Prime Minister

Chapter 413
In the past, the bill held high above his head was as precious as ten thousand pieces of gold, but now it is as fragile and frivolous as catkins blowing in the wind.

Within a day, it can be said that there is a world of difference.

Seeing the white-haired old man bowing to everyone, everyone in the Interchange Office and Duyan Courtyard felt very sad.

Cai Jing watched this scene and returned to Cai Xiang's mansion. Although he felt that the old man was very pitiful, he did not lower his opinion of Zhang Yuezhi.In his heart, the other party is the real wise and courageous person.

It just so happened that his younger brother Cai Bian also returned home from school in Anshina, the foreign king.

When the two brothers met, Cai Bian asked, "Brother, are you going to the Salt Office again?"

Cai Jing said with a tired face: "Yes."

Seeing that his elder brother was tired, Cai Bian immediately undressed Cai Jing.Seeing Cai Bian's expression, Cai Jing immediately guessed something and asked, "If you have anything to say, you might as well just say it!"

Cai Bian smiled and said, "It's nothing. I have learned a lot from the teacher recently. I heard the teacher mention Xue Caoshuai, the transfer envoy from Shaanxi, and he spoke highly of him. What do you think of Xue Caoshuai, brother?"

Cai Jing knew that Xue Xiang was protected by Wang Anshi.

In the fifth year of Jiayou's reign, Ouyang Xiu also served as a shepherd envoy when he was a Hanlin bachelor.

Ouyang Xiu intends to reform the horse administration and bring power back to the center. This opinion is at odds with that of Xue Xiang, then deputy envoy of Shaanxi Transit.

So Wang Anshi teamed up with several officials from the Xiangdu Horse Herding Institute, and jointly wrote a letter "Ju Xue Xiang Zha Zi".

In this book, Wang Anshi blatantly contradicted Ouyang Xiu and clearly supported Xue Xiang.He greatly appreciated Xue Xiang's exchange of salt money for horses in Shaanxi, and believed that Ouyang Xiu should not interfere with Xue Xiang's actions in the northwest. He also advocated that not only Shaanxi, but also Hebei's horse administration should be under Xue Xiang's management.

It was precisely because of Wang Anshi's support that Xue Xiang took the position of Shaanxi transfer envoy.

Cai Jingdao: "Xue Caoshuai is great, but after he took the salt money, he issued false money indiscriminately, so that the court's salt money was demoted again and again. This is really regrettable."

Cai Bian said: "But now it has risen to more than 20 guan?"

Cai Jingdao: "Exactly, these more than 20 strings are due to the previous rewards. In addition, Beijing and China have attracted businessmen to speculate, so that the price of salt in Beijing and China has soared out of control, so that the people suffer. But thanks to Zhang Xueshi's strength, today it has dropped to thirteen."

"It's down to thirteen, within one day today?" Cai Bian said in disbelief.

Cai Jing nodded and said: "That's exactly the case, so in my opinion, Master Zhang is a real talent in the world. Being with him for a few days is better than studying for ten years. This life really feels like a vain life. "

Cai Bian was quite critical of Zhang Yue, because when he worshiped Wang Anshi, what he heard was not the same.Wang Anshi didn't understand Zhang Yue's establishment of this exchange, and he didn't have a high opinion of Zhang Yue.

However, Cai Bian knew that his elder brother admired Zhang Yue very much, so he didn't express his views on Zhang Yue.

He took the initiative to ask, to see what it was about Zhang Yue that made his brother admire him so much.

Cai Jing immediately talked with Cai Bian about the operation method of the exchange, and he also talked about the theory of residual value and the mysterious candle chart with interest.

After listening to it, Cai Bian asked with seven points of confidence: "It seems that this chapter on bachelors is really so good. The theory of surplus value is indeed something I have never heard of from the teacher, so this candlestick chart is too false."

"However, this exchange office is really in line with what the teacher said. It is the great benefit of the country to bring the power of opening, closing, dispersing and collecting all the wealth in the world to the central government, and let the imperial court compete with traitors like the Bashu widow Qing."

Cai Jing nodded and said, "That's right. In fact, in my opinion, Shuai Xue Cao is certainly a good talent, but he is far less numerous than Bachelor Zhang."

At this time, a servant came in and said to Cai Jing: "Master, please go quickly."

Cai Jing knew that Cai Xiang must have learned about the sharp drop in salt money today, so he asked himself to ask, so he answered and left.And Cai Bian chewed what Cai Jing had just said in his stomach, and he decided to ask Wang Anshi when he visited Wang Anshi the next day.

The stock exchange reopened the next day.

If it was said that yesterday it was still a bustling scene, but now it is a depression.

But seeing the expressions of the people outside the arena are indifferent, those in the arena are as if beaten by frost.As for the vacant seats on the hatchback, the seats for those big households with more than [-] seats are already half empty compared to yesterday.

Cai Jing walked outside the door, took a look, and suddenly thought, what his younger brother Cai Bian said yesterday, Wang Anshi's ambition is to bring the power of opening, closing, dispersing and collecting all the wealth in the world to the central government, and let the imperial court and the traitors like the widows of Bashu return to other people's homes Fight for profit'.

Then why in the exchange office, these big families left first, but ordinary people stayed and suffered?

After Cai Jing left, he saw Shen Chen, Chen Yan, his uncle and nephew slowly coming to sit on the top chair.

After the two of them sat down, the waiter on the side stepped forward and said, "Except for the two members, only buyers with more than [-] seats can sit here. If the two of you want to sit here, please come to the side and pay the deposit!"

Shen Yan smiled slightly, and Shen Chen stood up and said, "Ask the whole Bianjing city, is there anyone who knows the Shen family's gold, silver, color and silk shop? I've made it so clear, do I still need to pay a deposit? ?”

The waiter was immediately awed when he heard this, and immediately stepped back from the side, and served tea soup to the two of them after a while.

The two uncles and nephews drank the tea soup leisurely, in stark contrast to the anxious people on the side.They looked at the water sign in front of them, which had the words 'Thirteen Guans' written on it, which was yesterday's closing price.

Shen Chendao: "As expected, the salt bills fell down, and it fell so much in one day. Fortunately, I heard my uncle's words and threw away all the salt bills on the first day. Uncle really As expected of a battle-tested man, he saw through the mystery at a glance."

Shen Yan said with a faint smile: "I said that there are high-ranking people in the imperial court, just look at this exchange office, this kind of management method, what a way to think of it."

Shen Chendao: "What uncle said is true, but we threw it too early at that time. It would be nice if we could wait until the 25th. But today I think we can buy some bargains."

"Hey, money is endless. I came today because I want to meet a friend who I have never met, but who I have known for a long time."

Shen Chen asked: "Make friends? Uncle, how do we make friends? He is a dignified court official, how can he like us merchants."

Shen Yan smiled and said, "How do you hand it in? Don't you believe it?"

Shen Chen asked: "What can uncle do?"

Shen Yan said: "You have to remember that our Shen family's way of doing business is to understand the twists and turns of the market, as well as the rules and regulations of the court. The price of this salt money is true or false, and it is unpredictable , you have to be on guard against those big bankers who eat people without spit out their bones, and also guard against the yamen's set of rules that turn their faces and deny people, and if you understand these two points, you can walk freely in it and retreat calmly."

Shen Chen was in a fog.

But when Shen Yan saw his nephew like this, he smiled and said: "In the future, when you become the family, you will understand."

Cai Jing once went to the back of the house and said that Zhang Yue's ambition was to bring all the power of opening, closing, dispersing and collecting the world's wealth to the central government, but why didn't he achieve this?

Thinking of this, Cai Jing silently walked into the big room where Zhang Yue was.

But seeing that Zhang Yue was still looking at the candle chart with his hands behind his back, Cai Jing stood silently aside.

Cai Jing hesitated for a moment and asked, "Scholar, what are your plans for today?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Yuan Chang, what would you do if you were in my position?"

Cai Jing recalled Cai Xiang's words last night, and said in a low voice: "Scholar, I heard the news that if the salt money falls again, I'm afraid you will be in big trouble."

Zhang Yue said: "I understand, but Mr. Han asked me to reduce the price of salt notes to less than ten guan today. I promised in person. Now you want me to say that it can't be done."

"But those people outside... I am deeply afraid that the bachelor will be outraged."

Zhang Yue calmly smiled and said: "Yuanchang, do you remember what I said to you yesterday? It doesn't matter if I resign or not. Even if the exchange office is gone, it doesn't matter. The most important thing to keep is the salt money. This is where the imperial court’s credibility lies.”

Speaking of which, the market is open.

In the first quarter, countless people continued to sell salt notes.

The price dropped to ten guan in one go without any suspense!

Many people outside the hall covered their faces with their hands and cried loudly.

Zhang Yue looked indifferent, Luo Jianyuan and Cai Jing both looked worried.Luo Jianyuan asked: "Is it now..."

Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "The money is not enough, let's hold back our anger."

In the second quarter, when the price fell to Baguan, Zhang Yue said to Luo Jianyuan: "Buy!"

Luo Jianyuan was shocked and asked, "How much do you want to buy?"

Zhang Yue said: "Buy as many as you have!"

There was wailing outside the arena, and at this time, when someone suddenly bought banknotes with large sums of money, everyone's spirits were shaken, and the feeling of being in a desperate situation came out spontaneously.

At the side, Shen Chen said to Shen: "Uncle, now that the price has fallen to the bottom, someone has bought banknotes, should we also buy some?"

Shen Yan said with a smile: "You, you didn't understand what I said, you only remembered the first half of the sentence, but didn't remember what I said in the second half?"

"What does uncle mean?"

Shen Chen said: "I'm not here to sit in the sedan chair today, but to help someone carry the sedan chair."

At this time, the price of salt banknotes has stopped falling, rising from seven pennies and five hundred coins to eight pennies and five hundred pennies in one breath.

……

Zhang Yue heard Cai Jing report the sales figures of salt banknotes.

Just now, the Jiaoyin Institute received a large amount of salt money between the seventh and eighth five hundred wen, until we bought all the money in our hands, and only then did we barely stop the decline.

On the side, Luo Jianyuan came to report: "Scholar, the price of banknotes outside has risen. It has been lifted from eight pennies and five hundred coins to ten pennies and five hundred coins in one go. Someone bought [-] seats here!"

Zhang Yue knew in his heart that he couldn't afford the money all the time, so who raised the price of banknotes?Is this for good?
Zhang Yue said to Luo Jianyuan: "Have you found out who it is?"

Luo Jianyuan said with a smile on his face: "I found out that it is the list of the Shen family's gold, silver, colorful and silk shop. They are helping us raise the price! Now the price of banknotes has been maintained at [-] or [-]. It's good."

Zhang Yue heard that the scene outside was completely different.

When it fell to seven guan before, it was a lifeless scene, but when the salt money rose to eleven guan, most people were cheering.

Compared with just now, it is really a different world.

(End of this chapter)