And the state and state government, Xia Zhu and the general judge Wang Kechen sat opposite each other. After Du Zhongxiao left, Xia Zhu immediately attacked the businessmen who threatened to report the government's manipulation of the price of incense. Although he doesn't have the ability to find out everyone, it is not difficult for Xia Zhu to find a few typical ones. After finding out the people, Xia Zhu first ordered the guilds to kick these people out, and then asked the government to ban them from doing business. After a few tosses, these people were miserable.

This matter reached the ears of the transfer envoy, and Shi Changyan was extremely dissatisfied. First, he sent a letter to reprimand, and then sent the deputy envoy Chen Xun to merge the state, and set up a branch yamen for the transfer envoy to sit in the town to supervise.

Xia Zhu is a strategic envoy and a state, a handsome all the way, and his status is in the transfer of envoys, and he ignores Shi Changyan at all. These days, the transfer envoy and Xia Zhu blamed each other, and the music continued, setting off a storm in the DPRK.

Wang Kechen was ordered to deal with these things, and he was anxious. Fortunately, prices at the fur yard gradually stabilized, business flourished, and everyone's attention turned to doing business again, and the turmoil slowly began to calm down.

After listening to Wang Kechen's recent changes, Xia Zhu said: "However, a few merchants have lost their capital, and they have set off a huge internal wave with the help of the contacts in the DPRK and China. If you don't punish them heavily, you are afraid that people will be confused and accidents will occur frequently. It's always good that things are slowly calming down, but the deputy envoy Chen Xun is building a yamen in the city, and you tell the state officials to be cautious and not to be held by him. ”

Wang Kechen said yes.

Xia Zhu nodded, picked up a small box on the table, opened the lid, and handed it to Wang Kechen: "Signed Du Zhongxiao, since he arrived in Datong Prison, he has worked hard and tried his best to make new iron money, how about you take a look?" ”

Wang Kechen bowed down and took it, and saw that there were dozens of iron coins in the box, all of which were silver-white, which was very different from the previous iron coins. When I took out the money, I saw that the pattern was clear, the outline was distinct, and it was extremely exquisite. If you look closely, you can see that the imprint is clearly not cast.

After looking at it for a long time, Wang Kechen said: "Xianggong, this is iron money?" It's a far cry from the money that was minted before. This money is extremely exquisite, and it is full of weight, not to mention the private cast iron money of the people, even the official cast iron money in the past is far inferior. ”

Xia Zhu nodded: "Not bad." Iron money is difficult to mint, and most of the money minted in the past is blurred, and it is difficult to have high-quality products. The newly made iron coins are not inferior to the copper coins on the market, and they are extremely sophisticated. If it is through the people, it must be loved by the military and the people. ”

Wang Kechen pondered for a while and said: "The official minting money, the most feared are two things. First, the cost is too high and the loss is made. No matter how good the money is, the more the government casts and loses, and it will not last long. Another private casting, difficult to prevent. I don't know the money—"

Xia Zhu smiled: "In the letter from Du Sign, the two benefits of this money were specifically mentioned, which is exactly what you are worried about." First, although this money looks exquisite, the cost is not high, and the cost of cast iron money is not much different from the previous one. Again, this money material is rare, and it is not easy to manufacture, and it is definitely not something that can be imitated by the people. With these two benefits, this iron money is feasible to think about. ”

Wang Kechen said curiously: "How is it possible! This money is so exquisite, how can the cost be low? ”

Xia Zhu smiled and asked, "General judgment, although this is iron money, it is as white as silver, do you know why?" ”

Wang Kechen shook his head: "The lower officials really don't know. If it weren't for the fact that it was iron money, who would have guessed. ”

"The top of this money is plated with tin. If you take a closer look, is it somewhat similar to pewter? Iron is tin-plated, and this alone is not something that ordinary people can make. Iron money made in this way cannot be drummed and cast, but must be suppressed, and this is not something that can be made by the people. It's all good, but it's a little cheap. I have ordered Du to sign the judgment, change the above text into three texts, and make some more. ”

Wang Kechen nodded: "Xianggong is right, if the people can't steal the casting, it is naturally appropriate to change it to Sanwen." However, in this way, the iron money used by the people is still inexorable, and it is necessary to beware that the people collect this money, hide it and use it, and still use the old iron money. ”

Xia Zhu nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "What you said is extremely true. We have given out new money, and if we collect the old money, the people will surely pay the old money, and they will not be willing to use the new money. It is not difficult to prevent this, the yamen collects taxes, and does not want old money. Just send out new money and let the people exchange it themselves. ”

Wang Kechen smiled bitterly: "Xianggong, this matter must not be done." In this way, won't the old iron money of the people be scrapped all at once? At present, there are more than 10 million iron money saved by the people, and if it is abolished, it will inevitably boil over public resentment. The transfer envoy set up a new yamen in the city, and it was worth it! ”

Xia Zhu closed his eyes, and after a long time, he said lightly: "What do you think?" ”

Wang Kechen gave his hand: "The safest way is to let Du Sign make more money, and let the people exchange old money for new money in half a year or several months." After the time limit, it's not too late to waste the old money. In this way, although some losses are started, the new money cannot be stolen, which is a long-term solution. ”

Xia Zhu shook his head: "Have you ever thought about how much the yamen will lose if you do this?" In the important land east of the river, there are a lot of soldiers and horses stationed, and they need money and food everywhere, and they can't afford to spend so much money. It's better to use the old money and the new money together within half a year, and after the deadline, all the new money can be used. ”

Wang Kechen was silent, not daring to answer. In half a year, the people already have iron money that will inevitably not be exchanged, and when the time comes, I don't know how many households will be unlucky. The most likely situation is that the old iron money is used by the people, but the yamen does not accept it. In this way, there will be no loss to the yamen, but there will inevitably be people in the people who will replace the old with the new, and a large amount of property will be wiped out.

Seeing that Wang Kechen didn't speak, Xia Zhu said again: "In the letter from Du Sign, he only said a little about the use of new iron money. That is, if the government exchanges new iron money for old iron money, it must beware of the private sector minting a large amount of old money and using it to fish in troubled waters. ”

"It's hard to prevent." Wang Kechen sighed. This kind of thing is bound to happen, as long as the yamen dares to redeem it, some people will inevitably take the opportunity to mint a large amount of old money. Because of the exchange, there is less trouble that was difficult to spend before.

Xia Zhu nodded and said, "Yes, it is impossible to exchange old money with new money." Give a few months at most, the old and the new go hand in hand, and there are those damaged households, so they have to consider themselves unlucky. You take half of the new iron money in the box and give it to the state officials, so that they can see what the new money is lacking. Three days later, report to me. ”

Wang Kechen gave up his promise. This is a new thing, although Xia Zhu thinks it is good, he has no bottom in his heart, and asks the state officials to give their opinions together.

Xia Zhu said again: "This matter is not small, and I ordered it to go down, and not to leak the news to the outside world." It is necessary to prevent the yamen from issuing a notice, and someone got the news and used the iron money in his hand to buy goods in advance and exchange them for gold, silver and copper coins, which caused a civil discussion. ”

Wang Kechen said yes, but he knew in his heart that this was difficult to prevent. The officials are all outsiders, and they may be able to keep their mouths shut, but they all have family slaves, as well as their subordinate servants, how can they be eliminated? Not to mention, in the past, Yulu also used more iron money, and the officials already had a lot of money in their hands, so they must have used the old iron money in their hands as soon as possible.

But after thinking about it, this is not Xia Zhu's welfare for officials. It is not easy to be an official in the border land, Xia Zhu is not a mean person, he can give some benefits to his subordinates, and he will not be stingy. The key to this matter is not to put an end to it, but to grasp it well.

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