northernbook Chapter 130 National Events
Chapter 130 National Events
"I didn't expect Mr. Xiao Lang to have faces?" Liu Sanwu teased.
"Yeah, I just know a little superficial!" Zhu Xiongying joked along with Liu Sanwu's words.
"Hahahaha." Liu Sanwu laughed heartily, "Young Lord is still interesting."
"I do have something I want to talk to Mr. Xiaolang today." Liu Sanwu and Zhu Xiongying said face to face, "Since my name was founded, the country has been stable and prosperous, but with the increasing population of the people, the expenditure of the country has also increased. It is getting bigger and bigger, gradually appearing to be unable to pay, and the warehouse is gradually becoming empty, which makes the current emperor a headache."
Zhu Xiongying had known about the lack of money in the imperial court for a long time, and Zhu Yuanzhang had a headache because of this matter, and it was not a day or two.
But this, could it be that the old man failed to be an official in the court?Although there are not a few ordinary people who have read sage books and are concerned about state affairs, it seems that the former possibility is more reliable.
Liu Sanwu seemed to see Zhu Xiongying's suspicion, and flicked his sleeves casually: "Young Lord, don't think too much, the old man is alone in the clouds and wild cranes, and he has never liked the vulgar atmosphere in the officialdom. It just happens that there are relatives who are officials in the court. Occasionally, I hear one or two."
Zhu Xiongying nodded, in fact, he didn't really care about this issue.
Everyone is responsible for the prosperity of the world.
"Well, the old man has the world in his heart, and Xiaosheng admires him."
"Thank you, Mr. Xiaolang." Liu Sanwu turned around and looked at the calm lake. "After all, only when the country is prosperous can the people live and work in peace and contentment. Can they live a good life?"
"That's right." Zhu Xiongying turned around, "Actually, before the emptiness of the national treasury reappeared repeatedly in the past few years, many measures were only to treat the symptoms but not the root cause. There is no other way to solve the problem from the root cause, and think of other useful measures."
Liu Sanwu tilted his head slightly: "Mr. Xiaolang, if His Majesty orders more coins to be printed to fill the treasury, how about this method?"
"No!" Zhu Xiongying interrupted directly.
If Zhu Xiongying remembers correctly, during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang, banknotes were circulated in the market as a general equivalent commodity for commodity trading, which has been carried out in an orderly manner, which also ensured the stable development of the Ming economy for a long time, but if it is true It is indeed a very stupid way to increase the amount of currency printed and try to fill the treasury with this. This is likely to cause inflation and eventually lead to disorder in the currency market.
"What do you think, Mr. Xiaolang?" Liu Sanwu asked with some expectation.
Sure enough, he guessed right, this young man had the same idea as him, and he didn't like this method, and he began to expect that he would have other more suitable methods.
Zhu Xiongying turned his head: "First of all, it is undeniable that the starting point of this method is good. Increasing the number of banknotes printed is also for the purpose of enriching the people, but if there are more and more of these currencies, it will cause a flood of silver coins on the market, and eventually lead to the collapse of the economic market."
Zhu Xiongying also knew that during the Hongwu period, because Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the economic market and his understanding of the economic market was too weak, he ordered a large number of currency printing, which eventually led to chaos in the currency market and the collapse of the national monetary system.
But he didn't expect this to happen to him, so of course he didn't want Zhu Yuanzhang to make the same mistakes again.
"How do you say that?" Liu Sanwu's eyes shone with excitement.
Zhu Xiongying knelt down and picked up a few stones by his feet: "I can't understand the deep meaning in a few words, why don't I give a simple example to the old man."
Liu Sanwu followed and squatted down, watching Zhu Xiongying play with those stones.
"Now let's treat these stones as a certain commodity. If the imperial court produces 1 taels of silver every year, then this commodity can be sold for one tael of silver. Two taels of silver, the old man thinks you are buying this product with one tael of silver, can you buy it?"
Liu Sanwu pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.
Zhu Xiongying didn't ask anymore: "It must be impossible to buy, because now this product is not only worth a tael of silver, in other words, the silver produced by the imperial court is no longer valuable, nor does it have that much purchasing power."
"To give another example, if a commoner earns money by doing business at home and saves 5000 taels of silver at home, he is considered a rich man compared to other common people. However, if the imperial court vigorously prints banknotes, other common people will The money and silver in the wallet have also increased, so compared with the original rich man, he cannot be called a big rich man now. It means that the 5000 taels of silver in his hand have begun to become less valuable. I think those businessmen will Are you willing to support this national directive?"
Liu Sanwu still did not answer, of course no one is willing.
Zhu Xiongying chuckled lightly: "Although the imperial court suppresses merchants in the middle of the country, and the merchant's household registration is regarded as a cheap one, it must be said that merchants play a very important role in the economy of the entire country. Besides, everyone gets rich by virtue of their abilities. Now that the country has issued an order, all the hard-earned money in the hands has become worthless, which means that more than ten or twenty years of hard work will be in vain. Do the old people think that there will be turmoil in the whole country by then? Will there be people who will stand up and resist?"
Liu Sanwu lowered his head, paused, and smiled: "Everything that Mr. Xiao Lang said is reasonable, and I am ashamed of myself."
Zhu Xiongying sighed, stood up, and a refreshing and cool wind blew in front of him.
"In my opinion, there are actually better ways to solve this problem of empty treasury."
Liu Sanwu immediately became energetic: "Please tell me, Mr. Xiaolang."
"Raising business taxes."
Liu Sanwu's eyes widened: "But... Isn't this way..."
Zhu Xiongying seemed to have expected Liu Sanwu's reaction long ago: "Does the old man want to say that merchants are all thieves, rapers and slippery people? If the imperial court really ordered to raise business taxes, it would be tantamount to telling the world that merchants are of great importance to the country. It plays an important role, which is to tell the common people that the imperial court recognizes the status of merchants."
Liu Sanwu opened his mouth, but didn't say anything, Zhu Xiongying was indeed telling the truth.
"The old man is wrong." Zhu Xiongying laughed, "What is the world like? Is agriculture the foundation and business is the end, or agriculture and business are all the foundation? There is no ancestor who stipulates what must be done. Aren't our descendants all Slowly groping, relying on one's own ability to build a country, and develop the country step by step? Why stick to the old customs now?"
It was only then that Liu Sanwu realized that he had read so many sage books, but in fact, there were still some ancient and pedantic thoughts in his bones.