Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 327 Zhu Di: How did the treasure become so worthless?
Zhu Di frowned and was a little irritated, "How could this be?"

The shopkeeper also saw that something was wrong, and cautiously asked tentatively: "Your nobleman, do you still want to buy sea fish?"

"To shut up!"

Zhu Di reprimanded directly.

The shopkeeper's face darkened. As the shopkeeper of Prince Yan's residence, he was not afraid of any noble people in Beiping Mansion.

"My noble man, all the fish shops in Beiping Mansion are shops of Prince Yan's Mansion. If you are not here to buy fish, please don't delay the business of the little man's shop!"

Zhu Di suddenly became furious.

"Your Highness, calm down!"

Seeing this, Guo An hurried in from the door.

"Your Highness? Guo Changshi?"

Seeing Guo An, the shopkeeper was startled, and then knelt down towards Zhu Di in fear.

Similarly, the shop assistants who were surrounded from both sides also knelt down with horror on their faces.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know that Your Highness was here in person and was blind. Please punish me!"

Zhu Di glanced at it, but ignored the shopkeeper.

Guo An quickly waved his hand and said, "Stand aside, just don't disturb Your Highness!"

The shopkeeper glanced at Zhu Di cautiously and found that Zhu Di ignored him, so he quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, thank you Guo Changshi!"

Immediately, he stood aside and
However, it was still very stiff and did not dare to move.

"Guo Qing, follow us around again!"

After a while, Zhu Di's face returned to normal.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Immediately, Zhu Di took Guo An and walked outside.

The shopkeeper and several shop assistants quickly knelt down to see them off.

But when Zhu Di left the sea fish shop, he still kept walking forward without saying a word.

Every time you pass a shop or a small stall, you will ask one by one.

But this time, Zhu Di was not angry.

After visiting dozens of shops and stalls, Zhu Di finally gave up and returned directly to the palace.

"Guo Qing, how could this be so? Why are the Daming treasure notes carefully printed and distributed by the emperor so... worthless?
If this continues, won't the treasure money become less and less valuable, and won't it become a great harm? "

Guo An smiled and did not answer.

Seeing this, Zhu Di asked again: "Why didn't anyone report this to us?"

"Guo Qing, is there a solution?"

Guo An sighed slightly, "Your Highness, this is extremely difficult! From the time when the imperial court began to print and issue treasure banknotes to now, how many have been issued to the entire Ming Dynasty?
Treasure banknotes are prevalent, people no longer trust them, and the number of treasure banknotes exchanged for copper coins is also decreasing...

The court also ordered that the private trading of silver is not allowed..."

Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, does the court know about this? Does the emperor know about it?"

Guo An said: "Your Majesty, although since the 20th year of Hongwu, the imperial court adjusted the two items of Lumi and Salary Notes to Lumi, and no longer issued Salary Notes to officials.

However, those officials will definitely use treasure money in their homes.

The officials in the imperial court must also know that the treasure banknotes are becoming less and less valuable!

As for whether His Majesty knows or not, I don't know! "

Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "Guo Qing, are you saying those rogue officials will hide this matter?"

Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, perhaps those officials who care about the treasures dare not report to His Majesty.

And those officials who have the courage to report to His Majesty don't care whether the treasure is worth it or not! "

"This……"

Zhu Di was taken aback.

Immediately, after reacting, he flew into a rage, "Those thieves really deserve to be killed!"

"This king wants to play this matter to the emperor!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then said: "Your Highness, I only knew that the value of the treasure was depreciated before, but I didn't expect the depreciation to be so great!

I sincerely request that when your Highness pays salaries to the soldiers and officials in the palace in the future, you should use more rice and meat, or copper coins. "

"We will consider this matter ourselves!"

Zhu Di nodded in agreement, but his expression was very bad.

Guo An also understood. He guessed that there were at least 200 million taels of treasure banknotes in Zhu Diyan's palace. Every time Zhu Di won a battle, Zhu Yuanzhang would reward Zhu Di with hundreds of thousands or millions of treasure banknotes.

The most important thing was that time when Naha was captured and thousands of nobles from the Northern Yuan Dynasty were captured, Zhu Yuanzhang directly rewarded Zhu Di with 200 million treasure notes.

And now, the value of the treasure has dropped by half?
How could Zhu Di not feel distressed?

Guo An suggested: "His Royal Highness, why don't I use the treasures from the house to expand the artisan school this time! In this way, the more the treasures from the house are spent, the more the loss will be stopped!"

"Stop loss?"

Zhu Di thought about it and his eyes lit up.

"Pass down the order, my Yan Palace will no longer use precious banknotes in the future!"

Guo An was shocked, "Your Highness can't!"

Zhu Di was stunned, "Why is this?"

Guo Andao: "Your Highness, the treasure banknotes are promoted by His Majesty, the caravans and shops of the Prince Yan's Mansion are the best in Beiping Mansion, especially the Zhangjiawan Wharf!
If I, Prince Yan, no longer use treasure banknotes, wouldn’t I be taking the lead in disobeying His Majesty’s edict..."

Zhu Di's face suddenly stiffened.

After a long while, he hurriedly said: "We have to write a letter to Father Huang!"

Guo Andao: "Your Highness is wise, and the court is full of lords, there must be someone who can solve the problem of treasure money!"

"It should be so!"

Zhu Di agreed.

Guo An took the opportunity to say again: "Your Majesty, the precious banknotes are depreciating so fast now. We need 10 taels of precious banknotes to expand the artisan school!"

"10 million taels?"

Zhu Di's eyes suddenly widened.

"Your Highness, the 10 taels of treasure note can only be converted into 3 taels of silver.

Expanding the craftsman school is not only about building houses, but also requires various crafting equipment, materials, and ingredients...

Your Highness, although the craftsman school cannot be compared with the academy, I believe that the craftsman school can create a thousand times, or even ten thousand times, the money for the Yan Palace.

It is far from being comparable to the academy, so I feel that His Highness should not only pay attention to the academy, but underestimate the craftsman school! "

"When did we despise the craftsman school?"

Zhu Di looked at Guo An dissatisfied.

Guo An was not afraid, and said firmly: "Your Highness, I want to expand the artisan school. Your 10 taels of treasure is only 3 taels of silver, and you are not willing..."

"Give!"

Zhu Di looked impatient, "In a moment, I'll ask He Zhong to allocate 10 taels of banknotes to the Craftsman School!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Guo An quickly thanked him.

At this moment, when he remembered something, Zhu Di's face darkened again, "Guo Qing, now the entire Ming Dynasty is using treasure banknotes. It will definitely take several years for the officials in the court to resolve this matter.

Now, there are nearly 200 million taels of treasure banknotes in our Yan Palace, how should we stop the loss of these treasure banknotes? "

For the new words that came out of Guo An's mouth, Zhu Di still learned very quickly.

Guo An thought for a while and said, "His Royal Highness, you can circulate all the treasures from the Yan Palace to Korea and Japan!"

"Flowed to Goryeo and Japan?"

A trace of doubt flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.

Guo An continued: "Your Highness, Goryeo and Japan do not know the depreciation of treasure notes in our Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, Goryeo and Japan didn't have much of my Daming banknotes, and when they saw my Daming banknotes, they would love them very much.

Even, as a treasure.

The caravans in the house only used treasure notes to trade with the Goryeo and Japanese people.

In this way, in less than a year, all the more than 200 million taels of banknotes in the house will be transferred from the house to Korea and Japan. "

"Very good! I, Prince Yan, can also exchange more treasure notes from those merchants of the Ming Dynasty at a low price, and then exchange them for the Koreans and Japanese at normal prices!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes lit up instantly.

"In this way, wouldn't it be possible to solve the depreciation of the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes by flowing all the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes to Goryeo and Japan?"

"Disaster!"

Guo An slowly shook his head, "Your Highness, I have too many Ming Dynasty treasure notes. I even suspected that the treasure notes issued by Your Majesty to various places in the Ming Dynasty have exceeded tens of thousands of taels."

So many precious banknotes are simply not affordable for Goryeo and Wa.

Moreover, Goryeo and Wa will also become Yan in the future, and the economies of Goryeo and Wa cannot collapse! "

Zhu Di said: "In this case, let's leave it to the officials in the court to solve it!"

"Your Highness is wise!"

Guo An quickly said: "In addition, the treasures flowing from our Prince Yan's caravan to Goryeo and Japan also need to be controlled, not too much."

Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Guo Qing will be responsible for this matter!"

"Wei Chen takes orders!"

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(End of this chapter)