Chapter 198: Collusion between officials and businessmen

Immediately afterwards, another person came out to ask the question: "This link is: color is difficult!" ”

From one word, it has now become a two-word couplet, but the difficulty is still very great.

This couplet has a lot of origins, but it comes from: Zi Xia asked filial piety, and Zi said: "It's hard to be sexual." When there is something, the disciple obeys it; There is wine and food, and Mr. Food, did you think it was filial piety? ”

Therefore, the word "difficult" means that it is not easy to look ugly.

Therefore, these two words seem simple, but in fact, they have a double meaning, and it is not easy to find a suitable and neat lower link.

Ye Yu poured himself a glass of wine, and played with it in his hand for a moment without making a sound. Everyone thought that Ye Yu couldn't come out of this link, so they couldn't help but shake their heads and say nothing.

"Easy!"

"Oh? Since Ye Gongzi thinks that this coupling is not difficult, let's quickly make the next couplet! ”

Ye Yu glanced at the literati slightly drunk, and said with a slight smile: "Isn't Ye already out of the next couplet?" ”

"What, you're out of the next couplet, it's impossible!"

"Isn't it ......"

Someone in the crowd suddenly realized and praised loudly: "Shanglian: difficult to color, Xialian: easy, it is absolute!" ”

Wow!

A word woke up the person in the dream, and after everyone pondered it repeatedly, they felt that this couplet was wonderful.

"Wonderful, on the surface, the color is the same as the appearance, the difficult is easy to be easy, neat and appropriate! The inner meaning is more appropriate, not easy to easy, isn't it very chimeral? ”

"Yes, Brother Tai's analysis is very accurate, it seems that it is worth my trip to wait for tonight!"

"It's really an eye-opener for me, this Ye Gongzi is really not simple......"

One of the scholars was quite surprised by this: "Could it be that this scribe surnamed Ye is so talented?" ”

"Yes, my Da Song has already produced a Master Ye, and this scholar is also very eloquent......

However, some people praised and belittled friends, and some of them pouted: "Not bad? Have you forgotten that? ”

"There is no distinction between elegance and vulgarity in the article, only the difference between high and low intentions. As the saying goes, it is also the opinion of the benevolent and the wise of the wise! ”

"Well, that's ...... right"

Everyone was disturbed, but the literati led by Shi Kelang were a little panicked, because while everyone was discussing, they asked Ye Yu a lot of poetry couplets, and even used lantern riddles.

But it's a pity that these so-called problems are just a breeze for Ye Yu today.

Because he is no longer the Ye Yu of the year, he has not slackened in the past six years, and he has a wide range of knowledge of the poetry and songs of the subset of classics and history.

Although he is a soul reborn in a later life, he doesn't want to rely on his own old book to mix up this strange Great Song Dynasty.

He never thought that genius was born, because that required his own hard work and accumulation. After all, the human brain is limited, and memory is also a time when you forget.

He doesn't believe in the things of the traversers, he only believes that his knowledge must be earned by himself.

Therefore, he was able to settle the three yuan and the first, because of his accumulation and thin hair for more than three years, and he was able to retreat from the Bada Shanren in a duel between Song and Jin, which was also this kind of long-term accumulation and hardship.

Because it is impossible to do this with the thoughts and experiences of a later generation alone. It's just that no one can see the efforts behind them.

After several competitions, Shi Kelang suppressed the shock in his heart, closed the folding fan and said solemnly: "Brother Ye is really talented, Shi admires it!" ”

Then he immediately said: "But Shi has a word puzzle here, and I ask Brother Ye to ask for advice!" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, but it's getting late, this is the last question, you think clearly! Ye doesn't have the heart to play with you......"

"Okay, please listen to me give a couplet......"

Shi Kelang immediately groaned: "The moon is accompanied by three stars like a curved sickle, and the waves dot the ship's strings!" ”

As soon as this anagram was spoken, the Lan Pavilion quietly became lively again.

Cao Xueying, who was on the side at the moment, thought about it for a while, and had already guessed the deep meaning of this anagram.

She really wanted to tell Ye Yu the answer to the riddle, but she wanted to see if Ye Yu could answer it, so she stood quietly aside and watched Ye Yu silently.

And Ye Yu eats food when he sees it, because he only cares about his busy work this day, but he doesn't take care of his stomach, and now that he has wine and food in front of him, how can he waste it for no reason.

In fact, one of the reasons why Ye Yu went and returned was that the wine and food here were not bad.

On the way back, I forgot to eat, although there are meals in Bodhi Temple, but most of them are vegetarian meals, can it be compared to this delicious food with good wine and meat?

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Ye Yu immediately put down his wine glass.

stood up and looked at the bright moon in the sky, and casually chanted a five-character quatrain: "The drizzle sprinkles the light boat, and a little before the boat falls." One point in the boat, one point in the boat. ”

"Everybody's gone!"

After Ye Yu finished chanting these four poems, he turned around and left with a full stomach.

Cao Xueying saw that Ye Yu had guessed the anagram, so she smiled calmly and immediately followed.

In the crowd, these literati pondered the deep meaning of this, and finally someone thought about the problem.

"Shi Gongzi's endowment, with the sickle moon as the oblique hook and the three stars as the three points, is a 'heart' word!"

"And that Ye Gong, four limerick poems, comparing the light boat to an oblique hook, and three drizzles to three points, is actually a 'heart' word......"

"Wonderful! It's wonderful! It is wonderful to solve the anagram without leaving a single word and leaving no trace! ”

"The best part is that solving the anagram with an anagram is endlessly fun, and the fun is endless......"

“……”

Everyone was discussing, and all the focus and topics were focused on Ye Yu, which made Shi Kelang suddenly look cold.

You must know that before Ye Yu appeared, he was the real protagonist here, but now it's good, all the limelight has been stolen by Ye Yu.

The limelight is still secondary, what matters is a woman's heart.

At this moment, Ye Yu and Cao Xueying were walking side by side on the mountain path, and the two of them were walking quietly, and no one spoke.

"Miss Cao, it was indeed a misunderstanding about the election that day, please don't take it to heart......"

Ye Yu felt that it was necessary to make this issue clear, otherwise the more it dragged on, the more troublesome it would be.

Cao Xueying lowered her head and didn't speak, Ye Yu smiled helplessly: "Miss Cao's appearance is beautiful, even the grandson of the Duke of Wei is quite admired, how dare Ye climb high?" ”

"Ye Gongzi, Xue Ying really wants to know your true identity......" After a long silence, Cao Xueying asked such a question.

Ye Yu's eyes showed a hint of strangeness, and then he covered it up with laughter: "Where did Miss Cao start with this, I am me, how can I say that it is true or false?" ”

"Please forgive Xue Ying for being lonely and unheard, I have never heard of the name Ye Chengtian, but the wit of the son is really impressive, but there is a ......"

"What's there? Do you want to say that some people look like Master Ye of the current dynasty? Ye Yu saw that Cao Xueying wanted to speak and stopped, and then asked with interest.

Cao Xueying's lips squirmed a few times, and then sighed slightly and said to herself: "It's Xueying who thinks too much......

"You are indeed thinking too much, Master Ye is now a very popular minister, it is said that this time on behalf of the heavens, he will come to Shaoxing Mansion in a few days......"

Ye Yu said, pretending to be shabby and humble and laughing at himself: "Look at my white-clothed body, how dare I compare with Lord Ye?" ”

"But you should choose the son-in-law assessment, and you are also smooth!"

As soon as he heard Cao Xueying say this, Ye Yu knew that what he had just said was in vain. The heart said that this girl was really brainless, and she had already said that it was a misunderstanding, why was she still so stubborn.

Since he didn't understand this matter, Ye Yu fortunately didn't bother to mention it again, but sent it down the mountain and went straight back to Bodhi Temple.

Because there are so many things about counterfeit coins, he needs to sort them out.

The coin supervisor is a subordinate official of the Shaofu Supervisor, and also receives the Zhulu Supervisor. Today, the Southern Song Dynasty has only ten money prisons in various states, one of which is in Shaoxing, Lizhou.

Whether it is a copper coin or an iron coin, there is a counterfeit coin, which has a lot to do with the coinage. The issuance of Huizi money is directly operated by the Huizi Treasury of the Ministry of Households.

So the crux of this problem is really as Baili Feng said, which affects the whole body. If it's just for profit, it's not too much.

But if there is an ulterior secret in this, then this is a very difficult problem.

As far as Ye Yu knew, in order to prevent the appearance of counterfeit coins, the imperial court not only restricted the foundry workers, but also state-owned the copper and iron ore needed.

Metallic materials such as copper, iron, and tin are required to mint coins, and banknote paper is required to make counterfeit banknotes.

Therefore, the imperial court controlled these raw materials, prohibiting the private mining and smelting of raw copper, the private buying and selling of copper materials, and the sale of bronze ware, etc., with the purpose of cutting off the source of private casting by lawbreakers.

At the same time, in order to deal with the spread of counterfeit banknotes, the imperial court has also done a lot of work on this banknote, creating a court tribute banknote that is not easy to imitate.

Therefore, according to the above prerequisites, it is not easy for ordinary unscrupulous businessmen to make huge profits and privately counterfeit coins.

But this incident really happened, and Ye Yu was not too surprised by this phenomenon, because this will also be a flood of counterfeit currency in later generations, not to mention the current backward technology.

But one thing is for sure, behind the counterfeit money, it is not as simple as businessmen making profits. If there is a collusion between officials and businessmen, it will be a big collusion.

Obviously, the paper of this banknote, and the raw materials of metal coins, are by no means controllable by ordinary merchants.

Fortunately, there was a reminder from Baili Feng this time, otherwise he really wouldn't have noticed the heresy of this counterfeit coin.

However, now with his current identity, it is impossible to verify, and only by waiting for the honor guard to be stationed in Shaoxing Mansion can he investigate the matter as a messenger.

Because the whole state of Lizhou is so large, it is difficult for him to find the underground workshop that makes counterfeit coins alone.

And what he has to do now is to wander among the people, understand the real people's conditions under the rule of Lizhou, and prepare for the next work.