In fact, the emperor and the minister of household affairs were not stupid.

They also know that there is something wrong with this approach, but they have not studied economics and have never seen this kind of analysis of economic behavior.

So they just vaguely feel something is wrong and cannot understand the huge harm involved.

After Zhao Ce's easy-to-understand analysis, Zhu Houzhao's expression changed from the initial confusion, to sudden realization, to silence.

He has figured out the key and the possible harm.

Zhu Houzhao took a breath of cold air and stammered: "The consequences are so terrifying..."

"In this way, the treasure banknote will eventually become a piece of waste paper..."

Zhao Ce said: "Not bad."

"Bao banknotes have been reduced to waste paper, and the Ming Dynasty will continue to use gold, silver and copper as currency."

"But in this case, what can those people who hold treasure money do?"

"In this case, it is better to use my method..."

Zhu Houzhao stood up with a "swish" sound: "Indeed, this method is not feasible!"

"No, I have to stop them!"

"Uncle Yongxi, I'm leaving first."

After saying that, he didn't care about the forms and rushed out quickly.

Zhao Ce watched him walk out in a hurry, lowering his head to pack up the forms left by Zhu Houzhao.

It is true that Comrade Xiao Zhu is not very reliable, and the people he looks for to do things just fool him.

But I have to say that most of his feelings are correct.

This method of supplementing the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes is absolutely not feasible.

By raising business taxes, such huge benefits can be obtained at your fingertips.

But no one wants to support him.

Zhao Ce also knew that in order to maintain their rule, these rulers could not easily break this class concept.

So he just wrote casually at first.

Now that he saw Mr. Zhu's attention, Zhao Ce felt a sense of responsibility.

"How to persuade the court to raise business taxes..."

There are barriers to doing business, and it is impossible for everyone to do business.

Food does not rely solely on the efforts of the people, or if there are more people farming, there will be a bumper harvest.

As the emperor and the senior officials in the cabinet, don’t they know?

Of course they know.

But in an agricultural society, food is the most basic.

There is no other way except to lock the people in the fields and let them continue to open up wasteland and farm.

Every era has its shackles. To change the current situation, we cannot rely on one policy alone.

To take this big step artificially, the road must be paved.

Zhao Ce thought for a while, called Chen Liang, and asked: "Will the sweet potatoes in the field be harvested this year?"

After the autumn harvest, the sweet potatoes bred in the spring were also planted.

Zhao Ce had been busy with exams before, and Su Cai'er didn't let these chores disturb him.

Now after Zhu Houzhao made such a fuss, Zhao Ce was only thinking about his wife and children these days, and suddenly he had more things to think about.

This reminds me of the sweet potatoes from before.

He also remembered that before he set off, he made an agreement with the maritime merchant at a port in Guangzhou to let him help find potatoes and corn.

I don’t know if this maritime merchant is back now...

"Sir, all the sweet potatoes in the field have been harvested this year. A total of three acres have been harvested. The harvest is about 18 shi per acre."

The yield per mu is 18 stones...

Compared with the yield of five or six thousand kilograms per mu in later generations, this sweet potato yield is obviously not large enough.

But in ancient times, the high-yield rice was only four or five dan.

This kind of output has already been praised by the imperial court.

Comparing the two, it is estimated that the entire Ming Dynasty will be shocked if the yield of sweet potatoes is revealed.

After the sweet potatoes were harvested, the man who managed the greenhouse rented a lot of land around it and planted sweet potato vines.

Although building a greenhouse is expensive, Zhao Ce plans to sell some vegetables and chili products this year.

So it won't be too wasteful to make more greenhouses.

In this way, by the beginning of next spring, we probably won’t have to worry about not having enough sweet potato seeds.

Zhao Ce nodded and said, "Prepare a few baskets of sweet potatoes. I want to send some to Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhu."

...

Zhu Houzhao hurried back to the palace.

Emperor Hongzhi was already discussing with the ministers how to use the treasure banknotes.

Everyone felt vaguely uneasy, but they couldn't tell the pros and cons.

Now that the additional issue of Bao Chao has been completed, it is just waiting to be put into the market.

Zhong Zhong calculated: "The area affected by the disaster was so widespread that the imperial court issued an additional treasure banknote worth five million taels."

"According to today's market price, it can be exchanged for about 500,000 taels of silver."

"Part of the treasure money is used to buy food and transport it to the disaster area."

"The remaining part will be distributed after the disaster and used to rebuild the homes of the people."

Zhong Zhong frowned as he said this.

As a minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he was in charge of the national treasury although he had only been in office for a few years.

But he is not without any abilities.

This method was the method, but in his heart he always felt that there were too many things wrong with this method.

But if you want to get money in a short time, this is the fastest way.

What to do?

After Zhong Zhong finished speaking, Emperor Hongzhi also said in a serious tone: "If you, my beloved ministers, feel that there is anything inappropriate, please feel free to speak out."

I can’t even mention the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs who is in charge of the economy, let alone the three civil servants.

But everyone felt that this method was wrong, so they did not dare to say yes.

The scene froze for a moment.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and said: "If there is no objection, then..."

"no!"

A loud shout woke everyone up.

Turning around, he saw Zhu Houzhao running in panting.

There was a lot of sweat on his forehead, and he had no manner at all when he moved around, which showed that he was in a hurry.

Seeing him like this, Emperor Hongzhi thought to himself that he had been asked to go back and think about his mistakes, so why did he run out?

Just as he was about to scold him, Zhu Houzhao struck first.

"Father, listen to my son!"

"This method of supplementing treasure banknotes is not feasible!"

"This method can solve a temporary emergency, but the consequences will, at least, destabilize the country, and at worst, make our Ming Dynasty unsafe!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone forgot about the treasure banknotes for a moment, and only stared at Zhu Houzhao with their mouths open.

quiet!

There was silence!

Emperor Hongzhi clenched his teeth after a brief silence.

"oh?"

There was obvious anger on his face.

"Your Highness, you are..."

Before Emperor Hongzhi could get angry, Zhu Houzhao waved his hand regardless.
To be continued...