Chapter 139: Yang Pu's Political Ideas

Although it may be a little awkward to meet Yang Pu and Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu also suppressed the people left by Yang Shiqi. But this kind of repression is only done when these people threaten Yang Pu's status.

Yang Pu himself did not mean to kill them all. Of course, this is also the political ecology of the Ming Dynasty, and it has not developed into this bad situation.

Yu Qian and Cao Nai, one in the center and the other outside, are the core members of the Yu Party left by Yang Shiqi.

Yang Pu was certainly able to hold Cao Nai, but he was a little helpless against Qian. First, Yu Qian acted openly and rarely made mistakes. Second, Zhu Qizhen's strong affection for humility and sainthood is known to the world.

A person who can suppress Yu Qian in terms of ability and merit, except for Zhou Chen, Yang Pu really can't find anyone.

With this premise, the two had a very pleasant conversation.

Zhou Chen didn't talk much nonsense, and told all kinds of problems on the copper coins in one hundred and fifty ten.

Generally speaking, there are two major problems.

The first major problem is the lack of copper.

The problem of copper deficiency extends to a number of problems.

First of all, copper is not only used to mint money, in this regard, Emperor Xuanzong made a very bad demonstration, if nothing else, it is the famous Xuande furnace.

The royal family loves bronze, and the people below naturally like it too.

As a result, the price of copper is high.

This leads to a problem, the price of copper is too high, and the price of copper that is too good is estimated to be melted into bronze by the people. Even if it is profitable to mint money, the copper coins made by the imperial court are very insufficient in quality, especially in terms of copper content.

Not to mention anything else, if Zhou Chen dared to make the matter of minting copper coins a loss-making deal, let alone others, even Zhu Qizhen would not tolerate it.

However, the poor quality of copper coins gave a lot of room for private minting.

Although the copper coins minted privately are worse than those minted by the officials. But in the eyes of the people, it is only the difference between fifty steps and a hundred steps.

Another problem is also derived from the lack of copper.

That's the problem with the copper coin system.

Since there is a shortage of copper, the imperial court naturally has to find a way.

One of the most common ways is to mint big money, the kind of big money that is ten or five. This can be cast beautifully, but this kind of behavior is actually a kind of financial exploitation.

Although most of the ancients may not have understood this knowledge, they naturally knew that they had lost money.

But I have to admit that this kind of big money minted by the government is much better than ordinary bad money. In some places, it is really used for five or ten, and in other places, it is used at a discount.

Coupled with the different exchange rate ratio from gold and silver, it is simply confused.

If you don't understand it, you can't figure it out.

Only a thousand Wen is worth one tael, in fact, it is also an ideal state, in the actual implementation, what it looks like, it is really hard to say.

There are also different versions of copper coins.

Daming from the official coinage, light year number, there are before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Dazhong Tongbao, and after the Hongwu Tongbao, Jianwen Tongbao, Yongle Tongbao, Hongxi Tongbao, Xuande Tongbao, and orthodox Tongbao, several versions. Because in the early Ming Dynasty, it was the Baoquan Bureau of each province, so the version of almost every province was not the same.

This is still the copper coin of the Ming Dynasty, and the previous Song coin is together, I really don't know how many versions of the copper coin are circulating in the world. In this way, the difficulty of counterfeiting is much reduced.

Almost never to be detected.

It is precisely because copper coins have so many problems that Zhou Chen did not think about using copper coins at the beginning when he chose to replace the treasure currency.

It is also because there are so many problems on this copper coin. Zhou Chen also knew that the problem of money law could not be solved by a copper coin, but a silver coin.

It's okay to mint copper coins.

After all, there are many problems with today's universal silver taels, and the historical silver taels are not the kind that are shiny in TV dramas, they are all black and not slippery, as if they are stones.

In addition, the composition of melting and casting varies from place to place.

Not to mention anything else, the gold and silver in the palace, why it is said to be gold and silver, is because gold and silver is a name for the purity of silver.

It is almost the process of the Ming Dynasty that can be purified to the purest silver. The silver standard of Shangjing is enshrined in various places.

As for the silver used in the place, it is different.

With silver dollars, in Zhou Chen's view, it is almost the same as the gold and silver plan, anyway, they are all large payments. And money interest.

But the problem of copper coins can never be solved by minting more copper coins.

Yang Pu silently listened to Zhou Chen's words, silently took out more than a dozen copper coins from his sleeve, and placed them on the table one by one, but none of these dozen copper coins were the same. Yang Pu sighed and said, "For example, although I am old, I haven't reached the time when I don't know what copper coins are. ”

"How can I not know about the rebellion of the money law. This is not something that can be solved by reiterating the ban and minting a lot of money. It must be peeled back and done slowly. I have prepared to ask the Ministry of Industry to ask the Ministry of Industry to set up a Baoquan Bureau in Yunnan to mint money on the grounds that there is copper in Yunnan, but the road is far away, and it costs too much to mint money in Beijing. It is under the control of Wang Ji, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. It can also be regarded as the military expenditure allocated by the imperial court to Yunnan. ”

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, although all provinces set up Baoquan Bureau, but later the treasure money flourished, and these were withdrawn.

"Just wait for this thing to drag on for now."

Zhou Chen was silent for a while, and seemed to speculate that Yang Pu would put this matter in front of the emperor

The reason for hiding it.

Yang Pu sighed lightly and said, "I know that your Bole is Dongli Gong. You really don't know, I have been on an errand with Dongli Gong for many years, and my friendship is extraordinary, why did I turn my face and not admit it? ”

Zhou Chen said respectfully: "My lord, there must be hardships. ”

Yang Pu said: "It's not bitter, it's not hard." But there is one thing that we disagree on. ”

"The Ming Dynasty Taizu has been founding the country for more than 70 years, and has gone through the five emperors to the present. There are many places where the regulations set by Emperor Taizu are out of date. It is necessary to move, and the matter of treasure money is one of the representatives. ”

"But how? Dongli Gong, but he wants to go step by step, do nothing but do nothing, follow the trend, and don't want to make a big move. Originally, I didn't want to disobey the will of Dongli Gong, but now that the young man has ascended the throne, he has seen things very clearly, and he has the atmosphere of a wise man. And it is full of experience and strategy, and I want to make a difference. ”

"The Duke of Dongli was afraid that His Majesty would make a mistake, so he delayed everything. But I think it's better to be blocked. Your Majesty's age is the time to do things, and after a long time, there is a secret estrangement between the monarch and the minister, doesn't it give the villain an opportunity. ”

"It's the old ministers who have retired, and the new ones have come to power, without me and other old ministers to check and fill in the gaps, maybe Your Majesty will do something, this is not the way to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty."

"But Your Majesty is young after all, and he is a little anxious about politics. Now the salt administration, and the Hebei water conservancy is enough for the court to be busy, I know that you still want to repair the road, you say it yourself, if Your Majesty asks you to dispose of the money law, who in the household department can take on the heavy responsibility? ”

Zhou Chen had to admit that Yang Pu could see it clearly, and said: "What the elder said is extremely true, the household department has almost been transferred for the sake of salt administration, and the lower officials are also so busy that they can't even do anything. ”

Yang Pu said: "So, this matter, you have to press it, or don't let Your Majesty worry." For example, you are capable in doing things, but you are not a local official now, but a household secretary, and you must have the body of a minister. ”

Zhou Chen knew that Yang Pu's words that were so close to showing his heart may not have the intention of wooing him. But I have to admit that what Yang Pu said cannot be said to be wrong.

Now that the imperial court is busy with two major events, whether it is the household department or the Ministry of Industry, many ministers are almost living in the yamen, and it is really not the time to deal with the money law.

As for the so-called ministerhood, that is, to insist on one's own political views in front of His Majesty. Zhou Chen was also greatly shocked, thought a lot in his heart, bowed down, and said, "The lower official is taught." In the future, the lower officials will be the first assistant. Do things for Your Majesty and serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

Yang Pu said: "Okay, I'm old, and the cabinet will look at you in the future." ”

Since then, Zhou Chen has completely become a person on Yang Pu's side.