My life is like walking on thin ice

Chapter 47 The young man is jealous of money

"Later, Emperor Taizu Gao died, Emperor Xiaohui was established before he was crowned, and the descendants of Queen Mother Lu took charge of the government."

"In order to get the Han family back on track, Empress Dowager Lu had to issue an edict prohibiting people from making money privately."

"But in order to wipe the ass of Emperor Taizu Gao and give an explanation to the people of the world, I still have no choice but to add: Any copper coin that looks like money, as long as it is not broken, can not be rejected regardless of its quality..."

Recalling this past incident, Liu Rong slowly picked up a Liu Bi pod coin and handed it to Li Zuo.

"So, even if it's such a fine pod of money, people in the world don't dare to refuse it because of Empress Dowager Lu's edict?"

Seeing Liu Rong talking about these old things, Li Zuo could only smile and nodded, then lowered his eyes in a cryptic manner without saying anything more.

After clarifying these causes and consequences, Liu Rong's doubts - some of his previous doubts about Deng Tong were finally verified.

"The Emperor Taizu Gao's three baht pod money was a helpless act, but it still plunged the people of the world into dire straits."

"And in order to save the face of Emperor Taizu Gao, Empress Dowager Lu could only endorse the three-baht pod money: as long as it has the shape of money and is not completely broken, it cannot be rejected."

"At the time of the late emperor, Wu King Liu Bi took advantage of the copper mines in the feudal state and the late emperor's permission to open the mountain to cast coins. He also imitated Taizu Emperor Gao and cast this low-quality pod coin."

"As for the late emperor, it was in order to prevent the Han family from repeating the same mistake of 'harmonizing the country with money' that the late emperor had that 'dream' and found Deng Tong, a yellow-headed man..."

In just a moment, Liu Rong felt an enlightenment and smoothed everything over.

——Because Emperor Taizu Gao gave three baht pods of money, Empress Dowager Lu once issued an edict that "bad money must not be rejected."

However, the late emperor's succession from his own place and his direct descendants caused strong dissatisfaction among the princes of the Guandong clan, especially the Qi kings who were supposed to be in charge of the direct clan.

Therefore, in order to win the support of other clan princes as much as possible, the late emperor could only defeat them one by one.

——Being friends and brothers with Liu Chang, King of Huainan;
——Female Liu Zezi, the late King of Yan: Liu Jia is the King of Yan.

And, using "allowing the copper mountain to be opened to mint money" as a bargaining chip to win the support of Wu King Liu Bi.

In addition, the late emperor also named his two sons King Dai (Liu Wu) and King Liang (Liu Yi) respectively to prevent changes in Beiqiang and Hangu.

After Liu Bi got the permission to mint money, he knew that the late emperor was trying to win over him, so he took advantage of Empress Dowager Lu's "forbidding the rejection of bad money" and began to mint low-quality money.

Well aware of the "power" of money, in order to prevent Liu Bi's bad money from harming the world, the late emperor used the name of "having a dream" to introduce Deng Tong, a lucky villain, and tried to use Deng Tong's good money to , expel Liu Bi’s bad coins...

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"The chessboard my father smashed down in anger..."

"It's not necessarily because you're anxious to lose in the chess game, but because you're so angry at Liu Bi's shameless face and Crown Prince Liu Xian's arrogance that you lose all control?"

"Or maybe the Prince of Wu, Liu Xian, took advantage of his father's defeat and humiliation to make rude remarks, and even mocked the late emperor..."

Secretly guessing the causes and consequences of his father becoming a chess master in anger, Liu Rong finally recovered from his long thoughts.

He lowered his head, put the coins scattered on the ground back into the money bag one by one, and then handed the money bag back to Li Zuo.

"Thank you sir for clarifying my doubts."

"I never thought that my father-in-law knew so much about what happened so many years ago?"

He took his money bag with a smile, and was about to return the gift when he heard Liu Rong's seemingly unintentional test, and the official's raised hand froze immediately;
After a while, the official bowed to Liu Rong with a smile.

"I am not very talented, but fortunately I was informed by the late emperor and appointed as the Metallurgical Supervisor of the Shaofu, in charge of coining money." "Deng Tong has been casting money in Shu County for many years. I followed the order of the late emperor, and I can be regarded as working together with Deng Tong... …”

Just these words immediately caused Liu Rong's pupils to shrink, and his face, which was still slightly tense, subconsciously showed a gentle smile.

Secretly, Liu Rong's brain was working rapidly, and he was quickly refining the metallurgical supervisory order in front of him, which was insignificant in appearance but actually had a lot of background.

The Shaofu, as the ninth minister, is in charge of the Shaofu Order. The official full name is: Shaofu Craftsman is the minister, with a rank of two thousand stones.

And because of its huge industrial scale, there are six deputies under him, saying: There are six prime ministers in the Shaofu, each with a rank of thousands of stones.

Among the departments under the Shaofu's jurisdiction, the Metallurgical Supervisor is the most important and the most sensitive. Its chief officer: the Metallurgical Supervisor, is at the level of Bi Qianshi.

He is only half a level lower than Qian Shi, the Sixth Chancellor of the Shaofu, which means that as long as he is promoted, he will be at least the Chief of the Shaofu, that is, the adjutant of Jiuqing!
And such a person, especially a Qianshi-level official who had "worked with" Deng Tong, was sent by Cen Mai to accompany Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor...

"After Mr. Qin returned, did he say a lot of flattering words to Mr. Cen?"

Pretending to be a casual question, the metallurgical supervisor only raised his head with a smile. He did not rush to answer, but raised his hands again.

"My dear, Zhang Yi."

"——Mr. Qin has shown the young master's drawings to the young master. He is even more impressed with the young master."

"I also heard that the young master met Deng Tong outside the gate of Chang'an City a few days ago, so the government official sent me here..."

Hearing this, Liu Rong responded with a smile, but in his heart he said, "Sure enough, it is so."

No wonder Cen Mai was so happy this time. He found a tile kiln when he asked for it, and even sent a high-ranking official like the Metallurgical Supervisor to accompany him!
The co-authorship was for Old Craftsman Qin, those drawings and the chainmail armor, which moved Cen Mai, the 'loyal elder', to his heart?

"After all, this is the Young Mansion. If you don't see the rabbit, you won't let go of the hawk..."

"With today's friendship, I'm afraid I won't be able to shirk what kind of weapons the Metallurgical Supervisor wants to build in the future."

After secretly complaining, Liu Rong simply stopped thinking about anything else and went straight to the point.

"Since I was sent by the Young Master, does Zhang Jianling already know what I am going to do?"

Then Zhang Yi nodded again: "Although I don't know much about it, I heard Duke Qin mention that this time, the young master wants to open up another way of making money for my young manor."

After saying that, Zhang Yi looked at Liu Rong with bright eyes, and occasionally glanced at the folds of Liu Rong's chest, as if expecting Liu Rong to take out some weird drawings again.

Under Zhang Yi's expectant gaze, Liu Rong did take out a piece of silk cloth from his arms, but did not hand it over.

"This time, the things I want to make are related to pottery and tiles."

"Even if Zhang Jianling has his heart, is he afraid that he has to specialize in the art?"

The Shaofu Metallurgical Supervisor was responsible for metal smelting, coin casting and other matters, and had nothing to do with the porcelain Liu Rong wanted to make.

But Zhang Yi didn't feel disappointed because of this. He just nodded slightly with an expression of "It's true", then raised his hand sideways and made a "please" gesture towards the brick kiln not far away.

"When I learned that the young master needed a tile kiln, the government officials also made a rough guess. A craftsman has been waiting for him for a long time."

"Master, please."

(End of this chapter)