"You are talking about the cousin Pucheng of the second uncle's family. She had always lived in the capital and was the same age as her eldest sister. They had the same personality and had the best relationship. Unfortunately, she returned to Chang'an three years ago, and the eldest sister missed her very much!" Zhu Yunsheng replied immediately.

"Princess Pucheng? She seems to be the eldest daughter of King Qin?" Li Jie still had some impression of the title of Pucheng.

"Yes, she is the eldest daughter of Uncle Qin and the Princess. She has a bit similar to my sister. Both have a bad temper. But strangely, the two of them have a very good temper. " Zhu Yunsheng replied again.

"But why did your sister say that she was in a miserable life?" Li Jie suddenly asked in confusion. He saw the worry flashing in Zhu Yuning's eyes when he mentioned the other party.

"This..." Zhu Yunxiu also showed a embarrassed look when he heard this. Obviously, he knew the reason.

"Li Bandu, what are you asking about this?" Zhu Yunxiu hesitated for a while but did not answer directly, but asked back.

"Your sister asked me to bring a letter to Princess Pucheng. I saw that she looked a little abnormal when she mentioned the other party, so I wanted to ask a few more questions. If it is inconvenient for you to say it, let's forget it." Seeing that Zhu Yunyu seemed to have something unspeakable, Li Jie no longer planned to ask again. He was just asking casually because he was curious.

"Well, there is nothing that cannot be said. They are all family affairs. You are not an outsider. It's nothing to know about these." Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunxi suddenly coughed and said actively, then looked around and then asked again, "Do you know the origin of Princess Qin?"

"Princess Qin?" Li Jie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then suddenly remembered that he seemed to have heard of the origin of the Princess Qin. The other party seemed to be not a Han person, but a Mongolian person.

At this time, Zhu Yunxiu also reminded: "The Princess Qin is the sister of Wang Baobao, a famous general of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. Grandpa once called him the 'The Strange Man in the World'."

When Li Jie heard the name "Wang Baobao", he finally remembered that Princess Qin was indeed Wang Baobao's sister. Wang Baobao is the brother of Zhao Min, the heroine of the later Heaven and Dragon Saber. In other words, Princess Qin is probably the prototype of Zhao Min. It's a pity that Princess Qin is not Zhang Wuji. The prototype of Princess Minmin is also a tragic figure in real history.

Old Zhu praised Wang Baobao as a strange man in the world, which should be the most accurate evaluation of Wang Baobao. This man started his career by suppressing the rebel army at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and later became the biggest opponent of the Ming army. Although the Mongolian Yuan was defeated again and again, Wang Baobao had defeated the Ming army many times, and famous generals such as Tang He and Li Wenzhong were defeated by him.

Even in the fifth year of Hongwu, Xu Da led his army to the Northern Expedition and suffered a great loss at Wang Baobao. Of course, this was the only time Xu Da lost to Wang Baobao. Wang Baobao was killed by Xu Da before, and even once he escaped with only a dozen cavalry. The 40,000 troops under his command, as well as his family and wife, were all captured by the Ming army.

Lao Zhu also became loving Wang Baobao. Wang Baobao's family fell into the hands of the Ming army, so Lao Zhu betrothed Wang Baobao's sister to his second son Zhu Cheng, and wrote letters to Wang Baobao to surrender him seven times. The contents of these letters were even recorded in "Ming Shilu", but unfortunately they were rejected by Wang Baobao.

Legend has it that Lao Zhu had three regrets in his life, one was that he did not receive the imperial seal, the second was that he did not capture Wang Baobao alive, and the third was that he did not capture the prince of Yuan. This shows Wang Baobao's position in Lao Zhu's heart.

"Wang Baobao has long been dead, that Princess Qin..." Li Jie suddenly thought of the current situation of "Princess Minmin" and immediately felt shocked. The King of Qin and Princess Qin had a simple political marriage, and Wang Baobao died a few years after their marriage, and Princess Qin also lost her value. Her situation can be imagined.

"You should guess that the relationship between Uncle Qin and Princess Qin is very bad, and Uncle Wang even beats people. My father once advised Uncle Wang, but it was useless. After all, no one could interfere with such a couple. Couple Pu Cheng is the eldest daughter of Princess Qin. She has a stubborn personality. When Uncle Wang beat Princess Qin, she hugged Uncle Wang and bit her a few times. Uncle Wang was so angry that she almost beat her to death, but her cousin didn't even shed tears from beginning to end. You know that she was only seven or eight years old at that time!"

Zhu Yunxi also showed an incredible expression when he said this. He only had the word "admiration" for his stubborn cousin, but this point really looks like his elder sister Zhu Yuning.

"So that's why the princess Pucheng was sent to the capital to live?" Li Jie also guessed again when he heard this. Zhu Yuning himself had a strong personality, and Princess Pucheng also had a strong personality. No wonder the two became good friends.

"It was after my father heard about Uncle Wang's family that he specifically asked Grandpa to issue an order to send Uncle Wang to the palace to prevent their father and daughter from having another conflict. It was not until three years ago that Princess Qin fell seriously ill and that cousin Pucheng returned to Chang'an, and the eldest sister and she could only communicate with her by letter." Zhu Yunxiu explained again.

Li Jie sighed secretly when he heard this. Zhu Ceng's reputation in history was not good because this person was very cruel. The Princess Qin was his legitimate wife, but was imprisoned by him. He could not even guarantee his food. He even enjoyed killing and torture the people in the palace. Princess Pucheng met such a cruel father, but still dared to resist. He was indeed a strong woman.

"Aren't you and your father going to Chang'an? You should be careful when you see Uncle Qin Wang. He has a bad temper. If you anger him, it will be difficult for his father to do it!" Zhu Yunxiu also reminded Li Jie again at this time.

"I know, don't worry!" Li Jie patted Zhu Yunxi's shoulder and comforted him.

"By the way, you asked me what business is the most profitable last time. I haven't told me the answer yet?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly thought of the content of the chat with Li Jie when he was shopping that day, so he grabbed him and asked again. Li Jie was going to answer that day, but was interrupted by the appearance of the Miss Hu family.

"The most profitable business is of course making money from money, such as Baochao!" Li Jie replied with a smile. The most profitable business in later generations is not arms or drugs, but finance. To be specific, it is banks. Making money from money is simply huge profits from huge profits, and finance is like an invisible hand, which can influence all walks of life.

"Baochao? This... what business is this?" Zhu Yunhuang was stunned when he heard this.

"Of course, it's business. The court just printed the four words "Da Ming Baochao" on a piece of paper, which immediately made it worth a hundred times, a thousand times or even ten thousand times. Is there any more profitable business in the world?" Li Jie asked with a smile again.

"This..." Zhu Yunqiu frowned when he heard this, and always felt that something was wrong with Li Jie's words.

"Your Highness, let me ask you again, why can the imperial court turn a piece of paper into circulating coins?" Li Jie asked Zhu Yunyu again.

"The court stipulates that treasure money is money and it is money. What's there to ask?" Zhu Yunxiu replied casually.

"Even if the court stipulates that treasure money is money, why is it recognized by the people?" Li Jie asked again without hesitation.

"This..." Zhu Yunxiu finally began to ponder when he heard this, but soon shook his head and said, "I don't know!"

"That's because the treasure banknotes are the credit of the court. Compared with the people in the world, Your Majesty is the largest landlord in the world and the court is also the largest merchant in the world. Therefore, Your Majesty stipulates that the treasure banknotes are coins, and the treasure banknotes can be exchanged into copper coins at any time, so the treasure banknotes become circulating coins." Li Jie explained patiently again.

"So that's it, but as far as I know, Baochao has been depreciating, and some merchants are even unwilling to collect Baochao?" Zhu Yunxiu asked another question at this time, which was also a problem he discovered after leaving the palace.

"This involves the issue of excessive issuance of currency. The court issued treasure banknotes, but only issued them but did not collect them. Moreover, when there was a shortage of money, it added treasure banknotes. As a result, more treasure banknotes were added, but the wealth in the world did not increase as a result. As time goes by, the same goods naturally need more treasure banknotes to buy." Li Jie explained some basic monetary principles.

"I understand, no wonder the merchants are unwilling to collect treasure money!" Zhu Yunsheng slapped in surprise when he heard this. He had considered this question, but he had never understood some of the questions. Now, after Li Jie's guidance, he suddenly felt enlightened.

"Your Highness understands it. It was a good thing for the imperial court to issue treasure banknotes, but because of excessive issuance, it has become a policy of harming the people. If this continues, I am afraid that the treasure banknotes will really turn into a piece of waste paper in the future!" Li Jie sighed at the end of his speech.

In fact, when the Ming Dynasty Baochao was in power, only one hundred guan Baochao could buy a stone of rice. Later, during the Xuande period, Yiguan Baochao could only be exchanged for five-cent copper coins. By the time Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, the Baochao was basically useless. So Zhu Houzhao simply ordered the issuance of Baochao. The whole Baochao was only issued for more than a hundred years, and the subsequent half of the period was basically unwilling.

"Since that's the case, should we write a letter to the emperor and remind him of the problems with Baochao?" Zhu Yunyu immediately suggested that in his opinion, since he knew about Baochao's problem, of course he had to report it to Zhu Yuanzhang and then find a way to solve it.

"It's not the time yet!" Li Jie shook his head and said.

In fact, Li Jie had thought about reminding Lao Zhu about Baochao before, but after careful consideration, he realized that Lao Zhu might not be unaware of Baochao's problem, but he had to do so.

Because the Ming Dynasty was extremely short of money, after driving away the Mongolian Yuan, the entire Central Plains was ruined. In order to allow the people to recuperate, Lao Zhu set the commercial tax at a very low level and many lands were exempted from taxes. In this way, the taxes collected every year were very limited.

But the Ming Dynasty had to use money everywhere. In this way, Baochao became the best way to make money. Even if sending Baochao indiscriminately is to drink poison to quench thirst, Lao Zhu would still have to hold his nose and drink it.

"Isn't the time?" Zhu Yunxiu was puzzled when he heard this, "When will this problem be solved?"
Chapter completed!