Chapter 832: Great Ming

Great Ming's gold treasury was built in the Tonghe Palace, right where the Emperor lived.

The Emperor also gave keys to the ministers, allowing them to witness the opening of the gold treasury together. It is opened once a year to prevent theft by those in charge. The system design was passed through court discussion, and there are no major problems for the time being.

The main reason Zhu Yijun did this was to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Hongwu Baochao. This is Great Ming's historical lesson. The Hongwu Baochao lacked the support of a physical foundation, leading to the overall collapse of credibility.

The currency system, especially the banknote law, is very fragile. Even though Zhu Yijun is now in his prime and at the height of his power, he still needs to take precautions and prepare for the total collapse of credibility.

Since history has left lessons, one must learn to draw from them. The long history has left various historical lessons, just like a wrong-answer book placed in front of the Emperor. If one learns from them seriously, there will actually not be too many mistakes.

When the footsteps of history reached the Wanli reign, enough wrong answers had actually been accumulated, which is also part of the power of correction.

The Tonghe Palace gold treasury is a statement, a promise from the Emperor to the people of the world: the Wanli Baochao will not be issued without limit.

The issuance of Baochao will be anchored to Great Ming's precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper, assets, the quantity of goods, and price growth, avoiding over-issuance to the greatest extent. If it is really over-issued too much, there is actually a way: let the barbarians overseas suffer, and they will bear these over-issued currencies.

Therefore, in general, Great Ming's resistance to issuing notes is not high, because the Japanese circulation of Baochao has already made the Japanese suffer for more than ten years.

"The gold treasury is not just a gold treasury; it is confidence, it is the Wanli Revival, it is long-term peace and stability." Zhu Yijun has high expectations for the Tonghe Palace gold treasury. This is an important step in Great Ming's gold narrative.

"The gold treasury is very important because Spain controls the rich silver mines. Felipe dominates global trade through this silver. Even Great Ming is under this trade system. The silver hegemony is also one of the hegemonies of Felipe's empire on which the sun never sets, not just the hegemony of the sea routes."

"I cannot cover my ears and close my eyes, pretending that Great Ming is the Heavenly Dynasty. To look forward and move upward, I must face these problems squarely."

Zhu Yijun further talked about his ambition for the Tonghe Palace gold treasury. The composition of the hegemony of Felipe's empire on which the sun never sets, besides the control of sea routes, is the control of silver. Spain has established a complete trade system surrounding silver, and Great Ming cannot escape the shackles of this trade system.

Great Ming's establishment of a gold treasury to issue Baochao is to build a new independent currency system with gold reserves as the main body and assets as the auxiliary, reducing the dependence on silver flowing in from overseas, and even replacing it, replacing Spain's silver dollar as the hegemon in currency.

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng looked at this place of less than 11 mu and felt some emotion, leading the ministers to sing praises.

Collecting...

... gold is not an easy thing. Great Ming is fighting in Korea and Japan, the "Dinghai School System" is being implemented domestically, the Nine Dragon University and the Normal College are being built, and the Long-Distance Road is still under construction. There are too many places to spend money. Since the 13th year of Wanli, the pressure on both the national treasury and the inner treasury has been very great.

The Emperor also wants to take the remaining silver, give it to Wang Qian, and buy and store gold at a relatively low price in the trading house, which makes the inner treasury even more stretched.

Zhang Juzheng feels that "too much is as bad as too little." The Emperor, as the supreme ruler of the world, is a bit too harsh on himself.

Just as he said, this gold is the Emperor's own, not the world's. Actually, there is no need to take it out and put it into the gold treasury to become part of Great Ming's credibility. This should have been the responsibility of the imperial court.

But the Emperor's behavior is reasonable. Zhang Juzheng once said that everyone in the world works for their own interests, only the Emperor works for the public.

Selfishness is a neutral word, the nature of animals and plants, not a derogatory term. In the world, it is reasonable for all people to run for their own interests, but only the Emperor cannot. The Emperor must work for the public.

Because the ruler-father and the ruler-country are one body, which cannot be cut. The Emperor is both an individual and a model for the world.

When the Emperor really achieved it, Zhang Juzheng became worried instead. He was worried that the Emperor would not be able to persist. Tan Lun, Yu Dayou, Wan Shihe, Hai Rui, and Wang Guoguang were all leaving, and he, Zhang Juzheng, and Qi Jiguang were also leaving.

The path the Emperor is taking will become more and more lonely. In the end, it is the people of the world who will not be able to understand the Emperor's behavior, and the Emperor will become that outlier.

During the lecture, Zhu Yijun once asked Zhang Juzheng a question: Are the ruler-father and the ruler-country really inseparable? One is one, two is two, the ruler is the ruler, and the country is the country. At that time, Zhang Juzheng said they could not be cut, and Zhu Yijun thought that when he grew up, he would cut them himself.

Time flies. Zhu Yijun discovered that in the present, it is impossible to do so. And the harder he tries to be a good Emperor, the more he cannot cut the ruler-country and the ruler-father.

Now, even if he wants to cut, no minister will agree. The ministers will think that the Emperor is conducting an obedience test and will instead perform all kinds of strange things, such as "lying on ice to seek fish," seeking favor.

"Others do not follow me, and my persistence is in vain."

Zhu Yijun can only do his best to be himself, not let things go wrong on his end, and not let himself drop the chain and lead Great Ming into the abyss.

In a period of time, under a specific cultural background, the political system that people can accept has a clear and distinct range. Once the discussion of government decrees and thoughts exceeds this range, it will be regarded as extreme and unrealistic fantasy.

Shen Li always talks about the "collapse of rites and music." He even agreed to the barbarians selling some barbarians to Great Ming's plantations, to some extent because this practice of selling barbarians exceeded this range.

This range is not immutable, but will change with time, social changes, public opinion changes, political activities, and cultural changes. The standards of good and evil, and radical or conservative policies will slowly be accepted by the world.

Great Ming calls this range "deviating from the classics and rebelling against the path," and later generations call this range "historical limitations."

Even Zhu Yijun, the Emperor, cannot break this limitation. The current Great Ming needs a wise Emperor to lead Great Ming out of the predicament and quagmire of the small-scale peasant economy. Only when the economy is prosperous and society changes will some "deviations from the classics and rebellion against the path" become easier to accept.

For example, the imperial system will eventually be eliminated.

"Let's talk about the placement of the soldiers returning in triumph from the Korean and Japanese battlefields." Zhu Yijun led the ministers into the West Flower Hall and talked about the major events on the front line.

The root of Great Ming's style of "promoting literature and suppressing martial arts" is the confrontation between literature and martial arts, and the root of the confrontation between literature and martial arts is actually the struggle for political power.

These soldiers who have made great contributions to the country should logically obtain higher political status, more power, and more material rewards, which will take away the status, power, and economy monopolized by scholars.

The essence of all political struggles is class struggle.

And now, if the Great Ming army returns in triumph, all the meritorious officials must obtain sufficient status, power, and economy. If they cannot be satisfied, the only thing that can be done is to kill the meritorious officials.

This kind of trouble has appeared many times in history. For example, in the early Wanli reign, the placement of the guest troops who pacified the Japanese pirate scourge and stopped the iron hooves of the Northern Barbarians was once the top difficulty of the Great Ming imperial court. What Zhu Yijun could do was give Luzon to these guest troops who pacified the Japanese pirates and give Liaodong to the guest troops who resisted the Northern Barbarians.

Now, Great Ming has occupied Korea and parts of Japan's mainland. How to reward these meritorious officials has become the top priority.

"Establish military colonies and guard stations in Korea and Japan, have the Liaodong soldiers serve as hereditary battalion and company commanders, and fill the guard stations with Korean soldiers." Wang Chonggu gave a proposal. As soon as this was said, everyone looked at Wang Chonggu with complex expressions.

Shen Li let out a heavy sigh and said: "How can you say it so brightly and so straightforwardly? It should be said that in order to ensure the long-term peace and stability of Korea and Japan, Han troops should be sent to stabilize the local area. Saying it this way sounds much better."

"Isn't it the same?" Wang Chonggu looked left and right and said: "There is no Secretary of the Secretariat here, no one will record it."

"Alas, the culture is swept to the ground, and the rites and music have collapsed." Shen Li said helplessly. Everyone is a scholar; how can they say things so straightforwardly!

Shen Li gave a more high-sounding statement. Of course, everyone meant the same thing: the Liaodong army that fought this time would become the hereditary battalion and company commanders of the newly opened lands of Korea and Japan, guaranteeing it for generations to come. This is the best reward for the Great Ming army that fought bloody battles.

"What about the elite soldiers of the Capital Battalion?" Zhu Yijun talked about the most difficult part to place. The elite soldiers of the Capital Battalion, wearing strong armor and holding sharp weapons, pried open one mountain city after another, and Great Ming swept away the Japanese pirates. Now that it is time to divide the spoils, what kind of reward should be given to the Capital Battalion?

Wang Chonggu thought for a while and said: "Let them garrison Japan's gold, silver, and copper mines. Their status is equivalent to the current daimyo of Japan, but they are Ming-affiliated daimyo." This is the answer given by Wang Chonggu.

If they are unwilling to go, they can be converted into silver. The Emperor is very generous in this regard and fully respects the soldiers' choices.

Just like after fighting Suiyuan, the Womagang large mining area was controlled by the Great Ming soldiers;

Just like Chen Dazhuang running around the world for the Emperor, the Great Tieling Guard was handed over to Chen Dazhuang;

Just like the Nagasaki Governor's Office, the Luzon Governor's Office, the Jiugang Governor's Office, and the Jinchi Governor's Office.

Great Ming now has both the prefecture-county system and the enfeoffment system. The hinterland is a complete prefecture-county system, and places where the imperial court cannot fully control are enfeoffed.

This is a discussion of the collapse of rites and music. To put it more simply, it is a meeting to divide the spoils.

A group of meritorious officials like Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, and Ma Lin are easy to reward. They themselves or their fathers were Great Ming's martial meritorious officials, and they just need to be promoted according to the established five-grade merit rewards.

The only thing that looks a bit troublesome is actually Qi Jiguang, who is already the Duke of Fengguo. The rewards are mainly in terms of treatment.

This also has ancestral laws in Great Ming. The Duke of England, Zhang Fu, was enfeoffed as the Duke of England in the 6th year of Yongle because of the conquest of Jiaozhi. Later, he continued to conquer south and north with the Yongle Emperor. The Emperor's reward to Zhang Fu was "to rest with the country."

Qi Jiguang's reward can just follow the old precedent of Zhang Fu.

"Should we ban opium in Japan?" Zhang Xueyan talked about a problem: whether the opium business in Japan should be completely banned.

When Gao Qiyu reported to the imperial court, he talked about his observations in Kyoto. There were 17 large opium dens in Kyoto. From Osaka to Hiroshima, there were a large number of large opium dens in the coastal cities of Japan.

Japan's large opium dens had developed to a level that surprised Gao Qiyu.

Japan had a group of women specializing in "tuning smoke." Each opium den had various secret recipes, and these secret recipes were the core competitiveness.

Gao Qiyu had been there a few times for entertainment. The "smoke-tuning women," under the illumination of beautiful music and soft lights, followed the rhythm of the music, dancing with graceful bodies, peeling the exquisitely structured opium lumps layer by layer. Each layer would be adjusted with different flavors, thus endowing them with different effects: this layer for health, this layer for aphrodisiac, this layer for dispelling dampness, this layer for nourishing blood.

After puffing clouds and spitting mist, the Japanese comprador brokers would wriggle like maggots on these smoke-tuning women, and these smoke-tuning women themselves were many poisonous insects, and the scene was extremely rotten.

The key is that these consumptions were really very expensive. Smoke-tuning women, opium, water food, etc., could all drain the hard work of the comprador brokers for days or even months.

"Ban it." Zhu Yijun looked at the court ministers and said: "Within Great Ming's scope of control, ban it all. Outside Great Ming's scope of control, I am powerless. Maintain the status quo."

It is not Great Ming's actual control scope. Great Ming is really powerless. Drug dealers, in order to make money, can even dodge the defense line set up by the Great Ming Coastal Defense Inspector. Even in Great Ming's hinterland, a lot of opium can be found every year.

The profit of this thing is too high, and there are too many desperate people taking risks.

Great Ming checks strictly and punishes heavily, often beheading, while Japan checks no one and punishes no one. Moreover, Japan has silver, so it leads to these drug dealers running to Japan to do business.

This forms a more strange situation: opium is ravaging Japan's superstructure, and the "Jile Sect" (Paradise Sect) has destroyed Japan's grassroots commoners.

"Your Majesty, I have a matter..." Shen Li said with a solemn face, taking out a memorial: "It might cost a lot of money."

"Spend money? Where does the imperial court still have money? Grand Minister of Rites, don't you have your eyes on the Emperor's gold?! This is simply unreasonable!" The Minister of Revenue Zhang Xueyan was like triggering a keyword and immediately became anxious!

Great Ming has too many places to spend money. Now this Grand Minister of Rites wants to do something again!

"Let me see. Money is earned to be spent." Zhu Yijun took the memorial, finished reading Shen Li's memorial, and then passed it on for reading.

On the memorial was a very, very tragic thing. Great Ming has the custom of "sitting in the month" (postpartum confinement). Women who have given birth cannot do heavy work or tiring work for a month. This custom dates back to the "Book of Rites: Internal Rules" of the Western Han Dynasty, called "within the month."

But "sitting in the month" is something only local gentry can afford. Many village women in the countryside have to go down to the fields to work a few days after giving birth, and then they will get a disease: uterine prolapse. This disease is very common and can be seen everywhere in Great Ming.

Recently, in Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, in the capital, a village woman went down to the fields to work on the third day after giving birth and had a very serious uterine prolapse. As soon as she did heavy work, it fell out, and the people around her ridiculed her.

This village woman was a bit strong-willed. She prepared a pair of scissors, returned home, and cut off the uterus. When her family discovered it, the village woman, who was bleeding heavily, was already dying. On the table of this village woman, there was a bowl of brown sugar and egg soup, which was the comfort and reward the village woman had prepared for herself after the treatment.

Her family carried the village woman to the Huimin Pharmacy, but the village woman was already dead.

Wanping County was in the capital, so they did not dare to conceal it and reported it to Shuntian Prefecture, and the Huimin Pharmacy reported it to the Imperial Hospital.

"This village woman loved life very much. She didn't want to be ridiculed, and she didn't commit suicide, but hoped to live well and not be pointed at. This is not ignorance, but from ancient times to the present, no one has taught these folk women what to do. More clearly, it is the dereliction of duty of the imperial court." Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in front of him, clutching it a bit tightly.

Actually, Shuntian Prefecture and the Imperial Hospital originally did not intend to report this matter to the imperial court.

This kind of tragedy happens every year, and there are very many of them. The imperial physician Wu Lian is a female imperial physician, and she is very accustomed to this kind of thing. She once saw a daughter bring her mother to see a doctor, who also had uterine prolapse. The uterus was like a rotten pear. Because the cost of removal was a bit high, the daughter was unwilling to pay.

But Shuntian Prefecture and the Imperial Hospital finally reported it to the Emperor.

"There is another memorial." Shen Li took out a second memorial and hesitated, but still handed it to the Emperor.

This time it was reported by Daxing County in the capital, Shuntian Prefecture. In Qingyundian, Daxing County, there was a person named Zheng the Carpenter. Like names such as Zhang the Butcher, people always put the surname and the profession together. As time went by, Zheng the Carpenter's real name was no longer called.

Zheng the Carpenter was a village rustic. His body had been very strong since he was a child, almost never getting sick. His dark skin and strong body made him look like a good hand at farm work. He had always been the main labor force and pillar of the family. After marrying and having children, he was even more the backbone of the family.

When he was learning his craft, he was also willing to endure hardship and study hard. He was also very solid in his carpentry work, and people from ten miles and eight villages all came to him to make furniture.

Last winter, Zheng the Carpenter's lower leg suddenly began to ache. In three months, it became more and more painful, to the point where he could not even get out of bed. Zheng the Carpenter, who was in unbearable pain, went to the Huimin Pharmacy and grabbed a few doses of soup medicine, but it didn't work. Zheng the Carpenter, who had a very hot temper, felt that he could still work even without a leg.

In the third month of spring in the 16th year of Wanli, Zheng the Carpenter bit a towel, sawed off his bad leg, and burned a red-hot soldering iron, intending to cauterize it after sawing it off to form a scab.

After biting off four teeth, the leg was sawed off, and his wife cried and branded the leg with the soldering iron.

Zheng the Carpenter felt that even with one less leg, he could still do physical labor, because his son had slowly grown up and could help him do physical labor, and he would be responsible for the technical work.

But the hemp rope always breaks at the thinnest part, and misfortune always finds the bitter life. Zheng the Carpenter still died in April, dying of ulceration of the wound.

Zhu Yijun finished reading the memorial and passed it on to the ministers, then said: "Zheng the Carpenter wanted to live very much. He sawed off his own leg and branded the wound with a soldering iron. I don't know how painful that was, but I saw that he wanted to live, to live well."

"Actually, if he had just bought a bottle of iodine, or bought a bottle of alcohol and sprayed it every day, he wouldn't have died. He could even endure the pain of sawing his leg and branding it, let alone the burning of alcohol."

"This is not ignorance, but from ancient times to the present, no one has taught them what to do. More clearly, it is the dereliction of duty of the imperial court."

Zhu Yijun repeated his previous words again. These two cases were really too typical. Even if someone had taught them and told them that doing so was wrong, they could have lived.

"I communicated with the imperial physicians and came up with a way that is not a way." Shen Li took out a third memorial. This memorial was where money needed to be spent, and a lot of money at that.

The imperial physicians planned to compile a medical book called "Simple Methods for Health Prevention" on the basis of "Simple Methods for Health." They would popularize health concepts, disease prevention, and simple treatment. Complex diseases would still be handed over to the Huimin Pharmacy, but health concepts and prevention could solve the vast majority of problems.

The original "Simple Methods for Health" was a medical book written by Hu Ying, a minister of the Ministry of Rites and a veteran of six dynasties from the Jianwen to Jingtai reigns. Hu Ying was indeed the Minister of Rites, but he was also from a medical family, and it popularized some health concepts.

Imperial physicians Li Shizhen, Chen Shigong, Pang Xian, Wu Lian, and others planned to write a "Simple Methods for Health Prevention" on the previous basis, striving to be popular, easy to understand, concise, and to the point—what can be eaten, what cannot be eaten, how to prevent and treat diseases, etc. Prevention is greater than treatment is the main purpose of the new version of the simple methods.

But popularizing health concepts and preventing diseases requires manpower.

"Selection, training, management, assessment, and treatment—all require money." Shen Li explained where this system really spends money.

The ministers finished reading the memorial and fell silent. Shen Li had found a big job for the Great Ming imperial court. The "Dinghai School System" had already emptied the national treasury and the inner treasury of Great Ming. Now, establishing a medical system that benefits the people—thinking about it, one knows how much money it will cost, it will take a long time, the results will be slow, and there will be many criticisms.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, medical care is an extremely expensive social resource.

"Indeed, doctors who are forced to do the job and are not very professional will have all kinds of problems, such as poor level, killing people, non-standardization, and even low morality, using medical practice to buy and sell by force and swindle. In the Song Dynasty, medical skills were still a technique." Zhu Yijun talked to the ministers about the shortcomings of this system.

These are all shortcomings that can be seen at a glance. There is no need for those scholar-officials in the court to wag their tongues. The ministers are not fools.

These doctors who are forced to do the job, not selling "powerful pills" or "universal talismans," is already high morality.

Zhu Yijun continued: "Zhuangzi said: 'A fish in a dry rut.'"

"Zhuangzi saw a small puddle on the road with a fish in it, asking Zhuangzi for help. Zhuangzi said: 'Good, I will go to the south to lobby the King of Wu and the King of Yue, and lead the water of the West River to welcome you, is that okay?' The fish was furious and scolded: 'It is better to find me in a dried fish shop!'"

"The fish scolded Zhuangzi, saying that a bucket of water can save it now, but you actually said such things. When you finish doing it, go find me in a dried fish shop!"

"Just follow the Grand Minister of Rites' proposal."

Zhu Yijun planned to do it. "A fish in a dry rut"—the fish is about to dry to death. It is too late to cultivate professional doctors, but cultivating some "barefoot doctors" who can popularize health concepts and prevention systems can solve the urgent need.

"Where will the money come from?" Zhang Xueyan spread his hands: "This old treasury silver, should we not move the old treasury silver?"

Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "No need. That is Great Ming's foundation. I have 1.2 million taels of gold, which can issue 6 million guan of notes. Just issue notes. The Ministry of Revenue writes an IOU, sets a good interest rate, and I will issue notes."

"Can we repay the money with notes?" Zhang Xueyan asked tentatively.

Zhu Yijun answered with a smile: "Of course. If I don't recognize the Baochao, who else in the world will recognize it?"

"I know, I know. The ministers feel that this national treasury and inner treasury are not my left and right hands? It's just the left hand pouring into the right hand. What is issued is not real gold and silver, but Baochao, and I still have to write an IOU and set an interest rate. Is it necessary to be so troublesome?"

"It must be this troublesome. Even if it is the left hand pouring into the right hand, even if I can give the imperial court low interest, no interest, or even an indefinite extension, it must have exchanges. Only then can this account be matched. If this account cannot be matched, no account in the world can be matched."

"Okay." Zhang Xueyan looked at Zhang Juzheng and said: "This year, the large sailing ships arrived at the port, and there were only 2 million taels of silver and 250,000 taels of gold. The speed of silver inflow is slowing down. No matter whether this slowing down is intentional or unintentional by Felipe, we must treat it with caution."

"The Emperor issuing 6 million notes with 1.5 million gold is very reasonable."

Zhang Xueyan said this to Zhang Juzheng. Back then, Wang Guoguang was a maverick. After leaving the Jin Party, he never clung to the Chu Party or the Zhang Party. The Ministry of Revenue also had its own path. Even Zhang Juzheng could not stop the Great Ming imperial court from injecting liquidity into Great Ming's economy.

The inflow of silver is decreasing, and gold is not suitable as a currency in Great Ming.

Great Ming, which lacks liquidity, if it does not intervene in time, will definitely fall into a liquidity crisis.

Wanli Tongbao is still used by the poor for daily use. The inflow of red copper has a great impact on the expansion of production scale, but judging from experience, silver is still the main currency used for investment.

"Lacking silver, actually, we can raid homes." Zhang Juzheng hesitated and chose a traditional solution. Issuing notes is not mature enough in timing. It is better to just raid homes.

Wang Chonggu immediately said: "This is not good, right? Raiding homes for no reason? How can there be such a reason?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "Of course it is not for no reason. When Qin Shi Huang collected the weapons of the world to cast twelve gold figures, it was not for no reason. In my opinion, issue an edict to collect all the gold and silver in the world into the treasury, and let them hand over the gold and silver, exchanging them for gold and silver promissory notes."

"If they don't hand it over, then it won't be too late to raid their homes."

This conservative faction suddenly became as conservative as Qin Shi Huang. Zhang Juzheng's method is actually a typical Legalist way of thinking. The reason is very sufficient. The ancestral laws of the Hongwu reign had a ban on gold and silver, which was that the people were not allowed to use gold and silver as currency.

Ancestors have done many things, and future generations will be very relaxed. The "cheap scholars" open their mouths and close their mouths with "ancestral laws." Who wouldn't do the same?

Zhu Yijun reached out: "Master, it is better to issue notes, issue notes. This ban on gold and silver has been sleeping for many years. It is not necessary. It is really not necessary. It has not reached that point."

If it really reached the end of the road, Zhu Yijun would not mind doing so, but Great Ming has not reached the end of the road now. It is just that there are too many things he wants to do, and there is too little money in his hands.

Actually, the powerful and wealthy, local gentry, and scholar-officials are afraid of this. Once the Emperor controls military force, it is very easy to do this when he is short of money. ===== CHAPTER 833 =====

Wang Chonggu immediately said, "This isn't good, is it? Confiscating property for no reason? How can there be such a principle?"

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said, "Of course not for no reason. When Qin Shi Huang collected the weapons of the world to cast the twelve metal statues, it was not for no reason either. In my view, we should issue an edict to collect the gold and silver of the world into the treasury, and let them hand over their gold and silver, exchanging them for gold and silver promissory notes."

"If they don't hand them

over, it won't be too late to confiscate their property."

This conservative faction suddenly became conservative to the time of Qin Shi Huang. Zhang Juzheng's meaning was that when Qin Shi Huang collected the weapons of the world to cast the twelve metal statues, it was a loyalty test. Whoever did not hand them over had rebellious intent. After screening them out, they could be killed.

Zhang Juzheng's method was actually typical Legalist thinking, and the reason was very sufficient. The ancestral laws of the Hongwu reign had a ban on gold and silver, meaning the people were not allowed to use gold and silver as currency.

Ancestors did many things, and future generations would have it very easy. The lowly scholars talked about "ancestral laws" all day long; who couldn't do the same?

Zhu Yijun hurriedly reached out, "Master, let's issue notes, issue notes. This ban on gold and silver has been sleeping for many years. It's not necessary; it's really not necessary. It hasn't reached that point."

If it really reached the end of the road, Zhu Yijun would not mind doing this, but the Ming Empire was not at the end of the road now; it was just that there were too many things he wanted to do, and too little money in his hands.

Actually, the powerful and wealthy families and the local gentry were afraid of this. Once the Emperor controlled military force, it would be very easy to do this when he lacked money.