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Chapter 34 Zhu Houzhao: I want to report Taizu’s policies to him!

"One hundred guan can only buy one steamed bun..."

"After the battle of Tumu Fort and the defense of the capital..."

Zhu Hou looked after Zheng Ji. This guy already had deep wrinkles on his forehead, but his white hair was neatly combed, making him look more energetic.

He is old and stubborn, but he cannot be underestimated. Just the fact that he has experienced three dynasties is a fortune.

In the battle of Tumubao, the emperor was captured.

The credit of Lao Zhu's family has dropped to the lowest level, and some people are even afraid that there will be a change of dynasty from now on. Therefore, ordinary people are afraid that the treasure banknotes that represent the royal credit will not be used.

In troubled times, it is obviously better to be more cautious when holding gold and silver.

"Zheng Ji, do you think it was because our Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were so worthless that we couldn't even buy anything that everyone abandoned them?"

Zhu Houzhao vaguely felt that he had discovered a little pattern, but there still seemed to be a layer of veil in it.

"Well, Your Majesty... I guess that's the reason. It's convenient to have treasure money, but if you can't buy anything, you might as well use it as toilet paper..."

After Zheng Ji finished speaking, he noticed the image of Zhu Yuanzhang behind Zhu Houzhao, and immediately became a little panicked: "Your Majesty, I used the wrong words. Anyway, it was good for Taizu to issue treasure banknotes at that time, but no one knows why. No one wants to use the money anymore.”

After saying that, he quickly bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait.

Zhu Houzhao immediately smiled.

"Zheng Ji, I forgive you for not being guilty. That's what I asked you to say."

He stopped teasing Zheng Ji and spoke again: "Let me ask you another question. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was fighting against the Xiongnu, where did he get the money? How did Emperor Wu of the Han plunder the people's wealth?"

"Ah, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made money..."

Zheng Ji was suddenly struck by Zhu Houzhao's jumping thoughts. He jumped from Bao Chao to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. How did he connect with him?

"Your Majesty, you...are you very short of money?"

"You can't learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty how he made money!"

"He resorts to military warfare and wastes the country's power... Your Majesty must not imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!"

Zheng Ji even thought that Zhu Houzhao wanted to imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in making money, so he immediately spoke to directly comfort him. After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's money-making methods were the best in the Central Plains dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used three methods to make money.

First, salt and iron monopoly, needless to say, has been basically adopted by all dynasties.

Second, they issued white deer coins and forced the princes to use real money to buy their white deer coins to worship their ancestors. Later, they minted five baht coins and directly forcibly fixed the exchange rate, which truly unified the financial market of the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop.

The five-baht coin of the Han Dynasty was still used by people in the Sui Dynasty, and it was already considered a very strong currency.

The last one that is more unscrupulous is... suing minuo!
The simple and crude way is to charge heavy taxes to merchants.

Whistleblowing means informing, encouraging poor people to report and expose rich people, that is, those businessmen, whether they have concealed their property or not. Those who inform and expose can get half of the rich businessmen's property.

If these three measures continue, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will basically harvest the wealth of all types of people in the country.

"When will I learn from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty? I just thought of Taizu's treasure banknotes and the Han Dynasty's five baht coins... I want to know how Taizu came up with the idea of ​​issuing treasure banknotes..."

Zhu Houzhao made a far-fetched excuse: "Speak quickly, lest I have to read the book again!"

This was the sinister intention of those civil servants. When giving lectures to Zhu Houzhao, they included private goods and deliberately omitted the means by which Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made money.

After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was the classic template for educating emperors.

If you don't educate the emperor well, can you say that you want to imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in exploiting the people's power and resorting to militarism?

To praise the emperor for his achievements, you can also use Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to praise him.

"This... Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made money..."

"Probably……"

Under Zhu Houzhao's pressure, Zheng Ji explained the three methods used by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to make money. "Your Majesty, you cannot imitate Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty! He exploited the people in such a way, and the Ming Dynasty has only been stable for less than forty or fifty years. It really cannot withstand the second setback!"

After saying this, Zheng Ji felt very guilty. He was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would be a bad imitator and he was the one who caused the problem, so he could only quickly advise him again.

"We can still collect taxes... we can still report and expose people like this!"

Zhu Houzhao also gained a little knowledge, and then he understood why the ministers were afraid that the emperor would become militaristic, and that they were afraid that the emperors would also engage in this kind of behavior to drain salary from the bottom of the cauldron in the end.

"Okay, Zheng Ji, I'm just asking casually! I don't know how to imitate Emperor Wu..."

"I asked this just because I was thinking about things related to this memorial ceremony for Taizu..."

"During the Taizu period, he issued my Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes... After all, this is the policy of Taizu and Taizong. As a descendant of the Zhu family, when I pay tribute to them, I would like to talk about their policy. Isn't it reasonable? ?”

Zhu Houzhao turned around and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait, and immediately found a reason.

"That's it! Zheng Ji, I'll give you a task!"

"You, the Ministry of Household Affairs, try your best to collect the treasure banknotes from the Hongwu period to the Chenghua period, and even to the father and his dynasty, and focus on collecting the treasure banknotes from the Hongwu period. I have this treasure banknote to worship. When the time comes, report to Taizu."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but praise his cleverness: "By the way, it's best to do a good investigation. How many kilograms of rice could be bought by Guan Baobao during the Hongwu period, how much was it during the Yongle period, and how much was it for Xuande and Zhengtong, lest Taizu think that we These descendants deliberately failed to carry out his ancestral precepts.”

This is a legitimate reason to worship.

No one can gossip.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly started thinking. Since he could find out the situation of the treasures in the name of worshiping Taizu, it seemed that he could also do something in the name of worshiping Taizu.

"Ah? Your Majesty, collect treasure notes from the Hongwu period..."

"I would also like to talk about the purchasing power of treasure banknotes in various periods..."

Zheng Ji was immediately confused and felt the difficulty of this task: "Your Majesty, it has been more than a hundred years since the Hongwu Period. Can I still collect the treasure notes from the Hongwu Period..."

"If I can't receive it, can't your household department add more money?"

"Isn't the treasure banknote already like waste paper? If you give me some money, you can't easily collect a lot of it?"

"Besides, this is Yingtian! We are the orthodox capital of the Ming Dynasty. Are you telling me that you can't collect the treasure notes from the Taizu period?"

"At that time, I have delayed my worship of Taizu, and your household department can't even handle this small thing? Why don't you simply have no need to exist? Will I let them in the capital do it?"

Zhu Houzhao's face darkened, and he immediately went into a rage, knocking down several big hats.

"The minister obeys the order."

Although the job was difficult, he could still finish it with gritted teeth. How could Zheng Ji dare to refuse this legitimate reason and immediately resigned after receiving the order.

It's just that... when he walked out of the Ancestral Temple, he regretted why he came to Zhu Houzhao to test and report. Inexplicably, he had an extra task.

"Liu Jin!"

"exist!"

After Zheng Ji left, Zhu Houzhao was not idle. He directly used the idea just now and issued several imperial edicts.

"You hand this imperial edict to the Ministry of Rites, and be sure to ask them to call all the vassal states that worshiped Emperor Taizong during the Yongle period... In addition, call all the Franciscans in the Ming Dynasty, and let them worship Taizu together! After all, during the Yongle period, Taizong accepted worship from all nations!"

"This time I worship, I represent Taizong's lineage. I also want to report Taizong's glorious deeds to Taizu one by one!"

"Also...didn't Taizu choose the maritime ban policy?"

"Call the heads of the coastal municipal shipping departments and ask them to report to Taizu on how well our Ming Dynasty maritime ban policy is being implemented!"

This time Zhu Houzhao was inspired by Lincoln's report to Washington in the chat group.

He just wants to be bigger and stronger, make this worship known to the whole world, let the whole world know his worship ideas, so that even if the people from the cabinet come, they will not be able to raise any objections.

Isn’t it called the prosperous age?
In the prosperous age, I solemnly worship Taizu, what do you have to oppose?

(End of this chapter)