Zhu Di frowned and was a little irritated, "How could this be?"
The shopkeeper also noticed that something was wrong, and asked carefully and tentatively: "My lord, do you still want to buy sea fish?"
"Shut up!"
Zhu Di rebuked directly.
The shopkeeper's face darkened. As the shopkeeper of Prince Yan's residence, he was not afraid of any noble people in Beiping Mansion.
"My noble man, all the fish shops in Beiping Mansion are shops of Prince Yan's Mansion. If you are not here to buy fish, please don't delay the business of the little man's shop!"
Zhu Di suddenly became furious.
"Your Highness, calm down!"
Seeing this, Guo An hurriedly walked in from the door.
"Your Highness? Guo Changshi?"
Seeing Guo An, the shopkeeper was startled, and then he knelt down towards Zhu Di with a face filled with fear.
Similarly, the shop assistants who were surrounded from both sides also knelt down with horror on their faces.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. I didn't know that Your Highness was here in person and was blind. Please punish me!"
Zhu Di glanced at it and ignored the shopkeeper.
Guo An quickly waved his hand and said, "Just stand aside and don't disturb His Highness!"
The shopkeeper glanced at Zhu Di cautiously and found that Zhu Di ignored him, so he quickly raised his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness, and thank you, Guo Changshi!"
Immediately, he stood aside and
However, it was still very stiff and I didn't dare to move.
"Guo Qing, come with us for a walk again!"
After a while, Zhu Di's expression returned to normal.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Immediately, Zhu Di took Guo An and walked out.
The shopkeeper and several shop assistants knelt down to see him off.
When Zhu Di left the fish shop, he kept walking forward without saying a word.
Every time I pass a shop or stall, I will ask one by one.
But this time, Zhu Di was not angry.
After visiting dozens of shops and stalls, Zhu Di finally gave up and returned directly to the palace.
"Guo Qing, how could this be? How come the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes carefully printed and issued by my father are so... worthless?
If this continues, won't the treasure money become less and less valuable, and won't it become a great harm? "
Guo An smiled and did not answer.
Seeing this, Zhu Di asked again: "Why didn't anyone report this to us?"
"Guo Qing, is there a solution?"
Guo An sighed slightly, "Your Highness, this is extremely difficult! From the time when the imperial court began to print and issue treasure banknotes to now, how many have been issued to the entire Ming Dynasty?
Bao Banknotes are so popular that people no longer trust Bao Banknotes, and the number of Bao Banknotes exchanged for copper coins is also getting smaller and smaller...
The court also issued an order prohibiting private trading of silver..."
Zhu Di asked again: "Guo Qing, does the court know about this? Does the emperor know about it?"
Guo An said: "Your Majesty, although starting from the 20th year of Hongwu, the imperial court adjusted the two items of lumi and salary notes to one item of lumi, and no longer issued salary notes to officials.
However, those officials will definitely use treasure money in their homes.
The officials in the imperial court must also know that the treasure banknotes are becoming less and less valuable!
As for whether His Majesty knows it or not, I don’t know! "
Zhu Di narrowed his eyes slightly, "Guo Qing, are you saying those rogue officials will hide this matter?"
Guo An said slowly: "Your Highness, perhaps the officials who care about the treasures dare not report it to Your Majesty.
And those officials who have the courage to report to His Majesty don't care whether the banknotes are worth anything! "
"this……"
Zhu Di looked stunned.
Immediately, after reacting, he became furious, "Those thieves really deserve to be killed!"
"I want to report this matter to my father!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness, I only knew that treasure notes have depreciated before, but I didn't expect the depreciation to be so great!
I sincerely request that when your Highness pays salaries to the soldiers and officials in the palace in the future, you should use more rice and meat, or copper coins. "
"We will consider this matter ourselves!"
Zhu Di nodded in agreement, but his expression was very bad.
Guo An also understood. He guessed that there were at least two million taels of treasure notes in Prince Zhu Diyan's palace. Every time Zhu Di won a battle, Zhu Yuanzhang would reward Zhu Di with hundreds of thousands or millions of treasure notes.
The most significant one was the capture of Naha Chu, where thousands of Beiyuan nobles were captured. Zhu Yuanzhang directly rewarded Zhu Di with two million treasure notes.
And now, the value of the treasure has dropped by half?
How could Zhu Di not feel distressed?
Guo An suggested: "Your Highness, why don't I use the treasure money from my family to expand the craftsman school this time! In this way, the more treasure money from the family is spent, the more losses will be stopped!"
"Stop loss?"
Zhu Di thought about it and his eyes lit up.
"Pass this order, Prince Yan's Mansion will no longer use treasure banknotes in the future!"
Guo An was shocked, "Your Highness, you can't!"
Zhu Di was stunned, "Why is this?"
Guo An said: "Your Highness, Baochao is promoted by His Majesty. The caravans and shops of Prince Yan's Mansion are the best in Beiping Mansion, especially the Zhangjiawan Wharf!
If I, Prince Yan, no longer use treasure banknotes, wouldn’t I be taking the lead in disobeying His Majesty’s edict..."
Zhu Di's face suddenly stiffened.
After a long while, he hurriedly said: "We have to write to our father right now!"
Guo Andao said: "Your Highness is wise, and all the nobles in the court are in charge, there will definitely be someone who can solve the problem of treasure money!"
"That's right!"
Zhu Di agreed with his face.
Guo An took the opportunity and said again: "Your Highness Mingjian, today's treasure banknotes are depreciating so fast. Weichen will need one hundred thousand taels of treasure banknotes to expand the craftsman school!"
"One hundred thousand taels?"
Zhu Di's eyes suddenly widened.
"Your Highness, one hundred thousand taels of treasure banknotes can be converted into thirty thousand taels of silver.
Expanding the craftsman school is not only about building houses, but also requires various crafting equipment, materials, and ingredients...
Your Highness, although the Craftsman School cannot be compared with the Academy, Wei Chen believes that the Craftsman School can create money for Prince Yan's palace that is a thousand times or even ten thousand times the amount of one hundred thousand treasure notes.
It is far from comparable to the academy, so Wei Chen feels that His Highness should not only attach importance to the academy, but despise the craftsman school! "
"When did we despise the Craftsman School?"
Zhu Di looked at Guo An dissatisfied.
Guo An was not afraid and said firmly: "Your Highness, I want to expand the craftsman school. Your one hundred thousand taels of treasure banknotes are only 30,000 taels of silver. I am not willing to part with it..."
"Give!"
Zhu Di's face was filled with impatience, "In a moment, I'll ask He Zhong to allocate 100,000 taels of banknotes to the Craftsman School!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Guo An quickly thanked him.
At this moment, when he thought of something, Zhu Di's face darkened again, "Guo Qing, the entire Ming Dynasty is now using treasure banknotes. It will definitely take several years for the officials in the court to resolve this matter.
Now, our Prince Yan's Mansion still has nearly two million taels of treasure banknotes. How should we stop the loss of these treasure banknotes? "
Zhu Di learned the new words that came out of Guo An's mouth very quickly.
Guo An thought for a moment and said, "Your Highness, please circulate all the treasures from Prince Yan's Palace to Korea and Japan!"
"Flowed to Goryeo and Japan?"
A trace of doubt flashed in Zhu Di's eyes.
Guo An continued: "Your Highness, Goryeo and Japan do not know the depreciation of treasure notes in our Ming Dynasty.
On the contrary, Goryeo and Japan do not have many Ming Dynasty treasures. When they see our Ming treasures, they will definitely like them very much.
Even, regard it as a treasure.
The caravans in the house only used treasure notes to trade with the Goryeo and Japanese people.
In this way, in less than a year, all the more than two million taels of treasure money in the house will flow from the house to Goryeo and Japan. "
"Very good! I, Prince Yan, can also exchange more treasure notes from those merchants of the Ming Dynasty at a low price, and then exchange them for the Koreans and Japanese at normal prices!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Di's eyes suddenly shone.
"In this way, wouldn't it be possible to solve the depreciation of the Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes by flowing all the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes to Goryeo and Japan?"
"Disaster!"
Guo An slowly shook his head, "Your Highness, I have too many Ming Dynasty treasure notes. I even suspected that the treasure notes issued by Your Majesty to various places in the Ming Dynasty have exceeded tens of thousands of taels."
Such a large amount of treasure money was simply beyond what Goryeo and Japan could afford.
Moreover, Goryeo and Wa will also become Yan in the future, and the economies of Goryeo and Wa cannot collapse! "
Zhu Di said: "In this case, let's leave it to the officials in the court to solve it!"
"Your Highness is wise!"
Guo An quickly said: "In addition, the treasures flowing from our Prince Yan's caravan to Goryeo and Japan also need to be controlled, not too much."
Zhu Di nodded slightly, "Guo Qing will be responsible for this matter!"
"Wei Chen takes orders!"
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(End of chapter)
