After the bank opened to North and South Zhili, it temporarily stopped expanding because there were not enough people.
Li Zhizao obtained the imperial edict and opened an accounting school to train bank clerks.
Zhu Youxiao discovered that Arabic numerals had been spread to China, but were not widely used, so he announced that all banks would use Arabic numerals instead of the original codes and would use simple codes.
The symbols for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are all taken out.
It is stipulated that accounting must be done in both Chinese characters and Arabic numerals, and the general ledger and sub-ledgers must be clear.
The accounts must be cleared every half month to prevent cheating and corruption in the future when the banking business increases. .
The mint used hydraulic machinery, so the output was very high, but Zhu Youxiao required that there must be enough silver to cope with runs before it could be implemented everywhere.
Although runs have not happened in North and South Zhili, they will not happen in other places.
There is no guarantee that it will happen, so it is always good to be prepared.
Starting from December, all military pay in Liaodong was paid in silver coins.
The bank set up a branch in Shanhaiguan, but branches in other places in Liaodong had not yet been established.
Therefore, it can only be exchanged at Shanhaiguan.
However, according to statistics from the Shanhaiguan branch, very few people came to exchange silver in a month, but some people came to exchange silver for silver coins.
In the first month of the second year of Tianqi, the emperor issued a decree: Copper coins and treasure banknotes in northern and southern Zhili could be exchanged for new coins in banks according to their fineness.
By the third year of Tianqi, the use of old copper coins and treasure banknotes in northern and southern Zhili would stop.
By the fourth year of Tianqi, the whole country stopped using old copper coins and treasure banknotes.
As for silver, there is no rule that cannot be used, but he believes that the convenience difference between silver liang and silver coins is too big, and silver coins should gradually drive silver liang out of the market.
Li Zhizao came to ask for instructions on what to do with the collected copper coins and treasure banknotes.
Zhu Youxiao asked that all the treasure banknotes be destroyed and that the copper coins could be re-melted and made into copper coins.
However, Wei Zhongxian came up with an idea to sell copper coins to other countries, such as Japan.
Japan has never had its own currency.
In fact, many countries around the Ming Dynasty used copper coins from the Ming Dynasty as currency.
Of course, Eunuch Wei didn't know this, but since Zhang Qianfang started conducting sea trade, he had been exchanging raw silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty for Japanese copper, and the person responsible for contacting Zhang Qianfang was Wei Zhongxian's subordinate.
After Zhu Youxiao ascended the throne and appointed Wei Zhongxian as the admiral of Dongchang, Zhang Qianfang's contact person became Dongchang.
Because Zhu Youxiao attaches great importance to maritime affairs, Wei Zhongxian is also very concerned about Zhang Qianfang's situation.
A few days ago, Zhang Qianfang's contact person occasionally said, "It is actually more cost-effective to buy copper with copper coins, with almost five times the profit.
It is a pity that there are not so many copper coins." " But Eunuch Wei remembered it.
Now that so many copper coins have been recycled, wouldn't it be more cost-effective to ship them directly to Japan?
As a modern person, Zhu Youxiao certainly understood the benefits of controlling a country's currency.
When he heard about such a good thing, he immediately ordered that all the recovered copper coins be transported to Quanzhou and handed over to Zhang Qianfang to be transported to Japan for copper.
And asked Dongchang to set up an office in Quanzhou to specifically cooperate with Zhang Qianfang in handling copper coin shipping matters.
In October of the 47th year of Wanli, Zhang Qianfang and his men sailed a half-new ship from Tianjin and finally returned to his hometown of Quanzhou.
Because this was the first long-term voyage at sea, everyone arrived in Quanzhou and could not stand firmly after landing.
Zhang Qianfang had been on a sea ship before, so he behaved a little stronger.
He led his men to find the contact person in Quanzhou first, and after arranging their residence, he told his deputy Shen Congjing and walked towards his home.
The closer he got to his home, the more excited he became.
As soon as he reached the door, his family member Zhang Liangcai jumped out, hugged him and shouted, "It's Master Qianfang, God, the young master is back."
Then he looked at him carefully. , said: "The young master is suffering outside and has lost a lot of weight.
The old lady will be heartbroken."
Zhang Liangcai is an old member of the family.
It can be said that he has watched the two brothers grow up.
Zhang Qianfang also said excitedly: "Uncle is still the same.
Qianfang is outside and keeps thinking about uncle and Xiaojie.
Xiaojie Where is Jie, are you still following Shopkeeper Wang?"
Zhang Liangcai's expression changed and he said: "Don't talk about him now, go see the old lady and the young lady quickly."
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After that, he pulled Zhang Qianfang and walked inside, shouting: "Old madam, the young master is back."
Zhang Qianfang entered his parents' room.
His mother, Yang, was sitting on the chair in the middle, holding a little girl of three or four years old, with a delicate woman standing behind her.
Zhang Qianfang knelt down on the ground and began to kowtow, shouting: "The unfilial son Qianfang has met my mother.
I wish my mother good health."
Looking at her son in front of her, Ms.
Yang couldn't help but shed tears.
She took the girl off her body, pushed her and said, "Quick, call you daddy.
Poor child, I haven't seen daddy in two years." " The little girl twisted her body and did not dare to come forward.
Zhang Qianfang wiped his tears, stretched out his hand and said to his daughter: "Nanny, I am dad, come and let dad hug her."
The little girl hesitated, then the delicate woman behind pushed her gently from the side.
The little girl finally stepped forward and let Zhang Qianfang hold her in his arms.
During lunch, the little girl Zhang Ting finally got to know her father, so she kept serving dishes to her father during the meal and said, "My dad didn't eat out, he's so thin."
Everyone laughed together. .
After Zhang Qianfang's father and brother Zhang Qianshu came back in the afternoon, the three of them came to the study together.
Zhang Siyou said: "Why are you back again?"
Zhang Qianfang replied: "I would like to tell my father that the child was originally in the capital camp and had no chance to advance.
At this time, the emperor's grandson wanted to learn martial arts, so the child was selected to accompany the emperor's grandson to practice martial arts.
The emperor's grandson was very interested in shipping. , so he sent his son to Quanzhou to open up a sea route.
Before Zhang Siyou could speak, Zhang Qianshu said: "Father, the current emperor is in good health.
The prince is in his prime.
This is the emperor's grandson."
Zhang Siyou thought for a while and asked: "The emperor's grandson is still young, but he is actually interested in shipping."
Zhang Qianfang said: "My son has been with my grandson for a long time.
Although my grandson is not very old, he has outstanding knowledge and treats others with sincerity.
I feel that he is truly a wise master and is willing to follow him."
Zhang Si nodded slightly and said: "Since you have identified your grandson, you must always be loyal to your grandson.
No matter what happens in the end, you must not have other ideas.
Do you understand?"
Zhang Qianfang said: "My father often teaches his children to be loyal, and they will not let down their father's teachings."
Zhang Siyou said with a smile: "That's good.
Since you are in charge of shipping for His Majesty the Grand Sun, you can talk to your uncle when you go to see him tomorrow."
In the evening, Zhang Qianfang could be alone with his wife Liu Li.
Liu Li touched his thin face and said lovingly: "You have become so thin, no wonder my daughter doesn't recognize you."
Zhang Qianfang held his wife's hand and said: "I have pitied you in the past two years.
It will be better in the future.
I should be stationed in Quanzhou permanently.
If I really want to return to the capital, I must bring you and my daughter to the capital.
I have a brother and sister-in-law at home."
Take care of it, you can rest assured
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