Chapter Consensus
Zhuang Shilin said that when investing reserves to solve financial difficulties, everyone frowned and looked at it in confusion. Anyone with a little knowledge of increasing banknotes knows that it will lead to inflation and soaring prices, which is equivalent to forcing property from ordinary people in disguise. The harms of buying, increasing taxes and selling public land are even worse than that, and have been criticized.
"The owner of the manor, I believe that the harm of increasing paper money is better than that of us!" Zhuang Shilin was born a businessman. After entering the mansion, he was responsible for managing his finances for His Majesty, raising food and grass for the mansion, and making great efforts, and trusting him. His Majesty also increased with the little emperor. Now he not only manages the internal warehouse, but also runs hundreds of royal houses, post stations, and many other businesses for His Majesty. The assets under management are not as good as the Ministry of Revenue. 6 Xiufu thought that it was impossible for him not to understand the consequences of increasing paper money, but now he lets the court solve financial difficulties in this way, which makes him suspicious.
"If you have a bad intention, if you are in a bad mood, I will report to Your Majesty and punish him severely!" Deng Guangjian also stared at him and said sternly.
"6 Prime Minister, Deng Zhongcheng, if you have a heavy word, how dare the officials be willing to harm the country and mislead the king!" Zhuang Shilin saw that their attitude was harsh, but he was not afraid, bowed and smiled, "There are many differences between increasing paper money and excessive paper money. Although our dynasty has returned to Jiangnan for a short time, His Majesty has eliminated bad policies, implemented light taxes and low taxes, and dictated land to allow the people to cultivate and maintain their health. Now Jiangnan has quickly recovered its vitality and restored its former prosperity, so that households have surplus grain and households have surplus money, rather than when taxes were as big as the ones, and people had no overnight food at that time."
"Six phases, adding paper money is related to the rise and fall of the country, you must be cautious!" Liu Fu interrupted at this time.
"Yes, when replacing new banknotes, the gold, silver and silk deposited in the Zuozangku and the inner banknotes were used as principal. The current income used for rewarding troops and paying expenses has been consumed, which is not enough to meet the increase. Once the depreciation causes robbery, it will not be able to be fully exchanged, resulting in the new banknotes shaped like waste paper and losing trust in the court." Chen Zeweng said in a concern.
"Dear officials, don't worry. The proposal to add paper money is not to be a fool!" Zhuang Shilin smiled, picked up his cup and drank tea and said, "According to statistics from the General Office, the foreign ships entering our country last year have increased, with a trade volume of 40 million guan, of which the surplus is more than 10 million guan. This year, the foreign ships coming to North Korea are expected to increase significantly, and the trade volume will also increase significantly. The foreign ships trading must first exchange gold and silver for paper money before they can buy goods, and the goods sold are also collected and exchanged for gold and silver after they are exchanged for gold and silver."
"Oh, I understand!" Chen Zeweng suddenly said, "When foreign ships entered the North Korea to exchange gold and silver for banknotes. Although goods can offset a part of the transaction, there will still be a large amount of gold and silver left in our Korea during the exchange process, so it can be used as principal!"
"What Mr. Chen said is right. Last year, the caravan sent by His Majesty had found the origin of spices. In addition to being shipped to the West, some of them also entered our country for sale, which has led to a decline in the price of spices. This also led to a decrease in the price of spices flowing into our country by foreign vassals and a decrease in the amount of inflows. However, they will still buy a large amount of porcelain, tea and silk to transport them back to their country, which will inevitably lead to a huge amount of gold and silver flowing into our country!" Zhuang Shilin said.
"Well, in this case, as long as the trade route is smooth, the gold and silver from the foreign vassals will flow into our dynasty continuously!" 6 Xiufu looked around and looked at Ying Jieyan and Liu Fu and said that he was a little unbelievable.
"That's right, but far from that." Zhuang Shilin said with a smile, "As the overseas vassal merchants often exchange large amounts of paper money because they travel back and forth from our dynasty for many years, they will no longer exchange gold and silver when they return, resulting in a large amount of paper money circulating overseas. Moreover, because the banknote amount of our dynasty is limited, it is not enough to meet the exchange, which has led to an increase in the exchange ratio between paper money and gold and silver exchange. The private market reaches one tael of silver for nine hundred documents, and one tael of gold can only be exchanged for about nine guan and three or four hundred documents. Therefore, the market is currently suffering from insufficient paper money."
"Hey, this world has really changed. In the past, it has always been precious and cheap, but now it can be replaced by paper for real gold and silver!" Liu Fu said incredible.
"What the owner of the manor said is exactly." Chen Zeweng also figured out the key words, "At present, due to the prosperity of marine trade, many wealthy people have joined in it, so many shipyards have been working day and night, but they cannot meet the needs. Moreover, under the needs of trade, whether it is tea farms or weaving farms, porcelain factories have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. Pingjiang, Hangzhou and Shaoxing alone increased by four or five hundred weaving farms last year, which also increased the prices of silkworm cocoons and raw silk. This has also led to the increase of workshops for planting mulberry trees, iron workshops and wooden workshops for producing looms, which can be said to be prosperous in all industries. This also requires a large amount of paper money for transactions. I think it is the right time to increase paper money!"
"You should know, Governor Liu, what do you think?" Both the "God of Wealth" thought that adding banknotes would not only not lead to a crisis, but also promote the development of all industries. Six Xiufu also wiped out the melancholy before and asked.
"Yeah, you can try it!" Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and said.
"How to raise money, my martial artist doesn't know how to solve it, but he knows that there is no way to fight without money and food. As long as it can be solved and used by the military, I have no objection!" Han Zhen said with a smile.
"When the court has money, we must allocate part of it first, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain production!" Zhou Xiang said with a smile.
"The current war is urgent, and military spending should be the first priority. The emperor cannot send hungry soldiers!" Chen Renweng also said.
"It is a big deal to add paper money, and you should tell Your Majesty to be correct!" Although Liu Fu asked His Majesty to approve, no one could see that he no longer objected.
"Shengbo thought that if it were not for Your Majesty's instructions, the owner of the manor would have made this proposal in the hall!" Ying Jieyan looked at Zhuang Shilin and snorted coldly.
"Haha..." Zhuang Shilin blushed and smiled embarrassedly, but he didn't say it clearly, but everyone could understand the meaning of it.
"Okay, you have no objection. I will go to the palace to ask the Empress Dowager for the imperial edict. After the empress dowager is approved, we can convene the priest in Beijing to hold a meeting to discuss the needs of each place, and then report to Your Majesty for approval!" 6 Xiufu said.
"I'm afraid there will be another verbal battle. The memorials that impeach us will be piled up!" Chen Renweng said frustrated when he heard that he was going to hold a discussion.
"As long as we are loyal to the country, why not be afraid of those gossip? We must put national affairs first!" 6 Xiufu's face turned dim, but he turned to a serious expression.
"Hehe, they are all in a state of anxiety now, and I'm afraid they have no intention of taking care of me!" Zhou Xiang said with a smile.
"Oh, why is this?" Everyone knows that although Zhou Xiang has a low background, he has a wide range of friends and the most informative news. Chen Renweng asked curiously when he touched him.
"Don't you know? The famous scholars and scholars in the capital did not know who they had offended, and many things that were damaged by their reputation were pulled out. They were only circulating in the streets and alleys at first. Now many tabloids have begun to publicize them in a row, telling the world about the scandals they had done. They are busy explaining and trying to calm public opinion. They are already unable to take care of themselves and there is no time to talk about national affairs. Besides, those who interacted with them in the past avoided them. Who would talk with them again, afraid that there would be an impeachment memorial to be sent to Deng Zhongcheng's desk!" Zhou Xiang vividly told some of his own experiences.
"Well, someone reported that a few famous scholars were unpredictable and had poor moral character, so they asked the court to take away their fame and reputation and punish them severely to face the situation!" Deng Guangjian nodded and said.
"Some so-called famous scholars often use the people and public to discuss state affairs in the name of making friends in society, and try to influence the court. For this reason, they will slander officials and even defam Your Majesty. They should be punished!" Ying Jie Yan Fen said angrily. Although he was surprised by the sudden explosion of information, he thought that it must be his good student who took action secretly, and of course he had to cooperate.
"Yes, there have been rumors that these people think they are a little bit fond of their reputation, but they forget it. Some people do not hesitate to slander the government and corrupt others' reputation in order to gain fame. Now they do not repent and do things that harm the country or the king, so I naturally cannot tolerate them. Once they are verified, they will definitely punish them severely!" Deng Guangjian nodded and said that they should write down. As an orthodox scholar, he thought that one should be cautious in his words and deeds and be strict in himself, rather than walking among flowers to show his nobleness and doing things that harm personal morality. It is even more undesirable to talk about unpragmatic things, and it is not a matter of doing by famous scholars.
"Then it will be a blessing for the Chief of Deng. The court cannot indulge those who destroy the plan of the Northern Expedition. As long as it is verified, it must be punished to correct the court's principles!" 6 Xiufu nodded and said with great force.
"Well, these bad apples must be eliminated to avoid tainting the name of scholars!" Liu Fu also expressed his opinion. He was also a passionate person. In the tenth year of Chunyou, he entered the Imperial Academy. The following year, the Censor Chen Gai falsely impeached Cheng Gongxu, and the Right Zhengyan Cai Rong falsely impeached Huang Zhichun. He once led his fellow disciples to write a letter to discuss Gai. Rong was specifically for the court to rectify people and become traitors. He said bitterly, "It will be inevitable that there will be no gentlemen in the country, and there will be no justice in the court."
In the fourth year of Baoyou, Ding Daquan flattered eunuchs and gained favor from Lizong. He surrounded the prime minister's office and forced Prime Minister Dong Huai to resign. Liu Fu was infuriated and wrote a letter to Chen Yizhong, Lin Cezu, Chen Zong, Zeng Wei, Huang Yong and others to impeach Ding Daquan's evil and wronged the country, was stripped of his academic status and was detained in other states respectively. He was called the "Six Gentlemen" at the time. He hated the fact that he was the most indifferent to the country, defaming the public, and framed the framing people, and also expressed his firm support for this.
When this matter was agreed, everyone convened the statistics to prepare for the next meeting. 6 Xiufu went to the palace to meet the empress dowager and reported to add paper money to solve financial difficulties. In it, he also had a deeper understanding of the young emperor's previous reserve of public land, advocated industry and commerce, trade, tax reduction and exemption, banknotes and other economic matters, and admired his foresight...
Chapter completed!