Now the imperial court plans to use waste paper-like treasure money to plunder a large number of all kinds of urgently needed materials from the hands of the Nanyue army, from twelve-pound cannons to shotgun machines, from firearms to armor, from grain, cloth, oil and salt to jewelry, glass and antiques that the court bigwigs like, I am afraid that they are all in the list of the imperial court that is ready to pay the price of goods with treasure money and buy them in large quantities.

However, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder. Is the Nanyue Army a group of good men and women who eat fasting and recite Buddha? If this were the case, Li Shouhan himself would have died under the knife of He Deputy Qianhu!

"Since the second year of Chongzhen, the copper catties needed to mint money are insufficient, so the imperial court began to search for ancient coins everywhere to mint new coins, so that 'the ancient coins were destroyed'. Due to the lack of copper to mint money, coupled with the reduction of minting interest, the casting bureaus in various places were repeatedly opened, and the imperial court tried to be flexible many times, but to no avail. Since the defeat of Hong Chengchou in Liaodong and the surrender of the Liao thieves, the hinterland of the Central Plains has been eroded, and the imperial court has become more and more powerful. Under such circumstances, Jiang Chen, the head of the household department, proposed to re-implement the banknote law and issue treasure money. This construction was approved and appreciated by the Son of Heaven and the bigwigs of the DPRK, so Jiang Chen's guy was also promoted to the secretary of the household department, specializing in the issuance of treasure banknotes, and the banknote law began to be implemented, but we can't sit still, waiting for people to take stacks of waste paper to pay us all kinds of money! ”

After listening to the lord's plan to borrow money from the imperial court, Ye Qi's eyes flashed, and he slowly but firmly expressed his opinion.

"My lord, at present, my Nanyue military business is all over the Ming Dynasty, and I can secretly order that the treasure money is refused to be used when trading everywhere, or prevarication. The subordinates didn't believe it, the merchants refused to use it, and the silverfish in the household department dared to force us to redeem it? ”

"While we don't accept these rotten papers, we are stepping up to mint Tongbao and silver dollars in Nanzhong. These coins were used to settle transactions with ordinary people and merchants everywhere. According to the estimation of subordinates, at least the two banks of the Yangtze River to the south bank of the Huai River can make it difficult for the treasure money to move an inch. If the lord agrees, his subordinates will buy these treasure notes at a low price in private, and send them all as an offering to the emperor Lao'er Neiku by my Nanyue army, but I want to see what the emperor's expression is when he holds these rotten papers! ”

Ye Qi's words. Immediately, Li Huamei, Zheng Sen, Mo Yu and others grinned, but after laughing a few times, they found that Li Shouhan's expression was solemn, so they stopped laughing very embarrassed.

Ye Qi's words also happened to say what Li Shouhan was thinking.

Moreover, Ye Qi's plan also happened to be aimed at the several contents mentioned in the banknote law proposed by Jiang Chen: quickly issue the list text, so that the subjects and the people know that the imperial court will implement the banknote law and issue treasure money. It is planned to start printing banknotes in August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, and start issuing them in autumn and winter. It is planned to issue 30 million banknotes every year. Consistent treasure banknotes are worth one or two silver, set a limit, limited to five years, to the boundary, to the old for new.

In order to enable the people to use the treasure money quickly, Jiang Chen also conceived a plan of small favors, he said: "Those who are in charge of the business are less envious." Then the businessmen tend to be like ......, regardless of the businessmen and people. In exchange for the official treasury, each banknote is consistent, and the payment of silver is nine coins and seven cents, and the general exercise, after the official loss, is allowed to make one or two actual receipts." I actually know that there is a ninety-seven discount discount. What an economic mind! However, Jiang Chen also knew: "If the banknote law does not work, it is only rewarded or issued, and the market cannot be reversed, so it is used at the top and not used at the bottom."

In response to this situation, Jiang Chen built the imperial court regardless of taxes, rewards, and fines. Every qiē uses treasure money, so that the people have to use treasure money. In order to quickly implement the treasure banknotes, Jiang Chen believed that it was necessary to imitate the old practice of Hongwu for 13 years, and set up a bank in the capital to facilitate the exchange of treasure money. Since there is a provision in the banknote law to exchange treasure banknotes for money, Jiang Chenjian did his best to restore the abolished minting bureaus in various places and restart the minting of money. He said: "Now that the banknote law has been issued, it is appropriate to promulgate the money law, and the thirteen provinces have all made the political departments start to drum and cast, and the political directors will be promoted."

The cost of minting money in each province is partly from the money and grain that should be released from Beijing, and the large province is 100,000 taels, the middle province is 80,000 taels, and the small province is 60,000 taels. "Fee silver one tael, minting money consistently, but the business is good, do not take the minting interest." The household department and the yamen of the household department are also allowed to cast one or twenty thousand taels of money at the beginning of the bureau. In order to encourage the provinces to do their best, Jiang Chenjian should pay the money required for the household department, "the price of copper and the price of carbon, and the responsibility of the local non-casters".

Enforce the currency Jiang Chen knew the lessons of the early Ming Dynasty, so he planned to restore the law of the Song Dynasty, and after the first boundary, the old was exchanged for the new. "Then the amount of money in the world is enough to offset it." He proposed that 30 million yuan of banknotes and 150 million yuan of banknotes in one realm were issued every year in exchange for the people's silver taels, and then, the silver taels collected by the imperial court were collected and passed through guò "The method of rewarding and accumulating grains is circulated below". As for the exchange of money for money, Jiang Chen proposed to stipulate that "whenever a merchant buys a new banknote to the other, he will pay it with money, and the money will be consistent with one banknote, and no shortage shall be allowed." In this way, it can avoid the "difficulty of keeping officials", ensure the credit of treasure banknotes, and make treasure banknotes circulate smoothly among the people, so as to achieve the purpose of the imperial court's banknotes.

Regarding the printing of treasure banknotes and the setting up of officials, Jiang Chen believed that the printing of treasure banknotes must be exquisite, and he cited the example of printing treasure banknotes in the early Ming Dynasty and said, "The issuer of treasure money in front of the emperor is thick and clean, which has never been seen by the foreign court." Praise the quality of the treasure banknotes in the early Ming Dynasty. Jiang Chen proposed that there were two places to print treasure money: one was printed in the inner house, and the other was printed at the beginning of the household department. However, he thought that it was advisable to print it in the inner government, so that "the people could not imitate it." As for the inscription on the face of the treasure banknote, Jiang Chen thought that it was appropriate to use the seal of the inner government, and the seal of the treasure banknote could be changed to the seal of the superintendent of the left and right halls of the household department, "printed with purple powder, in order to weigh the matter." The cost of printing treasure banknotes, Jiang Chen calculates that it only takes five cents a piece. The establishment of official positions should be carefully worked together, and Jiang Chen planned to improve the current money institutions in the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the banknote law was supervised by the household department, and the Baoquan Bureau had special officials involved in the matter. He suggested that the money law should also be managed like the money law, and the money law should be either combined with the money law, or the two should be separated. No matter which form it takes, it is under the control of the left and right servants of the household. At that time, the local provinces were in charge of the money law, and the household department could not effectively supervise the local money law. Therefore, Jiang Chen requested that the two servants of the household department should be given the title of the ministry and have the right to manage the law of local money. The promotion of the first official of the treasure banknote department should also be changed to the appointment of the household department, so that it can be beneficial to the banknote law.

Much smarter than Starlings. I actually know recycling, expiration date and anti-counterfeiting, hehe. However, it can only be hehe. Such an idea is too far ahead of its time. Moreover, for the issuance of paper money, where are the reserves of the Ming court? Where is the credibility of the government? The government proposed by Jiang Chen will be used as usual. It can only appear perfectly in the question book, just ask, you send a stack of beautifully printed treasure banknotes to Sun Chuanting, who is currently training in Shaanxi as a military salary, Sun Chuanting and He Maniac and others are not mad!

However, he rushed to the doctor. The impoverished and crazy Ming court was a treasure for Jiang Chen's banknote plan. Not only did Emperor Chongzhen Longyan Dayue strongly support him, but also received the support of Ni Yuanlu, the secretary of the household department, and Wang Yiyong, the squire, under such favorable conditions. The plan to print the treasure money was soon in full swing. On the one hand, Emperor Chongzhen instructed the two departments of household workers, and asked the two departments to "take 2 million catties of mulberry in Jifu, Shandong, Henan, and Zhejiang" according to the old practice. The matter of printing treasure money paper will be handled and distributed to the provinces. On the one hand, the Ministry of Rites and Rites will collect and send the waste examination papers and waste old papers to the Treasure Money Lifting Division for papermaking.

Craftsmen are needed to print treasure banknotes, and the Ming Dynasty has not printed treasure banknotes for more than 100 years, and the original craftsmen have long since ceased to exist. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen also instructed the Ministry of Industry: "Money making is in urgent need of craftsmen." The ministry ordered the five cities to recruit 1,000 men to select those who were proficient in banknote printing. The number of boilers is quickly solved for the sake of artificiality". In order to increase the printing volume of treasure banknotes, Emperor Chongzhen also asked the Ministry of Industry to "hire 1,500 workers in Beijing to assign them to each work, and to practice with the craftsmen", and give a certain "maintenance price". to reassure their minds. Printed with all our hearts. After the materials and technical conditions for printing treasure banknotes were prepared, Emperor Chongzhen set up a special treasure banknote department to supervise the creation of treasure banknotes day and night, and issue them as much as possible.

At the end of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, with the strong support of Zhu Youzhen and the main courtiers. After a hundred years of silence, the Ming treasure banknote reappeared, and the world's first gold and silver banknote was issued after the effect? According to the historical records, as soon as the treasure banknotes were issued, they were immediately cold, and Jiang Chen's so-called goal of "making 30 million yuan a year, a consistent price of one or two, and getting 30 million silver a year, and within five years, all the gold and silver in the world will be returned to the inside" not only did not achieve it, but on the contrary, "no one responded to the recruitment and sale", and large and medium-sized cities such as Beijing and Liudu refused to accept the treasure money, and many shops closed their doors. And Jiang Dejing, the cabinet minister at that time, directly said to Zhu Youzhen, "Although the people are stupid, who is willing to buy a piece of paper with one gold?" ”

"If I add another fire, will it completely burn the Ming court?"

Li Shouhan vaguely remembered that in Mr. Gao Yang's imperial masterpiece "Hu Xueyan", it was mentioned that when Su Shun presided over the household department of the Qing Dynasty, he issued paper money in order to raise military salaries, and ordered the ticket numbers of various money banks to subscribe. As a result, later, at the time of the Xinyou coup, the eight ministers of Gu Ming led by Su Shun were sent to the vegetable market, and this issue of paper money became a crime for him to loot people's wealth.

Thinking of this, Li Shouhan shook his head secretly, Ye Qi's defensive measures to consolidate the main areas and refuse to use treasure money are okay. However, the method of secretly collecting treasure money and preparing to attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son is too ruthless, so it is better not to use it.

"Shaoning, you work hard, pass on the order, as long as the imperial court needs to print treasure money, whether it is paper, ink, or pigment, we can provide it in large quantities. If there are provincial officials who are really embarrassed, we can even print them instead. ”

Li Shouhan's words were naturally well-intentioned, but everyone present heard another meaning.

"Spend some money to get the printing plates for printing treasure money from the governors of the provinces, and you can print as many as you want! Look who's afraid! ”

In the opinion of Zheng Zhilong and others, now the lord has decided to temporarily rest in the old nest in the south, and he will no longer care about the affairs of the Central Plains in a short period of time. At that time, whether it is the imperial court, a thief or a thief, the ruler will face a mess, that is, there are treasures everywhere, and like the Nationalist government in 1949, they need to deal with this mess of financial collapse. With the help of this opportunity, the Nanyue Army can rest assured that it will consolidate its current territory, bury its head in deep cultivation, and develop for a few years.

It just so happens that the Central Plains, where there are fires everywhere and swords everywhere, is not very strong for the Southern Guangdong Army, and in the entire north, only Shandong and Denglai are in a more important position in the strategic pattern of the Southern Guangdong Army. And Jiangnan and other places, thanks to the convenience of water transportation in the Yangtze River and canals, have been infiltrated a lot by the Nanyue Army openly and secretly, and they have invisibly controlled a lot.

As for the Liangguang and Fujian provinces, they are the backyards of the Nanyue Army, and from here, the Nanyue Army can gradually penetrate its influence into Zhejiang, Gannan, Huguang and other places. In these places, the imperial court was allowed to issue money indiscriminately, and what was it not a confrontation with the Nanyue army?

So even if it's hyperinflation. It should also be done on the enemy's territory, and it should not be tossed around on its own territory. Therefore, the main circulation objects of printing treasure banknotes are the Gyeonggi region and Jimen, Liaodong, Shanxi, Xuanda and other places.

Thinking of such things, everyone was all happy, and raised their glasses to Li Shouhan to toast and congratulate them.

A few glasses of wine went down. Li Shouhan felt a little drunk, and ordered someone to take a cup of hot tea to drink tea to relieve hangover. While sipping hot tea, Li Shouhan said his plans to Ye Qi, who had become a lot more experienced after years of ups and downs in the business world.

"Shaoning, you are also an old man who has followed me since Hejing. Speaking of which, Mo Yu and Wang Bao are all your comrades and even juniors. In terms of qualifications and military exploits, not to mention Chen Tianhua and Wu Liuqi. Fat Ya, Shi Lang and Da Mu are your children and nephews. Now I'm going to adjust your errand again, and see if it's possible. ”

The words were very polite, and it seemed to be discussing with Ye Qi, but everyone knew it very well. The superior is consulting with you, not asking for your opinion, but informing you.

According to Li Shouhan, Bao Zhongchen, the officer in charge of the law enforcement department, one of the three major intelligence agencies, known as Bao Xiaoheizi, has repeatedly asked Li Shouhan to resign from his current position and go home to recuperate due to physical reasons.

However, the people present were all high-level and core personnel of the Nanyue Army. How can you not know the mystery of this? It is clear that Li Shouhan is dissatisfied with Bao Xiaoheizi's work performance in the more than a year that he went north to Qinwang. I just walked on the front foot. The back foot hometown is messing around? How did you, an official in charge of public security and intelligence, become an official?

This is the reason why everyone can see it, if it was Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son, I am afraid that the Jinyiwei and the officials in charge of the East and West Factory would have been put in prison long ago. It's just that Li Shouhan is not Zhu Yuanzhang or Zhu Di in the end. He still has a lot of nostalgia for these old people who came with him.

According to Li Shouhan's plan, Bao Zhongchen retired and went home to retire, and Ye Qi took up the vacancy. But. The officers in charge of the three major intelligence agencies, Niu Qiandao and Muya Dog, have to rotate their positions, that is to say, even if Ye Qi takes over the vacancy of Bao Xiaohezi. Nor does it have to be an errand in charge of the Law Enforcement Division or, as it is now called, the General Patrol Police.

In this way, the interpersonal network that has been formed over the years in the three major institutions will be invisibly destroyed in the process of this exchange and handover. Moreover, the arrival of a new official in charge will inevitably bring about personnel changes, the so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier. In this way, the effect is much better than mixing sand.

"However, Shaoning, it doesn't matter which yamen you are in charge of in the end, whether it is the law enforcement department or the investigation office, this matter of borrowing money from the imperial court on a large scale and preventing the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money will affect the business interests of all parts of my southern and central regions. It is important not to allow a single treasure banknote to circulate on both sides of the Yangtze River. South of the Huai River, the treasure banknotes can be paralleled with the Tongbao silver dollars issued by our Nanzhong. North of the Yellow River, you can leave him alone! As for the matter of printing treasure money on behalf of the provinces, or providing the imperial court with the paper, ink, and pigments needed to print treasure money, it will be on you, and it will be handled together with Li Peiting, who was in the capital at this time. ”

In a few words, Li Shouhan arranged the next stage of work, the scope of responsibility, and the work goals for Ye Qi. North of the Yellow River, you can vigorously issue treasure money for the imperial court, which is where our labor source is, and naturally the more chaotic the economy, finance, and public security, the better. Only when there is chaos, people will vote with their feet and run to Shandong to seek a way to survive. As for the two sides of the Yangtze River, it is an important market for us, of course, we can't let the treasure money mess up.

"My lord, since my subordinates are allowed to manage this function, my subordinates are naturally duty-bound and must do their best to do their part. However, there is something my subordinates want to ask you for instructions right now, Jiang Chen, this guy is so presumptuous, do you want your subordinates to choose a competent person to take him? Ye Qi, who also crawled in and ran out of the pile of dead people many times, naturally did not care about the life of a household official, he gestured with his hand to an action that everyone understands, to ask Li Shouhan for instructions.

"Nope! Instead of killing him, you must protect him. This person is a person who has a clear mind and is willing to do things in the court. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, if he was born decades early, mastered the errand of Dasi Nong in the Wanli years, and managed the finances of the imperial court, I am afraid that the affairs of the imperial court may not be as difficult as it is now. ”

Li Shouhan still has some love for this Jiang Chen. These propositions put forward by him all have the characteristics of a national credit currency, at least the original characteristics. It's a pity that the current Ming court has neither the ability nor the time to give him a stage to perform.

Since you can't get a chance from the Ming court, you might as well use it in the future.

Li Shouhan has already made up his mind.

At present, within the jurisdiction of the Southern Yue Army, although there is no treasure money in circulation. The basic currencies are the hard silver dollars and tongbao, but there are also many rice bills, industrial bills, and silver bills that are used as exchange vouchers in circulation. In this economic environment, it is better to let Jiang Chen do some research on the issue of banknotes in the future. (To be continued......)