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"There are thirteen people involved in this case, and their previous private money marketing covered most of Southern Zhili."

Jie Xuelong took the memorial and reported to Liu Sheng.

In fact, various documents, reports, etc. on the case have been submitted to Liu Sheng's desk.

Now the report is in person to facilitate the monarch and his ministers to discuss some issues in the case immediately.

No, after Liu Sheng learned about the backgrounds of Wang Enwen and other thirteen private money minters, he had some questions.

"These thirteen people are basically big landowners. Some of their ancestors are even former Ming Dynasty officials and gentry, and some even appear to be from scholarly families."

"It stands to reason that whether these people are farming or doing business, their income is not small. Why would they choose to mint private money?"

“Is private money highly profitable?”

After hearing Liu Sheng's words, several people looked at each other, and it was Treasury Secretary Yi Yingchang who answered.

"Reporting to your Majesty, as far as I know, the profit from private money is indeed higher than collecting rent from farming."

"As for comparing it with doing business, it depends on what kind of business it is. In fact, these people actually treat their private money as a business."

"Most businesses will lose money if they don't do well. But private money is a business that is sure to make money without losing money."

"However, when it comes to making money, you can actually make more private money abroad."

"North Korea, Japan, Annan, Burma, and Nanyang countries either do not mint money, or their own coins are abandoned by the people, and most of them are based on our country's coins."

"So, if you sell copper coins overseas, your profits will be several times those at home."

"Of course, if those who make private money want to sell it overseas, they must make a large enough shipment and have connections with maritime merchants."

Liu Sheng was a little surprised.

Although he read a lot of Ming Dynasty novels before traveling through time.

But this is the first time I know that private money merchants in the Ming Dynasty were able to do business overseas!

And you can make more money overseas than at home!

It’s incredible when you think about it.

However, this also allowed him to further understand why private money was so abundant before.

Because the coins minted by the imperial court must not only be sufficient for domestic use, but also preferably have a share of "foreign exchange".

Otherwise it won’t be enough.

A court like the Ming Dynasty, which is in a mess financially, is probably not aware of this - some ministers may know, but they may not tell the emperor; even if someone does, the problem may not be taken seriously and solved.

Therefore, from the beginning, the coins officially minted by the Ming Dynasty were quite insufficient.

This gives opportunities for private money to be generated and spread.

In addition, Liu Sheng also thought of another thing.

"Since private money dealers can make considerable profits overseas, why doesn't the imperial court take over this business?"

Hearing Liu Sheng's question, except Bai Xiaosheng, Jie Xuelong, Su Guansheng and Yi Yingchang were all stunned.

Although they knew that Liu Sheng advocated the need to run the country without shame, they were still surprised to hear that Liu Sheng wanted to steal the business of a private money dealer.

Come back to your senses.

Yi Yingchang said: "The money minted by the former Ming government was not enough for domestic use, so it would not consider selling it overseas."

"Furthermore, the former Ming Dynasty did not pay much attention to commerce and had no business contacts with overseas countries. Even if it could mint a lot of copper coins, it would not think so."

Liu Sheng smiled and said, "We couldn't do it in the past, but we in Da'ei can do it. If we can make the surrounding countries use our Da'ei copper coins as the main private currency, in the future, the currency can affect the people's livelihood of that country and thus deter the country."

The three ministers from Qian Ming were stunned again.

When I thought about it, I couldn't help but look weird.

I just feel that the founding emperor of Damei was so insidious that he could think of influencing other countries through coins.

Yi Yingchang is the one who knows more about finance among the few people.

He thought for a while and reminded: "Your Majesty, even if North Korea, Japan and other neighboring countries all use Ming copper coins, it will be difficult to have a serious impact on the country."

"Although these countries use our country's copper coins, they also use gold and silver. Especially for large-scale transactions, gold and silver are basically used."

"Most of the people who use copper coins are ordinary people - even if ordinary people have difficulty in using money, I am afraid that the courts of these countries will not care about it, and may even take the opportunity to promote their own money making."

Liu Sheng's smile did not fade and he asked: "What if our silver coins are also promoted to neighboring countries? Will they abandon silver ingots and broken silver and become accustomed to our silver coins?"

Yi Yingchang frowned and said in confusion: "Our country has insufficient silver for its own use, so how can we sell it overseas?"

Liu Sheng was a little disappointed after hearing this.

"Yi Qing can't understand the relationship between this? Our one-yuan coins are worth only seven cents and two cents in silver. Even if they are taken overseas, they are not regarded as one or two, but only eight or nine cents, and they are still profitable."

"In fact, the same is true for copper coins. Our country does not have enough copper for its own use. However, if copper coins are sold overseas to purchase copper, they will be shipped back to be minted into more copper coins and then sold overseas."

"By repeating this cycle, we can naturally slowly earn the copper, silver and even gold from the surrounding countries."

Liu Sheng explained this truth simply and easily.

Not only Yi Yingchang understood it, but also Jie Xuelong, Su Guansheng, and Bai Xiaosheng.

In the final analysis, they are still not really accustomed to applying business methods between countries.

In fact, this principle can be extended to more aspects.

That is to say, in later generations, developed countries will use the material and human resources of other countries to produce high-end goods and sell them back to earn more resources.

This cycle goes on and on, using the nutrients of that country to strengthen the country.

Liu Sheng didn't continue talking because it was useless to talk to the people in front of him.

Among them, only Yi Yingchang is a minister of the Ministry of Finance, and the other three belong to other departments.

Besides, this matter can't be done just by asking the ministers to discuss it during the New Year.

This kind of national plan requires at least five, ten or even more years of planning before it can see results.

Therefore, when several people were thinking about the way of governing the country in Liu Sheng's words, Liu Sheng changed his words.

"Go back and look at these private money dealers again to see if any of them are selling money overseas."

"In addition, the Trial and Punishment Department will also give orders to the local judicial bureaus. If they catch people with experience in money trafficking overseas, they should interrogate them in detail and obtain more relevant information."

"In this way, when the time is right in a year or two, the International Trade Department can start this business of selling money overseas."

Bai Xiaosheng and Xie Xuelong responded together: "Yes."

The International Trade Department was originally an agency under the Treasury Department, but it was proposed by Liu Sheng this year and became an independent department under the Ministry of Finance.

It is specifically responsible for managing some factories and even shops in the name of the Da'ei imperial court and local government. It is also responsible for handling some prisoners' assets confiscated by the imperial court.

It can be said to be the top five important tasks under the Ministry of Finance today.

For example, this time Wang Enwen and other thirteen private money minters were almost all sentenced to exile, that is, to the frontier for several years of hard labor.

All property was confiscated.

Although these thirteen people were considered small and medium-sized landowners in Yingtian Mansion, they also confiscated a total of 20,000 to 30,000 acres of farmland, dozens of shops, and gold and silver jewelry worth millions of taels.