I studied in modern times

Chapter 379 Yuanmu Lixin
It was Gengxu (22nd), the leap second month of the first year of Yuanyou, and the Cold Food Festival holiday had passed.

On Ma Xing Street, a group of uninvited guests came.

Most of them wore brightly colored robes with left lapels, round lapels, and mink fur. The robes were embroidered with various animal patterns, and there were dragon patterns woven with gold thread between the sleeves of the robes.

There are daggers on his waist and on his robe.

The standard image of a Northern noble!
An entire forbidden army guarded and monitored these northern nobles.

The whole Ma Xing Street immediately became a sensation.

The shopkeepers and shopkeepers in countless shops immediately became nervous, and each one of them breathed rapidly.

They knew that the God of Wealth was coming.

However, these northern prisoners just looked here and there on Mahang Street.

I didn't mean to buy anything, and I didn't even go into a store to look at anything.

Until they walked to a shop.

They suddenly walked right in.

Then, I stayed in this shop for about a quarter of an hour, and finally went out satisfied.

In the following time, in the surrounding shops, only people in this shop were seen busy packing items one by one.

Pieces of expensive brocade were carefully packaged and then carefully put into exquisite lacquer boxes.

The shop owners in the surrounding shops drooled at the sight.

They couldn't figure out why Beilu liked the brocade in this shop?
Obviously his brocades are expensive and the workmanship is only average.

Just because the owner behind this family is named Cao?
The Liao envoy's purchases are still continuing.

They entered one shop after another, signed contracts with these shops, set prices, and made appointments.

They buy everything!
Rouge gouache, spice brocade, porcelain tea...

From Ma Hang Street, I swept goods all the way to Panlou Street.

They took out wads of money and used them as deposits to pay to the relevant merchants.

Everyone was stunned to see all this.

But I don't know what these northern captives are doing?
How did they choose the store?

Random?Or chosen by divination?

There is no pattern at all!
There is no logic at all.

However, the people behind these merchants have already seen it.

"The stores that Beilu entered were all the shops of Cao, Liu, Yang, Li, and Wang..."

Although, I don’t know what happened to Beilu?

However, everyone knows that this may have something to do with the petty officials in the palace.

Otherwise, why can't we enter other stores in Beilu, but only those stores of those families?

Countless people are heartbroken and heartbroken.

If they had known that they would be treated like this after paying back the money, they would have paid back earlier!

Why don't the officials give a hint?
Also, the Cao family, the Liu family, the Yang family, the Li family, and the Wang family, these rotten sheep-headed guys, why don’t they give some serious advice?

What I usually say sounds nice.

What kind of unity, what kind of brothers.

By the time it’s over, I’ve forgotten all about it!
Especially the Cao family, the Liu family, the Yang family and the Li family, these guys all packed people in front of the emperor to serve as companions for the officials.

I'm afraid the officials had already hinted at them, so they could react so quickly.

But these guys don't care about the slightest bit of brotherhood and no respect for nobles.

Everyone just thinks about eating alone and doesn’t think about others at all!

While the nobles were cursing each other, countless news began to reach their ears through various channels.

Some of this information was released by Cao, Liu, Yang, Li, Wang and others on their own initiative.

Some of them were bought by nobles and nobles with money.

These messages are fragmented and boring, but make everyone who hears them gnash their teeth.

Because the main theme of these messages is one - the purchase quantity of the Liao envoy.

Even the price was revealed vaguely.

It’s a price much higher than the market price!
What makes the nobles even more jealous is that the Liao people's purchases are still huge.

It is often measured in units of ten thousand yuan!

Fortunately, the shops of Cao, Liu, Yang, Li and Wang etc. have sufficient supply of goods.

Brocade, spices, tea...

Then these guys come around.

Isn't this what they sold out at a low price a few days ago?

Everyone sighed after thinking of this.

I just wish I could give myself a knife!

"If I had paid back the money earlier, why would it be like this?!"

……

Zhao Xu was naturally paying attention to the situation of the Liao purchasing group in the palace.

Because Liao people’s purchases were all completed in designated shops.

Naturally, Zhao Xu can clearly grasp the details of Liao people's purchases, even down to the quantity of each commodity category.

In one day, the Liao people's purchase volume had exceeded 70 yuan.

Most are luxury goods.

Fine tea, expensive brocade, spices, and even tens of thousands of rouge gouache.

Only a small part of the funds flowed to general commodities.

Such as ordinary or low-quality tea, and ordinary silk cloth.

The sum of these two items is estimated to be no more than one hundred thousand guan.

Zhao Xu laughed after reading the product catalog.

Although he had increased the price, the luxury and greed of the Liao people still opened his eyes.

"Let Jiao Ziwu prepare it and print another 100 million Guan Zi for backup!" Zhao Xu ordered.

With the temperament and style of the Liao people, there is naturally no financial discipline at all.

Therefore, Zhao Xu knew that they would soon make new withdrawal requests.

This speed will be fast.

Moreover, Zhao Xu was certain that when the Liao people took the money, they would still mainly purchase luxury goods.

why?
Because the people who spend money are the emperor and the powerful.

Rather than the common people and herdsmen below.

It's that simple!
"No!" Shi De bowed and accepted the order.

"That's right!" Zhao Xu suddenly asked: "What are you nobles doing now?"

Shi Deyi lowered his head and said: "Let me tell you, as far as I know, most of the people are busy paying back the money!"

Zhao Xu snorted and asked: "In other words, there are still a small number of people who don't want to pay back the money?"

Zhao Xu remembered it very carefully.There are 35 large households and 27 wine shops in Bianjing City, and they owe about 150 million [-] yuan to the city's Yiwu loan.

Accounting for more than 270% of the total amount of arrears of Shiyiwu (50.00 million yuan).

And that's just the loans these guys owe.

They also owe a lot of business taxes and wasted money.

The total amount must have exceeded 200 million yuan.

But the total money and gold and silver released by Zhao Xu was only 110 million guan. Counting these guys' own funds, it would definitely not reach the 200 million guan figure.

Therefore, mathematics has told Zhao Xu that someone must have failed to pay back the money.

Now Shi Deyi has proven this.

Shi Deyi lowered his head and said: "There are indeed a few companies that have been indifferent so far and have not taken any action!"

Zhao Xu nodded and asked, "Who are they?"

Shi Deyi replied: "Your Majesty, there is the Zhang family in Xingguofang..."

"Zhang family?" Zhao Xu frowned: "Empress Wencheng's family?"

Shi Deyi quickly shook his head: "Your Majesty, this is a gift to Grand Master and Attendant Zhongrong Xi Gong..."

Zhao Xu still didn't remember, and Shi Deyi could only remind him: "It's after Xu Guogong Zhang Qi!"

"Oh!" Zhao Xu finally remembered this person.

This was the Qiandi minister of the Zhenmiao Dynasty. He was worshiped as a Jiedushi envoy during his lifetime. He also served as the privy envoy of the Renmiao Dynasty for a time, traveling to various places.

When he was alive, he was extremely famous, and his status was roughly the same as that of Wen Yanbo now.

But this family has long since declined.

So much so that even Zhao Xu didn't quite remember that there was such an honorable family in the country.

"How much does his family owe?" Zhao Xu asked.

"About [-] guan!" Shi Deyi replied: "Among them, the City Yiwu owes more than [-] guan, and the rest is due to the commercial tax from the Dushang Taxation Institute."

"Twenty-five thousand guan?" Zhao Xu asked, also muttering to himself.

"I remember that the two generations of emperors Zhenmiao and Renmiao were endlessly grateful to the Zhang family. The Zhang family's mansion in Xingguofang was one of the most luxurious mansions in Bianjing City, with a threshold of [-] yuan!"

"Why can't you even pay back twenty-five thousand guans?"

"Are you unable to pay back? Or are you unwilling to pay back?"

Shi Deyi lowered his head and said nothing, but silence itself was the answer - he was unwilling to return it!
Zhao Xu laughed and rubbed his hands.

Zhang's mansion has a surplus of [-] yuan, and it is still a house with a profit of [-] yuan in Xingguofang!
For this house, even if only half of the house is rented out, the rental income will be tens of thousands.

And this house was given by the emperor!
In other words, from Zhao Xu's perspective, this thing is - someone is living in his house, eating his salary, and tearing him down.

It’s tolerable, it’s unbearable!

Zhao Xu just sneered and continued to ask: "Is there more?"

Shi Deyi named several families in succession. These families were basically in similar situations to the Zhang family.

They are all declining families, and they can only maintain their relationship with the royal family by marrying the princess or even the county lord and other clan members.

In fact, it is to spend money on those collateral clans and buy the status of a relative of the emperor.

Then relying on the shadow of the ancestors, they pretended to be powerful outside.

In fact, he had already sat at the children's table and was squeezed out of the noble circle.

Every year, Dayan and Zhongyan in the palace would not invite them again.

Although their descendants can still obtain official positions.

But the starting point is no longer much different from ordinary people.

He couldn't even qualify as a sanitation officer, so he could only hold titles such as Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, Inspector Guozi Jijiu, and Military Cavalry Lieutenant.

He looks cool and cool, and sounds like he is very powerful.

In fact, they are neither birds.

why?
Because even minor officials can get these titles as long as they work without making mistakes for more than ten years.

For example, in the Kaifeng Mansion Council Hall, the title of the old junior official who was dedicated to delivering official documents to the imperial court was: Kaifeng Mansion Council Clerk Yamen, Yinqing Guanglu Doctor, Prince Inspector Guest, Supervisory Censor, Wu Cavalry Captain.

Even he himself couldn't remember such a long title, and no one would call him by these titles on weekdays.

These titles are useless.

Basically, these titles have only one function - to prove to outsiders that he is not a civilian.

After Zhao Xu heard this, he laughed.

"very good!"

Living in a house given by the emperor, eating from the Zhao family, and owing money to him, she was unwilling to pay back even though she knew his attitude.

Do you really think he has no temper?

It just so happened that this time, Zhao Xu followed the example of Yuan Mu Lixin before Shang Yang's reform.

His original intention was to let the nobles know that there would be meat to be had if they followed him.

Cao, Liu, Yang, Li, Wang, and Sun Ci were the logs on which the logs stood.

Now, there are actually people rushing to come to the door, insisting on letting him hit the wall.

If you don't fight this, it won't be justified.

Of course, there are also particularities to how to hit the board.

You have to think carefully and find another excuse.

You can't just use the money owed by others as an excuse for not paying back.

That's too rough. You have to find another excuse and find a crime.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and then said to Shi De: "Go and tell the Kaifeng Mansion that I plan to resume the inspection of the Kaifeng Mansion in Guichou (25th) this month!"

"Let Cai Jing organize it and select a few cases as the starting point for me to officially monitor politics!"

"No!" Shi De bowed and accepted the order, and was about to deliver the order.

Zhao Xu stopped him.

"Remember, everyone, tell the Kaifeng Mansion carefully and don't do any fraud. I want to see the real dossier and the real voice of the people!"

"Let Kaifeng Mansion not feel pressured, and don't care about other people's backgrounds!"

"I am the emperor, and the emperor must make decisions for the people!"

Zhao Xu said solemnly.

But the more Shi Deyi listened, the more strange he felt.

What is a real dossier and what is a real voice of the people?
Who do you want to make the decision for?
Shi De lowered his head and quickly knew the answer.

This is obvious!
But he did not dare to make his own claims and asked tentatively: "What do you mean?"

"I don't mean anything!" Zhao Xu said seriously.

"You know everything and go!"

Shi Deyi understood.

　Note: There is a type of title in the Northern Song Dynasty called "Yinwujianjiu", which is a constitutional title and is also called a concurrent title.

　　Basically, they are at the bottom of the chain of contempt for titles. Maybe Song Jiang from Water Margin had these titles when he was an escort.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)