"You're talking about the second uncle's cousin Pucheng, she has been living in the capital, the same age as the eldest sister, the two of them have the same temperament and the best relationship, but unfortunately she returned to Chang'an three years ago, and the eldest sister misses her very much!" Zhu Yunxi replied immediately.

"Lord Pucheng? She seems to be the eldest daughter of King Qin, right? Li Jie still has a little impression of the title of Pucheng.

"That's right, she is the eldest daughter of Uncle Qin and Princess Qin, and her personality is a bit similar to my sister, both of them are not very good-tempered, but the strange thing is that the two of them have a bad temper and talk very much." Zhu Yunxi replied again.

"But why did your sister say that her life was miserable?" Li Jie suddenly asked puzzled, he saw with his own eyes the kind of worry that flashed in Zhu Yuning's eyes when he mentioned the other party.

"This ......" Zhu Yunxi also showed a look of embarrassment when he heard this, obviously he knew the reason.

"Li Banyu, why are you asking this?" Zhu Yunxi hesitated for a while and did not answer directly, but asked rhetorically.

"Your sister asked me to bring a letter to the county lord of Pucheng, I saw that her expression was a little abnormal when she mentioned the other party, so I wanted to ask a few more words, if it is inconvenient for you to say it, forget it." Li Jie saw that Zhu Yunxi seemed to have something unspeakable, so he didn't plan to ask any more, he just asked casually out of curiosity.

"Ahem, in fact, there is nothing that can't be said, it's all some family matters, and you're not an outsider, so it's okay to know this." Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunxi suddenly coughed dryly and took the initiative to say, then looked left and right again, and then asked, "Li Banyu, do you know the origin of Princess Qin?" ”

"Princess Qin?" Li Jie was also stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard of the origin of this Qin princess, and the other party did not seem to be Han, but Mongolian.

At this time, Zhu Yunxi also reminded: "Princess Qin is the younger sister of Wang Baobao, a famous general of Mengyuan, and the imperial grandfather once called him 'the strange man in the world'. ”

Hearing the name "Wang Baobao", Li Jie finally remembered that Princess Qin is indeed Wang Baobao's sister, this Wang Baobao is the brother of Zhao Min, the heroine of the Heaven and Dragon Slayer in later generations, in other words, Princess Qin is likely to be the prototype of Zhao Min, but it is a pity that Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, is not Zhang Wuji, the prototype of this Minmin county lord is also a tragic figure in real history.

Old Zhu Kua Wang Baobao is a strange man in the world, this should be the most accurate evaluation of Wang Baobao, this person started with the suppression of the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and later became the biggest opponent of the Ming army, although Meng Yuan was defeated again and again, but Wang Baobao has defeated the Ming army many times, Tang He, Li Wenzhong and other famous generals have been defeated by him.

Even in the fifth year of Hongwu, Xu Da led the army to the Northern Expedition, but also suffered a big loss in the hands of Wang Baobao, of course, this is also the only time Xu Da lost to Wang Baobao, before Wang Baobao was killed by Xu Da in a fiasco, and even once only escaped with a dozen horses, and his 40,000 troops, as well as his own family and wife, were all captured by the Ming army.

Lao Zhu also had a love for Wang Baobao, and it happened that Wang Baobao's family fell into the hands of the Ming army, so Lao Zhu married Wang Baobao's sister to his second son Zhu Zhang, and wrote letters to Wang Baobao seven times to recruit him, and the content of these letters was even recorded in the "Ming Shilu", but unfortunately Wang Baobao refused.

Legend has it that Lao Zhu Pingsheng had three regrets, one is that he did not get the jade seal of the country, the second is that he did not capture Wang Baobao alive, and the third is that he did not catch the prince of Yuan, which shows Wang Baobao's status in Lao Zhu's heart.

"Wang Baobao has long been dead, that Princess Qin ......" Li Jie suddenly thought of the current situation of the 'Lord Minmin' at this time, and immediately said in his heart, King Qin and Princess Qin are simple political marriages, and Wang Baobao died within a few years of their marriage, and Princess Qin has also lost its use value, and her situation can be imagined.

"You should be able to guess that the relationship between Uncle Qin and Princess Qin is very poor, and even Uncle Wang even started beating people, my father once persuaded Uncle Wang, but it was useless, after all, this kind of matter between husband and wife, others can't interfere, cousin Pucheng is the eldest daughter of Princess Qin, she has a stubborn personality, once when Uncle Wang beat Princess Qin, she hugged Uncle Wang and bit her a few bites, and the angry Uncle Wang almost beat her to death, but the cousin didn't even shed a drop of tears from beginning to end, you must know that she was only seven or eight years old at that time!"

Zhu Yunxi also showed an incredible expression when he said this, and he only had two words left to admire his stubborn cousin, but this is really similar to his eldest sister Zhu Yuning.

"I see, that's why the county lord of Pucheng was sent to live in the capital?" When Li Jie heard this, he also guessed again that Zhu Yuning himself is a strong character, and the county lord of Pucheng is also a strong character, no wonder the two will become good girlfriends.

"It was after my father heard about Uncle Wang's family, so he specially begged the emperor's grandfather to give an order to let Uncle Wang send Pucheng's cousin to the palace, so as not to have another conflict between their father and daughter, until three years ago, Princess Qin had a serious illness, and Pucheng's cousin returned to Chang'an, and the eldest sister and her could only rely on letters." Zhu Yunxi explained again.

Li Jie also sighed secretly when he heard this, Zhu Zhang's reputation in history is not good, because this person is very cruel, Princess Qin is his wife, but she was imprisoned by him, and she can't even guarantee food, and even takes pleasure in killing and torturing people in the palace.

"Aren't you and your father going to Chang'an, you have to be careful when you see Uncle Qin Wang, he has a bad temper, and if you anger him, it will be difficult for your father to do it!" Zhu Yunxi also told Li Jie again at this time.

"I know, don't worry!" Li Jie patted Zhu Yunxi's shoulder and comforted.

"By the way, last time you asked me what business was the most profitable, and you still haven't told me the answer?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly thought of the content of chatting with Li Jie when he was shopping that day, so he grabbed him and asked again, Li Jie was going to answer that day, but he was interrupted by the appearance of Miss Hu.

"The most profitable business is, of course, making money out of money, such as treasure money!" Li Jie replied with a smile that the most profitable business in later generations was not arms or drugs, but finance, specifically banks, making money with money is simply a huge profit in a profiteering, and finance is like an invisible hand, which can affect all walks of life.

"Treasure money? This...... What kind of business is this? Zhu Yunxi was also stunned when he heard this.

"Of course, it's a business, the imperial court just prints the four words Daming treasure banknote on a piece of paper, and it can immediately make it worth a hundred, a thousand times or even ten thousand times, is there a more profitable business in the world?" Li Jie asked with a smile again.

"This ......" Zhu Yunxi frowned when he heard this, and always felt that there was something wrong with Li Jie's words.

"Your Highness, let me ask you again, why can the imperial court turn a piece of paper into a circulating coin?" Li Jie asked Zhu Yunxi again.

"The imperial court stipulates that treasure money is money, it is money, what is there to ask?" Zhu Yunxi replied casually.

"Even if the imperial court stipulates that treasure money is money, why is it recognized by the people?" Li Jie asked again reluctantly.

"This ......" Zhu Yunxi finally pondered when he heard this, but quickly shook his head and said, "I don't know!" ”

"That's because behind the treasure banknote is the credit of the imperial court, compared to the people in the world, His Majesty is the largest landlord in the world, and the court is also the largest merchant in the world, so His Majesty stipulates that the treasure banknote is a coin, and the treasure banknote can be exchanged for copper money at any time, so the treasure banknote has become a circulating coin." Li Jie patiently explained again.

"I see, but as far as I know, the treasure money has been depreciating, and some merchants are even reluctant to accept the treasure money?" Zhu Yunxi asked a question again at this time, which was also a problem that he only discovered after leaving the palace.

"This involves the problem of indiscriminate issuance of currency, the imperial court issued treasure money, but only issued but not collected, and the lack of money on the printing of treasure money, in this way, more and more treasure money, but the world's goods did not become more, over time, the same goods, naturally need more treasure money to buy." Li Jie explained some basic principles of money.

"I see, no wonder the merchants are reluctant to collect treasure money!" Zhu Yunxi also slapped his face in surprise when he heard this, he had also considered this question, but there were some problems that he had never understood, and now after Li Jie's guidance, he suddenly felt a sense of empowerment.

"Your Highness understands that it is a good thing for the imperial court to issue treasure money, but because of the indiscriminate issuance, it has become a government that harms the people, if it continues like this, I am afraid that the treasure money will really become a piece of waste paper in the future!" Li Jie also sighed at the end.

In fact, when the Ming treasure banknote was in power in Zhu Di, a hundred treasure banknotes could buy a stone of rice, and then in the Xuande period, the treasure banknotes could only be exchanged for five copper coins, and when the Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, the treasure banknotes were basically unusable, so Zhu Houzhao simply ordered to stop the issuance of treasure banknotes, and the entire treasure banknotes were only issued for more than a hundred years, and the latter half of the period was basically to the point where no one cared.

"In that case, should we write to the imperial grandfather and remind him of the problem with the treasure bank?" Zhu Yunxi also immediately suggested that in his opinion, since he knew the problem of the treasure banknote, of course he had to report it to Zhu Yuanzhang, and then find a way to solve it.

"Now is not the time!" Li Jie shook his head and said.

In fact, Li Jie also thought about reminding Lao Zhu of the problem of treasure money before, but after careful consideration, he found that Lao Zhu may not know about the problem of treasure money, but he had to do it.

Because the Ming Dynasty was extremely short of money, after driving away the Meng Yuan, the entire Central Plains was ruined, in order to let the people recuperate, Lao Zhu set the commercial tax very low, and many lands were also exempt from taxes, so that the annual tax collected was very limited.

But Daming has to use money everywhere, so that treasure money has become the best means of collecting money, even if the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money is to drink to quench thirst, Lao Zhu has to pinch his nose and drink it.

"Isn't it time?" Zhu Yunxi was puzzled when he heard this, "Then when will this problem be solved?" ”

"Only when the imperial court has a large amount of gold and silver in its hands can this problem be solved!" Li Jie also looked up in the direction of the Wa Kingdom as he spoke, sometimes some things are just one ring after another, and one is indispensable!