Since Chen An had already been treated to a meal, Chen Kan simply stayed true to his word and ordered a carriage to take him to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Of course, the main reason was that Chen Kan needed to go out of the city.
Chen Ying seemed to be waiting for the two of them at the entrance of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Seeing Chen An actually getting off the carriage with the residence of Marquis Jinghai, his whole body suddenly exuded a cold aura, as if he wanted to strangle Chen An at the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate with his eyes.
Chen An walked into the Metropolitan Procuratorate with a sneer on his face, came to his seat, and started to fish blatantly.
Anyway, it was only the last day of work at the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Since he had already broken his skin, it didn't matter whether he was decent or not.
Chen Kan didn't show up, he just sent Chen An to the gate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and drove straight out of Beicheng to the bank.
Yesterday, Zhu Di asked him to go to the Baochao Office to have a look when he had time. It was obviously not without purpose.
Since things have to be done sooner or later, it's better to get them done while you still have the chance.
"grown ups!"
Shi Wen, who was guarding the door, saw Chen Kan's car and immediately came up to greet him.
These days, he led his people to guard this huge sum of one million taels of silver, and it can be said that he was frightened.
Even when he was eating or peeing, he was afraid that his money would be stolen. He took inventory three times a day, morning, noon and night, which almost drove him crazy.
Chen Kan opened the carriage and jumped out. Looking at Shi Wen who was getting thinner day by day, he couldn't help but reveal a teasing smile on his face.
"How about it? It's hard to live with a pile of money but no way to spend it, right?"
Chen Kanke clearly remembered how excited Shi Wen was when he first took over this task. Only a few days later, he was already like an eggplant beaten by frost.
After hearing Chen Kan's words, Shi Wen's face fell instantly.
With two dark eyes, he said aggrievedly: "Sir, this job is simply not done by humans. This subordinate has not blinked in the past few days and has not dared to sleep at all."
"My lord, how long are we going to keep this pile of money?"
Facing Shi Wen's cry, Chen Kan smiled, patted his shoulder and said lightly: "Don't worry, I'm here right now. Don't worry, the money will go somewhere soon."
Chen Kan came here today to find a place for the money.
One million taels of silver, if you want to use this money to solve the economic crisis of the entire Ming Dynasty, it is naturally a fantasy.
But if we just temporarily establish the court's credit system in the capital, there will be no problem.
Chen Kan planned to use the money to open a bank in the capital.
Of course, the bank that Chen Kan wants to open is different from other banks. It is not just about storing money. He also wants to use this million taels of silver to solve the problem of the proliferation and depreciation of the capital's banknotes.
After Shi Wen walked around the warehouse and was convinced that there was no big problem in the bank, Chen Kan got on the carriage and walked towards the palace.
Zhu Di wanted to use silver to ban Baochao, how could Chen Kan let him do so.
Chen Kan didn't want to be scolded by future generations for reversing history.
He entered the Fengtian Palace smoothly, and as expected, Zhu Di quickly summoned him.
"Long live my emperor! Long live!"
After entering, Chen Kan found that besides Zhu Di, there was a chubby little man in the hall.
As soon as he entered the gate, he saw the little fat man staring at him with resentful eyes.
"I have met His Royal Highness the Emperor's Grandson!"
Chen Kan also didn't expect that Zhu Di's love for Zhu Zhanji would reach such an extent that he would take him directly to Fengtian Hall to play.
Helpless, I had no choice but to bow to Little Fatty.
But after Chen Kan finished his salute, Xiao Pang Dun's eyes became even more resentful.
"No gift."
"I still have some things to deal with. Please sit down for a while."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chen Kan straightened up and went straight to the bench beside him to sit down.
Zhu Di just glanced at him casually and started writing furiously again.
Zhu Zhanji approached Chen Kan and asked in a low voice: "Chen Kan, why haven't you come to play with me for so long?"
Chen Kan looked into Xiao Pangdun's resentful eyes and felt a chill in his heart.
"Your Highness Changsun, I went to Yunnan a few days ago, didn't you know?"
Zhu Zhanji shook his round little head and responded: "I know, but haven't you been back for a long time? Do you know that I am almost bored to death staying in the palace?"
Chen Kan didn't know when his relationship with Xiao Pang Dun had become so good.
He asked casually: "Didn't His Highness go out to play during this time?"
"Except for you, Grandpa Huang won't let me leave the palace with anyone else."
Zhu Zhanji's little face slumped visibly.
"Didn't His Majesty give His Highness a grounding order? Is it over?"
"It's over a long time ago. It's almost May."
"If you and my sister-in-law don't come, I can't sneak out of the palace. I'm almost going crazy..."
Zhu Zhanji's little mouth was like a machine gun, constantly spitting out all kinds of complaints, which made Chen Kan look confused.
The only use for him is to take him out of the palace to play?
"What do you want to see me for?"
Zhu Di interrupted the conversation between the two at the right time.
After asking Chen Kan, he turned to look at Zhu Zhanji and said with a loving look on his face: "Dasun, you go back to the harem first."
Zhu Zhanji wanted to say something more, but due to Zhu Di's lustful power, he had to leave Fengtian Palace with three steps and three steps. He also did not forget to tell Chen Kan with lip language to pick him up in the harem later.
Watching Zhu Zhanji go away, Chen Kan suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there is nothing important about my visit today. It doesn't hurt to let His Majesty the Emperor and Grandson listen for a while."
As soon as Chen Kan said this, Xiao Pang Dun suddenly stopped, then turned around and trotted to Zhu Di and hugged his thigh: "Grandpa Huang, since Chen Kan said it's not a big deal, just let your grandson stay here. .”
Zhu Zhanji's sly little eyes were darting around, and he hugged Zhu Di's thigh and refused to let go.
Zhu Di is indeed a representative figure of a generational relative. When he saw Zhu Zhanji's obedient appearance, he immediately threw all the rules behind him, picked up Zhu Zhanji, and hugged him on his plump round body. There was a big smack on his face.
Then he laughed and said: "Hahahaha, since my great grandson wants to attend, how could grandpa not allow it?"
"But you have to promise Grandpa Huang that you can only listen obediently and don't cause trouble!"
"That's right, my grandson is the best."
Zhu Zhanji responded with a smile, and Zhu Di sat down, put Little Fatty on his lap, then looked at Chen Kan and asked, "Tell me."
Chen Kan cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I'm here today to pay for the treasure."
"oh?"
"Have you been to the Baochao Examination Department?"
Zhu Di's face suddenly became serious.
"Not yet, I just came back from the bank outside the city."
Zhu Di said sternly: "Since you are here for the treasure money, you must also understand the disadvantages of the treasure money, right?"
"I have collected information from all parties these days, but I still want to ask Your Majesty why you suddenly have the idea of banning treasure banknotes?"
It was naturally Chen Kan's casual nonsense to collect the information. Of course he understood the disadvantages of treasure banknotes, but he only learned about them from history books.
Hearing Chen Kan's question, Zhu Di thought for a moment and said in deep thought: "It's not that I suddenly had the idea of banning Baochao, but the disadvantages of Baochao have reached a critical stage.
I don't know why, but since I came to the throne, the things I can buy with treasure money have become less and less, even less than 30% of what I could buy in Hongwu eight years.
I am worried that if the issuance of treasure banknotes continues without restrictions, I am afraid that the treasure banknotes will eventually become a piece of waste paper. "
Chen Kan nodded and asked: "Your Majesty, are you worried that the value of treasure banknotes will continue to depreciate?"
"Yes, I have heard about the harm done to the people by the imperial court issuing treasure banknotes as early as when I was in Beijing. The imperial court used treasure banknotes of consistent face value to buy supplies of consistent value from their hands, but when the people used the treasure banknotes, they saw that the treasure banknotes were I can only buy things worth three hundred coins."
"I don't know why this is happening, but I am very worried that if this continues, the people will lose confidence in the court."
After listening to Zhu Di's concerns, Chen Kan suddenly understood the reason why Zhu Di wanted to ban Baochao.
Zhu Di had obviously realized that the court's credit system was close to collapse, but he was unable to express his thoughts in professional words.
But his instinct as an emperor still made him make the choice that was most beneficial to the court, which was to ban treasure banknotes and switch to gold, silver and copper coins for transactions.
It doesn't matter, Zhu Di doesn't understand, Chen Kan understands.
After organizing the vocabulary in his mind, Chen Kan looked at Zhu Di and said in a serious tone: "Your Majesty, it may be too late to ban treasure banknotes now."
"That's too late?"
"how come?"
Zhu Di frowned, his eyes full of doubts.
Chen Kan asked: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought about it, if the imperial court suddenly bans the treasure banknotes, what will happen to the treasure banknotes in the hands of the people?"
"Of course the imperial court came forward to take away the treasures in the hands of the people..."
Halfway through his words, Zhu Di's expression suddenly changed.
Then fine beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead.
Chen Kan took over: "Your Majesty, do you want to say that the imperial court will collect and burn the treasure banknotes in the hands of the people, and compensate the people with the gold and silver corresponding to the treasure banknotes?"
"Yes, I do think so."
Zhu Di is indeed a person who has experienced great storms. In just a moment, his mind stabilized again.
"Your Majesty, does your Majesty know how many Guanbao banknotes have been issued by the Ming Dynasty from the eighth year of Hongwu to the present? If these banknotes are to be recycled and burned, how much gold and silver will the court need to spend to fill this hole?"
"this..."
Twenty-eight years have passed since the eighth year of Hongwu. The number of treasure notes issued by the imperial court every year ranges from tens of millions to millions.
Where can we find so much gold and silver to fill such a big hole?
This is an astronomical number.
Zhu Di just did a little mental calculation and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
With so much money, even if the entire court was sold, it wouldn't be enough to make up for it.
Seeing that Zhu Di understood the connection, Chen Kan said: "So I say that it may be too late for Your Majesty to ban Baoqian."
