Brother Zhu Youxiao

"Your Highness, Sun Chuanting, please transfer more than [-] officials from Enke to Sichuan..."

Enke, the ninth year of the apocalypse, was held and ended as scheduled.

Out of 22 reference students, more than [-] were finally selected.

What Zhu Youjian didn't expect was that Sun Chuanting took the time to send the memorial, and he was about to leave a quarter of the Enke officials.

"He really knows how to ask for it. The trial is coming and he still has the mind to use it."

After closing the directory, Zhu Youjian leaned on the chair and complained about Sun Chuanting to Wang Chengen in front of him.

Even so, he said after complaining:
"Seven out of 120 Enke Scholars will be transferred to Sichuan this time, and another [-] tribute students will be transferred there."

Gong Sheng in Enkeli established by Zhu Youjian was a second-rank official, while Enke Jinshi was an official official who served as the magistrate, master, and county magistrate.

Although 370 Gongsheng students were selected this time, there were only [-] Jinshi students.

Zhu Youjian transferred nearly one-third of Jinshi and Gongsheng students to Sichuan in one breath. Obviously, Sichuan is a crucial step in his plan.

Wang Chengen bowed in response when he heard the words, but then he bowed again and said:
"Your Highness, Cheng De is seeking an audience outside the hall."

"Let him in." Zhu Youjian bowed his head and continued to deal with the memorial, while Wang Chengen also withdrew.

After a while, Chengde's footsteps sounded in Chengyun hall.

"Regardless greetings..." Cheng De saluted, and he had already put on the official robe of a fourth-rank official.

Zhu Youjian put down the Zhubi, looked up at him, and then said absently:
"I asked you to serve as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. Why don't you just busy yourself with your errands and come to the Hall of Carrying Transport?"

Zhu Youjian asked knowingly, Chengde naturally dared not go to work without asking him about the newly created official position of official servant, and he did not mean to be drunk when he asked this way.

Chengde is now the leader of the Yanshan faction, and Zhu Youjian asked him why he came to Chengyun Hall. On the surface, he was asking him to do a good job, but in fact he was asking him why he went these days.

"Your Highness, these days, the people below have been talking about what Sun Chuanting did in Chengdu. The officials have punished a group of people, and the local government has handed over all the money and food."

Cheng De's words made Zhu Youjian somewhat satisfied. In his opinion, even if Cheng De was loyal and upright, he would not reuse him if he couldn't do things.

But at the moment, compared with Gu Bingqian and Bi Ziyan's threat to come to Zhu Youjian to explain the gentry's threat, Cheng De's method of directly punishing Yanshan officials is more attractive to Zhu Youjian.

It is impossible for him to compromise with the gentry, nor can he compromise with corrupt officials, so what he wants is not the report, but the result.

From this point of view, Cheng De's direct action will not make Zhu Youjian uncomfortable, but he is very comfortable.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate found 730 criminal officials, and all of them have been handed over to the local Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice for trial."

Cheng De responded respectfully, with his back straight, his hands naturally hanging on his left and right, and his answer was perfect.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian didn't praise or ask anything, but picked up the tea, brewed the tea foam, and took a sip slowly.

One movement, a dozen breaths of silence time, which made Chengde feel quiet all around, only the sound of his own breathing could be heard.

"Under the sky, the people of the people, flapping their wings and flying to control the world, how sad..."

Zhu Youjian lowered his eyes and sipped his tea, and suddenly came such a sentence.

Chengde was taken aback when he heard the words, but immediately understood the deep meaning of the conversation, and quickly said:
"Being unkind, violating the country's treasury, and plundering the people's wealth, if these people are not severely punished, they will be a debtor to His Highness, and they will be a debtor to Long Live..."

"Cultivated land is the foundation of the country, and land distribution is the national policy. If the mantis is like a cart, it is natural to be prepared to be crushed by the sky."

"These 730 people are just a bunch of corrupt officials."

"His Royal Highness racked his brains above the temple to try to make up for the shortfall, while they dug the walls and roots below, thinking of themselves as noble."

"The lower officials think that exile is no longer able to stop them, so why not send them to the vegetable market in Nanjing, where they will be punished!"

After he finished speaking, his voice echoed in the empty hall, and Zhu Youjian responded after a long time:
"According to what you said, but don't forget that although the Metropolitan Procuratorate is busy with official duties, you still bear the burden of studying for students from the six provinces in the north, Beijing, and Beijing."

"I asked someone to send you the Ministry of Industry and Household documents in your yard. You should have read them all, right?"

"The lower officials have read it, and they think that it is the national policy to go north first, then southwest, then overseas, and finally south of the Yangtze River." Cheng De summed up his thoughts briefly.

To put it bluntly, Jiangnan is so powerful that it dares to shout at the court.

For more than [-] years in the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan controlled the temples for more than [-]% of the time.

The current promotion of basic education for all is naturally to reduce the influence of Jiangnan officials in the court through this policy.

No matter how powerful Jiangnan is, it is only 7 or [-] people who can go to Beijing to catch up for the exam every year.

Not to mention the Southwest and overseas, if the government schools in the six provinces of Beijing and the north alone are established, millions of students can read and write, and then tens of thousands of elite students are selected to study advanced textbooks, and finally let them participate in Enke, and at the same time Increased Encore difficulty.

So……

With such an operation, can Jiangnan still win the first place in the previous Enke and imperial examinations?

This time, more than 4000 talents were added to Enke, and more than [-] people were selected, but the number of students selected in Jiangnan was only a thousand, which is enough to reduce.

However, this is temporary. The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River did not start to make efforts until the fifth and sixth years of Tianqi, and the results will not be revealed until the tenth or even 11th year of Tianqi.

They exerted their strength, and the court naturally couldn't sit idly by.

It is a national policy to suppress Jiangnan and let the provinces occupy the same area.

Otherwise, with Jiangnan's population, economy, and the proportion of their officials in the court, whose world is this Great Ming?
Chengde understands Zhu Youjian's thoughts, and he is also working hard to do it.

Although he is loyal, it doesn't mean he has no desires.

His desire is to ascend to a high position, take charge of the cabinet, and finally leave his name in history.

Zhu Youjian has seen too many famous people, so naturally he doesn't think there is anything.

Seeing Chengde's appearance, he made tea, but this time he didn't drink it, but put the tea on the table.

"The cabinet and the six ministries discussed the issue of sending people to Sichuan. Do you know this?"

Zhu Youjian didn't play charades, because he knew that with Chengde's stature, he must have known this kind of news.

Now that he knew it, he didn't cry, make noise, or quarrel, he wanted to know what Chengde was thinking.

"The lower official knew about it after the case was brought to light. Mr. Gu Ge and the others meant that the lower official has too little seniority to take on this important task..."

Cheng De said each word slowly, with a very comfortable tone and voice.

"Then what do you think?" Zhu Youjian put one hand on the armrest, put the other on the table, and tapped lightly on the table with his fingers.

"The next official is Enke Scholars who has been in the sixth year of Tianqi. He has been an official in the court for only four years. Compared with the cabinet ministers and ministers, his qualifications are indeed shallow..."

Cheng De's words were modest on the surface, but there was no dissatisfaction in the words?
He only talked about the cabinet ministers and the ministers, that is to say, in his opinion, the cabinet ministers and the six ministers are nothing more than a group of old officials who rely on their elders to sell their seniority and show off their seniority.

The dripping water from the eaves is one tile after another, and the replacement of talents is one generation after another.

The new official is not counted as the account of the old official, and no matter how old the seniority is, the courtiers will still need to serve in the future.

For the time being, he will endure it for two years. When he gets through his qualifications, becomes a minister, and joins the cabinet, then it will be time to show off his skills.

Cheng De's words are basically the same as most Yanshan officials.

They think highly of themselves, thinking that with a new education, they are different from the old bureaucrats and can govern the world better.

This kind of thinking is quite a kind of self-confidence that ordinary modern people think that they can make great achievements when they come to ancient times, and occupy one side.

But idealization is good, but reality and ideals are often the opposite.

In Zhu Youjian's view, if Chengde wants to join the cabinet, ascend to a high position, and take power, it depends on whether his ability is strong enough to fight against Hong Chengchou and the others.

Although in history he and Jin Xuan were average in ability, but in this world, they entered Yanshan by mistake and practiced their skills.

But even so, Zhu Youjian is not optimistic about them.

Not to mention Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, and Lu Xiangsheng alone, Chengde may not be able to deal with them.

but……

"You should handle the matter of the lawsuit well, and accumulate more disciples..."

Zhu Youjian didn't hit Chengde's self-confidence, but gave him good words to point him out.

Chengde's eyes lit up when he heard the words, and he hurriedly bowed in return: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your guidance..."

Chengde thought of Zhang Juzheng, because Zhang Juzheng served as an instructor in the Imperial College for several years and trained many disciples before he had the capital to join the cabinet and compete with Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

"Go down..."

Zhu Youjian picked up the vermilion pen and waved his hands without raising his head. Seeing this, Chengde exited the palace happily after singing the ceremony.

Although he didn't show any happy expression on the surface, Zhu Youjian could feel the mood and atmosphere with his eyes closed.

Chengde left, Wang Chengen watched him leave at the door, and finally he walked into the hall and bowed to Zhu Youjian:

"Your Highness..."

"Do you think he was happy when he left?" Zhu Youjian asked without looking up.

"Look, servant girl... Cheng Shilang is very happy." Wang Chengen answered every question, but Zhu Youjian also said with a smile:

"Let him do things happily, and treat him lightly."

"Your servant takes orders..." Wang Chengen nodded, thinking that the next time he sees Chengde, the people in the house should treat him warmly and politely.

But before he could think about it, the Jin Yiwei at the door walked into the hall, bowed and said:
"Your Highness, Minister of Finance, Li Shilang, please see me..."

"Send him in!" Hearing that it was Li Changgeng who came, Zhu Youjian knew that he should be here for the bank.

The Jin Yiwei who reported the report retreated, and after a cup of tea, Li Changgeng entered the Chengyun Hall with a thick document in his arms.

After the ceremonial shout of thousand years, Li Changgeng said:
"Your Highness, the matters concerning the bank and the Mint have been sorted out. Right now, you only need to issue an order, Your Highness."

"Let's talk about it." For a practical person like Li Changgeng, Zhu Youjian didn't need to hide his words, and dealt with things straightforwardly as if everything else was important.

"The next official suggested that on the original basis, the loan matter should be put on hold temporarily, and the loan will be opened after the bank has gained a firm foothold."

Li Changgeng said, and then explained that private banks mainly make their living from loans. If the imperial court intervened as a loan from the very beginning, then banks all over the country would regard banks as their enemies.

He suggested temporarily putting aside the loan issue, opening the bank before and after the Lantern Festival, and then using the passbook Zhu Youjian mentioned to distribute salaries to soldiers, officials, and employees of the Imperial Horse Supervisor every month.

However, this period involves the household registration system, so his suggestion is to issue the household registration certificate first, and then use the registration certificate to issue passbooks.

The whole process is very cumbersome, and it is difficult to promote it once you hear it.

Regarding the household registration system, Zhu Youjian may have the most say.

He dare not copy other systems, but if he wants to copy the household registration system, Daming is fully capable of copying it.

Although the horsepower of the third version of the steam engine is not large, it is not a problem to suppress cardboard account books and passbooks.

This is a very simple anti-counterfeiting method. The pressure of the steam hydraulic press presses multiple pieces of soft paper into one sheet. This method cannot be imitated on a large scale by the people.

At most ten sheets of paper can be synthesized by folk manual pressing, but the steam hydraulic press can hydraulically press twenty sheets of paper.

This simple method can prevent counterfeiting, which is why Zhu Youjian dared to promote passbooks.

He told Li Changgeng about these things, and even did it himself, using a blank memorial to draw a rough account booklet.

Generally speaking, it is similar to that of later generations. The outer layer is wrapped with hard paper and pigskin, and then the hydraulic paper inside is added with the imperial court's dyeing technology and steel seal, which can easily prevent counterfeiting.

It is not ruled out that some folks can use simple machinery to hydraulically press twenty sheets of paper, but dyeing technology, steel stamps, and ID numbers can easily trace the person who used false certificates.

Passbooks also use similar techniques, so Zhu Youjian explained them to Li Changgeng.

As for whether the steam engine will be placed by people after it is popularized, Zhu Youjian will not worry about it.

Steam engines are still changing, and banks have also set corresponding requirements for remote withdrawals.

Generally speaking, the bank of Ming Dynasty was mainly established to issue new currency, solve economic problems, corruption problems, and at the same time, it was established to solve the problem of fire consumption.

At present, the imperial court does not need it to make a profit, as long as it does not lose money.

After hearing this, Li Changgeng generally understood, and no longer struggled with this issue, and Zhu Youjian also planned to use this household registration to promote Arabic numerals.

The identity number is basically the same as that of the previous life. The first two digits represent the code of the province, the third and fourth digits represent the code of the prefecture and county, and the fifth and sixth digits represent the code of the town and township.

As for the seventh to fourteenth digits, it indicates the year, month, and day of birth, and the No.15 and sixteenth digits indicate the code of the Ministry of Punishment where it is located.

No. 17 digits represent gender, odd numbers represent men, even numbers represent women, and the last No. 18 digits are check codes, which are used to verify the correctness of the ID card.

"Although the eighteen-digit number is long, the habit of reading is almost the same, and it is much easier to use than Luyin."

Speaking of this, Zhu Youjian smiled: "After the implementation of the household registration book, the guide system can be slightly relaxed, which will help private business exchanges."

"His Royal Highness..." Li Changgeng flattered him, but Zhu Youjian didn't respond, but asked instead:

"How many new coins has the Mint accumulated at the moment?"

Zhu Youjian's words made Li Changgeng bow quickly and said:
"At present, there are not too many made. Only 50 pieces of silver coins with a denomination of one or two denominations have been minted, and 500 million pieces of silver coins with a denomination of [-] Wen have been minted."

"A total of 8 million Daping coins with a denomination of ten Wen have been minted, and a total of more than [-] million Xiaoping Copper coins with a denomination of one penny have been minted."

"The Shuntian Mint currently has 700 coin minting machines. If they work at full capacity and replace the templates, each coin can mint more than [-] million pieces in one day."

"Currently, the Shuncheon Mint has accumulated a total of 3804 million taels of silver coins at a cost of 3506 million taels."

Speaking of this, Li Changgeng explained:
"The Mint isn't working at full capacity to mint too many coins because the banking thing hasn't been finalized."

"As long as His Royal Highness decides when the bank will open, the Mint can start working at full capacity to produce Tianqi Tongbao..."

After Li Changgeng finished speaking, Zhu Youjian was not very satisfied, especially for the speed of the Mint.

With a daily output of more than 700 million coins, it sounds like a large scale, but the copper coins of one penny and ten pennies are the most common in the hands of the common people.

In the folk, the scale of a penny has reached hundreds of billions, and if the imperial court wants to produce hundreds of billions of copper coins, it will take 40 years at the speed of the Mint.

Even to produce the denomination of ten papers, it will take a full four years.

As for why one hundred wen is not mentioned, it is because most people do not have too many small silver coins with a denomination of one hundred wen in their hands.

Daming hadn't leveled the gap between the rich and the poor to the point where the people could squander small silver coins at will. The sum of all the assets of a family was only a few dozen small silver coins with a denomination of one hundred.

What the imperial court wants to satisfy is copper coins, and the imperial court does not have much copper, which is basically mined from the old port.

"The production capacity of the Mint needs to be doubled, so that the Armament Institute can prepare minting machines again. The number of minting machines needs to reach 500, and the daily production must reach [-] million."

Zhu Youjian first gave his request, and then he asked: "How much copper and silver are enough for the current state funds to mint coins?"

"The silver ingots are enough to cast more than 700 million silver coins with a denomination of one tael, and the copper ingots have been used up..." Li Changgeng dared to come to the Qi Palace to report work, and he was naturally fully prepared.

"I have always been short of copper. Even if there are Jiugang and Yingzhou, the copper mines mined each year can only produce [-] million copper coins."

"The reason why we can mint hundreds of thousands of copper coins, large and small, is also because the Imperial Horse Supervisor has handed over a lot of copper coins, which will be used after smelting."

"If you want to increase the casting of copper coins, then the Imperial Horse Supervisor..."

Li Changgeng didn't continue talking, but Zhu Youjian understood what he meant. To put it bluntly, he needed the copper coins from the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

This is also expected by Zhu Youjian. After all, if there is no local copper coins and silver in Ming Dynasty as casting resources, then relying on overseas resources alone, it may be difficult for Zhu Youjian to carry out currency reform in his entire life.

As for whether the currency reform will consume all the ancient coins on the market, Zhu Youjian is not worried at all.

The ones on the ground may be exhausted, but according to the ancestors' habit of burying good things, it is estimated that there are still many ancient coins underground.

"The silver and copper coins in the treasury, as well as the copper coins of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, are all transferred to the Mint."

"I'll ask Huachun to help with this, so you don't have to worry." Zhu Youjian said:

"As for when the bank will open? I need someone to go to the Military Academy to ask about this question."

"First get out the household registration books of the five military governors' mansions, the hundred officials, and the employees of the imperial store, and then prepare the passbook for the bank. It will open when things are almost ready. Don't worry."

Zhu Youjian was very anxious before, but he is not very anxious now, because things are on the right track.

Taking advantage of this household registration and passbook matter, fix the household registration system and passbook system, and then check the hidden households.

"Since this is the case, I will go back to the household department first to wait for the news..."

Seeing that Li Changgeng had to wait for everything, and Zhu Youjian asked him to wait, he would not be so anxious in his heart, so he bowed and retreated.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand to signal him to leave, and then called Wang Chengen to inform the Military Armament Academy and Cao Huachun.

After they all retreated, Zhu Youjian had time to make a summary for Daming.

Generally speaking, basic education for all is being prepared on the basis of the return of gold and silver from overseas, and the household registration system and banking are also being carried out at the same time.

If these three things are done well, Daming will be able to continue his life and completely solve the silver economic problem.

As long as the economic problems are resolved, then only political problems will remain in Ming Dynasty.

Political issues can also be solved step by step by relying on education for all.

Opening up people's wisdom, this matter must be carried out, even if the final result of opening up people's wisdom is a constitutional monarchy, Zhu Youjian will not feel regretful.

What he opposed was a constitutional monarchy promoted by the gentry, because in such a constitutional monarchy system, the gentry were still squeezing the people.

On the contrary, if the masses spontaneously carry out the constitutional monarchy, then the people who are elected will naturally lead Ming Dynasty to a good side.

As for whether someone will call Zhu Youjian a traitor who betrayed the imperial power, he is not worried at all.

With the suzerain-vassal system he is currently promoting, no matter who wants to establish a constitutional monarchy or overthrow Ming Dynasty, first of all, they cannot be fools, and they cannot abandon the Ming economic circle established by Ming Dynasty.

To inherit the economic circle left by Daming, one must first recognize Daming, and to recognize Daming, one has to do two kings and three Kes.

Therefore, there is no problem with the life of Emperor Zhu's family in the hands of politicians, and it is the generals who need to worry.

Politicians have a long-term view, and it is impossible to abolish and kill Emperor Zhu, but some generals who only understand military affairs may.

But no matter what, at least in Zhu Youjian's lifetime, or in the current three generations of Ming Dynasty, it is estimated that the political structure of Ming Dynasty will hardly change.

As for after three generations...

At that time, Zhu Youjian was dead, and he still cared about chicken feathers.

Anyway, his historical task is to lead the Central Plains dynasty into the first and even the second industrial revolution, and to promote basic education for all while keeping the first and the second.

After doing this, Daming can still be the world's hegemon for hundreds of years.

As for whether there will be a foreign race entering the customs after a hundred years, Zhu Youjian feels that it is still impossible.

Because he wants to pacify the Northeast, then Mobei, and finally the Western Regions and Central Asia.

After all these are settled, Zhu Youjian wants to see which other forces can enter the customs.

In his prediction, Daming's fate is nothing more than those kinds.

Internal political struggles led to the division of the Ming Dynasty, and the vying for the throne, or the squeeze of capital led to revolutions among civilian workers and peasants.

In short, the Ming Dynasty will be overthrown, and then the new forces will give Emperor Zhu the treatment of the second king and the third king in order to inherit the economic circle of the Ming Dynasty.

Things like the entry of the Qing Dynasty into customs, this kind of thing is a small probability event in the current Daming, where the martial arts is at its peak, and it is basically impossible...

Instead of worrying about what will happen a hundred years later, Zhu Youjian is more worried about the current Sichuan, Sun Chuanting who is about to be tried by Wen Tiren, Zhou Yanru and others...