A penny as a penny to spend?

Zhou Yuan was so stunned that he couldn't even sit on the soft stool, so he stood up with a white face:

"Lord Wang, we can't force the people, blocking the mouths of the people is worse than preventing Sichuan, if we force the people, I'm afraid it will cause chaos in the world."

Su Lu was also a little confused, what did Lao Tzu say just now, he was going to block the mouths of the people, and the world was in chaos.

Zhou Yuan also had to advise: "Lord Wang, although this world is not your world, you and Your Majesty are one, if Your Majesty loses the world, Lord Wang, will you feel better." ”

"Stop, stop, where are you making up your brain, I said to make copper coins worth ten cents, who said that they would block the mouths of the people and force the people!"

Su Lu stopped Zhou Yuan from continuing to use his imagination, and said depressedly:

"I said Lao Zhou, you are also an old minister who has been with me for many years, so you are not optimistic about my temperament."

Zhou Yuan's face froze, and he said after a long time:

"A copper coin worth ten cents, how heavy is that, Lord Wang?"

Zhou Yuan compared the shape of the copper coin with his hand, laughed in the basin, and then felt that it was not good, and changed it to the size of the bowl.

"It's so big, I can't put it in the bag, it's inconvenient to carry, it's not as easy to use as the current copper coin, Shiwen is so big, that's the point."

Zhou Yuan took out a few copper coins from his pocket, weighed them a few times, and said with a smile.

Su Lu took a copper coin from Zhou Yuan's hand, gestured and said, "It's still so big, but change the words on it, and this Yuan and Tongbao will not be needed, and it will be changed to a penny." ”

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened: "Then Lord Wang, what do you mean, if it is ten yuan, it will be changed to ten yuan, or even one hundred yuan." ”

Su Lu patted Zhou Yuan on the shoulder: "Not bad, yes, worthy of being a talent who can enter the center of the empire, this brain is fast, yes, I just think so." ”

Zhou Yuan pondered for a moment, "Lord Wang, I know you must have a lot of considerations in your heart, but have you considered one of the most serious issues?" Now Yuanhe Tongbao, not only we are casting, but also many people have mold casters, and they can also circulate in the market. ”

"What? Because whether it is a private mint or a copper coin minted by our household, the weight is not bad, so it can be circulated in the market. ”

"If it is really as the prince said, we have minted ten coins, and there are imitations among the people, what should we do? Even the hundred wen you said, private money, must choose the largest face value to mint, when the time comes, how much face value copper money on the market, this price skyrocketing, the country will not be a country. ”

Su Lu glanced at Zhou Yuan, this guy deserves to be the top talent, with far-reaching vision, if he didn't have the original experience, he wouldn't be able to see this.

"We can start from two directions, one is to make it more difficult to imitate the money, as you said, it takes more effort for ten Wen, and more effort for one hundred."

"The second is to sweep up the people who make coins, private people are strictly forbidden to make money, those who violate the order are beheaded, and if the amount is huge, if the relatives denounce it, the relatives will be exempted from the death penalty, and if the relatives do not send it, the three clans will be punished."

Su Lu looked at Zhou Yuan with a smile, "In this way, we should ensure the safe promotion of our currency." ”

Zhou Yuan pondered for a while, and finally shook his head, "Even so, I'm afraid that it can't completely eradicate counterfeiting, but the prince has an order, and the ministers should obey it, and when I go back, I will gather the money makers of my household department to make these coins as soon as possible." ”

Su Lu nodded, and commanded: "First make three kinds of texts and five texts and ten texts, one is to practice your hands, and the other is to circulate this article on the market, even if there are flaws, the impact will not be too great." ”

"Well, there is special gold in western Liaoning, you can consider adding some special gold to make coins that other countries can't make."

Zhou Yuan's eyes lit up, yes, the special gold is controlled by the guards, only the government has it, if the special gold is added to the coin, those private people want to imitate it, but it is not so easy.

"Lord Qiqi, the envoy of the Tang State, Xie Ruyu, has asked to see him, and he is already waiting outside the palace gate."

The little eunuch came in and spoke.

Su Lu raised his eyebrows: "Didn't he go back to the Tang Kingdom to see the Tang Emperor, why, he got Gao Lan's promise so quickly to bring him in." ”

Zhou Yuan shook his head when he heard this: "It is thousands of miles away to go to the capital of Tang Kingdom, although Xie Ruyu is strong in kung fu, he can't go back and forth in a few days." ”

"Gao Ran is not in the Tang capital, this grandson has come to Shangshan again."

Su Lu looked at Zhou Yuan and judged.

Zhou Yuan nodded when he heard this: "What the prince said is right, it must be so, otherwise Xie Ruyu would not have been able to go back and forth so quickly." ”

When Xie Ruyu came in, he took a young man, and the two entered the study side by side.

"I've seen the prince."

The two saluted at the same time, Xie Ruyu looked at Su Lu's eyes full of doubts, this is Shang Shufang, where the emperor deals with political affairs, Li Qing is no more, why is Su Lu here.

Could it be that Su Lu finally couldn't bear it anymore, usurped Li Qing's power, and established himself as emperor.

Do you want to change your name?

Dozens of thoughts instantly turned in Xie Ruyu's mind, but he finally chose to remain silent, waiting for Su Lu's response, and he made a good move.

Su Lu asked impatiently:

"Master Xie, you're fast enough, won't you come back to fool me with a fake run?"

Xie Ruyu laughed when he heard this: "Lord Mingjian, although the foreign minister is bold, but fooling the king, the minister does not have the courage, if the prince is angry and sends the minister to prison, His Majesty will not be able to say anything to intercede for the minister." ”

"My Majesty is worried about the belonging of Shangshan, and he has been staying in Shangshan Jiedu Mansion a few days ago, waiting for my news, but unfortunately Ruyu is incompetent and failed to convince the prince to go back to Shangshan."

"You won't go back this time."

Su Lu looked at Xie Ruyu with disgust and said. The girl was empty-handed, so she brought a boy with a not white face over, do you want to use this kid to bribe me, but unfortunately I am not good at this mouthful, I am afraid that I will disappoint her.

Zhou Yuan cooperated beside him and said: "Lord Xie, this is the royal family of my Han Kingdom, the most honorable place in the Han Kingdom, you bring your attendants like this, this is a great disrespect to my Han Kingdom." ”

Xie Ruyu introduced Su Lu and said:

"Lord Wang, this is the prince of Tang County, who once studied under Zhou Shuai, although he dare not say that he is invincible, but he has not been defeated a few times after battles and battles."

"My Majesty said that the prince wanted five million taels of grain and grass in exchange for Shangshan, and my Majesty agreed."

"But my majesty has a request, I want to reduce some grain and grass, I don't know if the prince has a tongue."

Su Lu glanced at the young man next to Xie Ruyu and continued:

"It's good to be invincible, you kid don't sell it, say, how do you want me to get rid of your grain and grass?"

Xie Ruyu gave a salute to Su Lu, "Lord Wang, the little prince is your junior, I admire you, I want to see with my own eyes the power of the generals under your command, if there is a general under your command who can win a game against the little prince, we will increase 500,000 taels of grain and grass, if your army loses, you will have to lose 500,000 catties of grain and grass, but Lord Wang, you can't deal with the little prince." ”

Su Lu nodded: "Okay, okay, you can pick whatever you want, choose the one and I will use that general to fight with you, the little prince, and strive to let you give more." ”