"Money law?" Lao Zhu's brows furrowed.

He stood up, looked directly at Li Shanchang and said, "Don't you know how big the basket is caused by the disaster of the former Yuan Banknote Law?" ”

"The defeat of the Great Yuan is half for the opening of the river, and half for the banknote method. Even we've heard that ballad. 'Dignified Yuan, traitorous dictatorship. The root cause of the trouble is to open the river and change the money, causing thousands of red scarves. The official law is abused, the criminal law is heavy, and the people are resentful. People eat people, money buys money, how have you ever seen it? A thief is an official, an official is a thief, and he is a fool. Woeful and pitiful. ’”

Lao Zhu recited the folk song of the end of the Yuan Dynasty with compassion, and at this moment he seemed to be no longer the Hongwu Emperor, but turned back into the suffering common man Zhu Chongba. After reading it, his face was solemn, and he said to Li Shanchang: "Do you want us to issue money, do you want us to repeat the disaster of the Yuan Court?" ”

"Superior Grace." The other officials were already trembling with fear, but Li Shanchang was not afraid. After getting along with Lao Zhu for so many years, he had already figured out the temperament of this emperor.

"On top, the defeat of the Yuan Court, the opening of the river and the banknote law are indeed to blame. However, this does not mean that these two are necessarily the causes of disaster to the country and the people. ”

"The Ming monarchs of all dynasties have also repaired the river. If we let it go, will it not only harm the people? It can be seen that the repair of the river itself did not interfere with the trouble, and it was the Yuan Court that was full of ills, so the matter of opening the river was repaired into a bad thing. ”

When Lao Zhu heard this, he was no longer angry, but thoughtful.

"Let's talk about banknotes. In fact, in the pre-Song Dynasty, there were 'Jiaozi', and not only the Yuan Court issued money. Li Shanchang talked eloquently.

"Since the Qin Dynasty, the dynasties have minted coins from generation to generation, and the world has become less and less copper. If I mint more copper coins in the Ming Dynasty, the money will not be enough, and it will be a foregone conclusion. If the money is insufficient, the state will not be sufficient, and if the country is insufficient, the country will be small. It shows that it is necessary to make money easier. ”

"The rebellion of the Yuan Court banknote law is all due to the mediocrity of the Yuan lord and the nonsense of the officials. Just like the matter of repairing the river, it should have been a good governance, and letting the Yuan Court do it has become a bane. ”

"And I, the Ming Dynasty, govern Qingming, and there is the Holy Son of Heaven on the throne, so why is Your Majesty afraid of the money law?"

"You don't have to slap our ass!" Lao Zhu waved his robe sleeves, but he was also doubted by Li Shanchang's words. He is still confident in the fact that Da Ming must be more clear than Da Yuan. Could it be that the indiscriminate use of the banknote law is indeed due to the scourge of the rule of officials?

"What do you guys say?"

The officials of the household department put their eyes on the head of Yan Xizhe, the new secretary of the household department. Lao Zhu also turned his head and looked at the young Shangshu.

Yan Xizhe is a person who purely belongs to the younger generation of officialdom who came up after the former household department Shangshu Haiyuan opposed the establishment of the cabinet and was dismissed. Because he was still inexperienced as an official and young at a young age, he had no binding force on a group of old officials, and only pushed him out when he was questioned by the emperor.

At this moment, he suddenly took on so much pressure, Yan Xizhe suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and had to bite the bullet and say: "Your Majesty, what the Korean Duke said is very true. ”

He struggled to turn his brain, searching for the records in the history books. "In the nearly 100 years since the establishment of the Great Yuan, it has not only issued a kind of positive banknotes that have brought disaster to the country and the people."

"Before that, there were still Zhongtong banknotes and Zhiyuan banknotes. After its release, it did not cause harm to the people. He has also successfully solved the worries of financial scarcity for Dayuan several times. ”

"Really?" Lao Zhu was skeptical and thought twice.

"Well, you will step back today. Let's think about it again. ”

"Yes."

When Yan Xizhe, Li Shanchang and others heard this, they all bowed down and stepped back. Before leaving the Jinshen Palace, Li Shanchang stole a glance back at Lao Zhu, who was still hesitating.

"It seems that there is still no old man in this government and the opposition." He thought to himself with some pride. The upper position did not understand the economy, and deposed Hu Weiyong and others. Now that he encounters the problem of money, food, gold and silver, who else can he rely on if he doesn't rely on him Li Shanchang?

Although Hu Weiyong, the disciple who took over his power, was dismissed, but in some time, the day when he will come back at an advanced age to regain control of the government and the opposition is not far away.

With no power in his hands, how can he be willing to sleep peacefully?

……

Not to mention that Lao Zhu is worried about the lack of the Ming treasury, on this side, Zhu Su, Fang Xiaoru, Xu Yungong and others are engaged in rectification activities in the Guozi Prison.

was busy tinkering with the corners of science before, although Zhu Su was the priest of the country, he did not come to the Guozi supervisor to serve once.

After refuting Huang Zicheng and the hot air balloon lift-off, the foundation of science was shaken, and Zhu Su was finally able to let go of his hands and feet and make large-scale changes to Guozijian.

First of all, it is necessary to abolish the old way of learning, delete many general retreats from the compulsory studies of Guozijian students, greatly reduce the time for studying various complicated Confucian classics, and at the same time add more practical courses such as arithmetic, agriculture, and politics.

Many teachers and gentlemen in the country have complained about this matter, and even some warriors came to Zhu Su and objected: "The sage classics should not be ignored." Now His Highness has cut back the time to study the scriptures of the saints, and instead teaches his children to learn the way of the subtlety. Isn't this a misconduct? ”

Zhu Su didn't have a good face for this person, and bluntly rebuked: "What is the existence of Guozijian? It is to educate talents for the country! After these students complete their studies, most of them will be Ming officials and shepherd the people. ”

"No matter in the future, whether it is for a small county magistrate, or whether it is a servant of the department, practical talents such as mathematics and agriculture are the real scarce abilities of my Ming Dynasty."

"If the Guozijian doesn't teach this, can he teach a group of officials who only know how to talk and spend state money to support them, so that they can stand up and do their jobs after becoming officials?"

After saying that, he fired this outspoken warrior with a backhand.

This incident caused an uproar in the Guozijian, and countless Mr. Jiaoxi blocked Zhu Su at the gate of the Guozijian, called admonishment, but in fact, he wanted to take advantage of the crowd to force Zhu Su to change his ways. However, Zhu Lao Wu is not false at all, he is also a prince no matter how he says, does this group of old scholars really dare to learn from Confucius to punish Shao Zhengmao, and come to assassinate the king and kill the driver, and the blood on the street will not succeed?

If that were the case, he would have looked down on these old Confucians.

So Zhu Su made a backhand and opened all the teachings of these people.

At this moment, not only the people of the country were shaken, but the entire Shilin was also discussing. Although the students of Guozijian were silent because of this, and they no longer dared to disobey Zhu Su, there were also many people who had a heart of schadenfreude: without teaching, see how you can play with the many students of Guozijian.

Can he turn into a hot air balloon that is enough to fly into the sky, can he still wave his hand and conjure up so many Mr. Su Ru who is enough to preach and teach?

……

"Big brother don't worry, I already have a plan." In the Prince's Mansion, Zhu Su faced the inquiry of the Prince Zhu Biao, and seemed to be an old god.

"Open sir, can't you open a student yet? Among the many students of Guozijian, there are many who are stubborn and stubbornly adhere to Cheng Zhu. ”

This is also inevitable, after all, Cheng Zhu's way has been deeply rooted for a hundred years. For such students, even if they stay in Guozijian, it will be a waste of my Ming teaching resources. If he is an official in the future, he will only be a faint official who only knows how to talk. ”

"Directly eliminate them from the Guozijian and reduce the number of Guozijian, but also correct the style of study and avoid the uneven quality of the Guozijian."

(End of chapter)