Chapter 723 The Eunuch Who Makes Money
Zhenwu glanced at Song Zhu. This guy is worthy of being a camp and is brave enough. The "Four Great Hengs" is not his own. The royal family members of the capital, the princes and nobles also own a few% of the shares. He authorized the "Four Great Hengs" to cast silver dollars. This is a profit of tens of millions. This guy dared to object so directly. If this is spread, the person who offended him will be...
After glanced at the three of them, Zhenwu thought to himself, "I want the court to cast silver dollars, but how much silver is in the court's treasury? All of them are minted by the capital. The transportation and escort of silver is expensive and handed over to the local area to cast. I am worried that the quality and specifications of the silver dollars cannot be guaranteed. Although the "Four Great Hengs" is a private bill number, it is the industry of the Qing royal family.
I also do not hide the fact that the silver dollar casting power was handed over to the "Four Great Hengs" and the casting was launched in the capital, Guangzhou, Jiangning and Taiyuan at the same time. It was not only to quickly popularize and promote silver dollars, but also to protect the interests of royal family members and princes and nobles. It was divided into America and Africa. The family of royal family members and princes and nobles were basically emptied, and even had a lot of debts.
I must find a way to give appropriate compensation, otherwise they will slow down the expansion of the country due to their financial exhaustion, which is not conducive to the expansion of the Qing Dynasty overseas. In addition, appropriate compensation will also save them from causing trouble with me, exploiting slave officials under my rank, affecting my new policies and rectifying the administration of officials.
Having said that, you also know that more than half of the shares of the "Four Great Heng" are in my hands. What is the difference between my treasury and the treasury of the treasury? I have always tried not to use the treasury, but to pay the extra expenses with the treasury. Given the above points, I decided to hand over the silver dollar to the treasury to the treasury. What's wrong with you?"
Zhenwu has already said this, who has the courage to say something wrong? Besides, what Zhenwu said is the truth. The implementation of the new policy, abolishing the Huaxian, and rectifying the administration of officials has a great impact on the royal family and the princes and nobles. It is indeed necessary to comfort a little to prevent them from secretly obstructing them. Moreover, if the imperial court casts it, the cost of transporting the silver from the ship is indeed not small. The "Four Great Hengs" is much more convenient, and the four places are prosperous in commerce. Where the silver circulation is extremely large, there is no need to consume manpower and financial resources to transfer silver.
Song Zhu was not ignorant of advancing and retreating, so he bowed and said, "The emperor was worried about Zhou Xiang, and I am ashamed of me."
Zhenwu nodded slightly. Without further ado, he handed over the right to mint coins to the "Four Great Heng". He was preparing to compensate the royal family, princes and nobles, and then slowly reclaim the shares of the "Four Great Heng". The "Four Great Heng" will eventually be handed over to the court and become a financial tool of the Qing Dynasty. He dare not disclose this too early.
Seeing that the three of them stopped saying a word, Zhenwu said lightly: "Let's kneel down and rest."
The three of them left. Zhenwu also stood up and moved a little. Seeing that the sky was already cloudy outside, he walked out of the room. When the eunuchs outside the hall saw him coming out, they immediately knelt down on the ground. Zhenwu looked up at the sky, and saw that it was not like it was raining. He walked leisurely without saying a word.
When Bao Fuquan saw this, he knew that the master must be depressed. He wanted to relax and quickly got up and ordered the eunuch to prepare to follow him. He trotted and followed him.
Zhenwu walked aimlessly all the way, and the issuance of silver dollars could not cause any trouble. He was not worried. He just couldn't understand why Kangxi had been in power for more than 50 years. Why didn't he issue silver dollars? Not to mention Kangxi, since the implementation of the "one-whip law" in the previous Ming Dynasty, silver has been designated as legal currency. For more than a hundred years, why no one proposed to mint silver dollars after European silver coins flowed into China?
Are you afraid of folk imitation? This is unlikely. If the folk want to imitate it, why did Spanish silver dollars flow into the Qing Dynasty for so many years, but no one imitated it? You should know that the Spanish silver dollars are far higher than their own value, and no one has imitated it yet. It can be seen that the folk imitation ability is indeed limited, and there is no need to worry about the Qing silver dollars. However, it is still necessary to introduce machine manufacturing as soon as possible. In this way, there will be no worries about imitation for decades.
Thinking of the machine, Zhenwu couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The Qing Dynasty really lacked Western talents. He only knew one general principle about machinery such as steam engines and internal combustion engines. This machine was eventually introduced from the UK. If the Qing Dynasty wants to be invincible and maintain its current strong advantages, talent is the key.
If the Qing Dynasty wanted to have a prosperous talent within decades, it would not only vigorously promote Western learning and increase enlightenment education in Western learning, but also vigorously introduce outstanding European talents and send a large number of international students to study in Europe. However, as the number of eye-opening scholars increases, the collision between Chinese and Western cultures will become more intense, and the people's wisdom will be greatly improved, which is not a blessing for the court.
No matter what, this situation is much stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty being ravaged by Tsarist Russia in Europe. Moreover, there are many retreats for these royal family members of the Qing Dynasty. Australia, America, and Africa can all go to. What are you worried about? Now we are taking one step at a time and then promoting the Qing Dynasty first.
However, one thing to note is that with the development of the economy and the implementation of the acres, the population will surge, and the mobility of the population will also increase greatly. The binding force of the gentry and clan will be greatly reduced. However, the existing customs and etiquette cannot collapse, and there cannot be a situation where everything looks at money, moral degradation, and lack of trust. If this situation occurs within decades, the Qing Dynasty will inevitably be in danger. How can this situation be avoided? Zhenwu couldn't help but frown slightly.
The Qing Dynasty governed the country with etiquette, which actually governed the country with Confucianism. Confucianism values etiquette over law, and emphasizes righteousness over profit. It advocates different social status order, pays attention to the superiority and inferiority of the upper and lower levels, and takes scholars from the imperial examinations, pursues official progress, advocates close to the world, far away from ghosts and gods, pays attention to the present world, and pays attention to these current ideas. It is not conducive to the economic development of the Qing Dynasty, especially the society after economic development. Once the Qing Dynasty is extremely rich in material resources and the people have no beliefs, it is tantamount to a disaster.
It can be said that the Qing Dynasty could not cope with the sudden rise in wealth now. With overseas expansion and colonization, the Qing Dynasty is likely to usher in an unexpected rise in wealth in just over a decade, or twenty or thirty years. How can the Qing Dynasty not get lost in getting rich?
Confucianism must not be discarded. It can only be planned, step-by-step, and targeted removal of drought and retaining essence, or deliberately amplifying the contemptuous side of Confucianism. If the Confucian system collapses, it means that the true collapse of etiquette and music cannot be destroyed by thousands of years of etiquette.
These things need to be discussed by some knowledgeable scholars who are not pedantic and knowledgeable. To be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, there must be a process of teaching, and at least one generation or even two generations of people can be completely changed. This matter must be prepared for the future.
Zhenwu walked along the way, thinking endlessly, and before he knew it, he had turned onto Changchunyuan West Road. Bao Fuquan, who was following behind, hurriedly followed a few steps, and said, "Emperor, the girls who were waiting for the selection who left the sign have been placed in Ningchun Hall, Ruizhuyuan, Guanlanxie, Jifengxuan, the emperor has been sitting there for half a day today."
Zhenwu smiled slightly and said, "I have said that I will personally evaluate the beautiful girl who stayed overnight. If you have time today, go and take a look." After a slap, he continued, "Jifengxuan is a good name, so go to Jifengxuan."
Fuquan hurriedly bowed and said, "The Emperor has already walked this far away. Is it a way to go?"
After hearing this, Zhenwu looked around and found that he had already walked to the west road without realizing it. He nodded immediately. Seeing his jaw, Bao Fuquan quickly raised his hand and called the stylus to come forward.
Although Jifengxuan has a good name, its location is not good. It is the last attraction on Changchun Garden Middle Road. It is nearby a small lake with many white cranes, peacocks, bamboo chickens and other birds. The houses are also relatively simple, so the furnishings are naturally average.
Since Zhenwu issued an order to stay in Ningchuntang, Ruizhuyuan, Guanlanxie, Jifengxuan, and wait for the news of his personal assessment to come out, the eunuchs who had been trying to make money all day long made a detailed comparison of these four places, which scenery is good, which house is good, where Zhenwu had been before, what comments do you think about, the general route of Zhenwu coming, and so on, and then they took into account the two most likely to be evaluated by Zhenwu and the most easily selected two clearly marked auctions.
It’s good to choose a woman or a woman, just like choosing clothes when shopping. If you look at it too much, you will be dazzled. The worst position is the last one. The first one is fresh and impressive. The second one is a little aesthetically exhausted. The third one thinks that it’s almost over. The view is more detailed and the chance of being favored is also high. The last one is not only to compare with all the previous ones, but also not too excited.
Therefore, the first place is Ningchuntang and the third place is Guanlanxie, and the worst is Jifengxuan, not to mention that Jifengxuan has the worst conditions. After detailed inferences, the eunuchs naturally began to sell hot sales in the Show Girls. If you want to enter Ningchuntang and Guanlanxie, you can, clearly mark the price and get the money, but you don’t have any money? Then I’m sorry, go to Jifengxuan for a stay.
But no one of the eunuchs would have thought that Zhenwu would have thought that Jifengxuan was famous. He called Jifengxuan first for the first time. Bao Fuquan knew the way to make money from these eunuchs under him. However, he had always only accepted filial piety. As long as he did not violate Zhenwu's taboo, he would be as proud as gold.
Chapter completed!