"See Your Majesty! Long live the emperor, long live, long live! ”

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"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Li Jiancheng met with Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people in the Qinzheng Hall of Taiji Palace. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The four shopkeepers are in charge, since the four Chang'an parted, we haven't seen each other for many years. This time, I am very happy to meet the four masters! ”

"Your Majesty is blessed!" Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and the other four people all had a question in their hearts - what was the reason why Li Jiancheng came to him? Li Jiancheng probably saw the doubts in the hearts of Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and others, Li Jiancheng smiled slightly and clapped his palms - pop! Mingyu's father-in-law holds a tray with a model of a coin made of gold. The model says Kaiyuan Tongbao on it. Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people saw such a beautiful coin model. One by one, I took the coin models in my hand and looked at them carefully.

"Your Majesty, is this your Majesty's wish to reform the currency system?" Zhang Jiling said first. As a wealthy family in Jiangnan, the Zhang family's business background is deeper than the other three, because the Zhang family in Wuzhong in Jiangnan does not want the four major families that rose from the Three Kingdoms era in the original Wang, Xie, Gu, and Lu. In order to survive, the Zhang family in Wuzhong in Jiangnan can only engage in such a cheap industry as a businessman, and then made a career in the last years of the Chen Dynasty, and later when Yang Guang took office as the general manager of Yangzhou, the Zhang family in Wuzhong in Jiangnan took refuge in Yang Guang before it really rose, but, in the officialdom, the Zhang family in Wuzhong in Jiangnan did not have much foothold, and many people in the officialdom looked at them with colored glasses. and then in front of King Jin or His Majesty, but in fact, Zhang Jiling knew that in the eyes of those people, he was just a businessman engaged in cheap business. Therefore, for the emperor's preferences and thoughts, Zhang Jiling is the most concerned. Li Jiancheng nodded.

"Not only do I want to reform the currency system this time, but I also want to give the four of you the right to issue new coins this time!" After hearing Li Jiancheng's words, Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan and the other three all showed happy expressions - as long as they can get the right to issue this new currency, when the time comes, it will be a deal without capital and ten thousand profits!

"Your Majesty, I don't know how Your Majesty arranges?"

"Yes! Your Majesty, please speak quickly! Compared with the excitement of Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, and Gong Yinan, only Zhang Jiling did not continue to cater to Li Jiancheng, but frowned.

"Master Zhang, do you have anything you want to say but don't dare to say?" Zhang Jiling raised his head:

"Your Majesty, there is a sentence that Weichen doesn't know whether to say or not?"

"Lord Zhang, please speak, the four of you know everything here today, and those who speak are not guilty!" Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan and the other three also looked at Zhang Jiling, not knowing what Zhang Jiling was going to say? Zhang Jiling observed Li Jiancheng's face:

"Your Majesty! The minister has a worry, that is, His Majesty wants to mint new coins, reform the currency system, and the credibility of the imperial court...... "After listening to Zhang Jiling's words, Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan and other three people seemed to be poured a basin of cold water, and slowly calmed down - in order to deal with the economic crisis caused by natural disasters and civil uprisings, the imperial court will always mint new coins in the name of reforming the currency system, and even the eloquent Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has done a thing of using a deerskin to pay a hundred eridium gold, and the weight of each new coin is different from the weight of the old coin, The value of the currency is different, and the circulation of new currency to the market will cause chaos in the market. Merchants will also cause inconvenience in transactions because of different currency values, and people also insult merchants because of repeated transactions blocked, of course, merchants will not suffer losses in transactions, but for businesses like the Zhang family in Wuzhong, Jiangnan, especially Zhang Jiling, has always had the name of righteous businessmen. Naturally, the reputation of the business is quite important. Of course, there is another point, Zhang Jiling is unwilling to take responsibility for the imperial court. Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan and the other three also looked at Li Jiancheng, and Li Jiancheng smiled-this Zhang Jiling is worthy of being the prototype of the bearded guest among the three heroes of the wind and dust in later generations, this scheming ......

"What Master Zhang said is extremely true! In fact, I also know that the imperial court has repeatedly reformed the currency system, which has made private transactions inconvenient. Therefore, I should follow the example of Qin's Shang Ying-Limu is the letter and win the trust of the people! It just depends on whether the four of you have faith in me? Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people all know the story of Limu Weixin - During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shang Ying of Qin State presided over the reform of the law with the support of Qin Xiaogong. At that time, when wars were frequent and people were panicking, in order to establish prestige and promote reform, Shang Ying ordered a three-zhang long log to be erected outside the south gate of the capital, and made a promise in public: Whoever can move this log to the north gate will be rewarded with ten taels. The onlookers didn't believe that such an easy thing could be rewarded so highly, and no one was willing to give it a try. As a result, Shang Ying raised the bounty to 50 gold. There must be brave men under the heavy reward, and at last someone stood up and carried the wood to the north gate. Shang Ying immediately rewarded him with fifty gold. Shang Ying's move established prestige in the hearts of the people, and Shang Ying's next changes were quickly promoted in the Qin State. The new law made the Qin state stronger and stronger, and eventually unified China. And it is because of the standing wood of the Shang Dynasty that the Qin Dynasty's currency system has the best reputation. There is never a depreciation thing! Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people are looking forward to it. Li Jiancheng said to Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people:

"The four adults are tired, so let's go down and rest first! I'll show you how I do it! Lu Shengzhi, Heng Guangyuan, Gong Yinan, Zhang Jiling and other four people saluted Li Jiancheng and said goodbye, and then returned to their respective post houses.

"Zhang Da shopkeeper, Zhang Da shopkeeper is asleep?"

"Oh! Who is it!? Is there something wrong with it so late? ”

"Please open the door of the shopkeeper, there are distinguished guests!" When Zhang Jiling heard that there was a distinguished guest, he immediately opened the door and saw two people wearing cloaks outside the door.

"I don't know who the two are? What's next? Two men in cloaks immediately walked in:

"Isn't it too rude, this is my room......" Zhang Jiling suddenly stopped his words, because the two people in cloaks had already taken off their cloaks:

"Ahh Your Majesty! Master Di! Zhang Jiling found out that it was Li Jiancheng and Di Renjie. Kneel down and salute immediately.

"Excuse me! Lord Zhang, I came tonight to ask Master Zhang for help. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I know that Lord Zhang and Mr. Xie Yingdeng have always had a relationship, and your Wuzhong Zhang family and Yangxia Xie family are in-laws, so this matter must be done by Lord Zhang, I can rest assured!" In Li Jiancheng's account, Zhang Jiling knew about Li Jiancheng's entrustment - Xie Yingdeng found out about the dispute between the Li and Tang royal families for the crown because of the reward when he was in Chang'an, and he didn't want to participate in it, so he came to Zhongnan Mountain to practice with his uncle Xie Hong, who had already become a monk in Zhongnan Mountain, and devoted himself to cultivating in Sanqingguan of Zhongnan Mountain. However, Li Jiancheng has always appreciated talents, Xie Yingdeng is good at using silver guns, invincible, Li Jiancheng is now Emperor Li Tang, and once the internal affairs of the Central Plains are rectified, the next target is the Turks of the grassland, Xie Yingdeng is invincible, Li Jiancheng naturally wants to recruit a lot. And Zhang Jiling has always felt that Xie Yingdeng has been smart and studious since childhood, and he has never forgotten to read scriptures, and he is fourteen years old in Xiucai, and then he learned martial arts, is proficient in bows and arrows, and is familiar with military books. Now that he is a Taoist priest, Zhang Jiling also feels that Xie Yingdeng is a pity.

"Your Majesty! The minister must help His Majesty recruit Xie Yingdeng. ”

"Then there's Lord Lao Zhang." Zhang Jiling was entrusted by Li Jiancheng, the next morning with people to Zhongnan Mountain, after three days of travel, Zhang Jiling finally came to Zhongnan Mountain, also known as Zhongnan Mountain, the ancient name of Taiyi Mountain, Dilung Mountain, Zhou Nanshan, is the general name of Qinling West from Wugong County, east to Lantian County, referred to as Nanshan. The main peak in Chang'an is known as "the fairy capital", "the crown of the cave sky" and "the first blessed land in the world". And it is also the place where Lao Tzu traveled west to cultivate. Zhang Jiling and the servants came to the door of Sanqingguan, and a little Taoist priest asked Zhang Jiling and the others:

"A few donors, what's the matter with coming to my Taoist temple?" The little Taoist priest spoke very politely, but because Li Tang thought that he was a descendant of Lao Tzu, the Taoist priests were a little arrogant.

"Ahh Zhang Jiling in the south of the lower river, I heard that there are two Taoist leaders of Lingtai and Lingguan in your temple, and their sword skills are superb, and they want to do something good for the hungry people in this pass, and they also hope to walk with Lingtai and Lingguan two Taoist leaders, I don't know if I can make it convenient!? ”

"This ......" the little Taoist priest said embarrassedly, and Zhang Jiling immediately handed a gold ingot to the little Taoist priest:

"Whisperer, please speak!" The little Taoist priest hesitated:

"Don't hide it from this donor, the two uncles of Lingtai and Lingguan are in retreat and practice, and they never see outsiders, and the donor also hopes to go down the mountain with the two Taoist masters of Lingtai and Lingguan to do some good things for the hungry people in this pass, I'm afraid it won't be as he wished!" The little Taoist priest probably said softly for the sake of the gold ingots. Zhang Jiling continued:

"Xiaodao Chief, I have heard for a long time that the Lingtai and Lingguan are profound, so I specially came to seek the Fa, and please take a look!" Zhang Jiling uncovered the canvases on the three carriages he brought over, and all of them were grain, gold, silver, and cloth.

"This is 500 stones of rice, 1,000 taels of silver, 100 taels of gold, 200 horses of cloth, 50 horses of Bashu brocade, all of which are dedicated to the Taoist temple in the next almsgiving, if this time you can go down the mountain with the Lingtai and Lingguan two Taoist leaders, do some good things for the hungry people in this pass, once you get your wish, you will also prepare a generous gift for Laojun to reshape the golden body and rebuild the temple." The little Taoist priest looked at the gold, silver, cloth, and grain, and his eyes lit up - the monks are also human beings, and they also have to eat, dress, and lodging.

"Ahh The donor is so sincere, the trail will go to report it! ”