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Chapter 164 The Queen is sure! The vassal kings howled! Wang Shouren: I want to go outside and take a look!
Jinling Palace, Renshou Palace.

"Yunmiao, what's wrong?"

Zhu Houzhao's figure appeared in front of Xu Yunmiao's bed. After bathing, Xu Yunmiao looked as radiant as a hibiscus emerging from the water. When she heard Zhu Houzhao come in, a flash of madness flashed in the depths of her eyes.

"Your Majesty, is this Renshou Palace?"

"Where did Empress Xiaocigao and Empress Renxiao live?"

Her eyes were wide open, full of expectation and desire.

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly, took her hand directly, looked into each other's eyes, and gave her a definite answer: "Yes... this is the palace of the two orthodox queens of the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden force came. Unexpectedly, he was pulled forward by Xu Yunmiao.

"Your Majesty! I want to be the queen!"

This woman is so crazy!

Zhu Houzhao's mouth was gagged, and he didn't know where this woman got the strength to turn him over and hold him down... Good guy!

Zhu Houzhao was not polite anymore, how could she be allowed to take the initiative!
"Yunmiao! You are my queen today!"

"In the days to come, just like today, you will be in charge of financial power for me!"

The madness after the financial crisis is just like this...after huge pressure, you need the most instinctive outlet.

Both of them seemed to have found a special way to celebrate after victory. Even if a touch of red appeared, Zhu Houzhao discovered that Xu Yunmiao had amazing fighting power...

……

"after……"

"But I have to change my tune!"

"Our Ming Dynasty has welcomed the second Queen Xu..."

Liu Jin listened to the voices inside and waved his hands... The eunuchs and maids even automatically surrounded the place.

Regarding President Xu who showed his magic today, Liu Jin sincerely hoped that the mistress would get her wish and continue to lead them to make money.

He believed that this Queen Xu must be more powerful than Taizong's Queen Xu.

Even though he didn't rest for almost a day and a night, he was like a loyal old dog, defending in front of Renshou Palace, not only guarding Zhu Houzhao, but also guarding his future [money path]!
He also looked up and found that Jinling was exceptionally clear tonight.

Although the bright moon has not yet reached its fifteenth day, it looks particularly perfect. It hangs high above Renshou Palace, seeming to declare that the future of the Ming Dynasty will have a new mistress.

The bright moon is in the sky!

……

Under the bright moon.

Zhu Youqian and Liu Zhong were making final confirmations on the death anniversary ceremony. Suddenly they seemed to feel something and looked up at the sky.

Immediately afterwards, Chang Shi Zhang Jingming walked in quickly.

"My lord, it's over!"

"His Majesty has just sent an oral message. Tomorrow at exactly the same time, the death anniversary ceremony will begin directly."

"Besides, I will let you be responsible for finishing tonight's situation and keep an eye on it, especially the feudal king's movements!"

Zhu Youqian nodded slightly, and then asked curiously: "Who loses and wins in this game?"

"I don't know, the situation may be a bit tragic. I heard outside that operations have been performed and some lives have been lost."

"Especially the Qinhuai River... dozens of people have jumped into the river, and there are still many people queuing up..."

"Mr. Cheng Guo and the others are heading that way..."

"Dozens of people threw themselves into the river..."

The corner of Zhu Youqi's mouth twitched, and he realized that this game might be more cruel than he imagined.

"Liu Zhong, you continue to make preparations. I'll go over there and have a look..."

Zhu Yougao explained it and hurried to Qinhuai River.

When he arrived, there were still hundreds of people crying and unwilling to leave in the Qinhuai River.

"President, it's great that you're here! In this situation... I need you to make an idea! These people have already affected the curfew before the death anniversary of Taizu. I have tried to persuade him, but it's useless..."

As soon as Huang Bao saw him, he hurried over.

Accompanying him were Chen Qing, Wu Hong, Zhu Fu and others.

"Yes, President, please make up your mind. To be honest, they are a bit miserable. If we drag them into the cell again... the lower officials will feel a little bit unbearable." Wu Hong, the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, sighed: "The cells of the Ministry of Punishment, It’s almost full.”

There was still some trouble.

After all, this game of big fish eating small fish is still played too hard.

In particular, some wealthy middle-class people went bankrupt and fell from heaven to hell. All that was left to them was some precious money.

I still need to deal with it, how should I deal with it?

Zhu Youzhao smiled bitterly. He didn't expect that he would be the one to wipe Zhu Houzhao's butt. Huang Bao is already the vice president. For this kind of thing, if he can't stick to the pan, he won't stick to the pan. What stands out is his smoothness.

"The president... is not good!"

"Now, many people have gathered in the palaces of various feudal princes!"

"They all seem to be forcing the feudal kings to acquire their treasures..."

"The feudal lord asks for help!"

The house leaked and it rained all night, and bad news soon came.

"During the anniversary of Taizu's death, I'm warning them again! If they don't listen, they will be taken directly to prison!"

Facing the expectant eyes of everyone, Zhu Youqi knew that he was going to be the bad guy. He just looked at those people sympathetically and gave the order decisively.

"Yes!"

Wu Hong, Chen Qing, Zhu Fu and others acted quickly.

"The feudal lord..."

"Huang Bao, what do you suggest we do here?"

Facing the situation of the vassal king, Zhu Youqi really didn't understand. Anyway, his younger brothers learned the lesson severely. In just one half, they lost heartily.

Thinking about Anhua Wang Ning Wang and others who persisted longer, he could also imagine their fate.

Zhu Houzhao's plan to harvest the vassal kings was obviously successful!
"President... I suggest that you come forward and tell everyone that... this treasure banknote transaction is not over. It will continue after the anniversary of Taizu's death. Leave them my thoughts and hopes... His Majesty also That’s what it means.” Huang Bao suggested.

"Are you coming again? Isn't this time enough?"

Zhu Youyi was really afraid of this game.

"President, it's not us who has the final say now, it's... everyone still wants to continue this game and want to make a comeback! By the way, I also suggest that it is best not to let the princes cash out any money, so that they can not If you show up, don’t show up.”

"After tonight and the past few days... everyone will be able to calm down."

"All right……"

"go!"

Zhu Youqi rushed to the palaces of the vassal kings again. Under the persuasion of the army and the president...it took almost two hours to finally calm down the commotion.

In order to prevent chaos, they even used the most legitimate excuse of the death anniversary to implement the strictest curfew policy.

After several policies, Jinling finally calmed down completely.

But even so... Even though many people were extremely tired this night, they had no intention of falling asleep.

……

"Get in!"

"Get the labor and management in!"

"Don't listen! Beat me!"

In the cell of Dali Temple, Wang Shouren found that the quiet cell suddenly became lively.

His special single room was now filled with seven people.

I don’t know what happened outside. The guards became irritable and the prisoners became manic. After experiencing a lot of turmoil, the cell finally became quiet.

"I'm so stupid, I'm so stupid... I should have thrown it out at 360..."

"I just knew that those bookmakers would smash the market...but I didn't expect that I would still be so greedy..."

"I am so silly!"

Silence is relative. Wang Shouren found that after this special group of prisoners came in, each of them was like a zombie, leaning against the wall or lying on the ground numbly, their eyes twitching occasionally, and their mouths murmuring, not caring where they were. environment.

Wang Shouren couldn't help but become curious and tried to communicate with these people.

Because he found that these people had shadows of his past.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him.

Even the jailer had no intention of paying attention to him.

He could only look at the overcrowded but extremely strange cell and doubt his life?
What happened outside?
He really wants to go outside now!

……

"Did you hear the news?"

"This treasure transaction is not over. There will be Taizu's birthday in three months. This news was announced by the president on behalf of His Majesty! The news is true!"

"Maybe we can make a comeback!"

At the inn, Liu Haiyuan's eyes regained some of their sparkle, and the others also brightened up.

"Really? After recovery, will the treasure banknotes still be two hundred and thirty taels per hand?"

Others wanted to be more sure of the matter.

"This is the same as the previous market closure, except that this time the market closure is a little longer, probably a few days."

The financial market is so magical, and there is always hope hanging on people.

"Three months!"

"We have enough time to go home and make adequate preparations!"

"This time! We were careless after all! First, we didn't have enough money! We didn't become a big banker! Second,... we were too greedy! Third, this is our first time with this thing, so we are not skilled enough!"

"Yes! The biggest problem is lack of money!"

"After returning home this time, we should mobilize everyone to raise money together! Let these Hui merchants and Shanxi merchants even transport these guys by water to see the strength of our maritime merchants!"

"Did we lose a lot this time? On average... only about a hundred thousand silver per person!"

"Also... the market looks scary this time, but actually now... it's only 5,000 lots, about 10 million taels of silver! Is it possible that we don't have enough 5 million taels of silver?"

"Also... the time is too short! I heard that Huizhou merchants, Shanxi merchants and even those from the north didn't have time to enter the venue..."

"Three months... By then everyone has entered the market, and the treasure banknotes will definitely rise to 500 taels per lot!"

"By the way, there are also trading rules, and there are some unreasonable things!" People are naturally not willing to fail, not to mention... After reviewing the transaction, they can find various subjective reasons.

Too greedy and too little money, but they did not deny that this game was too black-hearted.

The emergence of this game actually guided them to another way to make more money than the voyage to the West.

They want to turn away from reality and go straight to finance.

A period of self-reflection and self-encouragement, as well as the bright future they longed for, finally convinced themselves.

However, after all, the comfort in their hearts...cannot hide their loss and low mood.

This mood also goes well with the solemn atmosphere of the death anniversary.

The next day, when Liu Haiyuan and the others attended the solemn anniversary of Taizu's death, they were shocked to discover...

All the civil and military officials who came to attend the death anniversary ceremony all had the same expressions as the deceased mother, and no one had a relaxed face.

Especially the feudal kings.

When they held hundreds of thousands of treasure notes and burned them to pay homage, each one of them was so heartbroken that they began to cry. The cries were louder than the last, and their expressions were as sad as they could be.

Under the exaggeration of their true feelings, some officials actually burst into tears.

Liu Haiyuan and the others almost laughed out loud, feeling that their depressed mood was much better.

People are like this. When they see others being more unlucky than themselves, their hearts will instantly become balanced.

Especially Liu Haiyuan and the others knew that...the feudal king might really be heartbroken, because the treasure notes being burned now were, in a sense, really money!
The treasure banknotes are still two hundred and thirty taels per lot!
Ten hands of treasure banknotes are worth two thousand three hundred taels.

One hundred hands of treasure banknotes are worth twenty-three thousand taels!

Although these are paper, after all, they were obtained by the lords in exchange for real money and silver.

Now, it's all burned!
"Your Majesty! I want to impeach King Anhua! He is unfilial!"

"He only burned twenty hands of treasure banknotes! Our Prince of Ming Dynasty, who has been in power for more than a hundred years! Did he only use more than 10,000 coins of treasure banknotes to pay homage to our ancestors?"

"If Taizu has knowledge under the spring, he has a spirit in heaven! Even the treasure banknotes are not enough! Wouldn't it make other emperors laugh!"

Perhaps the feudal kings were not suffering enough, or perhaps they wanted to heal their own pain, but the feudal kings were all so miserable.

At the festival, there were also censors who complained directly on the spot and stared at the vassal kings!
"Yes! Your Majesty, the vassal king and others are not filial enough!"

"By burning this little treasure, are you asking Taizu to continue begging for food down there!?"

"They are unfilial and disrespectful to Taizu!"

The charge of the imperial censors also made some ministers react, and they followed suit and added insult to injury.

They want revenge, who told the vassal king not to take over!

"Woooo! No! Your Majesty, we are already filial enough! These are really our money!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Your Majesty! We are so miserable... Taizu, we are not unfilial!"

The vassal kings were impeached on the spot, and they cried even louder. They never expected that these people had no sympathy, and they would add insult to injury and beat up the drowned dog.

"It's indeed a little short! Let's burn at least 200,000 treasure notes per person next!"

Zhu Houzhao followed the advice of the imperial censors and knew that everyone needed a channel to vent their anger, so he directly and ruthlessly pushed the vassal kings out.

"Two hundred thousand! No..."

"Taizu!!"

The cries and screams of the feudal princes became louder, which further demonstrated the effectiveness of this death anniversary. This death anniversary ceremony was very successful.

Moreover...the tragic fate of the feudal kings finally acted as a catharsis for their emotions.

In the next two or three days.

The process of paying homage to the ancestors of the feudal lord has become a repertoire.

Some people who lost money spontaneously ran to Xiaoling, stared at the feudal princes burning money, and witnessed the painful wails of the feudal princes. After seeing enough, they left with a psychological balance and contentment.

This invisible catharsis finally allowed Jinling to slowly return to normal and calm.

A crisis has finally been slowly abated.

However, the problem still exists.

……

"Your Majesty, the situation is not optimistic now."

"After this transaction, all the areas around Jinling... are in a situation of shortage of silver!"

"There is no money in the hands of the common people, no, even the rich... As a result, the goods at Jiangdongmen Wharf are unsaleable, and all industries in the city are also in decline, and business in all walks of life has plummeted."

"It's the anniversary of Taizu's death, and there are not many activities. I can't see..."

"But once normalcy returns, I'm afraid that the money shortage situation in Jinling will be repeated one after another in Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Xuzhou..."

On the anniversary of his death, he did not have to stay in Xiaoling all day long. During this period, Zhu Houzhao took the lead in worshiping for three hours every day. At other times, he could deal with other affairs.

And the most urgent thing.

Xu Yunmiao told him some not-so-optimistic news.

They made too much money from this feast, and they were the only one in the family, so... almost 60% of the money in the market was in their hands.

If money does not flow in your hands, it is equivalent to having no money, which will cause an economic crisis.

This situation is very similar to what Cleveland described after the economic crises in the United States in 1837 and 1857.

Zhu Houzhao understood it as soon as he heard it.

However, the specific performance of the Ming Dynasty was different. It was always an agricultural society, producing and selling its own goods. There were not many workers, and its ability to withstand financial shocks was actually stronger.

But even so... As a big city in the country, Jinling's business has been severely affected.

The consequences of the business downturn...Xu Yunmiao and Zhu Houzhao still can't see it.

However, the civil uprising caused by the money shortage in Jinling is very likely to be staged in Yangzhou, Suzhou and other places. This has to be guarded against for the stability of the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Is there any way?"

Zhu Houzhao frowned. He didn't want to see chaos around Jinling, so that the Northern Cabinet would find an excuse to let him go back.

He also realized that if he let go of the financial weapon, it would be really difficult to control it.

"Your Majesty, the current situation is... maybe we have to spend the money to return it to the hands of businessmen or the people..."

Under this large-scale financial experiment, Xu Yunmiao obviously has economic thinking and is aware of the regulatory role of finance.

"The second is to continue sucking blood...continue to maintain the prosperity of the Xihua Street Baobao trading market. As long as the Baobao trading market continues to be open and everyone continues to speculate in Baochao, there will continue to be a steady flow of money from all over the country flowing into Jinling... "

"However, once the transaction is too fast and the banker absorbs a large amount of money... it will still lead to excessive concentration of money."

"So... the Baobao trading market can be reopened, but I'm afraid it won't be able to repeat the frequent transactions it did before."

"Also... we also need to set limits on price increases and decreases. We can't let money flow so fast in the Baobao market..."

Xu Yunmiao was obviously very good at summarizing, and he quickly realized that their previous transactions were too barbaric and arrogant.

Looking back now, she also realizes that she must establish a more complete trading rule.

"Spend money... and continue to open treasure banknote transactions?"

The advice given by Xu Yunmiao was unexpected by Zhu Houzhao.

Spend money, he will.

Among the several major events he announced at the previous court meeting, none of them was a big waste of money.

But there is a problem.

"Yun Miao, if I spend the money, I will...let Huang Bao and the others build a fleet to sail to the West, or launch a war against the Japanese country, or...I will issue treasure money to attract the Western barbarians. It will all cost money."

"The question is...my money has been spent, is there anything left?"

Yes, Zhu Houzhao's thinking was still restricted. After finally becoming rich, he could not go back.

Only when he has millions of silver in his hand at any time can he feel safe.

"Your Majesty, you have forgotten... the Jinling Baobao trading market! As long as everyone continues to speculate in Baobao, the money you spent will eventually return to our hands!"

"Just like before... when we were speculating on treasure notes, we were lending money to the feudal princes while speculating. Their money was back in our hands within a few seconds!"

"The current Jinling Baobao Trading Market is obviously our wallet!"

"As long as it keeps running, we can always raise a lot of money!"

"This is faster than your Majesty collecting taxes!"

Xu Yunmiao dismissed his worries, obviously knowing this better than Zhu Houzhao.

"Uh……"

"Wait a minute, financial power... seems to cost money!"

Xu Yunmiao's advice finally made Zhu Houzhao suddenly enlightened. He suddenly found that he had money in his hand, and his eyes were covered unconsciously. He almost forgot that the use of financial power means spending money.

"Yun Miao, you are simply my female Zhuge! You are truly my good wife!"

"Hahaha! I understand! I finally understand!"

This sudden enlightenment allowed Zhu Houzhao to integrate what he had seen recently and the theoretical knowledge gained in the chat group, making him feel suddenly enlightened.

In addition to being so excited, he couldn't help hugging Xu Yunmiao and kissed her, feeling grateful once again to have accepted this woman.

"Your Majesty...what do you understand?"

Xu Yunmiao blushed and noticed the looks of the palace maids and eunuchs.

"I understand how to spend money!"

"I also understand how to spend Xiaoling's two million taels of silver!"

Zhu Houzhao cheered for joy, hugging Xu Yunmiao and spinning around in circles. He even spilled the beans unconsciously for a moment.

"Xiaoling, two million?" Xu Yunmiao caught his loophole.

Zhu Houzhao was embarrassed, and then he thought that he was the second big winner in the Jinling Baobao Trading Market before he had time to tell Xu Yunmiao.

"Yunmiao, I want to tell you something, don't be angry..."

After thinking about it for a while, Zhu Houzhao decided to tell Xu Miaoyun.

Let him use the money printing machine instead of giving it to Xu Yunmiao. Xu Yunmiao's performance has proved that she can make money better than she does!
The money printing machine and two million taels will play a greater role in Xu Yunmiao's hands.

Of course, the two million taels of Zhu Houzhao would not be given to Xu Yunmiao. He also wanted to develop the army.

"Your Majesty...it was you who took away two million..."

"You know this kind of thing...why didn't you tell me earlier..."

Then, after Xu Yunmiao heard what he said, she was naturally shocked and speechless.

(End of this chapter)