Zhu Youxiao turned to another question: "The issue of money in the national treasury is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
Nowadays, there are no rules for minting coins everywhere, and all kinds of inferior copper coins are flooding the market.
I don't know what you can teach me, sir."
"His Highness once asked about the coin minting machine.
Guang Qi thought that His Highness wanted to take back the right to mint coins in various places."
"That's exactly what I mean.
The specifications of coins minted in various places are different, and all the money and interest earned are obtained by corrupt officials, and the currency system is uncertain, which makes it very inconvenient for the people to exchange.
If a coin minting machine is obtained, new laws can be used to make new coins.
It is not limited to copper coins.
In the production of silver coins, all the interest on the money was obtained by the court, and the people also benefited from the exchange.
"In the Ming Dynasty, silver was mainly used as currency, and when used, it was cut into small pieces, called broken silver or silver dimes.
This made the exchange very inconvenient and caused serious losses, so Zhu Youxiao wanted the imperial court to issue silver coins and copper coins to eliminate the bad coins on the market.
"This matter can only be carried out after the minting machine is delivered.
As for how to do it, we can plan ahead, how many mints should be set up in the country, where they should be set up, the size of the coins, the quality of the coins, the exchange ratio of copper coins and silver coins, The rules for the exchange of silver coins and silver taels must be set up in advance, and the production can begin when the coin minting machine arrives.
All this needs to be planned by the teacher. " Xu Guangqi felt very strange.
Whether it was tax collection or coinage, these were the powers that only the emperor had.
The tax law could be formulated in advance and waited for the grandson to be familiar with it, and then implemented after he came to power.
The missionary had already said that the coinage machine was It's better to go back and ask for information, and bring machines or craftsmen and methods to the Ming Dynasty, then coinage The completion of the coin minting machine should be completed within one or two years or even one year.
Taisun said that the coin minting machine will be manufactured as soon as it is available.
What does that mean?
Did Taisun think that he would soon become the emperor?
The thought flashed across his mind , he broke into a cold sweat and quickly stopped, because no matter what the reason was, he didn't dare to delve into it.
Zhu Youxiao did not notice the difference and continued: "Currency changes and tax collection can actually be integrated into one.
In the land of Western Europe, there is an organization called the Bank, which is similar to the money bank of our dynasty.
The bank manages the coin production of the mint. , issuance, tax income also enters Sir, you can ask people from the West about the bank.
It is best to have a Westerner who understands banking to help set up the bank.
You can appoint him as the head of the account department.
If it is really available, the assistant minister can also look forward to it.
"This is already a big official.
Yes, Deputy Minister.
I believe Westerners will also be tempted.
The weirdness in Xu Guangqi's heart deepened.
He agreed one by one, and then the two of them bowed and separated.
As soon as he left the palace, Xu Guangqi ordered the coachman to go to Taipu Temple.
He directly found his friend Li Zhizao, the young minister of Taipu Temple.
Li Zhizao was playing chess with someone.
He first confessed his crime, welcomed him into the study, and asked the servant to serve tea.
After asking him to wait a moment, he continued to play chess.
Xu Guangqi knew that he loved playing chess and mahjong, and it would be impossible not to finish the game, so he had to sit down and wait for him.
After waiting for just half an hour, Li Zhizao finally defeated his opponent.
He came in and apologized again: "Brother Zi Xian, I'm really sorry.
You only got half of it when you came."
Xu Guangqi didn't bother with him, and asked him to retreat and repeat to him what Zhu Youxiao said to him.
He had a very good memory.
Although it was not exactly the same, the difference was extremely limited.
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After finishing speaking, he took a sip of tea and looked at Li Zhizao.
After listening to this, Li Zhizao pondered for a long time and said with some uncertainty: "His Royal Highness Taisun has no position or power.
These arrangements are of no use."
After speaking, he glanced at Xu Guangqi.
"Zhenzhi's thoughts are the same as those of Brother Yu.
Your Highness, Taisun, is very clever.
You can see a few things like collecting taxes, minting money, and banks just mentioned.
But why don't you know that these things are beyond his control?"
What’s the reason for such a big difference?”
Li Zhizao nodded, and suddenly his heart moved.
He looked at Xu Guangqi and saw Xu Guangqi looking at him, with an incredible look on his face.
He hissed: "Could it be?"
Then he immediately stopped talking.
Xu Guangqi nodded: "I suspect so too, That’s why he and Zhenzhi went into detail, but how did the grandson know that he would soon be the emperor?”
Both of them are religious people, and they no longer believe in the theory of gods and ghosts.
According to common sense, it is impossible for the grandson to ascend to the throne quickly, because there are two people in front of him.
Even if Wanli returns to the embrace of God soon, there will still be a prince.
It's impossible for the prince to die soon after he ascends the throne.
Both of them thought of this, but there is another question.
Even so, how would the grandson know?
The two discussed for a long time, but could not come to a conclusion.
If Zhu Youxiao was not too young and had no human rights, both of them would suspect that he was preparing to usurp the throne and establish himself.
In the end, we can only think that Taisun is extremely intelligent, but it is limited to his understanding of things, and he should still know nothing about people.
In fact, the two of them knew from Taisun's words that this was impossible, but there was no way to explain it, so they had to You are just deceiving yourself first.
After putting this matter aside for the first time, Xu Guangqi asked Li Zhizao to help design the coinage charter and designed the tax collection matters himself.
As for the bank charter, he still needed to discuss it with the missionaries and people who knew the bank before he could start formulating it.
Li Zhizao himself was interested in arithmetic, and he collaborated with Matteo Ricci to compile China's earliest translation of Western arithmetic, Tongwen Shuzhi and New Algorithm Book, so the formulation of the minting regulations was not difficult for him, so he readily agreed What's more, when His Highness Taisun really takes the throne, all these things will be credit.
Xu Guangqi said goodbye and went home, where his family handed him a letter from Macau.
The letter was written by Brother Jinnige.
He asked that since His Highness Taisun is interested in preaching, could he please invite the new missionaries to the capital for inspection?
Of course, the travel expenses would be borne by oneself, and only in the name of His Highness.
The next day, Xu Guangqi presented the letter to Zhu Youxiao.
Zhu Youxiao thought for a moment and realized that this was a good thing, so he asked him to reply.
He mainly expressed the following meanings: First, the imperial court wanted to buy a large number of Hongyi cannons, indicating that they were to be heavy.
Thousand-jin artillery, or a new Franco machine gun can also be used Second, as mentioned last time, priests who are proficient in making telescopes and cannons should bring materials in this field, as well as Thai and Spanish books and translators as much as possible; third, materials and craftsmen such as clockmakers and coin minting machines have arrived. , you must come to Beijing with the priest.
As for the money to buy the artillery, it will be paid when you arrive in the capital.
If Your Highness is satisfied, you can support the priests in building churches in the capital and allow them to preach among the princes and ministers.
Xu Guangqi started to mutter in his heart again, can His Highness make the decision in this matter?
The last two are not important, and the name of the invitation is not important, but buying a cannon is not a trivial matter.
After hesitating for a long time, he said: "Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not a good idea to buy artillery."
Zhu Youxiao thought about it for a while and thought so.
However, he should have already been in charge when the artillery was transported to Beijing.
By then, everything would be easy to say.
But what should I say in name now?
It can't be said that His Highness Taisun wants to hunt.
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"Well, the first one is not to buy artillery, but to ask them to cast more artillery and sell them to us after they have a certain number.
The other two conditions remain the same."
It's a matter of a few months, and I'm anxious to eat.
If you can't get hot tofu, Jiannu wants to eat cannonballs.
There should be more opportunities.
"Elsewhere, we must emphasize the third point.
The importance of the coin minting machine is probably higher than that of the artillery.
We must make them feel that if there is a coin minting machine, we will give them more help."
He felt that the coin minting machine is more important than the artillery.
The principle of the coin machine should also be applied to other machines.
Making firecrackers entirely by hand is too slow and the accuracy is too poor, making it unsuitable for mass production
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