The old emperor let out a long breath. Feng'er's memorial was like throwing a nuclear bomb into the Ming Dynasty's political arena. Many of his ideas were so advanced that he almost thought his son had also traveled through time.
The assessment method sets goals and tasks at the beginning of the year and assesses them after the year; the new Changping method puts forward the concepts of loan guarantee and credit; the currency note method uses copper coins to replace silver and issues banknotes; the budget method uses how much money to budget in advance; the new
The Lijia Law is equivalent to a salary for the long hair of Lijia Xiangfang; the Yi Chuan Law is very similar to the post office and express company of later generations; the Salt, Iron and Tea Law is to change the state-owned enterprise into a private one; the Mining Law is to allow private capital to enter the mining industry;
The Shareholding Law proposed the concepts of joint-stock companies and stock exchanges; the Transportation Law allowed private capital to pave roads, build bridges, and build ports, and granted toll collection rights for 30 years, and also canceled "road guides"; the Abolition of Slavery Law allowed for up to three generations of slavery.
, released a large number of people; the National Defense Law, established militias in every neighborhood; the Bank Law, established the prototype of a bank.
In short, this memorial contains many novel ideas, many of which the old emperor wanted to do but failed to do. At the beginning, he also wanted to introduce some systems from later generations, but he was in the war at the time and was not able to sit still, so he did not dare to make a big fuss;
Later, when he was firmly on the throne and he was getting older, he saw that the country was still strong without any trouble, so why waste the energy on it? When he met young people clamoring for reform, he always said there was no rush, take your time, and fix things.
A big country is like cooking a small dish, it’s better to take steps more steadily!
However, today is different from the past. This memorial was written by my own son. I had just promoted him to the position of crown prince and wanted to help him establish his prestige. If it was the first time for him to submit such an influential memorial, it would be very difficult.
If you are rejected, how will you control the ministers and rule the world in the future?
The old emperor thought about it and felt that he could not disgrace his son, so he had to support him. Although his son was reforming his own revolution, which made him embarrassed, he still had to support him. After all, a person cannot live for five hundred years, and the country will be destroyed sooner or later.
Leave it to your son.
He issued a decree that except for the salt policy, which was directly related to people's lives and would not be let go, all other provisions would be followed one by one. The main reason was that the salt policy accounted for a huge proportion of the fiscal revenue, and the old emperor was reluctant to let it go.
He was also worried about his young son, fearing that he would step too fast and lose his waist, so he put his son in charge, and Sun Jinding, Su Guansheng, Zheng Feng, Yu Chaoxiang and other veterans assisted. Well, these veterans are in control of the situation. I believe Feng'er
You can’t poke a fistula that’s too big!
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Among these articles, the old emperor's favorite was the coin method. He had been casting copper coins, and although the profit was huge, it still cost money; it was better to print it on paper, which cost nothing and made huge profits, but it was just some paper.
You can print as much as you want, it’s truly cost-effective and profitable!
Zhu Hengjia has been worried about money since he came to the throne. Even though he has reduced his meals to four dishes and one soup per meal, he is still short of money. Stimulated by his son's memorial, the old man screamed deep in his heart: He can never live like this again!
I can no longer live like this! I want to make a fortune!
With a stroke of his pen, ten million taels of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes will be printed and circulated first to see if the people object. If they don't object, they will continue to print. Anyway, this thing does not require capital. You can print as many as you want. If you are rich, you will be rich, old emperor.
After finding this way to make money, I became more courageous and ordered to change the four dishes and one soup to six dishes and one soup. Shark's fins and bird's nests are not considered as vegetables, but only as snacks.
As a master of tactics, he knows that the first shot must be fired before anything can be done later. Otherwise, why did Shang Yang erect a log at the south gate?
Therefore, before the formal reform, the old emperor personally wrote an immortal masterpiece in the "Da Ming Daily": "Only when the people are rich can the country be rich." The article elaborated in depth that the purpose of his reforms was to make the people rich.
, Therefore, whoever opposes the reform and does not want the people to live a good life is a traitor to the country! Since the first step of the reform is to issue treasure banknotes, then whoever refuses the banknote is a traitor to the country. Finally, for everyone in the world to know this
Who wrote this article? He even signed it himself: Zhu Hengjia, the Emperor of Heaven.
The day the article was published, he regretted it. It is extremely difficult to issue banknotes! As wise as Taizu, the Ming Dynasty banknotes have been in operation for thirty years, but they have only come to an end. Is he really better than Taizu? If he didn't sign,
If I mess up in the future, I can find a scapegoat and kill him with a single knife to show the anger of the people. But now that I have signed my name, everyone in the world knows that it was my idea to print money. If I mess up, who will I blame? Look.
You have to go all out and this must succeed!
Fortunately, the people of the Ming Dynasty were loyal and had been accustomed to obeying the imperial power for thousands of years. When they heard that the emperor asked them to use Baosha, they had no choice but to use it. In order to flatter the emperor, some flatterers even used their own money to go to the bank to exchange for treasures.
, and then find a way to let the emperor know. The emperor has another decree. From now on, the salaries of the officials, the soldiers' pay, and 30% of the government's administrative expenses will be settled with treasure banknotes. It went very smoothly, and 10 million taels of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were quickly issued.
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The cunning Emperor Guangwu did not relax. He knew that this was just the first step. To achieve real success, these banknotes must be circulated in the market.
At that time, Taizu promoted treasure banknotes, which was smooth sailing at first. However, the old man did not understand economics and did not allow treasure banknotes to be freely exchanged with silver. He stipulated that people could exchange gold and silver for treasure banknotes with the government, but they could not exchange treasure banknotes with the government.
The government exchanged gold and silver. The original intention was to gather gold and silver into the hands of the government and not let the common people use it, so that they could only use the treasure banknotes. Unexpectedly, the common people lost confidence in the treasure banknotes, and the banknotes could not be exchanged for gold and silver.
Isn’t it just waste paper? In just thirty years, it has been transformed into waste paper that no one uses.
Emperor Guangwu was determined to use two methods to make the treasure banknotes flow in the market. One was hard: he ordered the Minister of Punishment, Zhang Mingfeng, to formulate regulations to punish merchants who refused to accept the treasure banknotes for no reason. He also ordered the Minister of Bank of the Ming Dynasty to
Zhao Baoyuan ordered all major banks to freely exchange treasure banknotes and silver coins in accordance with the official exchange ratio. Anyone who dares to refuse to exchange treasure banknotes will be banned from business.
The Daming General Bank is a newly established yamen and one of the results of this reform. It manages the official Daming Bank and major private banks. A total of 386 banks are under its jurisdiction. The old emperor also
It is decreed that in addition to the existing 386 banks, if anyone wants to open a bank in the future, they must obtain approval from the Ming Dynasty General Bank.
Zhao Baoyuan was originally a doctor in the Bank Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the head of the Ming Dynasty Bank. He once issued banknotes of the Ming Dynasty Bank and had experience in issuing banknotes. The old emperor met with the prince's eunuch and asked for his opinion: to promote the Ming Dynasty.
Is it possible to use treasure money?
This person immediately stated: It’s feasible.
Because he dared to swear in front of the emperor, he was regarded as a talent by the old emperor. He ordered the Ministry of Finance to be changed to the General Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and he was promoted from the doctor to the minister. Seeing that the role of the General Bank of the Ming Dynasty was very important, he ordered the general bank of the Ming Dynasty to be promoted to the general bank of the Ming Dynasty.
The department was spun off and became an independent government office under the direct control of the cabinet.
The first thing a new official should do when he takes office is that as soon as Zhao Langzhong took office, he proposed to the emperor to unify the management of 386 banks across the country and freeze 2% of their principal as risk reserves. If anyone wants to set up a bank in the future,
The new bank also had to do the same; it also requested the Ministry of Accounts to provide three million taels of silver as a guarantee for the exchange of treasure banknotes.
The old emperor saw that he spoke eloquently and thought he was a knowledgeable person. He readily agreed and approved everything. Before issuing the treasure banknotes, he specially summoned Zhao Baoyuan to ask: "Qing Zhao, is there no problem?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I am fully confident that everything will go smoothly!" Zhao Shilang clapped his chest again, his voice sonorous and powerful.
