Chapter 228 State Commercial Firms

"Ruan Aiqing."

When Ruan Dengbing saw the court meeting, I was the first to point to him, and hurriedly came out and said, "The minister is here." ”

"What is the situation after the opening of Yinzhuang, and has the issuance of my Song Huaxia coin encountered obstacles?"

Ruan Dengbing lowered his head and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the exchange of Huaxia coins is indeed not ideal. ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the main reason is that the people of our dynasty lack confidence in paper money, in recent years, the reputation of my banknotes Jiaozi Huizi is not good, and there has been a continuous depreciation, and the magnitude is very large, so more than ninety percent of the commercial houses in Lin'an City are unwilling to accept paper money, as for the small traders are only to accept copper money, at present, the storage business of the silver village is gradually increasing, and the guests who came to exchange Huaxia currency are very few, even if there is, it is also to exchange Huaxia currency with Huizi, Every day, the minister arranged for people to publicize the benefits of Huaxia coins and the monetary policy of the imperial court outside Yinzhuang, and also printed a large number of leaflets to distribute to shops and pedestrians on the bustling commercial streets, but so far with little success. ”

My fingers inadvertently tapped on the edge of the dragon chair again and asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you suggest?" ”

After a period of silence, Ma Tingluan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, although what Lord Ruan said does have some truth, but only need to guide the people more, the minister thinks that the people will be happy to accept it, after all, the Huaxia currency is the legal tender of our dynasty, the face value is suitable, and the paper money is easy to carry, there are still a lot of benefits. ”

"I also know that once the imperial court stops minting copper coins, the people will have to use paper money, but at that time they will be very passive, I mean to find a way to make the people accept it as soon as possible, the purpose is to restore the people's confidence in the credibility of the imperial court."

"Your Majesty, the minister and the king Yinglin have a book."

"Wang Aiqing, please speak."

Wang Yinglin is my newly promoted Chongzheng Hall storyteller, once served as the master of Taichang Temple, the general judgment of Taizhou, after the first emperor went to the west, recommended for Ma Guangzu, called him as the secretary of the festival, the right to write a house, now promoted to the Ministry of Rites Lang official and straight academy, after Zhao Shunsun entered the Government Affairs Yuan, and Zhao Shunsun and Wen Tianxiang recommended, I enabled Wang Yinglin to replace part of Zhao Shunsun's work, Wang Yinglin is about 40 years old, his ancestral home is Kaifeng, Henan, and then moved to Yin County, Qingyuan Prefecture (now Yin County, Zhejiang), Li Zong Chunyou first year Jinshi, Bao You four years of Erudite macro vocabulary, He was honest and outspoken, repeatedly offended the powerful minister Ding Daquan, and was exiled.

After the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, he was not a monk, lived in seclusion for 20 years, wrote "Jade Sea", "Sleepy Chronicles", etc., and the well-known "Three Character Classic" is one of his works.

"Your Majesty, the minister listened carefully to the reasons mentioned by Lord Ruan, and there are two fundamental points in this, one is that the people are worried that the Huaxia currency will not be able to maintain its value like the same society, and the other is that no shops are willing to accept it, so the minister thinks that it should be solved from these two points."

I nodded slightly and said, "Then what is Wang Aiqing's method?" ”

"Your Majesty, as Lord Ma and Lord Ruan said, the reputation of our banknotes such as Jiaozi Huizi is very poor among the people, and it will take a long process to reverse this ideology. For the second point, the minister thought that first of all, the big trading houses, big shops, and big wine shops in Lin'an City must unconditionally accept Huaxia currency, Huaxia currency is the legal tender of our dynasty, as a person of my dynasty, you can not use it, but you can't refuse others to use it; In addition, it is to open a shop directly under the imperial court to supply the people's daily necessities, such as grain, salt, candles, cloth, etc., this shop directly under the imperial court can receive any legal tender of our dynasty, so the people can exchange Huaxia currency and have a place to use. ”

"What, how can the imperial court open a shop."

"It's not in line with etiquette."

"It's just that, it's false, it's false."

Although the commercial atmosphere of the Great Song Dynasty was strong, in the eyes of these high-ranking officials of the imperial court, the role of commerce was only a place to increase their pleasures.

How can a dignified court do such a thing,

Suddenly, Wang Yinglin's proposal was opposed by more than seventy percent of officials.

"Isn't Wang Yinglin's intention to open a state-run shopping mall for future generations?"

I didn't listen to the opposition of the ministers, the state-run shopping malls were the most numerous in the era of the planned economy, accounting for almost ninety percent of the total number of shopping malls, which played a role in stabilizing prices for a certain period of time and ensuring the basic supply of the people.

"Maybe it's a way to go." I thought,

When the ministers of the palace saw that I did not speak, they slowly quieted down and looked at me in unison.

"Master, what do you think?" I looked at the absent-minded Jia Rudao,

September 9 will be a decision on whether or not to reform the military, Jia Rudao's mind is on the "99" meeting, and the recent court meetings have been listless.

"Your Majesty, the old minister agrees with Lord Wang's proposal, from ancient times to the present, although there is no precedent for the imperial court to open shops, there is no etiquette that prohibits the imperial court from opening shops, just like the paper money that appeared in our dynasty, no one has used it in previous dynasties."

Jia Rudao expressed his opinion, and I couldn't help but nod my head in this regard: "Shichen's words are very in line with my heart, since Shichen also thinks it is feasible, then I agree, Jiang Wanli of the Ministry of Commerce, Liao Yingzhong, Yinzhuang Ruan Dengbing, and Wang Yinglin, the storyteller of Chongzheng Palace." ”

"Wait here." The four of them came out of the way,

"I issued an edict, in the name of the Ministry of Commerce, in the main commercial streets of Lin'an City and the people's residential areas to open a chain of shops, mainly dealing in the people's daily necessities, this matter to the four of you to discuss together, by Wang Aiqing is responsible, the performance of the folds I will review and then hand over to the Ministry of Commerce for implementation, half a month later, I will see the first shop on Lin'an Street."

I thought about it and added: "The purpose of the shop is not to make a profit, but there is no need to lose money, the pricing principle is temporarily in accordance with the average price of the same kind of goods on the market in Lin'an, slightly lower, do not impact the original market price system, the type of goods selected by the Ministry of Commerce, to meet the basic life of the people." ”

"Yes, your ministers obey."

"Your Majesty, please give the shop a name." Jiang Wanlidao, the highest position among the four,

"This name, I think it's called the Great Song Dynasty State-owned Commercial Bank, its primary purpose is to cooperate with Yinzhuang to issue Huaxia coins, so that the people can use the Huaxia coins after exchange, and the operation of the shops must also strictly abide by the commercial laws of our dynasty, tax laws, etc."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The four answered again,

"Unspoken friends."

"The minister is here."

"Lin'an Mansion also needs to send people to cooperate with Yinzhuang to go to the street to carry out publicity, and strictly inspect all large commercial banks and restaurants, etc., and strictly prohibit them from refusing to accept Huaxia coins."

"Yes, I obey."

"Okay, let's talk about the matter of Luzhou again, ladies and gentlemen, the war in Luzhou has ended, although the scale of the war is not large, but the victory of our army has also greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of our dynasty, I am proud of the warriors of our dynasty, master, about the rewards of the soldiers, has the Privy Council sorted out."

"Your Majesty, it has been completed, please take a look at it." Jia Rudao got up, holding a piece of music with both hands,

"Submit."

Xiao Qi walked down the steps, took the fold in Jia Rudao's hand and presented it to me,

"Today's Luzhou victory, thanks to His Majesty's blessing Qitian, my dynasty soldiers bravely killed the enemy, after the Privy Council and the Ministry of War discussed, the proposed reward is as follows: First, the original Luzhou commander Fan Sheng, the commander [***], the general is happy, the deputy general Meng Xing in the battle with the Mongolian Ashu Department bravely forward, unfortunately died, the special posthumous system Fan Sheng as the captain of the light car, the rest are posthumously presented as the captain of the cavalry, one of the four people Jin Yong lieutenant, two, Huainan West Road system makes Xia Gui command well, it is recommended to be promoted to the guard, the general Wang Sheng, Xia Qing and others are promoted to the captain of the cavalry, General Han Zhen, Shi Yuqi and others were promoted to flying cavalry captains, the above are honored officers, three, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War suggested, General Xia Gui was promoted to Taizhong Doctor, Wang Sheng, Xia Qing and others were promoted to Tong Zhilang, Han Zhen, Shi Yuqi and others were promoted to Chengshilang, the above are scattered officials, four, those who performed well in this battle, Wang Sheng was promoted to the commander of the infantry army, Xia Qing was promoted to the commander of the horse army, Han Zhen was promoted to the commander of the horse army, Shi Yuqi was promoted to the army of Yu Hou, Zhang Feng, who performed well in the stroke, was promoted to the head of the horse army, Li Xuezhou was promoted to the head of the infantry army, and Gao Kangjian was promoted to the head of the infantry army, The rest of the reward appendix details, five, the Privy Council and the Ministry of War recommended that all the soldiers of Luzhou be rewarded with 100,000 dollars. ”

After reading it, I didn't be able to fully understand, what honors, loose officials, only know that it is a variety of honorary positions, only the fourth and fifth points I basically know, they are all real promotions, no wonder later generations feel complicated when commenting on the official positions of the Song Dynasty, it seems that my knowledge in this area also has to be remediated,

In the plan drawn up by the Privy Council, Han Zhen's promotion speed is the fastest, and he is already the same as Xia Qing, both of whom are commanded by the Ma army, but judging from Xia Gui's battle report and the news of the Dragon's Tooth Intelligence Department, Han Zhen is indeed quite talented.

"Lu Aiqing."

"The minister is here."

I asked Xiao Qi to hand Jia Yidao's recital to Lu Xiufu, and said, "The reward plan drawn up by the Privy Council and the Military Department will be approved by the Privy Council, and this plan will be submitted to the Military Affairs Department for drafting, and then notified to the Luzhou Theater. ”

Lu Xiufu took the fold and said, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

Jia Nidao was extremely unhappy, according to the custom, after the emperor approved, when the Privy Council drafted the decree, and then the emperor stamped and signed, but now it was handed over to the Military Yuan, although the content of the will is still in accordance with the Privy Council, only changed the form of issuance, but it also shows that the Military Council is obviously dispersing the power of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, in other words, the imperial power is dividing Jia Nidao's power,

Of course, I knew Jia Yidao's thoughts, and I ignored him and continued: "Wen Aiqing and the Aiqing of the Government Council, I held a meeting on the reform of the provincial system in the side hall after the Ming Dynasty meeting, you have prepared in advance, and the establishment of the Law Department is also discussed at the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Yes, your ministers obey."

Jia seemed to hear it, and felt that it was not a taste at all, and finally suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "The old minister obeys the order." ”

Leaving the Daqing Palace, Xiao Qi said: "Official, Xianwen Pavilion has been rebuilt. ”

"yes, good, let's go, go now."

The royal family of the Song Dynasty has a tradition, after the death of each emperor, the successor will build or rebuild a pavilion outside the palace, which is used to collect and sort out the royal pen and all kinds of royal secret documents related to the previous dynasty, since the Longtu Pavilion (from Song Zhenzong), 10 have been built, and the Xianwen Pavilion is the 11th,

There are a lot of palace bachelors in the Song Dynasty, and its origin is from here, for example, the iron bread public bag that everyone knows in later generations has served as a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, that is, a kind of pavilion bachelor (divided into bachelors, straight bachelors, to be systematic, and four straight pavilions), the original responsibility of the palace bachelors is to sort out and arrange the information of the emperor of the previous dynasty, and later evolved into an honorary bachelor's official position,

There are two offices in the palace of the first emperor Li Zong, one is the imperial study of Ning Qian Palace, and the other is the Xianwen Hall next to it, the Xianwen Hall is close to the golden water pool, and Li Zong likes water, so he regards the Xianwen Hall as one of his offices.

After I ascended the throne, I rebuilt it into a Seonmonkaku according to the ritual system, and used it as a library to store the materials of the imperial pen during the Rijong period.