I, Zhu Youjian: the first prodigal son of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 50 Flip ruthlessly
"Our Daming has at least [-] million taels of silver, but the national treasury, internal treasury and folk circulation are less than one-twelfth of a hundred. This is the root cause of Daming's illness.

Since everyone uses silver as coins, silver should be used for circulation, but in fact, there is so little silver that it cannot be circulated at all..."

Li Yan listened thoughtfully.

Zhang Xianzhong and the others listened, but they looked disapproving. They naturally didn't believe a word of this 'Master Zhu'.

During the reign of Taizu Ye Hongwu, the Ming court strictly prohibited gold and silver items from being used as "circulation currency", and instead used Daming banknotes and copper coins as currency.

Whenever there is a shortage of money, it prints the Daming banknotes. The imperial court without a reserve fund system is simply, very rogue...

How can such a "tall" question be understood by a warrior like Zhang Xianzhong?Therefore, what Zhu Youjian said was actually mainly for Li Yan.

At the same time, he himself was thinking about how to solve this problem.

Because, since he wants to prodigal, the premise is that he must have a large sum of money for him to squander...

"So, my son's business is very serious. It is completely beneficial to the country and the people. Even if the emperor hears this, he will be very happy, and maybe he will sneak out of the palace..."

Zhu Youjian said happily, completely ignoring Li Yan and Zhang Xianzhong, whose faces were livid with fright.

Misfortune comes from your mouth, young man with red feet...

"Young Master Zhu, speak carefully!" Li Yan said in a low voice.

Zhu Youjian chuckled and said: "It's okay, the current emperor is very open-minded, as long as what we do is beneficial to the country of the Ming Dynasty, to the improvement of the national economy and the people's livelihood, and to let the common people have a warm meal, even if we occasionally say a few outrageous words , he would just smile lightly.

You have never seen the emperor, he is an old man...cough, he is a wise man, sunny and handsome, open-minded, benevolent and virtuous, lively and vigorous..."

It was the first time for Zhu Youjian to praise himself, and it was a bit rough at first, but once he started, he couldn't help but praise him more.

"So, you guys work hard, maybe one day you will become famous, and it's not a bad idea to be a duke, master or something."

Zhu Youjian patted Li Yan on the shoulder, and was about to continue "persuasion and education", only to hear singing and singing, but it was the girls from Xiaoxiang Academy who came.

"Oh Mr. Zhu, you came to Yanzhi Alley instead of going to Xiaoxiang Courtyard to drink, why did you come to such a place..."

Before anyone arrived, Miss Hongliu's sweet and melodious voice came in first.

The red lacquered carved door of the box was pushed open by a bare hand, and the aroma was overwhelming. A delicate woman walked in, hugging Zhu Youjian's arm like a baby.

Zhu Youjian sighed, and said with a wry smile: "I've told you several times, we are scholars, we need to be more mature..."

As he was talking, he slapped the woman's buttocks with a "slap", teasingly said, "Remember it?"

The woman groaned coquettishly, and murmured: "Well, I've made a note, it's a little numb and a little crispy!"

Li Yan and the others: "..."

This young man with red feet is a bit shameless.

He's clearly an idiot and a prodigal son, and he wants to pretend to be some kind of scholar!

"Let me introduce to you, this Hongliu girl from the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, not only has a good character, but what's more rare is that she has a good mouthful of Xiao, which is better than Li Shishi, who was famous all over the world back then."

A crisp "pop" sound.

Zhu Youjian patted it again, and said with a smile: "Miss Hongliu, these are my buddies, and they will be charged to my account when I go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion for consumption in the future."

Not to mention Li Yan and Zhang Xianzhong were dumbfounded, but Zhu Youjian was muttering in his heart, aren't they just some rebels?I will let you be a bitch, and you will be begged if you die...

"Young Master Zhu's buddy is my Hongliu's buddy, here, this is the noble coin of my Xiaoxiang Pavilion, if you want to drink and listen to music in the future, just come.

The audience... will be recorded on Mr. Zhu's account! "

While talking, Miss Hongliu took out seven or eight pieces of golden "spending money" from her bosom, stuffed them into Li Yan's hands, and said with a coquettish smile, "Since Mr. Zhu said it himself, brothers, don't despise the slaves..."

"and many more!"

Zhu Youjian suddenly spoke.

He reached out and took a "spending money" from Li Yan's hand, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

Li Yan and the others didn't dare to speak, they could only look at Zhu Youjian eagerly, and looked at each other in blank dismay.

'Gold coins...silver coins...are not as good as paper money printed on papyrus...'

Zhu Youjian seemed to have realized something, and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Yes, why can't we proceed step by step!"

Then, he slammed the table and said with a loud smile, "Little Er, serve the wine!"

"Today, our old Zhu is happy, the whole audience is happy, everyone opens up their stomachs, eats and drinks well, and has fun and flowers some other day!"

Li Yan and the others were stunned.

This "Zhujiaozi" has a problem with his brain...

……

In the first year of Chongzhen, the situation after the spring of the new year was good.

Work-for-relief projects in the north and northwest were carried out in an orderly manner, and the Daming Academy and the Jingshi sewer project were fully started.

Under the auspices of Yang He, Qian Qianyi and others, the preliminary exploration of the Shuoping open-pit coal mine in Datong Prefecture, Shanxi Province and the preparations for the construction of the railway were carried out in an orderly manner.

Zhu spent the money and food he earned from procuratorial officials and land speculation like running water, which relieved the urgent need of the Ming court.

Various projects have absorbed a large number of civilians.

The sharp reduction of refugees caused some "anti-bandit" teams to collapse and shrink. Except for "bandit leaders" such as Gao Yingxiang and Wang Monk, they were unwilling or afraid to return to their hometowns, and many farmers fled back to their hometowns.

mid-April.

Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Henan and other places, which have been suffering from severe drought for many years, finally received a torrential rain.

Farmers seem to have a way out again.

As a result, the anti-thief team quickly fell apart, and the so-called Thirteenth Route "Rebel Army" was left with less than a thousand people in the end, fleeing into the deep mountains and dense forests, relying on looting, hunting and fishing for a living.

Zhu Youjian ordered that they should not be suppressed or comforted, and let them perish on their own.

Without the famine and the "Chuang Wang" who joined a large number of refugees, at best he was Song Gongming who was in the waters of Liangshan, and Zhu Youjian didn't take it to heart at all.

Ordinary people can't eat, so let them eat dirt if they don't rebel?

My main task is to prodigal, not to send troops to cull the common people...

At the same time, people from Jinyiwei, Dongchang, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Criminal Department also started to get busy.

According to Zhu Youjian's meaning, as long as they stop after the first year of Chongzhen, officials at all levels who are no longer corrupt will implement a "stain removal system" and forget their past mistakes.

However, after the first year of Chongzhen, the salary has increased by five or six times, and in addition to enjoying various subsidies, bonuses and welfare benefits, they still go their own way and extend their hands to corrupt people without mercy.

Especially those who make a fuss about disaster relief money and food, chop their hands directly.

If the circumstances are serious, after investigation and trial by Jin Yiwei and Dongchang eunuchs, they will be transferred to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment for strict review and conviction.

All of a sudden, there was a lot of turmoil, and all the plants and trees were full of soldiers.

Hundreds of officials were killed, paying the price for their greed and insufficiency.

Zhu Youjian used a series of rare vigorous and iron-blooded means to forcibly sustain the dying breath of the Ming Dynasty.

The effect of killing chickens and scaring monkeys is very obvious. Many officials took the initiative to explain the problem and spit out the money and food they were greedy in order to obtain leniency.

To these people, Zhu Youjian showed unprecedented generosity, and he couldn't help but not behead his head, and he was pardoned by the emperor himself, and he "won the crime and made meritorious service" in his original position...

The officials of the Ming Dynasty were invigorated.

Zhu Youjian, the idiot emperor, finally showed his vicious side, which surprised the civil and military ministers.

Of course, this move was not Zhu Youjian's original intention. He has always advocated that "governing the country is not about fighting and killing, but about people's understanding of the world."

The reason why he made a sudden move to carry out a big cleaning with the help of Jin Yiwei and the East Factory eunuch supervised by Wei Zhongxian was because his "Daming Amusement Park" project was about to start!
(End of this chapter)