My father is Jiajing

Chapter 358 Looks a Lot Like Me

Zhu Zaigui continued to fold the silver ingot in his hand and said slowly: "This king asks you a question. Is there anything in this world that can gather together like water, forming an unstoppable force, and can circulate and regenerate endlessly!"

After Zhu Zaigui asked this question, everyone present couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

There are so many things in the world that can gather together like water to form an unstoppable force, but after gathering, they can circulate over and over again, and it seems that there is nothing that can continue endlessly.

So for a moment everyone showed a confused expression, waiting for Zhu Zaigui to explain.

Zhu Zaigui saw that the atmosphere was almost created and it was time for him to continue showing off.

Zhu Zaigui placed one of the silver ingots on the table and held the other in his hand, then said in a positive tone: "It's silver! To be more precise, it's money!"

"If we can find a way to make silver flow like water, then we will have more than enough money to build not only the outer city of the capital, but also another Beijing city."

"But if we can't turn silver into a flowing river, then we can only spend as much as we have, and once we spend it, it's gone, and it will just be a stagnant pool. So now we have to figure out a way to turn silver into a surging river like running water."

"As long as this great river can become a reality, then on both sides of the river, everything will be like fertile fields watered by the river water, and will continuously produce abundant harvests."

"In this way, all problems can be solved, right?"

As soon as Zhu Zaigui finished speaking, everyone fell into deep thought again.

Prince Yu's idea is indeed very advanced, and if you think about it carefully, it seems to be true.

If money can really be made to flow like a rushing river, then not only can the current problem be properly solved, but the same problem can also be easily solved in the future.

But how can we turn silver into living water?

This point really stumped everyone present, because their understanding of money was still very simple. They believed that money was money, and it was normal to spend one cent earned.

Therefore, when they encounter problems, the first thing they want to know is how much money they have and how much money they can spend.

As for the part that exceeds the money they have, they can either spend it sparingly or borrow money from others according to their means.

Therefore, it is somewhat difficult to make them understand silver as flowing water.

After all, the term "flowing water" is a financial concept that was derived after the industrial civilization and economic development. Before that, the ancients used money in a very simple way.

Therefore, many wealthy people in history, after making money, would rather spend huge amounts of money to dig one bottomless cellar after another in their homes to store the wealth accumulated from generations, and they would not take out a single cent to circulate in the market.

Therefore, this also led to the reality that the imperial court spent huge amounts of money to mint coins every year, but was short of money every year.

Because almost all the newly minted money was earned by these landlords, and then they either destroyed and recast it in batches to make huge profits from the price difference, or hid all the coins underground, thinking that they would last forever and would not see the light of day for hundreds of years.

Therefore, even if the ancient financial industry had financial instruments and financial derivatives such as Jiaozi, money houses, and silver bills, it could not change the ancients' simple understanding of silver and money. They still felt that money was safest only in their own hands. However, this behavior would inadvertently cause a shortage of money in the market, and would also force the court to spend huge sums of money every year to re-mint coins for market circulation.

But this was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much money the imperial court minted, there was still a severe shortage of money in the market. In the end, many places could only barter and use things like cloth as currency.

Therefore, in order to change the current situation of lack of money in the market, Zhu Zaigui had to come up with some new ideas for these ancients.

Zhu Zaigui said, "I just said that I would not use the money from Shunyi Industrial Park for the construction of the outer city of the capital. It was not without purpose, but because I had no intention of doing so from the beginning. Therefore, even if I asked Mr. Zhang to write this proposal in the letter to Lord Xu, it was only one part of my plan."

"Earlier today, I submitted a memorial to Your Majesty, stating my opinion. Now I am waiting for Your Majesty's approval. If Your Majesty can adopt my new proposal, then I can easily turn the situation around in the outer city of the capital and make it revitalized."

"But if your majesty thinks it's not possible, then whether it's the project of the outer city of the capital, the newly appointed Hu Zongxian, or the elders of the cabinet, they will have to fend for themselves. After all, the outer city of the capital is also your majesty's face. Whoever dares to embarrass your majesty will have to pay the price!"

No one present could refute Zhu Zaigui's words.

Because they all know the importance of the outer city of the capital, the current outer city project of the capital has become an important event that concerns the face of the court and the emperor's eternal achievements.

Whoever dares to slack off in this matter, Wang Youzhao’s fate will only be the beginning, and there will be many people who will be implicated and dealt with later!
In serious cases, even the high-ranking ministers may be implicated and become scapegoats to clear the emperor's reputation.

So when Zhu Zaigui just finished speaking, everyone's originally relaxed mood became tense again.

Hai Rui asked, "How confident are you that His Majesty will accept your opinion?"

Seeing Hai Rui's concerned expression, Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Mr. Hai, why don't you ask me what my solution is? What if my solution is just a meaningless, whimsical and lousy one? Then, wouldn't it be the end of us?"

Hai Rui was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately said, "Your Highness is a genius, and the method you came up with must be a supreme method that ordinary people like me cannot achieve. Therefore, I believe in Your Highness!"

After hearing Hai Rui's words, Zhu Zaigui's smile became even brighter.

Zhu Zaigui said proudly: "I never thought that one day I would be so exaggerated as Hai Gangfeng. This is enough for my life!"

Then Zhu Zaigui burst into laughter.

At the same time, in the Yuxi Palace in the Western Garden, Emperor Jiajing was also looking at a new plan submitted by Zhu Zaigui, titled "On the Establishment of the Beijing Special Economic Zone Development Bank, Vigorously Promoting the Steady Construction of the Beijing Special Economic Zone Project, and Opening Up New Heights of the Jiajing Prosperity of the Ming Dynasty."

Emperor Jiajing also became interested in the new words and new suggestions in the new plan.

After reading it over and over again without missing a word, Emperor Jiajing praised it sincerely: "The Beijing Special District is great. He is indeed the son who looks most like me! This little brain works very quickly, just like me."

Emperor Jiajing praised Zhu Zaigui generously, and then he excitedly shouted to Huang Jin: "Huang Jin, go and call the Cabinet, the Ministry of Revenue, and Hu Zongxian. I want to make a new arrangement for them!"

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