The prison boss rolled his eyes at him and wanted to ignore him. Although this kid was somewhat smart, his mind was not flexible enough. If it weren't for the fact that he was his nephew and was taken care of by himself, he would have suffered a lot.
A person next to him saw it and smiled and explained to the young jailer, "This prison is the boss's territory. What kind of trouble can be hidden from the boss's eyes? Old Chen and the other two thought they were smart and thought that what they did in private was magical.
Unknowingly, it’s just that our boss is too lazy to pay attention to them..."
"Okay, don't talk anymore," the cell leader waved his hand to interrupt his subordinates, and ordered: "Go ahead and guard Han Shilang's family, and don't let anyone get close to them easily. Especially Old Chen Tou and the others, they will never be allowed to
near."
"yes."
In Han Du's memory, he has seen the Imperial City, but he has never seen it in the dark night. The Imperial City in the dark night is like a giant beast crawling there, and it feels that it is deeper than the night, and more vivid than the daytime.
The shock was even greater.
Without saying a word, the eunuch led Han Du on his way in the dark night.
Han Du was also silent and followed him obediently. He didn't know who this eunuch was at all. He just guessed that the reason why he entered the palace was that Lao Zhu saw his analysis of the treasure notes, so he summoned him.
Own.
Thinking that he was about to meet Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor who had driven away the Tartars and restored the Han family's clothes, and that he had to find a way to survive in front of him, Han Du could not calm down.
The eunuch asked Han Du to wait outside the hall door. After a while, Han Du heard the voice summoning him.
"Xuan Handu, come and see me."
Han Du took a deep breath, stepped over the high threshold, raised his chest and lowered his head, and walked in.
"Han Du, the sinner, pays homage to Your Majesty." Han Du had no chance to see Zhu Yuanzhang, so he knelt down and worshiped on the ground.
After waiting for a while, there was no response.
What do you mean? It couldn't be that I did something wrong. According to my memory, I shouldn't have made any mistakes.
Or is Lao Zhu angry and unwilling to see me?
Thinking of the consequences of Lao Zhu's anger and Lao Zhu's butcher knife, Han Du's legs trembled.
"Get up." At this time, a majestic voice came.
Phew, finally waiting for the long-lost voice, Han Du stood up from the ground.
I saw an old man about fifty or fifty years old, wearing a golden crown and a dragon robe, sitting on a dragon chair, his eyes were like torches, and it felt like two swords were stabbing him.
This is Zhu Yuanzhang.
He is not as deformed and ugly as the circulated portraits, and his square and square face reveals endless majesty.
Hey, this is it?
At this time, Han Du saw a person next to him from the corner of his eye. He looked like he was in his twenties, wearing a black gold crown and a bright yellow python robe. This must be the prince.
Prince Zhu Biao? Why is he here?
Han Du stood quietly, putting his doubts in his heart. No matter why Zhu Biao was here, the most important thing for him now was to pass Lao Zhu's test. Only if he passed could he survive. If he failed, he would die.
"Are you Han Du?"
"Your Majesty, the culprit is Han Du."
"Did you write this?" Lao Zhu asked as he picked up the blood book in front of him.
"It was written by a sinner." Han Du answered honestly.
Lao Zhu put down the bloody book, held the armrest of the dragon chair with both hands, leaned back, and said, "Tell me, what's wrong with the treasure money?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the sinner believes that the imperial court's issuance of treasure banknotes will benefit the country and the people. However, the current way of issuing treasure banknotes is wrong and will bring great risks and even dangers to the imperial court."
These are the contents written by Han Du in the blood book. Lao Zhu had no other expression after hearing this and continued to ask: "Then how do you think the treasure notes should be distributed?"
After a few words, the situation was proceeding calmly, and Han Du could no longer feel the depression he felt when he first came in. His nature began to recover, and a look of confidence appeared on his face.
"The sinner is brave and wants to ask your Majesty to give me twenty taels of silver and forty guan of treasure banknotes. I will demonstrate the game to your majesty, and your majesty will understand." After thinking about it, Han Dusi still did not directly explain that the same amount of gold is needed to issue the treasure banknotes.
Talk about silver as margin.
Because Han Du had already made some guesses from what happened to his father, he guessed that Lao Zhu’s purpose of handing out treasure banknotes was not just because of the lack of copper coins among the people, and using treasure banknotes to replace copper coins to facilitate transactions. He guessed that Lao Zhu issued treasure banknotes
The purpose is simply because Lao Zhu is short of money.
This is simply putting the cart before the horse.
Once the treasure banknotes are obtained, will the court be short of money? No, never.
After hearing Han Du's request, Lao Zhu immediately agreed and waved to the eunuch next to him.
Lao Zhu was always more tolerant towards people who were talented but did not threaten him. Now Han Du was quite talented in his eyes, at least judging from the blood letter.
The eunuch soon returned with the treasure notes and silver that Han Du needed. He handed the treasure notes and silver to Han Du and was about to return to Lao Zhu, but he was stopped by Han Du.
"This father-in-law, please stay."
The eunuch didn't know why Han Du stopped him, and asked in surprise: "Does Mr. Han have anything else to do?"
Han Du smiled at the eunuch, and then said to Lao Zhu: "Your Majesty, all the people in the world are scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants. The sinner of this game wants to ask His Highness the Crown Prince to help represent the court. I will represent the scholars and merchants, and this father-in-law will represent the farmers and workers."
"Exactly." Lao Zhu said concisely and to the point.
Zhu Biao is very interested in Han Du. He has been looking at him with a smile since Han Du came in. Don't get me wrong, it's not for other reasons but because Han Du is a little handsome.
Although Han Du's face is not as square as Zhu Biao's, his facial features and appearance are also heroic, with the elegant aura he inherited from his mother, making him look particularly special.
In fact, the good feelings between people all originate from their appearance. People with good looks are born with more opportunities and advantages than ugly people. There is no distinction between men and women in this regard.
The Ming Dynasty emphasized that appearance comes from the heart, so it paid special attention to a person's appearance. For example, when the Ministry of Personnel selected people to be officials, one of the obvious assessments was appearance.
If you have a good appearance, you will not only be assigned to a good place, but will even get a higher grade. If you have an ugly appearance, you will not only be assigned to a remote place, but you will even be written off, and you will not even be given an official position.
Zhu Biao came to Han Du with a smile and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
"Your Highness, please take the treasure note."
The eunuch was originally a little unhappy when Han Du asked him to represent farmers and workers, because this person was born a farmer. Although he has never forgotten his origin, with his current status, his background is more important to everyone.
He was still a little concerned when it was mentioned in front of him.
However, since His Majesty had already approved it, he did not dare to say anything more. He just kept this in mind and asked with the same smile: "I wonder what Young Master Han wants our family to do?"
Han Du distributed ten taels of silver in his hand to the eunuch, "Father-in-law, just take it."
Then Han Du reported to Lao Zhu, "Your Majesty, the game is like this. His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, represents the court and will not distribute the treasures yet. At this time, the sinner represents the taxis and merchants and the father-in-law represents the farmers and workers.
, which basically represents the entire private transaction."
Seeing Lao Zhu nod in approval, Han Du continued: "The silver in the hands of the father-in-law represents various items made by farmers and workers, such as grain, cloth, etc. At this time, the one tael of silver in the hands of the sinner can be obtained from the hands of the father-in-law.
In exchange for goods worth one tael of silver, no one suffered a loss."
Han Du took out one tael of silver and put it into the eunuch's hand. Then he took another one tael of silver representing the goods from the eunuch's hand. He spread out his hands, still holding ten taels of silver.
"Then, the imperial court began to issue treasure banknotes. In fact, the initial issuance of treasure banknotes had little impact on the peasants, farmers, industry and commerce. Even in terms of the convenience of private transactions, the issuance of treasure banknotes greatly promoted the activity of private transactions.
To this extent, it can be said that issuing treasure banknotes at this time is beneficial to all people."
After listening to Lao Zhu, although he didn't say anything, it could be seen from the smile on his face that he was quite satisfied with Han Du's statement. When Lao Zhu handed out the treasure notes, he discovered this wonderful point.
He has always been content with this.
"However, good fortune and misfortune depend on it, and misfortune lies on blessing. As more and more treasures are distributed, there will be a turning point of pros and cons."
The smile on Lao Zhu's face hadn't fully spread yet, but it faded away at Han Du's next words.
"When is this turning point? It is when the amount of treasure banknotes distributed is equal to the amount of gold, silver and various items among the people. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, now you distribute twenty guan of treasure banknotes and give us ten guan each."
Han Du took ten taels of silver and ten treasure banknotes and continued to explain: "Actually, at this time, the disadvantages of treasure banknotes have not yet begun to appear. Because after all, treasure banknotes will promote the prosperity of private transactions, and from another perspective,
The wealth in everyone's hands has increased, so it is difficult for anyone to notice the disadvantages of treasure banknotes. However, the increased wealth is only treasure banknotes after all. Strictly speaking, it is just printed paper and has no value in itself. So this
At this time, the value of the treasure may drop a little, but it is not serious and can still be accepted by all the people in the world."
"But if the imperial court continues to issue treasure banknotes, the situation will change drastically. Your Highness, please continue to issue twenty guans of treasure banknotes."
Han Du took the remaining twenty guan of treasure notes from Zhu Biao's hand and gave ten guan to the eunuch.
"Your Majesty, please see, the sinner now has ten taels of silver and twenty ounces of treasure banknotes in his hand. The sinner said before that when there are ten taels of silver and ten taels of treasure banknotes, the impact is actually not big, because the ten taels of silver and the
Ten treasure notes are equivalent in value and can be exchanged for each other at any time."
"But now, how many treasure notes are needed to exchange ten taels of silver? It takes twenty taels of silver."
Han Du held ten taels of silver in one hand and treasure notes in the other, and they exchanged gestures with each other.