Jiaozi has been promoted in Hexi for half a month, except for some cityside tribes in Ganzhou and Guazhou, who refused to accept Jiaozi in exchange for cattle and sheep, and were violently beaten by the "fast reaction force" of the Chishui Army, the rest of the time they were not alarmed.

No one really dared to refuse to accept the handover, and the imperial court did not allow the exchange for the time being.

Fang Chongyong is quite confident in the promotion of Jiaozi, because he binds Jiaozi to silk, the best-selling goods in the Western Regions.

In other words, the money village that now issues Jiaozi is the largest silk shop in Hexi! Each Jiaozi can receive a full amount of silk after one month.

The strict control of silk exports at the Shazhou pass can prevent the run on Jiaozi to a certain extent.

At the same time, the government and city of the five prefectures of Hexi also specially set aside troops to crack down on the silk black market trade, and at the same time, the guide price of goods in the Western Regions was marked on the notice board at the entrance of the money village.

If the silk is insufficient, then the goods from the Western Regions will be exchanged for Jiaozi at the guide price.

With commodity anchor prices, Jiaozi can freely exchange physical goods in the five states of Hexi, and there will be no hindrance to the operation of this system.

At this moment, Fang Chongyong sat in a certain signing room of the Jiedu Envoy's Yamen, watching the local farmers in Liangzhou come here to handle the "peace and repetition" business, take the corresponding Jiaozi from the government office, and sign the IOU for filing.

After they got the Jiaozi, they were all carefully put close to their bodies, and their hearts were full of apprehension.

These farmers will use the borrowed money to go to local merchants in Liangzhou to buy farm tools and seeds.

After the autumn harvest in September, the grain will be used to repay the debts and the IOUs will be written off.

In previous years, the Yamen of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy lent the silk silk from Chang'an to local big merchants, so that they could pay off the grain after the autumn harvest.

So why not lend directly to ordinary farmers?

Because these people are small-scale peasant economies, their ability to resist risks is too poor, and the silk they lend out is easy to become dead accounts.

Now the envoy of Hexi Jiedu Yamen no longer needs to shout and kneel down to beg Chang'an to deliver silk silk for raising military rations.

Jiedu made it possible to do things in advance first, and then wait for the silk silk of the imperial court to fill the treasury for Jiaozi exchange.

This is Jiaozi's initial power in the new system. At the very least, it saves the cost of financing for the peasants, reduces their burden, and cracks down on the "middlemen".

A good knife can be held by a good person, and it can save people.

Fang Chongyong looked at Yang Yan who was busy in front of the counter, and couldn't help but nod slightly. He felt like he was on the right track.

The method of harmony that has been in operation in the Shazhou area for many years has become Wang Anshi's green seedling method with a little adaptation.

If local officials can do things seriously and responsibly, then with the blessing of Jiaozi, the implementation of such a policy can be said to be twice the result with half the effort.

As for how to operate elsewhere, Fang Chongyong has little confidence.

As long as you look at what Zheng Shuqing is, you will know what kind of virtue the Tang officials are.

"Fang Jieshuai, I'm done."

Yang Yan saluted Fang Chongyong with his hands crossed.

"Yo, then you're pretty quick."

Fang Chongyong couldn't help but sigh.

"Jie Shuai, in the past, he had to count the silk silks, and several people were busy carrying them together. Just count a few pieces of paper now, this little thing, the lower officials can still do it. ”

Yang Yan smiled humbly.

The Fang Jieshuai in front of him is not a foolish person, he has been in charge of the affairs of Hexi many years ago.

Don't look young, in fact, an experienced old bureaucrat.

And Yang Yan was in Liangzhou City many years ago, an official in charge of managing and buying loans, and now he is doing the same thing as he did at the beginning, but the steps are much more streamlined, and he can complete it alone.

"Fang Jieshuai ......"

Seeing that Yang Yan wanted to speak and stopped, Fang Chongyong asked suspiciously, "But what's wrong?" ”

"No, no, no, there is nothing wrong with the government here, to be exact, it is too proper.

Xia Guan wants to know if this method of Jiaozi can be promoted elsewhere in my Datang.

Holding Jiaozi to make peace directly with the people is good governance, don't the princes of the court and the central government understand? ”

Yang Yan asked in a low voice.

"That...... This section of the handsome is really not known. ”

Fang Chongyong sighed, not knowing what to say.

The first thing many people in power want to do after they find out that they have a knife in their hands is not to go hunting in the wild with a knife to deal with threatening beasts, and to bring the people around them to prosper.

Instead, he took a knife and went to the neighbor's house and grabbed everything he could!

I'll talk about something else when I'm done.

Fang Chongyong knew a lot about Brother Ji's urine and didn't dare to have any expectations for him. The recital he gave to the court has clearly written how Jiaozi is going to play.

Of course, Kee Ge will see it first.

However, whether the other party will listen and how to deal with it is really difficult to say.

At this moment, a panting man walked into the signing room. As soon as he saw Fang Chongyong, he showed surprise on his face, and hurriedly ran over to hold Fang Chongyong's hands and said excitedly: "Fang Jieshuai, you are, this is ...... Hurry up, go back to Chang'an with the slave, and now, set off immediately! ”

Huh?

Fang Chongyong and Yang Yan were both stunned, the person who came was Bian Lingcheng, a eunuch who often went out to the border town to deliver news!

"The waiter in the border will take a rest first, don't worry, don't worry, speak slowly."

Fang Chongyong quietly patted Bian Lingcheng's shoulder, and easily stuffed a stack of Jiaozi into the other party's cuffs.

Bian Lingcheng obviously knew what Jiaozi was, his face almost smiled, and he said calmly: "The saint has a big matter to discuss with Fang Jieshuai, the sooner the better." ”

Kego?

Fang Chongyong muttered in his heart.

Brother Ji sent him to preside over Hexi affairs before, and it is unlikely that he will be allowed to return to Chang'an.

That's not a lot of work.

But looking at this posture, it doesn't seem to look like being dismissed.

Why?

Fang Chongyong's heart was furious.

"But what's wrong with Chang'an?"

Fang Chongyong asked in a low voice.

"Alas, Fang Jieshuai, you don't know. The saint and a bunch of courtiers in the center made a fuss about Jiaozi.

The sage asked Fang Jieshuai to hurry back to Chang'an and deploy the matter promoted by Jiaozi.

The saint is very happy about what you have done in Hexi, and he has always praised you for being able to perceive the holy will! ”

Bian Lingcheng said with a smile, eager to kneel down and pat Fang Chongyong's ass.

"Understood, then the section commander will explain the affairs of the festival envoy in the yamen, and then go back to Chang'an with you."

Fang Chongyong's face was calm, and he nodded slightly and said.

Sure enough, Brother Ji was not surprised and did not refuse Fang Chongyong's proposal about Jiaozi at all.

In fact, from Brother Ji's point of view, Fang Chongyong has no reason to refuse Jiaozi at all.

Even if he stood opposite all the courtiers, Brother Ji would not hesitate to do so. This is a matter for the ass to decide the head, and it is not subject to personal will.

In fact, if you think about it, you know that for the extravagant Brother Ji, what can be more tempting than printing money directly?

However, what Fang Chongyong didn't expect was that Brother Ji couldn't wait even a month, and he was planning to issue Jiaozi in Chang'an when the Jiaozi on the Hexi side had just been rolled out.

I have to say that as long as it's about making money, this emperor's nose is more sensitive than a dog!

"If you are in a hurry, you can get to Chang'an in five days. Of course, if you run a dead horse, you will start from Liangzhou and arrive in Chang'an in three days. ”

Bian Lingcheng said quietly. As a eunuch who often "travels", he has a very full understanding of how far the border town is from Chang'an.

From Liangzhou to Chang'an, it takes three days to ride a horse and rush to a desperate speed, five days to travel non-stop, and it usually takes more than ten days to travel, and the arrival period stipulated by the imperial court is one month, which is probably the case.

Fang Chongyong explained to Guo Ziyi the arrangements for the Chishui Army, Cen Shen about the arrangements for the daily operation of the government, and Yang Yan about the arrangements for the exchange of Jiaozi and the collection of silk.

Then after he placed Anaya in the place of her adoptive father, Medical Officer Li, he followed Bian Lingcheng to the post station outside the city of Liangzhou in a hurry, mounted his horse and headed in the direction of Chang'an, without any luggage.

……

In a certain courtyard of Li Linfu's house in Pingkangfang, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty was distraught, pacing in the courtyard, and his mind was in a mess.

Not long ago, Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, gave a death order to him, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty: it is necessary to spread Jiaozi in Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou, Chengdu, Guangzhou and other places within three months to replace silk silk.

This order was opposed by many officials in Zhongshumen Province.

Even many officials in the Sixth Ministry wrote to oppose the imperial court's use of "pieces of paper" to loot people's property.

Of course, these people oppose it not entirely because they don't understand Jiaozi at all, but because they can't see any actual benefits for themselves here.

It's better to maintain the status quo.

In fact, Datang has formed a circulation system with silk as the main body, supplemented by copper coins and precious metals, which is the product of many years of compromise. Among them, the joints can be described as indescribable.

In the twentieth year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Ji Ge promulgated the "Decree Money and Goods Dual-Use System", which stipulates that "silk cloth and groceries, etc., are all universally traded." If you hear that the market must see money, it is deeply unreasonable, and from now on, it will be used with money and goods, and the offender will be guilty of the law. “

To explain, if someone goes to buy something with a piece of cloth, the merchant must agree not to refuse it. Otherwise, it is contempt of the law. Customers can report it, and the government can ask for guilt.

An important detail here is that merchants are not allowed to refuse to accept silk.

Then it can also be speculated in reverse: silk must be very unpopular when trading.

If it is popular, how can the law emphasize that it cannot be rejected?

In fact, it was the norm to boycott silk silk in some areas of the Tang Dynasty, and it was common to refuse to accept silk silk!

This problem appeared very early, and the game at the social level has lasted for a very long time!

Further speculation is that at that time, in most areas of Datang, silk silk was actually worse than bad money, which was very unpopular.

But where it is possible not to collect silk silk, merchants will try to avoid collecting silk silk in the transaction! Instead, the silk silk was given priority to get out of the hand.

In Hexi, silk is a "good currency", that is because the export of the Silk Road is there, and everything is for the service of "foreign trade".

In the Western Regions, silk is not worried about sales, and the profits are also high, and it is obviously more popular than copper coins.

But in Chang'an, Luoyang, Yangzhou and other places, in fact, silk and silk are not popular hard currency. These businessmen really have no choice, and they are forced by the law to reluctantly accept the silk silk.

Because the silk silk is a physical object after all, unlike the treasure money of the Ming Dynasty, it has no use value in itself.

Therefore, even if the merchants no longer liked the silk silk, they finally compromised for various reasons.

In fact, if you think about it, you can understand that in ordinary people's homes, even if they have a little money, it is impossible to change their clothes often. Families that can change their clothes often are either rich or expensive, and the proportion of such people in society is not high.

Cloth is still a little different from something that is in hard demand like food.

Eating one less meal and feeling uncomfortable, one less set of clothes to wear, the problem is actually not that big. The ancients have always been frugal in dressing, isn't there a saying: three years of new and three years of old, and another three years of sewing and mending.

This shows that they are not so diligent in changing clothes.

Although silk silk has practical value, its social demand is not so strong, and it is a kind of "unsalable necessity". It is only in some border towns (such as Hexi) that it has a strong attraction to those foreigners.

With the rapid development of Datang's commodity economy, the total amount of silk in society has been steadily increasing, far exceeding the speed of social consumption.

Due to the development of the commodity economy, a large amount of silk silk was hoarded in the hands of merchants as currency, and piled up in warehouses to mold.

And because the "ancestral law" of the Tang Dynasty has not changed, the rent itself will naturally produce cloth and silk.

These silks and fabrics also entered the social level to participate in circulation through the channels of officials' salaries and rewards.

The superposition of many factors has led to the continuous depreciation of the silk in the hands of the people. Moreover, the fabric will be depreciated after being stored for a long time, and it may be rejected due to defacement during the transaction, and the cloth is not easy to divide, and the value will plummet after being forcibly divided.

The urgent need to find a currency to replace silk silk has actually plagued the Tang Dynasty monarchs for many years.

Although Brother Ji is clamoring to promote Jiaozi, Li Linfu is the right minister, he is not a fool, and he has a lot of worries in his heart.

The risk of Yin Jiaozi is too great! There is no precedent before!

And the saint is in such a hurry that there is no buffer time!

If something happens, it's going to be a big mess.

In Li Linfu's view, these policies should be slowly promoted, and they should be slowly promoted!

"Jiaozi, Jiaozi, how can there be a piece of paper in the world that can be used as money......"

Li Linfu put his hand behind his back and looked at the branches spit out tender shoots under the bright sun in the distance, full of life.

At this moment, Li Linfu seemed to be about to make a decision on a major event that was difficult to decide.

The issuance of Jiaozi is satisfied with the emperor, and the dissatisfied are those who have a large amount of land, including some people from the Guanlong family. As well as part of the bureaucracy that these people support.

Even if these people don't come back to their senses for the time being, sooner or later they will understand where the power of this Jiaozi is. At that time, there will still be a bloody storm.

If the state controls the ability to issue unlimited currency, then it will cut off the way for local tycoons to mint copper coins privately.

Because no matter how low the cost of private casting is, it cannot be lower than that of printing Jiaozi!

Hoarding and manipulating food prices, collecting money and burying it to manipulate the "price of money". This kind of operation is also difficult to play well under the control of Jiaozi.

Jiaozi, which can be printed infinitely, is a sharp weapon to deal with these small means!

Li Linfu has already imagined how much resistance Jiaozi will encounter if it is rolled out in Datang.

At that time, the government's control over the operation of the country at the economic level will be greatly strengthened. In addition to the lack of more than a thousand years of knowledge in his mind, Li Linfu also considered the things that Fang Chongyong had considered at the beginning. Many have also received similar answers.

To sum up, he, the right minister of the Tang Dynasty, is sandwiched between the emperor and the powerful, and he is not a person inside and out.

How do you untie it?

At this moment, a familiar figure came into view. Li Linfu saw that the other party was walking towards him, and hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "How can General Gao personally go to a certain mansion, but is it the order of a saint?" ”

"In the morning, Fang Guozhong had arrived in Chang'an and had a good conversation with the sage.

Now the saint invites the right minister to go to the calyx Xianghui Building to discuss state affairs, and the right minister will come with a certain one. ”

Colliers said with a smile on his face.

"Jiaozi's strategy was proposed by Fang Guozhong, and it is appropriate for him to come forward to preside over the spread of Jiaozi."

Li Linfu shook the pot quietly and said.

Hearing this, Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled meaningfully: "The right minister is slightly the same as what Fang Guozhong saw as a hero. As soon as he met, he recommended that the right minister fully preside over the matter, and said that in this matter, there is no one in Datang to replace the right minister. You thought of going together. ”

"I'm going to have to take a good look at that picture."

Li Linfu smiled disapprerovingly, and a trace of annoyance flashed in his eyes.

(End of chapter)