Chapter 47 He Xi’s Memorial
The minister was furious, so he told the King of Chu that Fan Li's son had committed crimes in Chu State. Some people spread rumors that this amnesty was to allow Fan Li's son to escape. The minister thought that Fan Li's son should be executed to show the world that None of this matter.
The king of Chu agreed.
Fan Li commented on his son. The eldest son started his own business with him. He worked early in the morning and was greedy in the dark. He knew that money was hard to make and he cared about money. When the younger son was born, the Fan family was already well up. The younger son spent all day drinking and drinking and didn't care about money at all.
Therefore, when he sent his eldest son to Chu, he treated his son as dead.
This can also explain the difference between Zhu Biao and Zhu Xiongying. It cannot be said that Zhu Xiongying is better than Zhu Biao. Zhu Xiongying's current courage is almost the courage of ignorance. But Zhu Biao thought too much.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Publish this memorial to the world. Let the world discuss it."
Zhu Xiongying said: "Yes."
And what is written in He Xi’s memorial?
It’s about the idea of the Third Division in Beijing.
Today's Beijing city has not yet been built, and the site selection has only begun. What kind of yamen Beijing will send in the future has not yet been said. Whether to send a Beijing left-behind yamen, or to arrange six departments in Beijing, etc.
But He Xi proposed a new plan.
Establish the Beijing Third Division.
The three departments in Beijing are the Planning Department, the Construction Department, the Treasure Bank Notes Department, or the Bank Notes Department.
The role of the Planning Department is to plan the overall framework of Beijing city and what to build where. He is also in charge of the land in Beijing City. If Beijing City is built in the future, He Xi plans to turn this Planning Department into Beijing Government.
The Planning Department is not directly responsible for building, but is responsible for accepting. Responsible for supervising work.
The Construction Department is an organization specifically responsible for the construction of Beijing City and the auxiliary projects of Beijing City. The Construction Department is the focus of He Xi. In the future, the city of Beijing and the industrial system of Beijing will be run by the Construction Department.
He Xi has even prepared to relocate most of the industries in Liaodong. Placed near Beijing. Of course, Liaodong also has its own benefits, mostly reconstruction.
And Baochaosi is a bank.
The bank is responsible for two functions. The first function is to collect precious banknotes.
In fact, He Xi has thought about one thing many times, that is, to ignore the treasure banknotes and issue new banknotes. In this way, the cost and gold and silver required will be reduced too much.
But He Xi finally rejected the idea.
On the one hand, Zhu Yuanzhang firmly disagreed.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always been a little ashamed since he felt that issuing treasure banknotes was a disguised form of exploiting the people. Although it is simple to abolish treasure banknotes, the problem is that even the Yuan Dynasty also changed banknotes, that is, abolished old banknotes and established new banknotes. But at that time, the imperial court still maintained the exchange of old banknotes for a period of time.
Of course. It is impossible for many people to exchange it.
I could only watch as the money in my hand turned into waste paper.
On this point, Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply hurt. He didn't want the people to suffer like this again.
On the other hand, He Xi also needs to ensure national credit.
The people are not fools. If the treasure banknote issue is not resolved, it will be almost impossible to make the people believe in the new banknotes. After all, people are not fools. Many people's lifetime wealth is only a few dozen pieces of treasure money.
It was abolished at once.
The damage to people's hearts is too great.
Just use banknotes instead of treasure notes and you have to have a chance.
first. This type of banknote operation requires experience. The banknote system has been in operation for several years. Most of the pitfalls have been traversed. All the problems that should exist have been discovered.
Secondly, you must have a lot of capital.
He Xi knew this very well, that was Japan's gold and silver.
Fu Youde's fight in Japan was not without results. At least Japan's gold and silver continued to flow into the Ming Dynasty and were stored in the inner court treasury. He Xi didn't know the exact amount, but he knew that it was a large amount of money.
Enough to do a lot of things.
Another point is that there are enough usage scenarios.
If there are not enough usage scenarios and these silver notes are only circulated between the government and the people, then the silver in the palace will never be able to support this plate.
To build the city of Beijing, new construction methods were used, which did not require labor, but used banknotes, allowing people to form companies, construction societies, and other things to undertake Beijing's construction work.
These processes all use banknotes.
And all the banknotes are used in banks.
In this way, it will be possible to abolish treasure banknotes and use banknotes.
Another thing that needs to be explained is that most of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are in the south. Of course, there are also in the north, but most of them are because of the treasure banknotes awarded to meritorious soldiers. It is not as huge as Nanjing’s stock.
This is also what He Xi is most worried about. Because He Xi doesn’t know how many treasure notes the Ming Dynasty issued, hundreds of millions? Billions of dollars? Fortunately, transportation in this era restricted the circulation of treasure banknotes.
It is estimated that it will take a year to get from Yunnan to Beijing. Time will pass when the Yunnan treasure banknotes come to Beijing to be exchanged.
He Xi also has enough time to digest the massive amount of currency.
Of course, if you want to exchange this banknote for a precious note, you definitely can’t exchange it for face value. It was exchanged at a ratio of one to sixty, which was the market price of the treasure banknotes.
In any case, He Xi has some risks this time. But even if there were risks, He Xi wanted to give up this opportunity and missed the construction of Beijing. What other major projects would be able to accommodate such a massive amount of money in the future?
If nothing else, the land in Beijing's new city can skyrocket with just the slightest movement. This is also the method that He Xi followed later generations, by selling land and other methods to consume a lot of money, whether it was banknotes or treasure notes.
In short, after crossing this threshold.
No matter what, the entire Ming Dynasty banknote system was straightened out. At least the bank notes near Beijing will represent treasure banknotes, and the stability of the currency and the money supply are in He Xi's hands. There are so many things he can do.
It can push the future of Ming Dynasty a step forward.
In Beijing, He Xi is also thinking at this moment. I don’t know what opinions Nanjing has on this idea. He could guess that many people would oppose this matter.
It's too risky after all. It's a thrilling jump. If you jump over, it will be great. But if you can’t jump over, what should you do?
It is reasonable for the imperial court to consider defeat first before doing things.
However, He Xi has absolute confidence, not because of anything else. It's because of Zhu Yuanzhang. Because the replacement of treasure notes and silver notes is essentially wiping Zhu Yuanzhang's butt. Zhu Yuanzhang actually had a very strong desire to solve this matter.
In the Ming court, Zhu Yuanzhang was the final word.
With Zhu Yuanzhang here, He Xi doesn't have to worry too much.
Therefore, at this moment, He Xi is inspecting the new site of Beijing City.
In the north of Xianghe County, on a large amount of land to the east of the North Canal, He Xi was riding a horse with many people and horses, looking at this place.
He Xi asked Yao Guangxiao, "Brother Yao, what do you think of this place?"
Yao Guangxiao said: "It is adjacent to Yanshan Mountain in the north, the Canal in the west, Chaohe River in the east, and the Central Plains in the north. It is indeed a beautiful place, but it is not as good as Dadu. Do you know who chose Dadu as the site?"
He Xi said: "Guo Shoujing."
Yao Guangxiao said: "Exactly. My subordinates also dare to claim to be proficient in the art of Feng Shui and Kanyu, but they never dare to compare with Guo Shoujing. In terms of dragon veins, this place is inferior to Dadu. It's just that Dadu is an old capital, and now the imperial court is newly established. Just move Dadu's original address a little and put it here. I can only say that each has its own advantages."
He Xi didn't understand Feng Shui, but she also knew that Beijing's Feng Shui must be excellent. After all, it has been 600 years since the Ming and Qing Dynasties established their capital. I don’t know how many people have explored Beijing’s Feng Shui. It must be the best in the world.
Apart from anything else, there have been no major earthquakes in Beijing for six hundred years, which shows that Beijing’s location selection is exquisite.
However, He Xi wanted an industrial city, not an ancient imperial residence. Before the advent of railroads, there was no more convenient mode of transportation than boats.
Today, there are two rivers passing through this city, which is enough for large ships to enter the vicinity of Beijing City. This is so convenient. For this, He Xi is willing to sacrifice some of the so-called benefits of Feng Shui.
It was precisely because Yao Guangxiao understood He Xi's intention that he took a careless look at the end.
