Shen Bin did not go to the yamen of the household department, but went to Shen Jue's house, after all, he was a commoner who used his relationship to inquire about the official affairs of the DPRK and China, and he still needed to avoid leisure.

Speaking of this brother's official position, it is because when their Shen family donated money to His Majesty Jiancheng, His Majesty rewarded him, in addition to Shen Jue, his father Shen Rong also served in the household department.

When Shen Jue returned home, Shen Bin finally saw this cousin.

"I've seen my brother!" Shen Bin waved his hand respectfully.

When Shen Jue saw him, a slight hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and then he smiled and replied, "It's the second brother, why did you think of coming to me today?" ”

Shen Bin was anxious, and said directly: "I heard that the treasure banknotes have begun to depreciate sharply in recent days, do you know about this, brother?" ”

Shen Jue was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he sighed with a sad face: "Hey, don't mention it, I finally stabilized the banknote dumping some time ago, but recently, I don't know why, there have been many banknote dumps." ”

Shen Bin hurriedly said: "I have asked people to inquire about this matter, and I heard that Li Juma of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce sent someone to do it, and it was their Chamber of Commerce that took a large number of faint banknotes to exchange for new banknotes, so this situation occurred." ”

"Oh, really?"

Shen Jue glanced at him lightly, and said softly: "I know a little bit about this, but what people brought is indeed a faint note that meets the requirements, and we can't help but change it." ”

Of course, he knew that it was the business that the emperor was involved in, and the chairman of the manager was the current concubine Li Wei, after Li Wei was demoted before, Shen Bin took the opportunity to develop and grow, and he also helped a little.

It's just that at this time and then, now that Li Weiguan has been reinstated, he has become a concubine of the dynasty, which is not something that he can afford to provoke as a small outsider.

Li Wei's reputation is not good, and he has offended the Chinese martial arts of the DPRK, but his status is still as stable as an old dog, and now not only has he not fallen out of favor, but he has also directly become a relative of the imperial family.

Those noble and high-ranking officials may still have the courage to fight him, but Shen Jue, a small junior official from the fifth grade, would not dare to mix easily.

Mingzhe self-preservation is the traditional style of their Shen family.

When Shen Bin heard this, his heart suddenly frowned.

It can be seen that this brother doesn't want to get involved in this matter too much.

In fact, he can understand Shen Jue's attitude, even himself, if it hadn't reached this point, he wouldn't want to fight with the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce.

After thinking about it, Shen Bin gave up the matter of the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, but asked directly about the treasure banknote:

"Brother, what's going on with Bao Qian now, can the court be stable?"

Shen Jue hesitated for a moment, although the matter of the treasure money is an official business of the imperial court, it is not impossible to reveal a little bit of one or two, after all, they are cousins, and this bit of affection still has to be given.

"I'm afraid it won't work, since the opening of the shipping warehouse outside, there is not much new banknotes left in the household inventory, and if it continues like this, I'm afraid it will bottom out."

Shen sighed and said helplessly.

In fact, this matter is not only Shen Bin is anxious, but the officials of their household department are also very anxious, especially the current Shangshu Xu Hui, if they can't stabilize the treasure money, it will be difficult for them to explain it to His Majesty.

After hearing this, Shen Bin also sighed in his heart, it seems that his 500,000 guan is really going to be wasted! It's just that if that's the case, then why are the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce doing these things now? Aren't they afraid that the treasure money in their hands will eventually turn into a pile of waste paper?

"Why don't you stop it early, after all, the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce has a business with royal participation, and it was just before, and now that Li Yuma is back in power, it's better not to fight with him."

Shen Jue couldn't help but open his mouth to persuade him, after all, Shen Bin was their Shen family, and he still had to mention a few more words if he could mention something.

Those who made trouble for Li Wei in the court, Shangshu fell several times, and they were either demoted or killed, and even the marquis of Lan Yu didn't take advantage of him in front of him, and he was kicked and beaten on the board.

"Don't worry, brother, I understand." Shen Bin replied softly.

After being silent for a moment, Shen Bin remembered his guess, and couldn't help but ask, "Brother, you say, is it possible for this treasure money to rise back again?" ”

"Huh." Shen Jue smiled and said: "You have also been in business for most of your life, and you should also know this thing, it is a piece of waste paper, which is printed on it to plunder the property of our small people, how do you say he will rise back?" Do you want Your Majesty to take out real money and silver to exchange, or do we small people contribute more property to support the value of this waste paper? ”

Shen Bin nodded in agreement when he heard this, but what made him wonder in his heart was why this horse master would do such a thing that harmed others and himself?

When the two brothers sentenced the treasure to death, Li Wei was also thinking about how to save the Ming treasure in the end at the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.

First of all, all the old banknotes must be replaced, and this is a must.

In fact, the circulation standards stipulated in the banknote law of the Ming Dynasty are still very relaxed, even if the treasure banknote is old, as long as the damage is not serious, the recent regulations can continue to be used.

However, according to this circulation standard, in the end, this old banknote can only distinguish the authenticity by the words, and only these words, let alone the common people, the court itself can't tell the difference. In this case, if the old banknotes in your hands are judged to be counterfeit, then it will be over, according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the use of counterfeit banknotes is also a big crime!

This causes the common people to dare not use the old banknotes if they really have them in their hands, and even the slightly older banknotes in their hands are also worried.

To solve this problem, the law must first be amended, at least the unintentional use of counterfeit banknotes should not be punished, or the punishment should be light, and the other is to replace the old banknotes with new banknotes that are multi-counterfeiting and resistant to wear and tear.

From the eighth year of Hongwu to the present, the Ming treasure banknotes will be printed almost every year, and in the past five or six years, it is estimated that there will be more than 30 million yuan.

According to Li Wei's estimate, if he prints money with all his might, it should be no problem to print 10 million yuan a year, so that it can be changed in about three years.

At the same time as changing the new banknotes, it is necessary to bring down the prices again to maintain the value of the treasure banknotes.

Li Wei rearranged his thinking, among them, the most important thing is to persuade Zhu Yuanzhang to support his new banknotes and the way of issuance, otherwise everything is empty talk.

However, he felt that it should be no problem, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang could not tolerate the treasure money being reduced to a piece of waste paper.

After sorting things out, Li Wei instructed Laifu a few more words, asking him to keep an eye on the market and report to himself in a timely manner, before getting up and leaving the Chamber of Commerce.

Walking on the road, Li Wei saw a group of people crowded at the door of a rice shop, and walked forward with some curiosity.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze, pay with treasure money, go to the back row, our store will give priority to copper coins!"

The shopkeeper shouted loudly.

"Don't be the shopkeeper, I'm willing to discount!"

"Yes, the shopkeeper, I've always been two hundred Wen, give it to me first!"

“……”

Many people crowded in front of the store, waving treasure money, hoping to exchange the paper money in their hands for real food as soon as possible.

However, the shopkeeper was very displeased with these treasures, and even if these people were willing to discount them, he would not accept them.

Li Wei glanced at it casually, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

As time went by, the price of the treasure banknote became lower and lower, and he just started and gently pushed it, and the treasure banknote fell all the way down like a sparse slur.

Due to the depreciation of the treasure banknotes, not only the common people were in a hurry to buy the treasure banknotes into valuable physical objects, but the shops also began to hoard goods.

Now looking at the meaning of this shopkeeper, he is not willing to accept the banknote as 200 yuan.

Li Wei had thought about this phenomenon before, but even without him, it would be sooner or later, and now seeing this situation, he is more determined to grasp the idea of holding the treasure money in his hand, as the so-called long pain is better than short pain, and after he completes his idea, the treasure money has become a stable and reliable currency, so as to truly avoid this phenomenon from happening again.

A few days later, as the new banknotes put in the inventory of the household bank bottomed out, the matter of replacing the new banknotes completely came to a standstill, and the value of the treasure banknotes immediately broke through the level of 200 wen and fell headlong.

In the household department, Xu Hui walked back and forth in the yamen hall in a hurry, and the officials of the household department stood in front of him with their heads bowed and did not dare to squeak.

If you want to say who is most anxious about the depreciation of treasure money, even if he can't be ranked first, he is also one of the top few people.

The printing of treasure banknotes is under the control of their household department, and now that this situation has occurred, the responsibility lies in their household department, if he does not handle it well, His Majesty will blame it, and he will not have to do this Shangshu.

"You're talking! If things come to this, how can you ask me to explain to Your Majesty? ”

Xu Hui yelled at these officials angrily, but no one dared to answer at this time.

"Jiang Xuedong, when will the banknote bureau come up with new banknotes?"

Xu Hui directly named him.

Jiang Xuedong's body trembled slightly, it was okay if others didn't speak, he, the chief officer, would definitely not be able to run.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xuedong said in a low voice: "Lord Shangshu, the banknote bureau is already stepping up printing. ”

"Hurry? When exactly is it time to step up? Can you give me enough money tomorrow? ”

"Uh, this ......"

Jiang Xuedong was silent for a while, and now the banknote bureau is actually still printing new banknotes, but it can't catch up with the speed of the people's run.

I will change it first, and I will try to change it early tomorrow

(End of chapter)