This kind of roadside stall-like eating place is not suitable for welcoming Shi Quanbin. Du Zhongxiao said to Shisanlang and the others: "You guys have a good time eating and drinking here, and I'll go back to see Shi Tuanlian." Although the taste here is good, it is too simple to welcome the important ministers. ”

Zhao Zi said: "It's nothing simple, if you pickle it a little, you will definitely not be used to the stone group practice." ”

Du Zhongxiao got up, took his entourage, left the Hanshui Wharf, and went back to the Yamen of Changping Division. After entering the yamen and seeing Shi Quanbin, the two sat down in the living room and served tea again.

After asking for tea, Du Zhongxiao bowed his hand to Shi Quanbin: "Not long after the group practice returned to Beijing, why did you come in a hurry?" ”

Shi Quanbin said: "Don't hide it, the last time I went to Suizhou, I saw that the artillery in the army was very effective, and the cavalry and infantry were really weak. Fortunately, when I went back, I passed by Tangzhou and saw the garrison there, and the muskets were also very powerful. After returning to the court, the official family and Zai Zhi listened and hesitated for a while. However, this year, the Khitan Expedition Party Project and the march were very smooth, and the northern soldiers and horses could not be transferred again, and Pingnong Zhigao still had to use the camp field army. The two prefectures have been decided, and in November, the promotion will lead the camp Tianxiang army to the south, and I will be the deputy under the promotion. There is still a month left, and it is advisable to arrange the affairs of the Changping Division as soon as possible, and it is best to have competent officials. A few days later, Changping Shiyang adjourned to come to Fancheng and visit him. Promoted and led the troops to the battle, and Han Jiang, the former judge of the household department, promoted Changping on his behalf. A few days later, Han Jiang arrived, and he made his own arrangements. ”

Over the years, Han Jiang's career has been smooth, and after Du Zhongxiao, he has also been a supervisor. Last year, when the household judge was appointed, there was a famine in Jiangnan, and Han Jiang pacified the east and west roads in Jiangnan, and he was already a road official. In the same year as the two, their personal relationship has always been good, and he took over more smoothly.

Shi Quanbin said again: "There is one more thing. Since lifting to Yingtian on Jingxi Road, he built an iron supervisor and brought up an unknown number of factories. Later, Changping Division was built, and the shopping mall under the subordinate department is now bigger and makes countless money. In the past two years, the imperial court intended to camp on Jingdong Road and Huainan Road and establish the Changping Division, and all regulations were in accordance with the Jingxi Road system. In particular, since the issuance of Changping Division money last year, there is also a savings bank, and there is a lot of money in it. If everything is subordinate to the three divisions, the functions and powers of the three divisions are too large, and the political affairs hall is difficult to control. The imperial court intends to have three divisions, each with its own officials to govern affairs. The official family specially told two things, one is that Changping Si Qian Yin and the savings bank, if it is pushed to the world, is it okay? If it continues, how will the money be arranged? Second, if the three divisions are separated, how should the following cases be arranged? Raise and think deeply, enter Beijing before the expedition, and ask the official again when His Majesty resigns. ”

After speaking, Shi Quanbin said: "This is an important matter, the official family arranged it, and think deeply!" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded, thanked Shi Quanbin, and slowly analyzed the news brought by Shi Quanbin in his heart.

In fact, the money is the local currency issued by the Lifting Division, and the savings bank is set up based on the copper coins of the income of the shopping mall. Then, with the savings of the savings bank as the principal, the local currency issued by the Tsunehei Division. The industrial and commercial development of Jingxi Road was very fast, and the money issued by Changping Division led to a rapid increase in the scale of the bank, and the amount of savings from the savings bank quickly went to 100 million.

At this time, the world's monetary tax was only tens of millions, and such a huge number naturally attracted the attention of the imperial court. If you implement the world, just pick it out from this, there will be no shortage of money and food. But it was easy to print banknotes, and the technique of Jingxi Road was not difficult for the imperial court. However, in the end, how to issue, how to manage, and how to save, the DPRK and Chinese officials have different opinions, and none of them are reliable. This kind of professional opinion, the emperor still has to listen to what the founder Du Zhongxiao has to say, so that Zai Zhi can let go and do it.

The three divisions and divisions are imperative, and they will inevitably be done in the next few years, and almost everyone in the DPRK and China knows this.

The three divisions were originally three yamen, the Salt and Iron Division, the Degree Branch Division and the Household Division. It was specially set up in the late Tang Dynasty in the face of the many feudal towns in the world, in order to solve the financial difficulties of the central court. Because of this, the five dynasties have been passed down to the Song Dynasty. Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, the three divisions were divided and merged not only once, but when it came to Zhenzong, it was determined to be a yamen, and three divisions were set up to govern it. In terms of power, under the two governments, the three envoys are the most important officials, and six or seven out of ten of the imperial court affairs are in the three divisions. After being a third envoy, most officials will be promoted to the rank of chief executive, and it is an accident that they are not promoted.

From the perspective of Jingxi Road, if other roads are also developed, the three divisions will be co-signed and a special envoy will be set up, and the power will be too heavy. As a subordinate of the political affairs hall, the powers of the three envoys exceed that of the government, and many problems are prone to occur. It is imperative to remove the three envoys, and the three divisions will be separated from then on, and each will set up a salt and iron envoy, a degree support envoy and a household envoy. It is equivalent to improving the status of these three yamen, and there are no longer three envoys under the overall management, and the three yamen are directly under the political hall.

Du Zhongxiao has been a local official since Zhongjin Shi became an official, and this time the emperor specially listened to his opinions, indicating that the political achievements in the past few years have been highly valued and can participate in the affairs of the imperial court.

Seeing Du Zhongxiao's solemn face, Shi Quanbin said: "Don't worry, just think about it slowly this month." By the way, a month later, I will set off here, and I will be entangled in the affairs of Changping Division, what should I do? ”

Du Zhongxiao thought for a while and said: "It's better to do this, the regimental training and Liu Ji will go to the garrison states with Li Fugui, the military quartermaster." Let all departments prepare grain, grass, guns and ammunition, and prepare them in all kinds of ways, and there must be no omission. To achieve the order of the imperial court, the army will set off immediately. How to pull out the camp, how to march on the road, everything must be in accordance with the regulations, and the orders will be carried out according to the established rules. ”

Shi Quanbin has no objections. This is to formulate a marching plan for the army to participate in the war, and the army has its own order, and Shi Quanbin only needs to follow it. Take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the style of the camp field.

In the following days, Du Zhongxiao lived in Fancheng and sorted out the information of Changping Siqian and the savings bank. To do this well, it should be very important for your future, and Du Zhongxiao did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest. As for the reform opinions of the three divisions, Du Zhongxiao is just a suggestion, but it is not so important. Shi Quanbin, Liu Ji, and Li Fugui inspected various departments to check the state of preparations.

On this day, Du Zhongxiao was in the study to check the various phases, numbers and business conditions of the shopping mall, and the officials came to report that Han Jiang had arrived at the yamen.

hurriedly walked out of the study and arrived at the living room, Du Zhongxiao saw Han Jiang standing there, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Zihua is here, why don't you let me know earlier, I can take someone to pick it up." When I get to the yamen like this, won't I have someone to guide me behind my back! ”

Han Jiang said: "It's not that I don't want to, but I can't help it." If it had been a day before, he would have sent someone one day earlier, and he would not have missed the date. And now I have arrived in Fancheng from Kaifeng Mansion in one day, and it is too late to send people. I can't wait at the station, wouldn't it be more gossipy. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is always a date for taking the train, and it would be good to send people a few trains in advance." ”

Han Jiang shook his head again and again: "Now Kaifeng Mansion doesn't know how many cars are sent a day!" We travel on a special car, who knows which bus to arrange to hang on? When it will arrive, I can't tell for sure. ”

The world's railways must be connected to Kaifeng Prefecture, and a road network will be formed with it as the center. I don't know how many cars pass by and how many cars are sent out every day, and the dispatching ability of this era cannot be counted on, and it is rare not to make a big mistake. When the court officials and below take the bus, they all buy tickets with public funds, which is no different from ordinary passengers. Above the court officials, there are only boxes for travel. However, this kind of box is universal, there are large stations, and there are more in Kaifeng Prefecture. It is good to say that there are few officials at this level, and the date can be determined in advance. Kaifeng Mansion is not good, almost every day there are court officials traveling, where can I arrange it? Officials above the waiting system have their own special boxes, and the level of the station does not dare to treat them slowly, which is different.

The guest and host sat down and served tea, Du Zhongxiao said: "The order of my departure has not arrived, but Zihua has taken over, and there are not many such things." ”

Han Jiang said with a smile: "There is no way, the Jingxi Road Changping Division you are promoting now is too important." You don't know what to do, and I'm afraid that it will be difficult to send the decree. Before I was asked to take over, I didn't know that Chang Heiji had so much money in his name. Tens of millions of dollars in cash, and there are shops that collect more than 10 million yuan a year under his rule, plus various factories and societies, to be known, I have been a judge of the household department, and I have never seen so much money! ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "There is a lot of money, and it seems to be doing things, but there are also many things." Everyone sees tens of millions of dollars in cash, but they don't know how difficult it is to come by and how to take care of it. If you promote Changping in the future, you will naturally understand. ”

Han Jiang said: "I understand that I didn't take office. Now is not the past, since you were in Yingtian on Jingxi Road, in recent years, the money has been expensive and the goods are light, tens of millions of cash, and it should be more than 100 million in the past! How much does the imperial court spend in a year? ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, money is expensive and goods are light, so it's not a way to go on like this." You're here, and this matter has to be left to you. ”

Before the issuance of money, Du Zhongxiao calculated that there was a fixed number of copper coins in the world. With the development of industry and commerce, the copper coins in circulation are far from meeting the needs, and Jingxi Road has been in short supply for many years, and has become a place to attract the world's currency. Changping Si Qian Yin is printed in proportion to cash money, and is exchanged with copper money one to one, and the shortage of currency is directly reflected in the price. The rapid development of Jingxi Road, the price has been rising, and the current consistent money can be used as the previous two money.

As a local official, Du Zhongxiao has a term of office, and when the problem is discovered, there is no time to solve it. In fact, it is difficult for the magistrate to solve this kind of problem in one place. As the economy develops, the supply of money must increase, but copper coins obviously do not meet the demand. Of course, there are many solutions to this, such as directly changing the currency into credit money, and there is no longer principal. However, for this era, this kind of overall planning, not to mention the local yamen, is also difficult for the central court to solve, and it is very easy to cause inflation. The prudent way is to increase monetary reserves, and we must use the amplifying effect of the principal issuance of paper money to increase the currency. When credit is in office, the proportion of principal to the total issuance amount can be reduced.