amaotonovel Chapter 594 Is what you, Yang the Madman, are saying even human?!
Chapter 594 Is what you, Yang the Madman, are saying even human?!
Suddenly called upon by Lao Deng in public, Yang Shaofeng had no choice but to bow respectfully and say, "In my opinion, twelve taels of silver is not too high, but it is not too low either."
"After all, this trouble was caused by Naha himself."
"The fact that the Ming Dynasty was willing to buy his five thousand warhorses is already a great help to him."
"If the Ming Dynasty refuses to buy his five thousand warhorses, he will have to find a way to face the accountability of the false emperor Hu Yuan himself."
To put it bluntly, it depends on how much value Nahachu still has for the Ming Dynasty.
The purchase of five thousand warhorses from Naha involved more than just money.
There are at least two problems that need to be solved here.
The first problem is that five thousand warhorses can be frozen to death by the White Disaster, but they absolutely cannot disappear into thin air.
To safely transport these 5,000 warhorses to the Ming Dynasty, Nahachu would at least need to find a way to collect some horses that had actually frozen to death, as evidence that the warhorses had frozen to death.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to explain themselves to the false emperor of Hu Yuan, Aiyushiridara, nor to Kökö Temür (Wang Baobao, Zhao Min's brother).
This leads to the second question.
Assuming that Nahachu has reported that 5,000 warhorses have frozen to death and has successfully replaced them.
However, the Ming Dynasty did not purchase the warhorses that Naha had sold.
Nahachu then had to consider how to convince Ayushiridara Kökö Temür that he had inexplicably gained five thousand warhorses.
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but shake his head.
They couldn't even reach an agreement with the seller or agree on a price, yet they still "frozen" five thousand warhorses to death. I doubt any normal person would do something like that.
I don't know whether to say Nahachu is bold or stupid.
Is this guy really a descendant of Mu Huali, one of Liu Muzhen's four heroes?
Just as Yang Shaofeng was inwardly complaining, Emperor Zhu bent his finger and tapped the table: "Then it will still be twelve taels per bolt."
Emperor Zhu then turned his gaze to Yang Shaofeng and instructed, "Have Park Sung-sung tell Nahachu that this matter was too sudden, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury cannot spare much gold and silver in a short time. He will have to make do with what he has."
"However, the market will try its best to compensate him, allowing him to choose some valuable items, or even limited editions."
"Give him a portion of things like that royal-style glass cup, Longquan ink paste, Tangxi sword, Duan inkstone, ambergris, and so on."
understood.
I have no money.
However, we can provide several sets of glass made from sand.
The remaining luxuries that can't be eaten or that no one would be willing to use can also be given.
That old man, Deng, is utterly wicked.
Yang Shaofeng muttered to himself, when Emperor Zhu suddenly looked at Yang Shaofeng with a forced smile and asked, "Now that you've finished talking about the five thousand warhorses, tell me about the bank."
Upon hearing the words "bank," Yang Shaofeng immediately perked up.
"As I stated in my memorial, the bank was established by separating a separate office from the paper money tax office at the Dengzhou border market, specifically targeting officials from the outer provinces."
“People like Nahachu, Park Sung-sung, and Du Shunqin could open an account at a bank and deposit their banknotes into that account, with the bank issuing them deposit slips.”
"Deposit certificates are anonymous and do not recognize individuals."
"Redeem precious paper money with your ticket."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, the entire Qianqing Palace became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
What kind of vicious mind must one have to come up with such a despicable and outrageous idea?
The terms "anonymous, not recognizing persons, and only accepting paper money by ticket" would be difficult to enforce once they were announced. People like Nahachu, who were far from the Ming Dynasty, would be better off, but officials from distant vassal states like Park Deok-hwan, Park Sung-sung, and Do Soon-gin, who were from the Ming Dynasty, would definitely use the money exchange business.
They might even be able to handle these matters remotely for their respective domestic officials.
Officials like Nahachu, who lived relatively far from the Ming Dynasty, might not deposit all their money in banks, but they would certainly deposit a smaller portion.
To put it bluntly, they were using the money exchange as a fallback option for them.
Liu Bowen, the head of the Censorate, Yang Siyi, the Minister of Revenue, and Duan Fuchu, the Minister of Justice, all cast suspicious glances at the civil and military officials present.
Duan Fuchu bowed directly to Emperor Zhu and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of the money exchange must not be done, otherwise there will be endless troubles."
Liu Bowen then bowed to Emperor Zhu and said, "If it is necessary to open a bank, I request that an imperial censor and the Embroidered Uniform Guard be dispatched to the bank."
Minister of Revenue Yang Siyi hurriedly added: "The banks must submit their accounts to the national treasury and the Ministry of Justice on time. In addition, officials, soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty should be prohibited from conducting business with the banks."
After hearing what Liu Bowen, Duan Fuchu, and Yang Siyi said, Emperor Zhu and Xu Da, who had only seen the benefits of the money exchange, suddenly realized the truth.
These anonymous, unregistered banks, which only issued banknotes upon presentation of a ticket, not only benefited foreign officials like Nahachu and Park Seong-sung, but also officials of the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Park Sung-sung deposited 10,000 kan in a money exchange, and then, the deposit slip for that 10,000 kan inexplicably ended up in the hands of some official in the Ming Dynasty...
However, Liu Bowen, Duan Fuchu, and Yang Siyi never expected that Yang Shaofeng would actually chuckle and say, "The Earl of Chengyi is overthinking things, and so are Duan Duantang and Minister Yang."
"This bank claims to only accept deposit slips and not people, but in reality it does accept people."
"The so-called 'recognizing only the deposit certificate and not the person' means that Park Sung-sung can use the deposit certificate issued by Naha to withdraw the precious notes."
"Not just anyone can take a deposit slip and withdraw money."
"Besides, this bank will only be located in the border markets or even Jeju Island, strictly restricting the entry and exit of people from the Ming Dynasty, and will not handle business for them."
"Of course, to make things easier for the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Revenue or the Secretariat could also open banks, but the requirements would be changed to allow whoever deposits the money to withdraw it."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng rattled off a list of various ways to make money in the Ming Dynasty, and finally concluded: "In the future, there will always be merchants who are too lazy to withdraw money every day and will instead deposit it in banks."
"Having money in a bank is equivalent to having money in the national treasury."
"Minister Yang, you can be more generous when approving funds in the future, instead of always being so stingy."
Yang Siyi's face immediately darkened.
If you're going to talk about something, just say it. Why do you have to use such sarcastic and ironic language?
Besides, is what you, Yang the Madman, are saying even human language?!
If I weren't so stingy, the Ming Dynasty's treasury would have been so empty that rats could run away with it long ago!
Just as Yang Siyi was internally ranting, Emperor Zhu turned his gaze to Li Shanchang: "Brother Shanchang, I'll leave this matter of the bank to your Secretariat?"
Before Li Shanchang could refuse, Emperor Zhu looked directly at Xu Da and said, "Let's discuss the Northern Expedition now."