Chapter 14 Treasure notes and food stamps
"Second uncle, why don't I be a vassal king? I have to ask the emperor."
Zhu Gaoxu laughed and felt guilty: "You kid will complain, I thought I had never said what I said just now."
"Uncle Second, the water you poured out when you say something."
Zhu Gaoxu felt a little panicked. It was impossible for a grandson to say this to the public according to common sense, but the child in front of him did not play according to common sense. If he was given a place to the emperor, he would be cursed.
I blame myself for talking too much, and I wanted to provoke my elder brother's child, but this child is different from an ordinary child, and I am not stingy.
Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly said, "Uncle Second said nothing just now."
"Uncle II said, "I can stop being a vassal king."
Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly covered Zhu Zhanqi's mouth: "Little bastard, don't shout."
"Uncle Second Called My Dad as a Tortoise."
Zhu Gaoxu was helpless: "Where did you learn these rogue methods? It's still a child who can't beat him."
"Second uncle, it's okay if I don't say it." Zhu Zhanqian laughed.
Zhu Gaoxu sighed: "What conditions?"
"Second uncle, I think it's reasonable for uncle to give my nephew some silver flowers."
Zhu Gaoxu gave Zhu Zhanqi a blank look: "You guy is jealous of money. You dare to withdraw money from the old man, and you can also withdraw money from me."
"In the future, I think it is not enough to marry two or three wives, so I have to save more."
"I mentioned this again." Zhu Gaoxu said as he took out the treasure money from his bag, looked at it and gave it to Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Zhanqiu held the treasure banknote and drank some saliva on his finger: "Ten, twenty, why is the second uncle so small in the denomination of the treasure banknote?"
"I brought a 300 taels of denomination today. I don't have to spend money to enter the palace. I can't tell you a word about what happened today."
"What did the second uncle say today?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly and turned around and left.
He took a few steps and looked back at Zhu Zhanji who was immersed in counting treasure money, but he thought in his heart that it would be great if Zhu Zhanji was his son.
Although my elder brother is obese and his legs are not convenient, he can really give birth.
I don’t know if it’s really because of the good Feng Shui of the Eastern Palace, and I gave birth to a dignified and upright saint Zhu Zhanji. Although the second child is not as good as Zhu Zhanji, he is diligent and has no other problems except being irritable. Now the fifth child is also showing off. Although he is a little obedient, his mind is really good.
Thinking of his two sons, he couldn't help but sigh that the quantity could not keep up with the elder brother and the quality was much worse.
I decided to go home immediately and work hard. If I can’t control the quality, I pursue quantity and use quantitative change to cause qualitative change.
He walked forward with great strides but heard Zhu Zhanji's voice suddenly coming from behind: "Uncle Second, the treasure money is only 280 taels, not 300."
Zhu Gaoxu almost staggered: "I'll give it to you next time."
Zhu Zhanqian felt happy after earning 280 taels, but he fell into deep thought when he looked at the simple treasure money in his hand.
The treasure banknotes of this era were paper money, but they were not worth enough without actual value, and not many people used it. The actual value of the treasure banknotes with a denomination of 280 taels may be less than 200 taels.
There are two biggest reasons. First, it is that it is not difficult to make treasure money and there will be fakes. At that time, the Hunan King Zhu Bai was reduced to the vassal state by Emperor Jianwen in the name of privately sealing treasure money, and he could not bear the humiliation and burned himself to death.
The second is the issuance of Baochao. There was no rule in the release of Baochao in the court. There was no economics in this era, so I didn’t know about inflation.
The current Minister of Revenue is Xia Yuanji, who is already a top smart person. He and Zhu Gaochi are in charge of finance. It is already very good to do this. The court wanted to promote treasure money, but the implementation has been unsuccessful.
Baochao is OK in several big cities, but it cannot be circulated in big cities.
Private treasure stamps happen from time to time. Although it is basically a death penalty if the control is extremely strict and the number of people is being punished, it is not a business, and the cost of fraud is low and difficult to distinguish, so it is difficult to suppress.
Paper money itself has no value. Its value comes from the value given to it by the national government and lies in what it is linked to.
Although Zhu Zhanji had not studied economics much, he knew the most famous currency, the US dollar, and the petrodollar system determined the strength of the US dollar and its strong liquidity.
With its strong national strength, the United States has made international oil transactions settled in US dollars, linking the US dollar to oil, making the US dollar the most valuable currency in the early 21st century, and the foreign exchange reserves of various countries are US dollars.
Because oil is an energy resource necessary for production and development in various countries, monopoly by the US dollar makes the value of the US dollar linked to this essential product.
One is national strength, the other is the value of linked items, and China's strength is the basis of everything.
There was no oil in this era, and it was impossible to link oil to treasure money, but Zhu Zhanqiu thought about it and his smile gradually emerged.
"It's time to copy homework again."
The most critical resource in this era is not oil, what is it? It is grain. How to link grain with treasure money?
Don’t think about it, just copy homework, that is the food coupon.
Although the food coupon has withdrawn from the historical stage and Zhu Zhanqi has never used it, his grandfather is a food coupon collector and often tells him that he will marry a wife with a 100-pound denomination.
每每讲一次都会被他奶奶揍一次,因为一百斤面额的粮票娶的不是他奶奶而是爷爷的初恋,所以他记忆犹新.
If the treasure banknotes can be linked to food in this era, the treasure banknotes will definitely become circulating currency. When the court can issue currency, the country's government will make a big leap.
With this idea, Zhu Zhanqiu only had a roadblock in front of him, that is, anti-counterfeiting. It is difficult for Baochao to be anti-counterfeited in the technology of this era. As long as the anti-counterfeiting technology is not met, there will definitely be counterfeit private seals.
There is no good solution to anti-counterfeiting. This is the end of the technology of this era. To quickly improve this matter, it requires the cooperation of all walks of life. It is estimated that it will not be able to do it in a short period of time.
After returning to the room, the emperor issued an order, saying that Zhu Zhanji would go to the newly built Guard Office to take up the position. The position was Si Cheng, who was the leader's assistant. Because he was young, he didn't have to go to work, but he didn't have a grade or a salary. It all depends on how much the leader was happy to give him.
Zhu Zhanqi was worried. Uncle Er must have put on his own shoes. He would not have a penny salary at that time, but he had three percent of the shares. For this amount of shares, he had to find a way to give him some advice.
As soon as the imperial edict left, his fat father came.
"Chu'er, you go out first." It was obvious that the fat father asked the eunuch to stay outside because he had something to say to him, so he ordered the servants to go out first and bring them to the door.
He was still very satisfied with his son's ability to observe his words and expressions.
"Zhan Ji, the imperial edict to serve in the Guard Department has arrived. This is your first job, but you must do your best."
"Father, don't worry, your son should do it with all his heart."
Zhu Gaochi was quite pleased, but he wanted to speak but stopped. He struggled for a while before saying, "Zhan Chi, you and your elder brother are brothers of the same mother. I hope you can be kind and respectful to your father. Don't get the appreciation of your emperor grandfather and become arrogant."
Zhu Zhanqi understood that Zhu Gaochi was here to beat him. If a son born in the royal family was useless, he would be worried, and if each son was capable, he would be worried.
Zhu Gaochi himself has a deep understanding of this. His second and third brothers are capable people. He and this elder brother have to be on guard against each other every day. If it weren't for the brotherly relationship he had been holding on as a child, he would have been torn apart long ago.
Zhu Zhanji stood up and saluted seriously: "My father will always be the father of Erchen, and the eldest brother will always be the eldest brother of Erchen."
"Okay, okay." Zhu Gaochi was relieved.
"But my father, why did I ask me to work as a subordinate of my second uncle? What should I do if my second uncle wears my little shoes?"
Zhu Gaochi smiled awkwardly in the face of Zhu Zhanji's inquiry. Just as he was about to open his mouth, the door was opened with force.
Standing at the door was his good brother Zhu Zhanji.
Zhu Zhanji was in a hurry at this time and his face was full of panic.
"Father, it's not good. Grandpa Emperor is going to kill someone."
Chapter completed!