Chapter 21 Numismatic Reform

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Father Shang!" Cai Jing laughed, and admitted it very easily, saying: "But these Taoist priests are really people under Father Shang." I just sent someone to bring them in. But I didn't find anyone to pretend, these Shang fathers will find out when they go back and check!"

Wen Fei didn't need to check it at all, when he returned to modern times to check the information, he already knew that in the original history, Lin Lingsu arbitrarily gave apprentices to him, and as a result, many rogue children in Tokyo City took refuge.

In just a few years, nearly 20,000 apprentices have been recruited, and their apprentices have beautiful clothes and food, and they have done evil in the city of Tokyo, causing anger and resentment. In the end, the capital was flooded, Lin Lingsu was tired of winning the city, and was attacked by the servants, and Huizong knew that he was resented by the public. reprimanded him back to Wenzhou.

I didn't think I was negligent for a while, so I didn't stay in this Tokyo city. My senior brother actually did such things again. He didn't want to think about it, although it was to expand his power, but in just a few years, he had accepted 20,000 apprentices, how good and bad there were. Just looking at the Su zhì of a few Taoist priests just now, Wen Fei can already think of seeing one or two!

nǎinǎi, surrounded by some pig-like teammates. Wen Fei secretly scolded in his heart, that Yang Jian made such a big mess, and his senior brother was not worried. No wonder Chen Niwan and Wang Wenqing couldn't stay in Tokyo City, so they ran directly to Jiangnan, out of sight!

"Father Shang is fine, why don't we go to the alum tower to drink and talk about the current situation in the imperial court?" Cai Jing said: "Alas, the world is ...... today."

Wen Fei said in his heart, you are not a fuel-efficient lamp. This Great Song Dynasty has become like this, and naturally you have a share of the credit. Just that's it. Of course, Wen Fei wouldn't say it so directly, anyway, he also wanted to find out what the situation in the world was now.

Speaking of which, I know the situation in the world best. I'm afraid it's Cai Jing, an old fox. The kind of great evil people who have always been the kind of people who have great abilities are also the kind of people who have great abilities. When Cai Jing was actually dismissed, he didn't even know. It can be seen that he really doesn't care about the government at all!

Wen Fei and Cai Jing came to the alum tower together, and immediately alarmed the alum tower. A large number of people came to greet and pick up, Cai Jing waved his hand lightly: "I'm old, I don't like to be lively, today I just find a place for the monk father to drink!"

Those people are people with clear eyebrows. After hearing Cai Jing say this, he naturally knew that the two had something to discuss. Those who had nothing to do withdrew, and Qingqing, who had not yet been sent to Shang's father's mansion, retreated. Take the two to the clean box, personally take the lamp, and wait for the two to drink.

Cai Jing laughed and said, "Originally, Shang's father refused the beautiful woman sent by Zeng Zi. I thought that Shang's father was not beautiful. I knew it early. I'll send two beauties to Father Shang. The guarantee is also the average twin......"

Wen Fei smiled faintly, and saw that Qingqing put away yesterday's small xìngzi, with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, well-behaved like a little lamb. It's itchy to watch. smiled and said: "That's not good, Qingqing is going to be jealous!"

Qingqing's face suddenly blushed, since yesterday, she was like in a dream, and her whole body was still dizzy. I never thought that when Rì had a night in Luoyang City, he hid from her daughter's house for the first time.

It's actually the god-like father of the city of Tokyo.。 Celestial Master. I couldn't help but put away the little xìng that was full of hearts, happiness came too fast, it was too scary, I was afraid to wake up one night, it was all a dream......

Originally, the Qinglou woman, born Zhang Shuwei, read countless people, that was fate. Qingqing grew up in the Qinglou since she was a child, so she naturally accepted her fate. is nothing more than the most hopeful that even if he can be like Master Li, he can become the famous Oiran in Tokyo. It's just that he has special feelings for Wen Fei, the man who took her first night and the only night now.

It's like many Qinglou women regard their first man as their husband. It's just that when the husband died, he set up a tablet. It's nothing more than asking for comfort in my heart. There wasn't much to pray for.

But I didn't expect that my lover was actually an immortal, a father and a heavenly master who was as powerful as the official family in Tokyo City. is the man who can take her out of the Qinglou and ask for happiness......

With such a complicated careful thought, Wen Fei naturally wouldn't understand. He didn't put his mind on Qingqing now, he just waited for a long time, and he didn't see Cai Jing, the old fox, take the initiative to speak.

Cai Jing, the old fox, didn't speak, just smiled and groaned. Seeing a girl coming, she flashed in with a stack of dishes and bowls, and shouted in a low voice: "Eight dishes of seasonal fruit aromatic medicine......"

Wen Fei looked at the girl's slender figure, although she couldn't see her appearance clearly when she lowered her head, she could also know that it was a beautiful woman. couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Could it be that even the guys in this alum building are such beauties?"

Cai Jing and Qingqing both laughed when they were amused by these words, and Qingqing covered her mouth and smiled. Cai Jing laughed: "Originally, there wasn't, but the two of us came here to drink." There are beautiful guys!" After that, he smiled at the beautiful girl who was about to quit: "Look at the ......"

Suddenly realized that he didn't have a companion by his side, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. Self-deprecation: "I'm old, it's not good to remember xìng." As he spoke, he took out a "fairy money" from his bosom.

The girl took it, looking pleasantly surprised. But it was Xie Wenfei first, and then Cai Jing: "Thank you Heavenly Master, thank you Cai Xianggong...... "The folk still teach Wenfei Heavenly Master more."

Cai Jing pretended to be displeased, and said, "Obviously I gave a reward, what are you doing to thank Heavenly Master?"

The woman smiled and said, "Without the Heavenly Master, where did the immortal money come from?"

Cai Jing laughed and waved the woman down. Only then did he say to Wen Fei: "These fruits are also fresh, Father Shang might as well try them!" Citrus, pomegranates, goose pears, it's fine." At this time, it is actually a lychee in Fujian, but it is also rare!"

Qingqing answered, and said: "There is only one company in the entire inner and outer cities of Tokyo that sells such fresh fruits, and it is still authentic Fujian lychee, which is the rarest and most rare product in this season, even the official family in the forbidden middle school does not have such a good mouth." ”

With such a New Year's weather, it is really rare to eat lychees from Fujian. You must know that this is not the era of extremely developed transportation in later generations, in the Tang Dynasty, a red dust concubine smiled, and was regarded as a model of disaster to the country and the people. At the time of the Great Song Dynasty, the people had already eaten lychees. It seems that this Da Song is indeed much richer than Da Tang!

Such a prosperous Song Dynasty was destroyed in the war...... The more prosperous it is, the more it can contrast with the bleakness that will come after rì.

However, since Wen Fei has the heart to observe the entertainment and catering industry in Tokyo City in the Northern Song Dynasty, he will naturally pay attention to it. was about to speak, but saw the maid serving all the dishes endlessly. There are "four plates of dried fruits, four incense medicines, four plates of carved nectar, four plates of preserved meat" and then serve the main dish, and a large table full of them will be served in a short time.

Each maid who served the food was rewarded with a fairy money by Cai Jing, and all the maids were overjoyed.

After everyone retreated, Cai Jing said to Wen Fei, who was a little impatient: "Father Shang, do you know why they are so happy to reward this immortal money?"

Wen Fei shook his head, it can be said that he has always been floating at the top of the Great Song Dynasty, and he doesn't know much about the people at all. Even the most high-end entertainment venue, Alum Tower, is the first time to come. This is already the latest contact with the people.

"Father Shang is really an immortal, and he doesn't care about mundane things!" Cai Jing sighed, and then said: "Prices are expensive, and now the price of everything in Tokyo City has risen." The lives of the people are difficult......"

Qingqing interjected: "Yes, yes." Originally, a cake on the street was only a penny, but now it has risen to two pennies. There are other things, they are all going up very much!"

Cai Jing didn't feel displeased with Qingqing's interjection, but couldn't stop his head, and he thought about it.

Wen Fei thought for a moment, isn't this inflation? This is completely commonplace in later generations, especially in the past two years, when one bun was originally one piece, but now it has become two. And the bun has shrunk a lot......

"This old man's responsibility!" Cai Jing sighed with a sigh: "The old man has always thought that the source of financial management should not be taken from the people, but the country should be rich." Therefore, when casting ten dollars, three dollars in weight, three dollars in cost, the country can also get forty percent of the benefits. ”

Wen Fei suddenly understood, he had just seen the information in this regard last night. The so-called ten coins are ten copper coins equal to ten copper coins. This would have been a normal thing in the future.

But in ancient times, it was different, Cai Jing cast this as ten coins, and only used three coins of copper. I want to exchange it for ten copper coins, and in ancient times, the value and weight of coins were equal, and the so-called one coin was just the weight of a copper coin.

In Wen Fei's view, the currency reform carried out by Cai Jing has already had the style of credit currency in later generations. Helpless, too far ahead. In the Northern Song Dynasty, I couldn't eat it, and others saw that it was ten dollars, only three dollars weighed, but they wanted to exchange it for ten dollars, so they naturally felt that they had suffered a loss.

On the other hand, due to the fact that when ten dollars are profitable, it has become common for people to steal and cast, and many middle and lower-level officials also participate in illegal casting. The imperial court strictly forbade the theft of casting, and the severe punishment was death.

Every year, a large number of thieves are found by the government and their families are ruined, but the power of economic laws cannot be disobeyed, and the thieves still go forward one after another. In order to prevent counterfeit money, real money was hung on the main roads for the people to identify, and the people ridiculed: "Imitate with private casting." ”

For a time, prices soared and public resentment boiled, which was the inflation in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty. Cai Jing was also so anxious that he even lost Zhao Ji's trust, condemned Cai Jingren's ministers for his affairs, and said that instead of having ministers who assist the monarch in gathering, it is better to have corrupt ministers, so the danger is much smaller!

After Cai Jing's dismissal, ten dollars were abolished as three dollars.

It turned out that Cai Jing's resignation was still because of the failure of the currency reform, and Wen Fei had a spectrum in his heart. (To be continued......)