Emperor Zhizheng was stunned for a moment, remembering Elder Qiujiang who taught him when he was a child, he was a little ashamed, and said in a low voice: "It's really not good for me, not next time." ”

Emperor Zhizheng did not grow up in the palace, and before being taken back to Dadu, he lived in the Dayuan Temple in Jingjiang, and under the teaching of the elders of Qiujiang in the temple, he learned the "Analects" and "The Book of Filial Piety". When he was a child, he was lively and playful, peeing and mud, climbing trees and catching birds.

Elder Qiujiang once taught him: "The crown prince is the golden branch and jade leaf of the country, no more than ordinary people, when he sees a big official coming, he must not speak in vain, nor can he be self-respecting. ”

After that, the young Emperor Zhizheng saw the court officials and sat upright, waiting for them to leave before playing.

Although he later ascended the throne as emperor and experienced many hardships, the playful mentality of Emperor Zhizheng Timur has always been the same.

This scene made Ning Xiang and the others stand on the spot, and they didn't dare to laugh out loud. Hama, who used to be flattering and flattering, dared to criticize the emperor for his rude behavior at this moment, the scene was indeed a little weird, and everyone couldn't help but change their views on Hama.

Although Ha Ma was also a little scared in his heart, cold sweat flowed on his forehead, but he was quite firm after his words.

After Gai left Beijing this time, Hama's mentality changed, and whenever he calmed down, he would remember the scene of being impeached and accused by the imperial history in the court that day.

Flattering the emperor and participating in party struggles is just out of yearning and desire for power, and letting his family and descendants be proud of himself is what he really wants to do, and it is by no means to get the name of a slanderer and a traitor!

It is because today's hamp is sprayed on the face by Emperor Zhizheng's sip of tea, and it can have such a performance.

Emperor Zhizheng knew that he had lost the prestige of the Son of Heaven, and after being accused by Hama, he just smiled indifferently and was not angry at all, "Come, continue to roll the dice." ”

Hama took a deep breath, wiped a handful of cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve robe, and made sure that there was no anger in Emperor Zhizheng's eyes before continuing to play as usual, pretending that nothing had happened.

After a while, a eunuch came in and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers and other ministers ask to see you." ”

Hama paused and suggested, "Your Majesty, let's discuss state affairs first, right?" ”

Emperor Zhizheng said: "It's okay." Then he turned his head and ordered: "Let the prime minister and them go to the side hall and wait for me." ”

After Ning Xiang served until the emperor changed his clothes, he accompanied the emperor to the side hall to discuss matters.

Without waiting for all the courtiers to pay their respects, Emperor Zhizheng said warmly: "State affairs are important, all Aiqing should not take too much care of etiquette, let's start quickly." ”

Tokhtar took the lead in giving a salute and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, since the fourth year of Zhizheng, natural disasters have occurred frequently, and the Yellow River has overflowed. First of all, the Baimao Embankment and the Golden Embankment broke successively, and the counties along the river, such as Jining Road, Daming Road, Dongping Road, etc., were flooded, so that the water potential continued to flood northward, and the junction of several places has become a thousand miles of Ze country. Although the imperial court has governance, it has achieved little success. In the eighth year of Zheng, the river broke again, flooded the Jining Road and the land, invaded Ansan in the north, endangered the canal, and affected the operation of the salt works under the two salt transportation divisions of Hejian and Shandong. The ministers tried their best to solve the crisis as soon as possible, and the only way to do this was to change money. ”

Emperor Zheng naturally knew about the flood and financial crisis mentioned by Toto, but it was a big matter to change money, so he hesitated a little, so he wanted to hear the opinions of others, and asked: "What does Zhong Aiqing think of the prime minister's plan?" ”

The secretary of the ministry, Shangshu Wei Zhe, said loudly: "The matter of changing money was proposed by Wu Qi, the head of Zuo Si, and the minister agreed very much. Since the implementation of paper money, the people have been rampant with counterfeit money, and the old banknote law is full of loopholes. ”

The matter of changing money is not the first discussion, and this time the detachment meeting gathered the officials of the Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, the Imperial Historical Observatory, Jixian and the Hanlin Yuan to enter the palace to discuss the plan.

There was already controversy over the change of banknotes, and after Yan Zhedu, the controversy gradually became fierce. Seeing that such an argument was not a solution, he stopped everyone and suggested: "It is better for the head of the household department to talk about the plan for changing money, and everyone will listen to it first." ”

He then explained the plan, and the general meaning is as follows: First, use the old Zhongtong banknotes to stamp the words "to orthogonal banknotes" and turn them into new banknotes. The new banknotes are always combined with 1,000 copper coins, or two yuan banknotes, and the two banknotes are used in parallel. Second, the issuance of "Zhizheng Tongbao money", and the old currency of the past dynasties, so that the money and money are passed, and the money is used to make the real money.

As soon as the voice fell, it once again attracted countless arguments. Everyone knows how serious the financial crisis has become, and in the short term, changing money is indeed a solution to this crisis, but in the long run, it will certainly do more harm than good.

The people of the household department took the lead in expressing their support for the change of banknotes, and agreed with the plan that paper money has always been a thousand yuan of copper money as the mother, and money as the son. However, most of the courtiers still held opposing views, especially Lu Sicheng, a scholar of Jixian University and a national prince priest, who was the most resolute in opposition.

Tokh asked Lu Sicheng: "Is there any other way for the university scholar to solve it?" ”

Lu Sicheng argued fiercely, and his face was flushed at the moment, but when asked about other countermeasures, he was instantly dumbfounded. Corruption of officials, lax discipline, uneven enslavement, all kinds of maladministration are the source of crisis, how can there be a harmless solution?

Lu Sicheng blushed and said: "Although there is no good way, but the harm of changing money is too great, as soon as this order comes out, I am afraid that the people of the world will be in chaos!" ”

Tokhtar once again stopped the arguments of the ministers, and said in a loud voice: "The stakes are very high, how can I not know the benefits and stakes of it?" If there is a mistake that endangers the Great Yuan, it will be the sin of our courtiers. But who else can come up with a solution at this time? ”

All the ministers were silent.

Although Tokhtar was also worried about this move, this burden was finally on his body, and there was no way to avoid it. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, made up his mind, looked at the Supreme Emperor on the dragon chair and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with this case, and is willing to implement the decree to change money!" ”

The hall was silent!

Wu Qi, who proposed to change money, did not dare to speak; The philosopher who gave the plan was silent; Lu Sicheng, who had the fiercest opposition, fell silent.

Only Emperor Zhizheng, who was sitting on the dragon chair, nodded wordlessly.

In the side hall, only the two monarchs and ministers were the most reluctant to take risks, but one issued an order and the other received an order, because the two of them knew best in their hearts that the consequences of the success or failure of this move would ultimately be pressed on the two of them.

Virtuous? Mingjun? Will, the two of their lifelong ideals and reputations for posterity are all here!

Today, in order to get rid of the current situation of the empty treasury, the right prime minister of Zhongshu has finally made up his mind to implement the banknote change.