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

Chapter 60 Zheng Zhilong, Are You Short of Money?
On the sixth day of July in the first year of Chongzhen, there was a light rain in the capital.

In the warm pavilion of Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youjian secretly summoned Zheng Zhilong.

"Long live, long live, long live my emperor!" Zheng Zhilong knelt down and kowtowed as soon as he entered the door, shouting long live, Zhu Youjian couldn't hold back.

"Wei Zhongxian, show Mr. Fei Huang a seat." Zhu Youjian looked at Zheng Zhilong with a smile, and his face was very happy.

If you want to prodigal, you have to build a shipyard, and you have to sail to sea!
Zheng Zhilong is so handsome, look at this little boy, he is almost one-tenth of my size, he should be a loser!
Even though there were 1 reluctances in Wei Zhongxian's heart, but in face, he still hugged a yellow silk embroidered pier respectfully: "Commander Zheng, please sit down."

For the convenience of doing things, Zheng Zhilong bought himself a false title of 'commander', so Wei Zhongxian called him 'commander'.

Zheng Zhilong hurriedly thanked him, and by the way, also clasped his fists to the great eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

"Commander Zheng is Long Live Lord's big hit, our family can't bear your thank you," Wei Zhongxian said expressionlessly, holding the cock's throat, "You and Xiong Wencan smuggled fifty thousand dollars to Taiwan and Penghu. People, Long Live God doesn’t blame you, you Commander Zheng is the heart of Long Live God..."

Wei Zhongxian's tone was very calm, but Zheng Zhilong was already frightened.

Sure enough, the imperial court knew about the smuggling of people to Taiwan and Penghu...

Zheng Zhilong finally learned the horrors of the East Factory eunuchs and Jin Yiwei.

"Your Majesty, have mercy!" Zheng Zhilong knelt down again with a plop.

"Mr. Fei Huang, don't be alarmed. What you and Xiong Wencan did benefit the country and the people. What is your fault?"

Zhu Youjian said with a smile: "There is a severe drought in southern Fujian, and the common people have no way to survive. The imperial court is busy helping the victims in Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi, and has no time to take care of it. You and Xiong Wencan have done a good job!

The common people have no way out, they either wait to starve to death, or rise up to rebel.

You raised your own money and food to relieve the victims, relocated [-] people to Taiwan, Pengbao Island, and opened up and stabilized our Ming territory. "

Zhu Youjian talked eloquently, with a happy face, which made Zheng Zhilong very comfortable.

At the same time, he was also a little surprised and uncertain, and couldn't figure out the emperor's mind.

"Long live my lord, I have never asked the imperial court for an order, and immigrated to Taiwan, Pengbao Island without permission. I really deserve to die!" Zheng Zhilong poked his head on the ground, pleading guilty in a sour voice.

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Fei Huang, I allow you to continue to immigrate to Taiwan Pengbao Island."

"Also, the scale should be bigger."

"It's best to transport hundreds of thousands of refugees from Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Shandong to develop Taiwan Pengbao Island and strive to make it a cornucopia!"

Zheng Zhilong's eyes lit up, he got up from the ground, bowed and said, "My minister...thank you, Lord Long Live, for not killing me!"

This legendary idiot emperor has extraordinary knowledge!

"Come, come, sit down and talk, what annoys me the most is beating and killing," Zhu Youjian said with a smile, "The way of governing the country is to pay attention to a person's sophistication, if an emperor kills people all the time, he must not be a good emperor!"

Wei Zhongxian: "..."

The idiot emperor still has the face to say it?It was agreed not to kill people, but whoever really provoked you, didn't they kill you with a knife?

Even my own father-in-law would kill as soon as he said it, he is simply inhuman!

Zheng Zhilong didn't think about it so much. He has been a pirate and businessman overseas all year round, and he has only heard about the infighting in the court, but has not personally experienced it. Therefore, he is not as impressed as Wei Zhongxian.

"Long live Lord, when I work overseas, I not only want to be honest with foreigners, but also pay attention to a harmonious relationship to make money. Therefore, these words of Long live Lord are really good words."

Zheng Zhilong didn't care about 21, first he gave a rainbow fart.

Sure enough, Zhu Youjian was even happier, looked at Zheng Zhilong with a smile, and said, "Mr. Fei Huang, are you short of money?"

Zheng Zhilong: "..."

Long Live Lord, what does this mean?
Could it be...he wants to borrow money?Probably just want to borrow money.

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty was empty, and they couldn't even afford the military pay. It is said that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the Northwest Frontier Army were almost poor and crazy. They were soldiers during the day and thieves and bandits at night.

"Long live, I have worked so hard all these years, and I really have a lot of money. If the court is in urgent need of food and salary, I can take some money..."

"Hahaha, Mr. Fei Huang misunderstood!"

Zhu Youjian laughed out loud, glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and said with a smile on his face, "I want to lend you a large sum of money to buy you ships and guns, and to recruit sailors and soldiers."

"Long Live Lord..." Zheng Zhilong was stunned.

When did the Ming Dynasty become so rich and generous?This Long Live Lord looks quite normal...

Seeing Zheng Zhilong's bewildered look, Zhu Youjian picked up two coins, one gold and one silver, from the table at hand, handed them to Zheng Zhilong, and said with a smile: "Look, this is the national currency of our Ming Dynasty. How is the casting level?" ?”

Zheng Zhilong took the coin and fell into deep thought.

He has dealt with overseas businessmen all the year round, so he is naturally well-informed, especially familiar with coins from various places.

As far as he knows, some so-called "gold coins" overseas are mostly made of two precious metals, gold and silver, which are minted in a certain proportion and have a certain "gold content", which can be regarded as a standard currency.

He had researched Daming's 'National Currency' a long time ago, and found that there was no gold or silver in it...

According to the consistent nature of the Ming Dynasty, these two so-called 'national coins' are likely to be nothing more than copies of the 'Ming Treasure Banknotes'.

"The national currency of the Ming Dynasty is based on the actual inventory of gold, silver and land in the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Youjian explained with a smile: "That is to say, as much gold, silver and land as the Ming court has, the national currency will be issued;

So, don't worry about it depreciating.

As long as the Ming Dynasty survives, our national currency will be hard currency! "

Zheng Zhilong nodded and said seriously: "It's the best."

He is a businessman, and he is very aware of the dangers of the imperial court's excessive issuance of coins.

"That's why I asked you, are you short of money to spend?" Zhu Youjian picked up another gold coin from the case table, and continued thoughtfully: "If you are in overseas trade, it is not convenient to use our Ming Dynasty gold coin." National currency, I can lend you several million taels of gold and silver.

Of course, it is best to let our national currency become a hard currency for overseas trade. "

Let the national currency of Ming Dynasty become the hard currency for overseas trade... Tsk tsk, then you will be called a prodigal!
"I can give it a try," Zheng Zhilong said solemnly, "However, I really can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not."

"After all, the gold coins used in overseas trade are real gold and silver. Among them, the most popular lion coin in the Mediterranean is minted according to the ratio of gold five-four and silver four-six, which is very popular."

Zhu Youjian smiled, and said calmly: "It's okay, it's okay, Mr. Fei Huang first took a boatload of national currency to try, if it really doesn't work, they will recognize it by pinching their noses after a cannon."

Zheng Zhilong and Wei Zhongxian looked at each other, a little uncertain about the emperor's brain circuit.

In fact, it is really not his recklessness to use strong ships and sharp guns to create a business route and force the Daming National Currency to become a hard currency in global circulation.

After all, in the long river of history he knew, such things had happened before...

……

"Zheng Zhilong listens!"

Zhu Youjian said suddenly.

"I will seal you as the King of Zhenhai, and you will stay on Taiwan and Pengbao Island forever. It will be hereditary and will not replace you. While opening up the territory for our Ming Dynasty, we will also restart the Maritime Silk Road and trade with overseas countries."

"In addition, I ordered you to secretly form a navy, which is only responsible to me."

"You, Zheng Zhilong, will be my sworn brother from now on!"

(End of this chapter)