Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace, Xinuan Pavilion.

Zhu Youzhen leaned on the pillow, looking at the five people standing under the hall with disdain, and he was angry.

Imperial power and relative power have been competing with each other since ancient times.

In the Ming Dynasty, after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and established a cabinet, it became a struggle between the imperial power and the scholars.

Since becoming an ancestor, more than 200 years, it has never stopped for a moment.

As a result, as soon as the Wei Zhongxian group, which represented the imperial power, was weakened, the scholars and doctors could not bear it.

And in this matter, they staggeringly agreed, completely abandoned partisanship, and unanimously aimed their guns at the high imperial power.

Looking at the expressions of the five people who were determined to win, Zhu Youzhen's mind turned, and a huge trap slowly leaked out.

"Silver."

When the five of them heard this, they raised their heads in unison.

Zhu Youzhen stopped talking, picked up the teacup on the table, stroked the Qingbo on it with the lid of the cup, and then took a sip, and then put down the teacup again.

"It's not impossible for me to come out."

When the five of them heard this, they were all happy.

"But."

Zhu Youzhen immediately picked up the teacup again, and his face was full of cat and mouse.

When the five of them heard this, they were shocked again, and Li Guopu, who was anxious, estimated that he wanted to strangle himself.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the instantaneous changes in the faces of the five people, took a sip, and put down the teacup.

"This silver is borrowed from the household department, and I have to make an IOU, and the household department uses a seal, and Guo Butang signs it, and when the household silver is relaxed, I must pay it back."

When the five of them heard this, they quickly exchanged glances, and their hearts were finally placed in their stomachs.

Isn't it just an IOU, just like if we make an IOU, we will definitely pay it back.

It is impossible to expect the household to be lenient, and the five of them are very bachelorish in this regard: as long as you dare to borrow, we have no intention of paying it back.

Regarding the shameless thoughts of the cabinet and the household department, Zhu Youzhen naturally knows it.

But the praying mantis fluttered the cicada, and the yellow finch was behind, Zhu Youzhen did not seek the 200,000 taels of silver this time, but the entire household.

For this reason, Zhu Youzhen not only lent the household money today, but as long as he has it in his hand in the future, he will continue to throw money to the household department until he becomes the largest creditor of the household department.

It was determined that Zhu Youzhen wanted to give silver, Guo Yunhou was very happy, and he wanted to write an IOU for Zhu Youzhen on the spot.

"Guo Butang, don't be in a hurry to write first, since it is the silver I gave, I naturally have to supervise the use of the silver, so when I go to Dongjiang to pay my salary, I will send Dongchang to do it for me, so as not to have anyone who dares to touch my silver."

Mao Wenlong has already made it very clear in the recital about the drifting of food and salary, and this is Zhu Youzhen's own silver, so he naturally will not be the big boss of this injustice, so he wants to bypass the household department, the military department, and the Yamen of Denglai Governor, so that the special funds can reach the front-line soldiers directly.

Because it was Zhu Youzhen's money, and the household department did not plan to return it at all, the cabinet and the household department expressed no opinion on this.

"In addition, Guo Butang doesn't have to bother about the IOU, when I let the celebrant prepare, I will send it to the household department, and then I will have to bother Guo Butang to sign the seal."

Guo Yunhou didn't dare to say anything, but he didn't understand why Zhu Youzhen personally prepared the IOU.

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Guo Yunhou told the four pavilion elders about the doubts in his heart.

"Guo Butang doesn't have to worry, Your Majesty's youthful temperament, maybe it's just for fun, you didn't see that Your Majesty didn't even talk about interest."

Huang Li is very generous, this time with him as the leader, he successfully deceived more than 200,000 taels of silver from the emperor's internal funds, which will greatly increase his prestige in the civil official group, and the position of the first assistant will naturally be more stable.

Huang Liji was very satisfied with this, and the other three pavilion elders were also very satisfied.

Looking at the backs of the five people leaving, a sneer appeared on the corner of Zhu Youzhen's mouth.

'Someone was sold, and they were still helping to count the money, so that's what they said.' ’

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Three days later, Zhu Youzhen personally designed it, and the 100,000 taels of bonds were formed.

The whole bond is 20 centimeters long and 15 centimeters wide, and the front is written with four big characters of 'Daming Treasury Bonds'.

The following text records the issuance time, par value, coupon annual interest, and bond maturity.

The lower left corner of the front is the Daming household department of Shangshu signed, and the lower back corner is the seal of the Daming household.

Of course, the signing and sealing offices are empty for the time being, and Zhu Youzhen is waiting for Guo Yunhou to put on the set.

Directly above the back of the bond is printed with the eight characters of 'Daming Household Department Issuance Endorsement'.

The text on the back records the rights of the holder and the obligations of the issuer, especially explaining that after the issuance of the bond, the holder can freely buy, sell, trade and transfer, and only need to go to the household department to make registration changes.

In addition, it also describes how to reissue it if it is lost and how to withdraw it when it expires.

In order to make the bond look more beautiful and improve the anti-counterfeiting, Zhu Youzhen also deliberately slipped to the boat, and the chicken thief printed it out with a printer.

When Zhu Youzhen held this freshly baked bond that still had the fragrance of ink, his eyes were a little moist, and his financial reform was the first step.

Subsequently, Zhu Youzhen ordered Gao Qiqian to take this bond (IOU) to Guo Yunhou to sign and seal.

Guo Yunhou has been in a good mood these days.

Since the news that Guo Butang had received silver from the emperor's treasury spread, the entire household department gave him a thumbs up, and the entire capital Shilin also praised his move.

I almost met him and praised him, and he did a good job.

And as his deeds of direct confrontation with the emperor have intensified, it has been rumored in Shilin recently that he is an excellent candidate for the next cabinet.

Going to the pavilion to pay respects, Guo Butang is very comfortable.

But Gao Qiqian's sudden visit interrupted his obscenity, and the IOU (bond) that was presented afterwards made him feel even more uneasy.

Guo Yunhou looked at this IOU (bond) repeatedly, and the more he looked at it, the more he couldn't understand it, and the more he couldn't understand it, the more uneasy he felt.

So, Guo Yunhou secretly gave Gao Qiqian ten taels of silver, begged him to stay for a while, and then took the IOU (bond) and went directly to the cabinet.

Wenyuan Pavilion, Huang Li is in the extreme value room.

The four elders took this IOU (bond) with a face value of 100,000 taels and looked at it repeatedly, and after looking at it for a quarter of an hour, they didn't see anything famous.

"Your Majesty's heart is not successful, so you love to play with these strange things, Guo Butang doesn't have to care, and the annual profit is only three points, even if Your Majesty really wants to return the silver at that time, just give it to him."

Li Guopu didn't take it seriously at all, thinking that Zhu Youzhen was still joking.

"Yuanzhi is right, the time limit is ten years, and it is estimated that His Majesty himself will forget about it by then."

Huang Liji didn't realize what was wrong with this IOU.

But Shi Fenglai has a different view on this.

Although Zhu Youzhen, like the first emperor, sometimes speaks and does things out of tune, but Shi Fenglai thought about it carefully, but found that everything he did was purposeful.

Killing Wei Zhongxian, removing the Hakka clan, destroying the 'Five Tigers and Five Biao', and killing the silver of the vassal king, some things seem unexpected, and even some absurd, but such a major and difficult thing was all completed by Zhu Youzhen.

Really meaningless things, Zhu Youzhen really hasn't done a few.

Of course, if you make that what kind of Rausch soap doesn't count.

But although Shi Fenglai had doubts, he didn't see anything wrong with this IOU, anyway, it was originally borrowing the emperor's silver, and it was also appropriate to write an IOU.

So, half an hour later, Guo Yunhou signed his name on the IOU (bond) and stamped the household seal.

The first national debt of the Ming Dynasty officially came into effect.