There are many means by cheap Confucians, and they always achieve their goals through some little tricks.
For example, to sow discord, and to use the truth to sow discord. In one incident, there are three factors: A, B, and C. However, cheap scholars often selectively only say A, and then cover up B and C. This is indeed the truth, but If you ignore the two conditions B and C, you will definitely come to a wrong conclusion, which will trigger public opinion, sow discord, and achieve your own goals.
Suppressing the two good news for a day or two, especially only sending the good news from Huining and Wei, and delaying the good news from Yingchang for a day or two, highlighting Qi Jiguang's recklessness and greed for success when he marched into Yingchang, while completely ignoring the Ming Dynasty's relationship with the Xianbei The necessity of the mountain road as a strategic location, the cost of capturing the strategic location, the right time, place and people, etc., all made Qi Jiguang's victory unlucky.
Fortunately, both Liang Menglong and Liu Yingjie were members of the Zhang Party. Now that Zhang Juzheng is the ancestor of Shenyin in Xishan Mountain, Zhang Party should now be considered an imperial party.
This year, the Aoshan lights came on three days earlier than usual. Soon, the news of the great victory spread throughout the capital as if it had wings. People were extremely excited and everyone was delighted.
For the people in the capital, they can sympathize with the great victory beyond the Great Wall. Daningwei, Huiningwei, Daxianbei Mountain Road, Yingchang, etc. are all very far away and strange places for people in the capital, but this does not prevent them from empathizing with Qi Jiguang's victory.
The north has been harmed by barbarians, which is a painful experience for the people of Gyeonggi Province. Many people involved in the two invasions are still living in the present. Although they don’t know where they are or what they have won, the emperor celebrated with such great fanfare. That is good news, Li Chengliang After leaving Sekpinggule Village, people in the capital set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Zhu Yijun entered the busy month of December. He was really busy before the Chinese New Year. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the New Year's Eve, there was not a single day free, and they all had an extremely tight schedule. These schedules did not include those who did not need to After all, the Ming Dynasty had three high priests in charge of the sacrifices attended by the emperor: Xu Wenbi, Duke of Ding, Zhang Rong, Duke of England, and Zhu Yingzhen, Duke of Cheng.
The emperor's main tasks were to inspect Yongding, Yongsheng Woolen Factory, Xishan Coal Bureau, Ming Dynasty Imperial Palace Museum, Ming Dynasty Military Academy, Daming Maritime Academy, Beiya Weaving Bureau, Baoyuan Bureau, Baochao Bureau, and War Battle Bureau. , Nanhaizi, Yangjiyuan and other places in Daxing County.
The Baoyuan Baochao Bingzhan Bureau was responsible for the printing of the money law of the Ming Dynasty. The Bingzhan Bureau was subordinate to the Internal Affairs Bureau, while the Baochao Bureau was the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Baoyuan Bureau was the yamen of the Ministry of Industry. They turned the silver of the Ming Dynasty into silver coins and issued them all over the world. .
Zhu Yijun also has to go to Nanhaizi, Daxing County, twenty miles south of the capital. This is the gathering area for the family members of Duntai Yuanhou who died in the battle. From the first establishment of Duntai Yuanhou in the Jingtai period to the present, the family members of Duntai Yuanhou who died have been resettled here. , is a concrete embodiment of the Ming Dynasty's pension policy, and it is also the Nanda Camp of the Ming Dynasty's capital to express condolences to the family members. It is also the place where Zhu Yijun must go to investigate in person after reviewing the army and horses.
After the inspection, he met with foreign officials, including governors, governors, magistrates, county magistrates, county captains, elders, common people, craftsmen from various places, etc. This year, the foreign officials Zhu Yijun met were the governor of Liaodong Zhang Xueyan and the inspector of Liaodong. Hou Yu Zhao, the county magistrate, was the magistrate and county magistrate of three newly established counties in Luopang, Guangdong. The elders came from Jiangxi and Guangxi this time. The people were still concentrated in Henan, and the craftsmen were mainly from Nanya and Songjiangfu Shipyard.
After Ling Yunyi put down the rebellion of the Yao people in Luopang Mountain, he returned to his native land, banned all the local chieftains, and replaced them with magistrates sent by the court. This was the first magistrate of the three counties of Luopang. Zhu Yijun carefully explained to them Fan, mainly to prevent the Yao people from causing chaos again, to find hope for the Yao people, to pacify the land and herdsmen, etc.
Elders from Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangxi came to Beijing to express their gratitude. Jiangxi thanked the imperial court for its support during the locust plague at the beginning of the year, while Guangdong and Guangxi thanked the imperial court for its outstanding achievements in quelling the Japanese invaders since the Wanli Year.
The elders of Jiangxi and Guangdong and Guangxi should replace the powerful right-wingers and wealthy gentry of the two regions to jointly express their sincere gratitude to the emperor for transferring the two murderous gods Ling Yunyi and Pan Jixun away! Even Yin Zhengmao who demolished the door and moved the bed is not unacceptable, and it is far better than these two murderers.
The people of Henan had many grievances, and Zhang Juzheng was not in court. The Ministry of Rites Ming Gong Ma Ziqiang still implemented the old rules and selected people from Henan to come to Beijing to see their grievances.
The craftsmen from Nanya and Songjiangfu shipyards came to Beijing with demands. They are firm supporters of opening up the sea and hope to expand production.
With the prosperity of maritime trade, the scale of the original shipyards has been unable to meet the market demand, and part of the demand has been transferred to private workshops. This has caused problems. Private workshops have limited technology, uneven products, and no rules or reference for prices. The risks of maritime trade began to expand, and Governor Songjiang, Governor Yingtian, and Songjiang Commander-in-Chief Chen Lin had the same attitude.
The three major shipyards of Nanya, Songjiang, and Fujian were greatly affected by the imperial policies. They needed to expand their production capacity to meet the increasing market demand. The most important thing was to reduce the risks of maritime trade. Currently, the maritime trade of Ming Dynasty is still at a low level. A budding state that needs careful care.
Before Zhu Yijun's Chinese New Year, he was very busy. He was so busy that he didn't see Wang Yaozhuo a few times a month. Wang Yaozhuo still lived in Xiyuan. Wang Yaozhuo, the quasi-empress of the middle palace, had to lament that even with the harem, It’s hard to say that there is competition for favor. To compete for favor, there must be an emperor. You want to see him, and so do I. But where can there be an emperor in this harem?
Hou Yuzhao, who was loyal to the emperor and the country, came to Beijing. Zhu Yijun once said that he should return to Beijing to resume his duties during the New Year. During Hou Yuzhao's absence, the officials in the court showed that even the people who had the secrets were gone. Zhu Yijun asked Hou Yuzhao to Zhao's return to the capital was mainly about the cultivation of Daning Guard and Huining Guard. The land here was barren and the hydrology was complex, so Hou Yu Zhao needed to explain the plan to the emperor in detail.
Hou Yuzhao, Zhang Xueyan, and Wang Guoguang were waiting for the announcement in the Guanghan Hall of Baoqisi.
"Hasn't His Majesty's palace been repaired? Are you dissatisfied with the new palace built by Da Sikou?" Hou Yuzhao expressed his doubts.
What's the situation like when Your Majesty lives in Xiyuan? Wang Chonggu was so exhausted that the news spread that the dignified second assistant was sleeping in the Huangji Palace. However, the emperor was stunned by Hou Yuzhao. Wang Chonggu was under too much pressure and finally made it before December. , the palace was completed without delaying the emperor's wedding.
According to the Ministry of Rites, the wedding date was determined to be December of the fifth year of Wanli, but the emperor was fifteen and under sixteen, which was not in compliance with the ancestral law, so it was finally decided to be March of the sixth year of Wanli.
Wang Chonggu tried his best to prevent the emperor from getting married on the foundation, but in the end the emperor still lived in Baoqisi.
"That's not true. Your Majesty thinks Xiyuan has good feng shui." Wang Guoguang said with mixed feelings.
The emperor refused to move to the palace and returned to Qianqing Palace from Guanghan Palace. Wang Chonggu panicked and asked the reason why. The emperor gave a reason for good Feng Shui.
Xiyuan Feng Shui is so bad!
Ever since Emperor Jiajing moved into Xiyuan, everything in Ming Dynasty has not gone smoothly.
"Ah!" Hou Yuzhao knew that the emperor was just finding an excuse to deal with it. The biggest advantage of living in Xiyuan is safety.
"Zhang Siwei is an idiot." Zhang Xueyan chose to be straightforward and scolded Zhang Siwei for being stupid.
The emperor lives in Xiyuan. Didn't it mean that after the fire destroyed the palace, His Majesty had to live in Xiyuan? Your Majesty cannot live in Cining Palace, because Empress Dowager Li moved out of Qianqing Palace to return to power. If the emperor lives in Cining Palace, then Empress Dowager Li's return to power will be in vain.
Forcing the fifteen-year-old emperor to this point is an act of stupidity. The game between monarchy and ministerial power has existed since ancient times. It is not uncommon for Zhang Siwei to assassinate the king and burn down the palace. This is a contradiction. Completely intensified stupidity, those who have done this in the past have completely controlled the government. For example, Cao Cao killed Empress Fu, the queen of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. The cause of the matter was that Empress Fu wanted to help Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty kill Cao Cao.
If Zhang Juzheng thought that the little emperor would just burn down the palace, then it would be a conflict between the emperor and his ministers. Who do you think Zhang Siwei is? A moth attached to the Jin Party.
"Xuange minister Wang Guoguang, Hubu Shangshu Zhang Xueyan, and Liaodong patrol magistrate came to Zhao." Xiao Huangmen raised his voice and reminded the three emperors in a high-pitched voice to invite them into the palace.
"I have come to see Your Majesty. Is Your Majesty bowing well?" The three of them bowed respectfully.
"I'm fine, sit down." Zhu Yijun waved his hand, motioning for the three of them to sit down and talk.
Zhang Xueyan is already the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Wang Guoguang must also manage the Ministry of Household Affairs when he joins the cabinet, so that Zhang Xueyan can control the ministry. Zhang Xueyan is a member of the Jin Party, and Wang Guoguang is also a member of the Jin Party, but they are both traitors to the Jin Party. Historically, He was identified as a traitor to the Jin Party by Zhang Siwei and others.
"Your Majesty, I have the "Articles for the Return of the Abbot to the Land and Settlement". I ask your Majesty to issue an edict to establish the regulations for the emperor's return to the land. He will honor Qi Hao and his land, check for overflows, omissions, and deceitful borrowings. It will be used throughout the world and the palace expenses will be reduced. Extravagance, many expeditions, and changes in the sky are warnings from heaven and man. Your Majesty should build provinces to respond to the warnings from heaven." As soon as Zhang Xueyan sat down, he presented a memorial. As a Ming Gong and a court official, he could bypass the cabinet. The memorial was given because I could see the emperor and present the secrets.
"Zhang Shangshu should be careful, this matter of building a province in the palace, Zhang Shangshu is not in the capital, so there is no need to talk about it!" Wang Guoguang coughed, and in front of the emperor, he reminded Zhang Xueyan, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!
The last person who advised the emperor to build a province is now extremely upset at the Yicheng Prefecture in Xishan!
Does the emperor still need to persuade provinces to build provinces? It is better to advise against extravagance.
It was also customary for Zhang Xueyan to persuade the emperor to establish a province, because His Majesty the Emperor was about to get married and was suspected of spending huge sums of money. He followed the custom and did not expect to be reprimanded by Wang Guoguang in front of his face.
Wang Guoguang couldn't say it in front of the emperor. If he tried to persuade the government to build a province, the palace would be backfilled with construction waste, and even the pillars would be filled with construction waste. Where would the country's face be? In order to save money, the emperor did not even look at the lights of Aoshan, just to save the reward for the artists. This money is really a lot of money. The lights of Aoshan cost hundreds of thousands of taels every year.
If you practice frugality, then practice frugality, the court will lose face. If envoys from foreign vassals such as Ligasi and Sanniangzi find out, wouldn't it be a surprise to the friendly countries?
The Ming Emperor's home actually cut corners to this extent? Even Wang Guoguang, the Minister of Household Affairs, felt ashamed. He, the Great Situ, had done so well and the country was rich!
For this wedding, the emperor ordered a province to be established, but the Ministry of Rites refuted it on the grounds that there was no province to save. The emperor's wedding was frugal enough. The palace had previously spent 70,000 taels of silver on pearls and jade, which was reduced to 10,000 taels. The reward band was reduced from 60,000 silver to 5,000 taels. Taking the wedding banquet banquet as an example, the previous standard was five taels per table. As a result, the emperor decided to omit the banquet banquet. How could this be possible? OK?
The Ministry of Rites directly complained to the two empress dowagers! If you study further, whoever likes to do this, the Minister of Rites, will do it!
Zhu Yijun carefully checked the memorial. The main content of Zhang Xueyan's memorial is to establish the regulations for clearing the land. That is to say, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yungui, Guangxi, Liaodong, Jiangxi and other places that had not cleared the land before have fully implemented the clearing of land. make.
This was the signal to launch a general attack on the fields.
"The last time I saw my husband, I specifically talked about returning the father-in-law to the land. What he meant was that there is no rush. We should still focus on Nanya and Zhejiang, and the rest of the places will be dealt with slowly. The matter of returning the father-in-law to the land is a big one, so we should not rush it. "Zhu Yijun read Zhang Xueyan's memorial. Zhang Juzheng was much more cautious than Zhu Yijun when it came to the national policy of clearing the abbot and returning his land.
In the original timeline, Zhang Xueyan's nationwide campaign to seize land began in the sixth year of Wanli, because at that time Zhang Juzheng had already noticed that as Emperor Wanli grew up, the New Deal must be implemented faster, and the opposition forces in the DPRK and China were extremely strong. Strong, and Emperor Wanli's own attitude towards the New Deal was dispensable.
The New Deal lost the support of the emperor and was bound to fail. In the original historical line, Zhang Juzheng's eagerness for quick success and excessive boasting was simply to let the influence of the New Deal penetrate into every corner of the Ming Dynasty and preserve the achievements of the New Deal.
Zhang Juzheng's New Deal was relatively mild in the first five years, but in the last five years, there was always a sense of urgency. A decree was hurriedly implemented without being fully tested in the local area. The same is true for the whipping method, because if it is not implemented, it will not be implemented.
There is no doubt that in an empire, in a country where the system is designed with an emperor as the center, without the support of the emperor, the final result of Zhang Juzheng's new law in history was short-lived and failed.
Now Zhang Juzheng is very opposed to the rush for quick success and excessive boasting, and feels that the emperor is being radical.
According to his expectation, if he completes these things in fifty years, the Ming Dynasty will be able to achieve resurgence and form a stable long-term strategy. The results achieved overnight will not be as good as those planned slowly.
The emperor was ten years old when he ascended the throne, and would only be sixty after fifty years. He was fully capable of getting things done. Zhang Juzheng knew that he would probably not see the day when the New Deal was completed, but His Majesty would definitely see it, and that would be enough.
Take Yunnan as an example. Now Yunnan has to face the rise of Mang Yinglong of the Toungoo dynasty. At this time, it is time to go to Yunnan to clear out the abbot and return the land, especially the acres of the Duke of Guizhou. How should the local government of Yunnan deal with Mang Yinglong? The Duke of Guizhou has occupied a large amount of land for a long time. During the Jiajing period, it was estimated that the area exceeded 20,000 hectares, which is more than two million acres. All grain and grass in Yunnan were supported by the Duke of Guizhou.
Take Guizhou as an example. The land in Guizhou is completely controlled by the descendant chieftains. It makes no sense to return the land to these chieftains without clearing the land from the chieftains.
Regional development is uneven. Whether a policy meets the conditions for implementation requires detailed analysis of specific matters. Both Guangxi and Guangxi are Lingnan, and the development situation of Guangxi and Guangdong are completely different. Guangxi is so poor that it eats dirt, while Guangdong is so rich that it bleeds oil. There are chieftains everywhere, and Guangdong is full of officials from counties and counties.
"Sir, do you object?" Zhang Xueyan felt disappointed. The last time he wrote to Zhang Juzheng was in the fourth year of Wanli. At that time, Zhang Juzheng's plan was to clear the marriage as soon as possible.
"Zhang Shangshu, Beiya, Shandong, Henan, Nanya, Zhejiang, Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong are also determined to clear the country and are already doing it. Only Liaodong, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yungui, and Guangxi will not implement it for the time being. , this scope is already very large." Zhu Yijun once again reiterated Zhang Juzheng's objections. What he opposed was that the conflicts between people and land were quite abrupt, the annexation had already reached the point where there was no annexation, and the court had to mediate the conflicts between the land and the land.
"The three most difficult places here are Shandong, Henan, and Jiangxi." Wang Guoguang further explained the difficulties of clearing Zhangzhang now.
In fact, Nanya is the most difficult, just because Nanya has been tossed around for several rounds, but Qingzhang’s decree has finally been implemented, and the main industry has also changed from land to sea. The whole process will take a long time to implement. The current practice is that it is feasible. To be effective, Haoyou must be willing to listen to the court and transform in time to make more money. The living signs of the Songjiang Sun family and the two brothers Sun Kehong and Sun Keyi alleviated a lot of resistance to Nanya Qingzhang.
Now it's Shandong's turn to become the biggest problem.
There was a Duke Yan in Shandong, and there were many vassal kings in Henan. It was difficult for these two places to clear their heads. Why is Jiangxi also on the list?
Because there are many academies in Jiangxi, more precisely, there are many academic circles.
The imperial court is a place to adjust social conflicts. In underdeveloped areas where the contradiction between man and land is not so sharp, you need to be cautious and cautious, because these places are really too fragile, unlike Nanya, where those who want to be bold and right are like leeks. The stubble is the same, cut round after round, inexhaustible.
Zhang Xueyan originally wanted to do something big when he entered the court. He communicated with Zhang Juzheng, and originally thought that the nationwide purification of the throne would be his first political achievement after becoming a court official of the Ming Dynasty. However, it turned out that this was not the case at all. The husband denied it, and the emperor was convinced.
Zhang Xueyan was a little disappointed, but these places where the contradiction between people and land are sharp are also difficult to crack. It is a great achievement to do it well. The emperor made it clear that these places are very difficult. Shandong has changed governors twice. Now, Ling Yunyi has gone, Zhang Xueyan is very busy, and it will be very difficult.
Taking Shandong as an example, if the three thousand guest soldiers brought by Ling Yunyi are unable to attack, then the emperor will order to suppress the rebellion, send troops to Yanzhou, ask Yan Shenggong personally what he means, and give Yan Shenggong a physical blow. one time.
"Your Majesty, what I did in Liaodong is actually not complicated. It was a military garrison in the early days of the Kingdom." Hou Yuzhao began to talk about the reclamation of wasteland in Liaodong.
We need to tell the little emperor about the world and give him a concrete case that he can refer to, instead of just talking about the pie. If the pie is too big, if you can't make it, you will die.
What Hou Yuzhao said is also true. In fact, the farming he built was either a new tactic or a military garrison that integrated farming and warfare.
Liaodong is a vast and sparsely populated area. It would take half a day to see anyone on horseback there, and there might be horse bandits or traders. However, Liaodong is by no means a barren land where birds can farm. They can also survive. The territory of the Ming Dynasty is the territory of farming. The places where farming can be done are the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Now that the land in Liaodong is more fertile than in the Central Plains, farming has become easier.
"There will definitely be a place to escape." Zhu Yijun said with a little worry. The cultivated fields would be annexed. Zhu Yijun was extremely worried about farming.
"Your Majesty, there are very few people who escape from the military garrison on the border because there are foreign invaders, so they have to report to the group to keep warm. There are fewer escapees in the garrison of the Nine Border Army, because the meat eaters on the border don't dare to be too harsh. Otherwise, when the bandits come, who will help them guard those real estate acres?" Hou Yuzhao put forward a very novel point of view.
He did not think that escaping was a bad thing. The soldiers and civilians of the military garrison in Liaodong really escaped, which either meant that the Ming Dynasty could no longer defend the place, or that the place had become stable.
If it cannot be defended, it will lead to comprehensive contraction. That is the general trend. It is not the conflict between the border soldiers and civilians and the carnivores, but the decline in the overall national power of the Ming Dynasty, and the local area has become stable, which shows that the conflict between the Ming Dynasty and the northern barbarians has approached. In a resolved state.
The soldiers and civilians of the Nine Border Army's garrison did not flee. The reason was very simple. This place was not stable and if there was any foreign invasion, they had to unite.
The phenomenon of military desertion from the garrison in the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty was very serious. During the Jiajing period, the military garrison was newly built to prevent Japanese invaders. As the Japanese invasion gradually stopped, it began to deteriorate again. The garrison garrison system itself was a kind of national system. An unstable state of emergency military control does not guarantee long-term peace and stability.
Zhu Yijun listened to Hou Yuzhao's remarks in detail. He found that Hou Yuzhao's knowledge of contradictions was very profound. His view of the problem was not one-sided.
"Well, very good." Zhu Yijun thought that what Hou Yuzhao said made sense.
Bianfang did not have the conditions for annexation by the gentry, and had a very keen sense of power. They would subconsciously avoid unstable assets. For example, sea trade was not as stable as land. Even if sea trade made more money, the court Use a whip to chase them from behind, use huge profits as bait, and use a group of emerging wealthy businessmen such as the Songjiang Sun family as examples, but if you have a choice, you will still choose to collect rent from land.
Wang Guoguang took out a memorial and handed it to Feng Bao, who handed it to His Majesty.
"Qian Fa?" Zhu Yijun opened the memorial and read Wang Guoguang's memorial.
"Your Majesty, I thought that the meat-eaters of the Ming Dynasty buried their silver in pig pens and refused to spend it. It's not that they are necessarily short-sighted, but that the silver in their hands cannot actually perform the function of currency." Wang Guangguang began to explain in detail his Memorial, he started talking about the silver in the pigsty.
"Tell me more about it." Zhu Yijun said with great interest. Wang Guoguang has entered the cabinet and has not yet made a political declaration. Obviously, he will now start to make promises and fulfill them.
"I have two things to show your Majesty." After Wang Guoguang asked for his order, Little Huang Meng presented the props that Wang Guangguang had prepared to the emperor.
"Two silver coins." Zhu Yijun looked at the two silver coins on the plate and was convinced that these were the silver coins minted by the Ming Dynasty's War Bureau. They were very beautiful.
"Your Majesty, one of these is fake. It is a lead-tin-copper alloy that is gilded with silver. It contains silver, but not much." Wang Guoguang solved the mystery.
Zhu Yijun picked up two silver coins and said in great surprise: "Fake?!"
He blew the two silver coins hard, and they all made a sound. He also knocked them. After distinguishing them for a long time, he still couldn't identify which one was fake. He said with confusion: "Feng Daban, which one of these is fake?" Fake?"
"This one." Feng Bao took out one and placed it in front of His Majesty.
"How did Feng Dajue know?" This time it was Wang Guoguang's turn to be shocked, because the one Feng Bao picked out was fake without any doubt.
Feng Bao said with a smile: "The two silver coins are of the same weight and can be blown, but our family can still distinguish the sound of the silver coins. After being blown, there is a pleasant sound that cannot be expressed in words, but Very pleasant.”
"Feng Dajue is awesome, Wang admires him!" Wang Guoguang said in awe.
Zhu Yijun blew it again, differentiated it, and immediately noticed the difference. Indeed, the real piece had a pleasant sound.
He randomly shuffled the two silver coins, and even he didn't know which one was real and which one was fake. After blowing it again, he confirmed the real and fake ones. The sound of real gold and silver was indeed pleasant.
Wang Guoguang was speechless and choked, and wanted to cry but had no tears.
What kind of evil did Zhang Juzheng do? His Majesty, a born nobleman and the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was so keen on silver.
The moment the genuine and fake silver coins were minted, even the senior officials of the Baoyuan Bureau had to distinguish them for a long time. Finally, they were determined from the sound of knocking and the quality. His Majesty the Emperor played with it a little, and with Feng Bao's reminder, he could Wang Guoguang was astounded by his keen awareness of silver!
This further gave Wang Guoguang a doubt. Perhaps His Majesty's stingy endowment was not Zhang Juzheng's excessive demands, but innate?
"Your Majesty, the silver in the hands of the meat-eaters of the Ming Dynasty cannot correctly fulfill the role of currency. I also have two silver ingots. Their proportions are the same, both fifty taels. There is no difference at all." Wang Guangguang continued to explain himself. reasons.
Specific gravity, invented by Zhang Juzheng, represents density. The multiple of the same volume that is heavier or lighter than water. For example, the specific gravity of silver is 10.5, the specific gravity of lead is 11.3, and the specific gravity of copper is 8.9. The proportion of lead and copper is After mixed casting and then silver plating, the effect will be real and fake.
This is why Wang Guoguang said that silver cannot fulfill its currency role, because in large transactions, silver ingots are easy to be counterfeited.
"This piece is fake." Zhu Yijun weighed the two silver ingots, carefully distinguished them, and said with great certainty.
"Ah?" Wang Guoguang's eyes widened again.
That piece was indeed fake, because there was a tiny flaw on the fake piece. Even the honeycomb at the bottom of this fake silver ingot was exactly the same, but His Majesty still recognized the authenticity at a glance.
"This piece is real. There is a pleasant feeling when you hold it in your hand. It can't be expressed in words, it's just joy." Zhu Yijun was very sure. Judging authenticity depends entirely on intuition. As for why, he couldn't explain.
Seeing that Wang Guoguang couldn't trouble the emperor at all, he directly ordered a large plate of fake silver ingots to be served. The emperor relied on intuition to distinguish, which was his natural sensitivity to gold and silver. However, the phenomenon of counterfeiting silver ingots was extremely serious, so Wang Guoguang ordered a large plate of fake silver ingots. Presented before the emperor.
Wang Guoguang said with great confidence: "This one is an inlay method. During casting, the copper block is solidified inside the silver ingot, and the outside is covered with silver. The appearance is the same as that of a real silver ingot, except that the specific gravity of copper and silver is different, and it feels significantly lighter. , but if there is a copper-lead core inside and the proportions are right, it will be difficult to judge by the feeling of falling in the hand."
"This one is made by the lead-filling method. When it is cast, it is made of all copper, leaving a wax core. It is filled with lead and covered with silver. It can also be fake."
"This one is made of copper-lead method, and the surface shows a green-black color, which is very easy to identify."
"There are so many fake silver ingots, which seriously hinder the circulation of goods."
"So, silver, or more specifically silver ingots, cannot fulfill its monetary function and needs to be rolled into silver coins."
Despite the fact that the emperor was naturally keen on gold and silver, Wang Guoguang still announced his political commitment.
He wants to turn Ming Dynasty's silver into currency and make Ming Dynasty's currency flow. Only when currency flows, can commodities flow. Only then can Ming Dynasty, which is a pool of stagnant water, release its vitality!
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