And these officials don't even have the courage to question the data Liu Haojia said! They know that it won't be a big problem to say some cloudy nonsense in this special place like a temple, but they have to take responsibility for saying practical data! They don't think that Liu Haojia will send his handle to the opponent!

In the silence again, Liu Haojia turned to Emperor Wanli and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister has now proved that the matter of the ministers and the people competing for profit is completely false, so the minister still wants to say one thing here, that is, the invention of the production method of glass mirrors not only did not affect the people's livelihood, not only did not displace the craftsmen, but it was of great benefit to the imperial court, and it can even be said to be beneficial to the country and the people!" ”

After hearing this, the ministers made another commotion, and they all expressed their contempt for Liu Haojia! Even if you won before, why are you still boasting? So someone said, "What nonsense! A civil utensil, how can it benefit the country and the people? ”

"It's just, it's grandstanding!"

Among these critics of him, the colorless imperial historians who stood in the main hall just now and were reprimanded by Liu Haojia shouted the most fierce! As if that would prove that they were neither falsely accused nor stupid!

But at this time, Liu Haojia no longer gave them face, he turned his head and said loudly: "A group of people who don't understand anything and only falsely accuse others, what qualifications do you have to shout loudly here?" ”

An imperial historian was angry when he was scolded, and stood up and said loudly: "Don't you let people say it if you are ashamed?" If you can tell where this mirror is beneficial to the country and the people, now, this official will dismiss himself and leave! ”

Liu Haojia smiled and said, "You remember your own words!" Today, this official will teach you to be a good one! ”

After speaking, he said proudly: "Now Jubaozhai has been selling glass mirrors for a long time, and it can be said that the copper mirror has been completely squeezed out of the market of Jingshi!" It is important to know that copper is a scarce thing, and the price has been high! But since the mirror replaced the bronze mirror, the price of copper ware in the entire Jingshi market has dropped by an average of thirty yuan per piece! ”

Hearing this, some of the ministers immediately reacted, and some didn't understand what Liu Haojia meant at all! But several pavilion elders all opened their eyes wide, showing surprise! Because as a few people in the highest ruling class of a country, they fully understand the great significance of this!

At this time, I heard Liu Haojia continue: "The price of copper has dropped not because the price of copper has fallen, nor because the supply in the market is sufficient, but because the copper material that should be made into a copper mirror has been converted into something else, so under the same supply conditions, the copper material on the market will be much more sufficient, which is the reason for the decline in the price of copperware!" ’

Liu Haojia paused here and let the ministers digest what he had just said, and then continued: "Your Majesty and the princes can imagine that if the price of mirrors is further reduced after continuous research, until it is reduced to the point that the common people can afford to buy them and can replace all bronze mirrors, and even use glass to make other things that can replace copperware, then how much copper will be saved in the whole country, and how many more copper coins can be minted?" And enough copper coins will make private transactions more convenient, is this a good thing for the benefit of the people and the country? Of course, although there is no result now, at least it is a solution to some problems! ”

After Liu Haojia said this, although some of the ministers felt that he was a bully, they also had to admit that this was indeed a feasible direction, and it had a little effect!

But it is not such a simple remark to the ears of some high-quality officials! Especially when these words fell on Zhang Juzheng's ears, it was like thunder! He had already sat up straight unconsciously, staring at Liu Hao's house with half-squinted eyes!

As the supreme chief of the empire, he knows too well the current economic situation of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is full of holes! Otherwise, Zhang Juzheng would not be able to risk his own death to promote reform and promote a whip law!

Now the economic situation of the Ming Dynasty is nothing else, just to say that the currency of the Ming Dynasty is a big pit for hundreds of years! And this pit can even be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty!

During the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the Mongol invasion, the Southern Song Dynasty had to print a large amount of paper money in order to pay huge military expenses, which resulted in currency depreciation and economic collapse! But I don't know if it's lucky or unlucky, just before the monetary disaster broke out, the Southern Song Dynasty perished!

As for the situation that the Mongols could not catch up with the Southern Song Dynasty after they came to power! These Mongols, who do not know anything about the economy and only know how to plunder the wealth of the people, are crazy about printing paper money, which makes the problem of paper money depreciation even more serious! After all, as long as this kind of thing is brushed with a little pattern on the paper and painted with a little color, it can be exchanged for real money and silver among the people, which is much easier for the Mongols who are used to looting than fighting!

It was not until the establishment of the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised to find that such a large national copper mine was so scarce that it could not meet the needs of coinage! Even when Zhu Yuanzhang was in power, there was a matter of minting a copper coin for one penny, which cost two pennies!

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that things were not good, so he had to reissue banknotes, which was the famous treasure banknote of the Ming Dynasty! As a result, due to improper regulation, in just ten years, the treasure banknote has depreciated by more than eighty percent! So no one in the people now uses treasure money at all, after all, that thing is too hard to wipe the buttocks!

Gu Yanwu of the Ming Dynasty once recorded an example, saying that during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there were still many merchants in Fujian who used the coins of the Song Dynasty to trade, which shows how scarce the copper coins of the Ming Dynasty were at that time!

This unstable currency gave rise to the gradual emergence of silver in circulation. Therefore, since Zhang Juzheng implemented a whip law, ninety percent of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty have become silver!

However, after silver was used in large quantities, a new problem arose, that is, the Central Plains also lacked silver mines! So in order to solve the problem of lack of silver, the Ming Dynasty once opened the sea ban! Merchants began to go to sea to do business, and traveled all over Asia! Later, after they connected with the Europeans, the world triangular trade was born!

The so-called Great Triangle Trade was that Spain traveled from Europe to the Americas, mined a large amount of silver in the Americas, and shipped it to Asia, where it was used to buy Chinese silk, porcelain and other goods, and then shipped back to Europe for sale. This has allowed a large amount of silver to flow into China, alleviating the problem of silver shortage in China.

But then there was a very unfortunate thing for the Ming Dynasty, that is, a large-scale war broke out in Europe, known as the Thirty Years' War!