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Chapter 557: Coinage


Zhu Xu didn't sleep for two hours in the end, washed up, rubbed his face and came to the imperial study.

After listening to the whole process of Zhou Yingqiu's meeting with Zhu Youzhen, he nodded thoughtfully and said, "Are you saying that the recognition or understanding of the new policy by officials in the world is still not enough?"

” Zhou Yingqiu solemnized his face slightly, and pondered: "It shouldn't be enough, but they are resistant and unwilling to accept it, so they don't want to understand, even if they have the spur of the imperial court, they are not willing to go one step further." ” Zhu Xu understood the meaning of Zhou Yingqiu's words, his reform was very sudden, the entire Ming Dynasty was not mentally prepared, and now that the thinking is fixed and even has been ossified, even if it is reasonable, it will take a time process, not to mention that this reform seems very 'arrogant'.

"How's the government affairs class over there in the Royal Politics Academy?"

Zhu Xu said.

Zhou Yingqiu said: "Because it was interrupted three times and twice, it was not smooth, and the emperor intended to purge the rule of low-level officials, and the ministers planned to start this year, and the Beijing officials could slow down, and the provincial officials took turns to go to Beijing for training, tentatively for three months." ” Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the table, thinking: "Let's also prepare to start classes in the provincial government courts, starting with the provincial officials, and after a while, the prefectural level can also start, innovate and innovate, and it's time for revolutionary ideas." ” After several years of running-in, the new deal is becoming more and more perfect, the syllabus and the professor team are becoming more and more mature, and it is time to roll it out.

Zhou Yingqiu thought for a moment and said, "Yes, the officials have this plan."

In addition, the minister also wanted the ministry to prepare a newspaper to introduce the new policy and the government affairs of the ministry to solve the world's doubts. ” Zhu Xu's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "This is a good idea, so let's set up a newspaper for each of the six ministries, named after the six ministries, and then the Ministry of Rites will now be handed over to the cabinet." ” Zhou Yingqiu was stunned, and then said: "Emperor Shengming, the newspaper of the cabinet, the minister thinks it should be named: Jingzheng Chaobao." ” Zhu Xu looked at him and smiled, not breaking his careful thoughts.

Fingers tapped on the tabletop, and the crisp sound of horses' hooves continued.

Daming wants to enter a new era, public opinion guidance is very important, and it is still too late to snatch and control.

Zhou Yingqiu looked at Zhu Xu, hesitated, and said, "Your Majesty, about the book of the Criminal Department, the Shuntian Mansion Yin, I don't know if there is a candidate in the emperor's heart?"

” Zhu Xu's expression remained unchanged, although Ruan Dacheng's matter came suddenly, he had been doing it all the time, and his mind changed, and he said: "Shen Xun is the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Chen Qiyu is the Yin of the Shuntian Mansion." ” Zhou Yingqiu raised his hand without the slightest hesitation and said, "Obey."

The ministers will interview the two adults together with Gonggong Cao, Lord Bi, Lord Sun, and King Jing. ” Zhu Xu nodded, these five people represent the celebrant supervisor, and it can also be said that he is the emperor, Bi Ziyan, Sun Chengzong is the cabinet, Zhou Yingqiu is the minister, and King Jing is the governor.

"Well, we must be cautious in selecting and employing people, and we must strictly control all aspects and not make any mistakes."

Zhu Xu said.

He is about to prepare for a purge of the bottom and needs to maintain unity and stability at the top.

Zhou Yingqiu said: "The emperor can rest assured, after August last year, the three grades and above in Beijing will be touched once every six months, and the governors, governors, and political counselors outside Beijing will also be cleaned up once every six months, and any problems will be cleaned up in time." ” These Zhu Xu were very relieved, took a sip of tea, and said, "Political reform, do you have any other ideas?"

” Zhou Yingqiu looked up at Zhu Xu, lowered his head and muttered for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, now my eyes are focused on political reform, and it is not a good thing that the pressure is dense and the obstacles are dense. ” Zhu Xu's fingers paused slightly, and he looked at him with a moving heart and said, "You mean......

Want to find a way to divert your attention?

” Zhou Yingqiu raised his hand and said, "Yes, and it is the kind of short transfer, which can come and go quickly, and it is a controllable event." ” Zhu Xu understood in his heart and said with a smile: "Okay, I know, I will find a way."

After you go back, you still have to hurry up and complete the political reform, which is the top priority at present, and you can't slack off. ” "Obey the order!"

Zhou Yingqiu said.

Seeing Zhou Yingqiu leave, Zhu Xu took a long breath and whispered to himself: "The pressure has been really great recently, and I have to find a way to relieve ......"

Although the Ming Dynasty has internal and external troubles, it is relatively stable.

Huang Taiji and Horqin are not able to detain the border for the time being, and the civil unrest in the southwest has also been controlled.

Ben has closed off the country, there are no Japanese pirates on the coast, and the sea in the south.

Lan people, Spain.

The threat of the Yamen can still be dealt with safely, and Annan is now fighting in a melee.

Dian was busy with the unification war, and he had no time to invade the Ming Dynasty.

On the grassland, Zhu Xu's hand can't stretch out so long, and the southwestern provinces are stable.

It was a good choice, but the navy was not mature enough and uncertain, and it was even more so at sea, and only Annam and Burma could do it.

Dian.

Zhu Xu thought about it and flipped up the playbook on his right.

For the Ming court, the continuous innovation plan can be said to be changing with each passing day, but it can be implemented, and the impact on the world is still very small.

It is one thing for the imperial court to promulgate policies, but it is another thing to implement and implement them.

The entire social atmosphere of Daming has not changed much.

Bi Ziyan and others have been aware of this problem, and on the one hand, they are improving the political reform, and on the other hand, they are constantly discussing and talking with the governors of various places and participating in politics, and they have tried their best to hope that they can seriously and thoroughly implement the reform plan of the imperial court and promote the deepening of the political reform.

Not long after Zhou Yingqiu returned, the cabinet and the six ministries began to prepare new newspapers.

The name is very interesting, in addition to the Jing Zhengchao newspaper of the cabinet, the Ministry of Officials is the 'Ministry of Officials Times', the Ministry of Industry is the 'Ministry of Industry Dabao', the Ministry of Rites is the 'Ministry of Rites Newspaper', the Criminal Department is the 'Criminal Department Case Report', the Household Department is the 'Household Department News Report', the Ministry of War is the 'Military Department Side Report', and the Supervisory Yuan is the 'Governor's Yuan Newspaper'.

It's all concise and easy to understand.

Eight newspapers began trial operation the next day, and the provinces were ordered to make changes.

These newspapers were free of charge in the early stage, and they could be picked up at will at various vendors, post stations, yamen and other places, while supplies last.

In any case, the literate class of the Ming Dynasty was still very concerned about the government, and these newspapers were often taken away in less than half an hour, and the 'hunger marketing' made the discussion even more lively.

Ichthyamo Palace.

Li Jieyu gave Zhu Xu sweet potato porridge, looked at the listless Xiao Yongning with a smile and said, "Princess, what's wrong?"

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” The little guy's head slammed on the table, he looked at Li Xie Yu weakly, sighed, and said in an old-fashioned tone: "The Queen Mother is in a bad mood and always bullies others......"

Zhu Xu ignored the girl, and picked up the steamed bun to eat.

Li Jieyu also served a bowl to Xiao Yongning, sat on the side and laughed softly: "Niangniang has been in a bad mood recently, the princess should not make trouble." ” The little guy pursed his lips, looked up at the rice bowl, picked up the chopsticks and said, "Uncle Huang, can you change to something else, every time I eat this, everyone has lost weight......"

"Sit up."

Zhu Xu said by her ear.

"Ahhh......h Li Jieyu sandwiched a few dishes for Xiao Yongning and said, "Princess, this sweet potato is very delicious, and ordinary people in the capital like to eat it." ” As an affordable new staple food, sweet potatoes have been rapidly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty, which has effectively suppressed grain prices, which also allows Zhu Xu to purchase more strategic grain reserves more easily.

The palace has always been frugal, and it is not the first time for the little guy to eat, so he took the chopsticks and flipped for a while, turned his head and looked at Zhu Xu with wide eyes and asked, "Uncle Huang, can I grow sweet potatoes?"

” "Growing sweet potatoes?"

Zhu Xu glanced at her, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Yes, in the Imperial Garden, you can plant whatever you like." ” The little one answered in a sullen voice and began to eat.

Zhu Xu ignored it, this little girl gave three points of color and went to the sky.

While eating, he flipped through the minutes of yesterday's meeting of Bi Ziyan and others.

Zhou Yingqiu's statement that the gentry would prohibit the imperial examination without paying taxes, engage in business, etc., was very deterrent and easy to enforce.

However, this cannot be ordered openly, but can only be told afterwards to force them to pay their taxes honestly.

Xiao Yongning slowly picked up the porridge, biting the sweet potato pieces, blinking his big eyes, and quietly looking at Zhu Xu's side face from time to time.

Li Jieyu took in her small movements and smiled without saying a word.

"Uncle Huang, are you going to leave the palace today?"

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the little guy to hold back, turned his head to look at Zhu Xu, blinked his big eyes, pursed his mouth, and looked very well-behaved.

Zhu Xu continued to look at the meeting minutes and said lightly: "You came here because you knew, right?"

” Xiao Yongning's little face changed, and he grinned: "People overheard it, Uncle Huang, the Queen Mother has been staring at people these days, and she doesn't even have time to rest, and people want to go out of the palace to play......"

"Nope."

Zhu Xu refused very simply.

Xiao Yongning pursed his mouth and wanted to cry.

Zhu Xu ignored it, this girl should also be in charge.

The little girl knew that this trick was useless, and then sat up straight, and hummed: "Don't let me go out to play, hmph, this princess has a way to go out by herself......"

Zhu Xu ate a few bites, and then said to Li Jieyu: "It's okay to go to the imperial sister-in-law to sit and chat, and besides, you are responsible for escorting this girl to Cining Palace." ” Li Jieyu saw that Zhu Xu's appetite was so bad, and hurriedly said, "Yes, does the emperor want to eat some more?"

” Zhu Xu waved his hand, turned around and went out.

The little girl was frowning at Zhu Xu's back, muttering, not knowing what she was talking about.

Zhu Xu walked out of the Yuzao Palace and came to the imperial study, sat down and brought himself a cup of tea, and said at the same time: "What are the arrangements for today?"

” Cao Huachun held a text in his hand, opened it and looked at it, and said: "Your Majesty, today you want to see Sun Ge Lao, Bi Ge Lao to talk about political reform, goodbye Master Fu, talk about the royal money bank coinage, silver tickets in detail."

It is necessary to summon Wei Liangqing and others to talk about the situation of several major commercial houses.

Concubine, the Queen Mother will invite Mrs.

Decree in Beijing, and the emperor will take the time to go over and have a look.

You are to summon the governors of the eighteen provinces to talk about local military affairs......

Your Majesty, do you want to sort the time?

” Zhu Xu took a sip of tea and said, "Don't row first, tell Master Bi, Elder Sun Ge, let them hurry up to improve the political reform, and hurry up to convince everyone that these people can't leave for a long time, and they have to go back as soon as possible."

You informed Fu Tao that I was going out of the palace and going to Huitong Commercial Bank, and I wanted to talk to him on the way. ” Last year, Zhu Xu asked Fu Tao and others to integrate the industries under their names, and now Huitong Commercial Bank was spun off and formed a royal bank, and now Huitong Commercial Bank is the collective name of Huiyun Shipping Company and Huimin Chamber of Commerce.

Cao Huachun understood and said, "Yes, the slave will arrange it." ” Zhu Xu glanced at the table, was stunned for a moment, and picked it up casually.

This is a purple mark, from the secret music of the brocade guard.

Zhu Xu glanced at the seal, carefully opened it, took out the letter paper, spread it out on the table, and then took out a bottle of alum from the drawer and gently scribbled on it.

After a while, the handwriting on it was revealed, and Zhu Xu looked at it carefully, unconsciously the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

This is Jin Yiwei from Japan.

Ben's secret letter, said to be the day.

This internal fighting is very strong, the emperor and the warlords in various places, between the warlords, one of the generals is very powerful, and he controls the army, but it is not a day.

The disaster in the country is also severe, and farmers are full of people who do not have enough to eat.

In Japan, the imperial court carried out strict control, and they were all trapped on one island after another, and the large islands were not allowed to move people.

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Zhu Xu knew very well in his heart that the 'Xiaoice River' did not only come to Daming, but also on the grassland and on the island.

He has already given a secret order to Jinyiwei to deal with Japan as soon as possible.

Ben infiltrated, lurked, and provoked a civil war, and now it's just waiting for the harvest.

In this secret letter, it is also called the sun.

Ben is 'full of gold' and sparsely populated.

This point Zhu Xu has the impression that Japan seems to be rich in gold, after years of civil strife, coupled with the invasion of Korea.

Fresh, day.

Ben's current population is not much different from Annan.

Day.

It's an island country, and if you really want to attack, you can completely break through it calmly from the sea.

"I don't know what happened to the navy's sea charts?"

Zhu Xu thoughtfully, picked up the teacup and took another sip.

After a while, Zhu Xu wrote a secret decree to Jinyiwei and sealed it, and continued to look at the recitals from all over the place.

"Huh?"

Zhu Xu looked at Qian Longxi's recital with a surprised expression.

Su could receive 300,000 victims.

The news Zhu Xu had already asked Bi Ziyan to reveal it, and this was the first local governor to express his willingness to accept it. "300,000 ......"

Zhu Xu groaned, and now Jiang.

The province of Sioux contains the future generations of An.

Hui and many other places, the area is vast and the most developed, 300,000, in Zhu Xu's opinion, is still too few.

After thinking for a while, he left this recital in the middle.

After looking at it for a while and calculating the time, Zhu Xu changed into civilian clothes and walked towards the outside of the palace.

"Your Majesty."

Fu Tao was already waiting outside the palace, and when he saw Zhu Xu coming, he hurriedly saluted.

Zhu Xu pressed his hand and said, "While walking, let's talk to me about the Royal Money Village first."

"This is Zhu Xu's money bag, it is very useful, and it must not be lost.

Fu Tao knew the importance of the royal money bank, glanced around, and came closer and said: "Back to the emperor, the royal money Zhuang has been fully prepared, the names of the commercial houses are changing their names, and the structure is also being reorganized, sorting out the rules and regulations, making it more formalized and in line with the requirements of the imperial court......

Zhu Xu nodded as he walked, the yamen of the imperial court naturally had the rules of the imperial court.

Fu Tao followed Zhu Xu's side, glanced at his side face, and said: "The minister has taken over the Qiantang from the household department, and he can mint coins at any time, copper coins, silver dollars, ingots, and silver ticket styles are all being made, and if there is a sample chapter, it will be sent to the emperor for preview......."

Zhu Xu hummed, indicating that he was listening.

The Ming Dynasty has relatively little practical silver, it is the imperial court, and the large-scale transfer of merchants will be used, and the people often use copper coins among themselves, after all, the economy is not developed, and there is no large amount of flow.

Even so, the silver on the market is very complicated, of different colors, and very chaotic.

Zhu Xu wanted to sort out the coins and unify them to make circulation convenient and simple.

Fu Tao said: "At present, Huitong Commercial Bank ......

The Royal Bank has already controlled most of the money banks and trading houses in the country, and will take full control of it this year, and then issue new coins through branches in various places, recover copper coins, and break silver, and re-mint them......"

Speaking of this, Zhu Xu couldn't help but interject; "How many silver tickets, silver dollars, copper coins to issue, must be planned in detail, not all the brains thrown out, to evaluate the capacity on the market, do not depreciate the value, disguised too high prices......"

This is also known as inflation.

Strictly speaking, there is a shortage of money in the Ming market, and Zhu Xu is not afraid of tightening, but of expansion.

Fu Tao responded and said: "Yes, the minister is discussing with the household department, according to the tax payment in previous years and the commercial tax in recent years, the minister plans to issue a silver ticket of three million taels this year, to test it." ” Zhu Xu nodded slightly, Fu Tao's movements were still conservative, but it was also, after all, this kind of thing was the first time in the world.

Fu Tao saw that Zhu Xu didn't speak, so he continued: "The Royal Money Village now has 70 million taels of silver, and there are 20 million taels that can be used, and the others are all deposits of our own chamber of commerce or other cooperative chambers of commerce, and the flow is relatively large, and the people have relatively little silver......

Zhu Xu understands that nowadays, people will hide a little money in their own homes, and rarely take it out to save it, not to mention that there is still a fee for storage.

Zhu Xu looked up, he was already close to the downtown area, so he stood still, looked ahead, and thought: "There is no shortage of silver now, if it is lacking in the future, you can cancel the storage fee, if necessary, you can also give interest, not too high, set a period, you can get interest when it expires, and you can't get it if you don't ...... when it expires."

Fu Tao was slightly stunned, thought about it for a while, and said happily: "The emperor is wise, this is indeed a good way, in this way, the court will never be short of silver." ” Zhu Xu shook his head with a smile and didn't say much.

In fact, where will there be no shortage, this is to be repaid, plus interest, if it is really not paid back, it will definitely be run out of business!

Fu Tao didn't know what Zhu Xu meant by shaking his head, and continued, "The minister intends to cooperate with various yamen of the imperial court and various chambers of commerce of the people, including post stations, to extend the royal money village to every corner of the Ming Dynasty......

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Zhu Xu can trust Fu Tao's ability, and he is not a young man in Huitong Commercial Bank, but it is really difficult to find a second one in Daming, and he smiled "Well, how is the talent training?"

” Fu Tao said: "The emperor can rest assured that Huitong Commercial Bank has had a special training school since the second year of Chongzhen, and it has been cultivated since the age of eleven or twelve, and now is the time to use it." ” Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back, hummed with satisfaction, and said: "Well, don't stop, you have to increase your efforts, I am a good person, when there is a shortage of people, you go back and tell your subordinates, as long as you do a good job, the six parts will be adjusted, and show your ability to me!"

” Fu Tao is also the minister of Sanpin now, and when he heard this, he was excited, and raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, the minister must tell them word for word!"

” Zhu Xu thought for a while and said, "How are the vaults and silver vaults in various places built?"

” Fu Tao suppressed the fluctuations in his heart, secretly exhaled, and said, "It's already under construction, and the governor's mansions in various places have sent troops to guard them, and the internal supervision is also layered to ensure that it happens." ” "When you go back, write a detailed notebook for me," Zhu Xu's initial expectation of the royal money bank was achieved, and said: "It must be detailed and thorough, it will be necessary in the next two days, and I will discuss it with the cabinet in detail." ” This is related to the future of the royal money house, Fu Tao naturally did not dare to be careless, and hurriedly raised his hand and said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will go back and write." ” Zhu Xu nodded, watching Fu Tao leave, and after a while, he turned his head and walked towards a restaurant not far away, just now he saw Zhou Jianyu walking in.

Zhu Xu was followed by Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao, and the other forbidden army guards were a little farther away.

Zhu Xu came to the front of the restaurant, looked at the signboard and smiled, this restaurant is called: Huike Restaurant.

Although the word 'Hui' was not used, it was also a marginal ball.

"Go away, go away, this is a private restaurant for nobles, and it does not accept individual guests!"

Before Zhu Xu approached, a fat woman waved at Zhu Xu with a look of disgust.

Zhu Xu was stunned, looked up and down, and then turned his head to look at Cao Huachun, Cao Bianjiao's clothes, are they so subgrade?

"I know you nobles, please inform ......"

Zhu Xu laughed in his heart, and said to the fat woman with a smile.

The fat woman didn't wait for Zhu Xu to finish speaking, spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm to Zhu Xu, and said coldly, "Phew!

The noble person is also worthy of you to see, what to report, hurry up, and look poor and sour......"