Taking off his cotton clothes, Wang Bowen sat back in his place, thought for a while, and said to Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen: "Long Tu, Boyong, don't hide it, the three divisions of the flying tickets received by Henan Mansion before are already difficult to liquidate. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info I came this time, it is a positive difference to worship the imperial tomb, and by the way, the provincial lord of Chen asked me to ask the two, what do you think about this matter? ”

Wang Yaochen said: "Why did Deputy Envoy Wang say that? When other state armies issued flying tickets, they naturally had copper coins in their accounts. As long as they release the copper coins to the Jingshi, won't the three divisions have enough copper coins? ”

Wang Bowen smiled bitterly: "The truth is this, but in fact it is not the case. When merchants exchange tickets, most of the time they do not use copper coins, but gold, silver, silk and other light goods. In fact, if you think about it, you will know that when they come to Henan Mansion to buy cotton cloth, they can easily pull thousands and hundreds of pieces, how can they pull copper coins to the official mansion! Besides, there is a fixed number of copper coins in the world, how can there be so many? ”

There is no exact number of copper coins in the world. When Xu Ping was the deputy envoy of salt and iron, he once organized a survey, and estimated that the copper coins in circulation were about tens of millions of guan, which should be more than 50 million guan, but definitely less than 100 million guan. This is the amount accumulated by the dynasties for more than 1,000 years since the Qin Dynasty, and of course, the actual circulation is still cast after the Tang Dynasty. Because in the fourth year of Wude, the "Kaiyuan Tongbao" abolished the previous "five-baht coin" and created the Tongbao money system, which was followed by later dynasties. As for the copper coins of the previous dynasties, most of them were destroyed and minted new, and some were stored or buried in the ground, and were actually withdrawn from circulation.

In actual use, people will instinctively give priority to the inferior and light copper coins, which is what later generations called bad coins to drive out good coins. In addition, these unqualified copper coins were collected over the years and destroyed to mint new coins, and the value of the currency gradually tended to be unified.

After the cotton was transported to Luoyang City, it was spun into yarn, woven into cloth, printed and dyed, and there were many garment shops. If all these cloths are sold to other states, then all the copper coins in circulation in the world are not enough to be transported to Henan Province. Xu Ping knows this well, and he just wants to use this method to give birth to the bank.

Wang Yaochen looked at Xu Ping, turned his head to Wang Bowen and said: "The three divisions have the difficulties of the three divisions, and the localities also have local difficulties. Now the Henan government owes a lot of foreign debts, and the flying tickets cannot be redeemed, so I can't explain to the other yamen. ”

Xu Ping said slowly: "It's not just that Henan Mansion can't explain, your flying ticket can't be exchanged for copper coins, and the entire Jingxi Road will be a mess." It's a good thing that cotton cloth is on the market this year, don't mess it up in the end and cause a disaster! ”

Wang Bowen spread his hands: "But now the third division doesn't have such copper coins anyway, what's the matter?" Don't complain, because the state troops who issued the tickets collected a large amount of silk, as a result, your cotton cloth went on the market, the price of silk fell, and each of them suffered a lot of losses. The state army, which has suffered some of the victims, because of the large number of flying tickets, at the end of the year, all the taxes received added up are not enough to make up for the loss of the fall in the price of silk. Who do they turn to? There are difficulties! ”

Xu Ping looked at Wang Bowen and suddenly smiled slightly: "There are difficulties in the world, and it is the matter of the three divisions." We are local officials, and it is not easy to be optimistic about the one-third of an acre of land in front of us, and we really can't think about other people's affairs. ”

Strictly speaking, the envoy was not a magistrate, but in this era he had already begun to transform into a magistrate, and in actual operation, the identity of the place was the main thing. This process is like the history of the Han Dynasty, sent from the central government, and eventually became a local official, in fact, everyone also compares the transfer envoy to the history of the Han Dynasty, called the embroidered messenger.

Xu Ping was the previous deputy envoy of salt and iron, but he had outstanding political achievements in office, Wang Bowen couldn't say a lot in front of him, so he had to sigh again: "Although what Long Tu said is reasonable, but now that the three divisions have encountered difficulties, the local government should be more considerate." ”

"I can be considerate, but the matter still has to be resolved, you can't let Henan Mansion burn so many tickets. Now those flying tickets are not redeemed, and the world will be in chaos on Jingxi Road, can the three divisions afford this burden? ”

Wang Bowen was silent for a while before he said: "It's not a matter of who takes this responsibility, we are all loyal to the court, and we have to work together to do things well, and passing the buck is not the way." Long Tu was in the Third Division a year ago, and he was more familiar with the situation in the yamen than anyone else. When I came, the provincial lord specially instructed Long Tu to ask if there was any way to untie this dead knot—"

Xu Ping said with a smile: "Which mountain to sing the song of which mountain, I am not in the third division now, and any way is a blind thought." I don't know what the provincial lord and several deputy envoys think, but I can refer to it if I say it. ”

At this time, Wang Bowen stopped going around in circles, and said to Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen: "According to the meaning of the provincial lord, it is to push the money village that Jingxi Road is running now to the whole country, and transfer accounts in the money village like Jingxi Road, what do you think?" ”

Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen glanced at each other, thought for a while, and then shook their heads slightly: "Is this method not feasible, I just ask, can Provincial Master Chen let Zhongshu agree?" ”

Wang Bowen concluded that the implementation of Qian Zhuang will inevitably be accompanied by a great change in the money law, in fact, it is not only the Chinese book, but also involves the system of the inner treasury, and the resistance is not ordinarily large. Xu Ping served as a transfer envoy with the direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and implemented it all the way in Jingxi, but he didn't dare to do it all, and left holes everywhere to relieve pressure, so he reluctantly implemented it. In order to implement it nationwide, it must be done without objection from the public in the government hall. The government hall agreed, and several yamen had to work together to withstand the pressure from all sides.

Chen Zhizhong is a person that Zhao Zhen trusts very much, and he has his father Chen Shu's Yu Ze and the connections left behind, but if this alone can do this, Wang Bowen himself does not believe it. Speaking of being trusted by the emperor, Xu Ping is stronger than Chen Zhizhong. And in the eyes of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Xu Ping is also a first-class jinshi, much stronger than the jinshi given by Chen Zhizhong. When Xu Ping was in the third division, he didn't dare to do something, why did Chen Zhizhong do it?

But what if it doesn't work? It is the responsibility of the three divisions to always come up with a solution. If it is rejected by the Chinese book after it is proposed, the problem will be pushed to the middle book, and the princes of the political hall will have a headache.

Seeing Xu Ping and Wang Yaochen looking at him with blazing eyes, Wang Bowen reluctantly squeezed out a smile and said to him: "As long as the method is feasible, the provincial lord will always have a way." You can't drag things out here, can you? ”

"Okay, since the three divisions have this heart, it is not right for our local officials not to cooperate! The deputy envoy stayed in Xijing City for a few more days, and I gathered a few capable officials on Jingxi Road to compile a booklet. Write clearly how the money bank is set up, how it operates, such as profit, how to prevent fraud, and let the deputy envoy take it back. ”

After listening to Xu Ping's words, Wang Yaochen nodded again and again: "Our place can only help the third division to get here, and how to solve it in the end depends on Chen Longtu and the three deputy envoys." It's winter, and there aren't many days left, so we can't afford to delay. ”

Wang Bowen's expression finally relaxed: "This is the best, as long as you write clearly, I will definitely report to the provincial lord immediately after I go back." In those days, I will go to worship the imperial mausoleum, and then return to Xijing City after I finish, so it is decided! ”