At the end of March, Xia Zhu went to the Daimyo Mansion, and the new Hedong Economic Strategy Envoy was sentenced to take office.

Bidding farewell to Xia Zhu and ending the dinner party welcoming Zheng Jian, Du Zhongxiao left the state government and walked on the streets of Zicheng. A bright moon hung high in the sky, and a cool breeze blew in his face, and his drowsy brain suddenly became much clearer. Du Zhongxiao looked at the empty streets, and was a little dazed for a while.

Since the junior sergeant is an official, the first boss Han Yi is quite indulgent to himself because of Han Jiang's relationship. In the days to come, it will be under Xia Zhu's hands. Xia Zhu is a very complicated person, it is not easy to be an official under him, Du Zhongxiao is good at doing things with his thousand-year-old knowledge, and finally won his appreciation. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Bingzhou, just when he was about to reuse himself, he was replaced by a different person.

The judge is not an ordinary official, but the right and left hand of Zhizhou, and once the relationship with Zhizhou is cold, this position will be extremely difficult to do. A few years ago, Han Qi was transferred to Yangzhou to Ren Zhizhou, and he had an unpleasant quarrel with Wang Anshi, making Wang Anshi almost inactive in official business.

Zheng Jian is serious, which Du Zhongxiao has already felt at the welcome dinner just now. On such an occasion, Zheng Jian was still unsmiling, drank a few glasses of wine, and didn't even call a courtesan. This boss gave Du Zhongxiao the feeling that he was more difficult to get along with than Xia Zhu.

Early in the morning of the second day, Du Zhongxiao arrived at the governor's hall early and saluted Zheng Jian.

Zheng Jian looked at Du Zhongxiao and said with a straight face: "I have been signing the judgment in Bingzhou for more than half a year, running around and solving many problems. It's just that the time in the state government is less, and I'm afraid that I'm not familiar with government affairs. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "Back to Xianggong, although the lower officials have spent more time in the county below, the affairs of the capital hall have not been neglected." ”

Zheng Jian nodded, was silent for a while, and then said: "I first came to the state, and I heard people talk about the affairs of the state on the road. First, the state has minted new money, which is very popular among the people, and has been used by more than a dozen state armies north of the state. It's just that there are many iron ore and charcoal on Hedong Road, and the people have drum smelting tools, and there are a lot of old money stolen and minted. The new iron money is used, the old iron money is not banned, and there are many lawbreakers who steal and cast the old iron money to exchange it for the new iron money. I heard that there is still room for new iron money to be added to the Datong prison. The judgment can be signed with additional manpower to make more new iron coins, so as to ban the old iron coins and prevent the people from stealing and minting. Again, you built a fur yard in the state last year, and although the people of the government have benefited a lot, the officials of the yamen who manage these places are really more wasteful. You have put some thought into reducing the number of people in these places, and at least half of the officials have been laid off. ”

Du Zhongxiao listened, and was a little embarrassed for a while. After thinking about it again and again, he said: "Xianggong, the lower official should have acted on the orders of the superior official in order to sign the judgment." It's just that these two things involve a wide range of things, and they can't be handled in a hurry, and they still have to think twice. ”

Zheng Jian looked at Du Zhongxiao, his eyes sharpened, and he said lightly: "Why can't you be in a hurry?" You have something to say, but you just have to say. ”

Du Zhongxiao arched his hand: "The first new and old iron money, I want to replace the old iron money with the new iron money, I am in a hurry, I am afraid that there will be chaos." The old iron money has been used on this road for several years, and there is a lot of private stock, and once it is banned, many people's money will be wiped out. And as soon as the rumor comes out, everyone will inevitably throw away the old money, and the people will be in chaos. Moreover, if the people are not allowed to use the old iron money, where will they find so much new iron money? In order to pay taxes, it is inevitable to exchange the high price for new iron money, and the small people are unbearable. ”

Zheng Jian didn't have any expression, just said, "In your opinion, what should I do?" ”

"This should be done slowly. In a year or two, the government distributed money and bought people's goods, all with new iron money. It is the best policy to wait until there is more new iron money from the people, and then use a few months to completely ban it. Otherwise, even if the Datong Prison casts more new iron money, it will not reach the people. ”

After speaking, Du Zhongxiao saw that Zheng Jian was unmoved, obviously disagreeing with his opinion, and couldn't help but sigh secretly. In fact, when Xia Zhu was there, he also had the same idea as Zheng Jian, and was persuaded by Du Zhongxiao. It's not that Xia Zhu agrees with Du Zhongxiao, but attaches importance to his opinion. These officials govern the people, and they are not like mothers-in-law like Du Zhongxiao in government affairs, as long as they decide that a certain policy is beneficial, they will immediately implement it. As for the people who suffer, are unwilling, or even make trouble, does that matter?

Du Zhongxiao knows that the new iron money is good, but there are too many old iron money among the people, and if the switch is urgent, it will cause civil unrest. The most likely thing to happen is that the government collects taxes, and suddenly the old iron money is not collected, and the people have no new iron money in their hands, so they can only exchange their property for it, and prices plummet in a short time. Although it is not a commercial society, the sharp rise and fall of prices will make it impossible for the people, especially the people at the bottom, to make a living.

After calming down, Du Zhongxiao arched his hand again: "As for the officials who manage the fur market, compared with other state armies, there are indeed more people. However, Xia Guan believes that this is not a bad thing. The freight yard is there, there are so many transactions, so many workshops, it must be managed. If the yamen doesn't care, then the guild can only take care of it. Last year, because of good business, the price of guild tanning leather increased, which really caused a storm. It wasn't until two new workshops were built a few days ago that the wages for tanning leather were lowered, and everything went well. The lower officials thought that the fur business was very important in the city, and would rather let the officials of the yamen take care of it, which could be like a finger than a merchant to manage himself. ”

Zheng Jian said: "There are so many officials, the yamen wants to make a fortune." We are officials, we do things for the court, we should be diligent and thrifty, and we should not spend extravagantly. After the officials were laid off, the money could be spent where it was needed, and this was the right way. ”

Du Zhongxiao put down his hand and stopped talking. This kind of thing can't be argued without, it all makes sense, and on the bright side, what Zheng Jian said is more reasonable than himself. But the industry is there, and a large number of commercial activities are real, and if the yamen does not manage it, it can only let the private businessmen be autonomous. What could go wrong with merchant autonomy? It already happened once in the first few months. If the officials are laid off, the few remaining people will not be able to manage them, and they will inevitably develop their own forces among the people, forming various small gangs, which will be even more troublesome.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao didn't speak, Zheng Jian said: "I have made up my mind about this matter, you don't have to think about it." If it's not convenient for you, then let Zhilu do it. ”

Du Zhongxiao said yes and kept silent. He could feel that Zheng Jian didn't trust him. Come to think of it, everyone knows that he is Xia Zhu's person, and Zheng Jian has a bad relationship with Xia Zhu, so it is impossible to treat himself fairly.

Seeing that Du Zhongxiao surrendered his hand to obey the order, Zheng Jian's face softened a little, and said, "You can explain it in the past two days, and then go to Datong Prison for a month or two." The most important thing now is to make more new iron money. When you get there, whether you buy it or pay more lessons to the smelters, you must make sure that the new iron money is one or two times more than it is now. The money law on Hedong Road is chaotic, which is the most urgent task. ”

Du Zhongxiao gave up his promise. This Zheng Xianggong is new, it seems that he has something to do, since he has a different idea from himself, it is better to leave and merge with the state. I can't afford to provoke myself, but I can always afford to hide.

Out of the Chief's Hall, Du Zhongxiao raised his head and exhaled and shook his head. The fur yard and the new iron money are all his own credit, why did the new chief come, and he took these two things to himself first. The new official took office with three fires, but he didn't expect this fire to burn on his head first.

When he arrived at the capital hall and returned to his case, Du Zhongxiao handled official business casually, without any emotion. He could already foresee that Zheng Jian's two measures would inevitably cause chaos. But I watched from the side, but I didn't have any way at all, and I talked too much, which was annoying to others.