190 Disasters the country and the people
Golden Palace.
Emperor Xiang Yanran has not arrived yet.
Cai and the eunuch did not come either, as if they were delayed by something.
The princes, three dukes, and court officials were already standing on both sides of the court, waiting for the emperor to come to the morning court.
King Ping Li Rong closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, looking like he had nothing to do with me even if the sky fell.
Prime Minister Kong Hanyou and Censor Wang Su stood with his hands behind his back, and the ministers of the Prime Minister's Office seemed to be whispering about something important.
From time to time, some ministers looked at Xiaohunhou with shocked, puzzled, complicated, and gloating eyes.
There is no airtight wall in the world.
Especially after the emperor made up his mind, the "Plan forbidden Private Crushing of Coins" will be implemented soon.
Soon some rumors came from the eunuchs in the palace that it was said that a "talented minister" offered advice to the emperor to take back the copper mine in the world and strictly prohibit the casting of copper coins.
This treacherous minister is too bad. He flatters the emperor and plunders the people's wealth and ointment!
As for who this treacherous minister was, there is no need to say more. They looked in the direction of a little humble marquis and knew who it was.
If Xiao Hunhou hadn't offered this strategy of cutting off people's wealth, he would have been highly praised by the emperor and would have become the first in the palace examination in the year?
Thinking back to the time when the emperor was so annoyed by Xiao Hunhou, he demoted him to the son-in-law of the Prince Ping's Mansion. In a blink of an eye, Xiao Hunhou's palace test was a master of the imperial examination and an official.
This shows that Xiaohunhou had come up with this bastard's idea very early to flatter the emperor's favor.
Humph, wait for bad luck!
Many Confucian officials were secretly happy and were waiting to watch the excitement.
...
Chu Tianxiu was very uncomfortable standing among the kings and princes.
The ministers are actually better. In addition to the top ten clans of Jinling, three dukes and nine ministers and other high-ranking officials, not every household has a mine.
Cutting the flesh may not be cut on them.
And those kings and princes... all have fiefs, but every household has some mines.
They looked at Chu Tianxiu and wanted to eat him.
"Xiao Hunhou, do you have a copper mine at home?"
Dong Qinggui, Anle Hou beside Chu Tianxiu, asked in a low voice.
"Are you asking about the Hun Marquis' Mansion or the Danyang Princess' Mansion?
The mines at Hunhou Mansion have been dug long ago. My wife’s house mine has been digging hard these past few months, and it has almost dug half of it!"
Chu Tianxiu scratched her head and said.
It seems that many ministers know about this matter, but they can no longer hide it, so they simply admit it.
"So, you give me advice and ban the private casting of copper coins?...You turtle, it's a loss that Hou and your father have such a good relationship. When I was a child, I hugged you and pissed.
Why don’t you reveal it to me in advance? I’ll try my best to dig a little more.”
Anle jumped in anger.
The Dong family's Hou Mansion had a barren fiefdom and the family had no property. They just made a big profit of copper coins from a small copper mountain in the fiefdom.
I originally thought of digging slowly and flowing hard to leave some wealth for my descendants.
The court's ban will be cut off at least half of the income.
The descendants will suffer too.
"This... I just said casually. I thought the court would not really ban copper mines, but I didn't know that the emperor would take it to my heart."
Chu Tianxiu said embarrassedly.
Neither the prince knew about it, and suddenly said sinisterly: "Little Hunhou, our great Chu dynasty has over and over, and there are at least hundreds of princes and grandchildren who have eaten this bowl of rice. You have offended all of them in one breath.
Our mine is full of small money, so it would be fine if the emperor really wants to take it back. After all, the world is full of royalty, and if he wants to take it away, we can't help.
However, the great princes such as the King of Wu and Chu have many mines... Their families have great causes and tens of thousands of soldiers, so they may not be able to swallow their breath."
The kings and princes nodded one after another, deeply agreeing.
Xiao Hunhou actually offered advice to the emperor to cut a piece of their big fat meat, of course they were heartbroken.
However, they didn't need to take action against Xiaohunhou.
After all, they were at the foot of the emperor and had court laws and regulations, so they did not dare to do anything major.
Of course, there were those arrogant princes and kings who protested to the court and even dealt with Xiao Hunhou. The princes and kings were far away from the emperor in their fiefdoms, but they didn't have so much concern, so they might send assassins to assassinate Xiao Hunhou.
Chu Tianxiu glanced at the kings and princes with disdain.
In other words, Da Chu did not prohibit privately cast copper coins. In later generations, those who dared to make copper coins themselves would have killed a lot.
These guys ate the title rice of the Emperor of Chu. Now they are not allowed to cast copper coins privately, and now they are eager for the princes and kings to rebel.
The new court policy is a revolution.
Revolution is not a treat to dinner!
Revolution is to cut off the flesh, to cut off the fatty meat of these powerful princes and clans, so that the court can have more money to do big things.
There is not enough money, "using paper instead of simplified Chinese, setting up a large number of new colleges, disaster relief, digging ditches to irrigate farmland, and raising hundreds of thousands of cavalry..." Where did these money come from to do things?
Not to mention destroying the princes and attacking the Huns, these two major events cost countless money.
No wonder the emperor was so disappointed with these princes and nobles, and they all stared at the mines at home and refused to let go.
Who will pay for the important affairs of the imperial court?
If the court could not even control the copper coins, the powerful and powerful could not seal them up, so why would they have a new policy revolution?
Afraid of rebellion by the princes?!
The hundreds of thousands of troops raised by the Great Chu court were used to rectify their military equipment and prepare for ten years to gain vegetarian food?!
The world of Great Chu was not killed, could it be achieved by drinking and eating?
It was clearly the emperor's will to try his best to make money, but it was just spoken out through the mouth of Xiaohunhou.
These kings and princes were sarcastic and mocked him. What could he do in front of him? He had the ability to shout at the emperor.
Chu Tianxiu was so angry that she thought of this.
...
Waited for a long time.
The emperor Xiang Yanran, surrounded by eunuchs and guards, finally came to the Golden Palace and took his seat on the throne.
"Start up and report if you have something to do, and leave the court if you have nothing to do!"
The court officials were silent for a moment, looking at each other, and no one said anything.
Almost all of them heard the wind. In the face of the big event of banning copper coins, everything else is small, so there is no need to rush for a moment.
"I have a report and submit the "Plan forbidden Private Crushing of Coins"!"
Chu Tianxiu stood up, took out a memorial, and said, "In the market, I often have various copper coins, some are thin and some are thick, some are big and some are small.
In order to make profits, profiteers often make thin and small copper coins, even mixed with iron and lead coins, which deteriorated. As a result, the quality of copper coins in the market was uneven, and bad coins drove out good coins, making the people unbearable.
For the sake of the world, the court should uniformly mint regular copper coins to benefit the circulation of the world. Seize the copper mines in the world and collect them into the court. Regardless of kings, princes, princes, counties and states, coins are prohibited.
To set an example, I am willing to donate the copper mines in my family.”
"I object!"
"This is the court plundering the people's wealth and profits. How many people in the world rely on minting copper coins to make a living. Once this policy was made, the people thought that the court wanted to plunder wealth and everyone was in danger. People were uneasy, and the world would be in turmoil!"
"Your Majesty, don't believe the words of Xiaohunhou! Xiaohunhou's plan is to frame Your Majesty for injustice and be accused of competing for profit with the people! He is just a Hunhou, how can you believe the words of Hunhou!"
"I dare to assert that if this policy is forcibly implemented, the world will be in panic and within three months, there will be chaos in the world! The culprit is Xiao Hunhou!"
"Little Hunhou will harm the country and the people, and his intentions should be punished!"
"Yes, take it to the vegetable market, and on the street, Lingchi, the culprit who frames the king, harms the people, and cholera in the world! He warns the world to serve as a warning! Those who dare to offer this strategy will be punished by the whole world!"
Chapter completed!