Early the next morning, Li Tong invited his brother to have breakfast again, and by the way, he learned about the current situation in Shuzhong.

Shuzhong is an important supplement to Guanzhong, even if the Shendu Imperial Court no matter how to block the external communication of Daxingtai, but because of geography, it cannot cut off the communication between Guanzhong and Shuzhong.

Previously, Yao Yuanchong had mentioned that the King of Han should be recruited to Chang'an at an appropriate time to strengthen the control and strategy of Xingtai over Shuzhong. Therefore, this time Li Guangshun entered Beijing, not only to escort the princess of Fan, but also to officially incorporate Shuzhong into the structure of Daxingtai.

Although the imperial court did not have a clear directive to submerge Shuzhong into Shaanxi Province, it could not prohibit Daxingtai's actual control over Shuzhong. Unless the imperial court can send a candidate whose status, position, and even authority is not inferior to Li Tong's brothers, he will sit in Shuzhong to replace Li Guangshun.

There are not many such characters, and their identities are nothing more than Li Dan's sons, but a few Xiaodouding can only lead their posts from afar, and they also need to be highly qualified ministers to manage Shuzhong, at least at the level of Li Zhaode and Di Renjie.

But not to mention Li Zhaode, who has been hollowed out, Di Renjie will never be able to leave the capital under such a situation in the DPRK. Cui Xuanwei has just died, and no matter what the cause of death is, it makes the situation in the DPRK confusing. Even if Di Renjie himself is willing to leave the capital, the prestige of Emperor Li Dan alone is not enough to preside over the adjustment of the order of the court.

Emperor Li Dan had another choice, and that was his in-law elder. But this involves another problem, that is, the eldest son of Yu Wang Li Chengqi did not have a maternal patriarch, and Empress Liu's family was almost wiped out by Wu Zetian.

If it weren't for the head of the foreign clan of King Yu to serve as the governor of Yizhou, if any prince or relative was replaced, the situation could be led to the atmosphere of the battle for succession in minutes. The Yongwang brothers have already made Emperor Li Dan's head very big, and if he makes trouble in the family again, it will really cost him his life.

In fact, the signs of this kind are there right now. For example, Wang Meichang had no shortage of trouble in Shendu before, and later King Topiyong avoided being exiled to the distance.

Now that Daxingtai has been established, it is absolutely not suitable for him to continue to stay in Xingtai, and Shendu does have a special summons for Wang Meichang to issue Chang'an. But it's not that Li Tong wants to deliberately do things, Wang Meichang himself came to ask for a meeting, unwilling to return to the Shendu to serve, hoping to continue to stay on the stage.

Li Tong had no reason to refuse this, and quite boldly appointed Wang Meichang as the official Wannian County Order, and as for Xu Jingzong's son Xu Jingzong, who was originally going to be appointed, he was appointed as the main bookkeeper.

Wang Meichang's ability and morality do not matter, but in the position of Wannian County Commander, he is really not idle, and the nobles and heroes in Chang'an City are tough and ruthless, and his attitude has changed quite obviously.

Dou's Dou Xiaochen returned to the capital before, and Wang Meichang led the county government officials to travel around the Zhufang under his rule and reorganized the city. Some noble families opened the door of the workshop privately in order to facilitate entry and exit, or destroyed the wall of the workshop, and they were severely punished by Wang Meichang.

After Dou Xiaochen inherited the title of Duke of Dou Xinguo, Wang Meichang turned into a sanitation messenger and walked around the perimeter of the noble court of Chang'an. If the plants inside and outside the home are too dense, then it is even more terrible, what are you trying to hide with shade? Directly brought into the county government for interrogation.

Wang Meichang's handling of the case is all based on will, which is naturally not good. But this grievance, Li Tong really can't intervene and persuade Wang Meichang to be more generous. After all, persuading people to be generous, the sky thunders. As long as the person can ensure that the basic government affairs are not short, and occasionally there are some angry behaviors, they are also within the tolerance scale.

In the final analysis, after all, it was Emperor Li Dan who was too sentimental and weak in housework, and did not establish a tough image that made these relatives have a lot of grievances.

Putting aside these emperors' family affairs, Li Guangshun talked about the situation in Shuzhong in an orderly manner, and his ability may not be strong, but he is better at doing things with his heart.

Moreover, due to its closed environment, Shuzhong itself is far from the core of the imperial court's interest disputes, and the officials in the matter can focus on the matter, without too much interference from the turbulence of the external situation, the politics are still clear, and the people's livelihood is stable. Taken together, the situation of the masses can be regarded as a condition for stabilizing the rear.

Li Tong is also quite pleased with the situation in Shuzhong, what the current Daxingtai needs is this kind of supplement that can actually help, rather than a plate that is entangled in interests and interests, although there are many interests but a lot of troubles.

The Chengdu Plain in Shuzhong, although it also has the reputation of Tianfu, but the surrounding harsh logistics environment is not conducive to large-scale money and grain transfer, if only by conventional means to control, it is not enough to become a large granary in Guanzhong, and the transportation conditions are really not up to it.

However, Shuzhong is rich in products, suitable for hoarding, and the external environment is relatively safe, which is an advantage that other regions cannot match. Under normal circumstances, this advantage in Shuzhong can make it an excellent refuge, and there is chaos around it to take refuge in.

Nowadays, there is a new thing with certain financial attributes in the current situation, and Shuzhong can be used as the capital vault of flying money and become an excellent acceptance center.

The power of finance, or capital, is of course not strong enough to become the lifeblood of a country at the current level of productive forces in the Middle Ages, otherwise all dynasties would not have taken the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of commerce as the foundation.

In an agrarian regime, the output of the land is the basis for maintaining a regime, and there is no other way to obtain resources, because the land is always productive and does not lose its expense. The fall of any Central Plains dynasty is closely related to the gains and losses of land policy, even if it is the Western Jin Dynasty, which is too arrogant and dies in a foreign race.

Of course, it is undeniable that the rational application of commercial and trade policies is also a major supplement to the inadequacy of the imperial court's administrative means. In particular, the Tang Dynasty, a powerful empire with a vast territory and a long battle front, was far from sufficient to maintain long-term effective rule through purely agrarian-based administrative means.

Li Tong's idea of building Chengdu into a golden capital did not start at a moment, and when he proposed the concept of flying money, he had a related idea in his heart. However, at that time, he had just finished his mourning period, and he was still facing an uncertain future, even if he had ideas, he had no conditions to try.

Although it is not possible to say that the conditions are completely ripe, at least we have a great deal of autonomy, and some ideas can be let go and experimented.

In the personnel adjustment of Shuzhong, its own Daxingtai came up with an overall plan after full weighing. As for the moment, Li Tong discussed some specific details with Li Guangshun: "In the future, the commercial and trade matters of all parties in Shuzhong must be supervised as a whole. After that, the Xingtai Association set up a city envoy in addition to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Yizhou, collected taxes, and used gold and silver as money to measure goods and obtain capital. ”

"Gold and silver for money? What will happen to the silk and money? ”

Li Guangshun was a little puzzled after hearing this, and asked.

"Silk money is still used as usual, and it does not disturb people's livelihood. It's just that when the government weighs it, it uses gold and silver as the yardstick. ”

Precious metals such as gold and silver were not used as currency for a long time, but only as a high and scarce raw material, or for making luxury utensils or for storage. On the one hand, gold and silver do not have a long-term stable output, and on the other hand, if gold and silver are used as currency, their physical properties determine that it is difficult for the imperial court to do anything about it.

The use of copper as money and the plundering of private wealth through the indiscriminate use of new money was also a long-standing tradition of the Central Plains regime, most notably during the Wei and Jin dynasties.

In addition to fighting for power on the battlefield, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu are also changing the law in the financial field, comparing who has more bad money, Wei State is engaged in a new five baht, Wu State will send a big money when ten, when a hundred, Shu State can still play like this, when ten when a hundred is too stingy, Lao Tzu directly as a thousand. The credibility of such a coin can be imagined, and it is all a joke.

Even regardless of the previous dynasty, Gaozong of this dynasty issued new money to replace Kaiyuan Tongbao, but it was also spontaneously resisted by the people of Chang'an, and even boycotted the market.

Gold and silver have a stable physical property, and their superiority as a currency is self-evident, and some people have long noticed this.

Wang Fangqing once told Li Tong that in Lingnan, especially in Guangzhou and other places, the folk custom is to use gold and silver as money, one is that there are many gold and silver producing areas in Lingnan, and the other is that Guangzhou is a concentration of foreign trade, and the composition of buyers and sellers involved in the transaction is complex, so the requirements for currency are higher.

Daxingtai was inferior to the Shendu Imperial Court in terms of administrative means, so it needed to supplement in commerce, stimulate commerce and trade, and make transactions occur frequently. The use of gold and silver as the settlement currency is also one of the means to promote the development of commerce.

But this kind of change is bound to require a process of acceptance. Therefore, Li Tong still started from the merchants, who sold and farmed for business, did not do farming and weaving, and relied on their own profits to make profits, and their tolerance for risks was naturally higher than that of ordinary small people, and as long as there were profits, they would not suffer from commercial depression.

Even if the new law is not out of date, the backlash is limited, at least not enough to cause large-scale social unrest.

Li Guangshun naturally didn't think about this so far-reachingly, in short, he felt that the young brother's decision was right, and he didn't put forward any opinions on this, just nodded yes.

After breakfast, Yang Siqiao came to report to Guo Yuanzhen outside the court to ask to see him, Li Tong raised his hand and ordered him to be summoned, but when he saw Li Guangshun on the side, he stopped talking, so he smiled and said: "Brother has something to say." ”

Li Guangshun hesitated for a moment after hearing this, but still spoke: "Guo Yuanzhen's talent is indeed not weak, but his temperament is difficult to abide by. I don't have a very good way of looking at people, and it doesn't mean that they are loyal. But this kind of fierce horse still needs to be strategized. ”

After Li Tong heard this, he nodded with a smile and said, "Brother, I wrote it down." ”