(Today is the seventy-seventh anniversary of the September 18th Incident, and it is also the second anniversary of the author uploading this article on ***. Thanks to all book friends for their support, this chapter will be given to book friends 500 words)
"What kind of talent is this!" Another person following this person said angrily: "Isn't this just asking for money from merchants?" He immediately understood this trick.
"But what he did was completely in compliance with the Ming Law and the Public Security Regulations recently formulated and issued by the Ministry of Life and Punishment. Even if the most upright minister were to judge this matter, as long as he is concerned about his deeds and regardless of his heart, he would not be able to find anything wrong at all.
." said the person who just laughed lightly.
"But, Mr. Sun, this man's moral conduct is lacking."
"How do you evaluate a person's moral character? You just think that this person has bad moral character, but maybe what he does is out of public interest."
"This," the person who spoke didn't know how to argue. He said that the moral integrity he was upholding was deficient, but it was just a judgment without evidence.
The person who just chuckled was the current Holy One, Yunxi, and said that the person who was lacking in virtue was Zhang Wuji, the prospective consort who had just been given the title of consort. After Zhang Wuji was given the title of consort, he could no longer serve as a guard in the palace, but he used to do nothing but
He studied martial arts in Mount Wudang, did Taoism and served as a bodyguard, and did nothing else. He didn't know what to do, and Yunxi didn't think about how to arrange it, so he stayed at home for the time being.
Today is the first day that it is allowed to exchange treasure banknotes for gold coins. Yunxi wanted to see with his own eyes how many people were exchanging money. After the court, he came out of the palace to have a look. Thinking that Zhang Wuji was fine now, he asked him to come out and accompany him.
Wear and serve as a guard.
"Wuji," Yunxi said to him again: "Whether it's judging a case or handling things in daily life, you can't freely testify with your heart. A person with a loyal face may not really be loyal, and a person with a vicious face may not really be vicious.
But you can’t just make your own judgments arbitrarily, you have to have evidence.”
"Yes, Mr. Sun, I understand." Zhang Wuji agreed, but after thinking about it, he asked: "But if this person's moral character is really bad, even if he asks for money from Shang Hu, shouldn't he be dealt with?"
"If there is conclusive evidence, of course it should be; but how to judge that his moral character is indeed deficient?"
"Let the upright officials judge."
"Ha", Yunxi chuckled: "This can't be done."
"Why?" Zhang Wuji was puzzled.
“Firstly, even upright people may guess wrong and thus wrongly accuse good people; secondly, there is most likely no evidence for such things. Even if you guessed through performance, you guessed it right, and you admitted it, but you shouldn’t
Punish the person who is being punished. Confessions cannot be used as evidence, especially in such a matter of heart. In this case, it is only the judge who speaks. If he is convicted, there will definitely be many unjust cases and countless cases of corruption."
"Then let such a person work in the court?" Zhang Wuji asked again. He could understand the point that confessions cannot be used as evidence, but he was very dissatisfied with such a person serving as an official in the government.
"In my opinion, this is much better than the former police officers who arrested people at will without any rules. At least they know how to use the rules." Yunxi said. Using rules is procedural justice. Although it is hard to say whether the result is fair or unfair, but
It will definitely be more just than a society that pursues justice in outcome from the beginning. The consequence of simply pursuing justice in outcome is that the rules are trampled on, and the person responsible for judging the case has a natural constitution, and what is said is what it says. Maybe it really existed in the beginning
A just sentence, but the person responsible for judging the case will inevitably become corrupt quickly, and judicial corruption will become rampant.
"But Mr. Sun," Zhang Wuji still wanted to argue, but Yunxi no longer wanted to talk to him about this and interrupted: "Wuji, if you still want to ask, I will give you a book when I get back and you will understand after reading it.
Yes. I have other things to do today, so I won’t talk about it now.”
"I know my mistake!" Zhang Wuji said immediately.
"You are not wrong. You will be my brother-in-law in the future. Although you are now without an official position, you will not be allowed to have such a leisurely life in the future. You will definitely be sent on errands. You should ask more about these things.
"Yunxi said quickly again.
Hearing this, before Zhang Wuji said anything, the two guards guarding Yunxi looked at Zhang Wuji with envious eyes. They were both the same people, and just two months ago they were drinking and spanking together.
After a few months, they have become two people of different classes. Of course they will not be happy, and they were full of jealousy towards Zhang Wuji at first. However, as a few months passed, the jealousy gradually dissipated and only envy remained.
Zhang Wuji was stunned for a moment when he felt the burning gaze. He didn't say what he wanted to say in time. He paused and tried to speak again but saw that Yunxi had already walked away under the protection of two other guards. He could only take a few steps to follow.
.
"I still remember that I came here when I left home for the first time." Yunxi saw that this was the street where he first went out to play in the palace accompanied by his guards in the 25th year of Hongwu. He couldn't help but said: "This street at that time
It was not as prosperous as it is now, because there were mostly restaurants, pubs or blacksmith shops near the North City, with one or two other shops occasionally mixed in, but there was definitely no bookstore. It was not just this street, all the streets in this area at that time were
So. But now there are still so many restaurants and pubs on this street, but there are not many blacksmith shops. Instead, there are many other shops."
"The current Holy One has been on the throne for many years and has worked hard to govern, making the capital more and more prosperous. Naturally, there are more and more businessmen engaged in various businesses." A guard flattered.
"Haha." Yunxi laughed twice and said nothing. What he said just now sounded fine to others, but to him it was just flattering in person. However, in the past few years since he took the throne, the capital has indeed become more and more prosperous.
And this prosperity has also benefited people from every class. According to Jin Yiwei's monthly reports and Yunxi's own senses, businessmen are naturally making more and more money, and the wages of workers and clerks have risen more than the price of goods.
The increase was so dramatic that even people working in the entertainment industry earned more, so he accepted the flattery without any shame.
"Yang Feng and Chen Xing were with me at the time," Yunxi paused when mentioning Chen Xing, and continued: "I wandered around this street for a while, and then went to the Shandong Noodle House on another street for a bowl.
noodle."
"The owner of that noodle shop is called Tang Bohe. He also met Yang Feng and Chen Xing before. He seems to be a very kind businessman, just like the man in front of him." Yunxi was about to describe Tang Bohe's appearance when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few people walking in front of him.
The back of a man walking by looked a lot like Tang Bohe, he pointed and said.
But at this moment, the man suddenly turned his head and said something to the person next to him. Yunxi was stunned for a moment when he saw his side face. Before he could speak, Zhang Wuji blurted out: "Isn't that the owner of Shandong Noodle House?
Tang Bohe?"
"Who is calling me?" Zhang Wuji's voice was a little louder, and Tang Bohe's ears were also sharp. He heard this sentence, turned around quickly, and saw Yun He and others looking at him.
He was also stunned for a moment, hurriedly shook off the people beside him, trotted over and saluted, "I've seen you, young master."
"No courtesy." Yunxi said calmly.
"Thank you, sir." He saluted again.
"There's no need to be so polite." Yunxi said with a smile.
"I've met the young master." Zhang Shiquan was walking with Tang Bohe when he suddenly saw him turn around and salute the young master, who was about 27 or 27 years old. Knowing that he must be a very noble person, he hurriedly came over to get close to him.
See if we can build relationships and do some business.
"Yeah." Yunxi agreed lightly.
Zhang Shiquan wanted to say something else, but Tang Bohe had already seen that Yun Xi was a little impatient and said to him: "Old Zhang, I'll entertain the distinguished guests, so you can go back first."
Of course Zhang Shiquan himself could see that Yun Xi was impatient, but for the sake of business he still insisted on talking to him. He had to leave until the guards all looked fierce. But on the way back, he looked at Tang Bohe who was talking to Yun Xi.
I thought bitterly in my heart: 'I don't even introduce you to the distinguished guests! I can't steal your business!'
Of course Tang Bohe didn't know what he was thinking, and even if he knew, he could only give him a wry smile. He didn't dare to reveal Yunxi's identity, so let's put it aside. Even if he introduced it, the emperor generally would not use things from outside the palace, so the introduction was in vain.
Yunxi didn't know, let alone what Zhang Shiquan was thinking. He waited for the man to leave and said to Tang Bohe: "Old Tang, what are you doing today? I remember that your home is on the street in the north, and the vegetable market is also there.
On the north side, what are you doing on this street?”
"Going back to the young master, I just went to exchange gold coins." Tang Bohe replied: "Today is the first day that exchange for gold coins is allowed, so I went to exchange some gold coins."
"Oh." Yunxi was not surprised by this answer, but he asked a question that surprised him: "What do you think of the exchange regulations set by the court? I mean that only gold coins are allowed to be exchanged, not silver coins or other exchanges?"
"
"This is a very appropriate approach." Tang Bohe said without any hesitation: "It is a good thing to allow the exchange of treasure banknotes for gold coins. In the future, people will no longer have to worry about the devaluation of treasure banknotes. Young Master, you may not know that ordinary people don't care much, but for
For those of us who are businessmen, because Baoqian can only be exchanged for grain, and the price of grain is different throughout the year, the price of Baoqi is also different throughout the year. It is inconvenient to do business, and sometimes we will lose money.
Money. This will no longer be the case after allowing the exchange of gold coins."
"As for the exchange of silver coins, I can understand it. If the exchange of silver coins is allowed, the number of people who can exchange silver coins will be two or three times more, and the number of people needed by the court will also be two or three times more. Since the price of treasure banknotes can be stabilized, there is no need to do this.
."
Although Tang Bohe was a little surprised that Yun Xi asked him this question, his subconscious reaction was that he could never say bad things, so he only expressed support. Besides, he really thought so.
"Haha." Yunxi smiled. As a successful businessman and the father of a thousand households, Tang Bohe belonged to the middle class according to later generations. His opinion was naturally from his own point of view and he was quite satisfied with the exchange charter. If it were another
Ordinary people or small businessmen, such as Zhang Shiquan just now, would have completely different answers without knowing Yunxi's true identity.
However, ordinary people and small businessmen are not the main users of treasure banknotes. They still use copper coins more than treasure banknotes; the richest group of people do not use treasure banknotes, and they mostly use large amounts of gold for transactions;
The middle class like Tang Bohe are the main users of Baoqian. They
If they are satisfied, the purpose of this policy has been achieved.
Therefore, Yunxi was very satisfied with Tang Bohe's answer. Just as he was about to praise him, Tang Bohe said again: "Young Master, there is a person who has little rules and thinks it's inappropriate."
"What rules?"
"Sir, according to the rules, exchanging treasure banknotes for grain is still the same as converting banknotes to one stone. However, the price of grain is different in different seasons, and the court sometimes loses money."
"For example, when food is the most expensive every spring, one silver coin in the capital can only be exchanged for four stones of food, and one gold coin is worth thirty-two stones of food; and one gold coin can be exchanged for forty guan of treasure banknotes, and the treasure banknotes can be exchanged for food, which can always be exchanged.
Exchange one stone, so for every forty guan notes, the court loses eight stone meters."
"I request that the rules for exchanging grain be modified to avoid losses to the court." Tang Bohe said. He felt that what he said just now was not enough, and decided to further flatter the court.
"How can the imperial court be as fussy as ordinary businessmen? What's more, the imperial court's food and salary comes from the people. It doesn't matter if the people get more profits when exchanging food." Yunxi said. He had also considered this issue, but after thinking about it, he felt
If a floating exchange ratio was used, it would be easy for the officials in charge to engage in fraud and corruption, and the losses might be even greater than they are now. So we decided not to change it for the time being. When the gold standard is really stable in the future, we will directly cancel the court's grain exchange business.
"Sir, this is inappropriate. Of course, ordinary people will exchange grain during the spring famine, but there will also be unscrupulous businessmen who will make profits through this. This goes against His Majesty's original intention of caring for the people, and I think it is very inappropriate." Tang Bohe said again.
"This," Yunxi thought for a while and felt that what he said made sense, so he said, "I will look into the details when I get back."
"Yes, Master." Tang Bohe was very happy to hear that his suggestion was adopted.
Neither Yunxi nor Tang Bohe noticed that their conversation had long surpassed the conversation between an ordinary nobleman and a businessman. If someone heard it, even if Yunxi's identity was not mentioned in the words, he would always be referred to as "gongzi".
But people will almost guess his identity: even if he is not an emperor, he is at least a prince or prince.
But Zhang Wuji noticed that he had no chance to interrupt just now. Seeing that their conversation had come to an end, he hurriedly came over to talk to Yunxi. Yunxi was startled and subconsciously glanced around a few times before he felt relieved.
Come.
"Master, can you go to the small Shandong noodle restaurant for dinner?" Tang Bohe asked at this time. Although he couldn't make it public, he also hoped that the emperor could go to his own noodle restaurant for another meal.
"It's still early, so there's no need." Yunxi replied.
"Young master, I still have something to tell you. If you don't have me, I'll leave." Tang Bohe said hurriedly. Looking at his attitude, he refused to go to his house for dinner. It seemed that he had other things to do, so he had better not delay the emperor.
He had precious time. It would not be good to make the emperor impatient. Besides, it was time for him to go back.
"I have one last question for you." Yunxi finally asked another question: "Do you have any other objections to the new regulations formulated for this treasure banknote exchange?"
"Other inappropriate things," Tang Bohe muttered a few words. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to speak, a scene suddenly flashed through his mind, and he said, "I'd like to take the liberty of asking you, sir, but in the bank and pawn shop business, there is also a practice of hiding capital."
System?"
"Why do you ask?"
"Just now, I was going to go to the Banknote Exchange Office to exchange gold coins, but there were too many people there, so I went to a bank opened by a temple instead. I happened to pass by Zhengtong Bank opened by an ordinary businessman on the way, and I saw a few policemen.
Inspect this bank and stop him from operating it on the grounds that he has no capital, and must change it to other businesses."
"Master, I dare to advise you, don't implement the nest-based system in banks and pawnshops." In any industry that implements the nest-based system, the price of goods is very expensive, with salt as the most prominent representative. Even if Yunxi has issued an order
Reduce the price of official salt, but official salt is still more expensive than private salt, and it is much more expensive. If banks and pawnshops also implement the nest-based system, maybe, no, they will definitely charge more expensive handling fees and the service will be poor.
A lot. So of course Tang Bohe didn't want to implement the nest system.
"Don't worry," Yunxi also understood what he was thinking, "banks and pawn shops will not implement the nest-based system; even if they are implemented, it will be different from the previous nest-based system. You don't have to worry."
"Yes, young master." Even though he had all kinds of doubts, Tang Bohe could only agree.
"After some time, you will understand what I am saying." (To be continued)
