"Then now Huang Taiji has a letter to the emperor... Why? Wang Chengen was a little puzzled, after all, this time Houjin's operation can be said to make him completely incomprehensible.

Wang Chengen couldn't understand it, but Zhu Youzhen's heart was as if it was transparent, and to put it bluntly, Huang Taiji wanted to take advantage of this transaction.

Packing these Mongolian nobles who are jumping in Houjin every day in his hands and sending them to Zhu Youzhen seems to be a help for the Ming Dynasty to pacify Mongolia.

In fact, he is also solving his own troubles.

"Huang Taiji, this guy should not be underestimated... I'm starting to regret why I didn't hit Jianzhou Wei in one go."

"But! I didn't fight at the beginning, but now it seems that it might as well be a good thing, otherwise it would not be a good thing for Daming to go around and make enemies! . ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while, then turned around and walked to the dragon case in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and said: "Wang Companion, prepare paper grinding for me, since Huang Taiji wants to play, then I must also be more competent!" ”

"Yes!"

He wrote a bunch of nonsense, and the meaning was basically the same as the beginning of the letter written by Emperor Taiji and himself.

It's just some trash talk.

But it can't be without, after writing, Zhu Youzhen finally picked up the pen and wrote to the key place.

After a while.

Zhu Youzhen put down the brush in his hand and said to Wang Chengen on the side: "Send it back to Houjin, this time the Mongolian nobles sent by Huang Taiji to me... I've already made up my mind, there's not one left, I want them all! ”

Wang Chengen said with some puzzlement: "The emperor.. Isn't this a great help to Huang Taiji? Why did the emperor do this? ”

"A big favor? I'm afraid not so! I also want to use this group of declining Mongolian nobles to make some trouble! Alright, send someone to send it over! ”

Hurriedly put away the reply letter written by Zhu Youzhen.

Wang Chengen turned his head and went out to send someone to deliver the letter.

Meanwhile.

Bi Ziyan was out to see him, and he didn't think much about it, so Zhu Youzhen beckoned him to come in, and as soon as he entered the door.

Bi Ziyan, who looked a little excited, said: "Your Majesty. Tokugawa Iemitsu took the bait. ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned for a moment, turned his head and said, "Oh? So, the Tokugawa shogunate agreed that the Ming would print the banknotes for them? ”

"Exactly! When Natokugawa Iemitsu heard that Daming was willing to print banknotes for them, he agreed without even thinking too much! It's just Your Majesty, how much should the cost of printing paper money be charged to the Wa Kingdom? ”

"How much higher? No, no, no, not a penny can be too high, after calculating the cost price, I will print it to the Wa Kingdom at this price..."

Bi Ziyan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, isn't there no profit at all?" In that case, it might as well not be printed..."

Waving his hand, Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "It is to reduce the cost of printing banknotes by the Tokugawa shogunate, so that they can boldly print more banknotes, and the more they print, the more they have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters!" ”

"In addition, tell the Tokugawa shogunate that due to current technical problems, they can only print a maximum of fifty taels of banknotes, and larger denominations cannot be printed!"

Before Zhu Youzhen's voice fell, Bi Ziyan said with a puzzled expression: "Your Majesty.. Wouldn't the Tokugawa shogunate print more, and we wouldn't be able to make any money, wouldn't we just help the Japanese people in vain? ”

"That's what I want!"

Regarding whether he could make money by printing banknotes for Tokugawa Iemitsu this time, Zhu Youzhen never thought about it at all, nor did he measure it.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't collect money, it would be easy to make Tokugawa Iemitsu suspicious, and Zhu Youzhen even wanted to print paper money for the Wa Kingdom at a loss.

As for the reason...

It can only be said .. Since the power to print banknotes was handed over to the Ming Dynasty, Tokugawa Iemitsu in Zhu Youzhen's eyes was equivalent to handing over the economic lifeline of his entire Wa Kingdom to the Ming Dynasty.

For the first time, the Wa Kingdom, which has never implemented paper money on a large scale, will feel for the first time that counterfeit money is more real than real money printed!

"Your Majesty, that's."

"In my opinion, sooner or later there will be a war between the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, and now such a good opportunity is undoubtedly for the Ming Dynasty to control the economic lifeline of the Tokugawa Shogunate earlier..."

"Tokugawa Iemitsu wants to use paper money to collect the wealth of the entire Japanese people, but why don't I think so?"

"The printing of banknotes is in the Ming Dynasty, so how much is printed can ultimately be decided by him Tokugawa Iemitsu? It's not up to the Ming Dynasty to have the final say, and when the time comes, you can use more printed banknotes to find a way to mix them into the banknotes of the Wa Kingdom to exchange for more silver taels! ”

Bi Ziyan was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, if it is that Tokugawa Iemitsu, it will be a direct trick!" Why don't you exchange it for silver? Isn't it a wasted effort! ”

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "Do it more secretly, at the beginning, send spies, as well as the manpower of the Jinyi Guard, as much as possible in a small number of small exchanges in various places in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, and even say that you can hire some people from the Wa Kingdom to also participate in the exchange!" ”

"Once! The Ming Dynasty went to war with the Wa Kingdom, and I wanted him to have no available silver from the Tokugawa Shogunate overnight! Folding money.. Hum! Sooner or later, the Tokugawa family's banknotes will become a piece of waste paper! ”

Hearing this, Bi Ziyan understood it thoroughly, and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty.. This! Hahaha, there is a hard time for Tokugawa Iemitsu! I'm afraid I'll want to cry without tears when the time comes! ”

After that, the matter is over.

After Bi Ziyan understood Zhu Youzhen's plan, he decisively summoned the envoys of the Wa Kingdom, and once again told how much work he had wasted and how many officials he had found in order to give them the power to print paper money.

In the end, he hid it from the emperor and dredged these relationships.

After finishing speaking, the envoy of the Japanese State could be said to be grateful, and was about to kneel down to thank him, but Bi Ziyan, who felt a little embarrassed, hurriedly greeted the other party.

Waving his hand, he said: "The thing is done, but only a few production lines have been obtained, and at most fifty taels of banknotes can be produced for you, right?!" ”

"Woohoo! Thank you so much! Ok Ok! ”

The envoy of the Japanese State hurriedly spoke.

And Bi Ziyan nodded, and said again: "Then since this is the case, I won't hide it, how many silver banknotes are you going to print this time?" ”

The envoy thought for a moment.

After recalling it again, Tokugawa Iemitsu happily told himself when he was leaving, "Hey! Print as much as you can! It's about the rise of the shogunate! ”

Shaking his head, the envoy spoke, "Master Bi... We want to print 50 million taels.."

"No, no, no!"

"Ahh Is there too much of Master Bi? ”

"Too little!"