Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 502 Solitude takes time

"Has Pu Xiangdong returned to the Guobin Building?"

"gone back."

"Go and invite Xia Yuanji and the four of them here."

In the study room, Chen Yunfu changed into casual clothes, held a cup of hot tea and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, there was a sound of the door, followed by a series of footsteps.

During the day, Xia Yuanji, who had been severely scolded and chased away by Chen Yunfu, walked in.

"The ministers are waiting to see the king."

The salute woke Chen Yunfu from his contemplation, and then he stood up.

"Gu today's matter is a bit outrageous, so I say no to the four."

Seeing that Chen Yunfu was going to bow, the four of them hurried forward to stop them in fright, and were even more moved with tears and tears: "Since ancient times, the king has worried about the humiliation of his ministers, and the death of his ministers because of his humiliation. It is because the ministers are incompetent and unable to share the worries of the king. They really deserve to die."

Originally, during the day, the four of them were saddened to death, they just thought that Chen Yunfu was overjoyed and didn't want to listen to persuasion, but now seeing what Chen Yunfu did, a kind of anticipation suddenly rose in their hearts.

Your Majesty changed his mind?

It's a pity that this expectation was ruthlessly broken by Chen Yunfu just as it was raised.

"The four of you are invited to come here at this time. It's not that you have changed your mind alone. Your mind will not be changed. The reform of the currency system must also be done, and the battle in the Southwest still has to be fought."

"Your Majesty, this must not be done."

"I know it's absolutely impossible."

Chen Yunfu waved his hand, met the astonished eyes of the four people, and greeted them to sit down, while he sighed, "Among the four, Yuanji and Zhenzhi are good at economics in Ming Dynasty, and his successor has been in Guangdong for many years. So let's put it this way, if all three of you say that this matter cannot be done, then it must not be done.

Gu is not a saint who studies heaven and man, but the sinister intentions of Pu Xiangdong and those bankers and capitalists in Guangdong can still be seen through at a glance.

If this matter is done according to Pu Xiangdong's intention, it will be a disaster for the country and the people. "

"Since Your Majesty knows that this matter will harm the country and the people, why do you want to indulge Na Pu Xiangdong?" Yang Pu said: "I know that Your Majesty has great ambitions, and even has a grand strategy that is unmatched by Emperor Qin, Han and Wu. But now, the country is in trouble. There are places where money is used everywhere, and something like this happened in Guangdong at this time, so I have to stop if I don’t want to.”

Chen Yunfu raised his head and let out a long sigh.

"I have my own arrangements and plans, and I can't tell you about it. Now I just want to ask you one thing. Once the currency system is reformed, what is the biggest danger?"

"Prices are skyrocketing."

Xia Yuanji said without hesitation: "Abolishing the right to use silver as currency, and the central bank printing and issuing 5000 billion copper bills (same as [-] million taels) into the market will allow all big businessmen in Guangdong to instantly have a huge amount of cash to use.

They will take the money and wantonly buy it from Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and other neighboring provinces when they plunder, which will cause the prices of the border provinces to skyrocket.

There is a high probability that Zhumen's wine and meat stinks and the bones are frozen to death. In the future, when the businessmen in Guangdong run out of money, they will cash out their worthless stocks and turn out a lot of cash anytime and anywhere. .

If the imperial court wanted to cover the Guangdong stock market, it would have to keep printing and issuing new copper notes. The money would become less and less valuable, and the prices would become higher and higher. At that time, small local workshops went bankrupt, and Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and even There will be a lot of unemployment in Zhili, Henan, and Shandong.

Because all the wealth has been plundered by the merchants in Guangdong, the merchants in other provinces will be forced to go bankrupt, and by then, great consequences will result. "

"Just like Wang Mang's new system, the whole country is bankrupt and anti-people is rampant, right?"

Yan Zhen said frightenedly: ".Yes."

"Estimate how many years this process will take?"

"If the central government controls well, the rate of deterioration can be extended by about fifteen to twenty years." After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, he hurriedly persuaded: "However, as long as the imperial court has the courage to cut off the wrists of a strong man, even if it really deteriorates, we are confident that it will continue in five years." Within a year's time, we will bring order out of the chaos and re-stabilize the country's economy."

"Fifteen to twenty years?"

Chen Yunfu got up and paced back and forth in the extremely spacious study room with his hands behind his back, before stopping after a long time.

"enough!"

enough?

The four of them didn't know the meaning of Chen Yunfu's words, but they all remembered the inconvenience Chen Yunfu said before, so they didn't dare to ask more.

"This time is enough." Chen Yunfu turned around and called Yang Pu's name: "Send someone to India to inform Yang Shiqi that Gu will go to India next year."

The latter didn't understand why Chen Yunfu was going to India at this time, but he still nodded to mark it down.

Chen Yunfu walked back to his seat and sat down, looked at the four of them and said in a sincere voice.

"Now, Gu needs the help of four people."

"Please show me your Majesty, the ministers and others must be absolutely heartbroken."

"Since the reform of the currency system, prices will inevitably skyrocket. I hope you can find ways to do your best to curb the rate of price rise."

"My lord, I'm afraid this will not be easy."

"Just control a few important points."

Chen Yunfu stretched out a few fingers: "As long as the prices of food, cloth and salt are under control, no matter how difficult it is for the common people, it will be nothing more than returning to the hard life of the Hongwu Dynasty.

As long as we can eat enough and wear warm clothes, there will be no major disturbances in the country, and small frictions and conflicts can be temporarily managed and controlled by high-pressure policies.

The prices of these three items are well controlled, and India will become the largest granary in my Ming Dynasty, not to mention that Pingjin Port has opened to ships, and Liaozhou is also a large granary, so the price of food is well controlled.

The Textile Bureau can open more and recruit more women workers from the private sector. Guangdong has produced so many inventions over the years, and the increase in production speed is obvious to all. As long as there are enough people and factories, the price of cloth cannot rise.

As for the price of salt, the price of salt in the inland region has already risen and there is no room for it to rise. The only danger is the two relatively remote places in the northwest and southwest. The next phase of the railway track project will give priority to these two places.

There are 50 slaves in Pu Xiangdong, and we will recruit another 200 to [-] million slaves. It is not difficult to complete the project within three years.

It's just to control these three prices, are you sure? "

After hearing Chen Yunfu's analysis, all four of them nodded confidently.

"If that's the case, the ministers have full confidence."

"That's fine."

Yan Zhen glanced directly at Chen Yunfu, and said cautiously: "But even if we can control the prices of these three items, as time goes by, it is inevitable that companies in inland provinces will be run and bankrupt. It’s also tricky with a wave of job losses sweeping across the country.”

"There won't be much unemployment."

Chen Yunfu shook his head and said: "The bankruptcy of small businesses and small workshops will bring about a gap in the market. Pu Xiangdong and the four major Guangdong masters are not fools. Their businesses will seize the opportunity to monopolize the market. When they start businesses, they still need to employ workers.

Our side has issued a law that any firm, no matter whether it is Arab or our Ming Dynasty, is not allowed to use slaves to work, and can only recruit workers from our country.

In doing so, I dare not say that it will solve all of them. Most of them will be fine. As for the small number of people who have lost their jobs, the local government and the imperial court will work together to find a way to solve the resettlement problem through the imperial court's projects.

As for the wages, the imperial court will give them if they have money, and owe them if they have no money. "

After listening to the operation, the four people looked at each other and couldn't help sighing.

This is quite thoughtful.

However, since Chen Yunfu could consider everything, why did he insist on going his own way?

Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what is the great event that you are going to do that makes you prefer to bury the great achievements of your life.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that as long as Chen Yunfu doesn't do this, in the next hundred years, Chen Yunfu is destined to be the greatest monarch in Chinese history.

But what Chen Yunfu is doing now will leave an indelible stain on his ruling history.

All future generations will blame Chen Yunfu.

For example, in his later years, he was very happy, favored foreigners, arrogant and stupid, and so on.

It is even possible to say that Chen Yunfu's wrong decision caused the people who were getting richer to become impoverished again, causing irreversible damage to China's development?

Why bother!
(End of this chapter)