"If you don't do it in the end, won't you still harm the people?" Zhu Yuanzhang said worriedly.

"No, the worst outcome is just to print more money to pay off the debt."

“……”

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless for a while, he felt that he was black enough, but he didn't expect this kid to be darker than him.

"And we can also set restrictions, so that the wealth of the family can buy these debts, you can avoid ordinary people, and then we can also open up foreign trade, promote the treasure money to the vassal countries, let them all come to buy the Ming treasury bonds, when the time comes, they use the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty, do the business of the Ming Dynasty, buy the Ming treasury bonds, if anyone dares to be disobedient, we will block him economically......"

Li Wei picked out a few of the commonly used economic sanctions in later generations and told them to the two of them, and both father and son were stupid!

"How else can you do that??"

Zhu Yuanzhang and Hao Da'er were shocked, before, in order to appease the surrounding countries, he has always adopted the policy of Huai Rou, and the policy of thin and generous exchanges for the tribute, just like that, he gave people treasure money and people still disliked it, and finally had no choice but to use precious gold, silver, porcelain, silk cloth as a reward.

According to Li Wei's approach, in the future, these vassal states will rely on the Ming Dynasty economically, so they must be obedient in the future, otherwise the treasure money they have accumulated so hard may be wasted.

As for foreign trade, of course, he knew that the benefits were huge, and the Southern Song Dynasty could last for more than 100 years, all relying on the benefits of maritime trade, and he was not blind to history.

He banned smuggling in order to prevent the small people from being greedy for profit, abandoning agriculture, and preventing the rebellion of the pirates. Rashly liberalizing foreign trade may affect the resumption of farming and production, which is not good for the Ming Dynasty itself. But if in the future, Daming's own products are abundant and the sea troubles are calmed, then it is natural that trade can be opened, but then he wants to eat alone.

"Of course, even so, the imperial court can't print money indiscriminately, in short, it's still the same sentence, money is not printed out of thin air, this mode of issuing bonds can't be messed around, and the court's revenue and expenditure mainly have to rely on normal taxes."

Li Wei emphasized again, although it is estimated that it is useless to say it, but the ugly words still have to be made clear in advance.

After Zhu Yuanzhang listened, he still looked worried, although Li Wei's words were very tempting, but these things were too complicated, and he didn't understand them too much now when he heard them.

Li Wei saw him like this, and comforted him again:

"In fact, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry too much, the village I gave an example, the grain output is fixed, but the reality of the Ming Dynasty is not the case, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population has increased year by year, and the abandoned arable land has slowly resumed cultivation, and the grain output has increased year by year, and in addition to food, other industries are also recovering rapidly."

"As long as the property of the Ming Dynasty grows, you can issue more treasure money accordingly, and now you can issue bonds, as long as you grasp the amount, there is no problem."

For example, the construction of the city can sell the land in the city to recover part of the cost, and the construction of roads and bridges can also collect taxes, and lending farmers to buy agricultural tools can directly increase grain production, thereby increasing taxes. These are long-term investments that will pay off. ”

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he also suddenly woke up, yes, his Ming Dynasty is not that small village, over the years, he has encouraged the cultivation of wasteland, the resumption of farming, the population and taxes are increasing year by year, and all other walks of life have gradually prospered.

Moreover, he still has Li Wei, as long as he squeezes this kid hard, Daming's production will definitely recover faster, and it will definitely be better than the previous dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Li Wei with relief, and suddenly made up his mind.

"You have a point, so go back and draw up a recital, write it down in detail and present it to us."

Zhu Yuanzhang said that although I understand everything, you still have to write me a detailed report, and the process is indispensable.

When Li Wei heard this, he knew that he basically agreed, so he breathed a sigh of relief. As for the book, just write it, although it is a little troublesome, but in order to be able to run the bank smoothly, he will work harder.

"Obey."

"Well, in addition, I don't seem to understand the standard yet, you tell him again, you must explain it clearly! It's not for nothing that we will appoint your prince to read, and when you are free, you will have to go to the Wenhua Palace more often! ”

"Uh, obey the order." Li Wei was slightly stunned, pouting secretly in his heart, and said to Xiao Zhu What's the use, he can't be the emperor.

Zhu Biao next to him glanced at his father in surprise, his father could easily comprehend such a complicated matter, and he deserved to be his father.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was slightly red, and then he said to him with a serious face: "Biao'er, you are the prince of the country, and the matter of this treasure is very important, you must listen to it well, do you know?" ”

"Erchen understands, father rest assured!"

Zhu Biao opened his mouth to respond, and secretly made up his mind that he must study this matter clearly.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed slightly, and then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all retreat, let's go to the morning court." ”

It took a lot of time to listen to Li Wei talk about these treasure notes, and now those courtiers are probably in a hurry.

Zhu Biao was about to bow and retire, but Li Wei remembered something important, and hurriedly interrupted: "Your Majesty, the minister wants to ask for a portrait of Your Majesty to be used on the new treasure banknote, and I hope Your Majesty will allow it." ”

"You're going to put our portrait on the banknote?" Zhu Yuanzhang made a move and said in surprise.

"Yes! The minister felt that if the portrait of His Majesty could be printed on the treasure banknote, it would greatly increase the credibility of the treasure banknote, and the people would be more likely to accept this kind of banknote. Li Wei nodded heavily.

Nowadays, the people are more superstitious, if the portrait of the emperor is printed on the banknote, it is not only a credibility guarantee, but also equivalent to the banknote has been blessed by the emperor's mandate, which is more precious than ordinary metal coins!

The autographed photos of celebrities in later generations can still be sold for a lot of money, not to mention the portrait of the emperor in this era, in this era, this is a treasure that can be taken home and offered!

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a while, and his heart was also quite moved, if he really printed his portrait on the treasure banknote, the treasure banknote would pass through the world in the future, so that everyone would know that the portrait on it was their emperor, which would undoubtedly greatly enhance his prestige.

Of course, doing so also linked his imperial prestige to this treasure banknote, both in glory and in loss.

"Okay, we just have someone here, and when the painting is finished, someone will send it to you."

After hesitating for a moment, he still nodded and agreed, as an emperor who worked hard all the way from Huayuan, he still has this charm.

It just so happens that the same artists who drew the map last time are still staying in the palace as guests.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Li Wei bowed and thanked.

Once this matter is finalized, there will be no worries about his plans, and the rest is to implement them.

"Well, let's go to the court, and you all should step down."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, got up and left, Li Wei and Zhu Biao bowed to each other.

When passing by Li Wei's side, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly paused and said, "In the future, I will be called my father!" ”

Li Wei did not hesitate and decisively agreed: "Okay, Your Majesty." ”

"This stinky boy!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face suddenly darkened, and he raised his leg and kicked him, Li Wei couldn't dodge it, and stumbled forward.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, stopped caring about him, and left in a hurry.

Li Wei waited for him to leave, then patted his ass and turned around, scolding a few bad old men in his heart.

Zhu Biao on the side looked at him with a smile and said, "Li Aiqing, let's go together." ”

Li Wei nodded: "His Royal Highness the Prince, please." ”

Zhu Biao was also not polite, and walked out of the main hall first, Li Wei followed half a step behind, and walked with him to the front court.

"Actually, I don't think it matters if it's called Father or not."

Zhu Biao said casually as he walked.

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is extremely true!"

Li Wei nodded in agreement, and secretly said that Xiao Zhu is good, how easy to speak.

"But I think the imperial brother should still be called, and you don't have to be called the prince all the time in private." Then Zhu Biao said again.

Li Wei's face suddenly darkened, and he looked up at Zhu Biao with a smile on his face.

Zhu Biao is now twenty-six, three or four years younger than him, but he married someone else's sister, which is more embarrassing.

Li Wei's cheeks twitched twice, thought about it, and suddenly walked to the side of the road and stood down, and beckoned to Zhu Biao: "Come, His Royal Highness the Prince, come here." ”

Zhu Biao looked at his strange behavior, and walked forward suspiciously, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Come, stand still."

Li Wei waited for him to come to the front and guided him to stand in the shadows.

Zhu Biao stood obediently, but still looked at him with a confused face.

"It's cooler here!"

Li Wei waited for him to stand up, kindly reminded him, and then turned around and left alone.

“……”

Zhu Biao was stunned, and immediately came to his senses, and suddenly felt speechless for a while, looked at Li Wei's departing back, and shook his head with a smile.

……

Leaving the palace, Li Wei hurriedly returned to the Chamber of Commerce and brought Laifu and Shen Jing to him.

"From now on, we will go all out to ship, and instruct those who are in charge to give priority to collecting treasure money, especially old money!"

Li Wei commanded in a deep voice.

It has only been five or six years since the issuance of the treasure banknotes, and it has not yet reached the time when no one picks up the rotten streets, and now the price of the treasure banknotes has overfallen, according to his estimates, it should be about 500 wen per banknote is a reasonable level.

Now that the people are panicking, he must use the goods in his hand to bring back the value of the treasure money and rebuild the confidence of the people.

Laifu and Shen Jing glanced at each other, not understanding the meaning of his operation.

"Master, the downward trend of treasure money has not stopped, in my opinion, I am afraid that this treasure money will be finished in the future, and it is more appropriate for us to collect gold, silver and copper coins."

Laifu Gongsheng suggested.

Li Wei waved his hand: "Don't worry, I have my own plans, you just do it." ”

Seeing Li Wei say this, the two were slightly stunned, and then agreed.

"But now that the shops are unwilling to collect treasure money, will they listen to us?"

Rifle said with some worry.

These shops that cooperate with the Minghuang Chamber of Commerce, although they are afraid of the scale of the Chamber of Commerce and Li Wei's power, if they are really unwilling to accept treasure money, and they promise to refuse secretly, they have no choice.

"It's okay, you tell them, we will accept all the treasure banknotes according to the order, and from today on, all the treasure money will be used when settling with them, and the gold and silver will be refused!"

Li Wei's words fell, and both Laifu and Shen Jing were shocked.

"W-why is that?"

Shen Jing couldn't help but ask.

Now everyone knows that real money is a good thing, and treasure money is just a piece of paper, and gold, silver and copper coins are given priority when trading. But Li Wei wanted to do the opposite, which made him a little puzzled and worried. (End of chapter)