Chapter 193 New money will be minted


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  Chapter 193: New money will be minted.
  The Ming Dynasty has established an effective official document delivery system, which was spread across the country through the express delivery system.

  For urgent documents submitted from various places, express delivery stores have different delivery deadlines, similar to today's express delivery of ordinary letters and urgent mail.

  The Ming Dynasty had a complex official document system, and officials at all levels could not write official documents casually.

  Official documents written to the emperor and superior yamen each had different formats, and official documents written to the emperor were even more strictly classified.

  To put it simply, the letters sent to the emperor by ministers outside the country were divided into "memorial version", "title version" and "revelation note".

  The formats of these official documents are different, and the delivery methods are also different.

  The memorial is the most formal official document format and has the strictest requirements. The memorial does not need to be sent to the General Affairs Department. It can be sent directly from Huijimen to the emperor's imperial cabinet by the Chief of Ceremonies.

  However, starting from the Jingtai period, memorial books were basically not used much, and most official documents were changed to title books and secret disclosures.

  The title book is the most commonly used official document by ministers. The title book will be sent to the General Affairs Department, who will copy it. One copy will be sent to the cabinet and the other will be sent to the Liuke Yanguan. The cabinet's title book will be signed with the suggestions of the cabinet ministers, which are drafted for votes and then sent to the emperor for approval.

  The title book is countersigned by the cabinet, reviewed and revised by six subjects, and approved by the emperor. It is the most formal format of official documents in the Ming Dynasty.

  If important officials of the imperial court or local officials have important events to report, they will basically use the title book.

  Finally, there is the secret disclosure. The secret disclosure is a memorial that can only be submitted by ministers who are close to the emperor, or eunuchs and military attachés assigned abroad. The format of the secret disclosure is more free than the memorial, and there is no need to send it to the General Secretary and the Cabinet, let alone copy it to the Sixth Section. , you can talk directly to the emperor.

  Eunuch Tao's memorial was naturally a secret revelation.

  However, when publishing the secret, Eunuch Tao also wrote a copy to his backstage eunuch, Li Fang, and also sent Li Fang three new coins. This was to ensure that his secret disclosure could be seen by the emperor.

  Theoretically, secret revelations can only be seen by the emperor, but Emperor Jiajing devoted himself to Taoism and could not be as diligent in political affairs as he was in the early days of his succession. He read every memorial.

  Nowadays, Emperor Jiajing usually entrusts the eunuch in charge of rituals to check the inscriptions of courtiers. The eunuch in charge of printing will approve the red seal and then send it back to the cabinet for execution. He will only personally intervene in important court affairs.

  Most of the secret revelations were reviewed and approved by the ceremonial supervisor. Only secret revelations by cabinet ministers and ministers close to and trusted by the emperor would be viewed by the emperor in person.

  The secret revelations passed through the emergency military intelligence channel were quickly sent from Fujian to the capital, and then directly from Huiji Gate to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

  Nowadays, the eunuch in charge of the entire Si Li Supervisor is Huang Jin, and there are four Bingbi eunuchs under him, which are the eunuchs responsible for approving the memorials. Li Fang is also one of the Bingbi eunuchs of the Si Li Supervisor.

  Naturally, Eunuch Tao also had a quick channel to deliver news to Li Fang, and Li Fang already knew the contents of the secret revelation in advance.

  Li Fang, who knew Jiajing's thoughts very well, immediately knew that this was a great contribution after seeing the new money sent by Eunuch Tao!
  Li Fang knows the thoughts of the Wanshou Emperor very well!

  The fairy islands on the sea on the Three Immortals Coin are lifelike. Not to mention whether Eunuch Tao's statement about "getting money in a dream" is true. If it is related to overseas fairy islands, it will please the emperor.

  You must know that when Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to seek the elixir of death, he went to the Three Immortals Island overseas. For Emperor Jiajing who sought immortality in Taoism, the Three Immortals Island was naturally a good omen.

  Li Fang has read books, and he knows the importance of money law. If every copper coin is minted as well as Eunuch Tao's donation, and the cost of minting is as low as he said, then this time Fujian minting will be a sure profit. A no-loss deal.

  And this emperor is not stingy with rewards for those who can help him make money.

  As a sponsor, I can also benefit from the profits.

  Li Fang calmly took the secret revelation from Eunuch Tao from her godson, read it quickly, put it in her pocket, and then said to Huang Jin, the eunuch who held the seal, "Da Jue, the ministers are going to meet the Holy Spirit.

  " Eunuch Bingbi raised his head, and Huang Jin also looked at Li Fang.

  Huang Jin nodded and said: "Go."

  Li Fang hurriedly walked out of the Li Jian, and Chen Hong, the eunuch beside Huang Jin, showed a look like a poisonous snake.

  The Supervisor of Ceremonies did not have a fixed office. Generally, wherever the emperor worked, the Supervisor of Ceremonies would set up his office in a side room.

  Now the emperor lives in Yuxi Palace in Xiyuan, and the Supervisor of Ceremonies is right next to Xiyuan.

  All the eunuchs had their own thoughts. There must be something important for Li Fang to face the Holy Emperor alone. The honor and disgrace of the eunuchs in the palace rested with the Wanshou Emperor alone. No one wanted the power structure in the palace to change.

  Huang Jin sighed. He was an old friend of the emperor. Now that the situation in the palace and outside the court was delicate, he also had the idea of ​​​​retreating.

  The reason why Li Fang agreed to face the Holy Spirit alone was because Huang Jin wanted to take over the job.

  It's just that the emperor's kindness and power are unpredictable, and I don't know if Li Fang can gain the emperor's trust.

  Suddenly, there was a continuous sound of copper qing in the Xiyuan. Huang Jin put down the pen in his hand and walked out of the ceremonial prison. He only heard the sound of copper qing coming from the Yuxi Palace.

  Eunuchs who are familiar with Jiajing all know that this emperor has become more mysterious and unpredictable in recent years, but when his mood rises and falls, he will bang the copper caps wildly. Counting, it was not long after Li Fang went in to meet the saint alone.

  Eunuch Bingbi Chen Hong lowered his head. He and Li Fang had never dealt with each other. Now that Huang Jin had shown his intention to retreat, the Eunuch Si Li was less involved. Chen Hong and Li Fang were both vying for the position of Eunuch Palm Eunuch.

  Now that Li Fang is in the limelight, Chen Hong is naturally the most unhappy.

  Chen Hong lowered his head, not showing his expression, but he was even more suspicious of the relationship between Li Fang and Huang Jin. Did these two guys have some secret handover agreement?
  What on earth could make the emperor, who had been practicing Xuan Kung in silence, so excited?
  However, as a well-informed eunuch Bingbi, Chen Hong knew the reason the next day.

  The eunuch in charge of minting in Fujian presented new coins, which was approved by the emperor. The emperor ordered Li Fang to send Eunuch Tao's coinage method and new coins to the Ministry of Household Affairs. The Ministry of Household also praised the new coins and believed that the new coins were of high quality and could be used in Fujian will cast it first to see the effect later. If it can be adopted in Fujian, it can be promoted to the whole country.

  The emperor immediately issued an edict, ordering Eunuch Tao to create new money, and allowed him to call all mine supervisors, ironworks, and craftsmen in Fujian to ensure that Fujian's money laws were cleared.

  It was not only the shock inside the palace, but also the shock outside the palace.

  Normal national policies must be drafted by the cabinet and sent to the Department of Science and Technology for review and approval, and then sent to the six ministries for implementation.

  This set of procedures was naturally designed to use low-level officials to control the cabinet, which reflected Hong Wuye's fine tradition of "using the small to control the big."

  This time the emperor "collaborated" with the Ministry of Revenue to order the minting of new coins, but the cabinet did not say a word. This made the officials very angry. This was equivalent to the emperor bypassing the Ministry of Finance and directly issuing orders, and it was such a big thing as minting new coins. !
  Ke Dao Yanguan began to quote scriptures, talking about the money laws from the pre-Qin Dynasty to the money laws of this dynasty, and they all resisted the new money that the emperor wanted to mint.

  These officials soon discovered that the emperor was very resolute in minting new money this time, and demoted several leaders of the letter to Shi Zhong and the censor from the court. They soon discovered that the trend was wrong.

  The HP of the highland defense tower is too thick and cannot be charged!

  Since the emperor can't rush, Ke Dao can only rush to Yange.

  Ke Daoyan changed his direction and began to impeach Yan Ge. Lao could not persuade the emperor, so he asked the emperor to send eunuchs out to mint coins to disrupt the money law.

  Mr. Yan Ge, who was lying on the gun, was also stupid. He was sitting in the cabinet and the pot came from the sky.

  However, Mr. Yan Ge was not a fool. He quickly organized manpower to fight back, and used his power as Minister of Civil Affairs to quickly adjust several key positions and beat Yan Guan Chong Tower back this time. Eunuch Tao didn't know that his secret letter asking for new money would cause such a big fight in the court.

  But even if he, the eunuch, knew about it, he would just smile and watch these ministers bite dogs.

  Naturally, Fujian, thousands of miles away, had not yet felt the turmoil in the court. Eunuch Tao was just anxiously waiting for a reply from the palace.

  I don’t know when it started, but rumors spread throughout Fujian that the imperial court was going to abolish Song Dynasty money.

  The money laws of the Ming Dynasty were often repeated, and many old people have heard the legend of the imperial court's waste of money.

  Moreover, Fujian itself used Song coins, and the news that Eunuch Tao, the eunuch in charge of coinage in the palace, came to Fujian spread, which caused panic among the people in Fujian.

  Families with copper coins at home are trying to find ways to exchange them for silver that retains their value.

  The price of silver skyrocketed and copper coins plummeted.

  The wealth of ordinary people who used copper coins as the main currency was robbed, and those large families with silver deposits, or those who got the news in advance and exchanged copper coins for silver, all made a fortune from this currency crisis.

  However, these big families have copper coins in their hands, but they are still waiting to make another fortune.

  They were waiting for the big money minted by the imperial court. Every time the imperial court minted money, it would forcefully order the price comparison between copper coins and silver, and require the market to trade according to this price ratio.

  Recycling old currency and forcing the use of new currency is a common operation to promote new currency.

  At this time, these big families who have mastered copper coins can follow the government to mint new coins privately, and then use the new coins to rob other people's wealth.

  For well-informed gentry like Huang Shixing, this casting of money is a win-win situation. The gentry wins twice, which is a huge win.

  When Song money fell sharply for the first time, Su Ze wrote to Lin Mojun, asking her not to exchange silver for money at this time.

  Su Ze also wrote to Beishan Village, Sun Dian Shijia and other people in several villages near Changningwei, asking them not to spend money carelessly.

  In this panic about the depreciation of old money, everyone still chose to believe Su Ze and did not touch the silver in their hands.

  The riots caused by the rumors of the imperial court's waste money continued, and by June it spread throughout Fujian.

  During this carnival, Huang Shixing exchanged all the silver in his house for copper coins.

  In addition, the Huang family's village outside the city was filled with coal for furnaces. Huang Shixing also hired several craftsmen who knew how to mint coins. When the new coins issued by the imperial court came out, they immediately imitated them!

  Throughout June, Su Ze had been studying in the county school to improve his imperial examination skills, and the other students were a little distracted.

  Naturally, most of the students studying in the county school are from poor families. They are not as bold as the Huang family and have the ability to make new money privately.

  But it is still possible to find a big family you know to buy shares and ask others to help you make a fortune.

  According to the estimate of the arithmetic teacher hired by Huang Shixing, if the operation is done correctly, the copper coins in hand can triple or quadruple the profit, and the money spent can be earned back in multiples.

  During this period, Han Li and Yu Zongzhang also approached Su Ze, saying that they had ways to make money, and asked Su Ze if he wanted to invest in the company.

  Su Ze naturally refused and persuaded them not to exchange their silver for money at this time.

  But good advice is hard on the ears, and under the temptation of doubling their wealth, whether the two of them listened to Su Ze's words is not something Su Ze can worry about.

  By the end of June, the imperial court's order for Eunuch Tao to mint coins reached Fujian. These large households in the province had already completed their hoarding of old money and were waiting to imitate new money to win again.

  After receiving the order, Eunuch Tao immediately found Su Ze.

  "Mr. Su! Mr. Su! The court has approved it!"

  Eunuch Tao burst into tears. He held Su Ze's hand tightly. The first level had been passed, but casting new money was the most important level.

  Only by minting useful new money and stabilizing the value of the new money in Fujian can his mission be considered successful.

  Eunuch Tao only regretted that he had not studied and was not qualified to be promoted to the eunuch of the ceremonial department. However, this merit could also enable him to become the eunuch in charge of the palace department.

  "Please help Mr. Su to build a mint!"

  Su Ze also handed over his hand and said: "The money is in the imperial court's plan, and Su is bound to do it!"

  Eunuch Tao took out another long scroll from his sleeve.

  "This is the hydrographic map of Fujian that Mr. Su wants."

  Su Ze remained silent. Ancient maps are secrets. Only the Chief Envoy Si Yamen in Fujian has this hydrographic map.

  This is all important information for the rebellion!

  Su Ze remained calm, put away the hydrograph and said, "Please allow Su to study it and see where it is suitable to build a water conservancy workshop." "

  Mr. Su, take it and study it carefully. Just start the workshop over the mine first."

  Su Ze continued: "With the copper in Fujian's treasury, it is still not enough to mint a province's coins. Did my father-in-law talk about purchasing Song coins from the market?" When he said this, Tao Gonggong said angrily:

  " I don’t know where the rumors came from, saying that the imperial court wanted to abolish Song Dynasty money. These big households bought a large amount of Song Dynasty money. We asked the government to exchange it, but they also tried to shirk the blame. It’s really disgusting!" "From our perspective, these big households are just holding Song Dynasty money

  . Money, prepare to issue new money and follow the trend of private casting to make another fortune!"

  Su Ze smiled slightly. He had expected this result. The big families in Fujian were waiting for this opportunity to make a fortune.

  "Father, in the past when the imperial court promoted new money, how did it put the money on the market?"

  Money is minted and has value only when it circulates in the market.

  Eunuch Tao said: "Of course he forced the people to use new money and exchange it for new money."

  Su Ze sighed, and it turned out that the eunuch was straightforward.

  Su Ze asked seductively: "Father, do you want to leave your name in history?"

  (End of Chapter)
 

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