In the splendid land of Shu, Qingshen Zhongyan Academy, under the management of the Great Confucian Wangfang, is like the first school in Bashu, and many scholars from Yizhou Mansion have come to worship and seek advice. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Fang is also happy to open the mountain gate, as a teacher, what he hopes most is that the peach and plum are all over the world, in front of Zhongyan Academy, there is a pool of clear water, fish frolicking in the water, it is very interesting, many young scholars like to read and watch the scenery here.

For Wang Fang, this pool has a more complex taste.

When Su Laoquan took his two sons home from Hebei to worship his ancestors, he came to Zhongyan Academy to visit his old friends, when Su Shi and Su Zhe had been studying in Liuyi for a few years, and their knowledge rose greatly.

Su Zhe was honest and named it "Fish Pond", but Su Shi's eyes rolled and said that it should be called "Reflecting Fish Pond".

Su Xun didn't feel anything, but was it the name, it was good to be smart and smart, and it was popular and wonderful, but Wang Fang was shocked. It turned out that just three days ago, he and his daughter Wang Fu traveled together, and the daughter named the pond "Yingyu Pond", which was exactly the same as Su Shi!

Maybe this is the destiny of marriage!

Wang Fang didn't say anything, but soon after, he left Shuzhong with his daughter and went to visit Liuyi, and later achieved the marriage between the two families.

Several years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the Su brothers have won the crown and entered the court as officials, and everyone knows the names of the three Sus, which shows that this is a golden and jade marriage.

Wang Fang was not proud, but he hurried past the Yingyu Pond today, and the old gentleman's face was very ugly.

He left the academy in a hurry, hired a donkey, went straight to Yizhou Mansion, changed to a carriage in Yizhou, and continued to go north, in the dust, to find his son-in-law - Zhongyan Academy encountered a crisis!

Since the second half of the year, the number of students in the college has continued unabated, but the expenses have increased exponentially.

In fact, it's not that the expenses are too much, but that the prices are expensive!

It's not a little bit expensive, it's more than three times more in one go!

In the past, 100 Wen could buy a big carp of two or three catties, and the price of mutton was only 150 Wen, but after half a year's effort, the fish was twice as expensive, and the mutton was directly five times more expensive!

The academy is full of young men, Wang Fang refers to the experience of the six arts, to give the best nutrition, and arrange horseback riding and archery, meat is indispensable every day.

With such a skyrocket, how can the old gentleman hold on!

It's just meat, but then firewood, rice, oil, salt, silk, silk, pen, ink, paper, inkstone, the same and the same, the race goes up, and it all goes to the sky!

In the past, when I went out with 10 jiaozi, I could buy dozens of good rice paper, but now I can't even buy a knife.

The old gentleman smiled bitterly, if you just write an article on Jiaozi, maybe it can be cheaper than rice paper!

Of course, this is just a joke.

Wang Fang used to be regarded as not eating fireworks in the world and concentrating on teaching, but when he encountered this kind of thing, he had to work hard to study, and he found that the root cause of everything was the depreciation of Jiaozi!

From the second half of the year, the news came out that Jiaozi was going to be assigned to the Royal Bank, and the land of Bashu was like an earthquake, and the major commercial banks and many famous families all threw Jiaozi out in exchange for copper coins, and overnight, Jiaozi had always changed from the original exchange of 300 copper coins to 100 Wen.

Wang Fang went from Qingshen to Yizhou, but 240 miles, walked for three days, Yizhou has always made friends, and he can only exchange 80 copper coins, he met a few old friends, and when he left the next day, it became 75 Wen...... Wang Fang witnessed with his own eyes that in the inn where he lived, the young man was holding a handful of handfuls and kept shedding tears.

Last month's salary could be exchanged for more than 1,000 coppers, but this month it is only more than 700...... Yizhou, which is full of flowers, what can you do with this money?

Fortunately, the inn still has food and lodging, otherwise I would have starved to death!

The more Wang Fang walked, the more frightened he became, he never imagined that the country of abundance would become a disapproval overnight.

Many workers flocked in droves to ask for wages from their owners.

They lost their former humility, and one by one they became hideous, forcing the owner to give them copper coins and not to hand over their children. But how can the owner have so many copper plates, the two sides dispute, when they meet a cowardly boss, they are beaten by the workers, and when they meet a strong boss, the workers are beaten by scoundrels......

Everyone was like crazy, at first it was the depreciation of Jiaozi and the soaring prices, and then the price of copper skyrocketed, and copper plates became a scarce treasure.

Settle with copper plates, and prices even fall a little, such as a pound of mutton, which is purchased with Jiaozi, which requires two pieces of money, and copper plates, as long as 120 Wen, or even 100 Wen!

The price comparison between copper coins and Jiaozi was further imbalanced and even disintegrated...... It makes Jiaozi depreciate at an accelerated rate, and it is the kind of river that is declining for thousands of miles......

Poor Wang Fang, when he came out, he brought 200 friends, and his wife was talking about the poor family's rich road and bringing more money, which was always right, Wang Fang still hesitated, and said that the academy was not rich, and it was not better to leave more for the academy!

But when he arrived at the Sword Pavilion, 200 guan had already spent 180 guan.

The old master's heart is bleeding!

When I left home, I always had to exchange 10 bowls of Dandan noodles for Jiaozi, but when I arrived at the Sword Pavilion, there were only 5 bowls left, and there were many fewer noodles.

Wang Fang didn't even dare to eat too much, and in the evening, he was hungry and anxious, and Wang Fang walked around the courtyard of the inn, and his heart was on fire...... From time to time there was the sound of people shouting and neighing horses on the street, and I learned that there were many more thieves these days, in groups, to rob rich people's homes, steal rice, steal money, and steal Shu brocade...... The government is exhausted, and it can't catch much.

Especially the merchants on the road, many of them have been robbed, and there is no place to reason...... The shopkeeper told Wang Fang not to run around, it was best to go home quickly, and not to run outside.

The old master's heart kept falling, and he was so worried that he couldn't sleep at all.

He waited in the Sword Pavilion for two days, and met the thief the next night, but fortunately, the old gentleman prepared again and did not lose anything, but the money on him was only enough to eat noodles.

If it weren't for the fact that the minister's team arrived at the Sword Pavilion on this day, the old gentleman would have starved.

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"Brother Quan, what the hell is going on? Did the imperial court ignore Bashu? ”

As soon as they met, Wang Fang complained to Su Xun.

Su Xun's old face was calm, and he said angrily: "Old in-laws, who said that the court doesn't care?" Didn't you send someone? ”

Wang Fang's face was full of embarrassment, he was ruthless, "I said something excessive, don't be surprised-how did I hear that this time Qin sent over to rob Yizhou Jiaozi and suck the blood of the Shu people?" ”

"Fart!"

Su Xun blurted out, found that his old in-laws' faces were dark, and hurriedly explained: "I'm not aiming at you, but spreading these rumors, all of them should be killed!" ”

Wang Fang knew Su Xun's temper and wouldn't bother with him, but his face was not good-looking.

"Brother Lao Quan, you are from Shu, can't you turn your elbow out and bully your own people?"

"Humph!" Su Xun stood up suddenly, "It's been a hundred years since the founding of the country, and what Shu people, southerners, and northerners are all from the Great Song Dynasty!" The old in-laws can't see it, it's just that someone deliberately made it bad and obstructed the imperial decree, so there is today's disaster! As for Yizhou Jiaoziwu, let me ask you, were they good things before? ”

"This ......" Wang Fang was dumbfounded when asked, "Alas, since the Tiansheng year, Jiaozi has been issued, and for thirty years, the original Jiaozi has always been used as money!" Later, it became 900 Wen, 800 Wen, discounted all the way, but there are still 300 Wen, in the past half a year, I have always made friends, and I can't even change dozens of Wen, do you still let the people live? Don't say anything else, Zhongyan Academy can't do it, the bundles collected in September, to this day, can only top the original two percent, and I can't lick the old face, to add the bundles, I can only pay from my own family, but ...... Alas, it's the New Year, and the dumplings can't afford to have meat, so they can only wrap green vegetables. Jiaozi stuffed dumplings! It's a must-have in the world! ”

I really can't imagine that Wang Fang is still sharp enough to complain.

After listening to his story, Su Xun was also shocked.

Being in the capital, the news you get is too lagging behind, and it is plausible, and only by being in it can you know the danger.

Su Xun has been a lot of officials over the years, and he is not the old and angry young man he was at the beginning, and after half a year's hard work, if calculated by Jiaozi, the wealth of a family may evaporate eighty percent, or even more...... The rich have become poor, the well-off families will starve, and as for the original poor people, they are afraid that they will revolt and become kings in the mountains!

"It's disgusting!"

Su Xun slapped the table angrily, and the goat trembled.

At this time, Su Shi and Wang Ningan came.

Wang Fang is a great Confucian in Bashu, his status is respected, Wang Ningan also wants to know about the first-hand information, after seeing the ceremony, Wang Fang greeted a few words, and immediately complained.

"Wang Xianggong, the old man has always admired your talent and deeds, but this time, is it too reckless?"

Without waiting for Wang Ning'an to speak, Su Shi hurriedly said: "Father-in-law, this is really not to blame my brother-in-law, Yizhou Jiaozi indiscriminately issued currency, a bad account, sooner or later it will be dealt with, I will say a polite word, they are shit people, we are responsible for wiping our buttocks, of course we have the responsibility to wipe it well, but even if it can't be cleaned, you shouldn't blame your brother-in-law, and ignore the real culprit!" ”

Da Su's analogy is very vulgar, but Wang Fang listened to it, people said that the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, but she didn't expect Su Shi to be in his father-in-law, and he was also loved by everyone, and the flowers bloomed.

"Xianggong Wang, the old man is talking nonsense, don't be surprised."

Wang Ningan nodded slightly, it can be seen from Wang Fang's words that Bashu is indeed a little xenophobic, Zhao Zhen sent the Su family father and son over, and even sent himself, the son-in-law of Bashu, not without this consideration, the matter is very tricky!

"The top priority is to stabilize the value of the currency, and we can't let Jiaozi depreciate again!"

When Wang Ningan came back from his father-in-law, he immediately issued an order, requiring that all land and commercial taxes on the four roads of Sichuan and Shaanxi should continue to be settled with Jiaozi.

The price of each pass is 200 Wen, which is not allowed to fall below this limit, and it is not allowed to refuse...... All yamen, immediately execute as one!

When a new official takes office, the first fire is burned, and it depends on the effect......