The fourth prince was so disappointed, now that the imperial court was short of copper, he hoped that Li Xingye could take this opportunity to let Xirong import copper.

From the middle of the Chen Dynasty, the Central Plains and Xirong countries traded, Xirong used gold and silver to exchange silk cloth, so the Central Plains began to use gold and silver as circulation, this silver is indeed more convenient than copper money, to the middle of the Wei Dynasty, the people use silver more and waste money.

However, soon the problem came, the Central Plains did not produce much silver, and in the late Wei Dynasty, large families hid silver in two warehouses. There is a shortage of silver in the world.

And the Wei Dynasty is to silver as a tax, the people pay taxes and have to exchange rice and cloth for silver, so the big families took the opportunity to raise the price of silver, originally a stone of rice and a tael of silver, to the last three stones only one tael, the people pay taxes at one time, the family is empty.

As for the silver taels that went to the treasury, they were to be given to the soldiers as salaries, and on the other hand, they had to buy food.

This large family first bought a large amount of grain with the silver in their treasury, and then sold the grain to the imperial court at a high price to earn back the silver.

In this way, the treasury is empty, and the people are miserable, but the great families benefit.

During the time of Emperor Wei Cheng, Emperor Wei Cheng was unwilling to be the king of the dead country, so he used the old method of losing evenly.

To put it simply, all localities do not donate equally, and for Wuliang Mansion in the rice warehouse, as well as Jiangzuo and other places, grain is directly collected. For Yi'an, who are good at producing silk cloth, they directly recruit cloth. For the prosperous areas of Yangju and the four provinces of Gyeonggi, money and silver are directly levied.

Emperor Wei Cheng's method was a very appropriate method for that time. The idea was very good, but at that time, Wei Ting was seriously corrupt, and the grain was collected, and the people and horses and vehicles had to be transferred from various places on the grounds that they would not be able to transport it. In addition to this, the people who deliver the food need to eat, and this ration has to be paralyzed on these people.

With such a deduction, the people feel that it is not as good as before, at least they don't have to toss so much.

Emperor Wei Cheng was also unable to manage such a chaos at that time, and in the end, he had no choice but to start asking the family to pay, hoping that the family could be in the same boat with the court.

There are many blessings to share, and there are few hardships to share, especially the major families in Hezuo, they are already flourishing, the big family has more than 1,000 people, and the small ones are hundreds, in addition to various taxes, there are more than 1,000 taels of silver, which undoubtedly digs their hearts.

Later, Emperor Yu Gao was able to get their support for this reason.

After the founding of the Yu Dynasty, the treasury was empty, and the silver was still in the hands of the major families.

In the first Yu Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden to cast bronze statues, and only gold could be used to cast them. In this way, the already small amount of copper will not be wasted again for no reason.

Second, encourage the private to dig and find copper mines, in addition to strictly prohibiting the private minting of money, the casting of bronze is not harmful.

Third, the silver tax was changed to grain, grain was put into the granary, and the cloth was put into the warehouse, so there was no need to turn over into Beijing. As for the supply of the capital, it came from the two rivers.

Fourth, all kinds of miscellaneous taxes are taxed in money, and there is no cashier.

Fifthly, the princes are rewarded, and silver cannot be used for money.

The sixth soldier was paid a salary, mainly money and food, and no longer used silver.

In addition to these six articles, the imperial court continued to exchange gold and silver for copper with Xirong, so that gold and silver lost the value of circulation, as long as the people did not use gold and silver, then what the family hid was not silver, but a pile of stones.

After six years, the family took out gold and silver, and there were three kinds of gold, silver and copper circulating on the market, and the economy of the Yu Dynasty also prospered.

After returning to power, Emperor Wen also insisted on erasing gold and silver and fully supporting copper coins. Compared with gold and silver, there is still a lot more copper in the Central Plains.

At first, Xirong was very happy, one pound of gold could be exchanged for one hundred and two pounds of copper, but slowly, it could only be exchanged for one hundred pounds, and later it could only be exchanged for more than eighty pounds.

For eighty catties, the Yu Dynasty has already suffered a little, after all, the Yu Dynasty minted three baht coins, eight dollars is one tael, and one hundred and twenty-eight dollars is one catty. In terms of the loss of casting, one pound of copper is also a hundred dollars, ten catties are consistent, worth one tael of silver, and five taels of silver are converted into three taels of gold, and one catty of gold is fifteen taels of silver, that is, one hundred and fifty catties of copper.

If it weren't for the Yu Dynasty's insistence on abolishing gold and silver, it would naturally be reluctant to do so.

When the four princes were negotiating with Li Xingye, they told Li Xingye that they would pay back the money on the spot. To exaggerate the gold-copper ratio as much as possible, it is best that the Yu Dynasty does not lose money. If the West is really unwilling, then the Yu Dynasty can suffer a little, after all, the Yu Dynasty does not need to go thousands of miles to change, Xirong merchants will encounter the copper in Lingzhou City, Lingzhou City will directly melt the city copper coins, and the water transportation on the Dijiang River can smoothly reach the capital and enter the treasury.

And the gold and silver used to exchange in the Central Plains were also directly exchanged in Lingzhou. After the merchants of the Central Plains exchanged silk tea with Xirong for gold and silver, they went to Yamen and exchanged gold and silver for copper coins or silver tickets.

In the fifth year of the Founding Dynasty, Dasi Nong once proposed that this was too troublesome, after all, there was gold and silver exchanged for tea, and then the merchants had to go to the Yamen to exchange gold and silver, so it was better to work together directly, so that when Xirong and the Central Plains traded, they would directly trade with copper money, so as not to convert it like this.

This suggestion was naturally vetoed by Emperor Wen, if Xirong is allowed to smelt copper coins, Xirong copper will be more, and a large number of Xirong copper coins will pour in, which will shake the country's capital.

The imperial court melted copper coins, which can be moved at any time, and when there is a lot of money, it is hidden in the treasury to facilitate leveling.

Although this is troublesome, it can ensure that the Yu Dynasty can maintain the holding of copper coins, so as not to make trouble like the end of the Wei Dynasty, where the silver is in the hands of large households, and the country can't get a penny.

"Huayu, you will write this letter and tell Li Xingye that the court will not agree to this kind of peace treaty, not only that, but the court must also let them pay tribute. The tribute is somewhat insignificant, but it must be used. The fourth prince said this, and then added again: "Let Gui Wufu take the initiative to attack, go out of Tianshan Pass, and go to the Xirong countries on the border to inspect it, so that they can understand that the imperial court is benevolent, but it is not easy to bully." It's better to win a big battle. ”

The county lord Jiang Li nodded and asked the four princes what else they had to write, and the four princes thought for a while and said: "By the way, warn Li Xingye, now that the imperial court is victorious, and the confidence is sufficient, there is nothing to do with this peace talk for a long time, and our Celestial Empire can bear it." ”

Seeing that the four princes had nothing to say, the county lord Jiang Li said to the four princes: "The concubine hopes that the saint can supplement and let a few of them come to the capital." ”

"Huh? Why are you in the capital? ”

"Sage, the concubines have heard that the Western Regions are three times as big as the Celestial Empire, and there are hundreds of countries in them. For these countries, the imperial court does not know anything, it is better to let them come to the capital with a few learned people, let us open our eyes and see the breadth of the sky. ”

The fourth prince smiled and said to the county lord of Jiangli: "When the first emperor was here, there were a few Western monks who were ready to come, but the imperial court was not interested in their set and did not allow it. But they're astronomical, and I'm very interested, so it's better to let them in. ”

The county lord Jiang Li nodded, wrote this well, and then let the four princes read it, and the four princes nodded, stamped the seal, and then let people deliver it.

Leaving the Beijing Division's mercy and grace teacher, quickly whipped the horse, arrived at Canghai Mansion, I heard that King Luo betrayed his letter to attack Mandarin Duck Lake, the atmosphere in his heart, so he rode a horse during the day, performed light skills at night, arrived at the post station during the day, and directly changed the horse with the holy decree, so it took three days, and finally arrived at the camp of King Luo.

King Luo also instructed the doorman, if there were nuns and Taoists who asked to see them, they would not be seen, and the guards of the gate naturally stopped Mrs. Ci'en.

The Grace Master raised the holy decree and said to everyone, "The holy decree has arrived, and King Luo will take it." ”

Someone immediately told King Luo, and when King Luo heard the news, he stomped his feet and said to everyone: "Damn, if this old nun comes three days late, this Mandarin Duck Lake can be swept away." ”

In his present situation, he had to go to meet the decree so that he would not end up disobeying it.

King Luo laid down the incense table, and after the Grace Master finished reading it, he said to King Luo: "King Luo, please also ask you to retire according to the holy decree, you can not abide by the agreement between the poor nun and you, you will not and will not obey the will of the saint." ”

King Luo asked people to accept the holy decree, and said helplessly: "The widow should collect his troops." ”

Mrs. Ci'en did not leave the camp, and waited until after King Luo left, and then found a boat and entered Lianli Mountain in Yuanyang Lake.

There are fourteen islands in this Mandarin Duck Lake, two by two, which are rumored to be incarnated by the seven fairies in the sky and their husbands.

Lianli Mountain is the largest island in Yuanyang Lake, and it is also the place where Prince Wei camped.

In the past, Lianli Mountain was verdant and beautiful, but now it is full of devastation and decay.

Looking at the remains of the dead soldiers on the road, Master Ci couldn't help but sigh.

When she arrived at the cottage, Prince Wei was holding a cane and waiting in front of the village with the rest of his brothers, and when she saw the arrival of the Ci'en Shitai, everyone knelt on the ground and bowed to the Ci'en Shitai.

Seeing this, Mrs. Mercy quickly said to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, there is no need to do this. ”

"If it weren't for the help of the gods, we would have no way to live. The gods and nuns have the virtue of regeneration for us, and how can we return the gods and nuns to one or two. ”

Master Ci En said to everyone: "You have all suffered such an unjustified disaster for the sake of my Great Wei, and it is the poor nuns who are ashamed of you, and the poor nuns who are ashamed of you. The poor nuns only hope that from now on, you will be able to live here in peace. ”

The Mercy Master didn't want to see the miserable appearance of these people again, so he drifted away.

Mrs. Ci En left here and returned to the Little Lei Yin Temple, and it was already night.

Before she could return to her meditation room, she heard the sound of sharpening her knife.

Mrs. Mercy followed the sound, and when she reached the courtyard, she saw that the lantern was sharpening a knife, and Mrs. Mercy said to the lantern, "If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what knife are you sharpening?" ”

When Chuan Deng saw that Master Ci En had returned, he did not panic and continued to sharpen his knife.

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Chapter 321 Finance