Chapter 660 Lao Zhu: Give money to all the people in the world? In terms of family tradition, if the royal family of the Ming Dynasty ranks second, no one dares to say that they rank first, because this good family tradition has been passed down slowly until it reached Emperor Chongzhen. Emperor Chongzhen was indeed a bit arrogant, and he even cultivated the land for his own use, but he was very fond of his relationship with Queen Zhou, and he would not make any demands on his wife because of his own stubbornness. Even his queen, Queen Zhou, wanted her own father to give some money to support the court. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen was really in a desperate situation. He wanted officials all over the world to donate money and support the court army to fight against Li Zicheng's army. It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen had the intention, but the court officials had long since turned away from him. They had long seen that the Ming Dynasty was at the end of its rope and there was no way it could be revived, so all the ministers pretended to donate money, but they all cried poor. In order to share her husband's worries and to let her father set an example, Queen Zhou even took out five thousand taels of silver from her own private money and donated it to her father. It was a pity that Queen Zhou had such an idea, but her father did not. He actually embezzled three thousand taels of the five thousand taels and donated two thousand taels twice. Although this is extremely tragic, we have to admit that the family tradition of the Ming Dynasty was actually very good, especially when it came to the emperor and the empress. Under the influence of this good family tradition, both the royal family and the princes in various places had a good relationship with their wives. Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, immediately thought of his own queen Ma when he heard Chen Han talking about farming. If he had not been so stubborn at the beginning. If he could stay with his queen well, he wondered if his house could live a few more years. According to Chen Han, Empress Ma was most likely infected with some infectious disease, but this was actually quite strange at the time because there was another person who was infected with the infectious disease, and that was the eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying.

The reason I say it was a habit is that if smallpox really was spreading throughout the entire palace, then some other palace maids and eunuchs would have been infected as well. After all, the medical conditions at the time could not have prevented it. But there is a very strange thing, that is, among the dead were the eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying and Queen Ma. After all, if there really was an infectious disease in the palace, the situation at the time could not have been that only the two of them were infected, so there would definitely be records of it. Even though the lives of those eunuchs and palace maids could not be compared with those of the eldest grandson Zhu Xiongying and Empress Ma, the cases would certainly record how many people were infected and how many died. Because in this kind of case it is impossible not to remember the music, but there is no such thing, so people say it is very likely a conspiracy, but no one knows how it will be characterized in the end. Even in the end, it was only a case-by-case judgment. Even an emperor like Zhu Yuanzhang had to face the death of his loved ones. Now when Zhu Yuanzhang heard Chen Han asking him to farm, he thought of his wife. His wife, Queen Ma, loved to grow vegetables in the backyard. So Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and nodded, "You little monkey are always angry, sometimes you even say something that makes me angry, I can't do anything about you, but you did the right thing this time, I really should find something to do, I really should go to farm. "Not only are we born into ordinary people's families, but we should also pick up hoes like Xiuying and do something meaningful like real ordinary people." The palace maids and eunuchs nearby were surprised to hear that Chen Han actually persuaded the old man to farm. Who could have imagined that a generation of emperor would actually have to farm in the future? If this story got out, someone would say it was fake. Even in opera, no one would dare to make up such a story. There are even some folk legends that say the emperor might have used a golden hoe to hoe the ground. Of course, this is a joke. After all, the emperor didn't need to farm at all, but today in the Ming Dynasty, it has actually been realized, and even the founding emperor has to farm now. So when I think about this, I feel that many palace maids and eunuchs feel a little strange at this time. Logically speaking, the emperor should be angry when hearing such words. After all, he is the emperor. Chen Han asked him to farm instead of doing something else. But how could these palace maids and eunuchs understand the old man's thoughts? In fact, the old man was not thinking that he must do something now, but he was thinking that he must do something, otherwise he would feel uncomfortable. After the two finished talking about this matter, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Chen Han again, "I called you here this time not just to let you talk, nor to let you persuade us to farm. "Of course you did the right thing by owing us the farming. I've already told the prince about it before, and he told me to find someone if I have any problems. I'm going to farm now, so you have to tell me what's going on first." Chen Han took out a memorial from his sleeve. He really had something to discuss with the old man. Of course, this matter had been planned long ago, but he had never had the chance to tell the old man about it. After talking to the prince once, the two discussed it for a long time and felt that it was a very good idea, so they wanted Chen Han to talk to the old man directly. After all, the old man was actually quite sensitive about these things.

Now the Chinese New Year is almost here, and in fact, everyone's work is gradually decreasing, but this matter has been idle. After Chen Han told the cabinet about it, the cabinet was also very much looking forward to it, especially if this was said around the Chinese New Year, everyone should be happy. After Zhu Yuanzhang took Chen Han's memorial, he opened the first page and his eyes widened. "Give money to all the people in the world?" The old man was stunned when he saw it for the first time, because the technical problem of distributing money to the whole world must be difficult to achieve. In the current Ming Dynasty, even the most urgent military information on the northern border can only reach 800 miles. That is to say, if you can only run 800 miles a day, it would take one or two years for you to run all over the world and inform everyone, and for this matter to reach the ears of all the people. So such a thing should not be decided so easily, and it will not be brought to the table. It seems a bit outrageous. Another Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that when Chen Han first came, he said that in fact, his crazy money printing was equivalent to giving money to the whole world, but not to the common people. The more money they had, the better. He used to think that the more money they made, the more they could buy things. But later he found that this was a fundamental mistake, because even if the common people had more money, they would not really spend it. Even if everyone was given money, it would be equivalent to no one getting any money. This was what Chen Han said, but why did Chen Han make such a principled mistake now? Zhu Yuanzhang felt that it was a bit abnormal and that this was not like Chen Han's character. So when he saw this page, he was already very confused. He did not continue reading, but closed the paper and said, "Let's not read it now. Just tell us how you are going to do it. I am quite confused. There is something I should ask." Chen Han almost laughed after hearing this. "Old man, your question really makes me laugh and cry. You are the emperor. Do you think I can refuse your question? Besides, you can ask anything you want. As long as you ask, I will tell you everything I know." After hearing what Chen Han said, Zhu Yuanzhang asked, "First, I remember what economic principle you said, that is, if everyone spends money, it is equivalent to not spending money. If all the people in the world are really given money, wouldn't it cause inflation? The people have more money, but there are not enough goods on the market. Isn't that cheating the people?" Chen Han. I didn't expect that the old man's memory has not deteriorated at all until now. Although the old man has suffered two strokes during this period, his memory is still very good. Chen Han once said these things and even criticized his excessive issuance of treasure notes. I told him that the consequences of the treasure notes were very serious. That's why the old man heard that he was going to give money to the whole world, which was similar to printing money crazily again. Since the method has been proven to be ineffective, why does Chen Han still use it now? I didn't understand it at first, and sometimes I had no way to do it. When the Ming Dynasty was just established, we had to prevent the Mongols from coming south from the north. What should we do internally when there was so much to be done? We could only print money like crazy to solve the problem at hand. But the situation is different now. In the future, the value of Baochao will be increased by continuously importing silver from Japan, and the dual-track system of Baochao and silver will be implemented. The credit of Baochao has been greatly improved. Now the people believe that the reforms formulated by Chen Han are useful. Then why did Chen Han still want to distribute money to all people? Isn't distributing money to all people just like what Chen Han said, destroying the credit of the Ming Baochao that had just been established? So the old man asked a second question, "If you want to give money to all the people, how can you guarantee that the money will reach the hands of the people?" After listening to the old man's words, Chen Han began to answer, "Since you have asked these two questions, I have to answer you." Chen Han was actually quite interested in what he heard. He really wanted to understand why Chen Han was so confident. Even though he knew that Chen Han was now a very powerful reformer and many of his reform measures were indeed very powerful. But he couldn't believe that there could be such a great way to give money to the people without repeating his own mistakes. Chen Han began to answer the first question raised by the old man, "Grandpa, your first question is why we dare to issue money without worrying about inflation like you did before when you printed money crazily, causing the value of the banknotes to depreciate after the people get the money, which is actually equivalent to plundering the people in disguise. "I have to answer this question like this. First, you used to print money crazily to buy food from the people. This means that the people had to bear the soaring prices caused by the crazy printing of money. "At the same time, some of the goods were lost. This means that the people suffered two losses. First, the food they worked so hard to grow was taken away without reason. Second, they had to endure the depreciation of the treasure notes. The treasure notes they received might not be even half as much as before. "So the common people at that time had a saying that they would rather not sell, because the more they sold, the more they would lose." Chen Han's words made the old man lose face. As the emperor at that time, he really had no choice. He printed too much money and bought food and materials from the people for construction. This was really wrong. So now that Chen Han had reopened old wounds, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment. Chen Han continued, "Secondly, your environment has indeed damaged Baochao's credit value. Ordinary people would rather carry more copper coins on them to trade than spend Baochao, because those merchants are unwilling to accept Baochao. They would rather be a little more troublesome and would rather trade several times a day than accept copper coins." Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stand Chen Han repeating the mistakes he made before. He waved his hand and said, "Alright, alright. These old scars have been gone for four or five years. You are still nagging about them. Is it fun? Just tell me what you are going to do. What's the difference between your method and ours?" I saw it and felt a little embarrassed by what he said, but I was still laughing over there a while later. The old man picked up the dragon-headed cane and was about to hit Chen Han. Chen Han quickly moved to avoid it, "Old man, we are all gentlemen. Gentlemen use words instead of fists." Zhu Yuanzhang put his cane aside and said, "You little monkey, hurry up and tell me."

Chen Han then continued, "Although this time we are distributing money to ordinary people all over the world, we are definitely not really distributing treasure notes to them, but shopping vouchers." Now the old man was even more confused, "What do you mean? Explain it clearly." Chen Han then explained to him, "It's like this, we decided to spend half a year selecting outstanding local business representatives from all over the world, and then register them, and at the same time instruct government offices in various places to produce shopping vouchers. "The so-called shopping vouchers clearly indicate the merchant's information on the voucher. For example, Zhang's Rice Shop is very active in paying taxes and helping the court with disaster relief, and even proactively solving problems for the court. "Good merchants like these will be included in the list of people who will receive cash this time. "The specific method is, for example, to directly write Zhang's Rice Shop on the shopping voucher, "20-jin rice voucher", and people can take this voucher directly to Zhang's Rice Shop to get 20-jin rice without having to pay." …… (End of this chapter)