Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 451 Bonds
In fact, as the number of matters that Emperor Chongzhen intervened increased, the more he learned, the more he could clearly feel that there were pairs of invisible hands in places that he could not see, secretly doing things that hindered or obstructed .

Can this problem be solved?

can.

Use the secret service organization of Jinyiwei to monitor the officials.

The military government, dominated by the army, deters the court.

Use the power eunuchs of the eunuch group to fight against the officials and gentry.

But the above-mentioned roads all have great disadvantages, and they will bury many hidden dangers for the operation of the entire Ming Dynasty, and they are all unworkable.

"Get up, this has nothing to do with you."

Emperor Chongzhen let out a soft cry, and said, "Wang Banban, you go to the Wenhua Palace yourself and ask all the cabinet ministers to come. I want to settle this matter."

"Here!"

Wang Chengen responded immediately.

The emergence, development, and prosperity of the imperial examination system, after more than a thousand years of precipitation, the rise and fall of countless dynasties, gradually broke the pattern of family monopoly, allowing the imperial power to be improved for a long time, and the poor family can enter the officialdom, but as time goes by, Dragon slaying warriors will eventually become evil dragons, but they give birth to a privileged group centered on scholars.

Saving Daming is a systemic issue, which depends not on the system, but on the courage to break the cages one by one. In a real sense, everyone will be calm before the law, the so-called privileges will be narrowed, and new paths will be explored for development instead of the old ones. Replace the bottle with new wine, pretending to be a fake.

In fact, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the previous dynasties, what ensures the stability of the ruling foundation is the value produced on this land.

However, the feudal nature of the small-scale peasant economy often concentrated a large amount of wealth and land in the hands of a small group of people in the late dynasty.

"I just wanted to do something beneficial to Daming, but there were so many people who secretly opposed me in this way."

Emperor Chongzhen leaned on the dragon chair and said with a slight smile: "If you want to control the vested interests to a reasonable range, the political struggle behind it is so fierce.

If it weren't for maintaining stability in this complicated and ever-changing mess, I really would have thought of nothing, and simply and rudely killed you one after another.

But the consequences are too great and the impact is too great. If it is serious, it can even cause rebellions in all places under the Ming Dynasty.

This is the danger of private land ownership. "

Looking at the memorials in front of him, Emperor Chongzhen thought a lot about how to properly resolve the great crisis of historical inertia that the Ming Dynasty entered into the later period of rule and gradually collapsed, involving too many levels.

stable.

It is the premise to guarantee everything.

If everything is done under 'chaos', the final result will be more and more chaos, but if it can be done under stability, maybe a new path can be blazed.

Han Yu, Bi Ziyan, Xu Guangqi, Zhou Daodeng and other cabinet ministers all followed Wang Chengen to Qianqing Palace. If there were not some important government affairs, they would not have gathered together one by one.

After all, under the influence of Emperor Chongzhen, these ministers in the current cabinet all have their own things to do, such as Han Yu who is at the helm, Bi Ziyan who is in charge of finance, Xu Guangqi who is in charge of the Armed Forces Institute, Agricultural Science, and Warehouse, etc. Wait.

Compared with the previous cabinet, as long as the relationship with the chief inspector is good, most of the power is concentrated in the hands of the chief assistant, and the majority of the secondary assistants and group assistants have little power. That situation is different.

"Zhu Qing's family, I summoned you today for one thing."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the crowd in front of him, pointed to these memorials, and said: "I have read all the proposals submitted by the cabinet.

These memorials are very interesting. There are long-delayed memorials and recent memorials, but they are all submitted to the imperial court at this time.

The underlying meaning of what is said is also very clear. They all need to be paid. How should this problem be solved? "

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen said this, Han Yu, Bi Ziyan, and Xu Guangqi all showed different expressions, and some even lowered their heads subconsciously, their eyes flickering.

In the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, pretending to be confused is a compulsory skill. After all, in such a big environment, there are many things that cannot be changed by individuals.

"Your Majesty, the treasury may not be able to provide so much food and pay to settle these matters one by one." Bi Ziyan stepped forward, bowed and saluted, "If..."

"Of course I know that the state treasury can't afford these." Emperor Chongzhen said with a smile: "However, the internal funds can't afford these either.

Han Qing, tell me how to solve this matter. "

"minister……"

Hearing the emperor's words, Han Yu suddenly felt pressure doubled, showing hesitation, and bowed, but the words came to his lips, but he couldn't say anything.

Let's deal with these things. Han Yu also noticed something. Some long-delayed memorials were handed to him. It's strange that no one is behind this.

But it is impossible to verify who it is.

In other words, you can't check it.

Once checked, it breaks the rules.

Rules, for the officialdom of Ming Dynasty, it is one of the default rules of the game, whoever breaks it will become a public enemy.

Going up to a country, down to a clan, in the world of Daming, it is extremely stubborn to abide by the rules.

"You don't talk, do you?"

Seeing the silence of the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen calmed down and said with a smile: "Then I will find a way to sell a batch of bonds in the name of the National Tax Office under the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Ok.

Call it war bonds.

Based on the previously surveyed acres, Huangzhuang took out some of them as anchors for war bonds, which were divided into one-year, two-year, three-year, and five-year periods.

Different interest rates are used as dividends to be cashed at maturity. If the court cannot pay the silver when it expires, it will be delivered in acres of fields and cashed by bills.

What do you think? "

bond?

War bonds?

Han Yu, Bi Ziyan, and Xu Guangqi all showed expressions of surprise. They had never heard of such a thing.

How can the imperial court borrow money from the people? It is unseemly to spread the word!
"Don't rush to speak out against it."

Emperor Chongzhen stretched out his hand and continued: "Before objecting, if anyone can come up with a good solution, then I will not do it, but if I can't think of it, then this matter will be settled like this.

In order to support your cabinet and solve this financial crisis, I will spend 3 million taels of silver from the internal funds to buy war bonds. It will be five years. When it expires, the Ministry of Households will pay me this amount. batch of war bonds. "

The Ming Dynasty under the small-scale peasant economy lacked too many fields worth investing in. If we want to change the order and increase the activity of the private economy in the Ming Dynasty, we must open up some fields that are endorsed by the imperial court. Fortunately, this is the third year of Chongzhen. Rather than Chongzhen for more than ten years, the credibility of the imperial court is still strong.

Emperor Chongzhen wants to launch bonds, another purpose is to completely separate the treasury from the internal funds, so that the court will no longer have any chance, and wants to reach into the internal funds again and again, after all, the internal funds store silver. , is the start-up capital left by Emperor Chongzhen to improve productivity.

At the same time, when Ming Dynasty encountered a financial crisis, it would no longer apportion Liao’s payment, suppress payment, and training payment, but regularly sell a batch of bonds with higher returns, or war bonds, or construction bonds, or treasury bonds, etc.

Everything is difficult to do at the beginning. As long as this head can be sorted out, as long as the construction under the Ming Dynasty can develop steadily, form healthy financial revenue, give confidence to various groups, and there will be no run-on trend, then after the Ming Dynasty The road becomes much easier to walk.

(End of this chapter)