Chapter 918 Destroying the precious metal standard(1/2)
When Wang Xing heard that Qian Duowen had paid 500,000 yuan, he was not happy at all. On the contrary, he snorted coldly: "You have cheated me, and I can still take out the money. If you only take out 500,000 yuan, are you sending beggar Huazi? Tell you, I am beggar Huazi, but Master Liu is not!"
Qian Duowen was shocked and said hurriedly: "Old man, it's not that late-success is unwilling to pay. It's really that late-success is a lot of industries under his name, all dead objects and cannot be changed. There is only so much working capital. If there is more, I will sell the industry... At this time, the property will be sold, and the second is that it will increase the panic. Wouldn't it be cheaper for Sanyi to get the grandson?"
It makes sense!
Wang Xing is not easy to fool. He snorted coldly: "Today, you are still unwilling to do your best. It's life or death, and I can't control it!"
Wang Xing's words seemed to be a heavy hammer that made several people dizzy.
After a while, the little man from Songjiang suddenly stood up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Everyone, the cash we have in our hands is certainly limited, but we have something to use!"
"What?" Qian Duowen asked hurriedly.
The little man hesitated a little and smiled bitterly: "I'll tell you, I'm afraid everyone will scold me!"
Qian Duowen was almost crying, "It's time? As long as I can help, I'm willing to do anything!"
Others nodded as well.
The little man finally spoke, "Since that's the case, I'll say... We can't afford that much money, but we can announce that whether it's purchasing or shipping, they will be priced in paper money and completely abandon gold and silver!"
As soon as these words came out, the whole room fell into a strange silence. Even if you fart, you could tell what you were eating!
As mentioned earlier, although Royal Bank has been established for more than 20 years and paper money has been promoted to rural areas, gold and silver have always occupied an important position in the settlement field.
All of them are denominated in gold and silver, including the treasury.
After all, for most people, they still cannot accept the reality that wealth becomes a pile of paper. Even if paper money has too many advantages in the transaction process, people still insist that gold and silver are reliable.
This point is deeply rooted and imprinted in people's bones and cannot be removed at all.
"Actually, I think real money is better!"
Zhu Di said slowly and firmly.
Liu Chun believed that this was definitely Zhu Di’s truth.
"Your Majesty, you think gold and silver are good, but have you ever thought about how much gold and silver there can be in this world?"
Zhu Di was silent, "Gold and silver are not carrots and cabbages, they are limited, but it is precisely because of the limitation that they seem precious!"
Liu Chun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, who do you think this limited gold and silver will fall into?"
This question really caught Zhu Di.
Logically speaking, the emperor is rich in all directions, and gold and silver are the most royal, otherwise why is Fengtian Hall commonly known as the Golden Palace?
But after being the emperor for so many years, Zhu Di felt in his heart that the court and the royal family were big and the business was big. It looked gorgeous outside, but it was already empty inside.
A great emperor will spend a lot of money.
Even the emperor who has no achievements will waste a lot of money.
In fact, no matter how much money it flows into the court, it will eventually be spent.
From ancient times to the present, it is very rare in dynasties that have saved so much money like the Wen and Jing administration.
From another perspective, saving so much money without using it is a financial waste, either you can do a lot or cut taxes. This is the right way to do it.
"Your Majesty, after all, the most fundamental function of the court is to mediate interests. Industry and agriculture are the two legs of the court, finance and finance are the two hands, the cabinet is the brain, and Your Majesty is the soul of this person!"
Zhu Di was of course happy to be raised to the level of his soul by Liu Chun, but after thinking about it carefully, does a person have a soul? It seems that he can't explain it clearly. Could it be that I am also dispensable?
Before Zhu Di could think about it carefully, Liu Chun had already continued to talk, "Your Majesty, gold and silver are subject to production, and for the huge Ming Dynasty, gold and silver are never enough. And the scarcity of gold and silver will definitely create a profit group that relies on gold and silver to make profits. Now it seems that it is the Three Yi Society!"
"Just like the former literati group, if you do not promote thorough equalization of land and cannot prevent land transactions, the gentry and landlords will always exist. If the gold and silver standard is completely abolished, the Three Rights Society will be destroyed, and there will be Five Rights Society and Six Rights Society... In the final analysis, they are all groups that rely on finance to obtain benefits."
"Your Majesty, if the gold and silver standard can be completely abolished, the shackles of the imperial court's issuance of currency will disappear. I have suggested that I would issue bonds on one hand and finance on the other hand to quickly promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty."
"The current conditions are even better than before. We are ready for everything. If we remove the constraints of gold and silver, the court can treat various industries more fairly."
"For example, in the industry, the profit is not high, but it is extremely important, especially the manufacturing industry, which is the foundation of national strength. We can invest funds to support the manufacturing industry!"
"For example, those small shops and small businesses contributed not much tax, but they solved the livelihoods of countless people, and the court could also support them."
"As long as we have sufficient money, we can support various industries according to actual needs and adjust and distribute the interests of social groups! In short, we must compress and limit capital profits. To put it bluntly, it is not easy to make money and wealth cannot be passed on unconditionally."
"For example, those groups that rely on money and land and real estate will make a profit! For those who create wealth through sweat and wisdom, we must encourage... For a country, wealth is definitely not as superficial as currency. Real wealth is huge production capacity, wisdom and knowledge hidden in people's minds, and the ability to organize and mobilize..."
"In the final analysis, these are called leadership! Your Majesty cannot be obsessed with the balance of the court, but should look at the world and all groups and classes... and truly distribute the interests well and achieve a balance, and naturally everyone in the world will obey the dispatch. Only when the disaster is encountered can you truly be instructed as an arm and survive the crisis!"
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Liu Chun kept roaming and explained his views to Zhu Di. He had no reservations anymore. The reason was very simple. Liu Chun felt that there was only so much he could do. In other words, he was ready to leave, and he always had to say some truth and something useful.
Just like Zhuge Liang's example, maybe in a few years, his advice will become a chapter that must be memorized in the textbook!
Zhu Di also listened carefully to Liu Chun's intentions and nodded from time to time.
Zhu Di's heart was very calm, calm, and even a little relieved... He really did not misjudgment. Even after so many years, Liu Chun was still innocent.
Perhaps he hopes that the world will be better and better than himself.
But what Zhu Di couldn't understand is... Why has Liu Chun always been a kind of detachment in being out of the matter? After all, the so-called interest groups are not cold objects, and many of them have something to do with Liu Chun.
Moreover, Liu Chun has the most chance to become a giant like the Sanyi Society, which is wrong! It is the more terrifying, stronger, covering the sky and the sun, and it is beyond words!
If Liu Chun was in charge of the Three Rights Society, I am afraid that even the emperor would have no choice but to do anything?
Zhu Di looked at Liu Chun meaningfully, "Tell me what you want to do if I ask you to go to America?"
Liu Chun hesitated.
"Your Majesty, I...of course I am doing my duty and doing my duty well..."
Zhu Di turned his eyes, "If you say this, I will make you unable to get out forever! Even if I die, I will take you to bury you!"
Zhu Laosi's murderous aura emerged, fierce and cruel, as if possessed by an evil ghost. It seems that there is no need to doubt his determination and will!
Liu Chun had no choice but to shrugged.
"Of course, I do whatever I want, and I will do whatever I want... For me, the Ming Dynasty is the work of art in my hand and the only work in my life. I hope to make the Ming Dynasty perfect, prosper forever, and be fair and just. This is my ideal..."
"Then overseas means reality?" Zhu Di asked with a calm face.
Liu Chun did not hesitate, "It's true."
Zhu Di took a deep breath and nodded vigorously, "I understand, I will not ruin the Ming Dynasty. What you said just now is that I will stay in the ancestral teachings."
It seemed that this was not enough, and Zhu Di remembered another thing, "I have asked you to revise the Yongle Ceremony, how are you doing now?"
"It's almost done in theory."
When Zhu Di heard this kind of non-simple wording, he became very angry, "I am so heartbroken. Why are you still so beautiful? Do you want to piss me to death?"
Liu Chun smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, the biggest trouble in this matter is to target the part of the family, country and the world, how to define the Ming Dynasty, how to distribute power, the mission and responsibilities of the court... Of course, it also includes the responsibilities of the emperor... These mentioned some of these in the past common sense education, but have not been truly improved."
"If you don't even answer these basic questions clearly, I'm afraid this "Yongle Encyclopedia" will be much worse!"
Zhu Di listened, and after a while, he suddenly laughed to the sky!
"Okay! So good! Liu Chun, you said the truth today! You finally showed up with me. I thought you would stay in your stomach and wait to bully my children and grandchildren in the future!"
Liu Chun rolled his eyes, and was speechless. In Zhu Laosi's eyes, who is he? Don't think of me so badly?
Although they are all time travelers, it is obvious that my academic performance is better than Wang Mang, and I am not as extreme as him... Of course, the more important thing is that you, Zhu Laosi, are not the son of the plane!
Zhu Di was too lazy to care about what Liu Chun thought. As long as he knew this, it was enough.
Although he was calm, he still couldn't be truly indifferent.
The battle without gunpowder is still fighting outside!
Zhu Di urgently wanted to know what the chances of victory of the court were.
If Liu Chun pretends to be big, he will still wipe his butt in the end, it will be better for me!
Zhu Di sighed secretly!
Just as they were talking, there were already wind, rain, thunder and lightning outside, the wind was roaring, and the sun and the moon were gone.
Almost all government agencies are under pressure to sell bonds.
Break debt is a reliance on many yamen to survive. New debts have no sales, and old debts cannot be paid, and there are problems with daily expenses.
Local government agencies have to raise interest rates and sell new debts, but in this way, interest expenses will crush the finances... To put it bluntly, it is just drinking poison to quench thirst.
But even so, everyone dares not to do it, after all, everyone needs to make a living!
Even under the overwhelming offensive of the Three Yi Society, some people also resisted.
The Suzhou Chamber of Commerce, the 18 merchants in Huizhou, the marine merchants in Songjiang, and a small group of salt merchants took out their property, purchased bonds, and announced that whether they were purchasing raw materials or selling goods, they would use paper money. It would be absolutely impossible to get gold and silver from them!
But the power of these merchants is limited after all... Soon, more people stood up and surrounded these poor people... They cut off the supply of raw materials and shouted that without gold and silver, there would be no trade!
Jiangnan, which was originally infinitely prosperous, suddenly faced the risk of a complete shutdown. After the government agencies in various places lacked expenses, they became panic and chaos.
"Old Master Wang, please ask the Grand Master to take action! If the Grand Master doesn't help you, we will all be done!"
Qian Duowen and other businessmen were so suffocating that they were crying.
Wang Xing was also frightened. The whole Jiangnan was in chaos. If measures were not taken, it would definitely spread across the country. There would be no way out at that time!
"Old Wang, Grand Master's Hand Order!"
To be continued...