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Chapter 214 The Wheel of History Is Still Rolling

On the platform, everyone was beaming. Xu Guangqi's method of minting silver coins has shown huge benefits to the monarch and his subjects. This matter is indeed worth doing.

"Master Xu is really amazing! In this way, you can gain countless benefits from it! Good strategy, good strategy!" Yang Reform sincerely praised Xu Guangqi.According to Xu Guangqi's method, use the method of casting copper coins to mint silver coins, save [-]% of silver for each silver coin, and then announce to the world that the circulation of silver ingots and scattered silver is prohibited. In this way, the silver coins needed by the entire Ming Dynasty will be hundreds of millions In other words, the profits in this are big enough to make people salivate.

"I'm just doing my duty, and I can't deserve your majesty's praise..." Although Xu Guangqi said it humbly, he was really happy in his heart. His own method was adopted, and this can show his value!

"By the way, Master Xu, this strategy is really good, so what should I do? Also, what is the current situation of my minting coins? If I mint silver coins, what should I pay attention to?" Yang Reform prepared to mint silver coins , and began to ask Xu Guangqi for advice on how to operate it.

"Reporting to Your Majesty,... I am minting coins now..." Xu Guangqi frowned when he said about the coinage, with a bitter face, and he didn't even have anything to say. After thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know how to introduce the coinage to the emperor. Case.

"How?" Yang Reform wanted to issue silver coins and mint silver coins. Naturally, he had to figure out the situation of the coinage. If he couldn't even figure out this, then what is the coinage?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this... is really... Alas, Your Majesty, the coinage situation in the Ming Dynasty is really chaotic, chaotic!..." Xu Guangqi hesitated for a long time, but he still told the truth. This is one word to describe it, "confusion".

"Chaos? What kind of chaos law is this? It's not to the point where ordinary people can mint coins themselves?" Yang Reform asked jokingly.I'm curious, how messed up can this be?Can it be so chaotic that many ordinary people can mint coins privately?If so, it would really be chaos.A country that cannot even guarantee the basic right to mint coins, then the country has come to an end.Think about the 21st century, what would it be like if everyone could print big red notes by themselves?

When Xu Guangqi mentioned this matter, he sighed, this is really hard to say!Not only Xu Guangqi, but even Sun Chengzong frowned. Looking at his expression, the Ming Dynasty's coinage today is not optimistic.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, the situation is similar to this, almost..." Xu Guangqi did not dare to say the worst.

"What!! Almost? Did I hear you right?" Yang Reform was even more shocked than earning 1000 million taels of silver this time!Standing up from the chair suddenly, he asked in a low voice.This is confusing, how rotten is it to make Xu Guangqi say such a thing, it seems that the situation is more serious than what I thought that ordinary people could mint coins privately.Everyone printed red notes to circulate, and Yang Reform, a person who traveled through the 21st century, shuddered.

"...Reporting to Your Majesty, I am looking forward to the current coinage situation, alas..., it is indeed so! Alas..., it is beyond words! Alas..." Xu Guangqi also lowered his head this time, and spoke with a sigh.

Yang Reform fell on the dragon chair again, this..., what should I use to describe it?This is probably the end of the world... Even private minting of coins has become a common situation. The Zhu family's royal family or the imperial court's ability to control the Ming Dynasty has been reduced to a dangerous level. This... Could it be that I am really dead? No burial place?The hellish situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty kept impacting Yang Reform's brain. The rope on the coal mountain seemed to be gradually tightening. Yang Reform suddenly felt that he seemed to be suffocating...

Yang Reform was shocked by the status quo in the late Ming Dynasty!Scared again!The bad situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty was far worse than I imagined. I originally thought that if I opened my golden fingers, made some money, trained some new troops, and was prepared to deal with a few major events with historical significance, I would probably be able to I have dealt with the most difficult time of the Ming Dynasty, and I was able to live better than Chongzhen in history. Now it seems that my thinking is too simple, and I think too much about the bad situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. History, as before Is it moving forward according to his own rolling wheels? All the efforts made by his own butterfly are just appearances, and under this appearance is a turbulent undercurrent, which will overturn him to the ground at any time...

Several of the emperor's confidantes were also secretly anxious when they saw the emperor's distraught appearance. Xu Guangqi blamed himself for not telling the emperor the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty's coinage. Does the emperor know the truth here?I don't know the truth, how to mint coins?How to profit?If there is no profit, why would the emperor issue silver coins instead?

Sun Chengzong felt that he couldn't get involved in this matter; Bi Ziyan didn't dare to talk too much when he thought of the chaotic minting situation of the Ming Dynasty.

"... Sigh... Master Xu, let me tell you how chaotic the mint is, tell me all about it, I can accept it, I can accept it..." Yang Reform seems to have aged a bit, this dilapidated late Ming , Rotten, judging from the situation revealed by this coin, it is far beyond my imagination. I rewrite history and reverse the course of history. I think it is too simple. I try my best to instigate the wings of changing the world. Unfortunately, the wheel of history Still rumbling and running over, the mantis is like a cart, which probably justifies his own situation.

Xu Guangqi was very annoyed, it was obviously a good idea, but now it turned out like this, but he still gritted his teeth and told the truth, if the pustule is not crowded, can it be okay?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's not that I'm talking nonsense, but the truth is true. If I don't say it, I'm deceiving the emperor. If I don't say it, I'm afraid that the matter of casting silver coins will not have any good results. I'm daring..."

"...The matter of minting coins has to start with Emperor Shenzong Wanli. During the Wanli period, in order to resist the Japanese and aid the dynasty, the imperial court began to mint money on a large scale. The number of furnaces for minting coins increased from the original 450 to [-]. The ability to mint coins has greatly increased, but if there are more furnaces for minting coins, the copper will not be enough. Therefore, many furnaces, after running for a long time, run out of raw materials and are discarded. However, the craftsmen who mint coins have to eat, so the court, Abandoned furnaces from governments around the world were turned on by craftsmen privately to mint coins... In this way, the trend of private casting began to prevail, and the copper coins were good and bad, and could no longer be supervised... Later, when the time came During the reign of Tianqi, the imperial court set up the Baoquan Bureau of the Ministry of Households to specialize in minting coins. The trend of private minting gradually improved. As a result, the casting of copper coins has become increasingly chaotic and can no longer be supervised. The quality of this copper coin is really not guaranteed, and this trend of private casting and rotten system cannot be curbed... Until now, it is extremely chaotic... Your Majesty is now enthroned Changing the yuan, it is time to issue new money, it is an excellent time to take back the minting rights and reverse it in one fell swoop..." Xu Guangqi told the history of the chaotic situation of the coin minting in one breath, and also told the emperor, The new emperor ascended the throne and changed the year, and the coin after the coin was changed is a great right of the new emperor. This can be used to rectify the current chaotic coinage situation. Although the chaos is chaos, it is also an excellent opportunity. No confusion, you shouldn't change to silver coins yet.

After listening to Xu Guangqi's introduction, Yang Reform also had a clearer understanding of the social status quo in the late Ming Dynasty. This was all caused by lack of money. If he had money, he would never let the coinage rights representing a country's power get such a thing. In such a chaotic state, it seems that being the mortgage emperor of myself is going to be even more difficult. I originally thought that with some money and some new troops, I would be able to deal with the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Chao is already terminally ill, and my little plans and preparations are probably far from enough!
"...Master Xu is saying, let me take advantage of the opportunity of my new enthronement and change of yuan to take good care of the coinage situation? Take the right to mint coins and prepare for the minting of silver coins?" Yang Reform's heart was gloomy. After a while, I finally found some clues from Xu Guangqi's words.

"Returning to your majesty, what your majesty said is very true. Now that your majesty has recently ascended the throne and changed the yuan, as usual, it is necessary to mint new coins to show your majesty's merits. This is a rare and good time. The Mint Bureau was revoked and the right to mint coins was taken over to His Majesty. In this way, the situation of minting coins in each province, different copper coins, and rough production can be solved; Get ready..." Xu Guangqi said eloquently.

Yang Reform was really dimmed by the chaotic situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about the Ming Dynasty, the whole people used banknotes and reached the state of advanced civilization. Later, they got to use the original silver again. As a currency, and later on, even the basic right to issue currency cannot be well guaranteed. It is strange that this country, this regime, does not fall.If you want to go against the sky, the difficulty is not ordinary, which is no different from playing the "hero mode" of the game.

It stands to reason that since the Ming Dynasty accounted for more than 70% of the world's GDP at that time, it was not that there was no money. However, this country and this court were so poor that they even ruined the right to mint coins. It has to be said that the ruling The class is so brain-dead...

However, now after Xu Guangqi's explanation, turning this bad thing into a good thing, Yang Reform can be regarded as having a trace of blood on his face, and he has returned to his spirit.It seems that the new emperor's ascension to the throne is very valuable. Not only can he be amnesty, but he can also reshuffle the right to mint coins.

"Master Xu, what should I do?" Yang Reform is now in a state of confusion, confused by the actual situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and can no longer think about problems.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this requires a long-term plan. First of all, the Mint Bureau of each province must be revoked, the right to mint coins in each province must be revoked, and it should be returned to the Ministry of Households, or His Majesty himself. In this way, this is the first step. With the Mint Bureau revoked, strict precautions must be taken. The private minting of coins in various places happens. Once it happens, it must be strictly investigated and will not be tolerated. Only in this way can the authority of the court or His Majesty issue silver coins be guaranteed; the second is to persuade the courtiers to issue silver coins. Since His Majesty has recently ascended the throne, it is only natural to issue new coins. Yes, so, persuading the courtiers is not a problem, but to launch this silver coin, the courtiers must be convinced, cooperate, and carry it out with all their strength. I am afraid that the profits obtained by His Majesty's change of silver coins will be given to the court, otherwise, I am afraid that it will not be very easy. Good execution..." Xu Guangqi spoke very coherently, his strategy was clear, and his mind was not as chaotic as the emperor's. It can be seen that Xu Guangqi did not worry or think less about this matter.

After Xu Guangqi's analysis, Yang Reform had a clearer understanding of the coinage. It turned out that the relationship involved in the coinage was so complicated.

Yang Reform's mind was very confused, and he turned around and asked Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun, what do you think of Master Xu's words?" Yang Reform was very confused, so he could only ask a few more people to see.

"To your Majesty, what Zixian said is reasonable, and the idea is good. The steps are all right. Your Majesty only needs to follow Zixian's method. It is estimated that the change of silver coins will work. However, I said One point, this has taken back the minting rights of various places. Many places rely on this minting to make profits, such as border gates, border troops, this, His Majesty may have to add some extra money to the past, otherwise, the army here may not be able to survive... ..." Sun Chengzong focused his energy on the military, and spoke about the interests of the army involved in the right to mint coins.

"Well, what Master Sun said is also reasonable. I am afraid that this border will not be peaceful in the past two years. If there is a major incident, it is indeed necessary to increase the payment of all borders." Yang Reform agreed with Sun Chengzong's opinion. Guan, strictly guarding against the Mongols, all of which must increase military expenditures, and the army here must not be short of money.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En. Apart from this, I have nothing to say." Seeing that the emperor promised to add money to the border, Sun Chengzong didn't say any more. This matter is more about internal affairs. , must be responsible for Xu Guangqi.

Yang Reform turned his attention to Bi Ziyan again. This guy has kept his head down since Xu Guangqi said about the coinage.

"Bi Aiqing, what do you think about the withdrawal of coinage rights, rectification of coinage, and issuance of silver coins? Tell me your opinion." Yang Reform still decided to ask his own opinion.Yang Reform's mind is very confused now, his own thinking ability is greatly reduced, so he can only ask for more opinions from others.

Bi Ziyan felt that today was a really long day. Not only did he become the emperor's "confidant", he also got in touch with the emperor's core things, and even had dinner with the emperor. This made Bi Ziyan feel very fulfilled, which is similar to the emperor's Eating together, how many people haven't got this honor yet, but I got it. This is the signal that the emperor accepts me as a confidant!However, what the emperor had to do was indeed tricky, and nothing was easy.Although it seems to be able to make a lot of money, unfortunately, it is not so easy to earn.

Bi Ziyan thought it over and over again, knowing that if he didn't express his opinion, in the impression of the emperor, he might be on the same side as "useless", so he should stop messing around in the future.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that Xu Shaobao's words are reasonable. It should not be difficult to withdraw the right to mint coins and revoke the mint bureaus of the provinces. After all, everyone knows that the copper coins are badly minted. In addition, His Majesty recently Assuming the throne, it is true that it is reasonable to make money again. This is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... I feel that the change of silver coins is good or bad. I am afraid that I have to share some profits with the court as Xu Shaobao said. , the promotion of this silver coin can only get twice the result with half the effort, and it will go smoothly... I only have a small suggestion. After the right to mint the coin is taken back, you can choose two to three places in the country to mint coins, such as Nanjing and Beijing, or add one Sichuan, in this way, even if it is for supervision, it can prevent the silver coins from being inconvenient in circulation due to the long distance..." Bi Ziyan generally supported Xu Guangqi's statement, but under this big proposal, a small one was added. A small suggestion, this suggestion is very "in line with" Bi Ziyan's current status.

"Well, what Bi Aiqing said is still reasonable." Yang Reform affirmed Bi Ziyan's statement, centralized management, but also take into account the circulation of distribution, if all of them are cast in Beijing, then the south will definitely cause inconvenience in turnover, this Bi Ziyan, it seems, in his belly, he is somewhat clever.

After the joint efforts of several of his confidants, Yang Reform finally figured out how to issue silver coins.It's not that Yang Reform is so stupid, but that the terrible situation at the end of Ming Dynasty hit Yang Reform hard enough, and his mind didn't work for a while.Anyone who thinks of the scene where everyone prints red notes for use in the 21st century will feel his scalp tingle.

"If that's the case, let's do it like this. Well, next time in the early court, that Ai Qing asked someone to bring up the chaotic issue of minting coins, and I took advantage of the opportunity to accept the right to mint coins and prepare to issue new coins. After a while, I will tell you about the change to silver coins, so that the courtiers will not be too difficult to accept, what do you think?" Yang Reform's brain started to work.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it should be so. It is indeed good to be more cautious. It is easy to go step by step." Xu Guangqi came out to agree with the emperor's words. This is indeed much better than announcing the withdrawal of minting rights and issuing silver coins all at once.

Sun Chengzong and Bi Ziyan also had no objections.

Yang Reform remembered again that his issue of banknotes would have to be rearranged again, otherwise it would conflict with the issuance of silver coins. At that time, if the silver coins were not issued, the banknotes would also suffer, and it would be a loss. big.

"By the way, I'm going to issue banknotes. Here, let's take a look. What should I do? I have to cooperate with the issuance of silver coins, otherwise it will be messy and it will be difficult to clean up." Yang Reform said his worries again. out.

Sun Chengzong, Xu Guangqi and Bi Ziyan looked at each other again.

Soon, Xu Guangqi took the lead in speaking: "Your Majesty, I think that the profit of this banknote is far less than that of issuing silver coins based on the current situation. I think that the issue of silver coins is still the priority now. Without affecting the issuance of silver coins, consider issuing banknotes as appropriate, what does your Majesty think?"

"Well,...that's reasonable. Now that issuing silver coins is the most valuable, let's consider the issue of silver coins first. Let's see how to arrange the issuance of banknotes without affecting the issue of silver coins. If it's better , If you have any difficulties, let’s put it aside for now.” Yang Reform quickly made a decision, and the profit from the issuance of silver coins in the past two years is obviously much greater than that of paper money, so the order of priority is naturally to consider silver coins first.

(End of this chapter)