If Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen release the copper ore they got from Dali in one go.

Prices will skyrocket in an instant, and the people will be miserable.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen have been holding on, just to protect the interests of the people.

Zhao Zhen laughed with Kou Ji, "I look at them, and I am like a frog at the bottom of a well, saving more money than they can imagine."

My inner warehouse, the imperial court's pile sealing warehouse, and the warehouse of the instrument workshop are stored in a huge number of copper ingots.

The sinners of Dali and Jiaozhi have been mining copper ore day and night in Dali, and the copper smelting mills by the river have never been extinguished.

My inner treasury is already full, and copper ingots are still being transported to Bianjing City.

The money that my Great Song Dynasty now controls exceeds that of all dynasties.

A group of fleas, gathered together, wanted to use the insignificant gold and silver in their hands to buy up the copper coins of my Great Song Dynasty.

It's really wishful thinking.

I don't go to them for trouble, it's already benevolent, and they still dare to trouble me.

I want to teach them a lesson, but I haven't been able to make up my mind, and I still need the fourth brother to solve my doubts. ”

Kou Ji sat beside Zhao Zhen and pondered, "It's easy to clean them up." But after cleaning them up, they must find ways to transfer the harm to the people.

In the end, it is the people who suffer. ”

Zhao Zhen frowned, "Do you just let them bully me?" ”

Koji groaned and didn't speak.

It's easy to clean up the wealthy families who are making trouble behind their backs, as long as they release a large number of copper coins, so as to squeeze out the gold and silver in their hands and let their copper coins smash in their hands.

If they are a little more ruthless, they can take advantage of the trend to introduce gold and silver coins, formulate a relative exchange system, and make the copper coins in their hands worthless.

Their fortunes will shrink dramatically.

But on the contrary, the property in the hands of the people will also shrink significantly.

Eventually, the imperial court will take advantage of this to harvest a wave of harvest.

The wealthy will wail again and again, and the people will be miserable.

What the imperial court needs to clean up now is the wealthy families, not the common people.

Zhao Zhen saw that Kou Ji fell into silence, and couldn't help but speak, "Fourth brother thinks it's inappropriate?" ”

Kou Ji sighed: "Wealthy families, no matter how much they clean up, the ministers will not feel distressed." If you dare to take advantage of the imperial court, you must be prepared to be cleaned up by the imperial court.

But if you do it too harshly, the people will eventually be implicated.

This year, my Great Song Dynasty collected a lot of materials and handed them over to the king of Jiaozhi County.

In fact, there is a shortage of civilian materials.

Once we are ruthless, the prices of the people will multiple.

Then the people will be even more miserable. ”

After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhao Zhen groaned: "Fourth brother wants me to endure it?" ”

Kou Ji suggested, "Let's take a small punishment first and see if they will stop." ”

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and waited for the following.

Kou Ji said slowly: "Order the one-word Jiaozi shop to stop sending more than ten Jiaozi." Since they like copper coins, let them trade them with copper coins.

By the way, Fan Zhongyan can tell the tax departments in various places and let them only collect copper coins from now on. ”

After Zhao Zhen quietly analyzed Kou Ji's words, he said to Kou Ji: "Fourth brother, if the one-word Jiaozi shop stops issuing more than ten Jiaozi, it can indeed punish those wealthy families."

They have become accustomed to trading with Jiaozi, and they have stopped issuing Jiaozi, which has a great impact on them, but it does not hurt the people.

But if the tax department only collects copper coins, will it raise the price of copper?

Will those wealthy families think that the court is copper, so they only accept copper coins?

Could they be crazier? ”

Kou Ji smiled and said: "If they are crazy, let them go crazy, we can take advantage of the situation to release some of the stored copper and let them hide it in their hands first."

When the coins go into their hands, they will not take them out, and they will not harm the people.

We can use this to get back the gold and silver from them at a low price.

When the time comes, we can issue gold and silver coins.

Then let go of Jiaozi's control.

If they are interested, they will obediently give in to us.

If they are not interested, then we will take back the money from the people and recast it and release it.

Then let the local tax offices only collect the new money. ”

The advice given by Kou Ji was gentle and did not hurt the people.

If Kou Ji didn't care about the life and death of the people, he wouldn't need to be so troublesome.

Zhao Zhen listened to Kou Ji's suggestion, nodded and said, "Then stop sending more than ten Jiaozi first." ”

Zhao Zhen picked up a pen and wrote a sentence, put it on the table, and did not mention the matter again.

Kou Ji didn't say anything more.

The two went to the file room of the Shishi Hall, and according to the official documents of Han Qi and Bao Zheng, they assigned the military households in Hedong and Jiangnan.

Not every place in Liaodi is suitable for farming, such as the Great and Small Xing'an Mountains, Changbai Mountain, and mountainous places are not suitable for farming at all.

For example, the plains of the Rimheng Province are suitable for large-scale farming.

In places such as Gumengfu, it is necessary to half-cultivate and half-plant.

The topography of each place is different, and the number of people distributed is different, and the number of sins is different.

So it should be allocated according to the situation.

Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen don't need to be so finely distributed, just give a roughly number, and the specific local officials and Zhang Zhibai will watch the allocation.

After Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen were roughly distributed, they sent someone to send it to Zhang Zhibai in Liaodi.

Let Zhang Zhibai urge the magistrate to do a good job of reception and distribution.

Some time to come.

In smooth water.

Heavy snow covered the city of Bianjing layer after layer.

There was a white disaster in Bianjing.

The prefect of Quan Kaifeng Prefecture was clearing the snow and cleaning up the dilapidated houses with the people of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, and Wang Zeng led the people from the household department to distribute food and charcoal for disaster relief, and also set up temporary tents for some people whose houses were crushed by snow.

There is enough grain stored in the Changping warehouse in Bianjing City, so it is enough to cope with any disaster.

Everything is going on in an orderly manner.

Kou Ji went to Bianjing City for a walk, and found that there was no place where he needed to intervene, so he nested in the bamboo courtyard to teach.

Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, and Zhao Run were lying on the desk reading.

Recently they added a new course.

Science.

Different from traditional arithmetic, Professor Kou Ji's arithmetic for Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong was a book compiled by himself.

A few talents to get started.

There are high and low arrivals.

Zeng Gong is still competing with Arabic numerals, not because Zeng Gong is not smart enough, but because Zeng Gong has some resistance to Arabic numerals.

Wang Anshi and Zhao Run's entry into the country was very fast.

The fastest is Zhao Run.

Zhao Run has made no progress in martial arts, but he is very talented in arithmetic.

Koji was dozing off in a rocking chair in his study, with a brazier at his feet.

Zhao Xu and Kou Hui have a snowball fight in the garden outside the study.

Laughter kept swirling around the study.

Zhao Run's mind was hooked out and he wanted to go out to play.

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong seemed to have something to say, and frequently looked at Kou Ji who was dozing off in the rocking chair.

"Since you're restless, don't study, go out and play."

Kou Ji opened his eyes faintly, saw the three little guys uneasy, and said lightly.

Zhao Run didn't think about it, cheered and rushed outside the study, and soon joined Zhao Xu and Kou Hui's battle group.

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong did not rush out, but got up to salute Kou Ji.

"Sir, the student has doubts......"

After Wang Anshi gave the salute, he spoke softly.

Although Zeng Gong didn't say anything, he also had doubts in his heart.

Kou Ji stopped the rocking chair that was dangling, and his eyes fell on the two of them, "Master, preach, teach, and solve doubts." If you have doubts, ask me, you should be. ”

When Wang Anshi heard this, he knew that Kou Ji had agreed to ask his own questions.

Wang Anshi hurriedly spoke: "Sir, there is a question that has been hotly discussed by students in the Wenchang Academy recently, but there has been no result.

Therefore, the students came to ask Mr. for advice. ”

Kou Ji slowly sat up and said, "If you have a problem, just say it, don't be so mother-in-law." ”

Wang Anshi hurriedly said: "Students are accustomed to having surplus funds at home, so they often use Jiaozi, and some wealthy businessmen use Jiaozi as money.

Before the advent of Jiaozi, large transactions were made either in gold and silver, or with a large amount of copper coins.

After the advent of Jiaozi, almost all large transactions were delivered with Jiaozi.

Jiaozi can be said to have become a necessity for bulk trading.

It has provided convenience for many people in the Great Song Dynasty.

It can be seen that Jiaozi is a good thing.

Since it is a good thing, why did the imperial court suddenly stop issuing it. ”

After listening to Wang Anshi's words, Kou Ji was slightly stunned for a moment, and said, "Stopping the delivery of Jiaozi involves government affairs." Does the Wenchang Academy now have a government affairs department? ”

Kou Ji didn't remember that Kou Zhun had opened a government affairs department in the Wenchang Academy, and he hadn't heard that his successor had opened it in the Wenchang Academy, so he had this question.

Zeng Gong said after Kou Ji's voice landed: "Sir, the Wenchang Academy has not opened a government affairs department. It's just that most of the people who came out of the Wenchang Academy will be officials in the future.

After they have finished learning scriptures, martial arts and other subjects, they will discuss the government affairs of the court in their spare time, so as to accumulate some knowledge for their future careers. ”

Kou Ji suddenly had a temperament, and said with a smile: "According to your age and your position in the Wenchang Academy, now should be the time to step up your study of scriptures and martial arts.

When discussing government affairs, it should be those students who are about to graduate.

You are suddenly so concerned about government affairs, are you being embarrassed by the problems of government affairs? ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong glanced at each other and nodded in unison.

Kou Ji smiled and admonished: "You are my students, others are embarrassed by this question, it is very likely that they have ulterior motives, you should be careful." ”

Wang Anshi said: "Their little tricks naturally can't be hidden from the students. Students won't let them get their way either. But their question did arouse the student's curiosity, so the student wanted to ask for an answer from Mr. ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "Since you want to know, then I'll tell you." ”

Kou Ji waved his hand.

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong sat down slowly, and the two looked at Kou Ji, quietly waiting for Kou Ji to solve his doubts.

Kou Ji smiled after they sat down: "Jiaozi, in fact, there is another discipline involved. The emergence of Jiaozi is actually an innovation in money. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji paused and said, "What do you think of money?" ”

Wang Anshi pondered for a moment and said: "Students think that some things that are too rare are used as money because they are valuable. ”

Zeng Gong stared at Kou Ji and said seriously: "Students think that money is the source of all evil. ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Wang Anshi said to Zeng Gong unceremoniously: "Money itself is neither good nor bad, and evil is given by the human heart." Therefore, it is not appropriate to call money the source of all evil. ”

Zeng Gong was just about to open his mouth to refute, when he saw Kou Ji knock on the armrest of the rocking chair.

"Off topic......"

As soon as this remark came out.

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong shut up one after another.

Kou Ji stared at the two little guys and said, "Gold, silver, and bronze have no special meaning in themselves. The reason why it can be used as money is because people give it to it.

The reason why Jiaozi can be used as money in the Great Song Dynasty is also given by people.

As long as the court and the people admit that it is money, then he is money. ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong's eyes were instantly stunned.

I couldn't help but think of what it would be like for Da Song if Jiaozi became money.

It would be a disaster if it was indiscriminate.

Kou Ji's eyes widened when he saw the two little guys, and he knew that the two little guys realized the situation of the promiscuity.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "Do you think that if Jiaozi is indiscriminate, the consequences will be turned upside down?" ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong nodded almost without hesitation.

Wang Anshi asked: "Is it because the imperial court stopped issuing Jiaozi because Jiaozi has already shown a trend of indiscriminate distribution." ”

Kou Ji smiled and shook his head, "Yizizipu is a royal property, more precisely, it is a pillar of the imperial court. What will be the impact of the indiscriminate occurrence of Jiaozi, I and the official family are very clear.

Do you think the officials and I will dig our own graves? ”

Wang Anshi hurriedly shook his head.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The reason why the imperial court stopped issuing more than ten Jiaozi is because someone has already learned a little bit of the knowledge through the appearance of the one-word Jiaozi shop.

The government's desire to take back the right to tax the commercial tax has touched the interests of many people.

People were unwilling, so they wanted to embarrass the imperial court and force the imperial court to give up the right to recover commercial taxes and taxes.

The official family ordered the suspension of the issuance of more than ten jiaozi, which is to ring the alarm bell for them, let them try the inconvenience after not having jiaozi, let them know the means of the imperial court, and give up opposing the imperial court. ”

When Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong heard this, they realized how big the hidden interests were.

Now both the imperial court and Zhao Zhen, who controls the imperial court, are in full swing.

It is very unwise to go against the court and Zhao Zhen at this time.

But there are still people who attack the court.

That means that the court went down with a knife and cut a lot of meat.

Zeng Gong gritted his teeth and said: "The businessman is very profitable, and it is true, for his own interests, he does not hesitate to go against the imperial court, it is simply damned." ”

Wang Anshi nodded in agreement.

The scholars of the Great Song Dynasty all looked down on merchants.

Merchants have always been in the lowly ranks, the lowest strata of society.

Kou Ji laughed in a low voice and said, "It's true that businessmen value profits, and it's not wrong that businessmen like to take risks for the sake of profit. But this incident has little to do with businessmen.

Because the simple businessmen of the people did not dare to oppose the imperial court.

It's good that they can barely survive under the target of wealthy families.

Everyone in the government and the opposition looked down on businessmen.

Therefore, it is difficult for a simple merchant to oppose the imperial court.

Because they are suppressed everywhere.

Those who really dare to oppose the imperial court are the businessmen behind the wealthy families.

The two of you have a small amount of money in your family.

I also associate with some wealthy people.

It should be able to see that there are people in business behind every household.

Therefore, every household is not a simple businessman.

Because of you, and even your parents, they are doing a lot of business.

It is also because of you and your fathers behind you to help them talk to them that they dare to oppose the court. ”

When Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong heard Kou Ji's words, they frowned and fell into deep thought.

In the past, they looked down on businessmen, so they didn't pay attention to that.

Now after being reminded by Kou Ji, they found out.

Although their family members are not in business, there are always some business managers in the family.

Manages three or five pavements.

On weekdays, he sells some things from his own fields, or other businesses.

It is precisely because of this that they have enough money to recite poetry and be able to eat without having to work.

Seeing that the two of them were deep in thought, Kou Ji continued with a smile: "Don't you think it's ridiculous, obviously everyone is clamoring and saying that they don't like merchants.

But the family has always been inhabited by merchants.

And through those merchants, they continued to make money for their families.

Shinong Industry and Commerce.

Merchants are at the lowest level.

But most of the businessmen have taxis standing behind them. ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong's brows furrowed even tighter.

Kou Ji continued: "There have been people in the government and the opposition who have been shouting that the eldest husband does not handle the cheap business. But there has always been a cheap industry in the house. Most of the business in the house is still in their own hands.

He secretly does what a businessman does, but he doesn't carry the infamy in it.

Just hire a steward, and you can easily pluck yourself clean.

But at the root of it, who is doing business.

Glance. ”

In Kou Ji's eyes, not only the officials in the court are wearing a skin, but also the vast majority of wealthy families.

Merchants have always been at the lowest level of society, and they have been suppressed by various government decrees.

It would be good for a simple businessman to survive in such a society.

There is simply no one who can make the business bigger and stronger.

But you go to the bustling Bianjing City and see the rich merchants dressed in silk and satin.

Which one doesn't make the business right, and which one isn't the rich flowing oil?

Fan Lou can be set up on the edge of the imperial city, and it can be built one section higher than the highest palace in the imperial city, which is what ordinary businessmen can do?

The reason why they are so rich and so bold is because they have backers.

The backer is the scholar.

Kou Ji first entered Bianjing City and dealt with the Wu family, which is the best example.

The words of the government and the opposition that are ashamed of doing business are a joke.

shouted fiercely one by one, and I didn't see anyone in the house asking the people in the house to sell all the shops and stop doing business.

In front of Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, Kou Ji lifted the layer of skin on the wealthy families, allowing them to see the ugliness behind the wealthy families, and they were really unhappy.

You must know that nearly eighty percent of the officials in the government and the opposition have big families.

That is to say, nearly eighty percent of the officials in the government and the opposition shout that businessmen are lowly on their faces, but behind their backs, their families are crazy to make money from cheap businesses.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and it was really ugly.

The Great Song Dynasty is now extremely powerful, but it is controlled by such a group of ugly people, and the future of the Great Song Dynasty is really worrying.

"Don't think about it so much...... You are still young, just think more and learn more. When you came under my door, I told you that the requirements were really pragmatic.

So when you're fine, look at it and take a good look at the essence behind everything.

As for the heavy burden of the government and the opposition, I will carry it first, sir.

When I need you, you will come out and help me. ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong stood up and respectfully saluted Kou Ji.

Wang Anshi said with a solemn face: "Sir, although the official family is for those businessmen...... The wealthy have sounded the alarm. But they don't seem to appreciate it.

The official family stopped issuing more than ten jiaozi, so that those wealthy families saw an opportunity.

Someone took the opportunity to set up a Jiaozi shop, preparing to issue a large denomination of Jiaozi.

It won't be long before it opens in Bianjing.

There are many merchants who have already withdrawn their money from the Yizi Jiaozi shop and are ready to deposit it into the new Jiaozi shop. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a long time, and said in amazement: "If they don't try it in the local area, will they just open it in Bianjing City?"

Who did you hear this from? ”

Wang Anshi said in a deep voice: "When the students were invited to participate in a poetry meeting before, some people at the poetry meeting were very emotional. said that the official family stopped handing out large amounts of money, giving those businessmen an opportunity to take advantage of.

Those merchants will definitely make a lot of money from it.

He also said......"

Wang Anshi did not continue to say this.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "You still say that the official family is confused, maybe you still take me?" ”

Wang Anshi said with an embarrassed face: "The officials dare not criticize. However, Mr., as a subordinate of the Tongzhong Scholar, saw that the official family made such a confused decision, but he did not stop it......"

"Do you think I'm derelict in my duties?"

Kou Ji laughed.

Wang Anshi nodded stiffly.

Kou Ji smiled and sighed: "Jiaozi shop is not so easy to open. Whether it is the first Shuzhong Jiaozi shop, or the current one-word Jiaozi shop, it has experienced a lot of wind and rain.

There are no less than eighteen Jiaozi shops I have seen.

But the last surviving Jiaozi shop only has a word Jiaozi shop.

They only saw that Jiaozi made money, and only saw that Jiaozi was convenient, but they didn't see how big the risk was behind it. ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong asked curiously, "How big is ......?"

Kou Ji said faintly: "Millions, it's just a drizzle, and it's gone when you blow it." ”

Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong gasped and looked frightened.

Not to mention millions, thousands of dollars is a huge amount of money for them.

Millions, blow one breath and it's gone.

They really didn't dare to think about it.

Kou Ji got up slowly, pouted and said, "Just be obedient and soft, you have to get a jiaozi shop to grab business." This kind of thing is also something you can grab, can you control?

You toss copper coins, and don't toss Jiaozipu to be strong.

I don't know if I'm alive or dead......"

Kou Ji finished muttering this, and in the puzzled eyes of Wang Anshi and Zeng Gong, he lightly ordered: "Go and call Zhao Run to me in, and take you to make a small fortune for the teacher." ”

When Wang Anshi heard this, he immediately left the study and went to call Zhao Run.

Zhao Run heard that there was money to be made, so he threw down Kou Hui and Zhao Xu and ran into the study.

This kid is now a proper money junkie.