Shi Bufan followed up and asked Long Qing, the county lieutenant of Wannian County, to take over his position, which was approved by the superiors. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Because the location of a county is not important, not to mention that it is also to ensure the continuity of the policy as much as possible, so it is understandable to do so. In particular, Wannian County is the attached Guo County of the capital Chang'an, which reflects his importance. As the location of the capital, it is not much else that is needed, and the most important thing is stability. No one wants turmoil in the capital all day long, so it is the best way to promote Xiao Gui Cao Sui on the spot to avoid turmoil and those policy changes. So this proposal was agreed, after all, the current situation is very good, and there is no need to make any moths.

After handing over to the county lieutenant Long Qing, Shi Bufan immediately came to the Criminal Department to take office. The Criminal Department is in the Imperial Palace, and the six departments in ancient times are actually not very large, and all the staff in the entire Shangshu Province will not add up to more than five hundred. Of course, this kind of central department is mainly responsible for government decrees, not for specific affairs. The departments in charge of government decrees don't need many people, and those departments need more.

"Liu Shangshu, this time to trade with the Turks, how much does the imperial court plan to spend?" Shi Bufan asked.

This Liu Shangshu is Liu Zhenghui, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Li Jing, the original secretary of the Criminal Department, has been transferred to the Ministry of War to serve as the secretary. As for Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling, they were also promoted to become Shangshu's left and right servants. According to the situation of Chinese officialdom, a peacock with an official position often leads to the adjustment of many people's positions. Therefore, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, once a son of heaven and a courtier, the positions of many officials were adjusted, which would also lead to the adjustment of a large number of official positions, which was a series of chain reactions. Li Jing was transferred to the Ministry of War, which was taken over by Liu Zhenghui. Liu Zhenghui is not Li Shimin's cronies, but a person from Li Yuan's era. Moreover, Liu Zhenghui has deeply received Li Yuan's trust, and has served in Dali Temple for a long time, and is very familiar with criminal and prison affairs, so it is not impossible for him to serve as the secretary of the criminal department.

"Shi Caochang, there is not much money to be prepared by the imperial court this time! The emperor told me that he can only give you 3,000 yuan, and you have to settle the rest yourself. The imperial court is not rich now, and the rest of your funds have been raised. Liu Zhenghui said.

According to the situation of the Tang Dynasty, among the Lang of the 24 Divisions under the 6 Ministries, the Wai Lang called each other "Cao Chang", which originated from the 24 Cao of that year. This Cao Chang is not the Cao Chang of the Japanese army, but represents the commander of the six departments and the twenty-four Cao, and the Lang Zhong and the Yuanwai Lang of the twenty-four Cao are qualified to call each other Cao Chang. This Liu Zhenghui called Shi Bufan Cao Chang, which can be regarded as giving Shi Bufan face. There are also many similar titles, such as the high-ranking officials of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province calling each other "Pavilion Elder". Of course, this "cabinet elder" is not the "cabinet elder" of the cabinet in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the cabinet elders at this time are not all prime ministers, and a five-grade official is also qualified to be called a cabinet elder.

"Li Shimin is really an iron rooster, three thousand yuan, you send it to ask for food!" Shi Bufan scolded in his heart.

Of course, 3,000 yuan seems like a lot, but if you calculate it carefully, it doesn't seem to be too much. The purchasing power of 3,000 yuan is about the same as more than 10 million in later generations, which sounds like a lot for one person. But the problem is that this transaction between the two countries, the large-scale transaction between the two countries, such a transaction volume of billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions, and hundreds of billions of dollars, you give me more than 10 million yuan to complete this kind of transaction up to tens of billions, isn't this a way to pass the meal? Even a batch of war horses in the Tang Dynasty, the price was almost thousands of dollars. If you talk about the ordinary horses of the Tang Dynasty, it is equivalent to the Mercedes-Benz Honda of later generations. As for a war horse, it's a Rolls-Royce-level thing. Have you heard that there are more than 10 million and how many "Rolls-Royce" can you buy? You can only buy a few Rolls-Royces for money, so that Shi Bufan can buy back at least a few thousand Rolls-Royces, aren't you asking for food? If it is in the future, if an employee receives this kind of task, I am afraid that he will quit immediately, and this kind of boss who is difficult for a strong man is simply unreasonable.

However, Liu Zhenghui continued: "However, the emperor agreed, you can act cheaply by yourself, as long as you can achieve the goal, then the emperor will not pursue the means you use." These days, you can come to the Criminal Department at any time, and you can do it without coming, and you can move freely on your own. ”

"That's good, if you don't give me money, then you have to give me a policy! Give me a policy, and I'll get a lot of money. As long as you don't care about how I get the money, then I can help you get enough money. An emperor who was born as a general is not without benefits, but he pays attention to the result, not the process. As long as the goal is achieved, the process doesn't matter. Shi Bufan thought.

Since Shi Bufan got Li Shimin's "Shang Fang Sword", he was going to raise money. At present, the financial situation in the early days of Datang is indeed not very good, and the financial pressure is very great, in fact, Li Shimin can give himself 3,000 yuan is already good, at least with the first batch of start-up capital. Otherwise, if you don't even have start-up capital, that's a tragedy!

Shi Bufan came to Qin Jiarui's money bank, Qin Jiarui is currently in labor, and Shi Bufan held a meeting of the Tang Money Village Federation instead of Qin Jiarui. This Datang Qianzhuang Federation, they also know that although Qin Jiarui is the chairman of the federation, Shi Bufan is definitely the chairman of the Taishang, and it is not strange that Shi Bufan came to preside over the meeting instead of Qin Jiarui.

"Everyone, this time the imperial court wants to make a deal with the Turks, and our Datang Qianzhuang Federation needs to cooperate with the imperial court. Of course, we can't borrow money from the court without principle, but we can help the court make money. As long as we get the money, then we won't have any difficulties. As for how to make money, it depends on the proficient calculations of all of us. This time we traded with the Turks, but we made a lot of money together. This time, not only can our money federation take advantage of this to almost make money, but there are many other opportunities! For example, this year, the people have planted a bumper harvest of grain, and if we digest it internally, then we will definitely face the result of the grain being cheap and hurting the peasants. So it was also a good choice to buy some of the surplus grain to the Turks. ”

"And we still have a lot of old grain in our Datang warehouse, which can be sold to the Turks first. I can buy the old grain and buy the new surplus from the people as a reserve. Otherwise, the old grain in our warehouse cannot be sold, and the new grain in the hands of the people cannot be purchased, so it is a pity that our grain is wasted for no reason. ”

"In this big picture, we can all eat a portion of each. With such a large plate, the imperial court, the money union, and even ordinary people can eat one portion. This time, we will all divide the Turks together, and if we don't take their pants away, then we will not give up. Next, you will learn from me and see how we exploit the Turks through the game of economics and wealth. Sometimes, this kind of financial means may not be easier than the means on the battlefield, and it may even be more terrifying! Shi Bufan said.

The members of the Money Federation agreed, because they believed in Shi Bu's ability. They are both rivals and peers. Of course, in the face of the Turks, such a huge trade between the two countries, it is not a single bank that can swallow alone, and even not only the financial industry of such a bank can eat alone. The tea industry, the grain industry, and even all kinds of industries can come in and get a piece of the pie.

In everyone's eyes, this Turkic is just a fat pig, waiting for everyone to slaughter. There are not many opportunities to slaughter pigs, and no one wants to miss this opportunity. Whoever misses this opportunity will regret it for the rest of their lives!

"But the imperial court only gave us 3,000 yuan, what should we do?" Someone asked.

Obviously, 3,000 yuan is not too much, so everyone also feels a lot of pressure. This transaction is a transaction volume of hundreds of thousands of yuan, or maybe even more, and it is really embarrassing to use 3,000 yuan to achieve the effect of hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"Hehe, this is also the test of your means. However, as long as you follow me, there will be a way to do it. What's more, the transactions between our court and the Turks will be settled in silver. So as long as we can control the price of silver, that's where we make money. We can do this by settling the price of silver as a means for us to raise money. ”

"Next, we're going to hype silver. First of all, we have to figure out a way in terms of silver, we have to exchange the copper coins in our hands for silver, and then we can go and settle with the Turks. A large amount of silver is in the people, and we have to collect the silver from the people, and then profit from it by manipulating the value of the silver, and raise silver for the imperial court. ”

However, some people said: "Shi Yuan Wailang, but such a manipulation of silver, will it make the people ......?"

"Don't be afraid, I used this silver as a settlement back then, that is, I considered that this silver is a luxury item, not a copper currency, and it will not affect the lives of the people. The ones who are really affected are those who are rich. Silver is just a luxury, you can't eat or drink, and one or two pieces of silver are always about money. When the people of my Datang Dynasty were not rich enough to play with silver casually. ”

"Of course, what we want to do is to prohibit people from borrowing money to buy silver. You must be careful in auditing, and you must be careful that the people take out loans from you to speculate on silver, so as to avoid harming the people. Therefore, you must be cautious when reviewing loans next, don't just give loans indiscriminately, and let those ordinary people speculate on silver. At that time, it will be us who will lose money, and we will ruin their family, understand? Shi Bufan said.

Everyone hurriedly said that they understood, and the price of silver was actually for those who had money to play, and ordinary people could not enter. The value of silver is too high, at least in this era, and the people can't afford it. What's more, silver is not a currency, and it is useless for ordinary people to come. The vast majority of ordinary people are unable to enter the market to speculate on silver, because the vast majority of a family's annual surplus is only one or two pieces of money, and they still have to solve a lot of things with such a little money, and it is impossible to use it to speculate on silver. This is tantamount to a very high threshold and blocks the vast majority of ordinary people.

Of course, what everyone wants to prevent is that the people take out loans to speculate on silver, which can easily harm the innocent. In this way, it is up to everyone to pay attention, not to lend money casually, so as to kick out those who want to borrow money to speculate in silver, so as to avoid them being innocent. This time it is not so much to speculate on silver, but actually the first exploitation of those rich people in Datang. This time it was actually to exploit those rich people in the Tang Dynasty, such as the scholars, or some businessmen who were not benevolent to the rich. If someone can't calm down in the face of this so-called huge profit, then the final result will inevitably be to lose a bankrupt family.

This speculation of silver, in fact, is the same as the stocks of later generations, which is a legal robbery. If you are not deceived by the so-called huge false benefits, then how can you lose money? As a scholar of macroeconomics, Shi Bufan knows that the virtual economy in this world is very risky, which may make you rich overnight, or it may also make a rich man bankrupt in an instant. Although the real industry in this world may not make money faster than the virtual economy, and the officials can also be troublesome, the advantage is that the risk is very low. As long as human beings need material things, the physical industry will never die. Of course, online shopping in later generations is also a physical industry, not a virtual economy. As long as there is an actual material production, it can be classified as an industry. Even many service industries can be classified as industries, because they are things that human beings just need.

What Shi Bufan has to do is to take the bait for those who are willing, if they are greedy and insatiable, they will inevitably become "pick-up heroes" in the end. As an economist, Shi Bufan understands the risks of those stocks very well, and he never speculates in stocks. However, if he doesn't speculate in stocks, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to exploit these ancients. These ancients did not have this financial awareness at all, let alone know about financial risks, so it was easy to play them to death. Of course, there may be some people who are confused by immediate interests and lose their minds, so it is no wonder that others are no different. These people are confused by their immediate interests, so even if Shi Bufan doesn't exploit them, they will all be cheated in the future.

Shi Bufan, as a person who believes in the study of the heart, knows that only the heart has no external things, and if they can guarantee a pure heart, this external temptation will naturally not be able to blind their conscience. It's because their realm is not enough, so it's no wonder that the times are extraordinary. (To be continued.) )