Compete for the Song Dynasty

There is really an important matter for the king to handle, and Libo is also the most suitable candidate: "You go to Korea this time, take my message there! I will go to Yongzhou soon, there are seven slopes in the south of this place. Hills, with Fenghuang Mountain in the west and Qingxiu Mountain in the east; the Youjiang River comes from the northwest, the Zuojiang River comes from the southwest, and the Liangfeng River comes from the south, and it is close to the Pacific Ocean. I want to build a port here and trade with other countries. Koryo is also my One of them to be developed is far from Yongzhou, but the conditions are ripe."

ah!Xie Libo's scalp got bigger after hearing this, Wang Pang, what is he going to do: "My lord, what is a port? What is trade? Aren't you going to govern Yongzhou? How do you start a business?"

Seeing his stupid look, Wang Pang smiled and said, "Governance also needs to use taels of silver. Besides, I went here for an experiment. If the improvement of the system cooperates with the development of the economy, it will be a two-pronged approach. This port trade , To put it bluntly, it is to establish a market along the coast.”

Xie Libo seemed to understand: "Okay! I know that Koreans like our gold, silver, lacquer, Sichuan brocade, Zhejiang silk, coins, etc. most. Goryeo produces ginseng, sulfur, and medicinal materials. So Many things can be exchanged, and the market will definitely become popular! However, the imperial court does not prohibit private operation”

Wang Pang snorted coldly, not only the Koreans like things from the Song Dynasty, but people from all over the world like them, especially coins.What Wang Pang has to do is to control the circulation of coins. This is trivial to say, but the key point is that copper coins were an important item in the foreign trade export commodities of the Song Dynasty. Although the "government" prohibited the outflow of copper coins, this phenomenon In the end of the Song Dynasty, it was still banned repeatedly.The outflow of copper coins was very serious, which exacerbated problems such as money shortage (shortage of copper coins) and price inflation, which aroused great attention from the court and the public in the Song Dynasty.The Song "government" promulgated one ban after another, but because copper coins are loved by overseas countries and the trade profits are extremely high, it is still impossible to stop the outflow of copper coins. [

"Hmph, exchange? Brother He, what I want to do is not to exchange goods. The Koreans buy our things with our silver bills. Of course, they can also use gold and silver, as long as they are willing."

"Use silver bills? How can they have our silver bills?" Xie Libo couldn't help asking, "We need to set up a bank first, um, it's a hinge shop, where they can exchange gold, silver and copper coins for silver bills, and The people of Yongzhou and these merchants can deposit money in the bank, not only can there be no fees, but also can get interest. This is complicated to say, let’s not talk about this for now. Let’s talk about Korea and us buying and selling goods. Do you still remember, when we were helping Koryo to have sex, at that time Koryo asked Liao to borrow money, and I asked them to issue food stamps as a proof of fundraising?"

"Remember! I was still wondering what you were doing with so many of these things in your hand at the time."

"Now this thing is useful. If you go and spread the word this time, Korea's food coupons can be directly exchanged for our silver coupons."

Xie Libo couldn't understand after hearing this: "My lord, won't you have more and more Korean food stamps in your hand?"

They were talking, and a woman's voice beside them chuckled: "You don't find a hidden place to discuss conspiracy and tricks."

It was Li Enxi who spoke, she saw Wang Pang and Xie Libo talking in the corridor, and wanted to come over to say hello, but unexpectedly heard Wang Pang's plan.Wang Pang knew that although Li Enxi was from Korea, he had the Han Chinese virtue of marrying a chicken as a chicken and a dog as a dog. He didn't shy away from Li Enxi.

Seeing that it was his wife, Xie Libo shook his head: "My lady, how is this a conspiracy?"

Li Enxi smiled: "You idiot, everyone in Korea knows that food stamps can be used in Yongzhou, why don't they all exchange them for food stamps, then the food stamps are naturally worth more than our current currency, and the food stamps in your hand can be exchanged from Korea Gold, silver and more valuable things. This is still a trivial matter, not to mention that once the food stamps are in circulation, they may replace my Korean coins. Then all my Korean money will not be in the hands of the young master."

Wang listened and laughed: "Miss Li is really smart, but this is not a conspiracy, this is a conspiracy! Yangmou doesn't shy away from the world, so why should I shy away from my own people?"

Xie Libo and Li Enxi heard that Wang Pang referred to themselves as his own people, looked at each other and smiled, and Xie Libo said: "Then I will go to Korea and take the first batch of Koreans to Yongzhou."

Wang Pang cupped his hands and said to Li Enxi: "Miss Li, I will teach you a set of arithmetic and writing of Arabic numerals. The chief financial officer of our family will have to worry about Miss Li in the future. In addition, since you have already told me what I think, then Please, Ms. Li, do the math, when and how we can adjust the exchange rate will be more beneficial to us."

Xie Libo smiled awkwardly: "Lady, please help our brother..."

Li Enxi glared at him: "Why? Help our brothers bully us Koreans?"

Wang Pang laughed loudly: "Miss Li, I don't think you are from Korea. I only know that you are my eldest brother's wife. Even if you are from Korea, I will do no harm to Korea, or I can help Korea. Pay off the debts of the Liao Kingdom as soon as possible. Could it be that Miss Li will spoil this matter?" Li Enxi tilted her head to think about it, and what Wang Pang said was quite reasonable.

After arranging the couple, Wang returned to the study.Before I could sit still, I heard the servant report that Ouyang Xiu came.In order to solve the problem of burning coal in the capital, Wang Bang and Ouyang Xiu have become good friends under the leadership of Cai Ting. The drunkard came so soon, did he come to congratulate himself?Since Wang Pang returned to the capital with Prince Zhao Xu and was named the Prince's Taibao, he had to stay with the prince in the East Palace all day long.Few officials other than the prime minister can enter the palace, so the king has not seen Ouyang Xiu for some days.

The reason why Ouyang Xiu came to Wang Pang was that he had something important to do.The emperor still didn't go to the palace this morning, only the prime minister proclaimed a few decrees on his behalf, but as Han Qi expected, the memorial for the appointment of monks was indeed in trouble.Since Na Yan had passed the assessment by the Ministry of Education, and suddenly replaced him with someone else, the Ministry of Education must intervene.But who wrote this memorial?The officials in the hall looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one admitted that they did it.

Ouyang Xiu wanted to ask the prime minister, once he retreated from the court, two prime ministers had faster legs and feet than anyone else, and they couldn't find anyone to meet the holy majesty.He thought for a long time, and the only one who could see the emperor was Wang Pang.When Ouyang Xiu came to Wang Pang's mansion, he saw that the front door had been replaced by Zhennan Wang's mansion. He knew that Wang Pang was now Zhennan Wang, and he would leave the capital soon.He thought to himself, no matter what, he had to let Wang Pang finish this matter before he left.Therefore, when he saw the king standing at the door of the study to welcome him, the first thing he said when he came up: "King Zhennan, I'm looking for something for you again, you have to finish it before leaving!"

Wang Pang let Ouyang Xiu into the study, and said with a smile: "I said drunken man, I thought you came to congratulate me, why did you come to give me a farewell party before I said to go?!" Ouyang Xiu also said this Laughed. [

The two entered the study room and sat down at a square table. The servant girl poured tea, and Wang Pang waved her hand to signal her to leave. After the room attendant left, Ouyang Xiu said, "My lord is very busy now. Fortunately, I inquired about you today." I didn't go to the East Palace, otherwise I'm afraid I don't know when I will find you?!"

Wang Pang usually hears people calling him son, and Wang Shilang is used to hearing it, but now he has just gotten used to the title of Wang Taibao, and suddenly he was startled when he saw Wang Ye.But he immediately understood, Ouyang Xiu said that the prince was talking about himself, a person like himself who had drifted with the crowd for several years in the Song Dynasty, turned out to be the prince.He didn't dare to put on airs while feeling emotional: "Mr. Ouyang came here today, what do you want me to do for you?!"

"Hey!" Ouyang Xiu waved his hand: "I came to you to ask for your help, but what I do is not only my business, but also your business here!"

"I have something to do?"

"Do you still remember, when Emperor Renzong was in power, that Monk Nayan who was granted Dudish?"

"Of course I remember!" Others may not know about it, but Monk Nayan is Tong Guan's biological father, and his layman's name is Tong Zhong, why doesn't Wang Pang remember it?

Ouyang Xiu put down the tea in his hand and said, "Na Yan has passed the assessment of the Ministry of Education, and he is a substitute for the vacancy of a monk official. But for some reason, it is not him who was appointed a monk official by the Holy Majesty!"

Wang Pang recalled that there was indeed such a thing in the imperial decree that the prime minister wanted to draw up in the palace yesterday. At that time, the emperor sealed it with the monk Qingfu of Baoxiangyuan: "Since this matter is the emperor's imperial decree, there must be other reasons. It's just this acceptance , you also know that he has some relationship with me, I am afraid that if I go to give a lecture on this matter, there will be criticism. What's more, based on my understanding of Nayan, that person only concentrates on worshiping the Buddha, and the monks seem to be concerned about whether they can be this monk. It's very light."

Ouyang Xiu said: "I came to you not because I had to ask Na Yan to be the official monk, but because the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty didn't know who wrote the memorial. This is quite new."

"Oh?!" This matter is easy to handle, but it is not easy to handle.Ordinarily, just ask the emperor to know, but who dares to ask?Besides, even if someone asks, the emperor has nothing to do if he doesn't tell anyone.

Seeing Wang Pang raised his eyebrows slightly, Ouyang Xiu said: "Don't say you can't investigate this matter, anyway, I know there is nothing you can't investigate; the one who can go to the emperor and still have a memorial, could it be you?" He looked at the king suspiciously.

Wang Pang chuckled: "Where are you going? How could I handle this matter. But I am not the only one who can get close to the emperor. There are dozens of courtiers in the palace, and any one of them can get close to the emperor. ..." Speaking of this, he remembered that when the prime minister asked about the memorial, the emperor pretended to ignore it, and Chen Chengli fed the "medicine" one mouthful at a time.

"Maybe what?" Ouyang Xiu asked after him.