The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 133
"Lang'er, you are finally willing to come back..."

As soon as she returned to Qianqing Palace, Queen Zhou began to complain.

In the past few months, her son was not around, and everything was on her body. Although there were fast horses going back and forth to Datong in the capital every day, she still lived like walking on eggshells, cautiously, for fear of any mistakes.

"Mother, you've worked hard for me these past few months. My son wanted to return to Beijing earlier, but the Tumote Department just returned, and he was really worried, so he stayed for an extra month."

Zhu Cihong explained helplessly, with a trace of apology on his face.

"Oh, it's really hard for you. Fortunately, that Duo'er is considered well-behaved and sensible. From now on, we can get along in harmony and avoid fighting again."

Thinking that her son not only completely solved the border town problem that had plagued Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years, but also subdued the Tumote Ministry this time, Empress Zhou also had a trace of pride on her face.

"Hehe, there won't be any major problems in the two places for a few years." Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hands, also very satisfied with this trip to Datong.

Not only rectified the guard system, obtained a lot of money and food, but also solved the problem of the urgent shortage of war horses.

Then he asked with concern: "Mother, how is the disaster situation in various places? How much food is left?"

"The disaster situation in various places has basically stabilized, but the capital has only reserved a million shi of grain, and the rest has been shipped to various places along with those from the south of the Yangtze River. The silver has not been distributed, and there are nearly 2000 million taels. By the way, Auntie Niang and Yinger just sent it yesterday, you can see for yourself..."

Empress Zhou picked up the memorabilia on the table as she spoke, her voice trembling a little.

"what?"

"There are 8000 million taels of silver alone..." Zhu Cihong took it curiously, and then his eyes widened.

"That's right! I never thought that those nobles in the south of the Yangtze River are so rich. Compared with them in the capital..." Empress Zhou had a look of emotion. When she received the memorial yesterday, she almost fainted from fright. .

"I thought I copied a lot of money in Xuanfu Datong this time, but compared with Auntie and the others, they are nothing compared to the big witches. These damn honorables are really hateful and stupid. Send them It’s really cheaper for them to go to Qiongzhou.”

Looking at the dazzling array of mansions, estates, and all kinds of jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings above, Zhu Cihong was both excited and angry.

Historically, even if these guys donated one-tenth of their family property to support Chongzhen, Daming would probably not perish.

It's a shame that he is sitting on tens of millions of wealth, but he is reluctant to spend a cent. In the end, not only is he a slave for nothing, but he can't even keep his own life, and his wife and daughter are reduced to other people's playthings.

I don't know what it means to live with the country at all, I don't know who the wealth is obtained by, and I think I can compare with those gentry and landlords.

Leaving Daming, they are not the same fart.

Afterwards, Liu Xinlan introduced the situation of the imperial stores in various places. Hearing that the imperial stores had spread throughout the north, Zhu Cihong was also very excited.

"Lang'er, this disaster relief is thanks to the imperial stores all over the place. Xinlan, the head manager, is much more competent than the queen mother."

"Your Majesty is embarrassing this servant, and this servant is just following the instructions of Your Majesty and Your Majesty." Liu Xinlan quickly waved her hand.

"You don't need to be modest. This time the disaster relief works well. From now on, you don't need to go through the hands of those corrupt officials for money and food matters."

Zhu Cihong waved his hand. In fact, only three departments were used for this disaster relief. The imperial stores in various places were in charge of specific matters, the Jinyiwei provided information, the East Factory supervised, and the general soldiers of various regions and the auxiliary soldiers of the Fifth Army were responsible for assisting in the escort of food and supplies. It was completely useless. Various yamen.

"By the way, Xinlan, you can't always rely on the army to escort the supplies of the Huangdian. Next, you have to set up your own convoy. Forget it, let's set up a post office."

Thinking of the future transmission of official documents, the operation of Huangdian and the bank, Zhu Cihong felt that it was still necessary to build a fast and huge transportation network.

It's a shame that the post station of the Ming Dynasty was slaughtered by his father. I don't know what he thought at the beginning. It only takes one sentence to dismantle this thing. If you want to rebuild it, it will be really troublesome and laborious.

If the station system is still there, it will be much easier to reform and improve on the original basis.

"Your Majesty, please also show me the specific functions of the postal supervisor." Liu Xinlan hurriedly asked for instructions.

These trivial matters, Zhu Cihong now tries to let others do it as much as possible, so he explained to her the express delivery operation mode in his previous life in detail.

In the future, in addition to delivering official documents from various places, postal supervisors will also be responsible for transporting goods from various places, mainly by ship and vehicle. For the time being, only internal goods will be transported, and in the future they will also be transported to other merchants.

As for the reception of business travel and accommodation for past officials, it is completely contracted to the local businessmen to build inns and operate them, and the imperial court will not interfere.

After sending off Empress Zhou and Liu Xinlan, Zhu Cihong was just about to take Lan Duoer for a stroll around the palace when Princess Kunxing rushed over again.

"Brother Huang, when will the bank be established? My sister is waiting for you. You see, this is the new banknote printed by the Banknote Division according to your order, and the ingot minted by the Bank of China..."

After finishing speaking, Princess Kunxing took the trays from the maids' hands and showed them to Zhu Cihong.

Obviously, in the past few months, in addition to learning Arabic numerals and new accounting methods, I have also been very concerned about the establishment of a bank.

I have to go to the Baochao Department almost every day, and the supervisor of the Banking Bureau. If it hadn't been for the pressure of Queen Zhou, I am afraid that Zhu Cihong would have written to Zhu Cihong for instructions, or established it directly.

"Oh! Brother Huang, take a look first..."

Zhu Cihong was naturally interested in the establishment of the bank, and he planned to take a look at it tomorrow, so he immediately took the banknotes and ingots and began to look at them.

"Brother Huang, is the denomination of this precious banknote too small? The largest denomination is only half a tael, and the paper and ink used are all high-quality. My sister is worried that I won't be able to make money, so I made it crudely. And I'm afraid others will imitate it." Princess Kunxing tried to say.

"Hehe, it seems that Huangmei has really put in some hard work in the past few months. In fact, this bank has no intention of making money at all, at least not in a short period of time. It is mainly used to develop business and facilitate the common people. "

Zhu Cilang smiled and waved his hands.

There are six denominations of treasure banknotes, which are one, two, five, one, two, five, one, two, and five. They are mainly used to replace copper coins.

Ten coins is one point, ten coins is one coin, ten coins is one tael, the largest five coins is only the size of a palm, and the smallest five coins is only the size of a child's palm.

The pattern on it is not complicated, except for the uppercase numbers and Arabic numerals, patterns, ingots and copper coins are printed on the front, and the year and date are printed on the back, as well as the privately printed words of the Nine Clans of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, considering that most people in this era are illiterate, the six kinds of money are divided into three colors.

One penny, one cent, one cent is red, two pennies, two cents, two cents is green, five pennies, five cents, five cents is yellow, plus the size is different, as long as you are not blind, you can tell how much it is after getting familiar with it.

Both paper and ink were manufactured according to the standards of silver notes of this era.

The ingots are the same as the ones in this era, they are all five taels of pure silver. As for the silver coins, they have not been manufactured yet. With the current technology, it is very difficult to manufacture silver coins on a large scale. He plans to do it slowly in the future.

"Brother Huang, if the denomination is larger, you can still make money."

"No need, Brother Huang is not short of money now, what is lacking is a complete financial system and a unified and standardized currency. From now on, as long as the bank does not lose money, even a little loss is acceptable."

Zhu Cilang waved his hand. If he wants to make money, he has to work hard on silver coins, especially the ones that can be blown, so that others cannot imitate them, but he doesn't know the ratio of silver, copper and lead.

"Okay, you can do whatever you want, Brother Huang, the younger sisters and the hundred maids have already mastered those numbers and accounting methods proficiently, so can you set up a bank immediately?"

Princess Kunxing obviously couldn't wait any longer.

(End of this chapter)