"Two, two, you open the door, I have something to say!"

The two little chamberlains looked at each other and ignored Yan Shu.

They had been beaten by the chiefs of the various palaces before they were transferred—they had only brought strength, not ears, and mouths.

This is actually the rule in the palace. Those who have no heart and lungs and do not follow the rules will not live long in this palace.

"Two, don't ignore me, old man, open the door, open the door, I have something to say!

The two still ignored him. The little chamberlains who just arrived are very high-spirited, and there is only one person they are loyal to, and that is the emperor.

Yan Shu continued to shout: "Open the door, open the door, I really have something very important to say!"

One of the little chamberlains was impatient, and said angrily: "Elder Wang Ge, we are running errands for the master, the master's words are heaven, the master asked us to watch you and let you rest, how dare we delay your rest, you are the prime minister, don't talk to us eunuchs, is it?"

Yan Shu smiled.

Loyalty?

Hehe, which of them is not a loyal official? But how long have they been loyal?

Even if it's him. When he was in the true sect, he swore loyalty to the true sect.

The true sect collapsed. He found the right time, and when the two prime ministers were vying for power, he launched the curtain in one fell swoop to listen to the government and was loyal to the queen mother.

Later, the Queen Mother was ambitious and wanted to sacrifice the ancestors of the Zhao family with a national ceremony. If Empress Dowager Liu is a man, maybe he won't care. But Empress Dowager Liu is a woman. It was he again, who stopped and stifled the Queen Mother's inflated ambitions. He also gave his loyalty to the current emperor.

Not to mention the rest of the civil servants.

The so-called loyalty has never been loyal from the same thing, and the saints have clouds: the king regards the minister as a sibling, the minister regards the king as the heart, the king regards the minister as a dog and a horse, the minister regards the king as a countryman, the king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy.

Officialdom is a trading field, and the reason why the transaction is not successful is not because of anything else, but because the price paid is not enough.

Half of the treatise rules the world. It is necessary to read and understand.

As soon as Yan Shu's fingers moved, two gold leaves slipped out of the crack in the door. "Ouch!"

"Money!"

The two little chamberlains saw the two golden leaves slip under their noses, and their souls were immediately hooked, and they squatted down and pressed their hands to divide the two gold leaves.

"Golden Leaf!"

"It's really golden!"

Since ancient times, China has had a low number of heavy metals, especially gold and silver. As a result, there is very little depreciation of gold and silver in China. It's not like the copper coin, there are all kinds of bullshit. What's more, gold and silver can always be played with as money. Copper coins, on the other hand, have a certain legal effect. Most copper coins, what are three coins, when five coins, are really a pit.

Generally speaking, ancient currencies were basically gold, silver, and copper coins (in fact, copper-containing alloys) as the main currency. The silver standard of the Song Dynasty and the later Ming and Qing dynasties was different from that it was a copper standard, with copper coins being the main currency and gold and silver not being used as currency. The basic unit of copper coins is "Wen", and "Guan (缗)", which is always 1000 Wen. When the Song Dynasty was financially tight, there were 770 Wen, 800 Wen, and 850 Wendang. In addition, there are two cents, three cents, ten cents and other disguised inflation. For example, in the section where Yang Zhi killed Niu Er, Niu Er used to be three coins to let Yang Zhi try the knife, when three coins as the name suggests, one money is regarded as three coins, and Cai Jing even used ten coins when he was the prime minister.

But in fact, the exchange rate of silver and copper is about 1 pair of 2. After arriving in the Southern Song Dynasty, the purchasing power of 1 copper coin was far less than that of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is recorded in the history of the Song Dynasty that one tael of silver in the first year of Emperor Shaoding of the Southern Song Dynasty (1228) could be exchanged for 3 pieces of 300 wen.

In other words, no matter what the imperial court stipulates, copper coins, that is, the country's legal tender have always been in a state of depreciation.

The little eunuchs entered the palace and the wages they obtained, according to the official price, were calculated according to the official price of 1 tael of gold = 10 taels of silver = 10,000 wen when they entered the palace, and when they were old, they would have to depreciate by at least half, that is, 1 tael of silver to 2 copper coins. This still does not count the number of copper coins issued by the court when they were on errands.

If counted. The evening scene is bleak, and that is inevitable.

Of course, the eunuchs wanted to exchange all their copper coins for gold and silver, which would retain their value. In this regard, one must not doubt the financial ability of a eunuch.

But as long as they become eunuchs, there are few of them who do not have advanced their education in this respect.

However, it didn't work.

Just like these two little chamberlains, not to mention gold, even silver, they can't redeem it. Don't look at the big guys who accept bribes, it's tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands, but that's the big guys, even if this country doesn't produce gold and silver, the big guys still have a way. But it's hard for those at the bottom.

Not only is there really not so much gold and silver, but it is also the property of the grass people once its value is preserved. How does this vampire monster of the imperial court still suck blood?

Moreover, the eunuchs of the Great Song Dynasty are not like the Ming and Qing dynasties, they rarely have the ability to make extra money, let alone a little cutie like gold. It is indeed a very difficult thing to resist the temptation of this yellow and clear color.

And this is also the reason why Yan Shu chose gold leaves, he knows very well what kind of color and how attractive it is to these crippled people.

If you want to buy the people around the Queen Mother, how can you do it without a little hard work?

Back then, Empress Dowager Liu rewarded the people around her, and she was also a very skillful person.

There are basically no loopholes around her. The only loophole is that the queen mother who doesn't know the people uses copper coins to reward, not gold and silver.

This can't be blamed on her, Da Song lacks gold and silver. Gold and silver are not enough to envelop big people, and where can a small chamberlain have that qualification.

So Yan Shu grasped this, and he kept it. He has never been like the short-sighted who desperately kept gold and silver.

Yan Shu has a resolute and straightforward personality and lives a frugal life. However, the income of the prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty was not low, with a monthly income of 1.28 million! An annual income of more than 15 million!

Most of this money is spent on this.

The so-called short hands and short mouths are universal, and the two little chambers took the benefits of Yan Shu, so they were embarrassed not to say something to Yan Shu, so the little chamberlain said: "Prime Minister Yan." Don't you know, those thieves broke into the harem and killed people! We're afraid of this! Even Your Majesty is a little nervous, but fortunately, with Lord Shen protecting the emperor, the thieves didn't succeed......

This was the first time Yan Shu noticed Shen Shi. After all, their rank is too far behind.

At the same time, Yan Shu also learned that it was Empress Cao who calmed down first and persuaded Renzong not to move lightly to avoid being poisoned. Later, Empress Cao gathered the people of the inner prison palace, guarded the palace gate to protect Renzong, and sent her henchmen to dispatch rescuers to prepare for firefighting. And personally cut off a lock of hair for each person, and after the rebellion was quelled, he took the hair as a memory and rewarded him for his meritorious deeds. It was she who foresaw that the rebels might set fire to the palace, and the preparations she arranged in advance to put out the fire eventually caused the traitors' plan to set fire to the palace aborted.