Chen Mu's National Bank is too exciting, especially for Zhang Juzheng.

Just like the feudal king's external seal and heavy collection of commercial taxes, it cannot be refused.

Moreover, the benefits to the imperial court outweighed all other proposals, at least not like the feudal kings and merchants, which required the right time, and could be done immediately as long as they were properly planned.

The idea is very good, on the surface it is a little more troublesome than the point-to-point tax in the past, but this trouble is also eliminated by the simplified official banknotes, but in fact it can achieve the most important purpose - centralization of power, financial power.

In addition to the Beijing transportation of taxes in the past of the Ming Dynasty, the other points were all point-to-point transportation, and the household department only had an account, in fact, the annual tax was 20 million taels or 30 million taels, and the final storage was only 1 million taels, precisely because before entering Taicang, it had been point-to-point transportation.

The entire financial system, except for the last bit of change, has little to do with the central government.

There will be a lot of cross-chaotic allocation, ineffective tax revenue from corruption, and with a central bank it will be different, at least nominally, but in fact it can be slowly figured out.

Chen Mu didn't say much, but Zhang Juzheng had a plan in his heart, first of all, to regulate the nature of various taxes and the price of silver in various provinces, such as grain and cloth, and the banks of the provincial capitals were responsible for parity purchases.

The provincial bank bills were first put into the Beijing Division, and then the tax was transferred to the Beijing Division, or the place where it was retained, the control of this money was in the Beijing Division, and other places needed to use silver, so they had to apply to the Beijing Division for allocation and further centralized power.

When the government accepts it and the people can try it out in large quantities, for example, the maritime import and export ports of the provinces, and when the maritime merchants and merchants get used to the national bank, credit will be re-erected, and paper money will be able to circulate all over the world.

After discussing the bank, Zhang Juzheng didn't stay with Chen Mu for long, asked about the construction of the Beiyang Military Mansion, asked him to send a general plan, and handed him the secret text of the special Beiyang Military Mansion, and gave Chen Mu a small opportunity to show off before leaving.

Zhang Juzheng asked with a smile: "How did Jing Haibo's seven-trick exquisite heart give birth to these thoughts?" ”

Chen Mu said: "Summarize, explore, practice, and summarize!" ”

Waiting for Chen Mu to leave, Zhang Juzheng took a few steps out of the study, and when he left the house, he went to another room to change his clothes, which was also a regular silk robe of a crimson robe, and even the clothes were exactly the same, but the difference was that the same crimson jacquard pattern on the shirt was different, and it couldn't be seen if he didn't look carefully.

When he re-entered the study, he saw Wang Guoguang, who was holding a small copper crystal magnifying glass, squinting his eyes and looking at the chart, and when Hubu Shangshu, whose beard was white, raised his head, his heavy eye bags were lowered, and slowly said to Zhang Juzheng: "Chen Shuai is making a statement." ”

Zhang Juzheng waved his hand and sat down, and said to Wang Guoguang: "The servant doesn't care about Chen Shuai's words, if everyone in the world is like him, there are more people who remember these eight characters, it is not necessarily a bad thing." It's just that he is too young, so young that he stays in the country, which makes the servant feel uneasy. ”

"Chen Shuai was born at a good time, and he also let the dynasty catch up at a good time, and when the Beiyang affair is over, let him go overseas again."

Wang Guoguang stayed silent when Chen Mu went, he knew where the boundary between him and Zhang Juzheng was, and the old god with his beard smiled on the ground: "The rich are not lewd, the poor are unswerving, and the mighty are unyielding, Chen Shuai can be a big husband - only the heart is skillful, and he treats overseas countries and is not decent enough." ”

"What the prince said is very true!"

Zhang Juzheng raised his head and laughed when he heard Wang Guoguang's words, as if he had heard a big joke, and only after laughing did he explain to Wang Guoguang: "Chen Shuai is not good at learning, and he can't cultivate the spirit of Haoran, but fortunately, he has far-sighted knowledge and has his own pattern, but Cheng Qi said." His mental skills are not bad for Chinese people. ”

He compiled a set of books called Tao Te Ching, which did not see morality in the book, but only two points, steam firepower, compiled a force unit, which he called mechanics, summarized manpower, animal power, water power, firepower, and the rest were weapons, ships, etc., right, he also formulated a standard word, and called all kinds of things data parameters. The servant was surprised at first by the title of the book, although it was not changed, and he did not understand the reason, but it was just said by Chen Shuai at will. ”

"Some time ago, I saw Qi Shuai in Jizhen Town, and when he was chatting, he said that Chen Shuai entered Beijing in early spring, and Qi Shuai went to greet him, because he had sent armor in his early years, Qi Shuai also sent a handcuff this year, Chen Shuai wanted to be a vassal but elegant but did not have that literary talent, the prince guessed, what did he name the handcuff?"

Zhang Juzheng raised his two fingers and tapped on the table covered with documents, and said to Wang Guoguang, who was puzzled: "Reason, he calls his handcuff reason." ”

"Overseas, it's all the flow." Zhang Juzheng's smile was quite helpless, and said: "You don't need to know Chen Shuai at all, he is the same on the outside, he knows his deeds by looking at his words, and it is easier to know his heart by watching his deeds, his morality is mechanics; His reasoning is this! ”

Zhang Juzheng smiled and rolled up his sleeves, shot into eight, and made the appearance of handcuffs: "Except for China, the people of the Quartet do not know the ferocious and capricious king, and the Portuguese Yi attack and destroy the Manchu Thorn Jia, and the dynasty is reasonable; Xiyi invaded Luzon, and the sea ships went to Macao to spread wilderness, and the reason did not make sense. ”

"At first, the servants were also worried, and the matter of going to sea to declare the etiquette should be announced by a knowledgeable person, and a respectful minister like Zhang Ziwen should be dispatched, but today, Chen Shuai's morality and truth are more feasible overseas, and others may not recognize etiquette, but they must recognize this truth."

"The Portuguese returned Malacca and the Xiyi signed a contract in Nanjing, and the Nanyang countries were convinced by this truth."

Zhang Juzheng said and frowned, and after trying to summarize, explore, practice and generalize, he came to his own conclusion with difficulty, and said: "Approximately, Chen Shuai is in the way of governing the country, and his work has been extreme, and the wicked still need the wicked to grind...... It is estimated that Brother Shi Ting's appointment in the West this time will not be bad. ”

This theory made Wang Guoguang want to laugh but couldn't laugh, Zhang Juzheng's words are actually equivalent to sending these fierce and unreasonable people outside.

In the end, Lao Shangshu could only give his hand and say: "Chen Shuai, this is a person who makes the best use of his talents." ”

After all the gossip, Zhang Juzheng sat upright, and said to Wang Guoguang with a solemn face: "Chen Shuai still has a discussion, which has been suppressed for more than two years, and he mentioned several times that the clan system is not good, and there are rich and poor people who are hungry and have no food. ”

"How many clans are there in the dynasty, and how much does it cost Lu rice every year?"

When it comes to business, Wang Guoguang also cheered up, many data in the country have long been memorized, but after all, he is old, and after thinking for a while, he opened the Wanli accounting record to verify, and then said to Zhang Juzheng: "The clan has been accumulating shortcomings for a long time, and the government has been cutting down on Lu rice and jade registration, and it is becoming more and more difficult for the noble, the poor are more and more numerous, the profligacy of the Lu is extravagant, and the four people who have no Lu are hopeless." ”

"The vassals belong to the Zhou Mansion and are the most capable of Yanyan, with more than 40 county kings, thousands of people in the clan, and there are only 100 people, and the rest are difficult to eat."

Wang Guoguang sighed a few words, shook his head and reported: "Now the jade contains less than 30,000 people, and the annual demand for Lu rice is nearly 9 million stones, accounting for 30% of the field; In addition, there are also clans that are not in the jade, and I am afraid that there are hundreds of thousands. ”

"Sancheng ......"

Zhang Juzheng gritted his teeth slightly, he had to face this problem.

What is the big difference between the imperial court spending 9 million stone rice and saving 9 million stone rice grain?

The most difficult part of this matter is not only the clans with Lu rice on the jade, but also the more important thing for those clans who have no Lu rice on the jade to make a living.

The reason why he didn't listen to Chen Mu all the time, in the final analysis, was because Chen Mu was uneducated, he never came up with a feasible plan for the clan to go to sea, but he kept talking about sealing the vassal king, but he didn't say how to seal it...... Zhang Juzheng understands China, but he doesn't understand overseas.

Finally, Zhang Juzheng made up his mind and said: "Please keep your mouth shut about this matter, and go to Nanyang to ask Gao Xinzheng." ”

As he spoke, Zhang Juzheng showed an extremely uncomfortable expression again: "I don't know if he is willing to reply to me." ”

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