The 1267th chapter founding a bank and issuing banknotes (1)
The ceremony of worshiping heaven and earth was over, and the officials of the court were also intensifying their equipment. However, what puzzled Zhu Shenxuan and others was that the emperor was very strong in the establishment of officials. On the other hand, he was preparing to start the imperial examination in the second half of the year. You must know that the scholars who were admitted to the court will eventually enter the court to serve as officials. Judging from the current actual situation, even the civil and military ministers left by the Ming Dynasty court could not be arranged in place.
Zhu Shenxuan ignored the biggest thing, that is, the establishment of a bank, which was the responsibility of him and Su Tianhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If we talk about the relationship between the two and Su Tiancheng, it is incomparable to other civil and military ministers. After all, the blood relationship here cannot be erased.
April 8th.
After the ceremony of worshiping the heaven and earth, the court rested for two days. After all, after entering the capital, everyone was too busy and had almost no time to rest. In addition, the court had just moved to the capital and had too many things to deal with. When Zhu Shenxuan was chatting with many prime ministers, he smiled and said that in a few months, he had lost nearly twenty kilograms. You should know that Zhu Shenxuan was very fat and didn't look fat anymore.
After resting, the morning court began immediately.
Regarding the arrangements of the morning dynasty, the Dajin court also had a great difference from the Ming court. The Prime Minister, the Chief Censor and the Minister of the Six Ministry had to participate in the morning dynasty. In addition, the left and right ministers of the six ministries and the Dali Temple Minister were added. It turned out that all the six departments of the Ming court were directly abolished, which means that the position of the Six Departments of the Dajin court did not exist. All the supervisory powers were owned by the Dujin court. In addition, the emperor abolished all the powers of the eunuchs. The so-called eunuchs on the pen and eunuchs on the seal, etc. naturally did not exist, which meant that the inner court did not exist at all.
As for other officials, if they need it, someone will naturally inform them to arrive at Qianqing Palace.
In this way, there are fewer people participating in the morning dynasty, reducing the pain of the Beijing officials. There is no need to get up before dawn to participate in the so-called morning dynasty. This situation of the morning dynasty has long been regarded as a huge waste by Su Tiancheng. Officials of the fourth rank and above in the capital came to the Qianqing Palace, and many things were not involved at all. Many Beijing officials who participated in the morning dynasty were also standing dumbly.
The morning dynasty of the Great Jin court was equivalent to the small dynasty of the Ming court in the past, which was the form of the cabinet discussing matters with the emperor.
This will save a lot of time and a lot of unnecessary etiquette. The morning court is the focus of discussing matters. As for major matters, the emperor can discuss with many prime ministers after the morning court.
At Chen, Su Tiancheng appeared in Qianqing Palace on time.
Before Zhu Shenxuan could report the matter, Su Tiancheng spoke directly.
"In today's morning court, there is no need to discuss the rest of the matter. I have already said it. Ordinary matters do not need to be discussed here. Otherwise, my dear friends don't have to use their brains. I will think about it. You have been following me for a long time. You should be clear about my habits. Unless it involves major matters, major expenses, appointments and removals of officials above the third rank, including the appointments and removals of some prefects, and the rest of the matters, the Prime Minister, the Chief Inspector and the Six Ministers of the Ministry of Justice, you can decide. During the morning court, the situation will be reported and the execution will be carried out directly without any objection."
Zhu Shenxuan was stunned for a moment and looked at Su Tiancheng. He was under too much pressure. The emperor did not doubt the use of people. Many major things were decided by him and Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen, Zhang Pu and others. This was impossible to imagine in the Ming Dynasty. At least the emperor had to worry about being undermined, but power means responsibility. Zhu Shenxuan had almost no time to rest. Even for two days of rest, there were too many officials in the mansion. Not to mention Zhu Shenxuan, the rest of the prime ministers were the same. Even Hong Chengchou, who was responsible for the army, and Qu Qingze, who was responsible for the Ministry of Justice, were too busy. On the contrary, looking at the emperor, he was leisurely and could not see his tired look at him.
This is fate, there is no way.
There are really not many big things that Zhu Shenxuan needs to report. If we say that this period of time has passed, all the big things have been busy with. There is no big thing to deal with. The conquest of the Later Jin Tartars is probably the biggest thing, but Liaodong is still in a stable process. The Minister of War and Governor Lu Xiangsheng has already represented the court and went directly to Liaodong. The purpose is to integrate the Liaodong border army, lay off excess soldiers, and at the same time deploy soldiers from the Jiangning camp to settle in Liaodong. Judging from this situation, I am afraid that the conquest of the Later Jin Tartars will not be conquered for a while, and the silver in the treasury is not enough to support it.
Seeing Zhu Shenxuan's expression, Su Tiancheng knew that there was no big thing to discuss. He needed to raise the matter of establishing a bank and issuing paper money again. In fact, this is the most important matter that Su Tiancheng thinks is the most important thing, but he has never received the attention of Zhu Shenxuan, Yang Sichang, Fan Wencheng and others. Perhaps they still don't know the real role of the bank and think it is similar to the money shop founded by merchants.
"What I mentioned about the establishment of a bank and the unified issuance of paper money, what are the preparations for it?"
This issue was thrown to Zhu Shenxuan. In fact, Su Tiancheng knew that everyone had not considered this matter yet, because the matter of enthroning the prince and worshiping the heaven and earth, these important matters were not considered for the time being.
Zhu Shenxuan's face turned a little red. He did not seriously consider it. He and Su Tianhao were directly responsible for the unified issuance of paper money. However, such a thing was too difficult. Is it a bit inappropriate to consider such things in the early days of the establishment of the dynasty?
"Your Majesty, I have been busy with other things for a while and have not yet considered the issuance of paper money. I also believe that when the dynasty was established, it was mainly stable. Issuing paper money too early may have a great impact on the court."
Su Tiancheng stood up and walked down the steps.
"I know you don't understand. There are many reasons for this. Unified issuance of paper money is actually very beneficial to the court. There are many similar things in history, but they have basically failed and even shaken the rule of the dynasty. Lord Zhu just said that the Great Jin Dynasty had just been established. Suddenly doing such a big thing may affect the stability of the court. There is nothing strange about this kind of consideration in anticipation."
"I have said that in the future, I will say anything directly. Even if I point to my nose, I won't care. Although you haven't spoken, I think you may also think that the imperial court will face huge risks in uniform issuing paper money."
"I will briefly talk about the truth here. The unified issuance of paper money is a double-edged sword, which has a great control over the court. If paper money is issued indiscriminately, it will lead to the rise in the price of goods. The people who suffer the loss will have a huge impact on the court and may even lead to the demise of the court. In addition, if the court does not have enough financial resources to support it, it will also encounter great trouble if the government issues currency. The people hold paper money but cannot buy goods. Wouldn't they rebel? Since they have decided to issue paper money, they should see how much currency can be issued based on the actual situation of the court, see when the amount of currency should be increased, etc.."
"I need to emphasize the benefits of paper money. After issuing a unified paper money, the travel and purchase of goods will be much more convenient for the people, which will have a huge impact on the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation."
"At the same time, transactions between the countries in the Western Regions and our Great Jin court also need to be settled according to the banknotes issued by our Great Jin court, that is, the price of goods transactions is controlled by the banknotes of our Great Jin court."
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Su Tiancheng talked for a while and it was impossible for him to fully explain the role of currency issuance. After all, he is not an expert in finance and cannot fully understand the role of currency. However, the use of paper money is a general trend in social development. Moreover, as the most powerful dynasty, the Dajin court could completely plunder the world's wealth by issuing paper money. Whether it is gold, silver, or other commodities, they are all settled according to the banknotes of the Dajin court, so there is no need to truly conquer and plunder with war.
Not to mention banks, once the banks founded by the Jin court flourish, the gold, silver and jewelry around the world will be concentrated here. Everyone wants to save their wealth in a reassuring place. Another function of the bank is to promote the banknotes uniformly formulated by the Jin court, so that the banknotes can be circulated all over the world, and the wealth they bring to the Jin court is huge.
Su Tiancheng believed that once the bank was founded and the banknotes were issued uniformly, the huge role would be reflected immediately. At that time, those who would find it difficult to accept these changes would probably be the civil and military ministers in the Qianqing Palace.
After the emperor explained, everyone finally understood that starting a bank and uniform issuing paper money is a must-do. The emperor has made up his mind and cannot be shaken.
The topic of discussion quickly moved to this aspect.
Everyone was divided into two factions, one was supported by the faction, and the number was pitifully small, that is, Su Tianhao, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and Song Sijun, the Right Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and the one who could give some explanations was Song Sijun. As for the other civil and military ministers, they were all opposed or skeptical, and they did not object, but they believed that it was very difficult to fully expand, whether to start the pilot in the capital, Shandong, Nanjing and other places first, and if it was successful, it would be fully expanded.
After all, Song Sijun was a merchant. He discussed the role of banks and the unified issuance of paper money with the emperor many times. He knew that after these two points, the merchants in the Jin Dynasty would enter a new stage of development. The benefits obtained by the court would be huge, so they were fully supported. They did not agree to establish a pilot project, believing that such things must be fully rolled out, and the beginning might be more difficult, but it would be beneficial to the future.
Chapter completed!