Back to the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Youjian was not only thinking about the issue of issuing paper money, but also considering the currency and weights and measures of the Ming Dynasty.

The convenient and simple things in the world, no matter where they come from, as long as they can promote development, Zhu Youjian will do it.

Now students in various schools in the Ming Dynasty have begun to learn Arabic numerals.

It’s not that anything abroad is inferior to the Ming Dynasty, but there are also things worth learning from.

Like Arabic numerals, it is indeed easier to calculate and write.

Now the Ming Dynasty is not blocking the country, but is doing business with the whole world. Calculation tools are best approachable. In this way, the Ming customs and traders will save a lot of time to settle accounts, which will allow Ming products to be quickly cleared.

The silk, porcelain and tea from the Ming Dynasty are now popular in Europe. For Europeans, wearing silk, using porcelain, and drinking tea is nobility and a symbol of identity, just like the luxury goods such as Western bags and other bags in the West.

In fact, not only are the things from the Ming Dynasty in time and space in the West, but the silk and porcelain of the Ming Dynasty in real history are also the luxury of Westerners.

Back then, Columbus sailed to avoid the blockade of the Ottoman Empire, find new routes to trade with the Ming Dynasty, and thus start a great voyage and colonial rule.

There are many other items in the Ming Dynasty that are luxury goods in the eyes of Westerners, such as high-end cigarettes and high-end lighters, bicycles, sewing machines, etc.

90% of the items and luxury goods used by the European royal family and aristocrats came from the Ming Dynasty, and most of the shops used by the people also came from the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that the West is not only the consumer market for the Ming Dynasty to produce luxury goods, but also the main export area for the Ming Dynasty's goods.

The gold and silver that they exploited and plundered from their great sailing colonies basically flowed into the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was no longer short of silver (in fact, it was not short of silver, but the country was poor, but the folk gentry and merchants were rich.)

After two days of repeated thinking, Zhu Youjian decided to reform again. Now there is almost no pressure on reform because no one is swearing to oppose the emperor's new policy to the death.

Emperor Hongwu Zhu Yuanzhang was exhausted to death. Emperor Chongzhen not only stayed up late every day, but also went to the morning court at around 4 a.m. and was almost exhausted to death.

Zhu Youjian came through time and was much more relaxed. Not only did he cancel the morning court, but he only lasted once in three days. He almost always worked in the Qing Palace for any matter.

Some unimportant things are left to the cabinet to handle. He only takes care of the cabinet's work, just like the chairman of a company in later generations. As long as the general manager is managed well, the general manager will do the rest of the matter.

On the third day, Zhu Youjian summoned the cabinet chief Sun Chuanting and several grand senators at the Ganqing Palace, including the Minister of Revenue Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of Works Meng Zhaoxiang, the Minister of Rites Fan Jingwen, the Minister of Customs Xia Wanchun, and the Chief of the Censorate Yu Huatian and other ministers.

The former Censorate was directly banned by Zhu Youjian. Now the Censorate mainly relies on the Ming Dynasty's intelligence system to detect all officials, and there are no censors in it. Just like our current Procuratorate, it is in charge of the Yuhuatian.

After the ministers and the emperor greeted them, Zhu Youjian gave them a seat, and then talked about the reform of currency and weights and measures:

"My dear friends, now the Ming Dynasty is the world's financial and trade center, and many things can no longer be viewed with the old eyes of the past. I have decided to use the hairstyle of paper money, and in addition, to unify the weights and measures, do you have good suggestions? Let me tell you what you think."

"Reform again?"

This sentence is everyone's first idea. Since the second half of the 17th year of Chongzhen, the emperor's reforms have emerged one after another. At that time, at least more than 200 officials were exterminated because of opposing the Ming Dynasty's new policy, and at least tens of thousands of gentry opposed were killed.

If it were placed in other dynasties, Zhu Youjian would be a tyrant, but as his new policies were forcibly implemented, the Ming Dynasty began to flourish, and now it is a prosperous country and strong people.

The emperor did not have any shadow of a tyrant in the hearts of the people, but he turned into a sage king of eternal powers. It can be said that Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty existed like a god in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

When talking about reforms, the emperor would also ask the ministers to express their opinions, but their suggestions would eventually be completely rejected by the emperor. This time the ministers also learned to be smart, and anyway, the opposition was ineffective, so they simply accepted it directly.

Several ministers in the court hurriedly surrendered:

"Your Majesty, you can support me no matter how you want to reform me!"

Zhu Youjian did not expect that none of the ministers opposed it, nor did he ask about the specific situation. He looked at the ministers and was speechless:

"Since you have no objection, I will announce it directly. Whether it is silver or dragon yuan, it will be inconvenient to carry it in large quantities. This is also the main reason why I want to issue paper money. After the issuance of paper money, the Ming Dynasty gradually canceled the circulation of copper coins, and the Ming Dynasty's dragon yuan remains unchanged..."

Zhu Youjian decided to copy the face value of paper money in later generations directly in the Ming Dynasty. The face value of paper money was tentatively set at fifty yuan, twenty yuan, ten yuan, five yuan, two yuan, one yuan, five cents, two cents, one cent.

Try to issue 20 billion yuan first. Only the Ming Bank can issue paper money. If someone finds that he dares to imitate the issuance of paper money, he will destroy the three tribes.

The recycling of copper coins circulated on the market is under the responsibility of the People's Bank of China. One tael of silver or a piece of dragon coins can be exchanged for 150 yuan banknotes. One penny of copper coins is exchanged for one cent of banknotes, and ten pennies are equivalent to one cent of banknotes...

After the issuance of paper money, all face value will be divided into units of Yuan and divided into units. We must inform the people of Daming as soon as possible, and send full-time personnel to explain the exchange rate to the people of Daming. The Daming Daily and local officials in various places must vigorously promote it and try to make all people familiar with the banknotes as soon as possible.

In addition, the units of weight and length must be modified and popularized. The unit of meter and ruler remains unchanged. The unit of rice is increased by three feet to one meter. There is also a lot of stones that are turned into, one ton is equal to one thousand kilograms, and one kilogram is equal to one kilogram...

As Zhu Youjian said that, he handed the reform plan he wrote to the cabinet's chief minister Sun Chuanting, asking the cabinet to copy more and send it to various departments. Sun Chuanting was stunned after receiving the manuscript handed over by the emperor. He couldn't even understand this thing.

When Sun Chuanting passed the emperor's manuscript to other ministers to read, the ministers began to be confused. They were already familiar with the old tricks and it was difficult for them to accept the things written by the emperor in a short period of time.

Only Xia Wanchun nodded frequently when he looked at it:

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Zhu Youjian didn't know whether Xia Wanchun could really understand it, but it didn't matter to him. If he didn't understand, learn hard. He believed that the people of Daming would accept it soon, and many children in the family should understand it.

"Okay, I will tell you so much today. You can go back and think about it carefully. Don't change everything at once. You have to do it step by step. You can complete it all within a year. Go back!"

"According to the order, I will sue you!"

Several ministers withdrew from the Ganqing Palace, and Zhu Youjian said to Cao Zhengchun:

"Cao Zhengchun, you send someone to Gaoyang immediately and send Qian Wanli to see me!"

"Abide by the order!"
Chapter completed!