Chapter 1259: Urgent Matter
After taking the capital, the army quickly curbed the Black Death that was ravaging in the capital, and with rich experience, he became much more proficient in operation, and with enough money and food to support it, the problem was naturally not big.
In just a few days, a large-scale clean-up was carried out in the capital, and the matter of disinfection and incineration of corpses was done in a very short time, and once the Black Death was contained, the next thing was to relocate.
Zhu Xianxuan and Yang Sichang rushed to the capital first, and when they entered the capital, they were very excited and anxious, thinking that the matter of moving the capital needed to be handled immediately, after all, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty should be in Beiping.
After the two of them unified, it means that the matter of moving the capital is about to begin, but there are still many problems they face.
From the perspective of the peripheral situation, Liaodong has not been completely stabilized, Zu Dashou and Zu Dale have expressed their attitude, return to the Great Jin Dynasty, but just return to the Jin Dynasty, there is still a need to adjust, especially in the face of the Houjin Tartars, it is possible to face the situation of war at any time, the Black Death around the capital, has not been completely cured, it is still necessary to exclude Lang Zhong and the sergeants, and a large amount of silver is also needed, but as the climate slowly warms, the matter of defending against the Black Death is simpler.
The biggest problem inside is the problem of the Imperial Palace.
Su Tiancheng did not force Zhu Youzhen to move out of the Forbidden City, because Zhu Youzhen has not yet expressed his position, whether the next step is to live in the capital or live in other places, the abdication edict has been prepared, and when Su Tiancheng officially enters the Forbidden City, Zhu Youzhen's abdication edict will be issued to the world.
In fact, Su Tiancheng didn't really want to enter the Forbidden City, once he entered, his activity space was completely restricted, and it was almost impossible to leave the Forbidden City easily. But this is the rule, and it is impossible for Su Tiancheng to oppose entering the Forbidden City, even if he is the emperor, he must abide by such rules and support a huge empire, which is not so simple.
After Zhu Xianxuan and Yang Sichang came to the capital. Everything is sped up.
In order to let Zhu Youzhen move out of the palace as soon as possible, Zhu Xianxuan even entered the Forbidden City in person and went to see Zhu Youzhen, it is said that the atmosphere of the two meeting was very bad, but Zhu Youzhen finally agreed to move out of the palace, Zhu Youzhen's only request was to leave the capital, preferably to Nanjing, and not to continue to stay in Beiping.
Regarding Zhu Youzhen's request. A fierce controversy arose, Zhu Xianxuan, Fan Jingwen, Hong Chengchou and Qu Qingze and others did not agree with Zhu Youzhen to go to Nanjing, Nanjing used to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, it used to be the capital of the Ming Dynasty, what does it mean that Zhu Youzhen went to Nanjing, do you want to revive the Ming Dynasty in Nanjing, besides. Most of the officials used by the Great Jin Dynasty were former officials of the Ming Dynasty. If these people saw Zhu Youzhen, what should they do, whether they support or oppose it, and let Zhu Youzhen go to Nanjing, which is tantamount to planting a time bomb.
Only Su Tiancheng agreed, so it was impossible for Zhu Youzhen to go to Nanjing.
Su Tiancheng was also very emotional. In fact, he doesn't care, even if Zhu Youzhen goes to Nanjing, he can't do much, because the foundation for maintaining the Ming Dynasty no longer exists, but many civil and military ministers don't think so. Besides, if he forces everyone to agree, who knows if someone will make a special arrangement for Zhu Youzhen to die, this is all a difficult thing to say, and this black cauldron will definitely be carried down by himself at that time.
The final unanimous opinion of everyone was to place Zhu Youzhen in Luoyang, Henan.
Just after everyone agreed on the unanimity, Su Tiancheng had a bad premonition, Zhu Youzhen, who was the emperor, was forced to abdicate because of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, although the Great Jin Dynasty was still ready to canonize Zhu Youzhen as the prince, but such a blow was difficult for ordinary people to bear, Zhu Youzhen finally put forward his own request to go to Nanjing to retire, but this request was also vetoed, I don't know if Zhu Youzhen can withstand a series of blows.
But Su Tiancheng can't manage so much anymore, and there are bigger things that he needs to do.
The main problem is that the treasury is not enough silver, to resist the Black Death, the relocation of the capital, and the conquest of the Jiangning camp, these are all needed silver, and the silver is spent like flowing water, followed by the high level of officials, and the central and local tax distribution system is not dared to be implemented for the time being, because the imperial court cannot guarantee full control of local taxes, and the most important thing is that the development of commerce and trade is very unbalanced, and commerce and trade in the south have begun to flourish, but the north is still dominated by agriculture, and the Black Death is ravaging and man-made famine, The north is slumped, and large-scale support is needed.
Su Tiancheng was keenly aware that after entering the capital, the first thing the Great Jin court and himself needed to face was to increase taxes, and it was necessary to let the treasury have silver.
Su Tiancheng and Su Tianhao specially discussed this matter, fortunately, Su Tianhao worked hard to maintain, save all unnecessary expenses, and ensure that the expenses on major matters could barely be maintained, but if it continued like this for a long time, it would definitely not work, and the Great Jin Dynasty had unified the Central Plains and occupied the world, and the number of officials would increase significantly.
After the lack of money, the matter of the Jin Tartars could not be carried out after the conquest, the situation in Liaodong was not optimistic at all, Guangning, Xipingbao and Yizhou and other places had been occupied by the Houjin Tartars, and it was necessary to fight to recapture these places, not to mention crossing the Liao River to attack Shenyang, in addition to Haizhou and other places, which were also occupied by the Houjin Tartars, after such a long time, I believe that Huang Taiji also thought of a way, so that the Houjin began to slowly recover.
Because of Dolgon's wanton raids, many places in the north were desolate, and Datong also suffered serious damage, and the common people were displaced.
The loss of all this made Su Tiancheng determined, we must use compulsory means to promote the issuance of paper money and the establishment of banks, as long as the bank can be established, the unified issuance of paper money, can solve the problem of financial difficulties to a large extent, and the imperial court can be issued paper money, firmly control the economic lifeline, and make more and more reasonable decisions.
Song Sijun came to the capital.
Song Sijun, who was born in a businessman, has been tempered for so many years, and his ability is extraordinary, and now he is the right servant of the household department of the Great Jin Dynasty, from a businessman to a high-ranking official, Song Sijun's experience, no one is surprised, even Yang Sichang and Fan Jingwen and others take it for granted, Song Sijun has made great contributions to the growth of Jiangning camp and the development of businessmen in Shandong and other places, and has also made Yang Sichang and others re-realize the importance of businessmen and realize the importance of business transactions.
Su Tiancheng is ready to handle the bank, handed over to Song Sijun to handle, he believes that Song Sijun will be able to understand the meaning of this, of course, the bank is directly owned by the imperial court, under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, but in terms of operation, there is absolute autonomy, as for the beginning of the creation of the bank, Su Tiancheng has not thought of any classification matters, until the birth of the bank, and then consider other things.
As for agreeing to the currency, it was directly handed over to Zhu Xianxuan to handle.
Whether the Great Jin Dynasty can prosper in a short period of time, the unification of the currency is a step that must be taken, it is an absolutely critical step, gold, silver and copper coins must be withdrawn from the trading market, and only in this way can the bank really run.
Su Tiancheng, who had not yet moved to the palace, patiently told Zhu Xianxuan and Song Sijun about the importance of unifying the currency and handling the bank.
In fact, Su Tiancheng has said these things a long time ago, but everyone has doubts, the matter of unifying the currency, the Ming court has done it, and the court has done it in history, but they all failed, forming a major blow to the court, the Jin court has not been established for a long time, and the foundation is not particularly strong.
But in this matter, Su Tiancheng insisted on his own point of view, he believes that first of all, starting from the court officials, once the currency is unified, the court officials' money is all paid in currency, the market must use currency to buy goods, in principle, it is not allowed to use gold and silver to trade, the price comparison between gold and silver and currency must be stable, and there can be no easy turbulence, all gold and silver, basically deposited in the bank, as a currency preparation for transactions with the Western Regions and other places, At the same time, all people who went to the Western Regions and other places where the Central Plains traded, after coming to the Central Plains, must also use the unified currency of the Great Jin Dynasty, and are not allowed to use other things to trade.
Zhu Xianxuan and Song Sijun both expressed their thoughts, they felt that the emperor was thinking far-reaching, to achieve this step, I am afraid that it needs to be very determined, fortunately, the merchants in the south have been very developed, and theoretically speaking, there is a foundation.
After discussing the matter of the bank and the unified currency, Zhu Xianxuan once again mentioned the matter of the emperor's entry into the palace, the officials of Nanjing have been prepared, and they are about to set off to the capital, many departments must have office locations, and the Forbidden City is the most suitable, so it is urgent for the emperor to enter the palace.
Su Tiancheng didn't speak, which was equivalent to agreeing with Zhu Xianxuan's opinion, but the uneasiness in his heart was even greater, I don't know what Zhu Youzhen, who was about to move out of the palace, what was his idea at this time, and after he entered the palace, when many officials came to the capital, they had to carry out the ceremony of sacrificing the sky and the earth, all of which were necessary ceremonies to announce the official establishment of the new dynasty under the current situation. (To be continued......)