The head of the meeting, Zhao Shi, the Marquis of Huaiyin, personally welcomed Feng Congyi into the hall.

This courtesy is not only because of Feng Congyi's wealth and backers, but also because Feng Congyi is one of the fathers who introduced horse racing to the capital.

Of course, today, there is another reason for Zhao Shijiang's courtesy.

Feng Congyi straightened his clothes, stepped into the hall, and greeted him one by one, all of them were old friends who met one and two sides every time he went to Beijing.

However, in addition to the less than 30 members in the clubhouse of the champion Jockey Club, there is also an outsider who is not a member of the club. Feng Congyi also knows him, the editor-in-chief of "Daily Express", Mao Yong.

Mao Yong is not a celebrity, if he really wants to be famous, he has already gone to the Jinshi examination, or mixed in the Shilin and wandered in the door of the minister. But he is only a staff member, and what he is good at is criminal names. As a criminal officer, he is meticulous in his sentence, making it difficult to find out what is wrong. In terms of careful thinking of words and sentences, it is a hundred times stronger than the sourness of a good poem. That's why he was made the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

"Why did you get so here today?" Feng Congyi looked around, turned back to Zhao Shijiang and asked with a smile: "But there is another happy event in the Junhou family?" ”

Zhao Shijiang shook his head and stared at Feng Congyi solemnly: "Brother Venerable has given us a big problem, so we have to discuss it carefully." ”

Feng Congyi glanced at Mao Yong and said with a smile: "Is this a problem?" It's just one article. ”

Mao Yong took a half step forward, "Of course, it is not difficult to just write an article, but what makes it difficult is who wrote the article." ”

Feng Congyi smiled slightly.

Because the author is Han Gang.

Han Gang ignored the voice from the imperial court and returned to Beijing from the south, like a fierce general who attacked hard, which was unexpected. But as many expected, Han Gang still played a chess game academically. Just like when he came up with the pox method and forced the Son of Heaven to recall him back to the capital.

It's just that this move is not a new achievement in medicine or a new discovery of the way of nature that people expected. Rather, it is an article on national focus.

From the beginning of "Buoyancy Tracing the Source", the characteristics of qi science advocated by Han Gang are undoubtedly revealed. Go back to the source and get to the root of it.

The manuscripts sent from Hedong still maintain the consistent style of qixue.

But the content of this manuscript is different. It's not astronomy, it's not nature.

There are only two words, "Money Source".

As the name suggests, it is the origin of the coins that is discussed - which is easily linked to the recent 2.5 million new coins that the imperial court was about to mint.

The imperial court minted 2.5 million yuan of big money and iron money, to be honest, it was just a few rounds of league betting. However, the repercussions of this news among the people were too great, and the price of goods rose sharply by two percent, and the newer the coin, the less people accepted it.

Whether it is a clan or a nobleman, or a wealthy businessman, the members of the Champion Jockey Club have a lot of property in their families. The large-scale depreciation of big money has caused great harm to their interests, and it is impossible not to speak for their own interests.

Compared with the large number of people in the Qiyun head office, the power within the horse racing head office is more concentrated, especially the existence of the champion Jockey Club, and the power of the head office and its newspapers are concentrated in the hands of these few people. And the courage of the editor-in-chief Mao Yong is also stronger than his competitor.

Han Gang chose the "Daily Express" instead of the "Qiyun Express" precisely because he hoped to see his article published as soon as possible.

The existence of a newspaper is not only to print and sell newspapers, but more importantly, to distribute information. Some intelligence information cannot be published in the newspapers, but it can be used as a bargaining chip, exchanged for what you want, show goodwill, and even make a move. It can also provide specific information to some key people to maintain the newspaper's own interests.

The exchange of information with the Imperial City Division was one of the most successful of these exchanges. The so-called references published internally later follow this principle.

Whether it is a clan, a nobleman, or a wealthy family, their network of relationships is not limited to the capital, but extends to all parts of the country, especially Gyeonggi, covering the entire hinterland of the Central Plains. With their support, the eyes and ears of the two newspapers are far more widely known than the outside world knows.

It's just that they still lack strong supporters in the court. The clan, the nobles, and the wealthy businessmen are not small, but they have no political status at all. Whether it is the Son of Heaven or the queen, under the heavy pressure of the court, it is impossible to keep them, unless there are important ministers in the court who are willing to speak for them.

And even if any of them posted it to show their kindness, they wouldn't believe it.

Except for Han Gang.

In terms of origin and credit, only Han Gang is the most reliable.

So Han Gang asked them to make a choice, and they also considered it seriously, rather than refusing it immediately.

This is beneficial to both parties. They need Han Gang, and Han Gang only needs to post an article in the Express. The benefits far outweigh the risks.

And when Han Gang sent the article to the "Daily Express", they had no choice, either to break up completely and gamble that it would be difficult for Han Gang to recover in the future, or to publish it honestly in the newspaper, and the result was that the newspaper was only suspended.

Han Gang's revenge in the future can be targeted at people, and the punishment of the imperial court will be terminated at the newspaper office. The danger is completely different. Moreover, Han Gang's article is speaking for them and for the people, and it is bright and bright.

But after all, there are risks. They still hope to get reassurance from Feng Congyi's mouth first, or further news.

Becoming the focus of attention, Feng Congyi smiled back: "Let's talk about right and wrong first, and then talk about the rest." ”

Mao Yong immediately said: "The articles of the privy council are always simple and easy to understand, but the truth is not wrong. I also read it below, and it is really an empowerment, which is breathtaking. People in the world often talk about the smell of copper, but don't they know that it is human desire, not money itself, that smells of it. Money, faith. Once the word is spoken, there is nothing to talk about! ”

The source of money.

Goods, currency.

No one can be completely self-sufficient, and must exchange their surplus possessions for what they lack, that is, barter. There is more than loss, and the deficiency is made up, and the way of heaven is also. Don't talk about ancient times, even today, it is also extremely common.

Anyone who comes from a peasant family knows very well that there are many examples of daily necessities in the family, such as eggs for rice, wheat for salt, and meat for cloth.

But barter, not everyone can find a suitable exchange partner, I lack salt, more iron, you lack wood, more wine, two people can't exchange.

Maybe a three-person exchange, or even a multi-person exchange, may be able to achieve the goal. But in this way, it is often impossible to succeed because the value of the opponent's goods cannot be agreed. The more people involved, the less likely it is that an agreement will be reached. It's like an iron chain, as long as one link in the middle is broken. The whole chain is null and void.

Therefore, in order to make a more complex exchange can be completed smoothly, there is a special commodity - money, as an intermediate link, exchanging goods for money, and then exchanging money for goods. Han Gang used two very awkward self-coined terms, calling them general equivalents, also known as weighing goods, goods that measure the price of goods.

But it's not the round square hole that is the money. In the Zhou period, various countries minted coins, Qi minted knife coins, Chu cast ant noses, and Qin was half a tael, with different shapes. And as a balance of goods, not only bronze and iron coins, but also grain, silk, gold and silver, can be used. Even today, silk is still a balance of goods that is no less popular than coins, and it is expensive and light, and merchants mostly call it light goods.

Regarding Han Gang's assertion, Mao Yong's five bodies fell to the ground. Because examples are everywhere. He had seen village markets, some of which were even made of eggs. It is very common to have a comb with three eggs and a hairpin with five eggs.

The reason why it can come in handy is that these scales themselves have value and have been recognized by people, that is, people believe that the balances traded in their hands are valuable.

Therefore, the essence of weighing goods is faith.

However, the most common balance is money.

Money was first shells. It's not that shells are valuable, but that they're scarce.

The ancients treasured the turtle and the shellfish, with the seashell as the currency. In the ruins of Yin in Anyang, a lot has been unearthed.

It's just that as the people of the coast took advantage of the location to collect a large number of shells, as more and more shells were collected, naturally no one used them. Then came the gold coin. The gold here is the gold of hardware, gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin. It is difficult to mine, and it is also difficult to cast, and it will not be cheap because of more. Therefore, copper coins were used, from the Zhou period to gold.

Nowadays, the reason why copper is expensive and cheap makes lawbreakers melt money to take copper and cast bronze utensils just proves that copper coins themselves have nothing to do with actual value, but only with credit. Otherwise, the price of the coin should not be lower than that of the same amount of bronze.

And the imperial court minted coins, and there was an obligation to maintain the credit of the currency.

"In the past, Wenlu Gong'an appeased Shaanxi, and an official wrote to ask for scrap iron money. Although the matter did not work out, rumors have spread all over Jingzhao Mansion. In the market, prices are expensive, and no one collects iron money. Minister Wenlu's family sent 400 horses of silk to the city for iron money, and the people were safe, and the iron money was passed as before. All he did was restore the credit of the iron money. ”

Zhao Shijiang sighed. Regardless of whether this is a show of favor to the old party, Han Gang used Wen Yanbo as an example to explain the truth more clearly in the article. And adhering to Han Gang's consistent style of writing, there are arguments, arguments, and arguments, and the evidence comes from the scenes that can be seen everywhere around him, which makes people feel convinced when they see it.

Many people present read Han Gang's article and were all convinced.

All that's left is to do and not to do, and what Han Gang wants them to do.

So they need Feng Congyi.

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"Money Source."

Wang Anshi frowned at the paper in front of him.

Pingzhang militaristic affairs are important, and there are only a few people in the world who want to flatter him. I got the letter from the express newspaper and got the article that Han Gang wanted to publish earlier, earlier than anyone else.

According to Han Gang's naming habit in the past, maybe it should be changed to "Tracing the Source of the Goods", which is already very straightforward, and the current title is more straightforward.

Gently folding the page, Wang Anshi leaned heavily on the back of the chair, his expression unprecedentedly heavy.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Wang Ben personally brought the drink to relieve the heat, but saw Wang Anshi sighing at the desk.

Wang Anshi handed the thin page to his son, with a faint sense of loss: "There is no mention of righteousness and benefit, but no one is more transparent than him." ”

Money is faith.

The debate of righteousness and benefit can be put to rest at this point.

Han Gang did not object to the coinage, but he clearly asked the imperial court to guarantee the credit of the new coin.

People cannot stand without faith, and it is difficult for a country to survive without trust.

The imperial court has cast a lot of money several times, and it seems to be profitable, but in fact, what it has lost is the credit of the country.

Before the war, a letter must be issued, which is justified. Han Gang is also justified this time. At least outside the imperial court, everyone would think that it was a huge mistake to keep Han Gang out of the country - if Han Gang was in the court, how could the imperial court do such a stupid thing?

Instead of wasting your lips and tongues, it is better to exhaust the reasoning.

This is exactly what Qi Science is all about.

Wang Anshi sighed heavily, is he really right to insist on the new learning?