Daming: I can’t kill such a greedy prince-in-law?

"You can buy gold with the new treasure notes? Isn't that too much?"

After hearing Ouyang Lun's words, a cabinet minister spoke up.

"That's right! If the common people buy gold after getting the new treasure notes, won't our Ming Dynasty's treasury go bankrupt?"

Another cabinet minister raised the question.

The other cabinet ministers also looked puzzled at this moment, and obviously did not support Ouyang Lun's suggestion.

Even the retired emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and the emperor Zhu Biao frowned and did not express either agreement or disagreement.

Seeing this, Li Shanchang naturally would not miss this opportunity.

"Prince Consort Ouyang, you have a really good idea. If we issue new notes, how can we take back the old ones? Where can we get so much gold? And how can we distinguish the new notes from the old ones? These are all problems!"

"It's not something you can decide with just one sentence!"

After Li Shanchang finished speaking, he bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao and said, "Your Majesty, I think that issuing new treasure notes requires your caution and you must not make a rash decision!"

Ouyang Lun shook his head and said, "Master Li and all the masters, we are here today to solve the problem. The currency issue is related to the well-being of the people of Ming Dynasty. This is a problem and that is a problem. If you don't solve it because you are afraid of the problem, what is the difference between you and salted fish?"

"Why can't the new treasure notes be used to buy gold? Can't the old treasure notes be used to buy gold? Oh. It seems that it really can't be used, because no one is willing to exchange their gold for other people's treasure notes. This is the root of the problem with the old treasure notes now!"

"The new treasure notes can be used to buy gold anytime and anywhere. This is an anchor given by the court to the new treasure notes. It makes people think that once they have the new treasure notes, they will go to buy gold. That is completely like having nothing to do when they are full!"

"Once the new treasure notes are accepted by the people, they will know that the new treasure notes can even buy gold. Then what can't they buy?"

Um! ! !
After hearing Ouyang Lun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and others showed a look of enlightenment in their eyes.

Yup!

Once the people believe that this new treasure note can even buy gold, and is worth the same as gold, then this new treasure note will be the most valuable currency in the entire Ming Dynasty!

Li Shanchang said sarcastically: "If the old treasure notes couldn't do it, how can the new treasure notes do it? When the Ming treasure notes were first issued, they could buy gold of the same value. It's just that it can't be done now."

Ouyang Lun said calmly: "That's because the old treasure notes are not anchored to gold. They are based on the reputation of the Ming Dynasty court. Reputation has no specific value. In addition, the number of Ming Dynasty treasure notes issued is increasing, which leads to a lower and lower value of the treasure notes!"

"I have explained the truth many times. If Lord Li still doesn't understand, I guess you need to make up for it when you come down!"

Ouyang Lun looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, "Your Majesty, in order to make the new treasure notes stable and have better purchasing power, in addition to binding them to gold, the Ming Dynasty will gradually cancel the status of gold and silver as currencies, allowing them to return to the market and become commodities!"

"In the future, the Ming Dynasty will only have one legal tender, which is the new Baochao. This will completely unify the currency and solve all the problems caused by the multitude of currencies!"

"In order to unify the management of currency, I suggest that the right to issue currency be handed over to the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty. In addition, in order to maintain the stability of currency, a new institution needs to be established!"

After Ouyang Lun said these words, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and a group of cabinet ministers were all confused.

Give the right to issue currency to the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty? !
Establishing a new organization?!

What the hell!

Did Ouyang Lun think they were all fools? The Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, which was Ouyang Lun's territory. This was equivalent to Ouyang Lun controlling the right to mint coins!

Ouyang Lun, you are so bold to think and speak!

Besides, you, Ouyang Lun, want to set up a new organization? Do you think your power is not big enough?
Even Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Biao couldn't help but look at each other at this moment, wondering what Ouyang Lun was up to.

Zhu Biao thought for a while and said, "Brother-in-law Ouyang, there is no problem in handing over the coinage rights to the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty. After all, the Ministry of Revenue has always been in charge of money and taxes. I also believe that you can do a good job."

“Just why set up another institution?”

Zhu Biao frowned slightly when he said this. "In the past two years, the court has added new civil servants, many state-owned enterprises and central enterprises, and new institutions such as the Tax Inspection Bureau have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. The number of court officials has increased. I am worried that the institutions of the Ming Dynasty will be too bloated in the future!"

Zhu Yuanzhang also spoke at this time, "Ouyang Lun, if the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty is to be responsible for issuing new banknotes, then it will be independent from the Ministry of Revenue. You will be the first president, but you will be directly responsible to the emperor!"

"But I am not quite satisfied with the reasons you gave for issuing new banknotes!"

"As for setting up a new institution, if you don't give us and the emperor a reasonable reason, we and the emperor will not agree."

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not know that many state-owned enterprises and central enterprises had been established in recent years? Even if Ouyang Lun was not in charge of these state-owned enterprises and central enterprises, Ouyang Lun had a great influence on them. As long as Ouyang Lun raised his hand, these forces could be used by Ouyang Lun.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang did not intervene was mainly because these state-owned enterprises and central enterprises could bring considerable profits to the Ming Dynasty, and did not involve core rights. If he no longer wanted these state-owned enterprises and central enterprises one day, it would only take an imperial edict.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang became alert about the fact that the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty was granted the right to mint coins. However, the currency problem still needed to be solved by Ouyang Lun, and it would not be good to directly reject it. Moreover, since the emergence of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty, the economy of Ming Dynasty had indeed stabilized a lot, and Zhu Yuanzhang still approved of it. So Zhu Yuanzhang thought of separating the Central Bank from the Ministry of Revenue and raising it to the same level as the Ministry of Revenue. Ouyang Lun would be the first president, and he would replace him after Ouyang Lun had sorted out everything!

In this way, there is no need to worry about the right to mint coins falling into Ouyang Lun's hands.

After hearing what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao said, Ouyang Lun didn't mind. He could understand Zhu Biao's worries. As for Zhu Yuanzhang's calculations, if he didn't do that, he wouldn't be Zhu Yuanzhang!

He had never thought of taking control of the Ming Dynasty's coinage rights. He would even have been willing to give up his position as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet to anyone who wanted him. Unfortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao would not let him do that!

He makes people do things, but also has to be on guard against people. This is the emperor.

In response to what Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao said, all the cabinet ministers not only did not laugh at Ouyang Lun, but instead looked at him with jealousy and envy!

It is hard to believe that a minister openly asked the emperor for the right to mint coins, but was not even reprimanded in return. If it were someone else, he would probably suspect that you were plotting a rebellion.

The key is that Ouyang Lun was very calm from beginning to end!
At this time, Ouyang Lun spoke up, "Your Majesty, I have no objection to the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty being separated from the Ministry of Revenue. I have already made a sample of the new treasure notes, please have a look at it!" Pa Pa -

As Ouyang Lun applauded, several maids came in with plates. Several banknotes could be seen on the plates, which were brought to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and other cabinet ministers.

When it arrived in front of Li Shanchang, it was gone.

"Prince Consort Ouyang, I don't have it here!" Li Shanchang asked depressedly.

"I'm sorry, I only prepared these few copies today, and I didn't prepare any for Lord Li. You can take a look after the other lords have finished reading them." Ouyang Lun said with a smile.

"." Li Shanchang's mouth twitched with anger.

Everyone else was so engrossed in the new banknotes that they couldn't take their eyes off them.

“It’s so beautiful!”

"The patterns and designs on this banknote, as well as the feel of this banknote, are simply works of art!"

"Look! There's a portrait of the emperor on it! It's a 100-liang silver coin, the one with the largest denomination!"

"The emperor has set the limit at fifty taels. What a brilliant idea!"

"Other banknotes also have the Great Wall, the Imperial Palace of the Ming Dynasty, railways, the army, etc. These are the most eye-catching parts of our Ming Dynasty!"

"Great! If this really becomes the only currency of our Ming Dynasty, it would be an honor to use it!"

The cabinet ministers were talking about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang and his son Zhu Biao were also extremely shocked after seeing the banknotes, especially when they saw their portraits were actually printed on the coins. This meant that they would be revered for all eternity, and they were very happy!
The father and son looked at each other and reached an agreement in a very short time.

"well!"

"This coin makes me happy!" Zhu Yuanzhang held the hundred-liang banknote with his portrait printed on it and smiled.

"Brother-in-law, this new treasure banknote is so exquisitely made, the cost must be very high, right? Will it be difficult to produce?!" Zhu Biao certainly also liked such exquisite banknotes, and asked quickly.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. The printing workshop has upgraded its technology and has mastered this printing process. It is troublesome, but producing coins is only slightly more difficult than printing newspapers. If we build a special printing workshop for printing banknotes and run it at full capacity, the speed can reach one tenth of that of printing newspapers!"

"If it could be one-tenth the speed of printing newspapers, then it wouldn't be a problem." Zhu Biao knew very well how fast newspapers are printed now. Even if it was ten times slower, it could fully meet the demand for paper money.

Now the cabinet ministers became even more envious and jealous of Ouyang Lun.

Ouyang Lun, you are really capable!

If you can make such exquisite banknotes, what else can't you do?

When they thought of this, the cabinet ministers' attitude towards Ouyang Lun changed.

"Prince Consort Ouyang's talent is truly amazing. It is a great honor for the Ming Dynasty to have Prince Consort Ouyang!"

"Haha, I've actually long been optimistic about Prince Consort Ouyang's idea of ​​solving the currency problem. If we use such exquisite new banknotes to replace the old ones, all currency problems will be solved!"

"The original old banknotes were still affected by counterfeit banknotes. Now we have such exquisite and precise banknotes. It is impossible for others to make them. The people will definitely like them!"

"I support Prince Consort Ouyang's currency solution!"

"I support this, too!"

Seeing these cabinet ministers changing their expressions one after another, Li Shanchang felt very uncomfortable and even looked down on these ministers.

But when Li Shanchang saw that other cabinet ministers had clearly expressed their support and he was the only one who had not expressed his opinion,
"Li Shanchang, what do you think about this?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked Li Shanchang.

"I, your old minister, also support this." After saying this, Li Shanchang suddenly lost all his strength.

"Brother-in-law, let's follow your plan for the new currency. What is the new institution you want to establish?" Zhu Biao asked again.

"In reply to your Majesty, the new agency I mentioned is called the Securities and Exchange Commission! It is responsible for monitoring all economic activities. As the economy of the Ming Dynasty grows larger and larger, economic activities will become more and more complicated! Just like the Ming Central Bank, the Stock Exchange, the major silver cabinets, etc. that we just mentioned, these transactions are all financial activities that need to be monitored to prevent some people from embezzling from them!"

"Once the economy develops, the harm of economic crimes is often greater than that of ordinary crimes. Therefore, the existence of the Securities Regulatory Bureau is extremely necessary. What I suggest is that the level of the Securities Regulatory Bureau should be as high as that of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, or even half a level higher! It should also be directly controlled by His Majesty the Emperor!"

Securities Regulatory Bureau?!
Why does this look so familiar?
Isn't this the Jinyiwei? ! It's just that the scope of accusation is limited to banks, silver boxes, exchanges and other financial fields.

Ouyang Lun is really cruel. He not only wants the right to mint coins, but also the power of supervision!
Just when Zhu Biao was about to ask, Li Shanchang couldn't help but speak first, "Your Majesty, I have no objection to Prince Consort Ouyang's plan to set up a new Securities Regulatory Bureau, but I think the person in charge of the Securities Regulatory Bureau needs to be carefully selected!"

"After all, Prince Consort Ouyang is the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet. He controls the Ministry of Revenue, the Taxation Inspection Department, the Imperial Clan Court, and many other key government offices. He also shoulders many tasks and is very busy. The Securities and Futures Commission is responsible for monitoring financial issues, so it must be even busier. We can't let Prince Consort Ouyang do everything."

"If this gets out, the people of the Ming Dynasty will think that there is no one left in the Ming Dynasty and that Prince Consort Ouyang can only do everything!"

Li Shanchang was determined this time.

Since we can't stop it, then just intercept it!
Didn’t you, Ouyang Lun, say that you wanted to take over the CSRC? Then I will snatch the CSRC away from you. This is called picking peaches. When the time comes, I will use the CSRC to keep a close eye on you, Ouyang Lun. If you find any behavior of corruption or bribery, you will be arrested immediately!
He and Ouyang Lun have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, and Li Shanchang can be said to have been defeated time and time again, but he also learned a lot from it. It is not just about blindly denying Ouyang Lun's ideas, but to find ways to use Ouyang Lun's ideas for his own benefit!
This time, the CSRC is a good example!

If I could control the Securities Regulatory Bureau, it would be no less than controlling a "Jinyiwei"! (End of this chapter)