Chapter 15: Shaking Up the Kingdom
Zhang Boyan couldn’t help it, he shook his hand of five Guan treasure banknote: “When Emperor Taizu set this rule, five Guan treasure banknote can be exchanged for five thousand copper money, but now what? Now five coins of treasure notes, even five hundred money can not be cashed, these days, His Majesty decree to eliminate silver money, the result of it …… you know do not know, now Nanjing City, the east and west of the city there …… the value of the treasure notes plummeted, monks and laypeople have been panicked, and have to take the treasure notes to exchange into the real Gold and silver, now …… five thousand treasure notes, got the market, even two hundred copper can not be cashed, two hundred copper, my family old and small here, you let us drink the northwest wind?”
Behind them, the officials who came with Zhang Boyan also clamored.
Personally come to receive the salary, most of them are poor officials, are referring to the salary to live it, Zhu Di did not send a ban on silver money before the decree, the long surplus warehouse is still issued real gold and silver, and now it is good, directly issued treasure money.
But consistent treasury bills put outside the value of the immediate shrinkage of more than ten times, especially these days, the price of treasury bills plummeted, say this Zhang Boyan, hall of seven officials, the monthly salary converted down to a district of two hundred copper, this is not a joke?
“Calling the master to come out and speak is outrageous.”
“Isn’t this going to starve us to death?”
“We want to give out silver money, not treasure money.”
That clerk also some panic, bitter smile: “This …… this has nothing to do with us ah, all of you are ministers, his majesty’s will is not to know, silver money is banned, of course, can only be issued treasury bills, the Ministry of household this side of the entry and exit accounts, Zhang editorial is the monthly salary of sixty kan, this …. … say anything is useless.”
Zhang Boyan face miserable, lost soul look, clenched his teeth and stared at the clerk: “This …… this is what words, we studied hard for ten years, carp jumped over the Dragon Gate, monthly rely on this worth two hundred copper coins of salary to live? In Nanking City this is not easy to live, my family can only eat yellow rice on weekdays, on this …… outside also credit a lot of money and food it, now …… you also intensify, but also take the treasure to perfume me and so on, you are going to ask me to die? ”
The clerk panicked: “Rest in peace, rest in peace.”
Zhang Boyan slammed down the treasure banknote in his hand, and said in grief and indignation, “A minister of the hall, even the small people of the city are not as good as the small people, the small people can still have food and clothing, why humiliate me like this, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, I have endured enough!”
Without saying a word, he directly overturned the long table in front of the clerk, clanging it, and this Zhang Boyan exclaimed under his breath, “Do you all still want to hold your breath?”
This group of poor officials all of a sudden agitated, the long surplus warehouse issued treasures, they realized that this can not be tolerated, this is to tell people to starve to death ah, so one by one, shouted: “Call the master here out.”
Another person said, “How can a mere master of the district make a decision; call the Minister of the Household to come out and speak.”
Some people even shouted, “Traitors and sycophants are in the court, and His Majesty mistakenly believes in treacherous words, gentlemen, Qingjun …….”
This person obviously wanted to shout out that he was clearing the side of the king, but he soon realized that this seemed to be breaking some taboo and swallowed back hard.
For a while, the long surplus warehouse chicken flying dog jumping, warehouse clerks and salary officials will fight, a mess.
A few moments later, there are brocade guards fire speed horse into the palace, to the noon gate, will be a report to pass the palace.
At this time within the palace city, Zhu Di but has been to the Huagai Hall declared to see Yao Guangxiao and several cabinet ministers.
Zhu Di mood is still good, open mouth: “I heard that there is a spiritual medicine in the workshop, on the poisonous sores actually have a miraculous effect, these days …… Zhang Yoking Yoking after the medicine, has been gradually healed, the Secretary ah, this is a remarkable thing. ”
“Soldiers, the country’s major events, the place of death, the way of life and death, I have long been in the battlefield, the most clear on the battlefield, once there is a trauma, if it is not as good as the treatment, it is inevitable that they will be breeding poisonous sores, when the Jing difficult to know how many soldiers and men, and therefore died, hey …… I think of it today, and so far, hold regrets. If it is at first, they also have this medicine, how will not have a life.”
Yao Guangxiao seemed to be deeply touched and said, “Oh? But I don’t know which high person has such a skill of raising the dead.”
Zhu contained a smile, “This man is a doll.”
“Doll?”
“Couldn’t have imagined it, I couldn’t have imagined it either.” Zhu Di seems to be satisfied with everyone’s surprised expression, “But the truth is right in front of us. I still remember that when Xie Qingjia was young, he was also a child prodigy, right?”
Xie Jin busy said: “the townspeople delusion, only to make the minister this false name, ashamed of it.”
Zhu Di said: “are the same doll, some people such as Jie Jin, and as that Guo De Gan general, but also some people …… but also such as Zhu Yong, Zhang Yoking, by the way, but also counted Zhang Anshi this playboy, the difference between man and man, really more than a man and a dog to be big.”
Zhu Di after some emotion, violently remembered what: “But Guo De Gan this person, treating the sick to save people is a good hand, is to act not rigorously, actually dared to non-discussion of the national government, after all, is still too young, do not know the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky and the sky.”
Xie Jin is such a smart person that he instantly realized who the young man was that His Majesty was talking about last time, and said, “What His Majesty said is very true.”
While he was talking, a eunuch outside hurried in and stumbled, “Your Majesty …….”
Zhu Di originally had a smile on his face and seemed to be in a good mood, but at this time, his face changed slightly and he calmly said, “What is it?”
“Your Majesty, something has happened to the Long Ying Warehouse …….”
At these words, the hall was silent.
The Changying Warehouse is one of the several most important treasuries of the national treasury, and it is not known how much money and grain is saved, and the relationship is significant.
Zhu Di rose up with an open mind, “What happened?”
The eunuch said: “Today, the hundred officials receive salaries, but there are some officials, but greatly dissatisfied, surprisingly …… surprisingly, in groups, making a fuss about the long surplus warehouse, injuring a lot of people, the brocade guards have been deployed to suppress the people, but the matter is a big… …”
Zhu Di was furious: “How dare you, the court ministers still want to rebel?”
The eunuch stammered up.
Zhu glared at him and said, “Speak!”
The eunuch said, “The cause of the matter is because the long surplus warehouse uses treasure money for official salaries, and the officials say that they are counting on the treasure money to simply not be able to feed their families and children ……”
Zhu Di snapped, “Hundreds of kanji per year, and they still can’t feed them, are they greedy to this extent?”
“They said …… said …… that the treasure notes are not worth a penny, and the monthly salary, if you go to the market to buy, you can not even feed a family, and there is also a seventh grade official, claiming that his monthly official salary, he can buy the firewood, rice, oil and salt, but the worth only a few hundred wen. ”
When these words came out, the whole hall was shocked.
Especially Zhu Di, Zhu Di was dumbfounded for a moment, he quickly caved in, “How is this possible, even if the value of the treasure notes has depreciated a bit, but ten guan of treasure notes can still buy a consistent amount of money for firewood, rice, oil and salt.”
The eunuch said: ”The slave servant …… slave servant also does not know …… but …… the person who makes trouble seems to say… …that in the past few days, the price of treasury bills has plummeted, and now even twenty kan of treasury bills may not be able to be exchanged for a consistent amount of money. Also said …… that since His Majesty’s decree, the price of treasury bills, a day a fall, the world shook, the people are terrified ……”
Zhu Di’s tiger body trembled: “Why did no one report to me before?”
Xie Jin and others, their faces are also miserable up, apparently they do not realize, clearly the court issued a decree, but the treasure money instead of stabilizing, but will plummet.
The eunuch said, “Just these few days, after learning of this matter, the Jin Yi Wei has also sent out the Tee Rider to investigate thoroughly …… Since yesterday, the treasure notes have changed from the original ten guan to seven hundred cents, and today …… it is even more horrifying, leaving only Five hundred wen now, the people learned that they can not use silver money to trade, but instead everyone is hoarding silver money, there is no way to stop it.”
Zhu took a breath, “What is the reason for this?”
“The slave girl doesn’t know.”
Zhu Di then looked to Xie Jin and others: “What about you? You are all learned people, but also the pillars of the court, to tell me, why is it so?”
Xie Jin s face is very ugly, in fact, he is also a question, originally thought that the formulation of the statute banning silver money can be said to be impeccable, but where do you know …… triggered the opposite consequences.
So he busily bowed down and said with fear and trembling, “Your Majesty, is there someone who is making trouble out of this?”
Zhu Di coldly laughed: “from the obstruction? Oh …… this world full of monks and lay people, are all in the middle of the obstruction?”
“This ……”
In fact, now triggered by the consequences, has far exceeded the understanding of Jin’s cognitive scope, after all, he read more than ten years of saintly books, even for the official, is also a noble Hanlin, and his luck is extremely good, soon got the favor of the palace, the leveling of the world, which firewood, rice, oil and salt, where does he know?
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