Yang Rong was curious about why Zhang Anshi suddenly made this mistake, and he also pinned his hopes on the court discussion.

According to his understanding of Zhang Anshi, this is definitely not a whim of Zhang Anshi.

This guy is fine.

Just when he wanted to ask, at this time, the eunuch said: "Your Majesty announced that you will meet the public." ”

So the crowd rushed in.

Arrived at the Chongwen Temple.

Zhu Di had already ascended to the seat, and he looked around at this time without saying a word.

After everyone stood still, Xie Jin came out of the class first and said: "Your Majesty, what is discussed in today's court meeting is Zhang Anshi's scrapping of banknotes and coinage. ”

Demonetization is a very sensitive topic.

Zhu Di was a little speechless, this was against the decision of the ancestors, and Zhang Anshi actually did not discuss it with him in advance.

And Zhang Anshi's recital was immediately asked by Wenyuan Pavilion to hold a court discussion.

In this way, it seems to be passive.

The more important it is, the less extensive the discussion should be, and Zhu Di suspects that this is what someone in Wenyuan Pavilion hopes to do.

So Zhu Di took a deep look at Xie Jin.

Xie Jin looked harmless to humans and animals, waiting for Zhu Di to fall.

Zhu Di had no choice but to say: "Accurate." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xie Jin looked at Zhang Anshi and said: "Annan Hou knows the way of economy, but why is it that he abolished the ancestral system this time?" ”

He seemed to be presiding over the court meeting and behaving fairly, but he first characterized a big hat that abolished the ancestral system.

All of a sudden, it became clear to all the officials that Duke Xie was very disgusted with this scrapped banknote.

Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "The treasure banknotes of the Ming Dynasty are depreciating day by day, and the people are no longer willing to accept them. ”

Zhu Di groaned and did not speak.

Xie Jin smiled and said, "What do you think?" ”

Someone stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Xie Gong, Ming treasure banknotes, in the eighth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu Gao set up a treasure banknote lifting division, established a banknote law, and printed treasure money. The treasure banknotes are indeed full of ills now, but it is not the fault of Emperor Taizu Gao, but it is actually the reason for the indiscriminate printing in recent years. The minister thought that instead of scrapping treasure money, it was better to reduce the indiscriminate printing...... That's the way to go. “

Zhu Di was still silent, the emperor generally did not make any suggestions at this time, even if he had his own ideas, he would let the ministers quarrel first.

Xie Jin still looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile: "What does Annanhou think?" ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The problem of the current treasure banknote is not how much is issued and whether it will be indiscriminate in the future, but the loss of credit." ”

As soon as these words came out, the previous person suddenly changed color, and said sharply: "Annanhou, how can you say such a thing!" Break and then stand, are you trying to break the law of your ancestors? Where is this going to put me Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty? Do you still want to say that Emperor Taizu Gao is untrustworthy in the world? ”

Confucian officials will always be like this.

If he didn't agree with him, he would button his hat.

Most of the time, the court is obviously discussing specific matters, but in the end, it becomes a so-called major issue of right and wrong.

Zhang Anshi was speechless for a while, and he only wanted to enter his mother in his heart.

The crowd began to whisper.

Xie Jin looked at Zhang Anshi with blazing eyes, and seemed to have some regrets for Zhang Anshi's scum-like eloquence.

"You might as well ask An Nanhou to finish the conversation." At this time, someone came out of work and said calmly.

It was Yang Rong who spoke.

When everyone saw that it was Yang who spoke openly, they all fell silent.

Yang Rong said: "What we are discussing today is the national economy and people's livelihood, and during the Hongwu period, the system has also been abolished, is it that Emperor Taizu Gao denied himself?" The legislation of Emperor Taizu Gao is nothing more than for the society of the country, for the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, and for the common people. ”

"With this purpose, it is the original intention of Emperor Taizu Gao, and his original intention is to abide by the laws of the ancestors, if they stick to the details. But in vain to ignore Emperor Taizu Gao's original intention, it was the opposite of each other. ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at Xie Jin, and then at Yang Rong.

Xie Jin's face changed slightly, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling, but he said: "What Yang Gong said is quite reasonable. Annanhou, please elaborate. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "In today's market, the treasure money of the imperial court is unwilling to accept it, so most of the copper coins and silver circulating in the market are of different colors, and even according to my observation, the copper coins of the Yuan Dynasty have been used to this day. The transaction of silver is even more cumbersome, some people trade silver, and they have to take scissors at any time, cut the corresponding silver from the silver cake and weigh it, so as to complete the transaction, which is not only very time-consuming, but also very cumbersome. ”

"Moreover, the fineness of this silver varies, some contain a large number of impurities, and some are pure silver. This, in turn, caused huge trouble for the transaction. In the past, most of the gold and silver transactions in the Ming Dynasty were limited to the purchase and sale of land. Nowadays, the number of commodities is increasing day by day, and such transactions are inevitably detrimental to the development of industry and commerce. For this reason, in view of the current situation of currency disorder, it is necessary to change, currency is the basis of everything, if even the currency cannot be unified, it will not be beneficial to the court and the people. ”

Zhang Anshi said, most of the officials are still unmoved.

To be honest, they feel that there is nothing wrong with this now, everyone is used to it.

Now it's scrapping money again, and it's coinage again, which is really troublesome.

Zhu Di was slightly moved when he heard the word "industry and commerce", and then he slowly spoke: "How to mint coins?" ”

Obviously, Zhang Anshi had already made comprehensive preparations for today's court meeting, so he said: "The minister has asked someone to cast some samples, and asked His Majesty to take a look." ”

Zhang Anshi took more than a dozen samples out and sent them to the eunuch, and the eunuch forwarded them to Zhu Di's imperial case.

So on Zhu Di's imperial case, there were more than a dozen currencies.

The system is unified, there is a gold coin engraved with one tael, there is the words printed by the household department on the top, and there is a line of small characters at the bottom, the United Bank undertakes, there is no hole in the middle, and the middle of this round coin is carved with a gold dragon in a concave and convex way.

At the same time, there are almost the same style of silver coins one tael, as well as five coins, two coins, one coin, and copper coins and so on.

All currencies and systems are the same, the same size, even if it is a silver coin of different values, it is the same weight, the only difference may be the difference in silver content.

The most important thing is that this carving is very exquisite, but the pattern carved on the top is different, such as this gold coin is a golden dragon, to the silver coin one or two, it becomes a unicorn, and then for bullfighting, tigers and leopards and so on.

Zhu Di picked up this thing, played with it in his hand, and said with a little interest: "The round coin made by this craftsman of Qixia is a little interesting. ”

Zhang Anshi said: "The minister thinks that using such a currency to travel the world can greatly reduce the loss for the imperial court, and also provide great convenience for the people." ”

The word loss suddenly made Zhu Di understand something.

Taxes are depleted.

What does attrition mean? In addition to the loss of food, the loss of gold and silver was also severe.

Because the taxes paid by the people are often not uniform in currency and have different fineness, in order to ensure that they can receive sufficient taxes, the government will often calculate the silver and copper coins paid by the people.

You said that you have five taels of silver, but I ...... this scale It's obviously four taels or eight dollars, you said that the number of scales you have at home is indeed correct, is the scale of the government not as good as your scale?

Besides, the quality of your silver is not right, there are so many impurities in it, and when the government smelts it into ingots and escorts the capital, I am afraid that your five taels of silver will only be left with four taels and five dollars of silver in the end, how will the official explain to the court at that time?

This is just a multi-levy for the common people.

In addition, there are also local prefectures and counties, as well as various yamen, gold and silver, in fact, the same, they will never say to the imperial court, I have collected more from the people, but to say, in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court, how much has been collected.

However, I smelted the gold and silver that had been collected, and the result was ...... I found that the conscience of the people was very bad, and the gold and silver collected were too many impurities, and I obviously collected a thousand taels of silver, but as a result, as soon as it was smelted, it became eight hundred taels.

Of course, eight hundred taels is considered a conscience, because according to the records of some local chronicles, the fire consumption generated by smelting gold and silver, the fire consumption in ordinary states and counties, is two or three yuan, or even four or five yuan, every two or two. Remote states and counties pay less taxes, and fire consumption is several times higher than that of regular taxes.

Now, of course, the Ming Dynasty is mainly based on grain taxes, but there are also a lot of taxes on gold and silver.

And Zhang Anshi believes that in the future, commercial taxes will inevitably begin to be collected uniformly, if these people play like this, on the surface, when Emperor Taizu Gao was there, the tax was set very low, but in fact, the taxes of the military and civilians in the world are very heavy.

By means of this ununified currency, it directly led to the original collection of ten taels of silver, but the people had to bear the tax of fifteen to twenty taels of silver, and the imperial court should have received ten taels of silver, but it was not right, and in the end, only six or seven taels or even three or four taels were left.

When you ask him, he will say that he loves the people and cannot bear to criticize them because their gold and silver are not pure.

This is equivalent to eating both ends, and eating the upper house and then the next house after eating, how can it be reasonable.

Zhu Di squinted, and at this time he already knew it in his heart.

If the currency is unified, and all currencies are in this way, then it will be more or less.

Obviously, this is enough for Zhu Di to be moved, so he said, "Hmm...... This strategy is very good and can be tried. ”

But when Baiguan heard the word loss, his heart suddenly chuckled.

Many people didn't react at first.

But now, it's a retrospective.

Fire consumption.

This fire consumption, as well as the loss of grain taxes, is almost the largest source of revenue for the magistrates, and it is reasonable and legal.

There is a saying in later generations, called the three-year Qing prefect's mansion and 100,000 snowflakes of silver, which is definitely not an exaggeration.

Because if you are really a clean official, it is really possible to get 100,000 taels of silver in a relatively wealthy state and county by relying on this alone.

And this is already very incorruptible, with clean sleeves, and can even be a role model.

If not, relying on the little money from various states and counties, when it comes to the New Year's Festival, where does the mansions of various families in the capital come from the endless stream of ice and charcoal from all states and counties in the world?

People are here to tie up with the Beijing officials, and if they take a few taels or dozens of taels, they must not be able to give it away, and it is not one or two to give it.

This kind of situation has long been the rule since the Yuan Dynasty.

belongs to that kind, if you send it, everyone won't look up to you, but if you don't send it, everyone will inevitably mumble, this person is so strange, why is he so rude?

Even when Emperor Taizu Gao, such a reasonable loss and Bing Jing and Tan Jing were still endless, because this was beyond the scope of greedy ink, and people were reasonable and legal.

It's like an empty seal case, everyone does this, everyone feels reasonable, you can't find any fault against him, and everyone has a hard time, but your Taizu Emperor Gao suddenly flipped the table, you said that you Zhu Yuanzhang is not bad.

Xie Jin couldn't help but look at Zhang Anshi in surprise, his face was strange, and he even wondered if Zhang Anshi was crazy.

Is he looking for death?

Yang Rong's eyes were calm, observing everyone's reactions.

Many are already angry.

After all...... The state and county officials eat both the court and the people, but they eat the state and county officials, but now, you Zhang Anshi smashed our pot?

Everyone was silent for a while, but the atmosphere in the hall suddenly cooled down.

Xie Jin had a smile in his eyes, he couldn't ask for it!

This Nexperia has swelled to this point, do you really think that it can be against the whole world?

Wouldn't this become the second Dong Zhuo, and he had to find the princes of the Eighteenth Route to crusade, right?

Emperor Taizu Gao, I'm afraid that my courage is nothing more than that.

Zhu Di's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and he seemed to realize something, he stroked the case with his hand, and said: "What is discussed today, for the time being, the secretaries of Wenyuan Pavilion will stay, the various departments will stay, and Zhang Anshi will stay." ”

Such a court discussion was decisively stepped on the brakes by Zhu Di.

The faces of all the officials are extremely ugly.

The income is fixed, and how much Bing Jing and Tan Jing can be recorded in the account every year can be calculated according to a person's official position.

But the problem is that once the pot is smashed, his mansion is purchased, the concubines in each house have been paid, the slaves and maids have also bought so much, and the carriages and horses and various expenses in the clan are matched according to their own income.

If this source of wealth is cut off, it will really have to eat dirt.

This is really worse than the empty seal case, this is a problem that teaches people to be hungry.

The ministers were silent, but their faces were silent, and then they saluted and left.

Those who stayed were none other than Zhu Di's most trusted ministers.

Zhu Di stood up, paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and then looked up at Xia Yuanji, and said, "Xia Qing's family is the head of the household, so let's say something to me." ”

Xia Yuanji smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, don't do this. ”

He is concise and powerful.

Zhu Di's face was cold: "Xia Qing thinks...... Doesn't this work? ”

Xia Yuanji said: "If you want to implement any national policy, you must be able to unify the officials in the world." According to what Marquis Annan said, it is indeed of great benefit to the country and to the people. Kechen believes that if it is to be implemented, it must be difficult. ”

Xia Yuanji paused, and then said: "What the minister said is the words of the heart, and there is no selfish thought. In fact, the method mentioned by Annan Hou, it is not that no one in the household department has such thoughts, but in fact...... It simply doesn't work. ”

None of his words were perfunctory, they were all big truths.

Zhu Di said with a calm face: "As long as it is good for you, it can be implemented, right?" But if there is no benefit, then it will be difficult to move an inch, and in the long run, the taxes of the court will become less and less, and the taxes paid by the people will become heavier and heavier. Ten years, a hundred years later...... No matter how big the camel is, it will be crushed. ”

The so-called moral decline, in fact, the rise and fall of dynasties is also a kind of landslide, because those who have mastered the national weapons will consciously safeguard their own interests.

As Zhu Di said, time and time again, they refused to implement the national policies that were unfavorable to them, but each time, the will that was beneficial to them could be fully implemented, so that the situation became more and more favorable to them, until their wealth and status became more and more inflated. But at the same time, there will inevitably be a huge deficit in the finances of the imperial court, and the people will become increasingly difficult to survive because of this reasonable and legal encroachment.

The end result is to move on to the next cycle.

Xia Yuanji is not a corrupt official, and even he is not bad, and he is already loyal.

And at the same time, he remained sober at the same time, and the reason why he refused to let go was because he believed that if he implemented it in this way, it would only cause people's hearts to fluctuate, and it would definitely not be able to carry it out.

Instead of tossing like Wang Anshi and finally going back to the old way, it's better not to toss, can't you continue to sing and dance? After all, there are at least 100 years of peace!

Xie Jin said on the side: "Your Majesty, this is the people's heart, if the people's hearts are back, how can the society be stable?" ”

Zhu Di's face suddenly sank a little, and he said sharply: "Whose heart? ”

Xie Jinne was silent.

Zhu Di said: "Such a major event, it shouldn't have been discussed in the court first, didn't Wenyuan Pavilion detect the hidden dangers?" Why is there a court discussion in the proposed vote? ”

At this time, Xie Jinzi did not hesitate, hurriedly bowed, kowtowed, and said: "It is the minister who has neglected to observe for a while."

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "Don't you have any other opinions?" ”

After saying that, his eyes turned and fell on a person: "Jin Zhong, you can talk about it." ”

Jin Zhong, who only wanted to be silent until he retired, stood up very reluctantly and said: "The minister only knows the soldiers. ”

Zhu Di glared at him and said, "Don't you still know how to look?" Come, you look at your own, how many years can you have a yang life? ”

Jin Zhong: "......"

At this point, Jin Zhong felt that he couldn't hide, so he had to say: "Since it is good for the national economy and people's livelihood, as long as Your Majesty follows the example of Emperor Taizu Gao, then you can do it." It is certain that there is a lot of resistance, but because of the resistance, if you want to do a great career and make meritorious contributions, how can it be easy? ”

Zhu Di raised his eyes slightly and said, "It means that the Jin Qing family seconded Zhang Qing's suggestion?" ”

Jin Zhong said: "The minister didn't say it. ”

"But that's not what you said last time."

Jin Zhong said: "The minister talked about the great truth of facing difficulties and making meritorious contributions. It's not about one thing. ”

Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "I never thought that even you retreated." ”

Jin Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "The minister should keep a useful body and plan for His Majesty." ”

Zhu Di: "......"

Jin Zhong is already an honest man, at least he is not lying.

Zhu Di was thoughtful.

Immediately, his eyes fell on the body of the official Shangshu Jianyi.

His tone was gentle, and he still expressed a certain amount of respect for this old minister: "What does the Jian Qing family think?" ”

Jian Yi pondered: "The root of the problem lies in whether the thing can be achieved or not, if it is implemented with great fanfare, it will not be implemented in the end, but it will hurt the prestige of His Majesty and the prestige of the imperial court." Therefore, I would like to ask Your Majesty to consider it again. ”

Zhu Di listened, sighed, and said faintly: "Jian Qing's family really thinks that it can't be done?" ”

"The minister has experienced the Taizu Dynasty, the love of Emperor Taizu Gao, but also participated in a lot of military events, Taizu Shenwu, and many things, still not enough, although it is overworked, and discerning, may be done for the world, and geometry? Hey......"

What he means is that Emperor Taizu Gao can't do it, does His Majesty think that he is stronger than Emperor Taizu Gao?

Zhu Di was silent at this time.

He sat down, squinting, and didn't say a word.

Throughout, Zhu Di did not ask Zhang Anshi's opinion.

Because of Zhang Anshi, his attitude is very clear.

Zhu Di began to play with a few coins sent by Zhang Anshi, rubbing his hand on the fine silver dollar, and muttered: "After all, I am still unwilling, Zhang Anshi doesn't mention it, if I mention it, I am moved by my heart, and I think of the current situation, and it is really difficult to calm down." Into the fuck! ”

"Your Majesty."

At this moment, Xie Jin glanced at Zhu Di and suddenly said, "Zhang Anshi...... Mistakenly Daming. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked sideways.

Zhu Di glanced at Xie Jin coldly.

Xie Jin smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty...... This kind of recital, other people mentioned it, but the Marquis of Annan can't mention it, the Marquis of Annan is the wife and brother of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the prince is the prince, it's okay if he doesn't mention it, when he mentions it, what will the military and the people of the world think? ”

"Your Majesty appointed the crown prince as the prince, not only because of the affection of father and son, but also for the consideration of my Ming Dynasty. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is separated from the military and people of the world at this time, the ministers are only afraid of the future, and there will be another disaster. ”

He said it sincerely, after all, it was a small meeting behind closed doors, and he could speak freely.

This time, it can be regarded as directly pointing the finger at Zhang Anshi.

Every time an emperor dies, the dynasty will face a crisis, that is, the crown prince is not enough prestige to calm the situation, which is also what any normal emperor needs to consider.

What Xie Jin said is that Zhang Anshi directly pitted the prince, if something goes wrong with His Majesty in the future, what should the prince do?

Now the position of the prince is very stable, Xie Jin said this, but he suddenly said Zhu Di's heart.

Of course, Xie Jin was worried about the prince on the surface, but in fact, he said that if the prince can't control the situation in the future, he might as well consider other people...... Like what......

Zhu Di stared at Xie Jin.

I have to say that Xie Jin is talented, he can draw inferences from one case and directly tell the essence of the problem.

But the expressions of the other ministers in the palace were different.

Some people think that Xie Jin is right, in this palace, Jian Yi, Jin Zhong, Yang Rong and others, almost everyone is a person who resolutely supports the prince.

Xie Jin's remark made them aggravate this worry.

As for Zhu Di, what he may have to consider is that he can't let his son have a Jianwen, which may create hidden dangers for the country.

Zhu Di looked at everyone with a faint gaze, and said in a deep voice: "The policy of benefiting the country and the people, should you also consider it like this?" ”

Xie Jin immediately said: "In all dynasties, there have been many suggestions, and many people have advocated for the benefit of the country and the people. But in the end, they all failed, and even endangered the country. So I thought it was ...... When the Marquis of Annam is in a high position, he must not act rashly, and he must think twice before acting. ”

Zhu Di pursed his lips and turned the silver dollar in his hand, on which a layer of Zhu Di's sweat had surfaced.

He closed his eyes slowly, then opened them suddenly.

At this time, I heard Zhang Anshi say: "What Xie Gong said makes sense and has been taught." ”

Xie Jin smiled slightly and said, "I spoke straighter, and I asked Annan Hou not to blame." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Zhang Anshi wanted to break Xie Jin's heart, but he said unhurriedly: "I heard...... A few days ago, Duke Xie also sent some books to His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

Xie Jin's face did not change in the slightest, but he said: "His Royal Highness King Zhao is thirsty for knowledge, and he is recovering from a serious illness, I will send him some books, please His Royal Highness King Zhao can cultivate his body, why not?" ”

"It's nothing." Zhang Anshi looked at him with a smile and said, "It's just that I heard that Duke Xie and King Zhao have moved around a lot." ”

Xie Jin has long known these things, and he can't hide them from others, especially Jinyiwei, he looks calm, and even looks frank: "King Zhao is smart and studious, and he wants to ask me for advice on many things, King Zhao is His Majesty's bloodline, I appreciate his studious heart, and he does have some movements." But I don't know, what does Annanhou mean by this? Could it be ...... I sympathize with His Royal Highness King Zhao, but I am also wrong? ”

Aren't you checking me? Then look it up.

Zhang Anshi looked at him fixedly and said, "Sympathy? ”

Xie Jin said calmly: "People have likes and dislikes, King Zhao is a nobleman, I am a minister, and I have some intersection with each other, so I shouldn't have violated the discipline and national law, right?" ”

Xie Jin was not worried at all, because he knew very well that King Zhao was also His Majesty's son-in-law, and he would never be angry with him because of this.

So he continued: "What's more, I am a gentleman's friend with King Zhao, and the Marquis of Annan entangled me with these, but he taught me to be a little confused. ”

What this means is that you Zhang Anshi are too nonsense.

Zhang Anshi smiled, with a hint of a different meaning in his eyes, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing, but I didn't expect that Duke Xie and His Royal Highness King Zhao have such a thick relationship." I also have a lot of friends, and I like brothers to them, and that's fine. ”

Xie Jin thought that Zhang Anshi couldn't find his mistake, so he admitted it, so he smiled, quite complacent.

Argue with me, you Zhang Anshi is still too tender, let's study for another hundred years.

At this time, a eunuch came in and reported: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhao asks to see you." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Di let out a sigh of relief and said lightly: "Summon." ”

This King Zhao ...... He has also been recuperating for nearly a month, Xie Jin is quite concerned about him, and it is not good to visit him in person, but he is quite looking forward to meeting here today. If you have the opportunity, it would be best to talk to each other in depth.

After all, now because of Zhang Anshi, he has completely torn his face with the East Palace.

After a while, Zhu Gaosui, the king of Zhao, slowly entered the palace with the support of the eunuchs, and was just about to salute.

Zhu Di said: "You don't have to salute, give a seat." ”

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The second chapter will be delivered as soon as possible.

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