"Understood." The prince nodded, knowing that this was a big deal.
The six great dukes of the Ming Dynasty are the Six Great Mountains. The line of Wei Guogong can be regarded as the third largest line in the army, second only to the line of Wei Guogong and Zheng Guogong. It is stronger than the line of Cao Guogong, who is in charge of the Dudu Mansion.
Moreover, the Duke of Zheng, Chang Mao, was young, arrogant and ignorant, but his father, Chang Yuchun, had many fierce generals under his command. These people basically became princelings, and Chang Mao was nothing more than a mascot.
In addition, Wei Guogong has become the fourth father-in-law, and Song Guogong will soon become the fifth father-in-law.
It has become a top priority to firmly seize the lineage of Duke Wei. Therefore, the second son must go on this western expedition.
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The two men agreed on the strategy of dispatching troops, and Zhu Biao then reported that Zhu Zhen was not interested in these nonsense things and did not dare to interrupt, so he could only lie there and fall asleep.
It wasn't until he heard his eldest brother talking about the use of the household bank's treasury to collect and exchange lost money that he suddenly became energetic.
Lao Liu's perception of Ming Dynasty treasure notes has changed.
The original stereotype is that the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are failures, garbage, worthless, and even hard to wipe the butt... Later generations will laugh at Boss Zhu for not understanding economics and finance, so he must use this as an example.
In the early days of the issuance of the banknotes, the people's repulsive reaction seemed to confirm his impression.
However, in the past two years since the issuance of Baobao, Lao Liu was surprised to find that, at least for now, the effect of issuing banknotes is surprisingly good.
Before this, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty was lack of money.
Although the Yuan Dynasty collapsed quickly in the past, their escape was planned for a long time. They were just like Captain Chiang in later generations. Before they retreated to Mobei, they took away all the valuable things in the north, especially the gold and silver from the treasury and the people.
It's spotless.
They did a good job of searching for it and left no regrets. Boss Zhu’s Ming Dynasty was in embarrassment.
The country has no money, so nothing can be done about farmland, water conservancy, or national construction.
The common people had no money and relied on bartering. All industrial and commercial trade was shut down and the national economy almost came to a standstill.
In order to solve the money shortage, Boss Zhu tried every means, even forcibly expropriating the copperware from ordinary people's homes to make money.
But it’s still a drop in the bucket, and it doesn’t help. As a result, there is a ridiculous phenomenon where some people draw fake money to use it when they are short of money...
It can be said that if the money shortage problem is not solved quickly, the new Ming Dynasty will have to die in poverty or in chaos.
As a result, the issuance of Ming Dynasty banknotes actually solved this big problem!
Let me ask you if the treasure money is money?
Yes, that’s fine. Who dares not to accept it? Kill him!
Once the imperial court can print its own money, it will finally have money to spend. All things like farmland, water conservancy, and national construction can be carried out.
In particular, the largest expenditure on military expenditures, the supply of military supplies and food, was almost entirely paid for by treasure banknotes. It can be said that without the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes, there would be no Northern Expedition for Wei Guogong, and the emperor and his son would not have the confidence to plan any Western expedition!
As for the common people, they also have money in their hands through the imperial court's compulsory payment. The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are always more beautiful than your own paintings, right?
Besides, in order to promote treasure banknotes, the imperial court also formulated unprecedentedly strict management methods. Anyone who dared to forge treasure banknotes would be beheaded for even one. Gold and silver trading was also prohibited. Anyone who dared to use gold and silver in violation of regulations would have their property confiscated.
Under Boss Zhu's tough measures, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes swept through all provinces and counties like a flood, putting money in the hands of the people... It can be said that a long drought was met with rain, so circulation resumed, industry and commerce also quickly improved, and the economy
Recover quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
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Therefore, judging from the current situation, Baochao has played an excellent role and has basically not depreciated in value. It is completely the number one contributor to the Ming Dynasty's escape from the severe economic crisis in the late Yuan Dynasty and its strong recovery of national power.
However, you must not mess around. If you mess around, you will kill someone, and you will never be able to recover...
So when Zhu Zhen heard that the old thief and his elder brother were talking about dumping money, he became vigilant.
He heard the prince relay the suggestions from Hu Weiyong and the Ministry of Revenue, and then the eldest brother expressed his opinion that he did not agree with charging the cost of work. He felt that it should be given free of charge.
The common people exchanged the old for the new.
Boss Zhu was really not happy. "Boss, you really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are. Do you know how much it costs to print a treasure banknote? You have to use good mulberry paper. This paper alone is worth a lot of money."
Not to mention the engraving, the ink used is all specially made, all of which are money.
"The cost of a treasure banknote is at least thirty thousand guan. The imperial court issues tens of millions of treasure banknotes every year, which is 300,000 guan! Can such a large amount of money be said to be waived?" Zhu Yuanzhang taught Zhu Biao:
"And since you don't have to pay for labor and ink, the Ministry of Industry's Banknote Bureau will simply lose money when it prints banknotes. The quality will definitely get worse with more printing. People will wear it after a few days of use. Who will use banknotes at that time?"
"What my father taught me is..." Zhu Biao was also very unfamiliar with new things like treasure banknotes. Hearing what his father said so conclusively, he wondered if he had oversimplified the problem.
"No, what my father taught me was wrong!" Zhu Zhen finally couldn't help but said: "Brother, you were right originally!"
"You know nothing!" Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly lost his composure. He wanted to get the wattle sticks, but the prince took them away in advance.
"I don't understand, but my master understands!" Lao Liu then used his God Master card.
"Then tell me, why did we teach you wrongly?" Boss Zhu suppressed his anger and asked in a low voice.
"The reason is very simple. My father forced you to treat treasure banknotes as money!" Zhu Zhen then taught Lao Zhu in the name of his teacher:
"Moreover, it is stipulated that treasure banknotes with consistent denominations are equal to one thousand copper coins, or one tael of silver! May I ask, father, is this a permanent rule, or will it change?"
"Of course it is a permanent rule." Zhu Yuanzhang said with a dark face: "This is the law of eternity. It is related to the people's money and the reputation of the court. How can it be changed overnight?"
"Well said! However, whether it is copper coins or silver, it will not change if it is left there for ten years or a hundred years. The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes will be damaged and rotten quickly. To put it bluntly, it is just a piece of paper.
!" Zhu Zhen said loudly:
"Now, less than two years after the issuance of treasure banknotes, there are already tattered banknotes. It is difficult to prevent counterfeiting of tattered banknotes, so you have to go to the government to exchange for new banknotes. As a result, you have to pay another 30 cash to exchange for a new banknote.
In other words, the common people's hard-earned treasure money has not been used to buy anything, only 970 coins are left!
"Excuse me, Father, are the faint banknotes of the same denomination still equivalent to a thousand copper coins?!" Zhu Zhen asked loudly: "According to the frequency of changing every two years, after thirty-three faints, that is, sixty-six years
After that, the value of the consistent treasure banknote will only be ten cents!
"And one thousand copper coins, sixty-six years later, is still one thousand coins! Father, is this the law of eternity? Is this the result of the people trusting our old Zhu family?!"
