The children of the Eight Banners have been eating hard-core crops in the pass for two hundred years, and they know how to enjoy life without having to produce. Two hundred years are enough for them to develop a dandy habit. Of course, they themselves think that they are aristocratic.
Money is a bastard. If you have money, you have to spend it. If you have money, it’s hard to buy something that makes you happy!
Under the influence of this kind of culture, a common impression given to the world by the Eight Banners disciples is that they are ashamed of being greedy for money, squandering glory, and being diligent and thrifty!
They can spend thousands of gold for a yellow bird or a cricket, and they can even cultivate a master of interior painting just to play with a snuff bottle.
There are plenty of walnuts in the forest, and they can also look like exquisite and clear amber agate!
Not to mention being particular about eating, drinking and having fun. They were born to enjoy blessings, and it wouldn’t be complete if they don’t spend all the blessings they have brought in their lives!
These princes and princes, Beile, are the pillars of the Eight Banners. They are the richest and the most playful. King Dun led the big yellow dog to forcefully break into the restaurant, and even gave him a handful of golden melon seeds to eat tofu.
These people spend their money like water. A garden worth several million taels is a small amount of money, and transporting a piece of Taihu stone from thousands of miles away costs hundreds of thousands of taels!
As long as they don't overstep their bounds, they will try their best to maximize luxury within the rules!
Will these people treat hundreds of thousands of taels of silver as good money? Isn’t this their character? But today, Zai Chun asked a question from his soul.
Ten thousand taels of gold is nothing more than 140,000 to 50,000 taels of silver on the black market. Do you royal nobles really lack these hundreds of thousands taels of silver? Are you really that poor?
The imperial court wants to exchange gold, but it doesn't want your money in vain. It gives you silver instead. Why is it that it's like your life is on the line for everyone?
Prince Zheng Chengzhi's family has 70,000 taels of gold, which can be exchanged officially for 700,000 taels of silver, and the black market exchange plus a little bit is equivalent to one million taels!
You are the iron hat prince! One million dollars is like killing you? When you were trading in the stock market, didn't you spend millions just like water?
What's wrong? What happened to most of these banner people?
King Yu was silent for a long time, and everyone in the Taihe Sect was also silent. After a long time, King Yu sighed in his own right, "Hey... Your Majesty! I don't know what's going on. Your Majesty's question is ridiculous." It’s like asking something that’s in my heart…”
"After much deliberation, I have only one answer...that is gold, which is charming and has magic power!"
"To be honest... slave, I am not so poor that even one hundred thousand taels of silver is worth it, but when I put ten thousand taels of gold in front of my slave, I feel different in my heart!"
"On one side is one hundred thousand taels of snowflake silver, and on the other side is ten thousand taels of gold ingots or gold bars... Anyway, my slave, I subconsciously feel that gold is better. Gold is more precious and valuable..."
"I see it in my eyes and love it in my heart... If there is no gold to compare with this, my slave, I would also like the white silver ingots, but as long as there is gold to compare with..."
"I don't know what happened. I just feel that silver is like bricks and tiles, something worthless... Do you think it's strange?"
Yi Pei also nodded, "Maybe this is because things are rare and valuable! There is too little gold after all..."
Zai Chun shook his head, "No! The method here is not simple... Love of gold is a common problem among all mankind. Why do the European and American powers regard gold as their reserve currency?"
"After the Franco-Prussian War, Britain did not hesitate to use its navy to threaten the master. You can transport the silver back at will, and you can transport the arms back, but the gold is not allowed to be transported away and must be circulated in European banks?"
"This is the last ballast stone! It is the last valuable thing in human belief. It is the last foundation of currency. If gold loses its credibility, humans will no longer have currency!"
"That's why I have to use gold to seduce the capitalist members of the Chinese Parliament. If the master is not here, no one can suppress them... so I can only use gold to seduce them!"
"That's it, that's it... Li Tuo is called in. You can go on your errands. I'll write down your crime of stealing gold for you first. I'll make it up to you in the future!"
King Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief knowing that he had passed the test safely. He looked at Prince Dun with grateful eyes, and then the sound of Li Tuo's footsteps came from outside the palace.
"Your Majesty...the preliminary data on gold exchange during the day has come out today. It may not be accurate. The accountants are conducting a third review, but the general number will not be wrong..."
"Fifty-three thousand taels... God, the capital exchanged five hundred and thirty thousand taels of silver today..."
Hiss... everyone in the hall took a breath of air. No one expected that so much gold was exchanged on this day? But after thinking about it, Prince Zheng's family alone copied 70,000 taels of gold, so this number is not so scary.
"Your Majesty! The capitals of the Ming and Qing dynasties have such a deep heritage... We were a bit aggressive in exchanging money today. I didn't expect to dig out so many..."
"Also, we haven't even checked the royal palaces within the Eight Banners. Tomorrow, the palaces of Prince Li, Prince Su, Prince Rui, etc. will also exchange money one by one. There must be more..."
When Zai Chun heard the good news, his face flushed a lot. He stretched out his hand to ask the palace maid to bring the soup, took a sip and frowned, "It's so bitter... I don't want to add a little more licorice..."
"Haha... I'm just talking nonsense. How can I add medicine randomly... Li Tuo, remember, there must be gold. Prince Qing's Mansion, Prince Gong's Mansion, and Prince Chun's Mansion are all empty right now!"
"If you carefully interrogate the old eunuchs left behind in the palace, I will not believe that there is no gold hidden in these three families?"
"Yes! These three families are also the big ones..." Li Tuo clapped his hands and said, "But Your Majesty... there is a problem now, and I don't know how to deal with it!"
"speak!"
"Your Majesty...Today's gold is 530,000, so we have to exchange it for 5,310,000 taels of silver!"
"Zichen can't estimate how much gold the capital has, but I'm afraid there are three to five million taels... That will be three to five million taels of silver by then!"
"Our Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs simply don't have that much silver reserve! How can we exchange it with others?"
This is really a big problem, and Zai Chun is silent. The court is now riddled with holes. It seems that there is a lot of money, but the expenses are also greater!
It is true that the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Internal Affairs still have 40 to 50 million in silver deposits, but if they are all converted into gold and scattered among the people, then the court will have no money to fight the war!
You must know that when buying food and other supplies from the Chinese, you also need to use silver!
"Don't we have banknotes? Use banknotes to exchange with the people..." King Yu said immediately.
"No! This is not possible, Your Majesty. With the current war and chaos, the credibility of banknotes is already very low... Besides, banknotes are also printed with silver as a pressure!"
"According to the rules, banknotes can actually be exchanged for the same amount of silver... If gold is now exchanged for banknotes, after the credit collapse, I'm afraid there will be a big run!"
At that time, the people who exchanged gold will receive the receipt from the department and ask for exchange for silver!
People who hold banknotes in their hands also need to exchange banknotes for silver, but we don’t have that much cash!
Ruined! In the final analysis, the court has no money!
