"I think this is a bad government, it's bad!"

The words came to the room through the curtain, and when Gu Yanwu, Fu Shan, Yan Ermei, and Wang Luo, as well as Yan Fu, who was warming wine and picking up food for the four elders on the side, showed surprise on their faces, Wang Luo, as the host, had not yet asked. The cotton curtain was opened, and when Wang Luo saw the visitor, his face changed instantly, and he quickly got up and said.

"Xia Guan has seen the scripture!"

Omitted?

When Gu Yanwu, Fu Shan, and Yan Ermei heard this, they all got up one after another, and looked at this person in surprise who looked even younger than Yan Fu, he, he is Zhu Mingzhong?

When the four of them saluted one after another, listening to them introduce themselves, although their eyes fell on Gu Yanwu, Zhu Mingzhong still quietly returned the salute one by one, and then said to Wang Luo in an extremely close tone.

"Qitian, you feasted at home, why didn't you know me, I didn't tell me, don't be angry!"

Jing Luo's words made Wang Luo immediately flattered.

"Jinglu is busy with affairs, and the lower officials dare to disturb for personal reasons."

Then Wang Luo hurriedly introduced Gu Yanwu, Fu Shan, and Yan Ermei's father and son, and then instructed his subordinates to take the dishes and chopsticks according to the instructions of Jing Liu, and as soon as he sat down, he listened to Gu Yanwu ask.

"Why did Fang Cai say that rice coupons are inferior to bad government?"

Everyone knows curiosity, and Gu Yanwu is naturally curious why he would say this.

After hearing that Gu Yanwu was in the Wang family, he came straight to the Wang family, knowing that they were eating "hot pot", and specially instructed the subordinates of the Wang family to report it, but he never thought about it but heard Gu Yanwu's comments, so Zhu Mingzhong took the opportunity to walk in with his self-defense, and now he asked like this, Zhu Mingzhong asked with a smile.

"Ning Ren is older than me, have you ever remembered that the first emperor took Tongcheng Xiucai Jiang Chen's discussion and re-enacted the banknote law?"

Re-enactment of the banknote law?

Surprised, Gu Yanwu said.

"I remember that when the emperor was the first emperor, there were natural disasters in the north, and then there were rogues who made trouble, and the Qing captives entered the customs and slaughtered, so that the north was all red, and the taxes of several provinces in Jiangbei were cut off, so that the country was insufficient, and the internal money was empty. It completely ignores the sand lowering method from Yingzong, but the government uses it, and the people do not use it...... Later, it was tried in Beijing, and the result was that the people were "in an uproar in Beijing, and the silk and satin shops were rolled up......"

When Gu Yanwu mentioned the failure of Chongzhen's sixteen-year re-implementation of the banknote law, Zhu Mingzhong said with a smile.

At that time, in order to re-enforce the banknote law and solve the problem of the country, the cabinet minister Jiang Zhongbao once said: "Although the people are stupid, who is willing to buy a piece of paper with one gold?" The first emperor replied: "How did Emperor Gao behave in a biased manner?" Jiang Yan: "Emperor Gao seems to have also set up a Shinto religion, and at that time, he only rewarded and discounted money, and the rest of the soldiers' salaries were not used." The first emperor replied, "As long as the law is strict." Jiang also said: "It is difficult to practice the law." Judging from the subsequent results, what Jiang Zhongbao said was very true, "It is difficult to practice the law." ””

Jing Liu's words made Gu Yanwu and the others have a little surprise on their faces, and when they looked at Gu Yanwu and Fu Shan, they saw that they were also thoughtful, and then they sighed when they heard Jing Luo.

"Although the people are stupid, who will buy a piece of paper for one gold?"

After a sigh, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Gu Yanwu and the others and said.

"But today in my Jiangbei, are the people stupid? But he is willing to buy a piece of paper for one gold! Do you know why? ”

When he asked rhetorically, seeing that the four of them were all in deep thought, the smile on Zhu Mingzhong's face became thicker, people in this era could not understand what the credit of the government was, and they could not understand that the root cause of the corruption of the banknote law in the Ming Dynasty was not just credit.

"Nature is the trend of profit, merchants trafficking goods, if it is inconvenient to carry money, and rice coupons can be exchanged for silver money at the rice merchants, although there is a discount, but there is less risk of carrying silver money, and the reason why rice merchants are willing to redeem rice coupons, in addition to discussing with the government, with a stone of rice coupons can be exchanged for rice and a stone in Jiangbei and Changzhou, they can use rice coupons to sell grain for thousands of miles, so as to save the pain of transshipment, and the burden of transshipment is lazy government, if the government intends to maintain the letter of rice coupons, it must be exchanged for rice coupons can not be ......"

After studying the rice coupon for a day, Gu Yanwu naturally knew why everyone could accept that rice coupon.

"The root of it is what is written on the rice coupon, and with the coupon, you can take a stone of polished rice in the official warehouse!"

"That's right, today some people in Jiangbei are willing to buy a piece of paper for a gold! It is precisely because of the voucher that you can exchange rice for one stone under the rule of the Economic Strategy Bureau! ”

With a smile, Zhu Mingzhong's face even looked a little proud, after determining that he was going to fight a "currency war" with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, how to build his own credit while casting inferior money to reduce the credit of Shunzhi Tongbao must also be considered, he did not choose to mint money of sufficient value. Instead, they went the opposite way and established another credit system through the rice coupons used to distribute military salaries by the Military Pay Bureau.

"But didn't you see that this rice coupon is used by rice merchants, and they can make huge profits from it? What should the government do when it is time to live up to its burden? ”

Fu Shan asked anxiously.

"How can the government live up to its burden?"

Looking at Fu Shan, who was burnt, Zhu Mingzhong explained.

"As long as the issuance of rice coupons is well controlled, even if the rice merchants get a little silver profit every month, what does it matter, the rice coupons issued by our military salary bureau today can not only be used in Jiangbei, but also in Nanjing. Back then, the first emperor wanted to use the money of the law, but it was still resisted by people, but my rice coupon was accepted by people, so wouldn't it be good for me! ”

Credit!

In an instant, Gu Yanwu, Fu Shan, and Yan Ermei seemed to understand, they all looked at Jing Xue in shock, and Yan Ermei lost his voice.

"Is it possible to replace treasure money with rice coupons, and then print tens of millions of rice coupons when the people accept rice coupons in other days? Tens of millions? ”

As soon as Yan Ermei's words fell, Wang Luo on the side immediately retorted:

"With Qing Xiu's nonsense, at that time, the rice coupons were discussed, that is, there was a decision, and the cumulative issuance of rice coupons should not exceed the monthly rice needs of the government office, and no more stone could be issued."

When the rice coupons were first issued, the basic policy for the issuance of rice coupons was already set, after all, the rice coupons were related to the salaries of officials, officers and soldiers, and craftsmen.

"Today's businessmen love to use rice coupons, all because of the letter of rice coupons, if the rice coupons are issued indiscriminately, when the people do not use them, will not disturb the hearts of our army, so damaging the things that have benefited people, how can Zhu do it, today everyone loves to use rice coupons, the use of them is nothing more than for their convenience, the business can save the risk of carrying the money with them, and the rice merchants can be exempted from the cost of transshipment, during which it seems that the government has lost money and profits, so that businessmen can take advantage of the rice coupons, but don't forget to ......"

While speaking, Zhu Mingzhong asked Wang Luo.

"Can you have rice coupons at home? Command someone to bring one over. ”

Wang Luo, who is the general secretary of the household, naturally has rice coupons at home, but after a while, someone else took a rice coupon.