Officials from Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province, Liubu, Nine Temples, Five Prisons, Yushitai, Jingzhao Mansion, other officials in Chang'an City, wealthy nobles, Hongxue Confucians, and imperial relatives stood in their own places in the Xuanzheng Palace.

As the loud voice of the ceremonial official sounded again, the early dynasty began at this moment.

The historian was on one side, and the brush in his hand had already been prepared, and it was a great honor to have the honor of recording today's events by himself.

Zhongshu Province Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan led hundreds of officials to worship, which opened the curtain of today's court.

Pei Yan was just about to open his mouth to continue to look at the various classes above today's court, but was coldly interrupted by Li Hong: "Don't work so hard, today is straightforward, everyone with status here has already met and complained to His Majesty in the past few days." I think you are also willing to go straight to today's topic: new money, old money exchange, since the imperial court ordered to prohibit the transaction of old money, can only be exchanged, presumably you plan to make a lot of money at the end of the year, the plan to make a fortune has failed, right? Today, the meritorious giants, official eunuchs, Hongxue Confucians, etc., who have achieved the foundation of my Tang Dynasty, are they all nominated by you to express themselves, or are I asking questions one by one? The time for a cup of tea is discussed and started. ”

As Li Hong's words landed, the entire main hall of the Xuanzheng Hall suddenly seemed to fly into countless flies, and the buzzing sound was endless, for Li Hong to get to the point so straightforwardly, it still caught them off guard, and everyone also thought that Li Hong should take into account the overwhelming number of people in the Xuanzheng Palace, and would adopt a softer strategy, but they didn't expect that it seemed that there was a lot of momentum against everyone.

The voice of discussion gradually calmed down after the unanimous decision of the Xuanzheng Palace, and what Li Hong didn't expect was that the first person to stand up was Kong Zhiyue, a scholar from the Hongwen Pavilion.

"The minister Kong Zhiyue wants to ask His Highness, do you know what my Tang Dynasty's 'Kaiyuan Tongbao' money means? How many are there? What's the difference between each? How much does each 'Kaiyuan Tongbao' cost? Kong Zhiyue stood in the center of the main hall, with the demeanor of a teacher.

Li Hong glanced up at Kong Zhiyue, and said lightly: "In the fourth year of Wude, the five baht money was abolished, and the new money Kaiyuan Tongbao was enabled, and the new money increased by about two percent compared with the copper material of the five baht money, and one coin weighed two baht and four silks, and one thousand wen money was always the same as the money was six catties and four taels, and the decimal measurement of centi, cent, money, and two was enabled. Because of the increase in copper and the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, when the five-baht coin was abolished, it did not encounter such great resistance as it is now. Counting the gold and silver coins used by the palace to reward, there are a total of 14 kinds of Kaiyuan Tongbao, the difference is that the big characters, small characters and so on, but no matter what kind of money, the weight of each money is strictly controlled at the standard of two baht and four silks. Of course, if you add some people's private treasures, there are more than fourteen kinds of money. Kaiyuan Tongbao is the foundation of the founding of the country and the meaning of circulating treasures. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Hong looked at the silent crowd below, Kong Zhiyue's expression did not change, His Royal Highness the dignified Prince of the Tang Dynasty, if he didn't even know the meaning of the Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty, then it would be a strange thing.

"Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows that the Kaiyuan Tongbao was made by me when the Tang Dynasty was founded, why do you want to abolish the righteousness of Gaozu casting the Kaiyuan Tongbao? When the first emperor was alive, he was wise and martial, Wen Taowu and had a good strategy, and he never thought about making new money and abolishing Tongbao, why did His Royal Highness the Prince insist on going his own way, but he wanted to abolish the money of this circulating treasure? Kong Zhiyue's words were sharp, but his attitude was respectful, and it was obvious that he didn't want Li Hong to grab his handle from other places.

"The times are progressing, things are developing, nothing can be set in stone, Kaiyuan Tongbao is the old system since the founding of my Tang Dynasty, just like the jade pendant you bring today is different from yesterday's crystal pendant, we need to develop in innovation, can not blindly stick to the old system and follow the tradition. Whether the new money has had a profound significance and impact on my Datang in recent years, is it more convenient than Kaiyuan Tongbao, anyone here has the right to speak, you have seen it with your own eyes, if it is based on old money, how to carry out large-scale transactions with different sizes and different quantities? Since the beginning of the Zhenguan period, there has been a problem of less than 1,000 Wen, but there is no good way to solve it, do you think that we have been using the old system, and we can continue to use the money to the full 1,000 Wen? ”

Kong Zhiyue's face was flushed, he went to court today, and he deliberately changed the jade pendant to wear, just to be held by His Royal Highness the Prince, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to see the problem from it.

As for topics such as the development of things and the progress of the times, Guozijian is still Hongwenguan, and no one has ever discussed these, only the prince's Chongwenguan, and there are students arguing around these every day.

"As for the consistent money less than 1,000 Wen, this is something that no one can do, and no one even knows when it started, there was such a phenomenon, with the advent of some natural disasters, during the period of Chang'an Migui, the people were naturally willing to do things from the money in order to be able to fill their stomachs." When Kong Zhiyue was pondering, Wang Yifang stood up and saluted and said.

Li carried forward the paper in Yang's hand, Yang Wu took it and handed it to Wang Yifang, looking at Wang Yifang flipping through it, Li Hong looked at everyone and said: "The statistics of the Royal Bank show that in the past two years, in the exchange of old money for new money, the amount of money exchanged by the people of Li is far more than the number of people who have made meritorious deeds and so on. Wang Yifang, you are also recommended as an official by the Wang family of Jinyang, it is said that half of the old money in Jinyang was exchanged for new money by you, one for one, but there is a handling fee of ten yuan for each time, but is this? ”

"It's ......." Wang Yifang didn't expect that the affairs of Jinyang had already been mastered by His Royal Highness the Prince, so he was hesitant at the moment, thought for a while and said: "The minister doesn't know about this matter, if it is true, I think the old money is too heavy, and I need to pay some freight." ”

"It's your duty to be the Imperial Historian, why don't you know? Or is it concealed and not reported? Fang Xianzhong, you just accompanied your mother to Jinyang some time ago, do you know about this? Li Hong asked with a raised eyebrow.

He found that the first to challenge him today, whether it is Kong Zhiyue, Wang Yifang or Fang Xianzhong, these people are inextricably linked with the Jinyang Wang family, Kong Zhiyue has always been closer to the five surnames and seven families, because of the imperial examination system, it is no secret that the five surnames and seven families are now reaching out to fraud in the imperial examination.

Wang Yifang is needless to say, he is recommended by the Jinyang Wang family, Fang Xianzhong may have been relatively low-key, but his mother is the Jinyang Wang family, and he has a daughter, who is the imperial concubine after Li Xian.

From this, it can be known that the Taiyuan Wang family uses the concubines in their own clan to make friends with officials and envelop the court, while the descendants maintain the marriage order with other families, and the wealthy family marries with the wealthy family, and the concubine goes out of the court, which is the reason why the wealthy family of the family cannot stand tall and has been able to influence the direction of the court.

"Chen Xianzhong didn't know." After Yan Liben's resignation, Shang Shufang Xianzhong of the Ministry of Industry said calmly.

Li Hong waved his hand casually, signaling him to retreat, sooner or later the Wang family will be in decline, and now although the other four surnames are standing with him, some people have already begun to secretly hand them over.

"Your Highness, we are also very clear about the pros and cons of new money and old money, but now there are many people who have old money, and my Datang is now short of copper materials to make new money, you are now scrapping the old money, but the new money cannot meet the daily needs, so down, doesn't it make my Datang's business and trade in trouble? The minister thinks that it is better for His Highness to allow the account to be open to exchange with the Royal Bank, and how is the exchange of old money consistent? Within the royal family, a person walked out and said eloquently, it was Cao Wang Li Ming.

"Uncle Cao Wang, the Tang Dynasty is the Li family, and the old money has always been less than 700 Wen, why would you bear to watch the royal family suffer so much? Or are you hoarding too much old money? Li Hong asked rhetorically.

Li Ming shook his head, still smiling, and said: "I do have a lot of old money in my hands, and I even have a lot of gold and silver treasures that the first emperor rewarded back then, but this money cannot be traded, but it can only be used as a souvenir or for fun." What's more, I'm not the only one in the royal family, right? Princess Yiyang and Princess Gao'an are said to have exchanged a lot of old money in other places a few days ago, I don't know what you plan to do with it? Or is it that the royal family is treated alone? ”

Li Xian, a little bastard, who are close to some people, why did someone who was good with him come out to make trouble?

Li Hong looked at Cao Wang Li Ming quietly, wanting to see through who gave him the courage to dare to speak like this in the face of himself?

"Not only Princess Yiyang and Princess Gao'an, but also Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi among the royal princes, also hoarded a lot of old money last year, not to mention hundreds of thousands." Li Zhen, the king of Yue, also stood up and said.

Kong Zhiyue and Yan Zhaofu glanced at each other, and they both saw a hint of excitement in each other's eyes, the corners of their mouths pulled out a slight arc, and then immediately began to close their eyes seriously.

Li Hong sneered and watched the two Wang uncles sing and harmonize, he thought that these people would come up and use Yiyang and Gao An as the reason, and then come to gag themselves, but he didn't expect that they started to run out to talk to Gao An about Yiyang after the Jinyang Wang clan took the lead.

But then again, this is also his weakness, and until now, he doesn't know if Yiyang and Gao An have disposed of all the old money.

As for Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi, he has never learned too much from his mother, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang were demoted to Lingnan, the sons of the two: Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi were left in Chang'an by the queen mother after the death of Mrs. Yang of South Korea, and now they have become two idle people in Chang'an City after He Lanmin. If you leave halfway through, press CTRL+D to save the current page to your favorites so you can watch it later!