In the palace, Zhu Di Yin instructed: ...... Sui conquered Goryeo and did not cut down the Oriental Ocean, but because of that square inch of land, exhausted the national strength, buried in the country to go, although it was a bandit, and with the help of the officers and soldiers of the "Japan", after all, it was a dangerous matter, you have to be careful again! Xia Xun said: "The emperor is at ease, the minister is going, he must plan and then move, if things are not good, he must return with his whole body, Yongle New Dynasty is established, it is advisable to seek stability, seek progress in stability, and the minister will not let me fall into the quagmire." ”

Zhu Di approvingly addressed the head, and Xia Xun said: "Regarding Sino-Japanese trade, it is the way to maintain the long-term growth of the two countries and eliminate the root causes of the Japanese invaders. Once the sea market is reopened, I will not sit back and accept it, but should also send people to hold the survey and trade with Japan, and the minister thinks that in some materials, the conditions can be relaxed, but of course they have to pay the corresponding price. ”

Zhu Di glanced at him and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xia Xun said: "Copper coins, this is strictly forbidden to export, and the ability to mint money is very poor, and the copper coins are often damaged, so all use my Ming currency to circulate, if the export is prohibited......"

Zhu Di immediately shook his head and said: "Wenxuan, this point is not negotiable, money is a trading tool, the fruit of life, I am not enough to spend myself, I can only use tokens, do you still want to benefit copper coins?" ”

Xia Xun smiled and said, "That's it, traders, communicate with each other." However, if you don't have enough tools, who will sell them to outsiders, but there are a few points, has the emperor ever thought about it? ”

"What?" "My Ming coins, gold and silver are relatively lacking, and I am not enough. Banknotes, on the other hand, are substitutes for gold, silver and copper coins. But this banknote is issued in a disorderly manner" and has no actual value, once the war is chaotic dng, natural disasters, it will quickly depreciate, or even worthless" The original family wealth is nothing, how is this not a source of turmoil?

The substitution of money for money was a last resort, and if there was enough gold, silver and copper, the imperial court would not have adopted this method. Since the Tang and Song dynasties, there are often people who destroy the Buddha and destroy the temple for the sake of copper coins, and take copper to cast money, but the relatively large world "This is just to no avail." As far as the minister knows, they need copper money in the gold, silver and copper mines, so why don't they ask them to exchange the raw ore or smelted metal?

Let's take its ore or silver and copper metal and use it to mint copper coins" This always has to be profitable, right? We can solve the embarrassment of some of the copper materials, and the copper coins minted for them will be shipped back to Japan, and they will have to circulate the goods they buy from my Daming. "Day" needs copper money, just take gold, silver, copper and iron in exchange, this is called reprocessing, they do mining, smelting rough work "let's do some meticulous work, in the end we still benefit" why not? ”

Xia Xun carefully thought about the advantages and disadvantages of paper money, in that era, the shortcomings of the publication of paper money outweighed its advantages, and to change the draft it "needs to involve too many aspects, and protracted" at the same time its publication ultimately depends on the reserves of precious metals such as gold and silver, if you want to eat a fat man, it will become a great leap forward, the current stage, is the stage of capital accumulation, when the wealth and the growth of industry and commerce to reach the corresponding conditions, there will naturally be various changes.

Xia Xun didn't want to be Wang Mang and do something too advanced, not to mention that he didn't have as much power as Wang Mang. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the treasure banknote was guaranteed by the regime with laws and regulations, and the fact of later disintegration has proved that it is not suitable for the product at this stage.

In fact, Daming is not without copper mines, but now there are too few mines surveyed, Xia Xun does not know how to survey, and if it can be transported from the outside, his own let it be buried in the ground for a few more years, and leave it to future generations to use.

If it were Zhu Di in the past, he would not have promised, but recently, due to the opening of the sea and the prohibition of the sea, it is inevitable to talk about the economy, and there are many people of insight who are proficient in the economy among the officials. ”

Xia Xun said with a smile: "It's still the same sentence: if they can use it themselves, they won't ask me for it, since they are guarding Baoshan like a pile of scrap iron, how can they not promise?" Now they have a request for us. Moreover, we can also use some means, for example, to deliberately make some casting molds, and cast the "day" copper coins marked with the name of the king of "Day" and Yuan Daoyi, and the emperor thinks that Yuan Daoyi will gladly agree? ”

Zhu Di nodded and said, "Okay, just do it according to you." In these days, around the matter of exterminating the Japanese people, the dregs have appeared, and hundreds of officials have played a sparse role, and many things have been discussed, among which is the advice on opening the sea and trade, what do you think about this? ”

Xia Xun didn't take the initiative to mention it, but he tried his best behind it, waiting for Zhu Di's words, when he heard him ask, he deliberately made a calm appearance, and said: "These days are suppressing the Japanese along the coast, and the minister also knows a little about these things, and the minister feels that if the sea is opened, he can preach and educate." Promote the prestige of our country, at the same time, the Nanyang land is vast and there are few people, because the four seasons are like spring, the food is very rich, and when needed, I can also make up for the Central Plains. Xia Xun smiled humbly and said: "The minister has limited knowledge of these, and the emperor does not dare to speak in front of him. ”

The more things you do, the easier it is to make mistakes, Xia Xun has not forgotten that he still has many political enemies: Moreover, in front of Zhu Di, he can't help but do everything, and he asks you to do everything, although he can do a lot of things behind his back, he can't be a pioneer in person. Now that the matter of conversion has been opened. Son, there will be no end of people mentioning.

In history, Zheng He went to the West seven times, and the reason why he fought back wildly for the civil official group was not that the city was not good, nor that all the civil officials were short-sighted, but because the national trade was implemented at that time, not that there was no money to make, but that all the money was earned by the imperial court. With the behemoth of the country coming forward, those coastal gentry are completely uncompetitive in terms of supply, scale and price.

And once the sea is opened to trade, it is to trade freely, allowing the common people to do business, how can ordinary people have that capital, mainly to serve these coastal clans, to make profits from it, the big head still falls into the hands of these coastal clans, and they do not secretly mm, as before to take the risk of going si, why not? It is no secret that the people who are officials have political ideals, but there is no need to be deceived by the history books, they are really imagined to be clear and pure, without any distractions.

Just think about it, what is the ultimate goal of a family, whether it is a wealthy family or a commoner, they have worked hard to cultivate a scholar, hoping that he will become an official? Once these people become officials, how can they not represent the interests of their families and hometowns?

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and said: "Well, I really can't be in a hurry at the moment, this matter is put aside for the time being, and at present, we should focus on the matter of the day, and it is not appropriate to have more complications. ”

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In the dimly lit quiet room, the sitting man looked up and said, "What did he say?" ”

The man on the other side said in a deep voice: "The old marquis said that the country has been decided, the overall situation has been decided, forget it!" ”

"What?" The man was furious, slammed the table, and shouted, "What a bastard! ”

The person who came was silent for a moment, and then said: "The old marquis knows that the old man will be displeased when he hears it, so he still has three more sentences, and asked me to ask the master." ”

The man coughed, "You say." ”

"Yes, the old marquis said: 1 If the world is undecided, who in the world can change it? Emperor Jianwen is dead, leaving behind a younger brother and a son, can he have the opportunity to sit on the throne? Zhang Anle, the secretary of the General Administration, died, Zhou Wenze, the chief of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, died, and Ji Wenhe, the commander ......of the Taicang Guard, died. Although the country has changed hands, the world is still surnamed Zhu, what did you do sir, sir, for Emperor Jianwen, or for your own revenge? ”

The man was furious, pounded the table and scolded, "Coward! Coward! I shouldn't have conspiracy with him! ”

The man on the other side looked at him silently and said softly: "Master, the villain has been following you for many years, as long as the master gives an order, no matter in the water or fire, the villain will never frown." However, the villain also feels that what the master is doing now is really aimless, and the reason he said is difficult to convince the public! ”

"You?"

The man raised his head suddenly, his eyes shot out of the light of the chestnut man, and the man on the other side said sadly: "Master, you have been trapped here for a long time, I don't know the situation outside, every day, I just pretend to be your enemy in this quiet room, I have ignored the whole day, I don't know the situation in the world, since Emperor Jianwen, you have been imprisoned in the mansion, and the revenge has blinded you, lord, you have no power to return to heaven, what are we doing for?" Our people, the fighting spirit has worn out, and they have already repented! ”

The man stood up suddenly, and a ray of sunlight shone obliquely on the opposite side, which originally swept high above his head and shone behind him, and this standing up was reflected in his eyes, his face was a little pale, and there was a sickly blush on his cheeks, although his expression looked haggard, but his eyes were sharp with madness and danger: "Is this the end of the flag?" No! Never! At least, let Yang Xu die without a place to be buried, there must be a body, there must be a body! The sun shone brightly on his face, and most of his cheeks were still hidden in the darkness, but he could already be seen clearly, he was ...... Xu Huizu!