Chapter 1063: Mingxiang Society, People of the Northern Kingdom (Celebrating for Alliance Leader 'Autumn Wind & Fine Rain'!)

"This Zheng Song, why is he going back on his word and asking the Great Ming to allow the four families to meet for inspection in Guangzhou Prefecture again?" Zhu Yijun held the report and shook his head repeatedly. "What was he doing earlier? What about the arrogance of allowing all ships to launch raids on Great Ming merchant ships and closing Da Nang Port, not allowing Great Ming merchant ships to enter?"

In addition to the battle report, the Viceroy of Liangguang, Liu Jiwen, and the Prefect of Guangzhou, Wan Wenqing, submitted a memorial, requesting peace talks from the four major families of Zheng, Ruan, Mo, etc., saying that because it rained heavily, it delayed the departure to sea, so they did not arrive in Guangzhou. Now that they had been beaten, they knew how to repent.

These barbarians really liked to go back on their words, be untrustworthy, and treat what they said as farting.

The Great Ming was a serious imperial court. The ground in Guangdong reported this matter and gave a disposal opinion, which was to read but not reply. The war situation was favorable to the Great Ming. If the war had a trend of turning into a mess, it would not be too late to reply. It was a way to end the war.

The means to end the war were very important, and each one was worth cherishing and preserving.

"In the next chapter of Guangzhou Prefecture, carefully explore what the thief chiefs like Zheng Lord, Ruan Lord, and Mo Lord have to rely on to dare to play with the Great Ming so close to the Great Ming. In these years, the Great Ming army has fought south and north. Have they not learned any lessons?" Zhu Yijun still felt a bit strange.

Was Zheng Song really a fool? Provoking the Great Ming like this, and still wanting to end it decently. What was his reliance? The Great Ming must have a clear answer.

What kind of things did these thief chiefs hold in their hands that could make the Great Ming throw a rat-avoiding device and give them confidence?

In addition to the memorials of Chen Lin, Luo Shangzhi, Liu Jiwen, Wan Wenqing, and others, Zhu Yijun also received memorials from the distant Marquis of the Watchtower and the maritime defense inspector Shan. Scouts, together with Great Ming sea merchants in Annan, heard a piece of news.

Zheng Song led 120,000 troops, took an oath to go on an expedition, and wanted to take back Haiyang and Guangping. The result of the war was extremely unfavorable to Zheng Song. This shameful defeat severely hit Zheng Song's prestige.

Zheng Song, Zheng Song's younger brother Zheng Du, and Zheng Song's two sons launched a cruel infighting in Shenglong City. This power struggle almost drew knives.

As long as Zheng Song had another big defeat, I am afraid his position as regent would not be guaranteed.

Conquering Annan, the Great Ming Emperor saw many ugly states of Annan, mutual defense, nepotism, infighting, reckless merit-seeking, brothers fighting in the wall, etc. These ugly states made Zhu Yijun understand more why the distinction between Hua and Yi, after thousands of years, was still the mainstream value.

This is fighting a war. Do the Annan people think they are playing house? There is no planning at all, and they made decisions in such a hurry. When something happens, they don't care about the head or the tail.

Zhu Yijun put down the report, processed today's memorials, asked the Ministry of Revenue about the pursuit of arrears, and went to the navy to inspect the troops.

Master Zhu finished a busy day, returned to the Yanqing Palace, opened the miscellaneous report, and looked at the various news on the miscellaneous report.

The first one, and also the top priority at the moment, was the Yiwei military system.

The reform would officially begin in the twenty-third year of Wanli. This year was the Yiwei year, so it was called the Yiwei military system. To Zhu Yijun's surprise, the public opinion seemed to be completely different from the painting style Zhu Yijun expected.

The Great Ming's establishment of twenty-seven border infantry battalions received very widespread recognition. Zhu Yijun, the Emperor, did not receive the reputation of being warlike. These mouthpieces of the powerful and wealthy in Jiangnan recognized the Yiwei military system and even felt that the imperial court's expansion of the army was a good thing.

There was a lesson from the Japanese pirate troubles here.

After a long period of peace, military preparations did not flourish. There were not many cities with city walls in the entire Jiangnan. Even if they had experienced the Japanese pirate troubles, some places like Yangzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, etc., the city walls repaired during the war were dismantled intermittently during the Wanli Reform.

There was no way. There were too many people, and the range circled by the city walls was too small, which could not accommodate them at all.

If twenty-seven battalions were set up on the border, and twenty-seven battalions for coastal defense, there would be no need to worry about the city walls being gone and being broken by sea pirates.

And the imperial court collected so many taxes. Instead of stuffing this white silver into the pockets of corrupt officials, it was better to set up enough battalion troops to ensure safety.

Especially these battalion troops would also act as patrol missions. The Zhejiang Nine Battalions patrolled, in addition to flood prevention, they also suppressed bandits and ensured the tranquility of one side.

This was completely different from the previous public opinion. In the past, the wealthy households in Jiangnan always felt aggrieved. The imperial court collected heavy taxes, and their silver supported military towns far away. They were not happy. Since the relocation of the capital in the Yongle years, they had not been happy, until the Jiajing Japanese pirate troubles.

This kind of widespread public opinion finally changed. These battalion troops still had to be built, because these Japanese pirates really killed people.

Politics was the sum of struggles between classes, and it was also a concentrated manifestation of the economy. Starting from these two basic theorems, one could understand the dissatisfaction of the wealthy households in Jiangnan before and their support now.

It also revealed another basic principle of politics: the characteristics of the era determine the overall pattern of politics, that is, the general trend.

The occurrence of the Wanli Reform was the social overall reflection and reform after the ravages of the barbarian and Japanese pirate troubles. If the reform succeeded, it would continue to move forward. If the reform failed, the country would perish, and the dynasty would change.

Zhu Yijun was very happy to see this change.

Of course, the wealthy households in Jiangnan also expressed their dissatisfaction. Why would the twenty-seven infantry battalions in the north be formed next year, and the preparatory matters were being carried out synchronously? The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Rites had begun to promote political decrees, while the coastal infantry battalions had made plans but had no specific implementation time.

For the wealthy households, the imperial court seemed to be biased again! The people in the north were the Emperor's subjects, but Jiangnan was not? Did Jiangnan not need the protection of the Great Ming army?

Of course, some writers also directly pointed out the biggest dilemma of establishing coastal infantry battalions: there were no enough military colonies and guards to provide the needed battalion troops.

The land had all been annexed, and the guards in Jiangnan had long existed in name only. Without enough military households, where would the coastal infantry battalions come from? The difficulty of establishing coastal infantry battalions could not be blamed on the imperial court's bias, but on land annexation.

The Nine Frontiers retained a full million military households, selecting twenty-seven infantry battalions, 80,000 people, which was more than enough.

The imperial court could establish the Songjiang Navy and the Nanyang Navy, which had already exhausted all its strength and was not easy at all.

If the first floor was not built, could the second floor appear out of thin air?

Recruiting a group of desperate people, these battalion troops with insufficient military discipline, not only could not stabilize the place, but would make the place a mess.

Zhu Yijun felt that the views of these miscellaneous reports were all written very well. They were not talking about the mind in the sleeves, but discussing problems based on the status quo. This atmosphere was very conducive to reform.

Refusing to face reality was the biggest obstacle to solving problems.

"This miscellaneous report is interesting." Zhu Yijun finished reading a miscellaneous report. This miscellaneous report was called *Drunkenly Lost in Spring Dreams*, which was a semi-monthly report, that is, published once every half month.

Looking at the name, it was not serious. At the beginning, it was indeed not serious. What was written were articles similar to *Jin Ping Mei*.

But before, *Drunkenly Lost in Spring Dreams* did not sell well. It did not sell well not because the story was not exciting enough. This track was very good. It was mainly because there were too many copyists. The copyists sold cheaply, so everyone went to buy copyists or small workshops, not their official publications.

By chance, the writer of *Drunkenly Lost in Spring Dreams* wrote about the past of the infighting of the wealthy families, and the result was a hit. Obviously, people who were willing to spend money to buy miscellaneous reports liked to watch this story. Later, *Drunkenly Lost in Spring Dreams* changed the track and was obsessed with writing stories about the infighting of wealthy families, and finally survived.

This one in Zhu Yijun's hand was about the salt merchant giant Huang Qingde of Huaiyang.

On the surface, Huang Qingde was a good merchant. His family motto was: "Respect the old as I respect my own old, love the young as I love my own young," hanging the accumulation of virtue and doing good on his lips, and also putting it into practice.

When Huang Qingde was alive, he set up as many as thirty-six salt charity granaries in Huai'an, Yangzhou, and other places. These salt charity granaries were grain granaries, relief granaries, and life-saving granaries specifically for saving stove workers.

Just these thirty-six charity granaries cost a full 300,000 silver to build.

And Huang Qingde actively participated in repairing dams and dredging ditches. For example, dredging the old Shahe River in Yangzhou Prefecture, Huang Qingde donated 50,000 silver; dredging the Mangdao River, Huang Qingde donated another 60,000 silver, which was praised by people at the time.

Whenever there was disaster relief, river work, donations, etc., he would never shirk, preparing for famine and disaster, and handling it immediately.

Huang Qingde's good name was his amulet. In the many violent fluctuations of the Wanli Reform, Huang Qingde was not affected, and in many times when he needed to clarify his position, Huang Qingde's position stood on the side of the imperial court.

For example, in the thirteenth year of Wanli, the sixty-four articles promised by the powerful gentry in the sky, it was Huang Qingde who led the wealthy households in Yangzhou to sign.

Huang Qingde's good name, after he passed away in the fourteenth year of Wanli, turned into nothingness with the fierce infighting of his six sons over the family property.

At first, people thought this was just a very ordinary case of fighting for family property, but it was very strange that these six sons were all fighting for the salt charity granaries.

It stands to reason that the charity granary has a charity word. To put it bluntly, it is losing money to earn a reputation. This fighting for family property, this salt charity granary should clearly be a negative asset. Why fight for this thing? It should be avoided.

As the drama of the six sons fighting for wealth became bigger and bigger, the true face of the salt charity granary was revealed.

People generally thought that the thirty-six salt charity granaries were life-saving granaries for stove workers, that is, salt-boiling stove workers. When there was a natural disaster, the salt charity granaries would open to provide relief so that they would not starve to death. This was a charitable act.

But with the fighting for family property, the salt charity granary was basically a bank for lending money, and the interest was extremely high, rolling interest, and even wives and children had to be paid in. In addition to the bank, it was the largest gambling house in Huai'an.

This matter had existed for more than twenty years, and it was not until the fourteenth year, when Huang Qingde died, that it broke out.

The reason for this was, on the one hand, the stove workers themselves were poor people and hard laborers, their voice was very small, and no one really cared about them; secondly, Huang Qingde had a protective umbrella to shield him from the wind and rain. These news could not cause widespread discussion and the attention of superiors at all.

Huang Qingde, every time he encountered disaster relief and donations, would be very active. Behind this activity was not the love of the people and the accumulation of virtue, but bribery.

For example, the 110,000 silver for dredging the old Shahe River and Mangdao River was not used for dredging at all. All this silver fell into the pockets of the Yangzhou Prefect himself.

People knew about this matter entirely because the Anti-Corruption Division arrived at Yangzhou Prefecture in the nineteenth year and conducted a strict investigation into the corruption case in Yangzhou, which did not conclude until the twenty-first year and was publicized.

The tricks inside were known to everyone.

Huang Qingde sent gifts to the prefect, and the purpose was naturally: "Connect the feelings of the upper and lower, and achieve the friendship of Taijiao."

Bribery was divided into three types: example tribute, special tribute, and daily tribute.

Example tribute was sending gifts according to the example during festivals. There were many stresses here. During festivals, the festivals were different, and the things sent had to be different. Prefects were all scholar-officials, relatively elegant, so the gifts sent had to be satisfactory.

And it had to be without the smell of fireworks, otherwise, this copper smell would not stain the scholar spirit?

Special tribute was different. Special tribute was much more straightforward. They were all sent for special affairs, not only gold and silver, but also beauties and thin horses were within the scope of gifts. Sometimes it was Huang Qingde asking for help, and sometimes it was the Yangzhou Prefect asking for bribes.

For example, Huang Qingde's fourth son, when he went to the countryside to see the garden, took a fancy to a beautiful woman. This beautiful woman was already married. The husband naturally refused, so he was beaten to death by the fourth son. This person died, so Huang Lao Si took the beautiful woman back to the garden.

The Great Ming's folk customs were extremely fierce. The imperial court collected taxes, and the people dared to arm themselves to resist taxes, let alone such things happening. The villagers directly surrounded the garden and wanted to ask for an explanation.

This fourth son took the beautiful woman and ran away overnight. It was the garden that was smashed by the villagers.

The fourth son returned to Yangzhou Prefecture. Huang Qingde beat the fourth son severely, but this was his own son, so he had to protect him no matter what. Someone died, so it was a criminal case. In order to settle this matter, Huang Qingde sent a whole set of jade ware to the Yangzhou Prefect, which was considered to have pressed this matter down.

And the case of the six sons fighting for wealth after Huang Qingde's death started from this fourth son. Specifically, it was this beautiful woman.

Originally, the six sons had no opinion on Huang Qingde's distribution of family property. After all, the old man was gone, his prestige remained, and all the shopkeepers supported the will, so the matter could not be made big.

As a result, the beautiful woman kept blowing pillow wind to the fourth son, and the fourth son finally couldn't help but start contacting the second son and these shopkeepers to rebel against the eldest son.

The eldest son took the most, but the eldest son's qualifications were very mediocre. He could not write or fight, and he could not understand business. There was only one thing, that was, his character was very generous, and he respected all the shopkeepers very much. His reputation was as good as the old man's.

But the second son's qualifications were very good. Not only did he pass the exam as a scholar, but he was also extremely good at doing business.

This fourth son looking for the second son was exactly what the second son wanted. Originally, the second son was still hesitant, feeling that he had little chance of winning against the eldest son. After all, all the shopkeepers recognized the eldest son quite a bit.

This fourth son came, and the second son immediately exerted his intelligence and began to clamor that the old man's distribution was uneven, which was why it started.

This beautiful woman blowing pillow wind was indeed very useful, because the fourth son was obsessed, favoring the concubine and destroying the wife. This beautiful woman should not have been able to mix into a concubine status when she entered the house, but in the fifteenth year, this beautiful woman was already in the status of a successor wife.

Traditional dramas such as buying murder and heavy sentencing for bribery were all present. After fighting to the end, the family was scattered, and the family business was lost. The six brothers, except for the sixth son who was studying in Jiujiang Prefecture, none of them were spared. They all died, died of suicide, died on the way to exile, died under poisonous wine, died in a woman's belly, and the ways of death were all different.

What was surprising was that after the family was destroyed, the beautiful woman hugged the baby in the swaddle and jumped into the river, leaving no bones.

Some people said that the beautiful woman was enduring humiliation to avenge her late husband;

Some people said that the beautiful woman was used to a life of luxury and could not stand the rough tea and light rice;

Some people said that the beautiful woman felt guilty, tossed the Huang family away, and could not stand the pointing of others;

Some people said that the side branch of the Huang family forced the beautiful woman to hand over the only family property, wanting to eat her family, and she could not stand the humiliation and felt that life was hopeless.

The beautiful woman left no last words, making her reason for jumping into the river a mystery.

"It's really hard to say." Zhu Yijun finished reading the miscellaneous report and shook his head repeatedly.

The writer had tried his best to search for news and wanted to explain the matter clearly, but in the end, the writer could not guess why the beautiful woman jumped into the river. Although the Huang family was defeated, the thin camel was bigger than the horse, and the remaining family property could still raise the child.

The writer also bluntly said that even without this beautiful woman's instigation, the six sons of the Huang family would still fight.

The eldest son was mediocre and took the most. The second son was not convinced. Even without instigation, the second son would still make trouble.

And the rapid decline of the Huang family had a great relationship with the shopkeepers of each shop. The shopkeepers were responsible for operation. If the master was not chaotic, they would have no chance. But the six sons of the Huang family were fighting in the wall and had no time to pay attention to the business in the shop. The minds of the shopkeepers of each shop were immediately active.

By the time the six sons finished fighting, all the shops of the Huang family had been completely emptied by these shopkeepers.

The most critical thing was that Huang Qingde's good name, which he had accumulated for a lifetime, was also completely lost. Fame and profit, fame and profit, if there is fame, there is profit.

Those thirty-six salt charity granaries not only lent high-interest loans and gambling houses, but also engaged in "cai sheng zhe er," which was turning normal people into disabled people and then begging everywhere. Inside were all children. Huang Qingde changed from Huang the Great Good Man to Huang the Three Harms. The change in his reputation was sigh-worthy.

This might not be Huang Qingde's original intention to establish charity granaries, but in the end, the charity granaries became this appearance.

The heavy rain in the seventh month blew away many tiles of the Yanqing Palace. Thick trees were uprooted by the wind and rain, and even the city of Songjiang Prefecture was slightly flooded. The violent typhoon came three times in a row. With such heavy wind and rain, Zhu Yijun had a thorough understanding of the misty Jiangnan.

It finally cleared up for two days in August. If the sun didn't come out again, Zhu Yijun felt he was going to get moldy.

In the rainy season, misty Jiangnan, living here, indeed had more than just beauty, but also the inconvenience of life.

Zhu Yijun, on the contrary, felt a sense of relief about the typhoon that came three times a month. It didn't rain much in the whole summer last year, but these rains all fell in the autumn. In the autumn harvest season, it rained continuously, and the farmers could not harvest, and the harvest could not be dried. The autumn flood caused great damage to the Great Ming's production.

This year, it rained in the summer, and the possibility of autumn floods would be much smaller, and the people could also live in peace for a few days.

In August, Songjiang Prefecture began to celebrate the Wanli Saint's Birthday. The entire Songjiang Prefecture was very lively, and the Emperor also appeared on the city wall of the Yanqing Palace many times to enjoy with the people.

On the sixth day of August, Zhu Yijun received a memorial from the Viceroy of Liangguang, Liu Jiwen. Liu Jiwen answered the doubts in the Emperor's heart. The biggest reliance, or bargaining chip, of Zheng Lord, Ruan Lord, and Mo Lord was the Great Ming people in their hands.

South Ruan and North Zheng, Zheng Lord Zheng Song's mother was Ruan, and both sides had struggles and cooperation. For example, they had a consensus on how to treat the Great Ming people in Annan.

Almost at the same time, the two compiled the people and households of all the Great Ming people in Annan and set up an office called the Mingxiang Society to manage them.

And the Mingxiang Society was the reliance of these four major families for promising the Great Ming to meet for inspection, but then directly breaking their promise, attacking Great Ming merchant ships, and not allowing Great Ming merchant ships to dock.

This was the biggest card in their hands. The Great Ming had not launched a large-scale attack yet, so the four major families had not played this card.

Zhu Yijun's breathing became a bit heavy. He read the memorial three or four times, and everything was explained.

"Mingxiang Society, people of the Northern Kingdom." Zhu Yijun's fingers kept tapping on the seat.

He suddenly thought of the Minister of War Liang Menglong, who killed more than a thousand Great Ming captives in the Gusu naval battle, killing some and castrating some, without any intention of showing mercy. He also thought of the miscellaneous report article published by Gao Panlong before the war.

Although these scholar-officials did not know specifically what kind of organizational form it was, these scholar-officials also guessed the existence of these Great Ming people.

The people of the Northern Kingdom, that is, the Great Ming people, managed by the Mingxiang Society, totaled 140,000. Most of them were Great Ming people who fled to Annan to seek a way to survive from the Jiajing Japanese pirate troubles to the establishment of the Nanyang Navy.

Once the Great Ming launched a full-scale attack, this would be a knife held against the neck of the Great Ming imperial court.

The name Mingxiang Society was unusual.

Liu Jiwen explained very clearly in the memorial that this was the name of the pirate leader, the son-in-law of the Boni (Cambodia) Queen Latu Bilu, who took the name of the water envoy Lin Daoqian, and the Mingxiang Society was managed by Lin Daoqian's pirates, so it was called a society.

Zhu Yijun did not expect that conquering Annan would be more troublesome and thorny than pacifying the Japanese pirates in the east.

"Liu Jiwen is right. The more you care, the more dangerous these Mingxiang Society Northern Kingdom people are." Zhu Yijun's fingers stopped tapping. The Great Ming's decision could not be swayed by these Northern Kingdom people. Otherwise, the more you care, the more these four major families would use this as a bargaining chip to threaten the imperial court.

If the imperial court did not care, these Northern Kingdom people would lose their function and no one would care. Of course, it was also extremely dangerous, because these barbarians, after the Northern Kingdom people lost their function, would likely kill them to vent their anger.

"In the process of development, the Great Ming encountered a high moral disadvantage again." Zhu Yijun sighed. In the process of development, the West did not have such problems and did not have such concerns at all. But in the process of the Great Ming's development, there were many concerns.

How to fight this battle, Zhu Yijun did not give a clear instruction directly, but handed it over to Chen Lin and Luo Shangzhi, letting them make decisions according to the changes on the front line.

It was Liu Jiwen who said in the memorial a phenomenon that made him feel a bit dumbfounded, that is, the four families of Annan had a very wonderful consensus. They believed that as long as they surrendered, the Great Ming would withdraw its troops. This was also the reason why they requested to meet for inspection this time.

It seemed that as long as it was like the Jiajing years, the Great Ming army pressed the border, and the powerful minister Anxing King Mo Dengyong, with dozens of ministers, tied themselves to Zhennan Pass to surrender, the Great Ming would agree to surrender and withdraw its troops.

But they never expected that this time it would be so fierce, and the Great Ming heavenly army really came.

This time was of course completely different from the Jiajing years. The Jiajing years were the tightening of the sea ban, and the Wanli years were the opening of the sea. This general trend was different, and the final intensity was completely different. The Great Ming's sharp sword was unsheathed and would inevitably see blood.

Throughout August, Zhu Yijun was quite relaxed. By the Mid-Autumn Festival on the fifteenth day of August, Zhu Yijun packed his bags and prepared to return to the North Yamen.

The half-year stay ended again. This year was different from last year. Last year, ten livelihood articles were promoted. This year, Zhu Yijun only did one thing: promote the Single Whip Law.

"I will set off to return to the capital tomorrow. The Single Whip Law still relies on you, my minister, to continue to preside over the promotion in Songjiang Prefecture." Zhu Yijun summoned Hou Yuzhao and let Hou Yuzhao stay in Songjiang Prefecture to specifically handle the promotion of the Single Whip Law.

"When necessary, you can mobilize the maritime defense inspector. If you think it is necessary, you can also mobilize the Zhejiang Nine Battalions." Zhu Yijun gave Hou Yuzhao a great power. The Zhejiang Nine Battalions, 27,000 people, were all battalion troops and very capable of fighting.

If the Great Ming wealthy households and local officials felt that the Emperor had left and the Capital Battalions had left, they could do whatever they wanted, then they underestimated the Emperor's determination too much.

Hou Yuzhao was silent for a while, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the powerful and wealthy of our Great Ming, the scholar-officials, really don't have such great courage to treat opposing the king's order as rebellion."

He had returned land in Zhejiang and consolidated land return. Of course, he had seen scholar-officials who resisted land return, but they were actually the minority of the minority.

The Great Ming was not out of order, and the imperial court's political decrees had never been to give people no way to live. The Emperor did things, although it could not be called benevolence, but rewards and punishments were clear.

"The six prefectures that promote the Single Whip Law are also places where gold banknotes circulate. They accept gold banknotes and can also accept the Single Whip Law." Hou Yuzhao talked about the details he noticed.

Where were there so many treacherous officials, sycophants, and rebels? Even if there were, with the Capital Battalions and the navy, they would not dare to express it at all.

The wealthy households and scholar-officials heard that gold banknotes could also be used to pay taxes, and the last little thought of resisting the Single Whip Law was gone.

In the eyes of these wealthy households, the Emperor could clearly rob them through gold banknotes, but not letting them use banknotes to pay taxes was robbery.

The biggest resistance to the promotion of the Single Whip Law in the six prefectures was that the wealthy households thought the Emperor was going to rob them, but gold banknotes could be used to pay taxes, so this kind of resistance was minimal.

"The 6 million guan issued for targeted increase is used up." Hou Yuzhao asked in a low voice, "Should we issue some more?"

Zhu Yijun noticed this situation. 6 million guan was equal to 6 million silver banknotes, sprinkled to Guangzhou Prefecture, which only splashed a splash. Part of the private tickets withdrew from circulation.

"How much to issue?"

"6 million guan." Hou Yuzhao said tentatively.

Zhu Yijun's expression changed upon hearing this, and he asked sternly, "Don't issue! 6 million guan, Hou Yuzhao, you dare to open your mouth to ask!"

"Guangzhou Prefecture uses silver, brown sugar, tobacco, imported grain, and other goods to exchange for Your Majesty's banknotes, not for free, Your Majesty." Hou Yuzhao said immediately.

The first 6 million guan was not given directly to the Guangzhou Prefecture office, but the Guangzhou Prefecture convened a public discussion meeting, and finally determined a large batch of goods, all of which were hard currency, and even sugar was willing to be taken out.

Gold banknotes were convertible currency. One guan of banknotes could be exchanged for one silver coin at the Huotong Hall. There was once a run on the bank in Songjiang Prefecture. The Emperor transferred 2 million silver from the North Yamen to deal with the run. Since then, no one had run on the bank again.

"6 million guan! Just one month, just one month, and it was all eaten up?!" Zhu Yijun frowned. He felt that 6 million guan was already a lot. One month, just one month, and it was all eaten up. ===== CHAPTER 1064 =====