Chapter 18 Double Ninth Festival - One of the Treasures
Then the matter was temporarily over, after all, today is a holiday. Lao Zhu began to ask the grandchildren about their homework again. Everyone also returned to the state of chatting in twos and threes. Today is a holiday after all, not a special time for discussing politics. But there are
Many people are distracted.
Yun Wen is one of them. Yun Wen originally thought that he had been the eldest son for a long time in the past, and now that he had someone to help him in the household department, he must be doing better than Yun He. But now it seems that Yun He not only did a good job, but also found out the
They also proposed very feasible solutions to existing problems, which are much better than what I could do in the household department.
After all, Yun Wen was also a young man, full of passion and impulsiveness. At this moment, the blood surged to the top of his head. He pushed aside the others and walked to the vicinity of Lao Zhu. He saw that Lao Zhu was instructing Ji Huan (the son of King Jin) on his homework and stopped to stand aside.
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Of course Lao Zhu saw Yun Wen coming over, and there was a lot of crowding along the way, which surprised everyone who noticed.
But of course Lao Zhu was not an ordinary person and would not be surprised. Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and realized that Yunwen was stimulated. It seemed that Yunwen was going to point out the shortcomings of the household department and propose solutions, but he didn't know what Yunwen would do.
What to propose.
Yunwen waited for Zhu Yuanzhang to finish instructing Ji Huan on his homework, saluted and said: "Grandpa Huang, my grandson has a problem he found in the Ministry of Household Affairs and wants to tell Grandpa Huang."
In fact, Yun Wen's behavior was very inappropriate. Today is the Double Ninth Festival, which is not the appropriate time to discuss government affairs. Just now, Lao Zhu asked about Yun Wen first, not he took the initiative. But how could Lao Zhu refuse the child's request?
!Especially when Yun Wen just said a very good opinion of his, he motioned for Yun Wen to continue speaking. Many people also listened attentively.
Yun Wen said: "My grandson is in the Ministry of Household Affairs and is responsible for managing the salary distribution of officials at various banknotes in the capital these days. When I inspected various banknotes, I found that not many people and businessmen use the banknotes issued by Ming Dynasty.
Copper coins, and a few illegally use silver, gold, etc. After talking to officials at the banknotes, they said that not many people use Ming Dynasty banknotes, and it is expensive to use the banknotes to buy things. One currency can be exchanged for four banknotes. So grandson
I think the Baochao system needs to be improved."
Lao Zhu remained calm and said, "Then what do you think should be done to change it?"
Yun Wen continued: "My grandson checked the historical materials of previous dynasties and found that in the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties, this banknote could be exchanged for silver and copper coins, but not in this dynasty. This will naturally make people reluctant to use treasure banknotes;
In addition, during the Song Dynasty and other periods, most banknotes in the world could use banknotes to pay taxes. In this dynasty, only a few banknotes could be used. This naturally led to fewer merchants using banknotes. Therefore, in order to restore the credibility of banknotes and make people willing to use banknotes, it is necessary to
Allow treasure banknotes to be exchanged for silver, and allow treasure banknotes to be used to pay taxes at most banknote customs in the world, even if only half of the tax was allowed to be paid like the Song Dynasty. Please consider it, Grandpa Huang."
Yunxi was happy when he heard Yunwen mention banknotes. He studied accounting, and his university courses also included finance, taxation, etc. Not to mention how awesome he was, but he definitely understood this better than anyone else now.
.And he also knew that Zhu Yuanzhang just wanted to use treasure money to implicitly exploit the people, oh, mainly businessmen, how could he agree to Yun Wen's suggestion.
Sure enough, Lao Zhu had a look of displeasure on his face and thought to himself: The purpose of issuing treasure banknotes is so that I can take the people's money without them noticing (Note 1). How could I possibly agree to allow the exchange of money? But he also knew
I also want to solve the problem of devaluation of banknotes. But this is definitely not a simple method.
In fact, Yunwen discovered this problem in August and planned to raise it with Lao Zhu; but Huang Zicheng understood Zhu Yuanzhang's purpose, so he tried his best to dissuade Yunwen from raising this issue. But today Yunwen was really enthusiastic and had no other questions to raise.
, I brought it up. But as soon as I finished saying it, Yunwen regretted it. At this time, I felt extremely regretful.
Yunxi was actually very interested in finance, including banknotes. In his opinion, the financial policy of the Ming Dynasty was just a yellow indescribable thing. He had a vague reform plan in mind, but due to time constraints, he could not
Because he was not in a hurry, he never listed them out one by one. However, he had clear ideas about the currency issue. However, Yunxi looked around and realized that now was not the right time. Saying it would be a slap in the face.
To be harmonious, Yunxi was struggling.
But, what are you afraid of? After hearing what Yunwen said, Lao Zhu didn’t know how to answer. He couldn’t tell Yunwen that your grandfather just wanted to exploit the people. Although the previous generations were always ruthless when doing bad things, they didn’t want to do it themselves.
Children know their bad sides. This is the case with Lao Zhu now.
Moreover, Yunwen is still an honest child. What if he tells him and he goes out to tell Huang Zicheng? Lao Zhu has long known that they have a good relationship. If Yunwen accidentally tells it, his reputation will be ruined.
Broken. Zhu Yuanzhang was struggling. He looked up and saw Yunxi's equally confused look. He subconsciously asked Yunxi to come to his rescue and said, "Yunxi, get up and tell me what you think of Yunwen's statement."
Yun He thought it was none of my business, so why did he address me in a confused way, but he still stood up and said: "Returning to Grandpa Huang, my grandson thought, well, of course what the second brother said makes sense, but, well
, Um, oh, but the purpose of the emperor's issuing of treasure banknotes is to save the working people from carrying heavy money back and forth. But now the working people do not understand the country's painstaking efforts. If they use all the treasure banknotes,
If you pay taxes or exchange them for money, wouldn't it be impossible to realize Grandpa Huang's good original intention, so it's better not to implement the second brother's method."
Lao Zhu didn't care whether what Yun Xi said made sense or not, so he said, "Well, that's it." He ended the topic in a hurry and asked about the child's homework. The others who were older could see that Lao Zhu didn't understand.
They were willing to answer, so they all returned to their nonsense state.
Yunwen hadn't reacted yet! As soon as he figured out that Yunxi's words seemed to be illogical, he realized that this topic had become a thing of the past. In addition, he also saw that there seemed to be some hidden agenda in this matter (actually it was just
(Lao Zhu, sorry), Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t want to answer, so he let it go.
Then when the atmosphere recovered a little, Lao Zhu wanted to see his literary talents, so he asked everyone to compose poems with the Double Ninth Festival as the theme. If there was no limit on the topic, Yunxi could write (copy out) more than ten poems immediately, and all the poems were ok.
A classic work passed down to later generations.
However, the restricted title is the Double Ninth Festival. There is only one poem with the Double Ninth Festival that Yunxi knows that has not yet been written, which is Mao Zedong's "Double Ninth Festival every year, and now it is the Double Ninth Festival, and the yellow flowers on the battlefield are especially fragrant." This poem is about picking mulberry seeds.
But it was not appropriate, so when it was Yunxi's turn, Yunxi said very bachelorly: "I'm sorry, Grandpa Huang, my grandson can't do it." Lao Zhu laughed and scolded: "Didn't I write a poem of condolence a few days ago?
Ying'er (Mu Ying), why can't you do it today? You look tired at first glance."
Yunxi replied: "Grandpa Huang, this article was written by nature, and I got it by chance. God used my mouth to read the poem in memory of Uncle Mu that day. God is also at home today to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, so naturally there is no way to use my mouth to write the poem.
Already."
Lao Zhu laughed and scolded Yunxi again, and then passed.
In fact, the level of other people's poems is not very good. Of course it is okay to cheat in advance for such a festival, but Lao Zhu is not stupid. If you can't guarantee that you can cheat again and again, then there is no point in cheating this time. But those from other places
The prince rarely meets Lao Zhu, and even if he does meet, he can't always take a poetry test. There are people who would find someone to write a poem that is a little higher than his actual level.
But having said that, some of Lao Zhu's sons are famous for their literary talents. Zhu Chun, the scholar of Shu, is just not here. The only one who is good at poetry is not here yet, which makes Lao Zhu himself depressed and feels that he was not good at it in the first place.
I should be allowed to write poetry.
Then at noon, everyone dispersed after lunch. In the afternoon, everyone had free activities again. Zhu's army dispersed either alone or in small groups. Lao Zhu has not read a lot of memorials yet.
In order to see tomorrow without reading the book, Lao Zhu had to deal with it quickly.
