Jiangdu, Nangong Shangshutai, the eighth day of the first month of January.

The New Year's party was held after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and now there are only a few people on duty in Shangshutai to deal with some odd official business.

It was temporarily reduced to a copyist and order-issuing agency, and there were currently four units that could convey orders to Shangshutai.

After being reviewed by the relevant special supervisor Shangshu and Shangshulang, it will be signed together with Shangshu Ling Huang Quan and allowed to be promulgated.

At present, it is Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu who are recording Shangshutai's affairs, counting Liu Bei, which are the three most stable decision-making cores; The fourth core is the middle of the six servants.

With Tian Xin and Liao Li returning to Jiangdu, counting Guan Xing and Li Yan, the team of the six servants finally gathered four people in Jiangdu, and Zhang Bao and Ma Liang were in Jiangxia, barely able to get together to perform the function of court discussions.

But Ma Liang and Zhang Bao have not been able to return to Jiangdu for a long time, and the six servants cannot meet together, so they cannot discuss and discuss current affairs and political changes in person.

Naturally, the court meeting could not be held legally, and Tian Xin could not express his political opinions.

The court discussion system of the Six Servants was originally a temporary measure for Liu Bei's assassination, and it can be regarded as a supplement to the joint regency of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the General's Mansion.

Now, as soon as Tian Xin returned to Jiangdu, many impeachments against Beifu and Maicheng suddenly intensified, making the work in Shangshutai suddenly difficult.

As the highest government decree issuing agency, I clearly feel the embarrassment and embarrassment of multiple politicians.

Huang Quan drank tea with Deng Zhi, the Shangshu on duty, and Deng Zhi brought Tian Xin's handling and instructions this morning...... It is calculated that Tian Xin is in the ambiguous area of exceeding his authority and not exceeding his authority, and he alone is not qualified to express his opinions on the handling of official documents to Shang Shutai.

But now behind these copies of the Song Shu is the signature of the Beifu Protector and Liao Li, Liao Li ran around Jiangdu, and Li Yan and Guan Xing also signed successively, so this is not just Tian Xin's opinion, but the collective view of the team in the six servants.

As for Ma Liang and Zhang Bao, who failed to express their position, they were represented.

Huang Quan drank turquoise tea soup and reviewed these official documents...... In response to unreasonable disorderly orders, Shang Shutai can temporarily withhold and not promulgate.

The emperor's orders can be suppressed and delayed, let alone other people's opinions.

It's just that it's always people who do things, rules are rules, and procedures are procedures, and these have to be executed.

For example, Deng Zhi is definitely inclined to Guan Yu and Tian Xin, and between Tian Xin and Guan Yu, Deng Zhi is likely to be inclined to Tian Xin; Another representative figure is Jiang Wan, who is inclined to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Review several handling opinions, only the opinions related to Zhibaiqian are worth paying attention to, and the others can be ignored and not dealt with.

Not to mention Tian Xin's handling opinions, Guan Yu's handling opinions here may also be ignored, and the affairs played by officials can also be ignored.

Huang Quan picked up the opinions on auditing and supervising the Jingzhou Mint Workshop, and asked: "Bo Miao, have you heard of the people's criticism of Zhibaiyuan?" ”

"As far as I know, there are four baht of copper per coin made in Yizhou, about three baht per coin minted in the first year, and only more than half of the copper coins minted around August of the second year."

Deng Zhi's tone was serious, and his eyebrows were full of caution: "The straight hundred coins are as heavy as the five baht coins, and the less copper they have made today, the more brittle they are." Everyone in Jiangdu Jinshi talked about it, and they all effectively imitated Wei and used money and grain as currency. Or there are remarks that want the imperial court to print grain stamps and use them as currency. ”

Monetary relations, economic stability, and circulation, which is always a problem that no one wants to face head-on.

Faced with the problem of currency minting, Jiangdong directly lost face and buried his head in the sand; Cao Pi in the north still wants to struggle a little, cancel the circulation of inferior five-baht coins, use cloth as currency, and now he is tinkering with the exchange of grain stamps.

Originally, no one faced the problem, because Lu Yi wanted Maicheng to pay taxes normally, and it was exposed by Tian Xin.

The dissatisfaction that the people could have suppressed will be detonated because of this, and Shang Shutai must respond to this matter head-on and find a way to save the credit of Zhibaiqian.

The people are like this, even if the economy of Jiangdong and Wei is completely rotten, the Han Shimin industry and commerce still have the motivation to express their dissatisfaction.

It is impossible to tolerate the repeated decline of your own coinage bottom line just because the other party is worse.

But the mint also has their difficulties, the Northern Expedition was victorious, and the high-level generals had to take out their official positions for their meritorious service, and the high-level and middle-level could only use coins and cloth.

The defeat of Hankow urgently needed all kinds of bereavement benefits, and it increased fiscal expenditures.

The court took a blind attitude towards the matter of currency, and let Si Jin Zhonglang make trouble. The complaints of the people have always been circulated among the people, and if they are not seen in the temples in words, they must be things that do not necessarily exist.

Is it to blame Tian Xin for exposing this problem? Don't blame Lu Yi for checking the tax in Maicheng first?

The problem has been raised, but what can be done?

Huang Quan's extensive resume and knowledge naturally knew that the root cause of the decline in the quality of the coinage was war expenses.

The more expensive the war became, the lower the copper content of the coinage.

The copper content of coins is now close to its lowest point, and at any lower level, the coin will be brittle and can break if it falls to the ground.

However, if the copper content is to be reduced, it can only be shrunk from the shape of the coin, and a coin with an outer circle and an inner square at the good end can be minted into a ring.

It's a ring, a key ring, a ring, something like a ring, and it may not even be able to carry the words 'straight hundred and five baht'.

After thinking about it, Huang Quan couldn't help but sigh, closed his eyes, and only felt that Tian Xin's return to Jiangdu was as if rolling black clouds were pressing down on the city, making people breathless, and thunder and rainstorms could fall at any time, making everyone panic.

Not to mention the tea industry, just a wheat city loom has greatly restored and promoted the productivity of Deng Guo and Nanyang.

As a result, the Han army had no shortage of winter and summer cloth at this time, and there was also a large amount of fine linen and burlap circulation among the people, which greatly relieved the tax and rent pressure of the people in other counties.

Cloth from Jiangdu Yin, Dengguo, and Nanyang enriched the market in the form of barter, so that when the people in other counties paid taxes and rents, they had hoarded cloth at home to pay taxes, and they did not need to borrow usury or exchange for high-priced cloth for emergencies.

The people of the counties finally have some savings...... As the people's power gradually subsided, they paid more attention to the currency issue.

It turned out that the currency collapsed, and the household survey system had to be adopted, and the cloth was collected as tax rent by folding silk and cloth; People are so busy all year round that they don't have time to think about life.

Now that I have a little surplus in my hands, I don't need to be so tired from living, and I can finally think about problems.

If you return to normal currency, then your life can be cultivated!

You are a common man and a merchant, and you must want coins that retain their value and are more durable; Instead of cloth and grain that will rot in three or five years.

The constant push of the wheat city loom increased the demand for normal coins throughout the county.

If the need is not met, there will naturally be complaints.

This complaint focused on Si Jin Zhonglang's general Lu Yi, who wanted to stand up for the country and want to solve the behemoth of Maicheng.

Fundamentally alleviate the market's demand for currency, as a result, Tian Xin returned to Jiangdu, and the performance fell into the hands of Tian Xin.

Now it's okay, Tian Xin slapped him in the face, and Lu Yi had only two choices, either to restore the copper content of the straight hundred coins, or because the number of coins was insufficient, the imperial court budget could not be satisfied, and then he was held accountable and dismissed; Either they will continue to mint inferior coins and work against Tian Xin.

Seeing Huang Quan's worried appearance, Deng Zhi persuaded: "Huang Gong, I think I might as well seal this omission and discuss it later." ”

"It's not proper, filial piety comes back first, and I have to show my fists and feet. If there is no such thing, there will be something else. This matter can be controlled, but if it is a different matter, who knows how tricky it will be? ”

Huang Quan picked up the pen and signed it in person: "We will deal with this matter impartially, and if there is a conflict, we can come forward to persuade it." If it is eccentric, this Shangshutai will be meaningless. ”

"Yes, teachable."