Chapter 40: The Scourge of Treasure Money
Qianqing Palace!
Another court meeting kicked off with a sound of "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Chitose Chitose, Chitose"!
"What is the matter with you Aiqing?"
King's Landing yawned a little loosely, last night's teaching time was too long, and it was really hard to get up at five o'clock to go to work!
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, like a schoolboy looking to answer the teacher's questions.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the minister has a play!"
At this time, Shi Xinsuke, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up with a copy in his hand!
"Oh, what's Shi Aiqing's play?"
For Shi Xinfu's original music, King's Landing was a little surprised. After all, this person was arranged by him to participate in the compilation of imperial examination textbooks, the revision of regulations and other things, could it be that there was something wrong?
"Your Highness, the Cabinet University Scholar Situ Min is guilty of dereliction of duty! This bureaucracy joined the compilation of the imperial examination textbooks, and its textbooks respected Confucianism and Taoism, and sank into poetry and songs, if this was the only thing, it would not be harmful, but this bureaucrat actually talked about agriculture and industry and commerce between words, emphasizing agriculture as the foundation, commerce and industry as the end, and vainly discussing the national policy of His Royal Highness the Prince! ”
As soon as these words came out, King's Landing was stunned.
What's going on with this old guy Situ Min? At the beginning, this old guy recommended himself to compile the imperial examination textbooks, but now it's good, and he actually jumped out to do things?
The science science that this palace sent to you has been read in vain?
"Bring it on!"
With that, Xiao Dezi handed over the recital to King's Landing.
Open it and take a look, there is only one word in the whole article, slave!
The slaves of the traditional Confucian scholars, farmers and industrialists, and the slaves of the power organs of the great families!
"Hmph, Situ Min, what do you explain?"
"Returning to His Royal Highness the Prince, the monarch and the ministers, the father and son, the three outlines and the five constants, the elders and the young are respectful and orderly, and the agriculture and industry are the judgments of the sages. The herdsmen of the Shi nationality are the kings of the country, and the implementation of this imperial examination, and the parallel scientific examination of a variety of household registrations, does not make the Shi people feel cold! ”
Situ Min's old face was sad, and his words were as if he was weak, although he seemed to be debating, he was speechless, and he was surprised by the Manchu civil and military forces who only listened.
This old man is very flamboyant on weekdays, and he even dares to scold the emperor for the people with one mouth, how can he do it today... So powerless!
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't listen to this old thief's nonsense. How can Confucian classics be classics for all ages, if there are all the scholars in the world, how can there be no farming, how can the people be rich without commerce, and how can there be utensils without ICBC? If the warriors are high, who will resist the external humiliation, and who will resist the barbarian iron horse? ”
Shi Xinfu immediately stepped forward and fought back against Situ Min with sharp words.
Originally, he was inferior to Situ Min in terms of grade, age, and knowledge, so he had great respect for Situ Min, and this bureaucrat was the first to recommend himself to compile the imperial examination textbook, and he was full of good feelings for this old-timer who supported his work.
But I didn't expect that this old thing had only been involved for a long time, and he wanted to incite Zheng Banqiao and others to strike, and even tried in vain to build a high class wall of agriculture, industry and commerce, and implement the cholera imperial examination system, which poisoned future students.
This move was really angry.
"As the saying goes, the monarch and the people are light, and the people of the world are all enlightened, if everyone wants to sit on the throne of the emperor, how can the world be stable? His Royal Highness the Prince, the old minister is not a minister, he really can't bear to watch the world be disrupted and the people are not happy! ”
As soon as Situ Min's words came out, it immediately caused turmoil in the court.
This son actually said such a great rebellion.
"Old man Situ, how can you be allowed to say such alarmist words in the court. I implore His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to behead this servant and show it to the public, as a show of his example! ”
Shi Xinfu was young and more sharp, and when he heard such harsh words at this time, he immediately jumped like thunder.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is slow, what Scholar Situ said is not unreasonable. The crown prince supervised the beheading of the country, investigated corruption, built the Ministry of Industry, and raised people and businessmen, all of which are for the people of the world, but has His Royal Highness forgotten that the officials above the court still have enough to eat! ”
"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince, in such a short period of time, several measures, you are going to subvert the world!"
Unexpectedly, after Shi Xinfu, many courtiers actually stood behind Situ Min, constantly admonishing the disadvantages of the prince's imperial examination.
King's Landing also saw it clearly, he had already waited a little longer, waiting for the rebound of the implementation of the election system, at this time, I was afraid that it would be an appetizer!
"You, you...."
Shi Xinfu also didn't expect that so many people suddenly jumped out, and he was angry for a while.
"Hehe, what you Aiqing said makes sense, since Zhang Aiqing said that officials can't eat enough, then let's discuss this matter today. What do you think? ”
"Back to the prince, the food of the king is for the king, the officials are for the country and the people, even if the ministers can't eat, they must share their worries for the country, for Your Majesty, and for His Royal Highness the Prince!"
Hearing this, King's Landing rolled his eyes.
As soon as Lao Tzu finished speaking, you jumped out and pretended to be high, it's disgusting!
"Li Aiqing is heartfelt, and others have something to say!"
"Your Highness, the minister has something to say!"
Jia Jinshang, the head of the household, came out in response, and everyone who saw it was stunned, who is this person, so familiar?
Even Zhu Guangqi, the head of the household department, was puzzled, what did this kid stand up for? Hasn't he been in charge of the public-private partnership all along, why is he involved in it today?
Zhu Guangqi didn't know why, and inexplicably felt a little stabbed in the back.
Don't you see that the new officials and the Ministry of Rites are all backstabbing bosses!
"Jia Aiqing, what's the matter!"
A hint of joy flashed in Jun Lintian's eyes, and he immediately prepared to listen to Lao Jia's speech with great interest.
"Back to Your Highness, my courtiers can't eat enough, it's understandable! It's really a disaster for the treasure money! ”
"Full of nonsense!"
As soon as this statement came out, Ai Gaoqian, director of the banknote department of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly stood up to oppose it, and the issuance of treasure banknotes was instructed by Gaozu to relieve the financial pressure of the imperial court, and all these prints were cast and issued by their banknote casting department.
Now, your household secretary is talking like this, isn't this a pot for me to cast money, this pot can't be accepted!
"Your Royal Highness, the Great Qianbao Banknote was instructed by Emperor Gaozu, which once alleviated the currency crisis of our Great Qian, how can it be said that official corruption is the scourge of the Great Qianbao Banknote, isn't this move against Emperor Gaozu!"
Listening to the words of this post, King's Landing Tian's eyebrows narrowed slightly, and some people couldn't see the timing clearly.
"Your Royal Highness, when the treasure banknote was issued, my Daqian court was extremely short of money, and the pressure on the court was greatly relieved for a period of time, which is indeed a good policy from above, but now this Daqian treasure banknote has become a tasteless chicken rib that is discarded?"
Jia Jinshang was not stunned at all, and at this time he even asked: "Lord Ai, dare to ask what is the exchange price of treasure banknotes and silver now?" ”
As soon as these words came out, the words that Ai Gaoqian originally wanted to refute suddenly froze!
Yes, what is the exchange price of today's Daqian treasure banknotes and silver taels!
Originally, the treasure money was worth one or two pieces of silver, that is, a thousand yuan, but now the treasure money can only be exchanged for less than fifty yuan, and very few people in the market accept the treasure money, which is really sad.