When a person stands at a crossroads in his life with anxiety and feels that he cannot correctly grasp his future destiny and future, he usually does not pay attention to some of the changes that are taking place around him.

With Jiang Jun's enlightenment, Gao Xiaosan, who was hovering between doing business and being an official, finally made a decision that was extremely important to him. Then he went away with a heart that was both light and heavy. From beginning to end, he didn't notice at all that Jiang Jian was actually preoccupied.

What Gao Xiaosan thinks about is whether to be an official or not; And what Jiang Tuan encountered was exactly the same problem as him, and it was also whether he wanted to be this official.

This question has been bothering Jiang for a long time......

Initially, the reason why he was able to work in the Ministry of Industry was because the Ministry of Industry had a large area of deficit in the operation of liquor. In order to make up for the mistakes and make up for the debts, the Ministry of Works, which burned the buttocks, rushed to the hospital in a hurry, and directly transferred Jiang Tuan from Yanshanwei to Beijing with an official letter, specifically responsible for the operation of liquor.

After receiving the official document, his excitement and excitement were not to be said, and he immediately packed his bags. He couldn't even wait for his family, and set out on the road to the capital alone.

He left Yanshan with an ambition, and he also came to the capital with great ambitions. He also lived up to the expectations that others had of him! After arriving in Beijing, he first negotiated a new contract with the Huojia Liquor Farm in Yixian County to ensure the dominant position of the Ministry of Industry in the liquor process, and then through a series of meetings between the two or more parties, he reached a number of agreements with the liquor workshops in various places, and solved the government-run workshops of the Ministry of Industry that had fallen into losses since the day of completion by means of leasing or sales, and also used a price that everyone could accept, and the hundreds of thousands of stone grains that the Ministry of Industry hoarded in their hands to steam wine were also processed to the wineries in various places. Thus completely pulling the Ministry of Industry out of the quagmire of liquor. He also helped the remaining government-run workshops to formulate some rules and regulations that were conducive to their operations, and persuaded the Ministry of Industry to abandon the long-standing and brutal practice of forcing craftsmen to work in government-run workshops, and instead recruit craftsmen and helpers at more reasonable wages. At present, the liquor workshops retained by the Ministry of Industry in Shangjing, Chang'an, Chengdu and other places are implementing these regulations. It turns out that these charters are effective, and the trading of several liquor workshops is no worse than those of private workshops! In the case that liquor is not a monopoly of the Ministry of Industry, the government-run workshops can be equal to the private workshops, such a situation is completely beyond people's expectations, and it is a little unbelievable!

The liquor business was handled neatly and safely, and he was also praised many times by the Shangshu and the waiters of the Ministry of Industry, which made him have some small fame in the six departments.

At that time, he was high-spirited and ambitious, and he wanted to do something wholeheartedly.

But what happened next was like a basin of cold water poured on the fire, making him cold from head to feet and cold to his heart.

When he was in Yanshan, he was already the governer of the eighth grade, and the position he received was the right jianshu of the sixth room of the governor's mansion of the seventh grade, and the actual civil official of the eighth grade. Following the practice of this dynasty, local officials would raise the six ministries and such direct yamen as a sign of glory and appreciation. But he didn't get that kind of care. The Ministry of Industry only gave him a director of the Ministry of Works, Cang Cao, and he didn't care much. Zheng Bapin is Zheng Bapin, anyway, the person who presides over the liquor affairs is him and no one else; It doesn't matter if he doesn't rise to the rank of dispersion, he has the shares of Liu Ji Warehouse, which is a lot of dividends every year, and he really can't look down on the hundreds of thousands of Wen brought by that level of scattered rank. At that time, he thought that this was a last resort for the Ministry of Industry to stop others from gossiping; As long as he shows his ability and lets others see his ability, he will have what he should have. However, the cruel truth ruthlessly shattered his wishes! After the liquor matter, Chang Xiu, the left waiter, proposed to reward the relevant personnel, and the Ministry of Works, Shangshu Zhai Cuo, and the right waiter agreed. As a result, other people's commendations and awards were passed, but when it was his turn, only half of them were passed. There is no problem with the money, food, cloth and other rewards he deserves, but he doesn't even think about the promotion. Those who oppose his promotion have only one reason: one by one, he is just a showman. He is neither a jinshi nor a jinshi, or even a lifter, just a showman...... Suffice it to have this reason. In the face of this reason, no matter how much ability he Jiang has and how much ability he has, it is useless! Even Shang Shu Zhai Cuo and Shilang Chang Xiu, they have no way to say anything for him!

But when he heard the news, the loss in his heart could not be described in words. He was depressed for a while, and then slowly regained his strength.

Don't mention the matter of the Ministry of Works. Although he is still the head of Zhengbapin, he is not in charge of affairs at all, at most he is just a name in the Ministry of Industry. This is probably because the Ministry of Industry is afraid of being infamous for "crossing the river, demolishing the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey", so it did not return him to Yanshanwei. But there are also advantages to being famous, at least he has a lot of free time to sort out what he has learned in the past two or three years, and at the same time has time to think more deeply about some of the "economic" issues he cares about.

In this regard, he has already achieved some results. When the imperial court had just decided to implement the strategy of the Eastern Wa Dynasty and the clan decided to provide the first three families with a private loan of 6 million, he pointed out in a forward-looking manner that after the news of the gold and silver mountains of the Eastern Wa Kingdom was leaked and gradually confirmed, the existing comparison of gold, silver and copper will have a high-low shock that will last for several years in the future, but the general trend will be the gradual decline of gold and silver prices, and finally there will be a situation of "silver and copper are expensive", which is just the opposite of the current phenomenon of "silver and copper are cheap".

Many people scoff at this assertion and listen to it as a joke. Not all of them are dismissive, though. One of the officials of the household department talked to him many times on this topic, and wrote his opinion into a submission and placed it on the desk of the household department. Unfortunately, this submission was not taken seriously by the Tobe Shangshu, and the Tobu Yamen and the imperial court were not wary of this possibility. In the hearts of officials, the ratio between official silver and money is the official exchange rate of one to two thousand, which is a constant and unchangeable exchange price. As for the prices of official silver and money in the market, in just three or four months, they have fallen from one to two five or even one to two or six to one to two three, and how much does this have to do with them?

Soon after, Jiang pointed out another possibility. This possibility is divided into two stages, the first of which occurs when the clan is taking out loans to the first three members. During this period, because a considerable part of the loans flowed into the Dongwa in the form of money, a copper shortage would form in the densely distributed areas of the clan in a short period of time; Therefore, if the imperial court does not disclose the information in time and take strong measures, the impact of the copper shortage will gradually spread, and eventually form a "deflationary" phenomenon in a large area. The second stage was after the completion of the Eastern Strategy. Because of the large import of gold and silver from the Eastern War, Da Zhao is likely to fall into a larger and longer "inflation" ......

I can't help but say that Jiang Jian is a kind of person who has perseverance and perseverance and can endure the loneliness of doing learning; Of course, he also has some talent. He learned some specious "hodgepodge" general theories from the teacher who was half a jar of water, and in the end, he actually deduced a more credible conclusion. Soon after he came to his conclusion, some signs of deflation began to emerge in the prefectures and counties around Shangjing. In order to provide loans to the first three families, the clan sold a large amount of land, grain, cloth, and everything that could be realized at the same time, and the consequence was that the price of land in Shangjing continued to plummet, and the price of goods closely related to ordinary people, such as grain, cloth, and silk, continued to decline. Influenced by them, salt, tea, medicinal herbs, spices, wood, and ceramics in the Shangjing market ...... Almost everything is in price drops. Even the price of manpower at the wharves and yards is not immune. The largest gateway wharf on the Luohe River, in May, the lowest wage of a helper here is 70 wen a day, and in this season in recent years, the wage is almost always at this price. But by July, the minimum wage a day had dropped to 60 yuan. On the third day of August, it fell below 60 wen and slipped to 57 wen without any suspense......

However, the rapid change in the price of manpower at the wharf at the gate is of little concern to anyone other than those who rely on selling their strength to support their families. The vast majority of people, even many important ministers of the imperial court, still think that this is a good thing, and with the reduction of prices, the money in everyone's hands is more valuable than in the past. Isn't it a good thing that you can buy more things for the same money?

When everyone thinks it's a good thing, and suddenly someone jumps out and says it's a bad thing, then everyone thinks this guy is more annoying than a fly.

There is no doubt that this disgusting person is Jiang Jun. He was one of the very few people in his age who could clearly understand the dire consequences of deflation. But it didn't do him much good. On the contrary, all that he encountered was the worst.

When he predicted that the price of gold and silver would change, at least a few people listened and thought about it carefully, and put it into practice. But this time, when he talked nonsense about "inflation" and "deflation", almost no one paid attention to it. He doesn't want to find any confidants or like-minded people. How can anyone who doesn't even know what "currency" means, so how can they be interested in his truths? Not to mention that this guy is full of new names made up by himself! Hmph, a person who can't even lift a person can say what profound truth he can say if he doesn't do serious things and walks around the market and docks every day?

Such unpleasant words, Jiang Tuan has heard many times with his own ears. But it's nothing, he can think about it, and he won't meet these people in general. It is a very common thing to be high and natural; Isn't it?

There was only one thing that he couldn't think about. Whether it was in the Sixth Division, or in other yamen, or even in the leisure time after the yamen, when he first met others, when they heard that he was not a jinshi or a lifter, but just a showman, and was still a showman from a small border guard county, they exuded a lofty look and posture. Sometimes, they don't hide this expression of self-perceived superiority. This undoubtedly made him feel humiliated, and even more unbearable!

A while ago, the official of the household department he knew, this was the best friend he had known since he entered Beijing, and his friend wanted to help him find a position in the household department that could do some practical things, but the people in the household department clearly pointed out that this was impossible! A person who was born in Xiucai can do the county order of Zhongxian at most locally, and can only be the main thing from the eighth grade in the imperial court; Jiang Jian is now the head of the Ministry of Industry, which is actually beyond the limit......

The household department not only rejected the suggestion of the court official, but also informed the ministry of the matter. It wasn't for the Ministry of Works' Shangshu Zhai Cuo's appearance, and the person Zhai Cuo found happened to be Xue Xun, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and it was difficult for anyone to say what the outcome of this matter would be in the end.

Although Jiang Tuan has nothing to do and is still an eight-rank official of the Ministry of Industry, the idea of resignation has taken root in his heart.

He came to Shang Cheng this time, in fact, he also wanted Shang Cheng to help him get an idea, whether he would be an official or not......