Guo Song said to Du You and Cao Wannian: "I decided to take three measures, first, conditional exchange of old money, allowing each household to exchange five times a month, the exchange price is consistent, can only be exchanged once a month, if the exchange is repeated, once verified, the rod is fifty, if the repeated exchange exceeds twenty, the fine mine service for two years."

Second, the government opened grain shops and salt shops, and the purchase restrictions were the same, five liters of salt and two buckets of rice per person per month, but we received new money.

Third, each household in Chang'an is issued a household registration iron plate, and each household is numbered, and it can be registered according to the household registration number in the future. ”

After speaking, Guo Song asked the two, "Do you have any additional opinions?" ”

Du You hurriedly said: "To add a little bit, the issue of new money is not only in Chang'an, but also in other states and counties in Guanzhong, is it possible that the three methods of His Highness can be implemented in all parts of Guanzhong at the same time?" ”

Guo Song thought for a while and said: "First try it in Chang'an for a month, and if the effect is good, it will be promoted to all parts of Guanzhong in mid to late March." ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

Guo Song looked at Cao Wannian again, and Cao Wannian smiled bitterly: "There are more than 200,000 households in Chang'an, each household has five yuan, and it costs more than 100 yuan a month, if it is five months, it is five million yuan, where can we get it?" ”

Guo Song laughed, "Zhu Jun only minted a total of three million new money, of which more than fifty percent is in Luoyang and the Central Plains, and about twenty percent is in Taiyuan and Chang'an warehouses, and about one percent is in Hebei and Jiangnan, and the people in Guanzhong are also two percent of the maximum 700,000 yuan, and the big merchants have already done everything possible to exchange it, these 700,000 yuan are in the hands of the people at the bottom and some of the black market, we allow the exchange of five guan money, but in fact, many people may only have one or two guan money, don't worry too much." ”

Cao Wannian said embarrassedly: "I'm a little confused. ”

Guo Song said: "In fact, the real big ones are the black market money merchants, they have an estimated two or three hundred thousand yuan in their hands, and they are also in a hurry to exchange, but we have restrictions, so what should they do?" ”

Du You said: "At present, they have only one way, to sell the new money cheaply to the ordinary people, such as the new money has always been exchanged for 900 Wen old money, and the profit is 100 Wen, and then the people come to exchange it in the second month, and they will earn 500 Wen for five guan money." ”

Guo Song sneered: "These black market businessmen have made a lot of money before, and they have always exchanged their old money for 1,200 yuan, it's time for them to spit it out." ”

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Guo Song issued an edict of the King of Jin on the same day, which will set up ten exchange points in Chang'an, allowing the people to exchange new money for old money, and exchange consistent money for consistent money, each household is only allowed to exchange five yuan per month, and can only exchange it once a month, violating the rules once, fifty rods, and the total amount of violations exceeds 20 yuan, and the penalty is to serve two years of labor in the mine.

Other states and counties in Guanzhong will start redeeming in early March.

When the news came out, the people of Chang'an were boiling, and in the past few months, every household has been worried about the new money, and now, they can finally exchange the new money.

The next day, the ten exchange points in Chang'an opened, and almost every exchange point was full of long queues, and the exchange people were enthusiastic, each carrying a large bag and a small bag, which was full of new money.

Guo Song led the officials to inspect the various exchange points, the closest exchange point to the Jin Palace was located in Dongshi, where the queue was the largest, the queue was several miles long, along Chunmingmen Street, all the way to the edge of the imperial city of Taiji Palace.

Guo Song rode on a horse, looking at the exchange shop next to the Gaosheng Inn from a distance, several people were busy sweating, but their movements were quite quick, the two were responsible for the inventory, one person registered, and the other person exchanged.

The inventory is not a copper coin, but it is said that the new money has always been five catties and six taels, which is much lighter than the old money, and the old money has always been six catties and four taels, mainly because the copper content of the new money is too low.

Some families also have small coins minted in Hebei feudal towns, which can also be exchanged if the amount is not large.

At this time, Guo Song saw a pair of old men walking towards each other, carrying a very heavy bag of money, the old lady kept complaining, and her voice was very low, but Guo Song still heard it.

"We obviously don't need to exchange it, so why take advantage of this?"

"A thousand dollars! When will we be able to save it? ”

Guo Song turned over and dismounted, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Two old men, do you need my help?" ”

The two old men were startled, and the old man hurriedly waved his hand, "No need!" No, you don't! ”

The old lady complained: "We had saved ten times of money, all of which were old money, and the old man said that someone was willing to exchange five times of new money for four times of old money, and I asked him not to take advantage of this, but he didn't listen, and now we have to come and line up, doesn't this toss people?" ”

The old man's face was swollen and red, and he was a little at a loss, this general was obviously a person in the court, and he actually admitted it himself, would he be roded fifty?

Guo Song laughed, "No problem, I also want to take advantage of this benefit." ”

The old man snorted, "Will it be illegal?" ”

"Is it illegal for the elderly to think that they are taking advantage? No, as long as you are five yuan and only exchange it once a month, then it is not illegal, and as for how your money comes from, the government will not ask. ”

Guo Song's explanation made the old man breathe a long sigh of relief, "That's good!" That's good! ”

Guo Song summoned a personal soldier and said to him: "Help these two old men exchange first." ”

The soldier nodded, took the money bags of the two and said, "Please come with me!" ”

The two old men followed the soldier with great gratitude, and Cao Wannian next to him smiled and said, "It seems that His Highness knows that someone will fight this idea." ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "This is inevitable, since there are people who are willing to benefit the people, then why not." ”

Cao Wannian hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm afraid that someone will arrange for many people to exchange repeatedly at different exchange points, this is a loophole." ”

"As long as Zhu Jun doesn't do this, it's not a big problem, after all, the total amount won't be too much, and besides, I arranged for Wang Yue to investigate this kind of thing, they can't escape the eyes of the internal security soldiers, and if they catch it, they will have a good show."

In fact, Cao Wannian's worries were superfluous, as soon as the exchange began, Wang Yue's internal guards kept an eye on more than a dozen well-known money brokers in Chang'an, who were actually big players in the Chang'an black market, and Guo Song also promised to exchange them for new money, on the condition that 1,000 old money be exchanged for 1,200 new money, which was tantamount to depriving them of all the profits they had made from exchanging new money.

Guo Song gave them three months to think about it, and after three months, Guanzhong would completely abolish the new money, and the new money in their hands would no longer be exchanged.

The exchange was orderly, and 100,000 guan money was exchanged on the first day alone.

On the morning of the next day, Guo Song met with more than 100 Chang'an merchants in the palace of the Jin Dynasty.

Shi Donglai was obviously old, gray-haired, and was supported by his eldest son Shi Eun to attend the meeting, and Guo Song sat aside and talked to him cordially.

"After His Royal Highness entered the Guanzhong, the confidence of the Sogdian caravan came again, as far as I know, there are more than two hundred caravans on the way to Chang'an, everyone used to be afraid of horse bandits, but when they enter the territory of Broken Leaf Town, they are no longer worried, and we all sincerely hope that Chang'an will become more and more prosperous."

Guo Song said with a smile: "The prosperity of Chang'an is our common hope, otherwise, I would not have gathered so many big businessmen to discuss the future of Chang'an." ”

At this time, Du You stepped forward and whispered, "Your Highness, the time has come." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Let's start!" ”

The cloud board in the main hall sounded, making a crisp sound of beams, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

In the center of the main hall there are more than a hundred brocade official chairs, and each merchant sits on one chair.

Guo Song smiled at everyone: "In the first few months, our task was to stabilize the situation, and as the situation gradually stabilized, it is the current priority to make Chang'an more prosperous." This is the main topic that I invite you to come over and discuss today, and as you know, enter the Jin Kingdom ......."

Speaking of this, Guo Song paused and laughed at himself: "It seems that you can't call it that." ”

There was a knowing smile in the hall, and Guo Song said: "Actually, I want to say that since January, the Tang and Jin kingdoms have suspended commercial taxes, and all goods that enter the Jin kingdom are exempt from taxes, which is to give profits to merchants, followed by the cancellation of curfews, no longer close the fangmen, and the city gates will not be closed at night when the conditions are ripe in the future, these are all to promote commerce."

Of course, I know that there are still many things that need to be improved, perhaps to remove some unnecessary restrictions, so I invite you to come and hear your suggestions. ”

Guo Song looked at everyone and smiled: "How about it, who will say it first?" ”

There was silence in the hall, and no one was embarrassed to take the lead, at this time, Shi Donglai coughed twice, "Your Highness, let's say a few words first!" ”

"Old proprietor, please speak!"

Shi Donglai stabilized his mood and said: "Your Highness has done a lot in the past few months, everyone sees it, we Sogdian merchants have been in Datang for many years, and we regard Datang as our hometown, because of various reasons, we still have a lot of restrictions.

Of course, some of them are caused by our own customs and habits, so I won't talk about this, I just want to say one thing, when we go to various places to do business, we will be thoroughly searched when we encounter checkpoints, and when we see valuable goods, we will inevitably be extorted, and the Han caravans will not be searched, can we treat everyone equally in this regard? ”