The bad emperor of Tang Dynasty

"Brother Guo, drink tea,"

In an elegant courtyard, there are two grand master chairs, and a tea copper stove with boiling water on a stone table.

"Tsk tsk, yes, this green tea is bitter and slightly sweet, and it tastes really good,"

At this time, Guo Nuan leisurely picked up a cup of tea and tasted it. A mist of water rose up, watching the tea leaves boiled in the copper stove change from curly curls to tender green spring buds, and he was in a very relaxed mood.

Guo Nuan lamented that when people in ancient times drank tea, they not only tasted the taste, but also enjoyed the leisurely and elegant time in the process of brewing tea.

"By the way, Brother Wuqi, where did you lock that Tubo guard?"

Guo Nuan greedily took another sip of the tea in the porcelain cup, and he looked up at Wu Qi who was bearded and smiling lightly.

"Hehe, Yan Butou has caused me a lot of trouble this time. I didn't expect the arrester to catch the head of the Tubo princess. It's really hard to be her immediate boss,"

Fifth Qi pointed to the prisoner's interrogation room in the East Wing and continued: "No, just stay there. According to the crime of aggression, you have to be whipped twenty lashes. How can the police interrogate him all night?"

"Hehe, this time I can suffer from flesh and blood,"

Guo Nuan shrugged his shoulders. He felt a little sympathetic to this unarmed and skilled Tubo guard, but he was a little embarrassed that he was spared the flogging.

"Your Majesty Guo, don't think too much, and I'm not doing favoritism. According to the confession of the Tubo man, first he robbed your wine jar to stir up trouble, and you can be exempted from punishment," Fifth Qi realized Guo Nuan's worry, and he He explained with a light smile.

The fifth Qi in front of me is ten years older than Guo Nuan, who replaced Guo Nuan half a year ago as the current Jing Zhaoyin, so their personal relationship is not bad.

During the seven years of the Anshi Rebellion, when Guo Ziyi was the deputy marshal of Guannei, Fifth Qi served as the food envoy under Guo Ziyi's command and also served as the deputy marshal. This person is still very close to the Guo family.

Guo Nuan is the son of Fifth Qi's former boss. He has benefited from the care of Marshal Guo for many years, and he will definitely not have the intention of finding fault with Guo Nuan.

Regarding the brawl, the thoughtful Fifth Qi informed Guo Nuan that he would cover it up. Guo Nuan was relieved when he found out, otherwise the opponents in the DPRK and China would inevitably take the opportunity to make things difficult.

I haven't been back to Jingzhao Mansion for a long time, and now I have a chance. Guo Nuan has nothing to do today, and he is not in a hurry to go back because the night is dim. Fifth Qi is stationed in the government office, and there is a special living room for Chief Jing Zhaoyin in the office. Therefore, when I was free from business at night, Fifth Qi chatted with Guo Nuan in the courtyard under the bright moonlight with great interest, and talked about tea and affairs together.

Fifth Qi used to be the servant of the household department. Guo Nuan admired him very much. This person from the Tang Dynasty more than 1000 years ago actually used the so-called "theory of currency denominatorism". Qi has touched the threshold of modern economics.

Guo Nuan is an undergraduate who has majored in international economics in college, and the two share a common language in finance. During the tea making, they chatted about the topic, and they talked about it and then went around to the financial topic.

"Well, Brother Guo Xian doesn't know something. Di Mou's official career has been bumpy for more than [-] years, with ups and downs. Three years ago, he was falsely accused of accepting bribes and relegated to Yizhou. After staying in a remote village for a while, he was finally transferred back to the capital's household department and presided over the coin reform work. It also caused prices to soar, and in November, he was relegated to Zhongzhou governor again," Wu Qi continued, shaking his head mockingly:

"I thought that my official career would no longer have a smooth and bright day, but I didn't expect to return to Chang'an to take over the presidency of the Jingzhaoyin government office for you. It's really amazing."

"Brother Guo, I don't know something, I forgot to advise you," Fifth Qi asked Guo Nuan, leaning forward.

"Say," Guo Nuan made a gesture of letting go.

"In the past two years, the war ended, the national treasury was empty, and the output of copper mines across the country dropped sharply. I advocated casting a piece of copper as the value of fifty copper coins. Half a year later, the price of Chang'an rose sharply. Ten qian can buy a stone of corn. At that time, it rose to a maximum of 370 and five qen. The public was full of grievances. The original intention was to save the amount of copper in the national treasury, but it did not intend to cause a catastrophe. The disaster of the common people, the brother blames himself endlessly, "

Fifth Qi babbled about the regrets of the past, and now facing Guo Nuan, he just had someone to talk to.

It is said that when Guo Nuan was discussing state affairs in the DPRK and China, he occasionally broke out shocking words of modern economic theory. one of them.

"Well, it's inflation,"

Guo Nuan came up with a novel term in modern economics, which confused Fifth Qi, as if Monk Zhang Er was puzzled.

"May Mr. Guo explain in detail," Fifth Qi signaled Guo Nuan to continue.

Guo Nuan tried to explain clearly to Fifth Qi in popular words: "For example, a copper coin is clearly marked as ten coins, but the amount of copper contained in this copper coin is less than the weight of ten coins. This is clearly a jerry-built job. It will become insufficient, and the value will also depreciate. In the past, a copper coin with a full amount would have to be exchanged for two or more copper coins with an insufficient amount doped with base metals, and the price will naturally rise. "

Guo Nuan stumbled and explained in common language that Fifth Qi deserved to be a scholar with considerable accomplishments in the field of ancient feudal economy. After Lao Di tapped his fingers on the stone tabletop for a while, he suddenly realized that he was emphatic. nod.

Guo Nuan nodded and continued: "Coins have devalued and prices have soared. This is inflation. However, the direct cause is that the country's financial difficulties after the war led to a fiscal deficit of the Ministry of Finance. Although the minting of insufficient copper coins saves the amount of copper To alleviate the tightness of the national treasury, but the price keeps rising, and the goods in the people's homes become less and less valuable, which is equivalent to depriving the people of their property in disguise. In the long run, it will undoubtedly be detrimental to the national economy and the people's livelihood."

"Oh, Brother Guo's great opinion, this remark made my brother Mao Sai suddenly realize that in the future, he must speak to the emperor to explain the dangers of inflation."

Fifth Qi clapped his hands in admiration and said yes. After Guo Nuan's awakening on economics, he suddenly realized the huge harm involved, and his face instantly became extremely solemn.

The heavy topic about wealth came to an end for the time being. Fifth Qi cited Guo Nuan as his confidant. With a common topic, he excitedly brought the topic to poetry.

"Uh, please let me appreciate some poems, no, no, the first brother is too high on me, Guo Nuan has little talent and learning, how can I appreciate your masterpiece,"

When Fifth Qi excitedly took out his framed calligraphy, painting and poems from the wing room to Guo Nuan, Guo Nuan's face suddenly became extremely bitter. Guo Nuan knew how much ink was in his stomach. Fifth Qi, who is well-known for his financial management and work poetry, personally asked Guo Nuan for advice modestly.

"Hehe, is it possible that my old brother's poems can't catch your ears? Guo Bansong, a rookie who is well-known in the Chang'an poetry circle," when Wu Qi smiled and placed the luxuriously framed poems in front of Guo Nuan, Guo Nuan laughed and said that he dared not say no. dare.

"Uh, what about that, Brother Di, the "Send Qiu Langzhong" that you made..." Guo Nuan scratched his head and looked at the framed poems in a daze.

"What?" Guo Nuan really couldn't find an excuse to refuse the nonsense, looking at Fifth Qi whose eyes were shining brightly.

"Although Guo Cairen openly commented, I dare not show my humble works for everyone to observe and advise. I secretly thought that it would be difficult to enter the elegant hall. Now I meet brother Guo, a master of poetry. I can't bear to advise. I hope to hear good advice."

Fifth Qi once again questioned Guo Nuan with expectant eyes.

"Oh, Quack, that 'Hearing the broken geese on a cloudy day, sending people home at Yepu' is really very affectionate," Guo Nuan babbled nonchalantly.

"How affectionate,"

"Brother Wu Qi had a serious illness before, right?"

Guo Nuan got up from the stone bench. He took two steps back and glanced up and down. Although Wu Qi is in high spirits now, his complexion is still gloomy and sick. Guo Nuan is a little bit sure that this old man seems to be seriously ill. .

"Oh, what do you say, my brother did suffer from a serious illness before, and his life was on the verge of death. Fortunately, a quack pharmacist selflessly cured him with a secret recipe handed down from his ancestors. Every time I think of this kind-hearted doctor, I am very grateful. Now I am with my savior. I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, and my brother always misses the old man for a long time," Wu Qi sighed with a long sigh.

"Oh, that's right. Back then, it must have been the day when you bid farewell to this Jianghu Qiu Langzhong. It was raining and a row of geese floated over your head, right. You must have sighed a lot when you bid farewell to the savior, my brother is very capable." I understand how you feel, haha,"

Guo Nuan patted Wu Qi on the shoulder and laughed. Seeing Wu Qi's startled appearance, Guo Nuan was quite proud of herself. She didn't expect that she would be able to say Wu Qi after making a random comment. In my heart, "Quack, brother is really talented," someone thought to himself.

Fifth Qi's complexion formed an extremely tangled pimple. Unexpectedly, the two were talking about poetry with great interest. At the beginning, Guo Nuanyi's extremely high evaluation of "love is beyond ordinary people" made him very excited, but it took a long time to chat. It turned out that it was a chicken talking to a duck, and what the two said was completely nonsense.

"Hehe, Brother Guo was just joking. The friend mentioned in the poem "Send Qiu Langzhong" is just a colleague of my old brother who worked in the household department. His previous official positions at that time were household doctor, not quack doctor,"

"Ah," Guo Nuan was completely speechless. How could he describe his embarrassment in worldly language at this moment? It was in vain for Brother Fifth Qi to introduce himself as a literary confidant.

"Oh, let's go to the next one," Guo Nuan said in extreme embarrassment, he hurriedly changed the subject to another painting of Fifth Qi's poem.

"Look, the seven-character quatrains in "Send Liang Shiyu", quack, are really shocking."

"..." Fifth Qi reminded in a low voice, speechless and kindly: "Brother Guo, this is Liuyun,"

"Oh, sorry brother, one word is missing, yes, it is a six-character poem"

Guo Nuan coughed a few times; "Well, my brother's poems are so beautiful and beautiful like a fairy, unparalleled, every word is pearly, and the lines are elegant... Wait, it has a hint of coquettishness, Miaomiaomiao, It's really wonderful," Guo Nuan exclaimed in surprise, an exaggerated move that overwhelmed everyone.

Guo Nuan fiddled with the most profound and literary descriptive words in his stomach, and he finally uttered an extremely superb evaluation.

"Heavenly Immortal, elegant and slightly coquettish,"

Fifth Qi was excited for a while: "Brother Guo is really ashamed of his high-quality comments."

Wu Qi quoted a few excellent quatrains from later generations to Guo Nuan in exchange for a great name in the poetry world. He was undoubtedly highly respected in the dark, and he could get the great efforts of Guo Nuan, a rookie in the poetry world, the founder of new calligraphy, and the champion of the last scientific examination. The evaluation is extremely encouraging for Fifth Qi.

"Come, come, Brother Guo, don't go back to the house tonight, we will share a bed in Brother Wei's room, and we will talk until dawn,"

I don't know when, the night was dark and the moonlight was cold, Wu Qi was about to keep Guo Nuan to stay overnight, when suddenly several police officers rushed into the courtyard and reported:

"My lord, it's not good. There are a large number of thieves robbing the prison. Yan Butou is directing the scene to resist the obstruction. The Tubo man is about to be snatched away."