Wang Xijue and other ruling ministers all looked at each other.

Zhu Yijun wants to establish a self-recommendation system for the first assistant, which undoubtedly makes it very difficult for them.

And it's not that they don't want to be the first assistant, it's just that according to the traditional scholar's point of view, as a gentleman, he should be modest and indifferent, and he should be ashamed of taking the initiative to seek fame and fortune.

Although for thousands of years, most people have been pursuing fame and fortune, but they all feel that they should be "indifferent to clear ambitions, quiet and far-reaching", thinking that this is the demeanor that a gentleman should have, how can there be a reason to take the initiative to seek office.

However, if the emperor wants this, they can only accept it.

Unless they really don't want to be the first assistant and lose their thirst for power.

But this is clearly impossible.

If they weren't obsessed with power, they wouldn't be doing things in the court now.

What's more, they can't say that they don't want to work for the country, and that is not what a gentleman does, after all, governing the country and leveling the world is also a Confucian requirement for traditional scholars.

Therefore, Wang Xijue and others had to write a notebook seriously in the next step and ask themselves to be the first assistant, and had to make it clear to the emperor that they wanted to be the first assistant, wanted to do things for the country, and wanted to do something.

This also means that Wang Xijue and others have made a promise to the emperor before becoming the first assistant, promising what goals they will achieve once they become the first assistant.

And their promise to the emperor is equivalent to making a promise to the people of the world and history.

In this way, it is not good for them to have a corpse vegetarian meal, and it is even worse to put all the responsibility on the emperor while having a corpse vegetarian meal, saying that they were forced to become the first assistant, and they have no ability and ideas, even if they do nothing during their tenure because the emperor is not active, they will have some pressure, and they want to persuade the emperor to cheer up.

Wang Xijue, Zheng Luo, Shen Yiyi, Chen Yuma, Shen Li, etc. all wrote chapters asking him to be the first assistant.

Zhu Yijun also watched their chapters.

In the end, Zhu Yijun still appointed Wang Xijue as the first assistant.

Li Chengliang got Zhu Yijun's hint in advance, so he didn't write a chapter this time and recommended himself.

"I am the first assistant, mainly because the secretary proposed a global unified currency."

"I think so, but I still want to hear Qing's specific thoughts, so that the whole world can only use the money of this dynasty, what is the benefit?"

After Zhu Yijun said this, he looked at Wang Xijue.

Wang Xijue replied: "Back to Your Majesty, if you can use the Ming silver dollar coupons all over the world, then Your Majesty and even the kings of later generations can maintain the fortunes of the country by wantonly borrowing debts." ”

"Really?"

Zhu Yijun asked.

Wang Xijue replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, generally speaking, parents don't have to worry about repaying their children's money, and it is not a debt, but the money owed to others is a debt and needs to be repaid; ”

"It's the same for the country, as long as the world uses the Ming silver dollar coupon, it means that the wealth of the world is represented by the Ming silver dollar coupon, so that the wealth of the world is generated by the Ming court, the Ming court is the parents of all the people in the world, and the people of the world are the children of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty borrows the money of the people of the world to do things, and naturally does not have to pay it back, otherwise once the Ming Dynasty really dies the country, it means that the source of wealth of the people of the world is not only gone, but it is necessary to bear the debts that cannot be paid off after the death of the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "This means that domestic debts are not debts, foreign debts are debts, as long as Daming uses his own silver dollar coupons in the world, then even if Daming borrows more debts, it is equivalent to no debt." ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"Now whether it is moving the people from the north to the south, or continuing to become kings, they need a lot of money, which is naturally not enough to rely on the annual treasury income, so they can only borrow from the people of the whole world, so that more and more people can buy the Ming subscription coupons, so that more and more people do not want the Ming Dynasty to die."

Wang Xijue replied.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Qing is worthy of being a wealthy businessman in Taicang, this strategy is very good!" ”

"Your Majesty's praise!"

Wang Xijue replied.

Zhu Yijun instructed: "Under the decree, in the future, only 100 yuan of silver dollar coupons will be accepted for buying and selling subscription coupons." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Xijue's promise to Zhu Yijun is that in the future, he will strive to have only one currency in the world, and this currency is the Ming silver dollar, and he must first realize the global unification of the currency!

As a wealthy businessman, Wang Xijue is very aware of the importance of money, and also knows that the quality of the monetary system is related to the rise and fall of a country.

Therefore, Wang Xijue put his ruling efforts in the direction of money law.

And Zhu Yijun also cooperated with him, and first ordered the imperial court to sell subscription coupons and the institutions responsible for reselling subscription coupons to only recognize silver dollar coupons with a face value of 100 yuan.

This means that the status of paper money has been further enhanced.

Now Daming is still in a period of rapid rise in national strength, which is equivalent to investing in the country's subscription coupons, which are still of considerable value, and even have been in a state of high prices.

Therefore, the subscription coupon has always been not worried about selling, but just buying.

Basically, people who have no background and channels still find it difficult to buy subscription coupons through normal channels.

It's unavoidable.

Who let the Ming scholars who have surplus wealth waiting to invest more and more, and the increase in new projects that the imperial court needs to develop through the sale of subscription vouchers is far from keeping up with this speed?

Therefore, when Zhu Yijun made such an order, many citizens who wanted to buy subscription coupons for investment could only obey the arrangement and exchange for silver dollar coupons.

For a time, the demand for silver dollar coupons increased significantly.

As a result, the value of the silver dollar has also increased, so that it can be exchanged for more foreign goods in daily life.

As a result, more and more people are accepting silver dollar coupons.

Even the army began to accept silver dollar coupons as military salaries.

"This time, the military salaries have all been turned into silver dollar coupons, and the officers and soldiers are very happy, because some military merchants will directly exchange silver dollars worth more than the equivalent silver dollars for the silver dollar coupons in their hands."

"And because of this, many people in the army began to sigh that paper is more valuable than real money, and they all said that this is a reflection of the improvement of national strength, and many officers and soldiers are unwilling to exchange silver dollar coupons for military merchants."

Dhaka.

The Marquis of Nanchang Liu Wei was conquering the local feudal landlords in the lower Ganges Delta near the later Bengal area, and during the period of rest in the local city of Dhaka, because he saw many officers and soldiers happily receiving silver dollar coupons, he rode a horse and held a gun, and went to sweep away the remnants of the Mughal soldiers scattered all over the Ganges Plain.

After Zhu Yijun saw Liu Ling's secret performance, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and replied:

"The sergeants are not wrong, the officers and soldiers accept silver dollar coupons as military salaries, and the businessmen are also willing to exchange real money for military salaries, all because they are optimistic about the future of the country, and the future of the country is all on the Qing and other soldiers who open up the territory.

As the officers and soldiers began to accept silver dollar coupons as military salaries, it also greatly reduced the loss of military transportation, and further avoided the breeding of corruption in the process of issuing military salaries, so that Zhu Yijun could turn the saved losses into silver rewards, and increased the amount of rewards for the army, so that the army's combat effectiveness was stronger.

Of course.

As Zhu Yijun replied in his secret recital to Liu Ling, the paper money of silver dollar coupons can become more and more popular, which is essentially the Ming Empire's growing strength and fiscal revenue, so that people in the world are willing to invest in the purchase of state subscription coupons.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun asked Liu Wei to complete the conquest of the Mughal Empire and bring greater benefits to the country's expansion.

At the same time, in order to truly achieve the global unification of the currency, Zhu Yijun also allowed Wang Xijue to increase the sale of subscription coupons after he became the first assistant of the cabinet.

Not only did they issue more subscription coupons for the construction of the Liangjing Railway Project, which had already begun to be built, but also raised funds from the private sector, but in June of the 30th year of Wanli, not long after Wang Xijue became the first assistant of the cabinet, Wang Xijue and Li Chengliang went to the book together to ask Zhu Yijun for permission to start the construction of the Andon border wall plan, and therefore continued to increase the sale of subscription coupons and borrow more money from the people.

According to Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang's idea, it is necessary to drive the people in the north, regardless of Han Yi, to the south as much as possible, and most areas in the north will only garrison troops in the future, and at most only some Han people will be left in some big towns.

Zhu Yijun also agrees with this.

And Wang Xijue wanted to achieve monetary unification as soon as possible, and in order to achieve monetary unification, paper money must first be more promoted, so he also supported this strategy after becoming the first assistant, and also agreed with Li Chengliang to build a border wall in Liaodong.

Wang Xijue and Li Chengliang's specific idea was to first build a border wall to gather the people of all ethnic groups in the northeast, because only by gathering can they assimilate and migrate, and it is more difficult for the ordinary people in the border wall to go to the north, and the border wall can also be used as a garrison place.

As a result, Li Wenquan, Marquis of Wuqing, left Beijing again and went north and began to go to the northeast to build a border wall for the Ming Dynasty.

To build a border wall is to build the Great Wall.

Of course, this is not to say that after it is built, the border wall line is really the border line of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, the line of the Ming Dynasty allows people to move and live freely.

According to Zhu Yijun's will, a border wall must be built from Shenyang to North Hamgyong Province, so the Han and Hu people in this area soon received the news of recruiting them to work.

The Han and Hu people here did not know the original intention of the imperial court at first, but found that the wages given by the imperial court were very good, higher than the wages paid by the local Jurchen and Mongolian nobles for digging ginseng and hunting, so they all came to apply.

Only the local Jurchen and Mongol nobles were quite dissatisfied with this, and began to come to Li Hualong, the governor of Jiliao, to ask for an explanation.

Yang Jinu of Yehebu asked Li Hualong: "Uncle Guo has recruited all our people, how will we trade and pay tribute next year?" (End of chapter)