Chapter 33, Zhu Houzhao's vision for the American affairs team! Ask for treasure money
"I need to have a team, too."
Zhu Houzhao rubbed his temples, looked at the papers recorded next to him, and felt that he needed some people to share with him.
A person's energy is very limited, and in the face of a dynasty for decades, or even hundreds of years, people, events and development contexts, there are ready-made histories and data records, and those historians need to spend several years or even more than ten years to sort it out.
Now there are still few people in the group, and Zhu Houzhao can barely cope with it.
But some of the things they said, Zhu Houzhao had a hard time understanding.
It is tantamount to a blind man touching an elephant, and some understanding of him may be biased.
If there are more people behind him and a larger time scale involved, he is destined to be unable to handle it all alone.
Besides, he still has to be the emperor, and the main task is still to make the Ming great again.
The current group can provide little help in reality, and it has not even been reflected in the future...... If it's really useful, it needs some people to do it.
"Liu Jin......"
"They can't!"
"Li Dongyang ......"
Zhu Houzhao appeared in his heart the prototype of the team candidate, but as soon as he appeared, he directly denied it in his heart.
Liu Jin and the others are currently the white gloves he uses to fight with civilian officials and get him money to let him meddle in American affairs.
Zhu Houzhao directly denied that when it comes to the affairs of a country, you need a little vision and a little knowledge, and Liu Jin and they obviously can't meet the standards.
Li Dongyang is not a civil official, he only revealed the United States a little, and the civilian officials are subconsciously suspicious.
It is also a bit whimsical to want them to help share the affairs of the United States.
"It's best to find a team here in Jinling."
"It's impossible, after you come, you won't do anything, right?"
"At present, Jinling officialdom is definitely still waiting......
"Uncle Xingwang, Chengguo Gong, they don't know if it's okay......"
In Zhu Houzhao's mind, there is a vague prototype of a team......
Combined with the actual situation, he rushed to Jinling this time, ostensibly to worship his ancestors, but in fact it was a contest and temptation with the cabinet, and the other was to escape from the center of the contradiction and find some available people for himself.
If you don't do something in this vacuum period, Zhu Houzhao will not forgive yourself.
"Your Majesty, there are ministers outside asking to see ......"
Just as Zhu Houzhao was thinking, Liu Jin's voice came.
"What are you asking for?"
Zhu Houzhao stopped thinking for a while and looked up to see Liu Jin.
"Your Majesty, it is the six Shangshu of Jinling, they said that there are some government affairs that need your attention, and some more urgent matters."
Chief?
I can't wait to test myself.
"No, didn't I say that? Coming to Yingtian is just to worship the ancestors, and it involves government affairs, so let them send it directly to the cabinet of the capital according to the past situation! ”
Zhu Houzhao went straight to the door, and just released the news yesterday that he was suspected of going to Jinling, and today these officials can't wait to test it.
Don't be too obvious.
Naturally, he can't be fooled, and he won't openly show Jinling's thoughts about handling government affairs.
In this way, there is a point of mediation with the cabinet.
"Yes, Your Majesty, let them go."
Liu Jin said that he was about to leave.
"Wait...... Is the Tobe Shangshu here here? ”
"Call him in, I have a question for him."
Zhu Houzhao stopped Liu Jin, caught a glimpse of what he had recorded, and suddenly wanted to ask the head of the household book.
"Yes."
Liu Jin went down.
"The economic problem, the household department should be able to understand it, and how did Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty make money? They should be clear, right? ”
Zhu Houzhao thought of the economy, the problem of paper money that Jackson had just mentioned.
In this regard, he originally wanted to turn the book by himself, but since he had the idea of forming an American affairs team, he would take half a step forward first, and release some news through the officials here.
Zhu Houzhao knocked on the table, and then put away the recorded things.
"Minister Zheng Ji, meet Your Majesty."
As soon as the things were put away, an old man walked in, it was the current Ying Tian Tobe Shangshu, an old guy who was about to retire.
This old man is a second-class jinshi in the fourth year of Tianshun, and has served as Yingzong, Xianzong, and Xiaozong, known as the "patriarch of the three dynasties".
The most famous is that Xianzong Dynasty risked his life to play the "Taiping Ten Strategies", hoping that the emperor would "stay away from treachery, be loyal and good, be compassionate to the people's lives, and promote rituals", which was not adopted and resigned in anger, but was reused in the Xiaozong Dynasty.
Zhu Houzhao recalled Zheng Ji's resume, especially thinking of this old guy, it seems that he had also read books before to make himself diligent in government.
The characters are connected with reality, and Zhu Houzhao has a headache.
The first thing he did when he came to Yingtian, Zhu Houzhao naturally took the time to learn about the resumes of the top six leaders here.
The reason why his grandfather Xianzong used so many ministers, and also opened the West Factory, is typically to fight in the ring with civil officials, these officials don't know the hardships, and as soon as they see that the eunuchs are reused, they go crazy.
His father, the emperor, heard this, and abolished the Jinyi Guard of the West Factory, which was a great weakening of the imperial power.
Zheng Ji, a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and Xianzong, obviously has no vision.
However, it is enough to live a long time.
"Zheng Ji, get up first, I remember that you are a Jinshi in the fourth year of Tianshun?"
There are just living fossils that can be used.
"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister has gone through the three dynasties of Yingzong, Xianzong and Xiaozong." Zheng Ji didn't know Zhu Houzhao's purpose, so he could only ask one sentence and say another.
"Well, I just happened to have something to do with the Yingzong Dynasty, and I want to ask you."
"What happened to the Yingzong Dynasty?"
Zheng Ji's face changed slightly, and Emperor Yingzong and Emperor Jingtai ...... Your Majesty really wants to move back south, right?
There was no way, he couldn't help but think about it too much, Zhu Houzhao asked about the Yingzong Dynasty as soon as he came up.
The Yingzong Dynasty is famous for the dispute between Tumubao and the southward migration, plus Zhu Houzhao is in Jinling at this time, is it so exciting as soon as he comes up?
Zheng Ji was a little apprehensive, and glanced at Zhu Houzhao cautiously.
To tell the truth, it was the first time he saw Zhu Houzhao, and he met the emperors of the three dynasties, but he couldn't tell what Zhu Houzhao, the young emperor, wanted to do?
"Yes, I want to ask about the treasure money! I remember that the treasure banknote was used after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, why didn't everyone use it after the Yingzong Dynasty? Even...... And now it's back to gold and silver? ”
Since you are an old stubborn, let's take your time and try to tempt it.
"This ...... Your Majesty, treasure money...... This, Your Majesty, do you want to restart the treasure banknote? ”
Zheng Ji's face changed, and it was obvious that the psychological shadow brought by the treasure money to him resurfaced.
"When did I say that I was going to use the treasure banknote, I just asked you why the treasure money was not used...... In the end, in the Yingzong Dynasty, why didn't the treasure money be used? ”
"You don't have to think too much, just tell me what you know."
"Why don't you use treasure money, for example?"
As soon as Zhu Houzhao heard it, he knew that Zheng Ji was thinking too much, and explained it a little impatiently.
"Minister...... This is worthless. Zheng Ji was still confused, and asked him to summarize the law of depreciation of treasure banknotes, which was naturally difficult for him.
"Why isn't it worth it?" Zhu Houzhao continued to ask: "Let's give an example. ”
Zheng Ji looked at Zhu Houzhao deeply, trying to distinguish whether Zhu Houzhao was really curious or had other purposes.
But he couldn't see it, so he could only think about it a little.
"Just give you an example...... This, Your Majesty, the minister will say one. ”
"Anyway, it's a matter of the Yingzong Dynasty, when I went to Beijing to take the exam, it was a treasure banknote. When the treasure money was in my hometown, I could still buy three or five catties of rice for 100 yuan, but ...... When I arrived in the capital, I could only buy one steamed bun with a hundred treasure bills, and even some merchants didn't charge ...... directly."
"Yes, especially after the Battle of the Capital......"
"I heard that all of a sudden, Jingshi doesn't need treasure money, and if he needs something, he will buy it directly in gold and silver."
Under Zhu Houzhao's gaze, Zheng Ji stubbornly said his experience, which was something that really happened to him.
It can be said that a change in the civil fort and the defense of the Beijing division changed the Ming Dynasty a lot.
The treasure banknote is just an inconspicuous thing, but it is a watershed in the development of Daming's finance.
After that battle, Daming returned to the silver standard.