readx; Chang'an in September already has a hint of autumn slaughter, the fallen leaves are fluttering in the wind, and there is already a slight coolness in the air. The business of Chang'an West City is still hot, as the end of the year is approaching, the trading of bulk commodities is becoming more active, grain, cloth, tea, silk, there are a large number of goods in and out every day, the carriages full of goods are constantly shuttling on the streets of the West Market, and a team of camels from the Western Regions are full of desire for wealth and enter the gate of the Western Regions. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Many Hu people took the flying money from the Anxi Jiedu Yamen into the Juhaixing cabinet that had just been renamed 'Anxi Cabinet Workshop', exchanged a large number of Anxi silver cakes from here, and walked directly into the West Market, Anxi silver cakes have gradually become the same important Tang currency as Kaiyuan Tongbao.

On this morning, a group of people came from afar on the street outside the silk shop in the West Market, most of them were strong men who looked like guards, guarding two men, the older man was about forty-seven or eighteen years old, with fair skin, slender eyes and eyes, wearing a light red satin robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a black gauze hat, while the younger man was dressed similarly, wearing a purple brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a black yarn on his head, but his jade belt hung a purple gold fish bag, It was this purple gold fish bag that made many knowledgeable people look at the young man, who is he?

Although the young man was not yet thirty years old, he had an indescribable bearing and majesty in his gestures.

"Father, that's it!"

They stopped in front of a big shop, and the flag in front of the shop was embroidered with black silk thread. Pei Ji's two big characters, this is a colorful silk and satin shop, and it is also one of the best stores in the West Market, there are rumors that this silk shop has something to do with the Pei family, but the Pei family will never admit it, how can the children of the Pei family do the things of selling and selling The middle-aged man nodded, and walked up to the store with his hands behind his back.

The father and son walked into the silk shop, there were guards in front and behind to open the way, but a guy who was ready to meet him pushed the guards away, the strength was surprisingly great, and he almost didn't fall into a fight, the guy stood aside in a daze, what kind of person is this! It turned out to be so domineering.

Of course the guy doesn't know, if he knows it, he will be scared to death, the older middle-aged man is Li Heng, the king of Yong, who was canonized as the emperor, and the young man is naturally Li Yu, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, the big shopkeeper of the silk village got the news and greeted him, he obviously had seen the world, and at a glance he caught a glimpse of the purple gold fish bag tied around Li Yu's waist, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Pei Zhonggui, the shopkeeper of the shop, welcomes your guests." ”

"Find a clean and quiet upper room, my master wants to talk to you about business."

"Yes! Yes! Please come with me to the guest room. ”

The big shopkeeper hurriedly invited the father and son into your room, the room is elegantly furnished, there is a picture of red plum Aoxue hanging on the wall, the pen is strong, it can be seen that it is a master's handwriting, the middle of the room is a white jade screen with a red sandalwood frame, carved with a whole piece of white jade from the East China Sea, warm and delicate, without a trace of flaws, on this whole jade, at least worth more than 10,000 yuan.

"Please be seated, two distinguished guests!"

The big shopkeeper couldn't figure out the details of the father and son, so he didn't dare to slack off, invited them to sit down, and ordered the maid to serve them the best Mengding tea, and then smiled: "I don't know how ..... the two distinguished guests came to the door."

Li Yu held the teacup and looked at the white jade screen behind him, he was a dignified emperor, of course it was not for him to talk about business, and Li Heng next to him said: "That's the case, we plan to buy 10,000 silks, and we want to ask the price." ”

"The price is about the same, usually 500 wen per horse."

"Consistently four hundred wen?" Li Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "I remember that the year before last it was only 700 Wen, how did it more than double in two years." ”

The big shopkeeper looked at Li Yu for a long time, he suddenly realized that this person is not in business, how can a businessman not know the market price, I am afraid that the identity of the person who came is not simple, he was even more frightened in his heart, and did not dare to laugh at their ignorance, so he said: "Mainly from last year, after the implementation of silver money in the imperial court, the price of goods skyrocketed, and the rice has reached one hundred and fifty Wen, and the money of silver money is implemented, but it only needs seventy Wen, which is the same as the silk market." ”

Li Yu was silent, in fact, he also knew a little bit about this matter, since the emperor's grandfather implemented silver money last year, he did not control it, and successively allowed more than 20 people to mint money, and as a result, a large number of inferior silver coins were listed, resulting in the price of various items, but he did not expect it to rise to this point.

Li Heng was not surprised, he knew it very well in his heart, and asked quietly: "We buy 10,000 rolls, I don't know what coins you collect." ”

Speaking of coins, the big shopkeeper immediately instinctively became nervous, and he hurriedly said, "We don't accept money." ”

"Why, didn't the imperial court clearly stipulate that silver and copper coins should be used together? A penny of silver is worth a hundred copper coins, and we intend to pay you a penny. ”

Although the shopkeeper realized that the identities of these two people were not ordinary, he did not give in at all in terms of vital interests, "Two masters, silver money is not accepted, this is already a rule, you can go to the cabinet to exchange it for copper coins, or Anxi silver cakes, except for these two, we will not accept any money, or you pay gold and silver directly." ”

"Since you don't accept the money, then why do you accept the Anxi silver cake, why is this?"

This is the real purpose of the two of them, Li Heng wants to tell his son to what extent Li Qing'an has controlled the currency of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yu also sat up straight, showing that he attaches importance to this matter.

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed, he hesitated for a moment, and then said: "This should be a fact that everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows, whether it is Chang'an, Yangzhou, or Chengdu, all stores only recognize Anxi silver cakes, and the people of the Western Regions are called Anxi silver dollars, in fact, they are all the same, more tough than Kaiyuan Tongbao, let me tell you this!" If you buy silk with copper coins, it is still 500 wen, but if you buy it with Anxi silver dollars, then as long as you buy it with 300 wen, this is the market price. ”

A trace of anger flashed in Li Yu's eyes, and he restrained the anger in his heart and asked, "Isn't there a fake?" ”

The big shopkeeper took out an Anxi silver dollar from his arms, put it on the table, pushed it to Li Yu, and said with a smile: "The biggest feature of the Anxi silver dollar is that it can't be faked, this is full of silver, a silver dollar weighs one or two, I specially weighed a hundred, there is no deviation, I can demonstrate it to the guests." ”

He picked up the silver dollar, clamped it between his two fingers, blew it on the edge, and put it in Li Yu's ear, only to hear a buzzing metallic sound.

"Do you hear it, this is the sign of the Anxi silver dollar, no one can do a fake, if you can do a fake, there is no point."

Li Yu took the silver dollar and looked at it carefully, it was very finely made, there was no outline, and the front was inscribed with the four words of Anxi silver cake, and he recognized that these four words seemed to be from Li Qing'an's handwriting, and on the back was a desert Luo journey.

"Are you sure it's more useful than copper coins?"

"Yes!" The big shopkeeper said without hesitation: "The official silver price is always one tael, but the Anxi silver dollar is always three hundred wen a piece, because the official silver is also fake, but the Anxi silver dollar is not fake, and it is easy to carry, in a few years, when the Anxi silver dollar enters the Central Plains in large quantities, I estimate that the copper coin can only be used for small transactions, and no one will collect copper coins for big transactions." ”

Hearing this, Li Yu's face changed color, he snorted heavily and stood up.

．．．．．．． Back in the palace, Li Yu was still angry, he paced back and forth in the imperial study with his hands behind his back, what he saw and heard today, he was shocked, he didn't expect to be really said right by his father, in another two years, Li Qingan will completely control the currency of the Tang Dynasty, and he can't even ban it, at that time, Li Qingan will become the de facto ruler of the Tang Dynasty.

At this time, Li Heng next to him said again: "Emperor, Li Qing'an not only controls the Datang coins, but more importantly, he continues to snatch all kinds of material resources of the Datang Dynasty to Anxi through the issuance of silver dollars, as far as I know, since last year, they have purchased a large number of silk, tea, porcelain, and pig iron in the Central Plains, and recruited craftsmen from various states and counties, Li Qing'an's ambition is known to passers-by, and more importantly, he can logically ascend the throne as the emperor, Huang'er, do you understand?" ”

Hearing the words 'ascending the throne as the emperor', Li Yu's heart felt like he had been stabbed severely, after King Zhao and the crown prince were built, there were 300,000 troops, how could he not understand, he thought that he could use Li Qing'an for a few more years, and use him to deal with An Lushan and those ambitious imperial uncles, but now he slowly realized that Li Qing'an was the first threat to his throne.

Li Heng saw that his son had understood the seriousness of the situation, so he continued: "Everyone says that An Lushan is a serious threat to the imperial court, but in fact, compared to Li Qing'an's threat, An Lushan is nothing at all, he is just a Hu person, if he rebels and usurps the throne, no one in the world will agree with him, but Li Qingan is different, he is a clan, and after he was built as the prince, many people in the world sympathize with the prince, and the emperor named him the king of Zhao, which is equivalent to recognizing the legitimacy of his usurpation, the emperor, If Li Qing'an's infiltration of the Central Plains is not curbed again, I am worried that in a few years, the emperor will have no money to govern the world, so he will have to give up the throne to him. ”

Although his father was a little alarmist, Li Yu also knew that the situation was indeed more serious, and he pondered for a moment and said, "Then my father said, how should I restrain him and prohibit the circulation of Anxi silver dollars in Datang?" ”

"Nope! You can't help it, you have seen it with your own eyes, everyone recognizes the Anxi silver dollar, as long as he sends the silver dollar to the Central Plains, he will not worry about no one wanting it, the key is to block it from the source to the Central Plains. ”

Li Yu pondered for a moment, he already understood what his father meant.

"Father is talking about Hexi, right?"

Li Heng laughed, "The emperor is really thorough, and now Yang Guozhong, Zhang Yun, Chen Xilie and others are strongly opposed to the division of Hexi, why doesn't the emperor push the boat down the river, reset the festival of Hexi, and cut off Li Qing'an's way to the east?" In this way, he can't get the materials and manpower of the Central Plains, and his silver dollars can't be imported into the Central Plains, and there is Hexi to block it, so he can't directly send troops to Guanzhong, Hexi is a strategic treasure! ”

"But I'm afraid that Goshuhan will oppose it."

"It's okay for Ge Shuhan, I'll persuade him, the key is to appoint a competent envoy of the Hexi Festival, the emperor, I recommend Guo Ziyi to be the envoy of the Hexi Festival."

．．．．．．． Li Heng left, Li Yu sat alone in the imperial study and looked out the window in a daze, it has been almost half a year since he ascended the throne, but his anxious state of mind has been difficult to calm down, he can't calm down, the increasingly severe situation in the Tang Dynasty makes it difficult for him to sleep every night, the division of feudal towns has formed a fact, and even deepening, the situation seems to be calm at the moment, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, Hebei, Anxi, these places where the central court has been out of control seem to be unprosperous.

But as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yu is very clear in his heart, the crisis has not disappeared, on the contrary, the crisis is developing in depth, according to his latest information, Wu King Li Lan recently appointed Yangzhou Sima Cui Qiao as the Suzhou Assassin History, although Li Lan later nominally filed the household department, but this can not change the fact that Li Lan has invaded Suzhou, coincidentally, a few days ago there was news from Hebei that An Lushan replaced thirty-six Han generals in the Hebei army, all using vassal generals, and recruited troops among the Turks, This was clearly a preparation for an open rebellion.

Thinking of the emperor's difficulty, Li Yu couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and at this time, Li Yu's voice came from behind him, "Why is Your Majesty sighing?" ”

Li Yu shook his head slightly, "Master should know why I shook my head, state affairs are difficult!" Although Li Yu has ascended the throne as the emperor, he still calls Li Yu a teacher, and named him a scholar of Hanlin University, giving him the privilege of free access to the imperial study, Li Yu is not only his master, but also his first strategist, with the Ming Sheng and secretly descending to seize the military power of Nanjiyun is planned by Li Yu, he has been ordered to plan the salt method with the fifth Qi in Duzhilang in the past few days, and has formed a complete set of final plans, and today he specially came to Li Yu to return.

Li Mi slowly stepped forward and said with a smile: "Governing the country is like cooking sheep, you need to boil it slowly over low heat, and add various condiments to stew a pot of good mutton with bright color and fragrant flavor, Your Majesty should not be too anxious." ”

"But I have been on the throne for nearly half a year, but I have found nothing, how can I not be anxious, at least find a sheep, let me slowly add fire and simmer, so that I can also feel at ease!"

"Your Majesty, the sheep are already there."

Li Mi put a thick book on the table and said with a smile: "This is the salt law that I and the Fifth Qi jointly agreed, and within two years, if it is implemented in this way, it will increase the salt tax of the imperial court to one million guan." ”

Financial hardship is also one of the big problems encountered by Li Yu after ascending the throne, when he ascended the throne, Zuo Zang only saved 300,000 yuan, but fortunately, Li Longji had a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry in his private treasury, and there was also a lot of grain in the imperial village, he sold half of these gold, silver and jewelry, got millions of yuan, and transported 800,000 stones of grain from the imperial village into Beijing, which gave him the capital to recruit 100,000 new troops in Guanzhong and Longyou, but he promised to repay the arrears of the hundred officials, but I don't know when it will be implemented.

If it was usual, the twists and turns of this salt method would inevitably make him ecstatic, but today Li Yu had something on his mind, so he flipped through it at will and put it on the table.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong?" Li Mi knew this emperor student of himself very well, and when he saw that he was worried, he immediately realized that the Emperor Taishang must have said something to the saint, and he knew that Li Heng had just left.

"The Emperor persuaded me to attack Li Qingan first."

Li Yu sighed, and told Li Yu about what happened today and Li Heng's persuasion, and finally said: "Attacking Li Qing'an is not in line with the master's strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, but Anxi's control over the money and goods in the Central Plains is deepening day by day, and I am very worried. ”

(To be continued)