Wanli Youming

Chapter 517 Issuing national bonds, the country is supreme! (2 in 1)

Chapter 517 Issuing national bonds, the country is supreme! (two in one)

Time goes back to the time when Zhu Yijun was watching the chapter about fighting against Japanese.

Because it is the end of summer and autumn is coming, the weather is getting cooler and the air is clear, so Zhu Yijun will often work outside.

Now he is sitting on the recliner, watching these chapters accompanied by the setting sun on the green lake.

And because of this, he also saw a letter that had just arrived before him now, from Toyotomi Hideyoshi warning him that if the Tang people who moved to Dongying were not removed as soon as possible, otherwise the threat of slaughtering the Tang people would be exhausted.

Zhu Yijun sneered when he saw it.

then.

Zhu Yijun looked at other chapters again. After learning that Magui planned to land in China first, and forced Toyotomi Hideyoshi to return to aid, in order to set up an ambush and planned to use Iwami Ginzan as bait to score two goals against Toyotomi Hideyoshi, After taking advantage of the arrogance generated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi after beating all the invincible daimyos in Honshu, Japan, he couldn't help laughing:

"National famous general, the blessing of the country!"

"I can see it in stone!"

As a result, Zhu Yijun's bad mood due to the recent rise in the price of silver dollars has been reduced a lot.

He believed that Ma Gui would capture Ishijian Yinshan and complete what he had ordered.

but.

At present, apart from a few people such as Zhu Yijun, there are not many people who know that the Japanese war overseas will have a great impact on the domestic economic crisis.

This is mainly due to poor information.

Not everyone has all or critical information.

In addition, it is normal for people to be blinded by one leaf, and people often only want to believe what they want to believe.

Therefore, there are still many rich and powerful gentry who are selling high-quality assets. Land, real estate, and antiques have flowed from wealthy families to ordinary people's homes.

Therefore, the silver dollars circulating on the market are still decreasing a lot, and the price of silver is still rising.

Many workshops are still shutting down, the unemployment rate is still increasing, and even the merchant ships on the canal are much less, and many boat trackers have to switch careers to participate in large infrastructure projects.

"How many fields did our family sell?"

On this day, Gu Xiancheng also asked Gu Yuncheng about selling high-quality assets.

Gu Yuncheng replied: "The [-] mu of high-quality irrigated fields by the Taihu Lake were sold for [-] mu at a discount of three or two mu."

After hearing this, Gu Xiancheng said: "It's so cheap! This was bought by Chengfu Yinzhi at the price of 15 taels of silver per mu during the flood in Wuxi before my ancestors. It was not so cheap at that time."

"Except for the poor households who don't have many fields and want to have their own fields, they are willing to spend silver dollars to buy them. Those who are a little bit richer are not willing to buy fields. They all want to hoard silver dollars. There is no way, so we can only set such a low price. Otherwise, poor households like them will not be able to afford it even if they scrape together money.”

Gu Yuncheng said.

Gu Xiancheng sighed after hearing this: "Forget it, it's really cheap for these poor families!"

As Gu Xiancheng spoke, he looked at a large number of civilians who were working for the government, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised for a while: "If this trend continues, the silver dollars lent from the inner funds to the outer courts will not be consumed for long."

"It should be. It is said that the imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has begun to prepare a new impeachment to impeach Shenwu County and other new parties, and thinks that His Majesty will not protect him this time."

Gu Yuncheng said.

Gu Xiancheng laughed and said: "If the protection continues, Huangzhuang will be worthless, and the eunuchs in charge of Huangzhuang in the inner court will probably force His Majesty to liquidate Shenwu County and other new parties."

"It's natural. Who told Huangzhuang to produce food instead of silver dollars, but now it's silver dollars that are rising and grains that are falling."

Gu Yuncheng continued to speak with a smile.

Zhu Yijun called Shen Shihang and others again because the unemployment rate was increasing, and even Fengyang, Fujian, and Yingtian's government-run businesses had suffered serious losses, and the sales of goods produced had dropped sharply.

"Although many tyrants dare not openly speculate on silver dollars, they still hoard silver dollars by buying and selling land, and they are getting more and more crazy. Obviously what they want is not only silver dollars, but also the power to govern the world, and even Let me trample on the new rituals I advocate, but how can I let them do what they want?"

Zhu Yijun said: "So, I decided to lend another silver dollar to Taicang from the internal funds, and strive to control the rising trend of silver dollars!"

"His Majesty!"

"The ministers have also discussed this matter, and are deciding to go to the book today."

"The ministers and others have decided that the ministers in power will donate 500 million taels of silver dollars saved by each family to rescue the market."

"In this way, even if the price of silver dollars cannot be brought back to the previous level, the price at the beginning of the year can still be stabilized, and no more unemployed people will be added."

"Therefore, there is no need to borrow money from the inner court to avoid accumulating grievances in the inner court, which will be detrimental to the country."

Shen Shixing's meaning is very clear, the internal money has been spent outside, I really don't know if there will be eunuchs who want to let the emperor fall into the water because of the serious loss of silver dollars in the inner court.

And once the emperor fell into the water, the new party members like them would lose their core.

You know, there has always been a saying about the palace changes in the Jiajing Dynasty that Jiajing’s financial reforms chose to only wrong the inner court and not the outer court, so the court ladies wanted to kill the king, because the emperor did some disgusting things. Treatment, less everyone's benefits.

Therefore, Shen Shixing and others who cared about the emperor's safety did not dare to support the emperor to wrong the inner court too much, because the inner court was not only the emperor alone, and the degree of destruction of ordinary palace people could not be underestimated.

After all, within five steps, your greatest power is only a mortal body, but the effect of power within five steps is much smaller than that beyond five steps.

And Shen Shixing and others were willing to donate so many silver dollars to the court, so it can be said that they were overwhelmed and pushed by the old party.

They obviously also know that the old party wants to kill them through economic warfare, so even if they don't donate now, they will be eaten by the old party in the name of solving the silver dollar crisis in the future.

Instead of this, it is better to take out all the silver dollars to save the market.

In this way, at least the fixed assets can be preserved, which is better than that after the old party completely divides the family property in the future, without even a shelter or even a life, and if the power can be preserved, it may be able to earn it back in the future.

As for whether revealing their wealth to the emperor would arouse the emperor's greed even more, they didn't care that much.

What's more, the fact that Zhang Juzheng was able to be saved also let them know that the emperor is not the kind of short-sighted person who sees money and open his eyes. reputation for many years.

Moreover, Zhu Yijun had made it clear a few days ago that the emperor gave the people of the world the legal right to own private property, and he would not infringe upon it. This also convinced Shen Shixing and other new parties that the emperor would not be so short-sighted.

of course.

The most important thing is that their new party has no way out. After all, reform is not the business of the emperor alone, and the emperor cannot bleed alone. If they don't bleed, the new concept of ruling the country with hard work will collapse, and social logic will still It has become the cruel internal friction mode of the past.

That is to say, whoever reforms will be ruined.

Zhu Yijun also understood why Shen Shixing and others did this, so he nodded:

"Alright!"

"After all, this is not my career alone. If you are so, I will accept it!"

"But there is no need to donate money. I need to consider the peace of the inner court when I donate money. Don't you need to consider the peace of the inner court?"

"Clan relatives, are you really willing to take out more and more valuable silver dollars?"

"Although the ministers are people with status in the clan, they can be suppressed by coercion, and they can force relatives and relatives of the clan to agree to donate money."

"But I don't want to use this kind of coercive method to ensure the smooth progress of the reform, so I might as well lend it to Taicang in the form of a loan, and turn this loan into a bond with the loan from my internal shipping warehouse. This kind of debt is called national debt!"

"The Cabinet Policy Department will improve the national debt system at that time."

"At that time, let each family hold this bond. In the future, when the imperial court is full of silver dollars, they will repay the debt and repay the interest, so that the family wealth will not decrease but increase. This will also reduce the resentment in each of your inner courts, and know that it is not for nothing. .”

"After all, it's not easy for the relatives and relatives of the clan to run their own businesses. You can't just give it to the court."

"Your Majesty is benevolent and loving, and the ministers are deeply moved!"

"How can I talk about benefits with the imperial court if I have received the favor of the country for generations? It is the ambition of the ministers to repay the favor to the country, and the family members of the ministers have also read poetry and books since childhood, and know the courtesy and loyalty. Naturally, they are willing to donate money to the country. There will be resentment, and if they can really help the country maintain peace, they will be honored!"

At this moment, Shen Shixing got up and said.

Zhu Yijun didn't know if Shen Shixing was probing or if he was being reserved because of the influence of traditional Confucianism, he just asked directly:

"It's true that Qing's family has no complaints because of this, but can you guarantee that the other Gongqing's family has no complaints, and won't their houses be in chaos because of this?!"

"Of course, Qing has discussed with his family members and considered their feelings, and Qing's family members have also unanimously agreed with Qing to do so, but have you asked other family members, can you guarantee that other family members will not have resentment?"

After hearing this, Shen Shixing pondered for a while, then bowed his hands and said yes.

Hai Rui wanted to come out and speak at this moment.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand to stop: "You don't need to say too much, I still say the same thing, you can let your own family benefit, but you can't use the name of helping the country to let other people's family members benefit the country. You are not qualified. And it is not in line with the new rituals, nor is it in line with my purpose of giving the people of the world the right to legally own private property."

Hai Rui had no choice but to say yes.

He could force his own family members, but indeed he could not force the family members of Shen Shixing and Qi Jiguang to donate money to the court, which would make Shen Shixing, Qi Jiguang and other families restless and affect the overall situation.

You must know that Qi Jiguang's backyard is already full of contradictions. If he persists, it may really affect the court's military affairs.

In this way, Hai Rui can't force even his own family members.

Shishi Bank is the same.

So, next, the Ming court really began to implement the national debt system.

"Your Majesty is still very confident in reforming the system, and is also very confident in changing the world where the people of the country only love to fight each other. It is not the kind of benevolent monarch who was only influenced by Confucianism in the past, but would give up halfway, thinking that the fate of the country is hard to change."

Therefore, Shen Shixing then told Hai Rui and other officials about his inner feelings.

Hai Rui nodded, "Where does Your Majesty's confidence come from?"

"I am clear about this. Your Majesty's confidence comes from the princes, and from overseas."

Li Chengliang, who had become a deputy privy envoy to a civilian position, stepped forward and said something at this time.

Qi Jiguang looked at Li Chengliang and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Chengliang said with a smile: "The silver donation is changed to the issuance of national debt. In order to benefit the family, won't you be more active in ensuring the cleanliness of officials, increasing tax revenue, and ensuring that the battle ahead will not be hindered by the rear and it will be easier to win?"

All the princes nodded.

Shen Shixing even smiled: "Your Majesty changed the donation into a debt, and this is the situation. I don't believe that all the gentlemen are like Mr. Gangfeng!"

The princes couldn't help but sneered.

Zhang Xueyan followed with a smile and said: "After all, Marquis Ning Yuan has been governing the military and political integration of Outer Andong for many years, and he knew the principle of taking the outer security and inner peace, so he thought of this first."

"However, this is indeed true. Since the national debt is issued, we all bought the national debt first, so we should pay more attention!"

"First of all, the administration of officials must not be corrupted. This is the foundation of delegating silver dollars to the people. Whether it is engineering or taxation, whether it will not become a government that harms the people depends on this! Front military supplies cannot be deducted, and officials cannot be allowed to criticize the front military."

Shen Shixing waited to nod in agreement.

Qi Jiguang followed suit at this time: "The Privy Council will remind Ma Gui that it is best to wipe out the Japanese pirates thoroughly, so that even if there are no silver dollars to send in the future, they can be directly distributed to the fields."

"That's not enough!"

"In my opinion, let Chen Lin, Deng Zilong and other sailors go to Annam and Java to interfere in the political affairs of the Fanyi, stir up troubles and create disputes, and then take the opportunity to seize the land for profit, and Liu Zhen can be sent to Yunnan. The Burmese and Yi are afraid of him. , he can also intimidate trouble in Burma, and seize gold and silver in Burma."

Li Chengliang raised his eyebrows and said at this moment.

Qi Jiguang couldn't help looking at Li Chengliang: "Did you do this in Liaodong to provoke the Jurchens? So much so that the Jurchen ministries kept fighting each other when they were serving as the chief protector of Anton."

"I think so!"

Yin Zhengmao, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, echoed at this time: "In this way, even if there are still disturbances inside, but there is chaos outside, it can still appear that the dynasty is not so chaotic!"

When Shen Shixing heard what Yin Zhengmao said, he couldn't help nodding his head: "It makes sense."

The rest of the new party's ruling ministers followed suit.

In this way, many frontier ministers really became hawks one by one.

As soon as Liu Ting arrived in Yunnan, he insisted that Meng'an, the chieftain of the Shan nationality who belonged to Burma, had attacked and killed the family members of the frontier soldiers in his camp.

Deng Zilong sent sailors to Annan to force the Mo regime to pay 10 taels of silver, saying that it was to help it resist the attack of the Ruan clan in the south, which was equivalent to collecting protection fees.

The Mo family's regime refused at the beginning, and as a result, the Ruan family really directly threw a big ship and bombarded his port, saying that there were rebels from their own side here, cutting off their business routes, forcing the Mo family to report to Deng Zilong. Pay money to eliminate disasters.

"Now the New Party is making troubles everywhere, and the Fanyi who have made good friends with us are very dissatisfied. They also know that this incident is caused by the unstable price of silver, so they sent Confucian scholars to ask us when we are going to make trouble?"

Wang Zhixiang also specifically asked Gu Xiancheng that day.

Gu Xiancheng said with a sullen face: "Wait a minute, it's all because the emperor set up a national debt to make the new party more united, so he didn't want to be polite and shameless at all, and made troubles everywhere in the name of national supremacy to divert internal problems, but this national debt After all, it’s a rootless tree, and it won’t last long.”

(End of this chapter)