Northern Song Dynasty Justice

Chapter 456 Currency War

Chapter 456 Currency War

"Ok!"

Standing in front of the courtyard gate, Zhang Fei stretched fiercely, listening to the birds chirping in the trees, and smelling the light fragrance of flowers, his whole body felt as if he drank a cup of coffee, and immediately became energetic.

Put your hands down, and gently embrace the two beauties, big and small, on the left and right, and feel that the story should end here.

So far in life, what more can I ask for!

"How did the two ladies rest last night?"

"not good!"

"it is good!"

Gao Wenyin couldn't help looking sideways at Xu Zhiqian, "Zhiqian, aren't you used to this place?"

Xu Zhiqian's cheeks flushed slightly, "That's not true."

"Why is that?" Gao Wenyin asked again.

Xu Zhiqian gave Zhang Fei a slight look, and said vaguely: "There are mosquito bites."

Mosquito?

Ding?

Three black lines appeared on Zhang Fei's forehead, and he hurriedly said: "Zhiqian, if you don't know how to speak, just don't say anything, what about mosquito bites, what you are talking about is not the process, but the consequences, right?"

"What process and consequences?" Xu Zhiqian looked at Zhang Fei with astonishment.

"Swollen?"

Zhang Fei scratched his chin and said shamefully.

"Swollen, you are a disciple."

Xu Zhiqian stomped her feet severely.

"Ouch!"

Zhang Fei immediately jumped on the spot, "Stomp your feet as you like, there's no reason to stomp on other people's insteps!"

"Sister Gao, let's go and ignore this man."

"what?"

Gao Wenyin was still in a dazed state, so she was dragged towards the front yard.

"Hey! Wait for me, this tandem, one after the other, how can there be a sense of ritual of a winner in life!"

Zhang Fei limped after him.

Although he caught up, he also lost the benefits of hugging left and right, and became two women hugging each other intimately. He followed silently, with nowhere to put his hands.

"Morning Saburo, morning ladies."

"Morning Uncle Rong!"

Now the three families are merged into one family. Rong Borong, an old servant of the Xu family, was promoted to housekeeper at the same time. At the same time, he also recruited four aunts, two of whom were in charge of laundry and helping Xiaotao, and the other two were in charge of cleaning. It has been the same throughout the ages. The bigger the house, the bigger the expenses.

Gao Wenyin only cares about the money and Zhang Fei now, Xu Zhiqian can't let Xu Zhiqian take care of the money, it has to be spent.

Originally Zhang Fei wanted to match Gao Wenyin with a maid, but Gao Wenyin was determined not to, she thought Xiao Tao was very good, she was not a woman who was good at talking, Xiao Tao liked to talk non-stop.

As soon as they came to the front yard, they met Xiaotao and Li Si. The two seemed to be discussing something excitedly. Seeing Zhang Fei, Xiaotao walked over quickly.

"Third brother, third brother, can I ask you a question?"

"what is the problem?"

Zhang Fei asked curiously.

But before Xiaotao could speak, Li Si said first: "Third brother, it's like this. I just went shopping with Xiaotao and found that the meat was reduced by a full ten cents per catty. I said to buy more while it was cheap, but Xiaotao said that the price of coins has increased, and she also said that she should buy less and save the coins so that she can buy more in the future, which one of you is right."

"this problem.."

Zhang Fei suddenly looked at Gao Wenyin and Xu Zhiqian, "Madam, Zhiqian, what do you think?"

Xu Zhiqian said: "I think what Li Si said is right, it's cheaper, so it's normal to buy more!"

Gao Wenyin said, "I think what Xiaotao said makes sense. It's better to buy less meat. If you eat meat all at once, you'll get tired."

Xiaotao still trusts Zhang Fei's authority. After all, he is a master of the generation, and her face is tense, "Third brother, what did you say?"

Wow. This is really a problem!Zhang Fei said perfunctorily, "You are the one who buys vegetables, so you can make the decisions."

"Did you hear that?"

Xiao Tao snorted at Li Si.

Li Siwu refused to accept it, and whispered: "In the end, you are the one who decides, but the third brother didn't say you were right!"

"The third brother just doesn't want you to lose face."

"What face do I have?"

"you."

It's really one thing, one thing, I thought that the shrewd Xiao Tao could easily handle Li Si, but the upright Li Si sometimes made Xiao Tao want to cry with anger.

The three of Zhang Fei hurried away.

When they came to the front yard, they immediately saw Xu Zun and his son sitting on the corridor.

"Father-in-law, elder brother, sister-in-law."

"You guys are up, sit down."

Originally, in ancient times, there was still the emphasis on different tables for men and women, but Xu Zun has always ate with Xu Zhiqian, so there is no such emphasis.

After sitting down, Zhang Fei asked: "Father-in-law, eldest brother, sister-in-law, what do you think of having breakfast outside this room?"

This restaurant was designed by him himself. A long table is placed on the promenade, with the garden behind and the courtyard in front.

Xu Lingxiao nodded and said, "It's pretty good, it's very suitable for the recent weather, and it's also convenient for reading newspapers."

"It's just that the content of this newspaper is out of date!"

Xu Zun folded the newspaper, put it aside, shook his head and said.

"What content?"

Zhang Fei picked up the newspaper and looked at it, and it was still a matter of coins. Those powerful people used the newspaper to blame the exemption tax, implying that the exemption tax took too much copper money, resulting in a lack of coins.

Xu Lingxiao said: "This incident seems to be getting bigger and bigger recently."

Xu Zun snorted and said, "Everyday we keep saying that we are for the country and the people, but if they are asked to pay an extra penny, all kinds of moths will come. It was the same when the Qingli New Deal was in place. It's too early for this matter."

Zhang Fei smiled wryly and said: "My father-in-law is so angry, it also proves that the opponent's trick is really effective, even we can feel it personally."

Sinong Temple.

"Issuing jiaozi?"

Han Jiang looked at Wang Anshi with a little hesitation. At present, Jiaozi is generally issued in Shu, and there have been some problems in the middle, that is, Jiaozi was issued privately at the beginning, but later the businessman issued it indiscriminately, and the volume ran away. , from then on, the imperial court began to intervene and release official Jiaozi, but it was also very strict.

For now, it's okay, so Wang Anshi has confidence.

If he had experienced the spam in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, he probably wouldn't dare to do it to death.

Wang Anshi explained: "It takes time to mint coins, but Jiaozi is relatively faster, especially today's printing technology has been improved, which can immediately resolve the current crisis."

Han Jiang said cautiously: "But this friend is afraid of spamming, the consequences will be very serious."

Wang Anshi smiled and said: "I don't know yet, we collect so much tax now, plus the imperial mint, we can reach a reserve fund of 100 million guan, but we only issue 30 guan in the first batch of Jiaozi for a period of one year. years, and then it depends on the situation."

If it lasts for a year, that's fine.Han Jiang felt relieved a little, and said again: "But the common people may not believe it."

Wang Anshi hehe said: "That's why I came to you. Now that the tax has been collected, the tax police and the royal police have to be paid wages and bonuses. All will be paid to Jiaozi this month."

Han Jiang said: "This may cause their dissatisfaction."

Wang Anshi said: "So we have to tell them that they can exchange copper coins from Sinong Temple, and they promise to come to exchange them, so that the people will know that our Jiaozi can exchange coins at any time, so as to establish everyone's respect for copper coins." Jiaozi's trust."

"Alright then! I'll make arrangements later." As she said that, Han Jiang seemed to think of something again, and said, "However, many newspapers and periodicals have published this matter recently, and we have to use the newspapers to promote it."

Wang Anshi laughed and said, "I've already written this article, and it will probably be published tomorrow."

Whatever he does now, he always thinks of newspapers to publicize first, it's really delicious.

On the third day, the news paper of the genuine bookstore announced that the imperial court was about to mint 30 guan coins, and there was not much reason for it. The reason was very simple, because it was recently discovered that there was a shortage of coins in the capital.

Prescribe the right medicine.

At the same time, it is also very honest to say that since it takes a lot of time to mint coins, they will be released in the form of Jiaozi for the time being. After the coins are minted, they can be exchanged for coins immediately for a period of one year.

In other words, this handover will only take one year.

It can be seen that Wang Anshi was still very thoughtful. He also knew that the copper coins and Jiaozi were in his hands.

Bianjing Law Firm.

"Sure enough, I'm more compatible with Xueshi Wang, let's think about going together again."

Zhang Fei looked at the newspaper and muttered to himself.

"Hey! Sanlang! Can this Jiaozi be trusted?" Fan Li asked suddenly.

Zhang Fei put down the newspaper and said: "This exchange is just a stopgap measure. Didn't you see that it's only for one year. If you say that when this coin is minted, the day lily may be cold."

Fan Li nodded and said: "That's true, if the imperial court doesn't move, our tax calculation business will be over."

Because their tax calculation business must rely on coins, if so many people pay the bill with goods, this business will not be able to continue.

Compared with last year, this year's appointment tax calculation will be directly cut in half. If the court makes up for it in time, it will still be able to recover when the summer tax comes.

rich mansion.

"I have no objection to increasing the minting of currency, but the issuance of Jiaozi!"

Sima Guang shook his head and said, "I really don't agree with that."

Wen Yanbo said, "It's also said above that it's only for one year for emergency, which is understandable."

In his view, Wang Anshi chose to issue Jiaozi only in response to this crisis, which is really nothing to say.

Sima Guang snorted and said, "Si Nong Temple has sufficient currency at present, but Wang Jiefu chose to issue Jiaozi first, saying that it will be for a period of one year, but it is actually a test. Once the people believe in this Jiaozi, he will definitely issue another Jiaozi. Damn, this is really terrible. At the beginning, those Jiaozi shops in Yizhou were not because of lack of money, so many people became homeless. If the merchants are still like this, the court will only get worse. Once the imperial court was short of money, it would print and distribute Jiaozi.”

It can only be said that he really knows Wang Anshi too well, as long as Wang Anshi sticks his butt, he knows what the other party is going to fart.

Fu Bi also nodded, and said: "It is true that Jiaozi must be used with caution. The reason why the imperial court uses it in Yizhou is because there is indeed a lack of currency in the area, and it is difficult to get in outside coins. There is no way, but it must not be used nationwide. Popularity, if Wang Jiefu is just an emergency need, then that’s fine, but if he wants to use Jiaozi instead of coins, then we must not let him do it, the consequences will be unimaginable.”

Sima Guang nodded and said: "When I meet him tomorrow, I will tell him that it can only be issued for one year, and it must not continue to be issued."

Xiangguo Temple.

It is said that Buddhism is a quiet place, but this only exists in TV dramas. At least the temples in the Northern Song Dynasty are by no means quiet places. Ironically, on the contrary, Xiangguo Temple can be said to be Wall Street in the Northern Song Dynasty. No one knows Xiangguo Temple How much money is there.

The recent rise of housing loans and charitable foundations all have the shadow of Xiangguo Temple behind them.

And it was Xiangguo Temple who fueled the crisis this time.

There were many people sitting in a large wing room, all of them were relatives, the Fu family, the Cao family, and some clansmen and officials.

Some time ago, the clan and officials almost did not fight, but after only a few days, they are united again.

It can be seen that interests are still the priority these days.

They have to pay hundreds of thousands of taxes every year, and their hearts are bleeding!

But seeing a middle-aged man with a big belly said: "If we don't move about the powerful minting of coins by the imperial court, I'm afraid our previous efforts will be in vain!"

This person's name is Pang Minsun, and he is Pang Ji's grandson, but he did not do well in the court. He just got a casual job and a little salary, but he didn't have any ambitions for an official career. He used to rely on his family business, but Make a lot of money.

A handsome middle-aged man said: "Brother Pang is right, we have to find a way to deal with it."

This person's name is Fu Chengshou, and he is Fu Shichun's father.

A man in his thirties said: "Our previous calculation was that even if the imperial court wants to mint coins, it is impossible to make up for it immediately. Now that the other party uses Jiaozi, although it can be printed out quickly, who would believe that the coins are printed quickly?" Son, we can start from here."

This person's name is Chen Zhi, and he is the deputy envoy of Duzhi.

Pang Minsun nodded and said, "That's okay. A piece of paper is worth the money. If anyone dares to ask for it, we can make our shop not accept this handout. If this happens, this handout will have to be void."

Xu Ji suddenly said: "Didn't the price of salt go up a lot recently, and I've inquired from the shipping department that the next batch of official salt will arrive in the capital in three months, so we can take this opportunity to raise the price of salt as well." , They are not opposed to private salt, but let them know that without private salt, everyone's life will be difficult."

One person suddenly looked at the fat monk sitting at the end, "What does Master Lu think about this?"

Everyone looked at the great monk.

"Amitabha."

Lu Bin clasped his hands together, with round head and big ears, but he looked very much like the Maitreya Buddha, and then said: "All the benefactors are very reasonable, but I think that since the imperial court dares to make such an offer, it must have sufficient reserves , if it is completely rejected, not only will there be little effect, but it will attract accountability from the imperial court."

Pang Minsun said: "Master Yilu, how should we deal with it?"

Lu Bin pondered for a while, and then said: "In the opinion of the young monk, if you have been handing over a child, it can only be counted as [-] Wen. Although the imperial court has sufficient reserves, the imperial court's policy has always been to change from day to day. Who can guarantee whether it will be done tomorrow?" It can also be exchanged for coins, so it is reasonable to count three hundred cash less."

Pang Minsun said with a smile: "If the truth is that it can only be counted as [-] Wen, who would dare to use this Jiaozi!"

Lu Bin continued: "As far as I know, there was a case of indiscriminate distribution of jiaozi in Yizhou. Although the government intervened later, the people did not get any compensation in the end. We can also publish the past history of this jiaozi in the newspapers. .”

"Haha. Master Lu thinks more delicately."

Pang Minsun laughed, and said, "I'll leave this to Master Lu."

Lu Bin clasped his hands together and saluted, "Don't dare, dare not, it's my honor to be honored by all the officials."

(End of this chapter)