"It's a good idea to have no way?"

Several people present were stunned when they heard this, showing puzzled looks.

Because it's strange to say.

"Hmm."

Huang Xiongying nodded: "The printing of the Ming Dynasty banknotes has brought the Ming Dynasty out of poverty and weakness, but at the same time, the instability of the Ming Dynasty banknotes, depreciation and other problems have begun to become prominent. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned again.

Fu Youde and Feng Sheng also looked at Huang Xiongying with strange expressions, and then looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.

That's what you said, no way is also a good way?

Just let it rot to the end?

It's enough to be helpless, but is it really a good way?

Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a puzzled face: "The amount of money on the face value of the treasure banknote will plummet if you are not careful, if it is not for the strict ban of the imperial court, the value of the treasure banknote will be dragged back, I am afraid that I don't know what it will look like, if you don't want to find a way to stabilize the treasure banknote, then the treasure money is not wasted?" ”

Huang Xiongying replied calmly: "What Sun Er means is to let the treasure money be abolished naturally!" ”

"Nonsense!"

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted, and there was already an unhappy look on his face.

Fu Youde was in a cold sweat, don't talk nonsense, kid, he said it very well every time before, why did he make a faint move this time?

Don't spoil your image in the old man's mind!

As the descendant of the prince's lineage, of course he hopes that the emperor's grandson can ascend to the throne smoothly and not make any sons.

"Emperor, this is a political matter, and it doesn't matter if Huang Gongzi doesn't know."

In the face of Fu Youde's round, Huang Xiongying said with a firm expression: "Grandpa, you listen to your grandson's words." ”

"Say."

Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down again, and if nothing else, he liked his grandson's persistence and courage.

Huang Xiongying nodded and said, "Grandpa, let me ask you, does the imperial court have enough silver to use as a reserve to exchange treasure money for the people?" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and replied bluntly: "No." ”

"That's it!"

Huang Xiongying looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said: "If the imperial court can't provide enough silver reserves, then it is impossible to stabilize the banknote value, why?" ”

"Because in addition to the treasure banknotes on the market, there are silver as other currencies in circulation on the market, silver has long been the currency recognized by the people, and it is a metal currency, and the people's acceptance is very stable, so when silver and treasure money compete, the monetary advantage of silver is immediately apparent, in the face of silver competition, treasure money will only depreciate and retreat, forced to withdraw from the market circulation."

"Once the imperial court strictly prohibits the circulation of silver, and does not provide enough silver as a reserve for exchange, then in the end, the common people are more willing to exchange goods for goods, and then the problems caused by treasure money will only become more serious."

In fact, according to the economic theories of later generations, the Daming treasure banknote is a credit currency with no reserves.

Generally speaking, the issuance of credit money without reserves needs to meet the following two conditions: first, the level of social and economic development is relatively high, and the society has a high demand for money, which is sufficient to cope with the circulation of a certain amount of paper money in excess of the issuance, and second, people have full confidence in the government's control of the currency and the maintenance of the currency value.

However, Daming Bao banknotes do not have any of the above conditions.

Therefore, according to the ideas of ordinary traversers, they all want to do a whole series of measures around the treasure banknote, so that the Daming treasure banknote has a high circulation value.

Because paper money has great advantages, easy to carry, high transactionability, etc., the advantages are numerous.

Including Huang Xiongying thought so at the beginning.

However, as long as we take into account the current environment, we know that the elimination of Daming treasure banknotes is a historical inevitability, and it is the result of the dual effects of the current market law and economic law.

And there is another advantage of replacing treasure money with silver, that is, silver as a currency can make China's domestic market and the world market begin to link, China's goods begin to go to the world, and the world's silver is also flowing more and more into China.

From this point of view, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty indirectly promoted the budding of capitalism in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, but this is all a later story.

Speaking of which, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Huang Xiongying's words and showed a thoughtful look, as the best person in this era, he did not understand what Huang Xiongying said.

Some ministers once suggested to him that the imperial court should provide enough silver reserves for the people to exchange for treasure money to stabilize the value of the banknotes.

But in the end, it was not adopted by him.

Why?

And it's not because there isn't that much silver!

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Huang Xiongying and said slowly: "Eldest grandson, what you said makes sense, but you didn't say a way to solve the problem of treasure money?" ”

Huang Xiongying replied: "My grandson thinks that since the treasure money can no longer be stabilized, we should not think of a way, but let silver become legal currency, and implement the policy of both silver and money." ”

"Money and money?"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly: "But in this case, won't the treasure money be eliminated?" ”

Huang Xiongying nodded and said: "If it is not recognized by the market and the people, elimination is also its inevitable fate!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was still puzzled: "But...... Where did we get so much silver? ”

Huang Xiongying replied: "Change! ”

"Change?"

When several people heard this, they all looked puzzled.

I only heard Huang Xiongying say: "The salt, iron, tea, silk, porcelain, etc. of our Ming Dynasty are very valuable to the barbarians in all directions, and even overseas. So you can still exchange these things for silver with the barbarians from all over the world and overseas countries! ”

"This ......"

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled: "Can this really work?" ”

Huang Xiongying nodded and said, "It can be done!" Today, there are many smugglers in the coastal areas, who dump smuggled goods, including salt, iron, tea, silk, porcelain, and other materials from the government, and make huge profits from them, including large quantities of silver. ”

In fact, that's how history has developed.

Merchants from Spain, Japan and other places brought a large amount of silver to purchase goods from the Ming Dynasty, so that the silver in the Ming market began to be enriched, and gradually met the needs of the common people, thus eliminating treasure money.

Until the Qing Dynasty, there was plenty of silver in China.

It's just that the Qing Dynasty has paid a lot of silver in several land reparations, and the Xinchou Treaty alone has paid as much as 450 million taels of silver, including interest of nearly one billion taels, what a terrifying figure.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he pondered slightly, and then asked in a deep voice: "The imperial court has clearly banned the sea, and those coastal merchants dare to be so bold?" Not only went to the sea, but also smuggled materials, openly disobeying the emperor's will? ”

Huang Xiongying said: "If grandpa doesn't believe it, send someone to investigate!" ”

"They have gone even further than grandpa imagined, colluding with the Japanese and controlling the government, forming a huge network of interests!"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

He remembered a recent letter that said that a government office along the coast had been attacked and killed by Japanese pirates.

At the time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now it seems that there is another hidden secret!

Huang Xiongying saw that he was far away, and then pulled the topic back to currency, and said: "Therefore, as long as the imperial court dumps salt, iron, tea, silk, and porcelain in overseas countries, it will definitely be able to exchange for a large amount of silver. ”

"And once there is enough silver, the treasure money can naturally be eliminated!"

"Hmmm......"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a thoughtful look, of course he would not rashly change the national policy because of Huang Xiongying's words, but it would not hurt to give it a try.

If it is really as his eldest grandson said, he can exchange a large amount of silver from the barbarians from all over the world and overseas countries, then what is the use of this treasure money?

In fact, what he didn't realize was that once the imperial court exchanged salt, iron, tea, silk, porcelain and other materials for silver, it would also greatly promote the development of domestic productivity.

The ban on the sea during this period of the Ming Dynasty was actually more due to the prevention of Japanese invaders, rather than the prohibition of trade.

Looking at the pensive crowd, Huang Xiongying continued: "This is a little opinion of Sun Er. ”

"A little opinion? Your opinion really shocked a few of us, as far as your courage and guts, we have to accept it, haha! Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, obviously already knowing Huang Xiongying's routine, and said cooperatively: "A little opinion, it seems that there are still two points?" ”

"Not bad!"

Huang Xiongying lightly spit out another word: "Rob!" ”

"Rob?"

A simple word, but it made everyone present change color.

Huang Xiongying said: "The Japanese have been harassing my Ming coastal area for a long time, burning, killing and looting, all evil, and grandpa you said, Emperor Hongwu once gave the Japanese a letter of state, let them discipline their subjects, not only did they not listen, but also said that the Celestial Empire has a strategy for war, and the small state also has a plan to defend against the enemy. ”

"My grandson also came into contact with some merchants of the Wa Kingdom earlier, and learned from their mouths that there can be a large number of gold and silver mines in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, and the burial is shallow, and the mining is easy, if our Ming Dynasty occupies the Wa Kingdom, we can let the men of the Wa Kingdom go to mine, and the women go to comfort, so that we can get a lot of silver!"

"Really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and he looked at Huang Xiongying and said, "Is there really a large amount of silver in the Wa Kingdom?" ”

Huang Xiongying nodded and said, "When do you think your grandson lied to you?" And you can also send someone to investigate, although the country is a small country, but it does store a large amount of silver ore. ”

In the 16th century, the Iwami silver mine in Datian City, Gen County, discovered by the Wa State, was the largest silver mine in the Wa Kingdom and even the world, and the Wa Kingdom became one of the few silver-producing countries in the world at that time, so that one-third of the world's silver was produced in the Wa Kingdom at that time, and the Wa Kingdom was called the "Silver Islands" by the people in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

After such a long period of contact, Zhu Yuanzhang no longer has any doubts about his eldest grandson's words.

Every time his eldest grandson's words sounded shocking, but in the end they proved to be right.

Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang just had the mentality of giving it a try, and did not make a lot of determination, thinking that it would be enough for the King of Qi to suppress the Kou and return a peace along the coast.

But now I hear the eldest grandson say this.

He felt that this Japanese country had to be defeated!

The first is to avenge the refusal to surrender and kill the envoys, and the second is to defeat the Japanese state, which will be a lucrative deal!

"Grandpa, in fact, in addition to being able to snatch silver, the conquest of the Japanese Kingdom can also alleviate a problem that has not been solved by various dynasties since ancient times."

"Oh?"

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a curious look.

I only heard Huang Xiongying say: "Land annexation!" ”

Hearing this, the curiosity on Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned into a strong expectation, as the king of a country, of course he knew about the issue of land annexation, which was also one of the reasons for the demise of Mengyuan that his eldest grandson said before.

In addition to the mediocrity of the monarch, there is also an eternal problem, that is, land annexation.

Land annexation was an incurable disease of centralization in feudal society.

From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reform of the Song Dynasty, to the whip law drafted by Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, and the system of apportioning the land into mu during the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, etc., have not completely cured this stubborn disease.

The reasons for this are complex.

To put it simply, with the establishment of the new dynasty and the stability of society, land will be redistributed, and the powerful who originally obtained the land will become richer and richer, and in turn own more and more land, which will eventually lead to the rich being in droves and the poor having no place to stand.

In fact, as long as the social system recognizes the private ownership of wealth, whether it is wealth or land, it will inevitably produce a concentration of wealth or land.

Unless the ideal world in Marxist-Leninist mind is reached.

Regarding the land annexation, there is no need for Huang Xiongying to explain too much, Zhu Yuanzhang and Fu Youde are very clear.

But Huang Xiongying's words made their eyes shine.

Under the shocked gaze of several people, Huang Xiongying continued: "Land annexation, it is almost impossible to solve it from the inside, the sages of all dynasties have told us with actions, so if you want to break the situation, you have to fight out!" ”

"Land annexation is the largest, let all land be annexed into the hands of my Daming!"

"Don't those barbarians admire my Chinese culture? Then all of them will be included in our Ming Dynasty, as I told you before, instead of letting the vassal king cede land in the country and be the king, why not let them go out and make contributions? Let those places become the real vassals of my Ming Dynasty! ”

"In this way, the land in the country is not enough to divide, so I will divide the outside, establish immigrant settlements in the conquered places, plunder all kinds of resources, just like going to the Japanese country to grab silver, and promote Chinese characters, and turn those places into the territory of my Ming Dynasty!"

Swish!

Everyone's eyes widened.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang is no exception, he only now realizes that he is wrong, he was originally worried that his eldest grandson is like the prince, courteous, generous and benevolent, and has no kingly spirit.

But now he was worried, was the kingly aura in his eldest grandson too strong?

His greatest ambition in life is just to conquer the Shenzhou Continent, and his eldest grandson wants to conquer the world!

(End of chapter)