until he got angry for a while.

Fortunately, Ma Shiying smiled and said at this time: "In this case, you should submit a plan for this operation according to the rules, and an application for raising funds. We will seal and sign it and approve it. up.

I also hope that your supervisor, Qian Si, will succeed in this action immediately, and live up to His Majesty's entrustment. "

Yuchi Xueyan, Yu Xueyan and another chief from the Ministry of Finance immediately clapped their hands together and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ge, for your kind words!"

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This evening.

Several carriages drove into a seemingly ordinary manor outside Nanjing, but the deep ruts left by the carriages were quite eye-catching.

After the carriage drove into a large courtyard in the manor, more than a dozen servants came up, lifted heavy wooden boxes from the carriage, and carried them straight into the cellar of the manor.

There is more than one cellar in this manor, and each one is not small.

In the cellar that was being opened, a few butter lamps made the inside quite bright.

A plump middle-aged man in brocade clothes saw the boxes brought in and immediately ordered people to put them away.

Then he couldn't wait to open one of the boxes, and saw that it was full of exquisite copper coins that were made of gold but red in color, and the eyes of the rich middle-aged man seemed to glow with golden light.

"Zhaowu Tongbao..." He grabbed a handful of copper coins and rubbed them gently in his hands, smiling all over his face, "I never thought that the person today would order such a fine copper coin to be minted, haha, now I am the Gu family in Lishui It's going to be a fortune!"

Beside him was a scribe with slightly gray hair. Seeing this, he smiled and said, "It's not just the owner who wants to make a fortune this time. I'm afraid that those who used to make private money in the past will make a fortune."

The rich middle-aged man bowed his waist and was about to bury his head into the pile of Zhaowu Tongbao. His voice sounded a bit dull, "Zhaowu Tongbao is so exquisite that it can be exchanged for a tael of silver for less than a hundred small coins when sold in Japan. My Gu family can't swallow it all. This profit is really a pity."

Immediately he straightened up, with a flash of light in his eyes, he said decisively: "Old Fan, immediately send someone to inform the workshop to melt all our copper materials, and use all our strength to cast Chongzhen Tongbao, as much as we can cast!"

　Third more.

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　　Good night~
　　
　
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