This is inevitable.
First, it is caused by the information gap. Only those at the core of the government know better the true purpose of the court's actions, and they will not follow what others say.
Second, under normal competition, nobles and ministers with more power and financial resources have more courage, strength, and motivation to cooperate with the court.
Zhang Hong and Sun Bin, the eunuchs of the inner court, also bought some. They did not want the emperor to think that they did not support such a new policy.
The British Duke Zhang Yuangong, Xing'an Bo Xu Rucheng and other nobles also bought some to show that since the emperor now values their nobles and allows them to assume more responsibilities, they should naturally express their gratitude.
However, these people have fewer contacts than Shen Shixing. What they seem to value more is not how much benefit they can get from this, but not only expressing their support for the sale of subscription tickets to the emperor, but also expressing their support to Yuan Yuan who has a higher status than themselves. The Assistant Privy Council said this to show that he does not compete with you for favor and takes the initiative to lower the subscription specifications.
Even when it comes to purchasing subscription tickets, there is also an emphasis on hierarchical order.
As a result, not all the subscription coupons with a total value of more than 2.1 million taels of silver dollars have been subscribed, and there is still a lot left.
It's just that there are a lot of subscription coupons left, but almost no one cares about them.
Naturally it’s the reason mentioned before.
Ordinary citizens still don't dare to trust subscription coupons, believing that they can really bring benefits.
In addition, the material debate was also intentionally or unintentionally discouraging ordinary people from trusting the imperial court.
"If you ask me, don't believe this subscription coupon thing!"
"Don't even look at it. Who are the people who are buying subscription tickets now? They are either princes or nobles, or they are ministers and ministers!"
"In order to keep their own power, they naturally have to use money to flatter themselves and bribe powerful traitors! Or they may deliberately act hypocritically and deliberately lure people like us into the bait."
Tao Youxue, the official of the Ministry of Rites, talked about the subscription of coupons to his colleague Wu Zunjie in a tile house that day, and his words revealed his distrust of the imperial court.
After hearing this, Wu Zunkui frowned and said: "I would rather believe that this is the purpose above. Otherwise, once the people of the world really believe that they can make profits by buying subscription tickets, who will be willing to make profits by buying land?"
"The land will be worthless in this way, and farmers with large amounts of land will be deprived of their profits in disguise. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and this move will seriously damage the country's foundation!"
"What the public says makes sense."
"The former is to defraud the world's wealth to enrich oneself, while the latter is the basis of ruining the world."
Tao Youxue nodded in agreement.
He knew that Wu Zunjie was worried that doing so would change the Ming Dynasty's "land-valued" status quo, which would cause serious losses to the interests of large landowners like them.
And at the same time.
There is also a sticker posted on the wall near Qipan Street outside Daming Gate, which is the most visited area in the capital.
The content of the post directly stated that the imperial court used the purchase of subscription tickets to make money from the people. It must have been caused by excessive conquests that led to a deficit in the national treasury, leaving no money for charity, so it called on people not to be gullible.
At that time, many people were seen.
Many people also talked about it.
"It's better to be cautious. If the court uses this to make money and steals our money, I'm afraid it won't be possible to get it back."
"In these years, we first conquered the Japanese and then the Burmese. Many ministers said that wars cost the most money and food. However, this dynasty has fought many big battles. I'm afraid it really costs a lot of money. And now this Shenwu County In order to solve the problem of lack of money, Dang Guo probably came up with this trick, don’t be fooled!”
"What a man from Shenwu County. He is truly a profiteer. He is better at plundering than Zhang Taiyue!"
"Zhang Taiyue is just using the name of his father-in-law to plunder the gentry, but he actually wants to use a blank paper to plunder our gentry's money directly!"
"Do you think that Shenwu County, because there are not many people buying subscription tickets, will trick His Majesty into issuing an edict to force officials and gentry to buy them, and threaten to remove them from their titles?"
"If this is the case, then go to Shu to remonstrate!"
"A man who fights for justice would rather be executed than let him seize the people's interests in Wu County!"
In teahouses, restaurants and brothels, there are discussions about the subscription coupons.
After hearing these discussions, Yu Shenxing, the left minister of the Ministry of Rites, was worried that the imperial court would force the officials and gentry to subscribe, so he advised Zhu Yijun on the grounds that the country was benefiting the people and should not violate the people's wishes. Everything is done voluntarily, and the officials cannot force the people to subscribe.
When trying to persuade people to make a fortune, it is not advisable to force them, otherwise it will be more likely to be perceived as a scam.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun approved Yu Shenxing's request and asked the imperial minister to issue a clear edict to warn the minister not to force the people to subscribe.
This reassured the people a lot.
But precisely because of this, some bold ordinary people had some ideas and began to subscribe for some mining profit subscription coupons.
Chen Jiuzhu, who runs a government-run paper mill in Fengyang, saw such an imperial edict in the "Di Bao" and felt that the emperor's promise was not really about taking advantage of the people. Instead, he took all the cash he earned from running the government-run paper mill. , and went to the agency dispatched by the household registration department to Fengyang, Zhongdu to sell subscription coupons, and bought a batch of subscription coupons.
After hearing what Chen Jiuzhu said, Ye Agui also bought a subscription coupon worth twenty taels of silver.
Wang Xiaocao even complained about him: "Why are you joining in the fun? Twenty taels of silver dollars are hard-earned money earned by working in a paper mill in the cold weather and hot summer weather."
"It's okay, people should be grateful!"
"It was because of the imperial government's implementation of the New Industrial Deal that I had the opportunity to earn a living from a government-run paper mill, marry a wife and have children. Now if such a good imperial court is really short of money, I will donate it to help the imperial court tide over the difficulties; if Really, it will naturally be profitable, after all, Mr. Chen and the court’s vision is not wrong.”
Ye Agui shook the baby in his arms and said with a smile.
Wang Xiaocao sighed and started to put on an apron to cook, saying, "Okay, you earned it anyway, you can do whatever you want, even if you want to repay the favor!"
Some people buy subscription tickets out of a desire to repay a debt of gratitude.
After Zhang Jingxiu heard about this on his way to Beijing, he told his servant: "Take the 30,000 taels of silver from the mansion, exchange it for silver dollars, and buy subscription coupons! If it weren't for Your Majesty's great kindness, my Zhang family would not be able to pay back the money." Since Shanxi has survived to this day, how can we not support the imperial court and the New Deal at this time?"
"yes!"
Because of this, the Zhang Juzheng family also bought some.
…
Before we knew it, it was early March in the thirteenth year of Wanli.
The feeling of spring is becoming more and more obvious, and the jade steps of the Forbidden City are gradually dotted with more and more green colors.
"How many subscription coupons are still on sale?"
And on this day.
Zhu Yijun, who had changed out of his winter clothes, came here specially. Since the sale of subscription coupons was about to end, he asked about Hai Rui, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue.
Hai Rui replied: "There are still about 600,000 taels of silver dollar subscription coupons that have not been subscribed."
"In that case, we will buy it with internal funds! Then, immediately let Xu Zhenming open a new mine in Guihua!"
Zhu Yijun said nothing more and said in his heart: "The current situation is really like this. In this golden age of monarchy, the monarch is destined to control most of the interests."
(End of chapter)
