readx; Broken leaves, night has fallen, Li Qing'an's inner study is brightly lit, a pot of charcoal fire is burning, from time to time a series of sparks explode, crackling, a copper furnace in the corner of the house, a faint white smoke is rising, and the room is filled with a faint sandalwood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Qingan was sitting under the lamp reading intently, he reached out and took the teacup, and slowly brought it to his lips, but suddenly realized that the teacup was empty.

At this time, the door opened, and his partial concubine walked in with a cup of tea, and when she saw Li Qingan holding the teacup, she couldn't help but purse her lips and smiled: "I came just in time!" ”

She knelt down and sat down, put the tea tray on the table, and exchanged a cup of hot tea with him, Li Qingan frowned, "Is it ginseng tea?" ”

Picturesque smiled: "This is what the eldest sister ordered, you must drink it." ”

Li Qingan put down the book and pushed the teacup to her with a smile, "You know I don't like to drink ginseng tea, this thing is easy to get angry, go, change me to a cup of Mengding tea, or white water." ”

Ruhua put his hands behind his back, shook his head and smiled: "I won't do it, the eldest sister knows it, and will say that I can't even do this little thing, or you drink the ginseng tea first, and then I will make Mengding tea for you." ”

"You only listen to the eldest sister, and you don't listen to me? I told you, drinking ginseng tea makes me easy to get angry. ”

Li Qing'an pinched her delicate face and said with a smile: "Go quickly!" Listen to me this time, and I'll reward you well in the evening. ”

Picturesque eyes like silk, glanced at him lightly, "Hey! If it's hard for you to serve, then you can wait a minute. ”

The picturesque waist swayed lightly, and she went out in a variety of styles, and after a while, she came in with another cup of tea, knelt down and handed the teacup to Li Qing'an, "Big brother, Mengding tea has actually been cooked for you." ”

Li Qingan drank tea while hugging Ruhua, his hand gently groped on her, Ruhua snuggled in his arms, and played with a silver dollar on the table in his hand, then she suddenly remembered something, and quickly sat up straight and smiled: "I gave it to you during the meal, I have a suggestion about silver dollars, do you listen?" ”

"What is the suggestion, you can tell me."

Ruhua held the silver dollar in the palm of his hand and said with a smile: "Your Anxi silver dollar is good, but the value of the currency is too big, a silver dollar is always worth a lot of money, and it is okay to buy a big thing, but if you buy some gadgets, such as pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., take two or three hundred yuan out, and it is too heavy, and others are looking for you seven hundred yuan, and it is heavier, so we are saying, can you make some small silver money, for example, a silver coin is worth about fifty yuan, between silver dollars and copper coins, so it is more convenient." ”

In fact, the issuance of small silver coins has also been proposed by officials, but considering that the silver money is counterfeited, it will damage Anxi's reputation, so it was rejected by everyone, Li Qingan smiled and said: "The issuance of small silver coins is easy to be counterfeited, just like the imperial court issues silver coins, the imperial court issues one silver coin, and ten of the same silver coins will come out outside, it is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and finally it is spurned by others, this problem cannot be solved, and there is no point in issuing silver coins." ”

"You can do it the other way!"

Picturesque smiled: "For example, you can issue a small silver horn, like a small thumb as big as a piece, or square, or pentagonal, small and exquisite, so that people can know at a glance that it is sterling silver, and you can't pass it off if you want to counterfeit, the weight is different!" Or put a hole in the middle, so that people can see the inside at a glance, a silver horn is worth fifty wen, or thirty wen, so that there is a transition coin between the copper coin and the silver dollar, isn't it better? ”

Li Qingan was a little stunned, this suggestion is absolutely picturesque! With silver horns, how did he not think that just like the later broken silver, it is difficult to be counterfeited, and it is more convenient to make it into a standard shape and weight, this is simply a wonderful suggestion, he hugged Ruhua with joy and kissed her on the face, "You are simply the goddess of wealth, I have adopted your suggestion." ”

Picturesque and charming eyes like silk, stretched out snow-white arms around Li Qing'an's neck, and blew in his ear like a land: "Big brother, then how do you want to thank people?" ”

"Goblin, what do you want!"

"I want you......"

The painting stretched out two fingers like jade onions, gently pinched the lamp, and the study suddenly became dark.

．．．．．．．． Chang'an, a news quickly spread in the streets and alleys, the imperial court is about to issue new silver coins, silver one copper six lead three, with one article as thirty Wen, will be forced to exchange the copper coins of each cabinet shop, the news spread like the wind in every corner of Chang'an City, and soon spread to the states and counties in Guanzhong, for a while Chang'an people were panicked, all kinds of news in various public places such as wine shops, teahouses, etc.

'The imperial court declared the Anxi silver dollar illegal in order to issue new silver coins..... '、........' this time the imperial court will issue silver coins worth 3 million yuan, and if the people refuse to exchange it, the imperial court will buy grain to exchange it. ’

．．．．．．．．． All kinds of news soon led to a series of serious consequences, first of all, the outbreak of the run tide of the cabinets, not only businessmen, but also ordinary people who saved money in the cabinets also went crazy to exchange money, lest their own copper coins would become silver money, just one day, Xu's cabinet in the capital ranked fourth was taken away 300,000 copper coins, the inventory of copper coins was swept away, had to close the door, Wang Baoji cabinet workshop 1 million copper coins have already been exchanged, in exchange for 400,000 silver dollars and 600,000 silver dollars of IOUs, in this tide of money withdrawal, Wang Baoji Cabinet made a lot of money, and within two days, 400,000 silver dollars were all withdrawn, and it made a net profit of 120,000 yuan in two days.

Secondly, the Anxi silver dollar has once again become the object of crazy chasing, every household is vying to exchange the copper money for the Anxi silver dollar, especially the merchant shop, but also afraid of being forced to exchange by the imperial court, are doing everything possible to exchange the copper money into a silver dollar to hide, for a time, the price of the Anxi silver dollar skyrocketed, the black market price has risen to a more than 500 Wen, and it is difficult to exchange, in this case, whether it is a cabinet or a store, in order to protect themselves, have shipped or hidden the copper coin.

But the biggest impact is still the price of grain, the first two years of the imperial court issued the consequence of the silver money is that the price of grain doubled, people's memory is still fresh, under the encouragement of the news that the new silver money is about to be issued, Chang'an also broke out in various parts of the rice rush, every household went to buy rice, for a time the price of rice rose sharply, the most expensive Huzhou rice from 400 Wen per bucket, just one afternoon rose to 700 Wen of rice.

In the evening, there was a lot of noise in the lobby of the returning liquor shop, and nearly 100 businessmen who had eaten here unanimously scolded the new money law that the imperial court was about to promote.

"Damn, if you want money, you can mint copper coins, but if you don't have silver, you want to issue silver coins, I think they want money and want to go crazy."

"Qin Dalang, you don't understand, how many copper coins can be minted, where are they like silver coins, one is fifty, one is one hundred, isn't this money rolling in? How fast, do you think people are stupid? ”

"That's not right, isn't this just issuing a lot of money? It is better to issue a lot of money directly, what a big calendar, when fifty, wouldn't it be faster. ”

"Call you stupid, be stupid! People are cheeky people, money, understand? It is money minted in silver, and in the future, the historian will write a book, and in a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day, a silver coin will be issued, and I heard it clearly, it is a silver coin, but it is not a big coin. ”

"Old Five, don't talk nonsense, beware of being arrested by the government."

"Lao Tzu is afraid of a fart, if he dares to issue silver coins, Lao Tzu will dare to scold!"

"Alas! The wind of the world said, the people's hearts are not ancient, and now that he has not been on the throne for a long time, he should not understand these, it is estimated that the ministers are in charge, and they are deceived to listen, which will lead to the use of silver money to pretend to be big money. ”

"That's right! Isn't that Duzhilang, who is called the Fifth Qi, always advocating the issuance of big money? It must have been the thief who instigated it. ”

"Thief!"

．．．．．．． There was a middle-aged man of about forty years old sitting in front of the window, bowing his head and drinking stuffy wine, his face was pale, and when he heard the shouting and scolding of everyone, he was furious several times, and finally he couldn't help it.

This middle-aged man is the fifth Qi of the thief scolded by everyone, the fifth Qi is the famous Minister of Finance in the Tang Dynasty, he did two things in history to make him famous in history, one is to issue a lot of money to plunder the people's wealth, of course, he just carried the black pot, the real motive for issuing a lot of money is the need to raise military spending, and the other is to implement the salt law, which is still in use today.

The key is that the salt works are not under the absolute control of the imperial court, the Jianghuai salt works are in the hands of Li Lan, the king of Wu, and the salt of Bashujing is under the control of the king of Shu.

Fifth Qi's focus naturally shifted to the issuance of silver coins, which is something he is dedicated to promoting, and tomorrow is the official implementation of silver coins, but the huge civil boycott of the new silver money movement made him extremely frustrated, and then he was annoyed, and the saint repeatedly strictly forbade the disclosure of this matter, but the news was still leaked, who did this good thing?

While the fifth Qi was drinking and listening to the angry scolding of the merchants, various thoughts flashed in his mind, and then a line began to become clear.

Shengshang from considering the minting of silver coins to discussion, decision-making, until preparing for the formal implementation of silver coins, it took a month and a half in the middle, this month and a half has not been any news on the market, although the Anxi cabinet was closed three days ago, but the fifth Qi believes that it is because the source of silver dollars has been cut off, and has nothing to do with the issuance of silver coins, and the rumor of the issuance of silver coins suddenly spread from yesterday, which shows that someone deliberately sabotage, and the time is very accurate, just two days before the official issuance of silver coins, This in turn shows that this person knows the specific name of the silver coin.

And there are only six people who know about this issuance date, Shengshang, Yang Guozhong, him, Pei Min, Yang Shenyu, and Li Mi, that is to say, one of these six people revealed it, who could this person be? Fifth Qi uses the method of elimination, one by one, it is impossible for the saint, it is impossible for himself, it is impossible for Li Yu, then there are three people, Yang Guozhong, Pei Min and Yang Shenyu, it should be said that they are all possible, Yang Guozhong's sister Yang Huahua is the big proprietor of Yang's cabinet workshop, the third largest cabinet in Chang'an, and has vital interests, Yang Shenyu, the supervisor of the Shaofu, is the brother of Yang Shenjin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Shenjin is Zhang Yun's party, and it may also be Zhang Yunshi's cold arrow, but the most suspicious is Pei Min, Pei Min is Li Qingan's wife's uncle, The issuance of silver coins will directly have a direct conflict of interest with Anxi Silver Dollar, and if it is Li Qing'an's doing, then it must be Pei Min who revealed the news.

"Pei Min!"

Fifth Qi gritted his teeth with hatred, he knew that Pei Min was a resolute opponent of the issuance of silver coins, and if he couldn't oppose it, would he use this method to sabotage it?

Fifth Qi couldn't sit still any longer, he pushed away the table and stood up, and the guy who had already noticed him immediately ran up, "Guest, do you want to settle the bill?" ”

"Checkout?" Fifth Qi was stunned for a moment, and said unhappily: "How much?" ”

The guy held a list in his hand and said respectfully: "This master, two pots of good ten-mile fragrant wine, half a roast leg of mutton, a braised carp, a beef patty, a plate of seasonal fruits and vegetables, and a fragrant soup, a total of two and fifty wen." ”

Fifth Qi put his hand into his pocket, he only had a handful of silver coins in his pocket, this was still the silver money issued by Li Longji last year, a penny was a hundred dollars, he took out a handful of money and put it on the table, "Do you see if it's enough?" ”

The guy suddenly changed his face, shook his head and said: "Guest, our store does not accept silver money, only Anxi silver dollars or copper coins, if the guests think that copper coins are not easy to bring, then use silver dollars to pay the bill!" ”

Fifth Qi was suddenly furious, he knocked the table heavily with his index knuckle, and said viciously: "This is a silver coin issued by the imperial court, and it must be collected according to the law, Anxi silver dollars, the imperial court has banned circulation, do you still dare to use it?" ”

His loud voice attracted the attention of a group of people, everyone looked at the silver money on the table, and then looked at the fifth Qi, as if looking at a strange person, this silver money was not used half a year ago, and he actually took it out to pay the bill, which clearly depends on the wine money.

"Hey! You man, aren't you reasonable? ”

Someone began to fight upright, accusing Fifth Qi and saying: "Who still uses silver money now, the guy accepts your silver money, he has to pay for the wine out of his own pocket, this guy has no grievances with you, why do you harm others?" ”

"Man, just came down from Zhongnan Mountain!" Someone coaxed.

The lobby was suddenly bursting with laughter, Fifth Qi was so angry that his face turned purple, and he couldn't say a word, the guy didn't let him go, and said with a dark face: "If the guest has no money on him, then take off his clothes to settle the bill, or give us an address, we will go to your house to ask for it now, in short, if you don't pay, you don't want to leave." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper squeezed over, "What happened?" ”

The man hurriedly pointed to the fifth Qi and whispered to the shopkeeper: "This person owes two times of wine money, but he uses silver money to pay the bill, and I refuse, so he threatens me with the law." ”

The shopkeeper was somewhat knowledgeable, he saw that Fifth Qi was well-dressed and had an extraordinary bearing, and there didn't seem to be such a person in the recorded White Eating Party, so he couldn't help but secretly think, don't be a high-ranking official! But the high-ranking official should have an entourage, this person came alone, and the shopkeeper couldn't make up his mind for a while, but he couldn't be less polite.

He stepped forward and arched his hand and said, "This guest, the small shop has a small profit, and he can't afford to owe it, so be it!" We sent people to go home with the guests to get the money, everyone was kind, don't tear your face. ”

Fifth Qi sat down with a gloomy face, and slapped his hand on the silver coin, "This silver coin is stipulated by the imperial court, and one penny is a hundred, do you accept it or not?" ”

"This ......"

The shopkeeper is a little difficult to do, the money is absolutely not collectible, open this opening, all the white eating party take the silver money to rub the rice, he can't afford to pay, it is said that there are wicked people who take advantage of this loophole, take the silver money to buy and sell, will not be the middle-aged man in front of him is this kind of evil person!

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper arched his hand and said: "This master, even if this meal is invited by the small shop, we will not accept this money, please take it back!" ”

Fifth Qi felt that he had suffered a great insult, this store actually ridiculed himself for having no money to pay the bill, he could no longer restrain the anger in his heart, slapped the table and roared: "This official is the Tang Duzhi Langzhong, do you dare to insult this official?" ”

There was a sudden silence in the lobby, and after a long time, someone said coldly: "He is the fifth Qi!" ”

"Fight, kill this thief!"

Countless fists slammed into Fifth Qi's body, shouting and shouting angrily, and the liquor store was almost overwhelmed by anger.

．．．．．．．． On the west bank of the Yellow River in Youzhou, the long yellow sand has been paved to the west, here is the north of Helan Mountain, and then hundreds of miles to the north, is the reckless wolf mountain, here it forms a huge tuyere, millions of years of wind and sand erosion, so that here gradually formed a Gobi desert, occasionally there are business travelers from the north, walk through the endless desert, cross the Yellow River from here into the Tang Dynasty.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Hexi and Anxi were occupied by the Tibetans, and the Silk Road was forced to move north to Mobei, which later became the main road of the Northern Silk Road, but at this time, it was only a convenient road for grassland merchants to enter the customs by chance.

At this time, it is the beginning of November, the cold wind is howling, the world is bleak, winter is coming, the earth is vast, it seems to be extraordinarily cold, the Yellow River has frozen, the white and bright ice extends north and south, like a bright jade belt, this day at dusk, from afar came a business brigade, composed of hundreds of camels, camels on their backs loaded with huge wooden boxes, in the cold early winter, slowly driving in the direction of Datang.

There are more than 500 people in this caravan, the leader is a young man less than 30 years old, burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a straight body knows that he is a soldier at a glance, his name is Zhang Yongqing, he was originally one of Li Qing'an's personal soldiers, and he is currently the second soldier and horse envoy of the Han Navy, and he was named General Lang, this time he was ordered to enter Beijing, to send 1.5 million Anxi silver dollars to Chang'an, Hexi has closed the road, they detoured to Mobei, through Juyanhai, the control of the Anxi Tang Army, and prepared to enter the pass from here.

After entering the Guannei Road, they will be divided into pieces, and the Han and Tang Dynasties will assist them to enter the pass, and the various passes along the way have been arranged, and the key is to pass through the garrison area of the Shuofang army.

Here is still twenty miles away from the Yellow River, the east bank of the Yellow River has built a new castle, called the Baisha Army, there are thousands of garrisons, as long as they pass this castle, they will enter the hinterland of Youzhou.

At this time, a soldier pointed into the distance and shouted: "General Zhang, someone is coming ahead." ”

Zhang Yongqing waved his hand, the camel team stopped, he straightened up and looked into the distance, he had already seen movement in the distance.

In a moment, three knights rushed back from afar, and quickly rushed to the front of the camel caravan, and the three were not scouts he had sent, but Ancy officials who had come to open the way a few days earlier.

An older official arched his hand on the horse and said, "General Zhang has worked hard all the way. ”

Zhang Yongqing hurriedly returned the salute, "Thank you, Judge Han, I don't know if there is any news?" ”

"We have already made contact with some officers of the Shuofang Army, Guo Ziyi can't get through there, but we can buy off the garrison officers below, and we can enter the pass."

"Then I don't know what the situation of the White Sands Army is in front?"

Judge Han smiled slightly: "As long as you are willing to pay the capital, there is no hurdle that cannot be passed, the Shuofang army guarding Baisha Fort is a party member, and the leader is called a slave, we have already negotiated, the price of 10,000 sheep each time can pass through his garrison at night, General Zhang, the gate has been opened." ”

Zhang Yongqing was overjoyed, he looked at the sky, it was almost dark, he turned around and waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go, cross the Yellow River at night!" ”

The camel caravan set off again, the camel bell rang, and they walked towards the Yellow River, twenty miles away.

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(To be continued)