Borrow the day to change the day

For the next few days, Zhong Jinwei stayed at the Royal Bank of Daming, monitoring various data and listening to the entrustment sent out to report the situation.

Or this trick is really effective, and on the fourth day, some people came to exchange banknotes.Although the number is small, it is finally there.

In addition, Zhong Jinwei also noticed that a small number of restaurants, restaurants and various shops began to accept Daming Jiusibao banknotes, and at the same time, ordinary people took Jiusibao banknotes to exchange them for silver taels.

Another report in Zhong Jinwei's hand showed that the growth momentum of exchanging Jiusibao banknotes for silver taels seemed to have reached its peak yesterday, and the number of people who came to exchange them today was obviously not as many as those who were at the same time two days ago.

It seems that the Da Ming Royal Bank's daily exchange of silver taels has given some wait-and-see parties confidence. As long as there are no mistakes in the future, there should be a good situation. [

But there is one thing, the imperial court has been losing money in terms of banknotes, and the more precious banknotes are printed, the greater the loss.This loss will continue until the credibility is established and more paper money can be printed.Fortunately, after large-scale printing, the cost of banknotes is not very high, otherwise it will definitely not survive that moment.

Zhong Jinwei thought, after defeating the Jianlu in the Gyeonggi region, all things need to be done. At that time, the demand for funds will be great, and it should be possible to start the second step of the plan to reduce the financial burden of the Ming Dynasty.

Then he remembered the purchase of Daming Tongxing Banknotes in the past few days. Judging from the results of the feedback, it seemed that someone had caught the wind. It's cheap, but it's hard to say that the price will not be cheap after a while.

After Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, he packed up some reports and went to see Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen knew that Zhong Jinwei would not go to the Three Treasures Hall, so he summoned him alone in the Wenhua Hall.

Zhong Jinwei first reported the current situation of the bank to Emperor Chongzhen. These situations were all expected in advance, and some aspects were even better than expected.

Then Zhong Jinwei reported the repurchase of Tongxing Baotou to Emperor Chongzhen. After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned and asked Zhong Jinwei, "Master Zhong, can you do something?"

The money for repurchasing Tongxingbao banknotes has already been squeezed out by the imperial court. If the repurchase price is too high, the imperial court will not be able to afford it.

Zhong Jinwei asked to see Emperor Chongzhen after he had an idea. When he asked now, Zhong Jinwei replied: "Your Majesty, I have a way to control the cost of repurchasing Tongxing treasure banknotes, but it is necessary to add the silver taels required for the repurchase. .”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, you have to buy back the required silver taels, and you said there is a way. Isn't this contradictory?

He asked with doubts: "Master Zhong, I don't understand what you mean."

Zhong Jinwei looked at the servant girl, and then said: "Your Majesty, I want to report alone."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he thought that what Zhong Jinwei said was about future generations, so he asked all the maids in the palace to retreat.

When there were only the two of them in the Wenhua Hall, Emperor Chongzhen asked, "Master Zhong, does your method involve something that must be explained as a matter for later generations?"

Zhong Jinwei shook his head with a smile, and then replied: "No, it's just a confidential matter, and the fewer people who know about it, the better."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he became even more puzzled. He had never asked for such a thing before when Zhong Jinwei talked about important military affairs.

Zhong Jinwei looked at Emperor Chongzhen's expression and knew what he was thinking, so he explained: "Your Majesty, the way I want to reduce the price of repurchasing Tongxing treasure banknotes is to add more silver taels, and then keep secretly buying treasure banknotes."

Emperor Chongzhen listened to the words, what kind of method is this, it is still so mysterious.

"Master Zhong, this" [

"Your Majesty, when I finish speaking, there will be more."

"Master Zhong, please tell me." Emperor Chongzhen knew that he was impatient.

"All the repurchased banknotes are not destroyed, but are stored first. When the price of the repurchased banknotes reaches the predetermined price limit, the banknotes will no longer be purchased, but the banknotes purchased at a low price will be sold."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but wanted to ask again, but finally held back.

"In this way, it is equivalent to buying low and selling high. In order not to be self-defeating in the end, it is necessary to repurchase silver taels in advance so that there are enough treasures to sell, and the price will be kept down."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, Emperor Chongzhen finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Master Zhong, what I want is to destroy the Ming Tongxing banknotes, not to make money from them!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, there is still another move." After Zhong Jinwei explained, he continued to talk about his method, "When the price is low enough, I will buy back the treasure notes. After doing this several times, no one will follow suit. You can buy back most of the treasure notes at the lowest price."

"It turns out that Master Zhong is really smart!" Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but directly praised Zhong Jinwei.

These are actually just a method for future generations to speculate in stocks. Anyone with a little experience in future generations will know it.

Zhong Jinwei didn't blush at all when he heard that, and continued to pretend to be a master, saying to Emperor Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, I just said that there are still risks in these operations, which need to be avoided."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen quickly asked, "What risk?"

"That is, if someone desperately eats the treasure money released by the minister, it will not be able to achieve the purpose that the minister just said."

"How is that good?"

"So, in addition to storing enough Daming Tongxing treasure banknotes as I just said, the court's cooperation is also needed." Zhong Jinwei replied.

"How to cooperate?"

"Your Majesty, the purpose of the minister's purchase of the banknotes is to destroy them, and the purpose of other people's purchase of the banknotes is to wait for the appreciation of the treasure banknotes to make money. Why did the treasure banknotes appreciate? I think they saw that they could make money in the Ming Dynasty. Because the bank freely converts silver taels and Jiusibao banknotes, it is expected that Tongxingbao banknotes can also be exchanged, even if it is not a one-to-one exchange. In terms of the current price of Tongxingbao banknotes, it is a one-to-two, one-to-three exchange , they can make a lot of money.”

Zhong Jinwei first explained everyone's purpose for buying Tongxing banknotes, and then answered Emperor Chongzhen's question: "So, at that time, I will send people out to spread the news that Tongxing banknotes can never be exchanged for silver, so as to suppress the price of Tongxing banknotes. If those people still have a fluke mentality and insist on not lowering the price of purchasing banknotes, then the imperial court needs to come forward and issue an announcement to reiterate that the Royal Bank cannot exchange Daming Tongxing treasure banknotes."

The decision that the bank could not exchange the Ming Tongxing banknotes was made by Emperor Chongzhen before, and now it is just an announcement once more when necessary.So after listening to Zhong Jinwei's request, Emperor Chongzhen nodded without hesitation and said, "This is no problem, just let the cabinet issue a notice."

Zhong Jinwei hesitated for a while, lowered his head, not knowing whether to say the next thing.

Emperor Chongzhen saw Zhong Jinwei's hesitation, and asked him, "Master Zhong, is there anything inconvenient to say?"

Zhong Jinwei looked up at Emperor Chongzhen and felt that those people would not be good people, so he made up his mind and replied: "Your Majesty, those who try to fight against your ministers and make profits by buying Ming Tongxing's banknotes are not ordinary people. .Because ordinary people don’t have the strength to resist the minister’s repurchase, they can only be big merchants or tyrants. If the methods just mentioned can’t make them sell their precious money, they may see blood.”

Emperor Chongzhen understood that what Zhong Jinwei said about seeing blood meant that whoever dared to stand up to the wind would find something to do with them. [

For Emperor Chongzhen, there was no psychological pressure at all. Trying to profit from the imperial court and suck blood was a damnable crime, although what they did did not violate the law of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen even further thought of the benefits of Zhong Jinwei's strategy, that is, after a few times, the Ming Tongxing treasure banknotes would be concentrated in the hands of a few people, saving the court time and effort.

At that time, even if Zhong Jinwei's suppression strategy is not successful, and Zhong Jinwei didn't say the last bloody words, he can still make those people spit out all the money.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, this plan is very good, I am very satisfied."

Seeing Emperor Chongzhen's happy face, Zhong Jinwei quickly reminded: "Your Majesty, this matter must be kept secret. The less people know, the better. Otherwise, if the news leaks out, this strategy will not work. This is why I want to report to Your Majesty alone."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded, and only now did he understand the reason why Zhong Jinwei asked the maid in the palace to withdraw.

He said to Zhong Jinwei: "I understand. Master Zhong will be fully responsible for this matter, and all the situations can only be reported to me alone."