On the morning of the fifth day of June, an urgent official document was delivered to the capital city over a distance of 600 miles.
The Ming Dynasty cabinet had a duty system.
Since most cabinet members held important positions in the six ministries, they were unable to stay in Wenyuan Pavilion for a long time to work.
So generally speaking.
Cabinet members will take turns on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion to respond to emergencies or handle urgent official business.
The person on duty in the inner cabinet that day was the Minister of Revenue Xie Sanbin.
After receiving the official document, he immediately went to the palace to meet Chongzhen.
"Your Majesty, Wang Yongji has sent an urgent document from six hundred miles away." Xie Sanbin said after seeing Chongzhen.
"What's up?"
"The power transition within the Jiannu has been completed. Jirgalang is missing and Dorgon is back in power!" Xie Sanbin replied.
Chongzhen was not surprised by this. He said calmly: "Dorgon is good at political schemes. It is within my expectation that he can regain power."
"Your Majesty is as good as a god. I can't even compare to him." Xie Sanbin began to flatter him.
Chongzhen had long been immune to this kind of flattery. He said with a slight frown, "Wang Yongji wouldn't send an urgent message over 600 miles just for this matter, would he?"
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I was so amazed at your talent that I forgot to talk about the real business." Xie Sanbin said with his hands down, "Dorgon sent someone to deliver a personal letter to Wang Yongji, intending to exchange the entire family of Prince Lu and Zu Dashou for the remains of Ajige, Ebilun and others."
"Prince Lu and Zu Dashou?" Chongzhen was surprised at first, then said decisively: "You didn't agree to the exchange before, but now you agree. The exchange is fake, but the delay is real, right?"
"The Ping Liao army also made such speculation, but Dorgon's letter was very sincere. Wang Yongji was afraid of missing the opportunity to exchange for Prince Lu, so he wrote to ask Your Majesty for advice!" Xie Sanbin said, handing Wang Yongji's letter to the eunuch next to him.
"We can change, but the war cannot stop." Chongzhen said as he watched.
When I saw in Wang Yongji's letter that Li Dingguo suggested a temporary ceasefire with the Jiannu and heading north to fight the Mongols.
He smiled and said, "Li Dingguo's plan is very good. Let's follow his method."
"What about the exchange..." asked Xie Sanbin.
"You can exchange bones for living people. There's no reason not to exchange bones." Chongzhen first set the tone for this matter, "But you can't really exchange."
Xie Sanbin blinked his eyes: "Your Majesty means to find some from the mass grave outside the city..."
Before Xie Sanbin could finish, Chongzhen interrupted him and said, "You are fully responsible for this matter. You don't need to report to me after you are done."
"I understand. I'll obey your order!" Xie Sanbin had already made up his mind when he spoke.
The last time the Jiannu invaded the pass and plundered was seven years ago.
After the death of Ajige and Ebilun, their bodies were hastily buried underground.
Seven years have passed, and the bodies of these people have long since turned into a pile of bones.
Since they are bones, it is impossible to tell whether they are real or fake.
Then he could just find some bones to deceive the Jian Nu.
This is getting more and more interesting.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his face involuntarily.
Looking at Xie Sanbin with a smile on his face, Chongzhen suddenly remembered something.
He coughed lightly: "Thank you, Minister?"
"I am here."
"How is the currency reform going? This national policy has been implemented for several years, so it should have some results, right?"
It would have been better if Chongzhen didn't ask, but after he asked, Xie Sanbin's head was buzzing.
What you fear will come to you.
As far as he knew, the currency reform encountered no resistance from ordinary people.
Even ordinary businessmen and landowners strongly supported this policy.
It's not that they are reasonable, it's the policy.
At the court level, currency reform was a voluntary act.
Not mandatory.
If you have silver, you can exchange it for Ming Yuanbao, or you can choose not to exchange it.
But when it comes to local officials, voluntary becomes compulsory.
Why did it turn out like this?
Because in their eyes, this is a political task assigned to them by their superiors.
Whoever fails to complete the task has problems with his or her ability.
It will not only affect your own future, but also give your opponents a handle.
As for whether it would affect the Ming Dynasty, they didn't care.
In order to complete their tasks, they would force local people to exchange their silver for Ming Yuanbao.
Not changing?
First they threaten them, then they beat them, and if that doesn’t work, they just make up a random crime and lock them up.
Ordinary people were simply powerless to resist and could only let it go.
But there are some exceptions.
Gentleman!
Relying on their own or their fathers' and grandfathers' background as officials, they joined forces with a group of businessmen to resist the national policy.
Faced with these people, local officials did not dare to force the currency reform.
This is the same as assigning corvee labor.
They would only impose corvée labor on ordinary people, while the gentry had privileges and exemptions.
This is an unwritten rule.
After all, local officials don’t know the details of the gentry.
If he still has connections in the court, the local officials themselves will be the ones who suffer in the end.
Local officials were forcibly implementing currency reform. Didn’t the imperial court know about it?
Of course I know!
But the same thing.
Power is accountable only to the source of its power.
The national policy of currency reform was proposed by Chongzhen.
In order to save Chongzhen's face, officials had no choice but to turn a blind eye.
Chongzhen also knew about this.
He also chose to turn a blind eye.
So, this voluntary thing turned into a forced voluntary thing.
If the people have a large amount of silver.
When the currency reform is implemented to this extent, it can almost be declared a success.
but...
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