Dang Dang Dang.
The mellow and lingering bell sound cut through the quiet atmosphere of the early morning and suddenly rang out throughout the palace.
The Jinyiwei dressed in Feiyu uniforms and the soldiers in Rui armor, holding spears, stood on both sides of the huge palace square with solemn expressions and in uniform.
The long and mellow bell sounds spread in the slightly moist air in the early morning like water ripples at an extremely fast speed, in the entire air at the fastest speed, in the direction of the imperial palace, spreading around the huge city of Yingtianfu, and spreading to every corner of the entire city of Yingtianfu.
Today is the day of the grand court meeting. All officials above the fourth rank in Yingtianfu City must participate. The emperor will hold court in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This has been the case since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. No matter what time it is, no matter what the weather and climate are, there has never been any change or variation.
When the long bell sounds ended, the tightly closed gate of the Ming Dynasty Palace, which was used only for officials to pass through during court sessions, was slowly opened.
All of a sudden.
The Ming officials who were waiting in front of the palace gate to participate in the grand court meeting, when the palace gate opened, slowly and calmly separated in order according to the size of their official positions, and walked into the palace gate to attend the court.
At this time, the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi, who had entered the palace early, one was the regent of the current government, and the other was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who had been appointed as the heir for several years. When the bell rang, they sat on the sedan chairs prepared by the palace servants and began to move towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
According to normal logic and rules, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not in the capital, so matters should not be held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Other small halls could be chosen, but they were not suitable for holding such a large court meeting.
However, because of the identities of the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi, and because everyone knew the status of the two in the heart of Emperor Yongle, they behaved themselves and did not say anything inappropriate or ruin the mood.
Of course, the most important point here is that today's grand court meeting. The people in the court are all smart people. They know that the discussion here is about the newly opened Daming Money House some time ago. This is the main issue of this discussion.
Ming Dynasty Money House
How huge are the interests involved here, and how many people are involved.
For this reason, under the current circumstances, all the officials had nothing to say, and they dared not even talk about the so-called rituals and etiquette.
That's it.
Not long after.
The sedan chair stopped outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi got down from their respective sedan chairs.
"Boss"
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Boss, don't blame me for not reminding you."
"Are you sure you won't protect any of the people on the list I showed you before?"
"If you still have ideas now and want to change and alter things, we still have time to do everything. If you go inside later, there will be absolutely no chance for us to communicate alone. If you regret it or have other ideas by then, I'm afraid it will be a done deal and none of us will be able to do anything about it."
"So are you sure you have really thought it through on the current matter?"
Hearing this, a look of determination flashed across the prince's face, and his expression became extremely serious at this moment. He half-closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He looked at him for a moment, then nodded heavily without any hesitation and said in a deep voice:
"Not guaranteed!"
"Not even one can be saved!"
"Not a single cent will be left."
"Since they are capable of doing such a thing, they should know what the result and outcome will be once the truth is revealed."
"It's not that we didn't give them the chance, but they didn't cherish it. They didn't know what was good for them and they even tried to treat all of us as fools and what we said as a joke."
"Then they should and should pay for their choices."
"If we plead for them again this time, we'll give them another chance."
"God knows whether those people have other ideas or not, and whether they think that the court or we must have them. Will they do something even more outrageous?"
"to this end."
"Why should we protect them?"
"Besides, our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and abundant talents, so we don't lack people like them with evil ambitions."
"If evil needs to be eliminated, it should be eliminated."
"Second child"
"Just do what we said before. You don't need to worry about us, or ask or think too much. This incident should be a good lesson for them and a warning for them."
"Are you satisfied?"
"feasible?"
Get a definite answer.
Hearing Zhu Gaochi's decisive words, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but look sideways. He really didn't expect that the prince, who used to love talents like his own sons, could be so resolute in this matter.
Regarding what is happening right now, after communicating with the Prince.
According to what he thought, he originally wanted to immediately arrest those officials who dared to act in this way.
But why did you stay for a few days and not take any action against these people?
It's not that he doesn't want to, nor is it that he is unwilling to.
It was just as the Crown Prince said just now. From Zhu Gaoxu's point of view, he felt that these people were taken down quietly and silently. Although they had irrefutable evidence, no one could say a word.
But!
The effect it achieved always felt a little lacking and could not achieve the deterrent effect he wanted.
to this end.
After careful consideration and discussion with the Crown Prince and the other two, they finally decided not to take these individuals down quietly, but to choose a grand court assembly to present the evidence of those individuals' crimes in front of everyone, including officials of the fourth rank and above who were present in the court.
Afterwards, based on the evidence of these individuals' crimes, those daring officials will be arrested one by one. This will create an extremely shocking effect, let everyone in the scene feel it, and take the opportunity to sound a wake-up call to everyone in the scene.
Draw a red line in front of those individuals.
Let those who are able to think and reflect carefully on the current situation.
It seems that none of the officials in the court are stupid; they are all extremely smart and can guess and understand the intentions of the two of them. Since they can guess and understand their intentions, few people would dare to act recklessly.
I can’t say how long the survivors can be restrained, but at least it can leave a deep enough impression on them.
As he thought about it, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the solemn Crown Prince with a deep gaze, a hint of an intriguing smile appeared on his face, and he nodded heavily and said:
"alright."
"Since you say so."
"Then we have nothing to say."
"Let's do as we said before!"
"Then let's go"
Say it.
Zhu Gaoxu walked in without any hesitation. Seeing this, the Crown Prince followed closely behind him.
In the Golden Palace, the emperor's dragon throne was empty.
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi sat on the left and right sides respectively, on small stools prepared by the servants.
Seeing the two of them sitting down, all the ministers who participated in the court affairs all knelt down respectfully without hesitation, and shouted loudly:
"Your Highness, wait."
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Han."
In an instant.
The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was filled with the roars of a group of ministers that sounded like a tsunami and mountains, and the huge open space was filled with kneeling ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu and the Crown Prince looked at each other at the same time, nodded slightly at each other, and shouted in unison:
"All the nobles, please stand up."
This is said.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the King of Han."
In an instant, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was once again filled with shouts like a tsunami. At the same time, all the ministers kneeling on the ground stood up at the same time.
"Some time ago."
"Our Daming Money House is open for business."
"Given the results, I think all the nobles are naturally very curious about this matter!"
At this moment, the voice of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was the first to sound, reaching the ears of everyone in the field. While speaking, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes fell on the crowd, the Minister of Revenue Xia Yuanji, and half-jokingly continued:
"Actually, regarding this matter at hand."
"I feel the same way, and I'm almost the same as everyone else. I'm also extremely curious."
"to this end."
"Regarding the opening of our Daming Money House, let Lord Xia, the Minister of Revenue, come and explain some of the specific circumstances here to us and satisfy our curiosity."
Hearing this.
Xia Yuanji seemed to have been prepared. Without any hesitation, he stepped out from the ranks of the ministers, bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the King of Han."
"Thanks to the court's vigorous propaganda, the business of the bank is extremely hot. More and more people and merchants are depositing money in our Daming Bank. Of course, there are also many people who borrow money, pawn and mortgage in our Daming Bank."
“It’s a great start.”
"But Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the King of Han, most of the common people and merchants use Ming Baochao, and there are quite a lot of people who come to exchange silver and money. Fortunately, our Ming Money House has enough spare silver."
"But the crazy exchange of money by the common people and merchants here is also a daily consumption like water, which uses up a large part of the reserve silver. Although there is income, it is completely incomparable to the silver spent."
"If this continues, it will have a significant impact on the value and credibility of our Ming Dynasty Treasure Notes."
"I wonder if Your Highness has any good countermeasures to prevent such a thing from happening under the current circumstances?"
have to say.
Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, was really competent in his job.
If I hadn't really looked through it carefully or compared the data in detail, it would have been difficult to say such words.
Of course I don't deny it
Xia Yuanji's worries are not without reason.
Because their actions will make the people and merchants of the world regain their confidence in the Ming treasure notes and also regain the credibility of the court if this continues.
It will indeed have a significant impact on the Ming Dynasty’s treasure notes.
After all, ordinary people and merchants used to use Ming treasure notes. Now that Ming treasure notes can be exchanged for an equal amount of silver, many people are worried. For this reason, a large number of bank runs have occurred. These actions are understandable, and they were also expected when they opened the Ming money house.
There is no other reason.
The Ming Baochao was put into use during the reign of Emperor Taizu.
The imperial court was only concerned with issuing Ming treasure notes, and did not pay much attention to the issuance here, as well as the balance of silver and treasury reserves in the world.
At the beginning, there were no problems and no clues.
However, as time went by, the purchasing power of the money in hand decreased, and the credibility and reputation of the Ming Baochao gradually became weak and no one trusted or welcomed it.
Faced with such a situation, the common people and merchants would like to exchange all their money into hard currency and are not worried about the so-called depreciation problem at all. These behaviors are understandable.
That's it.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Gaoxu slowly opened his half-closed eyes, his expression did not change at all, he remained calm and composed, he waved his hand at Xia Yuanji who looked a little worried and concerned, and replied:
"Don't worry, Master Xia."
"When the Ming Dynasty Bank was launched, didn't we anticipate that this would happen?"
"Don't worry."
"I have my own way, but now is not the time to act that way."
"As for the silver and money in the bank's reserves, the treasury of our Ming Dynasty is no longer the same as before. As the Minister of Revenue, you should know this better than anyone else."
"We have made so many preparations in the early stage. Since our court dares to do this, we are not afraid."
"It doesn't matter if they are ordinary people or businessmen."
"If they want to exchange, just let them do it. It's not a big deal."
"Moreover"
"The Great Ming Treasure Notes were originally promoted by our imperial court. Why should we not allow others to exchange them?"
"That's what I want."
"Aren't we just slapping ourselves in the face?"
"As for the current situation of Daming Bank, what is happening now is just some minor problems at the moment. We need to take a long-term view and give it some time until the credibility of Daming Banknotes increases."
"The real money we paid will eventually flow into the treasury of our Ming Dynasty."
"On this matter"
"When we were promoting the Ming Dynasty Bank, didn't we discuss it together and come to a conclusion?" (End of this chapter)
The mellow and lingering bell sound cut through the quiet atmosphere of the early morning and suddenly rang out throughout the palace.
The Jinyiwei dressed in Feiyu uniforms and the soldiers in Rui armor, holding spears, stood on both sides of the huge palace square with solemn expressions and in uniform.
The long and mellow bell sounds spread in the slightly moist air in the early morning like water ripples at an extremely fast speed, in the entire air at the fastest speed, in the direction of the imperial palace, spreading around the huge city of Yingtianfu, and spreading to every corner of the entire city of Yingtianfu.
Today is the day of the grand court meeting. All officials above the fourth rank in Yingtianfu City must participate. The emperor will hold court in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. This has been the case since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. No matter what time it is, no matter what the weather and climate are, there has never been any change or variation.
When the long bell sounds ended, the tightly closed gate of the Ming Dynasty Palace, which was used only for officials to pass through during court sessions, was slowly opened.
All of a sudden.
The Ming officials who were waiting in front of the palace gate to participate in the grand court meeting, when the palace gate opened, slowly and calmly separated in order according to the size of their official positions, and walked into the palace gate to attend the court.
At this time, the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi, who had entered the palace early, one was the regent of the current government, and the other was the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who had been appointed as the heir for several years. When the bell rang, they sat on the sedan chairs prepared by the palace servants and began to move towards the Hall of Supreme Harmony.
According to normal logic and rules, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not in the capital, so matters should not be held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. Other small halls could be chosen, but they were not suitable for holding such a large court meeting.
However, because of the identities of the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi, and because everyone knew the status of the two in the heart of Emperor Yongle, they behaved themselves and did not say anything inappropriate or ruin the mood.
Of course, the most important point here is that today's grand court meeting. The people in the court are all smart people. They know that the discussion here is about the newly opened Daming Money House some time ago. This is the main issue of this discussion.
Ming Dynasty Money House
How huge are the interests involved here, and how many people are involved.
For this reason, under the current circumstances, all the officials had nothing to say, and they dared not even talk about the so-called rituals and etiquette.
That's it.
Not long after.
The sedan chair stopped outside the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi got down from their respective sedan chairs.
"Boss"
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Boss, don't blame me for not reminding you."
"Are you sure you won't protect any of the people on the list I showed you before?"
"If you still have ideas now and want to change and alter things, we still have time to do everything. If you go inside later, there will be absolutely no chance for us to communicate alone. If you regret it or have other ideas by then, I'm afraid it will be a done deal and none of us will be able to do anything about it."
"So are you sure you have really thought it through on the current matter?"
Hearing this, a look of determination flashed across the prince's face, and his expression became extremely serious at this moment. He half-closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths. He looked at him for a moment, then nodded heavily without any hesitation and said in a deep voice:
"Not guaranteed!"
"Not even one can be saved!"
"Not a single cent will be left."
"Since they are capable of doing such a thing, they should know what the result and outcome will be once the truth is revealed."
"It's not that we didn't give them the chance, but they didn't cherish it. They didn't know what was good for them and they even tried to treat all of us as fools and what we said as a joke."
"Then they should and should pay for their choices."
"If we plead for them again this time, we'll give them another chance."
"God knows whether those people have other ideas or not, and whether they think that the court or we must have them. Will they do something even more outrageous?"
"to this end."
"Why should we protect them?"
"Besides, our Ming Dynasty has a vast territory and abundant talents, so we don't lack people like them with evil ambitions."
"If evil needs to be eliminated, it should be eliminated."
"Second child"
"Just do what we said before. You don't need to worry about us, or ask or think too much. This incident should be a good lesson for them and a warning for them."
"Are you satisfied?"
"feasible?"
Get a definite answer.
Hearing Zhu Gaochi's decisive words, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but look sideways. He really didn't expect that the prince, who used to love talents like his own sons, could be so resolute in this matter.
Regarding what is happening right now, after communicating with the Prince.
According to what he thought, he originally wanted to immediately arrest those officials who dared to act in this way.
But why did you stay for a few days and not take any action against these people?
It's not that he doesn't want to, nor is it that he is unwilling to.
It was just as the Crown Prince said just now. From Zhu Gaoxu's point of view, he felt that these people were taken down quietly and silently. Although they had irrefutable evidence, no one could say a word.
But!
The effect it achieved always felt a little lacking and could not achieve the deterrent effect he wanted.
to this end.
After careful consideration and discussion with the Crown Prince and the other two, they finally decided not to take these individuals down quietly, but to choose a grand court assembly to present the evidence of those individuals' crimes in front of everyone, including officials of the fourth rank and above who were present in the court.
Afterwards, based on the evidence of these individuals' crimes, those daring officials will be arrested one by one. This will create an extremely shocking effect, let everyone in the scene feel it, and take the opportunity to sound a wake-up call to everyone in the scene.
Draw a red line in front of those individuals.
Let those who are able to think and reflect carefully on the current situation.
It seems that none of the officials in the court are stupid; they are all extremely smart and can guess and understand the intentions of the two of them. Since they can guess and understand their intentions, few people would dare to act recklessly.
I can’t say how long the survivors can be restrained, but at least it can leave a deep enough impression on them.
As he thought about it, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the solemn Crown Prince with a deep gaze, a hint of an intriguing smile appeared on his face, and he nodded heavily and said:
"alright."
"Since you say so."
"Then we have nothing to say."
"Let's do as we said before!"
"Then let's go"
Say it.
Zhu Gaoxu walked in without any hesitation. Seeing this, the Crown Prince followed closely behind him.
In the Golden Palace, the emperor's dragon throne was empty.
Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi sat on the left and right sides respectively, on small stools prepared by the servants.
Seeing the two of them sitting down, all the ministers who participated in the court affairs all knelt down respectfully without hesitation, and shouted loudly:
"Your Highness, wait."
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Han."
In an instant.
The entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was filled with the roars of a group of ministers that sounded like a tsunami and mountains, and the huge open space was filled with kneeling ministers of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Gaoxu and the Crown Prince looked at each other at the same time, nodded slightly at each other, and shouted in unison:
"All the nobles, please stand up."
This is said.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the King of Han."
In an instant, the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony was once again filled with shouts like a tsunami. At the same time, all the ministers kneeling on the ground stood up at the same time.
"Some time ago."
"Our Daming Money House is open for business."
"Given the results, I think all the nobles are naturally very curious about this matter!"
At this moment, the voice of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was the first to sound, reaching the ears of everyone in the field. While speaking, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes fell on the crowd, the Minister of Revenue Xia Yuanji, and half-jokingly continued:
"Actually, regarding this matter at hand."
"I feel the same way, and I'm almost the same as everyone else. I'm also extremely curious."
"to this end."
"Regarding the opening of our Daming Money House, let Lord Xia, the Minister of Revenue, come and explain some of the specific circumstances here to us and satisfy our curiosity."
Hearing this.
Xia Yuanji seemed to have been prepared. Without any hesitation, he stepped out from the ranks of the ministers, bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Your Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness the King of Han."
"Thanks to the court's vigorous propaganda, the business of the bank is extremely hot. More and more people and merchants are depositing money in our Daming Bank. Of course, there are also many people who borrow money, pawn and mortgage in our Daming Bank."
“It’s a great start.”
"But Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness the King of Han, most of the common people and merchants use Ming Baochao, and there are quite a lot of people who come to exchange silver and money. Fortunately, our Ming Money House has enough spare silver."
"But the crazy exchange of money by the common people and merchants here is also a daily consumption like water, which uses up a large part of the reserve silver. Although there is income, it is completely incomparable to the silver spent."
"If this continues, it will have a significant impact on the value and credibility of our Ming Dynasty Treasure Notes."
"I wonder if Your Highness has any good countermeasures to prevent such a thing from happening under the current circumstances?"
have to say.
Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Revenue, was really competent in his job.
If I hadn't really looked through it carefully or compared the data in detail, it would have been difficult to say such words.
Of course I don't deny it
Xia Yuanji's worries are not without reason.
Because their actions will make the people and merchants of the world regain their confidence in the Ming treasure notes and also regain the credibility of the court if this continues.
It will indeed have a significant impact on the Ming Dynasty’s treasure notes.
After all, ordinary people and merchants used to use Ming treasure notes. Now that Ming treasure notes can be exchanged for an equal amount of silver, many people are worried. For this reason, a large number of bank runs have occurred. These actions are understandable, and they were also expected when they opened the Ming money house.
There is no other reason.
The Ming Baochao was put into use during the reign of Emperor Taizu.
The imperial court was only concerned with issuing Ming treasure notes, and did not pay much attention to the issuance here, as well as the balance of silver and treasury reserves in the world.
At the beginning, there were no problems and no clues.
However, as time went by, the purchasing power of the money in hand decreased, and the credibility and reputation of the Ming Baochao gradually became weak and no one trusted or welcomed it.
Faced with such a situation, the common people and merchants would like to exchange all their money into hard currency and are not worried about the so-called depreciation problem at all. These behaviors are understandable.
That's it.
After thinking for a while, Zhu Gaoxu slowly opened his half-closed eyes, his expression did not change at all, he remained calm and composed, he waved his hand at Xia Yuanji who looked a little worried and concerned, and replied:
"Don't worry, Master Xia."
"When the Ming Dynasty Bank was launched, didn't we anticipate that this would happen?"
"Don't worry."
"I have my own way, but now is not the time to act that way."
"As for the silver and money in the bank's reserves, the treasury of our Ming Dynasty is no longer the same as before. As the Minister of Revenue, you should know this better than anyone else."
"We have made so many preparations in the early stage. Since our court dares to do this, we are not afraid."
"It doesn't matter if they are ordinary people or businessmen."
"If they want to exchange, just let them do it. It's not a big deal."
"Moreover"
"The Great Ming Treasure Notes were originally promoted by our imperial court. Why should we not allow others to exchange them?"
"That's what I want."
"Aren't we just slapping ourselves in the face?"
"As for the current situation of Daming Bank, what is happening now is just some minor problems at the moment. We need to take a long-term view and give it some time until the credibility of Daming Banknotes increases."
"The real money we paid will eventually flow into the treasury of our Ming Dynasty."
"On this matter"
"When we were promoting the Ming Dynasty Bank, didn't we discuss it together and come to a conclusion?" (End of this chapter)
