I am the king of the dead

The two principles of mercantilism are the cornerstones of the prevalence of money worshipers, just like the myth that the seven days created the world and Pangu created the world.

Zhu Qiyu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, the Song Dynasty was very strong. The development speed inherited from the former Tang Dynasty, and the culture was at its peak. However, the disaster of emphasizing culture over military affairs, the party disaster, and the two disasters for 300 years are cultural failures."

"If this trend of valuing extravagance and fighting for wealth starts from me, wouldn't I really become the king of subjugation?"

Zhu Qiyu laughed at the word "king of subjugation".

Yu Qian quickly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is the Lord of England, how can the country be subjugated? Gold and silver are not the only criterion for measuring the wealth of a country."

Military, political, cultural, economic, etc. are all criteria for measuring the strength of a country, but in terms of gold and silver, it is too narrow.

Yu Qian knew that this was actually His Majesty's worry, but he was a little confused. What does this have to do with the dispute over money and banknotes?

Zhu Qiyu spoke faster and faster and said: "Opening the sea is to expand Daming's exports, so that merchants can take the goods produced by Daming and exchange them outside for more gold and silver."

"The Bureau of Chaoguan City takes [-]% of the points, and Nayin deducts [-] points, in order to bring back gold and silver, and suppress these gold and silver, and add more currency. Without currency, there will be no transactions, and without transactions, there will be no assets. "

"More currency allows Daming to accumulate more assets."

"More asset accumulation will inevitably lead to competition, so we must limit or even punish monopoly behaviors caused by using power to rent-seek, limit malicious competition, and achieve general fairness in competition."

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest."

"In order to produce products with lower costs and higher profits faster under the same resources within a limited time, the workshop must improve its productivity."

"Productivity has been improved in an all-round way! Only when the Ming Dynasty goes up and down can there be comprehensive and structural changes."

"With the overall improvement of productivity, the people of Ming Dynasty can live a good life. The children of the common people in Guizhou can also go to school. Only then can the whole Ming Dynasty have more opportunities. The children of ordinary families can also get ahead, so that the people of Ming Dynasty can live a life of food and clothing."

Zhu Qiyu's words are finished, this is the fundamental reason why he has refused to use banknotes for a long time. He is the emperor and the father of the ministers and people in the world.

The law of banknotes will lose the motivation to accumulate wealth and assets from the source, lose the environment of natural selection, and finally lose productivity improvement and social comprehensive and structural reforms.

From imperial silver coins to Jingtai Tongbao, the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty's new economic policy is the new monetary policy. Once the banknotes are issued, the entire cycle of money laws established will be completely destroyed.

During the Hongwu period, Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, went from a beggar who knocked bowls for three thousand miles and begged for food for three years, and finally sat down to the Emperor Gao who was ninety-five years old. corrupt.

Therefore, there is only one way to go to the end.

Yu Qian hesitated to speak, but in fact he had a lot to say, and he didn't say the words of remonstrance in the end.

He was afraid that His Majesty would screw up.

How can there be so many things in the world where Ding is Ding and Mao is Mao?

Taking official positions as an example, the Ming Dynasty had an imperial examination system, but it also had a system of grace, a hereditary military honor system, an inspection system, and even a ceremony system. Chen Xun, who was waiting outside the door, was not the same as the Ming dynasty ceremony. ?

Politics is chaotic, and it is a means to solve problems and alleviate class conflicts. There is no one policy, but one alley must go to the end.

In the first 60 years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a military campaign, thirteen Northern Expeditions, two expeditions to Jiaozhi, and three expeditions to Luchuan. In the next 24 years, it began to promote literature and military affairs, and some even emphasized literature over military affairs, leading to a relaxation of military preparations.

His Majesty is obviously a bit of a dead end, and the method of money and the method of banknotes can be regarded as a solution.

In fact, Yu Qian still has the same attitude. The law of money can be used, and the method of banknotes can also be used. It all depends on how His Majesty makes a choice. As long as His Majesty makes a choice, the rest is up to the courtiers.

Yu Qian is especially good at the system of the country. For Daming, a strong decision-maker is needed. Yu Qian understands the truth that all dragons without a leader are snakes.

No matter what decision your Majesty makes, even if you want to cross the desert of Tianshan Mountains westward, gold and iron horses, and tens of thousands of miles away to pursue the Oirats who are advancing westward, if you kill them, you will first avenge the ghosts of the Tumu Fortress.

As long as His Majesty wants to do it, it can be done.

What Yu Qian is most afraid of is the master of the world, he is indecisive, and that is the misfortune of Ming Dynasty.

If a king, the lord of the world, has doubts about his own choice, it will be a real winter day for Ming Dynasty.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said with a three-point smile: "Your Majesty, Mencius said: If you enter, you will have no family and soldiers, and if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients. The country will perish, and then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in peace."

"The shortage of money is the shortage of money. It's not a bad thing. When disasters come, blessings depend on them. When blessings come, disasters subdue them. As His Majesty said, the four seasons are in the prelude to winter, and those who wash away the sand when the waves wash away turn into gold."

Money shortage is inevitable, and it will be a hidden danger that has plagued Daming's financial affairs for a long time, but hidden dangers are not necessarily a bad thing.

In order to solve the problem of money shortage and continue to find a solution for the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to find more gold, silver, spices and precious stones overseas.

The winter preface caused by the money shortage also happened to allow Daming to carry out metabolism, discarding the chaff and saving the chaff.

"Good words are nothing but words, let Yu Shaobao say it." Seeing that he had persuaded Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu was also secretly relieved.

This time the Winter Prelude came rushing towards him, when Zhu Qiyu was dealing with it for the first time, it was also the first time for him to be the emperor, and he also had a little bit of doubt about [or else the method of banknotes], Yu Qian's words made Zhu Qiyu decide: still follow the method of money.

Xing'an, who was standing next to him, mentioned his heart in his throat, and finally let go. Xing'an was very worried that His Majesty would quarrel with Yu Shaobao. His posture was like the atmosphere of death, kindness and righteousness, and leaving tonight. Xing'an was also under great pressure. big.

Zhu Qiyu relaxed, and said to Xing'an: "Xing'an, get the cards."

"Come on, Yu Shaobao, I'm free today, play [Anti-Corruption and Catch Corruption] chess and cards with me, this time I added a few new tricks, it will definitely open Yu Shaobao's eyes."

Yu Qian looked at Chen Xun who was about to become a snowman outside the window and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Xun is waiting to see you outside. Bachelor Chen is old, please have mercy."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu remember that Chen Xun had been announced to see him, and he looked at the little yellow gate and said, "Announce Chen Xun."

Chen Xun knocked off the snow from his body, straightened his clothes, and then went into the imperial study to meet the ceremony. Zhu Qiyu gave Chen Xun a seat, and then played "anti-corruption and arresting corruption" with Yu Qian.

Standing by the side, Chen Xun was dumbfounded. Your Majesty is at fault. If Your Majesty is a minister, he might be a corrupt official!

After playing a few games, Yu Qian threw away the chess and cards in his hand, abandoned his son and conceded defeat, and said with emotion: "The last time I heard that Your Majesty had a hand-to-hand conversation with Wang Ao Wang Shilang, Wang Shilang also lost consecutive games. He lost all afternoon. Your Majesty deserves it." It's...unmatched in enlightenment!"

Wang Ao is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the second official of Wang Zhi, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials. After returning to Beijing from the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he has been working hard on the anti-corruption field. In the field of anti-corruption, Wang Ao can be said to be the No. 1 of Ming Dynasty.

But it is such a person, in the game of anti-corruption and catching corruption, and the game of cats and mice, he has never defeated His Majesty once. It can only be said that His Majesty is indeed talented and intelligent in corruption.

Fortunately, His Majesty is not a minister, but an emperor.

Speaking of Wang Ao, Zhu Qiyu said with a little helplessness: "The same is true for Wang Shilang. I have already said that there is no king or minister on the chessboard. Let him try his best, but he just refuses to do his best."

"Your Majesty is humble." Yu Qian knew Wang Ao.

That afternoon, Wang Ao was really afraid that His Majesty would lose face at the beginning of the game, so he had some reservations, but after three rounds, he became really angry and tried his best, but he couldn't catch His Majesty's sore foot holding the [greedy] chess. , After repeated defeats and repeated battles, in the end they all lost red eyes.

Wang Ao returned to the yamen that afternoon, without saying a word, he was in a daze for half an hour, his face was ashen, and his soul was lost.

Chapter 627 The Tragedy of the Times

Emperor Ming was especially good at greed, and anyone who played chess with His Majesty would be aware of this.

Yu Qian, Wang Ao and the others were a little confused as to where His Majesty got so many messy intestines.

Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an to put away the chessboard, took out a memorial book from his sleeve and said, "Yang Han has already gone to investigate the case that Wang Ao handed over."

"In Rugao, Yangzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, there was such a case that the Baoyuan Bureau was defrauded of 60 imperial silver coins."

"This man's name is Yuan Yingjie. He was originally a clerk in Zhenjiang Prefecture. He did a good job. Seeing that others made a fortune, he opened a workshop specializing in shipbuilding. He couldn't make three-masted ships, but two-masted boats and sampans could still be built. Make it."

"Yuan Yingjie, a civil official with a criminal name, actually knows how to build a ship, and everyone is supernatural."

"Yuan Yingjie spent five or six years in Jingtai, under the guise of Longjiang Shipyard, bought the shipbuilding business in Yangzhou Prefecture, and borrowed 60 silver coins from Baoyuan Bureau three times. In two years, the shipyard has not dug any pits. come out."

"It's a coincidence that Yuan Yingjie and Chen Huang, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, the current Suzhou Zuo Buzheng Zhu Yu, Suzhou Chief Secretary You Tongzheng Jiang Tinggui, and Suzhou Inspector Wang Zhen were classmates of Yuelu Academy."

Zhu Qiyu finished talking about this case. This is the second case after Wang Ao supervised the Anti-Corruption Office recently. It is a typical case of cleverly setting up a name to defraud Baoyuan Bureau of investment, and it is also a big case, which is brought before the emperor.

After Zhu Qiyu handed the memorandum to Yu Qian, he said with a lot of emotion: "Du Mu's "A Fang Gong Fu" said in the past: "How can I take all the pennies and use them like sand!"

"Today looks at the past, and the future looks at the present."

"Baoyuan Bureau always counts pennies and pennies, and every tenth of silver has to be clear in the accounts, for fear of being audited by the Ministry of Finance. It is so cautious, so cautious, and such a thing was found out of the cesspit."

The case is not complicated. The Yangzhou government cleverly set up a plan to build a shipyard, and bought it to Yuan Yingjie. Yuan Yingjie borrowed 60 imperial silver coins from the Baoyuan Bureau. In the end, he didn't even dig out a pit. After three years, Yuan Yingjie finally couldn't carry it. The money is gone.

Otherwise, Yuan Yingjie was unlucky, Yuan Yingjie went to sea and fled to Naha port in Ryukyu.

Yuan Yingjie did have a little bit of an inch. When Li Binyan personally presided over the transformation of Ryukyu prefectures and led the Daming Navy to show off his might in Ryukyu, Yuan Yingjie hit the muzzle of the gun and was caught by Li Binyan.

But of the 60 silver coins, Yuan Yingjie only took [-], and the rest disappeared.

The case has been handed over to Yang Han, the right governor of Nanzhen Fusi, to investigate and deal with. Yang Han is the emperor's Tiqi, and he is merciless.

After reading the memorial in his hand, Yu Qian looked thoughtful, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think Xu Youzhen doesn't know about this matter, and it's better to wait for the Jin Yiwei to investigate clearly before making a decision."

In Wang Ao's memorial, there are two names, Zhu Yu and Jiang Tinggui. For Yu Qian, who can keep the list of previous Jinshi in mind, it is not surprising to know these two people.

The special thing is that these two people are Xu Youzhen's son-in-law.

Chen Xun didn't say a word, he was an old man in the court, there was a gap between Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen, and then in the battle of the capital, Yu Qian led the battle to defend the capital, and Xu Youzhen advocated going south.

Yu Qian and Xu Youzhen are political enemies. His Majesty took out this memorandum and asked Yu Qian for his opinion. The meaning could not be more clear. If Yu Qian had the slightest intention to attack dissidents, Xu Youzhen should return to Beijing to accept the investigation.

But after thinking about it, Yu Qian still picked Xu Youzhen first.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian and said nothing. For a while, it was quite quiet in the imperial study room, only the whistling wind outside Juxian Pavilion.

Xing'an accepted the memorabilia handed over by Yu Qian, and smiled without saying a word.

In fact, Your Majesty is very similar to Yu Shaobao, they are both Ding and Ding, and Mao is Mao.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the teacup, nodded and said: "Well, Yu Shaobao's words are reasonable. Xu Youzhen first controlled the water in Zhangqiu, and then opened the canal in Jing'an. He has been dredging the Wujiang River in Guizhou for the past three years, and now he is opening the canal in the Yangtze River."

"Just take away two miraculous cards from me, and check first to see if Xu Youzhen can save his son-in-law."

Xu Youzhen and Chen Yi are two big men who pick their feet. When Jing'an opened Jingtai'an Minqu, they were able to face each other and have a friendship.

Chen Yi had a nickname in Zhang Qiu and Jing'an, Grandpa Smiling Face. Chen Yi was originally kind-hearted, but in Zhang Qiu and Jing'an's water control, he didn't have the gentleness of a scholar at all. The local children called Chen Yi Grandpa Smiling Mian.

Xu Youzhen has many nicknames, Shui Bo, Tianwu, Erlang Zhenjun, Xu Youzhen has many shrines for living people, and even the statues enshrined in the temples are different.

A person may take the wrong name, but the nickname is correct.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that Xu Youzhen would not write a letter to make love. Now the dredging of 150 miles has already started. Xu Youzhen carries the water control of more than [-] million silver coins per year approved by His Majesty Zhu. It should be because he has no time to pay attention to his son-in-law."

"It's not that Xu Youzhen is disregarding the friendship with relatives. As far as I know, Xu Youzhen has been too busy recently. When I have time to deal with this matter, the case will probably be closed."

The cost of the 150-mile waterway to Xu Youzhen from the imperial court was [-] million silver coins per year for a period of five years.

Seeing Yu Qian's determined face, Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "It's not interesting, it's nothing more than Yu Shaobao's refusal to add insult to injury. I'm here to intercede with Xu Youzhen."

Yu Qian bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, Xu Youzhen was so busy that he vomited blood a few days ago. After resting in bed for three days, he went on a boat to check the water conditions. They said it was a dry season survey. The doctor over there said that Xu Youzhen's disease is It’s a stomach bug from Jing’an.”

"Oh? Is it serious?" Zhu Qiyu was also taken aback. He didn't know that Xu Youzhen was working so hard. If Yu Qian hadn't said that Xu Youzhen was vomiting blood, Zhu Qiyu would have thought that Xu Youzhen was playing the bitter card.

Xu Youzhen was so busy that her stomach bleeds, she didn't care about three meals a day, she ate irregularly, and often went into the water, which made her stomach suffer.

Yu Qian has been in charge of the local area for 25 years. He has done all the locust control, flood control, and relief work by himself. Yu Qian also suffered from phlegm disease because of this. Xu Youzhen's old stomach disease even caused stomach bleeding and vomiting blood.

At the beginning, Jin Lian also suffered from stomach problems, so he almost starved to death.

"It's okay." When Yu Qian returned to His Majesty's question, he gave an ambiguous answer. This illness has to be taken care of. If Xu Youzhen is so busy, this illness may not be cured.

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew the meaning of these ambiguous words, he nodded and said: "This Xu Youzhen is not good at court matters, so he can control the water in the local area with peace of mind, he is not in the capital, and he does not hang around in front of me. he."

Yu Qian and Chen Xun hurriedly bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty, benevolent."

An emperor is dissatisfied with a courtier, how should the courtier be frightened?Today, Yu Qian begged for mercy, and Xu Youzhen finally got a word from His Majesty, which can be regarded as a reward for his work.

Yu Qian pleaded today, but he actually saw that His Majesty was fishing for this case in Jiangsu, and the only catch, with a clear target, was Xu Youzhen.

Once Xu Youzhen played the role of romance for the two sons-in-law, Xu Youzhen would have to lose her skin even if she didn't die.

His Majesty never concealed his dissatisfaction with Xu Youzhen.

Zhu Qiyu settled down. In the original historical line, Xu Youzhen was an accomplice in the murder of Yu Qian. Knowing that Yu Qian did not intend to embarrass Xu Youzhen too much, he had to give up his fishing thoughts.

Zhu Qiyu knocked on the table and said: "Wang Wen and Xue Xuan's matter of Chen Guzi's rotten sesame seeds, how long will it last? I heard that the two of them have pinched each other very hard recently. If they continue to pinch each other, they will go to Xingdusi in Shaanxi alone. Go to Yunnan alone."

"I'm also upset to see it."

Zhu Qiyu didn't say this to Yu Qian, but to Chen Xun.

Because Xue Xuan and Wang Wen had a quarrel again, which had something to do with Chen Xun.

Xue Xuan is the Minister of Dali Temple. Xue Xuan himself is a well-known master of Confucianism. He is known as the foundation of Daoism.

In the sixth year of Zhengtong, Xue Xuan served as Minister of Dali Temple, supervising the case of Yang An, a loyal and avant-garde hundred households.

The case is intricate.

The wife of Baihu Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, is beautiful. After marrying Yang An, she kept herself safe. Tiqi school captain Ma Yang fell in love with Yang An's wife Yue Shi. After the death of Baihu Yang An, the school captain Ma Yang forced Yue Shi Concubine, the Yue family refused to obey.

The school captain Ma Yang falsely accused Yang An's widow, Yue Shi, of having an affair with Yang An's father.

Xue Xuan, as the Minister of Dali Temple, reviewed the case and found out that it was the lieutenant Ma Yang who made a false accusation. Naturally, after repeated investigations, Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, finally found out.

For the death penalty case, the orthodox emperor naturally wanted to read the case Zong Zhu's commentary. He was furious when he saw it, and released the widow and other four criminals.

Paying a fine is a minor matter, but losing face is a major matter.

The most important thing is that Ma Yang, the captain of the Tiqi School, who fell in love with Yang An's wife, Yue Shi, and falsely accused Yang An of having an affair with his wife, is the nephew of Ma Shun, the commander of Jin Yiwei.

Ma Shun, the commander of Jinyiwei, was the commander of Jinyiwei who was beaten to death by civil servants when Zhu Qiyu was in charge of the country for the first time on August 14, [-]th orthodox year.