Chapter 187: The Dispute between the North and the South

Spring and autumn are the most suitable seasons for desert travel. In summer, the surface temperature can reach a maximum of about 70 degrees Celsius during the day, but at night it can reach minus 10 degrees Celsius. In order to ensure the logistics of Yuzhou, there were many dead people on this road. Desert nights in winter are also unbearable. The camel team and the guide are indispensable, although there is a guide, but Ouyang does not take the straight road, but turns left and right.

Many people wondered, but Ouyang Qin sent Zhu Da, the general of the guards, to understand a little, Ouyang was observing the crowd and drawing a map. Compared with the route given by the Persians, the map drawn by Ouyang is more distant, but it is very remote, and often you can't see a village for a few days. Ouyang later explained to Zhu Da that he was idle, drawing for backup, and leaving a souvenir for the desert.

After wandering for half a year, Ouyang entered Shazhou. Han Shizhong was greatly relieved when he saw Ouyang, he felt that Ouyang had climbed from Yuzhou, and thought that something had happened to Ouyang. A number of cavalry were sent into Persia to search for them, but to no avail. According to Han Shizhong, the first batch of Persian envoys had gone to Tokyo to pay homage to the emperor. The emperor asked on the third day of January if Ouyang had returned. It's no wonder that Han Shizhong is in a hurry.

After ten days of recuperation on the Northwest Road, the team continued their journey and slowly returned to Tokyo in the middle of summer. At this time, Ouyang learned a bad news. The Yangping Chamber of Commerce and the Southeast Chamber of Commerce pinched up. The reason was that in Ouyang's absence, Su Qian finally made a unique paper and began to officially issue banknotes one step ahead of the imperial court. Of course, it is not a traditional banknote, but a 1, 10, and 13 silver bills that circulate instead of tokens, and can be exchanged at all Yangping bankers.

Soon, silver stamps became a very convenient currency in circulation, and its paper was good and easy to keep. However, as a result, Southeast Money Bank did not launch silver bills, and as a result, the share of the loan market shrank in a large area. Zhou Ping led Qianzhuang to issue a batch of silver tickets in a hurry, but in less than half a month, fake silver tickets were everywhere. Some of them are so fake that the shopkeeper of the Southeast Money Bank cannot be identified, and the losses are heavy. The Southeast Chamber of Commerce urgently stopped the silver ticket, and then hoped that Su Qian could provide the paper for the silver ticket. Su Qian naturally would not give up a huge investment in vain, spending more than three years of research, but for the sake of harmony between the two parties, he agreed to provide paper, but put forward a request for a profit commission, and did not want to be vetoed by the Southeast Chamber of Commerce. Of course, Su Qian would not let the Southeast Chamber of Commerce empty the white wolf, so naturally he would not agree.

The consequences of this are serious. Except for the Northwest Province, the rest of the two sides had many industries on each other's territory, and the Southeast Bank began to set up a bank in the North District, which was controlled by Yangping Bank. Due to the different business philosophies of the two sides, the Southeast Bank gave interest on the deposits, which led to the residents in the north withdrawing the cash from the Yangping Money Village and transferring it to the Southeast Money Village.

This has been quite vicious, resulting in the disconnection of funds in some areas of Yangping Qianzhuang. Both sides are in a dilemma, but neither side is willing to budge. Although Zhou An and Master Su have been negotiating, the young people on both sides are-for-tat.

Zhou Ping's reason was that Yangping Qian Zhuang unilaterally issued silver bills, which led to the impact on Southeast Qian Zhuang. Nowadays, the owners of the southeast have already used silver tickets to pay their salaries, and silver tickets have begun to be popularized and circulated in the southeast. This is unbearable for Southeast Money. According to the agreement between the two parties, Yangping Qian Zhuang has violated the peace treaty originally signed by the two parties. Since Yangping Money Bank issued silver bills with low reserves, it had actually shrunk its normal currency and was robbing its wealth.

Su Qian's reason was that although the silver tickets circulated in the southeast, there was no exchange point in the southeast. As for the reserves, he issued them strictly in accordance with the growth of the business. It is issued with an amount of money higher than the year-end deposit, and there is preparation to collect a silver ticket with hard currency when a deposit decreases.

The result of the sharp battle between the two sides was a lose-lose situation. The money bank often fluctuates in the form of deposits, maintenance and loans, which causes the production costs to vary from region to region, and the prices are high and low. The most influential are the four states north and south of the Huai River, which are barely maintained by Yangping Qianzhuang due to vicious competition in the southeast. The shareholders of Southeast Money Bank vetoed Zhou Ping's proposal to mobilize Southeast funds, and due to the behavior of equal interest and loans, the four states faced a situation where they had no money to lend. Many projects were halfway through and were forced to stop. Some of the old debts of the industry have not been recovered, there is no money to pay wages, and they are also in a state of semi-shutdown.

No one is sure how long this turmoil will last, not only the merchants, but also the people of the four states have begun to have distrust of the money bank. In the end, the merchants of these four states united and demanded that the two banks issue loans, otherwise they will not recognize the loans that still exist according to the default.

However, the shareholders of the two banks are worried about the situation, and both believe that it is a bottomless pit, and do not agree to transfer funds from other states to these four states. As a result, the merchants of the four states were angry, and the two countries were at war, why should they be substitutes for the dead. So he sued the two money banks to the household department.

The Ministry of Household ruled that Yangping Qianzhuang had violated Ouyang's commercial law by failing to obtain permission from the imperial court and failing to report the total amount of silver bills issued and the reserves. However, Southeast Bank violated the contract with Yangping Bank and expanded northward without the consent of Yangping Bank, violating the contract law in the Commercial Law, and compensated Yangping Bank for all its losses and imposed a fine.

Ou Yang understood this, and he didn't see anyone on either side, so he wrote to Master Su and Zhou An: "Business law is the rule, and making money is a game. If you play against the rules, the game is actually not fun. I have sent letters of invitation to the business representatives of the four states to come to Duong Binh for a meeting on the 20th of this month. I will not participate, and the specific consultations will be done between you. As a shareholder of Yangping Bank, he expressed his disappointment that Su Qian had violated the commercial law by vainly trying to take the lead. added a sentence to the Southeast Chamber of Commerce: I am disappointed that the Southeast Chamber of Commerce appointed Zhou Ping as the chief treasurer of Qianzhuang. ”

Everybody treats business law as a piece of. Su Qian didn't know that he would forget it himself, and he was thinking about the silver ticket before the imperial court, but he didn't think that if there was no commercial law stipulation, the reserve that the imperial court was satisfied with would inevitably lead to the robbery of wealth, and the imperial court would have to interfere sooner or later. And Zhou Ping thinks that Yangping Money is at fault first, and he can violate the commercial law, which is even worse.

A punches B, and B hits A, which is fair in the eyes of elementary school students. But the teacher will say that it is not right to do it, in no matter the order. Zhou Ping could have sued Su Qian to the household department, but she bypassed the government and the law and retaliated in private. There are many real-life examples, when someone is beaten, it does not alarm the police, but gathers the brothers to beat it back. You won't make me feel better, and I won't let you get better......

After Ouyang rested for a day, he paid the decree outside the palace. The ninth prince will bring the words, and tomorrow he will specially allow Ouyang Chao to meet the affairs.

The court meeting has had strict regulations since the Tang Dynasty, and the prototype was formed in the Spring and Autumn Period. The meeting time is around five to seven o'clock in the morning. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty was relatively good, and the ministers had to prepare at midnight and reach three o'clock. After going to the court, I arrived at my department to work. If the weather is bad, you can avoid the pilgrimage. According to the different dynasties, it is also their own time and holiday time. Zhao Yu's side has no important business is every three days, and officials have holidays on the 10th, 20th, and 30th days of the new year.

Officials of the first and second grades can ride in sedan chairs and horses, and other officials can only walk. Generally speaking, officials above the fourth grade in Beijing must attend, and sometimes the fifth grade will be notified depending on the situation. However, the imperial palace of the Song Dynasty was the smallest in the past dynasties and could not accommodate many people. Generally, it is four products.

Ouyang still has to wait for the announcement outside the palace, there is no way, the official is too small. About an hour later, the eunuch Xuan Ouyang entered the hall.

Ouyang didn't know that at this hour, there was a fierce debate in the hall. The focus of the debate is whether it is worth paying the price for a lonely Yuzhou overseas.

Ouyang came in and listened at the end, there was still an argument inside.

An official said: "If the soldiers do not fight, they will be sluggish, and Yuzhou will mainly train the troops on this trip, and furthermore, Yuzhou has been decided, and my Great Song Dynasty and Persia will be friendly, and Yuzhou will inevitably become the gateway of the Silk Road. ”

An official: "I'm afraid I don't know how much this adult has paid, right?" In order to ensure logistics, nearly 400,000 troops were requisitioned and transferred, and the state treasury spent all the revenue of the year. Exhausted, sunburned, thirsty, lost and missing, there are countless more vans. This is not counting, according to Lord Ouyang's above table, in the first two years, it is necessary to carry out military supplies to Yuzhou at least three times a year. After that, it will be replenished every two years. In the long run, it will take a lot of trouble and make life difficult for the people. ”

"Nonsense, my Great Song Dynasty is under the governance of His Majesty, and the four seas are peaceful, where are the people not living?"

"Stop!" Zhao Yu stopped and said, "Ouyang is here, let this party talk about it." ”

'Brush' countless eyes fell on Ouyang who bowed his head.

Ouyang stepped forward, took a few more steps forward and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the right and wrong of this matter will start with the matter." Wechen believes that this battle is an inevitable conflict, not accidental. ”

Zhao Yu said: "Go on." ”

"The Crusaders were an alliance of nations in the west, and to come to the east was to plunder and usurp land and wealth. And the goods of the first merchants were apparently in their eyes. This matter has already been made clear, and it is a conflict caused by a small country called Venice coveting the goods brought by our Great Song caravan. Just imagine, Your Majesty wisely opened the Silk Road, firstly, for the sake of friendship between the East and the West, secondly, for commercial exchanges, and thirdly, for the coming of all nations. But if innocent businessmen are plundered, our Song army naturally can't help it. If others want to rob it, our forbidden army wants to save it, and it will inevitably become fire and water. If we had insisted on avoiding it at the beginning, it would have been true that we would have lost a caravan and 3,000 forbidden troops loyal to the Great Song Dynasty at most. However, the Silk Road is not passable, which greatly damages the national body. How did Wuwei gain a foothold in a feudal state? ”

"Master Ou, I think you have misunderstood." An official said: "We are not accusing the Northwest Military Highway of being inappropriate. But after the adults expelled the crusaders, they set up a county guard in Yuzhou, is it worth it? In such a place, I am alone overseas, even if I am attacked in the future, I am afraid that my Great Song Dynasty will not be able to reach it. As the adults said, the Silk Road was not passable, and it was mainly the crusaders who caused trouble. And after the Crusaders were expelled, why did they have to mobilize the people to set up states and counties? Does Lord Ou think that Yuzhou's taxes can still be handed over to the national treasury? ”

Ouyang replied: "The establishment of Yuzhou, if the people's livelihood is stable, it will be a great benefit." Yuzhou not only has local specialties, but also can collect specialties from places such as big food, and most importantly, the production process. Weichen found that the quality of the Great Food Sword has surpassed the level of the Western Xia Sword, but the time-consuming materials have been greatly reduced. If I can learn this technique, I will definitely go further in the future. In addition, Yuzhou can also become a place of Chinese culture and actively assimilate the locals. The words of the saints have been widely spread and the broad mind of my Great Song Dynasty has been promoted. ”

Ouyang changed his words and said: "For the many people who died, Wei Chen felt deeply ashamed. Weichen has worshiped Wang Wenqing as a teacher, will live in Guangde Palace for a month, and set up a soul monument in Guangde Palace, engraved with the names of the dead soldiers, hoping that they can return to their hometown. I donated another million to the orphans of the deceased soldiers. ”

Ouyang said these words, and the ministers no longer had any opinions. The deceased is the greatest, and Ouyang has the heart to prepare these things, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation. Strictly speaking, Ouyang didn't do anything wrong, and he did the right thing. No one knows the benefits of setting up Yuzhou, but there are always some people who are unwilling, or think that they can do better than Ouyang. Take 10,000 steps back and say, as long as Ouyang no longer has merit for this matter, they will be satisfied. Of course, it does not include some old pedants' idea of putting forbearance first and preciousness.

The word forbearance has been around for many years, and harmony has always been the foreign policy of the Central Plains. Zhaojun's exit from the fortress is called a beautiful talk, and they don't know that this woman took a lot of craftsmanship with her, although she lived without war, but she strengthened the enemy in the Central Plains, leading to the history of repeated looting later.

Keep the good things for yourself, let them take the garbage. To be strong is to be weak yourself.

This matter was so qualitative, but before it was over, a minister said: "The minister has a book to play." ”

"Say!" Zhao Yu looked at it, it was Wang Huang in the imperial history.

"The minister heard that there were merchants in the southeast who boarded the *** with the help of the Hangzhou fleet, and used various means to win over the *** princes. Then he drove the Japanese to dig up silver deposits, and then the silver returned to the Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Yu nodded: "I have heard about this matter, but the Qing family said that this matter is the reason." She didn't think there was anything wrong with it, one was willing to beat and the other was willing to suffer.

Wang Hao said: "The minister knows that the Hangzhou fleet helped the *** princes to attack the hostile princes without the permission of the imperial court. If this matter is not counted, the minister also knows that the tax paid from *** back to the silver to the market is less than two. Some merchants did not pay taxes at all, and instead exchanged them for copper coins or silver bills. And the money bank used silver as a reserve to issue silver tickets. ”

"It is not right for a merchant not to be taxed." Zhao Yu was a little puzzled: "But what does it have to do with Qian Zhuang?" ”

The head of the household servant said: "If you return to Your Majesty, this silver will become a silver ticket, and it will become a circulation market in disguise." Resulting in an increase in the amount of money in circulation. Originally, the treasury had 100 yuan of money, but now it can only buy 80 yuan. Even if the imperial court extracted part of the tax, the silver circulation was definitely more than 20 guan, and in the first half of the year, the treasury lost tens of millions of guan in disguise because of the inflow of silver. It is even more worrying to Weichen, and now copper coins have been used less, and the people use silver and silver tickets as the main transactions. And the treasury of the DPRK is still copper coins. The money given to officials was also copper coins. ”

Zhao Yu was a little dizzy, not ordinarily complicated. So he looked at Ouyang: "Ouyang, what do you say?" ”

"Wechen already has a way to do this. First, the outflow to the Great Song Dynasty silver must pay 20% of the silver into the warehouse, if the merchant is willing to exchange all the silver into copper money, you can only pay 10% of the tax profit. Silver can be circulated, but it must be exchanged according to the rules set by the imperial court. For example, now one tael of silver is exchanged for two hundred yuan, and His Majesty should feel that there is too much silver, so he can stipulate that one tael of silver can be exchanged for one hundred yuan. His Majesty could completely use silver and gold to control the prices in the Song Dynasty, and Wei Chen felt that those merchants brought to the White Bank to make a great profit in the Song Dynasty. ”

"It is feasible, and the household department will consider it. But don't float too much. Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry of War informed the Hangzhou fleet to intercept the ships that had not paid the taxes. All the silver was filled, and the ships were scuttled. The victim asks for guilt. ”

The military department Shangshu said: "Back to Your Majesty's words, although the Hangzhou fleet already has one hundred and thirty warships, but the sea is vast, if it is to be effectively intercepted, it will inevitably increase to one hundred and seventy ships." But at present, half of the ships in the fleet do not have a suitable chief officer. ”

"Simple." Zhao Yudao: "Let the Hangzhou fleet send people to the Royal University for training." Other generals with a military rank of seven or above can apply. ”

Royal Roads University was inaugurated in Tokyo. There are several main aspects. The first is the training of imperial examination officials, the second is the training of military generals, and miscellaneous subjects such as Ming Calculation also have special factions. It can be said that Royal Roads University is a relatively high-end university, mainly serving the country's service elite. The calligraphy and painting, economy and trade, industry and commerce, and medical departments of Yangping University all belong to the cultivation of middle-end practical technical talents.

Because Ouyang participated in this court meeting, it was naturally more commercial problems. The inspection envoy of Huainan West Road began again: "Shuzhou and other four prefectures, due to the dispute between merchants can not be resolved so far, the triangular debt has been generated, many farm owners have closed their doors, and many local materials are supplied by other roads, resulting in inflated prices. "The monopoly annexation is over, and as soon as the work stops, it leads to a shortage of goods.

Zhao Yu looked at Ouyang, Ouyang smiled bitterly, no matter how he looked for himself. Said helplessly: "If you go back to Your Majesty, due to the long distance, the triangular debt is settled every two months according to the custom. When the capital turnover is not effective, it is generally a loan from the bank first, and then the debtor will make up the bill. However, due to the fact that Yangping and Southeast Money Banks raised the bar to each other, under heavy penalties, all the money banks in these four states were closed. As a result, the owner's capital turnover is not effective. Wechen has coordinated with several parties to negotiate and resolve the matter in Yangping on the 20th of this month. If this matter has no effect, Wechen will naturally be responsible for the aftermath of this matter. ”

Zhao Yu asked: "You just said that you want to clean up for January, how can you go to Yangping to negotiate?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, this is for them to negotiate on their own. After all, it was their own mistake, and naturally they bear it. ”

"Makes sense." Zhao Yu asked, "Is there still a book?" ”

The Ministry of Rites Shangshu said: "The minister has a book. The Jin State sent envoys to come, willing to cede the land of Sizhou to the Great Song Dynasty as a fleet port. The condition was that the Song side gave him firearms worth no less than 3 million yuan. ”

"Humph! If I want to take it myself. Zhao Yu said: "Now the sixteen states of Yanyun have taken back half of it. Liaojin has been in war for many years, and the people are struggling to make a living. Liaojin is my great Song friend, and I can't help anyone. Except for the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, I have no interest in anything else. In the future, there is no need to report this matter, and the cabinet can deal with it directly. ”