After three rounds of drinking, on the second floor of the restaurant where Yang Tong was located, the passenger flow gradually increased, and the restaurant slowly became lively, with the arrival of a group of businessmen stranded in Daxing, the content of the chatter also became richer, and even said that the Sui and Tang wars had broken out.

But in these years, the exchange of information is inconvenient, and the eyes of the outside world are almost black, so these high-minded talks are not offensive, everyone not only listens to them with relish, but even invites them to drink, these businessmen are well versed in the hearts of the audience, and the narrative is that the Sui army killed millions of corpses of the Tang army, and the blood flowed like a river, so that the drinkers listened to the blood boiling, the blood was boiling, and they continued to applaud.

Several students who were close to Yang Tong couldn't stand this kind of unscrupulous and groundless ridicule, and one of them slapped the table and asked in a loud voice, "Brother Shangguan Xian, didn't you just come back from Hanyang?" ”

The sound was very loud, and the surrounding drinkers were silent, and many people pricked up their ears to listen, after all, the battle between the Sui and Tang dynasties just now was mostly in the Hanyang area, and they wanted to hear the real sound.

The boy surnamed Shangguan and surnamed Tongyin stood up, saluted, and said with a wry smile: "Sui and Tang didn't fight at all, they just scolded each other, and Liu Hongji scolded General Yao Junsu for being a useless waste and a dog thief; General Yao in turn scolded Liu Hongji for being a turtle with a shrunken head, anyway, it was quite lively, Liu Hongji deliberately let people out of the city to lure General Yao to attack the city, but General Yao just ignored him. ”

Everyone couldn't imagine that the 'Sui and Tang Dynasty War' was like this, so they looked at each other, and a middle-aged merchant squirted out the wine in his mouth, and said in disbelief: "Young man, are you kidding?" ”

A student stood up suddenly, pointed to the student surnamed Shangguan and said, "He is Qiuyu Tanhualang, who was ordered by the imperial court to go to Hanyang for training, will he talk nonsense?" You are the only ones who have no basis for talking nonsense, and the soldiers of the Tang Army are not foreign races such as Tubo, Turkic, and Tuyuhun, but are the same as everyone else, how can my soldiers of the Great Sui be massacred, and how can the soldiers of our army have slaughtered the rebels at home? Which war is not only the head of the thief? If you don't know, don't talk nonsense and discredit the Holy Lord and the Great Sui Xiongshi. ”

All the drinkers were embarrassed to brag, and then the middle-aged merchant cleared his throat: "To be honest, Liu Hongji is quite good, he is a rare general in the Tang Army. I won't talk about Hanyang, let's talk about Bashu! I am a native of Danqu County, and I will be honest, as long as the Sui army breaks through the Three Gorges Road from the Yangtze River, the Tang army will not be able to hold it at all. And the people in the Chengdu Plain were not willing to fight. ”

Everyone asked, "What is the reason for this, tell everyone." ”

"We Yizhou people live in a big basin and like to be comfortable... What kind of battle are you fighting? ”

At this time, a young man who was majestic and heroic for a year walked up to several students and said to the students surnamed Shangguan: "Master Shangguan, my master asks you to tell me." ”

"Dare to ask where your master is?"

"Over there." The guard pointed back, and several students also saw that there were three diners sitting in the corner of their row by the window, and there were several imposing attendants standing aside, although there were not many attendants, but their powerful momentum could cover the entire restaurant.

The student surnamed Shangguan looked slightly dignified, he had been in the Hanyang army for a while, and he also knew some characteristics of the soldiers, just from these straight bodies that seemed to stand on the ground, you can know that their martial arts are unfathomable, and their momentum is that some generals in the Hanyang army are much inferior.

If the guards are still like this, then the status of the three diners can be seen in general.

He didn't really want to go, but others came politely to invite him, and he didn't save face, so he had to say to a few companions: "You drink slowly, I'll go and go back." ”

As he spoke, he got up and walked to the table, and his companions all looked up at him, for fear that something would happen to him, but when he thought that this was the capital of the Great Sui, the Emperor of the Great Sui and the important ministers of civil and military affairs, as well as the envoys of various countries were all in the city, and they were not too worried that someone would dare to make trouble in the West Market.

"In Xia Hongnong, Shangguanyi, dare to ask the three envoys what they have to say?" Shangguan Yi bowed respectfully.

There were three people sitting at the wine table, one was a scholar of about forty, gentle and elegant, with an amiable smile, everything seemed so natural; One was a majestic young man, and although he was sitting there, it seemed to be a sharp unsheathed sword. The other man was handsome, with two whiskers giving people an inexplicable sense of joy, but what particularly impressed people were the sharp eyes.

This is naturally Yang Tong, Fang Xuanling, and Luo Shixin, Yang Tong glanced at Shangguan Yi, who was still a little young, and smiled slightly: "Your name is Shangguan Yi, this autumn's Tanhua?" ”

Shangguan Yi hurriedly said: "Exactly." ”

"How old are you?"

Shangguan Yi was glanced at by him, and for some reason, he had a feeling that he had been seen through, and said honestly: "Seventeen years old." ”

"Please be seated."

"Excuse me." In line with the concept of peace when it comes, Shangguan Yi sat down calmly.

At this time, Luo Shixin poured him a glass of wine, looked at him carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Such a small Tanhua is really rare. ”

Shangguan Yi's face turned red and said: "This year, the imperial court has raised three subjects in a row, and the powerful talents have been picked away twice before. ”

"You don't have to be presumptuous, there may be a place for you in the court in the future." Yang Tong asked meaningfully, "By the way, have you got married?" ”

Shangguan Yi can see from the seat that this is the head of the three, generally speaking, the highest one must sit in the north, if it is the east and west seats, then he will sit in the east, and this person does not pour wine, it is all done by the heroic young man, and more importantly, the guards and entourage like cangpine are standing behind him.

Although Shangguan Yi didn't know the identity of this person, he could guess from the other party's condescending momentum that he must be a big figure in the court, but the center of the Great Sui was a young man-dominated court, so he really couldn't guess who the other party was, so he could only say respectfully: "The student has not yet married a family, thank you for your concern." ”

Yang Tong frowned and said: "The ancients said that starting a family and starting a business, not starting a family!" You're such a big person, and you haven't even married, what kind of system is this, you got married early, you know? ”

"Students try their best."

"It's not as much as possible, it's necessary."

If you don't get married, what should Shangguan Wan'er do?

"Whoa." After this trouble, Shangguan Yi, who couldn't cry or laugh, was not too nervous.

Yang Tong smiled with satisfaction, "Your poems are good." ”

"I don't know which one the envoy is referring to?"

"'The veins are wide and the rivers are flowing, driving the horses to Changzhou. The magpie flies to the mountain and the moon dawns, and the cicadas make noise in the wild wind and autumn. ’”

"Please also comment."

"Your poem is beautifully written, diluting the flamboyant and beautifully carved poetic style, but the content is relatively empty, lacking generosity, passion and heroism, which makes the poem a lot more discolored. Writing poetry pays attention to emotional momentum, which needs to be paid attention to. ”

"Whoa."

"You were almost admitted as the champion in this imperial examination, I have read your test papers, and the questions and opinions of the essays are good, but the skills are a little shallow; My Great Sui can easily defeat the once-prosperous puppet Tang Dynasty to Yizhou, but it is not only because the Great Sui army is strong and the national strength is at its peak, but also from the puppet Tang Dynasty and military politics. ”

Shangguan Yi was shocked and stammered, "Who is the envoy?" How have you read the students' imperial examination papers? ”

"You don't care who I am!" Yang Tong motioned for him to sit down and said with a smile: "I listened to your discussion of gold and silver tickets just now, and many of your views are not bad, can you elaborate on them?" ”

"Yes." Shangguan Yi knew that the other party had the right to read his own test papers, and he must be a high-ranking person, so he hurriedly said: "The students think that the replacement of cumbersome and expensive gold, silver and copper coins with gold and silver tickets is the trend of the times and a sign of progress, which can be called the third generation of coins. ”

"The third generation of coins? What do you mean by that? Fang Xuanling, who had been silent, asked.

"As we all know, there was no coin in our clan before, and the ancestors usually traded in barter, and the biggest disadvantage of bartering is that the settlement method is uncertain, a horse of silk can sometimes be exchanged for a cow, but sometimes it can only be exchanged for a sheep, the gap is huge, which not only makes the transaction unfair, but also gives corrupt officials the opportunity to profit from it, and causes a huge burden to the people; What's more, when the ancestors took the trouble to carry the goods to the market, if they couldn't meet the people who needed them, they wasted a whole day and could only carry them home, which required something between the goods to measure the value of the goods, so the shell came into being and became the first generation of currency. ”

Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling nodded, the status of the shell as the first generation currency is indisputable, after all, the ancestor has already settled on the text.

Shangguan Yi continued: "However, shells have the disadvantages of fragility, low value, and difficult to carry, and all the ancestors continued to explore, and finally found gold, silver, and copper that were not easy to be damaged, had high value, and were easy to cut to be used as the second-generation currency. ”

"However, gold, silver and copper are not only bulky, easy to wear, and are also rare things that are difficult to mine, so our people use gold, silver and copper as coins at the same time, and use them to measure the value of high, medium and low goods, but since the Qin and Han dynasties, gold is the representative of precious value, over time, the gold and silver with high value and low yield have been collected as valuable things, although the value of copper is lower, it can just measure the value of everyday things, more than ninety percent of people use it to trade, and slowly become the main coin, but with the increasing prosperity of commerce, In the spirit of scarce copper coins, the supply exceeds the demand. Therefore, there has always been a shortage of money, and the people have no money in their hands to use the things they trade, so bartering is popular. Of course, in a sense, gold, silver and copper are also an object, and shopping with them is actually bartering, so coins have the potential to change. ”

"Not bad! You continue. Yang Tong nodded, gold and silver are followed by paper money, and paper money and virtual currency, which is more convenient and trouble-free.

Shangguan Yi said: "With the continuous revival and development of my Great Sui, if gold, silver and copper are still used, then the money shortage will be further aggravated, so the saint did the opposite, replacing the expensive and rare gold, silver and copper with cheap paper, paper money has the advantages of simple production, easy to keep, and carry and transport, but it has no value in itself." The reason why it can be implemented smoothly depends on the credibility of the imperial court, and the fact that gold and silver bills and bills of exchange can be exchanged for gold, silver and copper coins anytime and anywhere, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a credit coin. For the time being, the implementation is quite good, and people are slowly accepting gold and silver bills, but if the banks cannot exchange gold, silver and copper for the people in time, it will not only cause turmoil, but also cause a sharp drop in the credit of the imperial court, and it will be difficult to restore confidence in the future. ”

Yang Tong nodded slightly, and Shangguan Yi's 'credit coin' went to the bones of paper money: "Do you think paper money can replace gold, silver and copper money?" ”

"Students think they can, but people are now in a period of cautious contact and don't fully believe in paper money, so it's still a long way before it's completely replaced." Shangguan Yi said: "In fact, it is very good that the two coins are parallel now, just because the advantages and disadvantages of the two are too obvious, when people use paper money to cash out money again and again, and enjoy the convenience of paper money again and again, they will slowly like it." ”

Yang Tong pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Do you think there is a way to speed up the promotion?" ”

"The students thought they could print a copper ticket with a smaller value."

"How small?"

"Now the smallest value of money is a copper coin, but many items are actually not worth a penny, so when buying and selling, merchants often supply items that customers do not need, which makes everyone very unhappy, if the imperial court prints this kind of small money, it will be welcomed by people."

"That's a good idea, you go on." Yang Tong had never spent Wenwen money and didn't know much about this incident, but it had to be said that it was a brilliant idea. After all, the money is smaller than the text, the value is not large, far within the psychological defense line that the people can afford, and they are not distressed if they lose half a penny or something, but it can make up for the lack of the current currency, and once it is promoted, it will be popular all over the world.

"In the past, there were all kinds of messy things, but now only two kinds of money and grain are collected, if the imperial court collects taxes, only gold, silver and copper money tickets, then the people of the whole world will go to the bank to exchange, which will accelerate the circulation of paper money."

Yang Tong asked again, "Is there anything else?" ”

Shangguan Yi glanced at Yang Tong, and then said cautiously: "Any major change in history is from the top down, if the Holy Lord asks the imperial court to change the salary of the military into paper money, the officials and soldiers will definitely be able to accept it." ”

This is also something in Yang Tong's plan, with his current prestige, paper money can naturally be promoted unhindered in officialdom and the army, but copper money is the most widely circulated money, and the coins it treats are still in their minds, and even the pattern and denomination have not yet been formulated, so we must not be in a hurry, only fully prepared, well-prepared, and then promoted from top to bottom.

Otherwise, in the future, it will have to be pieced together and fill in the gaps to be perfected, which will be suspected of changing the order overnight.

"I accepted your suggestion! I'll give you a suggestion too. ”

"Please give me advice."

Yang Tong drank all the wine in the cup, and said to him: "Although my Great Sui is free of speech, but I can't talk nonsense, what you just said about 'gold and silver tickets plundering the wealth of various countries', there is a suspicion of dividing the relationship between the Great Sui and its friends, once it spreads, what will the friends of the Great Sui think?" What will you think of me Da Sui? ”

"Students know what to do." Shangguan Yi knew that he was in trouble, and his face was suddenly like earth, and he saw sweat on his forehead.

Yang Tong glanced at him and continued: "Being able to show off and talk nonsense will only harm others and oneself, and a person can only achieve great things by being pragmatic and truth-seeking, and integrating practice and knowledge." Don't worry about it today, go ahead. ”

After the paper money is issued, it will take a long time to replace the gold, silver and copper coins, among them, there are people with unique vision who can see through its power, so Yang Tong didn't care about anything.

However, Shangguan Yi is indeed very discerning, at a young age, he can see through the power of currency warfare from the budding gold and silver tickets, which is more powerful than many people, and with this, Yang Tong does not want to punish him, but wants to cultivate him.

"Thank you for your teaching, and the students will remember it." Shangguan Yi saluted and returned to his seat.

Fang Xuanling said in a low voice: "The saint has more words with him, I'm afraid he will be recognized, let's leave first." ”

"Okay."

Yang Tong was as good as a stream, got up and took the lead down the stairs, paid the bill and left.

At this time, several students were asking Shangguan Yi falsely, "Who were those three people just now?" ”

Shangguan Yi shook his head in despair, "I don't know either. ”

Several students felt incredible, and at this moment, the merchant from Danqu County next to him suddenly said loudly, "I remember, that heroic young man is Luo Shixin, the Duke of Tanguo, so I said why is it so familiar." ”

These words immediately caused an uproar.

Luo Shixin is here, who are the two next to him?

Shangguan Yi's legs were weak, and he sat on the chair with his ass: "I know who he is." ”

"Who?"

"Who else can make Tan Guogong pour wine? Of course, there is only the Holy One; Who else can drink it with peace of mind? Of course, there is only the Holy One. Shangguan Yi slapped himself a few times, and said with a crying voice: "I, I'm in a big disaster, I'm finished." ”

"Huh?" The crowd was stunned.

The emperor turned out to be right next to them?

I actually ate on the same floor as the emperor?

What a glory is this?

Some people are so proud that they can't wait to run home and brag to their relatives and friends.