(The train at 12 o'clock on July 8 had to take the bus to the train station early in the morning, and I had saved up two days of manuscripts, and now all of them have been sent out, and there is nothing left, and I am destitute!)

The next plot will be even more exciting and will not disappoint the expectations of the brothers. ）

To put it bluntly, this is a simple and rudimentary public ownership, which is similar to some systems in later generations.

And the White Lotus Holy Kingdom, which was shrouded in the Sacred Treasury system, was also highly concentrated in resources, like many regimes in later generations.

The people under the rule of the White Lotus Holy Kingdom have truly achieved that there is no surplus property in the family, and everyone is equal - no one has any money. All the property of the people of the sect was concentrated in the holy treasury, and these were nothing, in addition, there were also those things that the White Lotus Sect had looted and looted in the process of sweeping thousands of miles. This is the real big sect, you must know that more than sixty percent of the entire Liaobei general's territory, millions of people, gentry, officials, big households, and even local officials, accumulated decades, hundreds of years of savings, have been robbed by the White Lotus Sect.

The amount of money in the treasury can only be described as incalculable.

This Ming Dynasty is completely different, the Ming Dynasty is rich in the people, the gentry officials and businessmen are rich, the wealth of the people is abundant, but the treasury is perennially empty and can run mice. On the side of the White Lotus Sect, it was completely reversed, more than seventy percent of the wealth was concentrated in the Holy Treasury, and the remaining thirty percent was in the mansions of officials at all levels. It stands to reason that they are not allowed to keep their property, but in any era, there is always such a special group that enjoys privileges.

Officials' salaries, various yamen's office expenses, and various necessary material allocations. The cost of purchasing grain, farm tools, etc., for the people, and the expenses of the palace. It is even the daily expenses of the army, and the logistics materials needed when the army marches and fights. It's all from the Holy Vault. It was precisely because of his control of the Holy Treasury that Feng Xichen was able to suppress everyone, so that generals like Zhao Yunshan, who had mastered most of the military power, also had to look at his face.

Li Qingshan's continuous expansion of his strength these days is also because of the huge resources in the Holy Treasury behind him.

And now, it is actually to strip the Holy Treasury from Feng Xichen's hands! This is equivalent to losing most of his power!

There was a fury in his heart, it's not fair, it's not fair! Why? I have worked hard for the Holy Nation and the Holy Religion, so why should I be deprived of my authority with a single word?

He was a later one. What kind of thing? What about the officials of the Ming Dynasty? There are not many officials in the Ming Dynasty, but there are not many people who are vegetarians!

He was wronged and aggrieved in his heart, but this is also a helpless thing, who told him to sit under others?

Feng Xichen especially felt sad, he was loyal to Xu Hongru and thought hard about everything, although he was not selfish, but in the final analysis, it was for this holy country. For the sake of this holy religion! But now, I am being treated like this, and I am sad and disappointed. It's hatred and anger. Intertwined, mixed flavors.

Luo Chengxiong was keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere in the hall. He has been up and down in the sea for so many years, how slippery? I immediately understood in my heart that I might have been unknowingly involved in the whirlpool of infighting. He lowered his eyebrows. Without saying a word, at this time. It's wrong to say anything, because your actions are inherently unacceptable – taking power from someone else is more likely to be hated than taking it from someone's mouth.

"Wen Xiang, in the future, you and Deputy Wen Xiang will be colleagues, this political matter, you two have to be in charge, and you must be closer and closer." Xu Hongru said lightly.

Seeing that majestic Lian, Feng Xichen couldn't wait to step on it now.

He forced a smile on his face and arched his hand: "Naturally." Please rest assured, Your Highness, the minister will definitely help Lord Luo to take over various affairs. ”

"That's fine." Xu Hongru smiled faintly and said: "I had an idea before, but unfortunately there was no capable person, so it has not been able to implement it." Deputy Wenxiang, you are in the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, but you are in charge of the Baoquan Bureau? ”

"Your Highness is right."

Luo Chengxiong responded.

"What I'm going to say is also related to this."

Xu Hongru took a deep breath and said angrily: "Now that our White Lotus Holy Kingdom has been established, the subjects are all dressed in white clothes and white robes, everyone is brothers and sisters, worshipping the lifeless old mother, the atmosphere has taken on a new look, and the heaven and earth have changed color. It's a pity that the goods circulating in the country are still the money minted by the pseudo-Ming Dynasty, from Hongwu Tongbao, Yongle Bulletin, and even Hongzhi Tongbao, Zhengde Tongbao Zhengde Chongbao, all of which are from the puppet Ming court, that is, the silver ingot, which was also made by the puppet Ming court. That's not good! Very bad! ”

"That's why I've decided to mint new money from this day on."

Xu Hongru continued: "You also know that the ancestors of the past should be the emperor of the martial arts, and the emperor Xu Gong was the emperor of Shouhui, who had built the Tianwan Empire, and was located in Jiangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other thousands of miles. ”

Speaking of the ancestor such a glorious period, he was obviously very excited, took a few rough breaths, and said in an excited voice: "The ancestor used to have four years after the year, five years of peace, two years of peace, two years of heaven, and one year of heaven. The first year of Tianding was established by the ancestors under the coercion of the traitor Chen Youliang, and it should not be counted. As for Zhiping and Taiping, these era names were okay when they were peaceful and prosperous, and we met with the Ming Dynasty, which was definitely not peaceful, so it should not be used. This apocalypse is good, and now our White Lotus Holy Sect has been born and swept the world, it is the time to open the world and enable the new yuan, and this seat has decided to continue to use this apocalypse year. ”

He took a deep breath and said loudly: "From today onwards, change the Yuan Apocalypse, this year, is the third year of the Apocalypse." ”

"How long has it been since the establishment of the Yuan, and it is going to be changed again?" Everyone was dumbfounded, and watched Xu Hongru continue to speak with foam on his mouth.

"Build a treasure spring bureau, open the furnace to cast the apocalypse Tongbao." Xu Hongru has obviously been thinking about this question for a long time, and he is very clear in his words: "Apocalypse Tongbao, a total of eight specifications. Each is different. Lu Yuesheng, you give me a thought. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" The clear-eyed eunuch beside him, the eunuch in his twenties, answered softly. Stretched out his voice and said:

"The first specification is a small flat coin, and the front is the Apocalypse Tongbao Kaishu. On the back is the word 'sacred', and the word 'country' is written below. The small flat money weighs a penny. Eight points in diameter. The second specification is two big money, the front is the Apocalypse Tongbao Kaishu, the back is written with the word "sacred", and the word "country" is written below. The word 'dang' in the left book and the word 'two' in the right book. The fold of two large coins weighs one dollar and eight cents, and the diameter is one inch and one cent. The third specification is when the five big money, the front is the Apocalypse Tongbao Kaishu, the back is written with the word "sacred", and the word "country" is written below. The word 'dang' in the left book. The right book is written with the word 'five'. When the five big coins weigh three dollars and four cents, the diameter is one inch and three cents. The fourth specification is when the ten coins, the front is the Apocalypse Treasure Seal Book, the back is written with the word "ten", and the right book is up and down with the word "five money". When the ten coins weigh five dollars, the diameter is one inch and five cents. ”

"The fifth specification is when 30 big money, the front is the Tianqitong Baoyu seal, the back is written with the word 'dang', and the word '30' is written below. The word 'one or two' in the right book. When thirty dollars weigh one or two. The diameter is one inch and seven minutes. The sixth specification is when fifty big money, the front is the Tianqitong Baoyu seal, the back is written with the word "dang", and the word "fifty" is written under the book. The word 'one or two' in the left book. The right book is the word 'five coins'. When fifty dollars weigh two or five dollars, two inches in diameter. The seventh specification is when 100 big money, and the front is the Tianqitong Baoyu sinew seal. On the back of the book 'dang', under the word 'hundred'. The word 'three taels' in the left book. The right book is the word 'nine coins'. When the hundred big money weighs three taels and nine dollars, the diameter is two inches and two cents. ”

"The eighth specification is five hundred dollars. The front is the Tianqitong Baoyu tendon seal book, the back is written with the word "dang", and the word "five hundred" is written below. The right book is the word 'five taels'. When five hundred dollars weigh five taels, the diameter is two inches and four cents. The ninth specification is when a thousand big money, the front is the Tianqitong Baoyu tendon seal book, the back is written with the word "dang", and the word "thousand" is written under the book. For the wide edge, on the edge of the book on the word 'count', the next book 'heavy' word, the left book 'eight' word, the right book 'two' word. All the characters and books are jade seals. When a thousand dollars weigh five taels, the diameter is two inches and six points. ”

He took a breath and made a final addition: "The Apocalypse Xiaoping Coin and the Pseudo-Ming Coin are one-to-one, and all the materials of the coinage are ninety-five copper, and the rest is lead. It is divided into four types: bronze, white copper, brass, and copper. ”

Everyone listened to the stunned eyes, and said in their hearts: "With your old man holding back in the harem for so long, you want to come up with something about this?" ”

They didn't know that Xu Hongru was particularly interested and enthusiastic about this kind of specification, regulation and the like.

Xu Hongru looked at the people below with a smile and asked, "Everyone, can you see the deep meaning of this seat?" ”

"And the deep meaning?" Everyone shook their heads.

Luo Chengxiong had a contemplative look on his face, and suddenly a touch of surprise flashed on his face, and he stepped out of the ranks, arched his hands, and said loudly: "Your Highness's plan is really wonderful!" It's wonderful! However, with certain regulations, countless silver coins can be born out of thin air, and there is no need to even turn over the skin, and this money is really easy to come. ”

Xu Hongru laughed when he heard this, and praised: "Deputy Wenxiang really deserves to be an important minister of the Ming court, this vision is really sharp, and it can be seen clearly at a glance." ”

Seeing that the courtiers were still ignorant, he naturally had a feeling of being above everyone, and laughed: "Luo Aiqing, you tell everyone!" ”

"Yes! Your Highness. ”

Luo Chengxiong responded, coughed lightly, faced everyone, and said calmly: "You have just heard, we are going to open the Baoquan Bureau and mint coins, you may not know very well, but you know some of them, this coinage is not a money-making job, on the contrary, the imperial court coinage, often have to lose money." ”

The crowd did not believe it, because he was alarmist.

The court minted the money and spent it directly, that is, it was only a little cost, so why not lose money? That's a lot of money!

Luo Chengxiong smiled slightly and continued: "The national dynasty has always minted copper coins, starting from the Qin and Han dynasties, and all dynasties are as good as each other. However, there is not much copper produced in the country, and a large amount of copper has been used up in coinage over the years, so the price of copper is getting higher and higher. At that time, the price of copper among the people soared, and Zhang Fangping in the Xining Dynasty went to the "On the Law of Money and Prohibition of Copper", saying that "ten coins are melted, one or two refined copper is obtained, and the profit is five times that of making utensils", copper is expensive and money is cheap, which can be seen. When Yuanyou was in charge of collecting folk bronzes, the price was 200 wen per catty, and only 150 wen could be paid, and few people thought the price was low; During the Shaosheng period, the money supervisor lost money over the years, and every 1,000 copper coins was paid, which cost 1,500 yuan. What's more, it is because the imperial court simply mints very little money. If you cast less, you will lose less. ”

Li Qingshan furrowed his brows and asked, "Then why didn't the Song Dynasty follow the pseudo-Ming." What about minting less money? But what's so hard to say? ”

He is a young man with a great desire to learn, and others are dizzy when they hear it, and he doesn't know why, but he hears some doorways. And because of his limited previous experience and low status, he is just a country man, and the theoretical level of this era is at the bottom, so he can't get in touch with things like economy, regulation and control, and finance. At this time, I asked curiously.

"That's a good question." Luo Chengxiong said: "It's not that I'm boasting, I can say this way, I'm afraid that there is only one in the world who is Shangshu Wan in Xiahe Hubu." Why did the Song Dynasty mint currency even though it knew that it would lose money when it minted copper coins? This is a last resort. The Song Dynasty had prosperous commerce and wealthy people, and the amount of silver needed was huge, and the main currency in circulation in the Song Dynasty at that time was copper coins. In addition, the wealthy people of the Song Dynasty at that time had the habit of hoarding and storing copper coins, and they were often stored in several cellars and warehouses. And we are the Celestial Empire of China. The surrounding small countries like to use the copper coins of the national dynasty, and whenever they buy and sell with them, they only need copper coins. Don't want anything else. Therefore, the people and the government will find that somehow, there is less and less money in the market. Therefore, the government knew that it was losing money, but it had to be minted. ”

"And since the False Ming. It has been open to the sea for a hundred years and has been trading with overseas all year round. A large amount of silver flowed in, and the private government often used silver trade, and the demand for copper coins in the market was not so large, so the amount of copper coins minted was smaller, and it was just fine. ”

In the past, the Song Dynasty was only, silver one or two when money ran through more than 2,000 wen, to the time of the founding of the puppet Ming Dynasty, silver one or two when money was more than 1,100 wen, as for the Hongzhi Dynasty, then silver one or two when money 700 wen."

There was a general below who smiled and said disdainfully: "Say so much that there is a bird to use? The world is defeated, but it is not said. ”

But seeing Luo Chengxiong in the limelight like this, he was very angry.

Luo Chengxiong was humble and polite and very personable before, but when he heard this, he was immediately furious, raised his eyebrows, and sneered: "What kind of bastard did this general say?" You don't need money to march to war? Don't need money to feed the soldiers? You don't need money to buy ordnance? Grain and grass logistics, weapons and armor, city defense do not need money? What's more, our White Lotus Holy Kingdom is no longer a homeless people, not a thief, we have established a country, but a court that wants to fight against the puppet Ming, these things must be taken seriously, otherwise, it will definitely be prosperous and prosperous, and death will be sudden! ”

This rebuke made the general stunned, and he lost face in front of so many people, and his face was flushed, but he was speechless.

Some of the people were happy, some were dumbfounded, and some were not angry, but they all knew that this Lord Luo Chengxiong was not easy to mess with. Drink, the staring and raising of the eyebrows, that is the official authority, we can't compare!

Xu Hongru glanced at the general's face lightly, and said to Luo Chengxiong: "Deal with that rammer, you go on!" ”

"Yes."

Luo Chengxiong continued: "When Song Huizong was in the beginning, in order to improve this situation, Cai Jing once presided over the casting of ten coins, and the world regarded Cai Jing as a traitor, casting money as a void, and collecting wealth as a reality, but he didn't know that Cai Jing also had an unspeakable secret in his heart, so he had to do it. And now, the rules set by His Royal Highness for nine pins of money are wonderful, where is the wonder? ”

"You can take a look, let's take a small flat money and a thousand big money as examples. A small flat coin needs to weigh one copper coin, and a thousand big coins need five taels of copper. That is to say, casting a copper that is a thousand dollars is only enough to mint fifty small flat coins, but one is a thousand big coins, but it can be exchanged for a thousand small flat coins, and our Apocalypse Tongbao small flat money can also be exchanged for other copper coins, so that once the imperial treasury is scarce, it only needs to cast a large number of such big coins when a hundred and five hundred and five thousands, and the crisis will be solved. Ladies and gentlemen, isn't this idea a brilliant one, Your Highness? ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly praised His Highness for his wisdom. Of course, some people who have bad brains don't think about it now.

There were many introductions in the hall, and they all said happily that they would not worry about running out of money to spend in the future......

Feng Xichen didn't feel even more uncomfortable in his heart - he didn't expect this layer just now, and it suddenly dawned on him after Luo Chengxiong said it.

Li Qingshan was silent digesting what Luo Chengxiong said.

This is undoubtedly an enlightening impact for him who does not know what the concepts of economics and macroeconomic regulation and control are, and it has given him great inspiration. It made him feel like he was completely exposed to a whole new territory.

But he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say anything wrong—something was wrong. Luo Chengxiong is naturally inconvenient to say. The imperial court minted thousands of dollars, but only fifty small flat coins of copper were consumed. This kind of huge profit has surpassed that of any other industry - this is 2,000% profit!

How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? In fact, the minting of such coins whose weight does not match the face value is already with the shadow of some later paper money, and the Ming Dynasty also has paper money, called Daming treasure banknotes. It's a pity that because the imperial court doesn't understand the economy, or although it understands it, it can't control it, and it always prints paper money, which leads to the depreciation of paper money. The people don't want to use it. If too much money is minted, it will inevitably lead to this kind of evil result.

However, it is still no problem to do this in a short time, as long as there are two things - the coin is heavy enough, beautiful enough, and the crackdown on private minting.

Luo Chengxiong has this self-confidence.

Of course, Xu Hongru didn't know at this time, but his unintentional move set a precedent.

Prior to this, the Chinese dynasty used round square-hole copper coins for thousands of years, and they basically had characters on the obverse. There is no word on the bare back. Even if there is, it is extremely rare, such as the Hongwu eleven taels cast in the Hongwu Dynasty, and the back is 'ten'. One or two on the right. I have also minted ten coins before, taking Hongwu eleven taels as an example, Hongwu eleven taels means that the money should be used as ten small flat coins. The weight is one tael, which is exactly the weight of ten small flat coins. Issue this large coin. It's just for the convenience of circulation, but not for profit.

But Xu Hongru's approach is different.

Since then. In later generations, whenever the country was in distress and fell into a crisis, it began to mint this kind of big money when 50, 100, 500 or even 1,000, which directly led to currency devaluation again and again and the emergence of economic crises.

Xu Hongru said again: "Luo Aiqing, you have already been to the Holy Treasury, the number of copper in it, is it clear?" ”

"I've done a rough count." Luo Chengxiong said with a smile: "The number of them really surprised the minister, and a rough estimate is that there are more than 10 million catties of copper." ”

The White Lotus Sect swept thousands of miles, plundered countless times, a small part of these copper came from the homes of the officials and gentry, the vast majority of them all came from Taoist temples, the Ming Dynasty was peaceful and prosperous, religion was also prosperous, there were many Taoist temples of various colors, and many statues in it were cast in copper. The White Lotus Sect didn't believe this, and all of them moved here.

With that said, the minting of coins came to an end.

Xu Hongru said to Zhao Yunshan again: "I heard that these days, we have been cultivating martial arts and stopping the soldiers, and there has been no fighting, right?" ”

His expression was a little disgruntled.

Zhao Yunshan looked at Feng Xichen unlucky, and was gloating to himself, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn to be unlucky so soon, he hurriedly responded, and said: "If you go back to Your Highness, in accordance with your will, you did not move troops, but only a stalemate with Wu Yijun on the Eastern Front." ”

He won't speak anymore - what's the matter, how can there be a leader's responsibility? What do you do to involve leaders?

Xu Hongru was a little unhappy at the moment, but the original order was indeed given by him. At that time, he only cared about pleasure and didn't want to make trouble, so he ordered not to attack, and when Zhao Yunshan said this, he couldn't refute it. So he said lightly: "What is the situation on the Eastern Front?" Say it! ”

Zhao Yunshan was not a fool, so he naturally saw Xu Hongru's displeasure, so he said: "The Eastern Front has always been in charge of General Li, so let's ask him to come and talk about it!" ”

A move Tai Chi pushed his hand to Li Qingshan, anyway, it is not his own person, what kind of anger does His Highness have, although it is directed at him.

Xu Hongru looked at Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan scolded secretly and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the army of Wu Yi arrived on the east bank of the Mulun River ten days ago, and did not cross the river, but established a large camp on the east bank and stationed it. The last general's 20,000 troops were stationed on the West Bank to confront him. During these days, Wu Yijun did not make much change, but sent spies to send news that they had sent out notices, recruited the fleeing people, cleaned up the area, and relocated the wealthy households, supposedly to their hometown of Yuanfu. ”

Xu Hongru leaned back in his chair, knocked on the table and groaned, "General, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yunshan thought about this question many times, and immediately said: "From the point of view of the last general, they are now busy dealing with the Jurchens and Mongols in the north, so if they confront us, if they free their hands, they will definitely attack us." Your Highness, we and Wu Yijun will have to fight after all. ”

The other generals also nodded in agreement.

Zhao Yunshan's statement represents the views of the vast majority of generals in the army, and as vested interest groups and military meritorious classes, they naturally look forward to constantly fighting wars, expanding their own power, and obtaining wealth, gold and silver. You must know, among the generals in this palace, which family does not have one hundred and eighty slaves and miscellaneous servants, and more than a dozen beautiful girls? Isn't it all the result of war?

Xu Hongru nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "How far is our southern Tashanwei from General Jianzhou's territory?" ”

"Back to His Highness, it's only more than one hundred and thirty miles, and there is only the Songhua River and some hills in between."

"Hmm."

Xu Hongru sat in his seat for a long time with his brows twisted, and suddenly said, "Lu Yuesheng, pass the decree!" ”

He said in a deep voice: "Spread the decree, with Feng Yunshan, the general of Fengtian's rebellion, as the marshal of the southern expedition, and lead the front army of Zao Wouji, the left army of Zhao Zhizhi, and the Chinese army, a total of 55,000 people, to raise troops to recruit the general of Jianzhou. Later, Li Qingshan, the main general of the army, was the general of the expedition to the north, commanding the rear army and the right army, and conquering the Wuyi army. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

The general of Fengtian's rebellion is the first person in the army, and it is natural to be the marshal of the Southern Expedition, but he Li Qingshan is just a commander of the rear army, why can he be a marshal of the Northern Expedition? Doesn't this put Li Qingshan and Zhao Yunshan on the same footing?

Zhao Yunshan's face was not very good-looking, although he tried to hide himself, but the slightly trembling body had betrayed the feelings in his heart.

Feng Xichen was unlucky, he gloated, but he didn't expect that it would be his turn so soon.

He just responded blankly: "The last general will take the order." ”

And over there, Li Qingshan received the order, but he was also very unhappy in his heart - let me fight Wu Yijun, is this to send me to death?

Everyone in the hall has their own thoughts, but no matter how stupid people are, they can clearly see that today's Wenxiang and the general have been deprived of a lot of power, and the biggest benefit is Li Qingshan and the newcomer Luo Chengxiong.

Some people with hearts are already secretly vigilant and awe--how can this highness have the slightest mediocrity? I know in my heart that I am afraid that I am deliberately suppressing it at this time.

Xu Hongru only cared about playing with power and suppressing each other, but he didn't take care of the mood of these old ministers who started with him, as if they were cattle and horses-and these generals and ministers had not yet been transformed from the brotherhood with the sect leader.

Therefore, they are angry, aggrieved and disappointed in Xu Hongru's actions.

Not only Zhao Yunshan and Feng Xichen, but also others.

Xu Hongru didn't know that these loyal courtiers had gradually drifted away from morality.

At this time, he was still immersed in a crazy world.

"Do you know why this seat sent troops to go around today?" He arrogantly looked up to the sky and laughed: "The day of the triumph of your army is the time when this throne is enthroned as the emperor!" ”

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