Chapter 244

"Did you not say this was what you had painstakingly saved up over so many years?"

Su Qiao nodded and said,

"Yes, indeed, these are the official documents I have painstakingly saved up over so many years."

Hearing this,

Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, who had been inexplicably beaten up by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, immediately could not help but point at Su Qiao and curse,

"Spit! I knew this rascal's heart was worthy of execution, worthy of execution!"

"Your Majesty, the Treasure Notes already state clearly that forging Treasure Notes is punishable by beheading. Please order the immediate execution of this beast to correct the court discipline!"

Zhu Yuanzhang stared fixedly at Su Qiao and asked,

"Su Qiao, are you truly tired of living?"

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and smiled,

"Your Majesty, I do not know what crime I have committed."

Zhu Yuanzhang stared fixedly at Su Qiao and roared,

"You privately forged Treasure Notes and used them to replace the people's goods with worthless paper; how is this different from a thief?"

"If everyone in the world did this, how could the people of our Great Ming have any way to survive?!"

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and could not help but snort coldly,

"I privately forged Treasure Notes and am a thief."

"Then what about Prince Yan, Da Ke Na'er Bu Hua, whom Your Majesty bestowed a million guan of notes? What then?"

"Private theft is theft; does that mean official theft is not theft?!"

Official theft!

Hearing this, Jiang Huan could not help but swallow his saliva.

This Lord Su is getting more and more vicious in his insults!

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger burned fiercely as he stared fixedly at Su Qiao.

"My son! He drove out the foreign invaders for the Great Ming; can I not even bestow some silver and money for his use?!"

Upon hearing this, Su Qiao could not help but laugh loudly to the sky.

"In that case, what fault is there in me printing some Treasure Notes myself to thank my colleagues and Commander Jiang for their care of me?!"

The faces of Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai both turned green.

Qi Tai immediately looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and said,

"Your Majesty, do not believe his words; I have never been in league with this beast!"

Just as Old Zhu was rendered incoherent by Su Qiao's retorts,

Jiajing in the chat group heard these words and could not help but suddenly open his eyes.

"Treasure Notes... this thing is tied to the wealth of the world... No."

Treasure Notes involve too many things.

In the mysterious depths,

The intuition of a monarch told Jiajing.

If Treasure Notes could be utilized well, they might break the situation Zhu Youjian currently faces.

And at this moment, Old Zhu was already suffering from a heart attack caused by extreme anger.

Where could he possibly hear Jiajing's words?

"I am the Son of Heaven!"

"I possess wealth from the four seas! The entire world is mine! What harm is there in me printing two pieces of money?!"

Su Qiao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and slowly stood up.

"Your Majesty, do you truly believe the common people of the world are fools?"

"Do you truly believe people will always bring real gold and silver to exchange for Your Majesty's piece of paper?!"

"Your Majesty, go out and look; the current Treasure Notes are already not worth the price written on them!"

"If the Great Ming is fortunate, then in ten or twenty years, the people will have privately abolished these Treasure Notes, which would already be a blessing for the state!"

Huang Zicheng looked at Su Qiao excitedly and said,

"How dare you!"

"The people privately abolishing Treasure Notes; do they not want to live? The established rules of our dynasty forbid exchanging gold and silver for goods! Do they not even want the ancestral traditions?!"

Su Qiao stared fixedly at Huang Zicheng and asked,

"Does Lord Huang's family not have a single tael of silver?"

"If silver is found in your house, cut you; if no silver is found, cut me, is that fair? Lord Huang, do you dare to bet with Su Mou?"

Huang Zicheng was rebutted by Su Qiao until his face turned iron-green.

For a long time, he did not say a single word.

Only Zhu Yuanzhang's face gradually became solemn.

He stared fixedly at Su Qiao and asked,

"You just said that the people abolishing these Treasure Notes is a blessing for the state; what do you mean?"

Su Qiao held the paper in his hand, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, and sneered,

"If I were Northern Yuan."

"Now I would immediately gather craftsmen."

"It is just mulberry bark paper, plus some official document paper."

"These things might be out of reach for ordinary people, but for the Great Ming's powerful enemies, they are simply within easy grasp."

"Sending spies across the pass can both disrupt the livelihoods of the Great Ming people and catch white wolves with empty hands to fund military preparations; why not do it?"

"Your Majesty can behead the common people, but can you behead the raiding chieftains?"

If a raiding chieftain could be beheaded under the Great Ming Code, would he still be called a raiding chieftain?

Hearing this.

Zhu Youjian in the chat group first broke out in a cold sweat all over.

He knew nothing else.

If the Baochao still existed in the Chongzhen era, I'm afraid Hong Taiji would have long since started printing money outside the pass to flood the Great Ming with a deluge.

Only Jiajing keenly perceived the hidden mystery within.

"The method of Baochao, which can harm the people, can certainly also benefit the people; if its harm is boundless, then its benefit is also boundless."

Jiajing cultivated the Dao and sought the Way; naturally, he did not cultivate in vain.

Besides comprehending the art of the monarch from the dynamics of Yin and Yang.

He naturally also understood the method of dichotomy.

Hearing this.

Zhu Di could not help but squint his eyes, staring at Jiajing and asking,

"Benefit the people?"

"Yes!"

Jiajing immediately assumed the air of a charlatan and said leisurely,

"Your son suggests that the Taizu Emperor continue to ask; Su Qiao is a man of great wisdom and is the Great Ming's noble benefactor."

At this moment, Old Zhu had also gradually calmed down.

"Our Great Ming is already short of copper and silver."

"The people of the world cannot simply trade goods for goods!"

Su Qiao helplessly rose and sighed,

"Your Majesty is still Your Majesty after all!"

"Your subject is ashamed."

Hearing this.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but be stunned for a moment.

Su Qiao directly admitting his mistake was something Old Zhu had not expected.

To hear Su Qiao say these words with one's own ears was also a first in the history of the world.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Su Qiao with a smile and asked,

"You kid, you finally realize you are still too green."