Wu Zetian summoned the ministers to discuss the two ceremonial halls, and specially asked him to bring the Wu Ning brothers, who have been very unpopular with everyone recently, although Wu Chenghei was unwilling, but at this critical juncture, he had to obey his fate.

After a short time, the officials of the two prefectures and the six departments of the three provinces gathered in the Liangyi Hall one after another.

Originally, Di Fatzi, Old Man Cen, and Lu Songzhi and other courtiers have been exhausted and exhausted by the court affairs recently, and when they heard that the empress came out to suppress the crisis, everyone was both excited and curious.

Excitedly, the old lady was not set aside after all, and was in charge of the overall situation at a critical moment.

Curious ...... Or the old lady was not set aside, and she was in charge of the overall situation at a critical moment.

In other words, the position of the crown prince of Wu Chenghei is not very glorious, right?

How dare he let the old lady out? Aren't you afraid that Wu Zetian will return to power and be the first to destroy him?

Di Renjie walked towards the Liangyi Palace, and pondered: These people are a bit advanced, why can't they understand it at all!?

Well, Di Ge is dozens of years old, and he really hasn't seen this battle.

Whether it is Gong Dou or the current situation in the world, he has never seen it.

He really didn't understand, Wu Zetian, Wu Chenghei, plus Wu Laojiu, what kind of way they were doing, and what kind of Spring and Autumn drama they were playing.

I don't understand that this is so good, how can the people's livelihood in the world collapse when it comes to collapse.

As a result, when he arrived at the Liangyi Palace, Di Fatzi almost didn't get angry.

I saw the old lady sitting in a high position calmly, and her little face (no, it was an old face) was flushed, neither the embarrassment of the defeat of the palace fight, nor the fatigue of being so seriously ill to the outside world.

And Wu Chenghei is even more outrageous.

It was a face of joy and convincing, as if he was not at all worried about the old lady returning to power.

What is the reason for this?

Not only Di Renjie was stunned, but Cen Changqian, Lu Songzhi and others were no better, looking at each other, they couldn't do it at all.

On the other side, Dewu Zetian summoned Wu Ning and Wu Qi, two brothers, who were also walking towards the Liangyi Palace.

"Have you written it all?" Wu Ning talked to Wu Qi as he walked, "After a while, the ministers will have no way to discuss the matter, and when Your Majesty asks, you can answer as you said before." ”

"Memorize it!"

Wu Qi nodded like pounding garlic, "Write it down, write it down!" You've been babbling for days, and you can recite it backwards. ”

When Wu Ning heard this, he finally put his mind at ease. Looking at the Liangyi Hall in front of him, he said worriedly: "The current situation can't be delayed, and we have to let them do whatever we say today!" ”

Well, what Wu Ning told Wu Qi was naturally a solution to the current situation.

As for why he didn't say it from his own mouth, but had to go through Wu Qi, of course, it was also because he wanted Wu Qi to show his face more in front of the ministers and prepare for the future.

......

When they entered the temple, all eyes were on the two brothers.

Di Renjie and the others frowned even more, showing embarrassment.

The heart said: Why did he come?

Speaking from the heart, Di Renjie and others have been a little disappointed with Wu Ning recently.

First, Wu Laojiu did not handle the matter of Wu Chenghei's forcing the palace properly, so that Wu Chenghei won the position of prince.

And this time the situation has changed greatly, and Wu Ning's suggestion is not satisfactory to everyone.

In fact, he advocated businessmen to hoard Juqi, which touched everyone's moral bottom line.

In the face of the catastrophe, he still thinks about making profits for his father-in-law, which is really a bit too selfish.

Therefore, when Wu Ning came in, everyone didn't know what to say, and it was even more difficult to face it.

This kind of emotion is a bit complicated.

As soon as Wu Zetian saw that Wu Ning and Wu Qi had arrived, he didn't care about Doulu Qinwang, as well as Wu Sansi, Wu Youji and others had not yet arrived, and said in a cold voice about the recent situation.

Okay, the old man Doulu is also wronged enough, this drama of the Liangyi Palace was originally arranged for Wu Qi, and he didn't even count as a color matching.

Even Di Renjie and them are just tools for Wu Chengsi not to think too much, and they are not even supporting roles.

The old lady didn't even bother to talk nonsense, and it was saved to ask everyone's opinions.

Directly, he looked at Wu Qi: "Mr. Ziqi, if it is very dangerous today, you should wait for your talents and share worries for the country." ”

"For .... In today's situation, can the sub-period be judged as the choice of the champion? ”

"And how to deal with it?"

“......”

Everyone was ignored by the old lady like this, and they felt a little surprised.

Di Fat said in his heart, you should ask us first?

As everyone knows, how can Wu Zetian have the intention to let you brag nonsense, the Great Zhou has already collapsed, and you are still allowed to talk nonsense? Of course, it is straight to the point, and let Wu Qi tell the solution.

However, having said that, the old lady asked Wu Qi, not Wu Ning, which made both Wu Chengsi and Di Renjie accept it and focus their eyes on Wu Qi.

Including Wu Ning, he also looked at Wu Lao Shi with deep meaning. That means: You have already passed the qi on the way here, you just do what I taught you.

"Ahem, ahem!"

suddenly became the focus of the audience, Wu Laoshi cleared his throat, straightened his waist, and looked a little enjoying on his face.

Towards the old lady Wu with both palms in front of him, he raised his head over the top.

"Your Majesty's ....."

Withdrew his voice, "Minister...."

The old lady closed her eyes and nodded, just waiting for Wu Qi's performance below, and there was still a little evil in her heart.

The heart said: You gang of mallets, one of them can fight.... No, not a single person has the ability! It's up to my own son to behave well and turn the tide to solve the crisis, right? After listening to Wu Qi's words, you can't be shocked by a bunch of your jaws?

was thinking about it, and was waiting for Wu Qi to perform well, and he was shocked, and the result was ......

Wu Lao Shi......

"Minister, incompetent, no way out!"

"Gah?"

The old lady almost didn't fall off the dragon chair, and looked at Wu Qi in disbelief, her eyes wanting to breathe fire.

almost scolded: "You unlucky boy! That's not how the script is written! ”

Wu Ning was also stunned by Wu Lao Shi's reply that did not follow the script. looked at Wu Qi in horror, and said in his heart: "You loser, what are you going to do?" ”

Hehe....

As for Wu Qi, only when the sharp eyes of the old lady and the ninth brother did not exist, at this time, he had put away his previous expression of enjoyment, and his eyes were full of color, but he wanted to do things according to his own thoughts.

"Back to Your Majesty!"

Wu Qi bowed and couldn't afford it, "The talent of Weichen is only in the classics of history, and he is still young." His Majesty and the princes are really in love, and they are fortunate to be in a high position. ”

"However, with the ability of Weichen, there is no spare strength to view a city, and the general trend of the world, how can Weichen see through? Therefore, the minister was guilty and did not dare to speak falsely. ”

"It's ....."

As he spoke, Wu Lao Shi naturally looked at Wu Ning, "It's my brother, he is a sage who governs the world, and he has the ability to look at the universe, Your Majesty should ask him if he is." ”

"You...."

When Wu Zetian heard this, his angry old face turned pale, and he said in his heart, I didn't promise you about this, why are you still the overlord on the bow?

Wu Lao Shi is obviously a pun, and there are words in his words.

Moreover, he played with a careful eye, and even made the old lady a little frightened in his choice of words.

"The sages of the world?"

How can it be said that a courtier is a sage who rules the world? At most, the courtiers can only be regarded as "ruling the world"!

subconsciously glanced at Wu Chengsi, for fear that Wu Chengsi would hear something.

It's a pity that not only Wu Chengsi didn't hear anything weird, but even Di Renjie didn't hear anything unusual.

Moreover, as soon as he heard Wu Qi let Wu Ning speak, Di Renjie's brows were so furrowed that he couldn't get rid of them.

Let him say? It's not the hoarding of Juqi?

“......”

Wu Ning is also a dog over there, if it weren't for the Liangyi Palace, he would have wanted to kick Wu Lao Shi to death.

Is there anything serious about it?

No, I had to take a step to work, saluted Wu Zetian, and said: "Your Majesty, I have also talked to the ministers about the current situation before. ”

"I think it makes sense, so let's let the child say it himself!"

For whatever reason, Wu Ning kicked the ball back again.

However, where is Wu Qi willing? It was also a salute to Wu Zetian, "Your Majesty, the micro-ministers are all small, and they can't be on the stage, or ....."

"No!" Wu Ning interrupted, "Your opinion is more feasible!" ”

"Definitely!" Wu Qi waved his hand, "Brother Jiu, don't be modest." ”

"Sub-period!" Wu Ning was furious, "The overall situation is important!" ”

"Brother...."Wu Qi replied again, "You have to be!" ”

Wu Zetian: "......"

Di Renjie: "......"

Wu Chengsi: "......"

You two....... What for?

The old lady was speechless, and they were still modest.

Di Renjie's face turned red, he wanted to speak, but he didn't have this opportunity yet.

Wu Chengsi has no sense of existence, I'm still the prince!?

In the end, the old lady was anxious, "Okay!!" ”

He shouted angrily and looked at Wu Ning speechlessly, "Zijiu!" Come on! ”

Then, he glared at Wu Qi without a trace, you little rabbit cub, dare to take the old lady's army, you wait!

The old lady said a word, and the audience was silent, and they all looked at Wu Ning.

I also have different ideas in my heart, okay, then let Mu Zijiu say it! Let's see, in addition to hoarding Juqi, what else can he spit out fresh.

Wu Ning: "......"

The situation is forced, but it can no longer be shirked.

"Hoo ......"

With a long sigh, he spit out a sentence: "This game is ......"

"Incomprehensible!"

"Nonsense!" Di Renjie almost didn't jump up, and said in his heart, "What else do you want to do?" ”

Wu Qi said on the side: "It's hard to solve, my brother must have a solution, right?" ”

At this time, Wu Lao Shi is a professional champion.

Wu Ning glared at him and continued to everyone: "This bureau should be called..."

"Money shortage!"

"Money...."Di Renjie was suddenly startled, his heart seemed to be transparent, but he was still unclear.

It was embarrassing for Wu Chenghei, and when Prince Wu heard the word "money shortage", he was stunned and blurted out, "What is a money shortage?" ”

Well, he doesn't even know what a "money shortage" is.

At this time, Cen Changqian pondered for a long time, and finally spoke: "Are you sure?" Is this really a money shortage? ”

Old man Cen is erudite and well-known, although the word "money shortage" is raw, but he still knows it.

Because, although the old man can't know the future, he can't know the word "money shortage" from the economic environment of the Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, but there are also lessons from his predecessors.

That's right, in fact, in the history of China, in addition to the famous Northern Song Dynasty, which suffered from a long time of money shortage, there were also cases in the Western Jin Dynasty where commerce was hindered due to insufficient coinage.

It's just that the money shortage in the Western Jin Dynasty, whether in terms of scale or harm, cannot be compared with the Northern Song Dynasty.

What's more, the current money shortage in the Wu Zhou Dynasty is more violent than that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Therefore, whether it is Cen Changqian or Di Renjie, they don't think about the shortage of money at all.

"Money shortage?" Di Ren shouted, "It's not like it? ”

There are records of the history of the money shortage in the Western Jin Dynasty, but compared with the current situation, it is a completely different situation.

After all, judging from the shortage of money in Jin, even if the people lack money, they can barter.

How can it be like now, nine out of ten merchants are dead, and department stores are not available?

"What is the reason for this?"

I saw Wu Ning is wry smile.

What's with?

Hehe, if you say what the reason is, Di Renjie has to chop him.

Why is Wu Ning so concerned about this great wilderness, and wants to save the world at the cost of his own life?

Because, in the final analysis, this money shortage that should not have appeared in this era was caused by him Wu Ning.

......

First of all, what is a money shortage?

In other words, the lack of money is not enough to circulate.

To put it bluntly, the total amount of money involved in circulation is too small, which leads to the blockage of business activities.

Let's make it simpler:

Ten people have their own positions, some are farming, some are selling cloth, some are building houses, etc., these ten people can form a social closed loop, that is, they can sell each other's output to support their lives.

Then, of course, money is also needed to sell output. Normally, maybe 100 times can maintain this closed-loop trading level on par with the outside world.

But what if these ten people don't have a hundred? What if there was only one copper coin?

This is the money shortage!

There is too little money to circulate, or it can't circulate properly.

A closed loop of copper coins made it impossible for peasants to sell their grain to cloth merchants, and cloth merchants could not buy houses.

The problem that the Wu Zhou Dynasty is facing now is like this.

So, the question arises again, in the original history, the Tang Dynasty, which implemented the parallel monetary system of copper coins and cloth, but there was no money shortage, how can there be now?

I think it started 10 years ago.

Ten years ago, Wu Ningsao gave Wu Zetian a box of "Awakening World Fang", thus opening the door to commerce in the Tang and Zhou dynasties.

The lifting of the curfew, the abolition of Fang City, and the restriction of population circulation are equivalent to completely loosening the commercial shackles of the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

The development of commerce means an increase in the total amount of money in circulation. However, on the other hand, the amount of coinage in the Tang and Zhou dynasties could not keep up with the pace of commercial development.

From the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, until Wu Zetian, and even later, until the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the annual coinage of the Tang Dynasty remained at the level of more than 100,000 guan for a long time, and the maximum year was about 300,000 guan.

This coinage level is very low, which is one-tenth or even one-tenth of that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

The arrival of Wu Ning made the commercial scale of the Northern Song Dynasty three hundred years ahead of schedule.

However, the amount of coinage in the Tang Dynasty is much lower than that of the Northern Song Dynasty, so the money shortage will inevitably run rampant in the Tang Dynasty, and it must be more violent than that of the Northern Song Dynasty.

However, the money shortage cannot appear all at once, this is a gradual process, and the imperial court should have room to react.

But why did it come all of a sudden?

This is still because of Wu Ning.

Well, Wu Laojiu bears an unshirkable responsibility in this great wilderness.

First, the transformation of Chang'an City.

When Wu Ning was in charge of Chang'an City, a public land auction almost drained the money of the wealthy households in Chang'an, plus the merchants from all over the world.

More than 25 million!

Among them, he spent 10 million yuan to renovate Chang'an City. This can be regarded as spent, but fifteen million are still detained by Wu Zetian.

Second, he encouraged Mrs. Wu to fight Tibet.

For the Battle of Tubo, Wu Zetian prepared a military salary of 30 million yuan.

However, the battle of Tibet has not yet been fought.

The fight is not finished, which means that the military salary has not been sent out, and the more than 30 million yuan is in the hands of the imperial court.

What does this mean?

It means that a considerable part of the circulating currency of the Great Zhou Dynasty was returned by the imperial court in a very short period of time. Moreover, it cannot be issued in the short term, and it cannot participate in the circulation of currency.

This made the Dazhou business, which already had a shortage of money, rapidly lack copper money, resulting in today's situation.

It's deadly!

By the time Wu Ning reacted, it was already too late.

The inevitable result of the rapid reduction of copper coins is the depreciation of goods. Grain, silk cloth and other basic materials are not only unable to be sold because of the lack of money, but they are also extremely cheap.

The peasants suffered first, and then the middle-class merchants.

Because the price of goods is one price a day, today ten wen will collect rice, tomorrow it can only be sold for nine wen.

There is not much money in the first place, and if you collect it and sell it again, you will lose money, you say, who would dare to do business again?

And what about the rich? It was the discovery of a more profitable business - the accumulation of copper.

In the money shortage, the only thing that is rising is the price of copper.

Everyone found that it was better to make more money by directly hoarding copper coins in trading.

As a result, the trend of money shortage has been further exacerbated.

This is the reason why nine out of ten merchants in all states in the world are dead, and there is no access to goods and goods.

......

After listening to Wu Ning's explanation of the money shortage, Di Renjie frowned deeply.

"That's not right....?"

Di Fat Man was a little puzzled, "Then why.... Chang'an is extremely high prices and shortage of goods? ”

The cause that Wu Ning said, Di Renjie and they didn't think about it. However, the situation in Chang'an is just the opposite, so that they dare not assert.

"Di Gong...," Wu Ning replied, "Chang'an is different from other regions!" ”

You know, Chang'an is a supply-oriented city.

A megacity of more than a million people, it relies on external blood transfusions to survive.

"Chang'an is just the opposite of other places, when the prices of other state capitals depreciate due to the non-circulation of goods, Chang'an also rises because of the non-circulation of goods."

"It doesn't make sense!" Di Renjie waved his hand, "The old man doesn't believe it, with the profit-seeking nature of a businessman, will he let Chang'an's good business not be done?" Don't traffic goods to Chang'an? ”

"Well..... this" Wu Ning groaned for a while, and also glanced at Di Fatzi deeply, and almost choked Di Renjie to death when he said it.

"The merchants who are trafficking for profit have been killed by the imperial court!"

"Uh....."

Not only Di Renjie, but one of them was counted as one, and all of them were blushing.

Wu Ning is referring to something else, isn't it all pressed to death?

The imperial court is currently strictly investigating hoarding, and whoever dares to receive the goods in the family of big merchants is an enemy of the imperial court, and he will have to go to prison if he doesn't chop off his head.

In such an environment, who would dare to traffick?

"This...."

Di Renjie's face was a little unbearable, according to Wu Laojiu, then we starved ourselves to death?

......

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