The Metropolitan Water Supervision Department has set up a new inspection case, which is specifically responsible for inspecting corruption, bribery, and cutting corners in river control projects. This is a temporary ministry that will be cancelled when the river control project is completed. Despite this, the new inspector Zhao Ruo was still excited.

At the annual suburban festival ceremony of the imperial court, the three-rank high-ranking officials are usually given a place of grace, and the sons and daughters like Zhao Ruo in the court are not young or old.

For these guys who are well-fed and over-energetic, the court has always had a headache, these people have been educated by officialdom since they were born in a family of eunuchs, and they are very clear about all kinds of habits in the officialdom, and they are all experts in drilling.

Leave them in various departments, they are the most capable of making trouble, it is better than nothing, but it makes you uncomfortable, but these people have a father who is not simple, and if you don't look at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, you can't help them.

Fortunately, at Yang Yiyi's suggestion, the six Shangshu all praised Yang Daxue for his brains, thoughts, and ideas. rushed to contribute the "talents" of the department and personally sent them to the capital water superintendent.

Within one day, Zhao Ruo, the governor of the inspection case, pulled up nearly 200 people, and his momentum was called a strong!

Who is Governor Cho? In Tokyo, the ability to clean the streets is the first, the fight is the first, and the widow's door is the first...... Anyway, there are many firsts on him, and it is difficult to do this without inheriting the genes of Boss Zhao, and this person is upright and awe-inspiring, regardless of his family for the country, and even his grandfather was picked off by him.

After Yang Yi finished teaching Zhao Jie, he wandered around Shangshu Province and talked about it with Old Man Zhang. Zhang Papi also smiled, he didn't expect these people to really find out anything, but it was always good to send these high-ranking officials' children to the "grassroots level" to exercise.

The weather in mid-April was a little hot, Yang Yi had just finished teaching Zhao Jie, his mouth was a little dry, he skillfully took out a teacup, poured tea, took a sip beautifully, and then took off the official hat and put it on Old Man Zhang's official case, which looked like entering his study.

Obviously, Old Man Zhang was immune to this, and he didn't see it.

"Zhang Xianggong, I thought it would take some saliva to do this, but I didn't expect that the six Shangshu books would be a hundred responses, even Zhang Xianggong, you are happy to see it, this is too unexpected for me, hahaha......"

Old man Zhang closed a batch of approved documents, inserted them under Yang Yi's official hat, and said with a faint smile: "At least the security in the capital will be much better this time!" ”

"Zhang Xianggong really thinks so?"

"Could it be that you have something else to see?"

Yang Yi lifted Erlang's legs, took a piece of paper in his hand and looked at it casually, and also took it and fanned it cold, Old Man Zhang finally couldn't help but glare at him.

"Zhang Xianggong, if you want to make a bet, I dare to say that Zhao Ruo and they will live up to expectations."

"Of course, because there is no hope for the congregation."

Yang Yi swallowed half of the tea in a sip, and almost choked to death when he heard this, isn't this a blow to the enthusiasm of young people to work? Let Zhao Ruo's gang of sons and brothers hear it, it is estimated that they will collectively kill back to Shangshu Province, and it will be a lot of fun.

"You're here today, aren't you here to make a bet with me?"

"I was here, but Zhang Xianggong is clean and self-conscious, so there is no way to start this gamble."

"I'm busy with something to say."

"Zhang Xianggong, you must know how to combine work and rest in doing things, so that you will not make mistakes in your busyness."

"So you're famous."

Yang Yi choked again, what's wrong with Old Man Zhang today? Just like menopausal women, Yang Yike has no interest in chatting with menopausal women, so he picked up his official hat and flicked it, in fact, Old Man Zhang's desk is not dirty, it is purely a personal habit.

Seeing that he was carrying his hands behind his back and leaving Shi Shiran in four directions, he couldn't help but smile again on his face, Yang Yi's leisure, and even some indifference, Zhang Duan didn't care at all; For him, Zhang Dian couldn't know better.

You want to expect him to take care of the official documents on the desk every day, don't even think about it, Yang Yi is the kind of person who sees one thing, plunges into it fiercely, and when he finishes it, he tries to find leisure for himself, or he often gives others a good start, and immediately becomes the shopkeeper, and never bothers to pay attention to those trivial details.

As soon as the budget and luxury consumption tax were passed, he himself seemed to have nothing to do with it, and the implementation of the policy was lost to the prime ministers of the three provinces and the six books, and he went to the Hanlin Painting Institute to pretend to be a student.

Now the tabloids in the city of Tokyo, there are reports about him every day, just stirring up a storm in the court, and immediately there is a rumor of what stepping on the flowers to return to the horseshoe incense, anyway, there is no time to stop, thinking of these, Zhang Dian couldn't help but laugh secretly in the signing room.

The people in various departments were busy, Yang Yi walked around the imperial city, and suddenly found that his academy was actually one of the most idle departments.

There was nothing to do, Yang Yi went out of the Xuande Gate, went west along the street, and only needed to walk a hundred steps to the Hanlin Painting Institute outside the right gate.

There are many shops on the side of the painting academy, half of which sell calligraphy and paintings, pen, ink, paper and inkstone; Xuanzhou Xuan paper, Shezhou Chengxintang paper, Jingzhou hard yellow paper, as well as bamboo curtain paper, rattan paper, fish egg paper, mesh paper, cloth paper, all complete; Rabbit hair, sheep hair, weasel hair, wolf hair, chicken hair, mouse hair, all kinds of beautifully made brushes hang all over the shelves of the store, dazzling.

Before the Qin Dynasty, there were many names for the brush, the Chu State called it Yu, the Wu State called it the lawless, the Yan called it the brush, and the Qin called the brush, from Yu from the bamboo.

History has the legend of the Qin Dynasty Meng Tian made a pen, the first emperor 26 years, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to stick to the northern frontier of the Qin Dynasty, passing through Houdian, when it was March 3, the beginning (try) to rabbit bamboo pipe as a pen to write a family letter, and then the brush was presented to Houdian people.

Meng Tian is the selection of rabbit hair, bamboo control pen, pen making method is to hollow out one end of the pen into a hair cavity, the pen head hair plugged in the cavity, the brush is also added with a protective large bamboo cover, the middle of the bamboo set on both sides of the hollow, in order to take the pen.

Meng Tian made the pen after the pen is collectively called the pen, so there is one of the most famous brushes in the brush, that is, "Meng Pen", also known as "Meng Tian Fine Pen", "Hou Pen".

During the Han Dynasty, the brush entered a new stage of development. First, it pioneered the decoration process of engraving and inlaying on the pen barrel. The second is the emergence of a special form of "hairpin white pen".

Han Dynasty officials often sharpened the tail of their brushes and inserted them in their hair or hats for easy access. Worshippers also often put hairpins on their heads as a sign of respect.

Until now, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty still have the provisions of the hairpin white pen when they go to the court, the so-called hairpin white pen is on the crown hairpin with a white pen, bamboo is the pen stem, wrapped in a scarlet luo, with silk as a millimeter, extended with silver wisp leaves and inserted behind the crown; This has become the standard crown style of officials, and it can be said that the pen is not only a tool for writing, but also endowed with a layer of sacred color.

When Yang Yi passed by, he heard many people talking about Jiaozi, so he couldn't help but stop, walked to a stall on Liuyinya Road, and asked for a bowl of yokan, and ate it while listening.

The so-called yokan is mutton steamed bun, introduced into Tokyo from Shaanxi, because the yokan is delicious, it can be found in almost every street in Tokyo, it is deeply liked by the people, Su Dongpo once wrote a poem to praise the yokan: 'Long food has bear wax, Qin cooks only yokan'.

The shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop sat not far from Yang Yi, and after eating half of the bowl of yokan, he didn't care about eating, and was arguing passionately with the shopkeeper of the shop next door.

"Although the imperial court has changed the name of Jiaozi to paper money, in my opinion, this is to change the soup but not the medicine, whether it is Jiaozi or paper money, it is not all the same."

"I said shopkeeper Li, this is not necessarily, the court is willing to use a price two percent higher than the market this time to take back all the previous Jiaozi, it can be seen that the court has made up its mind this time."

"During the reign of Renzong Tiansheng, when the imperial court first issued a handover, didn't it make up its mind? Many policies have been put in place to ensure that Jiaozi does not depreciate, but what is the result? As soon as the court ran out of money, it would send out Jiaozi indiscriminately, as if printing books in the workshop, can this thing be trusted? ”

"This time is different from before, Yang Daxue brought back hundreds of ships of gold and silver from overseas this time, I heard that it is worth hundreds of millions of yuan, I have seen this with my own eyes, a while ago a boatload of gold and silver was transported from Hangzhou into Beijing, stretching for more than ten miles, although there were forbidden troops on the dock at that time, but you can see the gold and silver of the ship from a distance, it is all gold and silver like a fake. I heard that the Ministry of Household has sealed these gold and silver and used them as reserves to ensure that the banknotes do not depreciate. Shopkeeper Li, do you think, with so much gold and silver as protection, can this banknote still depreciate? ”

Yang Yi almost laughed when he heard it, the gold and silver he got back was only worth more than 50 million yuan, and Cai Jing tossed back and forth in order to stabilize people's hearts, and also sent fake news indiscriminately.

Now everyone in the market says that the gold and silver that Yang Yi got back are worth hundreds of millions of yuan. As long as the people have confidence in the banknote, even if you don't have a piece of gold or silver as a reserve gold, you can still pass. Cai Jing is right to do this, at least let the people have more confidence in paper money.

The shopkeeper Li of the calligraphy and painting shop still shook his head and said: "Hundreds of millions of guan seem to us to be a lot, but from the perspective of the expenditure of the imperial court, it is not necessarily, the imperial court earns more than 100 million guan every year, and it is not the same as spending it. ”

I am afraid that there are not a few people who have such concerns as the shopkeeper Li, as the so-called once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of the well rope. Jiaozi's credibility has been destroyed in the past few decades, and it is difficult to rebuild it all at once.

At this time, a scholar next to him interjected: "I don't know if the paper money can be trusted in the future, but at least during the reign of Zhang Xianggong and Yang Daxue, it is absolutely credible. Now the Great Song Dynasty is increasing year by year, and the army has cut hundreds of thousands, the imperial court is not short of money, I heard that the imperial court has introduced what luxury consumption tax, just this one, and increase tens of millions of income to the imperial court every year, the queen mother is considering reducing taxes for the people, now twenty taxes one, it is likely to be reduced to twenty-five taxes. This banknote can't be depreciated! You can use it with confidence! ”

"Really? Since ancient times, this tax has always been increasing unabated, and the Queen Mother really wants to reduce taxes for the people? No way? As soon as they heard that the tax was going to be cut, everyone came to the spirit and gathered around the scholar to ask.

"I have also heard a little about this matter, it is said that the political hall is discussing this matter, and it is unknown whether it can be passed in the end, but it can be determined that the imperial court has such an intention."

"Alas, it must have been impossible, otherwise it would have come out a long time ago." Everyone was immediately deflated, and no one dared to believe that there was such a good thing.

Yang Yi paid the money for the yokan, and before turning around and leaving, he said: "The government hall has passed a resolution that from next year, the agricultural tax will be reduced to twenty-five taxes. The Empress Dowager and the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall have written the regulations on the prohibition of indiscriminate issuance of paper money into the edict, and will set up a monument in Xuande Gate as a warning. ”

After Yang Yi finished speaking, he walked into the art academy in all directions, everyone saw him wearing an official uniform, although they didn't know that he was Yang Yi, but this was finally the official news, it should be credible, and the people who heard it couldn't help but be overjoyed, tax cut! This is a good thing that has never been heard of!

(To be continued)