Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 465

"My lord, what kind of Mid-Autumn Festival benefits did His Majesty send us? Are there other good things besides moon cakes?"

someone asked in surprise.

"It's really a good thing! Li Wen, this is the Daming coin issued by His Majesty to our household department. Let it be distributed to everyone."

A few people came over soon, and Wang Qiong held a stack of colored paper in his hand and began to distribute it.

"What is this? The Daming Coin of the Ming Empire? Why are there Semuren's numbers on it? By the way, didn't we let all the ministries learn the Semuren's numbers before? What are you sending this for?"

Questions were soon raised.

"Why does this Daming coin feel like a Daming treasure?"

Someone with a more active mind hesitated for a moment and said.

"No way? Your Majesty... His Majesty doesn't want to issue Daming Treasure Banknotes, does he?"

"How could it be? The paper as big as the Daming Treasure Banknote is not the same as this!"

"Maybe it's just a change of style. You can't even print it privately after this!"

"But the Ming Dynasty's treasured banknotes are like waste paper. What's the use of issuing this thing? The common people and those businessmen don't recognize it, and they can't buy things. It's like a waste paper. What's the use? Let me say this. It's just empty text..."

"Keep your voice down, Your Majesty is also what you can say, be careful..."

"I... I'm just telling the truth..."

"Everyone, this is the benefit that the imperial court gave us. You can see that there is an amount on it. The Arabic numerals are the numbers of Semuren. We all know it. This is the Ming Dynasty coin issued by the imperial court. Except for our officials in the court , This kind of thing is very precious, not everyone can have it, but this thing is not just for viewing, it can be used!"

The member of the household department named Li Wen, Wailang, quieted everyone and explained the function of these Ming coins.

As for Wang Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, he had already finished his orders and slipped away early.

"Then what can this thing do? It's just a piece of paper. If it is used as a currency, the problem is that someone is willing to spend it! If it can't be spent, is it a piece of delicate waste paper?"

As soon as Wang Shangshu left, the people below started discussing immediately.

"Liang Langzhong, what you said is that moon cakes have already been distributed anyway, so this thing is just icing on the cake, can't it be collected? It has been passed down for ten or eight generations, and it may even become a rare item!"

Hong Langzhong is a joker, so he said it directly.

The following is even more chattering.

"Don't talk about it, everyone. This thing is not just for you to think about. If you don't want it, you can give it to me. I have a lot of people in my family, and I have to buy a lot of salt every month. The imperial court and His Majesty issued these Daming coins for us to exchange. Salt is edible! Although your salary is not too much, it is enough to buy salt, but the price of salt is not cheap, if you don’t need it, you can give it to me!”

Li Wen obviously wasn't surprised by everyone's discussion, and after speaking loudly, he laughed.

"What? Can this thing be exchanged for salt?"

"Li Yuanwailang, is what you said true? This thing can really be exchanged for salt? Where can I exchange it? How can I exchange it? Don't you just trick us into playing?"

Hearing that the salt can be exchanged, everyone was very different, and they all looked at Li Wen.

"Salt can be exchanged, of course! The imperial court and His Majesty will still deceive you! The Mid-Autumn Festival will be two days later. Your Majesty will be sympathetic to everyone's hard work. Each official will issue 20 yuan of Ming coins, and you can go to the salt store or grain and oil store to buy salt. Tomorrow It can only be used normally, and the stores should have received the order today. As for how much salt can be exchanged, according to the current market price, 1 yuan Daming coin can be used as ten silver dollars, and 1 yuan Daming coin can be exchanged for a catty of salt. Go change it!"

"To tell you the truth, the salt that can be exchanged for Daming coins this time is all special salt. It is a newly developed salt from Huguang. It has high purity and no impurities. I heard that it contains some nutrients. Eating it can prolong life. , and now Huguang Salt can only be purchased with Daming coins, even if you have silver, you can’t buy it, so we all take advantage of it!”

"If you have anything you don't want, you can exchange it for me. I can just give it to relatives and friends! Now that the salt shop has newly entered Huguang, many people must know about the refined salt!"

As soon as Li Wen finished speaking, the pot exploded immediately.

"My god, this thing can be exchanged for Huguang salt!"

"That's right, I've heard that Huguang salt is now in the store. The salt is as fine as white flour. It tastes very good. It's definitely much better than the big salt particles. I heard that it can be eaten directly without crushing. , it is also white and colorful, so it is called clean!"

"That's right, I also heard from the manager at home. I heard that you can't buy it in the store. It is said that it is a special supply. We asked who the special supply was, but no one found out. It seems that it is for us. This thing is precious!"

"By the way, Li Yuanwailang has already said that anyone who doesn't want it can exchange it for him. He will convert it into silver. Do you want to convert it?"

"Who is so stupid to forget, what can this few tens of taels of silver do! This is special offering salt, this thing is much more precious than silver!"

"That's right, if you want to give this thing as a gift, it's very face-saving to give it away!"

Li Wen stood there, looking to see if anyone was willing to exchange coins, but those people discussed for a while, and soon dispersed in a noisy manner!

"Everyone left?"

After everyone left with moon cakes, Wang Qiong came out from the office on one side.

"My lord, let's go!"

"Is anyone back?"

Wang Qiong asked.

"How can anyone return! They all ran away as if they had taken the golden beans, and they were afraid that I would take them back!"

Li Wen laughed.

"That's good! That's good!"

Wang Qiongxin put it in his stomach.

After the new emperor came up with this idea, Wang Qiong was always on tenterhooks.

In the past, the imperial court directly used those banknotes to buy private things. At the beginning, it seemed that there was a sense of forced buying and selling.

Now the new emperor started from the top officials and asked them to accept it first. Wang Qiong was a little worried.

You must know that those who can be officials, especially those in the capital, are all good people!
Although he is the prodigal son of an official family, he is more knowledgeable than ordinary people, after all, he has been influenced by his ears and eyes.

Wang Qiong and the others were worried that these people would think of the Daming banknotes once they saw those Daming coins.

Send it to those, those people will probably throw it away as waste paper, and it will also have a bad impression on the court and His Majesty, which will affect their trust.

When they expressed their doubts, His Majesty just smiled and said that it would be straightforward. As for the follow-up use, he would naturally let everyone know.

After a few days, there were rumors of Huguang Refined Salt on the streets of the capital.

Soon, various tabloids in the capital reported on the source and quality of the salt. Later, some people even reported how precious the salt was, and even rumored that eating Huguang refined salt could prolong life.
There have been many rumors, and Wang Qiong and the others also want to see what this Huguang salt looks like.

It's just that the special supply of salt from Huguang is in charge of special personnel, and they are directly checked into various salt shops, and are not allowed to be sold until the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Even so, they were a little worried about whether the Big Ming Banknote would have a good effect after it was issued, after all, it was from top to bottom.

When everyone questioned at first, Wang Qiong was too embarrassed to be there.

After all, he is the big boss of the household department, and being questioned by everyone will affect his dignity, so he simply left and let Li Wen deal with the aftermath.

In fact, he has been secretly paying attention to the reaction here in the office.

Now I finally feel relieved.

……

Wang Qiong sat in the office for a while before packing up her things and returning home from work. At the gate of Wuyou, she happened to see Peng Ze coming out slowly.

"Why did Peng Shangshu come out so soon? It can't be that your military department is in trouble, those people don't sell it!"

Seeing Peng Ze's slow-paced expression, Wang Qiong felt a little displeased, and couldn't help but want to step forward and stab him!
"Brother Wang, what are you talking about! Our Ministry of War has always supported the actions of His Majesty and the court. Many people are grateful to His Majesty. They are considerate, and are going to write a letter to thank His Majesty! Brother Wang, if the people in your household department don't know good from bad, I don't think those Ming coins are as good as Let it be digested in our military department!"

Peng Ze laughed.

"Brother Peng is thinking too much! Our household department is also very grateful for your majesty's compassion. You don't know how popular those Daming coins are. They are almost fighting for their heads!"

Wang Qiong retorted.

"That's good! By the way, Brother Wang, I heard that eating Huguang salt can prolong life. Tomorrow, you should hurry up and ask your family to replace it. You should eat more at ordinary times. It can prolong life and strengthen your body. I see you It seems that I have always been tired lately. I guess I have put in a lot of effort this night, and my body is a little bit unbearable! Although Ruan Ruanxiang is good, I have to take care of my body..."

Peng Ze said maliciously.

"you……"

Wang Qiong wanted to refute, but Peng Ze quickly left with a folding fan.

grandma's!
Recently, I couldn't help being thirsty while reading at night, and I wanted to drink tea, but I couldn't sleep after drinking tea, and Wang Qiong's eye circles turned dark.

When many colleagues met, they teased Wang Qiong for being too close to the concubine at night, and asked him to pay attention to his body.

Among these colleagues, of course, Peng Ze talked the most!
When His Majesty saw him, he would also ask Wang Qiong with concern and ask him to pay attention to his body.

Wang Qiong was almost annoyed to death because of this matter!

The ghost knows that his little concubine was repaired by him and sent to the manor because he was too fond of him before.

……

The day before Mid-Autumn Festival!
All major salt shops in the capital were besieged.

Today is the day when Huguang Salt goes on sale.

Many family members of officials in the capital came to exchange Huguang salt, and many came to watch the fun.

Because those who take Daming coins have the right of first refusal, that is, those who take Daming coins do not need to take a long line to buy items, and have a special channel to buy,

And today is the first day, many stores even put up notices that they are only serving Ming coins today in order to avoid congestion.

The Daming coin, which few people knew before, became a household name all of a sudden, and its operation was much higher than the price of silver.

There is even a silver house that directly buys Daming coins at a high price.

The same is true for many cities outside the capital!
The news that Daming coins can be used to buy high-quality salt has spread throughout the streets and alleys, even some remote villages have heard the news.

For many people in remote areas, who is the emperor?It doesn't matter whether you change the emperor or not as long as you don't fight wars. The important thing is that you have three meals a day and you can eat salt.

After all, even if the daily consumption of salt is not too large, if there is no salt, it can be said to be fatal.

If people don't eat salt for a long time, it is not only the reason that affects the appetite, but also something that can kill people after a long time!
Daming coins can sell salt, this precious thing has become a household name now!
"Hey! Hey! Look, there are words written on the back of this thing!"

Someone got a big Ming coin and exclaimed in surprise.

This person is not an official, he should be a wealthy businessman based on his clothes.

But it's not uncommon for him to have Daming coins in his hand.

During the Mid-Autumn Festival, as long as the registered officials in all parts of the Ming Dynasty were issued Daming coins, not all officials were willing to exchange salt for their own consumption.

With so much attention being paid to this thing, its value has gone up as well.

Some officials are not willing to use it themselves, so they either give those big Ming coins as gifts, to their elders or to those they want; some of the poor economic conditions even pawn them for more money to solve the problem of money shortage at home .

In this way, many Daming coins were gradually left in the market.

"What word? Show us!"

"This thing is precious. I bought a copy at a high price. Don't destroy it for me. I'll read it for you!"

"Daming coins and salt are commonly used, forgers will be beheaded, and those who sue the arrester will be rewarded with a stone of salt, and half of the prisoner's property will be owned by him."

"This……"

"Is this thing free to sell salt in the future?"

"Of course! You can also buy good salt! The kind that prolongs life, let me tell you, if you want to buy ordinary salt, you can buy more! But this thing is so precious, who is willing to buy cheap salt!"

"By the way, what did you just say? Some forgers were beheaded. This is really serious. It is the same crime as the Daming Banknotes. It seems that if forgery can be beheaded!"

"Can this be the same as the Daming Treasure Banknote? The Daming Treasure Banknote is to deceive the common people, just send it out, that is, the imperial court buys the things of the common people, and they don't want it. More and more, it is worthless! Look at this, but you can directly For shopping, I heard the owner of the salt shop say that the salt is directly placed there by the government, and they don’t need to pay for it at all!”

"That's a good thing. This Daming coin looks really good. You didn't read the words above. The arrester will be rewarded with a stone of salt, and half of the prisoner's property will be owned by him. It’s good to share half of the family’s property! If there is such a good thing, I will report it directly!”

"I don't think it's as good as you for forgery. I'll report you, and we will share the rewards equally!"

"Fuck you, I still report you! I told you to report, I lost my head, how can I share property with you!"

……

Guangdong.

Lin Fu, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, walked up and down in the study.

"Master, Huang Zhuanyun envoy is here!"

A man who looked like a master whispered at the door.

"Huang Tao!"

Hearing footsteps outside, Lin Fu quickly walked to the door, opened the door, and saw Huang Tao standing at the door.

"Master Lin!"

Huang Tao cupped his hands and walked into the room under Lin Fu's warm hospitality.

Lin Fu, a Jinshi in the 15th year of Hongzhi, was born in Putian, Fujian.

Originally the magistrate of Ningbo Prefecture, after the new emperor came to the throne, the officials of the court made a big move. Lin Fu was recommended and appointed as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, a first-rank official!
The person who recommended him is Wang Shouren, Minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing.

Although he is a first-rank member, Lin Fu treats Huang Tao very warmly, like a close friend.

As a transfer envoy of the salt industry, although Huang Tao is a third-rank official, but he can hold this important position in the salt industry. Of course, the relationship behind it is not simple. I heard that his recommender is also very close to the new emperor.

Lin Fu was naturally very polite to Huang Tao.

It is naturally unusual for Lin Fu to be the governor of these two provinces. Even though Huang Tao can be regarded as a related person, he naturally appreciates and respects capable people.

When Huang Tao was appointed as the transfer envoy, the people above told him that the new emperor is a person who judges people by ability, no matter how related you are, if you are incompetent, if you don't do things well, anyone who speaks will not be counted!
Huang Tao is a person who penetrates the spirit, so he naturally knows the meaning of these words, that is, let himself do things well, and the person who recommends him will have a good face, otherwise he will not protect himself!
"Brother Huang, you and I are not outsiders, so I won't go around in circles! I asked you to come here today, just to ask, what is going on with this Ming coin? Is the imperial court going to sell salt in person? My salt in Guangdong is severely squeezed. , Huaiyan is still squeezing our salt sales area, and there is not much profit from selling it. Now the imperial court is going to step in, so what is the way out for our Guangyan! Is this... really His Majesty's intention?"

As soon as Huang Tao sat down, Lin Fu expressed his thoughts anxiously.

(End of this chapter)