Chapter 1239 The Dilemma of the Fu Family
At noon the next day, Zhu Xu wore a single dress and left the palace and walked on Chang'an Street.
"Ye'er, when you come back, you can't go anywhere."
"Xuan'er, don't touch it randomly. If you break it, you will lose money..."
"Yi'er, that's a rouge shop. Boys can't go, come back for me..."
Xiao Yongning caught people all over the streets and shouted. The three little guys left the palace for a few times. They were curious about the outside world and wanted to see, touch and ask wherever they went. Therefore, the three little guys ran around on both sides of the street.
The guards in the secret are also worried. These are all the nobles of the emperor and heaven. If they have any injuries, they cannot afford them.
Zhu Xu held a piece of pastry in his hand, but didn't eat it. He paced and said to Fu Tao beside him: "You mean, the cash bank in the treasury is close to 300 million taels?"
Fu Taowei bent down and said, "Yes. According to statistics from local money banks, it is very close to 300 million, and it is still increasing rapidly."
Royal Money Bank has introduced a policy of saving money with interest. Although it is very low, it also makes money by placing money. After years of publicity and development, it has shown its power every day. The amount of cash deposited by Royal Money Bank is increasing, and it is now almost exceeding 300 million.
"In other words, the new coins you sent out have already 300 million?" Zhu Xu said.
Zhu Xu has always been unsure about the currency capacity of the Ming Dynasty and is difficult to understand. Now that he has issued 300 million new coins, Zhu Xu still feels that it is far from enough. The currency in the market is already mixed, with silver, copper coins, buckets, treasure money, etc. still in circulation.
Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu's side face and said, "Yes. However, I don't plan to continue issuing it. I plan to replace it in the next two years."
Zhu Xu's goal is to use good coins to drive out bad coins as soon as possible, complete the reform of the Ming Dynasty's money market, to achieve the basic conditions for the development of the commodity economy, and to make sufficient preparations for the development of trade after the disaster.
Listening to Fu Tao's answer, Zhu Xu was stunned and said, "Why?"
Fu Tao knew Zhu Xu's idea and silently organized his words for a while before he said: "Master, since the known Jiajing year, the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty from overseas has reached more than one billion. In addition to the silver from China itself, I estimate that the Tibetan silver in the Ming Dynasty may reach more than two billion. If it continues to be issued, it may cause prices to soar and destroy the current balance."
Zhu Xu looked at Fu Tao with some surprise and said, "Is this the result of your Royal Money House's discussion?"
Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu's expression with a cautious expression and said, "It was the conclusion drawn from the internal discussion of the money house. Later, it was discussed on a small scale with the Ministry of Revenue, the State Administration of Taxation, the Cabinet, the Parliament and other aspects. The general view was the same."
Zhu Xu smiled and was very satisfied with Fu Tao's work, saying: "It's great that the Royal Money House has such a view. It's better to discuss it with other departments."
Fu Tao was full of awe of Zhu Xu, who was increasingly majestic and unpredictable, and did not dare to be quite respectful in every move as before.
Zhu Xu looked at the playful children and took a few steps slowly and said, "Your idea is correct, but waiting for door-to-door storage is not enough. The replacement of currency must be completed as soon as possible. For old coins, I will ask the cabinet to order the circulation of the money strictly prohibited and the investigation and punishment must be strengthened. The old coins must be completely withdrawn from circulation within five years. The new coins must become the only legal currency, and the currency value and market balance must be ensured, and inflation or tightening cannot be formed. The leverage effect of the royal bank must be fully mobilized. Next year, the treasury will be alleviated. I plan to spend money on a large scale to promote the speed of currency replacement..."
Fu Tao understood Zhu Xu's meaning and said, "I understand. When I go back, I make a plan and report it to the cabinet. After there is a detailed charter, I will submit it to the emperor."
Zhu Xu nodded slightly, and Xiao Ciye and his three children each brought some snacks to him and shouted, "Father, this is delicious, eat it quickly..."
"Father, eat mine, this one is delicious..."
"Father, my, mine, my..."
The three little guys had red faces and excited eyes, and they were obviously very happy to leave the palace.
Zhu Xu took it with a smile, touched the heads of the three little guys, and said, "Let me take you to have something better."
The three little guys all cheered, turned around and ran away.
Xiao Yongning used to spend all his time leaving the palace. Later, with Zhu Xu's permission, he went to many places in all sizes in the capital. This time he wanted to sneak out to play, but he didn't expect that her three younger brothers would give her a headache, so where could she play by herself?
The little face was bitter, and he ran around with three little guys weakly, with no fun at all.
Fu Tao saw it, and was about to raise his hand to say goodbye, Cao Huachun, who was not far behind, hurried up and wrote a memorial on the ground, saying: "Your Majesty, Jiangsu Eight Hundred Miles Comment."
Zhu Xu glanced at him, but Cao Huachun didn't say much and silently took a few steps back.
Zhu Xu frowned, opened the rice paper, and immediately stopped. Looking at the rice paper, his brows frowned slightly.
Fu Tao glanced at Cao Huachun and said, "Emperor, I will leave."
Zhu Xu turned around, handed over the memorial, and said, "Look at it."
Fu Tao was stunned and took the memorial book and looked at it. Not long after, his face changed drastically. He knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, I am wronged!"
This is the impeachment memorial of a prefecture in Suzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, saying that Fu Tao used the royal bank to make a fortune, and the silver transported from Suzhou Prefecture every year exceeded 10 million taels, which led to many merchants, gentry, and people losing money and countless lives.
There were many such memorials in the past, and they were just jealous of watching the royal money house make money. These jealous people include merchants, people, and government officials. They did not necessarily mean to embezzle, but to see the royal money house transporting so much silver from their territory, and they felt jealous and dissatisfied.
However, such a memorial should not appear in Zhu Xu's hands. A small mansion minister is not qualified to report a memorial to Zhu Xu directly.
It was delivered in a hurry of eight hundred miles and appeared in Zhu Xu's hands on the street.
Fu Tao knelt on the ground and apologized, with a hint of panic in his eyes.
Now that the court is in a violent turmoil, the memorial to impeach him appears at this time. On such an occasion, he cannot help but be nervous.
Zhu Xu reached out and pulled his arm up, still looking at the memoir, pondering silently.
This music is ordinary, but it is the biggest abnormality when it appears in his hands.
"How did it come from?" Zhu Xu turned to look at Cao Huachun, his tone was quite calm.
Cao Huachun glanced at Fu Tao and said, "This memorial was first sent to the Jiangsu Governor's Office, then to the capital, then to the Ministry of Revenue, and then to the cabinet. The staff and staff of the Pavilion Fu were sent to the Lijian."
Such a process seems normal, but this is the memorial of a small official secretary, so why is it ‘normal’?
Zhu Xu pinched his chin, looked at the memorial, and then looked at Fu Tao with thoughtful eyes.
Fu Tao held his breath and concentrated, not daring to say anything more, but he was quite shocked.
He also heard unusual things from Cao Huachun's words. Something unusual is that the memorial was actually sent to the cabinet by his father. What does this mean?
This shows that in this change in the imperial court, his father was not firmly sitting in Mount Tai, and was also carefully avoiding risks!
This made him very nervous and he couldn't help but look up at Zhu Xu.
Their Fu family can be said to be the most powerful and powerful except the royal family, and they are the most powerful relatives of the foreigners!
His father has been in charge of the Ministry of Revenue for many years and was the emperor's most important confidant. Now he has joined the cabinet and has a high position and a powerful position!
And Fu Tao, who was in charge of the royal money house, was the most important financial institution in the Ming Dynasty.
In other words, their father and son basically mastered the two most important things in the Ming Dynasty: money and food!
Such power is almost incomparable in the Ming Dynasty! Even the Cao family, who is known as the emperor's first confidant, cannot compare with it!
However, the Fu family is very low-key. The Fu family's father and son have always given people the feeling of being invisible. In some major events, they can hardly see their voices or hear their figures, but their influence is everywhere.
Now, the turmoil in the court is in front of us, and some people can't help but attack them and send them, such relatives, to leave the court, to "return to the original and restore" the ancestral system?
A drop of cold sweat fell from Fu Tao's ears, and his heart was cold.
He has been away from the court and is as insightful as the court.
Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting have been deeply involved in this whirlpool. Now, their Fu family is about to be involved.
What will happen to the final result of this turmoil?
Fu Tao looked at Zhu Xu's calm side face and was deeply awe. He knew very well that the gathering of some counter-official situations ten years ago was a turnaround. Everything was in control. He had been the emperor for ten years, with a solid foundation and a strong power in his hands. I guess this was his deliberate plan?
What is he going to do?
Fu Tao was nervous and didn't dare to think too much. He just looked at Zhu Xu's side face and suddenly felt extremely tall and unfamiliar, and couldn't help but lower his head.
Zhu Xu looked through the script, squinted his eyes, smiled, and murmured to himself: "It seems that someone is going to play this game of chess with me?"
Fu Tao bowed and stood beside Zhu Xu, turning a deaf ear to his words.
Zhu Xu threw the memorial to Cao Huachun and said, "In the name of the cabinet, I will return this letter to Suzhou Prefecture, and tell the cabinet that I plan to go to Chengde to escape the summer heat this summer."
Suspense?
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty never said that, except for the Forbidden City, he had almost never left.
But today is different. There are almost all the Ming Dynasty walking around.
Cao Huachun is an outsider who is insider. He looked silent and was shocked, and said, "Abide by the order."
Fu Tao knew that Zhu Xu's arrangement had profound meaning, but he couldn't guess it thoroughly. He just silently wrote it down and thought about it when he went back.
At the same time, Shaanxi and Xi'an Prefecture.
Wen Tiren accompanied Fu Changzong and walked slowly on the streets of Xi'an Prefecture.
Wen Tiren was very respectful to Fu Changzong, his face full of vicissitudes of worrying about the country and the people. There were a few strands of white hair in his hair. He sighed and said, "Shaanxi's 'new policy' is the best way to deal with the disaster, but few people in the world can understand it. Now it is even more enemies in the world. The subordinates are very worried. Even if they can pass this time, they may not be able to be safe next time..."
Chapter completed!