The autumn sun gives people an extra warm feeling, and it is very pleasant to look at. The field must have turned golden, and the hare was hopping around the fields, looking for all the food they could store and hauling back to their holes, ready to survive the cold winter.

Xu Ping seemed to be sitting upright and meticulous, but in fact he had already wandered out of the world.

"Three parts of copper, six parts of iron, and one point of the remainder of the coin, so that the weight of the new coinage is equal to that of the original copper coin. With this secret method, the copper needed to cast one coin can be minted three coins. In this way, there is no shortage of national use! ”

Xu Shen gushed endlessly, holding the black piece of bile copper in his hand, his face was full of red light, and the more he talked, the more excited he became.

After speaking, he looked at Cheng Lin with blazing eyes: "Provincial master, how about this discussion?" ”

Cheng Lin looked at the gall copper in Xu Shen's hand, and was silent for a while: "Your secret method is really feasible?" ”

"Of course it works! Provincial lord, look, this thing in my hand is a mixture of copper and iron! ”

Xu Shen said, grinding the black block in his hand in the chair, and copper color appeared inside, and then grinding, and iron color appeared.

Cheng Lin didn't know what Xu Shen was in his hand, and how feasible it was, so he was hesitant for a while. With iron instead of copper, the officials in charge of finance and planning in all dynasties dreamed of it, and when it came to the time of the five dynasties, Houshu and Minyue and other places finally put this phase into action and cast iron money in the jurisdiction. However, I don't know how much cheaper iron is cheaper than copper, and if you want iron money to be as valuable as copper money, people in the world are not stupid, how is it possible? In the end, iron money is the price of iron money, and copper money is still the price of copper money, but iron money is heavy and low value, which is more inconvenient than copper money, and finally gave birth to Yizhou Jiaozi.

Seeing Xu Shen's eyes shining and full of anticipation when he looked at him, Cheng Lin couldn't refute his excitement, and said to Ren Bu: "Does the deputy envoy think this is feasible?" Let's take a closer look. ”

Ren Bu was also dizzy from Xu Shen's words at first, but he didn't expect that he would come prepared today, and there would be this demon method. Hearing Cheng Lin ask himself, Ren Bu said coldly: "Casting money with iron is naturally iron money, how can it be used as copper money?" I don't think it's feasible! What is the difference between Judge Xu's mention of this method and the casting of ten coins? The same is virtual money! ”

Although Ren Bu was fighting with Xu Shen and said it without thinking carefully, Xu Ping nodded secretly when he heard it. This is to the point, copper and iron mixed casting, after all, it is still the same as being the top ten money, it is all false money.

Since the Fifth Qi minted large coins, Chinese officials have had the concept of virtual money, that is, regardless of the original value of the money, the imperial court imposed a value scale, which is the so-called virtual money, in order to distinguish it from the real value of real money represented by real copper coins. In the words of Xu Ping's previous life, the currency issued has changed from the currency of general equivalents to credit money, and later paper money such as Jiaozi Huizi are all extensions of this concept. Credit money is actually the direction of the development of money in later generations, the concept is quite advanced, the worst thing is that the Tang Dynasty government did not provide credit for this currency, let alone ensure that credit does not depreciate rapidly, so that virtual money has become a joke, a negative example of later generations.

Money is a special commodity, which functions as a measure of value and a means of circulation. Xu Ping silently memorized these basic concepts he had learned in his previous life, thinking about how to talk to others.

Since Shi Quanbin found Xu Ping, saying that Xu Shen might propose a copper coin miscellaneous, Xu Ping seriously considered this issue.

The limitations of the times, people in this era still do not understand the essence of money in commercial activities, so they will be superstitious about what secret methods. Once it is clear, the problem will be simpler, if it is a physical currency, then honestly do not engage in these evil ways, and try to ensure the stability of the value of the currency. If you want to become a credit currency, then honestly find a way to provide credit support, this evil way is still useless.

Human activities are complex and changeable. In fact, in Xu Ping's previous life, who would dare to say that he had figured out the currency? Whenever people think they've figured it out, there's always something strange that makes people stunned.

However, spanning a thousand years, Xu Ping's understanding of currency is enough in this era.

Ren Bu and Xu Shen quarreled, each quoting scriptures and classics, and refused to give in to each other. Cheng Lin couldn't be sure in her heart, so she had to watch the two quarrel. Only Xu Ping has the bottom in his heart and closes his eyes to recuperate.

After a long while, Ren Bu and Xu Shen quarreled so much that they finally stopped.

Guo Quan, who was supervising the discussion, secretly complained in his heart, did this series of nonsense be written on the pleadings, or should he delete it directly? Or do you want Cheng Lin to decide in the end? It's a real headache.

Cheng Lin looked at Ren Bu and Xu Shen, who were panting and looking at each other hatefully, and then looked at Xu Ping, who had been silent, and said in a deep voice: "Xu Shiguan, what do you think of copper and iron miscellaneous coinage?" ”

Xu Ping bowed and groaned.

Xu Shen's secret method came from Yan Wenying, and behind Yan Wenying stood a huge shadow. Why did Zhongshu send Ren Bu's proposal to mint ten coins to the third division for discussion, and why did Xu Shen propose to use a secret method to mint money at this time? That shadow gradually became clear in Xu Ping's eyes.

Lu Yijian, why do you want to do this? Want to take this opportunity to meddle in the three divisions? Cheng Lin has a tough temperament, and the three divisions have developed smoothly over the years, especially in the past two years, the position of the three divisions has changed, and there must be one of his shifts in the daily recital, and he has obtained the right to talk directly with the emperor, and Cheng Lin is not so respectful to the Zaifu under the Zhongshu Sect.

Maybe it's because of this, Lu Yijian is now facing Li Di's challenge in Zaifu, waiting and watching in the banquet, the two don't help each other, relying on the support of Wang Sui and Song Shou alone, and the Privy Council is all the masters who can't be splashed with oil, Lu Yijian is a little weak. At this time, the attitude of the three envoys, whose status is becoming more and more prominent, becomes extremely important, and at least it is equivalent to the weight of a privy councillor participating in politics.

But for sure, Lu Yijian didn't have confidence in this secret method, otherwise, according to his style of acting, he would have taken down Ren Bu under the pretext of raising the casting as ten coins, and let Xu Shen directly serve as the deputy envoy of salt and iron, and forcibly promote the copper and iron miscellaneous coinage. and then use this political achievement to win the disobedient Cheng Lin and replace him with his favorite candidate. Where can he be so petty and childish as now, let the two middle-level officials of the third division come forward to fight for your life, he quietly hid behind his back, for fear of being dragged down by Xu Shen's failure.

When the Queen Mother was there, Xu Ping was frustrated, Lu Yijian once helped Xu Ping, although he was hidden at that time, but Lu Yijian was not a benevolent person, and later let Xu Ping know this through other channels.

Seeing Cheng Lin looking at him quietly, Xu Ping secretly made up his mind. Officialdom is inevitably traded, but it cannot respond to the goodwill of others with its own political future. If one day, Xu Ping wouldn't mind helping Lu Yijian at the right time, but it was definitely not at this time, when he had just taken office and all parties were staring at his performance.

Xu Ping is just a frontier powerhouse who has just stepped into the officialdom of the capital, has no foundation, and has made great contributions. It is far from the strength to turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands for rain, and to refer to black as white. The only thing he can do is to insist that what is right is right, and what is wrong is wrong, and never use principles to trade, not to mention that Lu Yijian was just helping at that time, and the chips were far from enough.

"The provincial lord, I think that what the deputy envoy said is true!"

Xu Ping bowed down to answer, and as soon as the words came out, everyone else looked at him in surprise.

Xu Ping didn't care what others thought, and continued: "Iron is iron after all, copper is copper after all, no matter what secret method is, mixed together, you can't turn iron into copper." The reason why a penny can only buy such goods is because it is a copper coin, and iron money can never be equal to copper money. In the final analysis, copper and iron miscellaneous casting and casting big money are generally the same, both are virtual money. False money should be used as real money, that is, the court forcibly encompasses the people's wealth, and if it wants to include the people's wealth, why use this method to harm future generations? Overestimating the science allocation, low prices and bargaining, and even borrowing from the wealthy, either way can squeeze money out of the people. These methods are just chaotic for a while, and they can be used by the country for a while, and no matter how much they are better than corrupting the money law and poisoning future generations. ”

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of the three people were colorful and wonderful, Xu Ping ignored them and said loudly: "Yes, I think that it is not feasible to cast ten coins, mixed copper, iron and cast iron!" ”

Xu Shen swallowed his saliva, but he understood Xu Ping's words, this kid is going to be in the limelight today and sing another play! It's really good, it's only been a few days since I came to the third division, and I want to pull the flag and rebel!

Raising the bile copper piece in his hand, Xu Shen stood up and said loudly: "I have a secret method, using medicinal iron, mixed with copper, it is real copper!" How can it be a fictitious money to mint money in this way, just like other money? ”

Xu Ping said indifferently: "Secret method? When I was white, I was taking care of the countryside in Zhongmu, and there were two people in Shaanxi who said that there was a secret method that could turn copper into silver. To put it more fancily than today's Judge Xu, how many wealthy families followed those two people to smelt medicinal silver, and the result? Spending money in vain, it's just a trick of a liar! ”

Cheng Lin nodded: "I have also heard about this, and the soldiers in the Herding Division have been in chaos for a while. ”

Xu Shen's face flushed: "You say that my secret method is a lie?" Outrageous! This secret method is what I have seen with my own eyes, and the existing copper and iron pieces are here, how can they be confused with the deceitful demon method! ”

"In the world, there are no strange things, and there are many strange people and strange arts in the world. However, hearing is false, seeing is believing, after all, you have to see it with your own eyes to be true. The imperial court has always forbidden the demon law to cause chaos, and we, as court officials, should be even more cautious. The so-called iron and copper pieces in Judge Xu's hand are just copper-clad iron, and the Buddha statues in the temple are still gold-clad copper, is it possible to believe that there is a secret method to turn copper into gold? Copper and iron are cast, and you have to cast money to make a number. ”

"Xu Shiguan also thinks that this secret method is really feasible and can be used to mint money?" Cheng Lin asked.

"No, even if the secret method works, it can't be used to mint money. Even if the money minted in that way can be used as real money, the price difference between it and the real money is only the price of the secret method. There will always be a day when the secret method will be revealed, but the money minted will be spread all over the world, and I don't know how much it will accumulate over the years. When that day comes, the secret method is worthless, and the money will be worthless, won't the world be in chaos? ”

Xu Shen saw that Xu Ping must go against him, and his eyes couldn't help but turn red when he looked at him. (To be continued.) )