Chapter 841: The First Ming Dynasty of the Money and the First Ming Dynasty
The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was built in Tonghe Palace, which was located in the place where the emperor lived.
The emperor also gave the ministers the key, so that the door to the vault could be opened with witnessing it together, and it would be opened every year to avoid the occurrence of custody and theft. The system design was discussed by the court, and there was no big problem at the moment.
The main reason why Zhu Yijun did this was to avoid repeating the mistakes of Hongwubao Banknotes. This was a historical lesson of the Ming Dynasty. The Hongwubao Banknotes did not have the support of physical foundation, which led to the overall collapse of credibility.
The monetary system, especially the currency method, is very fragile. Even if Zhu Yijun is in full swing in the spring and autumn, he still needs to prepare for the general collapse of credibility.
Since history has left behind lessons, we must learn to learn from it. The long history has left behind various historical lessons, just like a wrong question book. If it is placed in front of the emperor and learn from it seriously, there will actually not be too many mistakes.
By the time the pace of history reached the Wanli period, enough mistakes had been accumulated, which was also part of the error correction force.
The Tonghe Palace Treasury is a statement, a promise made by the emperor to the people of the world, and the Wanli Baochao will not be issued excessively.
The issuance of Baochao was anchored to the growth of precious metals, assets, goods volume and prices of gold, silver and copper in the Ming Dynasty, to avoid over-issuance to the greatest extent. There is really too many over-issuances. In fact, there is still a way, that is, to suffer the hardships of overseas barbarians and bear these over-issuance currencies.
So overall, the Ming Dynasty was not very resistant to issuing banknotes, because the Japanese people had been suffering for more than ten years.
"The treasury is not just a treasury, but also confidence. It is the revival of Wanli and the long-term stability." Zhu Yijun had high expectations for the Tonghe Palace treasury, which was an important step in the golden narrative of the Ming Dynasty.
"The vault is very important because Spain controls the abundant silver mines. Through these silvers, Felipe dominated global trade. Even the Ming Dynasty was under this trading system. The silver hegemony was also one of the hegemonies of Felipe's empire, not just the hegemony of the sea."
"I can't cover my ears, close my eyes, pretend that the Ming Dynasty is the supreme country of the Celestial Empire. If you want to look forward and move upward, you must face these problems."
Zhu Yijun further talked about his ambitions for the Tonghe Palace Treasury. The hegemony of the Felipe Empire, in addition to controlling the sea route, and controlling the silver, Spain has established a complete trading system around silver, and the Ming Dynasty cannot escape the shackles of this trading system.
The Ming Dynasty established a vault to issue treasure banknotes, mainly through gold reserves and assets as the supplement to build a new independent monetary system, reducing its dependence on overseas inflows of silver, and even replacing it with the dominant position of Spanish silver dollars in currency.
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng looked at this place with less than 11 acres of land, feeling a little moved, and sang praises with his ministers.
It is not easy to collect and store gold. The Ming Dynasty fought in Korea and Japan. The Dinghai school system was being implemented in China, creating Kowloon University and Normal College. The Longkaichi Road was still under construction, and there were too many places to use money. Since the 13th year of Wanli, the pressure on the national treasury has been very high.
Your Majesty also wants to hand over the small amount of silver left to Wang Qian, and buy and store gold at a relatively low price in the trading bank, which makes the treasury even more difficult.
Zhang Juzheng felt that too much was too much. As the supreme emperor in the world, he was a little too harsh on himself.
As he said, these golds are all personal to His Majesty, not to the world. In fact, there is no need to take them out and put them in the vault to become part of the credibility of the Ming Dynasty. This should have been the responsibility of the court.
But Your Majesty’s behavior is reasonable. Zhang Juzheng said at the beginning that everyone in the world is for personal gain, but Your Majesty is the only one.
Selfishness is a neutral word, the nature of animals and plants, not a derogatory word. It is reasonable for everyone in the world to run for their own interests, but only Your Majesty cannot do it. Your Majesty wants the world to be the public.
Because the king and father, the king and the kingdom are one and cannot be cut off. Your Majesty is an individual and a role model for the world.
When His Majesty really did it, Zhang Juzheng became a little worried. He was a little worried that His Majesty would not be able to hold on. Tan Lun, Yu Dayou, Wan Shihe, Hai Rui, and Wang Guoguang were all leaving, and Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang were also leaving.
The path that Your Majesty takes will become more and more lonely. In the end, it is the people of the world who cannot understand Your Majesty’s behavior, and Your Majesty becomes that alien.
During the lecture, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng a question: Are king and father really inseparable from the king’s country? One is one, two is two, the king is the king, and the country is the country. At that time, Zhang Juzheng said he couldn't cut it, and Zhu Yijun still thought that he would cut it himself when he grew up.
Time flies, and Zhu Yijun discovered that it is impossible to do it at the moment, and the harder he tries to be a good emperor, the less he can't cut off the kingdom and the king's father.
Now he wants to try, and no one of the ministers will agree. The ministers will think that the emperor will show more "loyalty" when conducting a compliance test and even do all kinds of strange things, such as tricks such as lying on the ice to seek fish, seeking happiness.
Others cannot help me, and they are obsessed with it.
All Zhu Yijun can do is to do himself well, to prevent things from going wrong with him, and to prevent himself from falling off the chain and bringing Ming into the abyss.
In a time, under a specific cultural context, the political system that people can accept has a clear and clear range. Once the discussion of government orders and ideas exceeds this range, it will be regarded as extreme and unrealistic fantasy.
Shen Li always talked about the rituals and music that he had lost. He even agreed to the foreigners selling some plantations that were given to the Ming Dynasty. In a way, it was because of this practice of selling foreigners, which exceeded this range.
This range is not static, but will change with time, society, public opinion changes, political activities, and cultural changes. The standards of good and evil, radical or conservative policies will gradually be accepted by the world.
The Ming Dynasty called this range arbitrary, and later generations called this range a historical limitation.
Even the emperor Zhu Yijun cannot break this limitation. The current Ming Dynasty needs a wise emperor to lead the Ming Dynasty out of the dilemma and quagmire of the small peasant economy. Only when the economy is prosperous and social changes can some rebellious things become easier to accept.
For example, the imperial system will eventually be destroyed.
"Let's talk about the placement issue after the return of the Triumph Army on the battlefield of North Korea and Japan." Zhu Yijun led his ministers into the West Flower Hall and talked about major events on the front line.
The fundamental reason for the promotion of the style of civil and military affairs in the Ming Dynasty was the confrontation between civil and military affairs, and the fundamental reason for the confrontation between civil and military affairs was actually the struggle for political power.
These Ming soldiers who made great contributions to the country should naturally gain higher political status, more power and more material returns, which will take away part of the status, power and economy monopolized by scholars.
All political struggles are essentially class struggle.
Now, if the Ming army succeeds in triumph, all the heroes must obtain sufficient status, power and economy. If they cannot be satisfied, then all they can do is kill the heroes.
This kind of trouble has occurred many times in history. For example, in the early years of Wanli, it suppressed the Japanese siege and stopped the resettlement of the Northern Territory's iron hoofed guest soldiers. What Zhu Yijun could do was to give Luzon to these Japanese siege soldiers and Liaodong to those who refused to capture them.
Now, the Ming Dynasty has captured North Korea and some of the Japanese mainland, and how these heroes should be rewarded has become the top priority.
"We have established military garrisons in Korea and Japan, and the Liaodong army will serve as hereditary thousands of households. Let the Korean army enrich the garrisons." Wang Chonggu gave a proposal. As soon as these words were said, everyone looked at Wang Chonggu with complicated expressions.
Shen Li vomited heavily and said, "How can we say it so brightly and bluntly? It should be said that for the long-term stability of North Korea and Japan, it is much better to send Han troops to serve as a stable place."
"Is this different?" Wang Chonggu looked around and said, "There are no Zhongshu Sheshou here, so no one can remember it."
"Hey, your courtesy is ruined, and your courtesy is broken and your music is ruined." Shen Li said helplessly. Everyone is a scholar, how can you say so bluntly!
Shen Li gave a more high-sounding statement. Of course, everyone's meaning is the same. The Liaodong Army that conquered this time will become a hereditary family in newly opened places such as North Korea and Japan, which is a guarantee for generations. This is the best reward for the Ming army that fought bloody battles.
"What about the sharp soldiers in the Jing camp?" Zhu Yijun talked about the most difficult part of the resettlement. The sharp soldiers in the Jing camp were wearing strong and holding sharp swords, trapped in the camp to pry open the mountain cities one by one. The Ming Dynasty swept the Japanese pirates. Now it is time to divide the spoils, what kind of reward should the Jing camp be given?
Wang Chonggu thought for a while and said, "Let's guard the gold, silver and copper mines in Japan, which means that the Ming Dynasty enthroned several landlords in Japan."
The military soldiers who were enthroned to the local area were actually the daimyo of Japan, but they were just the daimyo of the Ming Dynasty, which was the answer given by Wang Chonggu.
If you don’t want to go, you can discount it into silver. Your Majesty is very generous in this regard and fully respects the choice of military soldiers.
Just like after fighting Suiyuan, the Womagang mine was controlled by the Ming army;
Just as Chen Dazhuang was running around the world for the emperor, Datieling Guard handed over to Chen Dazhuang;
Just like the Governor's Office of Nagasaki, the Governor's Office of Luzon, the Governor's Office of Old Port, and the Governor's Office of Jinchi.
The Ming Dynasty now had the county system and the feudal system in parallel. The hinterland was a complete county system, and the imperial court could not fully control it, so the feudal system was used.
This is a discussion of the collapse of rituals and music. To put it more concisely, it is the sharing of spoils.
A group of nobles such as Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, and Ma Lin were more likely to reward them. They themselves or their fathers were the martial honors of the Ming Dynasty. They were awarded the fifth-class merits and were awarded according to the five-level merits that they had been formulated.
The only thing that seems a bit troublesome is actually Qi Jiguang, who is already a Duke of Fengguo, mainly because of some rewards for treatment.
This was also a rule in the Ming Dynasty. The British Duke Zhang Fu. In the sixth year of Yongle, Zhang Fu was named the British Duke because of the Jiaozhi incident. Later, he continued to fight with Emperor Yongle. Emperor Yongle gave Zhang Fu the kindness of Emperor Yongle, which was to rest with the country.
Qi Jiguang's kindness and reward can be imitated by Zhang Fu's old story.
"Do you want to ban opium in Japan?" Zhang Xueyan talked about a question: whether to ban opium business in Japan should be completely banned.
When Gao Qiyu reported to the court, he talked about what he saw in Kyoto. There were seventeen opium opium restaurants in Kyoto, from Osaka to Hiroshima, there were a number of opium restaurants along the coastal cities of Japan.
The opium opium in Japan has developed to the point where Gao Qiyu is surprised.
There is a group of women in Japan who specialize in tobacco adjustment. Each tobacco restaurant has various secret recipes, and these secret recipes are core competitiveness.
Gao Qiyu has been to socialize several times. The smoke-tuning girl, under the illumination of beautiful music and soft lights, dances her graceful body with the rhythm of the music, peels off the exquisitely structured smoke-tumbled lumps layer by layer, and each layer will be mixed with different flavors, thus giving different effects, this layer of health care, this layer of strengthening aphrodisiac, this layer of removing dampness, and this layer of replenishing blood.
After spitting out the clouds, the Japanese agents and compradors would cicadas on the bodies of these smoke-controlling girls like maggots. Many of these smoke-controlling girls themselves are poisonous insects, and the scene is eroded.
The key is that these consumptions are really expensive. Tobacco adjustment girls, big smoke, water and food, etc. can drain the hard work of the brokerage compradors for several days or even months.
"Ban." Zhu Yijun looked at the court officials and said, "There are all bans within the control of the Ming Dynasty. I am not within the control of the Ming Dynasty. I can do nothing to do. Please maintain the status quo."
It is not the actual control scope of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is really powerless. In order to make money, drug dealers can even avoid the defense line formed by the Ming coastal defense inspection. Even the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty can find a lot of opium every year.
The profit of this thing is too high, and too many outlaws take risks. The Ming Dynasty investigated severely and was severely punished, and the heads were beheaded at every turn. However, no one in Japan investigated, no one was punished, and Japan also had silver, which led to these drug dealers going to Japan to do business.
This ancestor said that it is better to lose weight than to block the Ming Dynasty. If you block the Ming Dynasty, you will naturally go to other places. Japanese silver is undoubtedly the best place for opium.
This created a more strange situation. Opioids destroyed the superstructure of Japan and the Jile Cult destroyed the grassroots civilians in Japan.
"Your Majesty, I have something to do..." Shen Li took out a memorial with a serious expression and said, "It may cost a lot of money."
"Spend money? Where can the imperial court have money? Da Zong, isn't he interested in His Majesty's gold?! It's simply outrageous!" The Grand Situ Zhang Xueyan was as if he triggered the keywords and immediately became anxious!
There are too many places to spend money on the Ming Dynasty, so what is the lord of the sect doing now!
"Let me see, money is spent." Zhu Yijun took the memorial and read Shen Li's memorial, and then circulated it.
The memorial is a very, very tragic thing. There was a custom of confinement during the Ming Dynasty. When a woman gave birth to a child, she could not do heavy work for a month. This custom was first traced back to the "Book of Rites" in the Western Han Dynasty, which was called "Monthly".
However, only the local gentry and gentry can sit up. Many rural women have to go to the ground to work just a few days after giving birth, and then they will get a disease, and the uterus is shedding. This disease is very common and can be seen everywhere in the Ming Dynasty.
Recently, a village woman in Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, Jingmin. After giving birth, she started working on the ground on the third day. After the uterus fell off, she fell out after heavy work. Everyone around her laughed at her.
The village woman was a little strong, so she prepared a pair of scissors and returned home to cut the uterus. When her family found out, the village woman was bleeding and was dying. There was a bowl of brown sugar egg custard on the desk of the village woman, which was the comfort and reward after the treatment that the village woman planned to prepare for herself afterwards.
The family carried the village woman on the way to Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau, and the village woman was already dead.
Wanping County is in the capital of the capital, so he reported to Shuntian Prefecture without hiding it, while Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau reported to the Imperial Hospital.
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"This village woman loves life very much. She doesn't want to be ridiculed. She doesn't commit suicide, but hopes to live well and not be pointed at by others. This is not ignorance, but from ancient times to the present, no one has taught these folk women how to do it. To be more clear, it is the court's dereliction of duty." Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in front of him and held it a little tightly.
In fact, Shuntian Prefecture and the Imperial Hospital did not intend to report this matter to the court.
This kind of tragedy occurs every year, and there are many. The great doctor Wu Lian is a female imperial physician. She is very accustomed to this kind of thing. She once saw a daughter taking her mother to see a doctor, and the uterus fell off. The uterus looked like a rotten pear. Because the cost of removal was a bit high, the daughter was unwilling to do so.
But Shuntian Prefecture and Imperial Hospital finally reported to His Majesty.
"There is another memorial." Shen Li took out another memorial, hesitated, and handed it to His Majesty.
This time it was still reported from Daxing County, the capital of Shuntian Prefecture. There was a person named Zheng Carpenter in Qingyun Branch in Daxing County. Like Zhang Butcher, people always put their surnames and professions together. After a long time, no one called Zheng Carpenter's real name.
Carpenter Zheng is a rural villager. He has been very strong since childhood and has almost never been sick. His dark skin and strong body are obviously a good farm worker. He has always been the backbone of the family. After marrying a wife and having children, he is the backbone of the family.
When he was studying art, he was willing to endure hardships and study hard, and did carpentry work with real materials. He came to him to make furniture.
Last winter, Carpenter Zheng suddenly started to feel pain in his calf. It took three months to get more and more painful, and he could not even get out of bed. Carpenter Zheng, who was in unbearable pain, went to Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau and grabbed a few pairs of medicines, but it didn't work. Carpenter Zheng, who was very angry, felt that he could still work without one leg.
In March of the spring of the 16th year of Wanli, Carpenter Zheng bit a towel and saw off his bad leg with a saw. He burned the soldering iron red, intending to see it off and then the scab was scabbed.
After biting off four of his teeth, his legs sawed off, and his wife cried and sold the soldering iron on her legs.
Carpenter Zheng felt that if he had one leg missing, he could still do physical work because his son had grown up slowly and could help him do physical work, and he would be responsible for technical work.
However, the hemp rope was broken in detail, and the bad luck was dedicated to finding miserable people. Carpenter Zheng still died in April, and died of the sores and sores of the wound.
After reading the memorial, Zhu Yijun passed it to the ministers and then said, "Carpenter Zheng wants to live very much. He sawed his legs and soldered the iron to the wound. I don't know how painful it is, but I saw it. He wants to live and live well."
"Actually, even if he buys a bottle of iodine or sprays it every day, he won't die. He can bear the pain of the soldering iron of his saw leg, just burning the alcohol."
"This is not ignorance, but from ancient times to the present, no one taught them what to do. To be more clear, it was the dereliction of duty of the court."
Zhu Yijun repeated the previous words again. These two cases are really typical. Even if someone teaches them and tells them that it is wrong to do so, they can survive.
"I have communicated with the great medical officials and came up with a solution that is not a solution." Shen Li took out the third memorial, which is a place to spend money, and it costs a lot of money.
The great medical officials are preparing to write a medical book "Simplified Prescription for Health Prevention" based on the "Simplified Prescription for Health Prescriptions", popularizing health concepts, preventing diseases and simple treatments. Complex diseases will still be handed over to Huimin Pharmaceutical Bureau, but health concepts and prevention can solve most of the problems.
The original "Yi Jian Prescription" was written by Hu Yi, a veteran of the Six Dynasties and Minister of Rites from the reign of Jianwen to Jingtai. Hu Yi was indeed the Minister of Rites, but he was also a family of doctors, and some concepts of hygiene were popularized.
The great medical officers Li Shizhen, Chen Shigong, Pang Xian, Wu Lian, etc. plan to write a simple simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified simplified
However, popularizing hygiene concepts and preventing diseases requires manpower.
"Selecting, training, management, assessment, and treatment all cost money." Shen Li explained where this system really costs money.
After reading the memorials, the ministers were silent. Shen Li had found a big job for the Ming court. The Dinghai school system had emptied the Ming treasury. Now a medical system that benefits the people is needed. Just think about it, how much money it will cost, time, slow results, and criticism will be high.
Medical care is an extremely expensive social resource in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
"Authentic, doctors who are not very professional will have various problems, such as poor level, destruction, irregularity, and even low morality. They use medical practice to force buying and selling to cheat. Medical skills were still alchemy in the Song Dynasty." Zhu Yijun talked to the ministers about the shortcomings of this system.
These are all shortcomings that can be seen at a glance. Without the need for the literati and officials in the court to sway, the ministers are not fools.
These doctors who are driving ducks on the shelves are already a high morality if they don’t sell Dali Pills or Universal Talisman Water.
Zhu Yijun continued, "Zhuangzi said: A turtle in a dry rut."
"Zhuangzi saw a small pothole on the road with a fish inside. She asked Zhuangzi for help. Zhuangzi said: OK, I will go to the south to lobby for King Wu and King Yue, and trigger the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Is it okay? The fish scolded in anger: It was better to ask me to take the dry fish shop!"
"Yu cursed at the Zhuangzi, "You are so busy with water. You actually said this. When you finish it, go to the dried fish shop to find me!"
"Just follow the advice of the great master."
Zhu Yijun planned to do it. The fish were almost dead in the dry rut. It was too late to train professional doctors, but cultivating some barefoot doctors who can popularize hygiene concepts and prevention systems can solve the urgent problem.
"Where does the money come from?" Zhang Xueyan spread his hands and said, "Why should this old Ku silver be moved?"
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said, "No, that's the old capital of the Ming Dynasty. I have one million taels of gold and can issue 6 million guan. Issuing money means, the Ministry of Revenue will write to the loan note, and set the interest, and I will issue money."
"Can you pay back the money?" Zhang Xueyan said tentatively.
Zhu Yijun replied with a smile: "Of course, if I don't recognize Baochao, who in the world will recognize him?"
"I know I know. The ministers think that the national treasury is my right hand? The matter of going to the left hand and right hand is not real money, but treasure notes, and loan notes and interest are required. As for such trouble?"
"It's just that troublesome. Even if the left hand is turned to the right hand, even if I can give the court a low interest, no interest, or even indefinite extension, but there must be a return and exchange, so that the account can match. If this account cannot match, no account in the world will match."
"Okay." Zhang Xueyan looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "This year, the sailing ship arrived at the port, with only 2 million taels of silver and only 250,000 taels of gold. The speed of silver inflow is slowing down. Whether this slowdown is intentional or unintentional by Felipe, we must treat it with caution."
"It is very reasonable for Your Majesty to spend 1.5 million gold and put six million treasures."
Zhang Xueyan's words were said to Zhang Juzheng. Wang Guoguang was a maverick at that time. After he left the Jin Party, he never clinged to the Chu Party or the Zhang Party. The Ministry of Revenue had his own way. Even Zhang Juzheng could not stop the Ming court from injecting liquidity into the Ming economy.
The inflow of silver is reduced, and gold is not suitable for currency in the Ming Dynasty.
If the Ming Dynasty, which lacks liquidity, does not interfere in time, it will definitely fall into a liquidity crisis.
Wanli Tongbao is still a daily use of poor people. The inflow of red copper has a great impact on the expansion of production scale, but from experience, silver is still the main currency used for investment.
"If there is a shortage of silver, you can actually search the house." Zhang Juzheng hesitated and chose a traditional solution. At present, the time for issuing money is still not very ripe, so it is better to search the house directly.
Wang Chonggu immediately said, "Isn't this good? I'll search the house for no reason? How can I make such a reason?"
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said, "Of course it's not for no reason. When Qin Shihuang collected the world's swords and weapons to cast the twelve golden men, it was not for no reason. In my opinion, he issued an edict to collect gold and silver from all over the world and let them hand over the gold and silver and exchange it into a promissory note."
"If you don't hand over it, it won't be too late to search the house."
This conservative party suddenly became Qin Shihuang. Zhang Juzheng meant that when Qin Shihuang collected the world's swords and weapons, he was a test of loyalty. Whoever did not give in would have the intention to rebel, and he would be screened out and killed.
Zhang Juzheng's method is actually a typical Legalist thinking, with very sufficient reasons. The ancestors of the Hongwu period established the law, which was prohibited from gold and silver, which means that the people are not allowed to use gold and silver as currency.
If the ancestors do more things, the descendants will be very relaxed. The cheap scholars will keep silent all day long. The ancestors will make the law, and no one will be the same.
Zhu Yijun quickly reached out and said, "Sir, I'll still send money, I'll send money. The gold and silver ban has been sleeping for many years. It won't be, it won't be that way."
Zhu Yijun didn't mind doing this when he was at the end of his life, but the Ming Dynasty did not end of his life now. He just wanted to do too much and had too little money.
In fact, this is what the emperor is afraid of when he is powerful and powerful, and when he is short of money, he is easy to do this.
(This chapter ends)