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Chapter 442 The money is gone

But the three of them were not stupid. After leaving, they discussed for a while.Thinking about Wang Hua's predictions before, Wei Yuanzhong made a rough estimate, and sighed: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

Your Majesty didn't dare to say anything.

The next day it was reported that Lao Wei was ill. He had been ill for several days and didn't get up. Then Lao Wei went to the table and said that the minister was old and approached the age of seventy.The minister really wants to serve His Majesty, but his health is failing.Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to allow the minister to retire.

To be honest, Li Xian was really reluctant.Among all the ministers, especially in Wu Zetian's later years, Lao Wei was a firm member of the crown prince's faction, that is, his faction of ministers.The imperial edict disagreed and asked the imperial doctor to visit Weifu.

When the imperial doctor came, Lao Wei was lying in bed and couldn't get up. After the imperial doctor saw it, he was very puzzled. He was in good health, why couldn't Lao Wei even get out of bed?Can you get up?Did you see Zhang Jianzhi?Not to mention his own tragic death, even his family suffered the crimes behind him.We're all old, so there's nothing to argue about.

After the imperial doctor went back, he had no choice but to report that the illness was not serious, but just old and weak.

As soon as the report was finished, Lao Wei went up again and said that the minister was too old to serve His Majesty.I am even more afraid of dereliction of duty, so please allow me to be an official, so that the whole monarch and ministers will be a good story.The table said very sadly.Because Wang Hua sent an express letter from Lingnan, repeatedly urging him to retire immediately, even if he was kneeling or crawling.

In fact, Wang Hua had already learned through the informant that along with Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing, Zhou Yong, who was afraid that Wang Hua would cause trouble in Lingnan, was immediately transferred back to the capital, and was used again.It's just that the official position is relatively small, and the remnant party left by Wu Sansi has regained momentum, but this time the object of allegiance has become Webster.

When dealing with Wu Sansi back then, the most powerful person was Lao Wei first, Da Song second, and himself third.I am in Lingnan, beyond my reach.So put the target on Old Wei.However, food prices were not stable at that time, so I didn't dare to take on this burden, so I forbear it.

And Wang Hua also needed Lao Wei to speak fairly, otherwise the court would not release food.So they were not reminded.Now that the grain price has stabilized, Li Hong also told Li Xian that the third batch of grain will arrive in spring.Without the burden, after New Year's Day, Zong Chuke and others will definitely do something.

Li Xian still refused, but at this time Zong Chuke asked Yushi Zhongcheng Yao Tingyun to say in the morning court: "I heard rumors in the market that the crown prince was rescued by Wei Xianggong and others. Otherwise, others would not have such great ability to rescue the crown prince from the court." They were rescued under the siege of thousands of troops. Moreover, the ministers were puzzled all the time. When the emperor gathered the heroes of the country and turned against him, Taizong ignored the pleas of the ministers and cut him off with tears. Afterwards, Yiai, Xue Wanche (both concubines), and King You of Qi Rebellion, even though he is a relative, he follows the law of the country. Yuan Zhonggong is not as good as the monarch, and he is not a relative of the country. His son participated in the rebellion of the crown prince, and he is rebellious. But there are cronies who rescue him with excuses to confuse the saints. Your Majesty is benevolent, I want to cover up my mistakes. But the crown prince has not been found so far, and the folk rumors are probably groundless. The reason why I rebelled against Lin Lin and confessed to the holy will is because it has something to do with the clan. Please put Yuan Zhong in prison and ask the whereabouts of the crown prince."

Li Xian was a little moved, Li Chongjun didn't know whether he was dead or not, which made him feel uneasy all the time, but he still said: "I have my own discretion, Yao Qing, don't mention this matter again."

After Wei Yuanzhong heard this, he was very frightened, and immediately went to the resignation table, saying that Nizi didn't know what to do, and that the crown prince ordered people to coerce him. Many people in Luoyang saw it with their own eyes.But the minister is also incapable of discipline, please be lenient.In addition, please let your majesty let the minister be benevolent, so as to make the whole body.

Li Xian ordered someone to reply, saying that Wei Qing is at ease, I will not listen to slander.

Old Wei became even more anxious, you said don't worry, I don't worry.These people don't want to kill me, isn't it because I have an official position?If you don't want an official position, you will be stable.

Immediately wrote the fourth memorial.

But Li Xian did not agree, but seeing that Li Xian refused to let him go, Yuan Shouyi once again issued a petition to impeach him: "Chongjun is His Majesty's own son, especially Zhaoxian. Yuan Zhong is neither a honor nor a relative, so why did He miss the punishment?"

The book is not reported, and the Queen Mother was in Sanyang Palace in the past. Di Renjie asked His Majesty to supervise the country, but Yuan Zhongmi thought it was impossible.This is Yuan Zhonghuai against the sun for a long time, please punish him severely.

Old Wei became anxious when he heard that, thinking to the emperor, don't these people just see that I have some power in their hands?Why don't you let go?So he wrote a letter saying that although the minister has been in power for a long time, although he has not made great achievements, he was lucky enough to be loyal to the emperor and the country, but he just gave birth to a rebellious son who did not know good or bad.The minister hates it, so I implore your majesty to allow the minister to make up for the mistakes, and allow the minister to serve as an official, so that he can live in his old age.

Not even an excuse.But the memorial said it was even more sad.

Li Xian suddenly realized something, and said to Yang Zaisi: "What Yuan Shouyi said is true. From what I think, people, ministers and masters must be of one mind. Is there a master who has a minor illness and asks the prince to be a governor? This is the case. Renjie cultivated personal favors, and Yuanzhong was not seen as wrong. Shouyi is using the past to trap Yuanzhong."

Yuan Shouyi was so frightened that he dared not speak.

But as soon as Yuan Shou stopped, Zong Chuke asked Ran Zuyong to play again. Yuan Zhongzi's participation in the prince's rebellion was unintentional, and it was also a crime of treason.The crime is that the clan connects the nine clans. Even if His Majesty loves Yuan Zhong, he must report to the public to enforce the law. Otherwise, there will be more people in the world who will not fear the king's law and seek changes at every turn. The country will be safe?Moreover, the prince's whereabouts are still unknown.The first task should be to put Wei Yuanzhong in prison and ask the whereabouts of the prince.

Yang Zaisi and Li Qiao echoed at the same time.

When Li Chongjun was mentioned, Li Xian was moved again. Fortunately, Wei Yuanzhong submitted five resignations, otherwise Wei Yuanzhong would really be sent to prison.So he demoted Lao Wei to Sima of Quzhou.

Wei Yuanzhong became even more anxious when he heard that, God knows whether Zhang Jianzhi died of illness on the road or was killed by someone else, can this demotion come back alive?So I wrote a letter saying, "I am so sick that I can't even walk. I implore Your Majesty to let me retire, but Your Majesty refuses. Let me go to Quzhou now. With this body, how can I reach Lizidao?"It's better for your Majesty to give the minister to death, so as not to die of illness on the way.If your majesty seeks full merit, no imperial decree is required, as long as your majesty approves, the minister commits suicide in the mansion.Some villains say that the minister has an objection. In the past, the minister was relegated to Gaoyao for the empress dowager. Why?Perhaps His Majesty may read this kind of affection and allow the minister to die of old age in the capital safely.

After Li Xian saw it, he felt some sadness in his heart, and thought of all kinds of things about Wei Yuanzhong in the past.Finally agreed to Wei Yuanzhong to become an official.

Wei Yuanzhong retired, Zong Chuke and others also rested.Old Wei was in a cold sweat from fright, thinking that it was dangerous, if Wang Hua hadn't reminded him early, he might have died this time without knowing how, and he would still be imprisoned.

Seeing Lao Wei like this, Comrade Da Song was also anxious.Therefore, Qinzhou was mentioned intentionally or unintentionally in the morning court.Then he said: "I don't know, Your Majesty, after the two roads are repaired in the future, will the governor be called back?"

"Of course." Li Xian was curious. Could it be that Wang Hua was really the governor of Qinzhou for the rest of his life?

"Your Majesty, who do you plan to send to take over Qinzhou affairs?"

Li Xian was at a loss, although he said that Wang Hua would be recalled sooner or later, but the two ways had not been repaired, and it was still very early before the recall, how would he know who to ask to take over.

"Your Majesty, if there is no suitable candidate, all the ministers are willing to go."

Huh?How did Lingnan become a sweet pastry?Li Xian said: "Song Shilang, it's too early to return from Wang Qing. We will discuss this matter later."

Da Song didn't speak any more, and turned to look at some people, which meant that I was planning to leave the capital, so please don't bother me.

But someone swims against the current.

After Zhou Yong came back, he didn't dare to let him take up a higher official position, but only supervised the censor.But no one dared to underestimate him. He killed the five kings and nothing happened. This was obviously Wei Shi's protection, and those who dared to find him felt uncomfortable.

One day when he came back from court, two people on the road were holding a jar in their hands. They were in a hurry when they saw his carriage coming, but they couldn't dodge it. The jar fell down and startled the horse.Zhou Li's coachman was annoyed and whipped a man's body with a horsewhip.

But the two were unconvinced and contradicted each other.

As a result, Zhou Yong's servants punched and kicked him, and knocked him to the ground in a short while, without knowing the personnel.

The two ordinary people collided with Zhou Yong, and the beating was in vain. Zhou Yong didn't take it to heart and went back to the mansion.

But the next day, Li Hong hugged her daughter and asked the servants of the Wang family to carry the two big men to the front of the palace. Without the emperor's order, she could not enter the palace.But she didn't intend to enter either, and she shouted loudly in front of the palace: "When will Zhou Liyi be given to death, and Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing will serve as the county captains of Anjing and Lingshan counties, and when will the servants return to Chang'an."

Serving as the county lieutenant of the two counties of Anjing and Lingshan is called serving as a demotion, and it happens to be Wang Hua's subordinates, so it is better to let them die earlier.But what does it have to do with her return to Chang'an?
When everyone was confused and didn't know whether to report to Li Xian, Li Hong got into the carriage and left Chang'an.

In the end, Li Xian and Wei Shi were a little displeased when they heard it. Is this clearly a threat?But looking at Wang Hua's merits, he forbears and doesn't care about it.

In the early morning of the next day, many ministers impeached this matter, Zhang said that he was a little angry, but when they finished speaking, he said loudly: "Everyone, take a look behind your body, is there anything that Wang Hua can grasp?"

With just one sound, more than half of the ministers shrank their heads in fright, and even Zong Chuke didn't say a word.

Zhou Yong was also scared. This time Wang Hua came back with great achievements, and the country also counted on his family's 3000 million shi of grain every year, which he couldn't pull.So he knelt down and cried, and Li Xian comforted him, but he also asked him to write to Li Hong immediately to apologize.

You can overthrow Lao Wei, but you can't overthrow Wang Hua.With Wang Hua here, it was a reassurance that any major incident would be resolved immediately.And Wang Hua is good, he is not greedy for power, he will be released as soon as he says, and he has gone to Lingnan for the sake of the Tang Dynasty.did you see?When a large area is reclaimed, a grain-producing area will appear immediately.

Zhou used to write the letter immediately, but when Li Hong received the letter on the way, he burned it without reading it.

So a group of people conspired against Wang Hua again.But it's not easy to plan. Now that everyone has arrived in Qinzhou, where are they going?Could it be that Wang Hua rescued Li Chongjun, isn't that bullshit?
But they don't have to think about it.A big event finally surfaced.

Less money, but not all at once.The market also has an automatic adjustment process.People who buy things are easy to say, but people who sell things are difficult.If there is a sale, there must be a purchase, and the market continues to rotate.But due to the lack of money, the goods began to backlog, and the price automatically fell.Even Qinzhou was affected. Fortunately, the transformation was timely. The population in Qinzhou is now mainly agricultural, and the infrastructure construction is in the ascendant, and there are no major mistakes.However, it was impossible for other places in the Tang Dynasty to build as crazy as Qinzhou.

Commodity prices fell, but buyers took a wait-and-see attitude.Some shrewd people began to react, but they didn't think about the issue of copper coins. They thought that the price of silk had risen, and some people hoarded it, so there was not enough money.But the depreciation of goods means that the price of copper coins increases.So some people began to hoard copper coins.

But big deals still have to go on.At this time, a flying money list appeared among the people, which is a ranking list of the reliability of flying money.The first is the imperial court’s flying money. The reason given is that the imperial court’s taxation increased last year and there are a lot of copper coins in the treasury.The reason for not supporting it is that the imperial court mainly wanted to use flying money from the local area to transfer copper coins to the capital, so it was troublesome to cash them in places outside the capital.The second is the flying money issued by eighteen families. Although it is said that a huge amount of grain has been suppressed, the price of grain will always rise. The imperial court released 500 million shi of grain, and it has not been replenished until now.Therefore, the prospects are promising, and among the eighteen families, thirteen families are the top families in the Tang Dynasty, and there are six of the ten families with seven surnames.Even if they hoard a large amount of food, they also have a lot of wealth in their hands.Therefore, it is ranked second.And it is emphasized that now because no one is willing to trade with raw silk, only these two Feiqian are the most reliable.Then list the other eight, each with their own reasons.

As soon as this list came out, Eighteen Flying Money immediately became a hot commodity.However, these 210 companies were very careful and did not dare to send out much flying money.But they persisted for a while, forcing them to issue flying money, because Wang Hua's second batch of grain, [-] million shi, arrived in Luoyang again, and the grain price still did not come down.But their shops still need to do business, and a few families with less wealth need more money to repay the loan, so they issued a sum of flying money.Still nothing happened, because of the lack of money in circulation, the money of the Eighteen Families was being circulated as banknotes, and few people cashed them.

After investigating and discovering this situation, I became more courageous, so I sent out another batch of flying money.With the issuance of this batch of flying money, the capital of eighteen companies has been circulated.But the whole city is walking on eggshells, prices are falling day by day, some workshops have begun to close down, and some workshops have lowered wages for workers.

On the contrary, because of the [-] reliable news agencies, with flying money as capital, business is like a fish in water, and even used bad checks to eat up many workshops that they used to be jealous of.It's cheap, and now I bought the former good workshop at a price of [-]% to [-]% to [-]%.

With the sweetness, he became more courageous and issued the fourth batch of Feiqian.

However, after the batch of flying money was sent out, the situation changed immediately.Wang Hua's fourth batch of grain arrived in Suzhou, but rumors spread. This time it was not 100 million taels of grain, but a full 300 million shi of grain, and the workers on board also let out rumors that because the transaction was good, there would be an additional one. In batches, there may be no less than 300 million shi, which will be shipped to the capital before the summer harvest.

After the news came out, everyone knew that food prices would not increase this year.So the Feiqian list changed again, and the eighteen companies fell out of the top ten. The reason given was that Wang Hua did not break his promise, and the price of food would not increase in a few years.Moreover, the eighteen companies were not greedy enough to issue the fourth batch of an astonishing amount of Feiqian. If they were ranked on the list, the eighteen companies could only rank last.

When the list came out, all the merchants were still in shock, and immediately cashed out the flying money they held in their hands.But even after all the money from the eighteen houses was exchanged, they couldn't cash it out, and the shops couldn't get the money out, so panic arose.Together they went to eighteen shops to ask for money.

But seeing that the situation was not good, the eighteen companies quickly sealed off all the shops.Reasonable, is this a reasonable society?How powerful is the Eighteen Families?One by one businessman wants to cry but has no tears.

As soon as the eighteen Feiqian was poured, the entire market crashed to the ground.

The frightened bird dared not even hold the flying money of the imperial court, and the cash became even tighter, so the workshop closed down, the market was deserted, and there was hardly a single loading ship in the Luoshui of the Grand Canal.

This time Li Xian knew what it means to have no money.

Li Xian immediately found Li Gu'er, and said sharply, "What did that little concubine Wang Hua say to you?"

"Just say that the money is gone, father, it's not like you don't know."

"What else?" This time the matter is serious, and the food crisis may be even worse than last year.Although he loves her dearly, Li Xian's tone became more severe.

"Father, I don't know much. I only heard from Li Hong that the main reason for this situation is that the price of raw silk has risen, so ordinary people are unwilling to trade raw silk. And the price of cotton cloth is falling every year, and the merchants are not willing to buy it. They are willing to accept cotton cloth. There is also rising food prices, commodity prices are also rising, and the depreciation of copper coins, some even use copper coins to cast copper wares for sale. But the country has limited copper, so there is no money."

Knowing the reason, but not the solution, Li Xian continued to ask: "What else?"

"Actually, as long as you know the root of the problem, you can solve it. Just take this opportunity to order the prefectures and counties to forcibly plant grain. Otherwise, if Wang Erlang cannot purchase grain, what will he do? Then he will forcefully plant mulberry. With enough raw silk , can echo with the copper coins, and the problem of money will be solved. With food, the price will be stable, and the copper coins will get their due value, so the common people are willing to trade with copper coins. And the father, stop building the Buddha, Save money and use copper. Money will appear. Also, in normal times, even the imperial court would not be able to enforce it because too many interests are involved, so I just took this opportunity to remove the biggest hidden danger.”

It's a way, but the mulberry has been cut long ago, and it will take several years until it grows up. Can it wait that long?
"anything else?"

"Also, Li Hong doesn't know, and I don't know either. It seems that Li Hong said that the problem is not too big. It's in the kit."

By the way, the second tip, Li Xian immediately sent someone to go to Luoyang on a fast horse to meet Li Hong.

But people from the Wang family said that Li Hong had disappeared, and they didn't know where he was.

The imperial envoy had no choice but to return.

Li Xian knew that Li Hong was evading on purpose, but so what?

Immediately summoned all the ministers and repeated what Li Baoer said, which made sense.So the three provinces and six ministries took out the account books from all over the country, and counted the figures, and asked the states to allocate grain and mulberry hemp to reduce cotton planting, even if it was the Wei family's fields, it must be completed according to the task.Otherwise, severe fines will be imposed.

The imperial edicts were issued one after another, and even Li Xian didn't rest. He stayed up all night, and when the edicts were issued, Li Xian asked, "Dear dear ministers, is there a way to solve this matter immediately?"

Solve it now?How to deal with it?Is it possible to release the copper coins in the treasury?Let it go, how to let it go?The state came to buy land and shops?What did that become?
Just let it go, is the money enough?Ninety percent out of ten is still not enough.

Li Xian was very disappointed, looked at everyone and asked, "Don't you all have a solution?"

Zong Chuke hesitated for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"It's hard to think of a way out, so let me wait until Sang Ma grows up in three years?"

Song Jing didn't want to care about this matter at first, but his character is like this, and he couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, I once met Wang Hua's concubine, it seems that Wang Hua had expected this matter. And judging from Li Hong's tone, Wang Hua also has a solution."

It's okay if I don't say anything, but when Li Xian said it, he snorted angrily, how could I not know that Wang Hua had nothing to do.But Wang Hua had to think about everything alone. What if Wang Hua made a mistake?Last year it was food, this year it was money, and next year what will it be?How hard it is for me to be the emperor!
After humming, he said: "Song Shilang, if Wang Hua has to worry about everything, what do I support you ministers for? Why don't you let you go home and farm together, leaving only Wang Hua in the court, wouldn't I reduce countless expenses every year? , used on the common people, can save more poor people. Let me think about it slowly, when will I figure it out, and when will I leave. "

After finishing speaking, he ordered the soldiers to close the door of the main hall, imprisoned the minister inside, and ran to the side, sulking.

He had stayed up all day and all night, but now he didn't even have a glass of water, and more than 200 ministers sat in the hall dumbstruck.

It's not that serious, the capital market will automatically adjust, and once oppressed to a certain point, it will also barter. In fact, the people have begun to use this method of exchange.Another example is that the price of goods has shrunk to a certain extent, such as the price of cotton cloth falling below [-] Wen per foot, which will be considered a reasonable price by the people.Then cotton cloth will become the mainstream and be traded as currency.But the first few months are the most chaotic, and once a commodity economy with barter as the mainstream appears, it will also be a regression of business.

But as long as there is food, the country will not perish. After all, the entire society now exists as a small-scale peasant economy.However, those craftsmen and workshop owners will definitely be displaced or go bankrupt.In the Tang Dynasty, there were turmoil many times because of the copper coins, and many people died every time.But he survived.Especially after the Anshi Rebellion, they survived quite a bit, but every time they brought serious trauma to the country.

But everyone didn't know much about this, even if a few did understand, they dared not say to Li Xian: "Your Majesty, the problem is not serious, and it will only be a year of turmoil. When the time comes, the country's economy will regress, but it will be stable."

Therefore, they couldn't think of a way to close it for ten days.

When it was dark the next day, Li Xian opened the door of the main hall. It was a bit unbearable to see, and the smell of sweat and saliva came out.The appearance of the ministers was even more miserable, some looked tired, some were yawning, and some were nodding their heads and dozing off.

Li Xian asked: "Have you figured out a way?"

One is silent.

Li Xian was so angry that he held back his anger and told the story of the two kits when Wang Hua was leaving last year.In fact, I regret it a little bit. If I knew this, why put him in Lingnan.

The ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, this is too amazing, even better than the fucking Zhuge Liang.

After Li Xian finished speaking, he scanned Zhou Li, Ji Chuna and Zong Jinqing.

(End of this chapter)