Chapter 379: Strengthening the country first strengthens the army (Chinese)

On the last day of April of the first year of Yuanzhuo, the morning court time that the ministers had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived. A group of court officials arrived in the palace early in the morning. Even Prince Lian Yunsi, who was "ill" and "strengthen to hold on to the sick body" came. The crowd was divided into dozens of small circles to discuss the money and formula. Many court officials with dissatisfaction even blushed for this, which was just a warm-up before the court discussion.

Chen Shizhong, the morning court began on time. Amid the eunuchs' calls for court, the court officials rushed into the main hall of the Ganqing Palace according to the grades. However, after a long time, the emperor Yinzuo did not appear. Just as everyone was suspicious, they suddenly smelled the fragrance of food. Before the ministers could react, they suddenly heard the familiar eunuch of Li Dequan: "The emperor is here!" The group of court officials did not dare to check what was so sweet. They hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

"Everyone is calm." Yinzuo, who had already sat upright on the dragon throne, said calmly. Everyone stood up and found that several small eunuchs on the front wall each held a silver plate. There were some strange things that were black and scented on them, and the scent of the scent floated out from those things, filling the hall. No one had ever seen such things before, and they were confused, but no one dared to ask questions, so they had to pretend not to know.

"Dear friends, the ancients said it well: Food is the most important thing for people. If you have food at home, you are not panicked, but now I am very panicked. Liangjiang has a severe drought, Lianghu, and Henan insect disaster. I am very uneasy. I have issued an edict to cause soup disaster, but it is not enough. I know that the fertile land of the Qing Dynasty is at most ripe for two seasons a year, and the yield per mu is only more than 400 kilograms. This is quite good. If it is a little worse, it would be great to have a near 300. Such a yield per mu makes me very worried. Fortunately, God has the virtue of life and has sent me a generous gift." Yinzuo said this, and he took action. A little eunuch hurriedly held the silver plate in front of Yinzuo. With a smile on his face, he picked up a round and black thing, held it in his hand, and smiled and said, "This thing is called sweet potato, oh, it is also called sweet potato. It was originally produced in Nanyang, but now it is planted in Guangdong. This thing does not pick the land and grows fast. It can be planted in different seasons. The leaves can be fed to pigs, the roots are grown, and they can be eaten with cooked roots, and the taste is good. I plan to promote it. Today I will ask you all my dear friends to try it out as a guideline for promotion." Yinzuo waved his hand, and the eunuch immediately lined up and walked down the front wall, cut the sweet potato with a silver knife, and distributed it to the ministers to taste it. From the prince to the senior officials above the third rank, each with a small piece.

No one has seen this thing before. It smells quite fragrant, but everyone is not sure whether it can be eaten. But the problem is that Yinzuo now ordered to taste it, and even poison must be swallowed, right? There is no way, a group of ministers look at me, I look at you, and they bit the bullet and stuffed the small piece of sweet potato into their mouths. Hey, let alone, the taste is amazing. Many ministers still smashed their mouths and savored them all over the hall for a while.

Delicious? Hey, that's of course. We'll just be a commercial model. With our demonstration and your praise, this sweet potato can be twice the result with half the effort, right? Yinzuo smiled and pressed his hand, signaled the court officials to be quiet, and looked around the ministers and said, "I have decided that this thing must be promoted as soon as possible, especially Liangjiang and Lianghu and other grain-producing areas. Well, it's better to select the best sweet potatoes from Liangjiang every year as tribute. I like the taste of this thing very much. The edict: This matter will be led by the Ministry of Revenue and co-organized by the governors of various provinces. It must be promoted within the year."

Shi Shilun, the Minister of Revenue, hurriedly stepped out, knelt in front of the hall, and whispered: "I am honoring the order." Before Yinzuo could say anything, an official in the third-rank clothing stood up and whispered: "Master, since this thing is appointed by the Master, he should have a good name. If it is a sweet potato, it would look a little rustic. I think it would be better to call it dragon fruit." As soon as this was said, the cheers of the palace suddenly surged.

Well? This is too irritating, right? Sweet potatoes are called dragon fruit, so what should we call the gun we invented? Dragon spear? Grandma, he is really a flatterer! When Yinzuo saw that the official was Zhang Qilong, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and the third son's disciple, he suddenly felt disgusted and forced himself to say, "No need, I dare not greedy for my own merits. I'll give up this proposal, but I'd better call sweet potatoes. Shi Aiqing must put this matter first and do it. Don't lose my hope. Okay, that's all for this matter."

As soon as Yinzuo opened his golden mouth, even if this matter was a foregone conclusion, everyone calmed down. Just when the scene was a little cold, Yang Mingshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stepped out and said loudly: "I have a copy of Your Majesty. Since I was ordered to preside over the Money Act in the 43rd year of Kangxi, there has been a case now. I respectfully ask the emperor to approve it."

As soon as Yang Mingshi said this, everyone thought that the main show of the morning court was about to be staged, and they were immediately excited. Before Yinzuo could speak, the Henan censor Lin Shuanghe jumped out and knelt on the ground, saying loudly: "I have a copy of Your Majesty. I want to impeach Yang Mingshi, the Minister of Revenue: Fighting the cabinet will cause a loss of the demeanor of the court, which is one of the crimes; seeking credit and rewards, and confusing the public with immature rules and regulations, which is two of the crimes; being an important minister of the court, he did not want to serve the court, but instead deceived his superiors and concealed his subordinates and secretly colluded with money houses for personal gain. This is three of the crimes. These evil thieves openly held important positions in the court. I dare not not participate, so I hope the emperor will clearly understand!" As soon as Lin Shuanghe finished speaking, a large number of court officials knelt down, and each asked Yinzuo to deal with Yang Mingshi, and shouted and shouted to kill him for a while.

Damn, the eighth brother is really well prepared, grandma, coming in a fierce manner, a little bit! Yinzuo glanced at Prince Lian Yunsi, who was standing calmly at the head of the prince's queue, and sat silently without moving, with no expression on his face. Yang Mingshi didn't expect that so many people would stand up at the same time to impeach him, his face turned pale, and he said a little panickedly: "Master, I work diligently, and I may have mistakes. I really don't know where the crimes that Lord Lin said came from?"

"I asked Your Majesty that Lord Yang opened a money house at home. His father was the owner of Yangji Money House, the largest money house in Jiangnan. It was found that Lord Yang colluded with his father many times in private, and he had to negotiate with his father every time. Moreover, when it comes to the official private bidding system, it is suspected that he would prepare for his father to seize the lifeline of the country. This is the intention to be punished!" Lin Shuanghe said with anger.

"Sage, I..." Yang Ming's face turned pale and blue at this moment, and he was so anxious that he couldn't say anything incompletely, making people look like he was guilty.

"Okay." Yinzuo smiled and said, "I know Yang Aiqing's public heart. As for the matter of discussing with his father, it was originally out of my intention. There is no point in saying this. You don't have to say anything more. If you say this is incomplete, you can just say it bluntly. If you don't know anything, Yang Aiqing will answer, and I'll listen."

Yinzuo's words were clearly supporting Yang Mingshi. The court officials who impeached Yang Mingshi were helpless and could only attack the possible loopholes in the reform of the money law. They pointed out many "problems" for a while. When it came to Yang Mingshi, when talking about the money law, they immediately talked endlessly, from the necessity of changing the money law to the possibility of reforming the money law; from how the gold and silver standard transitioned to the gold standard, from the macro control of the court to the specific operation of the money house, from the anti-counterfeiting ability of making paper money to how to crack down on counterfeit coins, refuting the accusations of the court officials, which is also wonderful. The system can be roughly divided into:

1. The court used gold and silver inventory as pledges and issued paper money and coins. The Ministry of Industry printed papers made of special materials and used stamping as anti-counterfeiting marks. The Ministry of Revenue established an official money bank (central bank) to carry out currency reform and corresponding daily management, but did not directly intervene in private capital operations.

2. Paper money is the main one and coins are supplemented to facilitate circulation. The existing silver and gold on the market are purchased at the official price and will stop circulation within a limited time. The existing copper plates are also recycled and will no longer be circulated.

3. Reorganize private money shops and adopt the management method of official private money shops to bid for existing money shops. The winner exchanges the business license with a deposit, and the official money shop will conduct qualification review every three years. For unlicensed money shops, they are encouraged to incorporate them into licensed money shops, or apply for a license after three years. All money shops are not allowed to issue currency on their own.

4. The court legislated legislation to restrict the authority to issue currencies, and issued new currencies proportionally based on the gold and silver in the state inventories of that year, thereby limiting the possibility of inflation.

5. Those engaged in overseas trade can exchange certain silver according to the customs declaration application procedure. The gold obtained from overseas trade must be exchanged for paper money at the official price after the silver enters the customs clearance.

6. The specific monitoring and review of the official money house will be carried out jointly by the Supervision Bureau, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Revenue to prevent the possibility of corruption.

In Yinzuo's opinion, this system is not very complete, and it can even be said to be a little rough. However, things always have to start at a time and it is impossible to reach the top in one step. The problem can only be exposed in the specific implementation process, and it can only be solved at that time. Even if such an accident occurs, such an accident or even brings certain losses, it is acceptable. However, Yinzuo is also very clear that it is very difficult to implement the reform of the money law, and he or she must even be prepared for failure. However, Yinzuo has made up his mind to change and change no matter what, even if the pain is severe, it is still willing to take some of the blame.

The court officials who opposed the reform of the money law were all Confucian children, all of whom were well-read "Sages". When talking about the great principles, everyone was full of people. However, once they encountered economic problems, ninety-nine were blind, and the remaining one was nonsense. Although the firepower of the attack was fierce, they did not mention the point. Yang Mingshi was dismissed alone. Seeing that the slaves under his disciples could not hold back, Prince Lian Yunsi's face suddenly became ugly, frowned, pretended to be powerless to recover from a serious illness, and also knelt down in front of the hall and said, "My brother told Your Majesty. I think that although Lord Yang is diligent, this is not mature, and the ministers have many doubts. It is better to postpone the execution. This is my foolish opinion. Please give a clear explanation."

Hey, the eighth brother can't hold it anymore, okay, let's find you an opponent. Yinzuo smiled slightly and said, "The eighth brother is in better health. I have always wanted to visit the eighth brother in person, but I'm busy and have no time left. It's rare that the eighth brother is loyal to the court and came to the morning court with illness. I was very moved. Well, what the eighth brother said is reasonable, I will consider it more." Yinzuo stabbed the eighth brother, and only said that he could consider it, and ignored the eighth brother who was kneeling. He looked at Yun Zhen, who was silent with interest, and said with a smile: "The fourth brother has always been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue and is naturally familiar with Qian Fa. I really want to hear the fourth brother's opinion."

Yunzhen was originally a smart man. How could he not know that Yinzuo had made up his mind and reforming money law was inevitable. He also knew that Yinzuo wanted to use him to fight Lao Ba. However, what Yunzhen wanted now is authority. Without authority, he would not think of anything. Therefore, even though he knew that there might be a pit ahead, he could only jump down, strode out, kneel down beside Lao Ba, and whispered loudly: "I call you your Majesty. I think this is feasible and necessary. Even if there are any shortcomings, it can be corrected in implementation. I am willing to accept the order to implement this certificate. Please be kind to the emperor." As soon as Yunzhen said, Lao Ba's body suddenly shook suddenly, and he almost fell to the ground, angry and anxious, and wished he could strangle Yun Zhen to death.

"Okay, this is the way to plan the country. I am very impressed. I am sure. This money method will be mainly composed of Prince Yong Yunzhen, and Yang Mingshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, is the deputy. I hope that all my beloved ministers will not lose my hope." Yinzuo nodded with satisfaction.

"I will thank you!" Yunzhen and Yang Mingshi kowtowed to take the orders. Seeing that the overall situation was settled, there was nothing to say. They could only hold on and think about how to get some benefits or how to stop them. Just when everyone thought that this morning court was about to end, Yinzuo suddenly looked solemn: "I have something to discuss today, my dear friends!" As soon as the word Xuan came out, all the court officials' hearts jumped suddenly, not knowing what Yinzuo was going to do...
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