Chapter 279 The emperor's brother has a hard waist
In fact, there is no need for Zhang Xueyan to say anything. It was a good thing to have too much money, but who are there, so of course they would not think about this from such a narrow place.
In this era, grain is low and the farmers are hurt, and every minister understands it.
When the money is not valuable, then the bankrupt people will definitely be the lowest-level people. Once they go bankrupt, the court's country will inevitably be unstable. This is why everyone understands the truth.
Listening to Zhang Xueyan saying that even if he didn't understand, he understood that it was the large inflow of silver, and the money was worthless, and there was only one consequence, that was the grain of grain hurt the farmers.
After realizing this problem, everyone's expressions became serious.
When Zhang Xueyan finished speaking, Zhu Yijun nodded and said with a smile: "Zhang Aiqing said it very well. I am looking for you to come today for this matter."
The ministers present at this time were all confused, and that was the solution to this problem.
According to what Zhang Xueyan said, the only way for the Ming Dynasty was to close Yuegang and then restore the ancestral system, so that the films would not go into the sea. But the fact is that it is easy for you to open up, so it will be difficult to lock it up.
The navy in the court was not strong, and the navy in the local area was not trustworthy. You can't do anything if you want to use strong.
At this time, someone suddenly remembered something, that is, a navy troop established by the emperor. However, this navy did not pay the user department, and everyone subconsciously ignored this navy.
In addition, this navy has not appeared so far, so everyone doesn’t care even more.
But now I think about it, the emperor is definitely not the idea that he had only today. He had planned it long ago. The emperor is eyeing Shanghai Trade for more than a day or two. The problem now is what the emperor wants to do.
Everyone was actually quite worried, after all, the court could not be in chaos anymore.
Although the court has had many strategies recently, everyone knows that this is just a change in the central strategy. If you want to implement it, you will not produce results without ten or eight years.
The Qin Dynasty was in a desperate situation for the sixth generation. If the emperor was too anxious, there would be problems, such as Emperor Yang of Sui.
Zhu Yijun swept over everyone present. Seeing that no one was talking, Zhu Yijun turned to Zhang Jing and said, "Come in!"
Not long after, the four little eunuchs behind Zhang Jing carried in four large wooden boxes. Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing to put the wooden box on the ground, and then said, "Open!"
As Zhu Yijun said, the little eunuch reached out and lifted the box.
The ministers all looked into the box and were immediately attracted by the things inside.
There are copper coins inside a wooden box, which is different from copper coins. There is no space in the middle, and it is a whole circle. I picked it up and looked at it and found that this kind of copper coins is not only thick and comfortable to touch, but also the pattern on it is also very beautiful.
Four words are printed on one side of the copper coin: Wanli Tongbao! On the other side, there is a mountain.
The ministers knew at a glance that this was Mount Tai, and the words made in the fifteenth year of the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty were printed below. This was a new copper coin, and everyone immediately understood it.
In another large box, it is also a kind of coin.
The same printing method, but the size is much larger than that of copper coins. The Ming Wanli Tongbao is still printed on the front. There is a big river behind it, and you can tell that this kind of coin is silver coins at a glance.
The emperor wants to issue new coins!
Everyone was shocked. This was a big deal!
Zhu Yijun did not look at everyone, but turned to look at Li Shenxing, the head of the Office of the Internal Affairs: "How many royal money houses are opened now?"
"When you go back to your Majesty, there are now 38 royal money houses, including three Shuntian Prefecture, four Yingtian Prefecture, and thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty. Each province has at least two, and the new round of royal money houses are also choosing a location."
Zhu Yijun nodded, and he was still satisfied with the work in the Office of the Internal Affairs Office.
"Who is the person in charge of the royal money house now?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and asked.
"Your Majesty, it's Li Ying!" Zhang Jing said without thinking.
These coins are coined by Zhu Yijun, which was created by hydraulic stamping by Zhu Yijun in the morning. They are not only strong and durable, but also generous and beautiful. This is used by Zhu Yijun to replace coins on the market.
The currency of the Ming Dynasty was very chaotic, with copper coins on the market mixed with many privately made and counterfeit copper coins.
These coins were also circulated as real coins, and people everywhere were smelting copper coins to obtain copper and used them to cast various vessels. With the large-scale use of silver, the Ming Dynasty's monetary system was not far from collapse.
Coins made of hydraulic pressing can greatly reduce this situation.
First of all, this is alloy coins, which is difficult to manufacture and imitate. Secondly, the cost of minting is high, and counterfeiting is basically no profit. As for smelting, it is difficult to smel, and pure copper or sterling silver will definitely lose money.
Zhu Yijun winked at Zhang Jing, and Zhang Jing walked over, picked up a silver coin, put it next to his mouth and blew it gently, and a pleasant sound began to remember.
"This is a new silver coin, each of which uses seven cents of silver, which is worth one tael of silver."
When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch.
Our Majesty is so dark!
Seven cents of silver will compensate for one tael, and exchange for one tael of silver, and the court will make a net profit of three coins. If all the silver in the world is exchanged for this kind of silver, wouldn’t it mean that the court will make 30% more profits in vain?
Of course, Zhu Yijun knew what these people were thinking, so he said directly: "In addition to labor and other expenses, the cost of minting a silver coin is one or two or one cent."
Of course, this is just what Zhu Yijun said. In fact, the cost of a silver coin is eight cents.
"I am going to issue new coins, replacing copper coins with copper coins and silver coins with silver coins." Zhu Yijun said directly: "The first pilot was carried out in Shuntian Prefecture. All the court's purchases and officials' salaries were used."
This is also a trick that Zhu Yijun came up with. If he promoted it himself, he would know when it would be promoted.
But the court's purchasing and the salaries of officials are the best way to promote it. You have to take responsibility, and you have to take responsibility if you don't. For example, if the army buys grain, do you dare not collect silver coins for you?
Do you dare not accept silver coins from the imperial officials and nobles to buy things?
If Zhu Yijun hadn't had much money on hand, he would have planned to exchange it all over the world. As for the run, Zhu Yijun was not worried at all. Seven cents of silver were exchanged for one tael of silver, you can do it.
I will exchange it for you as much as you exchange it, and use your silver to mint coins, and then we are changing it.
For this purpose, Zhu Yijun prepared 10 million taels of silver coins and 50 million taels of copper coins. These money basically emptied Zhu Yijun's entire family, and he had no money.
"Li Shenxing, the three royal money houses in Shuntian Mansion, will start to exchange new silver coins from tomorrow. Shuntian Mansion will gradually complete the exchange within three months. In Shuntian Mansion, it is strictly forbidden to use silver to trade."
Anyway, Zhu Yijun made up his mind to curb the depreciation of silver.
If you take in the silver, how much coins you mint at that time, that is your own business. Everyone can exchange them in the early stage, but this kind of thing will never last for too long, because Zhu Yijun will not mint all the silver into silver coins.
When will it be?
Of course, when everyone accepts silver coins and gets used to silver coins, they will reduce the exchange.
Once the exchange is reduced and the silver cannot be spent, your silver will rot in the cellar! When you see, who dares to collect the silver from foreigners, and if you collect the silver, you cannot spend it, see if you still collect it.
Of course there is a solution, that is, exchange things for them, and you can keep the silver yourself!
As for whether it would hurt the people, Zhu Yijun was not worried at all. The people of the Ming Dynasty were very poor. Not to mention rare things like silver, not many people had their own copper coins in their family.
Most of the money is hidden in the hands of nobles and relatives and maritime traders.
Although silver coins cannot be promoted nationwide for the time being, this matter must be promoted so that people across the country know about it. These large families in the province have transferred the money and transferred it to ordinary people.
Once the news spreads, silver will be in an instant and you can't spend it.
This will lead to a silver coin run, but Zhu Yijun will never release so many silver coins. After all, the imperial court's currency is mainly copper coins. To put it bluntly, Zhu Yijun is trying to abolish the wealth of those big merchants.
You can keep the money, and you can't spend it in the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Yijun had no doubt that the people of the Ming Dynasty were just as emotional as rain. Not to mention in this era, even in later generations, science was so developed that once rumors spread, everyone would still be crazy.
Shopping for isatis root and salt are all things that people in the future do.
In this era, once the news of the imperial court abolishing silver spread, the silver will instantly become something no one wants. A large number of people with silver should either wait for the imperial court to slowly exchange silver coins or take it out to buy things!
Go overseas to buy things, food cloth, and even jewelry and spices that can be used in the Ming Dynasty. Anyway, you can buy whatever you can, depending on your ability. Use the things and sell them for silver coins. This is what Zhu Yijun wants them to do.
Many times, if you make good use of public opinion, you don’t need to spend too much effort.
But doing this is too hateful. I guess the big people in the world will hate him to death. However, Zhu Yijun doesn't care at all now. If you have the ability, you will rebel. The emperor's brother is very hard now.
The ministers did not hear Zhu Yijun's sinister intentions. After all, silver can be exchanged for silver coins, just use their own silver to exchange it.
How could they know that Zhu Yijun was thinking of tightening the money. Once the money was worthless, the money would probably not be able to exchange for copper coins. Copper coins could be exchanged for copper coins and circulated, but silver could not be exchanged for silver coins, that would be a waste!
Anyway, Zhu Yijun has no intention of opening a silver exchange copper coins business in the royal money shop. If you want to change silver, you can only exchange silver coins. Don’t think about copper coins. Zhu Yijun doesn’t think that any stupid guy in the folk would be willing to exchange copper coins for silver. If you exchange it, you can drink the Northwest Wind!
Chapter completed!