Da Ming Tai Shi

Chapter 503 I want to hang those businessmen
On the first day of the eighth year of Kyushu, the Military and Political Yuan officially passed the new law on currency reform.

This means that silver, which has existed for thousands of years in Chinese history and has been used as an official currency for nearly 500 years, has officially withdrawn from the stage of history.

Instead, copper tickets.

Copper tickets are the paper currency of copper coins, which have the same purchasing power as copper coins.

A penny is a penny.

Since the reform of the currency system, the denominations of the copper notes issued by the Central Bank are ten, twenty, fifty, one hundred, five hundred and one thousand!

Anti-counterfeiting and mass printing are two major difficulties in the issuance of copper tickets.

Fortunately, the printing technology of Daming has made great progress in these years, far ahead of the parallel time and space of Daming for hundreds of years, and the fine hand-carved templates can fully undertake the work of printing a large amount of money.

Although copper bills replaced silver and became the only legal currency in Ming Dynasty, Chen Yunfu would not take this opportunity to grab people's wealth like the money-gathering courts of previous dynasties.

Common people can exchange their silver and gold at the bank for new banknotes at the official exchange rate before the currency system reform.

One tael of silver is one thousand wen.

One tael of gold is thirteen thousand Wen.

The price of gold has dropped a little because Pu Xiangdong has sent too much gold to Daming in the past few years, and it is normal to fluctuate occasionally.

After all the preparatory work was completed, the central bank began to make money with all its strength.

In the first phase, a total of 1000 billion copper notes were shipped to the Bank of Guangdong. With so much cash, dozens of water transport ships were pulled, and hundreds of carts were used to pull all the cash when it was transferred to land.

The bankers and capitalists in Guangdong celebrated and cheered.

"Currency reform is only a small step for the country's economic development, but it is a big step for us businessmen!"

Guangzhou's Wanguo Restaurant held an extremely grand celebration banquet, and countless capitalists gathered together to celebrate this 'great victory'.

What victory?
A group of businessmen forced the central court to lower its head that had been held high for thousands of years!
What are scholars, farmers, industry and commerce? They should be called merchants, scholars, workers and peasants in the future!
"The Ming Dynasty cannot live without businessmen, just like the West cannot live without the Pope."

"No, no, to be precise, our Daming cannot live without Shopkeeper Pu, and we cannot live without Arab merchants."

A group of bankers gathered shamelessly and laughed heartily. In the crowd, the young Cosimo looked at Pu Xiangdong, who was surrounded by stars like a moon, and smiled disdainfully.

Replace it sooner or later!
A low-level and despicable slave owner was born, but I was born as a noble aristocrat and a banker with young roots. No matter how the capital operates and expands, you, Pu Xiangdong, are not worthy of carrying my shoes!
Thinking of this, Cosimo burned a piece of parchment in his pocket.

It was written to him by his father in Florence, and the content of the letter was to let Cosimo return to his hometown to take over.

take over?

How much wealth does the poor Florence have, but here is the Ming Dynasty, where gold is everywhere!
The lobby of Nuo University was crowded with people of all kinds, but among the crowd who were generally celebrating each other, there was a young man with a lonely expression.

Chen Jinghe.

Chen Jinghe was almost driven crazy by his father's mysterious operation.

In the past two years of working in the Stock Regulatory Bureau and the Canton Stock Exchange, Chen Jinghe dare not say what an outstanding economist he has become, but he still understands a lot. He can clearly see what the future development of Daming will be look.

So Chen Jinghe didn't understand why his father made such a stupid decision.

Let's just assume that Chen Yunfu doesn't understand economics, so could it be possible that so many officials in Nanjing City are just working?

What are Yan Zhenzhi, Xia Yuanji, and Hu Sizong doing?
"Since ancient times, civil servants have remonstrated to death and generals have fought to death. These three incompetent ministers have harmed the country!"

Chen Jinghe drank the wine in the glass angrily, and was about to turn around and leave, but was pulled aside by Jiang Zhengxun, who was reeking of alcohol.

"Mingsong, let me tell you something important."

"what's up?"

Jiang Zhengxun looked around and said in a low voice: "When I was toasting the Fantai just now, I heard their table say that the King is going to India next month, and the Holy Driver will come to Guangdong at that time."

"Really?" Chen Jinghe was surprised at first, and then overjoyed: "That's really great, brother Zhengxun, we must seize this opportunity and persuade the king to withdraw his order."

Chen Jinghe is not the only one who opposes the reform of the currency system and indulges capital. Jiang Zhengxun also thinks the same way.

But this time the latter smiled wryly.

"Ming Song, do you think the two of us are qualified to meet the king after the king arrives? Even if we do, how much chance will we have to speak with the king alone?"

Chen Jinghe said without hesitation: "Why do you have to speak alone, as long as you can see it, you can speak directly."

"At that time, in front of all the officials and merchants in Guangdong?"

"That's not it."

Jiang Zhengxun sighed: "Ming Song, it doesn't matter if the king accepts it or not, if we tell the truth in front of everyone, you think we can stay in Guangdong, or even worse, there is no place to die. "

Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents.

What's more, what Chen Jinghe wanted to do was not to simply cut off people's fortunes, but to flip the table neatly.

Everyone will turn red-eyed when they see Tuqian.

Hearing Jiang Zhengxun's words, Chen Jinghe fell silent.

He couldn't accuse Jiang Zhengxun of being cowardly and fearful. He was the prince, and his life would not be in danger no matter how much trouble he caused. At worst, he couldn't stay in Guangdong and return to Nanjing.

But Jiang Zhengxun is different, his whole family is in Guangdong.

It's only natural that Jiang Zhengxun disagrees with dying by himself.

Jiang Zhengxun patted Chen Jinghe on the shoulder: "Ming Song, how old is your brother's idiot, I advise you, don't be arrogant in this matter, the king is now in Vega overseas, and his achievements are as far away as the Han and Tang Dynasties, and have been through the ages one emperor.

The king's face cannot be disobeyed. Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, we, as ministers, can do our errands with peace of mind. We must know that thunder, rain and dew are the principle of the king's kindness. "

"Yes, I wrote it down." Chen Jinghe replied reluctantly, and then left.

After walking out of the Wanguo Restaurant, Chen Jinghe turned his head and glanced at the brightly lit six-story pavilion, and left in a fit of anger.

He was going to drink with Yan Yuankai who came from Nanjing to develop in Guangdong.

Although Guangzhou is big, it is only such a close friend now.

"Prince, I said don't worry about it, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge."

Yan Yuankai has a free and easy temper, and he did not forget to persuade Chen Jinghe when he poured wine: "The value of a businessman's existence is to make money. What we are doing now is just to make it easier for them to make money. Hey, tell me He’s also a businessman, so he’s also drinking with you now.”

"You are different from them, you have a bit of conscience."

Chen Jinghe drank one cup after another, and said angrily: "Yuan Kai, you don't know, since the money from the central government arrived in Guangzhou, do you know what those businessmen can do?
They bought carload after carload of fruit from Zhejiang and Fujian, and bought it as if they didn't want money from their mothers. When these fruits arrived in Guangzhou, many of them could not be eaten, so they were used by this group of people to feed livestock and domestic animals. Kittens and puppies!

What a fucking waste of money!Now, not only in Guangdong, but also in neighboring provinces, prices have risen by [-]% to [-]%. The local people can’t afford it. In the past, the local people could eat meat and fish for three to five days, but now they can’t eat anything. Even the price of vegetables has doubled. "

"The common people are getting poorer and poorer, and all the money goes into the pockets of these people."

Chen Jinghe drank heavily, and it didn't take long for him to start talking drunk.

"If this continues, the common people will scold their mothers and rebel."

Yan Yuankai was taken aback by these words, and he quickly covered Chen Jinghe's mouth.

"Hey, my prince, you need someone who knows how to talk all the time. I haven't married a wife yet, so I don't want to die unjustly."

"Okay, I won't tell."

Chen Jinghe knocked off Yan Yuankai's hand, staring at the latter with piercing eyes.

"I've been dealing with those greedy businessmen all my life. I wish I could hang them all. Yuan Kai, will you help me?"

Well, I am provoking someone.

Yan Yuankai smiled wryly, and then nodded heavily.

"I still say the same thing, I will hit you wherever you point, my lord."

(End of this chapter)