A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 401 New money reform, confiscation of homes and exile
The court quickly reached an agreement, and it became a foregone conclusion that the minting power would be returned to the central government.Then Wang Jing issued an edict, and the edict was quickly left the palace and passed on.

Official documents were received by everyone in the imperial court, and then spread to the world through messengers from various places.

The resolution to take back the right to mint money was passed too quickly, and the states and counties had no time to respond. By the time they received the news, the imperial edict had already arrived.

After learning that the imperial court was going to take back the right to mint coins, powerful people, nobles, and officials from all over the state and county were in an uproar. Many students even wrote to the court, shouting that they would write to the court not to take back the right to mint coins.

The imperial court had already anticipated this situation, so it had organized and polished the day's debate, distributed it to the Academy, and then asked the Academy to distribute it to the Academy in various states and counties.

After seeing this, most of the students from the prefectural and county academies agreed with the court's decision, but there were still some who did not agree. Wang Jing was not polite to these people and directly ordered the prefectural and county academies to remove their names.

Wang Jing knew very well that the nature of these people was that some of them were the children of powerful officials and wealthy officials in various places. These people would basically stand on the side of their respective families. The other part were talented people supported by these powerful officials and wealthy officials.

The last part, no matter what the reasons are for them to oppose the imperial court, they use the subsidies given by the academy to learn various knowledge in the academy, and after the imperial court gives an explanation, they still come to oppose the imperial decree. Wang Jing does not want such people to enter the imperial court in the future. Be an official.

Wang Jing didn't want to raise a bunch of white-eyed wolves.

The matter in the Academy did not cause any disturbance, but the nobles, powerful people and officials from all over the world would not give up this piece of fat easily.

Every reform is a redistribution of benefits.Every reform is difficult because vested interest groups will not easily give up the benefits they have obtained.

But for this reform, Wang Jing is not worried about failure at all.With the current strength of Daqian, even if local nobles, powerful officials and big officials rebelled, Wang Jing would be able to suppress them in the shortest time.

Even in order to prevent unrest, Wang Jing had mobilized the army in advance, waiting for them to cause chaos, and then picked up all these people in one fell swoop and packed them up and sent them to the Western Regions to replenish the population.

"We mint currency so that the people can have money. Now the court wants to take back the right to mint coins and we are not allowed to mint them privately. The court uses copper, and we also use copper. The court's money is money, but our money is not money. Already?"

"When we are short of money, let us mint money. When we are not short of money, we will be kicked out. There is no such thing in the world!"

A large number of nobles, powerful people, and wealthy officials are very dissatisfied, but the vast majority of them only dare to say a few words, and they dare not do anything if they really dare.

But even so, the trend still caused some ripples.Of course it looks like a huge commotion, but in fact not many people are actually involved.

When the imperial court decentralized the right to mint coins, it did not mean that anyone could mint coins. In fact, only the top nobles, powerful men, and officials from various states and counties were eligible.

Those ordinary powerful people have no chance to participate.

If you don't have enough strength, would you dare to participate in this kind of business, which is a guaranteed profit?Others just tore them into pieces.

Although these people look powerful, if compared with the country, they are nothing more than an egg hitting a stone.

After seeing that the public opinion being stirred up was completely ignored by the court, these people also understood that the court was determined to take back the right to mint coins.

After seeing this situation, these nobles, powerful people, and local wealthy people did not dare to directly object, but began to prepare to secretly cast copper coins.

Since the imperial court does not allow real money to be minted, they will secretly mint fake money. Anyway, they know the entire casting process. Not only them, but also many other powerful people know it. They are now waiting for the imperial court to release a new one. Make money, and then take it back to mint private money based on the new money.

The imperial court took back the right to mint coins. On the surface, the nobles and powerful people from all over the world no longer minted coins, but they were already gearing up to mint them privately.

As for the "Daqian Money Making Order" issued by the imperial court, these people ignored it.

What is a crime? It is a crime if you are caught.

Even though His Majesty the Emperor of Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is like the sun hanging high in the sky, there is still a shadow when the sun shines on the earth.

The battle between the imperial court and the local government has just begun. Many people are waiting and watching. If the imperial court can control the situation, these people will be honest. If the imperial court cannot control the situation, these people will follow suit.

In this seemingly calm atmosphere, the imperial court's new money production was completed, and a large amount of new money began to be invested in the sacred capital of Luoyang and several companion capitals.

The weight of the coins cast by Wang Jing is not much different from the previous coins. They are made of [-]% copper, [-]% lead, and [-]% tin.

The copper content of [-]% is already very low. The lead of [-]% makes the copper coins heavier, and the tin is to increase the wear resistance and hardness of the copper coins.

This batch of new coins was minted very beautifully, and the text on them was also very clear, and there was a raised edge around the coins to prevent someone from cutting the edges.In the past, some criminals would trim the edges of coins minted.Now with borders, once they are trimmed, you can spot them at a glance.

At the same time, with the outline, it becomes more difficult for others to cast.Those businessmen, powerful people, and aristocratic families would also charge a discount for the marginal money. It was not easy for the people to make money, and they had to be exploited by them.Now that new money is being issued, Wang Jing naturally wants to take precautions.

The weight of the new money cast is heavier than the old money. In fact, the amount of copper used is the same, but the proportion of lead is higher. It is more comfortable to put on the hand, and the people are more willing to accept it.

Wang Jing ordered people to mint the word "天明" on the coin, and write the word "五袢" on the back, so the new coin was called "天明五呢".

After the "Five Baht of Destiny" money was distributed, the people of Luoyang City were relieved when they saw this kind of coin. The new money far exceeded the old money in terms of quality, weight, and exquisiteness, and the new money had The edges prevent trimming.

The imperial court came forward to exchange the old money in the hands of the people at a one-to-one ratio. Of course, the old money could not be bad money.The people exchanged their coins one after another for the imperial court.

At the same time, the imperial court registered the people who came to exchange. There was a limit on the coins that each person could exchange, in order to prevent the powerful and powerful people from taking away the new money.

The new money was quickly accepted by the people, Wang Jing was very happy, and in the three months since the new money was distributed in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, there was no bad money or anyone else melting the new money.

After all, under the emperor's feet, all nobles, powerful men, and powerful officials have to keep their tail between their legs. If something goes wrong, the iron fist of the imperial court will come down and they will not be able to run away.

But if nothing happens in Luoyang, it doesn't mean that nothing happens elsewhere.

Wang Jing has sent a large number of embroidery envoys to various parts of the world, including Jinling, Kuaiji, and Huai'an. Wang Jing is not too worried about these three places. After all, these places are originally the basic base of Daqian.

It has been tamed by Daqian for hundreds of years, and the imperial court has supreme authority here.Thanks to the prestige of the Wang family in the Huai Kingdom era, the people here trusted the imperial court the most, and local nobles, powerful officials, and wealthy officials did not dare to disobey in the slightest.

There is no need to worry about these places. The most prone to problems are Bashu, Yanzhao in the north, and Qi.

Wang Jing has been waiting for problems to arise in these places before he can take action.As the emperor, he abides by the rules. Even if he wants to deal with these people, he must have conclusive evidence.

Wang Jing didn't have to wait long, and soon news came that a lot of bad money had appeared in Linzi.Wang Jing did not hesitate and immediately ordered the fourth prince Wang Ze to go to Qidi.And let him lead three thousand fine cavalry to accompany him.

Wang Ze kept going all the way, and the army quickly came towards Qi Di.With the convenient Chi Road, the army arrived in Linzi in only ten days.

After arriving in Linzi, Wang Ze directly ordered people to take over the city defense, and at the same time took out the tiger charm and asked people to take over the Linzi garrison.After taking control of the city defense and garrison, Wang Ze entered the city.

Along the way to the Linzi Mansion Office, the Linzi Mansion County Sheriff and local officials came forward to salute one after another. However, Wang Zeli ignored them and directly sent someone to find the embroiderer.

Soon the embroiderer came over in a hurry.

"Your Highness, these are the information you want!" The embroidered messenger handed Wang Ze the information collected during this period.

In order to prevent private minting and melting of coins, the imperial court sent a large number of embroidery envoys and encouraged people to report them.These nobles and powerful people can hide their identity from the censors and embroiderers, but they can never hide it from the local people.

Therefore, the embroidered clothes envoys easily got a lot of information from these people.

Wang Ze picked up the evidence and looked through it. After just a rough look through it, Wang Ze discovered that since the new money was decentralized from the court, these Shandong nobles, powerful people, and big officials have used various means to collect the new money. These coins are then melted down and mixed with other coins to make bad money.

The people are unwilling to accept it, so these people force the people to accept it.And use the minted money to exchange the old money in the hands of the people.

Even local officials colluded with them and directly exchanged good money for bad money, and then forcibly exchanged the old money in the hands of the people.

When Wang Ze saw this scene, his heart suddenly burst into anger.

These people not only cast bad money themselves to force the people to accept it, but now they actually do so under the banner of the imperial court.

Wang Ze was extremely angry in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface.He said in a deep voice: "Summon Linzi County officials to the mansion immediately!"

Soon the officials from Linzi City, big and small, arrived. Seeing these officials arriving, Wang Ze without saying a word directly ordered everyone to be locked up.

He cut through the mess quickly, locked up everyone, and then directly sent the embroidered clothes envoy to lead the army to raid homes in various places.

(End of this chapter)