Chapter 2022, the policy of using power for personal gain
In an elegant garden in the capital, many elders of the conservative faction gathered together again to discuss matters.
"Huihai Bank's current business is extremely unsatisfactory. On the one hand, it is because Huihai Bank has just been established and the number of branches is too small, making it inconvenient for customers to use their funds. However, Daming First Bank has branches all over the country, so depositors can use them conveniently.
own funds.”
"On the other hand, Huihai Bank has discovered difficulties in the circulation of banknotes and silver coins. No one is willing to accept Huihai Bank's banknotes and coins. This is also the reason why Huihai Bank's business cannot develop."
Liang Chu informed everyone about the development status and problems faced by Huihai Bank.
"If there are not enough branches, it is easy to solve it. It is just to continue to add branches to make it easier for depositors to use funds."
"But it is difficult to circulate silver notes and coins. If people are unwilling to accept them, I'm afraid there is really no good way."
Jiang Mian frowned and said.
The banknotes and silver coins issued by the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty have been recognized and accepted by everyone. It is very difficult to get another set.
"In my opinion, this still needs to be promoted by decrees from the imperial court. It can be easily promoted by forcing everyone to use banknotes and silver coins from Huihai Bank."
Someone thought for a while and suggested.
"If we want to force the use of Huihai banknotes and silver coins, we must abandon the existing banknote and silver coin system of Daming First Bank. If this is not abolished, we may never be able to make Huihai Bank
Silver notes and coins circulated and were recognized by everyone."
Liang Chu thought for a while and added.
"This is not easy to handle. Behind the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty are the emperor and the prince, as well as Liu Jin, Duke Yingying, Duke Dingguo, and Duke Cheng Guo. They want to abolish the banknotes and silver coins of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s simply impossible.”
When Mao Ji heard this, he immediately shook his head.
The backstage of the First Bank of the Ming Dynasty is really too tough. If it were ordinary, they would have a thousand or ten thousand ways to deal with it, but they were facing the most powerful group of people in the Ming Dynasty.
It is simply impossible for him to be the emperor, prince, and generals of the Ming Dynasty.
"Everything depends on man-made efforts. Nothing is impossible."
"In the past, all the princes in the court would always remind the emperor not to compete with the people for profit. The emperor has too much property and should give some of it to the people of the world."
Yang Tinghe took a sip of tea, thought for a while and said.
For these traditional conservative civil servants, they have never been afraid of the emperor, especially an emperor like Emperor Hongzhi. In the past, everyone was vying to criticize the emperor and wanted to spit on Emperor Hongzhi's face.
It seems that the weapon of competing with the people for profit has been around for a long time, and no one has used it for a long time.
“Competing with the people for profit?”
When everyone heard this, they were stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said, "Is this possible?"
This is asking the emperor to abandon his martial arts. Can the emperor agree?
A good Ming Dynasty First Bank can bring huge profits to the emperor every year. Can the emperor agree to abolish it and give others an advantage?
What's more, there are people like Liu Jin, Zhang Lun, and Xu Guangzuo. None of them are efficient, especially Liu Jin. He is so powerful that everyone can't help but frown when they think of Liu Jin.
This Liu Jin is really as retired now, living his own small life every day, not caring about anything and not asking about anything. It seems that he has really given up on the affairs of the court.
"Everything depends on human effort. What's more, some things require three people to make a tiger. As long as enough ministers write a letter about this matter, anything is possible."
Yang Tinghe said very confidently.
"Um!"
When everyone heard this, they nodded slightly.
In the past, everyone didn't play like this. Whatever the emperor wanted to do would be met with countless objections, and it would often be left alone.
For example, in the past, I wanted to revitalize armaments, but the treasury had no money. The treasury had no money, so the emperor wanted to levy commercial taxes, re-inventory the land, etc. However, these were severely opposed by the ministers, and in the end nothing happened.
The imperial court still has no money. The emperor wants to revitalize the military, right? Yes, he can use the money from his own internal funds.
Emperor Hongzhi took out the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that he had managed to save, but was corrupted by officials at all levels. When it came into the hands of the border troops, the swords they handed out were almost like iron sheets.
Relying on this method, the former civil servants had the emperor at their mercy, and they could do whatever they wanted. The salt merchants felt that it was too troublesome to transport grain to the border areas every year.
So I changed the money from the grain payment to the silver payment. In the first few years, I could still receive a lot of money, which seemed very good, but I soon found that the silver from the payment was getting less and less.
However, the price of food became more and more expensive, and as a result, the court had no money again.
The army here is even more trapped. They don't even have enough to eat. How can you still expect the army to reach the Tatars in the north?
And the families behind those officials have grown rapidly, with more and more land in their families, and more and more money buried underground.
It seems that they have become richer, but for the entire Ming Dynasty, their energy is constantly being consumed, conflicts are getting deeper and deeper, and problems are becoming more and more prominent.
"There are also oil and electricity. These two emerging industries have huge potential for making money, but they are currently monopolized and occupied by Liu Jin's industries."
"We have to think of some extraordinary methods, otherwise it will be impossible to snatch it."
At this time, Mao Ji mentioned oil and electricity, two rapidly developing and emerging industries.
They are also interested in these two major industries, especially oil. As long as they find oil fields, they can sit back and collect money continuously.
Nowadays, the demand for oil is also increasing, and the price of oil has always been very good. As soon as the switch of the oil field is turned on, the oil flows out like running water, and it is all money in vain.
"Everyone needs to send more people to write letters to impeach Liu Jin. Even if it doesn't have any impact on him now, the water will tell the truth. As long as more people are impeached, the number of impeachments will be more."
"Some miracles and cracks will always appear slowly."
Someone thought for a while and said.
"Well, this is a great plan!"
Others also nodded. In recent years, after the reform of officialdom, everyone seems to have no time for impeachment and criticism.
In the past, memorials were basically this type of memorial, where everyone impeached and criticized each other endlessly, and the early court was basically occupied by these things.
Officials form cliques and fight against each other, basically relying on these methods.
"I think this oil and electricity should be handled in the same way as the previous salt. This oil should belong to the imperial court and should be operated and managed by the imperial court."
"If electricity is to be popularized, it should be run by the imperial court."
Yang Tinghe thought for a while and said.
"What Mr. Yang said is true, what he said is true!"
"The resources in this Ming Dynasty land belong to the Ming Dynasty court and should be managed by the court."
When other people heard this, their eyes immediately lit up.
In the past, the salt and iron business was all run by the imperial court. For this reason, there were also specialized households and craftsmen. The merchants specialized in boiling salt in the salt works, and the craftsmen specialized in smelting and forging iron for the court.
Originally it seemed like a very good system, but everyone knows the results.
The households worked tirelessly to cook salt all year long. As a result, they were extremely poor and could not even eat enough. The salt was then sold to salt merchants by the officials in the salt field. The salt merchants relied on their monopoly
His status was sold at a high price, and he made a lot of money, becoming richest in the world.
If the oil and electricity are also managed by the imperial court, then they will have countless ways to take the interests of these oil and electricity into their own hands.
You can also control oil and electricity just like you used to control salt, and you won't even have to pay taxes, because this is run by the court itself, so what taxes will you pay?
"This plan is very clever, this plan is very clever!"
Everyone immediately laughed.
If you play market competition, you will definitely not be able to defeat the Ming Petroleum Company and the Ming Electric Power Company, because these old-school officials never pay attention to this. They only use power for personal gain, and they are only good at doing this.
Business, is it necessary to use business?
There is no need to operate at all, just having power is enough. Use power to formulate policies and exclude outsiders, and they can easily enjoy the good life inside.
"Haha, this matter still needs everyone to continue to speak up and clarify the key points. When everyone works together in the morning, there will definitely be no problem."
"In the final analysis, we are all doing it for the emperor, for the Ming Dynasty, and for the country and the country."
Yang Tinghe said with a happy smile.
"I admire Mr. Yang's righteousness!"
"Yes, we all work for the country and the country of Ming Dynasty!"
Everyone else also quickly started complimenting him.
Yang Tinghe has regained the appreciation of the emperor, and since he was Zhu Houzhao's teacher before, he has a bright future. He is now a cabinet minister, and it is certain that he will become the chief minister of the cabinet in the future.
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