Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

"Simulation? How to simulate the historical evolution of banknotes?"

"Play a text selection simulation game." Jiang Xinghuo said with a smile: "Let you make immersive choices, and you will be able to understand how the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty put their carefully designed and maintained banknotes step by step. The Dharma game is broken.”

"Of course, it is possible that the result of your choice may not be as good as the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. Perhaps it is precisely because of your choices that the currency law will collapse faster. Because many things can only be known when you make your own choices. What do you mean, there is nothing you can do."

"I don't believe it!" Li Jinglong suddenly objected.

Jiang Xinghuo asked: "What don't you believe?"

"I don't believe I will be inferior to the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty!"

“I don’t believe that after I made my choice, the banknote system collapsed faster than the actual speed in history!”

"You don't have to believe it." Jiang Xinghuo said intriguingly, "Then you might as well tell me your reasons."

"The reason is very simple." Li Jinglong's answer was very straightforward. "The so-called history is a mirror, and we can know the ups and downs. Although I don't know exactly how the Yuan Dynasty's banknote method was corrupted, I guess it must be a long process. In the end, At least it lasts longer than the Ming Dynasty Treasure Note? If it is a game of choice, I only need to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages every time, and naturally I can maintain the money method for a longer period of time."

"After all." Li Jinglong smiled narrowly, "The Yuan Dynasty's banknote method, color-eyed scholars calculated the circulation, and there were treasury exchanges for gold and silver in various places. The Ming Dynasty's banknotes do not have these, and they are still maintained to this day."

After hearing this, Xia Yuanji in the secret room next door felt embarrassed.

This is like pointing at a monk and scolding a bald donkey.

Because the design of the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes was indeed inferior to that of the Yuan Dynasty, and it did collapse step by step under Xia Yuanji's tenure.

During the Hongwu period, Xia Yuanji started as the head of the household department and began to take care of this stall.

But Xia Yuanji is also very aggrieved!

There is no collateral for the banknote method. As soon as the emperor runs out of money, he will start printing. The value of the currency will depreciate every year. What can I do?

But can you pass the blame to the emperor?

Therefore, Natsuhara Yoshi remained speechless, fighting embarrassment with silence.

But Zhu Di suddenly spoke.

"Xia Shangshu, you said that Jiang Xinghuo's text simulation game is played over there, and we come here to discuss and make choices at the same time, so will the outcome we choose be inferior to the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty?"

"I don't think so." Xia Yuanji looked at Zhu Di's face and replied cautiously, "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, I am also familiar with finance, and I do have lessons learned from the Mongols. Why can't you be inferior to the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty?"

Zhu Di nodded slightly, obviously he thought so too.

inside the wall.

Jiang Xinghuo said slowly.

"This word game is called - Currency Game: Simulating the Yuan Dynasty."

Li Jinglong grasped the branch and said: "Since it is a game, there should be rules."

"Of course there are rules, and they're not complicated."

Jiang Xinghuo snatched the branch from his hand and drew Chinese characters and numbers on the ground.

"What determines the outcome of the game is the game rules consisting of two sets of numbers, three national policies, and special events."

Zhu Gaoxu said excitedly: "Mr. Jiang, tell me quickly!"

"The two sets of numbers - national destiny and finance, both have initial values ​​of 100."

"Three national policies - suppression, expansion, and currency change."

"Special events, including but not limited to harvest, drought, locust plague, Yellow River bursting its banks, etc."

[Suppression: Suppression is a historical event and can be selected. Suppression must be successful. Each suppression will result in -5 financial points. If no suppression occurs, -5 national destiny points will be applied.]

[Expansion: Expansion is a historical event and cannot be selected. The result follows historical facts. Each expansion -10 financial points, success +10 national luck, failure -10 national luck]

[Currency change: After the currency change, the finance is reset to 80% of the previous peak]

Li Jinglong raised his eyebrows slightly. He became interested in this game that he had never played before.

"Then how does this word game work?" Li Jinglong asked.

Jiang Xinghuo explained.

"Under an ideal financial situation assuming a balanced balance of payments, I will dictate the actual historical events starting from the second year after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, so that you, as the supreme ruler of the Yuan Dynasty, can make decisions about what happened in a certain year."

"And the game ends on two conditions."

"First, of course, the national fortunes will return to zero and the game will be completely over."

"Second, the finances are forced to return to zero, triggering the [money change], and the game is temporarily suspended."

"And since you don't believe in your own money-playing methods, you are worse than the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty. Then you might as well make your own decision and see if the time to trigger [Changing Banknotes] is shorter or longer than the historical time, or whether it is Same."

"I don't believe that my money skills are worse than those of the Mongols!"

Zhu Gaoxu's competitive spirit was aroused, and he shouted: "I just put my words aside. If I become the emperor, I will starve to death. Even if I jump from this tree, I will not trigger the [Change of Money]!"

"Even if it is really a last resort and [Changing Money] is passively triggered, I will definitely last much longer than the Mongols!"

After hearing this, Jiang Xinghuo bit his lip and smiled unkindly.

"Interesting, interesting!"

At this time, not only Li Jinglong and Zhu Gaoxu inside the wall, but also Zhu Di, who was eavesdropping in the secret room outside the wall, also had radiance in his eyes.

"Use numbers to simulate the situation of the country?" Zhu Di stretched out his finger to draw an outline in the air, "What does Xia Shangshu think of this method?"

Xia Yuanji leaned forward slightly and answered seriously: "It's good to talk about playing games, but after all, it's not the same thing as running a country. After all, the country is too big and there are too many variables. How can we use a specific number to add or subtract?" How about Deqing?"

"makes sense."

Zhu Di nodded, but didn't delve too deeply into it.

Xia Yuanji originally thought that Zhu Di's question was over, but he didn't expect Zhu Di to turn around and say it again.

"Oh, by the way, Xia Shangshu, I was inspired by this and remembered something."

"Your Majesty, please tell me."

"After you go back, arrange for the capable officials in the ministry to take the financial data of the first year of Hongwu as 100, compare the data from the first year of Hongwu to the present thirty-five years, list the figures and give them to me, so that I can This kind of person, even if he is not a professional in the economics of the country and the people, can see clearly." Zhu Di stared at Xia Yuanji and said slowly.

Xia Yuanji's heart skipped a beat, his face showed no expression, he just held his hands in agreement.

Xia Yuanji guessed that there were two reasons for this. One was that the previous treasure notes depreciated from 1,000 notes in the eighth year of Hongwu to 160 notes in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu. This caused Zhu Di to feel a little upset, but Zhu Di was fighting in the world. First-class, handling government affairs is considered second-rate, but doing business with the country and benefiting the people is truly third-rate.

The second is that in terms of magic, even if Zhu Di laughs at his father Zhu Yuanzhang, in fact he is not even as good as his father. His father just can't calculate the extraordinarily complex data to the subsequent situation.

Where is Zhu Di?

Anyway, no matter how incompetent and furious you are about magic, it just can't do it.

Therefore, Zhu Di, who knows his own level, does not intend to embarrass himself. He does not even intend to look at the raw data. The raw data is controlled by Zhu Gaochi. He just needs to ask Xia Yuanji directly to find someone to calculate the percentage data for him based on the first year of Hongwu. He can see at a glance the changes in various financial data over the years.

In fact, to put it bluntly, after experiencing the treasure banknote incident just now, Zhu Di always felt that he could rest assured after taking a look at these financial data, even if it was actually of no use.

The brief conversation between the two only lasted a moment.

Then, both of them began to turn their attention to the other side of the wall, listening attentively.

The two clerks, Guo Jing and Chai Che, drew directly on the rice paper and recorded the values ​​​​and game rules.

In fact, whether inside or outside the wall, this is a way of learning that no one has ever thought of.

It is actually possible to truly enter the perspective of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty by playing word games.

Then, from the perspective of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, they made their own choices about historical events and experienced the evolution of banknotes.

Except for Zhu Di, everyone began to get excited.

It was as if following Jiang Xinghuo's games and words, he could live the addiction of being an emperor and governing the country.

"Mr. Jiang, let's start quickly!"

Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his big hands and urged impatiently.

Jiang Xinghuo nodded, cleared his throat and started.

"In the seventeenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty was completely destroyed, and the Yuan Dynasty unified China. At this time, the initial financial and national fortunes were all at full value."

The two clerks next door also wrote 100 for finance and 100 for national fortune on rice paper.

"game.

--Officially begin! "

Jiang Xinghuo first revealed a historical conquest event.

"In the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty, Fan Wenhu and others attacked Japan. In July, a hurricane destroyed the ship. In August, the generals abandoned the ship and fled back. Only 12/10 of the army remained. The conquest failed. Finance -10, national luck -10."

Then came the choice.

"There was a rebellion in the same year. Was it suppressed?"

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong looked at each other and said almost in unison: "Suppress!"

Xia Yuanji, who was in the secret room next door, also looked at Zhu Di with searching eyes.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, indicating that he would make the same choice.

There is no other reason. Now that the financial value is full, it means that the finances are sufficient, and the option of suppression is bound to succeed, so no fool would not suppress it.

After all, the finances can be reset through the national policy of [Currency Change], but if the national destiny is lost, the country will be destroyed!

If the country is destroyed, no matter how high the financial value is, what's the point?

Therefore, everyone almost unanimously agreed and chose the option of suppression.

"Suppressing a rebellion successfully, finance -5."

"Then the financial balance after the end of the current year in the 18th year of the Yuan Dynasty is 85, and the national fortune is 90."

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong looked at each other and seemed to understand the meaning in each other's eyes.

That's it?

This year has passed so easily?

This kind of game is a game with fixed events and random selection. The fixed events cannot be controlled. If I choose randomly, can't I seek advantages and avoid disadvantages?

Li Jinglong was even more complacent. He, Cao Guogong, was not the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty. If he were the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he would definitely have a way of governing the country. Not to mention creating a peaceful and prosperous age for the country, it would also be in a prosperous and prosperous situation.

As for [changing banknotes]?

How can my father, who is a little expert in financial management, bankrupt his finances and need to reset his banknotes? Don't be ridiculous.

How can such a stupidly simple little game still stump the prince of my country?

It was just a joke. Jiang Lang's tricks this time were simply too simple.

Seeing the two people looking quite proud, Jiang Xinghuo's eyes inadvertently showed a hint of cunning, and he smiled and said.

"Let's continue."

It seems that a rule has been formed. Jiang Xinghuo still throws out a historical conquest incident in the next year's incident.

"In the 19th year of the Yuan Dynasty, the capital attacked the Champa Kingdom by sea. The princes of Champa went into the mountains to resist. The Champa State was not destroyed and the conquest failed. Finance -10, national destiny -10."

"Two rebellions occurred in the same year. Should they be suppressed?"

Li Jinglong hesitated, but Zhu Gaoxu continued without hesitation: "Suppress!"

"Wait a moment!"

Li Jinglong thought for a moment and asked: "Can I suppress one of them and give up suppressing the other?"

"sure."

"If the finances are sufficient, why should we lower the national destiny and give up repression? If the finance goes to zero, it can also trigger the reset of national policies. If the national destiny goes to zero, won't the country be destroyed?" Zhu Gaoxu expressed his opinion.

Li Jinglong's face once again showed obvious hesitation. It was obvious that he was just being cautious and did not really want to carry out two suppressions.

Li Jinglong finally said: "If the [money change] is really caused by the fiscal zero, doesn't it prove that our money-playing choices are not as good as those of the Mongols?"

"There is still so much finance, why are you cowardly? Now the finance is sufficient, it is better to reduce the finance than to reduce the national destiny, right?"

Zhu Gaoxu also had his own reasons: "After all, although we have to prove that we can last longer than the Mongols by playing with money, we can't just do it for the sake of finance and ignore the national destiny. This is not in line with the position of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty."

"We cannot destroy the basic rules of the game in order to delay the currency change. The premise is that we must take on the role of the ruler of the Yuan Dynasty."

Seeing that Li Jinglong didn't say anything to express his objection, Jiang Xinghuo nodded and recorded this choice.

"Suppressing two rebellions successfully, finance -10."

"A special event occurred in the same year, a locust plague. Finance -5."

"After the settlement of this year, the financial balance is 60%, and the national fortune is 80%."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong, who had brought themselves into the perspective of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty in the game, breathed a sigh of relief.

Because in their view, or in other words, from the perspective of the aristocrats in the early Ming Dynasty at this time, compared with the national destiny, the importance of the national destiny is far greater than the finance.

And 60's finances are far from the point of needing to "change currency".

Even Zhu Di in the secret room is no exception to this.

"Your Majesty also believes that finances should be spent to maintain the country's fortunes?" Xia Yuanji asked.

"Shouldn't it be right? Whoever becomes the emperor will make this choice." Zhu Di asked with his hands.

"It's not that it shouldn't be." Xia Yuanji's expression was a little hesitant, "I just feel that the financial value has been decreasing, and now it has dropped all the way from 100 to 60, so I always feel that it is a bit dangerous."

"Is it possible that because you are the Minister of Household Affairs in the Ming Dynasty, you pay special attention to the value of finance?"

Zhu Di took his hand out of his sleeve, patted Xia Yuanji's arm and said, "Don't worry, 60 is not a dangerous number. If it continues to drop rapidly, the worst case scenario is to give up suppressing the rebellion and trade national fortunes for financial stability." Okay, what do you think, Xia Shangshu?"

After listening to Zhu Di's words, Xia Yuanji still felt a little uneasy, but he couldn't tell where this uneasiness came from.

"Your Majesty, what do you think Jiang Xinghuo wants to do by playing such a game? I feel that it should be more than just playing a game."

"Is it like he said, making decisions through the perspective of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty?"

Xia Yuanji saw that Zhu Di didn't know whether he really didn't understand or pretended not to understand, so he asked more deeply: "Then what is the purpose of making these decisions?"

"It should be to deduce how the Yuan Dynasty [changed money], but I feel that you and I are both descendants. Since our predecessors have already stepped on the trap, we will never fall into it before our eyes."

"hope so."

In the end, Xia Yuanji could only nod his head, suppress his uneasiness and continue listening.

However, will future generations really not fall into the pit that the predecessors fell into again?

The time in the simulation game has unknowingly reached the twentieth year of the Yuan Dynasty.