The third emperor of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 857 I got into a catastrophe, I'm finished
After the third round of drinking, the second floor of the restaurant where Yang Tong was staying, the passenger flow gradually increased, and the restaurant gradually became lively. With the arrival of a group of businessmen who were stranded in Daxing, the content of the chat became richer. The great battle has already broken out, and everyone talks loudly, spit everywhere, and narrates the detailed process of each battle without blushing, as if they have visited the battlefield in person or participated in the formulation of the battle plan.

However, it is inconvenient to exchange information these days, and they are almost blind to the outside world, so these high-spirited speeches are not offensive. Not only did everyone listen with gusto, some even invited them to drink. The Sui army killed millions of corpses of the Tang army, and the blood flowed like rivers, which made the drinkers' blood boil and pulse throbbing, and they continued to applaud.

The few students who were close to Yang Tong and the others couldn't bear to listen to such unscrupulous and groundless ridicule. One of the students slammed the table and asked loudly: "Shangguan Xiandi, didn't you just come back from Hanyang?" ?”

The voice was so loud that the drinkers around fell silent, and many people pricked up their ears to listen. After all, the Sui and Tang Dynasties battles just mentioned were mostly in Hanyang, and they wanted to hear the real voice.

The young man surnamed Shangguan and surnamed Tongyin stood up, bowed in circles, and said with a wry smile: "The Sui and Tang Dynasties didn't fight at all, they just yelled at each other. Liu Hongji called General Yao Junsu a useless trash and a thief; General Yao called Liu Hongji in turn. It’s a shrinking turtle, it’s quite lively anyway, Liu Hongji deliberately let people out of the city to lure General Yao to attack the city, but General Yao just ignored him.”

Everyone didn't expect the "Sui-Tang War" to be like this, and they all looked at each other. A middle-aged businessman spat out the wine from his mouth and said in disbelief: "Young man, are you kidding?"

A student suddenly stood up, pointed at the student surnamed Shangguan and said: "He is Qiu Wei Tanhua Lang, who was ordered by the court to go to Hanyang for training. Would he talk nonsense? You are the only ones who talk nonsense without any basis. They are not Tubo, Turkic, Tuyuhun and other alien races. They are people of the Sui Dynasty like everyone else. How could our soldiers of the Sui Dynasty massacre, and how did our soldiers massacre domestic rebels? Which war did not only kill the thieves? If you don’t know, don’t Nonsense, to discredit the Holy Majesty and the Great Sui Army."

All the drinkers were embarrassed to brag, and at this time the middle-aged businessman cleared his throat: "To be honest, Liu Hongji is pretty good. He is a rare general in the Tang army who knows how to fight. I think the mountain is covered by heavy snow. I’m afraid the battle won’t be fought for a while. I won’t talk about Hanyang anymore, let’s talk about Bashu! I’m from Dangqu County. To be honest, as long as the Sui army breaks through the Three Gorges Road from the Yangtze River, the Tang army won’t be able to defend it at all. And The people in the Chengdu Plain are also unwilling to fight."

Everyone asked: "What is the reason for this? Let me tell you."

"We Yizhou people live in a big basin and like to be at ease... What kind of battle are we fighting?"

At this time, a year-old young man walked up to several students, cupped his hands to the student surnamed Shangguan, and said, "Sir Shangguan, my master asks you to explain."

"May I ask where your master is?"

"Over there." The guard pointed back, and several students also saw three diners sitting in the corner of the row near the window, surrounded by a few imposing attendants standing by. Although there were not many attendants, they The powerful momentum can cover the entire restaurant.

The student surnamed Shangguan looked a little chilly. He had stayed in the Hanyang army for a while, and he also knew some characteristics of the soldiers. Just from these straight bodies like pine trees standing on the ground, we can know that their martial arts are unfathomable, and their momentum is that of Hanyang. Some generals in the army are far worse.

If the guards are like this, then the status of the three diners can be seen as mediocre.

He didn't really want to go, but others came to invite him politely, and he didn't take off face, so he said to his companions: "Drink slowly, I'll go back when I go."

After speaking, he got up and walked towards that table, his companions all looked up at him, for fear that something might happen to him, but considering that this is the accompanying capital of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, important civil and military officials, and envoys from various countries were all in the city, so it was not too bad. Worried that someone would dare to cause trouble in West Market.

"I'm Hongnong Shangguanyi, how dare I ask the three envoys what they have learned?" Shangguanyi saluted respectfully.

There were three people sitting at the wine table, one was a scholar in his forties, with a gentle and amiable smile, everything seemed so natural; The unsheathed Excalibur.The other person was handsome, with two beards giving people an inexplicable sense of joy, but what impressed people most was the pair of sharp eyes.

This is naturally Yang Tong, Fang Xuanling, and Luo Shixin. Yang Tong took a look at Shangguanyi, who was still a little young, and smiled slightly: "Your name is Shangguanyi, Tanhua this autumn?"

Shangguanyi quickly said: "Exactly."

"how old are you?"

He took a look at Shangguanyi, and for some reason, he had a feeling of being seen through, and said honestly: "You are seventeen years old."

"Please sit down."

"Excuse me." Shangguanyi sat down calmly in line with the idea that what comes is safe.

At this time, Luo Shixin poured him a glass of wine, looked at him carefully for a while, and said with a smile: "Such a small Tanhua is really rare."

Shangguanyi blushed and said: "This year, the imperial court took three subjects in a row, and the most powerful talents were picked out the first two times. This junior is nothing more than short and tall."

"You don't need to underestimate yourself, maybe you will have a place in the court in the future." Yang Tong asked meaningfully, "By the way, have you got married yet?"

Shangguanyi could tell from the seat that this person was the head of the three. Generally speaking, the person with the highest position must sit on the north side. If it was an east-west seat, he would sit on the east side. It was the heroic young man who did it, and more importantly, the guards who were like pines stood behind him.

Although Shangguanyi didn't know the identity of this person, but from the condescending aura of the other party, he could guess that he must be an important figure in the court, but the central center of the Sui Dynasty was dominated by young people, so he really couldn't guess who the other party was. Respectfully said: "The student has not yet married, thank you for your concern."

Yang Tong frowned and said: "The ancients said to start a family and start a business, not to start a family! You are such a grown-up, but you haven't married yet. What's wrong with that? Get married early, you know?"

"Students try their best."

"It's not about trying, it's about having to."

If you, Shangguanyi, are not married, what will Shangguan Waner do?
"Here." After this commotion, Shangguanyi, who couldn't laugh or cry, was not too nervous.

Only then did Yang Tong smile with satisfaction, "Your poems are good."

"I don't know which song the envoy is referring to?"

"'The pulse is wide and the river is flowing, and the horses are driven to Changzhou. Magpies fly to the mountains and the moon is dawn, and the cicadas are noisy in the wild wind in autumn.'"

"I would also like to ask your envoy to comment."

"Your poems are beautifully written, diluting the flamboyant and extravagant poetic style, but the content is relatively empty, lacking generosity, passion and heroic spirit, which makes the poems lose their color a lot. Poetry writing pays attention to emotional momentum, which needs to be paid attention to. "

"Here."

"You were almost selected as the number one scholar in the imperial examination this time. I have read your examination papers. The topics and viewpoints of the essays are good, but the skills are a little weak; I, the Sui Dynasty, can easily defeat the puppet Tang Dynasty, which was very prosperous for a while. Yizhou is not only due to the strength of the Sui army and the prosperity of the country, but also from the pseudo-Tang dynasty and military administration.”

Shocked, Shangguanyi stammered and asked, "Who is the envoy? How did you read the students' imperial examination papers?"

"Don't worry about who I am!" Yang Tong motioned him to sit down, and said with a smile, "I just heard your comments on gold and silver bills, and many of your points are quite good. Can you elaborate?"

"Obey." Shangguanyi knew that the other party had the right to read her test papers and must be someone of high authority, so she quickly said: "Students think that the replacement of heavy and expensive gold, silver and copper coins with gold and silver tickets is the general trend and a sign of progress. It is the third generation of coins."

"The third generation of coins? How do you say that?" Fang Xuanling, who had been silent all this time, asked.

"As we all know, there were no coins in our family before. The transactions of our ancestors were usually barter, and the biggest disadvantage of barter is that the settlement method is uncertain. Sometimes a piece of silk can be exchanged for a cow, but sometimes it can only be exchanged for a cow. There is a huge gap between sheep and sheep, which not only makes the transaction unfair, but also gives corrupt officials the opportunity to profit from it, causing a huge burden on the people; more importantly, when the ancestors took painstaking efforts to carry the goods to the market, , if you can’t meet the person who needs it, you will waste a whole day and have to carry it home. This requires a thing between items to measure the value of the item, so the shell came into being and became the first A generation of currency."

Yang Tong and Fang Xuanling nodded. The status of shells as the first generation of currency is undisputed, after all, the ancestors have already established it in writing.

Shangguanyi continued: "However, shells have shortcomings such as fragile, low value, and difficult to carry. All the ancestors continued to explore, and finally found gold, silver and copper that are not easily damaged, high in value, and easy to cut to be used as the second-generation currency."

"However, gold, silver and copper are not only bulky and easy to wear and tear, but also rare and difficult to mine. Therefore, our clan mostly uses gold, silver and copper as coins at the same time to measure the value of high, medium and low goods. However, from the Qin and Han Dynasties Since the beginning of the times, gold has been the representative of precious value. Over time, gold and silver with high value and low yield have been collected as precious things. Although copper has a lower value, it can just measure the value of everyday things. More than [-]% People use it for transactions, and it gradually becomes the main currency. However, with the increasing prosperity of commerce, the supply of scarce copper coins is in short supply. Therefore, the shortage of money has always existed, and the people have no money in their hands to use the things they traded. The barter method of trading is very popular. Of course, in a sense, gold, silver and copper are also an item, and shopping with them is actually bartering, so coins still have the potential to change.”

"That's right! Keep talking." Yang Tong nodded. After gold and silver, there are banknotes. There are also virtual coins after banknotes, which is more convenient and trouble-free.

Shangguanyi said: "With the continuous revival and development of the Sui Dynasty, if gold, silver and copper are still used, the money shortage will be further exacerbated, so the Holy One did the opposite, replacing expensive and rare gold, silver and copper with cheap paper. Paper money has the advantages of being simple to make, easy to store, and easy to carry and transport, but it has no value in itself. The reason why it can be implemented smoothly is the reputation of the imperial court, and gold and silver bills and bills of exchange can be exchanged for gold, silver and copper coins anytime and anywhere. It is not an exaggeration to call it a credit currency. For now, the implementation is not bad, people are slowly accepting gold and silver tickets, but if the banks cannot exchange gold, silver and copper for the people in time, it will not only cause turmoil, but also cause The imperial court’s credit has plummeted, and it will be difficult to restore the confidence of our servants in the future.”

Yang Tong nodded slightly, and Shangguanyi's 'credit currency' got down to the essence of paper money: "Do you think paper money can replace gold, silver and copper coins?"

"Students think it is possible, but people are now in a period of cautious contact and do not fully believe in paper money, so it will take a long time before they can be completely replaced." Shangguanyi said: "In fact, it is very good to have two currencies in parallel now, because the two The advantages and disadvantages are too obvious, when people cash out paper money again and again and enjoy the convenience of paper money again and again, they will gradually fall in love with it.”

Yang Tong pondered for a while, and then asked, "Do you think there is any way to speed up the promotion?"

"Students thought it would be possible to print copper notes of lesser value."

"How small is it?"

"Now the least valuable money is a copper coin, but many items are actually worthless, so when buying and selling, merchants often supply items that customers don't need, which makes everyone very unhappy. If the imperial court prints this kind of small money, it will definitely People will welcome it."

"That's a good idea, keep talking." Yang Tong had never spent money on paperwork, so he didn't know much about this incident, but he had to say it was a brilliant idea.After all, money that is smaller than a penny is of little value, and it is far within the psychological defense line that the people can afford. They don't feel bad about losing half a penny, but it can make up for the shortage of the current currency. Can be popular in the world.

"In the past, there were all sorts of messy things in taxes, but now only two kinds of money and food are collected. If the imperial court only collects gold, silver and copper bills when collecting tax money, then the people all over the world will go to the bank to exchange, and the circulation of paper money will definitely be accelerated. .”

Yang Tong asked again: "Any more?"

Shangguanyi glanced at Yang Tong, and then said cautiously: "Any major change in history is from top to bottom. If the Holy Majesty asks the court to change salaries and military salaries into paper money, officials and soldiers will definitely accept it."

This is also what Yang Tong planned. With his current prestige, paper money can naturally be promoted unhindered in the officialdom and the army, but copper coins are the most widely circulated money, and the coins he treats are still in his mind. Among them, even the patterns and denominations have not yet been drawn up, so we must not rush for a while, only to be fully prepared and well-planned, and then promote it from top to bottom with lightning speed.

Otherwise, in the future, it will be necessary to piece together things and fill in gaps in order to be perfected, which is suspected of changing the order overnight.

"I accept your suggestion! I also give you a suggestion."

"Please give me your advice."

Yang Tong drank the wine in his glass and said to him: "Although I have freedom of speech in the Sui Dynasty, I can't talk about anything. What you just said about 'gold and silver tickets plundering the wealth of all countries' will cause dissension." Once rumors about the relationship between Da Sui and Youbang get out, what will Da Sui Youbang think? What will you think of me, Da Sui?"

"The student knows his mistake." Shangguanyi knew that he had caused trouble, his face turned ashen, and sweat appeared on his forehead.

Yang Tong glanced at him, and continued, "Showing off and talking nonsense will only harm others and yourself. Only by being pragmatic and truth-seeking, and combining action and knowledge can one achieve great things. Don't care about it today, just go."

After paper money was issued, it would take a long time to replace gold, silver and copper coins. Among them, some people with unique vision saw through its power, so Yang Tong didn't care about it.

But Shangguanyi is indeed very discerning. At such a young age, he can see through the power of the currency war from the budding gold and silver bills, which is better than many people. Based on this, Yang Tong does not want to punish him, but wants to train him.

"Thank you Shijun for teaching, the students will remember it in their hearts." Shangguanyi saluted and returned to his seat.

Fang Xuanling said in a low voice: "The Holy Majesty has talked to him a lot, I'm afraid he will be recognized, let's leave first."

"it is good."

Yang Tong was kind, he got up and took the lead down the stairs, paid the bill and left.

At this time, several students were asking Shangguanyi falsely, "Who were those three people just now?"

Shangguanyi shook her head in despair, "I don't know too well."

Several students found it inconceivable, at this moment, the businessman from Dangqu County next to him suddenly said loudly, "I remembered, that heroic young man is Luo Shixin, the Duke of Tan, and I said why he looks so familiar."

These words immediately caused an uproar.

Luo Shixin is here, who are the two next to him?

Shangguanyi's legs softened, and she sat down on the chair: "I, I know who he is."

"Who?"

"Who else can make Tan Guogong pour wine? Of course, only the Holy One; who else can drink it with peace of mind? Of course, only the Holy One." Shangguanyi slapped himself several times, and said in a crying voice: " I, I, I got into big trouble, I'm finished."

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned.

The emperor was right next to them?

He actually ate on the same floor as the emperor?
What an honor this is!
Some people are so proud that they can't wait to run home immediately and brag about it to their relatives and friends.

(End of this chapter)