Two hundred and ninety-seven chapters return gift money
"Your Majesty, the imperial court really cannot control so much. It is the common people's business to decide how they want to trade with each other. But with the continuous issuance of treasure banknotes, the value of the treasure banknotes will eventually return to the original denomination. If the court does not
If this decree is promulgated first, then when the people suffer losses, won't they take their grievances to the imperial court?"
After hearing Han Du's explanation, Lao Zhu didn't hesitate and said immediately: "Come here and draw up the decree."
The eunuch Bingbi on the side got the order and started quickly. An imperial edict was soon drawn up. After showing it to Lao Zhu, he stamped it with a big seal.
Lao Zhu directly handed the imperial edict to the old eunuch and ordered: "Immediately send someone to Chengtianmen to convey the edict and let it out."
The old eunuch respectfully accepted the imperial edict with both hands and left in a hurry.
Lao Zhu straightened up and wiped his hands with a yellow silk handkerchief. He looked at Han Du and said, "You have to keep an eye on the treasure money matter. If anything goes wrong, you are the only one who asked." He warned Han Du.
After a while, he continued: "In addition, the vassal country requires that the tribute gifts be exchanged for treasure notes. What do you think?"
What do you think?
Of course I stood aside and watched quietly. It was not my promise anyway, so what does it have to do with me?
The purpose of Lao Zhu asking Han Du what he thought was that he wanted Han Du to take over and help him solve this problem.
But Han Du didn't want to do this, so he pretended to be stupid and stayed where he was, as if he didn't hear what Lao Zhu said.
When Lao Zhu saw that Han Du refused to accept it, he immediately became angry and said sternly: "Anyway, I'll leave this matter to you. If it doesn't work out, I'll only ask you."
The rank of official is overwhelming, not to mention that Lao Zhu is still the emperor.
As soon as the order was given, Han Du had to lower his head to take the hot potato. "I...obey the order." When he said "obey the order," he said it with the utmost reluctance.
When Lao Zhu saw it, he couldn't help but snorted coldly. He didn't care about Han Du. Anyway, since Han Du was next, if something went wrong then, he only needed to settle the score with Han Du.
Han Du had no choice but to agree with a depressed look on his face. At the same time, his mind turned around and he also posed a difficult problem for Lao Zhu. "Your Majesty, if you want to calm down the price of treasure banknotes, the imperial edict alone may not be enough. We still need to keep the treasure banknotes."
Only by distributing the banknotes can this matter be truly settled. There are still more than two million guan of banknotes in the Baobao Collection Department, and your Majesty must spend them in a short period of time."
It’s no good if you don’t spend it. The price of the non-spending treasure banknotes will definitely be pushed up all the way, and subsequent treasure banknotes will also be printed continuously.
But it is not easy to spend this money. This is not 2,000 guan, but more than 2 million guan. The imperial court is naturally a big business, and there are many places to spend money. If you take your time, let alone 200 guan.
With more than 10,000 guan, even an old Zhu with more than 2 million guan can still spend it. But it is not an easy task to spend this money in a very short period of time.
Even Lao Zhu was paralyzed for a moment when faced with such a problem.
"Since I founded the country for so many years, I have always been worried about not having money to spend. I didn't expect that one day I would worry about how to spend the money." Lao Zhu couldn't help but laugh at himself.
But what Han Du said is indeed reasonable. The effect of the decree alone is limited. If you want to solve the problem at once, you still need to distribute the treasure money as soon as possible. If it is not enough, how should it be distributed? I have to think about this carefully.
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"I understand. You should go and deal with the affairs of the vassal country first. I will issue the treasure notes as soon as possible."
Han Du left the palace with a headache.
With the announcement of the imperial edict, the people's enthusiasm for chasing treasure notes has indeed dropped a lot. Not long after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the people still relatively recognized the emperor's credibility. Since the emperor has issued an edict that the treasure notes will be held
There are a lot of them, so there is no need for people to pursue them. Because no matter how much money you spend to buy a treasure banknote, as there are more and more treasure banknotes, the price of the treasure banknote will definitely drop. And the imperial court
It has been clearly stated that a consistent treasure banknote is a consistent treasure banknote. No matter how much money you spend to buy it now, the court will not recognize it in the future. If you spend money to buy it now, won't you suffer a loss in the future?
No matter who you are, you don’t want to suffer a loss.
Fewer people are buying high-priced banknotes, and the price of banknotes is also constantly falling. This has effectively curbed the skyrocketing price of banknotes, but the topic of banknotes has not weakened at all. In the streets and alleys, on the
From officials to common people, the topic they talk about every day is all about treasure money.
And Lao Zhu did not break his promise. Starting from the next day, a large number of treasure notes were distributed to the public. As the number of treasure notes increases, the turmoil of this currency speculation will eventually calm down.
But Han Du was troubled by the affairs of the vassal state.
When I came to the Ministry of Rites, I met with the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the envoys from the three vassal countries.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites were sitting on the main seat. Han Du, wearing a blue official uniform, sat at the bottom on the left. Envoys from the three vassal states of Korea, Ryukyu and Siam sat opposite Han Du on the right.
After having tea, the Korean envoy was the first to speak, cupped his fists and raised his hands in the direction of Fengtian Hall. He smiled and said to the officials of the Ministry of Rites on the throne: "Your Majesty has a kind heart and has already agreed to the request of our vassal country. I don't know, sir."
When will you give us the treasure in return as a gift, so that we and other small people in this small country can imitate the country's style?"
The officials of the Ministry of Rites, who were also sixth-rank officials, felt proud after hearing the words of the Goryeo envoy. Although the vassal states envied the exquisite products of the Ming Dynasty, in the past, the court would only give them gifts in return, and they would go to the private sector to buy them themselves.
I have never asked the court for it like now. And the officials were amazed by the exquisiteness of the treasure banknotes. After listening to the words of the Goryeo envoy, I couldn't help but think about the kind of exclamation that would arouse when such treasure notes appeared in the Goryeo Palace. For a moment,
I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't even notice that I didn't answer the Korean envoy's questions in time.
It wasn't until the Korean envoy waited for a long time and had to cough to remind him that the official came back to his senses. However, when faced with the problem of the Korean envoy, he could not make the decision. In his opinion, since the vassal country wanted the treasure banknotes,
, then just give it to them.
But after the emperor nodded in agreement, he specially sent Mr. Han here. It seemed that there was some arrangement by the Holy Will. Therefore, the officials looked at Han Du, wanting to see what Mr. Han would say.
Han Du smiled and nodded slightly to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, then turned to the Korean envoy and said: "Since the emperor has promised to exchange the tribute gifts from the envoys into treasure banknotes, the imperial court will naturally give you treasure banknotes."