Chapter 23 The Ming Fair, the good people of the capital

Capital.

The first Daming Fair is in full swing, all kinds of rare treasures, blue and white jade, can be described as dazzling, and this exhibition is different from the past.

Originally, the restrictions on the items that were restricted to a few items that could only be used by officials were relaxed, and Zhu Youzhen understood that in the era of imperial power, except for the items that could only be used by the royal family.

Other so-called regulations have long since collapsed, and countless people are already transgressing this system in various places, so it is better to liberalize them directly, and to stimulate the vitality of today's fragile handicraft industry and small industry and commerce.

"Master Wang, why do you have time to walk around Xicheng today?"

A middle-aged man dressed gorgeously stood in front of another middle-aged man, and his words were actually a little mocking, no one in Dongcheng did not know that this Wang Jincai was the owner of Jiyuan Building.

But this is a must, as small as a copper coin can be broken into two petals, and it is usually even more harsh to the guys under him.

At present, at the time of the disaster year and war, Master Wang even kicked out all the guys under his original command and replaced them with cheap and easy to use Liaodong refugees.

This homeless person is more profitable than the original guy, and he doesn't have the street atmosphere of the Beijing guy, he only knows that he is buried in the backbone, and the price is cheap.

To put it mildly, I'm afraid that in Master Wang, I can fill my stomach for a month. In his opinion, he is already extraordinarily generous.

"Master Huang, what are you talking about, I can't come to this Xicheng to have a look if it's okay?"

"It's me who said it wrong, it's me who said it wrong, I just don't know if Master Wang is also here for this so-called exhibition? I heard that the West City has been very lively recently, and the original royal auction house has driven the business of the entire West City, and now the emperor is still holding an exhibition here, so I want to say that the development of the West City will be better than the East City in the future. ”

"Whether Xicheng is good or not is none of my business, I'm just here to see... Let's take a look... The Rausch Shovel is just passing by to see. ”

Both of them are like mirrors in their hearts, who doesn't know that although the goods sold in this exhibition hall are all things they have seen in the past, the prices are much cheaper than those on the market.

Most of them are second-hand goods that have not been copied, but if it is new, I am afraid that not so many people will be able to come here.

After all, in the eyes of the common people, those treasures from the families of princes, nobles, eunuchs, and eunuchs are things that they couldn't think of in the past.

What's more, they are all copied from the house, which can be described as a proper gold-lettered signboard, why?

Fidelity!

Originally, there were caravans from Shandong and Fujian to the capital to participate in the fair, the purpose was to find some rare treasures to bring back to their hometown and sell them at a high price.

This back and forth turned over and over, but no one of the white flowers of silver could get into his pocket.

Although this was a trick set up by Zhu Youzhen in order to dispose of the property of corrupt and bribery officials confiscated in various places, it became more and more widespread as the reputation of the royal auction house spread.

is not only limited to the original confiscated items, many small merchants also seem to see an opportunity, have lowered the price of their goods, taking advantage of the autumn breeze of the royal brand.

to sell their own things, but the things sold have to be distributed and taxed to the royal family according to a certain percentage, but even so, under such a huge trading volume.

There are still a lot of benefits to be gained.

For a time, the capital became the commercial and trade center of the Ming Dynasty, and a large amount of silver was gathered and flowed here.

It's just that in order to avoid the people from misunderstanding this royal bank, the new banknotes were not printed, after all, the reputation of this Ming treasure banknote is really not good.

Not to mention that the Ming treasure banknote court is only in charge of printing, regardless of receipt, although it should be exchanged with silver according to the law, but this thing doesn't even want the Ming Dynasty to collect taxes, who can ask for it.

As a result, the Daming treasure banknote system continues to collapse, so that there are different prices between the old banknotes and the new banknotes, and the people are even more spread that the Daming treasure banknotes are not as good as waste paper.

It is precisely for this reason that the officials of the Ming Dynasty continue to fall into the cycle of corruption.

The money issued is all treasure money.. Originally, it was still seven cents of silver and three cents, but with the gradual emptiness of the treasury.

At present, it has long been a penny of silver, a penny of grain, and a penny of grain.

But even so, in addition to the treasure money that can be delivered on time according to the time, the other money is often in arrears.

Zhu Youzhen knew that the current economic system of the Ming Dynasty was completely deformed, and if he wanted to change this deformed system, he first required Jingshi to be the hub of centralized power and have strong cash reserves.

And it is also necessary to open up the money exchange system in various places, only in this way can we gradually establish a good royal goodwill, so as not to be distrusted by the people just after the change.

On the contrary, it is thankless, and the reform has become a dead letter, and it has also increased the burden of the people in vain, and the court has to pay a heavy price for it.

This kind of price is definitely not only a matter of silver, but also in the minds of the people will be disappointed again.

But in the matter of exchanging treasure money for silver, Zhu Youzhen still saw it very clearly.

I didn't dare to start rashly, and I originally found out how to solve the arrears of silver taels in various places, and then the gap was paid by him Zhu Youjian It was already an extremely heavy burden.

And God knows how much of this Ming treasure banknote was printed in the past years, so sooner or later the treasure banknote will be abolished, but at the moment it is impossible to find a good alternative.

Or it can be said that there is either no alternative method, or Zhu Youzhen has no money in his hand and dare not use it.

The relocation of Wang Gong's factory has also gradually come to an end.

It is ridiculous to say that the two Tartar spies who originally intended to take the opportunity to find an opportunity to create turmoil or seek information in the relocation of Wang Gong's factory ended up reluctant to eat on the construction site.

And gradually left the task behind, so that the Tartar spy director stationed in the Beijing division was extremely angry, and the front foot threatened to crush the bones of these two traitors, but the back foot was exposed because of the people's report.

Since Dongchang received a large number of books from later generations, it has gradually begun to attach importance to intelligence work, and this emphasis has made Dongchang understand.

His own strength is still too small, and only by exerting the power of the people can he better find out those Tartar spies.

This time he showed his feet, also because this Tartar spy was abnormal when he was shopping for vegetables on the street with an awkward Beijing film.

And after communicating with the surrounding people and neighbors, I found that although this person lived in a deep house compound in the capital, he was in simple terms, and the most important thing was that.

This guy doesn't have a servant or maid at home.

This made the people next to him even more suspicious.

Immediately reported to the East Factory, the people concerned have obtained the red armbands and red vests of the good people in the capital, and after obtaining a windfall, they have worked harder.

So much so that later a stranger appeared in ten streets around the house, and that person could be asked by them within three generations, and the slightest mistake was reported directly!