On the 15th, he said frankly that on the one hand, Zhu Yuan really missed Lao Zhu Zhen for treating him as a relative, and on the other hand, he also had his own considerations, not impulsive. agueweed

still pinched Lao Zhu's character.

Caring for relatives, as well as, rewards and punishments are clear.

How good it is for loved ones, there are too many historical records, there is no need to go into details.

As for the latter, perhaps the first thing that comes to the mind of onlookers is that all the heroes have been killed, which is also called clear rewards and punishments?

Zhu Yuan is still a certain point of view.

It was the helpless madness of an idealist in his later years after all his naïve expectations had been disillusioned, and there was too much beneath the surface.

Far from being the simple sentence 'The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey cooks, can be described.' agueweed

Before disillusionment, Lao Zhu had a scale in his heart.

I'll give you as much as you do.

This can be seen from the number of honorable and noble heroes in the three years of Hongwu, such as the same duke, Li Shan, who ranked first, has 4,000 stones, and Xu Da, who is second, has 5,000 stones, because Lao Zhu feels that Xu Da has more credit.

There is also a marquis, which is divided into several ranks.

Let's talk about Zhu Yuan.

In less than a year, how much has been done, Lao Zhu can see it very clearly.

The Zhu family's own children and grandchildren are very capable and a doer, so it can be said that every point is completely in line with Lao Zhu's expectations for talents and henchmen. In addition, Zhu Yuan was so open and honest, digging out his heart and lungs, tsk...... Who will be able to move Zhu Hanlin in the future? agueweed

The ancestor and the distant grandson touched each other, and in the following two days, they entered a state of pragmatism together.

A large number of historical materials in later generations have recorded that Lao Zhu habitually expounded a point of view, and he never thought that he could become this emperor. The fact is also the same, therefore, after really becoming a prince, Lao Zhu is actually very confused, all dynasties, so many dynasties have come and gone, you come and go, he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of the past, so, while working hard for decades, Lao Zhu has also been groping and trying.

Because of that diligence, because of that exploration, perhaps, there is still some awe of Jiangshan Sheji, relatively speaking, Lao Zhu has done a good job, the only 'cultural and martial arts,. However, it is clear that there are still many flaws.

What is the biggest reason?

Zhu Yuan thinks that it is three words: limitations.

The limitations of the times made Lao Zhu only explore on the basis of many experiences of previous dynasties, and it was difficult to escape from the trap of the historical cycle after all.

Now, the appearance of Zhu Yuan has given Lao Zhu a chance to jump out of the limitations. agueweed

Although Lao Zhu can't describe it concretely and doesn't know the so-called 'limitations,,,,As an enterprising emperor,He can also feel this.。

So, during the two days of the ship's trip, except for a few urgent reports, Lao Zhu simply put down most of the other affairs and concentrated on discussing with his baby twenty-third grandson how to go next.

The road is long.

There's too much to do.

In short, it is still necessary to take it step by step, distinguish the priorities, and make a pawn. In order to avoid neglecting one or the other, the method given by Zhu Yuan is to make a list.

From infrastructure to tuntian, from education to military, from industry to medical care......

There are many, many smaller projects. agueweed

….

Referring to the past, Zhu Yuan also put forward the 'five-year plan, the development plan, Lao Zhu was very inspired, but felt that five years is too long, three years is better.

The ancestors were eager to seek treatment, and Zhu Yuan did not object.

Three years is three years.

Three years after three years, three years after three years, and three years after that......

Well.

That's far-fetched.

Slightly. agueweed

Speaking of which, according to Lao Zhu's life expectancy, starting next year, the Hongwu Dynasty will be able to have exactly 10 'three-year plans,.

Just a distraction.

Zhu Yuan sincerely looked forward to his ancestors being able to have a few more years this time.

In the blink of an eye, it's September 16th

Afternoon.

When the courtiers reported that they would land in two quarters of an hour, Zhu Yuan, who was immersed in various topics, and Lao Zhu Gang finished discussing the matter of letting the navy take over Tamna, that is, Jeju Island in Korea in order to try Goryeo and Japan.

The full name of the current Tamna is the Tamna Military and Civilian Administration.

It belongs to the territory of the Yuan court. agueweed

When Zhu Yuan said this, he still remembered that in his memory, Emperor Zhizheng seemed to have a plan to flee to Tamna, and it seemed that he had transported a large amount of treasure in advance.

Most of them are in one pot, and the news should have reached Tamna.

Treasure......

Even if there is, it has probably been carved up and hidden by local forces, but this island must not be abandoned.

Location is too important.

Because the main goal in the next few years is to recuperate and resume production, and the naval force still needs to be strengthened, I don't plan to take Goryeo and Japan for the time being, but this springboard must be set up.

It will also be easier to get things done in the future. agueweed

Globally, Zhu Yuan believes that the geographical location of the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago is also very important, just like the Nanyang Islands, and this time they must not be allowed to wander outside the rule of the Ming Dynasty in the name of a subject country.

Waiting for Lao Zhu to casually send his courtiers to prepare, Zhu Yuan continued another topic: "Next, there is currency, which Yuan'er wanted to talk to his ancestors for a long time. In the previous life, Yuan'er had seen those monetary theories, which were too complicated, and would slowly summarize them to the ancestors in a later day, and here, Yuan'er gave the ancestors the most simple explanation: for the national economy, currency is like the 'water' in the rivers, lakes and seas in our real territory, which can play a role in stimulating production and regulating distribution."

Saying this, Zhu Yuan had quickly written a series of words on a blank page, and these words were closed by lines.

Handed to Lao Zhu on the other side of the book, Zhu Yuan continued: "For example, this example: the imperial court mints 1 guan coin, and sends this 1 guan coin to the craftsman, and the craftsman can give back the production results of 1 guan coin; Then, into the next link, the craftsman uses this 1 money to buy firewood, rice, oil and salt, and the craftsman's life is satisfied, and this 1 money will enter the hands of some merchants at the top of the social pyramid. But, this time, I'm going to keep it open; Then, the merchants also used this 1 yuan to consume, and their consumption was relatively high-end, fine porcelain, delicious shark fin, well, and expensive glassware, what about these, if all of them are monopolized by the state, then the money will return to the hands of the imperial court, and then, it will be the next cycle. Ancestor, do you see anything from this?"

….

Lao Zhu looked at the circle on the paper in front of him, and his mind quickly found a point: "What about taxes?"

Zhu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Yes, of course, there must be taxes, and the imperial court can extract taxes from every section of the circulation of coins, which is a kind of adjustment and distribution."

Lao Zhu frowned and thought. agueweed

Zhu continued: "Taxation is only one of the distributional adjustments. In addition, the imperial court minted this 1 yuan itself, and we gave it to the poor to buy the goods of the rich, which was also a kind of distribution adjustment. In addition, the imperial court directly monopolizes the sale of goods in some links, makes a profit, and then invests the profits into the national economy and people's livelihood, which is another kind of distribution adjustment, and so on. Behind these distributional adjustments, there is a question: why money? Because compared with cloth, grain and other physical objects that can also be exchanged, easy-to-carry currency is relatively the easiest to carry out social circulation at the lowest cost, and the imperial court has the power to mint money, which is equivalent to that we have a tool that can mobilize social resources to maintain the operation of the country. That's why I say that money is the 'water' in a country's economy. Everything cannot survive without water. In the same way, unless we want to return to the primitive state of prehistoric gathering and hunting like animals, we can do without the 'water' of money as long as we want to keep a country running."

Lao Zhu understood, nodded approvingly, and after thinking about it, he said, "But, I feel that I use this...... Money buys these things, and no matter how it circulates, isn't it still the same thing?"

"No," Zhu Yuan shook his head, "This is a traditional misunderstanding for thousands of years, the imperial court always feels that social resources are fixed

, so the merchants are restricted from pursuing profits, but in fact, on the contrary, the circulation of money will create demand, for example, I just said, the firewood, rice, oil and salt that craftsmen need, and all kinds of luxury products that merchants need, if there is no such 1 money, well...... I mean, this is an idealized model, a model with only 1 yuan, so without this 1 yuan, they don't have these needs, and as a result, no one will try to produce firewood, rice, oil, salt, or porcelain, shark fins, glassware, and so on, that can be bought with this extra 1 yuan. This is the stimulating effect of 1 guan money on production. With this money, with these needs, other people can also support themselves by producing firewood, rice, oil, salt, porcelain, and shark fin. It's just 1 buck. Let's zoom in, what if there are 1 million, 10 million, or even 100 million?"

Lao Zhu felt that he understood a little, and when he heard the end, he smiled and said, "100 million yuan, then the money is not money."

"The ancestor is wise, and he has discovered another problem," Zhu Yuan also smiled: "The more money the better, the more money must be minted in moderation, and the corruption of the Yuan court's banknote policy is because of the indiscriminate issuance. Speaking of which, the ancestor also made such a mistake, and he was even more powerful than the Yuan Court."

Lao Zhu knew that it must have been a matter of his previous life, and he was not angry, but he was curious: "What do you say?"

"Let's talk about the later ones first," Zhu Yuan said, "Before Yuan'er came to this era, the most powerful country in the world, the United States, they also issued paper money, and this currency was not anchored to gold, heh, this is to insert a sentence, the Yuan Court issued banknotes, to anchor gold, and later there was a proper noun, called the gold standard." agueweed

….

"I know."

Lao Zhu said, still using a pen to write on the page in front of him a 'circle', 'gold standard, three words.'

Zhu Yuan continued: "But the United States does not, because it is strong, they issue paper money entirely on the credit of the country, called the dollar, and this currency is called 'credit money,' which is called 'credit money,' Zhu Yuan continued. Because there is no anchoring, and, because it is strong, the dollar is accepted by the whole world and circulates in all countries, what is the result, ancestors can imagine?"

Lao Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "Since it is accepted by the whole world, if it is me, I will print more and buy things for nothing."

Zhu Yuan nodded: "Ancestor is right, that's what the United States does, it's called 'harvesting, and their means are much more complicated than the simple 'buying of things for nothing' by the ancestors, but, fundamentally, heh, it's indeed a white wolf with empty gloves."

"Empty gloves white wolf, that's the word," Lao Zhu smiled, "It's appropriate."

Zhu Yuan didn't know the origin of the 'Empty Glove White Wolf, so he didn't care about these details, and instead said, "Go back to just now, do your ancestors know that in this world, which country was the first to issue credit currency?" agueweed

Lao Zhu didn't have to guess, he said directly, "What did I do?"

"That's right," Zhu Yuan said, "I forgot to write it in the Book of Heaven before, it should be the eighth year of Hongwu, maybe it was the ninth year, and the ancestor issued the Daming treasure banknote, which is the world's first credit currency, without any anchor, completely relying on national credit support. With the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty banknotes also had the hope of becoming at least a wide range of currency in Asia, but, because the ancestors did not understand economics, did not know that currency issuance should be controlled, and should be based on the economic situation to coordinate the appropriate amount, as a result, because of the indiscriminate issuance, to the end of Hongwu, 1 Ming treasure banknote, has depreciated more than 10 times, and after a few decades, it has become a waste paper in general, and the country has returned to the era of copper and silver trading. In fact, this is also a pity, if the banknote system can be stable and sustainable, and the country encounters a critical moment of crisis, the appropriate issuance of additional currency can also be used to save the crisis. Let's just say that the United States, their dollar, since the founding of the country, has lasted smoothly for more than 200 years, well, by the way, at the beginning, the dollar was also anchored by gold on the gold standard, but later with the increase of national strength, it was gradually disconnected."

Lao Zhu thought about it, but he also regretted it, but he quickly collected his emotions and said, "With you this time, you will be in charge of this currency matter."

Zhu Yuan did not refuse, agreed, and said: "Just like Yuan'er just said, the currency of the United States was originally the gold standard, and it was only after one or two hundred years that it was released from anchoring in accordance with the times, which is a gradual process. Ancestor, let's do it this time

Gradual. First of all, in a short period of time, it is not appropriate to issue paper money, one is because the system is not perfect, the second is that at the beginning of the founding of the country, everything is still recovering, the economy is not enough, the third is easy to counterfeit, which is too harmful to the currency, and finally, the fourth, the people are not very recognized. Therefore, for at least ten years, it is still necessary to focus on metal money, in addition to copper coins, I suggest that silver should also be listed as legal tender, increase the mining of silver mines, and mint a batch of official silver coins. At the same time, the imperial court also had to accumulate gold to prepare for the future issuance of paper money. Yuan'er's suggestion, for the sake of future generations, at least a hundred years, or even two or three hundred years, unless there is an emergency moment when the country is in danger, the gold standard must be observed."

….

"Listen to you, listen to you," Lao Zhu nodded and smiled again: "A few months ago, there was a ...... What official wrote that there was a silver mine in Shandong and suggested mining, and I also scolded him, it seems that I was wrong. And this copper coin...... That is, this copper, are we rich in Daming?"

"We do lack copper ore in this land, and there are not many silver mines, not to mention that they have been mined for thousands of years," Zhu Yuan said, "However, with the current demand of the Ming Dynasty, full production and then try to explore some new mines, it will definitely be enough in a short period of time." After that, it is to expand to the periphery, such as those island countries overseas, where their productivity is backward and all kinds of minerals are kept intact, these are all resources. Well...... I remembered, Japan, Iwami Ginzan, it seems to ...... At its peak, silver production reached one-third of the world's."

Saying this, Zhu Yuan pointed to the small globe on the side of the book: "Ancestor, you see, these islands are only as big as one of our provinces, but how rich should it be that silver production once accounted for thirty percent of the world's total?" agueweed

Lao Zhu also obviously reached out to take the globe and dialed it on the Japanese archipelago, and he was still a little unconvinced: "This ...... Can there be 30 percent?"

Zhu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It should be thirty percent of the global production in a certain historical period, but it should be a lot, and before, in Mingzhou, I saw with my own eyes that the maritime merchants were pulling back the rough copper in ships, and the current copper mines in Japan are also very rich, well, there are gold mines."

Lao Zhu rubbed for a moment and said with emotion: "According to you, this is a mountain of gold and silver. But...... That Yuan Court has not defeated Japan twice, so we still have to be cautious and straighten out our own boundaries first."

Zhu Yuan nodded.

There is no hurry.

After saying a few more words, the courtier reminded aloud outside the door again, and said that Zhu Yuan's boat had sent official uniforms over, and the two of them got up.

At the moment, they are all wearing everyday clothes, and when they go ashore, they still have to be more formal. agueweed

The two ancestors and grandsons directly changed into dragon robes and official uniforms outside, walked out of the cabin, and leaned on the railing on the second floor of the building, and they could already see the grand scene on the Longwan wharf, not only the tens of thousands of onlookers on the periphery, but also the middle field of the wharf, but also the flags and hundreds of officials lined up.

Lao Zhu looked at the scene on the shore, as well as the self-owned children who could already be seen in his field of vision, but continued to talk about things: "Come back this time, Yuan'er, you will enter the middle school, and be a flat chapter."

Zhongshu Province Pingzhang Political Affairs.

From a product.

This......

Promoted to three orders in a row, he is directly on the same level as Huagao's Huguang and other places in the Pingzhang political affairs of Zhongshu Province, one step short, he is the prime minister.

And so it is. agueweed

Why did I suddenly think of Zhu Wenzheng?

Thoughts drifted, Zhu Yuan shook his head: "Ancestor, it's too fast, I think it's good now, and besides, one more from the first product, it's not neat, in private, I still want to engrave a private seal, it's called 'Zhu Sanpin,'"

Lao Zhu also came over: "What is neat and untidy, then the king of the county is also from the same mile, if you don't want it?"

Zhu Yuan did not hesitate: "Yes!"

Lao Zhu retracted his gaze, thought for a while, and said, "If you can't get along with Baimu, I will make it clear to him that you two will do your own thing, and no one should disturb anyone. If he doesn't care about the overall situation, don't blame me for not talking about the past."

….

Hundred rooms are Li Shanchang's words.

Zhu Yuan didn't think of this just now, but Lao Zhu thought of it. agueweed

However, as soon as his ancestor said this, Zhu Yuan thought for a while and shook his head

"No, well, I mean, the ancestor ......" said and reacted, looked to the side, and said to several nearby internal officials and guards, "You stand farther away."

Waiting for the people around him to retreat, Zhu Yuan continued: "Ancestor, when you mention this, I am inspired again, do you know why you once ...... After the founding of the country, there was no problem with the military generals, but here in Jinling, did the Wenchen toss all kinds of things?"

Lao Zhu understood what his precious twenty-third grandson was talking about, and asked, "Why?"

"Because they're too idle."

Lao Zhu: "......"

"This is true," Zhu Yuan said, "At that time, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was still in existence, and the Quartet was not stable, so the generals had their own affairs. However, what about Wenchen, after the founding of the country, when the mainland was calmed down, it was equivalent to a piece of cake, which was done, and because of the traditional concept, unlike the continuous development of military generals, Wenchen actually didn't have much to do, so he could only change the law to grab this piece of 'cake', so all kinds of chickens and dogs jumped, and his head was bleeding."

The analogy is very vivid, Lao Zhu understood it when he thought about it, and asked, "How to solve it?" agueweed

"That's the three-year plan we're talking about," Zhu Yuan said, "Ancestor, the best way to prevent them from jumping around is not to leave them idle, but to give them enough things to do. It just so happens that we have only talked about it in the past two days, tuntian, road construction, shipbuilding, iron smelting, surveying and mapping, mining and so on, each of which is enough to do it for a few years. The ancestor handed over the work, let everyone be busy, and gave the goal, what progress must be completed every year, if you can't get it, you will be punished, and if you do it well, you will be rewarded. How simple. In this way, the donkeys will go to the grinding, and there will be no time to rub each other."

Lao Zhu nodded, but scolded with a smile: "You ...... A good way is a good way, that is, heh, we are two grandchildren, but you have said it."

Zhu Yuan reacted.

yes.

The current Ming Dynasty...... The two hardest donkeys happen to be here.

Pei Xuanhuang