In the 15th year of Hongzhi, on March 3, the commander of the Royal Guards of Ming Dynasty was transferred to the southeast to supervise Zhejiang and Fujian to guard against Japanese pirates.
Before Wei Wenli left, he planned to inform Emperor Hongzhi of Su Ce's existence so that Emperor Hongzhi would pay attention to this little mister who was hiding in Scholarflower Alley.
Those civil officials of the imperial court always claimed to be important officials of the country, bullshit!
Wei Wenli was a martial artist. He felt that those people in the court could not compare to Su Ce. Although Su Ce was young, his every move carried wisdom and confidence.
His EQ was extremely high. Most of the time, you would feel comfortable talking to him, so comfortable that you seemed to have forgotten his age.
But sometimes, when you talked to him, you would feel fear. If this young mister really wanted to deal with his opponent, the other party would definitely die without a complete corpse.
However, Wei Wenli ultimately chose not to inform Emperor Hongzhi.
First of all, Su Ce's body was not suitable for being an official in the court. Wei Wenli had clearly seen Su Ce coughing up blood. He could not tire himself out in the court.
Secondly, he knew that Su Ce liked this kind of elegant and quiet environment. He would not be used to it if he went to the imperial court.
Due to various reasons, Wei Wenli did not inform Emperor Hongzhi. He silently left North Zhili and headed straight for the Southeast Governor to prepare for the Japanese pirates with the hopes of Su Ce and the Crown Prince.
Today was March 15th, around Qingming Festival.
Su Ce woke up early. It was still simple rice porridge and radish vegetables. His taste was a little bland. His ancestors were from the Suzhou government, and it was the same in both his previous and current life. It was a little sweet.
He would always eat breakfast slowly, enjoying the feeling of the spring sun shining on his body, feeling the spring breeze caressing his face but not feeling cold.
After breakfast, he went to wash the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen before returning to the room.
He was still wearing a white shirt. He did not tie his hair up with a square scarf that was commonly seen by scholars in the Ming Dynasty. He just casually tied his hair up.
In the end, he put on a black cloak. His body could be said to be more 'delicate' from a certain point of view, and he would cough non-stop if he suffered a little more cold.
Whenever he went out, he would always wrap himself up very tightly.
After everything was done, Su Ce praised the small basket and walked out.
As soon as he reached the door, he saw Zhu Houzhao walking towards him.
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment. He kicked away the eunuchs beside him and roared,""Who are you? I've tolerated you for a long time! You dare to follow me?"
Behind him were the Eight Tiger Eunuchs and the plainclothes Imperial Army soldiers who had yet to disperse.
He was afraid that Su Ce would suspect his identity, so he kicked Liu Jin and the others away mercilessly.
Su Ce found it funny and pretended not to notice.
"Brother Ce, where are you going? Why are you praising the little basket?"
"Oh," Su Ce said,"Isn't it almost Tomb-Sweeping Day today? I'm going to pay my respects to the ancestors."
"What? Worship the ancestors? Isn't your ancestral home in Suzhou?"
"Yes," Su Ce replied,"I moved the ancestral grave to Shuntian Prefecture last year."”
In fact, Su Ce had also planned to return to the Suzhou government, but after he bought this small courtyard, the system was activated.
This house was his system, so his plan to return to the Suzhou government was put on hold.
Moreover, he did not have any relatives in the Suzhou government.
Back when his parents were still alive and doing business, his relatives would surround him with respect.
However, after Su Ce fell ill and spent all his parents 'savings, those relatives who used to surround him avoided him, afraid that the Su family would borrow money.
Therefore, there was no point in going back, so he hired people to move his parents 'ancestral graves to Shuntian Prefecture to facilitate the memorial ceremony.
"Oh, I see. I'm also planning to go out for a walk. Let's go together.”
"Alright."
Su Ce didn't mind. He walked slowly, and Zhu Houzhao walked leisurely as well. The Imperial Army of the Eastern Palace and Liu Jin and the other eunuchs were all around him.
Anyone who dared to approach would be stopped by this group of people.
When they reached the market, Su Ce said,""I'm going to buy some paper money."
Zhu Houzhao followed Su Ce to a funeral shop.
Su Ce chose some paper money and compared the prices before finally buying some.
"I'll pay," Zhu Houzhao said.”
He took out the Great Ming Treasure Notes from his arms and handed them to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper said with a troubled expression,"Sir, please forgive me. This shop doesn't accept treasure notes.”
"Why?" Zhu Houzhao asked unhappily. Treasure notes weren't money anymore? The imperial court had ordered that the streets and streets were not allowed to reject the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes.”
The shop owner looked terrified and finally sighed,""Little Langjun, can I not do this business anymore? I beg you, go buy it from another shop.”
Zhu Houzhao wanted to continue, but Su Ce stopped him.
Su Ce smiled and said to the shopkeeper,"My big brother is like this. Please forgive him."”
He took out some silver from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper weighed it with a small scale and cut a piece of silver with a pair of scissors before accepting the money. He didn't forget to thank Su Ce.
Zhu Houzhao cursed as he followed Su Ce out. His face was still filled with anger.
"What right do they have to not recognize my notes?”
Su Ce calmly explained to Zhu Houzhao,""From the Hongwu period until now, the Great Ming Dynasty would issue treasure notes every year. At the beginning, treasure notes had equivalent value and could even match Hongwu Tongbao and silver.”
"However, there's no way to collect them back. Every time the commoners use them to exchange for copper coins, they have to pay a fee. The commoners are not fools, so they are naturally unwilling to exchange them.”
"After the excessive issue of banknotes, prices began to depreciate. As time passed, who would still be willing to use banknotes to measure prices?”
From the Hongwu period, the exchange ratio of treasure notes and copper coins was one to one. By the Hongzhi period, it had been diluted to one thousand to one.
The value of treasure notes had shrunk drastically. Although the imperial court had decreed that the use of treasure notes could not be refused, even though the imperial court had used an administrative order to enforce it, the people would not recognize it.
As a result, the common people did not recognize the banknotes anymore. The Ming Dynasty finally returned to the silver era.
This involved economic principles. Although Su Ce had explained and Zhu Houzhao had heard every word clearly, he had no idea what Su Ce was talking about.
" Let me give you an example," Su Ce explained patiently." Now you have 1,000 wen worth of notes. You can buy 1,000 buns."”
"But one day, you suddenly have nine thousand wen in your hands. You have a total of ten thousand wen in notes, but you still only have one thousand buns.”
"Back then, you could buy a bun for one copper coin. Now, you need ten copper coins to buy a bun, right?”
Indiscriminately issuing currency, and the Ming government did not make sufficient preparations to recover, leading to a severe rate of inflation. In the end, the price of the treasure notes depreciated sharply. This was the irreversible process of the Ming Dynasty's treasure notes from prosperity to extinction.
This time, Zhu Houzhao understood and said,""I see. No wonder the commoners don't recognize treasure notes. Because treasure notes have no credibility in the hearts of the commoners.”
"It's like this." Su Ce smiled.
Zhu Houzhao gave him a thumbs up and said,"Oh my god!" There's really nothing you don't understand!”
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