"Lord Zhu, since Xiaguan Yuanyou accepted this errand for three years to today, although Feng Guojian has the lowest output of many money supervisors who mint copper coins, the output value is the highest. No matter how you say it, there is no merit and hard work. You can't just say that I am losing the treasury and emptying the people's fat and ointment. Besides, we are not the only one who has a deficit in money, and which of the 16 copper money prisons in the Song Dynasty does not lose money? Since the price of copper rose to the highest price after the promotion of bile water soaked copper, it has not reached a new high, but the cost of our minting copper coins has risen, and the price of artificial materials in the year before has all increased. ”

"It's not that I'm going to lay off redundant craftsmen, you work nine months a year, you can produce 23 to 250,000 copper coins, the cost has increased from 110,000 to 350,000 at the time of establishment, from 120,000 to 110,000 losses per year, and the profit margin has changed from 110% to -32%. What do you tell me to do with such a result? It is difficult to save money on materials, and you can only start with labor. Originally, if you had said that you had lost less, the court would have gritted its teeth and passed. But with so much shortfall, how do you want me to write an excerpt? The failure to abolish your Feng Guojian is the result of your ministers' efforts, and you still want to keep so many people? I know you're not a corrupt official who takes kickbacks, but others don't. The imperial court can't afford this kind of loss. If you don't want to stay in the dead place of Fengguo Prison, leave early, otherwise you will definitely regret it. ”

"The lower official knows that the adult is for the good of the lower official, but can't the adult look at the lower official for the sake of the same year? This Feng Guojian is the painstaking work of the lower officials, and the family is all on it. I can't leave. "Lin Zhiquan, the supervisor in charge of the Jianzhou Chengfeng State Supervisor of the Jianzhou Chengfeng State Supervisor on Fujian Road, begged his boss to raise Zhu Tiju of the Pit Smelting and Casting Money Division, and Zhu Xinyou.

This Zhu Xinyou, Lord Zhu, it was by hugging the big thick legs of the Chenji Group that he discovered the key to promotion. There are people in the first dynasty, and there are big people who are promoted and appreciated the fastest. Second, the officials who can solve problems for the court are also promoted quickly. The third is that there are gangs and factions, and the powerful high-EQ talents are far ten times faster than the average hard-working talent.

Thinking about it, Zhu Youxin was originally just an uncle, who had been a central government directly under the central government for a few months, and was just an idle errand runner who was a helper in Jianghuai, Jingzhe, Fujian, Guangnan Road, and Fujian. Under the persuasion of his uncle, his father threw everything he had, sent himself into officialdom, and it took seven or eight years to get mixed up with an eight-grade money supervisor. Last year, he took refuge in Chenji Bank, which had deep pockets, and was the first to deposit all his worth in Chenji Bank in the early days of its opening. Thus aroused the attention of Chenji through the public, recommended by Chen Guanxian to the household department Shangshu Su Shi, after the investigation, was entrusted with an important task, and was immediately promoted to mention Jianghuai, Jingzhe, Fujian, Guangnan Road, pit smelting and casting money division as deputy supervisor. You must know that the main position is concurrently held by the head of the household department, and he is a high-ranking official from the fourth rank, and he can be said to have soared to the sky and promoted to 5 levels in a row.

Since taking office, he has secretly carried out the tasks assigned to him by the Travelers, and cooperated with the Travelers to raise the cost of the imperial court to an unprofitable high. The main task assigned to him by the traversal was to take advantage of his position to hoard a large number of materials necessary for minting coins, and the prices of copper ingots, tin ingots, lead ingots, and white ash were all rising. On the one hand, it took the opportunity to use cheap industrial technology to produce a large number of copper ingots, and on the other hand, it used financial channels to dump copper coins, and the prices of all commodities except grain increased by more than 2 times. The coinage industry, which could have doubled its profits, basically turned into a low-profit industry in last year's savings absorption campaign, and the copper coins in the hands of all large investors have depreciated by half, and prices have risen by a factor as a result. The poor who do not have much cash have no loss, partners and friendly officials have received the news in advance, so the loss is not large; The biggest losses were suffered by the imperial court and the uncooperative landlords. The shrinking purchasing power of millions of copper coins in the treasury actually had no impact on the lives of the royal family, because the money in the treasury could only enter and not leave, which was actually equivalent to being destroyed when it was put into the treasury. Profits disappeared as raw materials rose, and the various incomes and benefits of the natural money prison also shrank significantly.

A dilemma has emerged for the officials in charge of the major money prisons, and the originally fat and oily posts are now facing huge losses and forced to be revoked, and it is difficult for people to leave or stay. In case the imperial court announces the abolition of the major money supervisors, he will be dismissed; In the unlikely event that the imperial court quietly lowers the copper content of copper coins, or if the price of raw materials falls, the profits from minting copper coins can rise to the previous level.

Now Lord Zhu is going to lay off employees directly, which shows that the imperial court is unwilling to reduce the copper content, nor is it willing to endure losses, and the probability of cutting the department is extremely high. I had to fend for myself and spend money all over again to move to a new oily department. For the sake of money, I had to do my best to pay less money and hug my thighs to be transferred to other prisons to become officials, and even at the cost of demotion, I had to ensure that my position was rich in oil and water.

For the sake of his colleagues for many years, Lord Zhu should not refuse his pleading. "Lord Zhu, Xiaguan still has a family of more than a dozen people to support, can you reveal a little bit of the thoughts of the upper echelons, Xiaguan is grateful."

"Got it, aren't I trying to figure it out? You don't want to leave Fengguo Prison, I don't have no way" Zhu You thought for a moment about the content of the secret letter he received last month, "You first find a way to drive out the best foundry craftsmen in the prison, leave the worst craftsmen, and wait until next year, when the entire money prison can't support it and the personnel are all gone, I will guarantee you to enter the newly built mint in Quanzhou immediately." This is the only money supervisor in the whole Song Dynasty in the future. The talents needed are the core talents of the major money supervisors, but these people all have a common characteristic, loyalty to the mint system. It doesn't matter whether their skills are superb or not, or whether they are greedy or not, and whether they are obedient or not. As long as you can do what I said, it doesn't matter if you lose 500,000 yuan. ”

"Really? How is this possible? Not only do they not eliminate the old and weak and incompetent, but instead eliminate the strong and high-level craftsmen? If the court finds out that the deficit is too big and blames it, the lower officials don't have the ability to fool the past! ”

"It doesn't matter if you are short, what matters is that now the imperial court already knows that it will only lose more in the future, you just want to drive away all the talents and technicians of Fengguo Prison for various reasons before the imperial court completely abolishes the various money prisons, and I will arrange their whereabouts." As long as you finish this job by the end of next year, you can keep your official position and position and continue to work as deputy director of the new mint! Don't worry, it's absolutely no problem, you can't believe me, I didn't say it, if you dare to leak this news, be careful of your family's surname! ”

"Xia Guan understands, this is easy to do, as long as there are more deductions, naturally the craftsmen who have the ability will be forced away. The lower officer must complete the task! ”