"It embodies the meaning of feudalism in counties and counties!"
Xia Wanchun repeated it subconsciously, somewhat excitedly: "Mr. Tinglin, you..."
"Brother Zhongqing, where do you think the pilot is better?"
Zhang Mingzhen saw that Zhu Yuanzhang had a different expression and was afraid that Xia Wanchun would say something uncomfortable, so he interrupted him loudly.
When Gu Jikun saw Zhang Mingzhen defending Xia Wanchun, he also had some changes in his mind. He smiled and said, "The pilot place values the people's hearts the most. In Jikun's opinion, the first choice should be the capital."
"Although the capital was once devastated by war, now under His Majesty's governance, the people have returned to their hearts. If we try it here, we should be able to get twice the result with half the effort..."
Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little worried about Gu Jikun's character. Now that he saw him taking the initiative to praise him and knowing that he was not ignorant of world affairs, he put down his worries a little.
He smiled and said, "If you are confident, we can pilot it in the capital, but how are you going to issue and recycle the treasure banknotes?"
Gu Jikun said: "I heard that His Majesty is implementing the policy of establishing farmland and raising troops, and in order to encourage the people to farm, he is also distributing free cattle, seeds and other supplies. The fine expenses must be quite a lot. It is quite inconvenient to use silver."
"If His Majesty takes the opportunity to introduce treasure banknotes and promises that they can be freely exchanged, the people and merchants will not be too resistant."
"As for the method of taking back the salt, we can use the previous household salt law, which stipulates that every adult who buys salt must pay a pound of salt for every kilogram of salt."
"Maybe add some small vendors, and you can only buy with treasure banknotes. In this way, you can not only recover the treasure banknotes, but also increase the importance of the treasure banknotes..."
After listening to Gu Jikun's story, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt that this method was feasible, so he added: "This method is feasible in the pilot phase, but when it is promoted nationwide, it may have shortcomings, right?"
When Gu Jikun heard this, he knew that although Zhu Yuanzhang agreed with this method, he did not want to delegate power and still wanted to control the country through the capital.
He pondered for a while and said: "If Your Majesty wants to issue or withdraw treasure banknotes on a large scale, you can sell or buy back some rare items and control the number of treasure banknotes by manipulating wealthy businessmen."
"It's just that the timeliness of this method will be much worse, and the quantity will be difficult to control. There may be a large price gap between the north and the south."
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Gu Jikun, he immediately understood what he meant, and he felt more recognition in his heart. He smiled and said, "What if we increase the silver rating again?"
Gu Jikun was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, are you planning to use both silver and treasure banknotes?"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "Bao banknotes are originally a supplement to copper coins, why can't they be used in parallel?"
When Gu Jikun heard this, he knew that what Zhu Yuanzhang said was not true, but he thought that most of those businessmen were rich and unkind, so it would be a good thing to suffer some losses, so he bowed and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Zhang Zhenming and said, "Zhang Qing, do you have any other worries?"
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang specifically asked him, Zhang Mingzhen hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty has thought carefully, and the general will have no objection."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the people present again, and finally looked at Guizhuang and said: "So, do you think it is feasible for us to let Ye Fangheng and others go overseas to do business?"
Hearing this, Guizhuang was about to speak, but was stopped by Gu Jikun on the side.
Through previous observations, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Ye Fangheng had a grudge against Gu and Gui. He originally wanted to use this to show favor, so he said to Guizhuang: "Guizhuang, what do you think?"
Returning to the village to ask questions, he bowed and said: "Your Majesty..."
"Your Majesty, the common people think..."
"Brother Zhongqing, where has your old pride gone?"
Guizhuang asked loudly after Gu Jikun interrupted him.
Seeing this, Gu Jikun said in a deep voice: "Brother Xuan Gong, your Majesty is asking about important national affairs now. Why are you talking about such trivial matters?"
Guizhuang said with an angry look on his face: "What is a trivial matter? He forced you to..."
"Brother Xuan Gong!"
Gu Jikun interrupted Guizhuang again.
When Guizhuang heard this, he glared at Gu Jikun angrily, but said nothing.
At this time, Xia Wanchun stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of opening the sea
Although it is feasible, I feel that the selection of candidates needs to be carefully considered, otherwise it may be detrimental to the country..."
Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to use this matter to win over Gu Jikun and others. Seeing that Gu Jikun was so persistent, he knew that if he continued, he might be looked down upon by the other party, so he followed Xia Wanchun's words to discuss personnel matters.
Before I knew it, the night had passed.
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the matter of opening the sea had been roughly agreed upon, he asked Gu Jikun and others to leave, leaving Xia Wanchun behind to ask about Ye Fangheng.
Xia Wanchun asked and told the story with some embarrassment.
It turns out that Gu Jikun and Ye Fangheng are both famous families in Kunshan, but Gu Jikun's family is famous for their poetry and calligraphy, while Ye Fangheng is famous for his wealth.
Ye Fangheng felt that he looked down upon the Gu family, so he always wanted to annex the Gu family, but he did not take action because he was worried about Gu Jikun's grandfather Gu Shaofu and others.
Later, Gu Shaofu and Gu Xiang died one after another, and there was a severe drought in Wuzhong. Gu Jikun had no choice but to give 800 acres of his ancestral property to Ye Fangheng at a low price.
At this time, Gu Jikun's cousin and others were fighting for the inheritance, provoking family troubles, and colluding with Ye Fangheng internally and externally to loot and burn Gu Jikun's old Tang Dynasty in Qiandun, Kunshan, and his residence in Yulianjing, Changshu, in an attempt to force Gu Jikun to submit.
Since Gu Jikun's biological mother He and his stepmother Wang were present, he was afraid that his parents would be frightened, so he tolerated the incident.
Unexpectedly, Ye Fangheng went even further and colluded with the government to imprison Gu Jikun on some unfounded charges such as disloyalty.
After Guizhuang learned about this, he ran around and finally found Qian Qianyi in Changshu.
Unexpectedly, Qian Qianyi used the excuse that his apprentice had no name, and said that only Gu Jikun could be saved by joining his disciples.
Guizhuang knew that Gu Jikun would not agree to this, but in order to save Gu Jikun's life, he became a disciple on Gu Jikun's behalf.
After Gu Jikun learned about this, he hurriedly asked someone to ask for the disciple's post on behalf of the village. After being rejected by Qian Qianyi, he wrote a confession stating that he had never been listed on the Qian family's wall, and had people post it everywhere.
After the incident broke out, although Qian Qianyi didn't care on the surface, he secretly spread rumors that anyone who dared to save Gu Jikun was an enemy of him, so that some civil servants who wanted to take action were restrained.
Later, it was Chen Zilong who took action angrily and rescued Gu Jikun from prison.
After listening to Xia Wanchun's story, Zhu Yuanzhang knew that Ye Fangheng came to cash this time, not only because he wanted the qualifications to do business overseas, but also to take the opportunity to put Gu Jikun to death.
Then he thought of Shi Kefa's behavior when Ye Fangheng mentioned the Gu family, and his face became colder and colder, and he said in a deep voice: "Since you know this and are our imperial envoy, why don't you enforce the law impartially?"
Xia Wanchun was stunned when he heard this, and then said with some embarrassment: "I didn't know about this before, but when my teacher (Chen Zilong) was chatting after entering the city, he talked about Huang Zhicheng bringing Ye Fangheng to see His Majesty. Guizhuang was so angry that he told it. Only then did I find out about this.”
"Furthermore, Mr. Tinglin tried his best to stop Mr. Guizang (Guizhuang's nickname) just now, probably because he did not want this matter to affect His Majesty's overall situation..."
"How can a mere businessman affect our overall situation?"
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't wait for Xia Wanchun to finish, he shouted at him angrily, paused, and continued: "Go and take Ye Fangheng into prison immediately, interrogate him strictly, and be sure to arrest and bring everyone to justice."
"At the same time, I told Tong Wanjin that as long as he can hand over three million taels of silver in full, we will grant him the qualification to go overseas to do business."
After giving the instructions, he still felt that there was something lacking. He suddenly remembered that Ye Fangheng had used Gu Jikun's name to frame him. In the previous conversation, Gu Jikun admired Wang Yanwu, the anti-Yuan strategist in the late Song Dynasty, and said again: "In addition, you passed on our According to the decree, Gu Jikun is given the title of Gu Yan... Wu!"
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he was afraid that Xia Wanchun might misunderstand his meaning, so he wrote the three characters "Gu Yanwu" with his own hand.
Seeing this, Xia Wanchun happily agreed and then withdrew.
Zhu Yuanzhang also felt a little tired after Xia Wanchun left. When he was about to take a rest, Gao Wencai hurried in again.
