Chapter 262: The Disadvantages of Treasure Money

Since Chen An had already been invited to a meal, Chen Kan simply did it to the end and ordered the carriage to send him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Of course, the main thing is that Chen Kan needs to go out of the city.

Chen Ying seemed to be waiting for the two of them at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Seeing that Chen An really got down from the carriage with the Jinghai Marquis' Mansion, the whole person suddenly exuded a cold aura, as if he wanted to strangle Chen An at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with his eyes.

With a sneering expression, Chen An swaggered into the Metropolitan Procuratorate, came to his position, and began to blatantly touch the fish.

Anyway, I only worked on the last day of work in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and since I have already torn my face, it doesn't matter if I am decent or not.

Chen Kan didn't show up, but just sent Chen An to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and drove straight out of Beicheng to the edge of the silver treasury.

Yesterday, Zhu Di asked him to have time to go to the treasure banknote lifting division to have a look, obviously not without a target.

Since sooner or later it is something to do, it is better to take advantage of the opportunity to do it first.

"Your Excellency!"

Shi Wen, who was guarding the door, saw Chen Kan's car and immediately greeted him.

These days, he led people to guard this huge sum of one million taels of silver, which can be described as terrifying.

Even eating a meal and peeing for fear that the silver would be stolen, and he counted it three times a day in the morning, noon and evening, which almost drove him crazy.

Chen Kan lifted the carriage and jumped down, looking at Shi Wen, who was getting thinner and thinner, and couldn't help but show a teasing smile on his face.

"How's it going, it's hard to live with a bunch of money but can't spend it, right?"

Chen Kanke clearly remembered how elated Shi Wen was when he first took over this task, and now that it has only been a few days, he is already like a frosted eggplant.

Hearing Chen Kan's words, Shi Wen's face instantly collapsed.

With two black eyes, he said aggrievedly: "My lord, this work is simply not done by people, and my subordinates have not blinked in the past few days, and they don't dare to sleep at all." ”

"My lord, how long will we have to guard this pile of silver?"

Facing Shi Wen's crying, Chen Kan smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said lightly: "Don't worry, I'm not here, don't worry, this money will go soon." ”

Chen Kan is here today to find a place for the money.

One million taels of silver, if you want to use this money to solve the economic crisis of the entire Ming Dynasty, it is naturally a fantasy.

However, if it is only temporarily erected in Beijing to erect the credit system of the imperial court, there is no problem.

Chen Kan plans to use this money to open a money bank in Jingshi first.

Of course, the money bank that Chen Kan wants to open is different from other money banks, not only is it as simple as storing silver money, but he also has to use this million taels of silver to solve the problem of the overflow and depreciation of Jingshi treasure banknotes.

After Shi Wen walked around the treasury and was sure that there was no major problem with the silver treasury, Chen Kan got into the carriage and walked towards the palace.

Zhu Di wanted to use silver to ban the treasure banknote, how could Chen Kan let him get his wish.

Chen Kan doesn't want to be scolded by later generations for turning back history.

entered the Fengtian Hall unimpeded, and unsurprisingly, Zhu Di soon summoned him.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

After entering the door, Chen Kan found that in addition to Zhu Di in the main hall, there was also a chubby villain.

As soon as he entered the gate, he saw the little fat dun staring at him with resentful eyes.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Emperor Eldest Sun!"

Chen Kan didn't expect that Zhu Di's love for Zhu Zhanji would reach such a level, and he would take him directly to Fengtian Hall to play.

I had no choice but to give a salute to the little fat dun.

It's just that after Chen Kan finished saluting, Xiao Chubby Dun's eyes became even more resentful.

"No courtesy."

"I still have some things to deal with, you can sit down for a while."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Chen Kan straightened up and went straight to the side of the stool to sit down.

Zhu Di just glanced at him casually, and then began to write hard.

Zhu Zhanji came up to Chen Kan and asked in a low voice, "Chen Kan, why haven't you come to play with me for so long?" ”

Chen Kan met the resentful eyes of Little Fat Dun, and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

"Your Royal Highness the eldest grandson, the minister went to Yunnan a few days ago, don't you know?"

Zhu Zhanji shook his round little head and responded: "I know, but haven't you been back for a long time, do you know that I am about to die of boredom when I stay in the palace." ”

Chen Kan didn't know when his relationship with Little Chubby Dun was so good.

casually asked, "Hasn't Your Highness gone out to play during this time?" ”

"Except for you, Grandpa Huang won't let me go out of the palace with anyone else."

Zhu Zhanji's little face visibly collapsed with the naked eye.

"Didn't Your Majesty give His Highness a grounding order, it's over?"

"It's long over, it's almost May."

"If you and my sister-in-law don't come, I can't sneak out of the palace, I'm going crazy......"

Zhu Zhanji's small mouth was like a machine gun, and he kept spitting out all kinds of complaints, which made Chen Kan look confused.

The only use of co-authoring himself is to take him out of the palace to play?

"What's the matter with coming to me?"

Zhu Di interrupted the conversation between the two with a timely voice.

After asking Chen Kan, he turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji, and said with a loving face: "Eldest grandson, you go back to the harem first." ”

Zhu Zhanji wanted to say something more, but due to Zhu Di's obscenity, he had to leave Fengtian Hall step by step, and did not forget to tell Chen Kan in lip language, asking him to go to the harem to pick him up later.

Seeing Zhu Zhanji walk away, Chen Kan suddenly said loudly: "Your Majesty, it's not a big deal for the minister to come today, and it doesn't hurt to let His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun listen to it." ”

As soon as Chen Kan said this, Xiao Chubby Dun's footsteps suddenly paused, and then turned around and trotted in front of Zhu Di to hug his thigh: "Grandpa Huang, since Chen Kan said that it is not a big deal, you can let your grandson stay here." ”

Zhu Zhanji's little thief eyes rolled wildly, holding Zhu Di's thighs and not letting go.

Zhu Di is really worthy of being a representative figure of the next generation, seeing Zhu Zhanji's well-behaved interrupting appearance, he instantly forgot about the rules, picked up Zhu Zhanji, and took a big sip on his fat round face.

Then he smiled and said: "Hahahaha, since my good grandson wants to audit, how can grandpa not allow it." ”

"But if you have to promise the emperor's grandfather, you can only listen obediently, and don't make trouble!"

"That's right, my grandson is the best."

Zhu Zhanji responded with a smile, Zhu Di sat down, put the little fat dun on his lap, and then looked at Chen Kan and asked, "Say it." ”

Chen Kan arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the minister is here today for the matter of treasure money." ”

"Oh?"

"Have you been to the Treasure Money Lifting Division?"

Zhu Di's face suddenly became serious.

"Not yet, the minister has just returned from the treasury outside the city."

Zhu Di said with a straight face: "Since you are here for the treasure banknote, you must also understand the disadvantages of the treasure banknote, right?" ”

"The minister has collected the information of all parties these days, but the minister still wants to ask Your Majesty, why did he suddenly have the idea of banning treasure money?"

If you collect the information, it is naturally Chen Kan's casual nonsense, of course he understands the disadvantages of treasure money, but he understands it from history books.

Hearing Chen Kan's question, Zhu Di thought for a while and muttered: "It's not that I suddenly had the idea of banning the treasure banknotes, but that the disadvantages of the treasure money have reached a time when they are in danger.

I don't know why, since I ascended the throne, there have been fewer and fewer things that can be bought with treasure money, and even less than 30% of the eight years of Hongwu.

I am worried that if there is no limit to the issuance of treasure money, I am afraid that the treasure money will eventually be reduced to a piece of waste paper. ”

Chen Kan nodded and asked, "Your Majesty is worried that the treasure banknote will continue to depreciate?" ”

"Yes, I heard about the harm of the imperial court's distribution of treasure money to the people as early as in Beijing, and the imperial court used the treasure money with the same face value to buy back the same value of materials from the hand, but when the people used the treasure money, they could only buy things worth 300 wen when they looked at the treasure banknote."

"I don't know why this is happening, but I'm worried that if this continues, the people will lose confidence in the court."

After listening to Zhu Di's worries, Chen Kan suddenly understood why Zhu Di wanted to ban the treasure banknote.

Zhu Di had obviously realized that the imperial court's credit system was close to collapsing, but he couldn't express his thoughts with professional words.

But his instinct as an emperor still made him make the most beneficial choice for the court, that is, to ban treasure money and use gold, silver and copper money instead.

It doesn't matter, Zhu Di doesn't understand, Chen Kan understands.

After organizing the vocabulary in his mind, Chen Kan looked at Zhu Di and said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, it may be too late to ban treasure money now." ”

"Too late?"

"How so?"

Zhu Di's brows furrowed, and his eyes were full of doubts.

Chen Kan asked: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that if the imperial court suddenly bans the treasure money, then where will the treasure money in the hands of the people go?" ”

"Naturally, the imperial court came forward to ...... the treasure money in the hands of the people."

Halfway through his words, Zhu Di's face suddenly changed.

Then fine beads of sweat began to appear on the forehead of the whole person.

Chen Kan took over the conversation: "Your Majesty wants to say that the treasure banknotes in the hands of the people will be collected and burned by the imperial court, and the gold and silver corresponding to the treasure banknotes will be compensated to the people?" ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I thought."

Zhu Di is worthy of being a character who has experienced strong winds and waves, but in an instant, his mind stabilized again.

"Your Majesty, do you know how many treasure banknotes have been issued by the Ming Dynasty since the eighth year of Hongwu, and if these treasure banknotes are to be recycled and burned, how much gold and silver does the imperial court need to take out to fill this hole?"

"This..."

Since the eighth year of Hongwu to the present, 28 years have passed, and the treasure banknotes issued by the imperial court every year are more than tens of millions and less millions.

Where can we find so much gold and silver to fill such a big hole?

This is an astronomical amount.

Zhu Di just did a little mental calculation, and couldn't help but gasp.

With so much money, I'm afraid that I won't be able to make up for it even if I sell the entire court.

Seeing that Zhu Di understood the joints, Chen Kan said: "So the minister said that if Your Majesty wants to ban the treasure banknote, it may be too late." ”