My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 10 Sit up startled in dying illness

  Zhang Anshi's words made Zhu Di heave a sigh of relief, as long as he doesn't die.

Zhu Di suddenly remembered what happened in the school, and he pretended to be calm and said calmly: "I heard that Zhang Fu was doing mischief in the school all day long, by the way, there is also Zhu Yonghe... a man named Zhang Anshi, since you are their friend. Is it fake?"

   Sure enough, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles!

Zhang Anshi said: "This is all rumors. There are occasional jokes among our classmates, but if we talk about mischief, where do we mention it? They are all loyal and brave. The so-called heroes are heroes, but I don't know where there are such people out there." gossip."

  Zhu Di was riding on the horse, noncommittal, obviously not necessarily believing Zhang Anshi's words: "Whose descendant are you?"

   "This..." Zhang Anshi was silent for a moment: "I dare not say."

   "Why?"

   "I'm afraid you will tell my father."

Zhu Di laughed: "If I want to embarrass you, I will arrest you and send you to Yingtian Mansion right now, and let your father come to lead you. It seems that you, a bastard, Zhang Fu, and Zhang Anshi are not good birds, they are all the same. "

  Zhang Anshi: "..."

  Zhu Di immediately said: "It seems that you and other people who have no law, there will always be someone in this world who can rule you."

  Zhang Anshi said nonchalantly: "I still have something to do, so I won't bother you."

  Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi, his face was a little loose, he was a majestic son of heaven, and he didn't seem to want to argue with a brat.

Seeing Zhu Di's hesitation, Zhang Anshi was in a hurry. It would be bad if Zhang Fu found out if the stalemate continued. He dug out his sleeves, and took out a few taels of silver: "Forget it, it's fate to meet each other, and it's rare to meet each other. With this little money, I invite all strong men to have a cup of tea."

  Unexpectedly, when Zhu Di saw the broken silver, his expression suddenly changed.

  He suddenly shouted sharply: "How did you get the broken silver?"

  Zhang Anshi said suspiciously: "My elder sister gave it to me, saying that men can't defend themselves without money when they go out."

Zhu Di's expression became more and more serious: "That's not what I said, don't you know that, when Emperor Taizu Gao was here, he made a decree, which is the so-called: 'Because the price is too high, the law of banknotes will not work. It is to order the Ministry of Household Affairs to order Yousi to collect all the private money and return it to the government, and exchange it for banknotes according to the number, no matter how much copper coins are used."

  Zhu Di paused for a moment, and then said: "The current emperor obeys the precepts of Emperor Taizu Gao, and has invented an edict in the past few days. All delivery starts and ends require precious banknotes. Shouldn't copper coins and silver taels be used?"

  It’s okay if he didn’t say it, but Zhang Anshi remembered it.

  In the early Ming Dynasty, there was indeed a period of time when the government forced the use of paper money, that is, the "Daming Treasure Banknote" issued by the imperial court, for trading.

It's just that in the 20th year of Hongwu, the value of banknotes began to depreciate continuously due to excessive issuance. After 20 years of Hongwu, this situation worsened. One consistent banknote can be purchased, but now in the second year of Yongle, a stone of rice has become a ten-count banknote, and the value of the banknote has depreciated ten times in just a dozen years.

The current emperor Zhu Di entered Nanjing in the name of Jing Nan. Apart from saying that his nephew Emperor Jianwen had bad people around him, he also had a righteous name, that is, the then emperor Zhu Yunwen overthrew the ancestor of Emperor Gao. But Zhu Di is different. Zhu Di loves his father the most, and he is the defender of the law of the ancestors. So after the new emperor has settled down, he thinks, didn’t my father ban the circulation of money?

So, as the son of Emperor Gao who loves Taizu the most, Zhu Di is of course determined to implement this decree, so in just one month, he issued three decrees in succession, banning money, and forcing the world's soldiers, farmers, businessmen to use precious banknotes to purchase and deliver goods .

   Zhang Anshi couldn't help being happy when he thought of this.

  At this time, Zhu Di's tiger's eyes snapped open. Lao Tzu is the emperor, and he has a constitution in his mouth.

"why are you laughing?"

  Zhang Anshidao: "Is there such a purpose for this... Uh... bad, then I have to quickly exchange the treasures at home for gold and silver. Otherwise, I will suffer a big loss."

  Zhu Di's eyeballs were about to fall off, and he couldn't help asking: "What did you say?"

Zhang Anshi said very seriously: "It is fate that you and I met. I am kind-hearted, and I don't want people to suffer stupidly. I think that after this decree is issued, the price of treasure banknotes will plummet again. After three or five days, those who have precious money at home may have to pay for it until they have no crotch left."

  Zhu Di said angrily: "Don't you follow the emperor's will?"

"Naturally no one dares to disobey the emperor's will, but the emperor's will can't influence the market. It's okay if the decree is not strong, but now once the decree is made, it will be a bad thing. I think... the value of the treasure must plummet , You don’t understand these things, I have experience.”

  Zhang Anshi is not bragging, the people of Ming Dynasty are actually quite simple and have never seen the world, and he has been a man in two lifetimes, why have he not seen such a big storm? What legal currency, what Zimbabwe, or the mark from the Weimar German period, which one has not been seen?

  After Zhu Di heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "You are a child, and you dare to speak falsely and make irresponsible remarks about national affairs."

  He had a bad look on his face, but then he smiled again. If it was just a sarcasm just now, the smile now is more teasing.

  Zhu Di shook his head, thinking to himself, what are we messing around with such a brat here.

  So he waved his hand: "Let's go."

  Zhang Anshi walked like flying, and disappeared without a trace.

   It's just that he couldn't help but mutter in his heart, who is this person, he has a serious temper.

   Fortunately, Zhang Anshi didn't take it to heart. He wondered whether he should quickly exchange some of the Zhang family's treasures into silver, but soon he was relieved.

   On the one hand, he is actually not rich. Although the East Palace has rewards every now and then, after all, his brother-in-law is not yet the master of the family, so the rewards are very limited.

   On the other hand, he is the prince's brother-in-law. The emperor issued an edict to strictly prohibit the transaction of silver money, but he took the lead in exchanging a large amount of silver money. Isn't this cheating his brother-in-law?

   Hold yourself together.

   Don't deceive your brother-in-law.

  ...

  At this time, Zhu Di stepped into Zhang Fu's bedroom.

  Zhang Fu was howling like a pig butcher: "It hurts, it hurts, my waist is broken."

  Zhu Di frowned, stepped forward, and lifted the quilt: "Didn't the beating be on the butt? What's more, beating with a whip, how could it break your waist?"

   Zhang Fu tilted his head, as if he had passed out.

   Zhang Fu, who was standing on the side, had a cold face, but now he looked a little more angry, and said: "Your Majesty is here, do you still want to mess around?"

  Zhang Fu didn't respond.

  Zhu Di pressed his hand, motioned to Zhang Fu and said, "Don't scare him."

  At this time, Zhang Fu was still young, but his face always looked serious, making him feel calmer than his peers.

  He was on duty at the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies, and when he heard that his brother had caused trouble again, he rushed back. At this time, His Majesty came here again, and saluted: "Your Majesty, I beg your Majesty..."

  Zhu Di heaved a sigh of relief and said, "He doesn't listen to discipline, I have already punished him, well, don't scare him anymore."

  Zhang Fu's cold and serious face showed a little more frustration that is rarely seen in ordinary times, and said: "Yes, but... Brother Chen, he used to be fine, but since hanging out with Zhang Anshi, Zhu Neng and the others..."

  Zhu Di hummed, and said noncommittally: "Let the imperial doctor take a look at the injury first."

  At this time, the accompanying imperial doctors began to get busy.

  Zhu Di walked a few steps in the bedroom with his hands behind his back, and his eyes fell on a porcelain vase on the side of the bed: "What is this?"

  The servants of Zhang’s family were so frightened that they didn’t dare to look up. Only Zhang Fu’s long-term follow-up Ai Ai said: "This... this is the medicine sent by the young master's friend."

  Zhu Di nodded, and suddenly said: "His friend, is his name Guo Degan? I just saw him climb the wall and go out."

  The servant's jaw dropped in shock.

  At this time, a medical miracle happened. Zhang Fu, who was lying motionless on the bed, suddenly woke up, and immediately replied: "Yes, it's Guo Degan."

  Zhang Fu is loyal, he can't betray his elder brother, even a fool can see that the guy who can climb over the wall but refuses to declare his family name must be the elder brother.

  (end of this chapter)