Time flies, and the New Year has passed in a blink of an eye. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Fan Jiao gave birth to her first child, a girl, named Jiang Pingjun. Jiang Hexing happily closed his mouth, and stayed at home for many days with their mother and daughter.

After more than half a month, Fan Jiaoxian's face was a little melancholy, as if she was very unhappy. Jiang Hexing asked her why, but she didn't want to say, Jiang Hexing wanted to come and go, probably because no one from Fan Jia's family had come until now. Jiang Hexing also felt strange, with Fan Jia's usual personality, he should have come to Pingzhou Mansion in a big way, but now that none of his family members came, no wonder Fan Jiaoxian was unhappy.

Jiang Hexing receives greetings from all walks of life every day, that is, Fan Jia's family appeared, and Fan Jiao's face became more and more heavy.

At this time, Zheng Yi came to report the information. Zheng Yi told Jiang Hexing that Wang Mang had changed the Han Dynasty to a new dynasty, and he wanted to carry out a big reform, first of all, to change the money, and the current five-baht coin was going to be invalidated and replaced with new money. In addition, slaves and maids should be abolished, and the new atmosphere of the new dynasty should be vigorously displayed.

After another half a month, Jiang Hexing was preparing to go to Pingzhou Mansion to see if there was anything recently.

Someone at the door reported that Fan Jia had arrived with a long convoy and a group of relatives. Jiang Hexing sent someone to inform Fan Jiao immediately, and he came to the door to greet Fan Jia and the others.

Jiang Hexing welcomed everyone in, and Fan Jia's family members entered the palace happily, and although Fan Jia kept smiling, he always felt that something was wrong.

After everyone met with Fan Jiao, Jiang Hexing asked Fan Jiao to entertain everyone, and he pulled Fan Jia to another room.

After Fan Jia sat down, Jiang Hexing asked, "Father-in-law, is there something to hide from me?" ”

Fan Jia sighed and said, "He Wang, maybe Jiao'er is going to blame me this time, right?" ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Where will it be, she is more worried about you, afraid that something will happen to you, you see how happy she was to see you just now." ”

Fan Jia smiled bitterly and said: "I came back from Panyu last year, and I didn't come over, but I counted the days, thought about it every day, looked forward to it every night, and wished that Fan Jiao would give me a grandson as soon as possible." Just a month ago, the days came, two days before Fan Jiaosheng. Someone sent a letter from Chang'an, and the imperial court wanted to abolish the five baht money, so I couldn't sit still. ”

Jiang Hexing said: "The imperial court wants to abolish the five baht money, but I have heard that your news is much faster than mine." ”

Fan Jia said: "He Wang, this news is not trivial to us, I am in Han Land, but now Wang Mang has been proclaimed emperor, it should be called Xindi." I have saved a lot of money in many places in Xindi, and I have to arrange for the money to be exchanged for various goods as soon as possible, and I have personally made a trip to Jiujiang, and now I have also sent people to Panyu. The people who went to Panyu haven't come back yet, and I don't know how they changed? ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Are you saying that you have spent all this money, that is, you have to waste five baht money, don't you have to have a transition?" Don't you have to have a time to change money? Could he have stopped using five baht overnight? ”

Fan Jia said: "Of course, there is time to exchange money, if the time he gives is not enough, whoever uses it will be guilty at that time, aren't you unlucky?" As for your side, don't worry at all, he doesn't change it, you can use it directly, anyway, the five baht coins are made of copper, aren't you afraid? ”

Jiang Hexing thought for a while and said: "Yes, we basically use five baht coins in Pingzhou, I won't consider abolishing it for the time being, you don't have to worry about the money here, just get it back if you can't exchange it for Xindi." ”

Fan Jia was a little hesitant and wanted to say something, but his mouth opened, but he still didn't say it.

Jiang Hexing saw that he had something to say, as if it was inconvenient to say, and said with a smile, "Father-in-law, if you have anything to say, just say it." ”

Fan Jia looked at Jiang Hexing and said: "Yes, that's the case, after I moved here from Chang'an, many big families in Luoyang, Chang'an, came to Pingzhou to do business, and many of them met with me, and now there are also those in Handan, and I am also very familiar with them." ”

Jiang Hexing saw that he was still a little speechless, and said with a smile: "Isn't it, what are these people asking you to say?" ”

Fan Jia was relieved, nodded and said: "Exactly, exactly, many people are particularly bottomless in Xindi now, and now the imperial court does not allow the buying and selling of slaves and maids, and they are all renamed "private belongings", which can neither be bought nor sold, and must be kept for the rest of their lives. ”

Jiang Hexing was a little surprised, so he asked, "Why is this?" Isn't it right to say that you will keep it for the rest of your life? ”

Fan Jia nodded again and again: "It's not that I have raised it for a lifetime, it's because I'm in a hurry and said it wrong." The new edict issued by the imperial court said that the rich are too rich, and the things that the dogs and horses in the family can't eat are better than the poor. And what kind of market for buying and selling slaves and maids is with the cattle and horse market, and slaves and maids are bought and sold like cattle, and they don't treat people as human beings. It completely violated the righteousness of "the nature of heaven and earth is precious", so the imperial court issued an edict to abolish the slave and maid trade. Slaves and maidservants in the house can be let go, but they must not be bought or sold. ”

Although Jiang Hexing didn't have much affection for Wang Mang, especially his extreme idealistic thoughts, he reminded him of too many things in later generations. But just for the abolition of slavery, Jiang Hexing can't help but praise loudly, and the real good deeds, especially the sentence "the nature of heaven and earth are precious", can be described as shining with the brilliance of humanitarianism.

Jiang Hexing said: "There is nothing wrong with the imperial court's move, right?" ”

Fan Jia sat on the chair uneasily, looked at Jiang Hexing, and said, "Is King He in favor of the imperial court's edict?" ”

Jiang Hexing said: "Father-in-law, how do I raise troops, I think you know, I just don't want the Han people to be plundered into slaves by the Wuhuan people before they raise troops." I, Pingzhou, have always been against the slave trade, do you know who bought and sold slaves and maids, and has been hiding it from me? ”

Jiang Hexing's words became a little harsh, Fan Jia's face was a little heavy, and he waved his hand again and again: "I misunderstood with Wang, you know, my business is much bigger than before, Chang'an, Luoyang, Jiujiang, Panyu, Handan, Nanyang and other places, there is also a large fleet. I deal with people everywhere, so I owe a lot of favors. Someone asked me, and I couldn't refuse, so I came to ask the king about his attitude towards this matter. Some people want to come to Pingzhou, they can get used to it, if they do everything here, they don't think it's cost-effective to come here. ”

Jiang Hexing pondered for a long time and said, "Father-in-law, are any of these people in Pingzhou now?" Can you arrange for me to meet? ”

Fan Jia nodded again and again: "Okay, I can arrange it." There are quite a few of them who came with me this time. ”

Jiang Hexing said: "That's it, it's not convenient for me to receive them here, our family just happened to be happy, it's not good for them to come and not take things, but I don't accept gifts here, so I won't be embarrassed when the time comes, tomorrow you take them to the conference room of Pingzhou Mansion, I will also meet these rich businessmen and talk to them." ”

The next day, when Jiang Hexing came to the conference room of Pingzhou Mansion, Fan Jia had already led more than a dozen people to sit in the conference room, drinking tea.