jdhmnovel Chapter 512 This is all part of the impeachment process against you.
Chapter 512 This is all part of the impeachment process against you.
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Park Sung-sung and the others, and sneered, "I won't make things difficult for you."
"Whatever you've swallowed, you'd better spit it all out for me."
"If you want precious paper money, wait until the imperial court sets out the rules."
Park Sung-sung and the others were slightly taken aback, their eyes revealing disbelief.
How much do you eat, how much do you vomit up?
This request is not only not excessive, but can even be described as perfectly fair.
However, the key question is: when did Yang the Madman become so easy to talk to?
Oh, that's not right either.
Yang the Madman was quite reasonable when dealing with the common people of the Ming Dynasty. Even when he got angry, he would only curse them as ungrateful poor devils or kick them a couple of times to vent his anger.
When it comes to dealing with merchants from various vassal states, when has Yang the Madman ever treated them as human beings?
He doesn't even treat Ming Dynasty merchants like human beings, you bastard!
How could someone like him come up with such fair terms?
Growing increasingly uneasy, Park Sung-sung tentatively said, "Your Highness, I will immediately have the merchants prepare the paper money."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Park Sung-sung and sneered, "Prepare the banknotes, then exchange the gold and silver back?"
Park Sung-sung was slightly taken aback, but Yang Shaofeng sneered again and said, "What good things are you thinking?"
"Because merchants from various vassal states took paper money out of the Ming Dynasty without authorization, it caused great trouble for the court, the national treasury, and the border markets."
"And exchange it for gold and silver?"
"What I mean by 'what they take in, they give back' is that for every amount of paper money they take out without authorization, they should pay an equivalent amount of gold and silver into the tax collection."
As Yang Shaofeng finished speaking, Park Sung-sung and the others' expressions changed drastically, but they also felt much more at ease.
Thankfully, it's the same familiar recipe, the same familiar taste, and the same old, crazy Yang.
This is outrageous!
If others did this, it would be considered going too far, but for Yang Dianfeng, it was perfectly normal.
The only thing that Park Sung-sung and the others found unacceptable was that, having already exchanged gold and silver for paper money, they had to give back the same amount of gold and silver.
To put it simply, if you originally spent 10,000 taels of silver and brought back 10,000 strings of paper money, that's considered an equal amount.
However, according to Yang Dianfeng's demands, he now needs to pay another 10,000 taels of silver.
This is basically like exchanging 20,000 taels of silver for 10,000 strings of banknotes.
Just as Park Sung-sung and the others were secretly cursing Yang Shaofeng for being a heartless man, Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "Of course, if you are unwilling to spit out an equivalent amount of gold and silver, that's fine too."
The envoys from several vassal states showed delight, but Park Sung-sung quickly bowed and kowtowed: "Your Highness, I will have them prepare an equal amount of gold and silver."
"This matter was caused by some arrogant merchants from Goryeo acting on their own initiative. I will certainly report this to the King of Goryeo and punish them severely."
"I hope Your Highness will temporarily quell your wrath and put in a good word for this foreign nation before the Sage."
The Ryukyu envoy, Shang Shiwen, also bowed and said, "Your Highness, please calm your anger. I will immediately have the merchants prepare the gold and silver."
With Park Sung-hwa and Sang Seok-mun making their statements, the other envoys from various provinces were immediately caught in a dilemma.
Have your own merchants prepare an equal amount of gold and silver?
Ultimately, it's the national treasury that suffers the losses.
Ignoring Yang Shaofeng's request, they prevented their own merchants from preparing an equivalent amount of gold and silver.
Stop talking nonsense.
As long as their merchants still want to do business in Dengzhou, no one will dare to offend Yang the Madman.
After a long silence, the envoys bowed together and said, "Your Highness, rest assured, we will immediately have the merchants prepare gold and silver."
Yang Shaofeng's expression softened somewhat.
"I understand that you various vassal states need paper money, and I am willing to help you."
"However, the matter of paper money is no ordinary one. The various vassal states need a considerable amount of paper money. How much paper money can those merchants take out?"
"Even if they could take out millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of strings of cash, it would be nothing more than a drop in the ocean for the various vassal states."
"In my opinion, without provoking His Majesty, we should grant the various vassal states permission to directly exchange currency through the national treasury."
"As long as His Majesty grants permission, the Secretariat, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, and the National Treasury will set forth corresponding rules, and the various vassal states will be able to exchange currency directly as needed."
"It will not only make things convenient for the various vassal states, but it will also prevent trouble from happening again like this time."
"..."
Park Sung-sung and the others were overjoyed.
Although Yang the Madman had said both good and bad things, being able to directly exchange banknotes through the Ming Dynasty's national treasury was still much more convenient than merchants secretly smuggling banknotes out of the country.
More importantly, as long as there is a complete set of rules, Yang Dianfeng will not be able to arbitrarily extort money like he did this time.
After Park Sung-sung and the others left, expressing their gratitude profusely, Yang Shaofeng finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
The famous decadent writer, Mr. Changgen, once said that when he was unhappy, he would transfer his frustration to others, which would make him feel better.
Yang Shaofeng transferred his frustration to the various vassal states, extorting several million taels of gold and silver from them in one go, which immediately made him feel much better.
……
"Several million taels of gold and silver?"
Emperor Zhu stared blankly at Yang Shaofeng, "You're just going to extort money from the envoys of the various vassal states like this?"
Damn it, they really have no shame at all!
How will history books record Zhu Chongba in the future?
But then, Emperor Zhu asked suspiciously, "Are they really just going to admit defeat like that?"
Upon hearing Emperor Zhu's words, Yang Shaofeng was immediately greatly displeased.
What is extortion?
"They were clearly at fault first, taking the precious paper money out of the Ming Dynasty without authorization."
"Making them spit out the same amount of gold and silver is just a lesson for them."
"As for them simply admitting defeat..."
Yang Shaofeng sneered and said, "If I were to speak to them politely, or directly tell them to petition my father-in-law to ask the Secretariat, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, and the National Treasury to formulate a plan for the exchange of paper money among the various vassal states, I'm afraid they would still think that my Great Ming is weak and easy to bully."
"They just directly and generously made them spit out an equivalent amount of gold and silver, and they actually have to thank me, son-in-law."
"They're nothing but a bunch of scoundrels."
"It's just like raising a dog. If you feed a dog too much, it's easy to spoil it. But if you give it a slap now and then and then give it a bite of meat, you can actually keep it obedient."
Thinking back to the envoys from various vassal states he had met today, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but purse his lips: "The Ming Dynasty still doesn't have enough dogs."
Two or three big cats and little cats, what can that do?
My speech was a bit lacking!
Looking at Yang Shaofeng's self-righteous attitude, Emperor Zhu wished he could slap the bastard on the head.
He's so damn hateful!
After glancing at his own hand and then at the dog's head, Emperor Zhu finally let out a cold snort and said, "Just keep acting like this!"
After scolding Yang Shaofeng a few times, Emperor Zhu took out several memorials and had Chen Zhong give them to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Look, look, these are all impeachments against you."