Chapter 216: The Rolling Wheels of History Remain
In the platform, beaming, Xu Guangqi's method of minting silver coins has made the monarchs and ministers see huge benefits, and this matter is indeed worth doing.
"Master Xu is really amazing! In this way, you can profit a lot! What a plan, what a plan! Yang Reform sincerely praised Xu Guangqilai. According to Xu Guangqi's method, the method of minting copper coins was used to mint silver coins, each silver coin saved one percent of silver, and then announced to the world that silver ingots were forbidden and silver was scattered for circulation, so that the silver coins needed by the entire Ming Dynasty were hundreds of millions, and the profits were large enough to make people salivate.
"The minister is also doing his duty, and he deserves ...... praise from His Majesty" Although Xu Guangqi is modest, he is really happy in his heart, his own method has been adopted, and this can show his value!
"By the way, Master Xu, this strategy is really good, so what should I do? Also, what about the current coinage of our dynasty? What should I pay attention to if I mint silver coins? Yang Gengai was about to mint silver coins and began to ask Xu Guangqi for instructions on how to do this.
"Returning to Your Majesty,...... I am now minting ,......" Xu Guangqi said about the situation of the coinage, he frowned, his face was bitter, and he didn't even have the following, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know how to introduce the situation of the coinage to the emperor.
"How?" Yang Reform is bent on issuing silver coins, and if he wants to mint silver coins, he naturally has to figure out the situation of this coinage.
"Your Majesty, this is ...... It's really ...... Alas, Your Majesty, the current coinage situation of my Ming Dynasty is really chaotic and chaotic! ......" Xu Guangqi hesitated for a long time, but still told the truth, which is described in one word, "chaos".
"Chaos? What kind of confusion is this? It's not to the extent that the common people themselves can mint coins, right? Yang asked jokingly. I'm curious, how confusing this can be? Can it still be so chaotic that a large number of ordinary people can mint coins privately? If that's the case, it's really chaos. If a country cannot even guarantee the basic coinage rights, then the country is considered to have come to an end. Think about the 21st century, if everyone can print their own red tickets, what would it be like?
When Xu Guangqi talked about this, he sighed, this, it's really hard to speak! Not only Xu Guangqi, but even Sun Chengzong frowned, looking at his expression, the current coinage of the Ming Dynasty is not optimistic.
“…… Back to Your Majesty, the situation is similar to this, almost ......" Xu Guangqi didn't dare to say the worst.
"What!! Almost? Did I hear me right? "Yang Reform this time, it is even more shocking than earning 10 million taels of silver! He suddenly got up from his chair and asked silently. This has to be chaotic, to what extent is it rotten, so that Xu Guangqi can say such a thing, it seems that the situation is more serious than what he thought that ordinary people could mint coins by themselves. Everyone printed their own big red tickets to circulate, and Yang Reform, a person who had crossed over in the 21st century, shuddered.
“…… Returning to Your Majesty, I am facing the current coinage, alas, ......, it is true! Alas, ......, indescribable! Alas............" Xu Guangqi also lowered his head this time, and sighed and spoke.
Yang Reform sat on the dragon chair again, what should be used to describe this ......? This is probably the end of the world...... even private coinage has become a common situation, and the ability of the Zhu family royal family or the imperial court to control the Ming Dynasty has been reduced to a dangerous level, which is ...... Could it be that he really has no place to die? The hellish situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty constantly impacted Yang Reform's brain, and the rope on the coal mountain seemed to be gradually closing, and Yang Reform suddenly felt that he seemed to be a little suffocated...... Yang's reform was shocked by the status quo at the end of the Ming Dynasty! Scared again! The bad situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty is far worse than I imagined, I originally thought that I would open the golden finger, make some money, train a new army, and be prepared to deal with a few major events with historical significance, probably be able to deal with the most difficult time in the Ming Dynasty, and live better than Chongzhen in history, now it seems that I think too simply, I think too much about the bad situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, history, is still according to his own rolling wheels, moving forward, all kinds of efforts made by his butterfly, It's just an appearance, and underneath this appearance, there is a turbulent undercurrent, which will overturn itself to the ground at any time...... Xu Guangqi blamed himself for not telling the emperor the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty coinage, but since the idea of letting the emperor mint silver coins was made, could the emperor not know the truth about this? I don't know the truth, how can this be minted? How to make a profit? If you don't make a profit, why does the emperor issue silver coins?
Sun Chengzong felt that he couldn't intervene in this matter; When Bi Ziyan thought of the chaotic coinage situation of the Ming Dynasty, he didn't dare to say much.
“…… Alas...... Master Xu will talk about it, what is the situation of this coinage to the chaos of chaos, say it, I can accept it, I can accept it...... "Yang reform seems to be a little old, this late Ming Dynasty dilapidated, rotten, from the situation revealed by this coinage, far beyond his own imagination, he rewrote history, reversed the course of history, thought too simply, and tried his best to incite the wings to change the world, but unfortunately, the wheel of history is still rumbling over, and the mantis arm is a car, probably saying that he is in this situation.
Xu Guangqi was very annoyed, it was obviously a good idea, but now it has become like this, but he still gritted his teeth and told the truth, the pus is not squeezed, can it be good?
"Back to Your Majesty, it's not that the minister is talking nonsense, but the truth is true, if the minister doesn't say it, he is bullying the king, and if he doesn't say it, I'm afraid that this matter of minting silver coins will not have any good results, and the minister is bold......"
“…… During the Wanli period, in order to resist the Japanese and aid the dynasty, the imperial court began to mint money on a large scale, and the furnace of coinage, from the original hundred, soared to 450, and the ability to mint coins rose sharply, but the furnace of this coinage is more, and the copper is not enough, so many furnaces, not for a long time, there are no raw materials, and they are abandoned, but the craftsmen of this coinage have to eat, so the furnaces abandoned by the imperial court and the government offices around the country have to be opened by the craftsmen and ...... to mint money privately, so that This trend of private minting began to prevail, and this copper coin was both good and bad, and could not be supervised,...... Later, in the year of the Apocalypse, the imperial court set up the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Households, specializing in coinage, the wind of private casting gradually improved, however, the war outside the customs was tight, the household had no silver, and began to rot copper coins, as military expenses, which led to the casting of copper coins gradually chaotic, unable to supervise, the quality of the copper coins, there is really no guarantee, this private casting of rotten wind, it can not be curbed ......, to this day, is chaotic,...... Your Majesty has now ascended the throne and changed the yuan, but it is time to issue new money, but it is an excellent time to take back the coinage right and reverse the ...... in one fell swoop" Xu Guangqi said the history of the chaotic situation of the coinage in one breath, and also told the emperor that the new emperor ascended the throne and changed the year name, and the coins after the minting and reform of the yuan are a great right of the new emperor, and this can be used to rectify the current chaotic coinage situation, although the chaos is chaos, but it is also a great opportunity, he is not chaotic, you should not change the silver coins.
Yang Reform listened to Xu Guangqi's introduction, and also had a clearer understanding of the social status quo at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which is all about making trouble without money, if there is money, it will definitely not let the coinage power on behalf of a state power get to such a chaotic point, it seems that he is the mortgage emperor, I am afraid that it will be more difficult, I originally thought that if I get a few money and raise some new army or something, I can deal with the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, but now it seems that the Ming Dynasty is terminally ill, and my own plans and preparations, I am afraid that it is far from enough!
“…… Master Xu is saying, let me take advantage of the opportunity of my new accession to the throne and the change of the yuan, and take care of the situation of this coinage? Collect this coinage and prepare for this minting of silver coins? Yang Gai's heart was gloomy for a while, and only then did he find a clue from Xu Guangqi's words.
"Returning to Your Majesty, what Your Majesty said is very true, Your Majesty has now recently ascended the throne to change the yuan, as a rule, it is to mint new money, in order to show Your Majesty's merits, so that it is a rare and good time for Your Majesty to disperse to various places, and the coinage bureaus of the provinces will be abolished, and the coinage rights will be returned to Your Majesty's hands, so that the situation of each province minting coins and copper coins of different shapes and rough and rotten systems can be solved; Second, with the right to mint coinage, His Majesty can prepare for the issuance of silver coins......" Xu Guangqi said.
Yang reform is really gloomy by the chaos of the late Ming Dynasty, thinking that this Ming Dynasty, when the whole people used paper money, to achieve this state of advanced civilization, to get back to the use of the original silver as currency, and later, even the basic currency issuance rights, can not be well guaranteed, this country, a regime, he does not fall is a strange thing. If you want to go against the sky, the difficulty is not ordinary, which is no different from playing a game and playing "Hero Mode".
It stands to reason that the Ming Dynasty accounted for more than 70% of the world's GDP at that time, it was not that there was no money, but this country, this court, he was so poor, so poor that even the coinage power was wasted, I have to say that the ruling class is very brainless...... However, now after Xu Guangqi's explanation, turning this bad thing into a good thing, Yang Reform can be regarded as having a trace of blood on his face, and his spirit has returned. The new emperor ascended the throne, it seems, is very valuable, not only can he be amnesty, but he can also reshuffle the coinage power.
"Master Xu, what should I do?" Yang Reform is now in a mess in his heart, confused by the actual situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and his head can no longer think about problems.
"Returning to Your Majesty, this, we have to think about it in the long run, first of all, we must abolish the mint bureaus of the provinces, cancel the right to mint coins in the provinces, and return them to the Ministry of Households, or Your Majesty himself, so, this is the first step, abolish the mint, and strictly prevent the occurrence of private coins in various places, once it happens, it must be strictly investigated, and it will not be tolerated, so as to ensure the authority of the court or His Majesty to issue silver coins; Second, it is to persuade the courtiers to issue silver coins, His Majesty has recently ascended the throne, and it is natural to issue new money, so it is not a problem to persuade the courtiers, but to launch this silver coin, the courtiers must be convinced, cooperate, and go all out to carry it out, I am afraid that Your Majesty will change the silver coin, and the profits will be gained, and I am afraid that the score will be given to the court, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be implemented well......" Xu Guangqi spoke very coherently, his strategy was also clear, and his mind was not as chaotic as the emperor, it can be seen that Xu Guangqi has not been less worried about this matter, and has not thought about it less.
After Xu Guangqi's analysis, Yang Reform had a clearer understanding of the coinage, and it turned out that the relationship involved in the coinage was so complicated.
Yang Reform's mind was very fuzzy, and he turned his head and asked Sun Chengzong again: "Master Sun, Master Xu's words, what do you think?" Yang Reform's mind was very confused, so he could only ask a few more people to take a look.
"Your Majesty, Zixian is reasonable, the idea is also good, the steps are not wrong, Your Majesty only needs to do it according to Zixian's method, it is estimated that the matter of changing the silver coin will work, however, the minister will say a little, this has taken back the coinage rights in various places, and many places rely on this coinage to make profits, such as border passes, border troops, this, Your Majesty may have to supplement an additional part of the silver money in the past, otherwise, I am afraid that the army here will not be able to survive......" Sun Chengzong's main energy is focused on the military, and the interests of the army involved in this coinage right, spoke.
"Well, Master Sun is right, this pass, in the past two years, I'm afraid it won't be peaceful, there will be a big war, and I really have to add some money to the border passes." Yang Reform agreed with Sun Chengzong's opinion, this wild boar skin into the customs, strictly guard against the Mongols, this must increase the investment in military spending, this side of the army, is absolutely not short of silver.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, there is nothing else to say." Sun Chengzong saw that the emperor promised to add silver to the border pass, so he didn't say more, this matter, more, is internal affairs, and this has to be the responsibility of Xu Guangqi.
Yang Reform set his eyes on Bi Ziyan again, this guy, since Xu Guangqi said about the coinage, he lowered his head very low.
"Bi Aiqing, what do you think about recovering the right to mint coinage, rectifying coinage, and issuing silver coins? Tell us what you think. Yang Gai still decided to ask for the opinion of his own people. Yang Gai's mind is now very confused, and his ability to think is greatly reduced, so he can only solicit more opinions from others.
Bi Ziyan feels that today's day is really long, not only has he become the emperor's "confidant", he has come into contact with the emperor's core things, but he has also eaten with the emperor, this, which makes Bi Ziyan feel a sense of accomplishment, this is eating with the emperor, how many people have not yet won this glory, but they have it, this is the emperor's signal to accept himself as a confidant! However, what the emperor has to do is indeed tricky, and none of it is easy. Although it seems that you can make a lot of money, unfortunately, it is not so easy to earn.
Bi Ziyan thought about it again and again, knowing that he didn't express his opinions, and in the emperor's impression, he was afraid that he would have to stand with the "useless", so he wouldn't be mixed up in the future.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xu Shaobao is right, this is to take back the coinage right, revoke the mint bureaus of the provinces, this, it should not be difficult, after all, now the copper coin casting is rotten, it is something that everyone knows, plus His Majesty has recently ascended the throne, it is indeed reasonable to remake money, this, is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...... The minister thinks that this matter of changing the issuance of silver coins is good, and I am afraid that I have to do the same as Xu Shaobao said, and divide some profits to the imperial court, so that the implementation of this silver coin can get twice the result with half the effort, and it will ...... smoothly, and the minister has only one small suggestion, after the coinage right is recovered, you can choose two or three places in the country to mint coins, such as Nanjing and Yanjing, or add a Sichuan, so that even if it is supervised, it can also make this silver coin not because of the long distance, issuance, and inconvenient turnover......" Bi Ziyan generally supports Xu Guangqi's statement, but under this big proposal, a small suggestion has been added, which is very "in line" with Bi Ziyan's current identity.
"Well, Bi Aiqing still has a point." Yang reform affirmed Bi Ziyan's statement, centralized management, but also to take into account the issuance of turnover, if all in Yanjing casting, then the south will definitely cause the trouble of inconvenient turnover, this Bi Ziyan, it seems, in the stomach, how much, a little smart.
Through the joint efforts of several of his own henchmen, Yang Reform was able to figure out how to issue silver coins. It's not how stupid Yang Reform is, but that the bad situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty hit Yang Reform enough to choke him, and his head was not bright for a while. Anyone who thinks of the scene in the 21st century where everyone prints their own red tickets to use will have a numb scalp.
"Then since this is the case, let's do it according to this, well, next time in the early court, that Aiqing will find someone to mention this messy matter of coinage, and I will take advantage of the situation to receive this coinage right, and prepare to issue new money, and after a while, I will say this matter of changing silver coins again, so that it will not be too difficult for the courtiers to accept, what do several Aiqing think?" Yang Reform's brain began to work.
"Returning to Your Majesty, it should be so, be cautious, it is indeed good. It's easy to take it step by step. Xu Guangqi came out in favor of the emperor's words, which is indeed much better than suddenly announcing the withdrawal of the right to mint coins and the issuance of silver coins.
Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan also had no opinions.
Yang Gengai remembered again that he was afraid that he would have to rearrange and rearrange the banknotes, otherwise there would be a conflict with the issuance of silver coins.
"By the way, I'm going to issue banknotes, this, let's take a look, what should I do? You have to cooperate well with this issued silver coin, otherwise it will be messed up and it will be difficult to clean up. Yang reformed his worries again.
Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan looked at each other again.
Soon, Xu Guangqi took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that in terms of the current situation, the profit of this banknote is far worse than the issuance of silver coins. ”
"Hmm,...... This is in principle, now the issuance of silver coins is the most valuable, first consider the issue of silver coins, a few to see, how not to affect the issuance of silver coins, the issuance of banknotes arrangement, if the line is better, if there are difficulties, just put it on hold for the time being. Yang Reform quickly made a decision, the issuance of silver coins in the past two years is obviously much more profitable than the issuance of paper money, this order, naturally the first consideration of silver coins.
(To be continued)