Chapter 620: The Old Household Department

All kinds of copper coins are placed on the table. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Some of the info are yellow and translucent, some are black, some are clear, and some are blurry. These copper plates are not only those of the Yue Kingdom, but also those of the Qin State, the Qi State, and the Chu State, and Qin Feng even pulled out a few Tongbao of the Tang Empire that had been extinct for more than a hundred years.

Huo Guang smiled and pointed to these copper coins: "Look at these pieces, at first glance, they are from the Chu State, the people of the Chu State are rich, the copper content in this money is very high, and this copper coin is also extremely beautiful, in fact, this kind of copper coin is not widely circulated in our North Vietnam." ”

"Why is this beautiful money not widely circulated?" Qin Feng said strangely.

"Because there's a lot of copper!" Huo Guang nodded at the yellow bright copper coin: "This kind of copper coin will be collected by some well-intentioned people, and then smelt copper from it to make all kinds of bronze utensils, and the profit is much more than these copper plates." Your Majesty, just now we used five coins of silver, and only exchanged four hundred copper coins, you didn't care, did you? ”

Qin Feng suddenly saved, "Yes, I heard Su Kairong say that one tael of silver is exchanged for a thousand Wen." ”

"The official price is only, and it is really in the private sector, and one tael is worth up to 800 Wen." Huo Guangdao.

"Money is expensive!" Qin Feng took a breath.

Huo Guang nodded, stretched out his hand and pulled out the copper coins one by one: "These pieces are from the Qin State, the Qin people are there, everything is made, of course, they also hold copper, look at this money, the copper content is inevitably too low, so the handwriting is blurred, it doesn't take long for a coin, it is almost useless, and the North Vietnamese is a little better than the Qin State, but it is not much better, but the Yue Country is not short of copper, this is Wu Jian's problem." Look at this big pile, whose is the most versatile? It's from the Qi country. Their copper-lead ratio is more appropriate, so they have more circulation in the market. ”

Qin Feng's face was a little gloomy, he swept all the copper coins together, put them in his arms, and stood up: "Let's go, where are we going to Su Kairong." ”

Huo Guang glanced at Qin Feng with some confusion, he didn't quite understand why Qin Feng suddenly looked a little unhappy, and glanced at the already empty desktop, which seemed to have something to do with these copper coins. But what it was for, he didn't understand.

The mansion of Su Kairong, the head of the household, is in the capital of Yuejing, and it is also the top few mansions, and he has been the head of the household book for decades, and his wealth is naturally countable. When the Taiping army entered the city and replaced Beiyue, this Hubu Shangshu was frightened for several days, especially after Zhang Ning was slapped to death by Wei Zhuang at the head of the city, he felt that Yan Luo Lao'er had been waving a small flag on his head.

But the result was greatly unexpected to him, he still sat in the seat of the head of the household, and from now on, His Majesty the Emperor also held him very seriously.

Pick a peach, repay it with a courtesy, of course Su Kairong also understands that the so-called grace also moves with the times, the Taiping Army has just entered the city, the Ming Kingdom was first built, and it can be regarded as a grass Kou Taiping Army before, and all kinds of talents are in short supply, especially professionals like himself who manage the country's finances, but I am afraid that there is no one in the Taiping Army. But if you don't have it now, it doesn't mean that you won't have it in the future, if you want to sit firmly in this position, of course, you have to show your attitude.

The first is to get things done. After getting along with Qin Feng for a few months, he sat in this position, and naturally had a lot of contact with Qin Feng, and he also understood the character of Qin Feng, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. That is, no matter what you were before, he sees your ability to do things and your attitude towards doing things.

It doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, it's a good cat that catches a mouse. I'm a good cat now, even if it's a little unclean on my butt. However, His Majesty the Emperor doesn't seem to care about his past at all.

Do a good job in the household department, and be careful not to mix with any other affairs, involving other government affairs, and only talk about things related to the household department, and try to elaborate from the business.

For the things assigned by the above, spare no effort to do it. Like the reform of the Ministry of Officials, among the major ministries, the Ministry of Household is the most resolute in implementation, Su Kairong has worked in the Ministry of Household for so many years, the big cats and kittens in the Ministry of Households, that heart is an account. Those are the ones who do it, and those who are messing around, and it's clear. I sent those troublemakers away right now.

This move lifted the spirits of the other officials and officials of the household department, and Su Kairong's support rate was even higher, which was something he didn't expect.

In addition to these business things, the most important thing is, of course, to show His Majesty the Emperor his absolute support for the Ming Empire, when His Majesty the Emperor allocated tens of millions of taels of silver from the inner treasury to the treasury, he thought about it for several days, gritted his teeth, and said that he was willing to donate part of his family property to the country. Among them, the silver alone is 500,000 taels, and the rest is offset by a large amount of land property, the Su family's savings for decades have been tossed by him, and most of the family property has gone suddenly, Su Kairong has not ignored the opposition of his family, and the two sons were even taught a lesson by him with family law because of complaints. And his wife was also denounced by him for having long hair and short knowledge.

When he did all this, he got back a plaque from the queen's mother.

"Model officials!"

Now this beautifully framed plaque hangs in the central hall. Although it was given by the queen's mother, Su Kairong certainly understood that this was actually what His Majesty the Emperor meant. Our Emperor His Majesty has a handwriting, but he can't handle it, and he is used to holding the handle of the knife, so he picks up the pen, but it is a little uncomfortable. And the queen mother is a golden branch and jade leaf, the princess's respect, although she is a woman, but this handwriting is heroic and sassy, I am afraid that many people in the world will be ashamed of themselves. Up and down the city, including the officials of the original Taiping Army, there was only one person who received the words from the queen's mother.

"It's just a million taels of silver, in exchange for at least decades of peace for the Su family, it's worth it, it's worth it!" Standing under this plaque, Su Kairong was extremely satisfied.

I have gone through two emperors, no, now it is three, I have been a scholar of the household department for decades, and I have been able to keep it up, in addition to being superb in business, of course, there is also the reason for how to be an official.

If the money is gone, you can earn it again, but if your life is gone, what else can you have?

"Sir, two people came outside the door and asked to see you. The villain told them to wait at the door. A family member appeared at the door of the lobby and whispered.

Su Kairong, who was admiring the queen's font, sighed and asked casually, "Did you say what his name is?" ”

"I said, the older ones said that his name was Huo Guang, and the younger ones didn't sign up. But ......"

As soon as he heard the name Huo Guang, Su Kairong was startled, this is a dignified military secretary, why did he bring an entourage to his house? This is His Majesty's confidant, and he must not be neglected.

As soon as he turned around, he walked out, "You blind minion, you actually let Huo Shangshu wait outside the door, and look back to see how I clean you up." But what? ”

"But it looks like the older one looks like a younger henchman." Hearing that it was the book of the Ministry of War, this disciple was also startled, and his voice changed a little.

"You said Huo Shangshu looks like an attendant?" Su Kairong's body suddenly hit the ground like a nail, and he glared at Menzi.

"yes, like a sideline." Menzi said in a trembling voice.

Su Kairong's mind suddenly went blank, and with a sudden, cold sweat broke out on his head, and the person immediately sobered up, turned around, and ran out with a swish, a sixty-year-old man, his legs and feet at this moment, made the young and strong men ashamed.

The door didn't open, just looked at a side door, two people were standing in the porch inside the side door, looking at the familiar figure, Su Kairong was almost sweating, threw himself into the porch, his legs were weak, and he was about to kneel.

Qin Feng grabbed Su Kairong and said with a smile: "I'm here in Weifu, there are still people watching outside, close the door, let's go in and talk." ”

"Close the door, close the door!" Su Kairong said to a few stunned doormen in the porch.

The door closed with a bang, and several of the doors were already kneeling on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please!" Su Kairong's back bowed like a shrimp.

Qin Feng nodded, and walked inside with his hands behind his back, in front of Huo Guang and the others, he was very casual, but in front of officials like Su Kairong, his emperor's majesty was fully revealed.

"Your Majesty, let your family come and bow to Your Majesty." Following Qin Feng closely, Su Kairong whispered: "It is their blessing to be able to see Your Majesty's Tianyan." ”

"No need, I have some business to find you, there is no need to alarm the family." Qin Feng frowned, "Find a quiet place." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Su Kairong hurriedly said.

Qin Feng sat behind the bookcase that originally belonged to Su Kairong, took out those copper coins from his arms, and put them in front of Su Kairong one by one. After all, it was a decades-long household book, and Su Kairong immediately understood what Qin Feng meant.

"Your Majesty, what do you want to talk about Qian Zheng?" He whispered.

Qin Feng nodded: "Su Qing, you are an old householder, what does it mean here, you know very well when you think about it." Qin Feng gently knocked on the table and said.

"Lao Su, the silver exchange money of your household department is one or two silver to a thousand wen, but above the market, it is one penny to eight hundred wen." Huo Guang sipped the tea and looked at Su Kairong and said.

Su Kairong raised his head, "This is not bad, like this kind of Chu money, one or two silver for seven hundred wen and six hundred wen are available." ”

"I look at this pile of money, there are not many money in North Vietnam, needless to say in Qin, less in Chu, but the most in Qi." Qin Feng looked at Su Kairong and said.

"Your Majesty, the money of the Chu State is good, most of them have been taken away and cast bronzes, or simply collected them, the quality of the money of the Qin State and the Qianyue State is too poor, and after a period of time, it will be broken, and the money and copper coins of the Qi State have an appropriate proportion, and the casting is exquisite, so it will naturally have a large circulation." Su Kairong whispered.

Qin Feng's face was a little gloomy.

"There's a big article here." He stared at Su Kairong, "You are an old householder, you don't understand, right?" ”

Su Kairong's face suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.