Chapter Eighty-Three: Unusual Currency System IV

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"Brother, I heard that you met Gao Xianzhi's son Gao Yunfan in Guozijian?" Ashina Wenxia took her sister's posture and turned her head to the left to "interrogate". Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Yes! Brother Yunfan and I are very close to each other. Ashina Jiang grabbed her hair, looking ignorant, and she didn't understand why the second sister mentioned Gao Yunfan.

After moving from Tingzhou to Chang'an, Mrs. Li immediately sent Ashina Jiang to Guozijian to study, hoping that he could also follow in Wang Jue's footsteps and take the Jinshi exam. After Wang Feizhong this year, Mrs. Li's requirements for her beloved son have become more and more strict, and Ashina Jiang has fewer and fewer opportunities to sneak out to have fun. If it weren't for Ashina's plea today, Mrs. Li would not have let him out.

"I heard that you visited Gao Xianzhi's mansion, and invited Gao Yunzhou, Gao Yunfan, and Gao Yunxi brothers and sisters to come to our house?" Ashina Wenxia continued to interrogate.

"That's right!" Ashina Ji Ang nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"Brother, tell my sister, do you like Gao Yunxi? I heard that you fought Gao Yunfan for her sake. Ashina Wenxia suddenly asked.

"I like the little lady of Yunxi? Where did my sister hear the nonsense? Ashina Ang was so frightened that he hurriedly waved his hand to deny.

"Humph! What can I hide from my family? I know exactly what gifts you've secretly given her. Ashina Wenxia said coldly.

"Second sister, don't tell your mother......" Ashina Ji Ang begged for mercy.

Ashina Xiaoyun frowned unhappily when she saw her sister messing around, and was about to speak, but saw Wang Fei shaking her head slightly, turned around and said: "Sister Wenxia, Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the River Continent, my fair lady and gentleman are good." I heard that the little lady of Yunxi is innocent, well-behaved and cute, and she has a lot of fun with Angdi. If he gets married, it's also a good thing, and my sister doesn't have to blame it. ”

"It's good to be a gentleman, but why can't you be generous? What is sneaky? Ashina Wenxia snorted coldly.

Wang Fei's face turned red, and then he smiled: "Brother Ang should only have a little affection for the little lady of Yunxi, how can he declare the world at this moment?" ”

"Humph!" Ashina Wenxia continued to be sarcastic, but she heard Ayi Tenggena say: "Xiao Langjun, you are so stupid. Little lady Wenxia is annoyed that you don't tell you honestly about the overall plan to quell the evil money, and you don't apologize quickly! ”

"Izuki is right!" Wang Fei hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Sister Wenxia, it's really not a deliberate secret, just because the matter of bad money is very tricky, I don't dare to take it lightly, so I haven't told anyone before......"

"You didn't tell anyone?" Ashina Wenxia's accent is placed on the word "anyone".

"Sister Wenxia, so-and-so's mouth is quite tight." Wang Fei said with a smile.

"That's pretty much it." Ashina Wenxia is cloudy and sunny.

"Sister Wenxia, no matter what, it's a little thoughtless, and the little brother has made amends to you!" Wang Fei bent down and made a big salute.

"Tanhualang's gift, I can't afford it." Ashina Wenxia twisted slightly, squeezed between Wang Fei and her sister, and dodged the big gift.

"Brother Fei, tell me the secret of exchanging silver coins for bad money." Ashina Wenxia took advantage of the situation to grab her sister's hand and separate Ashina Xiaoyun from Wang Fei.

Wang Fei smiled helplessly and said, "Sister Wenxia, do you know why evil money first flooded in Yangzhou, Jianghuai?" ”

"Is it because the southerners are treacherous?" Ashina Wenxia didn't think about it, and guessed casually.

"Sister Wenxia, the ancient sages may say that human nature is inherently good, or cloud human nature is evil, but in fact, human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and there is no good and evil to distinguish. There is no distinction between north and south, and people are not divided into east and west, and there may be differences in customs, but there is no difference in human nature. The so-called treacherous and cunning of the southerners is just a fallacy from the world, how can it be trusted? "Wang Fei has always hated regional discrimination.

"Pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages!" Ai Tenggana nodded again and again: "Xiao Langjun's words are three points, but only four words can encompass all kinds of things in the world." ”

"Brother Fei, it's me who lost my words." Ashina Wenxia sincerely bowed and apologized. The moment she lowered her head, Wang Fei's dark eyes happened to meet Ashina's slightly upturned phoenix eyes, and the two smiled heartily, everything was silent.

"Sister Wenxia, the evil money is indiscriminate in Yangzhou, because Guangling is the north and south, thousands of merchants gather, rich in the world. Merchants must need a large amount of coins to trade. However, the minting workshops of the imperial court are mostly in the areas of Guanzhong and Heluo, and the official coins minted by the Jianghuai are not enough, and the private minting and bad money are naturally large

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) After Ashina Wenxia raised her head, Wang Fei explained.

"The imperial court will have to mint more copper coins in Jianghuai." Ashina Wenxia was a little puzzled.

"Sister, copper is expensive and small, and coinage costs too much, so the court has no intention of minting more coins." Ashina Ji Ang saw that her sister couldn't help but shout for a long time.

"I want you to talk more!" Ashina Wenxia waved her arms, so frightened that Ashina Jiang hurriedly hugged her head and hid to the side.

"What Angdi said is true, the court acts like a person, and follows the way of seeking benefits and avoiding disadvantages. The coinage costs a lot and the profit is small, and the government is not keen on it. Therefore, the private minting of private coins is increasing, and bad money is overflowing. Wang Fei said patiently.

"Brother Fei, do you mean to say that because of the large face value of the Tingzhou silver coins, it has become profitable to mint coins." Ashina Wenxia finally grasped the crux of the problem.

"It's not profitable." Wang Fei shook his head, of course he would not put a little genuine "seigniorage" in his eyes after seeing paper money and financial bubbles: "The key is to exchange silver coins for bad money, which can meet the needs of shops for coins without harming the interests of the people, and reduce the dependence on bad money in the market." At the same time, after the status of the Tingzhou silver coin was recognized by the saint and the political affairs hall, Su Yeju could gradually put out more silver coins and completely cut off the root cause of evil money. ”

"Recently, I have often heard people talk about the fact that Jiangnan West Road and the Japanese Kingdom are rich in gold and silver, and this news was deliberately released by Brother Fei, right?" Ashina Wenxia often dresses up in disguise and wanders around the two cities of the East and West, and is very familiar with the hot topics that Chang'an residents are concerned about.

"I am fortunate to stand in the world for thousands of years, all of which are the ancestors of the blue wisps of the road and the pioneering work of the Quartet. Although we are safe today, how can we keep our doors behind closed doors? In addition to the land of the far west, there is still a vast world in the far east. Who would be willing to endure a long journey without the lure of gold and silver? Wang Fei deliberately pretended to be Wang Yuanbao's mouth and pointed out that the Wa Kingdom was rich in gold and silver, just to stimulate the pioneering heart of the people of the Tang Dynasty.

"Brother Fei has an unpredictable talent in his chest, and everything he does is for the benefit of the country and the people, which is really admirable." Ashina Wenxia praised from the bottom of her heart. Standing behind her sister, Ashina Xiaoyun also shone with pride in her beautiful eyes.

"Xiao Langjun is acting more and more steadily! The little lady Wenxia only saw the subtlety of exchanging silver coins for evil money, but she didn't know that the strategy set up by Xiao Langjun to facilitate this move was where Kenqing lies. Aitengna knew more about Wang Fei's overall plan, and thought more about it: "It was amazing to turn around the battle of Talas back then, but Xiao Langjun just happened to be at the right time. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity of Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong's fight over evil money, he took advantage of the heart of the East Palace to change the currency system of the Tang Dynasty in one fell swoop, which can be described as a grand layout and well versed in the hearts of the people. Xiao Langjun, the Chang'an court is surging like a cloud and changing like chess, you have finally stepped out of the wings of the capital and become a chess player who can stir up the storm. Although your strength is still small, I am confident that you will be able to achieve your ambition. ”

When Wang Fei and the others were chatting upstairs, in the wine shop across the street from the hot pot restaurant, Li Renzhi stared at the endless crowd in the square, and said hatefully: "Seeing this vertical mix is really disgusting, it is really disgusting like eating a fly." ”

"What, does Renzhilang-kun want to block that guy again? The last time I let people promote weaving in the hot pot, it didn't stump him, does Brother Mo Feiren have any magic ideas? Wang Zhun put his arms around a bewitching Sogdian orchid, sipped wine and laughed.

"Humph! If it weren't for that blue-faced ghost last time, he would definitely make the shaft suffer a dark loss? Li Renzhi had already found out Lu Qi's family background.

"Brother Renzhi, the blue-faced ghost has fallen off the list, so your anger should be dissipated a little." Wang Zhun didn't take the son of a mere Eastern Capital Imperial History to heart.

"It's a pity that the blue-faced little ghost is easy to deal with, but Yang Xuan and the shaft can't be shaken." Li Renzhi was not satisfied with the ranking of this science jinshi.

"Then why don't you send someone to make a fuss now?" Wang Zhun quipped: "Could it be that you are worried that the county lord of Suye is on it, and it won't look good if it makes a big fuss?" ”

"It's not that the ancestors have already explained, the exchange of evil money is very important, and the move of the erector is even more unfavorable to Yang Guozhong, so we must not cause trouble." Li Renzhi was not afraid of his father, but he never dared to disobey his grandfather's words.

"Isn't it, that's what my father told me. Not only can you not obstruct it, but you also have to bring someone to help prevent others from making trouble. Wang Zhun sighed depressedly: "What does this kid want to do?" As soon as he came to Beijing, he crackled and fought with us twice, and I thought he was going to vote

(This chapter is not finished, please turn the page) by the East Palace; Who knew that he was currying favor with the concubine in the back, and he opened a store with Yang Guozhong, which made people suspect that Wang Zhengjian wanted to bet at both ends; It's good now, turning around and helping Donggong and Li Xiang fight Yang Guozhong, I can't figure out his depth anymore! ”

"I don't know anything else, but I can still understand the depth of his relationship with the county lord of Xiaoyun." Li Renzhi sighed faintly in an inaudible voice.

As soon as Ashina Xiaoyun entered Beijing, Li Renzhi was fascinated by his bright face and sassy heroic posture. He had the heart to let his grandfather propose, but Li Linfu told him not to be impatient, and he would talk about it in a few years.

Li Renzhi didn't know what his grandfather was thinking, but he felt that as long as it was his own request, his grandfather would definitely meet it. Just like the two sweaty horses in his stable, he just said it casually on Chinese New Year's Eve, and someone sent them all the way after half a year.

With such a mind, Li Renzhi often invited Ashina Xiaoyun to play and play polo. And Ashina Xiaoyun also did not refuse, and often brought Wang Jue, Gao Xiangui and Zhang Dejia to the appointment together.

Originally, everything was going well, even if out of thin air the branch of the concubine's lady accepting Ashina Xiaoyun as a righteous daughter, Li Renzhi still felt that he would be able to hold the beauty in another year or two. Who knew that since Wang Fei came to Chang'an, Li Renzhi gradually discovered that Ashina Xiaoyun had become a little cold to his invitation. Especially after the pear orchard feast, even if she comes to the appointment, she is often absent-minded......

"What are you muttering?" Wang Zhun's hands rubbed around Hu Ji's body, and Hu Ji giggled coquettishly, so that he didn't hear Li Renzhi's whisper clearly.

"Oh, just now I asked Brother Wang what he has been busy with lately?" Li Renzhi covered up Fang Cai's words without missing a trace.

"I wasn't busy with anything, but I just accompanied my uncle to drink and hunt. Recently, he has either drunk flower wine with Taoist priests, or hunted with a few people from the Longwu Army, which is really happy. Wang Zhun replied casually, and then couldn't help but ask Li Renzhi: "Brother Renzhi, do you think Yang Guozhong will teach this erector a lesson?" If that's the case, great! We deliberately turned a blind eye and made this kid suffer a little. ”

"I can't guess what Yang Guozhong is planning in his heart!" Li Renzhi shook his head: "How could I guess the thoughts of straw bales?" ”

When Li Renzhi and Wang Zhun were contemplating, in Yang Guozhong's mansion in Xuanyangfang, Chang'an, Yang Xuan, the new champion, cautiously came to his father's inner study, woke up his father who was taking a nap, and said in a low voice: "Mrs. Qiuguo's housekeeper came to report that the third aunt was angry with the new edict and would not come to the banquet today. also said that the third aunt dropped several sets of glass tea sets, shouting that she wanted to find someone to kill Wang Fei's arrogance. ”

Mrs. Qiu's mansion and Yang Guozhong's mansion live next to each other, and it has always been convenient for the two families to come and go.

"Confused!" Yang Guozhong, who was dozing off, was woken up, and he was already a little impatient, and when he heard that Yang Yuyao was messing around, he was even more upset: "According to the new edict, she can make a lot of money, what is she not satisfied with!" Teach Wang Fei a lesson? Now the concubine doesn't like him very much, doesn't beating him embarrass the lady? Besides, if you don't make a lot of money, won't you find someone to hurry up and mint some bad money? It's a month's limit! ”

"Father taught me! So-and-so went to talk back. Yang Xuan turned to leave.

"Come back!" Yang Guozhong thought about it and stopped his son: "Don't look at you as a champion, in fact, you have a clumsy tongue and a stupid mouth, and you probably can't say it clearly." Let's go on a trip for my father, there are some things that I have to tell you in person. ”

"The champion of the son is the hard work of the father!" Yang Xuan hurriedly flattered.

"You have a conscience!" Yang Guozhong went away to "visit" Mrs. Qiuguo.

After stepping into Yang Yuyao's mansion, which was as luxurious as Daming Palace, Yang Guozhong glanced viciously in the direction of Pingkangfang, and said to himself: "Old thief, let you be proud for a while, anyway, you won't be the right minister for a few days." But the East Palace is really difficult, I have to ask the lady and Yuyao to work harder......"

Pink and willow green, bees fly and butterflies dance.

In the bright spring light, the turmoil caused by bad money is gradually coming to an end. It was only a day before the exchange of bad money began, and whether it was court officials, wealthy dignitaries, merchant magnates, and ordinary people, they all accepted the new edict calmly or happily. Li Heng was also praised by the saints and praised by the government and the opposition, and his prestige was boosted.

However, few people at the time could see what a seismic change the legalization of the Tingzhou silver coin would cause in the future......

(End of chapter)

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