Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 213 Officially Stop Issuing Daming Treasure Banknotes
In the eyes of the ministers, this seemingly absurd operation actually had Zhu Qiyu's careful consideration in it.

Allocating the income of internal funds to the Ministry of Households, one can play the role of setting up people for the new monarch and establishing trust.Let the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and the people all over the world see the emperor's public heart for the country and the people.

Second, it can strengthen the financial resources of the Ministry of Household Affairs and prepare for the next tax cut and disaster relief.

Wars must be fought, and the land sent by Xuanzong and Sanyang must be recovered; but recuperation must also be carried out simultaneously.

If you want to grasp with both hands, both hands must be strong, then you must restrict the royal family's various extravagant and lustful behaviors.

Feeling my conscience, Zhu Qizhen has done a good job in terms of daily expenses in the past few years since he was in power: he has neither overhauled the palace nor rewarded him indiscriminately.Whether it is the concubines in the palace or the concubines' family members, compared with the previous dynasties, the treatment is relatively poor.

However, Zhu Qizhen was only frugal on his own, but it was all based on his own consciousness, and he did not reform the system.

What Zhu Qiyu wanted to do was to completely separate the internal funds from the imperial court's expenditures, and greatly abolished the internal court personnel to reduce the royal family's expenditures.

Then use the saved money to strengthen the national strength and love and support the people.

The ministers are very supportive of this. Even if the money cannot go into their own pockets, the ministers can still get benefits.

After all, at the level of the top civil servants, it is not only for money, but also for power and fame.

If the monarch and ministers can really work together, the Ming Dynasty will be rejuvenated.The ministers present can not only rely on their political achievements to firmly consolidate their current positions, but they can also gain the reputation of ZTE famous ministers even after their death.

Since there are so many benefits, why not do it.

After talking about this, Zhu Qiyu planned to leave the court and go back to the room to continue playing with women.Now a large number of his cronies have gone out on an expedition, and they have taken away most of the guards.

Therefore, Zhu Qiyu felt that it was better to stay in the house obediently. Only when the [-] battalion state guards guarding the Zijing Pass completed the task of guarding the pass and entered Beijing to garrison, could he regain his sense of security.

Now in the capital, there are only 5000 soldiers in Zhao Juan's Yingzhou Zhongwei, Hao Yi's four guards of the Imperial Horse Supervisor have more than 1 soldiers left behind, and the emperor's direct army has a total of only [-] people.

Fortunately, from Emperor Taizong to Emperor Chongzhen, the nobles and military generals did not seem to openly rebel.

Moreover, the armies that were not directly related to the emperor were basically incorporated into the three armies of the east, west, and middle, and moved thousands of miles away.

Once there is a change in the capital, Hao Yi's four guards will immediately rush into the palace, imprison the queen mother, empress, prince, and prince, and catch them all.

So now the defense in the capital is empty, the emperor is afraid, and the queen mother is also afraid.This is called beating a wolf with a hemp stick, and both ends are afraid.

And Zhu Qiyu controls [-] regular troops, has a righteous name in his hands, and has just established a huge prestige, which is obviously more advantageous.

This can also be regarded as a small temptation and test for political opponents. If someone really dares to rebel, and just take advantage of the opportunity to help Empress Dowager Sun lose face, it would be good if she died in the chaos.

Seeing the emperor getting up and going back to his room, Chen Xun hurriedly asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, the eunuch who is the supervisor of ceremonies and the admiral of Dongchang has gone to Wu Qingbo to supervise the army. The spies are making trouble, please show Your Majesty, how to prevent it?"

This question is really a test, Zhu Qiyu sat back after hearing this.

Daming's household registration system was very strict, and spies from Oirat might not have much power to cause chaos. What Chen Xun said was more to test the emperor's attitude towards Dongchang and Jinyiwei.

Civil servants were especially afraid that the emperor would revive the factory guards.

But Zhu Qiyu really didn't have this plan, not only would he not re-use Dongchang and Jinyiwei now, even if the throne was stable in the future and the power was in his hands, he didn't intend to make the factory guards too prosperous.

The factory guards of Ming Dynasty had three functions in total: defending the royal family, investigating and apprehending, and ordering and interrogating.

In defending the emperor, Dongchang and Jinyiwei are just a bunch of trash.Zhu Qiyu had no intention of torture and torture civil servants.

For Zhu Qiyu, the role of the factory guard is only one: scouting and arresting, monitoring the place.

Yes, it is to monitor the place. The capital has other arrangements, so there is no need for them to monitor.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qiyu replied: "Let Shuntian Mansion maintain law and order, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei should not be disturbed. After the war, I plan to gradually move some Jinyiwei to guard Nanjing. There are too many officers and troops in Beijing, which caused damage to the water transport. The pressure is too much.

I still have to recast the Great Wall defense line in the north, which is quite costly, so I can't waste money and food on supporting idlers. "

Hearing the words 'raising idlers', the ministers were all relieved.That's how the emperor thought of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so everyone knew that.

This is really what Zhu Qiyu said in his heart. The basis for Zhu Qiyu's doing this is: in the wonderful Daming, if you are indecisive, you have to learn from Jiajing.

Jiajing and Wanli didn't believe in Zhongchangwei, but they were the two longest reigning emperors.It can be seen from this that reusing factory guards does not make the emperor safer.

Suppressing the factory guards will not make the emperor live a short life.

At this time, civil servants are not very successful, as long as they survive the civil fort change and keep the military power from falling into the hands of the Ministry of War.Zhu Qiyu didn't intend to cleanse the civil servants in the capital on a large scale. Even if he wanted to go to war with the civil servants, it would be a matter for the successor emperor.

A generation does what a generation does. Zhu Qiyu's task now is to clean up Xuande and Zhengtong's ass.

This is the emperor's last resort, and he has to wipe it even if he endures nausea.No matter how bastard the predecessor was, the current emperor can't just quit.

Not only Xuande and Orthodox, but also Taizu and Taizong's must be wiped.

So Zhu Qiyu ordered: "The cabinet should draw up an order. From now on, stop the printing and distribution of the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes, and make a formal explanation to all provinces, feudal lords, and subordinate countries."

Chen Xun heard the words and asked quickly: "Your Majesty, after the abolition of Daming treasure banknotes, what should we do with the treasure banknotes that are currently in circulation? Although the current treasure banknotes have basically no credit at all and the transaction value is extremely low, it is still very possible to abolish them rashly." Caused turmoil.

After all, these precious banknotes may not be a big deal to the rich, but for the poor people, the sudden invalidation of the precious banknotes is also a big loss. "

Zhu Qiyu asked inexplicably: "Who said that the banknotes will be invalidated? Did I not understand what I said just now? It is to stop the printing and distribution of new banknotes.

Old treasure banknotes can still be circulated.Since it is easy to cause misunderstandings, you should clearly state in the edict that the imperial court will spend ten years gradually recovering the precious banknotes.

When the common people pay taxes, they can offset [-]% of the tax amount with treasure banknotes every year.This policy will continue for ten years, after which the Baochao will be completely abolished. "

Chen Xun asked in amazement: "Isn't Your Majesty reducing taxes by [-]% for the people in a disguised form? And it will last for ten years, so the court can't bear it?"

Zhu Qiyu teased: "Returning benefits to the people and recuperating, isn't that what Renxuan did in the prosperous age? I'm just following in the footsteps of Emperor Xuanzong.

Go ahead and do it at ease, I will definitely get you money from other places, and it will be done on the premise of not touching the interests of the majority. "

(End of this chapter)