"Alas, the prince doesn't know anything!" Ni Yuanlu sighed and said.

"The exchange of money in kind has always been the rule of the imperial court, or the ancestral system is not an exaggeration, the Ming Dynasty's annual harvest of silver accounted for less than half, and the rest are cloth, grain and rice and all kinds of kinds.

Grain and rice were supplied to the military, cloth and other things such as pepper were not used by the imperial court, and taxes and silver were even more stretched, so the practice of discounting money in kind was formed, which was already the case during the time of Emperor Chengzu.

Although the Ming Dynasty uses copper coins and silver as coins, but the Ming Dynasty has always been a country that lacks copper and silver. ”

Ni Yuanlu washed his face in the basin to wash off the dirt on his face, sat down at the table and said.

"Sumu? Can wood also be used as a hair? Liu Hong became curious.

"Alas! During the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, Su Mu lasted for more than ten years, and at that time the officials were really wronged, and they conscientiously handled government affairs for a month, and in the end they only brought home half a cart of wood......"

Ni Yuanlu knew that Liu Hong was getting younger, and he didn't know anything about the past, and he was very careful.

In the embarrassing year, the Ministry of Household Taicang will issue whatever there is, if there is more pepper, it will send pepper, and if there is more cloth, it will release silk, and then the officials themselves will sell it and fill it.

In the final analysis, the court is still poor!

"This king still thinks it's a big deal, doesn't the court have silver now? Why do you still send physical goods?

According to this king, this rule has to be changed, not only the imperial court has to pay all the silver taels to the officials, but even the various taxes collected in various places are all counted in silver taels, so doesn't it save a lot of manpower and material resources to toss back and forth? ”

Sometimes, Liu Hongchuan always felt that the ancients were too strange.

Call them stupid, for many aspects, such as the craftsmanship of the craftsmen, will not be imitated by future generations.

But let's say they are smart, sometimes very simple economic common sense, these old men who have read poetry and books can't figure it out.

It takes time and effort to collect so much cloth and pepper from the local government, and then distribute it to reluctant officials, who then put down their faces and find a way to sell them.

Why bother? Isn't it okay to settle all the settlements directly in silver and let the goods benefit the people?

"This is the ancestral system, the prince, where is it said to change, it will be changed, besides, didn't the old man say it just now? Our Daming silver ore and copper ore are scarce, and if all the silver and copper coins are counted, it is not enough to support it. ”

To put it bluntly, it's just four words, deflation.

In addition, most of the silver is hidden in the homes of the rich, and there is even less silver in circulation.

The courtiers may be very intelligent, but no matter how smart they are, everyone will choose to keep silent in the face of the ancestral system, which is why it is even more difficult to reform in ancient times.

Conformism and conformism are the greatest original sins of Confucianism, and the key is that they all think that this is the way it should be.

A few months ago, Chongzhen and Liu Hong gradually tossed Xungui and 'extorted' so much silver at once, which should be able to greatly alleviate the deflationary situation.

But even with Chongzhen, they were reluctant to spend this silver as a treasure.

Liu Hongjian once suggested that Uncle Chongzhen spend all the large sum of silver within two years, in fact, he wanted to let the silver circulate in the market as soon as possible to benefit the people.

But the imperial court may be used to being poor, and it is eager to calculate the silver from top to bottom, which has always made Liu Hong feel speechless.

"Let's go, go to the palace, let's go into the palace to discuss with the emperor!" Liu Hong gradually felt that even if he understood this Uncle Ni, he would have to say something when he turned back to the palace, it was better to go to the stomach in one step.

In a hurry, Liu Hongjian had to apologize to the three brothers of the Qi family, and Gu Jia, the vice principal of the martial arts hall, sent him back to the martial arts hall directly, and he pulled Uncle Ni, and by the way, he went to the yamen next door to call out the other cabinet masters, and entered the palace in a hurry.

Chongzhen was deeply surprised by the joint arrival of all the cabinet ministers, and Liu Hong gradually went out for a few days, Chongzhen's face was not bad.

"Your Majesty, you are still happy, your subordinates are all starving to death." Liu Hong gradually realized that this uncle was happy to see him, and said half-jokingly.

One sentence made several other cabinet ministers have black lines on their foreheads, and said in their hearts, Lord Wang, you can accumulate some virtue, that's Your Majesty!

"Liu Qing is talking about Tong Liben, the head of the Ministry of Rites, I heard Cao Huachun say this matter yesterday, and I am also very sad in my heart, and someone has rewarded Tong Aiqing's family with a hundred taels of silver."

Chongzhen was not angry, after all, that Tong Li was short-sighted, and as a superior person, it was impossible to be all-encompassing to everyone.

It's just that Liu Hong's next words immediately made Chongzhen and the ministers change their faces.

"The ministers hear, the king regards the ministers as siblings, the ministers regard the king as the heart, the king regards the ministers as dogs and horses, the ministers regard the monarch as the countrymen, the monarch regards the ministers as the mustard, and the ministers regard the monarch as the enemy.

Your Majesty, you shouldn't treat hundreds of officials like this! Liu Hong gradually couldn't appreciate the mentality of the so-called superiors, since the courtiers were limited to their identities and did not dare to speak, and their loyalty was contrary to their ears, then this black face must be sung by him.

Although Chongzhen and him have been tossing hundreds of officials many times in the past two years, they were forced to do so at that time.

And now it's good, Uncle Chongzhen seems to have been led crooked by him, making him think that as long as all the people in the world have food to eat, it will be good, and if they don't eat, they can only get the wool of hundreds of officials, and he has tried repeatedly.

God is pitiful, wool picking is not such a method!

Now that the land of these vassals has been recovered, it is necessary to give hundreds of officials a way to live, not every toad can take out urine, and the rabbit will bite if it is in a hurry!

If hundreds of officials are centrifuged, who will give you serious work, and in the end, everything will be pressed on your shoulders and you won't tire people to death, isn't this a lack of heart?

Chongzhen was choked by Liu Hong's rare bite of the word Wenjue, on the contrary, several masters in the cabinet looked at Liu Hongjian almost like a stranger, and said in their hearts Is this still the prince who treats hundreds of officials like money bags?

"Don't look at me, I'm just talking about things, everything varies from time to time and situation, don't stick to the rules, your majesty, don't care if you're straightforward.

It's just that the low-level officials are indeed miserable, and when the imperial treasury is sufficient, giving officials higher benefits can not only be inspiring, but also enhance the officials' centripetal force and sense of belonging to the imperial court, why not? ”

Liu Hongjian only spoke, and no longer looked at Chongzhen's face, which was getting worse and worse.

Isn't money earned for spending? Otherwise, would you get so much silver and put it in the warehouse waiting for mold?

"The prince is cautious, cautious!" Meng Zhaoxiang, a scholar of the Middle Pole Temple, almost wanted to get up and give this junior an ear scraper.

The heart said that Your Majesty's body can not be so arbitrary, the salary of the imperial court has always been like this, and Your Majesty is not wrong, he is really afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will be angry and directly send this boy who does not know the height of the sky to hell.

"Alas, although what Liu Qing said is straightforward, it is not unreasonable, but there is a fixed amount of money in the world, and I have to think about the long term!" Chongzhen waved his hand to stop a few pavilion elders who spoke out to dissuade him.

How could he not know that his humerus was dedicated to the country, but he had been disappointed by hundreds of officials for more than ten years, and Chongzhen felt in his heart that even if it was a year of great disaster, these officials would definitely not be hungry, and they would be too good at drilling.

What's more, there is only so much silver in the Ming Dynasty, and it will be difficult to take it back if it is spent!

"The emperor just let go of the flowers, minister...... Know where there is a silver mine, a big silver mine! Liu Hong gradually lowered his head, and said in shock.