I am the king of the dead

Chapter 289

When Wang Fu woke up, it was the sky.

Although it is already autumn, the entire Hetao and Jining areas are still in full swing. Under the call of doing it yourself and having enough food and clothing, the entire Hetao and Jining areas seem to have become more active.

Zhu Qiyu sat in the Juxian Pavilion of the lecture hall, and was writing the summary of this salt and iron meeting. He stood up and prepared to attend the salt and iron meeting.

He took two steps and turned around and said, "Tell Marquis Changping that the list of shubian generals for the new school year should be finalized. If you don't send them over, next year shubian will enter the lecture hall, which will be delayed."

Xing'an took a deep breath and said dully: "Is your Majesty talking about Changping Marquis Yang Jie?"

Zhu Qiyu's hurried figure stopped, and he was a little dazed, Changping Hou had already left.

He shook his head and said, "No, what I'm talking about is Yang Hong, not Yang Jie. This matter should be done after Shaobao returns from Hetao."

"No, not Yang Jie." Zhu Qiyu emphasized it again, it seemed to be emphasizing to Xing'an, and it seemed to be saying to himself.

Zhu Qiyu waved his hand again, feeling a sense of loss, getting used to having Yang Hong by his side, so he left suddenly.

Empty chatter.

He was going to continue to do his own thing, but in the end he staggered without looking at the threshold under his feet.

"Your Majesty!" Xing'an followed in a hurry. Today, His Majesty doesn't like having a bunch of eunuchs behind his butt, so Xing'an is in charge of Zhu Qiyu's daily life on weekdays.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and said, "It's okay, I'm just distracted."

Xing'an sighed. Although His Majesty was calm on the surface, he was still very concerned about Yang Hong's death.

Zhu Qiyu walked into the meeting room of Yantie, where many courtiers were exchanging their opinions. They all had their own ideas about some financial affairs in the near future.

And these ideas, some mature and some immature, all need to be decided by the emperor.

"See Your Majesty, is Your Majesty blessed?" All the ministers saluted.

Zhu Qiyu was not very emotional, nodded and said: "An, sit down."

"What did we discuss at the last salt and iron meeting? How to resettle the people in the Hetao area, and the imperial court is preparing to relocate the people. At present, Hetao is full of waste, and we need to wait for the memorial of the local censor."

"Lin Xiu, Wang Hu, you are ready to send Ji Sheng to the Hetao area. Xu Youzhen's construction of water conservancy and Kuai Xiang's supervision of the coal and iron plant in Shengzhou all need the help of Ji Sheng."

Lin Xiu and Wang Hu bowed their heads and said, "The minister waits for the order."

Zhu Qiyu turned his head and said: "Yu Shangshu, Shanxi private seal Yanyin, you can't ignore them just because they have been dormant for a short time, you must investigate to the end! No matter who is found on the head, we will never tolerate it."

"The private distribution of salt in the south of the Yangtze River cannot be relaxed, and must be strictly investigated. Even the owner of the private salt nest must report to the court and must not distribute it privately, otherwise he will be punished by law."

Jiangnan's private distribution of salt quotations has been a blow for a year, and Zhu Qiyu has given them a year to adjust. If they continue to be obsessed with obsession, they can't blame Zhu Qiyu for being merciless.

Yu Shiyue hurriedly bowed her head and said: "I have received the order, and I will do my best to supervise this matter."

"The Department of General Administration, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the procuratorates of all provinces must fully cooperate, and a big plan is about to come, so we must not relax." Zhu Qiyu said to Wang Wen.

Wang Wen bowed his head and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I've been doing it."

Wang Wen was stunned for a moment, hesitant to speak, but finally said in a low voice: "Has Your Majesty created a new post of Zheng Qipin to participate in politics? Recently, someone held this official letter card and was active in Beijing, but I have never heard of it." position, and I have never seen this person before.”

"Well, I have specially appointed a member of the seventh-rank position to participate in the administration and manage the administration, directly to Tianting, Wang Zongxian, this person is..."

"It is true that I am afraid that some thieves will impersonate me, so I am asking." Wang Wen immediately shook his head like a rattle, interrupting His Majesty's words.

This special post is obviously for His Majesty to understand the civil affairs of the capital, he has nothing to do, why inquire about this, isn't it similar, want to know how many bowls of rice His Majesty eats?

That is courting death.

Zhu Qiyu was helpless, he was interrupted before he finished speaking, and now the bait has not been thrown, and the fish has disappeared.

How can this be so?

But Zhu Qiyu is the emperor, he can draw water.

Xia Heng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, the price of horses is 30, and the construction of the horse market is [-] pieces. There are [-] horses in total. They are all good horses that have been fat for four years and are now bred in Shanglinyuan. There are [-] cattle and [-] sheep."

Zhu Qiyu felt that something was not quite right after careful consideration, and said suspiciously: "I remember that a horse costs six taels, a cow costs eight taels, and a sheep costs three taels, right?"

"How can you buy so much? You bought 73 taels of silver?"

Xia Heng bowed his head and said, "It's a private horse. It is exchanged in the tribute market. A horse is worth four silver coins, a cow is five silver coins, and a sheep is one silver coin. So it is a total of 40 silver coins."

Zhu Qiyu immediately understood what Xia Heng meant, and it was actually not difficult to understand. There was no middleman to make the difference, so the price naturally dropped a lot.

"But I gave you 30 silver coins, how did you exchange for 40 silver coins? And what about the construction of the tribute city, how much did you spend?" Of course Zhu Qiyu saw such a simple question.

Lin Xiu and Wang Hu each took out the account books, put them in front of Zhu Qiyu, bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty, this is the account book."

Zhu Qiyu opened it and looked at it for a long time, then closed it, and returned it to the eunuch and Duzhi envoy, he was quite helpless.

It all rolls up...

Specifically, at the beginning, the price of horses was indeed four silver coins per horse, but there were a lot of goods and very few silver coins.

In the 14th year of orthodoxy, Ming and Oala began to fight, and the trade of private horses and livestock was completely cut off.

As soon as the tribute market opened this year, the first ones on the prairie would be exchanged at normal prices. Afterwards, the prices became lower and lower, and finally 27 silver coins appeared, and 40 goods came out.

Jin Lian also looked through the accounts, showing a puzzled face. He does not do business, and he was quite surprised to see this phenomenon for the first time.

If it were in the past, Jin Lian would definitely say that Zhu Chun really knows how to do business, but there is something wrong with his current sensitivity.

According to Your Majesty's definition of commodities, commodities include use value and exchange value.

Then Jiajia Yinggong City has this phenomenon. Obviously, the use value has not changed, because the amount of labor has not changed, but the exchange value has decreased, resulting in a decrease in price.

According to His Majesty's definition of use value, only labor is the only yardstick to measure use value, so use value has not changed much, but because of the change of exchange value, the price has changed so much.

Use value, on the issue of labor remuneration at the last Salt and Iron Conference, made it very clear that it can be divided into concrete labor and abstract labor. For example, farming is concrete labor, and scholars, for example, are abstract labor.

The amount of abstract labor and concrete labor is not easy to measure.

The amount of exchange value is also different in different regions. For example, it is obviously a stone of rice, but it is different in Susong area, in the capital, and in Xuanfu, because the exchange value is different.

Use value and exchange value are not easy to measure, and the value measurement between items requires a standard, that is, the general form of value.

In the past, the general form of value in the Ming Dynasty was mainly reflected in grain. With the inflow and increase of silver, the general form of value became reflected in silver.

The emergence of general forms of value is obviously the result of the circulation of commodities.

However, silver cannot be used as a general equivalent, because the methods of casting silver ingots in various places are different, the techniques are different, and the fineness is different, which brings a lot of inconvenience to life.

The silver coins issued by His Majesty's new monetary policy are undoubtedly the general equivalent.

Silver coins represent wealth.

In the past, Yongle Tongbao also represented wealth.

Jin Lian said angrily: "So these Tatar kings don't care about the life and death of the people they rule? In Gongshi, they only exchanged less than [-] catties of salt and [-] catties of iron, and they all couldn't be removed. Bought for flowers..."

Hu Wei also looked at the accounts, shook his head again and again, and said with a sigh: "Your Majesty, this financial affairs is indeed a field of knowledge, and it has solved the doubts that I have not solved for many years."

On the grassland, there is no such thing as a general equivalent.

Especially after the military failure of Yuerhai, it brought about the political failure of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and the grasslands have been in a state of fragmentation for a long time, let alone silver coins, and there are no treasures.

It is not difficult to explain that during the Yongle period, all major tribes only wanted Yongle Tongbao, so that in the 16th year of Yongle, Emperor Wen angrily reprimanded the Tatar king for disregarding the people's livelihood, and both humans and gods abandoned it.

Zhu Qiyu also shook his head, and said with a sigh: "Currency is liquid assets, and the use value of silver coins is almost nothing. If it is not exchanged, isn't it worthless? These Tatar kings don't understand this truth at all..."

After the farm law in the Jining area began, many Tatars joined, and these people were divided and scattered into the farm law in the Kyushu and Hetao areas outside the mountains.

Hu Wei looked around, not to mention the Tatar king, didn't they understand this truth only recently under the guidance of His Majesty?
Zhu Qiyu spread his hands and said, "Tuo Tuo Bu Hua asked for an order to let me declare the king of Tatar, what can I do? Send my theory of the wealth of the country to the grasslands, so that they can study hard?"

Even if he really sent his Wealth of Nations theory to the grasslands, the King of Tartar would just use it as a wipe.

Hu Yi bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, there are not many people on the grassland who understand Sinology, and few Tatar kings understand it. The character written by Tuotuobuhua can be seen."

"Send it, they don't understand either."

Hu Wei is in charge of culture and education in the Ministry of Rites. Of course he knows the current situation on the grassland. Except for a few students who study in Siyi Hall, how many people in the grassland understand Sinology?

The ministers are also helpless, the place that has never heard of the kingly way always looks like this.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the ministers and hesitated for a moment and said: "I said that their stupidity is not just because they left behind the general equivalent, that is, currency. They are stupid in this aspect."

"They don't know what the assets and wealth of the country and the people are, so they are so stupid."

As soon as Zhu Qiyu said this, the expressions of the officials were slightly embarrassed, and they understood that it was the first level...

Is it possible that His Majesty still has high opinions?
Seeing the expressions of the officials, Zhu Qiyu just sighed. These officials didn't show their initiative at all, and they didn't think deeply about financial affairs at all. They always ate as much as they fed themselves.

Just like the students in the classroom back then.

But Zhu Qiyu thought about it and fully understood their difficulties.

Starting from scratch in financial affairs, it is already very difficult for them to understand use value, exchange value, measure of value, importance of currency, profit, etc.

After all, they have never touched these things.

They cannot build a financial affairs building for no reason, it is a castle in the air.

But they are not stupid. On the contrary, they are the best people in the land of Ming Dynasty, who have passed the imperial examination, local government, and Hanlin Academy for countless years.

For example, last time, Hu Wei played supernormally, combined with the actions of the Confucian government and the Qu family, he realized the core part of the theory of capital about profit, triple profit, lawlessness, and comprehended it.

Moreover, these bureaucrats in Ming Dynasty all came from the imperial examination. Besides being bureaucrats, they are also scholars, and they are willing to communicate and share their gains.

Therefore, even Hu Wei, who is not in charge of financial affairs, has a deep understanding of financial affairs.

Therefore, even Wu Jing, who just joined the Salt and Iron Conference, has thoroughly studied the contents of the previous Salt and Iron Conference.

They are very good at reading.

Zhu Qiyu opened his meeting minutes and said: "I have a house now, and I live in Tai'an Palace, and I keep it. Now I rent it out, and I get five coins a month."

"What kind of assets are the house itself, the rented house, and five coins?"

Jin Lian frowned and thought about it. House rental is a very common phenomenon in life, but what attributes do they have?
"Your Majesty, should the five coins be handed over to the house number?" Jin Lian asked subconsciously.

Zhu Qiyu drank his saliva and almost choked: "Hand it up!"

The house number is taxed according to the rented room, and he has to pay three cents for the five coins.

But this is obviously a hypothetical question!
This Jin Lian, this is really knocking on the door more and more!
Hu Yan was thoughtful, he wanted to speak, but after thinking about it seriously, he chose to keep silent.

He is just the Minister of Rites.

Wu Jing sat up straight, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have some ideas."

Wu Jing is a man of excellent arithmetic. He was in charge of taxation and other matters for a full ten years in Zhejiang, the most affluent place in Ming Dynasty. There is a new understanding of financial affairs.

But Wu Jing didn't know if what he said was right.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "You know everything, and you can talk endlessly. The Yantie Conference is originally a place to discuss financial affairs."

Wu Jing looked left and right, and almost everyone locked their eyes on him.

Although the atmosphere of the Yantie meeting was relaxed, Wu Jing was a newcomer after all, so he was still quite nervous, and there were five and six ministers among these people, and Yu Qian would also be there on weekdays.

He's under a lot of pressure.

He bowed his head and said: "I personally think that the house should belong to the funds reserved for living needs."

"Fired, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation are all reserved assets. This is a part that must be set aside, otherwise you will starve to death or freeze to death."

"Jining Mansion and Hetao Three Mansions will be grateful to His Majesty, because the Wara people and his family robbed and destroyed their reserved funds, and it is His Majesty who let them regain their reserved funds."

After Wu Jing finished speaking, there was silence.

Zhu Qiyu was quite calm, nodded and said: "That's right."

"Then I live in Tai'an Palace, so obviously I don't need this reservation, so if I rent out this house, what kind of property does it belong to?"

Seeing that his answer was affirmed, Wu Jing said a little more courageously: "Fixed assets that can be profitable without liquidation, such as land, shops, inns, stables, barns, etc. are fixed but can be profitable. is fixed assets.”

"His Majesty is planning to build water conservancy in the Hetao area, organize land reclamation, fertilization and other methods, and improve the land, so that the output of the land will become more abundant and more profitable. The establishment of warehouses and markets are also fixed assets."

"His Majesty…"

Wu Jing said hesitantly, "Actually, I have an immature idea, and I ask your Majesty to clarify."

Zhu Qiyu heaved a sigh of relief, finally, Zhu Qiyu is not alone in the financial affairs of Daming!
"Tell me." Zhu Qiyu nodded and said.

Wu Jing took a deep breath, and said a little nervously: "Actually, these lands, warehouses, and markets are not the greatest wealth His Majesty gave them."

"These wealth may change with the change of government orders, or disappear due to disaster."

"It's the program proposed by His Majesty, such as doing it yourself, having enough food and clothing, and protecting your fields and homes with your hands. This is their greatest fixed asset, and it can always be the wealth that will benefit future generations..."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Wu Jing, did he have such a deep understanding of wealth?

He immediately asked back: "I'm here to ask you, is the knowledge acquired after entering a craftsman school or reading and writing counted as a person's fixed assets?"

Wu Jing nodded with certainty and said, "Forget it!"

Wu Jing's understanding is quite in place!

Hu Wei looked at the bewildered faces of the ministers, and said with a smile: "Master Ming didn't understand, let me say a few words, and translate for everyone?"

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