Chapter 3: You ask about your return date
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Is there enough gold and silver to mint coins?"
He Xi pondered for a moment and said, "It's hard to say. The problem with coinage is not gold and silver, but the number of treasure notes. I think it's better to prepare more."
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.
Don’t know what you’re thinking?
He Xi felt that he probably regretted issuing too many treasure notes back then.
Even though it has been ten years since I found any treasure. The price of treasure banknotes remains over sixty. A regular treasure banknote can only be worth a few dozen cents. Baobao has become a major issue in currency reform. This does not mean that the treasure banknotes must be restored to their original value. But instead of solving the problem of treasure banknotes, introducing new banknotes or gold and silver coins will all have problems.
Of course, it won’t work without using banknotes.
Because no matter how many problems there are with the banknotes, the direction of the banknotes itself is not wrong. Otherwise, future generations will not all use treasure money.
But if you use banknotes, new banknotes replace the old banknotes. Here in He Xi, silver notes are used instead of treasure notes. Liaodong Banknote is the trial version. How to make the bank note system accept the treasure note system is a big problem in itself.
is a problem. The bigger problem is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care about officials, but he cared about the people. When he realized that the Baobao itself was an exploitation of the people, he actually wanted to restore the price of the Baobao to its original value, at least not this low.
However, this requires a lot of gold and silver.
Even He Xi didn't know how many there were.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said nothing more. Instead, he pointed to the affairs of the Western Fan Rebellion that had just been sent to the official, and said: "I have seen this. You can reward those who have merit."
He Xi said: "What about the Duke of Ying?"
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Just let him stay in Xining."
Somewhere in Xining we need a duke to stay behind.
There are mountains to the north of Xining, and wilderness in other directions. There is only one entrance to the east. There are no enemies. Obviously it is paired with sapphire.
He Xi thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I think I should give Duke Ying an errand."
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "What errand?"
He Xi said: "Appease Uzang. This can be regarded as giving Duke Ying an opportunity to make meritorious service."
Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at He Xi and knew He Xi's thoughts very clearly. He Xi was not begging for Lan Yu. But I felt that what Zhu Yuanzhang did was too naked. Leaving Lan Jade idle in Xining is almost like exile. But adding this one makes it different.
Uzang is Tibet.
Xining is naturally quite far from the hinterland of Tibet. But it is a highway all the way from Xining to Lhasa.
It is also one of the important roads connecting Tibet and the Central Plains.
The task given to Lan Yu was not given to Lan Yu. But for the world to see. It was also for the prince to see. Although it is just a window dressing, there is no essential difference. At least let outsiders know. The imperial court will not punish meritorious officials without guilt. Lan Yu has a mission in Xining. rather than exile.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay."
Tibet may be very important in later generations, but Zhu Yuanzhang did not pay attention to it at all. After all, it was too remote and desolate. However, since it is on the map of later generations, Zhu Yuanzhang does not mind using it as waste.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately entered the question and said: "I see that the first step of your three-step plan has been almost completed."
He Xi said: "With His Majesty's support, it will be so smooth."
Although it is said that few people in officialdom dare to speak freely. But there are many people among the people who really have many opinions. This is a true insight. Food for thought.
There were many debates in newspapers. But they were all under He Xi's control.
Overall, He Xi's Ming Dynasty Law itself also has many modifications. For example, the statement that all persons under the emperor were equal was abolished, and instead the rights of the emperor, the clan, the civil servants, the civilians, and the military were stipulated in detail, and the slave status was abolished.
Many of the household registration systems formulated by Zhu Yuanzhang were also merged into clan registration, noble registration, scholar registration, military registration, and civilian registration. These five kinds.
The clan is naturally the royal clan. However, no one in the Ming Dynasty is actually listed as a clan. It's just vacant. Noble status means noble status, and scholar status means scholar-bureaucrats. In fact, the so-called scholar status is more of an official status. People who have served as officials will be recorded in the court, although there is no clear regulation on the treatment of these people. But in fact the treatment is always good. For officials, dismissal is nothing. But take back the words since birth. Just being removed from the official register is the most terrifying thing.
There is no need to say more about military status and civilian status.
Military registration means a military household, and civilian registration means a civilian household.
On the whole, the power of military households and civilian households was greatly relaxed, and many things were allowed. For example, if ordinary people had legitimate reasons to apply for road diversion from the Yamen, they could leave the county and prefecture territory after the Yamen approved it.
That means people have the freedom to move freely.
There are also personal safety, killing, restriction of personal freedom, etc. No matter what kind of people, they will be punished. Slavery was even abolished. Turned a large number of people into free citizens.
Of course, there are a lot of fine print. It goes without saying here.
After all, although He Xi's new law did not really get the approval of the whole world, it was announced in the newspapers one by one. He Xi naturally had to make a lot of compromises to make Ming Shilin endure it.
Although there are a lot of compromises here, there are also a lot of improvements.
In He Xi's view, this is just the first edition. Don't rush, just take your time.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "When are you going to officially send it to me?"
He Xi said: "I think it's better to wait. In my opinion, the slower the better, but ------"
It was just Zhu Yuanzhang's strength that even the prince was wavered by this incident and sent him to Beijing. None of the important people below dared to object.
Newspapers were considered a new thing, and only Ding Xian dared to oppose them. Even behind the fact that Ding Xian tried his best to oppose this matter, there was the shadow of He Xi. Ding Xian dared to do this only after He Xi wrote a letter to Ding Xian.
After all, Liu Sanwu resigned from office and left Beijing, and He Xi couldn't just perform a one-man show by himself. It was precisely because Ding Xian took the lead that a group of people dared to confront He Xi.
However, their ideas are also beneficial to He Xi. He Xi revised many terms through their ideas. I can’t say it’s all practical, but at least it’s easier to implement.
In fact, He Xi wanted to continue. But people like Ding Xian are too weak. There is no use in continuing.
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew what He Xi was thinking, so he did not continue to ask. Instead, he said: "Are you still planning to return to Liaodong?"
