Ming Dynasty, starting from the empty seal case

Chapter 95 The counterfeit money incident happened!

"Return to your Majesty! It's... it's Da Mingqiang!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's question came to an end, the few people who had been singing and dancing just now bowed with smiles and said loudly in Chinese with their feet curled:

"When we see you now, it's like seeing the Lord in the sky. Your warriors are even more heavenly soldiers. Even the most ordinary ones are stronger than the bravest warriors of the Yuan people!"

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Fans from various tribes spoke in the most sincere tone. They have sincere smiles on their faces, and even the most careful observation cannot detect any falsehood.

Suddenly... Zhu Yuanzhang, who was ready to continue to make things difficult, was stunned for a moment.

Immediately he laughed again.

"That's exactly what I'm talking about. Our sons of the Ming Dynasty have gone through hundreds of battles and gained their reputation and abilities from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They are even stronger than the heavenly soldiers!"

"It's a pity, why do you always have to be beaten before you know this truth?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head as he spoke, seeming to be particularly puzzled.

And at this time, he seemed to be able to understand Tang Taizong's quirks, no! It should be said that most of the ancient emperors liked things——

Isn't it just to suppress the unruly enemy leaders with strong troops and then let them dance for fun at a major banquet?
  However, his purpose for holding this banquet was not just that.

His vision is very long-term, not only in the present but also in the future.

Western Expedition, Northern Expedition! This is his long-cherished wish that Hongwu will fulfill in one day!
  At present, he is very clear that in addition to the powerful enemies of Beiyuan in the grassland, there is also a vast land to the west of the Ming Dynasty, as well as powerful enough enemies!

If I want the Ming Dynasty to reach far beyond the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Hexi Corridor must be opened up, and all the Western tribes must be under the control of the Ming Dynasty. Only in this way can I return to the Silk Road and spread the light of the Ming Dynasty to the world. outside!
  And about Zephan!
  In the third year of Hongwu's reign, he himself issued an imperial edict:
  The general was ordered to lead his troops to level the sea. The subjects recommend it to the world...but Tubo is a country in the west. Now it is unified by the Ming Dynasty. I'm afraid I haven't heard of it yet, so I'm here to give you an edict!
  At that time, Tuosima Xuanweisi and Tubo Xuanwei envoys who had been granted the title in the old Yuan Dynasty all surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and established Hezhou, Duogan and Wusizang, all under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi.

However, Tubo at this time was not the Tubo Empire that could compete with the Tang Dynasty during the Tang Dynasty. Instead, the Tubo tribes that were subordinate to the Yuan Dynasty in the old days had a vast territory and sparsely populated areas. Most of the residents there believed in Buddhism and made a living by herding cattle, sheep, and horses.

Due to its geography, humanities, language and other reasons, Ming Dynasty did not choose to fully control it. Instead, they asked these "tribes" who had surrendered during the Yuan Dynasty to come to the Ming Dynasty to receive the seal with Yuanting's seal. Just pay tribute every year or every two years. He even set up a "tea and horse trade", which was to exchange tea for their war horses.

And because of the above reasons, even though they are close to Shaanxi, Ningxia and other places, they have expressed their willingness to submit and surrender. But the entire Xifan area was so big that many tribes ignored it and even killed the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty.

This time Deng Yumuying conquered only this part of the "tribe".

The entire Xifan still has a large area under the jurisdiction of "self". What's more, it is still under the control of the old Yuan Dynasty and has repeatedly invaded the Ming Dynasty's frontiers.

And in the imperial court.

There are several different opinions regarding Zefan.

The biggest argument is that the only powerful enemy of Ming Dynasty is Bei Yuan. As long as they are prepared to guard against Bei Yuan's power, other places can be temporarily secured.

At present, the focus of the Ming Dynasty should be to promote the king's way, educate the people, maintain internal stability, and recuperate.

After hundreds of years of chaos and strife, Ming Dynasty should immediately give up the idea of ​​continuing the war or even the Northern Expedition, even if it learned the lessons of the "Pre-Qin" and "Pre-Sui".

But it can make a living with the people.

Of course Zhu Yuanzhang knew this. Over the years he had been emperor, he didn't dare to say anything else. He had read a lot of history books.

And the purpose of this event...

1. Celebrate! Further strengthen the authority of the emperor and suppress the power of ministers who are always shouting "truce" in the court.

2. Achieve further control over these surrendered Tubo tribes. In addition to sending troops to stay permanently, he also wants to strengthen the tribute system!
  3. Use these surrendered Tubos to initiate the will to "submit to the Ming Dynasty" to other tribes. Those who surrendered paid tribute and gradually accepted the Ming Dynasty's control over them.

4. Strengthen the "tea-horse trade"! To be precise, by using the tea-horse trade, he could not only get their war horses, but also promote treasure money in the land of Tubo!

Regarding Tubo, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that it was not a land of Chineseization and could not be civilized with royal methods. In addition to strong troops to guard it, he also needed them to submit to the Ming Dynasty from generation to generation, weaken their military equipment, and take charge of their government affairs.

And he did the same!

Su Xian's words gave Zhu Yuanzhang a great "inspiration", and even after careful consideration, a corner of his future plan had been revealed.

He first asked his nobles to conquer the country, and then asked his sons to guard these countries.

The tea-horse trading market became the "key" to further promote Baobao, and use Baobao to further strengthen the control of Xifan.

The king of Qin and the king of Jin happened to be one in the west and one in the north.

After the two vassal kings became vassals, they had to become their own extended eyes and ears. They not only had to control local government affairs, but also checked whether there were corrupt officials and then ruined their own plans.

Military affairs also need to be rectified. From time to time, the commanders must be reminded not to relax their armaments, let alone listen to the noise of the ministers all day long, saying that they want to release their horses to Nanshan.

In this way, he can save some food and grass, and then continue the Northern Expedition!

therefore……

Only his son can truly help him with these things.

While thinking about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked down at the Princes of Qin, Jin and others who were sitting as before...

He has great ambitions for the future Ming Dynasty!

"If you can speak like this, then you should be rewarded!"

I have finished enjoying the initial song and dance.

Soon, Su Xian saw the purpose of Emperor Hongwu.

As soon as the word "reward" came out, several figures hurriedly came to the front of the hall, holding the trays that had been prepared.

The leaders of the Uzang tribes, Duogan tribes, and other Tibetan forces all looked at the trays.

In addition to the embarrassing "things" that were captured this time, most of them were actually "envoys" sent by various tribes.

Prior to this, they began to pay tribute as early as the third year of Hongwu, and the rewards from the Ming Emperor were also very generous. In addition to the promised "official positions", there were also some smooth and supple silks, tea leaves, silver, etc.

Of course, they knew that the purpose of the Ming Emperor was to establish a "tea-horse mutual trade."

In the past, they looked forward to this part very much. After all, every time they came, they only needed to bring gold-plated Buddha statues, scriptures, and tin staffs, and they could get a lot of rewards.

But now, what was placed on the tray shocked them.

Those are clearly pieces of paper...

As if he had thought of something, among the envoys from the Uzbek tribe, one of the older men looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with hesitant eyes.

"This is……"

Zhu Yuanzhang was sitting high on the throne. Instead, an official from Honglu Temple stepped forward and shouted:

"This is the reward His Majesty gives to all the tribes!"

"In the past, His Majesty rewarded various tribes with only some visible fixed things. But His Majesty often said: Just those fixed and common things cannot express my kindness to Heaven. You must know that Heaven's grace is so vast that it can transform all things!"

"This...is all things!"

As an official who specializes in dealing with envoys, Honglu Temple's words are watertight.

But Su Xian clearly saw that the envoys were all staring at each other with big eyes and small eyes. What's more, they were already whispering softly. Between their brows, it was obvious that they were becoming a little angry, but they were quickly suppressed.

Thinking about it, they couldn't accept it at all. This was their reward.

But among them, the leading old man with a beard paused.

If you don't listen carefully to his tone of voice, you won't be able to tell the difference between him and Akito.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward."

"It's just that we live in a bitter and cold place, and since all the tribes have surrendered to Your Majesty, please ask His Majesty the Great Inventor to be kind and reward...reward you with the common things you mentioned."

Ok?
  Zhu Yuanzhang immediately raised his eyebrows.

At this moment, the officials of Honglu Temple suddenly changed their faces.

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all God's grace. How dare you openly refuse God's grace?"

"It's not me and Ming who refuse, but me, Xifan Erlang, who doesn't know the treasures of the Ming Dynasty, so it's useless..."

The old man's expression was bitter, and he seemed to have really encountered a problem.

When the officials of Honglu Temple saw this, they couldn't help but look secretly annoyed. At this time, all the ministers were watching, and the rewards could not stop here and could not be distributed.

And he wanted to look at His Majesty, but he could notice that His Majesty's eyes had become sharp because of anger without turning his head.

He couldn't help but explain kindly: "Since this is said to be all things, it can transform all things. You have stayed in this Ming Dynasty for a long time, and you should know what this thing is? It is no different from gold and silver, and you can still buy goods in our Ming Dynasty. "

"You don't have to worry about taking Tubo back. Daming will continue to carry out mutual trade in Ningzhou, Hezhou and other places. At that time, this can be a transaction."

He thought that what he said was tactful enough and his explanation was very detailed.

However, the old man named Tuguer still looked embarrassed.

And long after him, the expressions of the burly envoys seemed to be a little uncontrollable, and the voices of the burly messengers became louder and louder.

For a while...

The atmosphere of the entire celebration banquet became more and more serious.

More and more quiet.

Su Xian saw that this scene had made Zhu Yuanzhang even more unhappy. Many of his ministers had dignified expressions, and even the kings sitting in front were impatient.

Their theme today is that father and son work together, and kings and ministers enjoy together. Enough time has been wasted on this. How come these people are so ignorant of the rules?

And in this quiet environment.

Suddenly... the quarrels among the people became louder and louder. Tuguer kept standing and did not stop shouting. At this moment, a voice that seemed to be unable to control his emotions resounded intentionally or unintentionally!

"Who doesn't know their plan? They want to use a pile of rags to exchange for our cattle and sheep in the future? We are not those stupid cattle and sheep!"

As soon as these words appeared, many officials in the Ming Dynasty were furious.

Although there are too many civil servants among these people who believe that war should not be launched now, the powerful military equipment at the beginning of the founding of the country gave them a strong prestige that is not afraid of anything.

"Bold!" At this moment, an official from the Ministry of Rites stood up angrily and cursed:

"You have forgotten how you got here? How dare you speak so arrogantly?"

"Do you want to test whether my sword is sharp?"

His voice just fell.

All the officials followed and shouted angrily.

"Those who do not listen to the teachings are ignorant!"

"If you don't have any etiquette, how can you be an envoy?"

Some generals shouted angrily:

"You have to accept this treasure whether you accept it or not. Speaking well is a reward. Failure to speak well is a military matter! Big deal... let's go on another Western Expedition!"

Seeing the situation becoming more and more out of control.

at last……

With a "bang" sound, the leader of the old man knelt down and knelt down. His voice was panicked, as if he was really frightened to the extreme.

"Your Majesty, please know that it's not that we don't accept the reward... but that there is something really unspeakable!"

While talking, Tuguer seemed to have thought of something and quickly looked to the side.

Immediately, the young man next to him touched the sky from his pocket, and finally took out two copper coins!
  Seeing it, the ministers were puzzled.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked puzzled.

"Please also let your Majesty know that this is the copper coin used by the Ming Dynasty?"

The group was confused again.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't even know what kind of medicine these people were selling.

In the censor's Taichung, the censor doctor Chen Ning raised his eyes slightly and looked behind him. The censor Tu Jie nodded quickly and flattered, and then looked towards the front where Mr. Hu was.

Seeing this, Chen Ning also followed suit, and Prime Minister Hu and Right Minister Wang Guangyang also looked...

At the moment of silence, among the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Lu Ben stepped out.

His voice was solemn and powerful. After he appeared, other officials stopped trying to stop.

In addition to the other party's identity as one of the leaders recognized by civil servants, more importantly, his daughter had already become the prince's concubine.

In his early years, he was a court official of the Yuan Dynasty, and later he returned to His Majesty. He first served in several yamen of the state and dynasty, and he was the top leader from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Personnel.

In the end, he was impeached and sent to the lower level as a salt transport envoy. However, he returned to the central government soon and is now the Minister of Rites.

There is no shortage of prestige, ability, and means.

"It's exactly the copper coin used by my Ming Dynasty!"

"Then please take a look, sir, what's the difference?" Tuguer asked again.

Lu Ben frowned, and immediately looked towards His Majesty. After seeing his acquiescence, he quickly came here and took a look.

But I saw that one of them was extremely rough, while the other one was fine and thick.

He frowned more and more puzzled.

Tugu'er quickly said: "During these days, we will visit the Ming Dynasty, the capital, and the emperor's feet. We will also use silver and copper coins."

"But I saw that there are broken pieces of silver, there is silver with the best grain, but there is also fake silver."

"Just like this copper coin, there are copper coins with good quality and fake coins with poor quality, but without exception, they can all be used by the public."

Speaking of it.

Even a fool understands what he means.

really.

The next moment I saw Tugu'er, bowing to the ground, "It must not be fake money. The Ming Dynasty intentionally minted it. It must be private imitation among the people!"

"However, this is still the case under the feet of the emperor in the capital... Thousands of miles away in Hezhou, Duogan, and even our Uzang area, once this thing is used, what if there are private imitations?"

"Silver and copper coins are like this, but what about coins made just from paper?"

"The capital is thousands of miles away from our hometown. Our people are indeed not as accepting of kings as the people of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, we are ignorant and do not understand the emperor's reward. Therefore, we absolutely cannot accept trading this thing!"

“Wouldn’t it be better to exchange cattle and sheep for tea?”

call!
  Hear this.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a deep breath, he was still dreaming just now.

Who knew he would be frustrated in the first stage!
  If you can't even pass the test of this messenger, how can you expect them to help you implement it in the future?

Unable to help himself, he even ended up doing it himself.

"It is precisely because of the counterfeit copper coins and counterfeit silver among the private sector... that is why we promote treasure banknotes. Could it be that the treasure banknotes we reward are also fake?"

As soon as these words came out.

It seemed that Tugu'er had been waiting for these words.

Hearing this, he no longer looked at the young man next to him, but fumbled around in the lining of his clothes.

Finally, he seemed to have touched something and quickly took it out and raised it high.

He shouted loudly: "Of course everything your Majesty rewards is true!"

"But your Majesty, please see, which one of these is the real treasure banknote, and which one is the fake treasure banknote?"

In an instant.

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up suddenly.

At this time, Hu Weiyong slowly withdrew his gaze and said to wait and see and let nature take its course.

The arrogant words of a child are not realistic.

That is to say, Your Majesty, who has a great ambition in his heart, really thinks that that piece of paper can support his huge ambition?
  But the truth will be told to Your Majesty!

The selfish thoughts of the people will also be told to Your Majesty!
  Even the Tibetan envoys would inform His Majesty...

The state affairs of the Ming Dynasty must be dealt with in a down-to-earth manner, not dreaming on paper!

Paper dreams will eventually be exposed one day.

Just as they did during this period, they tried every possible means to persuade His Majesty to renegotiate the policy of establishing the vassal state.

But His Majesty didn't listen, and he had to let nature take its course in the future.

He didn't believe that every vassal king of the Zhu family had the country, the country, and the people in his heart?
  Are you willing to give up your own personal interests and plan a grand project with your brother?
  Can you even reject beauty, money, greed and depravity, and become as diligent in politics as His Majesty?
  When things get messy, this beautiful dream, just like this paper dream, will also be shattered!

……

"Bring it to us!"

now.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already thought of something and looked directly at Lu Ben. He could no longer conceal his anger.

The latter hurriedly took the treasure note from Tugu'er's hand, and then walked quickly towards Zhu Yuanzhang.

Hold the two treasure bills in your hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes and compared them carefully for a long time.

But the more he looked at it, the more frightened and angry he became. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that his ambition just now was really a dream!

They are so similar that you can't even tell them apart.

He believed there were counterfeit banknotes, but they were so similar that he was even willing to believe that someone had secretly taken the clay tablets used to make the banknotes out.

That's all in private.

It actually happened at his celebration banquet on New Year's Eve.

For a moment, he couldn't bear it anymore and slapped the two pieces of paper on the table.

He shouted angrily in a certain direction:
  "Su Guiyuan! What explanation do you want to give us?"

　Today is the end of the New Year, and updates are back to normal.

　　One more chapter.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)