My life skills in Daming Liver

The Ming Dynasty has established a set of effective official document transmission system, and spread the whole country through the express delivery system.

For urgent official documents sent from various places, courier shops have different delivery deadlines, similar to ordinary mail and urgent mail of express delivery today.

In the complicated official document system of the Ming Dynasty, officials at all levels could not write official documents casually.

Official documents addressed to the emperor and superior yamen each have different formats, and official documents addressed to the emperor are strictly classified.

To put it simply, the ministers abroad divided the letter to the emperor into "Zouben", "Titlebook", and "Jietie".

The format of these official documents varies, and the delivery method is also different.

The Zouben is the most formal official document format, with the strictest requirements. The Zouben does not need to be sent to the Secretary of General Affairs, but can be sent directly from the Huiji Gate to the emperor's imperial case by the Supervisor of Rites.

However, starting from the Jingtai year, the playbook was basically not used much, and most official documents were changed to the inscription and secret disclosure.

The title book is the most commonly used official document of the ministers. The title book will be sent to the Secretary of General Administration, who will copy it, one copy will be sent to the cabinet, and the other will be sent to the six department officials. The cabinet's title book will be signed with the suggestions of the cabinet ministers, which are drafted for the ticket, and then sent to the emperor for approval.

The inscription is countersigned by the cabinet, reviewed and revised by six subjects, and approved by the emperor. It is the most official official document format of the Ming Dynasty.

If important officials in the court and local officials have important events to play, they will basically use the title book.

Finally, there is secret disclosure. Secret disclosure can only be submitted by ministers who are close to the emperor, or eunuchs and military officers sent abroad. Secret disclosure is more free than the format of the memorial, and there is no need to send it to the Secretary of General Political Affairs and the Cabinet, let alone copy the six departments. , you can talk directly with the emperor.

Eunuch Tao's performance is naturally a secret passage.

However, when the secret report was published, Eunuch Tao also wrote a copy to his backer, the great eunuch Li Fang, and also sent Li Fang three new coins, this is to ensure that his secret report can be seen by the emperor.

Theoretically, only the emperor can read the secret revelation, but Emperor Jiajing devoted himself to cultivating Taoism, and could not be as diligent in political affairs as he was in the early days of his succession. He read every memorial.

Nowadays, Emperor Jiajing generally entrusts the eunuch who is in charge of ceremonies to check the title books of courtiers. The eunuch will approve the red seal and send it back to the cabinet for execution. He will only intervene in person on major court affairs.

Most of the secret revelations were also approved by the supervisor of ceremonies after reviewing them. Only the secret revelations of cabinet ministers and ministers close to and trusted by the emperor would be read by the emperor himself.

The secret disclosure passed through the emergency military information channel was sent from Fujian to the capital at high speed, and then sent directly from Huiji Gate to the Sili Supervisor.

Now the eunuch who is in charge of the entire supervisor of ceremonies is Huang Jin, and there are four eunuchs who hold pens under him, that is, the eunuchs who are responsible for approving memorials and awards. Li Fang is also one of the eunuchs who hold pens.

Eunuch Tao naturally has a fast channel to deliver news to Li Fang, and Li Fang has already known the contents of the secret disclosure in advance.

Li Fang, who knew Jiajing's thoughts very well, immediately knew that it was a great contribution after seeing the new money sent by Eunuch Tao!

Li Fang knows the thoughts of this Longevity Emperor too well!

The fairy islands on the sea on the three immortal coins are lifelike, not to mention whether eunuch Tao's rhetoric of "granting money in a dream" is true, if it has something to do with overseas fairy islands, it will please the emperor.

You must know that Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to seek the elixir, and he went to Sanxian Island overseas. For Emperor Jiajing, who was seeking Taoism and longevity, Sanxian Island was naturally a great auspicious omen.

Li Fang has read books, and he knows the importance of money law. If every copper coin is as good as Mr. Tao's contribution, and the price of the coinage is as low as he said, then this time the Fujian coinage will be a steady profit. No loss deal.

And this emperor, the emperor, was not stingy with rewards to those who could help him get money.

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Li Fang remained calm, took Tao Gonggong's secret disclosure from her godson, read it quickly and quickly put it in his pocket, and then said to Huang Jin, the palm print eunuch: "Da Dang, the minister wants to face the saint."

All the eunuchs present raised their heads, and Huang Jin also looked at Li Fang.

Huang Jin nodded and said, "Go."

Li Fang hurried out of the supervisor of ceremonies, and the eunuch Chen Hong, who was standing next to Huang Jin, looked like a poisonous snake.

The supervisor of ceremonies does not have a fixed office space. Generally, wherever the emperor works, the supervisor of rites will set up a prison in the side room.

Now the emperor lives in Yuxi Palace in Xiyuan, and the Supervisor of Rites is just beside Xiyuan.

All the eunuchs had their own thoughts, Li Fang must have something important to face the saint alone, the honor and disgrace of the eunuchs in the palace belonged to the Longevity Emperor alone, and no one was willing to change the power structure in the palace.

Huang Jin sighed, he was the old man of the emperor's hidden residence, and now the situation in the palace and outside the court was delicate, and he also had the idea of ​​asking for a retreat.

The reason why Li Fang agreed to face the saint alone was because Huang Jin had the idea of ​​handing over the shift.

It's just that the emperor's kindness is unpredictable, and I don't know if Li Fang can gain the emperor's trust.

All of a sudden, there was the sound of running out of copper in the West Garden. Huang Jin put down the pen in his hand and walked out of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, only to hear the sound of running out of copper coming from Yuxi Palace.

The eunuchs who are familiar with Jiajing know that this emperor has become more mysterious in recent years, but when his mood is ups and downs, he will frantically beat the copper.

Bingbi eunuch Chen Hong lowered his head. He and Li Fang had always been at loggerheads. Now that Huang Jin had shown his intention to withdraw, and the affairs of the chief of ceremonies were less concerned, both Chen Hong and Li Fang were vying for the position of eunuch with palm seal.

Now that Li Fang is in the limelight, Chen Hong is naturally the most unhappy.

Chen Hong lowered his head, not showing his expression, but he was more suspicious of the relationship between Li Fang and Huang Jin in his heart. Did these two guys have some secret handover agreement?

What is it that can make the emperor who has been practicing Xuangong so excited?

But as the well-informed eunuch Bingbi, Chen Hong knew the reason the next day.

The eunuch of the Mint Supervisory Office of Fujian Province presented new coins, which was approved by the emperor. The emperor ordered Li Fang to send Tao eunuch's coinage method and new coins to the household department. Fujian is first cast to see the effect later. If Fujian can pass, it can be promoted to the whole country.

The emperor immediately issued an edict, ordering Mrs. Tao to supervise the handling of new money, and allowed him to use all the mine supervisors, iron factories and craftsmen in Fujian to dredge the money law in Fujian.

Not only the inside of the palace was shocked, but the outside of the palace was even more shocked.

Normal national policies have to be drafted by the cabinet, sent to Ke Dao for review and approval, and then sent to the six ministries for implementation.

This set of procedures is naturally for the purpose of restricting the cabinet with low-ranking officials, which embodies the fine tradition of "controlling the big with the small" of Lord Hongwu.

This time the emperor "cooperated" with the Ministry of Households to order the minting of new coins, but the cabinet did not say a word, which made the officials very angry. !

Ke Dao officials began to quote scriptures, from the money law since the pre-Qin period to the money law of this dynasty, and they all resisted the new money that the emperor wanted to mint.

These speech officials soon discovered that the emperor's attitude towards casting new money was very firm this time, and they demoted several of the first letters to Shizhong and Yushi from the court, and they soon discovered that the wind was not in the right direction.

The blood of the highland defense tower is too thick to move!

Since the emperor can't move, Ke Dao can only grow old with Yan Ge.

Ke Dao's officials changed direction and began to impeach Mr. Yan Ge for not being able to persuade the emperor, so that the emperor sent eunuchs to mint coins to disrupt the money law.

Old Yan Ge, who was lying on the gun, was also stupid. He sat in the cabinet, and the pot came from the sky.

However, Mr. Yan Ge was not a fool. He quickly organized a manpower to fight back, and took advantage of his power as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to quickly adjust several key positions, and beat back this time the speaker rushed to the tower.

Eunuch Tao didn't know that his secret disclosure of asking for new coins had caused such a big fight in the court.

But even if he knew this eunuch, he would just smile and watch these ministers bite dogs.

Thousands of miles away, Fujian has not yet felt the turmoil in the court, and Eunuch Tao is just anxiously waiting for the reply from the palace.

I don't know when it started, but rumors that the court wanted to abolish Song money spread in Fujian.

The money laws of the Ming Dynasty were often repeated, and many old people have heard the legend of the imperial court abolishing money.

Moreover, Fujian itself used Song money, and the news that Eunuch Tao, the eunuch who supervised the minting of the palace, came to Fujian spread, which caused panic among the people of Fujian.

Families with copper coins at home tried to find ways to exchange copper coins for more valuable silver.

The price of silver soared, and the price of copper coins soared.

The wealth of ordinary people who used copper coins as their main currency was plundered, and those big families with silver deposits, or families that got wind of exchanging copper coins for silver in advance, all made a fortune from this currency crisis.

However, these big families hold copper coins in their hands, but are still waiting to make another fortune.

They are waiting for the big money minted by the imperial court. Every time the imperial court mints money, it will forcibly order the price comparison between copper coins and silver, and require the market to trade according to this price comparison.

Recycling the old currency and forcibly using the new currency is to promote the common operation of the new currency.

At this time, these big families who have mastered copper coins can privately mint new money with the government, and then use the new money to rob other people's wealth.

For a well-informed gentry like Huang Shixing, this time casting money was a win-win situation. The gentry won twice, and the win was embarrassing.

When Song money fell sharply for the first time, Su Ze wrote to Lin Mojun, asking her not to exchange silver for money at this time.

Su Ze also wrote letters to Beishan Village, Sun Dian Shijia and other people in several villages near Changningwei, telling them not to spend money recklessly.

In the panic of the depreciation of old money, everyone still chose to believe in Su Ze and did not use the silver in their hands.

The turmoil caused by rumors of the imperial court's abolition of old money continued, and it swept across the entire territory of Fujian in June.

During this carnival, Huang Shixing exchanged all the silver in his house for copper coins.

In addition, the Huang family's Zhuangzi outside the city was full of coal for the furnace. Huang Shixing also hired several craftsmen who knew how to mint coins. When the new coins issued by the court came out, they immediately imitated them!

Throughout June, Su Ze has been studying at the county school to improve his skills in the imperial examination, and the other students are a little absent-minded.

Among the students studying in the county school, most of them are from poor families. They are not as bold as the Huang family, and they are capable of making new money privately.

But it is still possible to find a big family you know to invest in and ask others to lead you to make a fortune.

According to the estimation of the mathematics teacher invited by Huang Shixing, if the operation is done well, the profit of the copper coins in hand can be tripled or quadrupled, and the money spent can be doubled back.

During this period, Han Li and Yu Zongzhang also found Su Ze, saying that they had a way to make money, and asked Su Ze if he wanted to take a share.

Su Ze naturally refused, and persuaded them not to exchange silver for money at this time.

But loyal words are hard to hear, and under the temptation of doubling their family property, Su Ze can't worry about whether the two of them listened to Su Ze's words.

By the end of June, the imperial court ordered Tao Gonggong to mint coins and spread to Fujian. These big households in the province had completed the hoarding of old money, and they were waiting to imitate new money to win again.

After receiving the order, Eunuch Tao found Su Ze immediately.

"Mr. Su! Mr. Su! The court approves it!"

Eunuch Tao's eyes filled with tears, he firmly held Su Ze's hand, the first hurdle has passed, but casting new money is the most important hurdle.

Only when he minted useful new money and stabilized the value of the new money in Fujian, could his errand be considered a successful completion.

Eunuch Tao only hated that he had not studied and was not qualified to be promoted to the supervisor of ceremonies, but this credit also allowed him to become the eunuch in charge of the Palace Department.

"I also ask Mr. Su to help me build a mint!"

Su Ze also cupped his hands and said: "Qian follows the imperial court's plan, Su is obliged to do so!"

Eunuch Tao took out another scroll from his sleeve.

"This is the hydrographic map of Fujian that Mr. Su asked for."

Su Ze remained silent. The ancient map is a secret, and only the chief envoy Si Yamen has this hydrographic map in Fujian.

These are all important materials for the rebellion!

Su Ze remained calm, put away the hydrographic map and said, "Please allow Su to study it and see where it is suitable to build a water conservancy workshop."

"Mr. Su, take it and study it carefully, just start the workshop on the other side of the mine first."

Su Ze went on to say: "With the copper stored in Fujian's library, it is still not enough to mint a province's coins. Earlier, my father-in-law said that I would buy Song coins from the market?"

Speaking of this, Eunuch Tao said angrily: "I don't know where there are rumors that the court wants to abolish the Song Dynasty money. These big families bought a lot of Song money. Our family asked the government to exchange it. They also shirk and argue. It's really hateful! "

"From our family's point of view, these big households are hoarding Song money, preparing to issue new money to follow the trend and privately mint it to make a fortune!"

Su Ze smiled slightly. He had expected this result a long time ago. The big households in Fujian were all waiting for this opportunity to make a fortune.

"Father-in-law, in the past when the imperial court promoted new money, how did they put the money into the market?"

Once the money is minted, it must be circulated in the market to be valuable.

Eunuch Tao said: "Naturally, the people are forced to use the new money and exchange it for the new money."

Su Ze sighed, indeed the eunuch was straightforward.

Su Ze asked temptingly: "Elder-in-law, do you want to leave your name in history?"