Chapter 47: My Country

The edict is limited to the Qinling and Huai River, the north does not move, and the south moves, but the main grain-producing areas are retained, such as the Huai River area, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the lower reaches of the Han River and Xiangshui and Ganshui, which is the result of Pei Yan's careful consideration.

First, I don't know how large-scale the development of the new emperor will be in the south of the Yangtze River in the future, and the second is that the Danshui Canal will be able to radiate to this area, but unlike the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, considering the transportation capacity of the Danshui Canal, it is only the states and counties near several major rivers, which continue to retain the original rent modulation.

This strategy was also praised by many ministers. Therefore, Pei Yan is very difficult, as a prime minister, he does have the talent of a prime minister, and he is even slightly above Liu Renliang.

But after the edict was issued, it caused an uproar*.

The first thing that comes to mind for tellers everywhere is that their interests have been infringed.

Whether it is good for the country or not, they don't care, their own interests are the most important. Therefore, one thing was done, boycott.

Someone came to cash in the copper coin, saying that we have no money left in our hands and will not change it. If you want to exchange it, you can exchange it at the original price. The people are not happy, this is the official exchange price of the imperial court, you also have to earn a little handling fee, one or two to earn a fifty wen sixty wen, can you earn two hundred wen three hundred wen, especially the gold price one tael to earn five hundred wen. Some people are not in a hurry to wait for the money to be used, and say that they will not change it. If you love it, you can change it, and if you don't change it, you won't change it. But some people were anxious to wait for the money, so they refused to accept it, and even went to the yamén to complain.

However, the implementation of the law is to protect the interests of everyone, including these cabinet owners, and deliberately in order to reduce disputes, there is no law to enforce Xing. The official way to recover gold and silver is also to use taxes to recover. Officials had no choice but to refuse to accept the informant.

However, at this time, the ugly side of the violent Lu Xing was not only to continue to exchange gold and silver at low prices, but gold and silver were not ultimately a monetary unit, and its circulation direction was to make utensils and jewelry. The imperial court has raised the price of gold and silver, and the cost has increased, so we will also rise.

Therefore, there are many ministers who say that businessmen are shameless, but Li Wei asked at the court meeting: "Is it true that all cabinet owners are businessmen behind them?" ”

If you can open a cabinet shop, which one is not rich in wealth? Merchants actually made up a very small proportion of it, and in addition to merchants, there were many nobles, wangmén, and even many children of the clan who also participated in it.

However, this incident caused a lot of hunluàn. Not only that, as Wu Zetian was worried about at the beginning, the issuance of the edict could only bring more benefits to the cabinet owners, but the price of gold and silver did not rise, but most of the imperial court had to use gold and silver to replace the original rice and silk to the officials and soldiers, which would make the officials and soldiers dissatisfied again. Especially at the end of the year, the question arises when the imperial court wants to issue year-end bonuses.

Someone YY ran a bank in the Tang Dynasty, and that was impossible to achieve. Let's ask, gold and silver in the Tang Dynasty were not currency, and copper coins were seriously insufficient, and there was not enough metal as the standard. There is a risk that the whole country will fall apart.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhi regretted a little in his heart, and thought in his heart that he should not have coveted the benefits of the millions of dollars in the first place. So he called Li Wei over, and Li Wei said: "Father, it doesn't matter, as long as you allocate 200,000 copper coins from the treasury, this situation will automatically disappear." ”

It is not mandatory, it can be guided.

There are not many people who are really short of money and want to exchange for cash, and the number is not large, and more people who have a large amount of gold and silver in their hands are waiting and seeing, see, if the imperial court can block this wind, then they can take gold and silver to the southern states and counties to buy goods. Not only did they make profits, but the gold and silver in their hands rose by several percent.

After getting 200,000 yuan, Li Wei summoned Liang Jinzhu's eldest son into the East Palace again.

Liang Jinzhu went to Suzhou with the riverside beast to withdraw money, and brought 500,000 taels of silver, which was stored in the cabinet shop in Suzhou, which was used as a deposit. But at this time, the whole country was looking for gold and silver mines, which turned out to be just a valuable cargo, just like the Tang Dynasty. Even when merchants came to Jiāo, they kept the price of gold and silver very low and were reluctant to let go. This time, the Wa Kingdom took out almost all the gold and silver in its stockpile, and it was not allowed to mine more gold and silver again.

The beasts by the river also heard about this, but they had different ideas in their hearts, and they might not be able to implement it, even if the Tang Dynasty implemented it, the Wa Kingdom would have more gold and silver, and they would buy more Tang Dynasty goods in the future. It was also beneficial to the Japanese state, and it did not feel at a loss. I didn't pay much attention to it, and immediately took a boat back to China.

Then Li Wei asked Liang Jinzhu's eldest son to set up three exchange places in Luoyang, Chang'an, and Bianzhou, and purchased them at a reasonable price, and sent people to spread the word. The people will not benefit, and the imperial court may not be able to interfere, but it is inevitable that many states and counties will replace taxes with gold, silver and copper coins.

With so many states and counties, how much gold and silver do you need to be satisfied. The quantity of gold and silver must be insufficient. However, the use of gold and silver to replace the original rent is beneficial to the people, business, and the government is also simple and easy. The Tang Dynasty had a large land and a large population, and the production of gold and silver was very low. What will be the consequences of this, it is possible that the people of the states and counties would rather suffer a little loss, but also use gold and silver to pay taxes. In other words, it is very likely that the exchange price of gold and silver in those states and counties will eventually exceed the exchange price of the imperial court.

The power of the rumors is very strong, and the public exchange of gold and silver by Liang Jinzhu's eldest son has finally calmed down the people's hearts. After all, they are also earning fees, and some people gradually calmed down from the panic at the beginning, and finally did not change.

There are also businessmen, seeing the price of gold and silver jewelry soaring, after seeing that it has calmed down, they take the initiative to participate in the exchange, it is impossible for all large families and rich people to twist into a rope, and it is impossible for all large families to open cabinets. Businessmen are pursuing profits, and large families are also pursuing profits.

The situation finally stopped before it spread throughout the country.

But Li Wei was furious at the court meeting on the fifth day of the lunar month, and said: "At the beginning, this trip was to consider the interests of each cabinet, but the practices of each cabinet made me feel cold. I am His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and I can't talk much about business and profit during the discussion, so I only talk about replacing taxes and paying salaries, but isn't that the case? Once gold and silver develop a monetary concept in people's hearts, not only taxation, especially the bulk of business, I heard that some people used flying money instead for convenience, but flying money is a piece of paper after all, unlike gold and silver are real metals. Then gold and silver will inevitably become the mainstream in the bulk jiāo trade. Hugh said that it was a fortune, and that is, the gold and silver of our dynasty were far from enough. There are also jewelry and utensils that also need gold and silver, and I boldly say that if there is no large amount of gold and silver pouring in from outside, the price of gold and silver will inevitably be higher than the price calculated by the imperial court because of the reduction of transportation costs. The cabinet owners did not understand the painstaking efforts of the imperial court, and when they did this, their hearts were cold, and their hearts were cold."

I said three chills in a row.

But that's not an exaggeration.

The Tang Dynasty minted hundreds of thousands of copper coins every year, which was less than the scale of the Song Dynasty, but over the years, how much it had accumulated, although there were many merchants who melted into bronze ware, and some of them circulated in foreign countries, but there were many si coins that continued to circulate in the market, and no one could know how much money there was. However, there was still a shortage of coins, which not only hindered the development of commerce, but also caused serious làng fees. There are even times when the court sees that the coins are not enough, and they know that they have to collect the money at a discount. It also caused the market to even move the amount of money in a penny, a thousand copper coins per penny, that is, Si coins, copper coins of the imperial court, sometimes only 9800.

However, in order to meet the money supply of the Tang Dynasty, Li Wei estimated that he would have to increase the money by at least 100 million yuan, and no matter how commercially developed, the development of navigation, and the resale of arms could not bring the same amount of gold and silver. Besides, after a few decades, the amount of gold and silver will increase, but so will the people. Li Wei also firmly believed that under his leadership, the economy of the Tang Dynasty would enter a better development, and the currency would still be insufficient.

He also said: "If it weren't for the shame of saying business profits, I would like to ban all these cabinets and let the imperial court come to operate." Let's talk about it. ”

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and scattered.

The ministers stared wide-eyed, not knowing what to do.

But it's not really doing that, it's a statement. These words quickly spread to the people and had an immediate effect. The exchange price of gold and silver rose again, and when the end of the year came, the exchange price of one or two good silver in the cabinet reached between 1,100 and 1,160 wen, and one tael of gold reached 5,600 wen to 5,800 wen, which stabilized, but it was still slowly increasing.

The hearts of the ministers were settled.

Di Renchen came to the East Palace and couldn't help complaining: "Your Majesty, this matter is done in a hurry. ”

The emperor's intentions are good, and he wants the country to become strong as soon as possible. A lot of measures have been taken as well, and it seems to be working well. But the repeated changes made Di Renjie still a little worried in his heart.

Last time, it was the mistake caused by Wu Chenghe, which allowed the emperor to seize the opportunity and cause a compromise between the two sides. This time it was the result of a compromise, there was a Turkic bi outside, a treasury crisis at home, and a large order of the Japanese state, which was an illusion on the surface, but inside and outside was the promotion of Zhuwu, which made some ministers in the court uncomfortable, but the emperor acquiesced to the occurrence of this matter, which was exchanged for another compromise.

Therefore, it may be for the sake of the country and the people, but after getting the benefits, the Queen Mother was not embarrassed, the Queen Mother was not embarrassed, Pei Yan and others did not dare to move, so they tacitly implemented the restructuring of the Taxation Bureau and the promotion of gold and silver monetization.

But you can't do too much, the most important thing for the emperor at this time is to need people's support, this person is not the common people, but the various magnates and ministers, as well as the mén valve, and it is not good for the emperor to offend too much. And the emperor is still very young, and the emperor does not have a few years to live. can afford to wait, just like Emperor Taishang did back then, Emperor Taizong did not die, he was very honest, as soon as Emperor Taizong died, the Queen Mother dared to forcibly help the queen to the position of the queen, and let the queen be the second saint.

At this time, the things of the Tang Dynasty should be done less, and the important thing is to cultivate the power in hand.

Li Wei shook his head and said, "Di Qing, this statement is wrong, why did the edict be issued at the beginning and make such a big movement, but I only resolved it slightly, and the wind immediately calmed down?" Without him, I had planned to Cen Lin Donggong, but this matter is beneficial to the interests of all parties, and the reason why the cabinet owners refused to resist is that they have not figured it out, once the whole country popularizes gold and silver, it will be of great benefit to them. Therefore, after figuring out this festival, more cabinets appeared, and the owners of various cabinets immediately raised the price of gold and silver. It is this verse. ”

Not only is this benefit, but the thinking of the people of the deformed country towards the surrounding countries may make both the Japanese and Silla lose and obtain a lot of wealth, and gold and silver can be used as quasi-currency, quasi-currency, not formal currency, which is already a great progress, and over the course of a year, the cost of freight, loss, and warehouse management is innumerable. And it is possible to prosper commerce in some areas, and the emergence of a large number of cabinet shops, as long as it is pushed again, is equivalent to a small bank. As for the tax innovation brought about by the inadvertent, even Li Wei himself was negligent.

This is not only for the country, but also for all large households, as long as they are involved in commerce, it is all beneficial, gold and silver can be used as quasi-currency, then Jiāo Yishi, it will become economical and safe.

Di Renjie was speechless.

Li Wei said again: "Di Qing, you have good intentions, I will also pay attention, Pei Qing said one thing to me, that is the ultimate...... (I didn't say it, I didn't think much about it), I will also consider the severity, but this country is my country ...... after all"

Di Renjie was even more speechless.

At least nominally, this country is Li Wei's country, and the people are Li Wei's people, and as a good emperor, His Majesty has done a good job.

"Di Qing, it's snowing outside, let's ......" took Di Renjie's hand and came outside, it was the coldest time of the year, it was snowing outside, the snow was flying, falling like a goose, and the ground was snow-white for a while, leaving only the palace near and far in the white feathers in the sky, standing silently.

"Di Qing, you are young, I am still young, in the past, I told you that he will inevitably build a more powerful Tang Dynasty in the future, 10,000 years is too long, only strive for the present dynasty, just today Rui Xueden mén, accompany me to drink and talk, how about it?"

"Your Majesty......" Di Renjie was also very moved, hesitated for a while, and finally said: "Dare not obey your fate." ”

……

It was snow, but there was bad news in the capital.

The Eastern Turkic Rebellion* started earlier than in history, and the scale was similar, but because it was prepared in advance, he chose the right strategy, such as Li Wei's first book was to let Xiao Siye control the situation and slow down its spread. And not a blind sortie like in history. Then he made a second book to make up for some difficulties caused by grain and grass by fighting to feed the war. So in just one month in history, Xiao Siye was defeated because he was defenseless. This time, however, it lasted for three months.

However, they were outnumbered, and the final rout came. In the winter months, Mo Nan had already begun to snow heavily. It is also different from history, the Tang army was most afraid of this cold weather in history, one is the physical factor, and the other is that the Tang Dynasty soldiers mostly wore kudzu cloth and linen clothes, and the cold resistance was poor. But cotton huā had been widespread for several years, and finally all the garrisons in the north wore thick cotton coats.

But the physical factors still hinder the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty in winter, without him, even if they wear thick cotton coats, the current people are more cold-resistant than later generations, and their combat effectiveness has also been affected in the low cold temperature of more than ten degrees below zero or even more than twenty degrees in the desert. And dressed thickly, the action is necessarily clumsy.

Taking advantage of this cold temperature, with a handful of heavy snow, Ashste Wenbo and Ashid were appointed to launch a large army to attack the Tang army. Because of the extremely cold weather, the Tang army was not in order. At night, the temperature was lower, Asdwinbo and Ashide continued to attack, Xiao Siye was embarrassed, so he had to set camp and leave, so the Tang Dynasty army collapsed, and the two Asrid immediately let the army pursue, and the Tang army was defeated. Xiao Siye, Huā Dazhi, and Li Jingfu fought and fled, and fled to the Shan Yu Duhu Mansion in the north of Yunshuo, with less than one of the ten soldiers on board.

Xiao Siye had no choice but to return to Beijing to apologize.

The first rout of the Tang Dynasty army in the desert, coupled with the lack of strength in Qinghai, Silla did not suppress it, and gave hope to two other tribes, one was the Khitan and the other was the Xi. However, as soon as these two tribes sent troops to respond to the rebellion of the Eastern Turks, they were immediately severely suppressed by Tang Xiujing, who was sent out by Zhou Daowu, the governor of Yingzhou. At that time, Zhou Daowu didn't expect to make meritorious contributions, but just sent Tang Xiujing to defend and prevent the Khitan and Xi people from attacking the city of Yingzhou.

However, Tang Xiujing saw that the two tribes had just plotted rebellion and were not in command, and some tribes even hesitated, so he broke the two rebels in Duhu Mountain and won a lot of them.

This was the only bright spot in the entire rout, Tang Xiujing finally walked into everyone's field of vision, and immediately worshiped Sima of Fengzhou, an important town under Xiyin Mountain.

Xiao Siye was furious by Li Zhi's rare thunder, Xiao Siye returned to the court in front, and Li Zhi summoned him to Shangyang Palace and reprimanded: "In the past, I didn't kill Xue Rengui, so that you and others were so cowardly."

Xiao Siye didn't dare to answer.

Li Zhi's voice changed, and he said: "Ran'er has an old relationship with my family, and this time I will spare you from death." ”

Not only refers to Concubine Xiao Shu, the relationship between the Xiao family in Lanling and the Li family in the Tang Dynasty has always been not thin, referring to this section. Then he immediately issued an edict, Huā Dazhi and Li Jingfu were both dismissed, and Xiao Siye went to Guizhou. An official who has lived in the north for a long time went to Guilin, and the result can be imagined. However, under Li Zhi's anger, Li Wei did not dare to intercede for him. Besides, Xiao Siye escaped defeated, not died on the battlefield, no matter what reason there is to cover up the rout, there are also mistakes, and punishment is necessary.

In this matter, although it is very likely that the mother's jealousy of Concubine Xiao Shufei was in it, and she instigated it in her father's ear, Li Zhi did not make a big mistake. If the rewards and punishments are not clear, the army cannot be governed.

However, Li Zhi issued a series of erroneous orders, first let Cao Huaishun be the general of the right Jinwu, lead the army to guard Hengzhou, choke the Jingjing Pass, and let the right Wuwei general Cui Xian lead the army to Jiangzhou, guard the dragon mén, block the river for solidification, and defend Gyeonggi.

This edict also proves Li Zhi's ignorance of military affairs.

Shouheng Prefecture, choking the well and the pass are of course important, and they can communicate the two roads of Hedong and Hebei, but only that. The army stationed in Hengzhou could not guarantee the safety of Yunshuo Taiyuan, nor could it protect Youzhou and Zhaozhou from being invaded by the Turks. Not to mention the fact that the enemy is outside the country.

Guarding Jiangzhou is even more ridiculous, there is Taiyuan on Jiangzhou, there is Yunshuo, if the Turks have attacked Jiangzhou, does the Tang Dynasty want to learn from the Song Dynasty to have an alliance of Yuanyuan?

But Li Wei saw one thing, his father said that he was transferring troops and sending generals, so it was better to be dissatisfied with the soldiers and take care of himself as soon as possible. Because of all the things in Qinghai, Cao Huaishun has some contradictions with himself, and this reactivation is to divide his own military power. However, what will Cao Huaishun do when he arrives at the front line?

He was just about to stand up and persuade his father to cancel this holy decree, but Di Renjie sat not far away, just shaking his head vigorously.

Li Wei looked at him, and Di Renjie desperately bowed in the direction of the East Palace.

I had to endure it.

After getting off the court meeting, not long after returning to the East Palace, Di Renjie arrived, and Li Wei said unhappily: "Di Qing, why are you stopping me? Although the Turks won by luck at this time, they let Xiao Siye snipe alone until now, and they were very bold in their hearts, and they did not dare to enter the Central Plains. The deployment of troops like this by my father is clearly a cowardice of the enemy......"

Di Renjie interrupted him and said: "Yes, the Emperor Taishang is not as far away from military affairs as His Majesty, but the Emperor Taishang is recovering and has the help of the Queen Mother, is the power of the central government in the hands of His Majesty, or in the hands of the Emperor Taishang?" ”

"My father has more power than me...... To more. ”

"Exactly, there are several edicts today, has the Emperor asked your opinion? Moreover, Pei Yan has already written to impeach you for instigating Xiao Siye Kou to feed on the cattle and sheep of the Turks, forcing the Turks to rebel even more, Your Majesty, why do you need to do it? ”

"Joke, if you don't feed the war with enemy materials, Xiao Siye has long been defeated due to food difficulties, how can he support it for so long?"

"But how many ministers can understand the stakes? The minister asked His Majesty again, Turks, can Your Majesty deal with them? ”

Li Wei thought about it for a while, I really don't know the specific history, it seems that not long after a few years, the Eastern Turks really became strong, and the Tang Dynasty did not conquer it, but invaded the territory of the Tang Dynasty many times, causing great trouble to the Tang Dynasty. There were not only Turks, but also Khitans.

However, he carefully looked at the marching map, and looked at the deployment and actions of the troops on both sides, and Asdwinbo and Asrid were not very clever in their duties. And the fighting power of the Turks is not very strong. It's just that the victory is because there are many people, and they are all cavalry. I don't know what the problem is, but with the current Turkic generals and soldiers, even if they go out on their own, it is not too much of a problem, so they said: "I can probably defeat them." ”

"That's it, not only Your Majesty, but also Pei Xingjian will return to the capital soon. Although a few days ago, Your Majesty said that the Tang Dynasty is your country, but according to the minister's opinion, it will be Your Majesty's country in the future, not yet, most of it is still the country of the Emperor and the Queen Mother, forgive the ministers, Your Majesty, have you ever heard the phrase "supporting the army and respecting yourself?" ”

Di Renjie didn't let Li Wei be a warlord who supported the army and respected himself, and raised the Turks to protect himself. It means that Li Wei will stay with the Turks, and with the soldiers, Li Zhi does not understand military affairs, if he has any bad ideas, he will not dare to do anything to Li Wei because of the Turks.

In addition, it just makes some of Li Zhi's arrangements contrast with Li Wei. Thinking that everyone had gained some benefits, and gave the Queen Mother all kinds of political achievements, in the end, they really thought it was their own ability. It's time for the Emperor Taishang to make a fool of himself again.

Of course, the premise was that Li Wei had to be sure that he would be able to conquer the Turks. So I asked deliberately.

Wan'er was already happy, and once again said without regard to decency: "Yes, yes, Your Majesty, Di Shilang is reasonable. ”

ps: This chapter is a jiāo weaving of power and prosperity, and Lao Wu can actually write more darkly, for fear that everyone will be disgusted, and pay attention to it again and again. In fact, you can Wang Lijun incident, it is modern, not to mention the ancient Tang Dynasty, Wu Zetian...... It's not too much, Lao Wu is also in mihuo.

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