Zhu Jun's household secretary Wang Ling did not have the treatment of the last time when he went to Chang'an this time, and last time it was Xiangguo Zhang Qiu'an who specially received him, and this time no one paid attention to him at all.

He took more than a dozen entourages into Chang'an City on Chunmingmen Street, the city was bustling, the flow of people was like weaving, and the whole Chang'an City seemed very prosperous and lively.

"Master, compared to last time, it seems to be a little more lively!" An attendant said to Wang Ling.

Wang Ling sighed secretly in his heart, compared to the dilapidated and cold silence of Luoyang, how vigorous Chang'an is, if you use the mandate of heaven to talk about things, how unfair it is, at the root, it is still the problem of the superior himself.

The monarch is virtuous, the virtuous is clear, the upper and lower are accessible, the government is clear, and the whole rule will be so vibrant.

Wang Ling thought that he had to negotiate with Guo Song on behalf of Zhu Jun, and he was suddenly a little listless, and his future was bleak.

A group of people came to Daming Palace, Daming Palace Wangxian Gate is the reception of Honglu Temple, there is a small building of Honglu Temple inside the gate, there is a special official reception here.

Honglu Temple generally receives envoys sent by small countries in the Western Regions or the northern nomadic regime, and arranges for princes from small countries in the Western Regions to study and live in Chang'an.

The official on duty in Honglu Temple today is Shaoqing Liu Zhen, that is, the son of Li Yu, he heard the soldier's report, Zhu Zhu's messenger came, he was deeply surprised, and hurriedly greeted him.

"It turned out to be Wang Shangshu!"

Liu Zhen knew Wang Ling, and hurriedly walked out with a smile, "Wang Shangshu is coming, but we don't know at all." ”

Wang Ling smiled bitterly, the last time he came, it was Zhang Qiu'an who personally received him, and the arrangements were very thoughtful, but this time, he was like an ordinary visitor, and the other party didn't even know that he was coming.

"I came to your country by order of the Son of Heaven of my family, and I hope to receive it normally."

"No problem, I'll take you to the post house first, and then I'll report to the top."

Liu Zhen was not too rude, he personally sent Wang Ling and his entourage to live in the VIP courtyard of the pavilion, and then rushed back to Honglu Temple to report to the chief official Li Chan.......

At dusk, Xiangguo Zhang Qiu'an came to the pavilion, and Zhang Qiu'an's arrival made Wang Ling overjoyed and hurriedly greeted him.

"Zhang Xiangguo, long time no see!"

Zhang Qiu'an smiled slightly: "This is not the time to talk about business, how about we go have a drink?" ”

Wang Ling nodded hurriedly, and the two came to the Chunhui Restaurant diagonally opposite the pavilion, it was dinner time, and there were many guests, most of whom were residents of the house.

The two went up to the second floor, found a window to sit down, Zhang Qiu'an ordered wine and food, and soon sent two pots of hot wine, Zhang Qiu'an poured Wang Ling a full glass, and asked with a smile: "I heard that Zhu Zhu's court changed officials quickly, I thought Wang Shangshu was promoted?" ”

Wang Ling smiled bitterly and said: "Now Zhu Zhu's court is a backwater, Liu Feng's staff are Shangshu servants, we have nothing to do all day, especially when the Jin army seized Puzhou and other places, the people in the court are disheartened, and everyone begins to think about the future." ”

This is Wang Ling's most depressed place, he was still the history of the Puzhou assassin last year, and was forcibly summoned by Zhu Zhu to Luoyang to be the secretary of the household department, and now the Jin army has captured Puzhou, if he doesn't go, then he is the new Puzhou assassin history.

Zhang Qiu'an smiled slightly, "Two days ago, His Royal Highness the King of Jin was still talking about Wang Shangshu!" ”

Wang Ling perked up and hurriedly asked, "What did His Royal Highness King Jin say about me?" ”

"Puzhou Thorn History is called Xie Qun!"

"Exactly, this person is an old entourage of Zhu Jun, with a poor character, I heard that he has a bad reputation in Puzhou!"

Zhang Qiu'an nodded, "This person in Puzhou exploited the people, filled his pockets, and was greedy, Puyang's shops alone occupied hundreds, he heard that the Jin army was coming, so he was ready to flee Puyang, but was caught up by thousands of angry people, pushed the carriage down the river, his family drowned in the river, after the Jin army occupied Puzhou, he specially investigated the public opinion, Wang Zhijun is very popular in Puzhou, His Royal Highness the King of Jin talked about you, if the envoy is willing, you can continue to serve as the assassin of Puzhou, of course, it is the assassin appointed by His Royal Highness the King of Jin. ”

Wang Ling was immediately overjoyed, and immediately got up and said, "I am very willing to serve His Royal Highness King Jin!" ”

Zhang Qiu'an waved his hand and asked him to sit down, and said with a smile: "Wait until you finish your mission, these are two things, now you still have to do things well for Zhu Jun, you can't betray the old master for the future, and His Royal Highness King Jin doesn't like such people." ”

Wang Ling's original cloud-shrouded future suddenly became sunny, which made him overjoyed, he nodded and said: "I understand, public is public, private is private, I can't abolish public because of selfishness!" ”

"This time the king envoy came over to have something to do with the battle of the Central Plains!"

"Exactly! Zhu Jun is anxious now, he wants to do his best to exterminate Qiu Jingzhong, but he is afraid that the Jin army will send troops to intervene, so he wants to ask you for peace. ”

"Summation?"

Zhang Qiu'an laughed, "What sincerity can he show?" ”

"Five million catties of copper, this is Zhu Jun's sincerity."

Zhang Qiu'an was stunned, "How can there be so much copper in Luoyang?" ”

"It has been placed in Dongluocang for decades, and there is a layer of patina on it, which is said to be related to An Lushan, Liu Sigu said, you must be very short of copper coins now, and you should not refuse this batch of copper."

Zhang Qiu'an nodded, Liu Sigu was indeed right, including the Qi State, the Wei State, and the Zhu Dynasty and other feudal separatist forces, all minted copper coins by themselves, in order to isolate the imperial court, the method they adopted was to confiscate the Kaiyuan Tongbao in the hands of the people, and the copper coins of the sky were confiscated, melted and minted into their money, Qi and Wei were called small money, and Zhu Zhu Dynasty was called new money, the copper content was very low, and the quality was low.

Now the Jin army is gradually unifying the world, because the copper money was melted too much in the past, resulting in a shortage of copper money in many places, and now they do have a great demand for copper, and the copper mines in Pozhou and Ezhou have increased their production capacity by three times, but it is still a bit far from quenching their thirst.

Zhang Qiu'an quickly calculated, the copper coin has always been six catties and four taels, according to the copper content of ninety percent, 5.6 million catties of copper can almost mint about one million yuan, which can solve the urgent need.

Zhang Qiu'an said happily: "I will report to His Royal Highness the King of Jin, and it is okay not to interfere in the civil war in the Central Plains, it depends on how to talk about it." ”

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Early the next morning, Guo Song listened to Zhang Qiu'an's report and said with a smile: "Zhu Jun is willing to show sincerity this time, it seems that he really hurt him, I didn't expect them to have an inventory of 5.6 million catties of copper, which is unexpected!" ”

Zhang Qiu'an said again: "Listen to Wang Ling's meaning, Zhu Zhu is planning to take Qiu Jingzhong with him, I'm afraid he will bring the Tiger Benwei, if there is no support from us, Qiu Jingzhong is not necessarily his opponent." ”

Guo Song took a few steps and asked, "How is the defense situation in Songcheng County?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, Songcheng County is a majestic city, the city is tall and strong, the moat is extremely wide, if there is enough food in the city, there is no problem in guarding it for a year or two."

Guo Song nodded, "Qiu Jingzhong is not short of food, but there is still a lack of materials to defend the city, before reaching an agreement, we also need to provide Qiu Jingzhong with a large number of materials for defending the city, so that Songcheng County will become a meat grinder for Zhu Zhu's army." ”

"Your Highness still decided to sign an agreement with Zhu Zhu?"

Guo Song said with a smile: "Since Zhu Jun has shown the sincerity we need most, of course this agreement can be signed." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song asked Pan Liao and Du You next to him: "What else can you two add?" ”

Pan Liao said with a smile: "There are three hundred money miners in the Luoyang Money Minting Division, and they are highly skilled, and they are the craftsmen we need the most, so we might as well let them send them together, together with their families." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Then add this one more." ”

Du You added: "The terms should be as coarse as possible, not too detailed, but the materials and personnel we need are required to be sent immediately." ”

Zhang Qiu'an said with a smile: "Now it is Zhu Jun who begs us, I believe that they will send people and materials as quickly as possible, and we will negotiate with them." ”

Zhang Qiu'an got up and left, and Guo Song asked Pan Liao again: "How much money is there now?" ”

The money shortage in the imperial court was mainly due to the capture of the Qi State and the Central Plains states, due to the cessation of circulation of small money and new money, but the old money was insufficient, resulting in the imperial court being unable to invest enough old money, and there was a general money shortage in various places.

Pan Liao bowed and said: "At least three million more are needed, and the political hall will consider increasing the minting of silver coins, let them circulate in Chang'an and Guanzhong, and put copper coins into the Central Plains." ”

Guo Song groaned and said: "We don't have a big silver mine, we still have to be cautious in the use of silver money, I suggest that for the time being, we should mainly use copper money, no copper can be collected from the temple, purchased from the people, gold and silver should still be used as reserves, in the future we have a big silver mine, and then expand the use of silver." ”

Du You smiled: "Actually, there is still copper, at least I know that there are two sources, one is the small money and new money we collect, you can melt them down and recast the money, but it takes time, in fact, the money shortage is a matter of time difference." ”

"Another source?" Guo Song asked.

"Wechen went to the Arsenal Supervisor today and talked with Zhuo Zangyu, the Supervisor, and he told me that there are indeed 30,000 copper shields in the Armory......."

Without waiting for Du You to finish speaking, Guo Song waved his hand and said: "The copper shield is unrealistic, each copper shield is thirty catties, and the total is only one million catties of copper, not even 200,000 yuan is not enough, forget it, let's go to various temples to collect it!" Bronze Buddha statues and bronze bells are required to be transported to Chang'an. ”

Pan Liao still wanted to speak, but Du You gave him a look, and Pan Liao was silent.

"Alright! Let's retire first and speed up the time to mint money. Pan Liao and Du You saluted and retreated.