Ming politicians

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth is over, and the court officials are also stepping up their preparations. However, what puzzled Zhu Shenxuan and others was that the emperor's staffing of officials was severely suppressed. At that time, when the imperial examination began, you must know that the scholars who passed the examination would eventually enter the imperial court as officials.Judging from the current actual situation, even the ministers of civil and military affairs left over from the Ming court cannot arrange all of them in place.

Zhu Shenxuan neglected the biggest thing, which was the establishment of a bank. He and Su Tianhao, Minister of the Household Department, were in charge of this matter. The relationship between the two of them and Su Tiancheng was unmatched by other civil and military ministers. After all, the blood relationship here cannot be erased.

The eighth day of April.

After the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, the imperial court rested for two days. After all, after entering the capital, everyone was too busy to rest, and the imperial court had just moved to the capital, so there were too many things to deal with. Zhu Shenxuan and many others When the prime minister was chatting, he smiled and said that in a few months, he had lost nearly [-] catties. You must know that Zhu Shenxuan is very fat, and now he doesn't look fat anymore.

After resting and bathing, the early morning began immediately.

Regarding the arrangement of the early dynasty, the Jin court is also very different from the Ming court. The prime minister, the imperial envoy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the six ministers must participate in the early dynasty. In addition, the left and right servants of the six ministries, Dali Temple Qing, it turns out that all the six departments of the Ming Dynasty were directly abolished, that is, the position of the Six Departments in the Jin Dynasty did not exist, and all the supervisory powers belonged to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. All the powers, the so-called eunuchs holding pens and printing eunuchs, etc., naturally no longer exist.This means that the inner court is completely non-existent.

As for other officials, if necessary, someone will naturally notify them to rush to Qianqing Palace.

In this way, there will be a lot fewer people participating in the early court, and the pain of the Beijing officials will be reduced. There is no need to get up before dawn to participate in the so-called early court. This is the situation of the early court.Su Tiancheng has long regarded it as a huge waste. Officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital all came to the Qianqing Palace. Many things were not involved at all. Many Beijing officials who participated in the early court also stood dumbfounded.

The early dynasty of the Jin Dynasty was equivalent to the small dynasty of the former Ming Dynasty, which was a form of special consultation between the cabinet and the emperor.

This can save a lot of time.It also saves a lot of unnecessary etiquette. The early court is focused on discussing matters. As for important matters, the emperor can discuss with many prime ministers after the early court.

At Chen Shi, Su Tiancheng appeared in Qianqing Palace on time.

Before Zhu Shenxuan began to report the matter, Su Tiancheng spoke directly.

"In today's morning court, there is no need to discuss other matters. I have already said that it is an ordinary matter. You don't need to bring it here to discuss, otherwise you don't need to use your brains. It's all my thinking. It's time for you to follow me It’s not short, you should be clear about my habits, unless it involves major matters of the court. Major expenses, the appointment and removal of officials above the third rank, including the appointment and removal of some prefects, and other matters can be discussed by the prime minister, the imperial envoy and the six ministers It has been settled. In the early morning, report the situation, and implement it directly if there is no objection."

Zhu Shenxuan froze for a moment, then looked at Su Tiancheng.He was under too much pressure. The emperor did not hesitate to use people. Many important things were decided by him in consultation with Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen, Zhang Pu and others. This was unimaginable in the Ming court. At least the emperor had to worry about being ostracized, but power meant responsibility, and Zhu Shenxuan had almost no time to rest, even during the two days of Xiumu, there were too many officials in the mansion.Not to mention Zhu Shenxuan, the rest of the prime ministers are the same, even Hong Chengchou, who is in charge of the army, and Qu Qingze, who is in charge of the Ministry of punishment, are too busy. Does not look tired.

This is fate, there is no way.

There are really not many big things that Zhu Shenxuan needs to report. If you say that this period of time has passed, big and big things have been busy. The biggest thing is that Liaodong is still in the process of being stabilized. Minister of the Ministry of War and Governor Lu Xiangsheng have already gone to Liaodong directly on behalf of the court.Judging from this situation, I am afraid that the Golden Tatars will not be conquered for a while, and the silver in the treasury is not enough to support it.

Seeing Zhu Shenxuan's expression, Su Tiancheng knew that there was nothing important to discuss, and he needed to bring up the issue of establishing a bank and unified issuance of banknotes again. In fact, this was the most important issue that Su Tiancheng considered, but he never got it. Zhu Shenxuan, Yang Sichang, Fan Wencheng and others paid attention, probably they still don't know the real role of the bank, thinking that it is similar to the bank founded by merchants.

"How are the preparations for the establishment of a bank and the unified issuance of banknotes I mentioned?"

This question was thrown to Zhu Shenxuan. In fact, Su Tiancheng knew that everyone hadn't considered this matter, because such important things as the establishment of the crown prince and the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven and earth were not considered for the time being.

Zhu Shenxuan's face was a little red. He really hadn't seriously considered it yet. He and Su Tianhao were directly responsible for the unified issue of banknotes. However, such a matter was too difficult. Isn't this kind of thing inappropriate?

"Your Majesty, I have been busy with other things these days, and I haven't had time to consider the issue of banknotes. I also believe that at the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, stability was the main priority. Issuing banknotes too early may have a great impact on the court. "

Su Tiancheng stood up and walked down the steps.

"I know you don't understand. There are many reasons behind this. The unified issuance of banknotes is actually of great benefit to the imperial court. There are many similar things in history, but basically they all failed, and even shook the imperial court. As for the rule, Mr. Zhu just said that the Jin Dynasty has just been established, and suddenly doing such a big thing may affect the stability of the court. This kind of consideration is expected, and there is nothing strange about it."

"I have said that in the future court meeting, if you have any thoughts directly, I will not care even if you point to my nose. Although you did not open your mouth, I think that you are also thinking about the unification of the court." Issuing banknotes will face huge risks."

"The rationale here, let me briefly say that the unified issuance of banknotes is a double-edged sword, which has great control over the imperial court. If banknotes are issued indiscriminately, the price of goods will rise, and it will be the common people who will suffer. The situation of waiting will have a huge impact on the imperial court, and may even lead to the demise of the imperial court. In addition, if the imperial court does not have enough financial resources to support it, it will encounter great troubles in issuing currency. If you can’t buy goods, don’t you want to rebel? Now that you have decided to issue banknotes, you need to see how much currency you can issue, when to increase the amount of currency, etc., according to the actual situation of the court.”

"The benefits of banknotes, I need to emphasize that after the unified banknotes are issued, it will be much more convenient for the common people to travel and buy goods. This will have a huge impact on the basic necessities of the common people."

"At the same time, the transactions between countries in the Western Regions and our Jin court also need to be settled according to the banknotes issued by our Jin court. That is to say, the price of goods transactions is controlled by our Jin court's banknotes."

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Su Tiancheng talked for a long time. He couldn't fully explain the role of currency issuance. After all, he was not an expert in finance, so he couldn't fully understand the role of currency. However, the use of banknotes is a general trend of social development, and as the most powerful In the dynasty of the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty could completely plunder the wealth of the world by issuing banknotes. Whether it was gold, silver, or other commodities, all settlements were made in accordance with the banknotes of the Jin Dynasty. The real use of war to conquer and plunder.

Not to mention the bank, once the bank established by the Jin Dynasty prospers, it is estimated that all the gold, silver and jewelry in the world will be concentrated here. Everyone wants to save their wealth in a reassuring place. Locally, another function of the bank is to promote the banknotes uniformly formulated by the Jin Dynasty, so that the paper money can be circulated all over the world, and the wealth brought to the Jin Dynasty is huge.

Su Tiancheng believed that once the bank was established and banknotes were issued uniformly, its huge effect would be immediately manifested. At that time, the people who could hardly accept these changes would probably be the civil and military ministers in the Qianqing Palace.

After the emperor made an explanation, everyone finally understood that the establishment of a bank and the unified issuance of paper money must be done. The emperor has made up his mind and cannot be shaken.

The topic of discussion quickly shifted to this aspect.

The crowd was divided into two factions, one faction was supportive, and the number was pitifully small, that is, Su Tianhao, Minister of the Household Department, and Song Sijun, Minister of the Household Department, and Song Sijun, who could give some explanations. As for the rest of the civil and military ministers, they were all against it. Yes, or skeptical. They do not object, but they think it is very difficult to fully roll out. Whether to start a pilot project in Gyeonggi, Shandong, Nanjing and other places first, and if it is successful, roll it out fully.

After all, Song Sijun was born as a merchant, and he discussed with the emperor many times the role of banks and the unified issuance of banknotes. He knew that if these two points were achieved, merchants in Dajin would enter a new stage of development, and the benefits the court would gain from it would be It is huge, so it fully supports it, and disagrees with the establishment of a pilot project. It believes that such a thing must be rolled out in an all-round way. It may be more difficult at the beginning, but it will be beneficial later.

(This book is scheduled to be finished at the end of May. The new book has been planned for a long time, and finally started to write. It is tentatively named "Iron Blood Crossing", and it is planned to start uploading in June. I hope that readers will continue to support it. I also believe that the new book It must be able to overcome many defects in this book.) (To be continued..)