Zhao Yu pondered for a while and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, when he arrived in Qiongzhou, he vigorously rectified the slang people, in fact, he also used the contradictions between the tribes and the deterrence of his increasingly powerful force, and even sacrificed his own marriage, and did not hesitate to marry with the slang people, so that he was able to achieve the so-called familiar slang in the so-called fetters in the past.

However, even so, Zhao Yu lasted ten years in Qiongzhou, and the power of the imperial court did not completely cover the whole island, and there were still slang in those deep mountains far away from the post road and the prefecture and county, but fortunately, their number was very small, and it was no longer enough to pose a threat to themselves.

Zhao Yu has learned a lesson and has some experience, he is wondering why as late as the Ming and Qing dynasties, with a history spanning 2,000 years, why there is still such a large area in the southwest that has not been under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains Dynasty, and it is still difficult to control? Rather, it has long exercised extremely loose control over these regions through the system of bondage, but has never exercised rule in the full sense of the word.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yu suddenly woke up to the fact that whether they were raw slang or familiar slang, they were actually the real masters, and of course they would not welcome the Han customers who migrated in large numbers of tuntian, pioneering, and encroaching on cultivated land, as well as the government that continued to seize and exploit the wealth of the slang people. Treat people with themselves, and Meng Yuan himself has been fighting against the invasion and wants to drive them out. In the same way, the slang people also used the slogan of "expelling the guest people and returning to their hometown" as a slogan to resist the government and resist the invasion of the Han Chinese.

Then the answer is imminent, and no one will be happy with those who trespass into their homes, and these outsiders do not treat themselves as outsiders, and not only do not leave, but also plunder their wealth and land, then resistance is inevitable. For thousands of years, this idea has taken root in the minds of the slang people, and it is so ingrained that it is almost impossible to get them to change their minds in a short period of time. And relying on conquest can only be managed for a while, and it still needs to use a large number of troops and spend a huge amount of financial resources.

The reason why Zhao Yu stopped at the front line of Qinzhou in a good situation was that he didn't want to get involved in the battle with the slang people and drag him into the endless counterinsurgency, but only created turmoil by assassinating the king of Yunnan, so as to prevent Meng Yuan from threatening his safety from the flank. And in doing so, he is also afraid of difficulties, not believing that he can solve this problem for thousands of years.

But after Ying Jieyan mentioned this, the matter had reached the point where it had to be resolved, which made Zhao Yu have a headache. To do, the difficulties are obvious; If he doesn't do it, the slang area will still become a bridgehead for Meng Yuan to attack the Great Song Dynasty, and it will always be a problem for him. But even if you can occupy the slang area and advance to the boundary of Dali without corresponding policies, it will be difficult to gain a foothold, and the wasted money and food will not be a small amount, and the troops will be dragged there.

Ying Jieyan also saw the hesitation of the little emperor, and also knew that the Western Expedition was also a major event that affected the whole body, and if it was answered at the moment, it would not be in line with his style of doing things, so he changed the topic again. Tomorrow is the day of the opening of the government after the year, as usual, a big court meeting will be held to determine the major events of the new year, arrange the work, the two of them have a breath first, and Lin'an Mansion also has to say hello first.

It was already noon when the master and apprentice were talking, and they should retire solemnly. After leaving the palace, he turned to the Xuguo Mansion in a sedan chair and informed him that the matter here had been finalized, and one let him rest assured that he would obey his promise; In addition, superficial work is also done, hurry up to the guilty table, admit the mistake to the emperor, and ask for punishment. In this way, everyone's face looks good, after all, everyone will have to be relatives in the future......

After Zhao Yu had lunch, he did not take a nap but stayed in the study to prepare for tomorrow's court meeting, in fact, he also knew that there was nothing to say at this kind of court meeting, and he still needed to discuss with the deacons, and then go through the court discussion, and then report to himself after the results of the two provinces, and issue an edict after the imperial approval. But there is still a draft, and at present, in addition to the upcoming provincial affairs and palace examinations, there are also the transfers and appointments of officials, and how to crack the offensive that Meng Yuan may launch at present.

At the next day's court meeting, Zhao Yu first appointed Jiang Xuan and Wang Yinglin as governors. Chen Renweng took over as the secretary of the Ministry of War, and immediately entered Beijing to perform his duties after receiving the edict; Liu Shiyong, a member of the Privy Council, took over as the defense envoy of the Yangtze River Naval Army, and Han Zhen, the chief of Jiangxi soldiers and horses, was transferred to the Privy Council; At the same time, Xiong He was promoted to the waiter of the Ministry of Rites. At the moment of the holy decree, some of the officials were surprised, and some were happy, but everyone saw that the sky was about to change. The two of the Jiang family, one in the photo, the other in the house, will not be long before the former glory will be restored; And the daughter of the Chen family is a noble concubine, and she has two Shangshu in one door, as if she is already a new upstart in the court.

Immediately after the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture, Cai Wanyi, started to play, and the case of Xianping Hou had been completed, and his interception of the holy driver and his disrespectful words were all due to his family's lax discipline and careless friendship, so that he acted arrogantly and was not instructed by anyone. However, the crime should be investigated according to the law, and the decree should be executed. Subsequently, some officials came forward to intercede, saying that the father of the Marquis of Xianping was martyred in battle, reciting his father's merits, and asking for forgiveness. And Xu Guogong also hurriedly played and asked for surrender.

Zhao Yu pretended to reprimand, and after sending some clichés that 'the prince violates the law and the common people are guilty of the same crime', he still asked the hundred officials to ask him to pardon his capital crime, but the living crime is inescapable, and the title is cut off and the assassination is 500 li; Thinking that the Wu family has been loyal and good for generations, Xu Guogong admitted his mistake and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors.

Subsequently, Xu Zongren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, played the spring festival and asked the emperor to set the date and examiner. The chief examiner of the provincial examination is called the president, who is served by the first-class master, and the three vice presidents are also the first-class and second-class members, and all of them need to be from Jinshi. In addition, there are 18 examiners, all of whom are officials from Jinshi. In addition, there are two invigilators, who are also served by the first and second grade officials, and there are many other administrative officers.

Zhao Yu immediately ordered that Ying Jieyan should be the main examiner, Liu Di, Xu Zongren and Deng Wenyuan would be the deputy examiners, and the other officials should be appointed after discussion. The provincial affairs are scheduled to open on February 20, and the palace examination will be held on the 10th after the results are released. The martial arts department is scheduled to be held on 15 March to select civil and military talents for the country. He also ordered the Ministry of Works to renovate the examination institute, build a shed, and transfer the three regiments of the Guards Brigade to guard the examination room to assist the Ministry of Rites in picketing lawlessness.

Then the privy envoy Zhang Shijie started to play, and recently Ji Yisi reported that the Mengyuan Goryeo Navy had signs of transferring to the south, and the Mongolian army stationed in Huaixi was also cutting down trees and making huge rafts, which seemed to have the intention of invading the south, and proposed to make preparations as soon as possible. Now the country temporarily uses salt money instead of money, but it is gold and silver and copper money and iron money in parallel, resulting in different currency values in various places, and there is already chaos, and the currency value should be unified earlier. The other officials also played their own games in order to seek a holy decision.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Yu left the Zhongzai to discuss the matter, asking them to express their opinions on the state of the country, the edict and the military affairs, and to elaborate on the table. He also ordered the Privy Council and the generals in Beijing to draw up a plan for the current war situation, agree on a battle plan, and then hold a public discussion. And after returning to the harem, he still felt uneasy in his heart, thinking about it or a matter of money, this is not a small matter, once there is a problem in this matter, it will be a big thing, which will seriously affect economic development and even cause a crisis.

You must know that before the Yuan Dynasty, ancient China used copper coins as legal tender, which was generally consistent with 1,000 Wen, but fluctuated in various periods. In the late Tang Dynasty, it began to decrease clearly, and the imperial court announced that 800 would be consistent, but to the five dynasties and ten kingdoms, it became less and less, and more and more chaotic. However, it may not be strictly enforced at the local level.

What puzzled Zhao Yu was that the Great Song Dynasty and other great unified dynasties sought to unify the currency system, and they seemed weak from the beginning, and the currency system never thought of unification. Most areas such as the Central Plains use copper money, Sichuan special iron money, Sichuan iron money shall not flow out, and copper money from outside shall not flow into Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hedong copper and iron money are used, Fujian, Lingnan and other individual areas also use iron money. Sichuan, which uses iron money, "has a horse in the city, and it is 20,000 yuan." ”

And different from the previous dynasties is that the Han Dynasty used five baht money, the Tang Dynasty used Kaiyuan Tongbao money + a few kinds of heavy treasure money, while the Song Dynasty mainly used the year money, the Song Dynasty changed the Yuan frequently, the Northern Song Dynasty had 27 kinds of year money and three kinds of non-year money, and the Southern Song Dynasty had 18 kinds of year money and three kinds of non-year money. The value of the currency is different, the traditional penny is called a small flat money, the currency value of the money has a small flat, folded two, folded three, folded five, when ten, etc., the material has copper money and iron money and copper and iron mixed cast money, among which the copper money is different according to the different fineness and currency value, the name of the money has ingots, Tongbao, heavy treasure and so on. Many of the coins minted by the various money supervisors can only be circulated in designated areas.

The copper content of copper coins has a lot to do with the value of the currency, the copper content of Kaiyuan Tongbao in the Tang Dynasty is about eighty percent, the Song Dynasty is getting lower and lower, the early Song Dynasty is about sixty percent, and the tin money cast by Cai Jing in Huizong is only more than fifty percent of the copper, but one folds the copper money two. When the copper content of ten coins is not more than three times that of small flat coins, but the value of the currency is ten times that of small flat coins.

According to the laws of the market, it is unstoppable that bad money drives out good money. Copper coins, especially small denomination copper coins, a large number of out of circulation, but into the storage field, the market circulation is large denomination copper coins, iron money in the common area, iron money naturally drive copper money out of the market. The nature of the folk counterfeit banknotes is staring at the ten coins, all kinds of folk theft and casting, and the three small flat coins can be melted to cast one ten dollars, and the great profit is that it cannot be banned at all.

In order to prevent copper money from flowing into the Jin country, Jiangbei and Sichuan used iron-based paper money, and often ordered to prohibit copper money from flowing into Jiangbei, and at the same time used a large number of paper money, the copper content of copper money continued to slowly decrease, and the copper coins minted by the imperial court were often exchanged by foreign ships for various overseas goods.

In the end, it is difficult to count how many specifications of Da Song's money there are, Zhao Hao can't figure it out anyway, he estimates that there are at least a few hundred kinds of money. This led to problems in the exchange between coins of various specifications, and the imperial court was also in the morning and evening, changing and disabling, changing the value of the currency is commonplace, the same money, "Jinghu, Jiangnan, Liangzhejiang, Huainan heavy treasure money as three, in Beijing, Gyeonggi, Jingxi, Hedong, Hebei, Shaanxi, Xihe as five." "The value of the currency can be different from place to place!

Jiaozi and Huizi, which were blown by later generations to open the precedent of paper money, are not so beautiful, and they are also very chaotic. Banknotes, the early stage is fine, the depreciation is accelerating in the medium term, and the hyperinflation is in the later stage, showing an exponential trend. During the Renzong period, Jiaozi was issued for the first time, and in Sichuan, iron money was used as the standard, and the amount of one boundary was 1,256,340 yuan, and the new Jiaozi was exchanged for three years. This banknote can only be used in Sichuan, and cannot be used in other regions.

Subsequently, because of the military salary problem of the soldiers in the northwest, Shenzong set up Jiaozi affairs in Hedong and Shaanxi, issued Jiaozi, and circulated together with copper and iron coins, and Shaanxi's Jiaozi was abolished again, and the circulation time of each boundary of Jiaozi in Sichuan was extended to four years, and the Jiaozi circulating in the market suddenly increased a lot. After Shaosheng, the boundary rate was increased to buy and recruit troops along the border of Shaanxi, with hundreds of thousands of taels and millions of troops; For the use of Chengdu, please print, so there is no fixed number of books per year.

In the end, how much was issued is still a confused account, and no one knows exactly how much. Then Huizong changed the name of the banknote to "Qian Yin", at this time, the circulation of a world has reached the initial 20 times, for the new Jiaozi one to four, but the banknote is still the 360,000 iron money when Renzong, and later increased to 500,000, the value of the currency can be imagined. Immediately, the money from the forty-first realm to the forty-second realm will not be exchanged when it expires, which is equivalent to invalidation, and at this time, a piece of money is only worth more than a dozen yuan.

So he began to "follow the old law" again, and the value of Qian Yin once recovered, but it was not far from the end. In the early days of the Southern Song Dynasty, because of the war, during the Shaoxing period, Sichuan's money was introduced to the three realms, and the number of issuances reached more than 3,780,000 guan, and in the last year, it increased to more than 41,470,000 guan, while all iron coins were only 700,000 guan. Later, the war stopped and the situation subsided, so Huaixi and Huguang Guanzi were issued with 800,000 taels each, Huaidong Gongzhi 400,000 yuan, Guanzi exchanged for three years, and Gongzi for two years.

In the following year, the Huizi was issued in Lin'an, which was originally only allowed to circulate in two Zhejiang, and later allowed to circulate to Huguang, Huainan and other places. The issuance soon reached a terrible number, and by the time of filial piety, with the disadvantages of Huizi, one million silver was collected from the inner treasury and the southern treasury, and the depreciation was huge. In the four years of the main road, it was stipulated that three years should be established as a boundary, and each boundary was limited to 10 million yuan, and the currency value of the Huizi was temporarily stable for a while. At the same time, it also specially issued 3 million Jiaozi specially used in Lianghuai, as well as Huguang Huizi and Sichuan Jiaozi, all of which were based on iron money, and later, they were also repeatedly printed and extended. One tael of silver is at least equivalent to dozens of guanzi.

After so many years of tossing, the Great Song currency was even more chaotic, but it was still circulating in the market, and after a period of peace with the addition of salt banknotes, the crisis came again......