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

Chapter 53 Privately minted coins of the dynasty?

Three days later, the Daming Royal Bank opened.

In the end, there are people up there who are good at handling things.

As the head of the state, Zhou Kui has actually made a lot of money in just half a year, and has forcibly occupied several farms in the suburbs of Beijing.

But the nature of being savvy and stingy and greedy for money made him think about borrowing money from the emperor's son-in-law...

Surprisingly, he also got 10 taels of gold and 50 taels of cash, and was personally rewarded by the emperor's son-in-law, who named him "Daming Royal Bank"!
What a favor is this?

This is equivalent to having a gold-lettered signboard, and won't you walk sideways in the capital in the future?
To be honest, this gold-lettered signboard is many times louder than his "Jiading Bo"!
What is especially surprising is that someone in the palace spread the news that this 'Daming Royal Bank' is a signboard bestowed by the emperor himself, and that on the opening day of the bank, the empress will come in person...

All over the capital, I don't know how many officials and wealthy businessmen have prepared congratulatory gifts long ago, and dragged their families to the "Daming Royal Bank" just to show their faces in front of the queen.

The most effective way to give the bank a face, of course, is to scramble to deposit money in it.

If you deposit tens of thousands of taels of silver, you can become a distinguished guest of the bank, be invited to drink tea and chat in the back garden, and become the guest of honor of Zhou Kui, the head of state...

Therefore, on the opening day of the bank, in less than half a day, hundreds of officials and wealthy businessmen flocked to deposit nearly 850 million taels of cash.

Zhou Kui greeted distinguished guests in the yard behind the bank, three chrysanthemums were smiling on his fat face.

"Congratulations to Guozhang Bank for its successful opening and business is booming!"

"Wish you prosperity and wealth!"

"Congratulations to Bo Jiading for his prosperous business and abundant wealth!"

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Listening to the same congratulatory speeches, I greeted and sent off "nobles" such as the former high-ranking cabinet scholars, six ministers, left and right ministers, Du Yushi, Jin Yiwei commander, Dongchang eunuch, etc., and talked on an equal footing...

Jiadingbo Zhou Kui suddenly felt a sense of absurdity.

Two years ago, he was just a fortune teller living in the rivers and lakes. Unexpectedly, he has become a "big man" in the Ming Dynasty now, which is simply unimaginable!
"Master, I heard that the empress will come in person..."

When the sun was westward, someone finally couldn't help asking.

Zhou Kui laughed out loud, looking like a villain, and said with a smile: "The empress is so honorable, how can she condescend for our little money house?
It's all rumors, rumors. "

"However, although the Empress Feng Jia could not come in person, there was a congratulatory gift that was brought over early."

While speaking, Zhou Kui personally went to the secret room in the back hall, and took out a small gilt red sandalwood wooden box, which was exquisite and luxurious, and it looked like it was used by Ouchi.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Jiading Bo and Zhou Kui opened the small wooden box.

"This is... coins?"

All the ministers and wealthy businessmen were stunned.

Inside the small red sandalwood box, on the bright yellow silk lining, there are two coins, one gold and one silver, which look radiant and extremely dazzling.

These two coins are made of unknown materials, but they seem to be more precious than gold and silver.

Full of joy, Zhou Kui picked up the two coins, showed off to everyone, and said with a smile: "Oh, it's just a small bank, the empress has a heart..."

After gazing closely, everyone gasped.

On the golden coin, one side is engraved with the head of the Ming Emperor, which is the new emperor Zhu Youjian. On the other side, the four ancient seal characters of "Huanghuang Daming" are engraved on the other side, and "One Circle" is engraved in the middle;
On the silver coin, the obverse is engraved with the image of a dignified woman adorned by the empress of the Ming Dynasty, and the reverse is the same as the gold coin, engraved with "Huanghuang Daming" and "One Yuan".

Casting coins with the heads of emperors and empresses, this row of faces... is unprecedented!
"This is... Your Majesty's reward!"

Staring at the two coins, Zhang Ruitu, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, said thoughtfully: "Except for His Majesty's oral decree, who would dare to engrave the old man's head on the coins?
Jia Dingbo, your Daming Royal Bank is equivalent to your majesty and empress guaranteeing you. Looking around the world, which bank can have such a reputation?

Even if it is called the No. [-] Bank of Ming Dynasty, it is not an exaggeration at all! "

"That's right, with His Majesty and Your Majesty as guarantees, this is equivalent to the Daming treasury and internal funds as guarantees for the bank, so what's the point, just put in as much money as you want!"

As soon as Zhang Ruitu, a scholar of the cabinet, finished speaking, all the officials and wealthy businessmen nodded in agreement, and stepped forward to congratulate Jiading Bo Zhou Kui.

"Uncle Jiading, the Marquis has an unfeeling request. I wonder if I can go to the back hall to talk about it?"

During the commotion, Hou Guoxing laughed and said: "It's a business matter, we guarantee our mutual benefit and contribute to our great Ming country!"

As soon as Hou Guoxing opened his mouth, everyone immediately shut up and listened attentively to the conversation between the two.

Hou Guoxing's identity is not trivial, his mother is the late emperor's nanny Fengsheng's wife, and his godfather is the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian. A few days ago, because he donated money and food to help the disaster victims in the north, he was very favored by Long Live God, and he was awarded the title of "Mizhihou"...

Therefore, he is now the hottest 'upstart' in the imperial court, so what he says naturally carries a lot of weight.

"Mi Zhihou has something to say, please tell me, here... all the people here are my own people, since it is a business matter, you might as well speak up!" Zhou Kui said with a smile.

Hou Guoxing looked left and right, with a look of hesitation on his face.

"Haha, it's really nothing." Hou Guoxing immediately smiled and said, "Didn't this Hou buy a Qionghua Island in the Xiyuan area a few days ago to start a small business? Some distinguished guests came to our boat to listen to the music. , Drinking alcohol and composing poems, but carrying a lot of money in the bag, it is really inconvenient...

So, Ben Hou has an idea, and needs the help of Jia Ding Bo. "

What Hou Guoxing said was thoughtless, and all the officials and wealthy businessmen were a little dazed.

Going to the painting boat and Goulan to listen to music, if you don't carry a pile of money, can you go whoring for nothing?
Jiading Bo and Zhou Kui also looked confused, and asked casually: "If you have anything to say, Mi Zhihou, please speak up. As long as we can help, we will definitely be obliged to do so!"

Hou Guoxing coughed lightly, and said with a smile: "That's it. I want to deposit 50 taels of cash and 5 taels of gold in Jiading Bo's bank, and entrust my uncle to mint a batch of gold coins and silver coins as a gift for me in the west. The circulation of business in the garden area;
The styles and specifications of the coins should be minted according to these two coins..."

As soon as Hou Guoxing said this, the big guy immediately exploded.

Entrust the bank to mint coins?It's not impossible... But if there is no court order, it is a serious crime to mint the current dynasty's coins privately!
During the reign of Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, in order to alleviate the silver shortage, Emperor Taizu ordered to replace the original silver and copper coins with "Daming Treasure Banknotes", close all mints in the country, and strictly prohibit the circulation of gold and silver among the people;
Later, with the excessive issuance of banknotes by the imperial court, it finally attracted strong resistance from the common people. There was a situation of "bartering" for a time. To the old road of gold, silver and copper coins;
Starting from Emperor Xiaozong, a currency circulation system with silver as the mainstay and copper coins as the supplement was gradually formed;
Until the Taichang and Tianqi years, party disputes continued, and the imperial court and money bureaus in various places wantonly minted coins. The coins, characters, sizes, and weights minted varied greatly.

Moreover, each of us knows well that no matter whether it is the Eunuch Party, the Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, the Chu Party, the Shaanxi Party, or the Jin Party, under each force, no one has a few minting furnaces...

Such an open-minded "private casting of the current dynasty's coins" is not afraid of provoking the emperor's wrath, beheading, skinning, and exterminating the nine clans with one order?
Moreover, it is necessary to cast the heads of the emperor and empress on it?I'm afraid this Mi Zhihou is tired of life, isn't he?
This is the crime of bullying the king!

All the ministers and wealthy businessmen looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to speak easily.

Jiading Bo and Zhou Kui were even more tongue-tied, unable to speak for a long time.

This fucking Hou Guoxing is simply not human. Isn't this pushing people into the fire pit?
(End of this chapter)