When Guo Song heard that Yan Zhenqing was coming, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him, complaining: "Why don't you say anything if Yan Gong is coming, the younger generation will go to Liangzhou to greet you!" ”

Yan Zhenqing smiled, "You are also a senior position now, and you are busy with affairs, so you don't have to worry about this little thing, I can come by myself, but you have to arrange the food and accommodation." ”

"Don't talk about it, I'll definitely arrange it!"

Guo Song instructed Du Siye a few words, and Du Siye immediately went to the post house to arrange food and lodging for Yan Zhenqing.

"Xiao Du, this kid is good!" Yan Zhenqing looked at Du Siye's back and smiled.

"It's really good, it's adaptable, it's flexible, it's very capable, and now it's on its own."

"What about Humility?"

"I arranged for him to be the president of the North Court, Yan Gong, please come in! Let's take our time. ”

Guo Song invited Yan Zhenqing into the official room, and let the tea boy serve tea, Yan Zhenqing took a sip of hot tea and said with a smile: "From Kongtong Mountain, the road is very desolate, but after entering Liangzhou, I feel vitality, especially Zhangye City, which is really beyond my expectations, I am afraid that it is the most prosperous city west of Chang'an." ”

"Yan Gong came from Kongtong Mountain, how is my senior brother?"

"Li Tianshi is a man of his word in Kongtong Mountain, some time ago, a group of Taoist palace masters ran to Chang'an to ask Zhu Zhu for money, and were beaten and driven out of Chang'an, and now all Taoist temples are counting on your senior brother to help! Next month, your senior brother will enter the Zixiao Heavenly Palace as the palace master. ”

Guo Song was surprised, "I really can't see it!" My senior brother is actually going to be the palace master of Zixiao Heavenly Palace quietly. ”

Yan Zhenqing waved his hand, "Let's not talk about him, let's talk about you!" I'm invited by Dugu Qiu this time, I was the matchmaker for you last time, and I'm the matchmaker this time, how about it, you won't look down on the Dugu family, right? ”

Guo Song groaned and said, "I'm a little messy about this marriage in my heart, can Gong Yan give me some guidance?" ”

"Let me tell you this! I hid in Kongtong Mountain, thinking that no one knew, but Duguqiu knew, you know what the reason is? ”

"Is it ..... Former state government? ”

Yan Zhenqing nodded, "The king of Yuanzhou is loyal to Chang'an on the surface, but in fact? He is a protégé of the Dugu family, do you know how many protégés the Dugu family has, all over the state and county of the world, the imperial examination has been stopped for more than 30 years, how did so many officials promote? Banning, the sister-in-law of Duqiu Qiu, has been a servant of the Ministry for eight years, and he holds great power, how many people has he placed and promoted? Don't look at the warlords of the various feudal towns, but there are not many magistrates who are really loyal to them, so the Dugu family wants to marry you, because they are optimistic about your future, and it is also a good thing for you. ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I can marry the daughter of the Dugu family, but I can only marry her as a concubine." ”

Yan Zhenqing shook his head, "It's not to marry her as a concubine, but to recognize her as a side concubine, and her status is second only to your wife, if you marry someone else in the future, even if it's a princess, you can't surpass her, do you understand?" This is the dignity of the Dugu family, they do not seek the position of a wife, which is already the biggest concession. ”

Guo Song walked a few steps and said: "There are two sides to everything, now the Dugu family may become my help, but I am afraid that there will be trouble in the future, I am mainly worried about the family in the future." ”

"It's up to you, and if you're determined, no one can dictate your decision."

After pondering for a long time, Guo Song finally nodded, "I can marry her!" ”

"That's good, I have to write a letter, and you can send someone to Chengdu for me."

Guo Song nodded, and said with a smile: "Yan Gong will stay in Zhangye!" ”

Yan Zhenqing said with a smile: "What am I doing in Hexi, do you want me to be a long history?" ”

"Yan Gong is old, and it takes too much energy to do a long history, so he will be the elder of Hexi, with a high status, if there is something wrong, Yan Gong will point it out in time, and everyone can also ask Yan Gong for advice on government affairs."

Guo Song wanted to keep Yan Zhenqing as a consultant and use his experience to help Hexi.

Yan Zhenqing smiled slightly, "Since you want to reward me with a bite of food, so that I will no longer suffer from running around in my old age, of course I can't ask for it, okay!" I'm just in Zhangye, and I finally have a place to hide from the army. ”

Guo Song was overjoyed, "I'll arrange the official residence!" ”

Yan Zhenqing waved his hand, "You wait a minute, I still have important things to tell you." ”

"Yan Gong, please speak!"

Yan Zhenqing said slowly: "I encountered an incident in the tax card in the south of Jiedan County, a group of merchants bought hundreds of horses, and when they paid taxes on the tax card, they used the money minted by Wei Bofan Town, but the tax collectors were more shrewd and refused to accept their small money, so they had to take out the real Kaiyuan Tongbao to pay the tax. ”

Yan Zhenqing took out a coin and handed it to Guo Song, "It's this kind of small money, I found one in Jiedan County, you can take a look." ”

Guo Song took the money and looked at it carefully, and said for a while: "The copper content of this money is very low!" ”

"This is bad money, even worse than the iron money minted by Bashu in the past, and now there are merchants who use this kind of money to buy a large number of war horses and sheepskins in Hexi, don't you think the consequences are very serious?"

Guo Song was taken aback, "Is there a lot of this kind of money on the market?" ”

"I don't know if there is one in Zhangye, but there is one in Delete Dan County, I lived in Delete Dan County for one night, and the innkeeper has a lot of this kind of money, at least a dozen times, what about other shops? Envoy, this is tantamount to exchanging garbage for your precious resources, and I advise you not to sell the war horse, those few horse-buying merchants are probably from Hebei. ”

Guo Song's expression became grim, and he immediately instructed the outside world: "Quickly go and invite Liu Cao to join the army, Pan Changshi and Zhang Lushi to join the army to the council hall, go now!" ”

The two of them went to find someone separately, Yan Zhenqing smiled and said, "Won't you go to the market to find out in person?" ”

"I'll go, but things have to be arranged, and there have been a lot of people coming to Zhangye to buy horses recently, and I suspect it has something to do with it."

Guo Song took Yan Zhenqing to the meeting hall, and a group of officials had already arrived, Guo Song introduced to everyone: "This old-timer is Yan Lao Xiangguo, let's see it!" ”

Yan Zhenqing smiled slightly: "Old man Yan Zhenqing, he is no longer Xiangguo, he has retired for three years, and he is a small people." ”

When everyone heard that this old man turned out to be the famous Yan Zhenqing, they were immediately in awe, and they all got up and saluted, Pan Liao said excitedly: "Old Xiangguo still remembers me!" ”

Yan Zhenqing looked at him for a moment, and suddenly said, "You are the county lieutenant of Xiaopan!" ”

"It's a lowly position!"

Yan Zhenqing smiled and said to Guo Song: "In the second year of Guangde, I served as the propaganda envoy of Shuofang Xingying, and when I passed through Wulan County, I encountered a group of thieves and snatched a box of luggage from me, so I reprimanded the local county lieutenant fiercely, it was this Xiao Pan County Lieutenant, he had just taken office, he was ashamed and brave, and he took a group of officials to arrest all the thieves, and I praised him again, but when I left, I found that the luggage that was recovered was all money, and it should be all books, I went back and scolded this Xiao Pan, and he told me, He found an empty box, and everything was gone, so he had to stuff all the thief's money into it to make amends, and I was deeply impressed by this matter for more than 20 years! ”

Pan Liao also sighed: "Lao Xiangguo taught him to be honest at that time, not to be smart, to keep his humble duties in mind, and to remember them for life." ”

Guo Song said to everyone again: "In the future, Lao Xiangguo will stay in Zhangye, as the elder of our Jiedu Mansion, if he finds something wrong, he will teach us a lesson at any time, including me, this is Lao Xiangguo is promoting us and teaching us the way of government, we must cherish this opportunity." ”

Everyone saluted together, "willing to humbly accept the supervision and criticism of the old minister!" ”

Guo Song waved his hand to let everyone sit down, he took out the copper coin and said, "This is the first suggestion that Yan Ge Lao gave us, let's take a look at this copper coin." ”

Guo Song passed on the copper coin, and Pan Liao frowned, "This money doesn't seem right!" It's too small and light, like fake money. ”

Yan Zhenqing said slowly: "This is the money minted in Weibo Town, called Wei Qian, Chang'an is called Xiao Qian, but Chang'an's small money is not only Wei Qian, but also includes Qi Qian in Ziqing Town, Ji Qian in Lulong Town, and Li Xilie's Huai Qian, they all minted money privately, the appearance is similar, it is collectively called small money in Chang'an, and now Zhu Zhu has also begun to cast money, although the appearance is the same as Kaiyuan Tongbao, but the copper content is much less, the people of Chang'an call it new money, they cast copper money without moderation, the circulation is very huge, in Chang'an, Only a small amount of money or a new money can be exchanged for an old money, and the old money is the former Kaiyuan Tongbao. ”

Everyone understood Yan Zhenqing's words, and they couldn't sit still, they didn't know about this situation, and they all traded according to one-to-one.

Guo Song said: "We have to act immediately, find out the situation clearly, and then take measures to reverse this passivity, now everyone goes separately to investigate, Pan Changshi, you will arrange, investigate from different industries, and come up with the results of the investigation early the day after tomorrow, I want to know how much of this kind of inferior small money and new money in Zhangye City." ”