Time goes back to when Zhu Yijun watched the chapter about begging for widows.

Because it is now the end of summer and autumn, the weather is getting cooler and the wind is refreshing, and Zhu Yijun will often work outside.

Now he was sitting on a recliner, watching the recitals with the setting sun on a blue lake.

And because of this, he saw a letter from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, which had only now arrived in front of his emperor, warning him that if he did not evacuate the Tang people who had moved to Toying as soon as possible, otherwise he would slaughter the Tang people.

Zhu Yijun sneered when he saw it.

Then.

Zhu Yijun looked at other chapters again, and after learning that Magui planned to land in Wa China first, and forced Toyotomi Hideyoshi to come to his aid, so as to set up an ambush and planned to use Iwami Silver Mountain as bait to open a double brace against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, taking advantage of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's arrogance after defeating all the invincible opponents of the daimyo in Honshu, he couldn't help laughing:

"The country's famous generals, the blessing of the society!"

"I'm going to see the stone!"

As a result, Zhu Yijun's bad mood has decreased a lot because the price of silver dollars has been rising recently.

He believed that Magui should be able to capture Iwami Silver Mountain next and complete what he had instructed.

But.

Nowadays, except for a few people such as Zhu Yijun, not many people can know that the war of the Japanese countries far overseas will have a great impact on the domestic economic crisis.

This is mainly due to poor information.

Not everyone has all the information that matters.

In addition, it is normal for people to be blinded, and people are often only willing to believe what they want to believe.

Therefore, there are still many powerful and wealthy gentry who are selling high-quality assets, land, real estate, and antiques, which have flowed from high-ranking households in Zhumen to ordinary people's homes.

Therefore, the amount of silver dollars circulating in the market is still decreasing significantly, and the price of silver is still rising.

Many workshops are still suspended, unemployment is still increasing, there are fewer merchant ships on the canals, and many porters have had to switch careers to participate in major infrastructure projects.

"How much land did our family sell?"

Gu Xiancheng also asked Gu Yuncheng about selling high-quality assets on this day.

Gu Yuncheng replied: "The 800 acres of high-quality watered fields by the Taihu Lake were sold for 500 acres at a discount of 321 acres. ”

After hearing this, Gu Xiancheng said: "It's so cheap! This is when the ancestor was in Wuxi before the flood, Chengfu Yin Zhi asked for fifteen taels of silver a mu to buy it, and it was not so cheap in the disaster year at that time. ”

"Except for the poor households who don't have much land and especially want to have their own land, they are now willing to spend silver dollars to buy it, and those who are a little richer are not willing to buy land, and they all want to hoard silver dollars, so they have no choice, so they can only set such a low price, otherwise they can't afford it even if they make up money."

Gu Yun became enlightened.

Gu Xiancheng sighed after hearing this: "It's okay, it's really cheap for these poor households!" ”

As Gu Xiancheng spoke, he looked at the large number of people who were working for the government, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly for a while: "If this trend continues, it must not take long for the silver dollars lent from the internal funds to the foreign courts." ”

"It should be, it is said that the Imperial Procuratorate has begun to prepare a new bullet to impeach Shenwu County and other new parties, and I think that this time Your Majesty will not shelter again."

Gu Yuncheng said.

Gu Xiancheng said with a smile: "If you continue to shelter it, the Huangzhuang will be worthless, and the eunuchs in the inner court who are in charge of the Huangzhuang are afraid that they will force Your Majesty to liquidate Shenwu County and other new parties." ”

"This is natural, who let Huangzhuang produce grain instead of silver dollars, but now it is silver dollars that are rising and grain falling."

Gu Yuncheng said with a smile.

Zhu Yijun reported that the unemployment rate was increasing, and even the official practices in Fengyang, Fujian, and Yingtian had suffered serious losses, and the sales of the goods produced had dropped sharply, so he summoned Shen Shixing and others again, and said:

"Although many Haoyou don't dare to speculate on silver dollars, they still hoard silver dollars by buying and selling fields, and they are getting more and more crazy, obviously they want not only silver dollars, but also the power to govern the world, and even let me trample on the new gifts I advocate, but how can I let them get their wish?"

Zhu Yijun said: "Therefore, I have decided to lend another silver dollar to Taicang, and strive to control the rise of the silver dollar!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

"The ministers have also discussed this matter, and are deciding to go to the book today."

"The ministers have decided that the ruling ministers will donate five million taels of silver dollars from each family to save the city."

"In this way, even if we can't bring the price of the silver dollar back to what it used to be, we will be able to stabilize the price at the beginning of the year and stop increasing the number of unemployed."

"Therefore, there is no need to borrow internal funds first, so as not to accumulate grievances in the inner court, which is not conducive to the national capital."

Shen Shixing's meaning is very clear, the inner money has been digging out, I really don't know if there will be eunuchs who want the emperor to fall into the water because of the serious loss of silver dollars in the inner court.

And as soon as the emperor fell into the water, they, the people of the new party, lost their core.

You must know that there has always been a saying in the palace change of the Jiajing Dynasty that Jiajing chose to only grieve the inner court and not the outer court in the financial reform that year, so the palace maids wanted to kill the king, because the emperor did something disgusting, and it was not enough to treat everyone and benefit everyone.

Therefore, Shen Shixing and others still cared about the emperor's safety, and they did not dare to support the emperor to wronged the inner court too much, because the inner court was not only the emperor, nor could they underestimate the degree of destruction of ordinary palace people.

After all, within five steps, your greatest power is only a physical mortal, and the role of power within five steps is much less than that outside five steps.

And Shen Shixing and others were willing to take out so many silver dollars to donate to the imperial court, which can also be said to be ruined, and they were forced to be anxious by the old party.

They obviously also know that the old party wants to break the net through economic warfare, so even if they don't donate now, they will be eaten by the old party in the future in the name of solving the silver dollar crisis.

Rather than this, it is better to take the initiative to take out all the silver dollars to save the market.

In this way, at least the fixed assets can be preserved, which is better than not even having a place to live or even a life after being completely eaten by the old party in the future, and if the power can be retained because of this, it may be able to earn it back in the future.

As for revealing his wealth to the emperor, whether it would arouse the emperor's greed even more, they didn't care so much.

What's more, the fact that Zhang Juzheng can be saved also lets them know that the emperor is not the kind of short-sighted person who sees money, and he will not ignore the moral rules for the sake of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and smash the reputation he has established for many years.

Moreover, Zhu Yijun had already made it clear a few days ago that his Son of Heaven gave the people of the world the right to legally own private property, and he would not encroach on it, which also made Shen Shixing and other new parties believe that the emperor would not be so shallow.

Of course.

The most important thing is that there is no way out for their new party, after all, reform is not the emperor's business alone, and the emperor cannot bleed alone, if they do not bleed, then the concept of governing the country with the new rites that they have worked so hard to build will collapse, and the social logic will still become the cruel and internal friction model of the past.

That is, whoever reforms will be ruined.

Zhu Yijun also understood why Shen Shixing and the others did this, so he nodded:

"It's good!"

"After all, this is not my own business, since you are like this, I should approve it!"

"But you don't have to donate silver, you need to consider the peace of the inner court when you get out of the silver, don't you have to think about the peace of the inner court?"

"Relatives of the clan, are they really willing to take out more and more valuable silver dollars?"

"Although Zhongqing is a person of status in the clan, he can suppress the pressure and force the relatives of the clan to agree to donate silver."

"But I don't want to use this kind of coercion to ensure the smooth progress of the reform, so it is better to lend it to Taicang in the form of a loan, and turn this loan into a kind of bond with the loan borrowed by the Inner Carrier Depot, which is called a national debt!"

"The Cabinet Policy Department will improve the national debt system when the time comes."

"When the time comes, let each family take this bond, and in the future, when the imperial court is full of silver dollars, they will repay the debt and interest, so that the family's wealth will not decrease but increase, so that you can have less resentment in your respective inner gardens, and you will know that it is not for nothing to give to the imperial court."

"After all, it is not easy for the relatives of the Zhongqing clan to manage their respective family businesses, and they can't be said to the imperial court."

"Your Majesty is kind and loving, and the ministers are heartfelt!"

"But if the ministers receive the favor of the country, how can they negotiate with the court? It is the ambition of the ministers to repay the country, and the ministers' families have also read poetry and books since childhood, and they are naturally willing to donate silver to the country, and they will not complain, and if they can really help the country to keep the peace, they will be honored! ”

Shen Shixing got up and said at this time.

Zhu Yijun didn't know if Shen Shixing was a temptation or because he was influenced by traditional Confucian thought and wanted to pretend to be reserved, so he only asked directly:

"Of course, the Qing family has no grievances because of this, but can the Qing ensure that other ministers' families have no grievances, and their homes will not be in turmoil because of this?!"

"Although Qing has discussed with his family and considered their feelings, and Qing's family members have unanimously agreed with Qing to do this, but have Qing asked other family members, can you guarantee that other people's family members will not have resentment?"

Shen Shixing pondered for a while after hearing this, and then said yes.

Hai Rui wanted to speak at this time.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand to stop: "Qing doesn't need to say much, I still say that, Qing can benefit his family, but he can't let other people's families benefit the country in the name of helping the country, Qing has no such qualifications, and it is not in line with the new ceremony, nor is it in line with my purpose of giving the people of the world the right to legally own private property." ”

Hai Rui had no choice but to say yes.

He can force his family, and indeed he can't force the families of Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang and others to be willing to donate silver to the imperial court, and make Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang and other families restless, which will affect the overall situation.

You must know that Qi Jiguang's backyard is already quite contradictory, and if he insists on it, it may really affect the major events of the imperial court's military aircraft.

In this way, Hai Rui can't even force his own family.

It's the same with Shen Shixing.

So, then, the Ming court really began to implement the national debt system.

"Your Majesty is still very confident in the reform, and also very confident in changing the world style that the people only love to pour into each other, not the kind of benevolent monarch who was only influenced by Confucianism in the past, and will give up halfway, thinking that the national fortune is difficult to change."

Shen Shixing therefore talked about his inner feelings to Hai Rui and other ministers next.

Hai Rui nodded: "Where does Your Majesty's confidence come from?" ”

"I know this, Your Majesty's confidence comes from all of you first, and from overseas."

Li Chengliang, who had become a privy deputy envoy to a civilian post, stepped forward to say a word at this time.

Qi Jiguang looked at Li Chengliang and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Li Chengliang said with a smile: "If the donation of silver is changed to the issuance of treasury bonds, won't the princes be more active in ensuring the rule of the officials, ensuring the increase of taxes, and ensuring that the war at the front will not be hindered by the rear and will be easier to win?" ”

All the ministers nodded.

Shen Shixing even smiled: "Your Majesty changed the donation to debt, and its bureau is here, this is not to believe that all the princes are like Mr. Gangfeng!" ”

The ministers couldn't help but sneer.

Zhang Xueyan said with a smile: "In the end, Marquis Ning Yuan has been in the integrated governance of the military and government in Andong for many years, and he knows the truth of taking the outside and the inside, so he thought of this first." ”

"However, this is indeed true, since the treasury bonds have been issued, and we have all bought the treasury bonds first, then we have to be more careful!"

"First of all, the rule of officials cannot be bad, this is the foundation of the decentralization of silver dollars to the people, whether it is a project or a tax, whether it can not become a government that harms the people, it all lies in this! The military needs at the front must not be withheld, and the military personnel at the front cannot be allowed to accuse the military at the front. ”

Shen Shixing and others nodded in agreement.

Qi Jiguang followed at this time: "The Privy Council will remind Ma Gui that it is best to eliminate the Japanese Kou thoroughly, so that even if there is no silver dollar in the future, you can send it directly." ”

"That's not enough!"

"In my opinion, let Chen Lan, Deng Zilong and other sailors go to Annam, Java and other places to interfere in the political affairs of Fanyi, stir up troubles and create disputes, and then take the opportunity to seize land for profit, and Liu Wei can be sent to Yunnan, Burmese is afraid of him, and he can also make trouble and intimidate in Burma, and win gold and silver in Burma."

Li Chengliang raised his eyebrows at this time and said.

Qi Jiguang couldn't help but look at Li Chengliang: "Is the prince in Liaodong doing such a poisonous trick to provoke the Jurchen?" So much so that the Jurchen tribes fought each other constantly during the period when they were the protectors of Anton. ”

"I think that's how it should be!"

Yin Zhengmao, the secretary of the military department, echoed at this time: "In this way, even if there is still trouble inside, but there is chaos outside, it can still be seen that this dynasty is not so chaotic!" ”

Shen Shixing heard Yin Zhengmao say this, and couldn't help but bow: "It's reasonable." ”

The rest of the ruling ministers of the New Party agreed.

In this way, many frontier ministers are really hawks one by one.

As soon as Liu Wei arrived in Yunnan, he insisted that Meng'an, a Shan Tusi who belonged to Burma, attacked and killed the families of the border soldiers in his camp, and sent someone to ask for the crime, forcing Meng'an to sacrifice 3,000 taels of gold to settle the matter.

Deng Zilong sent sailors to Annam to force the Mo regime to pay 100,000 taels of silver, saying that it was to help it resist the attack of the southern Ruan clan, which was equivalent to collecting protection money.

The Mo regime did not comply at first, and as a result, the Ruan clan really directly smashed the ship and bombarded his port, saying that there were rebels on their side entrenched here, cutting off their trade routes, forcing the Mo clan to pay money to Deng Zilong to eliminate the disaster.

"Now that the New Party is stirring up trouble everywhere, the Fanyi who are good friends with us are very dissatisfied, and they also know that this matter is caused by the instability of the price of silver, so they sent Confucian scholars to ask us when we are going to make trouble?"

Wang Zhixiang also specially asked Gu Xiancheng on this day.

Gu Xiancheng said with a calm face: "Wait a minute, this is all because the Son of Heaven has a national debt, which makes the new party more united, so that he will completely abandon courtesy, righteousness and shame, and make trouble everywhere in the name of national supremacy and transfer internal problems, but this national debt is a rootless tree in the end, and it won't last long." ”

(End of chapter)